City Council - Regular Meeting

Uh again, we'd like to welcome all of the citizens who are here, uh the city of employees, but it's also even better to have citizens here to come and see the city council and our staff as we continue to conduct the business of the city of Fedville. And uh the way we conduct our meeting here in the city of Fedville is that we start our meetings always with prayer, with invocation. And on tonight, we've asked Councilman Joe Clark to give us a leading uh lead us in our prayer. And then we ask if you would stand, face our flag, and cite the pledge of allegiance. We have a copy of the agenda that is presented on the screen, but if you want a hard copy, we have extra copies posted by our acting uh city clerk, Alan Jones, here tonight. So again, welcome to the city of Fedville city council meeting. At this time, I'm going to turn it over to Councilman Joe Clark. And

may we pray, dear heavenly father, thank you for giving us the opportunity to come together again in service to the citizens of Fagatville. We ask for your continued blessings upon our city and our residents. Thank you for all the dedicated city staff and first responders who ensure Fagatville continues to be a place you bless daily. bless the mayor and council so that we may continue to do what's right for our community. And in the blessed name of Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Please stand. Face our flag.

I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Again, we are so thankful to have so many uh citizens here. Uh we do have some distinguished guests in our midst and I'd like to make sure that they are recognized. We have uh Peace Tree City uh Chief of Police, Chief Moon. Would you please stand so we can recognize you? And we have the former chief of police for the city of Fedville, Scott Gray, here. Scott, would you stand? He is standing, but he looks so slim. I just didn't recognize him. Losing all that weight. Okay. Uh, any other distinguished law enforcement personnel here? Would you please stand and be recognized? Okay. Seeing hearing none. At this time, ladies and gentlemen, we have the agenda and I will entertain a motion to approve the agenda.

Move to approve with the addition of a um item number 10 to new business and it's 25-R41 resolution supporting Amicus brief in uh Chang versus Milton Supreme Court appeal. Second and mayor, we also have tableabling of item number seven. Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, those uh items or changes to the agenda uh have been presented. Um it's been moved and seconded. Is there any unreadiness? Call for the vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposers name?

The approval of the minutes of the June 17, 2025 city council work session. Council members, what is your pleasure? Move to approve. Second. Got it. Probably moved and seconded. Any unreadiness? Call for the vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposers? Nay. Always glad to do recognitions and presentations here in the city of uh Fagville. At this time, we're going to call on uh Commander Larry Dell, the commander of VF Post 3650 to come and to recognize uh a public safety employee of the year awards. Commander get Dell. this up here.

Although I know he he came in a little bit late, but we do want to recognize Sheriff Barry D, who just came in uh as one of our leading law enforcement uh leaders in our community. Thank you, Sheriff B. Commander Dell, you have the floor.

Thank you. Well, it's always a pleasure to come before the mayor and council to recognize our public safety individuals uh and police and fire. Uh we I I believe that, you know, we have some of the best in the state here and uh they've always performed and kept us safe for quite a few years now. So, and I I'm sure that they will continue to do so. But I'd like to call officer Kenneth Marchi. Marchi March.

I know I'm here. either someone

there. Yeah. Appreciate it. Yes, sir. And then I also would like to call the uh chief u of the fire department, Linda Black, to come and accept the award for firefighter David Eller. So we thank you.

Appreciate it. Okay. Thanks. [Applause] Well, we always appreciate the VFW and the American Legion and our veterans groups in our community who recognize the outstanding service of our public safety personnel and uh Commander Dell, we uh we we we want to make sure that the VFW knows how much we appreciate you guys uh extending those uh recognitions to our uh fire personnel and our police personnel. So, thank you for taking your time. At this time, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to call on our city manager who's going to recognize uh some advancements in our Fagville Police Department, Mr. Ray Gibson.

Thank you, mayor and council. Exciting night, exciting evening um as we announce promotions within the police department. And I have the honor of uh speaking first on the first promotion. Um, I see our interim police chief, Robert Math, being promoted to our new police chief here at the city of Fateville. Um, but before I do that, Chief Gray is here and I want to make sure that we thank him for his years of service here at the city. Um, under his leadership, the department greatly improved. The culture of the department has been excellent. uh under his leadership uh he took the department as I mentioned at his retirement. He took the department that was struggling eight years ago and turned it around um to what to what the mayor always says the best uh police department best public safety in the in the country and I I agree with that. Um he created an environment for officers to be successful. So I'd like to give him a round of applause uh for his service to the city. As part of that leadership process, um, our soon to be in a couple minutes police chief, Robert Mask, um, was a a big part of that culture change. Um, he's been here 31 years serving in various roles, uh, various different roles here at the police department. Um, but what I've learned about Robert, I know him the last 11 years since I've been here. Uh, he's knowledgeable, he's committed, and a man of integrity. He loves this city, and he truly cares about the the success of the department and the city. He really cares about his team. Uh, and that comes out every time you talk with him. He's very passionate. He's a great fit to lead this department and to continue its positive

transformation. So without further ado, I'd like to call Robert, soon to be in two minutes, Robert, Chief Robert Masked, to get sworn in. [Applause] And I'm also going to call Tom McBride. Uh, is it Tom Mcurt? Sorry, Tom Kurt Bri forward. Attorney Tom Kirk right forward to swear chief mask in. Okay. Yeah. Put your glasses on.

I'm gonna take this mayor and council if I may. I started with the family police department in 1994 and I absolutely love the city with all my heart and soul. I live here. My law practice is here. I place to be. We have some of the finest city leadership, law enforcement, fire. We have some of the best water. I don't run special. I don't drink tap water straight out of the tap right here. We got phenomenal sheriff's department. We got we have got a place you want to live. Fable is a place you want to raise children. Robert Mass came in the door one day and he walked in and they said, "Hey Tom, you're going to be STO field training officer." Robert Mass, he came from and we brought him in. I put him in my car and we drove around for a couple weeks and it is a it is a a moment for me. You never know who's going to be in that car with you, how they're going to turn out. You never know that that person that you're sitting there with that is going to be an outstanding chief of police or it's going to be that outstanding firefighter or be that outstanding city manager or that mayor or that spiritual leader. You never know how that person's going to go. We have forgotten what mentoring is all about. We have got to train. There's only two chiefs in the world. Only two. There chiefs and their change. Scott Gray ran a great turned around. did great things. Robert Mass is going to be the status coach. He'll make small changes. He'll make things better. But the thing is he has he has foundation and so I am absolutely honored. This is a moment for me that I get to see the

person that I sat down with. I remember it was Halloween night. Halloween night sat in the car and I said, "We going to stop over here." We bought we bought big old pumpkins full of candy and we drove around in uniform right in uniform handing out candy to children in the community because I always felt like the more you deal with kids at that level the less you're going to have to deal with them as adults later on and that was the one thing we had out back then we probably out the city is in good hands. So, without further ado, are you ready, Chief? You got your glasses on. And also by not support

judge, before you do the oath, let me ask his wife to come and stand next to him because she has been stood standing by him for it We got we got a new future police officer or maybe

raise your right hand. Raise your right hand. Military, right? Raise your right hand and don't raise your right hand and don't cross your fingers. Okay. This is the chief of police oath and appointment. You'll repeat after me. Yes, sir. I I state your name Robert C. mask. Hereby swear or affirm hereby swear and affirm that I will faithfully that I will faithfully fairly fairly and without malice and without malice or partiality or partiality uphold the laws of the state of Georgia uphold the laws of the state of Georgia as well as any ordinances as well as any ordinances which I am authorized which I am authorized to enforce to enforce

to the best of my ability to the best of my ability and support and defend and support and defend the Constitution of the United States the Constit and the Constitution of the United States of G and the Constitution of Georgia and the Constitution of Georgia. On my honor on my honor, I will never betray my integrity. I will never betray my integrity. my character my character or the public trust or the public trust. I will always have the courage to hold myself I will always have the courage to hold myself and others and others accountable for our actions accountable for our actions. I will always maintain I will always maintain the highest ethical standards the highest ethical standards

and uphold the values and uphold the values of my community of my community and the agency I serve and the agency I serve. So help me God.

So help me God. Congratulations. [Applause] [Music] Don't move. Jason said, "Don't worry. [Applause] Ladies and gentlemen, we now hear from the chief of police for the city of Fedville, Robert Mask. I have more than

you. How did the grand

you can? Yeah. Just bracelets and I try not to keep y'all too long. Uh there's a lot of people that I want to thank. Um first of all, I want to address the mayor and council, city manager Gibson and assistant city manager Alan Jones. Uh fellow directors that are here and also my family and friends. Um first and foremost, a lot of people that I want to thank. Sorry if I get emotional. this stuff. It really means a lot to me that everybody's here. Um I just want to give thanks to God um for looking over me my entire life and also my law enforcement career. Um without him this would not be possible at all. Um also again I want to thank the mayor and council for putting trust into me. Um this is a a serious position. Um, but thank goodness I have a great staff behind me. Um, also I want to thank city manager Ray Gibson. Um, for all the Oh, Larry Dale. [Applause]

What do you want me to do? Give me five.

Uh, but uh I want to thank him for the conversations and also having the trust in me to lead the department. Um, also I want to thank uh, assistant city manager Alan Jones. Um, he's he's been a mentor of mine um, throughout my career here. We've had some serious conversations along the way. Uh, and most and foremost, I want to thank uh, retired Chief Johnny Cersei. He was the chief uh, Blue Ridge Police Department for 32 years and uh, he gave me my start in law enforcement. Um, so I can't thank you enough for what you've done to me. And also he's my cousin. He's family. So

that helps. Said I'm the third. Well, you're the third. You're three left.

Yeah, we we've had three chiefs in my family. So on on my mom's side. Um, also I want to thank my mother-in-law, Brenda Hall. Um, she took a chance on me. She helped me with my tuition uh to put me through police academy. Um I graduated the the academy in 939 94. So I really owe a lot to her for helping me out with that. Um without that I couldn't have done that. So um also I want to thank he's deceased but Chief William Simpson. Um he was the chief over in Palmeta uh police department. He gave me an opportunity to work there and he knew one day I was going to leave Fatville. So he would take me to breakfast every morning and try to get me to stay, but he knew where my heart was in in my hometown. So um also I want to give uh Chief Roberts, Johnny Roberts. He was the chief who hired me here in 95. Um he taught me how to leave two or three times to go to other agencies. So I'm very grateful that he gave me an opportunity to work here in my hometown. Um and and also um he had a lot of impact in this retired uh chief James Scott Gray for giving me the opportunity to be as deputy chief for seven years um and having trust in me uh to carry out the department goals and direction. So I appreciate it. Um the Fatville departmental employees and staff, I appreciate every one of them and the sacrifices they make on a daily basis serving our our uh community. Um we have a lot of great people. You will recognize some of those here in a little bit. Also, uh I want to give thanks to my friends. Um I've lost

some on the way. uh you know, but you know who your true friends are whenever you get into law enforcement. But I want to thank them as well. Um also I want to thank my parents um all of them uh my parents and family on both sides because of the support they give me and especially what we do in law enforcement. Uh, and my new granddaughter, Emerson, Little Peanut. Um, this is her first event that she's been out. So, yeah. And I, and I love the outfit. Uh, my daughter-in-law, Ansley Mask, um, she's been a big part of this for the last 13 going on 14 years. She see me at my best and my worst. So, I appreciate you and I love you. Uh, my son Evan Mask, man, has he endured a lot

uh, in his 29 years. Um, he's had the dad, he's had the coach, and he's had the police officer in his life. So, you could only imagine what he has endured. But I will say this, I could not ask for a better son to to have. Um, I wished I could have been like him growing up. So, I love him. And, uh, also without this person in my life for 31 years, I would not be standing here at all. I'd probably be over in Sheriff Bab's jail somewhere. Um, she is my rock, my main supporter and companion during this whole journey. Um, she has been a big part of my life. Um, she's basically a police mom. Um, she goes to all the events, social gatherings, and listening to all the phone calls and conversations and stuff like that. And, uh, she's just been a big part of that. and I love you for that.

Uh mentors, sorry I'm going on, but

I have a lot of people that has impacted my life. Um my baseball coaches, Jimmy Stewart, he was a little league baseball coach. Richard Watson, Mike Killer Brooks, Joe Brassfield, he was my high school baseball coach. Joe Jordan, I played for him at Southern Union. And Tom Clark, I played for him at Gordon. and coach Bobby Gatlin. Um he was the head coach at Whitewater. He allowed me to be a community coach there. All these coaches growing up through the years, I've taken something from each one of those. Um and that was through sports. And I can say that's where some of my leadership qualities is has come from playing sports. Um also some of my mentors that are not here with us any longer. Um Chief Ed Lynch and Chief James Lynch. They were a big impact in my life growing up as a kid. Uh, Lieutenant Chester Eubanks. Um, he was a huge impact in my life here. I worked for him when he was a lieutenant um with the department and, uh, deputy, he's a deputy chief down in Snowy, Steve Tomlin. I looked up to him as a patrol officer. Um, he dressed the part. He was sharp. He kept a clean car. Um, he knew the law. He knew everything. And I learned a lot from him. and I really appreciate him. Um, also I would like to give thanks to a mentor who got me started in my intermediate advanced and without her I wouldn't have had that. Uh, she's retired Lieutenant uh, Lynn Cross Shaw. Um, and these two, my brother and my sister in law enforcement. I love these people to death. They've had a lot of impact on me in my career. Uh, they're both retired. uh Captain Patty Kent and Captain Jeff Harris. Um I have learned so much from them. Uh just sharing different uh calls,

police chases, one in particular with Patty Kent. Um I thought it got me fired, but it didn't. But she she knows what I'm talking about. Um Lieutenant Ernest Stanley has been a real impact on me throughout my whole career. I worked with him when I first started here. Um he was a corporal then got promoted to sergeant. Um I think a lot of him he speaks to me every morning whether um whatever kind of mood I'm in. He's always speaking to me. He keeps me straight in the mornings. Um but I do appreciate him. Appreciate him. Mayor Ed Johnson, me and him have shared some personal conversations and I love listening to him speak at events during council meetings and at our events. And I truly he he's he is a truly man of God and uh I really appreciate you. Um Judge Mike Martin, he is no longer with us, but he was one of my huge mentors over the years. Um he was a city municipal court judge. Um just a good friend to me. Uh George uh Judge Lloyd Black. Um, I'd gotten to know him before he passed over the last 10 years and I would always seek advice from him as well. And also, Sheriff Barry Bab um just watching his demeanor, the way he carries himself. Plus, he's a fat county fat county guy like me.

Uh, so I really appreciate him. Sheriff Randall Johnson, he is somebody that I always wanted to be like. uh just the way he carried himself, the way his men respect his men and women respected him. I think a lot of him uh Jerry Mask, my uncle, he's deceased, but I would always go by the gas station and seek advice from him on what kind of a direction I needed to take. Um plus he was a business, he worked for the PD years ago, and he also worked for the sheriff's office, but he was also a business person here in the city. Uh Jake Mask, an uncle of mine. He was a 61 year old 61-year business owner in Fatville. Um I respected him a lot because I could always go by and ask him for advice. Also, uh Jason Mask, who's a cousin of mine. He's a businessman. He uh handles his business. Um I think a lot of him. Uh we've shared a hunting trip together, uh donut jokes and stuff like that. And I really do appreciate him in my life.

Again, retired Chief Johnny Cersei. Uh he's family. He's been a chief in our family. Um I look up to him. U you know, Superfly. I appreciate everything that you've done for me. His name is Rook. That's that's his nickname is Rook.

Uh Chief Janet Moon. Um I can't thank her enough. I met her in 2004. She taught one of my PMP classes down at Columbus. And when I met her for the first time, I knew that was somebody that I wanted to work for. And she is just a great person and I really appreciate her. Uh Tom Kurtbride, of course, me and him shared a lot of things. We went to chief school together. He was my FTO when I started here in 95. um the the Halloween story that's actually true and that's where community service hit me right off the bat. So I really thank him a lot for that and him being a part of my life as well. Again, uh Chief Scott Gray for teaching me um and putting trust into me as his deputy chief. Um, I learned a lot of a lot of things from him as far as treating people the way they want they need to be treated. Um, standing up for what the department needs and just general uh needs for the for the people. So, I really do appreciate that. Uh, to the citizens of Fatville. Um to the citizens of Fatville and who and who commute u whether for work or pleasure we'll do my best to ensure our department provides a professional service provides protection and will all always assist in providing pro I'm sorry providing I'm getting caught providing a high level of quality of life for everyone as a department we will hold ourselves accountable and be transparent within the community uh to the other public safety agencies, law enforcement and fire within the county. We look forward to continuing our relationship uh with you as well as we move forward. Law law enforcement runs deep in on both

sides of my family. U this is my hometown. I grew up in this county city. Went to went to high went to school here, went to high school. Uh I worked here in several different jobs other than law enforcement. Um, I've invested my time here. Um, I've raised a family here. Um, I'm committed to the city of FEL and to its citizens who live and work here. My integrity means everything to me. Um, and my thing is I will always do the right thing even when no one's looking. Um, all I ask from everybody uh in this room and within the city is to be patient with me as I'm a new chief and also hold me accountable when I'm needed uh when I'm needed to be. Um, I'm very humbled and honored to be appointed as your chief of police uh for the city of Fville, Georgia. Thank you. All [Applause] right. Uh this like at this time I would like to introduce uh the department's command staff. Um, newly promoted Major Chad Meers in the Uniform Patrol Division. If you could please come up here with your family. Um, Captain Myers uh began his career with the Federal Police Department in April of 2005 and has recently com uh completed uh his 20th year of service. Um, like most officers, Captain Myers has started in the uniform patrol division. In a few years he was selected

as a K-9 handler in 2008. Um serving in that capacity until the retirement of his K9 partner Rimco. Uh Captain Meyers continued his progression in patrol obtaining the rank of sergeant and lieutenant. In 2017, Captain Meyers was assigned to the criminal investigations unit and ultimately uh appointed to the position of captain overseeing the office uh professional standards division. Since then, uh Captain Myers has served as the commander of each of the three divisions we have in the department and most recently holding the position of captain captain in the uniformed uh patrol division. Captain Myers is a graduate of the 140th AOC Southern Police Institute and the George Command College and he holds his M master's degree in public safety administration. Uh, Captain Myers has obtained his intermediate advanced supervision and management law enforcement certifications through the Georgia Post Council. Uh, Captain Myers is also a graduate of the Georgia Association Chiefs of Police. And at this time, I would like to promote him to major over the uniform patrol division. [Applause] [Applause] [Applause]

Uh, next I would like to call up Captain Don and his family. Uh, Captain Dunn um has dedicated 13 years of service to the Fatville Police Department uh following a three-year tenure with the Fat County 911 Center. Uh throughout his career, um he has held various roles including officer, sergeant, and lieutenant in both the uniform division and the traffic unit. Captain Dunn has also been a member of the department's tactical response team. Uh most recently, Captain Dunn has served as a captain in the office of professional standards. Captain Dunn is a graduate of the 147th session of the Southern Police Institute administrative officers course uh where he was elected uh class vice president and received the William Walsh award for academic excellence. Captain Dunn holds an associate degree in CM criminal justice. Captain Dunn has obtained his intermediate advanced supervision and management law enforcement certifications uh through the Georgia Post Council. Captain Dunn will also be attending the Georgia Association of Police School in August of this year. So, please join me as I promote Captain Dunn to Major of Support Services. [Applause] Don't say I'll post up that Come on.

[Applause] Uh, at this time, I'm gonna give give the floor over to Major Meyers and Major Dun so they can recognize their divisions. Thank y'all.

Thank you, Chief. [Applause] Good evening, Mayor Council. If I could get uh Alex Rojas, can you join me up at the podium, please, sir? Officer Alex Rohos will be joining the uniform patrol division after his most recent assignment as a school resource officer where he has excelled in that capacity, earning the support of the earnings earning the support of his parents, staff, and students within his school. Alex has been in law enforcement since 2019 and joined the city of Fateville Police Department in 2021. Alex also serves our country in the United States Army Reserves. Today we're celebrating Alex's promotion to the rank of corporal where he will play a crucial role in training our department's newest members in the field training program. Please join me in congratulating Alex Rojas on his promotion to corporal. [Applause] I should snap on. Snap on.

Magnet. Spray painted.

Spray paint. [Applause] Next on our list is Corporal Chandler Cox. And he couldn't be here with us this evening, but I do want to um read his portion out um for his honor, for his promotion as well. Corporal Cox is currently assigned to the uniform patrol division as one of our K9 handlers. In his role as corporal, he also serves as a field training officer from our newest recruits and is a member of the tactical response team. While we await the official retirement of his last K9 partner, our newest K9 is undergoing pre-training before finalizing training and certification with Corporal Cox. Corporal Cox joined the Fateville Police Department in 2022, coming to us with previous law enforcement experience from Buts County Sheriff's Office. Tonight he will be uh promoted to the rank of sergeant in the uniform patrol division. We'll pretend.

So we're going to skip that tonight. [Music]

Sorry. There's a lot going on. Sergeant Campbell was most recently assigned to the uniform patrol division as a sergeant. Sergeant K, excuse me, Sergeant Campbell is also a member of the department's traffic unit as well as the tactical response team. Sergeant Campbell is a coordinator for the Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network and uh excuse me, Car uh Sergeant Campbell joined the Fable Police Department in 2018, bringing prior law enforcement experience from Henry County and the Hampton Police Department. Zach is also a graduate of the Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command. And today we celebrate Zach on his promotion to as shift commander of D team at the rank of lieutenant. [Applause] [Applause] Can I get David Darnell to join me at the podium? [Music]

Please excuse any spontaneous utterances of roll tide or not today. David Darnell has most recently served our police department as a lieutenant in the Office of Professional Standards Division. In this role, he oversaw the department's training program and was instrumental in getting our newest recruits hired and ready to start the police academy. David joined the police department in 2017 as the training sergeant, bringing an extensive background and training from his long law enforcement career. This service includes service in Riverdale and Henry counties, as well as experience as an instructor and class coordinator at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center. David is a certified instructor in almost every facet of our profession and also serves as the commander of the department's tactical response team. Today, we honor David on his promotion to the captain of the uniform patrol division. [Applause] [Applause] I have to adjust this down. As you all know, it's not funny. Uh, good evening, mayor and council. Uh, I have the opportunity and pleasure to present four more of our staff being promoted today. Uh, first, Officer Sarah Brando, if you would join me up here. [Applause] Congratulations.

Officer Berno began her law enforcement career in 2017, uh, beginning in in corrections at a nearby jurisdiction. Uh she joined us in 2019. As you all know, she quickly became the face of our department uh serving in patrol and in the the care unit um coordinating all of our community activities uh and quickly becoming a uh key foundational member of our department and the community. Um during her career, she's completed, 180 hour hours of training and has earned her intermediate and field training officer certifications. Uh, now I would like to introduce her as Corporal Brandale in the Criminal Investigations Division. [Applause] [Applause] Next, Corporal Tracy Baker, if you would. Corporal Baker began her career in law enforcement in 2005 um serving in corrections and many other fields. She joined our police department in 2018. Uh during her tenure, she served in criminal investigations most recently um where she was a juvenile detective. Um very active in uh the school system and helping out there as well. Um Corporal Baker has accumulated 2561 hours of

training in her career and has earned intermediate and field training officer certifications. Now I'd like to introduce her as Sergeant Baker who will be serving in school resource officer unit. You think you'd be a professional at this? It's

the first time he's put a badge on. [Applause] Next, Sergeant Kevin Ingram. [Applause]

Sergeant Kevin Ingram began his law enforcement career with our department in 1999. Uh during his tenure he served as an officer and a sergeant in the school res off school resource officer and uniform patrol division. Um he's been instrumental in building a strong relationship with the board of education uh mentoring students for years u and is very trusted in that role. Um during his career he has uh earned or completed 2454 hours of training uh and has earned certifications in as a field training officer, intermediate and advanced. Now I'd like to introduce him as Lieutenant Kevin Ingram who will continue his service uh as in the school resource officer unit. [Applause] Lieutenant. David Kaggel.

Yes, he does have nicer hair than I do.

Lieutenant David Kaggel uh started his career with the Fable Police Department in 2002. Uh he served in many roles. He's been a an officer, a sergeant, a lieutenant. He served in the uniform patrol division, criminal investigations, and uh the office of professional standards uh including his most recent assignment as lieutenant in the school resource officer unit. He also served for a period of time as our uh training sergeant accreditation manager who's instrumental in helping us earn our KIA national accreditation and led that program and lowered even more on man. During his career, he's amassed 2763 hours of training. He holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. He's currently enrolled in the master's program through the Georgia Command College at Columbus State University. I'd like to now introduce him as Captain David Kaggel, who will serve as the commander of the Office of Professional Standards. [Applause] [Applause] Uh, Mayor and Council, that that concludes all the promotions. Um, I just want to again say thank you to everybody here. It means a lot to every one of these uh officers back here and uh we just appreciate y'all support. So, I know the mayor always says that we have the best police department in the nation. Well, in my tenure here, no

offense, Mr. Dell, but to me, this is the best council that we've had since I've been here as a whole. [Applause]

Thank you, Chief. Let's give all of our promoters another round of applause. [Applause] Ladies and gentlemen, as a military retirey, one of the things I learned early on in my military career is it's always best to have a succession plan. And the succession plan is nurturing the people who are underneath you so that they can take your place. And Scott Gray has done that. And he has done that in such an incredible way. You can see the outstanding achievements of all of our officers, not only those who are promoted today, but every one of them who ride the streets and protect the citizens of city of Fateville. So, let's once again give them a last round of applause. [Applause] Uh we're going to allow a few minutes if you want to transition. Realize all the family members are here for the promotion, but we still have other business to conduct and you're welcome to stay, but if you really need to leave, we'll allow a minute or two for transitioning. [Laughter] [Music] I think you [Music]

Although you should mention Jake, I mean, you know, you're looking sir, congratulations. Congratulations. I'll give you a good phone number. Hey, sir. How you doing? Good to see you. How have you been? Good. Cleaned out the room, didn't it?

Baker, [Music] I think so. You didn't ask my name. You want to give?

All right, ladies and gentlemen, we uh have some business to conduct. And at this time, we'd like to move on to our public hearings. Tonight we are going to hear the second hearing of ordinance number 2515 fiscal year 2026 budget presented by our city manager Mr. Ray Gibson. Thank you mayor and council. Um once again this is the like you mentioned mayor this is the second reading of our fiscal year 2026 budget. Um, I do want to thank our staff, finance department, Mike, uh, Karen and the finance team and Cartha for the wonderful job they've done putting this document together, putting the budget together, but also to council and to the department heads. Uh, had a number of meetings, in-depth meetings to make sure we got the to the numbers we wanted. So, I appreciate everyone's effort in the budget. So, I'm just going to briefly talk. You know, in 2023, we updated our strategic plan. And in that strategic plan, we have five uh strategic priorities. And when we put the budget together, we want to make sure that everything we do aligns with those strategic priorities uh financially. So, this past year, we went to the retreat. Um, council was very specific and we talked about a number of things at our retreat this year, but we outlined 15 priority projects and a part of this budget year was making sure that we touched every one of those uh priority areas with the budget and uh once again their staff's done a wonderful job. Some of these are are really um al along the way. They've um completed a number of the action items already for a number of these um projects. You'll start to see um every council meeting from this point on. You'll start to see updates from our achieve it software system as all these

uh projects are in the system and you'll start to see updates because sta staff is working diligent to make uh diligently to make sure that these projects are either started or getting ready to be uh started for the council and and the citizens of this community. So, we're excited. Um we have a balanced budget of 55.59 million or $55.6 6 million um without the use of fund balance, which is great news. Yes. Um as part of that and then Mike's going to come up here in a second and walk through u Mark Mike and Carl the more detailed information about the budget,

but here are some of the additional positions that we've added for this budget year. We've added a billing coordinator and a customer service representative within the finance and administrative department. We've added an IT system technician in the information techn in the IT department and a HR manager in the human resources department, a public relations specialist in the public information uh communications department, I should say, the communications department, and a full-time part-time warrant officer baiff for the public safety department, police department, and seven new uh firefighters. Um, and one thing we're doing and we've talked a lot about is making sure that at the six month mark of our budget that we're sitting down again and talking to make sure if we have to make addition additional amendments to our budget that we make it at that point how the revenues are doing at that time as well. So a lot of this a lot of these changes may happen later or earlier depending on how the budget uh collections go. So, the revenue collections also, House Bill 581, the homestead exemption, it does impact us. Uh, this year is the first year that the um of of the actual bill being in place. The homesteads are frozen for this year. The homestead property taxes are frozen for this year. So, it'll be the same as fiscal year 2025. and also that non-h homestead properties will continue to be valued at the fair market value. Um, but it will be impactful. We'll start to see more of the impact as we as this bill goes throughout the years and you'll start to see that in our budgeting process. So, I'm going to have Mike Bush come up, our finance director. Um, if do you need a can you stand up here?

I can to uh walk through some of the uh basic information of the budget. Thank you, Rick. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Evening.

Um, as Ray just mentioned, um, this is the general fund revenue summary, and I just wanted to mention that the 2026 proposed budget is 29,450,81. [Music] And to put that in perspective, you see in 2025, the adopted budget was 27,743,000. That was the adopted budget in 2025. Our amended budget for 2025 is 29,579,081. So the proposed 2026 budget is less than the amended 25 budget. We have cut and cut and cut and made um some sacrifices where we needed to, but like as Ray said, we will come back to you guys all throughout the year um and make changes where changes need to be made. All right, so these are our revenues, and you have several different types of revenues, taxes, licensing, permits, intergovernmental, and in this list right here, you notice that taxes say that the the increase is $2.6 6 million. It's a 12.74% increase. Um, and it's 78% of our budget. Almost 79% of our budget. But I don't want anybody to come in here and think that this is the tax bill you get at the year and that's all that money goes to this. It's not. Um, these are all those line these are all the line items that are part of taxes. Now, the largest one up there is real property taxes. Um, and it's going from 7.9 million to 8.7 million, $737,000 increase, as Ray said in the past. Um, all the homesteaded properties, which is the largest part of our digest. Um, you know, it was every time it increased, you know, it was at the fair market value. This year, that will not happen. So, we have reduced the amount that we

expect from 4% to 3%. Um, so that's why we're only going up 737,000 with that line item. But as you can see, there are other franchise fees. Electricity gone up 1,66,950. And that's due to the QTS uh data center and the amount of electricity that that place will use. It will generate some franchise fees that we will um be the recipient of. Um, also you got local option sales tax. That's the penny sales tax. Um that is going to go up $600,000 and that $600,000 reduces the property tax bills that all taxpayers pay in the city of Fateville and in Faget County. So that $600,000 helps reduce what we have to pay in taxes. And then there's business occupational tax and uh insurance premium tax. Those are two other large pieces. the insurance premium tax uh is a 2 point two million sorry $27,000 increase. Um and that's just because at the city is growing. It's up to um you know 18 19,000 people. Um so that's going to continue to grow. Um so again the total is $2.6 million increase in taxes but oh going the wrong way. Um, so that's where that $2.6 million um, variance is right there. And as you go down that list of different revenues, the total increase is only $1.7 million. We lost we're we're reducing our license and permits by a million dollars. The way you calculate permits has changed um, in the last year or so. And you know, one of the largest uh, collections we collected last year was from QTS. And since that's changed a little bit, we've reduced what our budget was. As you can see, it was 3.5 million at the start of last year and we're budgeting 2.4 this

year. Um, that's pretty much how the revenues go. Um, this is a breakdown of those revenues in a pie chart. Um, and as you can see, um, the top five colors starting with the blue and the orange and the gray and the yellow, all that is different types of taxes. And then you've got intergovernmental, which makes up 1%. Investment income makes up 3%, fines and forfeitures from tickets, from speeding tickets and things like that's 4.5%. And then other revenues is 2.84 4 for the total of $29,450,081. Um in expenses, uh there are um seven different departments that make this up. General government, judicial, public safety, public works, recreation, housing and development, and other uses. Um in this one, that same 1.7 if we the budget changed by $ 1.7 million increase revenues, it also changes for 1.7 million in expenses. The largest increase on here is public safety, which makes sense. Seven firefighters um and and some police officers and then things that they need within their budget as well, not just salaries. Um but the second big one was general government. And again, I don't want people to think that that's you guys and you know the people in this building, but I want to show you that general government um hold. Yeah, there it is. All right. All right. So, in general government, it's the governing body, that's council, the city clerk, uh, which is Chelsea, not Allan most of the time. Um, city manager, uh, elections, finance, um, legal, uh, information technology, human resources, general buildings, and public information officers. Um, so there's a bunch a lot of departments that make up

this. Uh the uh largest increase here is a $439,000 increase in general buildings. The expenses that make up general buildings, all vehicles that we have at the city of Fateville, all their insuranceances are paid out of this line item. So any new any, you know, $2 million fire truck, that's where that insurance comes from right there. Also, uh cyber security that is a very um uh it's it's a piece that we have to watch all the time because we do not want to have anything happened to us like happened in Henry County and some other you know local jurisdictions. So that's where the biggest portion of that particular increase of uh came from. Um let me go back. Uh so as you can tell the general government makes up 17 60 17.6% of the entire expenses for the general fund and again public safety makes up 52.12%. Um and the big four that we have on there is going to be the orange, the gray, the yellow, and the blue and green. I guess the five different pieces there. Um the city of Fateville is a service um government. We serve the the citizens and that's where uh 80 something% of our budget is located in those service uh districts. Um different way to look at the expenses of the general fund. Again, it's people serving the citizens. Uh 56% of our budget is salaries and benefits. Uh 19% is contracts and services, 6% for supplies. Uh self- insurance makes up 11%. So technically, you add the 11% to the 56% and you're at uh what 67% that's salaries and benefit. And then there's

debt service and a little bit of contingency that we put in the budget. Um so in total, this is the full view of the general fund. Again, it's a 25,450,81 budget compared to 27,743,041 last year, $1.7 million increase, uh, which is a 6% increase. Um, and again, u taxes make up almost 80% of our budget and public safety makes up almost, uh, 60 our budget. Um and moving on to special revenue funds. Um there are a few here. Um confiscated asset fund. This is a this is one of those uh funds where you have to have a budget. You have to have a balanced budget for each fund. But you really don't want to sit there and say your confiscated asset fund has a budget. So we just set a very low budget of 45,000 um and break it down between you see public services I mean services supplies and capital and then you've got hotel motel tax uh vehicle excise tax both of these two are uh collected and then given to the uh DDA fund and the main street fund veterans memorial um we have I think it's just one gentleman still that has money taken out of his paycheck that's put into that 501c3. So, we keep that veterans memorial fund open. And then the cemetery trust fund, we collect about $13,000 a year in two I semiannual payments that we get from the Jackson trust um for the upkeep of the cemetery. Um downtown development authority. This the downtown de development authority is the one who collects the um excise tax funds. Um, last year we had a budget of 236,000. This year there's a budget of

714,000, which is a pretty good size increase. Um, the reason for that is the projected sale of 119 Glenn Street, uh, right beside Twisted Taco, the building on the end where they're doing all the construction right now. Um, that we look to generate a little over half a million dollars. And to to make it a balanced budget, the uh downtown development authority has put in money into the 150 LER Avenue um and the downtown development um to basically we we bought the bank building that's right behind the alleyway project. Um and then there's uh also the road the roadway right there beside in between it and uh Mr. Burch's um barberh shop. uh there may be some widening of that road done or or something. So that they put money in those line items to keep a balanced budget, but that's what um is here for now. Um Main Street Tourism Fund, this fund is basically broken into two different pieces. It's the amphitheater um and then it's the different um events that the city puts on during the year. So the main street um amphitheater fund was 657,000 last year. It's 798,000 this year. Um and then the promotional and tourism fund we collect um 8% uh hotel motel fund tax 5% goes is split between main street tourism and uh the uh events that the city puts on and the other 3% is in promotions and tourism product and development. The increase in this budget um is a $200,000 increase. That $200,000 increase is equal to the increase that we had in the hotel motel budget. Went from 700,000 to 900,000. So we just increased those budgets uh this budget to ma to match that uh revenue

collection that additional revenues we're going to see from hotel motel. Um capital projects fund uh adopted a budget last year of 2.2 million. This year it's 2 um almost 2.8 8 million. Um, and this is going this is used to purchase police cars, firet trucks. Might as well go to the next page. Uh, computer technology. Um, there's some we have, I think, three K9 dogs. Um, and we are looking to, uh, build some dual K9 kennels. So, if one officer is on vacation, we can have that dog stay with another, uh, police officer that handles dogs instead of having to board them. Um, trikes. That's an interesting thing. That's a It's a It's a three-wheeler with four wheels. So, you figure that one out. Um, then we've got uh training and event trailer, tasers, replacement rifles, handguns, um, radios, different things like that. Um, frontline um, apparatus head gear for the all the fire trucks. Um, seven new AEDs. um we just have ours are aging and it's time to um age those out. So, and then we've got hose line improvements for also for the fire department. And then we've got in public works, we've got a pickup truck, two pickup trucks and a Bobcat um forestry machine, uh parks and wreck. There's $500,000 in the budget. Um not sure if we're going to do all that yet. that includes the if you the great lawn to make it um like a turf type lawn. We're trying different things to figure out what we do with that yet, but we decided to go ahead and put that money in the budget needed it. And then also, uh there's a $270,000 budget for facility renovation for our main street and um economic development

group to potentially um relocate to right down here in the Walton. um commercial area. Um so that's a total of of $1,63,000 worth of new items that we're going to buy. And part of this budget is um uh also is debt service. So every year when we buy this stuff, we usually divide that over three to five years. And so that debt service is paying so that way we don't have to pay for all of it up at one time and we depreciate depreciate it over the years. But total budgets 2.8 million and 2.6 6 million of that is buying all kind of new equipment um for the city. Um impact fee fund. Um last year we budgeted $1.8 million. This year we budgeted $13 million 1,ion350,000. Uh we're going to collect about $1,350,000 this year. Um actually, I'm sorry, we've collected 1.8 million this year, but with the change of some of that permitting and stuff, we decided this year to reduce that budget a little bit. Um again, currently we have impact fees for fire, transportation, parks and recck, police. Um those are the different categories that we can use that money for. And this is this is going to be a big help for one of those 15 items on that list or several of those items on the list. One of them is new fire station 93 and that's where the bulk of that funding will come from besides this impact fee. Another big project is the police building. So that will come out of here and also city center parkway. a large portion of that money will come from here as well. So impact fees help us out. As you can see,

I think a big important thing to let council know too is that we don't have that money available to us. So we'll be taking on some additional debt to build the fire station and other buildings that we have um Chris's renovations. This additional debt we'll have to take on.

That is that is correct. Um you can see on the um left hand side here we've got the collections from 2020 to 2025. Um and you see on 2025 when we did that, 310,000, but I think we've collected more since the month ago when we started um this first hearing. Um the TAD fund um we have a TAD district uh within the city of Fagetville and it has progressively gotten higher and higher and higher. In uh 2024 we collected 911,000 and 2025 we collected 950,000. So, we increased that budget from 610,000 to 900,000 to come closer to that. And you can see it's it's all it's done has gotten higher and higher and higher as property values keep increasing for the uh parcels that are within that TAT fund. Um, and now I'm going to turn it over to Cartha to talk about uh enterprise funds.

Good evening.

Good evening, Carita. For fiscal year 2025, we had a budget of 11.5 million. Um for fiscal 2026, we're proposing a 12.2 million. The difference, the increase of 676,000 um comes from a 5% water and sewer rate increase, a 5% storm water increase, training for our customer service staff, and also additional employees for customer service and our water department. for our solid waste fund. There is no increase, no change um 1.3 million. However, tonight we will a resolution will be brought to you all with regard to the bulk and yard waste pickup. our self-funded plan there. Um, for fiscal year 2025, it was 3.4 million. Proposed for fiscal year 2026 is a 4.2. The difference of the 772,000. Last year we did not include new positions. Um, but this year we are including all of the vacancies. Also, the benefit cost and stop lost was the estimate on last year. And so, I think any questions, council members, do we have any questions for Mr. Bush or Miss Carrick? Ladies, gentlemen, this is a public hearing. So, are there any citizens who have any questions on um ordinance 2515? Any citizens who have any questions on the budget

hearing? None. Okay. Thank you very much. Um to the finance department and our city manager. Appreciate it. Thank you. At this time, ladies and gentlemen, we're moving on to item number five, consider the adoption of ordinance number 2515, fiscal year 2026 budget. Do I have a motion? So move to approve. Second. Probably moved in and second that we adopt ordinance number 2515 the fiscal year 2026 budget. Are is there any unreiness? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I.

I.

Any opposers? Nay. Thank you very much to the finance department. You guys did an exceptional job as we continue to move the city forward financially and fiscally uh you know conservative. We uh we know as the city grows we also have some additional revenues. So we will uh look forward to seeing how the budget works out for the rest of the year. Ordinance number 2516, the amendment to the water and sewer rate presented by Miss Cara Caraker. As stated in the budget um with the increase of the 5% we also have to amend the ordinance um section 86-62 basic rates and section 865 the unmeter order. This ordinance has been amended to increase water and sewer fees for residential, senior, and commercial customers. All such rates will automatically increase 5% per year on August 1st, 2025 and ending July 31st, 2030. on this chart here shows what the current minimum charge is for the different sewer and water and our proposed on average um it will be $1.37 cents each year for the minimum bill which is 0 to 2,000 gallons and for seniors from 0 to 3,000 gallons on average there will be an increase of $120 and for commercial, it will be an increase on of $249 each year. And so this is just a a different breakdown showing what a minimum bill if the customer do not go over the 2,000

gallons, what a minimum bill for just water and sewer would look like. And this what it will look like from fiscal year 2026 up until fiscal year 2030. On average the increase is $1.37 and for seniors an increase of $1.20 and on average for C commercial is $249 increase. And this yeah the first flat was for sewer and the other flat was for water. and I messed it up. That's all I have. Okay. Yeah, there we go. All right. Uh, thank you very much, Carita. Appreciate it. Uh, council members, any questions on the ordinance 2515? Hearing none. Are there any questions on behalf of the citizens on this item? Again hear none council members would your pleasure with 2516

move to approve ordinance 2516 amendment to the water and sewer rate structure properly moved and second any unreiness call for the vote all those in favor signify by saying I I any opposes nay next item on the agenda item number seven has been tabled is the applicant here they have left okay do you want to come forward forward and make a formal motion that the uh item be tabled.

Mayor, council, hello, my name is Steven Jones, the law firm of Taylor Duma here today on behalf of Parkland Communities. Uh yes, we would request that you table this. We've worked pretty extensively with your staff to refine this. We'd appreciate the opportunity to continue to do so. Okay. Well, we appreciate it and uh understanding you know as you move forward that uh you know we want to make sure everything is in alignment before you come and present it next before the council. Absolutely ma'am. Okay. Thank you very much. Appreciate your time. Item number eight consider resolution 25 R38 GFL solid waste agreement approval presented by Mr. Chris Hyen. Good evening Mayor and council.

Good evening sir. So, I'm going to actually be speaking on 25R38 and 39 at the same time because if if y'all do not approve 38, 39 would be obsolete. So, we'll just discuss both of them at the same time. Okay.

So, city staff's been working with GFL Environmental, our waste provider, over several months, renegotiating our contract. Um, they are our approved uh vendor for solid waste. Uh we have gone several times discussing bulk pickup yard waste with them over the years. We even bid that out a few years ago just to see what it was. Uh when we did our bid for the solid waste, we saw prices, you know, in the $30 range for these type of services. So what we did was we renegotiated with GFL at that time and um we did a contract that was set to it or agreement that was set to expire July of this year. So, we've been working hard with them to try to come up with a mutual beneficial agreement for both parties and our residents. So, we believe we we have done that. Uh what we're proposing um it it the city would actually uh increase the rates per household for us um let me see, hold on. Yeah, to 1733 per household. That would be the CPI 3% that's built into the agreement automatically. That's what they're requesting in the new agreement. Uh they're also requesting $3 per household for the bulk yard waste pickup per month. And the way that program would work is um it would be a call basis that our CSRs would take the calls and they would schedule those bi-weekly initially with a hope that we have enough partic participation that we could move over with something a little more uh stable for our community. We just got to see how much participation there's going to be until GFL will commit a truck to a bi bi-weekly route throughout the city. Um we are proposing those rates for um the agreement to be 2033 per household. That's what they are uh asking us to pay

per household for these services. So that would be resolution 24R38 uh for the agreement. Moving on to what we're having to propose for our rates. Since um for our consumers, our residents, uh since we are going to bear a cost increase, we are asking to increase what we charge our residents as well. We are not looking to move forward with a CPI increase with them, but we would like to recover the cost for the bulk pickup and some of the CSR time that's going to be uh committed to this service. So, what we're asking, our current rate right now is$,750 per household. We want to leave that the same, but we do want to charge $4 for the bulk for the additional services so we can recover those cost. So, we would be asking to move that up to 2150 per household per month for those services.

And that's for bulk solid waste only. Correct. That's solid waste and bulk and yard combined. Okay. Anything else? Nothing else. City council members, do you have any questions for Mr. Heman? What is your pleasure with resolution 25R38 and 25R39? Citizens move to approve 25R38 and 25R39 solid waste rate structure increase and GFL solid waste agreement approval. Do I have a second? Second. Probably moved and seconded. Call for the vote. All those in favor signify by saying I.

I. Any opposes? Nay. Thank you very much, Chris. Appreciate it. I'm trying to keep pace with the cost of living these days. U at this time, we had the item number 10 that was added to the agenda. Our city attorney, uh, Miss Pria Patel is going to make a presentation.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, council members. Um before you is a resolution of the city of Fagetville authorizing participation in an amicus cure amicus brief um in the Chang versus city of Milton uh appeal before the Supreme Court. As y'all are aware, we did something similar when this case went up to the court of appeals. The court of appeals did affirm the trial court's holding and said that the city is liable for $35 million. um the case has now been taken up to the Supreme Court and so this resolution authorizes our office to um agree and enter into a brief um that will be filed with the Supreme Court. I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Okay, council members, any questions? Okay, a rather protracted uh issue, ladies and gentlemen, is there anyone who wish to ask any questions about it? If you're not aware, the city of Milton was sued uh by a family for a young man who was killed in automobile accident and they held the city of Milton liable um because there was some obstruction in the road in the city of Milton uh was found uh guilty of uh and charged $35 million judgment. Um the general consensus of the municipalities is that was extremely excessive and so they have filed an appeal. Correct me if I'm wrong. And it has now been uh forwarded to the Supreme Court. Georgia State Supreme Court.

That's correct, Mr. Mayor. Okay. There are no questions on that. Council members, what is your pleasure? Move to approve. Second. Probably move and second. Call for the vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposers name? All right. Reports and comments as we wrap up. City manager. Thank you, mayor. I'm going to ask our economic development director, Lori Funerweight, to come forward, and she wants to share a special video.

Yes. Good evening, Mayor and Council. I'm excited to share with you our first video of a series of 10 videos that we've made uh to that we created to really tell our story in Fateville. And I know this has been one of the chief objectives uh that you've laid out for us in the strategic plan. But from an economic development perspective, the reason we want to tell our story is to help attract investment into Fville to help bring businesses to the community that the community and that we want to see. And so we also want to build of course um foster a sense of civic pride with our residents and our existing uh business community as well. So what you'll see tonight is a sizzle reel. It's the first of the video series. We'll share the rest of the videos in the upcoming council meetings uh for uh as we roll this out where you'll see interviews with community leaders including city council. You all participated as well talking about our great city, our vision, our successes, our accomplishments um as well as our opportunities within VA. So we'll start distributing these videos in August and rolling them out uh through year end. So, I'll be working together with our great communications department to help us get the word out far and wide. We have a distribution strategy that we've developed to do that. And I want to thanks and give some thanks in advance to our communications team on that front and also Melody Green on my staff in economic development who helped manage this project. So, we really look forward to sharing these videos with you. Hope you'll be pleased with the results. Oops.

Maybe. Maybe Kelvin.

It was active. It was a live leak. There we go. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Hey, [Music] hey, hey. [Music] The skipping wasn't a part of it.

Very nicely done in my opinion. Any other comments from uh Sig mayor? Just a couple of quick items. Um tomorrow night we have Lover Boy concert at the amphitheater and Saturday we have the third Saturday Suare. I believe it starts at 4:00 Lori. Is that correct? Yes. Um which include an art walk and on Tuesday July 29th we'll have our next mental health uh webinar. That's it for me. Thank you very much city manager. Uh, council members, anything to report, comments?

I have a few updates from the mental health advisory board. We've completed our one-year um, and I feel like it's success since the launch of the mental health initiative with the mental health hub. We've done several outreach events um, focusing on awareness and as well as we're seeing a lot of success and citizens enjoying our monthly webinars. coming up. We do have that monthly webinar on July 29th at 6 PM and we're focusing on mental health and strategies focusing in the areas of minority communities. Also, August 5th will be our next mental health um advisory board meeting at 5:30. So, we like for citizens to actually come out. Um we are still continuously pushing our surveys as well. Um we are looking into developing trends that are still going on in the city. So, we would like for you all to continue to do those surveys. They help us to continue to collect data and keep us informed with what's going on in the city and how we can continue to focus on creating those events for our citizens. Um, currently that's all I have.

Thank you, Dr. Glover. Um, uh, I noticed that we have an oldtime resident who has a birthday today sitting out there. Sam Burch, I'd like to wish you all a happy I would like to wish you a happy birthday. If you're at my church, Sam, we'd sing happy birthday to you, but you can get a private rendition since you're a musically inclined person. So, council members, anything else? At this time, ladies and gentlemen, we open up the floor for citizen comments. If you have anything you'd like to come before the council, uh constructive criticism, comments, uh please come forward. You have three minutes to address the council. Um please, the floor is open. No one has anything to say. Okay. I believe we need to go to executive session for real estate.

Okay. And personnel and personnel. Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, again, thank you so much for joining us for our city council meeting tonight. You are welcome to state, but we don't know how long we're going to be in the executive session. We will come out of executive session and uh report out. Um but uh if you have to leave, we understand. Uh have a wonderful evening. Thank you so much and uh hope you approve of your city council as we continue to move the city of Fedville forward in a very progressive and uh manner. Thank you. This time I'll entertain a motion that we go into executive session. So move second. Probably move in second. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Okay. Ladies,