City Council - Regular Meeting

name God we thank you for those citizens God that are here in person those that are watching online showing their concerns for the city of greensbor and God we thank you for this government B on tonight we ask God that you would allow your Holy Spirit God to dwell God here in this place God that we may be led by you that we'll come up God we'll make the best business decision for the city of Greensboro God as a union we thank you now in your son Jesus name we do pray amen and thank God Amen next item on our agenda is approval of the agenda counsel entertain a motion to accept the agenda motion to accept second motion and second any further discussion no further discussion all those in favor that know rais right hand decision thank you so much number four on the agenda is the approval of our minutes for November 18 24 regular session minutes a motion to accept the regular minutes regular session minutes for November 18th motion to accept second he has been second in discussion discussion all thank you new business what's on our agenda I think well I know you guys went over the facility of Authority resolution City man would you like to speak on that City attorney would you like to get further information on you want to go ahead EXC me man you want to go ahead I'll let you you get started um in a quick exence I don't want to blood it out but um it's kind of like the Catalyst of the school board but

also um the city has some project that are ongoing I mean that are was started or whatever and um it it is it is mainly in essence to obtain favorable um financing and funding for um our projects like water buildings equipment and um facilities or whatever and um what what this what what this resolution does is um ask the um state legislature to establish the Greensburg public facilities Authority and and um it will the legislation will allow us to um get um utilized um funding and kind of like um on a more favorable terms instead of some banking so the facility Authority will issue the revenue bonds and then the city whatever project it has going on we do our interg government agreement with the um facilities Authority Who members will be is a choice um based in this resolution either be council members or your appoin Des need so this is not something that new you look around Walkin Ville Columbia County Millville all of them the cities utilize and they do um and it is um a much needed thing for um the city um Mr Tom you got any legal things you want to add to it or whatever I I think you you hit um as as he mentioned um in in v on this um we are we're asking the general assembly to take a look at it at the next session in January um and so it's just a request for them um to to look into passing this it is a um body it's I'm reluctant to to

analogize it to something the Housing Authority or Development Authority um but in the same way it is a body that that this group appoints members to that has some powers and can do some things that the council would be restricted and it would it would take Council um some more red tape that's set up that would prevent you from acting in the same way as the the the facilities um May so it would um help facilitate the the city working on some projects that we talked about needing to move forward um but again and it won't be SE in Authority because any party that City will still retain control and we'll still have with in a government agreement we'll still be in charge of it won't be seed No Authority I have questions so uh so this right here has to be taken to the state capit by state representative Ro yes so he's aware of that of this yes the one School Board I think his response was you know he's fine with it long as it don't be abused that that is what I'm getting from the superintendent through email exchange or whatever so um I don't think you know we have a problem with it I mean I haven't talked to him personally but that's what the feedback um that I got from the email and email exchange between this board of education and us and I would prefer you know going forward that if the city going to be part of it it be it's better for the city to take the lead in it instead of waiting on the um Board of Education also Mr hey this going uh include the cities that you have here

like Union White play would be if they want to come yeah they want to come and you know for a project or whatever they they you know the city can't you can do it or you can deny it it's either way but it's not for the what the city will be up on the hook or nothing this just an authority for financing and it will be a creature make sure I'm saying this right the authority has should the power to Sue and be sued and it will have his own seal separate from the city so in other words the city won't be Li for anything you say they have their own separate seal yes and everything it's in the legisl always um it's always an instrument of the state mainly just for financing who going to be live if we get no I mean the authority The Authority yeah so it's not it's not it is not um it is not something where the city is is take over because anything let's say for instance any project let's say with the Board of Education as anything you would always enter in inter government agreement which in that which is has a lot of teeth in Georgia which in that in agreement is going to lay out that's what Tom comes in to make sure it lays out the funding method it will say hey we pledge these amount of taxes and such and such of this revenue for that so every project could be different different but mainly mainly what I've seen this started once you do a few projects of major like let's say for instance we have waterline projects or whatever once you do those in a few building let's say city hall or facilities um a lot of time once you get caught up you you very rarely utilize

these you know it's been my experience you very rarely do that until something major come because you know running back and forth to Wall Street and the bank you know when you can get favorable financing is a is a little it's it's it's a little better so we actually putting this in place and in in need it that's right it's not a it's not a it's not mandatory that you that you use it it's better and favorable that you have it and then when you do go out for the finan of door project that you able to utilize all the tools in your sh about and like I said this is not something that's new I list the cities that have it and as a lawyer I mean attorney said last week they have one in Columbia County Millville which is one this is um pattern question I I think it's very helpful the way the city going for us you know extending utilities out that you know and building you know new facilities I think is it should be wanted more question sry coming from this C no question concern that this time I entertain a motion and set to approve motion to approve second it's been second F discussion no F discussion all in favor right same next is May Council compensation ordinance the second reading man you already sat down I think you should stay all right man councel what this does is lays out in your package the um second reading of the um man council's um compensation um in the state of Georgia you know man Council does not get a cost of living but this what this

does is this adjust the compensation also um with it also um it lays out the pum expense inside the um compensation so this is not effective it does not affect like I said before it's not it's not effective to you all sitting at the table it'll come into play um in 2026 yeah and and Mr hay and Council um so we did put the new we we did she she did have that in there Y and put on the record the salary I mean shall be for the mayor's 1,200 um per month and Council 800 per month and so because because of the um addition of the per DM um expense and that's section c the new section c in um in your your Council packet um this will actually need to be a first reading we need to redo the first reading tonight um and then the second reading would be the 16th the 16th and that's how it was um advertised in the paper as well um but because again we added um we made some changes from from last meeting um out of precaution we wanted to have a first reading once again so so would he do a first reading last wait well it it was amendment made so it was amendment made so we go ahead and put the first reading there tonight any question concerning the compensation of of Mayor and counsel any question question thank

you New Vision I would like to add on January the 6 January the 6 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. um the city will be holding a town hall hold a town hall no legal no Personnel matters will be discussed at this time um bring your questions and concerns about the city Greensboro business well well ahead the future of the city with no legal nor Personnel matters will be discussed at this town hall it'll be from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. that's January the 6 that's the first meeting I in January first meeting in janary anything coming from the council at this time now the coming from the council we don't have any public comments no call motion this I want I know no man coun I I want to just say on one thing I mean I'm not going off the Record but um we just adopted a Personnel policy but I'm not here trying to um overall the whole thing but I just want to um talk about the appointment process of um not our regular employee but I'm talking about department head because um me and the mayor have been discussion I think I talk to y'all as one Department we're going to go in and make some changes to um wh sale but um I don't want to say it but because it's a Personnel matter but um some I put to you but um want to look at changing some our policy far as regarding um department heads um versus regular employees as far as appeal rights and everything you know I we don't want to make it a spa system where every time you come up for election new people coming you know high and fire but we do

want to get it where um there's a so-call um I guess mutual respect for the policies that come from the council to the manager I mean you said a lot did I'm thinking this just me I mean I think we do need to have that in an extion session and I don't know why you want to put it off tonight I mean I I mean this something you want to do in the real near future right yes sir so I mean this won't have one meeting for this year January you don't want to be a month from now oh you want to talk about it tonight I mean I'm just saying you know we talk about it we talk about all right then I guess we need clear the room I I didn't want to take I mean we don't have to M but I just think you know how about if I talk to you personally one on one n I mean that'll be fine but I like put the whole Cel head when I hear to be honest with with you all right you ask ient motion motion ex one person to that effect it's been discussion disc hey see council member youth counsel can you come to the Miss B could you get a picture of our youth counsel in their shirt make sure it makes the front page new at least the second