City Council - Regular Meeting

They don't want to hear All right, we're going to go ahead and get started with our work session this Appreciate all of you being here.

This evening under No one signed up. No, sir.

Okay. So, we'll move ahead u under old business this evening. There will not be any all new business. Public hearing-020 restaurant retail liquor license on premises only for Mexican restaurant El Boss located 7495 US highway 231 with Alabama. A public hearing on that and then u take action on issuing a liquor license for that after that public hearing. Item three, ordinance 2026-2, an ordinance extending the moratorum on package stores, convenience stores, gas stations, vape shops, mini warehouses, and self storage facilities. Be back on the agenda next time. Item four, resolution 5-18-1, an agreement to participate in the Alabama interlocal mutual aid agreement. Uh Ashley Greg, what tell us what that's about. So, we were approached, excuse me, a couple months ago by the emergency management agency for the county and basically they had uncovered statewide some issues that they thought had uh were already in place that had to do with liabilities and reimbursements and covering coverage and uh that they found out that they were assuming incorrectly. And so they presented us with the new agreement that would cover those things in the way that we had assumed or been operating thinking that they were. So I would say this is more just a procedural thing to get us where we thought we were operating for all this all this time.

Go ahead. Basically in layman's terms, if you go help another department, you're compensated. Is that's what it's saying? No. No sir. Um it in that case most time it has to be like a declared disaster. Okay. Now that was in here too.

This had more to do with liability type things assuming that that if somebody comes here to help us then than making sure that uh they would be covered um working in our jurisdiction. It's all got to do with jurisdictional stuff. Um and this you were in there too. This this include law enforcement, all kind of things. Um even some of the things where uh uh you know they call and ask for officers to come in and help you know direct traffic or or those type things. They they found that there were some gaps in that that um on on the smaller level that that just wasn't thorough enough. So they clean cleaned up like Thank you. All right. Then item five is to approve mutual aid agreement with Montgomery Fire Rescue. And then item six, permission to hire one full-time fire personnel. I think that's been worked out. Kathy and Tay been through all of that.

Can we go back to number five? So when they So it's what the way I was reading it, it's like if Montgomery called and asked for you all to come and help, then it's up to your discretion as to whether or not you want to go.

Um it would always be up to our discretion and and and less than want to is more based on if we already have resources doing something else. Uh but this is just the the groundwork that sets forth that we would be willing to respond if they needed us and vice vers in reality. It's it's to make sure that it works both of those situations. One, if we send somebody, we want to make sure that their that our insurance follows them, that whatever coverage we provide follows that, but also that wherever they're going, that destination, their policy would also so basically to make sure we're covered in both both situations.

Just clarify, they do not have insurance. Okay. And I believe we go to item seven. Approve amended memorandum of understanding with the board of education for the use of sports facilities. That's all in your packets. to have all of that in the package. Yes, sir.

Item eight, grant permission of Elmo County Food Pantry to host partnership sports complex. Okay, so that's the agenda for this evening. We'll go back up and uh uh call the council meeting to order. Invocation be given by council person Gant and the pledge by council woman justice. Let us pray. Dear Lord and heavenly father, we thank you for this day. We thank you for all our many blessings. We thank you as a council that that we come together and we do things for the betterment of this city. We're also thankful for the citizens and their support of our first responders, what they do for us. We ask you to do this in Christ.

I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisibley for all. Roll call. Council member Robbins here. Council member Tucker here. Council member Justice here. Council member Gan here. Council Brown here. Mayor Willis

received any packets copy of the minutes from the council meeting held on May 4th, 2026. Are there any corrections to those minutes? If not, we entertain a motion for approve motion. Second. Second. Motion in a second. All in favor? Be saying I.

Anyone opposed? Those have been approved. from the new business public hearing. Uh we'll go ahead and call ourselves into a public hearing session at this time. Retail liqu on purpose only for Mexican restaurant El Boss located 7495 US Highway 231. We jump to Alabama. Anyone here to speak in favor of this? Anyone here to speak against this? Okay. No fors here and no against here. So public hearing will be closed. We move back into regular session and take up the next item which is to approve the 020 retail liquor license. Bring us on to the Mexican restaurant hill Boston located 7495 US highway 231 which up motion to approve.

Mayor, I'd like to make that motion. And do we have a second? Second. We have a motion. We have a second. Any further discussion on this? All in favor? Let it be known to say I.

Anyone opposed? So that has been approved. Item three, ordinance 2026-2, an ordinance extending the moratorum on package stores, convenience stores, gas station, lake shops, mini warehouses, and self storage facilities. First item on the agenda be carried over to the next meeting. Item four, resolution 15-18-1, an agreement to participate in the Alabama Ender local mutual aid agreement. We can move forward on this motion.

Okay, take the motion. Do we have a second? Second. Okay, we have a motion. We have a second. Any discussion on this? All in favor? That'd be saying I. Anyone opposed? So that too has been granted. Item five, approve of mutual agreement with Montgomery Fire Rescue. We can entertain that motion. Mayor, I'd like to make that motion. We take the motion. Do we have a second? Second. That's right.

Okay, we have a motion. We have a second. All in favor? It' be nor say I. Anyone oppose? So that two has been granted. Item six, permission to hire one full-time fire personnel. We can move forward with this. The motion. We have a motion. Do we have a second? Second. Thank you. Have a motion to have a second. All in favor? Everyone say I. I.

Anyone oppose? So that too has been granted. In item seven, approve a amended memorandum of understanding for the board of education for the use of historic facilities. We'll enterain a motion.

Motion. Do we have a second? We have a motion. We have a second. Any further discussion on this? All in favor, let it be known by saying I. I. Anyone opposed? So that too has been approved. And item eight, grant permission for the Elmo County Food Pantry to host a car show at the Wampa Sports Complex. Motion. So move. We have a second. Second.

Okay, we have a motion. We have a second. Any discussion on this? All in favor say I. I. Anyone opposed? So that too has been granted. That concludes our agenda for this evening. We'll entertain a motion for a journ. So move. We will have a second. Second. Okay. All right. We stand.