City Council - Regular Meeting

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Okay. Item agenda items for this afternoon. Under old business, permission to purchase one Kabota RTV utility vehicle for the sports complex for installing and removing the temporary fencing system at a cost of $19,789. Second time on the agenda, we can move forward with this today. uh only item under old business under new business permission into a professional services agreement with GMC to develop westside riverfront park master plan. [clears throat] And then item three appoint Tony Bruner to the Wump Impact Crater Commission. Tony is a young lady from Wumpa that's involved with uh what is the program?

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legacy. Yes, I think she'll be a very good uh member. Then item four this afternoon to reappoint Tanya Ays to the library board. Miss Hayes is here in favor of that. And then item five, permission for Harper and Company coffee to host event at the week at the farmers market on April 18th, 2026. Anyone here representing Harper Company? Okay, those are our agenda items for today. So, we'll uh call the meeting to order. The invocation this afternoon be given by council person Gant and a pledge by council person Tucker. [snorts] Let us pray. Dear Lord, heavenly father, we thank you for this day. We thank you for this opportunity that we have as a city. As we often look back on members, volunteers, elected officials of this city, we have to feel very positive about the positive things that are going on. And we ask you to lead, guide, and direct us as we go from this point forward. In Christ's name we pray. Amen.

[laughter] Ice 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. Thank you.

Roll call. Council member Robins here. Council member Tucker here. Council member Justice here. Council member Gant here. Council member Brown here. Mayor Willis here. You received in your packet a copy of the minutes from the council meeting held on January January 5 of 2026. Any corrections to those minutes being no corrections, we'll entertain a motion for approval. Submit. Second. Okay, we have a motion. We have a second. All in favor be known by saying I.

I. Anyone opposed? So that has been grazed. Under old business, permission to purchase one Kabota RTV utility vehicle for the sports complex for installing and removing the temporary fencing system at a cost of $19,789. We will entertain a motion to move forward. So move. Second. 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. Under new business, permission to enter into a professional services agreement with GMC to develop a westside riverfront park master plan. This is something that we have been talking about for some time. We had an agreement with them and which is in place, but we we want to broaden that a little bit with uh taking in some other areas and some other things that we're talking about doing on the west side. So, we can move forward with that and we'll entertain a motion to move forward.

Thank you. Do we have a second? Second. Okay, we have a motion. We have a second. Any discussion on this? The uh riverfront park we're talking about is just the west side. That's right. That's what this uh doesn't involve the Kusha River Parkway traffic. Is that taken into effect or for the future? It doesn't. It doesn't. I I don't think that's part of it. So Justin is not here today and he's the one that's been working on this. U I think it's everything inside the box. So think of it as like a

seems like that what's the other one I believe was nothing involved about the other side but it's been quite a few years. I've been around a while. That's what you were saying. That's what uh is already in place. It's just being broadened. The plan is Oh, okay. That's right. I remember you saying. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Um,

you got a motion in a second. Yeah, I have a motion in a second. We've had discussion on this. All in favor, let him be known by saying I. I. Anyone opposed. So, [clears throat] that too has been granted. Item three, appoint Tony Broomman to the Wood Impact Creative Commission. Um, we'll ask for a motion to do that. So moved. Second. And y'all are good. I'll tell you. You got it. You could be wrong. We have a motion. We have a second. All in favor? Let it be known by saying I. I.

Anyone opposed? So Tony has been appointed to that board. Then item four, reappoint Tanya Ays to the library board. I think she does a great job and and you're good. Glad to have her back. Okay, we need a motion. So move. Second. We have a We have a second. All in favor? Let's be known. I. Anyone opposed? So Tony has been reappointed. And then item five, permission for Harper and Company Coffee to host an event at the farmers market on April the 18th of 2026.

So move second. We have a motion. We have a second. All in favor say I. Anyone opposed? So that permission will be granted. Okay. Anything else, Justin? Oh, yeah. We need to move into executive session for a few minutes. Give an update. Okay. Let's say 10 minutes. We We'll be back in 10 minutes. Let me do this. I need a motion. I need a second. Second. All in favor? Let's do a roll call. Council member Robbins. Yes. Council member Tucker, yes.

Council member Justice, yes. Council member Gant. Yes. Council member Brown. Yes. Mayor Willis. Yes. So, we'll be back in about 10 minutes.

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