City Council - Regular Meeting

like the oven or clothes dryer during the coldest parts of the day if you can help it. Plan accordingly and you can help lower electric usage during the coldest days of winter. All right, good evening. I'd like to call the June 11th, 2026 meeting of the Greenville City Council to order. I'm Mayor PJ Connolly. I'll be presiding over tonight's meeting. First, I'd like to call on Council Member Portia Willis for the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Thank you, Mayor. Let us pray. Lord, I thank you, Lord, for today. I thank you, Lord, that you are good. Lord, your word says that goodness and mercy, they follow us every single day. Lord, your word says that your mercies are new every morning. You are great and greatly to be praised. I pray, Father God, for my peers on council, Lord. Lord, I pray for their families, Lord. I pray for their prayer requests that are spoken and not spoken. Lord, you know it all. And Lord, I pray, Lord, that as we seek to serve our community, Lord, that you would perfect what concerns us. Father God, I pray for our citizens, Lord, those that may be hurting, Lord, those that need a touch from you, those that need encouragement, those that may be grieving. Your word says that you are near to the brokenhearted. So I pray that you would provide what they need in abundance. I thank you for our city staff, Lord, who work in excellence every day to serve our citizens, Father. I thank you, Lord, because every city doesn't have staff like we have and employees like we have. Lord, help us to make decisions that keep them in mind and keep those that we serve in mind. And I pray, Lord, that we would always keep at the forefront the people that we're called to serve. It's in your name that I pray. Amen.

Amen. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands,

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Yes, sir. Mayor Connolly? Here. Mayor Pro Tem Foreman? Here. Council Member Jones? Here. Council Member Hardy? Here. Council Member Scully? Here. Council Member Robinson? Here. Council Member Willis? Here. All right. Mayor Connolly, you have a form.

Thank you very much. We'll now move on to the approval of tonight's agenda. Mr. Manager, any recommended changes? I have no changes, ma'am. Do I have a motion to approve?

Motion to approve. Second.

All right. Motion has been made by Council Member Robinson, seconded by Council Member Hardy. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Thank you. We'll now move on to the public comment period. The public comment period is a period reserved for comments by the public. Items that were or are scheduled to be the subject of a public hearing conducted at this meeting or another meeting during the same week shall not be discussed. A total of 30 minutes is allocated with each individual being allowed no more than 30 minutes. Individuals who are registered with the city clerk to speak will speak in the order registered until the allotted 30 minutes expires. If time remains after all persons who have spoken, individuals who do not register will have an opportunity to speak until the allotted 30 minutes expires. Madam Clerk, our first speaker.

Yes, sir. Deb Skorowicz, you have three minutes to address the Mayor and Council at the podium.

Do I have something here? No, ma'am. Okay. Good evening. My name is Deborah score. It's a good old score with the southern name. You know that in your heart, right? Okay, let's go. My name is Deborah score with and I am a resident of Greenville. I'm a Walker for many years. I walk six to eight miles a day and I want to help keep Greenville beautiful and clean. I fill 6 to 12 bags of trash a day. I saw code enforcement notice tapped on the front door of 1707 East 5th Street on May 21st. I was glad to see something being done about the condition of the property. It had been in this state since January. My question is, why did it take five months to inspect and put the occupants on notice? These properties have become a personal dumping ground littered with beer cans, food, food containers, beer cups, broken furniture, and a pit, a fire pit, to give it some homey touch. This is one several of rental properties in this neighborhood in similar condition. These properties have become a personal dumping ground littered with beer cans, food containers, beer cups, broken furniture, and a fire pit to make it homey, as I said. Many of the eateries downtown often take out food service. While it's convenient, it contributes to our trash problem as most businesses don't provide trash containers. The food containers and food just end up on the sidewalks. Additional trash containers need to be supplied by the businesses or city. Many lids have fallen off the trash containers and attract rodents. Our city ordinances allow for financial penalties which can be imposed on code enforcement for littering. After all, the goal should be to have a clean city. arson city ordinance allow for financial penalties which can be imposed by code enforcement for littering after all the goal should be to have a clean city business eyes i assume have some responsibility to maintain the front of their establishment cleaning sidewalks occasionally drinking establishments cleaning where people are vomiting on sidewalks at the end of the night in addition to the dumping trash. It's not a pleasant place to walk. Sidewalks could use a power wash. There is a sign at the corner of Cotanche and 5th which reads make downtown great again. And that's time.

You keep going.

Without a plan to make this happen, and the cooperation of many, this is just a nice thought. Together, government, local businesses, and residents can make a difference, and these words a reality. I'm almost finished, I promise. One last thought, the flowers downtown on Fifth look fabulous, and thanks to the workers who clean and water them. Thank you for your time, and I leave behind copies of some material for you this evening. And I hope you all get a good look at it.

Thank you very much. We appreciate you coming.

Can I give you this right now? Pictures of everything. Thank you.

Thank you. We appreciate it. Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

We do not have any additional registered speakers.

All right. Anyone else who would like to speak during the public comment period, please come forward, state your name for the record. You have three minutes. Seeing none, we'll close the public comment period. We'll move on to our next item, which I believe, let me pull it up here, is the appointments. Madam Clerk?

Yes, sir. We'll start with Board of Adjustment. Council Member Willis?

Yes, I'd like to reappoint Mr. Sterling Ruffin.

All right. Is there a second? Second. All right, motion has been made by Council Member Willis, seconded by Council Member Robinson. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Mr. Ruffin.

Next we have Council Member Scully.

For?

Board of Adjustment. Board of Adjustment, thank you.

Yes. I'm going to reappoint Mr. Jermaine McNair.

Okay.

That's second. Second. All right. Motion's been made by Councilman Scully. Second by Councilmember Hardy. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

All right. Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Mr. McNair.

Next we have Councilmember Jones.

I'm going to continue.

Yes, ma'am. Okay. Next we have the Environmental Advisory Commission. Councilmember Scully.

Environmental Advisory Commission. I need to continue that one. Thank you.

Okay. Sure. All right. Councilmember Robinson?

It's my pleasure to nominate Craig Becker to continue serving.

Okay.

All right. Is there a second? Second. All right. Motion to be made by Councilmember Robinson, seconded by Councilmember Scully. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Thank you.

Okay. Next, we have the— Congratulations, Mr. Becker. Oh, sorry. Next, we have the Firefighters Relief Fund Committee. There is not an assigned liaison. Anyone can make this appointment.

I'd like to nominate Landon Menzies.

All right, is there a second?

Second.

All right. Motion to be made by Council Member Hardy, second by Council Member Scully. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Mr. Minges.

Okay, next. Just to note, we have got the Greenville Utilities Commission. Mr. Dylan Godley is up there, but he has an automatic reappointment for a second term. There is a county seat. The county commissioners have nominated Mark Edmondson, and we just need a formal appointment of the city council tonight for that. And I take a motion.

I take a motion to appoint Mr. Edmondson.

I second. All right. Motion has been made by Councilor Robinson, seconded by Councilmember Jones. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Mr. Edmondson.

Okay. Next, we have the Historic Preservation Commission. Councilmember Hardy, there's two seats.

I'm about to continue by those, please.

Okay.

Next, we have the Housing Authority still waiting on word from the Housing Authority for the Resident Commissioner seat, but we do have a seat for Amir Connolly.

I'd like to nominate Mr. Linwood Smith. I actually need somebody to make a motion for me.

Make a motion. Second. All right.

Motion to be made by Council Member Robinson. Second by Mayor Pro Tem Foreman. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Mr. Smith.

Okay. Next we have the Human Relations Council. Mayor Connolly.

I am going to nominate Mr. Randolph Michael Stevenson. I need somebody to make a motion for me on that one, too.

Second.

All right. Motion is made by Councilmember Scully, seconded by Councilmember Robinson. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0. Next, we have also Human Relations Council, Councilmember Willis.

Yes, I'd like to nominate Ms. Lakeisha Bishop.

Second. Did you say Bishop?

Yes.

All right. Motion has been made by Councilmember Willis, seconded by Councilmember Hardy. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Ms. Bishop.

Next, same board, we have an appointment for Councilmember Scully, Human Relations Council.

Thank you. I'd like to nominate Mr. Donald Rivers. Second.

All right, motion's been made by Councilmember Scully, seconded by Councilmember Robinson. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Those opposed, say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Mr. Rivers.

Next, we have the Multimodal Transportation Commission. We'll start with Mayor Pro Tem Foreman.

Continue.

Yes, ma'am. Next, we've got Mayor Connolly.

I would like to nominate Maddox Ruffin. I need somebody to make a motion for me.

So moved.

Second. All right. Motion's been made by Councilmember Scully, second by Councilmember Jones. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Mr. Ruffin.

Next, also for Multimodal, Councilmember Hardy.

I'm going to have to continue that one.

Okay. Not a problem.

Next, we have the airport authority, Councilmember Willis. Yes, I'd like to nominate Mr. Travis Albia.

Second.

A-L-B-E-A.

I second that. All right, motion's been made by Councilmember Willis, seconded by Councilmember Hardy. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations to Mr. Albia.

Next, we have a city seat for the Pitt-Greenville Convention and Visitors Authority. Councilmember Robinson?

I'm still working on that, so I'd like to continue that, please. I've got some applicants. I've just got to work through a couple of things.

Okay. And three nominations for the county?

Same thing.

Continue.

Yes, ma'am.

Next, we have the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mayor Pro Tem Foreman?

Continue.

Okay. Also, Planning and Zoning Commission, Councilmember Hardy.

I'll nominate Spencer Newton.

Second. All right. Motion has been made by Councilmember Hardy, seconded by Councilmember Jones. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Mr. Newton.

Also, for Planning and Zoning Commission, Councilmember Scully.

I'd like to reappoint Ms. Kimberstone. Second.

All right. Motion has been made by Councilmember Scully, seconded by Councilmember Robinson. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Mrs. Stone.

Okay, next we have the Police Community Relations Committee. Council Member Robinson.

I'd like to continue in that place.

Yes, sir. Also, Police Community Relations Committee. Mayor Connolly.

I'd like to nominate Aileen Peacock.

Second.

All right, motion has been made by Council Member Hardy, seconded by Council Member Willis. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Ms. Peacock.

And finally, we have the Recreation and Parks Commission, Mayor Pro Tem Foreman.

I'd like to nominate Antoine Smith. Second.

All right. Motion has been made by Council Member, excuse me, Mayor Pro Tem Foreman, second by Council Member Robinson. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Mr. Smith.

And also for Recreation and Parks Commission, Council Member Robinson.

We've got a candidate who's got to finish some paperwork, so I'd like to continue that and get him applied and get him viewed by everybody.

All right, that sounds good. Thank you. And Mayor Connolly, that concludes the appointments.

All right, we'll move on.

I do have a question, Mayor. Do we not have appointments for Invest Greenville tonight? That's next.

Am I good, Mr. Mayor?

Absolutely. Absolutely. Always.

Okay, next we have the appointments for the Invest Greenville Board. I do have two seats. Council Member Willis?

Yes. I'd like to reappoint Mr. William Litchfield. Okay.

Second.

All right, motion to be made by Council Member Willis, second by Council Member Robinson. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0. Also, one more appointment, Mayor Connolly.

I'm going to continue mine.

Okay. And also, I will need, if you have it, an assignment for the city council liaison.

Seth Hardy. Okay. Council Member Seth Hardy.

All right. Mayor Connolly, that concludes the appointments for investment.

Thank you very much. All right. We'll move on to our new business, which is public hearings. This is the policy of the public hearings adopted by the city council petitioner or representative of the petitioner or a leader of those in opposition with each having 10 minutes. Persons following them will have up to three minutes each with a total for each side of no more than 30 minutes. Additionally, I want to remind those in attendance to extend the courtesy of the person speaking during the public hearing and to the city council during discussions. Comments made by members of the public are to occur only during the public hearing as allowed by the mayor in accordance with the adopted policy of the city council. There should be no interruptions of speakers or council members, including expressions of support or disagreements, verbally or by applause, as this is distracting and makes discussion difficult. We ask for your cooperation. Thank you. Mr. Manager, our first and only public hearing.

Thank you, Mayor. Item number three, ordinance requested by Sweet Living Capital Incorporated to rezone 14.2 acres located on the southern right-of-way of Charles Boulevard in between Signature Drive and Blue Bill Drive from RE20 Residential Agriculture to R6 Residential High Density Multifamily. Now I call forward Assistant Director Shantae Gooby for the presentation.

Good evening.

Good evening. The subject property is located in the southeast quadrant of the city. It's shown by the red star. This is an aerial photograph. So at the very top you have Charles Boulevard and Fire Tower Road. You come down Charles Boulevard. This is Signature Drive and then just below that that would be Blue Bill Drive. Behind it you do have Kittrell Farms. There's duplexes and some townhomes. And then to the south, this is Gray Fox Run. This request is made up of two parcels, which together are just a little over 14 acres. This is a photograph looking at the property from Charles Boulevard, so to your right would be back to Harris Teeter, to your left would take you to Conley. So at the intersection of Fire Tower Road and Charles Boulevard, that's an activity center, so that's where commercial uses are anticipated and encouraged. under the current zoning at full build out there would be a there would be 409 trips and then under the proposed zoning there would be a net increase or a net to generate a net not net I'm sorry I keep saying that I don't mean to would generate an increase of 1200 trips that would leave you a net of 833 trips So at the current zoning, Charles Boulevard is operating at about 98% of its design ADT, or average daily trips. And so if you add in the additional trips that's anticipated under this rezoning, then Charles Boulevard would be at about 104% of its design ADT. The property is located in the Hardy Creek Watershed. If stormwater rules apply, it would require 10-year detention. It is not located in a special flood hazard area. There may be jurisdictional wetlands, streams, and buffers. Currently, the property is zoned RE20, which could accommodate roughly 40 to 45 single-family lots. And under the requested zoning, the site could accommodate about 185 to 200 multifamily units. So with the future land use and character map, if we go back up to Firetower and Charles, you'll see it recommends commercial, and then as you head south, it does transition into traditional neighborhood medium to high density, or this brown color. The requested zoning is for high density multifamily, so that is part of that character. In staff's opinion, the request is in compliance with the Horizons plan and the future land use plan. Again, staff recommends approval. And then at the May 19th, 2026 planning and zoning meeting, the commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the request. And I'll be glad to answer any questions.

Any questions for Ms. Gooby? The build-out would be, what, 28? The build-out when they would finish the project would be, what, 28? The year, 28.

Oh, yes.

The build-out, the finish of the project.

Yes.

Okay.

All right, any other questions? Thank you very much. The public hearing is now open. Those speaking on behalf of the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has ten minutes. All others have three minutes.

My name is Jim Walker. I'm here to speak on behalf of the owner and the developer and ask your approval of the proposed zone. Chante says 14 acres is surrounded by multi-family with the exception of one of the owners lives adjacent to the property, the branch. It's served with water and sewer. There are no environmental issues on it. We've had an environmental firm out looking at it to see. There is a farm ditch that goes through it and it deemed that not a stream. So it will be, right now we're looking at a mixture of one bedroom, two bedroom, and three bedroom units. I know there's been some issues about traffic on Highway 43. So once we get zoning in place, our first step is to come up with a sketch plan as to what we plan to do what hope to do, and then sit down with staff and DOT and find out what they gonna make us do as well as get a TIA report to help mitigate anything we would like to do. You're probably aware of DOT's plan for future improvements on Highway 43. Their plan for this particular site shows a right in and right out on it. Whether or not they will continue with that once it's developed, we don't know. But right now that's the way they're leaning. If we were to get that developed before that, that's the part we need to mitigate as to what we're going to have to do to get this project approved. I'd be glad to try to answer any questions you've got.

Any questions? No, I don't think so. Thank you very much. Thank you. Anyone else like to speak on behalf of the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. You have three minutes. Seeing none, those in opposition to the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, the public hearing is now closed. Open for board discussion or motion? Motion approved.

Second.

All right. Motion has been made by Councilman Robinson, second by Councilmember Hardy. Any other discussion?

Just concerned about traffic as always. 104 is greater than 100, and my understanding is that that is full. So where is that 4% going to go? So just, I'm just frustrated that we can't get NCDOT to put in infrastructure as fast as we're growing. I'm concerned about, yeah, thank you very much. Do you have any concerns about that number 104?

I'm not going to answer that question in that fashion. I'm just going to give you additional information. Thank you. Okay. The design ADT, which Shante speaks of, are numbers provided by the DOT for a certain facility. That design ADT is at level of service D. Capacity is A, B, C, D, E, F, okay? It's not the capacity. It's the design at level of service D. So above D is level of service E. There's that margin of a volume. It's not defined, because you can't predict when you get in near capacity conditions, because the volume's quite down. So there's probably an additional 10 to 12% in that E range before you get to F. So that's first of all. Second of all, we talked about the project, which is gonna widen that to a boulevard, which is two lanes in each direction with a center median. And yes, that will be a right in, right out driveway. There'll be a median definitely in front of that driveway. If you talk about the future design ADT, not capacity, just the future design ADT, it would only be at 38% with the new facility in place. Okay, that's the difference between what's there now and what's in the future. I think there was another point I wanted to make. Oh, the project, that project is funded through preliminary design, but there been no milestone set yet for right away utilities and construction. So your question about when is this gonna be built? Understandable question. If we could tell you now that the roadway is gonna be construction in 2008, then that would obviously alleviate some concerns. It's not been identified yet. So that's the extra information I wanted to add to you.

Thank you. Any other questions, comments? We got a motion by Councilman Robinson, seconded by Councilmember Scully. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

All right. We'll move on to our city manager's report. I have no report. Okay. City attorney's report.

Yeah, I would just like to wish my wife a happy wedding anniversary. Happy anniversary. Yeah, it was yesterday and we're still celebrating.

So our gift to you is we're sending you home early. Early, yep. All right, a city clerk's report.

Really nothing here except for y'all made a lot of appointments. Thank you.

That's good, that's good. All right, let's start down this way. Councilman Robinson.

All right, Mayor, thank you very much. I want to say an extra thank you to all our fire, EMS, and police. I mean, today was a heat advisory, and I'm sure I walked out like, man, it just took my breath away, and I'm dressed in a suit. But think about officers who are dressed in all dark colors, and they're carrying lots of gear. I don't know, six, eight, ten pounds of gear when they get out of the patrol vehicles and whatnot. And EMS people, firefighters, when they go out, you know, take the time if you see we just take time to say thank you for what you do because we're hot and look what they're doing and the gear and again it's just there are first responders and they put themselves a whole lot so it was heated visor I think today and tomorrow if I'm not mistaken so all those guys hope you be careful number two congratulations to all the 2026 high school graduates to all the parents and family members and friends and whatnot. I know you're very proud. I know our former mayor's daughter I think walked through this morning. Congratulations to her. So congratulations to all those people. To I think it was Miss Horowitz, correct? It spoke earlier.

Oh, yeah.

Miss Horowitz, I hope if you're watching us to saw your photographs and that's that property was trash. I agree with you 100%. I do want you to know that that as a council, we are trying to take steps to be more proactive in that community and also be proactive to problems like you've described to us and gave us pictures of instead of reactive. And please bring those things to our attention when you see them in your walks. And I'm sure our staff will jump right on it and make those things be fixed real quick, because that's been my experience with reporting similar problems. So thank you for bringing that to our attention. Congratulations to our police department. Did an unbelievable job by making three arrests in an international South American theft and burglary ring, cooperating with many states outside it. So that just again shows our police department and the dedication, but it also shows that there are people coming into our country and committing crimes in our very own backyard. Not up in New York, not in DC, not in Florida, not in California. but in Greenville and Pitt County, North Carolina. So when people think about these things, be mindful that crime is coming to our backyard. And I think that says a lot for our law enforcement to come in and make that arrest. And that just, it blows me away that there's a theft and brooding in South America. that's committing crimes throughout our state and other states in our community. That's just, it's amazing. I mean, it's mind-boggling, but I'm glad our law enforcement made a little dent in that, and I'm sure they'll continue to be proactive. And everybody be careful in the hot weather. Congratulations to all the local people who are fishing in the Big Rock, Harry Smith and some of that crowd and other people that are fishing. Good luck. Be safe. And, Mayor, thank you. That's all my comments. Thank you very much. Casimir Scully.

Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to also congratulate all the high school graduates. Great job. Pat on the back. Way to go. We're so proud of you. Make us proud when you go from this place. Or if you stay here, stay here and do great things. So thank you and congrats. Let's see. I got to go to the chamber intern experience today, which was really fun. There's some of our interns in the back row over there. See you guys. But really had a great conversation with them. I was really excited to meet them, to share a little bit of what we do in city government, and to hear some of their ideas and perspectives. It was really an hour well spent. And I really appreciate the chamber for the invitation and for putting that that event on. It's a really cool way for all the interns from our community to get together, to learn about city government, to tour the community, and to do things outside of their duties and their internships. So it's really cool. So that was nice to participate in. The scullery is celebrating its 15-year anniversary today. Oh, wow. 15 years ago today, the city of Greenville awarded us $15,000. It was a couple months before that, but we opened on this day in 2011. And it's just been great. To open a restaurant with $15,000 is hard. And if I knew now what I knew then, I probably wouldn't have done it, because I don't know how hard it was going to be. But just I'm so thankful for this city, for this community, for the support that we've received, for that initial grant that we got from the city. And it's just one really great example of what good things the community and the city government can do with small grants and community support, things that we're still doing today. And that was such a great program. I would really love to talk about getting something like that started again because it was a forgivable loan. And a lot of the stuff, we have great programs now, but a lot of them are reimbursement programs. And one of the great things about that was it was a forgivable loan. So it really was helpful for us because we didn't have any money. So it was the only way we were able to start. So just so thankful for the leadership at that time and thankful for our leadership today and the great things we still have going on supporting local business and people, families. And finally, As we continue to celebrate Pride Month, our governor, Governor Stein, declared June Pride Month in North Carolina for all of its citizens. And I just wanted to share that proclamation now for all of us in Greenville, because that includes us. a proclamation whereas lgbtq lgbtq plus pride month celebrates the contributions of lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer people and highlights the need for a safer and fair world and whereas pride month is observed yearly in june to coincide with the anniversary of the nineteen sixty nine stonewall riots a series of gay equality protests in new york city and whereas in twenty twenty five the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation tracked 1,042 anti-LGBTQ incidents in 47 United States and the District of Columbia, and those incidents included 128 acts of hateful vandalism, 76 violent assaults, 22 threats of violence, 15 attempts of arson, all combining for a 5% increase from 2024. And whereas we know that policies to protect and strengthen LGBTQ plus rights in North Carolina are needed to keep people safe and to encourage every North Carolinian to live fully regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. And whereas executive order number 24 issued in October 2017 prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in state employment, state services, and state contracts under the jurisdiction of the Office of Governor. And whereas the state of North Carolina acknowledges the importance of fostering a safe and supportive environment for all residents and advocates for statewide protections and advocates for statewide protections for LGBTQ plus individuals to make our state a place where all people are where all people can work and live free of discrimination and are treated with dignity and respect. To make our state a place where all people can work and live free of discrimination and are treated with dignity and respect. Now, therefore, I, Josh Stein, governor of the state of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim June 2026 as LGBTQ Plus Pride Month in North Carolina and commend its observance to all residents. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you very much. Councilman Wills.

Seeing as we will not reconvene until August, I hope everyone has a wonderful summer. That is right, we won't meet in July.

Well, we do have a very quick meeting on June 22nd. Very quick. You hit it all up in me.

I saw Denae's face and she's like, wait a minute. Okay, so I'm just jumping ahead tonight, right? But I hope everyone has a wonderful summer. My kids are out of school, so I know summer is the funnest. But I know there are wonderful things going on in the city of Greenville, so stay tuned into our city website and different avenues that broadcast the things going on in Greenville. It's going to be a great summer. So that's all I have, Mayor.

Thank you very much. Council Member Hardy. Just one brief comment on the code enforcement issue that was talked about in the public comment period. We will work with city manager on that. And I actually do know the individuals that will be moving into their next year. So I will work to mitigate that issue going forward. But I will say that we are taking a proactive step towards code enforcement. We will be cracking down on landlords that keep their units at subpar conditions and then we will also be cracking down on the tenants as well to make sure everybody's doing things the right way to try to improve the neighborhood so everybody can have a good quality of life and uh everybody's kept happy thank you mayor thank you very much councilman jones good evening i also want to say congratulations to the class of 2026 and i'm proud to be the mother of one i'd like to also recognize national cna week

Certified nursing assistants are truly the heart of health care. Their compassion, dedication, and commitment to caring for others make a difference in countless lives every single day. And I work with some outstanding, heart-loving CNAs each and every day. So I just want to say happy CNA week to not only the ones of Greenville Health and Rehab, but all CNAs. Next week also gives us the opportunity to recognize Juneteenth. a day that commemorates freedom, resilience, and the continued pursuit of equality for all. And finally, Father's Day. I want to say, you know, we tend to forget our fathers sometimes. But I do want to say Happy Father's Day to all the fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, mentors, and father figures. Happy Father's Day. Thank you.

Thank you very much. All right, Mayor Pro Tem Foreman.

I mirror everyone's sentiments.

All right, I like it. And I have nothing, so I need a motion to adjourn.

Motion to adjourn. Second.

All right, motion to be made by Council Member Robinson, seconded by Council Member Jones. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Closed in A.

Motion passes 6-0.