Council - workshop

art six o'clock call me to order alistair will lead us in our implication let us pray your heavenly father god as we come to you today we just thank you god for you many blessings gotta just pray that you'd be with us to go into this city's business today god god i pray that we would do it mainly for the building of your kingdom gotta pray that you give us the wisdom to make the decisions that need to be made God, and as we enter these times, God, as the next couple of weeks, as the children start going back to school, students are going to be back in school, God, we would be remiss if we didn't ask you for your protection over all of them. God, as they start back the school year, God, we pray for a great year for the administration, teachers, students. God, we're just praying, God, for a mighty movement. God of your spirit, God of your protection, God, we just thank you and praise you, God, for who you are and for all that you do for us. In your sweet name we pray. Amen. I pledge allegiance 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, Alan. Roll call here. All right. Thank you everybody for being here. We will move into the approval of minutes approved July 13th, 2026, 5 p.m. Council work session, July 20th, 2026, 9 30 a.m. Council work session and July 20th, 2026, 10 a.m. Council meetings. Everybody okay with taking those as one.

Okay. So moved.

I have a motion by Ms. Werschler. Second. Second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion? Roll call. Aye. Aye.

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Yeah, this is AECOM is going to look at the intersection of Fairgrounds and Motus and see about a roundabout in that location, removing the traffic signal, and hope to improve the flow of traffic through that area.

Three Notch.

Three Notch, excuse me, yes.

And also Cintron in Motus as well.

Yeah, as a part of that project, we're going to look at the Cintron crossover and extending the turn lane for Motus, or on the Beltline onto Motus Road, correct.

We need a motion and a second.

So moved.

I have a motion by Ms. Werschler.

Second.

Second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion? I would just say, like last week, this is a pretty tough area congestion-wise. I know I get complaints, and it's not even close to my district, but I'm sure many people up here do as well. So glad to see some movement and some things to consider in the future. All right. Any other discussion? Roll call. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.

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Resolution 26 to 18 is approve of the vote of four to zero resolution number 26 to 19 award bid for fourth Avenue parking garage to Pierce construction and authorized mayor to execute agreement.

Yeah. Good evening council. This is the award, the bid to Pierce construction and the amount of 17,290,378 dollars. So move.

I have a motion by Mr. Atkins.

Second.

Second by Ms. Wurstler. Any discussion? I would like to thank Joe Fuqua and MPS team and Pierce as well for working with the city to get the cost down a little bit. Found some good savings on this to get it down to about 17.3. So appreciate everybody's work on that. And it really didn't change the aesthetics of the deck that much. It's still going to be a nice looking deck. Yep. All right. Any other discussion? Roll call. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.

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Resolution number 26-219 is approved with a vote of 4-0. Resolution number 26-220, award bid number 26-020 for athletic field construction to pro-rain irrigation services being the loan respondent.

Jeremy Sherrill, procurement. This is an annual contract that gives us itemized pricing for these field repairs, irrigation repairs, and so on. We still have an option to solicit bids for special projects should they come along. Um, but this locks us into itemized pricing for when it's needed. And, uh, again, pro rain was the loan respondent, but we've got a longstanding partnership with them and are confident for an approval here. So moved.

We have a motion by Ms. Wurstler second by Mr. Atkins. Any discussion roll call. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.

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This is the purchase request for an ejector trailer, uh, for environmental services. Uh, we opened bids on July eight, four responses and K and L holdings is recommended as a lowest responsible bidder.

So moved.

We have a motion by Ms. Wurstler second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion? Roll call. Aye. Aye.

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All right. Resolution number 26 to 23 is approve of the vote of four to zero resolution number 26 to 24 approved MOU between Decatur police department and Calhoun community college. Herman, do you want to?

Yeah, basically that just clarifies the various duties that our police department and Calhoun's law enforcement just gives us some clarification in them. So it does a better job of coordinating what the different efforts are. That's all it does. It's a continuation of a contract, but this just clarifies it even more. Okay.

So moved.

I have a motion by Ms. Wurzler. Second. Second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion? Roll call. Aye.

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Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Resolution number 26-224 is approve the vote of 4-0. Resolution number 26-225, authorize independent contractor agreement for police internal affairs. This was reported or introduced last week. The chief could not be here. He's at a chief's conference. If there are questions, be glad to try to answer those, or we can get him on the phone. But this is an extension of the contract. It's the exact same contract that we had the previous year, including the same fee.

And it's an extension for one year? Correct. Yes. So moved.

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We have a motion by Ms. Wurzler.

Second. Second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion? Roll call.

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Good evening, Mayor and Council. I'm Lori Spitzer with the Human Resources Department. We are requesting an increase to the departmental headcount and funding for information systems for a system support tech in pay grade 14, which would be a minimum $40,900 up to $65,400 for a dedicated IS technical support.

So move. Motion by Mr. Atkins.

Second.

Second by Ms. Wurstler. Any discussion?

Let me just say we're not actually adding a head because we're going to not replace another position that's a higher level than this.

All right. Thank you, Mayor. Any questions? Roll call. Aye. Aye. Atkins. Aye.

Wurstler. Aye. Aye.

Hi. Resolution number 26-226 is to approve the vote of 4-0. Resolution number 26-227, approve River Clay Fine Arts Festival usage and lease agreement.

That's a continuation of an agreement. They use city hall premises, and the actual event is October 23rd through the 25th of this year.

So moved.

All right. We have a motion by Ms. Werschler. Second. Second by Mr. Atkins. Any discussion?

They'll come back later and get the application for alcohol. But they have to have this in order to do that. Thank you, Herman. Anything else? Roll call. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.

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uh... yes uh... pieces approach the city about the possibility of purchasing this lot suggestion to their property uh... it is under the this property is under high voltage transmission lines from tva uh... so there's a very wide uh... easement there's not a whole lot that could be done with it other than you know they could use it for parking or they could i guess they could use it just they wanted a garden or something but it's you know so we value what we're recommending is $4,500 is the value they would be required to pay $500 they would enter into an agreement that's what the dome program is that they would have to agree to maintain the property with it being this we give them a $500 credit each year so it would be 8 years that they would have to they'd have to agree to maintain and not transfer this property for that period of time.

And it has to be a piece of property that's adjacent to one.

It's adjacent. In order for it to be the Dawn program, they have to be an adjacent property owner. And, Ms. Walser, I did not get, I forgot to ask what Dawn stood for.

All right. And Alan is asking for immediate consideration. So we will need a motion and a second and then a unanimous vote for immediate consideration. And then we'll need another motion and a second for the ordinance.

Is there a reason for the immediate consideration?

Well, this will take quite a bit of time to get processed. He's already paid for the lot, so it just expedites and gets it, as opposed to presenting and waiting two weeks. It would allow us to go ahead and start getting the deeds together and the agreements, plus he's already paid us for the lot, so we're... So he's already paid us. That's why we're asking for immediate consideration.

That makes it quicker. That gets it off our books where we don't have to maintain it. That's a good point.

So moved. I have a motion for immediate consideration.

Ms. Werschler, a second for Mr. Bullard. Any discussion on immediate consideration?

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All right. Immediate consideration is approved. The vote of four to zero. We'll now need a motion. A second on the ordinance. So move my motion by Mr. Atkins. Second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion? I would just say, I appreciate this program. I think it's a great opportunity for citizens and certainly helps the city as well. All right. Roll call. Aye. Aye.

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All right. Ordinance number 264654, approve with a vote of four to zero. Next is ordinance number 264655, approve fire code amendment.

Yeah, that's just introducing it. Basically, there's a provision that you have to have two exits if you have a certain number of residential units in a particular subdivision. But as a FYI, the... Planning Commission or the zoning ordinance requires those two exits. So that's, this will at least, we became aware of this, and this will allow a better opportunity for developments to come to Decatur.

All right, thank you. Herman? So moved. We won't vote. Let's just introduce and get tonight's first reading. Oh, you're good. Ordinances, ordinance number 264651, approve sale of 408 7th Avenue Southwest to John T. Moore.

Yes, this is, we presented this at the last council meeting. This is just to sell this property to Mr. and Ms. Moore.

So moved.

All right, I have a motion by Mr. Atkins. Second. Second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion? Roll call. Aye. Aye.

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Aye. Aye. Bullard. Aye. Ordinance number 264651 is a third of the vote of 4-0. Ordinance number 26, 46 52 approved annexation request three 86 26 for deer road. Southeast lot three.

Uh, this is an approval for annexation located at the Northwest intersection of deer and upper river road. It has been prezone RS seven and it's 15 acres.

Okay.

Some of our emotional, Mr. Atkins second second by Ms. Wurstler. Any discussion roll call abstain. Aye.

Aye. Aye.

Ordinance number 264652 is approved with a vote of 3-0 with one abstention. Ordinance number 264653, approved annexation request 38726 for property south of 32-3 Deer Road, southeast lot 4.

Again, this is an approval for annexation request south of 3203 Deer Road at the intersection of Deer Road and Upper River Road for 9.51 acres. That was pre-zoned RS-7.

So moved. All right.

I have a motion by Ms. Werschler second by Mr. Bullard. Any discussion roll call abstain.

All right.

Ordinance number 26, 46 53 is approved with a vote of three to zero with one abstention boards and committees. This is a mayoral appointment of Beth Briscoe to the Decatur housing authority with term expiring August 5th, 2031. This will be Ms. Briscoe's first full term. No vote needed on that. Is there anything from departments? Mayor?

Yeah, I'd like to mention last Thursday night, Decatur Youth Services put on their 30th back-to-school jam, and it was a great success. All the council members were there. People from many different departments came and helped out. The young professionals were a big help, and there were thousands of people there. And I just want to give DYS kudos for a great job and everybody that helped them out. We appreciate it.

A great event indeed. Anything from council? All right. The next council work session will be held on August 10th, 2026 at 5 p.m. The next regular council meeting will be held on August 17th, 2026 at 10 a.m. If there's nothing else, we'll stand adjourned.