City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening everyone. Um, welcome to our regular regularly scheduled city council meeting for May 18th, 2026. and um we will be rising for the pledge of allegiance and a moment of si silence as we humbly seek for wisdom, clarity, and discernment in the work before us. May we be guided in service to this community with fairness, integrity, and responsibility. If you could please join me. Our first item on the agenda is to open up a public hearing for fiscal year 2627 budgets. Thank you, Madam Mayor, members of council. Um, I will uh try to be as thorough and as brief as I can uh to present the budget. The uh general fund budget envisions uh the millage rate staying uh the same at 86 mills. It does include a uh 1.5% uh increase uh on the trash collection. Um, and that'll take it to $1831 uh $18.31 31 cents per house per month. Um, not including any type of uh fuel sir charge that is provided for uh in the current agreement. Uh on the TCU fee schedules,

it does include a $7.33 uh increase uh per month on the water base rate uh and an 8% passrough rate on the uh sewer fees. uh at the end of the fiscal year. It also envisions general fund transferring at a minimum 300,000 uh into a new capital reserve fund. Um the budget also includes debt payments for facility bonds and paying off capital leases that were obtained in fiscal year 2526. So this current fiscal year. It also includes uh capital investments into facility and infrastructure upgrades. So, with that being said, uh your general your general fund projected revenues is one uh 19,934,332. Um projected expenses at 19,294,417 uh with revenues over expenses of $639,914. And that's where we anticipate uh being able to start up that uh capital reserve fund that was discussed during the budget workshops. uh the beach and swim center. Uh looking at projected revenues of $179,850 uh with the majority of that uh obviously coming from the membership fees with projected expenses at $176,588 uh giving you a a profitable balance of $3,262 that would go into the reserve fund for beach and swim center. In our utility department with TCUD, we're forecasting revenues at 8,457,297 uh with expenses at $8,227,998 for a net positive of $229,299 uh at the conclusion of the fiscal year uh allowing us to meet the debt service coverage ratio that we're required to with our bond covenants on that utility

fund. Uh in the storm water uh uh fund, we're looking at 1,464,479 uh dollars on projected revenues. Uh and the same in projected expenses. Uh in our with our events um budget, we're looking at $243,440 in both revenues and expenditures. And with hospitality tax looking at revenues and expenditures of $425,000 uh each giving you a grand total uh of uh projected revenues of 30,74,398 uh with uh total expenses uh projected at 29,831,922 uh with a positive uh balance of $872,475 uh for across the uh the various funds that the city operates within the general fund. Obviously, that's where the majority of our um operational departments are, uh including council and court. Um so, the council projected budget is at $68,200. Uh court is at $385,479. Admin admin at 1,198,667. Our development services department at $700,179. Public works at1,274,592. Police at 5,663,766. Fire at 3,888,967. Parks and wreck at just over two uh 2.1 million. Uh and then non-EP departmental, which obviously is where um all of our bonds and everything are contained. uh at 4,13,951. Uh again, giving you a grand total of projected expenditures of 19,934,331.

Um and to the right of that column, uh I've I've included just percentage of the total budget that each of the departments make up. As is usually the case, and probably the case in in most cities, your public safety is going to occupy the majority of that uh that budget. Um with police coming in at 28.4% and fire occupying a little over 19.5%. Uh our park right department um at 10.5% and I'll move back up public works at 6.39, development services at 3.51, admin at six uh just over 6%, court at almost 2% and council less than 1%. Um and you can see personnel costs uh occupy the majority of our uh of our budget and that's that's going to be across the board. Um capital investments by department. Um our strate we spent some time council together um on the capital improvements plan uh and the capital outlay forecast. Um you those focus on one-time investments um and you know keeping in in line with what our our financial policies are. Um yeah, anytime we are looking to take out any debt, it's no longer it it's not for a period that's longer than whatever the useful life of that that thing may be. So in the uh in the admin uh department uh as discussed with the uh during the budget workshops uh your your capital if you will u there is going to be on uh updating the classification and compensation study which we would put out for bid. um spend a good time good bit of time over the uh the course of the uh coming fiscal year going through that. Um and then we'll bring those results back once they're ready and have those conversations with council. Uh parks recreation enhancements. Uh those investments include uh contributions or continuation of the park maintenance action plan um

power installation in the Stone Crest Boulevard median from Dam Road um up to Ledgestone uh in that stretch of median there. So primar basically going through um Serenity Point. Uh upgrades to the pickleball courts to include uh accessibil uh fixing some accessibility issues uh upgrading the electrical uh on that electrical panel. uh and the fencing uh and the first phase of neighborhood monument renovations uh for the monuments in traditional TK in the uh non-EP departmental that includes uh we did include new in there uh renovating the hearth room which is across the hall from council chambers uh to include flooring uh furniture and paint. Um the TCU budget includes uh continued replacement of aging water meters, installation of two uh new bypass pumps and bypass bonds being funded by impact fees and then capital lease payoffs for public works, police, fire, parks and wreck, te and storm water. Um we've got funds in in each of those areas to pay off the uh the leases and eliminating the obligations uh that were taken on with the FY 2526 fiscal year. um proposed capital investments as we discussed during the budget workshops and uh council especially for those that are new with us requirement from the lender is uh even with the budget being passed we would still have to bring council a resolution to consider and we'll put that out for bid later this calendar year uh it wouldn't have any impact uh financial impact on the um 2627 fiscal year as payments are one year in a rears um so we'll bring that to you uh at a later date And as was discussed in the uh in our last workshop, I believe it was, uh we'll uh we're working on setting up a demo uh between a rental um debris uh suction truck. Uh and we're going to line that

up side by side with the current leaf truck uh to show council the differences between the two before we uh we make a move forward on on any of that and bring you anything as far as a proposal. But right now, the capital investments um that would be considered are uh two replacement maintenance trucks in public works, one replacement uh snowplow attachment for public works, uh replacement vehicle for development services, three replacement vehicles uh for uh police, one would be an admin car and the other two on patrol. Uh one replacement vehicle for parks and recreation, one refurbished backhoe for uh parks and recreation. one new equipment hall trailer for parks and wreck, uh two replacement trucks for TCUD, and then again potentially new Lefi truck for storm water. And all those items were discussed um during our two uh budget workshops as well as uh during our uh capital improvements plan workshop. So with that, um Madame Mayor, we can open the floor for any public comments on the budgets. Um, we don't have anyone signed up for for public comments on this this portion of it. Anyone on council like to make any comments on

um is there anyone that would like to speak towards the budget? Sure. 364 way. I was just curious going purpose of that is.

Sure. I'll be happy to answer that if that's okay with council. It's it's to provide for uplighting uh Christmas lights and things of that nature like we uh currently do on Tiki Kat Drive. so as to be able to enhance that, do some uplighting on the palm trees that have been planted out there and then during the holiday season be able to uh enhance that area a little bit more. Yes, sir.

Um and just for for clarity, the impre the purchasing of the vehicles, the truck, etc. Is that that is to be approved and voted on at a later date. That is correct. Uh in talking with our finance director, probably bringing uh council that resolution for consideration in November and December time frame so that the payments uh the following year line up on in a time of the year where we're more cash flush with tax revenues coming in and things of that nature. So, uh it wouldn't be anything that we'd be bringing to you immediately. Uh but it would be in in the next several months that we would bring to you. Yes, ma'am.

Okay. Um I just want to Thank you, Charlie. This was a very good synopsis. Uh for any residents who are curious about the more in-depth detail because we don't want to spend hours rehashing something, there are two videos up where we had our two meetings and went over this in very detail. And I just wanted to thank you and your department heads for bringing the level of detail you did to those discussions that helped us to make the decisions that went into this and sort of the guidance um that was issued. Um I'm really pleased with this. I we all had different opinions on it um and different perspectives that we brought and a lot of really good discussions. So, I really encourage residents who have any questions to please go watch those videos on the YouTube channel because if you really want to dig in about any particular topic, it's going to be there. We had discussions about it. Um, and I'm just optimistic and thank you again to the department heads and all of our staff because our personnel put a lot of work into this. I think the biggest thing I'd like to highlight is the the changes that we made this year in doing a capital improvement plan for department that gives us that footprint going forward or the vision going forward for the next four years of what the needs are and then starting that uh capital improvement fund to take care of those of those needs that um that gets us away from the one-year vision into a a full planning mode and and I think that that is really important. So I appreciate that. Thank you.

Yes. And just for the residents knowledge, um on on our finance page of our website, um there's a tab called transparency. If you click there, the proposed budget book for um 2627 is there. Um Dana Overlay, our budget analyst and procurement officer, spent a lot of time putting that together. Did an excellent job. So there's a lot of good useful information in there for the for the public. Okay, we're going to be moving on and um I'm going down there for proclamations. It's a lot to read. All right. Our first pro proclamation is recognizing May 17th through May 23rd as the National Safe Boating Week. Whereas the city of Tig is uniquely positioned along the Kataba River and recreational waters the lake of Lake Wy providing residents and visitors exceptional opportunities for boating, fishing, kaying, and other water-based activities that enhance the quality of life and foster a connection to to our natural environment. Whereas the n national safe boating week obs served May 17 through May 23rd 2026 serves as the official kickoff of the safe boating campaign a global initiative dedicated to promoting responsible boating practices and raise awareness about the importance of safety on the water. Whereas the city council of the city of Tig encourages community members to engage with the US Coast Guard auxiliary which offers safety courses and free vessel safety checks to help boat owners ensure their equipment is in good working order and meet safely

standards. And whereas the city council in the city of Tig further further urges all boers to take personal responsibility for safety on the water by wearing US Coast Guard approved life jackets using engine cut off switches remaining alert and sober and being prepared with the proper equipment and knowledge for every boating outing. Now therefore, let it be proclaimed that the mayor of and city council of the city of Tig, duly assembled, do hereby recognize May 17th through May 23rd as National Safe Boating Week and encourage all citizens to embrace safe boating habits and support efforts to prevent accidents and save lives in our waterways. Thank you. Second proclamation recognizing the week of May 17th as National Public Works Week. Whereas 2026 makes the 66th annual National Public Works Week, which established the American Public Works Association. Whereas it's in the public interest of citizens and civic leaders of TIG K to gain knowledge and and an understanding of the importance of public works and programs in their prospective communities. Whereas public works professionals focus infrastructure facilities and services that provide public health high quality of life and well-being to the people of TIG. And whereas the infrastructure, facilities, and services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public works employees at all levels who are responsible for rebuilding, improving and protecting our nation's transportation, water supply, water treatment, solid waste systems, public buildings, and other structures that facilitate essential and facilities

essential for our citizens and our community. Now therefore be it proclaimed that may the mayor and council of city of the city of Tig duly assembled do hereby recognize the week of May 17th as national public works week. We urge all citizens to join with with representatives of the American Public Works Association and government agencies in activities, events, and ceremonies designed to pay tribute to our public works professionals, engineers, managers, and employees, and to recognize the substantial contributions they make to protecting our national health, safety, and advancing quality of life for all. We have the best. Thank you very much. If you see them out there, Selen, thank you. Thank you. Next proclamation recognizing May 26 as National Tennis Month. Whereas the United States Tennis Association, founded in 1881 in New York City, is at the nonprofit national governing body for tennis in the United States and the largest tennis organization in the world, promoting the sport at all levels, from beginners to professionals. Whereas the USA works in partnership with local programs to increase the accessibility of tennis to people of all ages and abilities, highlighting its physical, social, and educational benefits through initiatives such as the USDA adaptive grants. Whereas with a 46% increase in participation since 2019 and over 25.7 million players in 2024, the USA has declared May as the national tennis month to further promote sports n the sports nationwide and encourage community engagement through local events and play opportunities. And

whereas the city council of the city of Tig desires to encourage players and non-players alike to find courts and play opportunities in our community as well as surrounding communities. Now therefore be it proclaimed that the mayor and council of the city of Tig duly assembled do hereby recognize the month of the month of May as national tennis month for the city of Tig. tennis players proclamation recognizing the first sat Saturday of June as friends helping friends special friends day whereas 18.5% of American children under the age of 18 are special needs children whereas friends helping special friends was established in 1996 by Jack Brener in recognition of his daughter who was living with special needs needs whereas others join the organization to assist in providing various activities to those with special needs including a lake day occurring occurring the first Saturday of June and whereas the city council and the city of Tig desires to encourage inclusion throughout the community and participation of friends helping special friends. Now therefore be it proclaimed that the mayor and the city council of city city of Tig duly assembled do hereby recognize the first Saturday of June as friends helping special friends day here in the city of Tig. Thank you.

We're moving on to E, our U financial report.

Thank you, Madam Mayor, members of council. Um, so this is uh uh based off of March actual. Uh so that's about 67% of the way through this abbreviated fiscal year. Um just as as you're looking this. So, uh, overall the budgets are performing very, very well. Uh, our general fund revenues, uh, budgeted, we're at 15,968,720 for, uh, for the fiscal year, which will end, um, the end of next month. Uh, and thus far, we have collected 76% of of that budget at 12,196,140. Uh we've got some big revenues that'll come in especially related to business license and things like that. Uh coming in later this month, first of next month. Uh but again, this is we're at 67% of the budget and we're at 76% of the revenues. Uh general fund expenses overall um we have budgeted for 14,195,977. Um and thus far we are at uh 61% or $8,650,573. Um all the rest of our budgets are are very much in line uh even below budget for where they would be that particular uh for this particular time of the year. Uh with the exception of council and the biggest thing there is just uh the election expenses. There's a big increase uh in the election expenses. Uh in the past they've been around eight grand. This year they were about 12 grand each. So, uh, now with the elections coming up this coming November, we will not have any expenses involved with that because you've got the the national and state elections, whatnot. So, uh, we're not charged for those. Um, but council uh through March is at $59,872. Court at $155,250. Uh, administration uh at $497,795.

Development services at 342792. Public works 497694. Uh police at 2,463,569. Uh fire uh at1,668,66. Parks and wreck at 868622 and non-EP departmental at 2,96,374. And a lot of that is those onetime bond payments and where they come in uh in relation to our current fiscal year. Um here's just a a quick summary of the of the the other funds that the city operates. Beach and swim center. Obviously with this being March, not a lot of revenues uh had had come in at that particular time. Uh with the uh warmer weathers, we're we're looking for that to continue to rise uh across the next couple weeks. Uh expenses at $43,23. Um, so not a whole lot of movement during during that period of time for the u for the beach and swim center. Uh, in our utility department, our revenues uh are at 58%. Uh, so through March, we're at 3,414,411 and our expenses uh at 52% of projections and that's at $2,936,897. Our storm water revenue uh 97% so almost uh we're complete there. Uh and we may be as of the April financials uh at 100% or better there of what was forecasted. So we're at 1,ion164 387 uh and a storm uh against a stormwater expense uh through that period of time at 461,220. Our events revenue uh 154,153. So it's come in at 95% of its revenue which does include that transfer from hospitality tax that help supports the events. Uh and then our events expenses

at 95 424. Um, so obviously the best dam festival that we just had this past Saturday, those expenses and and things are not included in that in those things. And then our hospitality tax revenue right on track at 67% uh through March at 200,296 um and the expenses at 1987 uh which is 83% of what was forecasted but again the biggest thing in there is that transfer over to uh the events fun. That is the financial report through March. Um would probably expect the next one being in July and we'll do a uh either July or August and we'll do a year-end uh wrap up on on this fiscal year uh and try to stay on that quarterly basis for the new uh for the upcoming fiscal year.

Thank you. And just to share with with residents, this is something that we've added um in our communication lineup to do quarterly reviews of our budget so that um everybody's kind of on top of of what that looks like.

And if if residents aren't familiar on our uh finance uh department page on our website, we do po post the uh monthly uh financials. U the March is up there in its entirety. Um, one thing to keep in mind, and some people may be thinking, well, it's almost the end of May. Why are we talking about March? It takes us until about the 20th of the preceding month or the following month to wrap up the preceding month, all bills paid and things like that before we close it out. So, um, it's it's about a month behind, if you will, but that's we don't want to post them until we've been able to close out that month. So, March's full uh financial statements are on on our website.

Thank you. And I just wanted to point out anybody here or anybody watching this uh you see the difference in the number between FY2526 and the current budget just a reminder that the 2526 is only 9 months. That's why there's about $5 million difference in general fun. So yes, sir. Absolutely. Right. Go ahead.

Okay. City manager report. So um council, y'all y'all received some information and I've provided some additional information. Um so for the admin portion of this I want to go ahead and touch on it just for the for the public at large um regarding the uh 82x program cap bus program. Um so there was a discussion uh last week uh at the ARFATS meeting that the 82X uh program may be going away. Um it's very preliminary at this point, but Rock Hill has made the decision as they were as far as local, they were the only one contributing into that uh to the tune of about $10,000 per month. Um so the the additional information we've been able to to put together is uh the big picture is there's there's a trend across Charlotte metro area and providing the services uh that's starting to it's really starting to come down. Um, at one point there were six or seven routes and now they're down to two or three and Rock Hill is um really just not in the minority as far as um um wanting to wanting to end their participation in it. Um at one point there were over 5,000 riders per month. It's declined over the past decade and a lot of it specifically uh in 2020 with COVID. Um, last month 82X had uh 721 riders of which 283 were from the uh either the u were from the Baxter stop and 44 were from Carowinds. Um, so that's about 45% of the total combined. Um, and that's about as granular data as they could provide us as far as the the ridership. Um what what was kicked around during the ARFATS meeting was potentially uh York County, Fort Mill, and TDK coming up with that $10,000 split between the three of them or something like that. None of the entities obviously including ours has made any

kind of commitment whatsoever. But the 82X, it's my understanding uh that's going to stop July one um is what they're is when they're looking to shut that down. Um there's not been an offer or proposal that has come to the city of TDK at this point. Um obviously council I know you're aware of this but just so the residents know uh especially if they may be you know utilizing that that system that is coming to an end. Um not sure if when it will come back. Uh but that is you know the decisions getting pushed down primarily from cats and then with Rock Hill pulling out completely there's not that additional funding. A lot of it does come from the federal government. Uh but again, there there is that local share that Rock Hill's been doing uh to the tune of 10 grand per month. So if it's going to continue, it may still be 10 grand, it may be less, and you know, if it's not going south of the Kataba River and it's just doing Carowinds and Baxter. Uh but then there's the mindset of you know how much does it make sense if uh from what they told us last month there was 721 riders but 45% of them were north of the river the other 55% were south. So um again it's it's very preliminary as far as any type of future in it right now but um just making sure that everybody's aware that those conversations are happening. Um, further with my uh with the manager report for this evening, uh, development services uh, staff met with Sheay Holmes uh, to confirm the proper transfer of funds for the Damro Garden improvements that were required out of their traffic uh, improvement analysis or traffic impact analysis I should say. Um, and that project's now being uh, superseded by uh, the Pennies for Progress um, which they uh, Pennies is going to install a roundabout in that section. So, uh, making sure that those funds are transferred appropriately, um, and their obligations are fulfilled. The technical, excuse me, the technical

review committee, uh, they met, uh, or excuse me, our meeting, uh, tomorrow, uh, May 19th, uh, to review, uh, a resubmitt for the 1acre uh, commercial site tract on Windhaven. So, where the cemetery field is, it's one acre on the back end of that going away from Gold Hill Road. Um they've got a submitt for two commercial buildings and uh it's already gotten a review and now it's going back through a subsequent review. Um New Grey Rock Road Trail. Um it's going to go from the four-way stop on New Grey Rock Road all the way down to Kataba Park. Uh DOT DOT is in rightway acquisition right now. Uh bid is scheduled uh to be advertised in September. Um and one update they have confirmed is there will be a crosswalk um in proximity of FYI Lane going across New Grey Rock Road to tie into that trail. Um the Grove continues to install underground infrastructure and is coordinating with staff and fire on the roundabout construction uh which will be at Ledgestone and Sunrest Boulevard. Um and they're they're hoping to be able to get that uh that work started pretty soon. Um, and then the highway 160 I77 interchange, uh, the last update for completion is spring of 2028. Uh, and that that got pushed back a little bit because of some utility relocate, uh, delays. So, uh, we get to for those that are going over to Kingsley or over to Fort Mill from this side of town, going to have to deal with the orange cra traffic barrels for a little bit longer for sure. Um, over the past month, the development services has uh per uh issued 108 permits. Um, three were residential cos uh, certificate of occupancies and nine were new home permits. Out of that 108 total permits issued last month, um, code enforcement

activity reported violations. Uh, we had 10 investigations, six resulted in notices of violations that were sent out. uh additional cases that would have been staff initiated, 10 potential violations identified and currently under review for uh for uh appropriate enforcement action. Um staff also met uh multiple times with court officials and uh folks with our uh police department to streamline the summon process and just really focusing on uh clear consistent procedures uh for more efficient coordination. So appreciate them taking the time to do that. Our fire department over the past month had 129 emergency calls for services. Uh non-emergency calls for assistance. We're at 157. Uh and they conducted three school fire uh drills uh for a total cost for service of 289. Community engagement. Um some of the events they participated over the past month was firehouse visit from the church of Latterday Saints. Uh they came out to station one to learn about fire careers and how to empower women to become firefighters which is a fantastic topic. Uh fist pump Friday with firefighters. Um they were able to do that at TK Elementary School on the 8th gold. They also participated in the Gold Hill Middle School career day um with seventh graders over at the middle school and then did their uh firehouse stories. Um and they also talked about um learning about boating and water safety to include proper life jacket uh as we head into the springtime and sunny weather. So uh great time there. Uh fire department also had uh training hours of 436 in April. Uh and that's over 19 1,95 training hours year to date. Um they they do an excellent job there. This month they have water rescue training and boat operator training uh to prepare the team for the upcoming boating

season. Uh and they're also hosting a trench rescue class. Uh also in April they swore in the our three newest firefighters. Uh al also recognized more than uh half of the department for their continuing education uh and knowledge of the fire services. uh certificates included the National Registry EMT, fire officer, fire instructor, and swiftwater rescue apprenticeship Carolina signing day, York, and this is a partnership we're in with York uh Technical College. Um three of our fire uh we're able to recognize uh three of the firefighters at their signing day. Through this program, we're able to offer educational avenue for firefighters to receive their national registry uh EMT. um fire drills. Firefighters uh participated in monthly fire drills with the Fort Mill School District. Uh obviously had a lot of food truck inspections uh during the Best Dam Food Festival. Um and they continue to do a lot of uh our uh pre-plans and uh plan reviews uh for our businesses and building inspections on fire and life safety parks and wreck. Um believe it or not, spring seasons are winding down and they'll they'll be finished up here in the next week or two. Um, we've got a variety of camps available over the summer months with registration currently open. Uh, all fall sports registration is set to open for residents on June the 1st. So, that'll be here before we know it. Um, speaking of summer, this week's hot weather, don't forget sign up for the beach and swim center if you want to come down to the pool. Uh, that registration is open online. Um, our crews are making uh, great headway on the Wimward uh, drive medium project. This is phase two. Uh, we've got some trees planted out there. Uh irrigation should be going in either this week or next and be followed by the sod uh to complete that project. Do want to thank the uh volunteer fire department for their donation of the red oak trees in memory of fallen firefighters that planted out there. So,

thank you uh for donating uh for that donation uh to go towards that project. Um staff should begin work uh on the um entryway monument to the golf course that was discussed uh with council by the end of this month um with anticipated finishing up by July one uh and have that all nice and pretty and um going to hold off on the best uh uh food festival update. Caroline's going to have a uh a quick presentation with some stats everything at your meeting in June. Um, and then with our police department, Chief Crosby has something he wants to uh share with council, but as he's making his way up, I'll cover a couple things. Uh, calls for service in April, we're at 520 with 42 incident reports and a response time of 3 minutes and 29 seconds. uh for the first time as far as we could find going back uh so we were able to look back all the way to 2013 first time uh that we actually had a month where there were zero crimes against persons and zero property crimes. So April was a fantastic month and a lot of that was due to the to the efforts of our uh fine men and women of the police department. They conducted 3,749 property checks and gave out 202 you could have been a victim notices. So those things definitely help keep those property crimes down for sure. Um traffic stops, uh they conducted 746, uh traffic stops with what is that 290 of them were issued citations. U 476 uh were issued warnings. Uh we issued 68 parking citations. Uh and we had 16 vehicle collisions or accidents that we had to work. Um, and unfortunately we did have uh four more DUI arrests and uh 17 other arrests. Um, and folks that are

trying to take notes on this, this will all be sent out um probably in the next day or two and put put on our website. Uh, Chief, you want to talk to them about uh Carter's back?

Thank you, Mayor Council. Thank you, city manager. Uh, this is not just an initiative by the police department. This is a police and fire initiative. um learn in in our day-to-day situations, day-to-day lives, we do a lot of a lot of tragedy and we're trying to communicate individuals when they're their darkest time in their time of need and so it's important for us to be able to communicate with them and connect with them. That being said, we also realize there are some citizens in our community that have autism. We know that some are overwhelmed by sensory overload and we know that some are just impacted by a tragic event that happens. So, we're initiating a project where we'll have Carter kits in our police cars. And some of a few of our police cars will also have two, one on each fire engine. And these kits will help us to connect with those individuals during that time and to reduce that sensory overload. So, that way we're able to connect with them, make them have some comfort, and also get valuable information that we need in a timely manner. There are things such as some toys for the young kids to keep them uh calm. Uh there's a weighted blanket here that will help them to reduce the stress that they're feeling uh during that time. Some may have some sensory issues with in regards to lighting. So we have sunglasses and then there's also ear muffs here if there's noises that would and them being calmer would help them to have the ear muffs on. So we saw this being utilized by some other agencies and thought this was just a very unique way for us to be able to connect with those in our community that may have some challenges to communicate back with us. And so this is a way for us to be able to communicate with them and meet them in their time of need and help them out when they need us the most.

Any questions? Thank you, Chief.

Thank you. Two last reminders for PD. Um June 8th, uh we've got Camp Cadet. Uh that's always a great week uh between our first responders, public safety staff, and and kids in that camp. And also, if you have not downloaded uh either the city or the police app, I encourage you to do so. It's a free app. It's going to be very important for Fourth of July to stay up to date on road closures, detours, things of that nature. So, uh, highly encourage everybody to get that app uh those apps downloaded if you haven't already. Uh, public works and storm water uh public works completed uh three uh or excuse me, tree removal um in the uh Winward renovation project. Uh and they've also completed two stormwater projects at Chelsea a day and at uh off of Pit Karen Drive, which coincidentally is nowhere near Pit Karen Park, but uh they've got we're able to get those knocked out. Um and then lastly, Tacut uh progress is is well underway with wastewater treatment plant number two. Um all existing components within the multi-purpose tank have been removed and the tank is being prepared for installation of the new equipment. Uh new blowers have been installed um at that treatment plant along with ductal iron piping associated with uh with the new flow meter uh installation that has to be installed. Um the utility department continues to monitor drought conditions. Yes, we even though we did get over three inches of rain last Thursday. We were 15 inches behind going into that Thursday. So, we are still in drought conditions and as you've hopefully seen already, um we are in stage two water stage two water conservation measures. Um our utility director did report to me that they have seen a reduction uh just based on monitoring the tanks and those are staying more full than and they're not seeing that that uh big demand on them. So, we appreciate residents in limiting uh their non-essential outdoor water use. Um, if you are watering your lawns, do it late at night, not during the middle of the day. Um, not in the early

morning hours. You know, start those things up, you know, 9, 10 o'clock at night. Let them water at night, uh, you won't have to use as much water. So, u, keep up the great work, TK, on that. Uh, we definitely appreciate it and we'll keep council prize if the drought conditions uh, worsen and we have to move to mandatory restrictions. Uh, and hopefully that doesn't happen for some time, if at all. Um, backflow prevention devices. I just want to remind everybody if you have an irrigation system that has uh a backflow uh prevention pre on it. Once you have irrigation, you should have a backflow prevention device. Those are uh you have to have those tested and your paperwork submitted to the city by June 1st. Otherwise, we will have our contractor come out and test those and it will be placed on your bill. So, um we discussed this several months ago with city council. Just making sure to get that reminder out. Um, get those uh get those back flows tested, get your paperwork turned into us. Um, and that concludes my report for this evening.

Thank you. Um, we are going to move on to committee and commission reports. And I don't have on here exactly which committees did you have a Okay, go ahead. Then you uh so I attended the economic development commission in of council member for your trip. Um they met on the 11th of May. Um every they had a quorum. Um the big uh item of discussion was that our current chair uh Mr. is remaining on the committee but he needed to step down from the chair role due to some life things. And so there was a discussion of lining up for the next meeting to elect a new chair. um going over the uh upcoming meetings for panels with the business connect and then also um making sure they kind of reviewed the business list they had. So it was a pretty quick meeting and then the second one was we were uh scheduled we had an art jury meeting scheduled for the 7th of May. Um unfortunately we didn't have a quorum so it wasn't an official meeting but we did uh introduce the members. We have a new member that'll be swearing in. Um, and Dustin kind of introduced Mr. Irani was there who has submitted our first art jury request. So, we're hopeful to get our next meeting lined up with a full quorum so we can start making progress on that and hopefully have something to bring to council to look at here in the not too distant future. Thank you. Um, I attended the planning commission on behalf of Councilman Carter this year um this month and um there was a quorum. The topic of discussion was the comprehensive plan, specifically the marina overlay and the the new um beautifification overlay. Uh the focus really was on the beautifification part of the of that overlay and in in finding definitions of

what that that entailed and and how that was going to be approached. Uh the overall decision was for uh each of the committee members or commission members to to take a a portion of of the the finding of of that um of that overlay and to come back with some information as to historic information about the that that neighborhood area, what other um other beautifification um overlays have may look like in in other different cities. and just to to do some research before u making any suggestions of what that might look like for for TAK. Um that was the the the big bulk of the conversation. Um Councilman Pulse attended the ARFATS meeting for me this past um Friday if you would like to update us on that.

Sure. Uh I won't rehash some of the um the information that um that our city manager passed on earlier, but I did have the uh the opportunity uh to represent TDK uh at the ARS committee and um we'll go through there's a lot of good information, safety statistics, updates on projects. Uh but of note was the conversation around the 82X Rockill Express. And so we had a couple residents that stood up and and and spoke uh to advocate for the continuation of the route. Uh we know that residents that have been utilizing that line for years, 20 years in some cases, uh, and certainly know the the adverse impact that discontinuation of that line will pose to to some of our residents. So, uh, I've made brief comments, um, basically saying that we are interested in evaluating the situation, knowing that the impact is going to be affecting some of our residents. Um, however, a lot of work has to be done. It's a complex situation. that's going to require some cost sharing agreements. Um, working with the Charlotte area transit system and other municipalities. So, uh, no promises, no commitments, but I want to have those conversations and see if there's a feasible path to continuing that route. Um, I would encourage any residents who are impacted, who will be impacted to please reach out and contact, um, contact me or any of the council members. Uh, we'd like to put together some data. Um we have some general figures in terms of number of riders but we don't have specifics on number of TK residents. So we want to be able to compile that and put together um you know costbenefit analysis to see if there is a feasible path forward. So please reach out and we'd love to hear from you. Thank you madam mayor.

Thank you. I think that was it for our committee and commission reports and we are now going to move to public comments. These are our regular public comments. If you have signed up, uh please remember that there is a three minute timeline um for your public comments. State your name and your address when you um when you step up to the microphone. And uh the first person that is on the list is Mr. Michael Plumbley.

We'll try to thank you for the opportunity to to be here today and thank you for being public service. can sometimes be a thankless job. I'm ha's deal with a lot of different takes and I want to thank Jim and Jones for attending the meeting Friday. I think we all learned a lot of new things. I'm going to start with my pitch in case I can't cover all topics. And I sent you an email about it a week ago. DC and thank you Charlie for covering some of the other facts. So what I'm here today to ask you to do is to work together with Rock Hill would be willing to come back to the table to try to save this bus. I've been riding a I started riding the bus the first day ever and I met some good friends here. She also rides the bus. I know at least three people that ride the bus. I do, but I don't take the second route. So I think we could use some to work together to try to find a solution. We learned a lot in theaters. I don't think that's really fair. We benefit. We're about halfhip as well. So I I would ask to work together to try to reach a solution. One of the proposals

out there maybe just start the round. I don't want us to give up on that premibility. The other part is we're not backed A lot of folks are still working on the office of I take I drive so I don't think the numbers a lot of times

sorry m we are at your three minutes and I I apologize but thank you for coming in and speaking with us. Thank you. Mike Becker,

Mike Becker, 364 calming way and back again to talk about the code. Um, you know, real people, your constituents are suffering real damages every day because of the runoff that's going through a threefoot certiment from what's now the grove uh work site down into the lake. How hard can it be to stop sediment going through a three-foot cover? It can't be rocket science. And I dare say if this was going on in the private sector, somebody be held accountable and it would be fixed. But it's the same thing every day, every month, every year. It's been going on for eight or nine years now. It can be stopped. I hope someone will uh step up and and take ownership and hold people accountable. If it's happening, stop the work till it's fixed. This is not nuclear physics. It's it's it's simple, you know, stopping sentiment from getting one side of the street to the other through a three-foot culvert. I hope someone will think of it in that way and address the issue and make hold the people who are accountable uh for stopping it because I can tell you the storm water prevention plan uh from my perspective is just a pencil whipping check the box exercise. It's not working. Thank you,

Laura Kat. Good evening. Thank you for your time. talk about the bus. I too among many T and Fort residents who have been relying on the cat's bus service that runs from Rock Hill to uptown stops in Fort Hill and Carowinds. And I was very disappointed to learn recently that this was an abrupt decision made to end bus service that starts on July July. Um, for me and many other residents, uh, this is our means of getting to and from work every day. Um, I started riding the bus not only for the convenience, but I don't want to contribute to the mess that I77 is, um, every morning and every evening. Um, while for me, this bus isn't my only option, many of my fellow riders, it is their only option. I work with several people, excuse me, I ride the bus with several people who they don't have a car. Uh, they ride from one bus to get to another bus to get to their jobs. Um, I just think supporting our bus line benefits our community in many ways. Um, it supports economic growth. It expands the job opportunities for residents here, especially younger people who are just starting their careers up. have internships at larger companies. Um, and moreover, it expands the potential labor pool for businesses in the UK while keeping cars off roads. Um, also over the years, my husband and I have noticed that wrership increases when gas prices. We all see that right now. So, um, I hope you'll consider

working with Rock Hill and Fort Mill and Charlotte to continue providing service for res.

Thank you. Ror Rory Form. My name is Rory Forom, 27053 Catamaran Drive. Um, got some concerns about the ordinance on derelict and abandoned vehicles. I've spoken about it before, but um with this new proposed ordinance, there are some a lot of other issues that I think are more important um than the previous visit. Uh one of them, there's no public hearing. There's no input. Um public I mean they they're not even being made aware. Uh an 80page PDF was d or released 96 hours before this meeting. Uh 48 of which were a weekend. um you know there's no public comments on it. Um and I don't think even if they were made aware of or made aware of just the draft, the full scope of what this the implications of this ordinance uh isn't explained. And I wonder if the council is even aware of the implications uh of what this ordinance would do. Um the last time I was here with uh spoke about ordinance 581 um Mayor Miller you pointed out how vague and subjective that ordinance was. Another council member pointed out um their concerns about violation of personal property rights. Um this ordinance takes it to another level. Um, if you have a tail light out, your vehicle is considered derelict. Uh, if you change your oil in your driveway, your vehicle is derelict and you're in violation um of this ordinance and its associated uh or its referenced

regulations. Um, there's huge car culture in TK, lots of car enthusiasts. Um, and they don't know about this. Uh that's I think that's unacceptable. Um to the state of South Carolina, the South Carolina DMV, National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, they all already have existing standards that have been on the books for decades. um by enacting its own ordinance, is a city not then assuming liability for that law. Um and ultimately is that not on taxpayers in the event of uh damages or litigation? Um they don't know that. They're not aware. Um does the city really want that liability? I don't think they would. I know taxpayers. I know I don't. um to the references this ordinance uh refer or refers to. Um a lot of it seems to target some of the lowest earners in the city. Uh the older parts of TK um you know those houses weren't built with garages.

Thank you. They don't have property. Thank you. Appreciate your time.

Thank you. Lisa Pondroski and I know I didn't say that right. It's uh Lisa Panzinski 564 Placid Court again here to speak about Midens Cove. um with the last significant rainfall, the water flow coming down from the creeks, one from um at the bottom of the hill across from Trinity Towns and then at the top uh we just had um it added even more sediment to the creek even though there's not much water in the creek now. and it moved the existing sediment in ways that's changing the dynamics of the creek itself. So now there is more sediment pushed into the middle of Nven Creek. It's not just coming at the end, it's all the way down now. Um, it's my belief that when we get the water back to normal pond depth, none of us will have enough depth at our docks to leave them. Um, dredging is looking more and more like the only option to remediate what the development of the last 10 plus years have done, especially the last five. Um the development work at the Grove quietly continues to add to the problem. It's happening real time. Um honestly, in addition to the Serenity Point properties that are affected now, residents on the Lakeshore side, uh Beachwood Cove, watch out. It's coming. You can see it. It's going to affect them as well. They will not be able to get out of their docks.

Please help. My request is that we get a meeting set up with all the relevant parties, the city, Duke, Department of Environmental Services, Army Corps of Engineers. I don't even know who all the parties are at this point to determine what can be done. Um, we the homeowners are looking for whatever the city can help with, whether that's permitting, dredge site accommodations, holding the Grove site developers more accountable on an ongoing basis. Let's What can we do? Let's get this done soon. Thank you. Thank you. Mike died. Good evening. I'm also here to speak about five years ago and at the time we could easil within the last Like many of our neighbors, we pay premiums for waterfront lots. We continue to pay elevated property taxes based on those unfortunately no longer. So these ongoing issues have been well documented and discussed at city council for many years at this point in time. The expansive growth has been the cause of the significant sediment issue.

The issue is only deteriorate watercre. So once uh as the grow continues to be completed, we're going to see velocities not only but push down. This will uh so it will affect not only is it affecting all lots at this point in time but it's going to affect most point as as our community has grown and continues to offer more school shopping other property value and our ability to enjoy the lake from our homes. I would ask that the council much like Lisa said get with the governing bodies hold a meeting

Gus Matunz Gus Machunis 376 calming wave Um, I'm here again. Um, you know, historically started with Walmart. We weren't MS4. That filled in the end of the cove. I welcome somebody please come down and look. That filled in the end of the cove. When they cleared the property for Trinity, everything's coming under that creek that Mr. Becker was talking about. A massive delta formed at the mouth of that creek right behind his house. And that same delta that wasn't there before now got blown out into the middle of the cove when we had that rain a week and a half ago. Um half of it's missing. It's right out in the middle of the cove now. It's moving towards the beach club. It's heading up towards the other side of the lake. Um the grove is continuing. I sent you all pictures of what happened when we had the rain. It was in our cove. Nobody did anything still. Nobody wants to do anything. I appreciate the efforts that are going on behind the scenes. I really do. I sat there. I complained about this six years ago, seven years ago, eight years ago when I was sitting there and I never got answers for anything other than it's natural. It's not natural. You clear 80 acres and you take away all the buffer in the grass and the trees, it's going to increase the volume and the velocity of the water. But I was told the entire time I was on council that it's normal. It's not normal. It wasn't there. Lake Wally is over a hundred years old, folks. It's over a hundred years old. You used to could ski all the way in the back of the cove. There wasn't a Delta at Mr. Becker's house. There wasn't the Delta right next to my dock that's threatening to come over there. It wasn't there. The developers get to make millions of dollars when they build their developments, but you're taking millions of dollars away from us in the value of our homes that we paid for.

You're taking that away from us. What would happen if this was happening at Wind Jamber, where our ski team goes? What would happen if for some strange reason they were developing Pit Karen Park and all of a sudden all the runoff from Pit Karen was filling in and and docks were being lost one by one by one. Would something be done then or is it just not being done because we're at the end of the lake? I don't know, but nothing's being done. I appreciate the efforts once again. But we're looking for some action for some real solutions to what goes on to what's been happening. I ask you, if this was by your home, what would you do? You'd be up here just like me and Michael and everybody else that's coming up here. Um, that lake is our most precious asset to the city and we're letting it fill in. So whether it's dirt and sediment from the site or whether it's the volume and velocity of water that's eroding that creek, it's not natural. Something should be able to be done about it. Um, I I'll leave it at that. I look forward to the meeting in June, uh, and having the opportunity. I know we had one coming up this week and it didn't work out because everybody went back into session. 4 321. Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

All right. Um, we are going to move on to approving of minutes for the April 20th, 2026 regular city council meeting. If I could have a motion to approve those minutes, please. Madame Mayor, members of council motion to approve the regular city council meeting minutes for April 20th, 2026. And a second. Second. All those in favor and

I um motion to approve the minutes for the April 22nd, 2026 special city council meeting in the budget workshop. Madame Mayor and members of council, motion to approve the minutes for the April 22nd uh 2026 special city council meeting and budget workshop. A second. All those in favor? I All right. Moving on. Um motion to approve the April 27th, 2026 special council meeting budget workshop. Madame Mayor, members of council, I make a motion to approve the special city council meeting budget workshop on April 27th, 2026. In a second.

Second. All those in favor. Thank you. Um item number five, committee and commission appointments for storm water environmental um and our planning commission. Yes, ma'am. So, uh, Madame Mayor, members of council, your two top nominees for the storm water and environmental, uh, committee is Lauren Kohut and Chase, uh, Gibner. Okay. Um, you got a vote on just a motion. Motion is just, right? Motion to approve Lauren and Chase. And I didn't get the last names, I'm sorry. Kut and Gner. Kut and Gibner Field. What was Chase's last name?

Gibner. Gibner. Sorry. Um, as storm water and environmental and planning commission. Could I have a motion for that, please? Madame, mayor, members of council, I'll make a motion to approve the members as presented. A second. Second. All those in favor? Motion carries unanimously. And your planning commission, uh, because we, um, we do have a vacancy now, uh, your top nominee was George Weightman. Okay. Um, so motion to appoint George Wakeman. Wakeman. Yes, ma'am. To our planning commission. Can I have a motion for that, please?

Madame Mayor, members of council, a motion to approve the candidate as presented for planning commission. And a second. Second. All those in favor? I. And that passes unanimously. Welcome to all three of you to our commissions. Appreciate your time. All right. Now, we are going to move on to item number six, new business, consideration of the introduction and first reading of an ordinance for the fiscal year 202627 budgets.

Yes. Uh Madame Mayor, members of council, um as as required by state law, we've now concluded our public hearing. Um and we present to you tonight the ordinance for the budgets that were uh presented during the public hearing. and we would ask for your favorable consideration at this time. Could I have a motion to um approve and as a first reading the ordinance for the fiscal year 2026 27 budget? Madame Mayor, members of council, motion to approve the introduction and first reading of ordinance to adopt the fiscal year 2627 or 2026 2027 budgets. A second.

Second. Any discussion? All right. Could I have um call for a vote? All those in favor, please. I I All right. And that passes as a first reading unanimously. Right. Consideration of the introduction of the first reading of an ordinance to amend se section 50-97 of the city's code as it relates to abandoned and derelct vehicles. I would like a motion on that ordinance, please.

Madame Mayor and members of council, a motion to approve the introduction and first reading of an ordinance to repeal and replace section uh 50-97 of the city's code as it relates to abandoned and derelict vehicles. And a second. I would like to open that up for a discussion, please. And I would like um to ask Chaplain, our city attorney, if he could give us some insight into the work that has gone into developing this ordinance, please.

Yes. I I know that the uh city wanted to look at ways of enforcement looked at these and the international property maintenance code is a it's a national code. It's been adopted by municipalities across the country. It provides u notice requirements, due process hearings, u and it has been enforced and upheld through the systems because it's an international code. Uh the way this would work would there would be a notice of violation. There would be a cure period. Um if that's not met, there would likely be a summon into municipal court and then there would be a hearing and decision by the judge. The judge decision providing a person a notice and an opportunity to be heard. If somebody didn't like the decision of the municipal court judge, you can appeal that to the court of common please. If you don't like that order of appeals and you can take that up. So this provides a judicial hearing on it and provides that notice.

Okay.

I like this system. I think it's a lot cleaner than the prior system. trying to bootstrap the um the civil enforcement along with the statewide towing statute because the statewide towing statute that we were following earlier uh that was based on primarily vehicles that were on either public property and that will still continue or private property without consent and just changing it to with consent. just I didn't like the u following that process. So I think this is a lot cleaner. Uh we do have language in here just to to state that that state law u that allows officers to tow and it's primarily on the public property including the streets that will continue and it's not impacted by this. This is more of a a private civil enforcement tool through your code enforcement. Okay. Thank you. Anyone on council that would like to make any comments?

Just uh a question. Help me to understand, you know, how does this put the city at any um you know, you know, in terms of liability, lawsuits, litigation? How does this make us vulnerable to that by passing this code?

Anytime you're you're active and have things, you can subject yourself to a lawsuit or claims. I mean, one of the primary have public parks. People think that's worth it. So, I think you've got to look at this. But I think following the international property maintenance code being such a a wellestablished national code and following the provisions of that, I think there'll be case law throughout that's been upholding that. There's an attorney general opinion from South Carolina that states this is valid and we believe it meets due process requirements. So, you can always But I think this is more defensible than the prior municipal code. Okay. So basically a res

and you're also putting it before a judge. Yeah. A judge is making that decision. They should appeal the judicial decision. I like putting it in front of a judge more than I do. Okay. So basically residents that would just sue because they don't agree with the ordinance. Yeah. And I think it's going to be difficult on this one. Okay. Thank you. Go ahead. You didn't have all right. Um, if there are no further comments or discussion, then I would like to call that for a vote on approving the ordinance as it's been presented and written. All those in favor? I. That carries unanimously. Thank you.

Right. Next item is um new business uh consideration of a resolution dedicating our city hall as the Anthony Turi building. Uh a little bit of background on this. This this resolution is is u was requested both by myself and seconded by council member Folultz. Um Anthony Turilli was the first mayor of the city of Tigay and was a strong catalyst behind the incorporation when the point we walle company had filed for bankruptcy. He is part of our history. He was the first mayor of Ta. He carried and pushed forward the the the process and the the push to incorporate our city. He um he's he led and was appointed by the federal courts um in order to lead our city. And um it it is fitting in my opinion to um to honor his legacy um by naming our city hall the Anthony Truly Building. I would like to ask for a motion, please. Madame Mayor and members of council, motion to approve the resolution dedicating city hall as the Anthony Turi building.

And a second, any discussion, comments.

Um, so I, uh, we had when this was brought to us, um, I know I asked a lot of questions and I had a lot of, you know, sort of discussions that went on. Um, I think that these sorts of dedications are important. You know, we have a history in our city. I as a new council member, spoke with Charlie, spoke with others wanting to understand what's our history of dedicating spaces in our community. Um, and I think this is absolutely a a fitting individual, a part of our history, like it fits with it. Um, but the thing that for me flagged that is something where I support this, I just want to say outright that I support this motion. Um, and I do plan to vote yes for it here moving forward. But, uh, my first question was what are our rules about non funded naming requests. Um I've worked in government and uh university institutions before and most of them if you do a Google have some sort of written policy and we don't. So the one thing I would just um sort of like to flag is I think this is also an opportunity not only to honor somebody very well but to request that we as a city look into making a policy moving forward. We've talked a lot up here about accountability and transparency and doing better as the city grows. And I think that we discovered as part of this request, which is a very good request, a gap. Um because who's to say in the future if a resident brings a request that it wouldn't cause more of a disagreement? Um there are some places that some cities have rules where you have to have passed before they'll allow any memorializations. um because we are talking about city buildings that are funded by our taxpayers and in the future we don't know and I think it would be shortsighted of us not to take the opportunity to take the steps we went through here saying what are the potential costs to the taxpayers what is the background of this person what you know the steps you went through council member Folultz Madame Mayor to present this case very strongly but incorporate that into our rules so that moving

forward if there's a future request that would involve a public building or space that our pay for. We have very clear guidelines on what that looks like, what information would be brought with the proposal so that there's just a consistency for our community to expect with a request like this. Um, that would that's just sort of my thoughts I'd like to add for this discussion uh before we move forward is that I I think that's something that we would benefit from as well as honoring somebody who I think is very deserving of it is just take the opportunity to also say and as a city let's make this something that we can do moving forward because there's a degree from a park bench versus Those are obviously very different um conventions and I just want to make sure that residents understand this is not something that's just kind of being done at the women council but maybe that there's a set of rules we can follow for future requests.

I I do appreciate that and I think that that that is a um very logical process. Um there there is there is there is a in the works a a process and a and a and a um a guideline or a set of rules. I don't know what you would call a standards on on how to do this process. This came up um as as there's there's been a lot of discussions about our our our history and and um we're we're this Memorial Day where we're we're b varying a time capsule that you know has so much of that history that was put in place. So it came up because this was the first mayor and we didn't have anything. So it it was a conversation that led to another conversation that led to another conversation and the timeliness of it because he was the first mayor. It was a July 4th celebration, the very first celebration in July 4th. And quite honestly because he is living and because he is 94 years old, there was a timeliness to the conversation that pushed for it for this to happen when it's happening. Um but I do agree with you that going forward there should be a standard on how this gets addressed and how it get how it gets approached and there there there should be um criteria that gets met and that we're all we're all in agreement too. So that is something that is is being worked on um because I do agree agree with you. I I like having standards. I like having things that we go back to and and we measure towards. So yes, I I do agree

and I appreciate that and I just wanted to vocalize that because I'm sure questions I asked or questions that potentially people might ask seeing this and so I just wanted to voice for residents that and I appreciate again this has been an ongoing discussion. Um but just putting the discussion out now so people know those discussions happen and those questions were asked and I appreciate the team effort that went into coming to a consensus on this. Thank you. Any other discussion? All right. So then I will call for a vote on app um approving the our existing city hall to be named the Anthony Anthony Teri building. All those in favor I thank you.

I think that actually brings us down to council comments. Yes, that was fast. All right. So, as always, we are going to start left to right and Mr. Council Member Fulz.

Uh, okay. Well, first of all, I want to thank uh all the residents who uh attended in person and those who are watching online. We appreciate that. Uh an engaged community is more effective and so we appreciate uh your involvement. Um we had a lot of uh you know meaningful proclamations this evening. Uh I won't go through all of them, but would like to recognize the dedication and commitment uh of our public works department. Uh thank you for the work you do each and every day uh to keep our city running effectively. It's greatly appreciated. A lot of that work goes on behind the scenes um without a lot of recognition. So thanks Tim, Chad, Jeremy, and the entire public work public works team. Uh kudos to Chief Crosby and the entire police department for the accomplishment of zero crimes against persons and zero property crimes. Pretty that's pretty amazing. Um We're we're upholding our place at the top of the list in terms of the safest city in South Carolina. Uh thanks to the great work of our great police department. So thank you. Uh I want to extend a big congratulations to Miss Caroline Hasty um parks wreck and events department for the tremendously successful best food festival. Uh I don't want to steal your thunder, so I I'll save some of the uh the statistics that you can brag on next month. Uh but I know that was it was a tremendously increased amount of attendance over last year. It was amazing. It was so much fun. Uh the food trucks, uh the bands, the vendors, just amazing. We had so many compliments from folks that were from in attendance from both residents and those that were visiting from outside communities. Uh so we're growing. Let's keep that good work going. Um and it is events like that that make TK such a special place to live, work, and play. And so we definitely appreciate that. Uh let's see. So for the Fort Mill High School Yellow Jackets, wow. Um, man, there's so many great things that the the the athletic teams have been doing there. So, I would like to congrat congratulate the athletes, coaches, and parents uh that participate and support all the Fort Mill High School athletics. Uh they had such a fantastic year of accomplishments. Congratulations to the

boys and girls track and field teams and winning their the 5A division 2 state championship. Uh and the women, the girls, this is two consecutive years. Fantastic. And for the boys, they recorded their first ever state championship. Uh, so I think we've got a council member who here who can brag on one of those athletes that accomplished that uh that state championship. So good good on them. Uh, also I want to congratulate the boys soccer team for a great season. Uh, they finished as runner-ups in the upper state championship. Uh, congratulations to the boys and girls lacrosse teams. They also finished as runner-ups in the state championship games. Uh, thank you for your tremendous work. Uh, and go get them next year for sure. Um, and that is it. I think I'll save some of the other recognitions for other council members. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Thank you, Council Member Carter.

Thank you so much. Uh thank you for everyone in attendance and everybody that is watching online. Appreciate that very much. Uh this evening, as Councilman Folk said, um we had some great proclamations. Um one of the the first ones, National Safe Boating Week. Uh that is something we want to focus on the week, but let's focus on boating season and make sure that we're safe out there. Make sure you have your life jackets on and you have all the the safety measures in place there. And that's this goes for um personal watercrafts as well, jet keys and stuff like that. I've seen a couple of uh younger people out there without life jackets on recently and that is absolutely dangerous. Make sure that you're focusing on safety. Individuals, if you're drinking, make sure you keep it limited or just don't drink at all, but stay safe out there on the lake. That is one of our prime resources here in the community and we want to make sure that everyone here is safe and focuses on that. National Public Works Week. Awesome. Great job there, guys. National Tennis Month. Great. Love it. Um Friends Helping Special Friends Day. That is an amazing thing that we do in our community. And if you can get out and and help with that, um you will touch individuals um hearts and their their passions when they're out there. You will see smiles that you will never see before. Um it is absolutely amazing. So, if you can get out there and and and help and participate um that June, please do that. friends helping uh special friends day best damn food festival Caroline I'm sorry I missed it but I heard it was absolutely amazing where I was I was I was bragging on it while where I was at so it was just wonderful to have a community that you can brag about and then brag about the festival that's going on but great stuff can't wait to hear all about it okay and then last but not just uh I typically talk about recognition at the end and tonight I'm not going to because I'm going to go ahead and just go back to the point that we just made before and recognize um Anthony Troui Teruli, sorry. Anthony Teruli for having the city hall named after him. Can't pass that. Can't beat that for recognition. So that's that's pretty awesome.

Council member Jones.

Thank you. Um I'll just reiterate all these amazing proclamations. You know, we've covered all that. Our community, uh thank you again to everybody who came out and spoke. I know, um very passionate topics. I've been on that side on the podium and uh please know that even though we can't respond in the moment, we are listening and there are lots of discussions happening um and we hear you and we want to work on these things. Uh so thank you for coming out and sharing your perspectives and sharing your stances and just know even though we are not responding immediately and in the moment because of the format, uh we are taking that information in um and we are putting in the work behind the scenes. Um thank you again so much to our city staff. My first food festival on the other side of it. Can't wait for the report next month. I'll just just echo that. Uh Chief Crosby, Chief Hasty, thank you for your presentation about the new kits you've added to help you connect with our residents. Um one of the things, you know, we talk about the stats, we talk about hard numbers, but one of the things that makes our first responders and our staff so amazing in this city is how they connect with our residents on the personal level. and thinking about those components, those things that are not just hardline items that allow you to connect with our residents. And I know, you know, we just did the budget review. That's a big thing we've been talking about. Um I'm hopeful with our comp study coming up that we can continue to hear your requests to us as council um and your expertise and be able to mirror that so that we can connect with our residents in ways that, you know, don't always translate to line items, but make a huge difference for when we talk about small town feel and taking care of each other and being part of the community. Um are huge contributors that don't show up on a line item but really matter in those moments, people to people. Um, so thank you for that. I really appreciate always thinking of, you know, things like that. Um, and then congrats to our new committee members. Thank you to everybody who volunteers to be on those committees. It's a lot. It's a lot of work and it's sort of a thing that doesn't always get acknowledged. Um, Charlie, do we have a quorum on storm water now with the two new members?

Yes, we do. Awesome. So now we've got all our sworn in. Now we got all our committee. So uh you know there was discussion of storm water things. So now we've got our committee up and running. So I'm looking forward to being the leazison on for that and getting those things set up with staff. Um I'll pass it along. Council member Heisley.

Thank you Mayor. Um just to reiterate to thank you to the citizens who came out and spoke. Um you know uh very uh strong topics. Um, and to reiterate what council member Jones says, you know, we are when we got to emails and heard from Jim about our stats 82x ask for stats on that get that we dug into that that the storm water we're we've had many many meetings with many people looking for any solutions we can come up with. So, we are working on that. Um, I don't want you to think you're you're falling on deaf ears up here. Um to the U department heads, the staff um and especially Charlie, Bob, and Dana, thank you for all that budget work. I know that was a lot. Um and um we we asked for a lot. You gave us a lot, and we spent a lot of time looking at it, so appreciate that. Um and I think it's a really good budget. Um Caroline, uh great job. Um I was able to make it over uh in the afternoon. Had a wonderful time. Uh thank you to you, to the staff, and and the volunteers. I saw the volunteers out there. It couldn't be done without them. So, want to give a shout out to the volunteers. Um, I'm going to jump on Jim's bandwagon here and say big thank you to the uh or big thank you, big congratulations to the uh uh boys and girls track and field teams from Fort Mill. I was down there Saturday. Um, and u if you didn't hear, super exciting. Both championships came down to the last event. Now, picture this. Every event was over. The running ended, everything was done. And we're waiting on boys full vault and girls javelin to decide the winner of the state championships. And the girls were able to hang on to their lead uh by a couple points. And the boys had to gain seven points in the bowl and they got they got seven exactly and won by one point. And so it was a crazy time and everyone everyone left except the two teams and a handful of parents there for about an hour. We're watching these two

events. So, but big congratulations uh to the track teams and um uh Memorial Day is Monday. I hope to see everyone at the Memorial Day ceremony at the uh Living Gardens. Um there's also a Memorial Day ceremony down at uh Ford dealership that uh former Council Member Ron Kirby puts on every year. That's a nice event. And if you weren't aware, there is a national moment of remembrance on Monday at 3 PM. So, please take a moment to uh just think about the sacrifices of our men and women who who lost their lives. Um, that's all I have. Thank you. I'm going to start with a request. Can we like not freeze to death in here?

My voice normally does not shake when I speak, but I am so cold. Um, I wanted to start off by saying we've we've said thank you with the proclamations, but to our public works department, you guys are out there no matter what the weather is. You you are um taking care of things as they happen and sometimes they it is unplanned um and not pleasant. So for all that you do, thank thank you so much for doing that. our Winward median. If you drive by Windward at any point in front of Runy, you you see the difference and it is amazing. It's it's like you you drive through that and you can see daylight, you can see green. You can see the the new growth that's happening. And I can't wait for it to be finished and to to to see what what's being created there because it is truly beautiful and and it changes the look of that drive. Um, Macy's, the new restaurant that was TA Tavern, um, is opening July 4th. Just wanted to get let everybody know that. I I think it's going to be a fantastic addition to our city and I'm excited to see them, um, see sitting see them working towards that July 4th opening. It is going to be a super super busy July 4th. Um, I don't know if anybody's going anywhere, but from sun up to sun down, there's something happening in our city, and it it's always so much fun. And this coming Thursday, the 21st, at 9:00 a.m., the pro shop is doing its ribbon cutting. If you haven't had a chance to visit that pro shop and to walk through there and pick up some of the Tig swag that they have available, it is a pretty cool place. and take a moment, sit sit outside on that deck and just look at our gorgeous golf golf course because we truly have one of the

best in this whole area. And I'm so proud of all the work that's been put into um making those those spaces even better than they were before. Uh we have our chat with council that is coming up at the end of this month. Um the last Thursday of the month. Chief Crosby, I'm giving you notice right now. It's going to be at 6 o'clock. So, 6:00 to 7 PM on the last Thursday of the month. I think that's the 28th. And um I'm going to do a personal shout out to the the group that is um promoting our TK history. That is why this this pro this u resolution came up today with um Mr. Mayor Truli. There is a group of about five five people um that are working on putting together everything that has made us be who we are today. And if we don't know our history, we can't know our future. If we don't learn from our history, we will fail further in our in our future. So for all the things that TA K has been and all the things that it's going to be, I am so so proud of the fact that this history is getting put together and being put together in a way that we can all go back and learn from it. Um, so to my very own husband, thank you so much. Scott Miller and, um, Jim McBride, um, Jim Aran, um, Jerry, and I can't think of his last church. Thank you so much. You guys are doing an incredible job of digging. I know for a fact, um, my house is the mecca of DVD tapes that have been going through and we are, um, Scott's digitizing all of that history. So, it's our history. It is our city and if you're new to it, go back and read it. If you've lived here forever, go back and remember it. It is a really cool thing to to um to have in place. And um that is all that I have. Thank you so much. I think right now we're going to

move on to executive session. So I need a motion for us to go into executive session for a discussion of personnel matters related to municipal courts. Madame Mayor, members of council, I make a motion to adjourn to executive session for discussion of personal matters related to this report. And a second. Second. All those in favor? I. We are in executive session. Thank you.