City Council - Regular Meeting

Miss Angela T district A here Mr. Henry District B here Mr. James Green district C Mr. Derry Green District D present Mr. Howard Lock District E here. All five are present. We have a quorum.

We stand for the invocation. Father, thank you for this new year that we have entered. Father God, bless us and thank you for thank you for everything that you have done. Bless our bodies for the unknown sick and the known sick. Father God, touch each one of our bodies. Please, Father, let this meeting be what you want it to be. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen.

I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Council member modification modification will be entitled to a further comment as it relates to the items on agenda. Any modifications? announcing recognition by the mayor and council. I want to uh participate guest mayor Matt and Mr. Dean Black you will approach the mic please name address. Thank y'all for coming also. Yes, sir.

Matt Tower, 503 Highway 2, Sterlington. Uh, first mayor and council. Uh, good to see you tonight. I'm currently serving as the district senior vice president for LMA. Want to let you know about a couple of things coming up. Um, February 3rd and 4th in Baton Rouge is the mid winter conference. That conference is generally geared around newly elected officials. So, but they also have classes for just about everything. So, if that's something you're interested in, registration is open now. And then later toward the end of March or early April, we're I'm working with the LMA right now to have a District C meeting where we bring in community partners to talk to you about what they do and how they serve municipalities in our area. And so I talked with the mayor um about some of the projects that are going on around here and and getting you guys involved. And so one of the areas that he talked about was the Meta Project. the meta project, you have to be a partner with Growila in order to get into those meetings. And so, um, I I intend to get the mayor and the, uh, president of Groil, Rob Cleveland together and kind of see what that looks like for the city of Bass. But, uh, you know, talking with the mayor about economic development. We just finalized the numbers to carry to Washington DC on Sterling and we're seeing about a 6 to 8% growth year-over-year. And since the 2020 census, we've seen a 28% growth in Sherlington. And that is what you guys do combined with your public safety, combined with your e economic development groups that are here. I know you have a Morehouse Parish, you have a regional, we have a state, but also your school systems. At the start of the 25 26 school year, Sterling had more enrolles that were their families were working at the Meta Project than any school district around. So, uh, we currently have about 200 apartment complexes under construction and we have about 200 single family homes under

construction. So, we're moving very fast in Sterlington. And I'd love to work with you guys. Any pain points you have, um, all of it working together, we will we'll bring people to your community and bring visitors to your community. So, any help I can give you as district C vice president, I'm here to help you guys. So, thank you. Dean Blacket 6901 West Lake Road which is Morehouse Parish. One thing one thing that I don't think he laid on hard enough and that's the value turned the corner to Matthew the mayor and the shape that Sterlington was in and where but I didn't come here to talk about Sterling. I came here to talk about the block and taking down houses. Now there's different programs out here to take down houses. We're not reaching out for them. [clears throat] One of them we had a state program and the state program there's 20

uh that we got is I worked with Monro matter of fact on doing a program where they took their own house at that. Now in doing that they worked with the parish and other things and got it to where they uh uh could share equipment at first. They got new equipment eventually and they were taking down a a bunch of houses. If I'm not mistaken, we were taking down overund and something houses a year. Now, you say we can't do that. Yes, you can. And I'll work the mayor on that if he wants to because we certify the uh driver

and take care all the permitting and everything for you. So you can do it, but we train your people to do it. So you don't have to depend on us, but you do it yourself. So that's available, too. Uh you I really like to see it where a small city works with the parish. I work with a lot of cities throughout the whole state of taking out houses.

I helped a bunch of cities. We took down between two and 300 houses. So it's doable. Blight has got to be we got to attack BL coming in and going out of b. And we got a lot of reasons why we can't do it. But we got to get aggressive and we got to figure out how we can do it because [snorts] it is doable. One of the hardest things I worked to find the different cities uh is your code enforcement. Slow. Not talking about first person, all of them. You're slow. You got to set a program up that works. Maybe you have to pick on the least difficult first and get better and better at doing it and pick up momentum and bring our our congressmen in. Bring politicians. You got uh a lot of people wanting to help pastor. A lot of people we don't ask them folks.

You need to ask more. Need to outreach more. And I think we can get some help and we can start program. But I'll talk to the mayor about that in the future. I have a question. Any questions? I do. I have a question. Um how how do you get paid? Do you contract with me for municipalities?

Wish I could. I make a little money. But no, most of what I do made four years old working in master for a lot of years plus these other cities. I've been very fortunate in environmental business and I get to uh give [clears throat] my time to LMA and other people in other words cities most of schools for our children I work with all the school district and that's for asbestous mold and problem for you all I have a question too is some of those programs 90% funded or do the city have to put up some fun

90% of The towns that I work with are small. They don't have matching funds, right? That answers your question. [clears throat] [laughter] So, we find and if and if it comes down to matching funds, then we find a way. Again, you know, uh DEEQ has got a program out. You got to be very selective to get them to participate. But if it's dangerous, can I use an example? I like throwing stones. At least one before I set out that building that's about to fall down in the square.

It been going to fall down for a long time. First, we put sticks up to hold the wall up. Then we put barriers up so you don't park so the wall don't fall on you. You know, tape is cheaper than sticks, right? Uh and then I hear this just rumors, but I like rumors. Hear them every day. Uh so all of a sudden uh we're working on it. Year and a half later we're working on it. Yeah. That is an emergency.

If you can't do the the the emergency, how can we do the little stuff? We don't say example aggressive getting done has to get done. Uh the rumor that I heard was that it went over to the parish or the or something else. I don't know if that's true or not. doesn't even matter. But but that's where

we have to say how can we [clears throat] get it done and that's where mayor used to call me and I'll try to figure a way to get some help. You know they give you a lot of good advice. So let's just you know call me when you got one like that and let's set a plan up that gets it done. I know what the problem there is in house with the person that owns it and the lawsuits could come up and you know a few of these kind of things always happen but that is an emergency so we could get some help to get pushed along we had to. So just keep that in mind too. Any other

Yes sir. I have a question. uh for any of the municipalities that you uh work with now or before uh to be able to take it down and do it yourself. Uh do they have to hire any outside help or increase the increase the number of people that they had already working on staff and train them or how did they go about? You got to be the agenda. But I'll give you one scenario, right?

Okay. say that the mayor and I talk and he said, "Give me a budget. I'd like to take them down ourselves. What would we need? What what would it take?" I'd start out, I'd say the first thing you do is do everything right. If you don't if you don't do it with uh environmental law, you do it with OSHA law because it's all the same thing goes together and you cover. Now, we could use the employees. Why don't we cover that? Now, it just so happened my company, which is the same price as any company, we certify your worker,

your driver and all that and and then get the paperwork. The only thing then you have to hire done is two things. One, you got to get it inspected. What if it doesn't have any aspestous in it, we go ahead and take it down any we can hire anybody or do it ourselves, right? But if it's got a speestous, we got to get it abated. If it gets abated, you got to have a uh air monitor. Yeah. [clears throat] So, the only thing you need to hire is an inspection to find out what houses have or have not got as best. So, we stick the ones that don't have start working. And that means anybody can take them down at that point. Anybody that's lic,

you know, can take them down. If it's got a special, we'll get it abated. We'll put the top of the list and start working. I suggest we have a list of 10, no more. Take 10 and keep that list moving where you got these are in the program to get down. You know, I work with you guys. I've taken houses down before for for the council back in the old days. And uh uh it's all simple and doable. You just need someone to show you the ropes and that's what I'll do. That's it.

Thank you. I appreciate it. I'm sorry. Excuse you.

We want to keep all the families um in prayer. We want to keep the RA family in prayer. Also the Robinson family and all the others that are not.

All right. And then we are to the blood of the Charles Bradford South Washington Street ambassador. I had a a comment on A C. the Golden Be Power LLC in college project. Um [clears throat] I think my my past president on the council spoke to them about having a townhouse meeting before they go any further or what was going on college street with the town. I don't think they had a meeting. I'm asking this council tonight if they coming for a renewal or anything other than a townhouse meeting I the council don't allow them to have it because they had respect the city request and that been over six or seven months or maybe longer I mean we just not going to sweep it under I mean [laughter] one thing clear I'm not against family at all I'm against the ation the population our city we have been blessed international with good tools and bad tools okay people are still down to campus some of the people miss cancer patient we don't want to go backwards we want to go forward I mean house fair have a lot of land that they probably look at like I say at least come and give us a good explanation how it would benefit the city you know uh some of I just solar panels up in in in the in the heart of the community. [clears throat] Again, I'm not against those panels. It's not hurting against anyone, but for

the heart of the people who love other people, somebody they call me to call that's consider unless they have a time me come here. But but let me move on. I got I got a couple more here. I want to right quick. That would be 9 C. [clears throat] City attorney. The city attorney represent the city of Bash. When I say that, I talk about councilman as well as the the mayor. He's the he's he's the counselor for the city of Bash. He can't go out and file a claim against the person he supposed to be representing on behalf of the city or whoever it might have been. We'll get into that more in detail because leaving our city into into a city litigation and you and I have most of us here and the mayor had nothing to do with it. Okay, it's not against the mayor [clears throat] but he we'll talk about it. Maybe he'll return my call one day. cannot receive my petition. Look, and I got what I'm looking at 10 and 11 draft the drafting of of this agenda.

What number was that, Mr. Brown? 10 and 11. 10 and 11.

Yeah. Looking at the of this particular agenda for all agend and then take action on. What action? What? What? You got to be more specific. you might come here and take action on what the sol say the same about new I think that's something really consider ask this council to get that we make up the agenda and and make this more pl to the people in this community because I if I sit here tonight and some come up unfinished business and I won't get a chance to make them no one here with you know this business in appropriate and I appreciate you for your time and I tell the president not pressing against anybody just the love for this community and we need to work together. I think great things are coming if we work together for the love of get on the same page please. Thank you.

Mr. B if you will just for clarification purposes um you said 10 and 11. Uh, I'm looking at number 11. And number 11 looks pretty self-explanatory. It has the items on there and all of that. Now, number 10, it's it's it's a single line. It doesn't say anything under that. But again, you know, when you say stuff like that, just want to be clear exactly what you're talking about because somebody else will come back and say, "Hey, number 11, uh, that that has the items listed under there for new new business." And number 10 does. Yes. I've been with you. Thank you for the direction.

Yes, sir. Thank on the agenda. If you look at it after the adjournment, we cleared that up because I think brought this to your attention council last week. Item number 10 through 15 is simply a category and without subpart or sublist there's no business under that bank list will occur at there's no sub [clears throat] there's nothing that's going to be considered so there's nothing for the public comments they're just simply category

yeah I think if I'm not mistaken any item that's on the agenda at the number five of the comments you'll be able to speak about you know which mean under that category it will show you know what's been discussed okay well like like said number 11 new business new business

so business 10 okay it don't appear Maybe y'all need to look at it. I don't get to understand real quick. Number 10, which has nothing under there. That means right now we don't have anything for consideration. Am I right? Right. Right. So if something does come up then there will be an allowance for or item that need to be unlimited business will be there at number five. you'll be able to discuss other words here tonight.

Yes.

Thank you. That should be spelled out. But anyway, that's what he s Indiana 7122. Mr. Mayor, council members, all Mr. Jones. Um, it's an item that's not on the agenda that I thought would have been on the relating to the matter of the memorial for Mr. Henry C and I was trying to understand why it was I thought it was supposed to be there and it's not. I was just trying to understand why.

We're going to do a proclamation next month and invite you back next month and we gonna work on some more stuff. Next month we have some for you. Yes, sir. Thank you very much. Appreciate you, Mr. Miles. [laughter]

I never did. Yeah. [clears throat] This thing I pass about this um We what item you refer to?

Public comments. What? Public comments. Public comments. Yeah. You got to speak about agenda things on agenda. [clears throat] What agenda item is that that's going to come under the when we get to talking about it. Thank you. We going to go to uh let me see where you

AC for legal purposes. We gonna follow Robert. Anything that's passed has to go through the chair. Chairman, you are the chairman of this of this board. Take control of me. Y'all been here long enough. You should know. [clears throat] Anybody else? [cough and clears throat] Go ahead. Go ahead. Yeah. I want to talk about

about this monitor that was put in on us that we was already approved before y'all came up and put that in. So it shouldn't apply to us. anything applying to us should have been you know can't go in the past you know putting up on like that you know we already approve what I'm trying to see is how you going when we approve how you going to put something on us that we already approve that's understand I'm trying to get I got a lot of guys that work for me in this community and this taking their jobs.

You know, I just want some answers on how to get apply. We approve right here. Hey, [snorts] it's all I explain to me, explain to the community, explain to these guys work hard every day. All right. And they would like to go to [clears throat] the firm speaking about the reason [clears throat] the reason

we do that on Yeah.

for for just in case Mr. you again. If you ever see some item on the agenda, okay, public comments, you speak about the item on agenda. The moratorum is not on the agenda. That's what we trying to tell. [clears throat] Council Green is trying to say now you want to speak in regards to I'm assuming AC Golden Bean Power LLC. You can speak on that, but the tour is not on the agend. [clears throat]

Yeah. hurt. They talk to you. You have no statistics on anything you saying what they do to anybody. Show some statistics. Show something. Show some proof. just can't go by with one person safe. They don't have no solar panels the future. Put solar panels everywhere. You know, people put them on your home. Well, you know, you have a person that don't see. What you going to do then? Other other cities, they got solid solar panels in the water. Do some research. Do some real research on solar before you say things bad about solar. Show your static. So proof they heard cancel proof or just throw it out there for the community to run with it. Have some just show some poop to the community. Show some proof. Just throw it out there for a room where you don't mind. I like to see a little proof. Show [snorts] me one perspective document. Y'all come up with that they bad

one show today been going on so long. You should have one doctor. I look bad now. All I got to say. Appreciate it, Mr. Harris. Point uh Mr. Mayor. Um, there was a uh there was a statement just made and I'm trying to I'm trying to figure out what what that means and I shouldn't have try to figure it out

because when we make statements we need to clarify and we need to make sure people understand what we're talking about and the statement goes to the effect that you need to take control of the media and we're going to follow Robert. This is not nothing personal, but again, when you talk about something like that, I wanted to be specific enough for people to understand to know what we referring to and what we're talking about. Are we talking about the whole meeting or certain part of the meeting or what are we talking about when we say that because that needs to be explained because people don't know what you're talking about. So you you want you want you point of information my statement I stand by my statement law requires we follow follow Robert rules of order so we can have some decor just like right then public comment is not a question and answer so you got to stick to what Robert rules of order says it's nothing personal I'm saying I just said the chairman you can control. Not a slight horn. I'm just saying I see where this is headed. So, we need to we we need to put some some some closure to it before it get out of hand. And the chairman is the mayor. So, that's the only thing I was saying. We have to follow Robert. We have to go through the chairman, but we want to ask questions. We'll have something answered. So it won't be nothing personal because you know as well as I know when it's a contentious situation some people tend to take it personal. So therefore we want to eliminate all that and we want to be professional at all time. So it's nothing personal against anybody on this council. It's just that we have rules and regulations that we have to follow.

If we not going to abide by the rules, why should the general public abide by the rules? If we going to set something in place, if we going to require those persons to get up and speak to follow the rules, then we must follow the rules. And I have to say this,

we I would be the first to say, we haven't always followed our rules, board. I watch city council meetings all over. A lot of people don't follow rock rules of order, but when it's something that you see ahead of time, we all should strive to be the best that we can be and prevent something for just for from just going chaotic because we got some hot issues maybe controversial because people these issues are dear to their heart. We got a legal obligation and a moral obligation to the people that elected us. So I don't want anyone up here to think that I was taking a shot at it cuz I'm not because everybody know me. If I got something to say I will say it. I would ask for point of information and clarity cuz that's where it's supposed to be. I think we point of information point of order.

Everybody should have read Robert Ru. We all should know how Robert Ru work. So if I offended anybody, I will apologize. But I stand by what I say. We need to follow Robert and the mayor is the chairman. Mr. May, I think the thing Robert rules of order, you the chairman have to recognize us before we speak. So I think that's where we kind of get. Yes. If you would recognize is up to speak. Okay.

And it's their turn. They have to move on to number six. Consent approval to preview minutes regular meeting December 11th, 2025. Move on to number seven. Consideration of any action on reports of committee appointed of the governing body. A finance committee report Make a motion as long as

finest report.

You would just have that because this report was financial were reviewed and there is no findings of the report other than they were reviewed and uh the finance committee report. We did review those u the uh balance on not balance but the report from the checks that was written in the month of December December. We have B planning and zoning committee report. Yes. I don't have to have they been meeting and when was the last meeting and what was discussed at the last meeting and do you have the date as the last time that they have forum I'm unaware if there was a form I know they met this this in the last 30 days I hand in some

[clears throat] I don't know what they believe that they had for that kind of it was on the eve of I believe [cough] Christmas but as far as direct. She said December 15th [clears throat] council miss are they are they meeting regularly? Yes.

Yes. And that's one right? Yes. So they got a specific over the division. To my recollection, they did not have anything such as special or anything that had to come before the So about three or four three or four months that they have came through. I'm sorry.

Three or four months since maybe August, September. Miss M. So we asked you know have they meet regularly? He say yes. Are they having an issue having a form there? Meaning like they have a problem with everybody coming to the meeting. Um people mostly have

question.

All right. I got a question. I'm kind of confused [clears throat] here cuz there have not no one has showed up to the city council meeting with a report and he said that it was no item that should have been brought to the council but being advisory committee board. It's just advisory board as it as of now is advisory board. So, we should have something whether it went back to code enforcement or whether did the city outright approve it because things are two lanes you go in there. So, I'm kind of confused. Why haven't [clears throat] we been receiving a report either way? Whether the mayor code enforcement approved it or was it recommended to us because we haven't received anything from since I think a couple three or four months. That's what I'm trying to get at. Somebody need to convey a message to us and bring a report to us whether it's code enforcement or their chair cuz right now we don't we don't have any idea what was approved [clears throat] what your administration approved or what did they recommend. Obviously they haven't recommended anything for us. So if they brought something to code enforcement and they said it was approved outright, we ask that you provide us a copy as to what was approved the previous month so we won't be in the blind. [clears throat]

Miss Hall, what is the quorum number for the uh government committee? four people. It's a seven committee board and so we have to have four present to make it. All right. Thank you. Yes. I thought that we put everything really at a standill and everything should come before us in our home

with the zoning community. So [clears throat] your zoning you're the only thing that's left over is you do have your new policies and proced your new procedure for planning zoning where the you have your administrator who admin was appointed and you have your your planning and zoning was turned into a review board. So essentially most stuff would go through anything would typically be a final decision they had made before would be a recommendation. Only things that they were really making final decisions on special uses variances like that. There has been approval of zoning permits and so there's there's going to be some list of what was approved by what is the administrator or there should [snorts] been recommendations if they had action before they have fin

so that's what they're looking for it probably with code enforcement the things that come and what is uh what actions have happened during the past month. So he should have a report about that today. It's either going to be there or you going to have recommendations which would then end up on the agenda here with the council or [clears throat] some report there.

And I know we had talked about different things you know um having representation throughout the year. So at what point are we at with that? Do we have to reconstruct We got to reconstruct membership of the board at that time. We had gone with the way the procedure work but also have the ability. discussion.

Um, Mr. Jones, has the council uh voted on the new rules? Yes, I have voted in I believe And that would require them to have uh either a monthly or quartific district,

right? Do they still have uh offices of that of that board? Yes. Both your school district and your your planning boards have membership officers.

So do we have do we have a president and vice president of that board? You have a chairperson of the planning. [clears throat] You're chairperson of the historical district. I believe I think the issue is we haven't received any fac. I think that we have them to make the recommendations we have them to make a report.

Correct. So they would if they had a recommendation if they have a meeting they should have some type of

well they have a meeting they would have their minutes. There's no real action for them to do at the meeting. Uh there's nothing that they're recommending for a final report for the council to act on. They're just having a meeting to because they're required to have a monthly meeting. They don't have any actions occurring before them. The actions of what would be considered things that were approved by the administrator would probably is a list that there's no recommending or not recommending from administrator approvals because those things are all by [clears throat] that point. there would just be a list of approvals and things like that that would probably be able to be manufactured each month and brought here.

Well, I think I think that's the issue. We need some type of each month or whatever. We just put the instruction And I agree with counselor block because if you if we don't see anything right and you approve it outright and attorney Jones look at it he say hey we looked at code enforcement thing and it's by right

but we need to see it because if you put something over my district and they may not want it and you say it's the attorney say it's by right so if I see it when they come to me we as legislative body. If we don't want it to be like that, we can go back and change the charter, change something in our code enforcement laws as to what the community want [clears throat] versus by right because a lot of things change, district change, people change, you know, and a lot of things that you may look at it from a legal standpoint, you may tell the mayor, hey, it's by right, which it may be true, but they may not want it. And then you tell the citizens, hey, it's my right.

So to get with the council member and say, what can y'all do about it? But how can we do something we never see anything? So I just think transparency. I just think we just need to we just need to have something on record you can bring to us and we don't look at it then. administrator approvals from and then the minutes from the planning meeting. Thank you.

And if there's any reports of her actions will be on agenda, but the reports also [clears throat] move to the insurance panel panel.

This is the quality assurance that has been put together, but this is where where does come together. And so this is where the membership some of the memberships tonight. on action items. This is where it would be on there. I know historically we only ever had finance and planning and zoning. But again, we talked about putting all the boards that that could potentially report on there so that there is an opportunity and that the council members and the public sees what other small boards are that so that it's kind of like you talked about packets. If it's on the agenda, then at least every 30 days put eyes on say hey what happened historic covered already. Uh we'll move to eight. Request speaker items. A Jeremy stream. [cough] [clears throat]

All right. J last year. Yeah. Go ahead. 5143 Lane Bast here for a special event permit for a 12th forever banquet on February 6 center. Okay.

You said special permit. I had to get a special thing one here last year. We have to get a special event permit to be able to provide to Choice Brands to be able to have our under our 501c3 for them to be able to provide us alcohol. motion. I'll make the motion [clears throat]

Thank y'all again. Every year y'all are invited. We usually have a table there for the city council like

doing good. How are you?

City council. Appreciate y'all giving me the opportunity to present for you and talk about our project we have going. Um, sorry. My name is Jason Shannis and it's in reference to 3660 New Monroe Road, Bash, Louisiana. Um, I'm sure y'all probably seen our cleanup going on south [cough] on 165 uh where we are cycles low yard. So, this is the top of the property that we're discussing. Uh I'm here to give you an overview of what we have going on there and to request uh annexation and access to city. So that's what we're here for. Um so my name there again is Jason Shannis. My wife is Kelly and uh we're the owners. I [snorts] have a hundred years ti more house parish uh going back to my grandfather. Um, my grandfather and parents were raised in Morehouse Parish. Uh, they owned this property. Are y'all familiar with where Westside Automotive Supply was? The Parts Out Southunk was

where all that junk was. Correct. Yeah. So, before all that junk was an auto parts store. That's where I was raised. uh went to church here my whole life. I first touched down here and then you know worked there my whole life growing up acquired this property we are cleaning it open and obviously I have to get down if you notice by and our plan and our idea is we're going to put in a luxury RV park and as I believe this meeting aims toward the Meta project and all the surrounding projects that Meta has. So, we're we're talking about, you know, they're again a luxury park. This is going to be high-end nice RVs. Um, it's going to be layout. Did you bring

I did I I put Did I not put everyone Everyone should have layout. Um And you said your ground will be covered in tell about the ground. The ground work the uh as far as

well what what it's going to be it's going to be uh gray rock or white rock pads with driveways. Um essentially like most RV parks [clears throat] are designed. It's going to have a grass strip for each RV. Uh there's going to be in total 100 units there over about eight acres. It's it's a little it's a little shy of eight acres. It's going to be 100 units there. The RVs will have to qualify for our you know they will have to qualify meaning your model uh condition and shape. So there won't be any broken down locally like this is a luxury park and it's going to it's going to you know show that um of course this is on the 165 corridor coming into master very first thing you see essentially of size uh right next to RNS and um you know we're looking to have it uh if we get our annexation and we get our sewer we're looking to have this thing up and 90 to 120 days.

Yes, council. That's not considered. No, sir. That's why my request is for annexation to be annexed because it is right on the edge of the city limits in order to get access to cityw. So now that's going to be the question about the sore and the other things on that area that part concern about when you tie into the city to it. Are you prepared to pay to tie to the city?

Absolutely. Yes sir. Whatever it requires. Yeah. That's I mean if it's a for the tax. I'm not sure how the how the city sewer here works here, you know, but no, I'm not looking for free sewer by any means. I'm looking to access the sewer. So, you you're not providing cow. So, are you providing RV or

No, no, no, no. These are these are going to be traveling workers coming in from all over the country. Um, and one thing I kind of failed to mention is the average salary is over $100,000 for the metal workers. Okay, this is a hundred people coming to Bastro $10 million in revenue a year. They're bringing in their pockets. Now, are they going to spend a year? I don't know. But they're bringing $10 million to the area year. You hope they spend it here?

I hope they spend a year. That's the idea. So, you know, there's a lot of money coming and it's not being brought. It's not being sucked out of Astro. It's coming from It's coming from other avenues. It's coming from big money. Met a billion dollar companies. Um these salaries are coming in. These are working for the most part journeymen. They're working men and they work all day and they're going to spend some money when they're, you know, at home, which would be here in Bashford, you know, on the weekends and at nights. Um,

yes sir. Um, do you already have a have identified a big number of [snorts] potential clients that are already talking about coming in or is it going to be as once you get it completed? Well, there are there are 6,000 workers coming through the manufactur. 6,000 workers in full. Every RV park around us is completely full. Beth Beth by you by you Beth, which is five miles exactly five miles south of me. Is 100% packed out. Um, as soon as we get up and running, we will be filled up. You know, they will be here. Um,

[clears throat] investigate what type of effect that's going to have on the sewage in that area. That's this is connected right there. Is it what he's talking about? But I'll get with our department to go check out excellent about that. Also, I'll contact our engineer get that done also if we approve.

So Brad at the sewer department if I'm not mistaken I spoke to him and I went and looked at the map and not just speak for him but I looked at the map of the sewer plant. This is and from what it appeared Proven Street dead ends into our property city sewer runs the very end of properties. I mean literally within stones where I'm asking for a connection. So, as far as the physical work that it would take to get sewage to my property, we're not talking about much. I can do it, city can do it, however it needed to be done, but we're not it's not a major construction. It's not a major undertaking as far as that goes just to get connected. Now, I understand the the flow and the, you know, you know, being able to uh one thing I will say is that there will be 100 units there. The fact is these are journeymen. These are traveling workers. This is not families moving in. These are going to be single individual men living one per unit almost exclusively. They're working 10 or 12 hours a day. I understand you have to look at max capacity on sewer, but they're not going to be producing a, you know, an RV doesn't produce a ton of sewer anyway when it's going to run out. So annex for the way we have a request annex they're trying to come to the council the next thing we do we do the introduction of the ordinance for the petition annex with the appropriate documents there's about eight documents that have to be Once we gain

information, so regardless, it's going to be built regardless because it's already outside. So it's going it's going to come one way or the other. So what he's saying I think what he's saying is it's like a tradeoff. You say you say it's going to be a uptoate RV park [clears throat] when you get addicts in to the city you know you got to follow zoning law. So it's be it's like a trade-off and be a good partner because we want economic growth, economic development because that is the heart of our corridor coming into the city of Bash

and we tearing out a bunch of houses to make it look great and trust you when you say it's going to be modernized up today. It's coming one way up because you already outside. So I I see it's beneficial to you if you if you are if we you added you inside the city limits and allow you you to allow you to use our sewer. So I understand where you're coming from and I see

in my initial meeting not in my initial meeting with Mayor Moore, it was his suggestion, you know, to let's pursue or look into the annexation and the city connection and the sewer, you know, because then I would fall under sewer guideline, city guidelines, you know, as opposed to parish guidelines. city, you know, felt like it would be easier for me to work with y'all than the parish. Get things done, get things done more quickly, make things happen. I just want that's the point of I just want to make the statement. It's going to be [clears throat] it's going to be it's going to come regardless. I think it's just asking to be annexed in. Yes.

So, it's be beneficial to him for the sewer usage and we can look at us as a tax base and whatever. I'm I'm openminded. So I'm just I just want to emphasize that that is the heart of the city of Bastard coming in. So we entrust you taking you at your word to be a good citizen and be a model citizen and when you put stuff up around us cuz people are coming in that RV park is going to be one of the first things that they see and we don't want it to be broken down. We want to attract business. So you allow we allow we vote that I look forward to working with you but man word is

absolutely and remember just want you to always remember that you don't fall on code enforcement law so keep that in mind

quick question I know that we got to for the sewer what about how Water. What about water? It's already the water. You already power is already in front of us. The only two after impact. Well, like you said, a lot of money. [clears throat]

It's clean now. We've already accomplished that.

One thing, one more little small item I wanted to add to it was we will have uh on the front corner where Westside Automotive was is a solid concrete slab. We're going to have four three to four food trucks there. Be a coffee trolley. It's going to be a burger joint some, but it's not going to be ours. We're going to offer that to the city of to residents of the city of Bastro. They come in, they get first right refusal. So, anyone who owns the restaurant or wants to go in the restaurant business, all they got to do is, you know, it'll be just a lease spot and they can park their food truck or trailer there and sell to the, you know, to the RV tenants and then, of course, everybody pull in right right off the road. So that's going to be potentially four businesses brand new starting up that are owned by bastard presidents. They can start their dream, you know, uh being independent and you know,

has any of that information gone out before today of the about the businesses that No, sir. No, that is not that has not been released. We won't do that until we're further along and start, you know, when we're close have our annexation, the city sewer, when all that's accomplished, then we will release that, you know, with y'all's guidance, of course. Um because I I'm not exactly sure how we would put it out there. Um social media probably be a great way to do it, but we definitely want it to go to residents and pastors. Well, right now we we hear it first. Right. Right. Absolutely. It's the very first we spoke to me and my wife here.

Yeah. This is the very first, you know, so how will they Oh, I have a question. How will they book the spots? Will it be like a online? It's all online. Yes. We already have our website in place. Now, what if this RV pulls in to your spot and it is ragged? What you going to do? they they they're asked to go to another to another RV park. Some will try.

They will try. We're we're prepared for that. I have a I have a manager who actually lives in Schwarz. It's going to be in and out a lot um probably every day. And although they check in online, once their RV comes, it has to be inspected. So yes, we will not be allowing any broken down, you know, it's going to be nice. Uh there again, we'll base that on your model. We'll base that on overall condition. you know, we'll have our guidelines and they will sign a contract up front and that's the way it We appreciate you. Thank you for your time.

Thank you. [laughter]

I'm good. Good evening everyone. Uh I [snorts] represent Golden Hog Beam LLC and I would first rather say that we present [clears throat] ourselves humbly in front of the council and the past anything. Excuse me. Your name address Andrew address

name is Khan Mad Khan and address is 4510 Drew Lane uh Dallas, Texas 75205. We acquired the property which is 106 acres of the old IP paper site and 10 acres [music] which is 350 Jefferson East Jefferson Street. We've acquired both these sites. So I present myself completely in front of all of you and want to explain to you that our project that is right next to your office over here at East [clears throat] Jefferson Street and then at 705 Collier's Lane. The first thing that I want everyone to understand that this property is a brownfield site which it is a LPQ approved certified brownfield site. You cannot construct on it. You cannot build on it. You cannot do anything on it. It's just like a landfill. So, it was certified by the board at the Louisiana uh LG Louisiana. Basically, NG paid $25,000, it build paid $50,000 and the previous owners, they paid $25,000. $100,000 fees were submitted to certify the site as a brownfield site. So nothing can be constructed on it. The soil cannot be discoured. You cannot dig on it. You cannot make a water park or any other amusement park or anything on it. It will remain. It is fatally protected. It will remain the way it is. We applied on the first 10 acres and we thought that we would do a solar farm over there and we could do along with the solar farm we could use the energy to do a data center which would be on a modular system which means it's a 40t

uh 40 ft containers that create that have data center ability in it. So the same thing we proposed for the 705 years. Now we were approved on 27th of January almost a year from now by the zoning board. We followed the exact same procedure we followed on the first site. The exact same procedure was followed on our second site and we were approved on the 27th of January unanimously and then we requested a name change which was my request because I wrote Sunbeam uh solar and then I found out that it was one of our other companies which the ownership is the same. We're the same company that own Beam and Perfect Land Development with the same owners. So the name change was approved on 17th of March 2025. A moratorum comes into place on 27th of May. That is 27th of May. So our paperwork and our approvals have happened before this moratorum comes in for the 12 months into the future. It expires on 29th or 28th of May. March of uh March or May whatever after one year it expires. Now I do understand that I I've heard uh that it's not us being targeted. I don't see any other company doing any solar business over here. I don't see anyone else doing solar over here. I know I heard that solar is very dangerous for this community or someone said that. I have pointed this out humbly before this council that you have solar panels on top of your high school. You need to remove them. Otherwise, I don't know what they're doing with it. They're still they're there. They're on the top of the high school. So, whatever one might want to do with the property, it is a certified brownfield site which construction

cannot take place on. That's why we make a system in which we do concrete blocks that we place on top of the soil without disturbing the soil and just do uh assembly of the solar panel on top. This is going to produce a lot of electricity that is going to go into the grid system that is going to benefit any data center along with the mar data center. So we have three megawatts over here. We're doing nine more and there's more megawatt that's going to be done. We have 106 acres over there and we are the biggest acreage within the city of Basco and up till now we have procured 20 million worth solar panels $20 million worth of solar panels. We have hired everyone from the city of Bastro our people are sitting here some of them and they've been working here for the last year and a half taking their salaries every single day. Those are it's not just the people working. It's their families and their lives that are also at stake. We did not ask economic vote for any abatement for any tax abatement. We paid our taxes. We paid the taxes on 31st of December as well. And we are ready to work in any way you guys recommend. Especially Councilman James Green as our site is in his area. whatever he recommends for the community, for the area, we are ready to work with each and every one of you. But we say that do not penalize us for something that we were approved for, that we have written approvals. You have it in your documents that we need your help and you to guide us how to move forward further. We want to be the good neighbor that you guys want and we want to see how we can help the city. And if in the past we have uh not followed

anything or there's anything missing, help us help resolve that so we can move forward with this. This is all our request and I have my representative. She's our attorney representing us as well just to convey her thoughts on the matter. Good evening. Excuse me. J Green say something to you. Oh information says he said call me out directly. I got some questions I need to ask. Okay. He said he made a statement that you can't build anything on Brownfield. Yes sir.

You say certified in brownfield. What y'all been working at the last few few months? It's concrete blocks. I understand.

So you haven't been any construction, you're in a disturbing soil. You you on a brownfield site. It is declared that you can't do solar panels. It's a ballasted system. It's above the ground system. It costs more money to put down because we're not puncturing the soil. So you're on top of the soil. Okay. Okay. I got another question for you. when you came to this area, do you have could you provide this council with your investors within a 20 within a 50 mile radius of your site? Do you have any local investors that's invested in your company and that have an invested interest at Kane?

Local investors. Yes. U 50 mile radius. No, I know 50 miles. I That's what I'm saying. You say 50 miles. I know that our investors are from the United States. I'm not uh sure that we have investors that are 50 miles of the I I'll be more specific. I'll be Do you have any investors that live in Washington Parish, Richland Parish, AO Parish? No, we parish. I I I don't know and I don't know u that how that question what you're trying to ask. I'm I'm asking do you have any local investors invested in Kier's land?

We have investors invested in Collier's name. We have bought and purchased the land people who live in and invested money in buying that land from them. We have hired our people from Basco City. But if I'm trying to understand that what you're trying to let me let me let me let me back up. Yeah. you brought me into this conversation. You want me to ask question? I'm just asking because I've been taking a lot of flack over car. But when I start trying to do my research of the investors, you ask the question I pretty much already know the answer. [clears throat] I just want some open and transparency,

you know. So, if everybody wants to be open and transparent, let's be open and transparent. So, I got another question for you. When did you you say when did you apply for this? December 2024. December 2024. And then the zoning they said you have to go through a specially used permit and you have to appear in front of the zoning board and the date was given for January 2025 which was unanimously approved on 27th of January of 2025. We're in 2026 right now. Another point of information. Have you ever given or contribute to anyone on this city council? Nothing. What does that question mean? Have you made any political contributions? No. Took anyone. Not much. Have you ever made any political contributions to the previous mayor or the current mayor? No. Okay, that is your said no. No,

not even your company. Not even our company. Do you remember $2,500 donation made to the last American? From me or from a company? From your company. Not from Perfect Tax or Golden Beans. No, I don't think so. Attorney Jones. Never mind. Okay. I just want just want to rep I just want the answer on record because I want open and transparent. Nothing wrong with it. Yeah. Yeah. Sure. I'm just asking because

my question my my my thought is is that I represent district C but people in district C and not special interest because I know they say money is root and when people start looking that they they just can I ask you a question. Let me ask you a question. If that contribution was made, if you're saying that contribution was made, was that made after the fact that this was passed or before? You say it was right. So that's a new question. I mean, that's me. What what what I'm getting at is the outside influence. We should we should listen to the people in our district. Nothing there's nothing challenging about the situation. Nothing personal against you.

Sure. Nothing personal against you. Come. You asked me a question. You said Jay Green is his district. So, I'm just bring I'm just doing my little presentation out. It's a question ask session. You you you brought me into this conversation. So, I just want some to be open and transparent

because if you listen to us, we talked about what's outright and what's not outright. You remember the conversation we had earlier about our code enforcement and I just told the other gentlemen when you come inside the city limits you have to buy by code enforcement because we got rules and regulations that we must follow and guidelines. So this is not personal. That's why when I said earlier I make this statement that goes to [clears throat] chairman. It was not any city council member because I I I foreseeing this coming. I've been studying this a little bit. But back to my question again. You said you didn't make any political comments.

Okay. Did you hold a public hearing? What day was the public hearing held? When you said I held the No, no, no, no. Did you attend any public hearing pertaining to Cali Lane? That was I I did. What? What day? There was a public hearing and they I I I came and I spoke over here when you wanted No, no, no. Let me back up. That's not Look, what I'm saying before something goes out, the attorney can speak to you have a public hearing, a public forum, whereas the citizen gets to voice their support or their opposition. Usually have that at 5:30. Yes, sir. 5:00.

Right.

I'm just saying you recall that meeting. What I'm saying to you is that we followed the process and we followed exactly what we were told to. This was not just the polar thing. We have another project that we finished our 350 East Jefferson. We were not asked for even to apply for a special use permit for that because technically speaking and you have your zoning people sitting here. This is an industrially zoned. It's already zoned industrial. you do not need a special use permit to do the project that we're doing on there. But because they asked us for the [cough and clears throat] department being more stringent on us that go ahead and go through the zoning board, we did that. But if we were supposed to attend a public meeting or a hearing, we have responded if we have been contacted. We've never single time been contacted by the city by the city administration except for when we were approved. We got a certified uh envelope from the city which I have the envelope from the city of Bastrop and they sent it to us. Otherwise I don't remember if the city has any proof of denying this anything saying no to us on anything and saying well there's a mortorium in place now and we are disapproving the previously approved project. So a thing that was approved and I think it was being targeted. I personally think there's nothing else that was some some political [laughter] people who were targeting us because I don't see any other company working over here who are doing a project 116 acres. We are the only ones working over here and I hear you guys and I'm responding humbly that you're saying that we're not targeted but I feel that way. I my company's feeling that way that we're being questioned for something that was dealt with the previous administration and we follow their rules. So the applicant cannot be held at fault. The the guy who applied cannot be said that

you when you apply we're going to hold you at fault and we recruit. That's what I'm saying. And I'm humbly presenting myself that the reason I pointed you out that we're ready to work with you trying to see if there are any concerns that we can address them to all of you. Okay. consuming big land right now. You guys on call land, right? Yes, sir. So, at this moment, how many acres of you said one? What? We own 116. We own everything that the IP will have exhaed to us. So, we own many different parcels other than 160 as well in the city of Bas.

So, how many um how many of the 116 right now have y'all utilized? meaning they put solo or plants. It's it's it's a few papers. It's maybe [cough] three or four. Three or four. Yeah. So So your your goal is to have the whole 116. No, it's not our goal. It's not our goal to have the whole place farm. We intend on putting a data farm, a modular data farm over there which is going to do AI data processing, not Bitcoin processing. Bitcoin which autumn want you to do on this first one. So yeah.

So so that when the 116 acres how many of those acres do you would you plan on using or sold? We would say about 60 to 70%. 60 and acres what would you say about 50 to 68 Okay. So it how long would at the moment how many employees you have? About 21 22 22. Okay. So if you if you utilize the fifth agent that you would like to and the solar plan is up and running, how many employees would you have at the moment? When it's up and running and we have the data finished,

how many workers would you have? How many workers would out of that 22? How many would you? Right. And we have the data center up and running because because the solar go

Yes. the solar energy that we produce is is going to be 15 to 20 megawatt. So if we have 15 to 20 megawws, we're going to be using that energy somewhere, right? And and for that data center, we're going to have about at least 15 to 20 employees at so so so 22 some give or take. Yeah, because because I don't really know how solar work. I don't know if it's man or men have to put energy in it but I was asking because I know there's a big pitch of you hiring people from city which we appreciate that

but then my concern is once it's it's up and running like completely once all the once all the manmade work is done job creation would h happen to the data centers that would happen to the data center I like my But he said do some research. So when we do all the research the council we we was I'm glad you so when um we did the research we was we was under impression. Now correct you wrong because it's your this your area expertise. We thought it would be six or eight people that you keep out of the 22.

No we I'm saying the data center because you have networking people you have like for an example right now you have internet fiber going through city of bas which is going through the meta site. You will have employees that are employment is going to be there associated with it. I guess ahead this I guess the point everything's up and running. Yes sir. The final analysis. Yes sir. What is the final head count for both of those combined? What will be the total number of jobs that's created in the city of Basher at that site?

The permanent jobs that will be created would be around 10 to 15. As I said, you have network networking guys. You have Yeah, give or take 10 or 15 maybe eight or seven. No, but you but these jobs are 100 plus jobs. These are not these are these are jobs like you're like everyone's looking at the data center up and coming over there for the metaite. It's the same way. It's a AI data center.

And [clears throat] this is these jobs do not include security guards. This does not include maintenance. Does not include cleaniness. Does not include the upkeep of the sort of turn because I think I think this council just one of the biggest questions because the reason I say one of the biggest questions I think I had an associate by the name of Mr. Norman works.

Yes. Let me let me let me say something. He came in the meeting and I hate to speak on names, but he said that the city would be crazy to pass up four to$5 million in tax. Is that is Jones

is is is that true? Would that say we just say, "Hey, okay, you guys are a lot of people." I know all of them, you know. So, um a couple, but um and you know, I became Jones. Dude, is that you? They're like that solo. You see right now we receive 45 sales tax with your sales taxation see what's going on with it. It depends on what activities bring in materials are brought here and the construction and things like that to reduce the sales tax.

So the reason I asked you because if I'm not mistaken I think you're familiar with the one that's maybe 20 miles up the road service. So sales tax wise how how much service get for [clears throat] that? It just depends what you're looking at. I mean I can't tell you a specific number. It's not a number that I look at, but you do receive a supplies that are provided there. materials are brought to uh supplies are taxed where they are brought to not where they're point [clears throat]

and I just asked those questions because it ask I think some of those have the same type of question. I have a question. Yes, I just I have a question. Um solar farms are not my expertise. I would not say that is but how many solar farms have you constructed in a city? Well, I'll tell you what admission it's dead in the heart of it is it was paid by it was it was

in Michigan and it's in the city is in the city uh and paid by the city by the way as well the city funed it because they wanted to show green energy is there because all the solar farms do is they produce green energy and free from the sun. They don't hurt anyone and that's why I think they're existing already in the school rooftop and they create energy and with that energy you have to see how what you're using it for. So you use it for data sector or high usage page like this is a lot of megawatts that you're talking about and I don't know if you can but right down the road you know

right they constructed they did mortorium they did yes you cannot it has to be so many miles outside

yes you're absolutely right they did the mortorium our representatives who were here they they were the ones who buil they they are the ones who did it and that was not the reason that came into place. I'm well aware of a gentleman from the previous city council copied the same moratorium and put it in. I understand that. But what I'm saying is that uh that moratorium and when it came in it was for other reasons. It was not because of the [clears throat] the the reason that you were thinking and what I'm going to explain to you again this is a brownfield site. I understand all

you you cannot do anything on it and so that's my humble request and we were approved. I understand but we we did we had um the attorney support all the paperwork because we wanted to do the right thing.

When we researched the signature there was no signature on the final approval. So you nothing. We had nothing. We even contacted the code enforcement that was here at the time and his statement was he didn't sign he I think we understand that that is a conversation that the attorneys can do and I think for us to answer those questions and go down that road would not be appropriate. It is appropriate if we run it. It's very appropriate because we that might not be my expertise but I can't look at paperwork.

I understand that. Was there a meeting for zoning board held on the 27th? It was. I was not here for it. And was it approved in there a zoning board? Yes. I have the which I got from the This is the zoning minutes. Yes.

Good. Good evening. what time of day it is. Um, what what I what I want to know is and then I want to I want to hear from the attorney because we we we we've listened for a while and everybody's had a chance to ask a question. Uh, let's get down to the heart about what's going on with this. uh is this is this about paperwork or is this about uh uh injury to person or to the neighborhood or what is the big contention? And I think if we can we if we can verbalize that and put that on the table then people can understand what what's going on again right now. I'd like to hear from the attorney and see what what she's here. This is your attorney. Right. I'd like to see what she has to add.

Okay. That was my answer.

Yeah. Council Green I never really so that's why he did that supposed to be a question she brought me into it I was trying to finish you know asking questions because you don't you haven't provided this council with a layout or anything. I'm just saying it's not nothing against you. It's just we haven't seen layout. You made a statement

that uh you made a statement that the zoning board approved your application. Am I not right? Yes, sir. Okay. Well, Miss Debbie Rogers was the zoning board president. Yes. She stood right there and I'm going to leave. I'm glad all this recorded. She stood right there and said, "No, I didn't approve that. It was approved outright."

By right. So, it's I see what you said, but it's not signed. It's this is signed by the the secretary of the uh city, Miss Teresa Holmes. And it says over here, the special use permit for property located at 705 Coran was approved on a motion by Mr. Armstrong, seconded by Miss Bardell and Mr. call followed by a unanimous vote.

Okay. So understand let me finish my my question. So somebody somebody is not somebody somebody's not telling truth because M let me finish. You have to let me finish. I'm not going to interrupt you. You let me finish. Let's ask the court. Let me finish and then you finish. She stated right there and she did not sign it. She said it was by right. And all of a sudden these papers keep popping up that you have follow me. It's nothing about you. Who run business? The city is a business just like you run a business. There is nothing signed nowhere. We can't find anything. We can't get anything. And just for transparency so that the public can realize that this is not a witch. It's nothing personal. When we go to look for something, the computers have been wiped in code enforcement because we're looking for this particular property. We're looking to see was it outright, who voted on what, but when the code enforcement officer went to look at his computer, it's nothing. It's clean. So we can only go by our paperwork and we're not showing what you are showing. So if you you got a company somebody just walk in and they say here we go showing you this and that and you say well we don't see it. So I'm kind of kind of confused because I want the public to see when I the next council meet I promise you this. I'm going to go back and I'm going to find the meeting. Do y'all recall that council where Miss Rogers stood right where he's at and said, "No, we didn't approve it. It was approved outright."

So, I'm not saying that you're not telling the truth, but when we appoint a board, it's a they take they they they take notes to tell the truth. Nothing but the truth. So, help me God. Just like we take notes. So, something is not right. Nothing that you done wrong. just my investigative thing as chairman. I'm looking for paperwork. I can't find it. So, it's not that we just trying to just ostracize you and your company or we come up or we don't think you'll be good neighbors. What I'm saying, it is a process that has to be followed. And you and you said something earlier. You said that you switch names. You know why his name was switched the first time? because that's not the company that you put down the first time was not even on Secretary of State's website as to do business in Louisiana. I'm telling you what I know. So that's why the name was changed. So you can do business in Louisiana. But guess what? When you change the name, that's a new things like licenses. You can't bathe and switch. When you sign a something, that's what we look at. That's it. Now, when you change the name, it's something else. Just like you can have five or six different companies like you, you own about 40 of them based on what I looked at. You own a lot of companies. Your company own a lot of companies, but they're different entities. Owned by one person. It's like Donald Trump, he own a bunch of stuff. Like he own a lot of stuff, but it's different entities. So when you change the names, I think the process starts over.

I'm just saying based on what you said. And I just think that we could get together and probably rectify the solution, but I don't like to be like we doing something wrong to somebody we're not because once you switch the name, it it's different. And you say you switch it. Let me ask you another question. If you still own the same company, can I answer the first one?

Okay, let me finish because I'm I'm I'm on this now. So, if it's the same company and it's fall under the same umbrella, why would you switch names if it didn't matter? If you own the same company, it's different entities, different companies. If it didn't not matter, why would you switch companies? Why would you switch names? Why would you just say James Green? Why would I go back to switch to Jane JG Green? It's two different entities. So what I'm saying is open and transparent. I I just like everybody to be open and transparent and let's not like whitewash. We want if you want to be a good a good let's let's let's start from scratch because I I don't like where it's going because I feel like you know it's it's like okay yeah we did this note it was the name was changed because it was not it was not recognized in state Louisiana because we you know what I don't know what board you've been dealing with but we kind of do a little research around here you was not on Louisiana website I'm attorney. Uh, no, I'm going to the administrator. Uh, Mr. Smith, am I right or not right?

Uh, during our initial review that the initial applicant is not registered,

but the second one was right. It's currently register February 7, 202 was that was that time was that around the time of the of the um whole zone or hill.

Well, I can tell you this from public was registered in Louisiana initially February 2020. That's when they initially filed to be registered as a state in good stand since 2023.

2023. So when we did the name change, just to answer your question. Yes, sir. When our company was already registered with state of Louisiana, Mr. Rick has told you that. So he talks about the one that's registered now. No, sir. No, sir. Ask him. He says something was registered in 2020.

I don't know. Yeah, we don't I don't have it right in front of me. The initial name was Sunbeam Solar which Mr. Vicky Smith right now read from the website from the public website and said in front of the whole audience that was registered in 2023. That name came from him and the date came from him. No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. No, no, you're not right. Golden Bean. Thank you. Golden Bean. I'm sorry. Sunbeam is a member of

So, so now Golden Bean has a subsidy that is Sunbeam. So, both these entities h have been registered since 2023. Please try to mutually see this not with a bias that that that listen to me sir. In 2023, the request has gone. We're at 2025 right now. So, there's no medicine at that time from our side in any way or form that that we're going to do a name change. That is a subsidy of that same company. What I'm trying to say is if there's anything missing in the paperwork that is due to our call, we are ready to rectify that. As far as I asked you, you asked me so many questions that were we called even once to any meeting in front of the council, to the city, from the city, to any place. Were we ever called? Was our company informed were called, given a notice, an email, anything ever?

One of your employees showed up to the city council meeting when we was in the blind.

I apologize. I apologize for the future. We're just trying to have an open dialogue and call us. I I didn't know I I apologize and I that is why I'm saying that I'm here humbly in front of the whole council meeting addressing this that please do not penalize our company just because of that fact or that for any of that reason. We are here to rectify anything. We are asking you to help us. We have invested a lot lot of money into this project. It's a legitimate project. It's a good project for a brownfield site which no one wanted which was offered for free by the IP mill to the city of last they did not accept it with the liability that it carried out. So it was bought by koda one and we purchased it from kod one and it is it is went when we say it is industrially zoned by right. So by right for the first site we did not have to go through any special use permit. We followed we just went to the window and followed the instructions that we were given. And if there's anything that is missing or a discrepancy we apologize for that but don't penalize us at our and our company and their financials. Sir, I'll let you speak a little bit.

So, what I'm saying is this that all we want is to be treated fairly. That's that's all I'm saying. And I see because you just made a statement that it's by right, but you got to know how it works. If it's by right, then the zoning board wouldn't have had a proof. You just said you just said that.

That's what I'm saying. that why weren't we asked to go through this process for 350 East Jefferson Street? We were not. We only followed what we were told to do. And the applicant should not be held responsible for the errors of the old administration or the city administration. That's all we're asking.

I don't know. It was white from whose computer? Why there's no signatures on what document? I did not produce them. [cough] Okay, it's one of the question one or anybody got anything. So, if you would find in your heart, look through your records and see if you can locate any investors 50 mile radius in this area because what I'm trying to get at is it's not fair because if you if you look at uh everybody take bullets and we take our ethical ethic boards tests every year even when you're in a board you got to follow ethical practices, right? So try to see make sure that nobody's getting a leg up on what's coming back before the general public gets it. That's why I want to know the investors because it's it's mighty strange that it's a few investors that's vested in there and they got a vested interest. So you can't listen to people with a vest interest and stuff. So you you got a person with a vested interest that's going to try to control the narrative. Not you. You're not you don't live in the area. I'm talking about the people. So we got to be mindful as that we represent our constituents, not a small group of people like Councilman Green was saying. He asked you about the ratio, the job ratio to land ratio. He was asking because we want ministry to come. Most municipalities even in Sturgeon there when I spoke with him they certifying industrial sites. Last time I spoke with them I think it was three or four that they certified already. They let me finish. They certifying industrial sites because meta is coming. They want the meta jobs. What you are doing you

supplying energy to meta. We are well wherever you going to supply it to solar panels. You supply them to somewhere. Well, that's what I was getting at my other mother's statement. It's brought in my district. Sorry, guy. Brought in. So, you made your your employee made a statement, well, it's private land that we can do what we want to. That's not so I just told him we got a code enforcement deal because if you want to bring if I have a house over here, we got to rule the regulations. We got laws and zoning laws. You cannot do what you want to with your land. For example, what if somebody wants to bring a a nightclub or a strip club or something? You can't do it because the zoning laws don't permit it in certain in certain districts. So, everybody has a right to their own land, but you got to follow rules and regulations. The zoning court enforce that time is two documents, not one. Two documents.

Yeah. Two signed documents. and and they're two signed documents. I proposed who signed the documents. It's it's Mr. Bubba or Miss McDuffy who sign well I'm not saying what he said or not but what I'm saying to you is I have two signed documents which I would love to be challenged in front of anyone because I didn't sign them. So I have those two documents with me from the previous court enforcer. Now I have presented these documents initially as well. So, I have that. I have the original application with me.

You You're making You're making a contradict. I'm trying to help you here because you you know you're going to be on. You got to turn it. If he signs it, it's outright. You you I don't think you understand what you're saying because if if he can sign it, it would not have went to the zoning board. He signed it after it went to the zoning board. He signed it on March 19th. Voting board is approved on 27th of Jan. We have one letter on the 18th of March, one from the 19th of March.

Okay. Yeah, I try to just like have clarity with David and Ricky. My concern is council greens stated that it might be some local investors and then I do remember the situation where this particular situation even the last call of course stated that he didn't sign anything. So now to hear that the last administration last was given a donation just puzzling to me. I can't speak with all the rest of the council. It's kind of puzzling that we have local because I didn't know this. [clears throat] We have local maybe local investors and maybe it was a donation made to the proud then here we are with paperwork that's not signed then signed. I I appreciate all the concerns. I do I do I do see that I'm saying that if there's anything that you require for us to rectify it, we are here to do it. But but but what I'm trying to say is just help us get move forward however we can. So I I know we're not being targeted. I know this is not [clears throat] the only company that anyone is targeting. I can see crystal clear and I'm sure the public can see through that too that no one's targeting anyone over here. I but I am trying I try to reach out to the councilmen all the members I'm trying to ask them to show me the path how to move forward as an applicant whatever administration errors happen from the the zoning enforcement perspective or the zoning ordinance or this whichever reason that should not be the applicant should not be held accountable and all his investment will not be held accountable

I can't agree what you said that the effort should be but from our perspective just to hear hear what we you know encountering during [clears throat] get what we're saying like I do I don't remember the council calling our our company even once and saying well even even when you say you reach out but then when you had I guess I don't know if they still feel that with your company hearing that you guys going to sue the city then at that point it takes us out to have any kind of conversation now your conversation got to be held Attorney Jones and that's what I you reached out to me you know that's my family but it was really my hand because if you if you said attorney

can I ask this council and and including the one question if I may can I ask a question did my company or me individually offer anyone any money out of all you people

see I'm the just you when you said not us individuals. So well Councilman Green say the proud administration was given some money. So of course not neither neither one of us is such a company or the information I saw since I've been in fold and file has no signal. last four months everything everything is blank the computers are blank so I don't see how you got you don't have that's all and say it did not say so that's our point now you said your name I'm sorry about that but you

good evening my name is Christina Moore I'm an attorney with him and seals. We're located in Monro, Louisiana, 1500 North 19th Street, Sweet 301. I don't want to hold us. The time has already been extremely long and I understand you guys have questions about the matter. Um I would ask that um we would move forward on the matter tonight, but based on everything that has been said, it doesn't look like that is going to happen. But if possible, we can have a special session um as soon as possible moving forward. whatever the information that the board needs from us um regarding investors or other documentation approval, you know, everything that has been said tonight, we're just asking for a special session to further address that.

Christina Moore, you said he provide local investors. I will get with him and provide whatever information he has to the board. We're just asking considering uh the delay in the project that we have a special session if it's possible to move this matter forward. I'll be with him and get all the information to you that he has. I want to ask one thing if you could provide to us. Could you provide us the most recent decision by the public service commission regarding their application for this facility? I won't give a date on that. I don't know that off the top of my head. Okay. I'm just asking there should be a report transcript of the proceedings. Okay. I just ask if if it has been approved, can you just get a copy of the approval? Can you repeat your last name?

I'll spell it both for you. C H R I N T I N A. Last name more. M O R E. Yes, sir. bring us and kind of what happened over the last month [clears throat] to the council.

I just wanted to ask one thing. I appreciate that Mr. James for you mentioned Robert rules of order and I just want to make sure I'm in order because as he said I've seen some things tonight that have not been so and I just want to since I asked for that special session if possible um do we need a motion to move forward to make sure that happens in a timely manner before the next meeting.

Okay. information before they leave. Uh attorney, Mr. Chairman, uh Mr. Jones to what his attorney what what the attorney had to say. Do you have anything?

Correct. [snorts] biggest the biggest issue that I can receive from you want to know just kind of statement of where the everything is in order for it to be a special use per was put in before the moratorium it does not have a action upon. So you have a pending application prior to the moratorum. So ultimately now underneath the new procedures that application will come before the council. So that's ultimately in a special meeting that's what will be brought before the council is the action in to approve or disapprove the special plan. May I speak? I don't want to speak out of turn regarding that special meeting. I was just inquiring about um a possible date for that when that could possibly happen.

I believe he does. Yes. Okay. Thank you. One last thing. We can go over the special use permit and do a special session, but you please ask the city attorney if we could proceed if it's okay to proceed to the occupational license if that's okay because our funding is stuck because of that reason. And that's something that I'll have further discussions with his attorney's office with regards to how it wants to proceed. But that is something we're currently there's a lot of moving parts.

Thank you for your time. That's all. Thank you.

Excuse me. Can I get some clarification there? Okay, all right. Thank you.

I didn't know that today. I didn't know that was going to make one minute. He he called a previous counselor. I mean that's

number at this time all the different license with them. I have one question.

Chief, I have one question. Um, have we moved on? Anybody else? I know you had some training somewhere to Right. We had one start academy. We have a couple applications we've received since then. We'll have to go through the hiring process probably early spring before we can do anything. And how many officers are we short now? Oh, we still short the original amount. We need six officers.

Okay. So, we still actively trying to hide. Anybody else have any questions? Thank you. Fire department. [snorts]

Good evening, Mayor. City council members. I just like to ask and say thank you to everybody in the community and the business owners that donated to our bicycle drive. We was able to bless 142 children with a brand new bike for Christmas. So my donated together for that great [clears throat] happy new year to everybody. Um, we have environment report coming up on the 28th of this month. Uh, I was out seeing this week, so I'm kind of behind so what I got cuz I still got to go out and, you know, check a few houses before environmental court, but I don't really have no question. Um, I know we talked about the lottery properties that we were going to kind of put them all in one bucket and send one.

Yes, I think that was the plan. I know we kind of talked about not renewing his occupational license and his attorney has to answer that. If you would actually look on the look on the agenda tonight, we have introduction process. Okay. So, so he comes tomorrow. He can get his license. I believe

that's being introduced. I was just up some people who violate our What about suspending the occupational license? Same thing. Same thing. Same thing. Okay. move on to

um um what about our like applying for our grants? Are we up to date on everything

cuz I know you didn't have a lot of information in the beginning and I'm just hoping that we don't miss a deadline. Damn it. Oh Jesus.

There. other than just what we do last month we're alcoholic. We move forward with the the as you know a lot other than that we're just some items kind of cleaning up and getting things that we talk about doing and so that's where we're at is just enacting getting things in place the structures in place so that we can carry out the plans you've discussed. Mr. Smith.

All right, members. Uh it's budget season budget development process started was going to start anticipated beginning this February February meeting of every year process may direct to come up with a plan to work hand in hand with council actual budget development process doing it administrative level start process Every February of this year at the February meeting, we will do the budget adjustment in this first year. Uh at that meeting, the mayor will present his outline of budget message for each proposed budget kind of outline. Then uh at that meeting we'll discuss discuss the calendar. Uh the budget is due no more than no later than 15 days prior to beginning years. So the [clears throat] budget deadline is June 15. The mayor wants to directly have aggressive plan to budget. The mayor wants to have a proposed budget to you all to start reviewing and consider after we do development about April 24th. Post it to public by April 27th. Uh and they have a public hearing on May 14. So that'll be a full little more than 30 days prior to so leeway just in case something pops up. uh council or the mayor wants to amend

or adjust and we adjust the schedule 30 days. So we have to push off the public and actual adoption. We can do it part of May especially on the beginning June which will be intended. But the mayor wants to have budgets for each fiscal year done by the May year [clears throat] so that we can focus on closing out prior year but up to adjustments and that time we actually have a good idea what so that being said uh this Uh the mayor is going to ask that the council schedule special meeting in February that we start this place start with the smaller budget sees. So call special need for February begin reviewing the sewer use budget and part of that probably having executive session. One of the things that we're going to start doing reconcili [clears throat] [snorts] we should for the most part have kind of reconcile a snapshot to be able to move forward but definitely have done prior to the adoption. So we start with sew

in February at the regular meeting in March. We finished up sewing us if need be and begin the sales tax at the March. I also want to ask special finance March finish up sales tax if need be and again general fund and then finance meeting in April with general fund needs. So uh with the budget we go over each budget line by line and discuss it and review it and have uh this time around we have a few more um what I call support documents again probably and I kind of add immed budget into it kind of annualize that and I you know we'll walk through that and I'll show you a road look at the bank statements reconcile those because again that's going to be something that we hope to uh adopt to present those statements at that point hope and you know we also produce each bud cap out actually that will be a important documents. So you could, you [clears throat] know, anytime you want to go look at uh projects that we have that are out outstanding and ongoing, just use those caps, sewer or street uh sales tax. Give you a

quick reference. We're also going to do a what I'm going call a one time uh expenditure revenue budget. It's going to identify all the onetime money for each budget and we we have an idea of what one time money that we have and and the goal is to try to keep tet money. So we're going to have a budget that out if I had time to do it this time around you would had a budget that would have $1.6 $6 million of one time money but it been attached to a little bit more than a million dollar one time expend the rest of that six have been that we have to you know target for the next year to try to eliminate so we have balanc balanced budget and in order to do that we got to kind of do a modified zero base budget where we see what the numbers were last year and okay projecting we going to bring in revenue and just priority we have this part first we got x amount of dollars left be

okay um when you talk about the Uh uh say the uh the thank you uh you were going to have uh the uh the uh uh the checks and balances for us to look at uh the bank statements. Bank statements we couldn't bank statements are you talking about in the during finance meeting? Yes. That's probably be an executive session element to it

right to you have those reports line by line that's going to be a process implemented to the extent you can because I know going through the bills can take a little time not saying you cut that That's something if you can do it I would like to do it on quarter I actually during the budget process. How do you how do you It's two parts actually. How do you feel about each council coming up with some type of idea they like to see in their history? And [clears throat] I know that funding might be limited and we together as a council to see which ones is better use or more vital for the city of

I think and I don't want to speak for the directly need to come up with this solicit

because he's going to submit his priority within the budget message together because if you know that wasn't contemplated we wouldn't do give it to you and give you two weeks to look at it and have it be like, you know, vital, especially I know y'all can talk because if one of our district can do something district so I know all done in our district, but I might be likely all get some but it's a use if it's one of type idea that get sent out and everybody can utilize it and it's a it's a win but it's a virtual thing

cuz I I can say I can say for example I just pulled out the swimming pool you know unfortunately

just that's what you working with council hand and again the outline that the mayor pointed out is just suggest we have multiple uh special needs in addition to the one that he's asking that we have to that may be Mr. dream may have spent two hours on his part something else and it may facilitate another mayorally said that that's he just wants to have a schedule set on what to meet time to meet and how frequent can you present to us at the next meeting.

Yeah. That's what I anticipate in February. Because first thing we have to call special

in February. So I have all that council wants to sit and map it out until May. I mean that's [snorts] your priority and if you want to have more than what I recommend think probably so that's totally up to you on this process. So that way when we submit to you the 24th of April, you're not really going to have a lot to look at unless you come up with something review that you want to change. Then of course you call a meeting between that. So we still have time to host it the notice when we have our finance meeting on our meeting in February. I know it can come in at 5:00 on that.

Yeah. Well, actually the [clears throat] meetings uh on the agenda say that starts at So, right. So you just reminding the council just Oh, I have it. We can ask you if everybody's calendar.

Yes, I appreciate that. We going to move on to number 10. Unfinished business. All right. I just have one thing. Um, East Side School was a headache. I think I asked what could we do maybe to tarp that roof so it just doesn't look so bad. I just see all the comments on Facebook. I see it when I ride by. So, can we tarp the top and put it to the

tax? I'm working on I got some to tear the whole school down and I'm working with I spoke with Jones about it. So, it's still in the process. He said we had to do it. Okay. whole school.

Keep my fingers crossed. Number 11, new business action on proposal new resolution. I appoint members to the for the quality insurance.

I have nowadays so what you have is your quality assurance panel. Uh it's established by contract with the franchise for ambulance for the ambulance group. uh that we have currently in place. Uh the council is to pick uh one member of the council and then there's going to be a nurse member to be selected in order for that representation to go on that membership. The other membership is comprised by other people who are named by title or designate like the um fire chief, right?

Correct. There's fire chief. I believe there's police chief, there's a sheriff, there is uh there's another individual. There's several individuals from there. I have to work the contract on that membership, but this these members have to be selected by the council. Okay. Well, I have a couple of names. So, just generally uh you know, you can go item by item. Start with your council member. Okay. for the council. I mean, I want to recommend Mr. Dary and he will accept. [clears throat]

Okay. Yeah, I think you got a motion. We got a motion. Got a motion. Got a second. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? in oppos. And for the nurse member, um,

I want to recommend Miss Alice Newsome Robinson. Miss Robinson served at North Hospital probably about 40 years. Really knowledgeable nurse. Um, she's still quick on her feet, has a good mind, and a heart. [clears throat] So, Miss Alice Robinson is my second discussion. All

in favor? Motion carries. Resolution 26-22 adopt a non civil civil service employment. Today I passed out a a section that for whatever reason got from the packet that went out for you uh to review the view. Um and if you look at it, it's going to add a section one subsection B uh which is going to be in between pages two and three inserted. Members reviewing and talk to a couple council members. The first paragraph again the first paragraph is just sound like I was putting in the par the first paragraph I'm going request that the council that I don't think is necessary after discussion with several council members uh and the rest is pretty much self-explanatory kind of uh didn't recreate the bill looked at a couple uh missed houses and uh put that in for adoption in regards to that as you have any question. Yes, this uh point of information [clears throat] this just introduction, right? We're not gonna take any action tonight. This is not uh you will have to take action. This is not a resolution resolution.

I told you this is going to be a discussion discussion. I mean we can you don't have to have

so if you just want to discuss today for another time that's one last thing we have to make a motion that we accept the city of Bastro nonivil service employees personnel policy with the necessary corrections. Is there a motion to accept this policy?

Ask for additional discussion. Yeah, I was the question I asked and up to date on everything. That's all I just stand, right? It's just like a standard workplace. We have to have something written for the employees to refer back to. Correct.

Again, this was written. We just updated. That was my next question. So, you said we already had something in place.

If you look at it, if you look at it, uh, I added page numbers and line numbers, right? And at the bottom if you look at the footer I said words with struck through or deleting and words like underscore or addition. So that's why when you look at what I passed up all of it bold and underscore that's addition and then there's a couple other areas like the last page text last page still had former mayor name on you see the strike room and then the just updates that the dress code is the real major addition

yes every new employee given a copy of the policy

I'm not sure but this is adopted. Everybody will get a new a copy of the reson They have to sign out cop sign. Is there any way that since it's already got something anyway that once the employees read over something they look at it they sign it they don't really go anonymous and write something anonymous like they don't kind of agree with so just in case that we approach the council and they want something [clears throat] I mean I'm assuming they should have a open the relationship with the department and make communicate with you know the department is hey man it's been I didn't even read it I know it's not something new but I didn't know this was in 20 years

right and then they finally get it for the first time is it go to change when it gets to the course I think legitimate question that was asked by the council read that's been asked Introduction say discussion just want make sure everybody has read it in depth sometime introduction look over you got 30 days actually read it so we make sure each council member has actually read I looked it don't sound good to me so any objections later on employees they got a mechanism for I don't know if there's suggestions. uh maybe they're suffering know I'm not you know I'm not saying anything like this man believe a person got a a supervisor and and they want to they want to say something but they kind of

afraid to say hesitate because they don't want no problems I'm just saying is anyway not saying the council going to come back and make another revision I'm just saying so that we could [clears throat] beneficial to the mayor and the council to see the engage engage to employees to see just how they feel about new policies and procedures being in place.

This administration never put an employee in a bad situation. This administration is here to improve what we see that is wrong with stuff and change it. Also, I think the council will be on the same page of people coming to work dressing neatly and uh and not having words all over their shirts that you face the community and they got some of their shirts say I'm I'm a bad a person or something like that. So really this right here addressing stuff we need to

address until somebody say question [laughter] I understand I'm the youngest on the board but [laughter]

Look at the front page. I don't know if it was adopted from

when [clears throat] you do this revision made one statement that the department heads will print out. Now, we're not going to leave that printed up to the department head. Okay, I understand that. I'm saying you won't we have a central location printing out all the uh mag we'll print it out the main office print it out and we will give it I would have it to right to the office right so on the revision on the revision part now you have a place for the employees to sign and the supervisor to sign right

on on the form okay What happens when that supervisor gets to with that employee and they talk about it and they get ready to sign it and and the employee doesn't want to sign it for whatever reason is that going to be a condition of employment that they have to sign it and if they don't sign it what happens

so this is the condition so as the council legislative body sets the policies for the for each branch and the this is a condition of employment. This is the policy procedure book. Your signature is not saying that you agree with it. Your signature is saying that you have read it. Uh your [clears throat] signature is not saying that you are agreeing to it. It just says that you understand you acknowledge these policies and the discipline for not following these policies which been promagated by the city of Basher governing authority are in place. Uh it's similar to the military. I'm sure there are lots of things you did not agree with, but if you said yes, I' I've seen it and I have to follow it.

I have to follow. Yeah, we don't have employment agreements with anybody that all employees are at all employees. Uh it this does not policy book does not create employment agreement. And so in the instance of are they agreeing to it? there they [clears throat] have to follow all rules and regulations of employment but this doesn't create an unemployment.

Yeah. And that's that's already understood. Again, you know, there there might be there's going to always be one, two, and three that you have to have a good place to understand. And just like you just say, this is not important because that that already stand. It's just it's just policy policy and procedure and each each individual who would have agreements or anything with this would fall within HR. they would they would contact HR through the through the operating structure to say hey I have a issue with that and then HR as part of their their function would bring those things to uh up the chain

and they will only know to do that if no I'm saying they will only know to do that

all right thank appreciate Should I get a vote? All in favor?

Move on to Ca division is Mary Hawkins 1305 street fe $4500. So this was the CA. This is the one that we talked about that previously occurred during the previous administration when Mr. Brad Mr. Charles Bradford was occupying district's seat. [clears throat] Uh we discussed last meeting with Miss Hawkins and with the property person about the payment the revision to that CA. The reason why it's coming before you is because the revision would be that that payment would go directly to Miss Hawkins, not to the property person, which is legal and sufficient because we have the property representative who authorized the work who uh who stated they're authorized to do that has also signed that agreement. So we would have all three parties on that and that's the vision that's able to encapsulate that and resolve the issue with regards to street address. I'll second down to 12 planning and zoning business.

If none there that none in discussion we item 14. Okay. Agenda modification

and in the modified agenda that's a I didn't put my name beside it. That's a proof uh a settlement claim by Miss Lenor regarding sewer backup in the residence. We had a a residence that had a sewer backup. Initially a claim was made uh with the city which was transferred over to the insurance company. Uh the basis of those claims are was the city did the city have notice of the alleged did the city have notice of the activity for we have notice of the activity that occurred uh at the time that it was made the insurance it was not it was articulated that we did not have notice of we did have notice of it then the damage that occurred because of some issue as a result of the sewer system backing up is not cause us to be liable was later kind of determined through course and and further documentation provided that there appears to be some reference some notice there. So what ended up happening is as we talked with this individual and the amount for which that was requested was significantly reduced than what what it actually cost to repair the stuff. The amount was was I believe an amount of $3,000 as reimbursement, but the total cost of what the actual scale was was was far greater than that. This individual is just [clears throat] requesting the 3,000. That's below the threshold deductible for our insurance policy. So, what I'm asking you for is to vote to approve that we can settle that claim uh with Miss Lor's property and resolve that issue. That that's a priority relationship.

[clears throat] Second yes.

All in favor?

And then we have item 15 is introduction of ordinances. That's right. How do I go? How do we go back? What they call brownfield? We can we can circle back after the introduction. How do we do that?

Yeah, the introduction ordinances. Uh, so they're introduced by title. There's no action required. So as to item 15A, ordinance 264284, which is provided in your packet, an ordinance to amend and reenact the alcohol license procedure and use in sections 4-4-104-13. I would just ask you to look over those. We'll have an adoption on those later on should be in February's meeting. Uh the fees were increased in the alcohol one to the statuto maximum on each from where they were previously. I can provide at the adoption meeting where other jurisdictions exist and possibly some [clears throat] uh question answer about that. The other change in there is is that there you'll notice whenever you review that that there is the authority of the mayor to provisionally approve renewals and special permit special permits always timesensitive renewals. we previously approved them and then those final approvals will come before the board. They have provisional section. So if you'll just review that and next meeting we can discuss those and go with it. The second ordinance to be read by title for introduction is ordinance 264285 ordinance to amend the occupational license certification procedures in section 139. This is uh what we discussed earlier. If you'll review that for the adoption receive the adoption uh meeting which would be the next regularly scheduled meeting in February. If this was the one that will allow us to achieve the effect where we can we can revoke and terminate and reject a occupational license for an individual who or any business that is in out of compliance with what is our public health or beautifification or procedures.

They're just for introduction. So review them, look over them. Uh and then we can we can discuss further in debate when it comes to adoption if there's any amendments that need to be. That would bring us to suspend to let

Yeah. I think I I think what you can do is is is ask if you return to an item previously addressed. Uh so if there's a motion to to reconsider uh the public comments section uh then you can proceed [clears throat] that way. Is there a motion to uh anybody make a motion to uh return to the public comment section? I make a motion to [clears throat] return to the public comment section.

Okay. Uh that motion is motion doesn't require a second. So it would be all in favor at this time to the public comment section because it's an answer.

My name is Charles Bradford 132 South Washington Street B. I I come back before the council on public comment because like I say I I didn't know all the details we're speaking about the column street sol we all heard and I won't be long the gentleman spoke and said well the previous council member said this and they said that well the previous council member kind of depend I said well we All we asked, if I remember, help me out, Mr. Green. All we asked was that we table it and ask that they get together and have a public meeting before we go in and vote. That have not been done or have anybody. Okay. I again, I don't have anything to sold, but I think the people in the community should have he be heard. That boy should be heard. What other thing that I'm going to leave alone? Statement the state representative of that district that you is Mr. Ed right Mr. Esite and and Mr. Fred Jones who also was a state represent at the time. They went for they did what you call phase two. They publish it in the paper. That is a blue ribbon site. We need we need to dialogue sit down have the means with with with them hear them out you know not like this community and and present something different. We need to take approach to clear I think Mr. green for the investigation they have done here with Mr. Smith. Let's let's see what that site is worth if we get away our economic development community. We have

he said itself that's the biggest acres inside our city limit. Why not hotels? Why not bank? Why not retail businesses if it can be used for that? If it's a blue ribbon site and I did my work, it can be used for that. They did a place too. And again, I want to thank you all for letting me come up like that, but please let them have a time out for me and let's see what the people have to say. Thank you again. All right.