City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening. How are you all doing out there? Man, it's a blessing to be alive, isn't it? Amen. We're ready to start the City of Newark-Charleston City Council meeting for August the 13th, 2026, 6.30 p.m. Can we rise? We're going to actually have the invocation. That's going to be done by Councilman Greg Perry, and then we'll have the Pledge of Allegiance.

Kind God, we thank you, we praise you, and we magnify you. We thank you for this day, for this is the day that you've made, and we will rejoice and be glad in it. We thank you for every individual in this room. We thank you for every council member. We pray, God, that you would lead us and guide us during this meeting and that you would cause us to make the best decisions for the city of North Charleston. It is in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Thank you, Councilwoman, because before you became a Councilwoman in 1993, you were walking on Star Road trying to help Hispanic, Latino citizens realize that the reason why they're being robbed is because they're not putting money in a safe spot. That's right. And you got the banks to help them to put that money up, and those robberies went down almost 60%.

Before we start, I want to be able to say hello to some people that haven't been in a while. Can you hear me now? Is it good? All right. Ms. Bob King, wife. I'll call her Ms. King. I don't call her by her first name. That's the way I was raised. That's a former city council member, wife right there, who's been in my life a long time. Thank you, Ms. King, for being out here today. Thank you, thank you. Then we have Councilman Epps. He was a judge. His wife is out here as well. And I thank you, Ms. Epps. Thank you. If I don't recognize anybody else, don't blame my heart. Blame my head, please. O

I just want to say to you all, thank you all tremendously for investing in this city. I really, really thank you because you guys are going to help us to continue to improve our quality of living in this city and also keep us in an all-American city status. It all comes together. But the most important, People in this city, turn around. Turn around. Those people, the citizens, that's your number one priority. Take care of them. Listen to them, learn from them, and serve them. Thank y'all. If God doesn't want to, you can go ahead and leave. If you want to stay, you can stay. All right. God bles

We have a motion to second. Any changes or corrections? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Without objection, this item will be referred to the Public Safety Committee for further review and consideration.

Okay, without objection, this item will be referred to the Public Safety Committee for further review and consideration.

Okay, before we go to motion, I want to be able to say that Meg, who works in our projects team, she was thoroughly involved with this. Who is Meg? Thank you, Meg. She's doing a whole lot of work with the Raleigh Institute and a lot of other agencies to find better ways for connectivity and just really making this city an easier city to get around. Thank you, Meg. Katie Zimmerman? Well, here you go. That's the bike person right there. Katie fights all over this county, all over the state, so we can have connectivity for bike riders and pedestrians, and we thank you so much. We chose to move. T

Always. Right. We have a motion and a second. Any other discussions? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

We have a motion and a second. Any discussions? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Thank you. Thank you. Dave, can you talk to her? Thank you.

Go ahead. Take your time, Ms. Newhall. Take your time. Thank you. Take your time.

Thank you, ma'am. Thank you, Councilwoman. Thank you all.

All right, we have a motion and a second. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

She said no, go ahead, keep going. Aye. Aye. Aye. Okay, okay.

We have a motion to second. Any changes or corrections? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Anything else that come up from the body? There's nothing? This meeting is adjourned. I meant to say that. That's what I meant to say.