City Council - Regular Meeting

0:17 – 1:37•CSC.J. Small

Good morning, everyone. Good morning. It's good to see everybody this morning. Welcome to our Tuesday, August the 18th, 2026 meeting. At this meeting, we do have rules. At this time, I ask if anyone have any type of electronic device, please, at this time, put on the off of the vibrated position, the off of the vibrated position. Any person that is desiring to address the Mobile City Council must sign and indicate in the resolution the ordinance of public hearing agenda before entering the meeting. When addressing the council, the speaker must give his or her name. AND A PERSON DESIRING TO SPE

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Second. Properly move and second. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Minutes approved.

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All right. Thank you so much. Dr. Ingram.

Thank you, Mr. President. At this time, if I can ask Ms. Toki Dunn to meet me at the podium. Good morning. It is my privilege to read this proclamation. Whereas the Mobile County Health Department and the Mobile County Community Health Workers Coalition strive to recognize the important role of community health workers in Mobile County. And whereas community health workers are frontline public health workers who are trusted members of and or have usually close understanding of the community served. And whereas this trusting relationship enables the community health workers to serve as a liaiso

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So moved. Second. Promptly move and second. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Agenda is adopted.

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Properly move and second. Any discussion? All in favor?

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This over at the public hearing for this particular said item. Is there anyone present that would like to address the council on this item? If not, this particular public hearing is closed.

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Just over at the plumber here for this particular said item, is there anyone present that would like to address the council on this item? If you want to address the council on this item, come on down and give us your name.

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I JUST GOT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. I KNOW YOU'RE A GOOD BUSINESSMAN. YOU CUT GREAT HAIR. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET OFF AT 6 O'CLOCK ON CUTTING HAIR? BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT MR. ROGERS IS A VERY COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PERSON THAT INVEST A LOT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND VERY WELL RESPECTED OWNER OF HIS BUSINESS AND EVERYTHING. APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MR. PRESIDENT.

I would like to echo those sentiments. Thank you for your commitment to the community and continuing to uplift others around you. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. President, you stated Midtown. What would be the boundaries? What would you consider the area that you would be serving?

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NYS president would like to address the council on this particular said item. If not, this public hearing is closed.

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Thank you. And just for the record, um, we hear you, we don't need a microphone. So all of the elevation of your voice is not really necessary. Okay.

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Can I ask you a couple questions, if possible? Have you went to Eterna Affairs and made a report? Okay.

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But you did do a report at the police station with Eterna Affairs.

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What's a couple of months? June, May, April?

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April or so. And this is your full name that's on this? All right. I'm going to ask the Yeah. Well, it won't be a problem. I'll cry. I will contact you. We have a number. Yeah, I will contact you after this meeting. Okay. All right. All right. Thank you.

Move to offer an amendment that's on file with the clerk.

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Second. Properly move and second in discussion. Excuse me. So moved. Second. Properly move and second in discussion.

I offer an amendment that's on file with the clerk.

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Second. Properly move and second on the amendment and the discussion on the amendment. All in favor on the amendment? Aye. Aye. All opposed? Back to the original. All in favor? Any other discussion? All in favor? Aye. And opposed? Item passed.

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I'll be moving second in discussion. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? I'm laid off for one week.

24:43 – 25:24•GGGina Gregory

On the resolution for floodlights, drones, and cameras, we had a discussion about this during our pre-conference meeting just to help alleviate some fears of spying or invasion of privacy. Those are certainly not the purposes of these drones. They are for public safety use. for buildings, for parks, for Mardi Gras. And it also helps with looking at building elevations when we are developing new buildings throughout the city. So that is not what they are for. They are, again, primarily public safety and also for really the good of the city. Just wanted to make sure that everybody was clear on t

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And just to piggyback behind Vice President, many complaints I have been receiving for the last couple of years is police chases. And this here will help to element police chases when you have a drone from a bird eye view can follow the suspect besides having six or seven or eight police officers chasing, you know, suspect down the street and putting other citizens in danger. So this is a good item that I'm looking to support on today. Any other discussions? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Item passed.

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Moved away the rules for immediate consideration of these resolutions as read.

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Second. Second. Moved and seconded in discussion. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Rules waived. Madam Clerk?

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Second. Second. I'll be moving second in discussion. Mr. President.

Mr. Penn. We have the honorary of Mrs. Esther, and I kind of just want to share some information about her life in 1968. She was a 19-year-old student in Memphis for a worker strike, and she witnessed Dr. Martin Luther King's funeral. I've been to a mountaintop speech on April the 3rd. The next day, April the 4th, She was at the motel when Dr. King was assassinated. She recalls seeing him fall after the gunshot, running upstairs where he was lying and kneeling beside him. She was one of the last people who witnessed this that was alive. In 1970, she moved to Mobile, Alabama, where she became a

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Thank you, Mr. Penn. And also, looking at Resolution 60-871, I covered just about every school in District 3. It's very important. I know many people that does back to school drives, and they give back supplies and everything. But one important thing that we need to do, especially as citizens, and we want to invest back into our public school systems, IS CONTACT THE PRINCIPALS AT EACH SCHOOL. THEY ARE VERY NEEDED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES. TEACHERS DON'T MAKE THAT MUCH, BUT THEY GOT TO GO IN THEIR POCKETS TO BUY TISSUES AND OTHER SMALL ITEMS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE CLASSROOM. So the best thin

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882, 884, 885, 886, 887, and the last one is 896. Second. I'll be moving second in discussion. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Rose Wade, Madam Clerk.

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So moved. Second. Prop to move and second in discussion.

32:19 – 32:51•GGGina Gregory

On the agenda today in these resolutions, you see a number of items for storm drainage, vegetation, and debris removal. I have a couple as well. And this is just continuing this program that we have instituted. to get at those drains and clean them out and really make a big difference in every district. And I just applaud the administration for continuing this, and it really does improve things. So this coming budget, we intend to put even more money in to continue this effort. Thank you.

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Any other discussions? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Item passes.

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Properly move and second in discussion. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Public hearings call. District 6, Councilman Woods. No announcements, Mr. President. District 5, Councilman Flinders. No announcements. District 2, Councilwoman Ingram.

Thank you, Mr. President. Greetings, District 2 residents. I want to first start by thanking all of you that participated with us in the Back to School Bash on Saturday. A special shout out to Mr. Shad Collins, Parks and Recreation, the entire team. It was truly an eventful event. time for all of us and it was great to see so many families that took advantage of this opportunity. So thank you for the work that you all did in organizing that and partnering with us to make it a success. I also want to acknowledge the opportunity to participate in the 100th anniversary of New Hope Baptist Church

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Thank you, Councilwoman. Addition one, Councilman Penn.

Thank you, Mr. President. This past weekend, my son enjoyed the stream event. He created a rover. So shout out to Parks and Recs. And we stayed to support Dr. Ingram event with Parks and Recs. And it was an amazing time down here. downtown Mobile to District 1. We will have our community meeting today at 6 p.m. at the Tomeville 1 Street Church. Come, hear updates, share your concerns, and stay connected to see what's happening in District 1. Thank you, Mr. President.

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Thank you, Councilman Penn. District 7, Vice President Gregory.

36:00 – 36:32•GGGina Gregory

Thank you, Mr. President. Just a reminder that on August 27th, we will be dedicating and officially opening the Senior Center in Hillsdale. This is at Hillsdale Recreation Center. It is named in honor of John E. King. We are inviting everyone in the neighborhood to come, as well as, of course, all family, friends, church friends to come and be a part of this. We've been working on this senior center for some time now, and we are finally able to really have this complete dedication for the seniors in this area. Thank you.

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Thank you, Vice President. Anything from the administration? All right.

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I was going to let her. Anybody else want to do it? Motion to adjourn. Probably moving second in discussion. All in favor? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Meeting is adjourned.