Remarks by James E. (Jeb) Ball
346 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 14
Damn good. All good. Now we got a item with the sheriff's office transfer seven vehicles to Baldwin County commission to be sold on gov deals. Okay. Commissioner group. I hadn't heard you today. All right. So we got EMA items. We've got a couple of things here. 2026, Baldwin County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, as well as a joint funding agreement with the U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey for engaging states. I'm good with those. Yeah, I'm good.
Good with these? Yeah. Okay. Highway item? Wow, two items, huh? Yes.
Yeah, I'm good with those. Good with those. All right, personnel.
All right. So this is the end of our consent agenda, which is meaning we're nearing the end of our work session time. But this is also the time for our public comments section. Now, if you are here for a 10 o'clock planning and zoning case, you're more than welcome to speak during public comments, but you will have a time to speak when your case is heard at 10 o'clock for the public hearing. So is there anybody, Roxanne, is there anybody signed up to speak for the public? Is there anybody out here that wishes to speak to the commission in public comments? All right. We ain't had that in a…
GA1 has to be, I think, voted on, right?
Commissioner Gruber, are you okay with that? Yep, I'm fine. Okay. So we will add FE1 to the consent.
And the rest we'll take care of when we open up our 10 o'clock meeting. Just remember, commissioners, hang up before we do a question. When we do this adoption, I mean, you see all the red on this when we kind of take action at 10 o'clock, so. Just make sure when whoever makes, Commissioner Gruber will make the motion, I'm sure, to adopt these meeting minutes, but you got a lot of stuff to read right there, so I'm just drawing your attention to it before we get to that point. Anybody else got a commissioner request?
We should be to the point. I understand what happened is you had all these guys working, everybody else at home. You get paid twice for that, and I get it.
I had two call me and thank me for letting them off. Other than that, that was a hundred.
Nope. I don't have one. So senior staff.
Absolutely. Well, thank you. Well, thank you all. Good work, good teamwork. Good. County attorney's report.
So, commission, y'all have heard our attorney's advice.
And I'll second that. We've got a motion and a second to go on to executive session.
Aye. And for the record, we will return at our regular meeting at 10 o'clock and not reconvene this work session. Open up our regular meeting of the October 20th Baldwin County Commission regular meeting. Today, joining us, As a minister of pastoral care, it's a church of his presence, Randy K. Worrell. If you would, please come up and deliver our invocation today and followed by the Pledge of Allegiance by... Who did it last? Commissioner Gruden? Yeah. Commissioner McKenzie will do it the next one.
Thank y'all, y'all can have a seat. All right, commissioners, first up on our agenda is item A, which is the adoption of minutes.
Hey, Commissioner Underwood, if you would, you said County Road 64.
Okay, y'all heard the motion. I'll second. We got a motion and a second to everything that you just heard. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. All right, so now we need a motion on the October 6th, excuse me, October 7th emergency special meeting, meeting.
We got a motion and a second to adopt the minutes for October 7th, 2026, the emergency special meeting for the hurricane that I still can't pronounce. So all those in favor say aye. Aye. Okay.
We never said it, so we didn't get used to it. All right. Road and bridge division meeting adoption minutes for July 14th, 26.
Got a motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Commissioner Gruber, I will turn the finance portion over to you.
Aye. Commissioners, really quick, before we adopt our consent agenda, we have some people here in the audience that I want to recognize for an item that we've already consented on, and This is a monetary donation from the Fly High Goose Foundation. Frank, Caleb, and Amber, Kelly, if y'all would come up to the podium.
I just wanted to say one thing before these people get out of here. I saw at the groundbreaking at the live vote for the playground, it's a toss-up of who's going to do the speaking and all that kind of stuff, and I know it's tough. I just encourage the public to Google the Fly High Goose Foundation website just so you will know exactly what this is about and what this foundation does. Probably one of the most well-developed organizations that gives back to this community that I've ever seen in my life. I was in school with Amber. I have breakfast at Waffle House whenever I can with Kelly.…
Thank y'all. You don't have to stick around for all the rest of this that's fixing to happen. We'll spare y'all that, Amber. Thank y'all. All right, so commissioners, before us is our consent agenda. Just remember that we moved item FE1 to the consent agenda. CA7 has a has a replacement item as well as C15 has a replacement item. So that will be noted for the record.
I'll second it. We add a motion and a second to adopt our consent agenda. Unfortunately, I forgot to make a statement about the phones on my last meeting here in Fairhurst. So you'll get away with it today. No jail time today. All right. So we have a motion and a second on the floor. No discussion. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All right. Our consent agenda has been adopted. Now we're moving forward to I'm going to do the retiree presentation. I'm going to do that, and then we've got some other stuff I'm pushing forward.
All right, so congratulations to All right. Well, commission, do y'all want to say anything on the retiree?