Remarks by Robert Harrington
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Thank you, Council Member Anderson. Council Member Ashmer.
Thank you, Council Member Ajmera. Council Member Mayfield.
Thank you, Council Member Mayfield. And finally, Council Member Drakes.
Thank you, Council Member Driggs, and because of the proximity to your district, Council Member Monserrat-Arias, I'm going to let you have the final comments. Thank you.
Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Mestrada-Arias. Do I have a motion to close the public hearing?
Any discussion of that motion? All in favor, please raise your hand. Any opposed? All right. Public hearing is closed on item 14. That brings us to our final item, which is item 15. And I'm going to recuse myself from presiding over item 15 due to my law partner's representation of the petitioner. And pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes 160A-70, I'll entertain a motion for Council Member Driggs, who's the chair of our Transportation Committee, to act as a temporary chair for this motion. Hearing so moved second any all in favor.
Thank you. This is not because of my desire to take a break, come back for adjournment, but I'd point out just, and we can discuss this with all of you and with the attorney's office. In addition, because I'm an attorney and law partner, there are some additional ethical concerns that come into play for attorneys in these very narrow circumstances. It's not a consistent issue, but it's It can be an issue, but happy to take that up with anyone who'd like to discuss it. Appreciate the question and appreciate the input from the attorney's office. And I think there's a motion and a second. Yes.…
Recusal. Chair. No, the chair. This is the chair. Yes, that's right. I recused myself. This is recusal.
So this is the question. This is calling the question on the motion to appoint Councilmember Driggs to chair preside over this one item. All in favor, please raise your hand. Any opposed? All right, I will step out and be back for adjournment.
We'll now call the meeting to order, the business meeting for September 28, 2026. Good evening and thank you all for joining us here in person and for those watching online for our September 28 business meeting. Let's start with introductions around the dais and we'll start over here with Council Member Johnson.
Thank you. We begin our meeting with an invocation, expression, or inspiration followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The invocation is intended to solemnize our proceedings. We celebrate the religious diversity of our community, including those without a religious faith. Tonight, Mayor Pro Tem Mitchell will give our invocation.
We will start our meeting with items with consideration of consent agenda items. Before we take the vote, are there any comment or separate vote items to be pulled for comment or separate vote? Council Member Johnson.
Thank you, Council Member Mayfield. Any others?
34. So let me just make sure I have them. So I have 24, 26, 31, 32, and 34. Thank you.
Great. May I have a motion to, excuse me, approve the items that were not pulled? That is a motion to approve the items on the consent agenda with the exception of 24, 26, 31, 32, and 34. So moved. Second. Is there any further discussion on the items that remain? Hearing none, all in favor raise your hand. Any opposed? All right, those items pass. Now let's begin the items for separate discussion with item number 24, Council Member Mayfield.
Any further discussion on item number 24? All in favor of item number 24, the motion, please raise your hand. Any opposed? Thank you. It passes. That takes us to item number 26. Council Member Mayfield.
Is there a motion to approve the motion? Is there a motion for item number 26? So moved. Second. Any further discussion on item number 26? All in favor, please raise your hand. Any opposed? With one opposition, the motion carries. That takes us to item number 31, and I believe there may be a speaker for item number 31. Jordan Boyd, is Jordan Boyd here? And Reverend Boyd, just before we start, this is 31 just for the record, is to approve a contract in the amount of $8,410,777.10 to the lowest responsive bidder, responsible bidder BRS Inc. for the installation of water and sanitary sewer…
Thank you, Reverend Boyd. Is there discussion among council on this item?
I think there may be a point that the manager, Just related to your question.
Thank you, Council Member Jumeirah. And just to be clear, so the manager has said that he will review the process, will consider sort of in conjunction with that whether there should be a referral, and you're not making a motion to defer tonight?
Thank you, Council Member Watlington. Council Member Johnson.
Thank you, Council Member Johnson. Are there any other items of discussion? Council Member Graham.