Remarks by Walt Maddox
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“Yes. Yes. Budget is amended for adoption. Clerk.”
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“Good evening, everyone. We ask that you stand. The Tuscaloosa City Council has now come to order. We're going to begin tonight's meeting with a prayer, and then we ask that you remain standing for our Pledge of Allegiance. Let's bow our heads, please. Dear God, bless our proceedings tonight. Give us the wisdom to know what is just and the strength to do what is right. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
“Yes. Yes. Minutes stand approved. Proclamation statements by mayor and council. Before we get to the recognition for municipal court, I want to ask Wesley Snyder to come up here. Wesley is one of our great city employees, works in urban development. You also may know his father, who's a longtime police officer with the Tuscaloosa Police Department. Wesley is a young man who has faced such a difficult hardship, certainly as a father, I can't imagine. But him and his family have wanted to do something, are doing something with that, that I think is certainly to be congratulated and to be…”
“supports this. I'm going to make sure 311 has this, so if anybody's watching this tonight, if they need more information, they can also contact 311. I tell you, I've told you this before. I don't know if I'd have the courage you've had to take something that happened and turn it into something so damn good. Thank you for what you're doing.”
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“Here's the contract we signed. So we've got the architect in place, we've got the contractor in place, and now what we need to do”
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“In return, you secure the building, you pay back taxes, your water and sewer bill, and simultaneously you begin negotiations with the city attorney's office on a memorandum of understanding that the council could possibly consider two weeks from tonight.”
“So what you're saying is you and your client agree to that?”
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“I honestly don't physically know if we can get the fencing up in 30 days.”
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“This is a public hearing when it was introduced. Does anyone here wish to speak for or against? If you would, please come forward and give your name and address.”
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