City Council - Regular Meeting

for joining us today. The time is 2:06 p.m. I believe the indicators selected for this evening will be chosen by alderwoman from the mighty third district, Linda Wilder Bryan.

Yeah, let's go. And so I want to say this before I move on. Today is a day that I signed up to uh be a public servant for the city of Savannah. Was a amazing day. We went on a tour and in that tour there was so much I mean the entire staff citizens we were able to just have some good time. I think for the most part we need to see it's good to be up here and have meetings but when we talk about other districts that we have to vote on. I want to talk with city manager and Bridget Litty and and that staff because we actually got an opportunity to see what's going on in different parts of the city. And I also want to make mention that the the AM church is having their convention here. So they must have been doing some powerful praying for us so that we can move forward and do the things that we signed up. And so in along that spirit, we have uh ministers on this day, right? And so we me I want to introduce to you my friend big baby I call him Curtis Perry, right?

Let me just say this a little things. Curtis Perry is a 26-year veteran of public service, a police supervisor, a minister, a community advocate. He serves on neighbors feeding neighbors board, the Cadam Savannah Authority uh for the city of Savannah where I co-sign co-work with him. Uh the Savannah Caliber Board, it's amazing. the NLC Federal Advocacy Public Safety and Crime Prevention Committee, the Georgia Municipal Association 12nd Vice President, and currently he serves as the alderman for the sixth district. I'm not going to say mighty because the third district is mighty, but I'll say you're doing an amazing job over there. He is the chair for the safety team ministry uh at Asbury Memorial Church and he and his fiance Jacob live in historic coffee. Thank you so much. I appreciate so much. If

you would all of you go to prayer with me, please. Eternal and gracious God, creator of all that is known and unknown, we come to you today on this special day in this as we end the Easter season. For each day that we are alive in our humanly body, we have the opportunity to serve you and serve our community. We are chosen to be public servants guided by you. And although at times this may not be easy, we know that in discord, disagreement, and confusion, we will turn to you for guidance and wisdom. Unify us, Lord, so that we together, collectively, we can accomplish more. Let us be a voice for all of those in a world hurting in division. We pray for those um who are hurting from war, from poverty, from violence, mental health issues, and addiction. May we continue to be public servants regard regardless, Lord, of our titles, our roles until our humanly experience on this planet comes to an end. May we go forth to love you, Lord, with all of our heart, our soul, and our mind. And may we love our neighbor as we love ourselves. In the name of God the creator, Christ the redeemer, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Amen. Thank you so much. Ask clerk, if you would please call the role. Yes, sir. Madame Mayor Pro Tim, in district 5, Alderwoman, Dr. Estella Edward Sheabz, present. Chairman in District 4, Alderman Nick Palumbo, present. Vice Chair and District 3, Alderwoman, Linda Wilder. Let's go. Post one, Alderwoman, Carolyn H. Bell, present. Post two alderwoman Alicia Miller Blakeley present. District one alderwoman Bernetta B. Lane Lenir present. District two alderman Dietrich Leget here. And District 6 alderman Curtis Pertie. Madam Mayor Prom, you have a quorum.

Thank you so much. I want to thank all who are joining us on this afternoon. those who are present here in our chamber and those who are joining us throughout uh our awardwinning SGTV. At this time, let us honor our country and sing the pledge of allegiance of United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you so much. You may be seated. Alderman Perti, thank you so much. Always when we when we need to reach within our council, we have enough of us who can serve to pray. Mayor Prom. Yes, sir. Yes. If you're ready for the agenda, I move for the adoption of the regular meeting agenda for April 9th, 2026. Second.

It has been moved and seconded that we adopt our regular agenda meeting for August for April the 9th, 206. Go ahead. All in favor? I I All oppose Motion carried. Alderman.

Yes. Uh Mayor Prom move for the approval of the minutes. Uh approval of the minutes for the regular meeting held on March 26, 2026 at 2 p.m. The approval of the minutes for the work session and city managers briefing held on March 26, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. and the approval of the minutes for the special call meeting held on March 26 20 26 at 6:01 p.m.

Second. It's been uh moved and seconded that we approve the minutes for the regular meeting held on March 26, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. and for the approval of the minutes of the work session and city manager briefing held on March 26, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. and for the approval of the minutes for the special call meeting held on March the 26 at 6:01 p.m. All in favor? I I

All oppose. Motion passes. As we continue to move on through our agenda, we are going to ask our city manager uh to come forward for our presentation by the employee engagement team for recognition of the 2025 employee of the year winner. Good afternoon, Mayor Pro Tim and council. Great to be with you. You know that we come to you every quarter

to announce our winners of employee of the quarter. This is the special one. This is employee of the year. And again the employee of the year just like our employee of the quarter are uh this is a this is an employerrun um process by our employee engagement team um I have no say um which is rightfully so. These are colleagues picking colleagues to be praised and recognized today. I want to turn it over to the employee engagement team. They want to talk a little bit about the um uh employee of the year process and then we can do a big drum roll and announce the winner. Thank you. Um, good afternoon, city council. My name is Megan Kirkoff. I am the employee of the quarter subcommittee chair for the employee engagement team. The employee engagement team is made up of a diverse group of employees across all our service centers in team Savannah. Our employee of the quarter employee of the year program recognizes incredible achievements our employees do on a daily basis. The winners are nominated by their peers for their dedication, compassion, and going above and beyond their duties as civil servants. I want to thank our employee engagement team members and especially our subcommittee members who take on the additional work of reviewing over 250 nominations sent in just last year from team Savannah. So that's 250 amazing colleagues doing wonderful work. Um the employee of the year was chosen by the employee engagement team selected from our 32 employee of the quarter winners last year in 2025. Our employee of the year winners will receive a cash award, one week of incentive leave, a designated parking space at their service center, featured on social media, and presented here on city council. Thank you for your time. I now pass it back over to city manager to announce our winner.

Okay, thank you.

Okay, great. Um, this was a lot of fun because we were able to surprise our winner a few weeks ago at his place of work and um, it's it's clear right off the bat um, why this person was chosen by his peers. Um, so if I get a drum roll, please. Thank you, city attorney, for the 2025 team Savannah employee of the year, Captain Trevor Jia, fire captain of Savannah Fire Department. I'm going to ask the captain to come up and I'm sure he's going to call his team up which is is his way but Captain Jaz worked his way through the ranks as a fire as a firefighter trainee advanced firefighter fire engineer and has been a fire captain since May of 2023, Captain Jia organized and led Savannah Fire's Camp Hero program that teaches at risk youth leadership and fire service skills to our young men. Captain Jia's dedication and creativity assisted in developing several new training programs, including programs on water rescue response and communication. While employed full-time uh with Savannah Fire Department, um Trevor earned his master's degree. His thesis is being used to assist the fire department to obtain grant funding for Savannah's fire uh marine operations. Um he received the most nominations out of any employee for the entire year of 2025 for employee of the year. Um uh I'm going to turn it over um to

Trevor, but I I think we'll be seeing um Trevor in a lot of capacities um uh in this department for many many years to come. So congratulations and well earned.

Absolutely. Uh thank you team Savannah. You all are phenomenal. Uh for all the efforts that you put into this and recognizing employees throughout our city, uh it goes a a really long way and really thank you for all the work that you do. Uh and more than anything, I have to thank my team uh from my crew to the great best crew in the entire city. If you have an emergency and you want people showing up, this is who you want showing up. and I'm uh so thankful and uh honored and privileged to uh to be a part of their team and to help lead and guide and support. Um but it's this is really just a testament of our leadership. Um from you know mayor, city council, city manager all the way down to our executive leaders um our fire department you know nearly 370 strong. uh done so much to invest in uh not just in myself but in all of our all of our members and uh we truly are here committed uh to serve our community. Uh and it starts from the top down. So thank you our to our leaders for uh investing so much cuz if it weren't for their sign off I wouldn't have been able to go and obtain my masters which was to support our city and our response for our ports and our industrial areas. And so, uh, thank you all very much for for all that you do. I know you don't get recognized much, you know, for the long hours that you put in, um, but we recognize it and we appreciate you all for what you do for us in the city. Thank you. Great job. Um, just incredible. And say it with me, great public service starts with great public servants. And Trevor is absolutely a great public servant. and welld deserved of this honor and the entire team. Um and the as you can see his leadership um ability and present is evident from the

moment he stands up. So well done. Congratulations. Um thank you all. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you very much. Can we take pictures the right way? Captain, come on.

Get the pictures. I'm not bossy. Thank you. Thank you. The prize also comes with a nice check. So, um, which is richly richly richly deserved. No doubt. I bet you did. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you, Chief. Congratulations. Our next item on the agenda is the recognition of the month of April as Savannah Safe Digging Month. And on today, our mayor has left us a proclamation uh for us to read into our agenda.

Yes. Could any members of team Savannah to celebrate 811 digging month uh with us want to come up? I I think I see let's see at least a we've got a Christy Lawrence over here. We got the team over here. Come on. Come on down utility team. Absolutely.

Can we give him a round of applause? And the proclamation reads as follows. Whereas the city of Savannah is committed to protecting the safety, well-being, and quality of life of its residents, businesses, and visitors. And whereas underground utilities such as natural gas, water, sewer, electricity, and telecommunications are essential to the daily functioning of our community. And damage to these lines can result in service disruptions, costly repairs, environmental harm, serious personal injuries. Thousands of times the underground infrastructure is damaged by those who do not have underground lines located prior to digging. And whereas in 2003, the Federal Communications Commission designed 811 to provide contractors and homeowners a simple number to contact utility operators to request the location of underground lines as the intended digging site. Safe digging practices, including contacting 811 before any excavation or digging project, are critical steps to ensuring the safety of workers and the public. And whereas the Savannah Utility Coordinating Committee, a stakeholder-driven organization dedicated to the prevention of damage to underground utilities in Georgia, promotes the National 811 Notification System and Georgia 811 in an effort to reduce the damages. And whereas through education and awareness, we can reduce the risk of utility damage and safeguard vital services upon which our city depends. Damage prevention is shared responsibility. By using safe digging practices, the contractors and homeowners of Savannah can save time, money, and help keep our infrastructure safe and connected. Now therefore, in the absence of our mayor, Mayor Vanau Johnson, mayor of the city of Savannah, Georgia, do hereby proclaim April 2026

as Savannah Safe Digging Month in the city of Savannah and urge all citizens to observe this month by promoting safe digging practices and by always contacting 811 before beginning any digging. See it and where witness I have accept my hand and cause the seal of the city of Savannah to be affixed this first day of April 2026 by our mayor Van R Johnson. Please would you accept this proclamation on his behalf? Congratulations. Thank you. That's it. Give him a round of applause.

I want to thank No, no, not so fast. Come on. He's got

Wait a minute. I got to introduce this guy here. We want to thank all of you and all our utility partners and everyone that keeps Savannah safe. It is something else in construction and I'm clear about it in the construction business when you go out and you dig and not follow the proper procedures. Well, we have one of our own and we just want to thank Mr. Lep Lander for not only his service in the city of Savannah but his service throughout the state of Georgia and for so so many years. Now y'all put your hands together for him.

Thank you. I appreciate that very much. Um, these are the folks that do it right here. These are the folks that make sure that the city's protected, make sure that uh our utilities are protected, make sure that uh we don't get cause any violations. Um, these are the folks that do it. Part of the guys, part of the guys and ladies and uh um it is a pleasure to work with these folks. Um, I've been uh on the board of directors for Georgia 811 since uh 2006 and um um I just u it's sort of been a high point in my career. Um, I I was selected uh to be on the committee for uh as a uh I was selected as a to be a representative of the city of Savannah as the water and sewer agencies of the state of Georgia. So um I've held the uh treasurer secretary board of board chairman board of chair chairman of the board of directors and I'm presently on the executive committee u as a past chairman. So I would like each of these uh folks to come up then introduce themselves. Um so again thank you so much uh mayor and alderman. My name is Jamie Corsy with Southern Company Pipeline.

Michael Dickens, City of Savannah. Jamar Kase, City of Savannah. Agabe, City of Savannah. David M. City of Savannah. My my guys is the best. That's all I need to say. Yes, sir. Appreciate it. Jean Shervin, Thomas and Hutton, and current chairman of Savannah Utility Coordinating Committee,

Promised Life, Atlanta Gas Light Company. I've been a advocate for Georgia 811 since 2003. Excellent. Thank you. Randall West, Atlanta Gas Light Company. Rick Campbell, City of Savannah. Thank you. Kase Wyatt, City of Savannah. Thank you.

Thank you all so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, let's go.

Oh, I'm looking back. All right.

Gentlemen,

alcohol license hearings. Items number seven through 10. Item number seven, approval to add a class C liquor wine by the drink alcohol license with Sunday sales to James Massie for Two Tide Brewering Company, a beer pub located at 12 West 41st Street. The establishment is located between Whitaker and Dninnesota Avenue in Automatic District 2. Item number eight, approval of a class C liquor, beer, wine by the drink alcohol license for Sunday with Sunday sales to James Simmonelloo for the Abodine by Code Dville, a restaurant located at 301 Passageway unit B101. The establishment is located between Pilot Street and Port Street in Almatic District 2. Number nine, the approval of a class C liquor by the wine alcohol license to Matthew Lipman of Nickel and Oak Lounge at 111 West Congress Street. The establishment is located between Barnett and Whitaker Street in automatic district 2. And item number 10, approval of a class B beer brewery alcohol license to Ernest Mlain for First City Brewing at 1722 Habisham Street. The establishment is located between East 33rd Street and East 34th Street in Aldatic District

2. the public hearing that I am declaring open. Does anyone have any questions against any of these liquor licenses going once twice prom? All right, sir. Okay. Speak now forever hold your peace. Mayor Prom aldermen move to close the hearing. Second. The um it has been properly moved and seconded. All in favor indicating by saying yay. Yay.

Yay. Any oppose? Motion passes. Item number seven. Alderman Leot. Thank you, Mayor Prom. We ask that we approve of the and add a class C liquor wine by the drink alcohol license with Sunday sales to James Massie for two ties brewery uh company. Second. Second. It's been properly moved and seconded. All in favor indicating by saying yay. I I. Any opposed? Motion passes.

Comment comment. Um, Mayor Pro Tim, I just want to let the public know that this is not a normal brewery. That this is that's number 10, right? We were number seven. Oh, I'm sorry. Okay. Number seven. Let me let me when we get to number 10, I have a comment. Motion passes. Item number eight. Yes, ma'am. I ask that we approve the class C liquor bill wine by the drink alcohol license with Sunday sales to James Simillo. I don't want to mess up his name for Aberdine by Coupe Deville. Second. It has been properly moved and seconded that the item that has been read into the agenda. All in favor by indicating by saying I.

Any opposed? Motion passes. Item number nine. Alderman Leot. Yes ma'am. I'm ask that we approve the class C liquor bill wine by the alcoh by the drink alcohol license to Matthew Lipman for Nickel and Oak Lounge at 111 West Congress Street. Second. It has been properly moved and seconded. All in favor by saying I. I. Any oppose? Motion passes. Are there any questions, comments at this time? No. No, ma'am. All right. Number 10. Item number 10, Alderman Leget.

I think Alderwoman uh Miller Blakeley had a comment. Okay. What we going to do first? Just go ahead and go ahead and Yeah. Yes, ma'am. I ask that we approve the class B beer brewery license, alcohol license to Ernest McClean for First City Brewery at 1722 Havsham Street. Question.

Uh, okay. I wanted to hear the question before the vote because it may be something that impact votes. I didn't have any comment on I have a comment. Alderwoman Blakeley. Thank you, Mayor Prom. I just wanted to let the community know that this is not the an ordinary brewing with the big pressurized um uh containers. This is supposed to be where it's delivered and he packages it. The uh owner of the business packages it. So my concern earlier was that it was so close to a home and no one had actually spoken to the um owner of that property. So I was informed just now that it's a different type of brewing system that um will be in that space and parking will be available for that particular homeowner.

May. Yes sir. And also we uh spoke with that uh homeowner and we've uh had her driveway painted so that she would be able to access her home from uh Havsham Street. So uh just some conversation that need to be had and also the applicant has made himself available to have conversation with the uh he's going to make himself available because he has not spoken to her. Yeah. So but he he has said he will make himself available. Exactly. Thank you. Do we have a second on that? Second. Okay. All in favor by indicating by saying I. I.

Any oppose? Motion passes. Zoning hearing. Item number 11. This is a public hearing. Item number 11, petition of Josh Yelling on behalf of Barnard Property Holdings LLC for 0.16 acres at 816 Waters Avenue 204947004 to amend the zoning map from RSF6 residential single family 6 to O I T office institutional transition. Does anyone have any thing to say against or for this hearing? Going once, going twice. Speak now or forever hold your peace.

May I approach Tim? Yes. I move that we close. Second. Second. It has been properly moved and seconded. All in favor by saying I. I. All oppose. Motion passes. Pro mayor prom, if I could interrupt, there's a a lady from NBC here to present during the public hearing while the public hearing is open. Absolutely. Be allowed to do that. Please. Madam prom, I move we reopen. Reopen it. Second it. All in favor? I. All oppose. The hearing is reopened. Thank you. Our

represent. Good afternoon everyone. My name is Subashi Karunaratna. I'm a planner from MPC and I'll be presenting the staff findings and MPC recommendations for um this resoning request at 8106 Waters Avenue. Um here the petitioner is requesting to reszone the property from residential single family 6 to office and institutional transition. Uh the property is located midblock between Sherwood Road and Madrid Avenue facing waters as you can see here in this image. Um these are some of the street views uh of the property from 2007 to 2025. Uh this property was uh the house there was built in 1978 and the most recent use there is a commercial use. Um this is the interior of that. And when we look at the zoning history, this map shows um the zoning prior to new. Uh during a study conducted in 2000, the city has made the resolution that uh properties facing the Waters Avenue and the Montgomery Crossroads are more suitable for transitional zoning or either neighborhood friendly commercial zoning. And you can see that that kind of pattern is reflected in this map. Uh the interior properties are zoned for residential while the properties facing the roads are either a transitional uh zoning of commercial or residential and that pattern is continued in the new zo as well. There are majority of Oie business neighborhood and OIT zone properties. Um the block where this property is located is um the only exception, the residential facing the

waters avenue. And this resoning is um appropriate to this location and that is more supported with the future land use map. You can see that the pink color here shows the commercial neighborhood uh flume designation and so the requested uh zoning uh is appropriate according to the flume as well. Um this proposal has received uh neighborhood support and there's adequate public services available in this uh property. Therefore the MPC uh recommendation is for an approval of this resoning. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you so much as our presenter has this public hearing questions or comments regarding items.

Yes, ma'am. Mayor, sorry, Mayor Prom. I won't take up too much time. I'm happy to answer any questions that y'all may have. As was mentioned by Subashi, and thank you for the staff report. This property was used for the past 16 years or so as commercial. It was a a hair salon. There's a paved parking pad in front of it. There are curb stops in front of it. The proposed use and the property owner is here. Um she might wave. Miss Miss Bernard is an interior design studio. Um it's a very limited use by appointment only. Obviously for interior design. Most of her work is offsite to go to people's homes and to redesign their homes for them. But it's parking compliant. We just need the resoning to make it now legally compliant for the use that it has been for the past 16 years. So, thank you all and happy to answer any questions that y'all may have.

If Alderwoman Laneir, yes, Mr. Clerk, we didn't receive anything in opposition for this question. I get a motion to close the hearing. Mayor Pro move to close the hearing. Second motion. The hearing has motion has been given. All in favor indicate by saying I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. May alderman Columbbo. Uh, thank you, Mayor Prom. Regarding the corresponding item number 12, I move that the first reading be considered the second and the ordinance placed upon its passage and pass. Second. Second.

It has been properly moved and that the first reading be considered the second and the ordinance placed upon it passes and passed. All in favor indicate by saying I. I. Any oppose? Motion passes. Thank you'all. Thank you so much. We are moving now to our purchasing items. Almano number 13, please. Pulling number 13. Number 13. Any other items? Mayor Prom, I move for the approval of the items number 14 through 16. Item number 14 to authorize the city manager to execute a contract for one. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, I'm sorry. Could you pull 16 for me, please?

Absolutely. 16. Okay. Mayor Pro Tim move for the approval of items number 14 and 15. 14 to authorize the city manager to execute a contract for one bucket truck with TX USA LLC DBA TX utilities in the amount of $337,438 and move for approval of item number 15 to authorize the city manager to execute a contract for the installation of new gym flooring and related upgrades with Success Sports Surfacing LLC in an amount not to exceed $597,528.75.

Second. It's been properly moved and second for item number 14 and 15 under the purchasing items. All in favor by saying I I.

Any oppose? Motion passes. Item number 13, Alderwoman Laneir. Thank you, Madam Pro Tim. This is interesting and I'm I'm really glad that we as a council, as a city government is finally places some attention on economics as it pertains to marginalized and lowwealth communities. Um my concerns here today are not that we are doing this because it's way overdue, but it's about the way we are doing it and and about procedures. Um as in the state of Georgia, the city of Savannah have a very high poverty rate compared to the state of Georgia and compared to the national percentage, the national average. So we have a great deal of poverty here in the city of Savannah. And in the city of Savannah, most of those marginalized, lowwealth communities, probably in the first district, the people that I represent, I've been doing this work my entire adult life on a daily basis, working to uplift these marginalized communities to create generational wealth and lowwealth communities. And this this particular item that we are considering today, I became aware of it on just on Friday and I have some concerns. I have several concerns. I have a lot of questions to say we're ready to move forward with this critical and vital work that impacts people quality of lives and their actual lives. So, as policy makers and leaders in Savannah, we have a constitutional responsibility to create policies that's going to benefit our citizens and especially in

this particular area for people that are not necessarily able to speak up and out and uplift themselves. So, I think in this matter today, we have to put some guard rails in place. I want to be a part of this conversation. Um and those guardrails will be to facilitate this enormously important problem condition in our city. And this is the most important issue in the greater west side of Savannah. In that corridor west of downtown, in that historic community, there are 10 neighborhoods in that area and most of them fall within that high poverty rate. When I look at this particular item, there is a grant that has been uh secured. That's a good thing. I wish we knew a little bit more about that as council because we don't. And then now we are letting a bid uh we didn't have an opportunity to have this discussion to impact the criteria that would be considered and putting this bid together. We might want to alter this bid or this criteria or the the scope. We just didn't have any input on this. I think it's going to require more conversation, more deliberation, more input from us policy makers, from council to say how we need to proceed with this matter. So, I'm not in support of what's on the agenda today. Another reason is when I looked at the two organizations that bided that was considered to secure this bid, I I read that there were six uh responses that came in to the bid and we considered two

and from those two is is the the second the gap in between what was bidded is almost 100%. Maybe about 90%. So we got one coming in at 62,000 and the other one at 121. That's so wide a gap that in itself is questionable in the quality of the work or the scope of the work. So we had one organization that we thought would be a good fit and their their bid was twice as much as the lowest but we're going with the lowest. Are we going to get less of a quality? All of these is very questionable. I don't know how long the bid was on the street. Uh I don't know. Um, I guess I know we went through the usual process, but had we had an opportunity with this critical item to be involved, I think we could have made sure that we we uh had this bid go out for um in some areas of people that have experienced this and had some success in doing this work, maybe in Atlanta, maybe in Houston that have similar type demographics and similar type poverty. But none of that was we had an opportunity to think about it, look at it, talk about it. And we here today wanting to put something out this critical that's going to impact all of these people and the work that have been going on um religiously for the last 20, 30, 40, 50 years. Aldwoman Laneir, what is your pleasure?

I'm I'm speaking right now and I want to make this point and I do not see that's the problem right now. We've been too casp on something that this important. So it is important today for somebody who's been working this long, this many years and all the work that we've been doing to not have an opportunity to get out what I'm trying to say. And so when I get to that point, I'm going to let you know what my pleasure is because my pleasure is that we do not ask this today. So, I want to motion that we do not authorize the city manager. But because I'm being rushed now, there was something else I wanted to get out because I spoke about

I spoke about procedure. So, this is directed to the city manager and and I spoke to him about this already and uh first I said that we could postpone this to to have some more conversation, but I don't think that's an option in this case. And Jay, you could correct me on that if if if that's if I'm wrong on that. But if we do not pass this today, what is the procedure or the process that we would take and doing what I just uh mentioned as far as putting this back out to get some more bids to to go out further, spread a a wider net on this? So, how could we proceed?

Um, yes, ma'am. I I can provide some background information as well. Um so um we the city of Savannah and our economic develop um economic development department um applied for a grant uh through the cities for financial empowerment to partner with other cities and counties who have majority minority populations to address residents financial empowerment needs prioritizing wealth building opportunities for African-American residents. It's the city start initiative and it helps local governments develop a municipal-led financial empowerment framework based on stakeholder and community engagement. Um it's part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Greenwood Initiative whose mission is to accelerate the pace of black wealth accumulation in the United States. um and they will work um alongside the CF, the Cities for Financial Empowerment, which is where our grant comes from, and the municipal partners on the design of the framework using an equity lens. Uh we responded to that grant opportunity um in late 2024. We were notified in 2025 that we would be receiving a grant and be included in their upcoming six member city cohort. Um, the six cities in that cohort are us, Savannah, Georgia, Kansas City, Missouri, St. Petersburg, Florida, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Memphis, Tennessee. Uh, so that was for a $100,000 um grant for us to participate in all facets um to of the grant administration uh 10 learning calls and trainings and um with these cohort cities. Um also, um we convened a citystart local government and um internal working group um and to to make sure that we got off on the

right foot and executing this grant. Um part of that grant um was to get some consultant services um and for the financial empowerment and stakeholder engagement portion of this work. So, how do we work with our community, understand their needs, and um help to develop some policies and programs that might support um our communities and our residents? Um we put out a RFP in November of 2025 for that work. Um it was out for eight weeks. Um we had six respondents. um AFJ Consulting out of Atlanta, Georgia. Blue Knowledge in partnership with with E4 Progress Planning and Engineering in Savannah, Georgia. Um the Mau Growth Consultants, Raleigh, North Carolina, MGT America, Tampa, Florida, Precision Consulting in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Young Impact Growth Epic Solutions in Savannah, Georgia. Um we offered a best and final offer to two of the respondents that we felt both best responded to the RFP and they were also um the two local groups that had responded those were blue knowledge in partnership with E4 progress planning and engineering as well as the young um impact group. And so, um, you know, our recommendation is today is to move forward with the the blue knowledge, um, with E4 progress and planning, um, and they responded with with $65,000. The best and final offer stage of the procurement process is to try to make sure that the respondents that we best think are qualified for the work have an opportunity to sharpen their pencils on the price and try to make sure that we're um, where we need to be on price and quality. Um, and I think that that

BAFFO was an opportunity because there was such a dispar a um a wide disparity between the two costs that we wanted to give um those firms an opportunity to sharpen their pencils on their unit price. Um if the the and we did talk about it, thank you alderwoman for um talking about it with me earlier this week. Um, if council were to um not approve the authorization, um, then I would potentially need to go back out with an RFP for this would which would be another likely an 8week RFP process followed by a month or two um to work through the rest of the procurement uh before we brought back a a different or another or a new um recommendation um to council. Um we do need to finish this work within the year which is um our grant process. So I'm not exactly sure um how uh extending the timeline on the community engagement work would impact our grant but um it would have an impact. Um of course um you know we will execute whatever council's decision is today. Um I absolutely understand the um the point um Audwoman Laneir that you're making about making sure that we're bringing local knowledge to this work that it's something that people in our community such as yourself have been working on um for years and years for entire careers. Um and we need to be able to tap into that work. Um we did we did follow our procurement process um to the tea. Um and uh uh and we do have some pretty wide ranging um uh we're able to cast our net pretty wide in terms of um people knowing about it as why I think we got such a large response group from across the nation.

Um so that's my background on that. Hopefully I answered some of the questions, Alderwoman Laneir, but happy to dig into more if need be.

Thank you, Mr. Manager. Um, I know I'm not the only one concerned about this and the only one that has high poverty in their district. But if price was our driving criteria for us making this decision, even that's a problem. And I do not want us to get accustomed or get used to where the tail is wagging the dog and we're just sitting here signing off and voting on initiatives that we haven't had full participation in shaping uh the work around this. Um, if anyone else have a comment, then I make a motion. I'm going to call on Alderwoman Wilder Bryant next and then Alderwoman Blakeley and then Alderwoman Bill. That order.

Mr. City Manager, this question is for our attorney. He's been doing a good job of keeping us out of jail. I want him to continue to do that. And so if we deny this for transparency, uh how do we come back and open it for additional people? And will we be liable? I know these are recommendations and we haven't voted on that, but I want to be very clear that this is maybe the first time that we've done something like this to my knowledge. And so for our listening audience, um can you tell them what the process would be should this occur again and how this shapes into us voting on his recommendations?

Certainly. Yes, ma'am. You can um deny or or not authorize the city manager to execute and then you can instruct him to go back out for bid again with no liability. With with no liability. Um, you can talk I mean I know that it's within a grant process and and that might restrict what the city manager can do rather than a typical bid that would just be general fund dollars. Um, but other than that, you can instruct them, hey, we want this included within that bid and we want that included within that bid. Again, subject to the grant restrictions, which I I don't know what all the grant restrictions. Okay. So, but yes, ma'am, you can redo it.

Yes, sir. So, I know this is a time issue, right? And I appreciate team Savannah for putting somebody locally, but I think we do want to have input something as as important to this. I agree with the first uh

and I would that's thank you. I would also add that this when talk about how price comes into play. If price was the only consideration, it would be going out for what we call a bid, which is what we're looking for the lowest price. When we do an RFP or a request for proposals, we're looking at a number of different qualities and quantities in the response to include certainly price because that has to be a consideration of contracts that we do. um but also the um uh the experts that they've put into the proposal to do the work, the means and methods by which um they um intend to do the work and their full response to the kind of the quality of the RFP that's gone out. um regardless of how the vote goes today, I'll um share the RFP that went out um in November with council so you can look at that RFP and understand what were the qualities there and the quantities that we were looking for in the responses um and get some feedback if you do want me to go back out on um what we'd like to see differently. Maybe it's just that we want to um make sure that we communicate this opportunity more broadly.

Just just another question on that too. Usually in our summaries when we have these uh RSPS there is a little bit more information in there and that was the question that I had

who did it you know where it's coming from you have that in there but I don't see the information that you just shared with us and I think that was the contention who actually did it for and what were their qualifications that was one of the concerns. Yes, ma'am. And we'll look, we include the same information on in the council packet for all procurement. Certainly, if there are questions and want to go deeper, we um we can kind of bring up and divulge some of that information um as the questions get deeper, but I'll look into that information for the standard um procurement sheet that you get in your packet.

Thank you, sir. I appreciate you inviting city manager. First of all, Alderwoman Laneir made a motion and I'm going to second that motion. So, um second motion. Did Did you make the motion? I heard I heard her say she was going to make the motion. Not yet. Not yet. Okay. Um how much was the grant? $100,000. $100,000. And that was for the whole program. It's for the whole program. So, this the community engagement piece is just a portion of that program. and the city was going to add some more to we're certainly using whatever it is we need

all of our we're using our staff capacity we're using other resources that we have as well to um uh and that was part of our grant proposal as well was all of the things services in kind matches that we would give to to receive this grant. Okay. Thank you, Alwoman Bell. Thank you, Mayor Proam.

Um, if I understood alderwoman Lenia correctly, I think um the thing that interests me was that you talked about uh civic or community engagement and having local participation even in the discussions before you even um before staff even um design the scope of the RFP. Is that was that is that just kind of a summary of what you were talking about the lack of not only council participation in this discussion but civic engagement as well? Is that was that what you were saying?

I know this process was going to have engagement from citizens. It's in here. That's what was part of it. Yes. Um, so what you're asking for, it's not the price that you're concerned about. You're you're wanting more local engagement, participation from folk who worked in this area, folk who've been sensitive to the needs in this whole um process before we go out for bid nationally. Even this conversation we're having now should have been had prior to

Yeah. I think she wants more local discussion about it. I mean, I understand that delaying the vote today will maybe delay your process a bit, but I don't necessarily feel like it would be detrimental to the process. It would not. Anything else? All right, madam. Um, yes, ma'am. I'm sorry.

Just one one more thing. I want to to make a comment in reference to this particular item. Uh when I was going through my agenda, I I too had had questions about this and like one of my colleagues, Alderwoman Wild Bryant just stated that when I went back into my notes, um there was not uh the detail that I was just looking for to answer my questions. Um so I too I was not rushing you. Um Alderwoman Laneir, I um was clear and on the same page with you uh in reference to this particular item. So, um I'm going to ask you uh are you ready to make a motion?

Yes, ma'am. Um regarding number 13, I move to deny the authorization of the city manager to execute a contract for financial empowerment research engagement services with Blue Knowledge Consultant in an amount of $65,000. Second. It's been properly moved and seconded that we deny uh item number 13 as it is written on our agenda. All in favor? I I saying I. Any opposes? Motion passes. Thank you very much. Item number 16, Alderman Leget, I believe.

Yes, ma'am. I appreciate that. Uh u Mr. City Manager, I just wanted to uh just get some clarification on number 16, but I also believe that I think it's my fault that or um number 15 is married to that in the same conversation. So 16 is uh the restoration of our local gyms uh especially WW Law when we talking about painting um maintenance res restoration and and just facilities maintenance. Um we've already did the uh remediation of the mold that was was there in the entire gym area. Already did that. Correct.

Yes sir. The remediation of the growth has been removed. Um items number 15 is the installation of new gym floors at um several community centers including WW Law. Um uh but also Tomkins, Delaware um and Liberty City. Um and then for 16, 16 is specific to WW Law and that's to um to paint and treat the inside of that gymnasium uh to finish the work. Sir

with the facilities maintenance portion of it. Uh will that address the outside the uh pressure washing um the up updating the uh paint or anything on the outside or do we that down the line? That's a that's a different work. So this is for all the labor and materials for painting of the WW Law Community Center gymnasium interior. It's approximately 15,000 square feet. It would include the wall, ceiling, doors and frames, the mezzanine and the steps and the handrails. So are we going to do that portion, the painting portion before we do the floor?

Um I'll I can get back to you on the order of that work. I see it says September, October before basketball season that we'll have the uh the floor done in this Yeah. this painting portion. I just want to make sure. So, I'm looking at our park and wreck and he's saying that yes, we will be doing the painting before the floors are done. Well, I I got that part, but um just want to make sure we check off everything before we uh before we sign off on it. The the last thing is I want to make sure being that we're talking about WW Law, I still uh have some reservations and I'm still waiting on some more information about the East Side concerned citizens.

So sir, I did include a memo in the Tuesday night memo um specific to the east side concerned citizens organizational document retention. So, um, uh, maybe we can review that together and, um, if you have any additional questions, we can continue to look

because I just wanted to make sure and to make sure everybody know just how important that information was and how important it was, not only to the community around, but everybody that's sitting up here on this dis that it was historical that um, the the way that uh, it wasn't made sensitive when it was discarded. But I appreciate you uh Mr. City Manager for putting forth effort and everyone I got that for everybody else uh putting forth effort to try to locate a lot of that stuff. It just just make me feel some kind of way for Freddy Patrick to have put that much effort into uh something of that magnitude and for it to be discarded the way it was. So I just wanted to make sure that we had a conversation about it going up.

Yes, sir. I I understand that and I I do want to make clear that vital records were retained and are in um the um the custody of our municipal archives department. Uh and I and I'd love to be able to review those archives with you to so that you understand what's there and okay we can better pinpoint what we believe might be missing. I I just wanted to make sure just how sensitive that conversation.

Alderwoman Laneir, Alderwoman Wilder Bryant, Mr. city manager and um Joe Shar about a year ago, maybe two years ago, we championed having that court, the basketball court named after our friend Freddy Patrick when we get it all painted at all. The family is waiting on that. Please let us know so that we can let them know. Joe, let us know so that we can have them come in and celebrate the reop. Can we do it at the same time when you reopen it? maybe bring this family to announce the uh I think that looks sounds like a great idea. Yes, ma'am.

And also there were some uh pictures that we wanted to share that we took off of the walls. Some of them were in uh not in the best of conditions, but some residents asked for them. I'd like to make sure that they got them. Uh assistant city manager Young said that she would make that happen. I just don't want them to get destroyed. Please. Thank you. Put that on your radar. I heard that right. We want to pitch this to you. I'm sorry, Adam. Before you all give those away, could we have copies? You know, I would like to I think we're going to retain the the originals or copies of everything that's been in the archives and we can make we can make productions of anything that anybody would like. So,

um I what I'll do is ask Luchiana to maybe make available the archives downstairs in two weeks. So if anybody wants to come early and look through those archives and see um what's been um retained and collected and inventoried to date um we can make that available for inspection. Just for the uh uh information basis, those are pictures from people who lived around that area. And pointedly, when we were meeting in there with Freddy Patrick, there are people who living now in their uh parents that have asked for those pictures. And so before you give them anywhere, I have a list of those who wanted those pictures. And so the ones that are in good shape, please let me know. Let them look at them. We promised those pictures uh previously with the uh approval of the assistant city manager. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much, Miss Aldwoman Blakeley. Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim. Uh Mr. City Manager, I'm looking in our um uh agenda and I do not see all of the individuals that um applied for this particular contract. Can I please get It says it was six of them in here, but I only six proposals. Are you meaning for the the the WW Law for painting? The WW Law for Painting. So, this was a a Savannah first bid. So, meaning that we had a sheltered market

um that we only made available for um local Savannah businesses to be able to be a part of this work. Right. But there were six proposals, right? Yes. I can get you the information. would like to know the names of those individuals. Okay. Those businesses. Thank you. Alderman uh Leot. Yes, ma'am. A motion. With that being said, I make a motion that we authorize the city managers to execute a contract for painting of the WW Law Community Center gymnasium from Moser Mosler LLC DBA local. Second. Second. It has been properly moved and seconded. All in favor by saying I. Any oppose?

Motion passes. We're going to go down to resolutions at this time. Resolutions item number 17 through 19. Alderman Palumbo.

Thank you, Mayor Heram. I move for the approval of items number 17 through 19. Item number 17, resolution authorizing Community Housing Services Agency Incorporated to loan $2 million from the Savannah Affordable Housing Fund to the Savannah Gateway Gardens Limited Partnership in support of its 2026 low-income housing tax credit application for the development of 78 apartments on portions of vacant property known as 21 Edinburghough Street and 946 Rockefeller Street located in Arle Manic District 2. Uh item number 18 for the resolution authorizing Community Housing Services Agency Incorporated to loan $2 million from the Savannah Affordable Housing Fund to Mercy Housing Southeast in support of this 2026 low-income housing tax credit application for the resindication and substantial rehabilitation of 70 apartments on property known as Heritage Corner and Row in the Kyler Brownville neighborhood located in Almanic District 1. And item number 19, resolution authorizing Community Housing Services Agency Incorporated to loan $500,000 from the support of Savannah Affordable Housing Fund to Sustainable Feldwood One Limited Partnership in support of its 2026 low-income housing tax credit for the preservation and rehabilitation of 110 apartments at the property known as Sustainable Felwood 1,401 Felwood Drive located in Renick District 1.

Second. the items um items number 17 through 18 uh has been properly moved and seconded. And before we take this vote, I'm going to ask the alderman and alderman and alderwoman of these districts. Uh do you have any comments to these items? If not, we'll move forward. No comment. Mayor prom 17. Thank you so much. 17 through 19. All in favor?

I. All oppose. Motion passes. We're going to go down to item number 20, agreements. City manager, am I correct that it's been stated for this item to be continued? Uh, no ma'am. Uh, we'd like for number 20, Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act. This is in our capacity as fiscal agent. Oh, yes ma'am. You are correct. I'm sorry. Alderman, I need a motion to continue this. We will uh Mr. Clark, what is our next date uh for our next 23rd?

May prom I move that we continue item number 20 date certain to April our meeting on April 23rd. Second. It's been properly moved and seconded. All in favor by saying I. Any opposes? Motion passes. We're going to move now to our attorney items number 21 and 22. Mayor Pro Tim. Yes. Regarding item number 21, I move to authorize the city attorney's office to settle the claim of Rodney Floyd for $37,000. Second. It's been properly moved and seconded. All in favor by saying I. I. Any opposes? Motion passes.

Regarding agenda item number two uh uh 22, I move to authorize the city attorney's office to settle the claim of Olivia Martin for $50,000. Second. It's been properly moved and seconded that the city attorney is author to authorize the city attorney to settle the claim for Olivia Martin in the amount of $50,000. All in favor? I. I. All opposes. Motion passes.

Uh Mr. clerk for item number 21 of the attorney items. I did not do that part. Uh I did not read it into Okay. Thank you so much, sir. We almost out of here. Council items number 23. Alman Palumbo. Sir. Oh, thank you. I move to authorize the city manager to approve approve a major subdivision the pines at New Hamstead phase 5B located in aldermanic district 5 New Hamstead neighborhood second. Thank you so much alder woman Lenir it's in my district I properly move and second it all in favor by indicating I I.

Any opposes? Motion passes. Uh, Alderwoman Wilder Bryant, number 24. Hold on a minute. Take care of something else.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. City Manager. I authorize the city manager to approve a major subdivision William Street townous in Dale Terrace Olympus Victory Square neighborhood located in the mighty third district. Second. It's been properly moved and seconded. All in favor by indicating by saying I.

Any opposes? Motion passes. City council, my colleague, city manager, everybody else, the clerk and the city attorney, Mr. Mayor, who is definitely listening, we are at the end of our agenda. So, as our mayor would say, ladies and gentlemen, we are at the end of our agenda. How how long this meeting will continue depends on you city council members. I'm going to call each one of you if you have any announcements. I'm going to start with Alderwoman Bell. We're going to go down the the aisle and don't go down the row if you have any announcements. Alderwoman Bell.

Quickly, just um an announcement for our public. Be prepared. Summer 500 will resume this year. Thank you to the members of the advisory committee. We've met. We are it's a collaboration among the city of Savannah, Chattam County, the school district, and who am I forgetting? Jay, there's a fourth. Oh, and the chamber of commerce. And thank you, Chamber of Commerce, Bert Brantley, his staff for the lead they're taking. Thank you business community for stepping forward and providing the jobs for our 11th and 12th graders. And other than that, I can say just uh make sure parents of 11th and 12th graders make sure that your students sign up for a job during the month of June. Well, the program is during the month of June. They need to sign up now and applications are available on the school district's website. Thank you, Alderwoman um Bell, Alderwoman Blakeley.

I just want to remind our constituents and um even visitors, this is a election season. Please, please make sure you get to the polls and vote. Uh voting starts uh you can register up until April the 20th. Early voting starts on the 27th and the final election will be on May 19th. It is so important that we get to the polls and we vote. Also, uh this is graduation season and um make sure we congratulate our graduates and uh all our young people. I have about six of them in my family that's graduating. So, and I'll give y'all the names at our next city council meeting. Thank you,

Alderman Perti. Have a safe and blessed week. Alderman Palumbo, thank you so much. Come and join us tomorrow night for sundown cinema live at Hall Park at 7:45 p.m. Hosted by the city of Savannah's parks and recreation department. We are going to be screening Wicked for Good. So, but you got to see it one time only at Hall Park 7:45. Thank you so much, Alman Colbo. All the Woman Wild the Bright. Come on. We always got great things going in. I know Dietra is going to say something. We want to congratulate the AM church. They're having their 161st convention here. The host uh church is St. James on East Broad Street. Yes. See, I knew what he was going to say.

Yeah. They've been doing some mighty praying because we had an awesome meeting today and that bus ride was also want to congratulate Christy Humes. She's been working hard. Uh there's a fish fry um honoring workers memorial on Saturday uh April the 11th from 11:00 am to 300 pm uh 1520 old Dean Forest Row. Y'all know it's at all you can eat $8 plates. Uh come out and join us. Brett Humes, her husband is in the uh gallery. Also, this is very important. Um on Monday in the mighty third district, it gives me a great honor and privilege to celebrate the naming of the uh Path Overpath on Victory Drive. Um, in honor of our friend and my mentor Nikki Stevens, House 165. We want to thank uh our chairman Ron Stevens, Joe Sher, for making this happen and the uh entire county uh delegation, Miss Gloria, her siblings, his siblings, his family, the members of St. Benedict's Church. We've been we we're just honored to have this. So, if you're interested until the buses pack up, we're meeting at Savannah State at 10:00. And it's just so uh wonderful that we're honoring him at Truman Parkway. Mickey Stevens was vital in bringing home depot to Savannah and Comcast. Uh he's dearly missed. He lives in the third district. He was my friend and my teacher and a member of the St. Paris. Miss Gloria, we love you. Thank you so much. Mighty third district. We always have something going.

All right. Uh special shout out to Valita Daphne Connita Coleman for you always asking on the phone and uh giving me good information. Thank you guys for giving us those special information about uh the east side concerned citizens because I know you guys did a lot of work to locate that stuff and um I really appreciate it. You know, it's still in conversation about it. But I really appreciate you guys going far and beyond. U Valita, Lita, Daphne, J2. So, we want to thank you guys for what you've done. And also on behalf of Chattam Maria Transit, I hope you guys uh enjoyed a bus ride today on one of our brand new buses, uh our hybrid buses. And um I hope that we was uh we did a good job by taking you around the city and showing you all the great things. So, with that being said, summertime is coming. We are now hiring. If you want to join uh Savannah Live Oak Neighborhood Improvement Team, youth from the ages of 14 to 18, you can come out and make a difference in your community from June 1st to June 24th. You can work up to 15 hours a week at $12 an hour. If you want to, you can go to savannah live oakgmail.com. Either send in our application or you can inquire at saval live oakgmail.com if you want to work in the Live Oak area. if you're at the ages from 14 to 18 so we can find ways to get some stuff done for our kids. So, and with especially for what Alicia said, there's a graduation coming up, but Beach High School start off the first prom this week.

All right. All right.

Just just wanted to All right. Older woman line. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Koba, for helping me pull that date. Um, Savannah, we have a cleanup campaign on the west side. We have them in each district, but the one for the west side is coming up. It is called uh the West Side Fights Dirty. And I thought the date was this month, but she just helped me find that date. And it's actually May the 29th to 31st. But it's still timely that I announce this because we've been having some cleanup issues and some illegal dumping issues throughout the first. So, I want to say thank you to the sanitation department for being responsive and cleaning up those horrible areas. You all have done a great job. You've gone through all of the area and I rode through yesterday looking for trash and I could not find any pileups, just a little litter. So, I want to say thank you all for that for the great work that you're doing. And I just want to remind the public that next Wednesday is what? April 15th. And when we say April 15th, we all know what date that is. And maybe I'm the only one just stressed about that. But I just want as a reminder that that's on tax day. So um you know what we have to do. The city have some resources, some partners in place that will uh of no charge help you file your taxes. So, take advantage of that and just keep your eyes open for the city's uh web page and a lot of good information is out there and as leaders in the city, of course, we're always trying to push that good information. So, watch our pages as well. We want to thank staff for all the work that you do to help us get this good information to put out before the citizens.

I forgot. Thank you, Alderwoman Wild Bryant. I'm sorry, I forgot. wanted to mention that uh past mayor Edna Branch Jackson, she was a champion for Mickey Stevens event. We're grateful and she's retiring and so we we can't just not acknowledge all the work that she did and uh we just want to move forward. We want to make sure that we do something really special for our past uh mayor Masara Edna Branch Jackson in honor of the years of dedicated service since she was 15. Thank you. S

I just want to mention um city manager in reference to um what Alderwoman Lenir just said and when you mentioned that date aloman Lenir uh Mrs. Uh Miranda Lumpin, she uh she she shook her head and saying yes. Yes. Uh because her department um does a fabulous job and making sure our community uh is educated on u not just getting our taxes done, but just all of the those who are entrepreneurs and business and and things of that nature. uh comes under her her um her department. So, city manager uh Miss Lumpkin, she is uh in the chamber today. We just want to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I just want to just one second. Alder Blakeley, I'll get right back to you on starting tomorrow. tomorrow through the 12th. That's April 10th through the the 12th and also April 17th through the 19th will be the fabulous the fabulous fifth district cleanup and we're asking all of you to please in the fifth district even throughout the city of Savannah we just bring it on yard waste tire bulk tires bulk items the containers will be at the old fairground which the legacy um development on Metting Street. Again, those dates for the fabulous fifth district cleanup will be on this starting tomorrow, April the 10th through the 12th and April 17th through the 19th. Alderwoman Blakeley, and I hope that's the last person. Um, I just want to let the community know that Tara Baines Jackson was eulogized um on Monday and we want to send our deepest uh condolences and sympathies to her family. She was an icon in our city and she will be truly missed.

Absolutely. Absolutely. Thank you so much for that. The budget looks in. All right, we are getting ready to go. Uh, city attorney, do you have anything? City manager. Thank you all for a very productive mobile workshop today. Thank you so much to our city council. Absolutely. Absolutely. Shouts out to Barrel. Mr. Clerk, do you have anything, sir? No, ma'am. All right. If all hearts and minds are clear, we are journal. Oh yes.