Mayor and Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening everyone. Thank you for joining us today for our first is our first our second council meeting for the month of November. Uh if you all do not have a packet of our agenda, uh there may be some still in the foyer. If not, you can utilize the uh the barcodes, the the QR codes on the back of the retunda wall and you can follow along in with your electronic device. All right. So, today we are going to have the opening prayer led by Pastor Tolen Morgan of Fellowship Bible Baptist Church and the pledge of allegiance to be done by Nathaniel Snder, Army veteran who works for public works.

Thank you. So, he's one of our own. All right. So, if you all would please stand as Pastor Morgan leads us off in prayer. Let's pray. Father, in Jesus name, we thank you first and foremost for the gift of life. For it is in you that we live, move, and have our being. Thank you, Lord, that in this new day, you saw fit to give us new mercies. and we honor you. We love you. We thank you. We praise you. We exalt you. We put you first in all that we say and do. We ask now first of all that you'd forgive us of every sin. That you would fill us aresh with your spirit. That you would lead and guide us by your spirit today. And we thank you that your power and presence isn't just limited to a sanctuary, but you have ambassadors and agents all around the world who carry your heart, who carry your spirit. And we pray that that same sentiment will be ever evident today in this city council meeting. Thank you for our wonderful city of Warner Robbins. Thank you for our city leadership, for our mayor, for this city council, for all who work for our city, and for every citizen of Warner Robbins. We give you glory uh that we will be intentional to do all things that bring you glory and bring good to this people in Jesus' name. Amen.

Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, if you'll join me in the Pledge of Allegiance, the flag of our country. 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.

Thank you. You may be seated. Council, we take our photos. Thank you. 51 32 Thank you.

All right. Thank you to both Pastor Morgan and for Mr. Snder for leading us off uh with our meeting today. I now officially call today's meeting to order. Having no announcements, I'll move on to proclamations, awards, and presentations. And the first will be employee service awards. So if Miss Melanie Byer would please approach the podium. She is our director for human resources. After her will be a presentation by the Omega Gamma Gamma chapter of Omega Sci-Fi Fraternity Incorporated. you'll learn quickly.

Good evening. We only have one employee service award that we're going to give this evening. We're going to start out with Taylor Wills, a transport officer with the Warner Robbins Police Department with five years of service. Congratulations. Thank you for working and this is your service. Thank you for your service. One, two, three. All right. So, now we have the the brothers in purple, the members of Omega Sci-Fi Fraternity Incorporated. You all have a presentation. So, if you will please come up to the podium. Good evening, Mayor Patrick, members of the city council, city staff, and distinguished guests. On behalf of the Omega Gamma Gamma chapter of Omega Sci-Fi Fraternity

Incorporated, we thank you for allowing us a moment to bring greetings during this city council meeting. It is an honor to stand before you as we celebrate Achievement Week and recognize Outstanding Service within our community. Each November, the men of Omega Sci-Fi Fraternity Incorporated through their local chapters celebrate Achievement Week, the fraternity's first social action program. Inspired by Brother Carter G. Woodson's staring 1920 address, Democracy and the Man Far Down. Omega answered this challenge by dedicating one week each year to motivating others toward greater achievement and uplifting the outstanding accomplishments of individuals within our communities. The citizen of the year award is a cornerstone of achievement week, honoring individuals who have made profound contributions to the advancement of the African-American community. First presented in 1939 to Judge William Hasty, this award has since recognized trailblazers such as Jackie Robinson and Vernon Jordan, celebrated civil rights champions including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and third good Marshall uplifted literary giants like Loren Hanssbury and acknowledged political leaders such as Revy Jess Jackson, Senator Eric Brookke and Mayor Kesha Lance Bottoms. Today, the Omega Gamma Gamma chapter of Omega Sci-Fi Fraternity Incorporated recognizes Mayor Loranda Patrick of Warner Robbins for her historic and sustained leadership. As the first woman and first African-American elected on mayor of as the mayor of Warner Robbins, she has guided our city through a period of revitalization and renewal. Under her leadership, the downtown

district has transformed. What was once under one acre of city ownership is now over 70% of the expanded track. A clear sign of bold vision and execution. She has championed the creation of Haven Hope House, the city's first homeless shelter. The city's and and pioneered initiatives to increase affordable workforce friendly housing options. Her f her focus on public safety has helped to reduce serious crimes while enhancing community engagement with the police and fire departments. Her strong partnership with the military community, especially with Robins Air Force Base and her pursuit of of a Vietnam's Veterans Memorial reflect a broader commitment to service and legacy. Mayor Patrick's dedication to professional and excellence in city city leadership evident in her recent certificate from the Georgia Municipal Association sets a standard for servant leadership. Her theme, our city, our future aligns seamlessly with our fraternity's mission of uplifting outstanding achievement and for our community. It is with pride that we name Mayor Laurandra W. Patrick as our citizen of the year honore recognizing how her service has advanced the African-American community strengthened the city of Warner Robbins and embodied the values we celebrate during achievement week. else.

Thank you. Can you hear this? Congratulations. Thank you all so much. You guys, I had no idea, but just hearing uh all the individuals who were honored across our nation to receive this award and for you to say my name, it just really warms my heart. Uh I do this because it's my passion. I think it's my calling. I love what I do. I love my team and we're doing some amazing things together and all it took was someone who put people over politics and that's what I do. That's what my brothers do up here and um hopefully the energy we have changes the trajectory of what elected officials are in our community. So, thank you so much for uh thinking about little old me for this very prestigious award. It really does mean a lot. So, since I can't hug all of you, I'll do like my pastor does and we'll do a big group hug. But, you know, whenever I see you, I

always I always pay respect to the Omegas and I appreciate you. Thank you so much for all that you all do in the city. You do a lot of projects with us. People don't really know that, but we make sure we always speak your praises. So, thank you. Thank you. And thank you. All right. So, we have now that we have completed the pro the proclamations, awards, and presentations, we're moving on to our work session items. Uh we have the agenda to discuss and a couple of named agenda items which is the code enforcement update and also facilities maintenance. So Mr. Drinker if you will uh please start us off with the agenda discussion. Gentlemen, councilman if there's any items you see that you'd like to discuss. Uh now is our time to do so.

Councilman.

Thank you, mayor. I'd like to um if we can get some detail um about item number four for the public. Item number four, let's see here. Uh the intergovernmental agreement uh with respect to the uh drug task force and gang task force. Uh so uh effectively we've we've been part of uh a task force now for quite a while. Uh there is a realignment that is occurring. Hston County and Lawren County will be part of a new OKone uh district task force. Uh and this uh is uh an identical agreement to that which we currently work under um but is aligned with that Okone district. Um if you'd like additional detail, Chief Fischer uh would be much better equipped to provide that.

That's fine. I just wanted, you know, to put out to to the public exactly what that meant, what that um resolution was. Yes, sir. It's been a very being part of that task force has been a very effective uh tool for us uh locally and and for the region. So, um there are a couple of items if you don't mind that I would like to call out. Um yes, sir. Oh, Mr. Holmes, I do apologize. F9. Okay. Uh the Parker Young Construction. Miss M. Would you like to?

This is an item that's being handled through our risk management line. It's related to a mitigation that the police department undertook uh for some property damage that occurred um at the same time as a lawful arrest and I believe a search warrant execution. So, as a courtesy and part of the good community service that our police department provides, Parker Young remediated a a structure. Um, and that's what the expense is. To be clear, the structure is not owned by the perpetrator that our officers were dealing with. Councilman Lawson,

these may already be on your list, but I was just curious about the annexations 9 and 10. Yes, sir. Actually, we was going to ask Mr. Curtis to come forward and and address all of the u um land use items on tonight's agenda. Mr. Curtis, if you'd like to go go ahead and come forward at this time

any particular order go first one is the PDR. Uh yes.

Okay. All right. So, um among the zoning action items on tonight's agenda, um the first one to appear is a uh plan development uh conceptual plan revision. Uh this property is um it's located in the northeast quadrant of Tula Trail and Southland Station Drive. Um this this project has previously come forward uh with a uh a town home concept. Uh the most recent revision and the one that you have in front of you is uh is to change that concept to a single family detached uh product. Uh it it is effectively a reduction of of 50% so uh in density number of units. So, um, staff supports this, uh, this revision to the conceptual plan previously approved. Um, you know, at this time, we've we've gotten all the comments back from our department. Um, and and they've satisfied, uh, all of the outstanding comments. So, uh, we we do offer support for this revision. Um certainly happy to go beyond if you have any other questions about that. Um but to summarize it is simply a reduction in density and a pivot from a town town home product to a single family detached on individual building lots in in reference to that property. I remember last time we spoke about it there was some talk about a sidewalk. Is this the same? So is that still being implemented there as well?

So this this plan does not include a sidewalk along the perimeter of the project. Um the the last the last version uh that was proposed as a revision um was proposed specifically to eliminate the sidewalk that was shown around the perimeter of the project. And that was requested based on the fact that there is not an existing network of sidewalk in that area. Uh and that revision was approved previously by council. Um so so this new um layout uh did not include sidewalk.

So but I'm sorry if I'm not mistaken. We asked if we could have the was it a rightaway so we could in the future potentially place sidewalks. So that that actually was assessed at the time it was requested by council um and determined that the sidewalk if if we ever you know in the future decide to install sidewalk uh there would be adequate spacing in the existing rightway and so there's not a need to acquire additional rightway from this property. Okay. All right. Uh up next, uh there is a request to annex property um at the southwest corner of uh Wellelburn Road in Russell Parkway. Um this is currently a vacant parcel of land but it has been acquired uh by Boeing and it is intended if uh if approved to be incorporated into the uh the the primary function of the uh the facility there at Boeing and serve as an overflow parking area. Um so plans have been um plans have been reviewed by both uh Hston County and city of Warner Robbins staff and tenatively approved uh pending approval of the annexation. Um so that is effectively um the the purpose and intent of the request to annex that property. Um there would not be, to my understanding, a need for any service uh utility other than um power on that site because it's just going to be overflow parking.

Well, they um well, we know that intersection it can get it can get busy um right there at times with semi-truckss to be specific. Has there been an analysis to see what we need as regarding pedestrian safety and will those updates be done by the city or by Boeing?

So, uh the developer will be responsible for any upgrades and those those have been incorporated into the design. It includes uh crosswalks um that will be located in the uh intersection as is standard. So, it won't cross um midway uh in the road. It will actually require a sidewalk to be extended up to the intersection. So, you can cross where you can see basically.

Well, they also have though the the functions that tell you the little man, they know when you see the man, you can cross. When you see the hand, you stop. I don't know what that thing's called. Um, so from recollection, I believe it is a flashing yellow caution light u rather than a a a changing thing. I think it just it's a constant flash during those hours. Um but again, it it it would be located um in the intersection where there's already a traffic signal. Um so um I and I that was again um because those plans had had been submitted the the property's being currently in the county. Uh it's been reviewed by the county uh engineers office. Um but because we anticipate that it would need to be annexed to really be utilized um legitimately as as part of an existing city um facility. Um, we we went ahead and and did a preliminary review as a courtesy. So, all of our engineering staff uh was was good with the design and and the way that they proposed the crossing. So, that that is incorporated into this.

Thank you, Mayor. While we're talking about this intersection, um Mr. Drinker, can we get traffic to look at that intersection and to adjust the lights on Welen Road a little bit? Um, I know cars stay there forever trying to cross Welver Road on the Russell Parkway. And I know it's probably there because the traffic has been light, but if we could get traffic to go over there and look at Welvin Road going both ways now that this is fixing to maybe change some things to adjust that traffic light, I would appreciate it. Yes, sir. We'll uh we'll do an analysis at that location and make sure that it's optimized for the traffic pattern.

And in addition, if I may add, Mr. drinker now that you know the furlows and think traffic is backed up all the way from the gate at Robins all the way up to Welvin Road in the mornings and and coming off base they're moving leaving the base so yeah

yeah I I don't know that there's much that we're going to be able to do about that backup that's got more to do with you know them processing through security at the base u but in terms of what we can control we definitely will take a look at And then uh and then last on my list is uh an annexation that is uh regarding a property in the southwest quadrant of uh Oasis Avenue and South Hston Lake Road. Um the request is to annex the property at its current county zoning which is C2. Uh if approved, the uh petitioner intends to develop a u a wealth management institution. Uh it'll be an office building uh brick office building that will um be very similar to the the one in the opposing um quadrant there uh across Oasis Avenue. So, um, simply the request is to be able to access city utilities.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Curtis.

Uh, Councilman, uh, the other items I'd like to bring to your attention are actually items F3, four, and five. These are two purchases with make and supply and another with Ferguson Waterworks. And I want to bring this to your attention uh because it's it's reflective of uh a strategy we're putting in place. Historically uh the city has acquired uh materials for maintenance of our utilities uh pipe fittings, meters, etc. in small batches. and we're transitioning that to larger purchases uh that uh will allow us to capture uh well allow us to be more cost-effective. We'll have savings as a result of those larger purchases. Um it will also eliminate a trend that we had towards a lot of quote unquote emergency purchases. We were rushing uh purchases through um because we weren't planning well enough quite frankly. Um, and so this this allows us to address that uh so it's more efficient uh and more cost-effective to our t taxpayers. So that's something we're working on overall um and uh is is just part of our efforts towards efficiency and improving overall service to uh to the taxpayer. Um we do have another item um that that comes up. Let's see where is it? Where is it? Is it? There it is.

Yes, sir. Why are you in that neighborhood? Address uh F two.

Oh, I was hoping you'd say that. That was the item I was going to next. I love it. We're on the same page there. I love it. Um so that is a $46,000 purchase for replacement of an engine uh in the router truck for our utilities division. Um, replacing that engine will allow us to extend the life of that router truck. And this is important because a router truck is a half a million dollar uh piece of equipment. Um, and we have to have them. Those are used to uh keep our our sewer lines clear. Uh, so we don't have backups. I don't think any of us want that. So, um, that's what that is about. Um, let's see. The other item um deals with uh it's item five on the agenda which is a budget transfer. Um this relates to Haven Hope House. It's the last purchase that we have to make with Haven Hope House. Uh and this relates to the security systems uh and fire systems. Uh so this is fire alarm monitoring, security alarm monitoring, and all of the cameras and and whatnot that we have to have for that. We're actually transferring uh funds that were uh generated by interest earned off of our ARPA dollars that had come into us. So these are uh these are for lack of a better term uh add-on funds or icing funds. Um Haven Hope House uh was operational uh last week. We uh opened it up Monday and Tuesday uh when when we saw that unexpected and rather early cold snap come through. Um the first night we only had uh five individuals arrive. Um but on Tuesday night we served 20 people at Haven Hope House. Um and uh the folks from the assembly while we don't have contracts executed with them, they

stepped up uh and joined with us uh so that we could um make that operational and serve in in its intended capacity. We're very very proud of of how that came together. uh and for a first run uh of the operations of Haven Hope House, it went very smoothly. So, uh really happy about that. Are there any other items that you'd like to uh discuss or that you have questions about? Might as well go ahead and hit number six.

Okay. Uh so, this is the classification plan update. Um so the primary on this uh deals with our um with creating the position of assistant director of building. My six is listed as something different. Your six says something different. What is what is no number six? Yeah. Number six is about the uh purchase approval for southern system technology security system. I think that's what you were just talking about before. uh for the security system for Haven Hope House.

Um Miss Stella and I were talking right before the meeting started and there was an update that was made to the packet after I downloaded it uh that I was unaware of. So um that is the um that and and on my on my agenda I had that same item in two places. So your item six is what I was talking about before with Haven Hope House and the security system. Um so I do apologize for that confusion. It's um so it relates to a budget transfer of funds from ARPA interest dollars uh and the uh purchase of the uh security system uh alarms, fire alarms, and uh security cameras for Haven Hope House.

Somewhat confused. This says city administrator's office. That's that's just because the item is coming from it's an item that was generated by my office. Um it's it's got nothing to do with my office other than the fact that a department brings an item forward and this one happened to come from mine. Thank you.

Yes, sir. Sorry about that. I do apologize for the confusion. Any other agenda items? Okay. Very good. Um the next item on tonight's workshop, um Chief Fischer is going to come forward. I asked him to to to bring an update for you on activity related to our code enforcement function uh since that uh was moved into the police department. Um to be blunt, I'm very proud of the work uh that our code enforcement division has been doing. um you ask them to be aggressive and to get out there and make a difference in the community and that difference has been significant. Uh and so Chief Fischer is here. He's going to give uh an update on the activities of that group. They are all here tonight. Gentlemen, would you mind please standing for me, all of our code enforcement officers, these gentlemen have been having an outsized impact on our community in a very positive way. Uh, so gentlemen, come on into the room.

Yeah. Oh, there's a lady in there. So, we're going to make you stand there while Chief Fischer says good things about you. Well, I feel bad for the team because while I might like it to be incredibly short, it might be a little bit longer than what we'd all want. So, I wish to thank the team that's before us because they made significant differences within the community that many do not see on a day in and dayout basis. And those impacts not only affect the quality of life within homeowners, but also do have a secondary tertiary effect back on our abilities in crime fighting as well as within the city. Back in May 2025, code enforcement was brought into an alignment up underneath the police department. During that time, we did a system assessment of the unit up underneath the supervision of Captain John Clay, who is in the back. They were assigned up overneath the support services division. And after the 90-day review in June of 25 as well, uh we assigned Sergeant Carl Thomas. He also is in the back as their direct line supervisor within the unit. By doing that allowed us to structurally look at the needs of the organization of that unit as it existed, what they currently had for resources and what we expected out of them in the performance of their duties. What was found from a command level decision was that they were not adequately being provided the needed resources or guidance in certain areas to accomplish the taskets that council had envisioned for that unit to be taken place with. In that assessment, we looked at their vehicle fleet and found the fleet to be in significant need of upgrades. We have that on a timeline table to be addressed. The officers members, as you've seen before, in a standardized uniform and appearance were not such at that time. They were not equipped

adequately with current vest panels to their vest. They were uh many of the panels were outdated. What many of you don't realize is they are found to be in pretty much equal situations to us as law enforcement as we're dealing with residents and other persons of nature, if you will, within their duties. Their radios that they had did not have them directly integrated in with the 911 system, nor through that point were they actively being monitored from an operational security standpoint as to where their locations were at. to which point through the city we acquired them portable radio systems that integrated with our infrastructure that we have within the organization. We further identified that the resources through digital means for the computers while we might like to issue them the MDT laptops that we have in our patrol vehicles due to management of cost and budget we upgraded their iPad system that they have. So again, they have the same capabilities for the most part as what our patrol officers do, just in not as ruggedized of a fashion. So again, we can track and monitor their location points and again, they can enter information onto that data and transfer it out. Code enforcement currently now receives dispatches through the house and county 911 system, which allows for better management of the staff in regard to location. We identified that we were going to bring them into alignment of the department where we're to a seven beat zone area. So they were assigned to specific beat zones for responsibility. So that in turn they can become in part with their community which they are doing their code enforcement responsibilities with. Code enforcement through this process has also been incorporated through our real-time crime center through the addition of four additional MiFi capable trail cameras which allow us to place trail cameras out in potential locations where illegal dumping may take place and for us to get more current real-time information for their activities. With these operational changes implement implementations having been identified

and made, we'd also determine that there were issues that were taking place in the manner in which case were being processed through the court. A position which we hold with within War Robins Police Department from command structure leadership in which we've passed down is don't look to pass blame but to find solutions to the situation you're in. And what we have found that in the past where multiple warnings were given to an offender of a code violation which sometimes could take up to two months to get through to the court once it was received a court date that court date itself would take a month to get to. Many times once we got to the municipal court in a non-judgmental point which I say the judge would sit there and give a 90-day obeyance for that case to be heard again in 90 days to give the property owner opportunity to correct the violation. I have heard council. I have heard counsel and council's position was the multiple complaints that were coming in with the community from the standpoint of complaints being raised and lack of address from the the community and the entity of the code enforcement through no fault of their own code enforcement was following the standards procedures that were set forth for them to go by. So through these changes and adoption of code enforcement uplink the Warner Robs Police Department, I chief Wayne Fischer instructed code enforcement they would issue a warning to the code violator and in 15 days if there was no action taken to correct the issue of citation was to be wrote to the the violator at that point. and for us not to be waiting for a municipal court date to delay an action point to cleaning up the problem and for us to automatically and start working through a process to go through a cleanup onto that site point. Once we got to court, what you were actually hearing at that time was the fact the party, the violator had not addressed the issue, which forced the city at this point to come in and have to resolve that to clean that. that point a restitution is applied to the violator and they are put on probation to make restitution back to

code enforcement. That money goes currently to general fund. We're are working on an alignment point to better streamline the movement for maintaining the revenue process as to which I will explain further. Through this process though what we have found many times the property has gone into a point where leans have been applied through the appliance of leans. Once that's taken place, the code enforcement officers that we see before us have done their job. They've done their duty. It is now a matter of within the collections point for the city on the lanes to address what actions take place from there. While we have many stats from the code enforcement unit prior to their adoption over to us to be clear and concise, since the time of which they came over to the War Robs Police Department, there have been over 32 properties that are commercial that have been identified as blight issues, 36 of them being residential. Currently in December, there are eight properties that will be going up through demolition court, which will be taken care of upon award through the resolution of our budget lines that we have for demolition of such project points. Those locations are 880 Oak Avenue, 110 and a half South Third Street, 733 Camila Street, 207 Clay Street, 420 North 6th Street, 802 Pine Street, 215 Utah Avenue, 507 through 511 North Hston Road. This property is currently in the process of being reviewed for a contract sale as well. Current number of properties up underneath underneath lean within the city are 51. What we've seen for invoice monies owed onto that that's been unrecouped is $23,245 of which there's 7,650 which are administrative fees also that have not been collected through that process. Current number of cleanups and payment leans that we are currently sitting with are 39 of which there's invoiced of 20,459 with admin fees being 5750 that is due

to be collected by the city. Current number of pending cases with citations and cleanup payments are currently at 10. Therefore, there's 12,900 associated with that and 1,500 into collections on administrative fees. But now, when I looked at FY26, in the short period of time the unit has been with us, the unit has worked through and has nine leans applied to of properties. The city has paid out $76,294 in cleaning up property lots. The challenge that budget line from which this takes place was allocated at $62,550 which forced me to transfer funds from our clearance demo projects the $215,000 to offset and balance that out. Funds managed through the budget transfer was $20,000 which leaves us about a $6,200 reserve. We're in a winter period of time. So, as we start getting ready for spring, I'm looking at the team. They're getting ready to be fired up again. So, we're having to address the issues of funds that were brought in through FY26 through other process, which I'll go to those numbers in a minute. But in the process, private property cleanups during this time has been 129. Commercial properties have been 34. The team also understanding the challenges that exist with the funding and how best to skin a cat also came up with on their own a point of and we need to get this from Mr. firm and I think it's been forwarded to you already, but to work in partnership within the community to go ahead and get businesses that are landscapers, arborists, junk removal, and demolition to partner with the city in regards to how we can work with those that are lower income or age challenges to address the problem. as well

as we look at the clearance demolition uh what the city has accumulated through what we've pulled from finance uh clearance and demolition thus far for this year they received $3,784 in general fund the litter lean has brought in $11,65 interest based off of deposits made by code enforcement is $16,274 for total funds of $31,6634 42 cents. I'm here to stand before you to say due to the hard work of these men and women here, I'll be requesting an incumbrance in the near future so we can finish off this year for cleaning up by means of utilizing those funds that have already been invested in the cleanup to recirculate back through so we can continue on to address the blight issues which the city is facing. As we look at commercial properties, I too have listened to again council raising their concerns and code enforcement of well is dealing with this and again certain properties are put on to lean and once they're to that point it's a matter of us to look at how we're going to address it from a standpoint of tax collection through the tax department as well as the code enforcement as we've had multiple uh missions and meetings with the development authority to look at how we can partner in with them to try to get businesses to move into these vacant business lots. themselves. So, of all the great things I've got to sit there and say this is the greatest thing before me and these men and women have sat behind the shadows without sunlight or the wind to their sail to push them forward to give them recognition. At this point in time, I wish to thank the team for all that you've done for the city of Warner Robins and give me the availability to have these numbers to present to reflect your hard work that you've done for this fiscal year to where we're at. So, thank you.

Thank you, Chief Isher. Thank you to our code enforcement team. Thank you for all the hard work. I see you guys have been really busy. Um we do appreciate you and I and I love the These are new uniforms, right? Something looks different. They're new, right? Yes, ma'am.

Yes. Okay, good. All right. Well, thank you. We would love to shake your hands as you take your seat. uh if you come around, you know, behind the table. And um again, thank you so much for all of your efforts to clean up our city. Mayor and Chief, I I too would like to commend the uh patrol group. You I have seen a remarkable improvement and in particular, I speak for the North Davis Drive area. I do have one uh well, one individual that constantly asks questions and the questions asked by her is the cleanup on the heel of Green and North Davis. All of the all of the refrigerators and everything else up there. Uh, I get a call about that on a regular basis. I ride by there and I look up there on a regular basis. So, I do with all you're doing, I'm going to ask that you look into what can be done to that business.

Yes, sir. Thank you. Thank you so much.

Hey, you can come around. Mayor, while they come around, I want to I before Chief Fischer sits down, I I want to ask them a couple questions, but we'll let them come around first. Uh, Chief Fischer, I wanted to commend you for the work. Um I know all the speak for all the council um that this was very important to us along when we had our meeting and um that progress report was outstanding. Very encouraged sitting on this side of the desk. Um I I jumped out of my seat when because I got trail cameras was been on my mind about the dumping and have we seen any success so far from the trail cameras of um or are we going to put them out or have we already put them out?

We have already deployed the trail cameras and we've already had benefit from those trail cameras in being able to identify when the offenses are taking place or we're being a little bit more prompt in responding to them. What those cameras also allow us to do is allow the code enforcement officers when they've been assigned to a a beat zone as their home territory, if you will. Gives them an opportunity to start to pre-plan thinking about where there might be areas where that dumping may start taking place in the near future so they're able to be proactive in getting those devices into those area to start monitoring now.

Okay. Um the second thing, um I'd like to get with you and Mr. drinker on um the ordinance of our city signs and the businesses that have signs up around our our city. The ones that are not maintained, not taken care of, and that have tarps hanging from them from over two years to see if we're aggressively or that was part of our uh uh um uh aggression to go out and and hold these businesses responsible for maintaining their signs that they put up in our city right away.

Yes, sir. Um, thank you so much for the hard work. I think this was a great decision to move it over to this department and um, thank you to the men and women of the code enforcement again for the work that you're doing to help us clean up our city. Keep up the good work, keep pushing forward, and I for one going to say we're going to do what it takes to find the funds, right, Mr. Drinker? Yes, sir. To to get these gentlemen and ladies what they need to continue to make our city look good. And I thank you very much for that.

Thank you. Councilman Bib, to um to build off of your last comment, um we're working with our finance department to create uh designated revenue and expenditure lines specific to um revenues generated through restitution, fines, and uh the blight tax. so that those can be targeted for use to continue the effort to address blight and uh properties of concern within the city.

I just don't want to I don't want that department to ever get in a bind to where they're scratching for finances. I I don't think that department ought to ever be in a situation where they're scratching for funds to continue to make our city look beautiful. Yes, sir. And if I may ask, before Captain Clay leaves, I just want to say thank I want to thank him for always answering the phone, returning text messages, giving statuses on cases, no matter what day, time, and night, even on the weekend, he's always on the job. And he assured me that he would address the issues that are being addressed with us. And I want to personally say thank you, Captain Clay. Absolutely.

Councilman, we'll um from time to time we'll bring forward uh items like this uh so that we can spend a little time uh talking about and presenting to you and to the public aspects of our city operations uh that a lot of folks probably don't know are happening. Um and to turn a spotlight on the folks that are out there doing the hard work. Um because we've got some some folks really doing great work out there. Um and uh you know a lot of times you know the the the the career path we have chosen means that we hear complaints and don't hear a lot of thank yous. Um and and so sometimes it's it's important uh to take that time and turn a spotlight on those folks uh and let folks know what's happening and the work that's being done. So, next item uh and the final one on tonight's work session.

Mr. Drinker, could I ask one more question about codeforcement? Um it sounds like our code enforcement board that we haven't appointed yet could really help move things along even quicker. Where are we at on that? So, I'm going through the applications received. Um we had um we had a number of board vacancies across boards and so we put a call out and the community answered and they answered well. So I'm sorting through those going through them uh trying to identify the best possible uh candidates for each of the boards so that we can bring those forward.

Yes sir. Um the anticipation is that we'll have that uh and and be coming forward uh by the end of the year. uh presenting some things to you so that in January uh to coincide with council terms and mayoral terms uh we can make appointments. Um okay, any other questions, comments?

All right, the next item on uh the workshop agenda deals with it has the innocuous title of facilities maintenance. Um, facilities maintenance is one of those areas um that we do good some good work in, but we don't necessarily do efficient work in and we don't necessarily skate to where the puck is headed. Uh, we deal with the problem that's in front of us. Um, so under the previous administration, uh, there was a contract entered into with a company called Schneider. Um, and Schneider came in and did some very good work assessing some of our facilities, assessing needs, and looking at how we can do the job smarter. That work was then not acted upon. Uh, shortly after uh well, right about the time I arrived, we put an RFP out on the street uh to do some of that work, not knowing about the contract. And Schneider went, "Uh, hey, remember us?" And we started talking. Um, so tonight, uh, we've got representatives, uh, from Schneider here. Um, Todd and Jen are will be coming up here in just a second, uh, to talk about how we can go about our facilities uh, uh, maintenance and operations in a smarter, more effective way uh, and how we can approach it uh, to to do a just generally do a better job and be more coste effective. So Jen Cod,

one of those things we're going to look at with facilities is uh how to make this to where y'all should have what's on screen. Good evening. How are y'all doing tonight? I appreciate you having us. My name is Todd Smith. I'm with Schneider Electric and I have Jen Manning with me. Um, and we're going to go over a little bit of the story of how we got here. Um, which is convoluted in some ways. And um we're also going to talk a little bit about um what we're planning on doing in the future. Um we as discussed, we have a lot of great ideas and um I think there's a huge potential for us to work together um in a very exciting way. And so I just wanted to introduce myself. I've been at Schneider for 21 years. Pretty much my whole career. I've served in almost every state in the southeast and spent the last 21 years helping public entities become uh more efficient, more effective, um and have a plan around facilities maintenance and renewal. Uh because that's extremely important. We understand that as public officials, you don't always have all the money in the world. So, every dollar that you have, you need to spend in the right way. And so we've developed um processes and procedures that help cities just like yourself become as effective as they possibly can be. So I'm going to go through the first slide here and then I'm going to pass it over to Jen. But as discussed, our original engagement was back in 2016. So I've been in this room probably 20 times before. Uh it feels like home and I see a few familiar faces here. So I appreciate it. It's good to see you again. Um we went through a lengthy procurement the first time around and we fought hard to win your business and then we entered into our original design phase. We looked at all asset or all assets and facilities of the city

including um both your public facilities and your water wastewater systems. Um a lot of ideas were discussed, a lot of great things were understood. Um and you know when it came came down to the point of implementation we had some turnover in leadership and um and then like we said a couple years passed and then we we saw the RFP come on the street. So um in engagement back with the city we have the understanding that our contract still is in place for design and engineering. We have a great leg up on what you already have and good news for us. Maybe not so much for you, but not much has changed since we last left. Um, in terms of facility renewals, there have been um some new facilities acquired um but in terms of a lot of your facilities, it's it is quite the same. And so what we want to talk about today is um the re-engagement of our design team. We plan to uh spend the next several months looking through the facilities. We've already have some key targets identified uh through your administration on a couple different meetings we've had. Um probably build this more on a piloted approach to where y'all can um enter in into it in more appetizing chunks. As funds are available, we can use those funds in the in the smartest way. And so we wanted to cover a little bit of that with you. But once we finish up that design, we would enter into a construction. and Schneider serves um both as design and construction. And then we support all of our cities um counties, school systems, hospitals, state agencies with our work. Um throughout the term of our agreement, we talked about um efficiency. That's very, very important. So, what we're looking for is any way that we can possibly save this city money while keeping um the residents safe and comfortable at the same time. And so I'm going to have Jen talk a little bit about our portfolio here in Georgia.

Thank you, Todd. I'm Jen Manning and I am based here in Georgia, born and raised in Georgia and have been with Schneider for my whole career as well. Um, which has been almost nine years now. And across Georgia, we've actually had a presence in the state for um, over 50 years. But it was really around 10 years ago that we dedicated resources to the state of Georgia for these types of public sector infrastructure projects. And over that time we have implemented over 160 million in projects across the state. And um with that actually about a third has been here in the middle Georgia region of of the state. And so, you know, even since our Divi design agreement that we entered into um back in 2016, we've done two phases of work with Robins Air Force Base. Um and overall, we've just been able to kind of leverage this expertise and um resources that we have as a global leader in this industry to make a big impact here in Georgia. And so when you're looking at these projects, the what of these projects has actually been pretty diverse in the types of projects we've helped tackle. Um making bib, for example, we helped them tackle about 20 24 million in just standard deferred maintenance. Um catching up on that long laundry list of facility needs. But a totally different approach was with Upson County where a much smaller county but they had a specific need at their ballfield complex. And so we designed, engineered and implemented a kind of comprehensive ballfield renovation. So the what can be anything. Um but the why behind why these communities across Georgia are working with us. There are a

lot of common themes there. And I would say the number one is city is looking for more of an outcomedriven approach where as James mentioned you know not taking that reactionary as an issue comes up addressing putting out the fire which sometimes that's all you're able to do with the resources you have with the staff you have but kind of taking a more long-term outcome look to these projects and these initiatives to solve facility challenges and operational gaps. Um, so with that, as we're looking at these projects, we look for all opportunities to streamline your operations. Todd's going to speak a little bit more to this on a specific technology that I think staff is pretty excited about um, and the impact it can have on tracking capital assets and better planning and budgeting. But with that, we're looking for every opportunity to, you know, provide technology and just provide partnership and support to the city in in the gaps that y'all specifically have. And then layered throughout that, this is another common theme is just driving savings, saving the city money, stretching your taxpayer dollars as far as they can possibly go. So we know, you know, George is lucky to have Splast as a resource, but it is definitely not an endless resource. So, you know, really trying to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. So, an a natural question we do get at this stage for those that aren't weren't around when we originally were working is what does Schneider actually do in this process? Because we're talking a lot about the things we can support, but we do actually do the design and engineering. We manage the construction but with that management of construction we are engaging local subcontractors as much as possible. We have a strong track track record of that

already with our projects we've done in the region and then we do support the projects long term and that partnership looks customized to what your specific needs are. But Todd can talk a little bit more about kind of one of those key um tools and technology platforms that is making a big impact. Y when you say local? Yes. When you say local, do you mean Warner Robbins or do you mean the middle Georgia area? Just asking because that can be local could be a broad spectrum by saying local. You could pull people from Atlanta down here. I'm just

Ideally, um it's Warren Robbins. Um, but what's most important for us is quality. We want to make sure that it's going to be good, good contractors that are going to do good work. So, one of the things that we've already requested from city staff is who are the contractors that you like to work with, who does a good job. Um, and we want to understand that. And if they're not already qualified by our database, we're going to go ahead and get them qualified. We need to make sure that they have the proper insurance, the proper track track records, and so forth. Um, but that's a good question. We always want to keep the work um local because we feel like afterwards you get the best service from the people that are local. So

So my question is if you had to go outside of the scope of what we already have locally, how do you go about putting that out there that you require local subcontracting? And is it only electrical? Good. Good. No, great question. So um we are able to reach out to obviously our own internal network and whichever network you have um in terms of companies that are provided to us to make sure that we have the broadest reach on different scopes of work. And then once we solicit those we go through quality checks and make sure that they could actually do the work. Um so that you're getting both the best balance of quality as well as price within that. Um,

so you entered into contract with the CD1 Robs in 2016. Two questions. How long is the contract that you entered into and what have you particularly accomplished with one Robin since you entered into contract with us?

Good question. Um so we have on our contract have already completed um all walkthroughs of all your facilities and had solutions in hand ready to go. Um and then like I said there was a pause on those and and a time period. So we are going to have to refresh a lot of those different options and weigh that with some of the changes and priorities that you have as a city. um and then ultimately come back to you with a report and recommendations and a turnkey um construction project for you to move forward with. Um so it has been quite an investment on our part both from time and money on our contract. Uh so we're excited to have an opportunity to earn your business uh now with some of the new leadership.

So the contract contract you entered in how what was the tenure? What's the tenure for that contract? How long is that contract? It's a design agreement that um is open-ended until we provided you um the final design in which you would then have the opportunity to move forward on. And there was no there was no move forward or not move forward on that. And so the contract is still um ready to be in place, able to be presented. My concern is an open-end contract coming forever. So yeah, I need clarity on that. So go ahead count. Go ahead. City attorney.

It's not a term service. It is a product service that they are producing. And so as a part of that, it has not been actionalized. I think there's been some preparatory work. There's been some discussions that have been turned have been on pause. But now we're ready to resume that conversation, I think, and they're going to bring back the action steps for your approval. But it is not open-ended in the sense of it's in perpetuity. It is a a contract for a product service might be a good way of thinking about it. And the service is being provided but has not yet been acted upon. And the other thing I would add to that, Councilman, is we have not been waiting on Schneider. Schneider's been waiting on a city. I got you.

And I would say you can think of it as a design agreement where there's an exit fee associated with that. and the exit fee was not exercised. We we wanted to wait for the city to have new leadership in place and show our commitment to the city in that so that we can hopefully move forward instead of walking away which thank you. Thank thank you for that. Thank you uh attorney M.

Yeah, thank you for that. Appreciate it. Um any more questions before I move on? Okay. So, we also know that you're coming up on a planning session for SPLS funding. That's uh going to be an important topic for the city. And so, one of the things that I wanted to highlight that has been helping a lot of public entities across the country is one of our tools called capital asset planning. We call it CAP for short. um real creative, but um what we have the ability to do is go in and grab every single asset within the city that you would like to see um information collected on. And so that can be anything from roofing to HVAC, windows, electrical systems, parking lots, it could reach your fleet, it could reach furniture, fixtures, and equipment. Um you associate model numbers, lifespans, expected replacement costs, and maintenance history with those items. So you can imagine a day, you know, tomorrow once this is in place that you could pull up a report um and say what is my expected deferred maintenance cost for 2029 and you could create a report. You could understand what is at the end of your life cycle, what needs replacement, what needs addressed from every single asset you have within the city. and we have the capability to do that and keep it alive and um train your staff to then keep that tool um up to date and serve you um for a long time to come. And so this is a tool that's kind of coming onto the market new and um we're excited to show you how this works and we plan as one of our you know first engagements to do some demos for the city to see how that engagement could come forward. Five minutes or less.

Yep, we're good. Um, in terms of the project implementation strategy, um, we want to do that city citywide efficiency evaluation. Again, it's our expectation to, um, not only kind of expand upon um, what we found originally, but take into um, you know, the thought process some of the current priorities of the city. And we'll come back to you in several different fashions. we'll come back to in a conceptual um a midterm and a final um design meeting. And then we want to look at key facility modernizations. We've um already targeted several areas. Um parks and wreck, public works, and the utilities buildings we know right now are in need of some um immediate improvements. Uh you've made some recent hires on the park parks and recck side, and there's some exciting things that are going on. We do not want to stop or change any of those existing plans, but more put our eyes on things um that could be done in terms of lessons learned from other cities. Um so we kind of see our first engagement in terms of modernizing the city in terms of efficiency with LED lighting and then some of those key facilities. A second phase I think would revolve around what the previous administration had as kind of a heavy-hitting topic which was this facility um in general on the HVAC side. Everything in this facility is original to the to the building. You're served by the central plant which is served also shared by the civic center which we want to just provide you an opinion on. We understand the civic center is there. Um we do not know the future plans with it but we want to take a look at it and let you know what we think um the existing infrastructure looks like and what our recommendations would be in terms of that. Um and then ultimately we could work through uh the remaining portfolio of buildings to see what sort of improvement modernizations exist but we

kind of see this as a multi multi-phase step. So any questions with that? Okay. I I don't have a question. Well, I do have a question, but you just made a statement. You said, for example, you said everything is original in here. Mhm. That is not true. Just the HVAC systems. That's what I was saying. Not the not the building itself.

Okay. Thank you. Uh next my question is since 2016 you're talking in general will you be specific for my purpose anyway? What have you done? What have you found that needs to be done and when will you start?

Sure. Um, so our our original analysis found um lighting, building envelope, um, water efficiencies, HVAC issues, um, security and components that we thought could be upgraded, um, exterior lighting, um, from a safety and security standpoint. Um, and that's just about every single building that we saw some some of these issues. Now, of course, your newer buildings have have less issues or buildings that have gone through recent renovations, but we see opportunities for for all of those kind of buildingwide improvement measures. We also saw a need on um some of your telecommunications and IT systems. And then on the water wastewater side, we saw some improvements that could be done in a variety of ways. Um but that obviously comes in conjunction with your utilities department. Define envelope. Sorry. Building envelope is both the ceiling of the building in terms of cracks and u holes and various things that are in the building as well as windows, roofing, doors, weather stripping, um glazing, all of those sorts of things um you know are are taken into effect when we do this analysis. And so we found opportunities for all that originally and we think that you know we'll we'll find additional ones and kind of reconfirm what we found originally as well. And in terms of the plan of moving forward, that's when I had talked about the original um coming back to you. Thank you. Um with our conceptual design that will provide you a good overview of each and every facility that we look at, what we find, what we would recommend. We'd collaborate with your administration on what we see fit as a uh first phase. Then we would move into final design from there. We'd come back to you, present that to you. you would

have multiple points of engagement and feedback with our organization to make sure that ultimately what we sign off on is something that you're going to be behind and that you've had plenty of input on. Schedule's on the screen. Yes, the schedule is on the screen up there. Um, what's your timeline? Timeline. You got it. Um, so we do hope to have folks on site in December and then have a conceptual meeting by the end of Q1. Um final design is slated sometime midsummer and then we would like to have construction uh starting in the fall. Any other questions that you have? Thank you all. I appreciate it.

Thank you so much. Appreciate you all being patient with us and and presenting these findings. We do appreciate it. Council members, uh, are there any, uh, outstanding questions or other items we have not covered in the work session that you would care to cover tonight? Very good. Looks like we're good to go.

We'll continue to work on these items. Uh, and, uh, we'll be, again, we'll be bringing forward uh, uh, some other highlights of work that's ongoing within the city. Uh, especially related to some of those areas that we hear most from the public about. All right, thank you. This officially closes our work session. Uh, thank you again Schneider for being here to present to us and also code enforcement for the updates you provided. All right, so now we have made it to the formal portion of our council agenda. I will first start with uh requesting a motion to adopt the agenda. Mayor, I move to adopt the agenda as is. I'll second that. Mayor

motion by Councilman Lawrenson, seconded by Councilman Bib. All in favor, please state I and raise your hand.

Motion carries. Item number two is a formal public comments portion. If anyone has a comment they would like to make about an agenda item, that is item three through item 10. You will have your time at the podium to make your voice heard. So, if you would please approach the podium if you have something to say about a specific item on our agenda. Anyone with a general comment will have another opportunity once the official agenda items are closed out. Please be sure to state your name and address for the record. 3 minutes will be on the clock at the rotunda. Uh neither I nor council can respond to you, but we are listening. Thank you, sir.

Respond.

Good evening, council. I'm Brian Braun with Access Engineering Consultants. I'm here on behalf of Patriot Development Group talking about the Southland Station Development. U Mr. Darren did a great job of of elaborating on that project. Um we are going from 150 town homes which we did have a land disturbance permit on and we're ready to start construction. Um however, we've decided to move forward with um single family lots. Um so it will be a 50% reduction in density. Um as Mr. Darian said we do not have a sidewalk on the perimeter um as we were here before um and got that approved. So um I know you're not going to ask me any questions, but if you have any um be glad to answer them. Don't want to take up any more of your time.

Thank you, Mr. Walt. Will there be any others? Going once, going twice. The door is now closed. All right. Now on to item number three, which is the consent agenda to be discussed by Councilman Bib. Thank you, Mayor. I make a motion to appro approve the consent agenda as presented. Uh seconded, mayor. Motion by Councilman Bib, seconded by Councilman Mack. Any discussion? All those in favor, please state I and raise your hand. I.

Motion carries unanimously. Item number four is a resolution for an intergovernmental agreement for the AON drug task force to be discussed by Councilman Holmes.

Thank you, Madame Mayor. I have before us a motion to approve a resolution to authorize Mayor Laurand W. Patrick to execute an intergovernmental agreement among Dodge County Sheriff's Office, Wheeler County Sheriff's Office, Telair County Sheriff's Office, Bleski County Sheriff's Office, Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Lauren County Sheriff's Office, Blakeley County Sheriff's Office, City of Dublin Police Department, City of Mc Ray Police Department, City of Wana Robinson Police Department, City of Eastman's Police Department, District Attorney Office of the Okone Judistro District, District Attorney of the Dublin Judistro District, District Attorney of the House and Count House and Judistro District, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Collectively forming the Okorny Drug Task Force, Mil Georgia Gang Task Force. A move for the adoption. I'll second.

Motion by Councilman Holmes, seconded by Councilman Lashley. Any discussion? All those in favor, please state I and raise your hand. Motion carries unanimously. Item number five is an ordinance for a budget transfer to be discussed by Councilman Curtis.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. A motion to approve an ordinance that $45,5649 be transferred from the opera interest general ledger account 22.46001 and place into the expendure account 22 000000 5201 interest professional service. I second that motion

and I'm sorry I wave the second reading. I second that motion. Motion by Councilman Curtis waving the second reading. Seconded by Councilman Holmes. Any discussion? All those in favor please state I and raise your hand. I motion carries unanimously. Item number six is a motion for purchase approval to be discussed by Councilman Lawrenson. Thank you, mayor. I do motion to approve a purchase approval for Southeastern Systems Technologies Security Systems not to exceed $45,5649. I'll second that. Mayor

motion by Councilman Lawrenson, seconded by Councilman Bib. Any discussion? All those in favor, please state I and raise your hand. Motion carries unanimously. Item number seven is an ordinance for classification plan update to be discussed by Councilman Lashley.

Thank you, Madame Mayor. I make a motion to approve the ordinance that the city classification plan be amended as follows. Create the position of assistant director of building and inspections job class or 823 grade 24 authorized strength of one building and inspections department. Reclassify the position of assistant utility director job class 970 grade 23 authorized strength of one utility department to grade 24 incumbent to receive a 10% increase. and that the city's finance department is authorized to transfer funds between departments and between line items within the a department in the fiscal year 2025 budget as necessary to facilitate the changes to the city's classification plan based off of this ordinance. And I would like to wave that second reading.

I second. Motion by Councilman Lashley, seconded by Motion by Councilman Lashley, waving the second reading, seconded by Councilman Curtis. Any discussion? Uh, yes. I would like to add that the full ordinance can be found online in the packet. Any further discussion? Mayor Patrick, if I could. Um, one of the, uh, parts of that that was not specified in the motion was the appointment of Vic Savage to, uh, the position of assistant director of building and inspections. I would gladly like to amend my motion to appoint Victor Savage to the position of assistant director of building and inspections.

Okay, we have a revised motion. I second. Okay, we have a revised motion made by Councilman Lashley waving the second reading, seconded by Councilman Curtis. Any discussion? All those in favor, please state I and raise your hand. Motion carries unanimously. Item number eight is a motion for PDR revision to be discussed by Councilman Mack.

Thank you, Madame Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to approve the request for revision of the PDR concept Southland Station at Tula Trail of the overall concept from the previously approved town home development to a design consisting of single family detached homes on 75 independent building lots. I'll second that. Mayor motion by Councilman Mack, seconded by Councilman Bib. Any discussion? All those in favor, please state I and raise your hand.

Motion carries unanimously. Item number nine is an ordinance for annexation uh requested by the Boeing company to be discussed by Councilman Bib. Thank you, mayor. I make a motion to approve the ordinance for the annexation request by the Boeing Company of the property, including all rightaways totaling 1.54 acres located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Russell Parkway and Welburn Road, also known as tax parcel 001220 008 0. And I would like to wave the second reading.

And I'll second that, mayor. Motion by Councilman Bib waving the second reading. Seconded by Councilman Mack. Any discussion? All those in favor, please state I and raise your hand. Motion carries unanimously. Item number 10 is an ordinance for annexation requested by Southern Media Group to be discussed by Councilman Curtis.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. A motion to approve the ordinance for annexation request by Southern Media Group of property including all rightaways totaling.35 acres located at the southwest end of the inter intersection of South H Lake Road and Oasis Avenue also known as tax partial 00758 07800 0 and I wish to wave the second reading. Second motion by Councilman Curtis wave in the second reading, seconded by Councilman Holmes. Any discussion? All those in favor, please state I and raise your hand.

Motion carries unanimously. There is a request to amend the agenda. Uh yes, Madame Mayor. I would like to make a motion to amend the agenda to add item 7A reflecting the appointment of building and inspections assistant director. I second motion by Councilman Lashley, seconded by Councilman Curtis. Any discussion? All those in favor, please state I and raise your hand. I

motion carries unanimously. All right, that has completed the formal agenda items for today's council meeting. We have now approached the end for citizen comments. If there is anyone here who would like to make a comment, you have a question or a concern that you would like to state, please approach the podium. You will have three minutes on the clock at the top of the rotunda. Please be sure to state your name and address for the record. Please note that neither I nor council may be may respond to you, but we are listening to you. The floor is now open. Good evening, mayor and councilman. Um, I live at 121 Lawsburg Lane, Robert Behringer. And of course we are and that's in the city about eight years ago if I'm not mistaken. And there's a road that come in which is over for road which is a county road and the road is a half a mile long and the county takes care cutting the easement and it takes 10 to 12 weeks for them to come by. And of course, if I'm not mistaken, the city takes care of Highway 96 right down there. And it's just a little half mile road. And it seemed like the Ditzy group could come over there and take care of that little road. And it would help the citizens in Jasmine subdivision. And then another thing I would like to mention and I did speak to this gentleman here a while ago about it. Uh you know I I've been living one Robins for 52 years housing county. When I first came here there was 49,000 folks.

Now there's 179,000 folks. And of course I drive the school bus and I know where everything is. And I unfortunately I see a lots of people when they go out maybe they don't realize it. They'll take some trash and throw it out the window. And you know that's not helping the city and and not only helping the city but also the county. And somehow or another, I I thought to myself, if if somehow or another y'all could put it on your page where it mentioned, you know, instead of throwing the trash out, take it home, take it to your office, put it in a trash can somewhere because out there on 96 Russell Parkway, House of Lake Road, Sandy Run, Dunbar Road, you can go down those roads any day of the where some of the people done pick it up and then the next day it's there again. And I think the citizen ought to consider putting the trash in the trash can at the workplace or in the home place. And that's all I have to say.

Thank you, Mr. Behringer. Will there be any others? Going once. Going twice. The door is now closed. Thank you each for your uh input and um we did neglect to do one thing. We have uh two individuals that were on that classification plan update and I do believe they are here. So if those two gentlemen will please come forward so that we can congratulate you. Thank you both to your contribution to buildings and inspections and to utilities. All right. So, now we're moving on to council comments and the next person up is going to be Councilman Holmes. Thank you, mayor. Thank you to the public. Those those who those of you who are not here who looking at us on through video and those of you who are present, thank you for your continued support. Thank you for coming to us. Thank you for calling on us. Thank you for giving us an opportunity to serve you. That is what we're here for. That is our number one priority and that will not change. Thank you.

Thank you, Councilman, and congratulations on your re-election. Thank you. Councilman Curtis, it's your turn.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. I know, uh, Vic, that is actually a new position for you. So, I just want to say congratulations again. I want to congratulate everyone, um, Councilman Mack, Council Larson, Councilman Hall, on your reelection. And uh most definitely congratulations to you madame mayor with your very decisive win. And um I want to encourage everybody I think tomorrow at 5:00 at the house and county annex building on car and there is a county commissioner meeting and I encourage each and every one of y'all to make sure that y'all attend. Thank you. Thank you councilman Councilman Mack.

Thank Thank you madame mayor. I'd like to also um congratulate Councilman Holmes and Councilman Lawrence and our honorable mayor on their reelection. Um a lot of hard work and um just thank you to continue to serve with you all in that capacity. But I want to give a um special uh recognition to some people. Um first of all, continue to pray for the people in Jamaica that were suffering from the consequences of uh Hurricane Melissa and the three countries that were impacted by that. over 700 healthcare facilities um over 5 million people um impacted. But we have some local people from Warner Robbins that were stuck and had to ride that storm out and couldn't get home. And I just want to thank the Lord that they were able to make it home approximately four or five days later going through being g trying to for money and things of that nature. They were they were true victims of that, but they made it home safely. So, I want to recognize those people and thank God for covering them in during that most horrendous storm in that region since about 1988. Um, I'd also like we've had some inclement weather locally here. Um, some very cold days, but during those inclement weather and those cold days, the city doesn't stop. So, with that being said, I'd like to recognize the good men and women of our utilities department and our public works department as they were still reporting the work doing the city's business for the people in our city to make sure that we were seamless in what it is that we take for granted sometimes. So, thank you Monty, thank you Craig and everybody involved in those departments. You have a great group of people working for you and is an extension of your leadership. So, thank you very much. Um, also public, I mean code enforcement, Captain Clay, we've already talked about them. Thank them for what they do because they get beat up a lot. A lot of rumors they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing. This that those people work very hard. They always answer the phone and a lot of times they're placed in the

lion's den in front of the fire dealing with very upset um citizens and get blamed for a lot of stuff that that they shouldn't be. So, I just want to really keep them encouraged because they they do they do a they have they carry a heavy burden with keeping our city clean. Um, congratulations once more again to the um men of Omega Sci-Fi and our mayor for her award. And congratulations to the House of County Bears and Warner Robbins Demons for their win in the first round of the playoffs and may they continue to go on as they run for state championship with Hokco being their first trying to get their first state championship. So, I want to congratulate both of those teams. Thank you.

Thank you, Councilman, and congratulations on your re-election as well. All right, Councilman Bib.

Thank you, Mayor. Uh, want to congratulate Councilman Mack, Councilman Lawrenson, and Mr. Councilman Clifford Holmes, and you, Mayor, for your reelection. It's going to be an honor to serve with you guys for another uh couple of years as we move forward and got great things going on for this city. I look forward to it. Um, big shout out to the code enforcement and the changes that have been made and the upgrades. And um, again, I want the code enforcement um, employees to know that I believe wholeheartedly that you have the mayor and the council's backing for um, what you guys are accomplishing and what we want to accomplish and continue to accomplish that you know that you got people sitting back here that are rooting you on and are here for you. Um, want to congratulate Ron and Vic on your promotions. Hurrah to y'all. Um, long time coming. Um, you guys both deserve that. Um, and then the last thing I want to say is our Christmas parade is coming up. And uh so tell all the um the community to come out to the Christmas parade and uh enjoy community involvement as uh we marched down Watson Boulevard, which was another promise that uh I think the mayor made coming into reelection that has uh kind of like uh forgotten, but that was another one that um um we get to enjoy to go down Watson Boulevard. There's nothing like the parade down there. And so congratulations y'all. Congratulations on your award, mayor. Welld deserved.

Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Lawren,

thank you, Mayor. Uh, I want to thank my friend Bob for, uh, speaking tonight and and, uh, you know, it would be a really great idea if we could put more emphasis out there on littering. Um, I'm not sure if we have a lot of no littering signs around our community, but that's something also we could certainly look at doing. Bob made me think of that when he was talking about, you know, making announcements and things like that. Um, so I think it would be a great idea. Uh, and of course I know we have a keep on Robins beautiful uh committee that does a lot a lot of work in that area, but anything any effort we make in that area I think would be a huge benefit to our city. Also would like to congratulate the mayor. You know, person of the year that's a that award just based on what I heard about who's received this award is a pretty dog on big deal. And I don't I don't want to just like say, "Oh, great. A mayor got an award and that was wonderful." But it was it's a pretty big deal. And I think it's because of what you've been able to accomplish in four short years. Um and and to think about I really think that we were able to be uh unopposed. A lot has to do with you and your work and your support of us. And so I want to thank you for that as well. And my wife really wants to thank you because she she just didn't want to do that again. But but anyway, thank you for all that you do. And I can't help but think about the amazing things that we're going to be able to accomplish in your second term. U but I do say this with a warning. Anytime thing things seem to be going in the right direction, the enemy will attack. So let's stay united. Let's commit to stay together, lock arms, and and commit. and what you said a while ago, Mayor, you know, I've heard I've heard it said before, but it really hit home. People over politics. And I think that's that should be the theme of our of your second administration as as it very much was your first uh because

that's how we get things done. So, thank you so much for your leadership. Thanks to all my brothers up here and look forward to the next next four years and uh boy, I hopefully in two years the other three can go unopposed as well. if that's their desire to run again. Wouldn't that be great? Okay, we'll see. We'll pray for that. You never know. But uh but anyway, God bless you all. Good night. Thank you, Councilman, and congratulations on your re-election. All right. And Councilman Lashley.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh again, gentlemen, good job, Madame Mayor. Wonderful campaign. Was very proud. But I enjoyed uh there was a little special uh surprise party for her at the uh was it Lavina? Yeah. And I'm just going to go ahead and tell you right now, if y'all haven't been to that place, you need to go. It is beautiful inside there. It looks it's right there on Kimberly and Russell Parkway right behind Fried Green Tomatoes. And when you walk by into the backyard they've got set up, you look like you're in somebody's neighborhood backyard. It is just gorgeous there. They do wonderful service and wonderful job. But again, congratulations to my three counterparts up here on the council and most importantly and our wonderful mayor. Um, Ron and Vic, congratulations. Vic, you and I have been together for a long time, man. Love watching the growth. It's awesome. Um, we did, um, I was told to, of course, comment about cheer because I know y'all needed an update, but so our our girls at House County, they did they had a great season this year. Uh, we we did win region. We went on and we competed at state this last Saturday. We ended up second in the state. So, three years in a row, it's not bad. There's a lot of teams that don't make it. uh they take the top 16 from every division and we finished second again uh much to our chagrin. But the thing I took from it the most is like my daughter, my oldest daughter who's a senior and the rest of the seniors, you know, there were a few little tears here and there, but they walked off that floor and they laid it all out there and they had no regrets. So that's awesome. I am going to unfortunately miss the Christmas parade this year because I will be in Charleston at a cheer competition. So, imagine that. Um, I hate that cuz I had a huge plan this year. We were going to we were going to

bring my vehicle, pull our boat behind it. We're going to be pirates back there and it was going to be awesome, but cats out of the bag. So, we'll have to do something different for next year. Uh, the other thing that just remember next week is my favorite holiday uh coming up, Thanksgiving. It is the best holiday. Just remember what it's for. Give thanks for your family, your community, your friends, and eat lots of turkey because I'm planning on doing it. So, thank you all again and have a good night.

Thank you, Councilman. And thank you all for for being here with us. Thank you for being here with us and for hanging in there um as we went through our work session. Um we appreciate all of the information that we receive during our work sessions and uh we thank you. Thank you for uh your support as we have completed another election season and none of us have any extra gray hairs. So I'd say we that was successful. Um and have a happy Thanksgiving says because we won't see you until right before our Christmas parade kicks off. Yeah. So have a thank have a happy Thanksgiving. Get ready for Christmas, our Christmas tree lighting celebration and our tree lighting sorry Christmas tree lighting celebration and our parade that first week of December. Um it's going to be a great great event. So um with that I am going to say that our meeting is now adjourned. Thank you.