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B
We
have
some
guests
and
visitors
tonight.
First
I
have
honor
presenting
a
proclamation.
B
And
this
is
City
of
Canton
Proclamation
number
202-30812
National
Health
Care
Center
week,
2023
community
health
centers,
a
road
map
to
a
stronger
America,
were
asked
for.
Over
50
years,
community
health
centers
have
provided
Health,
high
quality,
affordable,
comprehensive
primary
preventative
health
care
in
our
nation's
medically
underserved
communities,
delivering
value
to
and
having
a
significant
impact
on
America's
Health
Care
system,
whereas
as
the
country's
largest
Primary
Care
Network
community
health
centers
are
the
health
care
home
for
over
30
million
Americans
and
over
14
000
communities.
B
Now,
therefore,
I
bill
Grant
mayor
of
the
City
of
Canton,
do
hereby
Proclaim
August
6th
through
12th
2023,
as
National
Health
Center
week.
I
encourage
all
Americans
to
take
part
in
this
week
by
visiting
their
local
Health
Center
and
celebrating
the
important
partnership
between
America's
community
health,
centers
and
the
communities
they
serve.
B
We're
honored
tonight
to
have
representatives
from
our
own
local,
local,
Community,
Health,
Center,
Georgia,
Highland,
Center,
Medical
Center,
and
we
have
their
CEO
Todd,
shifflett
and
Eddie
gate,
Katan,
I'm.
Sorry
I'm
not
going
to
pronounce
that
right.
The
committee
Outreach
coordinator
and
many
representatives
of
their
staff
and
organization
I'm
going
to
ask
you
to
join
me
down
at
the
in
front
here
for
an
opportunity
to
accept
the
proclamation
and
have
a
photo.
Please.
B
B
Next,
we're
we're
honored
to
have
a
presentation
from
fire
chief
Eddie
Robinson
from
the
Cherokee
County
Fire
and
Emergency
Services,
an
update
on
the
annual
update
on
on
the
services
they
provide
to
our
City
chief.
It's
always
an
honor
to
have
you.
G
Thank
you,
Mr
mayor
council,
on
behalf
of
the
men
and
women
of
Cherokee
County
fire.
It
is
my
honor
to
come
before
you
tonight
and
present
a
quick
little
update
on
the
fire
department.
I
do
have
two
short
videos,
that'll
be
included
in
my
presentation
and
if
I
can
just
get
started
by
showing
this
first
one
here
we
go.
G
G
So,
just
a
quick
little
video
clip
to
kind
of
maybe
set
the
stage
and
get
us
a
little
bit
motivated
when
I
took
over
as
fire
chief
from
Chief
Prather
about
a
year
and
eight
months
ago
now
you
know
we
had
some
conversation
and
with
us
bringing
the
newer
Generations
into
the
fire
service.
We
felt
like
we
sort
of
probably
needed
to
do
some
Rebrand,
so
we
looked
at
our
mission,
vision
and
values
and
our
mission
statement
that
word
aggressively
that
you
see
there
in
the
top
to
work
aggressively.
G
You
know
to
preserve
life
and
property
that
Preserve
in
life
and
property.
It
that's
the
response
piece
of
what
we
do:
that's
actually
going
to
the
emergencies,
making
a
difference
in
people's
lives.
Frankly,
on
the
worst
day
of
their
lives
and
then
in
the
middle.
G
We
talk
about
the
public
education
and
we
feel
like
if
we
can
prevent
an
emergency
from
happening
in
the
first
place
through
education
or
teach
people
what
to
do
in
the
event
that
they
have
an
emergency
we're
so
much
further
ahead
than
we
could
never
be
on
the
response
side
through
the
through
the
prevention
piece
and
then
the
Foster
in
economic
growth.
Sometimes
people
goes
well.
How
can
a
fire
department
Foster
economic
growth?
It's
really
very
simple.
G
Businesses
want
to
come
to
a
community
that
has
outstanding
Public
Safety
in
Cherokee,
County
fire
I'm,
confident
it's
providing
that
if
we
can
get
the
interstate
highway
open
after
an
accident,
just
a
few
minutes
quicker
than
then
maybe
we
normally
would.
That
allows
Commerce
to
start
moving
and
that's
that's
a
lot
of
money.
So
we
put
a
lot
of
effort
and
we're
really
proud
of
that.
That
mission,
with
with
being
aggressive,
you'll,
see
the
word
aggressive
in
our
vision
statement.
G
We
want
to
be
excellent
in
everything
that
we
do
in
in
Cherokee
County
and
then
there
are
three
core
values
are
simple
courage,
commitment
and
integrity,
and
if
we
tell
our
new
hires,
if
you
can't
align
yourself
aside
behind
those
three
simple
values,
it's
simple,
you
can't
be
one
of
us.
Those
are
really
the
only
absolutes
that
that
we
that
we
have,
as
far
as
your
requirements
to
continue
employment
with
Cherokee
County
So.
Currently,
our
staffing
is
at
400
and
I
say.
Currently.
This
is
at
the
end
of
2022..
G
Our
staffing
is
445
full-time
positions
and
five
part-time
positions.
176
of
those
positions
are
trained
to
the
paramedic
level
and
then
the
235
are
trained
to
the
advanced,
EMT
or
EMT
intermediate
level.
G
We're
really
proud
of
the
fact
that
we
obtained
International
accreditation.
We
work
diligently
for
that
and
what
accreditation
really
does
is
it
forces
the
fire
department
to
continuously
self-assess
and
look
at
ways
that
we
can
do
the
job
that
we
do
better
and
more
efficiently?
G
How
can
we
save
the
taxpayer
dollars
and
still
provide
the
same
great
service
and-
and
we
take
that
very
serious-
the
commission
on
fire
accreditation,
International,
there's
only
308
accredited
fire
departments
in
the
world
and
in
Georgia
Cherokee
County
fire
was
the
14th
Department
to
ever
receive
this.
This
International
accreditation.
So
we're
really
proud
of
that.
G
Some
notable
highlights.
Yes,
we
did
get
a
new
fire
chief
and
I
won't
lead
every
one
of
them
to
you
can
read
them
there,
but
our
medical
director,
Dr
Jill,
maybe
she
retired
after
helping
us,
bring
our
Medical
Services
to
a
point
that
we're
unmatched
and
and
I
truly
believe
that
we've
got
the
best
equipment.
We've
got.
Quality,
training
and
I'll.
G
Show
you
a
video
in
a
minute
that
will
demonstrate
how
that
quality
training
the
attitude
of
the
people,
the
ability
of
the
people
through
their
training,
is
truly
making
a
difference
in
people's
life.
We
started
a
new
incident
command
system
for
all
of
our
type
four
or
five
fire
incidents,
which
are
the
routine
structure
type
fires
that
we
respond
to
and
that
incident
command
and
control
system.
It's
really
helping
us
to
be
more
efficient
on
an
incident
saying
get
in
there,
get
our
searches
done
quickly.
G
G
Those
Lucas
devices
are
CPR,
assist
machine
and
those
things
perform
perfect
CPR
a
person
riding
down
the
road
in
the
back
of
an
ambulance,
that's
being
jostle
tossed
around,
because
you
know
we're
trying
to
get
to
the
hospital
it's
difficult
to
maintain
those
perfect
compressions
to
keep
that
circular
circulation
that
oxygenation
going.
These
machines
do
that
for
us
they're
costly,
but
they
do
a
phenomenal
job
and
they're,
making
a
huge
difference
in
our
EMS
Services
already
so
we'll
move
on
from
there.
Public
Safety
it
in
general.
G
It's
not
it's
not
cheap,
outstanding
Public
Safety
is
not
cheap
and
you
can
see
that
you
know
total
between
our
fire
and
EMS
budget
last
year
was
54
million
dollars
and
because
of
the
additional
Personnel
that
we're
putting
on
this
year.
G
If
this
budget
approves
that
that
budget
will
increase
by
about
10
percent,
but
that
allows
us
to
put
an
additional
firefighter
at
the
downtown
station,
an
additional
firefighter
at
station
11,
as
well
as
additional
firefighters
at
Station
3
21,
which
that's
Hickory
Flat
up
north
out
at
station
nine
in
North
Canton
down
in
Holly
Springs,
and
when
there's
a
big
emergency
inside
the
city.
All
of
those
stations,
depending
on
where
that
emergency
is,
will
be
responding
into
the
city
to
help
the
two
stations
that
we
have
here
as
well.
G
So
obviously,
a
big
part
of
that's
Personnel
cost
so
splast
and
arpa
was
really
good
to
us.
This
year
we
used
the
arpa
fund
or
excuse
me,
the
spouse
funds,
to
increase
their
our
training
capabilities
at
our
prior
training
facility.
We
we
now
have
an
EMS
Wing,
where
we
do
all
of
our
medical
training
and
we
it's
pretty
stated
art
we've
got
mannequins
in
there.
G
They
actually
have
pulse
heart
rates
and
they
can
program
them
to
demonstrate
different
types
of
illnesses
and
traumas
and
that
kind
of
stuff
and
the
guys
are
getting
really
realistic.
Training
through
through
this
New
Edition,
really
proud,
proud
of
that
some
fire
station
Renovations
other
equipment
through
arpa.
We
brought
bought
some
ambulances
with
the
arpa
funds,
self-contained
breathing
apparatus.
We
replaced
125
of
those
we
bought.
Those
Lucas
CPR
assist
devices
for
every
apparatus
that
we
have.
G
So
this
is
something
I'm
super
proud
of,
and
a
lot
of
you
guys
came
out
and
participated.
We
were
able
to
place
two
new
engines
in
service
here
in
the
City
of
Canton.
It
was
a
pretty
fun
event.
We
had
over
here
had
some
kids
and
everybody
join
us
in
pushing
those
engines
in
and
celebrating
those
new
engines
coming
coming
into
the
city
and
again
a
fire
engine.
G
If
we
order
one
today
it's
about
650
000,
so
these
engines
will
serve
the
city
for
10
to
12
to
maybe
15
years
and
a
first
out
capacity
and
then
they'll
go
into
a
reserve
Fleet
for
an
additional
five
years
and
then
they'll
rotate
out
of
the
fleet
after
that.
So
it's
a
20-year
purchase
when
we,
when
we
make
these
purchases
and
those
those
engines
were
provided
through
sploss
funds,
so
our
call
volume
total.
Last
year
we
were
just
over
32
000,
we'll
break
35
000
this
year.
G
That's
County
Wide
and
you
can
see
and
I'm
not
I
cannot
see
well
enough.
I,
don't
think.
I
can
see
that
the
response
times
for
the
City
of
Canton
is
on
an
EMS
call.
There
we're
at
6
18
on
the
average
and
619
on
our
fire
response
and
those
those
are.
Those
are
fair
response
times
that
90th
percentile,
it
means
on
90
out
of
100,
calls
we're
better
than
those
higher
marks.
But
looking
at
that
average
is
what
really
really
tells
the
story?
G
You'll
note
interesting
statistic
is
on
that
Top
Line.
Only
about
210
of
those
responses
were
structure
fires.
Well,
we
actually
put
hoes
on
the
ground
and
had
to
go
fight.
Fire
22
950
were
EMS
medical
related
costs.
So
yes,
it's
always
going
to
be
a
a
lower
frequency,
a
high
priority
event
when
we
have
a
structure
fire
but
I
feel
like
where
the
fire
department
is
making
the
having
the
biggest
impact
is
through
our
EMS
operations,
training
training.
We
take
it
very
serious,
121,
000
hours
of
incumbent
training,
we
graduated
29
new
recruits.
G
We
had
22
firefighters,
completed
our
in-house
accredited
paramedic
training
program
and
even
though
they
graduated
in
June
of
2023,
they
were
in
class
the
entire
year
through
2022..
It's
about
an
18-month
process,
and
this
is
some
of
the
prevention
education
stuff
I
talked
about.
We
have
a
division,
that's
referred
to
as
Community
risk
reduction,
and
this
just
shows
all
the
different
CPR
classes.
Life
vest
bike
helmets,
car
seats,
there's
just
so
much
stuff.
G
They
do
the
clothes
before
you
nose
campaign,
I,
hope
every
person
on
the
on
the
council,
as
well
as
all
your
constituents,
so
close
those
bedroom
doors
when
they
go
to
bed
at
night.
Super
important
have
work
and
smoke
detectors
on
every
level
of
your
house
test.
Those
smoke
detectors
make
sure
they
function.
That
early
notification
is
what's
going
to
save
your
life
in
a
structure,
fire
I
love
the
way
the
firefighters
interact
with
the
kids,
along
with
the
the
community
risk
reduction
Vision,
they
do
a
great
job.
G
We
promoted
a
lot
of
people
last
year
we
are
now.
We
now
have
an
officership
at
every
fire
station
throughout
Cherokee
County.
That
was
20
years
in
the
making.
So
I'm
glad
that
you
know,
through
the
support
of
Mr
Morton
and
the
Commissioners
we
were,
we
were
able
to
get
there
and
I
really
appreciate
that
we
did
lose
some
people
to
retirement.
You
guys
are
aware.
G
After
35
years,
Chief
Tim
Prather
moved
just
North,
so
he's
still
there
and
I
still
call
him
from
time
to
time,
and
he
calls
me
from
time
to
time
too,
but
mainly
when
he
needs
stuff.
I.
G
I
need
advice.
At
any
rate,
we
lost
some
additional
people
and
every
time
we
lose
a
person,
all
those
years
of
experience
go
with
them,
and
then
we
hire
a
person
in
at
18,
19,
20
years
old,
so
those
additional
officers,
it's
really
becoming
more
and
more
prudent
that
we
have
those
officers.
With
that
experience
at
every
station
and
I'd
like
for
you
to
meet
little
Austin
little
Austin,
you
guys
may
have
seen
him
on
some
of
our
social
media
a
little
Austin's,
a
cool
kid.
He
he
is
a
patient
that
is
battling
cancer.
G
He
has
leukemia
and
we
just
decided
we
was
going
to
make
Austin
a
little
firefighter
so
he's
our
Junior
firefighter
I
put
this
slide
in
there
just
to
show
you
that
this
is
another
way
we
serve
and
through
our
core
values.
We
believe
in
this
we
believe
in
reaching
out
in
the
community
and
having
a
presence
so
yeah.
G
You
may
see
a
fire
apparatus
at
a
ball
game
I'm
all
about
that
I
would
rather
them
be
out
in
the
community,
so
the
communities
this
fire
department
belongs
to
this
community
and
we
recognize
that
we
know
who
our
bosses
are.
We
work
through
you
guys,
but
we
know
that
the
citizens
are
who
we
are
actually
actually
working
for,
and
we
take
great
pride
in
that-
and
this
is
just
a
great
little
guy
right
here-
so
I
want
to
show
you
a
quick
video
when
I
say
quick,
it's
actually
about
four
minutes.
H
H
So
they
took
care
of
him
and
got
him
settled
in
and
took
him
to
Kennestone
and
when
I
got
to
the
house,
one
of
the
paramedics
was
still
there.
They
waited
for
me
and
said
your
husband
has
had
a
heart
attack,
he's
on
his
way
to
Kennestone
very
much
and
then
I
left
headed
on
to
the
hospital,
and
then
my
phone
rang.
He
said.
J
H
I
H
H
H
H
G
So
with
that,
that's
just
an
example
of
what
we
do
and
a
couple
of
things
that
I
really
like
to
highlight
in
that
video
is.
Did
you
hear
her
say
that
the
paramedics
waited
there
for
me?
He
was
on
the
way
to
the
hospital
we
didn't.
That's.
We
don't
train
that.
That's
not
the
job
description.
G
So
so
many
people
I,
could
think
first
off
I
have
to
thank
the
men
and
women
of
Cherokee
fire
I've
got
my
Deputy
Chiefs
with
me
tonight
they
do
a
fabulous
job.
They
run
the
fire
department.
G
Along
with
those
Deputy
Chiefs
for
our
administrative
staff,
these
trucks
don't
go
up
and
these
trucks
don't
roll
without
in
the
administration
and
I
recognize
that
and
I
like
to
highlight
those
people,
Mr
Peppers,
Mr,
Ingram
they've,
been
been
great.
You
guys
have
all
been
great
I
think
it's
been
a
great
relationship
so
far
and
I
look
forward
to
continuing
to
serve
the
citizens
here
in
in
Canton
and
and
all
of
Cherokee
County,
and
if
you
guys
have
any
questions
for
me,
I'd
be
more
than
happy
to
take
them.
B
Thank
you
Chief.
Thank
you.
We
appreciate
your
report,
I
think
all
the
men
and
women
of
Cherokee
fire
and
emergency
services.
So
we
appreciate
the
courage,
commitment
and
integrity.
Congratulations
on
your
International
accreditation.
You
make
all
of
us
proud.
We
are
very
proud
of
that
achievement
and
appreciate
what
you
do
for
our
citizens
on
a
daily
basis
and
appreciate
the
report.
Great
report
tonight
so
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
ask
if
you
have
any
updates
on
a
downtown
replacement
station
and
I.
G
Still
working
really
hard,
actually
I
met
with
the
county
manager
and
Mr
England
Mr
Peppers
this
week
as
a
matter
of
fact,
and
had
some
conversation
and
some
strategies,
I'd
love
to
be
able
to
tell
you.
Yes,
we've
got
that
place
right
there
and
we're
building
this
station.
We're
not
there
yet
we're
continuing
the
funding,
we're
we're
pretty
well
where
we
need
to
be
with
actually
building
the
station.
We've
just
gathered
to
determine
what
facility
we're
going
to
use
I.
G
B
You
have
in
your
packet
the
draft
minutes
from
our
council
meeting
on
August
the
3rd.
Are
there
any
changes
or
visions
or
emotions.
B
B
We
have
another
informational
update
tonight
and
that
is
an
update
from
our
police
chief
Merrifield
on
our
Police
Department
so
great
evening
and
updates
on
Public
Safety
tonight.
Couldn't
ask
for
more.
C
C
Thank
you.
Community
outreach
and
Pastor
Brando
is
a
part
of
that
as
a
lot
of
our
community
is,
but
today
we
had
our
coffee
with
the
cop.
We
hit
it
at
bizarre
coffee
and
had
a
had
a
big
turnout
there.
We
some
of
us,
were
here
at
training
at
City,
Hall,
but
I
was
told
it
and
saw
the
pictures,
and
it
was
pretty
pretty
nice
turnout
for
us.
The
next
thing:
oh
I'm,
the
one
doing
this
now:
okay,
the.
B
C
Thing
is
the
I'll
call,
our
is
the
citizens
police
academy
and
again
Pastor
Brando
was
in
our
citizens,
Police
Academy
I
know
some
of
y'all
have
been
in
our
citizens,
Police
Academy,
but
that's
that's
on
our
Facebook
now
for
applications.
I
think
Sergeant
Cromer
has
she's
running.
That
said,
they've
already
got
15
16
applications
like
the
first
day
they
put
it
out.
So
that
is
always
a
a
big
hit
with
our
citizens.
C
It's
it
starts
September
14th
and
it
runs
I,
think
nine
weeks
to
November
9th
and
throws
out
spin
in
it
know
that
we
go
through
every
unit
and
the
police
department
comes
in
talks
about
what
they
do.
We
do
a
thing
on
use
of
force.
We
do
a
day
where
we
go
to
the
range
and
everyone
gets
to
follow
the
weapons
that
we
we
fire.
C
C
You
have
a
responsibility
as
a
citizen
to
know
what
those
men
and
women
are
doing
and
why
they
do
what
they
do
and
how
they
do
what
they
do.
I
think
so,
I
think
it's
a
great
commitment
for
a
citizen
to
spend
nine
weeks
to
come
in
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
every
Thursday
night
for
nine
weeks
to
come
in
to
know
what
exactly
is
going
on
with
our
Police
Department,
because
when
we
see
those
incidents
that
happen
across
the
country,
you
should
know
as
a
citizen
in
the
City
of
Canton.
C
That's
not
how
my
police
department
works.
That's
not
how
my
Police
Department
acts
and
I
know
that
and
a
part
of
that
Academy
is
a
ride.
Along
with
the
officers.
I
was
just
talking
to
Pastor
Brando
and
he
told
me
his
got.
He
missed
his
because
he
had
something
come
up.
I
said:
well,
we
still
owe
you
one
so
come
on
out
and
ride
with
us.
I
did
tell
him
he's
going
to
spend
some
of
his
time
translating
when
he
gets
out
on
the.
F
C
So
we'll
put
him
to
work
but
Pastor
Brandon
did
you
want
to
say
anything
about
the
citizens,
Police
Academy.
I
I
think
it's
a
very,
very
good
Training,
so
the
information
that
we
can
learn
is
amazing.
So
we
sometimes
we
don't
know
what
is
the
really
situation?
The
police
department
is,
you
know,
running
away
from
the
city,
but
for
me
when
we
went
to
the
prison
to
the
jail,
so
it
was
amazing
the
opportunity
to
know
how
everything
you
know.
I
think
it's
very,
very
good
to
try
to
you
know,
expand
the
information
for
the
community
that
they
can
try
to
get
information
about.
C
C
C
And
thank
you
for
being
a
part
of
that
and
then,
of
course,
our
big
event
of
the
Year
our
annual
event
and
give
all
credit
to
Pastor
Brando
for
three
years
ago,
hard
to
believe
he
had
this
Vision,
this
dream
of
bringing
this
together
and
I
look
back
on
it.
The
last
meeting
we
were
in
everything's
so
organized
now
and
there's
there's
this
and
we
really
didn't
know
what
we
were
doing.
C
I,
don't
even
know
how
that
worked
out,
but
I
always
tell
the
story
that
the
end
of
that
very
first
day
me
and
you
were
standing
out
in
that
field
and
you
said:
did
you
think
it
was
going
to
be
this
big
and
I
said
no
I
didn't
so
that
is
coming
up?
September
9th
I
and
you
may
have
better
information
I
hear
we
have
17
different
countries
that
are
going
to
be
represented
out
there.
C
It's
always
the
last
minute
before
we
finally
get
the
approval
that
they're
coming
and
they're
coming
this
year,
so
we're
all
excited
and
then
there's
going
to
be
several
different
countries
that
are
going
to
be
doing
different
dances
and
in
their
in
their
their
clothing.
So
Pastor.
If
you'd
like
to
talk
about
that.
I
Yeah
I
know
this
is
close
to
you.
Thank
you.
I
think
one
of
the
most
important
thing
right
now
is
I
receive
the
emails.
How
many
vendors
and
businesses
try
to
be
in
this
in
the
even
I?
Think
more
than
40
already
send
information,
so
we
have
17
countries
and
more
countries
are
trying
to
you
know
to
be
included,
but
it's
too
late
too
late
to
do
it,
but
it
is
money,
we're
growing
and
growing
I.
I
C
Thank
you.
Well,
that
was
the
fun
stuff
to
talk
about,
so
I
want
to
have
a
discussion
on
on
crime
statistics.
You've
probably
noticed
that
you
haven't
seen
me
quarterly
this
year
in
front
of
you
talking
about
crime,
statistics
and
and
I
think
we
had
a
discussion
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
about
us
moving
to
the
the
neighbors
reporting
system.
So,
prior
to
that,
we
we
used
the
federal
government
had
a
format
for
reporting
crime.
Every
agency
in
the
country
did
it.
It
was
a
called
UCR
or
unified
I'm.
C
C
So
the
difference
is
this
Neighbors,
which
is
National
incident
based
Reporting
System
I
had
to
write
that
down.
The
difference
is,
if
you
remember,
the
conversations
we
had
is
under
UCR
when
you
had
a
crime
occur,
whatever
the
most
top
crime
that
occurred
is
how
you
log
that
that's
how
you
reported
that
that's
how
every
Police
Department
did
every
law
enforcement
in
the
country
under
neighbors.
Any
crime
that
occurs
during
that
incident
is
also
reported.
C
So,
to
give
you
a
kind
of
an
explanation
or
an
example-
and
this
is
kind
of
this-
is
an
over
exaggerated
but
I
think
it
shows
the
point
if
in
2022
you
only
had
one
crime
occur
in
2022
only
one,
and
it
was-
and
this
is
something
that
did
not
occur
in
the
City
of
Canton
or
any
of
the
jurisdiction.
All
the
names
have
been
changed
to
protect
the
innocent,
which
only
a
few
of
us
will
probably
even
know
what,
where
that
comes
from.
C
But
if
you
had
one
crime
in
2022
and
let's
say
a
a
person
walked
into
a
convenience
store
and
there
were
five
people,
including
the
clerk
in
the
store
and
that
person
pulled
a
weapon
and
pointed
it
at
all
five
people
in
there
and
then
had
the
clerk,
give
them
the
money
and
then
punched,
three
people
in
that
store
and
then
walked
out
and
on
his
way
out,
reached
down
and
grabbed
a
12
pack
of
Diet
Pepsi
and
walked
out
in
2022.
That
would
be
armed
robbery.
That's
how
that
would
be
reported.
C
If
you
only
had
one
crime
in
2023
and
it
was
the
exact
same
thing
that
would
be
reported
as
armed
robbery,
five
agassaults,
three
simple
batteries
and
one
shoplifting.
So
if
you
tried
to
compare
2022
to
2023,
you
would
have
five
AG
assaults.
You'd
be
up
500
percent
on
agassault,
even
though
it
was
the
exact
same
crime
that
happened
to
you
in
2022.,
simple
battery
you'd
be
up
300
percent.
So
that's
the
difference.
It
truly
is
apples
and
oranges.
So
for
us
to
say,
we
started
neighbors
this
year.
C
So
when
I
go
to
our
crime,
analyst
and
say,
hey
I
got
to
be
able
to
show
some
type
of
comparison,
and
he
says
there.
There
is
none
that
you
can't
do
that,
because
what
I
just
explained
to
you,
the
numbers,
aren't
going
to
be
the
same,
and
it's
going
to
look
like
you
have
this
crime
problem
that
you
don't
have
it's
just
how
we
report
it
now.
C
C
We
went
to
our
new
RMS
system,
which
thank
you
to
y'all
for
that
which
has
been
great,
but
it's
been
kind
of
a
perfect
storm,
so
we
will
need
a
year
to
get
the
base
on
neighbors
before
we
can
go
into
the
next
year
to
say
where
we're
at
compared
to
the
year
before,
if
that
makes
sense,
so
that's
kind
of
where
we're
at
now.
If
you
specifically
ask
me,
can
you
tell
us
how
many
this
crime
we've
had?
C
C
Would
say
anecdotally
that
it
there's
some
there's
some
serious
crimes
that
we
had
last
year
that
we
have
not
seen
this
year.
There
is
a
domestic
violence.
Still
probably
is.
When
we
talk
about
violent
crime,
domestic
violence
is
probably
it
is
going
to
be
our
leading
area,
and
we
talked
about
a
couple
of
times
last
year
that
the
law
had
changed
for
strangulation,
agassault
strangulation
and
our
officers
went
through
a
lot
of
training
for
that
which
really
helps
them.
C
Identify
strangulation
and
I
read
reports
every
day
where
our
officers
go
on
a
domestic
and
when
they're
talking
to
the
victim,
they
noticed
the
red
marks
on
the
throat
and
say:
did
you
get
grab,
but
did
someone
put
their
hands
on?
Well?
Yes,
well,
but
a
lot
of
times
like
a
lot
of
crimes.
Victims
don't
want
to
talk
about
it.
They
don't
want
to
go
into
it
until
the
officer
has
the
training
and
the
probing
questions
to
say.
C
At
any
time,
did
you
lose
Consciousness,
there's
a
there's,
a
whole
checklist
on
strangulation,
and
so
because
of
that,
a
lot
of
the
simple
batteries
and
we've
talked
about
this
before
that
we
saw
in
probably
2021
now
our
felony
agassault
strangulation.
But
again
it's
the
right
thing
to
do.
I'm
glad
the
log
did
change
for
that
and
I'm
glad
our
officers
have
been
trained
on
that
as
far
as
Trends.
One
of
the
things
we
saw
we
are
seeing
this
year
is
business.
Burglaries.
C
The
business
burglarizo
are
a
a
ring.
A
group
of
people
that
are
hitting
the
Metro
Atlanta
area
and
I
mean
all
over
the
Metro
Atlanta
area
they've
hit
up
here.
They've
hit
Cherokee
they've
hit
Holly
Springs
they've
hit
us,
but
they've
hit
Alpharetta
they've
hit
Sandy
Springs
they've
hit
Dunwoody
they've
hit,
Atlanta
Cobb
counties
got
hit
several
times
bombing
even
tried
to
chase
them,
and
we
know
that
it's
it's
the
same
group
because
of
our
flock
cameras
we
can.
We
can
track
them
from
when
they
hit.
We
can
track
them
to
everywhere.
C
C
My
understanding
is
that
there
are
suspects
that
have
been
identified
and
they're
looking
at
doing
some
things
with
that,
but
we
we
had
three
of
those
brokeries
and
the
burglary
Mo
on
that
is
that
they're
in
and
out
within
35
to
40
seconds,
so
we're
getting
the
alarm
and
responding
within
a
minute
and
they're
gone.
They
go
through
the
front
doors
and
grab
the
safe
and
take
off
with
the
site.
C
So
that
is
the
only
trend
that
I
could
I
could
say
that
we've
had
you
know
we
had
the
the
case
a
couple
months
ago,
where
we
ended
up
with
I,
think
actually
was
last
month,
29
or
30
internatos
and
two
subdivisions,
but
we
also
arrested
the
suspects
the
next
morning.
C
Now,
when
you
have
a
cake
when,
as
we've
talked
about
before
we're
very
blessed,
that
we
have
very
low
crime
numbers,
when
you
have
a
night
where
you
have
30
internatos
in
Canton,
that
blows
your
numbers
up,
but
the
good
thing
of
that
is,
we
got
the
suspects
in
all
property
which
returned
to
the
to
the
victims.
So
mayor,
that's
anecdotally!
Without
me,
really
looking
at
some
things.
That
would
be
the
trends
I
have
seen.
No.
B
I
appreciate
that
information
I
just
think
as
we
change
and
transition
from
how
we
used
to
communicate
that
to
our
citizens.
It's
just
how
we
just
be
cognizant
of
how
we
communicate
you
know
in
the
interim.
You
know
that
our
citizens
are
safe
and
the
wonderful
job
your
team
continues
to
do.
I
know
we
sent
out
a
press
release
on
the
entering
Auto
case
and
the
excellent
job
that
the
team
did
and
and
kudos
to
them,
but
I
appreciate
the
information
and
report.
So
thank.
C
You
foreign,
the
last
thing
is:
we've
had
some
some
hiring
going
on.
C
We
are
two
openings
right
now,
which
is
a
long
way
from
the
nine
openings
that
we
were
several
months
ago
and
I
can
tell
you
that
when
I
go,
I
just
came
back
from
the
Georgia
Chiefs
conference
in
Savannah
and
when
that's
the
number
one
question
Chiefs
ask
you
when
they
walk
up
to
you:
hey
how's,
how
many
openings
y'all
got
and
when
you
say
two
we're
we're
in
a
good
position.
C
People
people
are
pretty
envious
of
that
and
that
that
has
a
lot
to
do
with
a
lot
of
the
things
that
this
Council
on
America
city
managers
did
for
us,
it's
a
very
attractive
department
and
we're
not
really
having
it's
not
really
having
as
much
difficulty
recruiting
and
retaining
our
officers
but
officer
Brandon,
Craig
graduated,
the
Academy
I
think
last
month,
he's
now
in
daylops
daily
observation
he's
with
fto.
He
came
to
us
after
serving
this
country
in
the
United
States
Marine
Corps
and
he's
doing
very
well
in
our
training
program.
C
I
just
was
out
on
a
call
with
him
a
few
minutes
or
a
few
hours
ago,
Robert
Severance
came
from
Atlanta
Police
Department.
He
spent
18
years
with
Atlanta
police
department
and
came
here.
I
spoke
with
him
the
other
day
and
it
really
helped
me
in
my.
My
insight
was
that
he
said
you
know.
One
of
the
things
I
really
appreciate
about
being
here
is
in
Atlanta
you're,
going
from
call
to
call
to
call
to
call
here.
You
actually
get
a
chance
to
help
people.
C
When
you
go
out
on
a
domestic,
you
actually
get
to
spend
time
and
try
and
help
people.
When
you
go
out
on
whatever
a
theft
you
get
to
try
and
help
people-
and
you
know,
I
see
that
every
day,
but
sometimes
when
you
see
it
every
day,
it
doesn't
really
strike
you
until
you
hear
somebody
else
say
it
so
I
was
I
was
very
appreciative
of
that,
but
he's
actually
in
our
abbreviated
field
training
program
because
of
all
his
years
of
experience
and
he
will
probably
be
cut
loose
in
a
week.
C
We
have
two
in
the
academy
right
now:
Jesse
Vaughn
is
in
North
Central
Georgia
Academy.
He
came
to
us
after
serving
this
country
in
the
United
States
Army.
He
is
still
serving
his
country
in
the
U.S
national
guard
in
the
Army
National
Guard
and
we
have
Daniel
madranda.
He
is
in
the
academy
also.
He
came
to
us
from
the
great
state
of
New
Jersey.
So
so
you'll
know
when
you
talk
to
him.
C
F
Thanks
thanks
Chief,
yes,
ma'am
the
jail
really
is
the
best
day
fascinating
stuff.
F
A
We
put
a
lot
of
money
into
public
safety
and
you
know,
and
it's
paid
off
specifically,
as
the
chief
said
when
I
go
to
city
or
county
manager,
association
meetings,
I
hear
about
this
police
department
has
30
vacancies.
I
think
our
Sheriff's
Department
right
now
has
got
50
plus
vacancies.
A
We
don't
have
that
part
of
the
reason
why
we
don't
have
that
is
we
pay
people
what
it
takes
to
get
them
in
the
job
and
we
give
them
the
resources
and
the
training
to
do
the
job
and
we
make
sure
that
they
feel
like
they're
part
of
a
family
and
a
team
here,
so
that
they
want
to
come
to
work
every
day
and
they
want
to
serve
our
citizens.
So
we've
been
very
blessed,
but
it
does
take
money
to
do
that.
B
B
Do
we
have
any
other
announcements
or
any
other
information
to
be
shared
online.
J
11
30
in
the
morning
I'm
going
to
have
the
opportunity
to
join
the
folks
at
the
Georgia
Home
Builders
Association
meeting
in
in
Woodstock.
It's
actually
the
arrow
Exterminating
training
center
off
of
Highway
92,
and
so
at
that
event,
I
will
be
speaking
about
all
the
things
housing.
That's
going
on
in
Canton
those
things
we've
accomplished,
those
things
we're
working
on
and
kind
of,
our
vision
for
the
future.
J
B
K
Good
evening,
mayor
and
Council,
my
name
is
Amy
Moore
and
I
am
the
owner
of
pedalpunk
ATL,
and
my
address
is
8990
Main
Street,
Woodstock,
Georgia
I'm,
currently
a
resident
in
Woodstock
and
a
small
business
owner
and
I.
Have
information
I'd
like
to
pass
to
you
for
you
to
look
at
so
you
can
kind
of
understand
what
I'm,
what
I'm
speaking
to.
K
What
I've,
provided
you
is
just
a
basic
I'm,
I'm,
sorry
I
didn't
have
anything
more
prepared.
This
is
kind
of
a
last
minute
add-on
and
so
I'm,
just
just
giving
you
a
little
bit
of
preliminary
information,
but
I
did
want
to
city
of
Woodstock
that
they've
developed.
It
took
us
quite
a
while
to
revamp
the
pedicab
ordinances
in
Woodstock,
and
so
I
wanted
you
to
have
a
copy
of
that
so
that
you
had
something
to
go
by.
K
If
this
was
something
would
be
something
that
you
could
consider
and
we're
talking
about,
bringing
in
more
tourism
to
the
City
of
Canton
and
being
able
to
safely
and
in
a
fun
active
way,
bring
people
back
and
forth
between
the
mill
and
the
City
of
Canton
petal
Punk.
The
actual
name
Punk
is
punk,
is
in
somebody
harasses
somebody
else.
Punk
is
based
on
steampunk
and
era
of
Steampunk,
mixing,
wood
and
metals
kind
of
like
they
do
in
many
of
the
establishments
in
the
city
of
Woodstock
and
Canton
as
well.
K
K
We
we
stop
and
let
them
off
and
they're
able
to
get
a
refreshment
and
get
back
on
the
bike.
And
then
we
we
move
on
the
city
of
Woodstock
has
a
walkable
area.
The
Entertainment
District
is
so
walkable.
So
basically
our
rides
have
been
entertainment
based,
and
we
have
a
website
where
you
can
book
ahead
of
time
or
you
can
have
walk-up
Riders
come
to
the
bike
and
just
pay
by
the
seat.
So
you
can
book
the
whole
bike
for
a
party.
K
We've
had
several
birthday
parties,
we
started
in
December,
so
we
had
a
couple
of
Christmas
parties
and
we've
actually
had
some
teen
and
pre-teen
birthday
parties
on
board
too.
Obviously,
no
alcohol,
anytime
there's
a
minor
on
board
no
alcohol.
Even
if
there
are
adults
and
those
kids
just
really
had
a
great
time.
They
got
their
bubble,
tees
and
rode
around
and
just
really
thought
it
was
great
they're
pedaling.
There
is
a
motor
assist,
so
they
don't
have
to
Pedal
if
they
don't
want
to
Pedal.
K
A
couple
of
the
seats
do
not
have
pedaling
mechanisms
just
because
the
design
of
the
the
pedicab
and
it's
just
been
a
lot
of
fun
done
in
Woodstock
and
would
love
to
bring
that
same
concept
here,
although
a
different
model
in
that,
we
would
be
able
to
have
more
Transportation
along
those
two
between
the
two
areas.
K
So
I
just
wanted
to
present
that
to
you,
I
have
one
of
the
things
that
we
had
a
hold
up
in
Woodstock
over
the
past
couple
years.
It
did
take
me
about
two
years.
Business
going
and
Woodstock
was
the
storage
of
the
bike,
and
so
we
ended
up
behind
a
local
business
in
a
shipping
container.
K
So
now
we
have
the
stored
in
a
shipping
container
and
have
talked
to
Mike
Murphy
at
Merv
surf
about
collaborating
moving
forward
about
storage
of
the
bike
down
by
the
river,
and
so
that's
just
another
conversation
that
needs
to
happen
with
Miss
Cox
and
Dana,
Cox
and
and
the
mill
as
well
so
a
little
bit
about
myself.
I'm
an
occupational
therapist
in
the
Cobb
County
Schools
and
I've
been
an
occupational
therapist
for
34
years.
K
K
We
still
have
some
families
that
are
still
doing
virtual
learning,
but
I
wanted
to
find
something
that
people
could
do
actively
in
the
community,
but
I
love,
riding
bikes,
I'm,
a
bike
rider,
there's
a
lot
of
active
people,
residents
in
Woodstock
that
run
and
Jog
and
and
bike,
so
I
thought
well.
This
would
be
a
great
way
to
merge
the
social
piece
of
the
Entertainment
District
and
have
an
alternate
way
of
entertaining
people,
that's
active
as
well
and
you're
outside.
B
D
B
Thank
you.
No
we're
just
kind
of
looking
at
the
map
for
the
first
time
and
I
think
kind
of
understanding
that
kind
of
nuances
of
this
going
into
a
little
bit
more
depth,
I'm,
not
sure
where
we
kind
of
go
to
for
from
this.
But
anyone
have
any
questions
for
Mr
Green
at
this
time
or.
J
Yes,
Mr
Grant.
This
is
really
helpful
information.
The
map
is
great.
You
know,
there's
pretty
similar
from
the
current
to
the
proposed
I
think
what
also
might
be
helpful
for
me,
and
probably
the
council,
and
particularly
our
citizens,
is
you
know,
kind
of
kind
of
Zone
by
Zone.
J
If
you
will
the
proposed
changes,
if
you,
if
you
could
create
a
document,
that
kind
of
shows
the
rationale
behind
the
proposed
changes
and
the
benefits
and
any
detriment
that
that
change
or
or
costs
that
that
change
might
bring
to
Future
developers,
I
think
that
would
help
me
in
my
own
mind,
solidify
exactly
what
we're
talking
about
doing
and
the
changes
that
we're
considering
making.
Does
that
make
sense?
Yes,.
D
B
And
I
know
I
know
one
one
goal
is
to
to
simplify
and
consolidate,
which
you
know
we
talked
about
in.
Certainly
this
map
seems
to
do
a
great
job
of
and
I
know
there
were
certain
areas
of
the
city
where
we're
looking
at
or
some
changes
need
to
occur.
B
B
D
B
Please
pass
along
our
thanks,
so
we'll
look
forward
to
gelling
in
this
in
Greater
detail
as
we
before,
but
good
progress.
Thank
you.
A
A
She
keeps
our
facility
safe,
she's,
always
a
bright
face
for
everybody
that
walks
in
Audrey's
been
with
us
now,
almost
six
years,
I
think
and
and
one
of
the
first
things
that
we
decided
as
a
city
was
that
if
we
wanted
to
take
care
of
our
facilities,
we
wanted
to
have
our
own
staff
that
were
doing
that
care
for
us,
and
so
we
brought
Audrey
in
and
she's,
been
a
member
of
our
team.
Since
then,
she
does
such
a
wonderful
job.
A
Her
colleagues,
that
recommended
her
for
the
award
for
for
the
month
of
July,
basically
said
she
comes
in
and
she's
always
helping.
You
know
there's
no
task
too
small
for
her
there's
no
time
when
you
need
an
extra
hand
that
she's
not
there
to
provide
it,
and
so
we're
very
excited
to
be
able
to
recognize
her
as
the
team
member
of
the
month
for
July
next
week.
A
Most
of
them
will
be
in
training
sessions,
all-day
training
sessions
that
are
required
of
different
boards
and
organizations
under
state
law.
Tuesday
and
Wednesday
will
be
more
concurrent
sessions
and
mobile
tours
there'll
be
an
opportunity
for
those
individuals
to
be
out
in
the
community
and
learn
from
our
businesses,
learn
from
our
staff,
our
elected
officials
and
peers
from
other
communities.
A
lot
of
the
activities
will
take
place
at
the
Mill
and
also
here
in
downtown
on
Tuesday
night.
We're
very
excited
because
we'll
be
hosting
terrific
Tuesday,
so
think
about
first
Friday.
A
A
There's
an
awards
event
at
the
Canton
theater
one
night,
and
then
most
of
those
individuals
will
do
some
day-long
excursions
on
Thursday
that
include
rafting
trips
on
the
river
that
include
bike
rides
in
the
Parks,
and
things
like
that,
so
they
can
also
get
out
in
our
community.
So
I
hope
that
I
hope
that
you
will
see
some
of
those
folks
with
name
tags
around
and
say
hello
to
them.
I
did
want
to
mention
on
this
particular
item
about
pedal
Punk.
A
We
are
familiar
with
the
organization
and
we
have
sat
down
with
the
city
attorney
to
look
at
our
ordinance,
see
what
it
would
take
to
change
our
ordinances
for
that
type
of
Youth.
So
if
Council
wants
to
put
that
on
an
agenda
item
for
a
further
discussion
at
an
upcoming
meeting,
we
believe
we've
got
the
information
that
we
can
provide
to
you
and
let
you
know
what
changes
would
be
required
to
do
that.
A
B
Don't
have
anything
I
did
want
to
just
say
how
excited
we
are
to
be
hosting
I.
Think
there's
300
people
from
across
the
state
coming
to
our
downtown
coming
to
our
city,
to
see
how
we
do
things
in
the
coolest
small
town
in
America,
and
so
we're
excited
to
host
people
from
around
the
state
and
other
Main
Street
programs
in
downtown
associations
and
I
want
to
thank
our
team
and
and
public
works.
I
think
been
a
big
part.
It's
been
been
really
scrubbing.
B
So
I'm
I'm
just
impressed
I'm
impressed
with
how
our
downtown
looks
every
day,
but
I've
seen
comments
and
people
commenting
and
they've
noticed
the
work
that's
gone
into
this
so
I
know
we're
we'll
be
picture
perfect,
ready
for
their
arrival,
and
it's
just
very
exciting
and
and
I
just
want
to
thank
all
the
hard
work
that's
gone
in
in
preparing
for
that.
So,
and
with
that,
I
will
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
to
Executive
session
for
Real
Estate
litigation
and
personnel.