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From YouTube: Columbus GA City Council Meeting 07 25 2023
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A
Mayor
skip
Henderson
city
manager,
Isaiah
Hughley
pops,
Barnes
district,
one
Glenn
Davis
district
2,
Bruce
Huff
District
3,
Toya,
Tucker,
District,
4,
Charmaine,
crab
District,
5,
Gary,
Allen,
mayor
Pro,
tem
and
District
Six
Joanne
kogel
district
7,
Walker
Garrett,
District,
8,
Judy,
Thomas
posts;
nine
at
large
counselor
Tyson,
Begley,
Post
10
at
large
counselor,
Sandra,
Davis,
Clerk
of
counsel
and
City
Attorney
Clifton
Faye,
Columbus
Georgia.
This
is
your
city
council.
B
We
are
pleased
to
have
you
all
join
us
this
evening
and
we
are
going
to
begin
our
meeting
as
we
do
all
of
our
meetings
and
that's
by
invoking
God's
presence
on
these
proceedings
is
Pastor
Gloria
Smith
from
Pleasant
Grove,
Baptist
Church.
C
As
we
come
now,
we
come
in
the
holy
and
righteous
name
of
Jesus,
knowing
that
you're,
the
one
that
got
all
power
invested
in
your
hand,
we
come
father
God
not
for
a
show
form
of
passion,
but
we
come
father
God,
giving
you
all
the
Praises,
giving
you
all
of
the
honor
and
giving
you
all
of
the
glory.
We
pray
father
God
that
you
would
come
and
be
in
the
midst
of
this
meeting
that
you
will
allow
your
holy
Divine
will
to
be
done.
We
pray
father
God
that
you
will
bless
the
mayor.
C
Father
God
bless
the
say
the
consulate,
father
God,
let
your
will
be
done.
As
this
meeting
begin
father
God,
we
pray
that
you
would
be
in
the
midst
of
it.
You
said
in
your
word
that
if
my
peoples,
who
has
been
called
by
my
name,
will
humble
themselves
turn
from
their
Wicked
Ways
seek
my
face
and
I
will
come
and
I
will
heal
their
land,
so
father
God,
we
come
now
asking
you
in
Jesus
name
to
continue
to
bless
and
bless
them
out
of
powerful
way.
C
Father
God,
not
only
for
the
city
council,
the
father,
God,
but
I
pray
that
you
were
blessed
each
and
every
soul
that
in
the
midst,
father
God,
let
your
whole
in
Your
Divine
will
be
done.
These
and
all
blessing
father,
God
we're
asking
and
we're
asking
it
in
Jesus
name
but
Christ,
say
amen,
and
we
thank
you.
God.
B
B
B
D
Thank
you
good
evening,
mayor
members
of
council,
Mr
city
manager,
City
attorney.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
recognize
these
fine
folks
that
are
here
today.
You
know
oftentimes
in
in
public
safety.
Our
folks
in
the
fire
department
are
often
labeled
with
the
term
hero
and
while
appreciative
of
that
that
moniker,
if
you
ask
any
one
of
them,
they
will
tell
you
they're
simply
doing
their
job
and
they're.
D
Just
humble
public
servants
and
I
agree
with
that,
but
I'm
still
going
to
call
them
Heroes,
but
every
once
in
a
while,
we
come
across
someone
in
our
community
who
is
involved
in
a
circumstance
where
they
feel
compelled
by
the
circumstances
around
them,
to
engage
in
Acts
of
heroism
that
quite
honestly
go
beyond
probably
their
scope
that
they
were
normally
called
to
do.
D
They
were
not
charged
with
Public
Service
they're,
not
in
public
safety
for
the
most
part,
but
they're
compelled
by
their
passion,
for
a
fellow
man
to
intervene
and
to
act
and
in
this
case
save
alive.
So
we
are
honored
and
appreciative
of
the
opportunity
to
recognize
these
individuals
today
and
I
like
to
call
up
deputy
chief
Daniel
horde
to
do
the
presentation.
E
Thank
you
Chief
and
good
evening.
As
Steve
said,
I'm
deputy
chief
Daniel
hoard
April
20th
2022
I
had
the
opportunity
to
serve
as
our
operations
chief
that
day,
I
received
a
call
from
station
eight
who
was
blown
away
by
what
they
had
witnessed
at
Brookstone
school
today.
Joining
me
here,
I
have
the
incoming
Headmaster
Henry
Heil,
along
with
Lucy
pound
Nate
McConnell
and
Johnny
Ellerbe
on
April
20th
I
received
this
narrative
from
Megan
Etheridge,
who
is
Colin
etheridge's
Mom.
It
says
on
April
20th
2022
I
received
a
phone
call.
E
No
parent
should
ever
have
to
hear
my
13
year
old
son
Colin
had
gone
into
sudden
Cardiac
Arrest
at
Brookstone
school.
After
running
up
a
flight
of
steps.
He
was
not
breathing
and
had
no
pulse.
He
was
only
here
today
due
to
the
brave
actions
of
four
faculty
and
staff
members.
These
four
individuals
single-handedly
kept
my
child
Alive
by
providing
prompt
CPR
in
the
use
of
an
AED.
During
the
time
they
waited
for
EMS
to
arrive.
They
never
gave
up
trying
to
save
him.
He
received
two
separate
shocks
from
the
AED
and
continual
CPR.
E
It
is
a
true
miracle
that
he
is
alive
with
us
today
without
any
permanent
damage.
He
spent
a
significant
time
in
Children's,
Healthcare,
Atlanta,
recovering
and
I
wish
for
them
to
be
honored
for
their
heroism
that
day
station
eight,
they
said
the
same
thing.
They
called
me
and
said
when
our
folks
arrived,
he
already
had
a
return
of
pulse
and
they
were
amazed
at
what
they
saw.
B
B
Thank
you
Chief.
Would
you
all
like
to
say
a
few
words
come
on.
You
can't
leave
us
hanging,
you
sure.
Well,
listen!
It's
a
magnificent
act
on
all
your
parts.
Most
people
hesitate
to
jump
into
a
situation
like
that
because
y'all
did
it
actually
saved
life.
So
we're
proud
of
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
for
your
service.
B
F
Thank
you,
mayor,
I,
just
think
this
moment
it's
appropriate
all
of
us,
or
many
of
us
right
here
at
this
table.
Remember
our
colleague.
They
used
to
sit
right
here
in
memory.
You
know
he
was
the
advocate.
He
was
the
one
that
really
pushed
for
those
systems,
those
devices
to
be
to
be
put
in
all
all
the
schools.
The
government
centers
his
wife
Joe.
She
she
pushed
for
it.
They
were
big
Advocates
of
that,
and
here
you
see.
You
know
an
example
today,
where
it
saved
a
life.
Marion
I.
F
Just
think
that
we,
you
know
it
would
be.
It
wouldn't
be
right
if
we
didn't
bring
recognition
to
that,
and
you
know
that
I
wish.
You
would
share
a
few
words
about
that,
but
he
he
was
a
dear
friend,
but
he
pushed
for
that
hard
right
here
at
this
table
many
many
times
and
a
lot
of
us
were
trying
to
figure
out
what
he
was
talking
about.
Well,
here's
an
example
of
exactly
what
he
was
the
fruits
of
his
labor
many
years
ago.
B
Aed's
absolutely
saved
lives.
This
building's
actually
named
after
councilor
C.E
red
McDaniels,
the
citizen
service
center.
He
actually
suffered
a
massive
heart
attack
when
he
was
sitting
at
home
and
his
son,
who
happened
to
be
a
paramedic,
brought
him
back
and
that
initiated
a
campaign
on
behalf
of
his
wife
and
and,
of
course,
red
his
wife.
Joe
did
not
rest
until
she
had
an
AED
in
just
about
every
city
facility
throughout
throughout
this
government,
so
they
they
are
significant.
I
would
urge
everybody
listening.
B
If
you
don't
know,
CPR
take
a
class
if
you,
if
you
work
in
the
building-
and
they
have
aeds,
make
sure
you
know
where
they
are
and
make
sure
you
know
how
to
use
them,
we're
going
through
a
systematic
approach
to
making
sure
that
all
of
our
folks
know
how
to
use
them
right
now
in
the
new
in
the
new
building,
so
councilor,
thank
you
for
bringing
that
up.
B
G
Now
Chris
has,
it
has
had
it
for
several
days.
G
Well,
we
will
we'll
forge
on
then.
Okay,
basically,
you
all
have
a
copy
of
the
written
report
and
a
copy
of
the
related
PowerPoint.
The
authorization
from
Council
came
on
August
9th
of
2022.
G
In
terms
of
our
audit
process.
We
have
the
authorization
of
the
audit,
of
course,
the
development
of
the
audit
program,
the
entrance
conference
with
the
Oddity
and
the
conduct
of
field
work
continuing
with
audit
process,
the
preparation
of
the
draft
audit
report
exit
conference,
whether
Oddity
The
Oddities
response
and
preparation
of
the
final
audit
report,
audit
scope.
We
were
looking
at
the
budget
performance
in
our
most
recently
completed
fiscal
22
as
compared
to
previous
years.
G
The
recommendations
ultimately
have
come
from
not
just
working
with
Fire
EMS
in
their
Administration
and
their
records
management
and
studying
their
their
budget
activities,
but
also
had
an
opportunity
to
spend
a
good
bit
of
time
with
Alan
Young's
collection
team
in
finance
Revenue
under
the
leadership
of
Yvonne
Ivey,
and
it
was
really
it
was
interesting.
It
was
very
beneficial.
They
made
a
big
contribution
to
the
ultimate
recommendations
in
terms
of
recommendations.
G
First
and
foremost
would
recognize
a
budgetary
line
item
inside
of
our
Fire
EMS
budget
to
specifically
address
the
ongoing
costs
of
outsourced,
labor
contracts
for
Aged,
Fleet
repairs
and
what
we're
finding
there.
You
know,
sometimes
the
the
certified
technicians
that
you
would
like
to
have
in
Fleet,
perhaps
they've
retired,
in
some
cases,
and
we
have
not
filled
the
those
positions
with
similarly
certified
folks.
So
you
still
have
a
lot
of
of
outside
Contracting
with
some
of
the
more
aged
Vehicles.
G
G
Then
additionally,
I'm
suggesting
one
additional
FTE
and
the
collection
technicians
team,
as
they
had
previously
been
staffed
at
four
in
years
past,
when
the
billing
volume
was
actually
lower
than
it
is
today.
This
FTE
should
be
totally
devoted
to
EMS,
as
existing
staff
to
vote.
75
percent
of
their
efforts
to
EMS
additional
training
should
be
provided
to
the
EMS
teams,
addressing
the
importance
of
submitting
pre-hospital
care
reports
that
meet
the
minimum
standards
for
billing.
G
That
is
very
good,
so
basically
they're
taking
what
they're
given
and
if
it,
in
fact
you
know,
is
one
of
those
frivolous
calls
and
they
come
where
we
have
a
lady
that
was
in
the
parking
lot
in
a
parked
car
of
the
Piedmont
Hospital
and
called
9-1-1,
because
she
wanted
a
ride
to
the
front
door
that
that
doesn't
really
fly.
H
G
Would
be
in
the
finance
Revenue
Department
beneath
the
leadership
of
Alan
Young?
Yes,
okay,
thank
you.
It
would
be
in
that
work
area,
yes,
and
looking
a
little
further
at
the
fact
that
75
of
all
of
our
claims
go
through
Medicare
or
Medicaid.
Ccg
should
probably
consider
contributing
to
the
Medicare
Medicaid
Clearinghouse.
Now
this
is
a
financial
decision
you
invest
in
this
annually,
which
would
then
provide
an
additional
level
of
coverage
for
our
submitted
claims.
G
Now
these
have
to
be
submitted,
claims
that
are
approved
that
are
eligible
claims,
of
course,
so
I
as
I
understand
it
in
years
past.
Perhaps
our
volume
numbers
were
not
sufficiently
high
or
there
was
concern
that
we
would
make
the
investment
and
perhaps
not
recover
our
fair
share.
We
would
not
recover
adequately
from
the
investment.
What
it
really
means
is
that,
if
say
Medicare,
for
instance,
maybe
pays
500
for
a
particular
in
a
run
and
they
would
pay
their
500
even
if
we
had
billed
1500.
G
But
if
we
were
investors
in
the
clearing
house,
if
it
were
an
eligible
claim
type,
there
would
be
a
supplemental
payment
made
of
another
two
or
three
hundred
dollars,
but
it
is
a
decision
point
because
you
would
have
to
feel
comfortable
that
you
were
going
to
recover
your
investment.
If,
in
the
future,
decisions
lead
to
the
use
of
a
private
billing
service,
it
will
be
necessary
to
maintain
points
of
contact
within
ccg.
Both
Finance
revenue
and
Fire
EMS
should
participate
as
points
of
contact
for
any
service
that
might
be
engaged.
G
The
private
service
will
still
need
audit
oversight
in
order
to
ensure
compliance
with
the
service
agreement.
It's
not
unlike
a
performance
audit
I
did
for
you
all
a
few
months
back
to
just
see
if
the
contractor
is
is
living
up
to
you
know
what
what
we've
committed
to
you
know
and
that's
that's
something
that
would
help
it
be
successful.
G
As
a
community,
we've
begun
perceiving
EMS
as
a
taxi
cab
service,
and
it's
recommended
that
ccg
adopt
and
enforce
a
finer
penalty
for
abuse
of
the
911
system
in
related
EMS
Service
Such,
a
penalty
is
likely
to
reduce
the
abuse
that
is
currently
unaddressed,
and
you
see
it
in
the
details
of
your
written
report,
but
we
do
have
a
lot
of
calls
where
someone's
nose
is
running
but
they're
out
of
cigarettes,
and
you
know
that
that's
the
substance
of
what's
turned
in
and
to
a
certain
extent
that
clogs
the
line
in
terms
of
volume-
and
you
know
perhaps
EMS
is
needed
out
on
the
freeway
with
an
accident.
G
You
know
something
that
that
has
in
a
stronger
Merit,
perhaps
now
I
know
we've
recently.
There
were
some
questions
posed
in
terms
of
recent
efforts
say
with
with
false
alarms.
You
know:
has
that
been
beneficial?
You
know
when
we
have
this
Cry
Wolf
program.
Has
that
been
helpful
and
at
least
from
the
police
perspective,
they
are
seeing
the
last
two
or
three
years
they
are
seeing
a
decrease
as
a
result
of
their
efforts
in
the
number
of
false
alarms
that
they,
they
are.
G
You
know
taking
away
taken
away
from
crime
prevention
and
they're
they're
addressing
false
alarms.
So
what
they've
done
they're,
not
citation
they're,
not
issuing
citations,
for
instance,
but
they
have
a
tiered
structure
where
the
first
offense
for
the
month
is
free.
The
second
one
is
going
to
cost,
you
I
believe
a
hundred
dollars
and
the
one
after
that's
going
to
maybe
cost
you
double
that
yeah.
So
there
are
Financial
incentives
to
have
your
house
in
order
and
and
not
be
firing
off
the
false
alarms.
G
So
if
that's
any
guide,
it
might
be
beneficial
to
make
some
effort
to
shut
down
the
taxi
cabs.
Are
there
any
other
questions
that
city,
council
or
executive
management
have
regarding
the
report.
G
J
Yes
and
reference
to
what
you
was
mentioning
regarding
I
guess:
the
abuse
of
doing.
G
G
G
Now,
I,
don't
know
we
have
Alan
in
the
audience.
Would
you
be
able
to
speculate?
How
often
you
run
into
one
of
those
come
on
up
with
me.
K
J
L
K
G
Young
and
his
team,
they
were
a
pleasure
to
work
with
and
very
very
hard
workers,
and
they
sometimes
get
the
feeling
that
they're
a
little
less
appreciated.
They've
got
mountains
of
of
bad
mail.
That
needs
to
be
researched.
It's
it's
a
really
heavy
duty
area
where
there's
a
lot
of
work
going
on
and
they
were
a
pleasure
to
work
with.
F
Thank
you,
mayor,
I,
really
Miss
McGinnis,
thanks
for
putting
this
and
pulling
this
report
together.
It's
a
lot
of
work
here,
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
have
cleared
my
eyes
to
some
matters
that
I
thought
might
might
make
a
difference,
but
it
turned
out
to
be
there's
some
very
good,
I
think
some
very
good
management
going
on,
but
I'd
like
to
draw
your
attention
to
the
to
the
Oddity
response,
and
in
that
first
sentence
you
know
the
just
the
the
point
that
they
make
there
and
I'm
not
going
to
read
it.
F
It's
you
already
put
it
back
up
on
there,
but
it's
talking
about
their
fiduciary
responsibility
and
I,
think
they're
they're
doing
a
good
job
and
that
the
citizens
can
have
confidence
in
that
one
of
the
things
that
I
thought
was
going
to
be
way
out
of
balance
was
just
the
maintenance
aspect
to
keep
those
fire
trucks
and
ambulances
running
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
I,
don't
think
people
really
appreciate
that,
but
I
think
that's
been
really
managed
well
and
I,
don't
you!
F
You
know
I've
often
thought
that
there
might
be
better
ways
to
serve
our
Department
Public
Safety.
In
general,
from
maybe
dedicated
mechanics
or
workshops
where
they
can
go
with
these
Public
Safety
vehicles
and
get
them
in
and
get
them
out
real
quick
via
waiting
in
line
with
all
the
other
vehicles
across
the
board
that
has
to
be
taken
care
of
through
through
maintenance
in
the
city,
I
I
think.
Maybe
some
of
those
things
are
happening,
I'm
not
sure,
but
certainly
that
might
be
something
we.
F
We
are
to
look
at
ways
to
expedite
the
the
needs
of
the
Department
of
fire
and
EMS
and
getting
those
Vehicles
out
and
running
I
was
really
surprised
at
the
cost
to
do
business
with
the
EMS
just
with
the
ambulances
running
those
ambulances
day
in
and
day
out,
just
the
cost.
You
know
that's
again,
I,
don't
think
the
citizens
really
understand
that
when
they
see
our
budget
and
that
that
cost
has
not
gone
down,
that
cost
goes
up
and
it's
continued
to
gone
up.
F
Gone
is
going
up
and
will
continue
to
go
up,
certainly
in
the
light
of
the
the
economy
and
what
what
inflation
has
done
to
needs
and
resources
equipment,
drugs
all
those
things
they
have
to
keep
these
vehicles
stocked
all
the
time.
So
one
of
the
things
I
I,
think
those
things
are
are
all
in
line
so
I
said
it
earlier.
F
One
of
the
things
that
I
was
seeing
was
that
that
you
know
having
the
confidence
that
things
are
being
handled
there,
but
on
the
flip
side
of
that
being
what
I
just
said
about
the
continued
increased
in
cost
and
the
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
everything
possible
to
support
that
operation
collections,
Billings
and
collections
is
a
is
an
important
factor
and
in
looking
at
this
and
trying
to
understand
it
over
the
course
of
time
and
where
we're
at
today
and
now
we're
we're
looking
at
that
in
making
a
corrective
action
in
what
we
need
to
do.
F
I
think
that
there's
still
some
work
that
needs
to
be
done,
I
feel
good
about
firing
EMS
on
that
site.
It's
a
good
report
but
I
feel
like
we
need
to
go
on
the
other
side.
We're
actually
you
know,
I
had
to
connect
the
dots
on
billing
and
Collections,
and
all
that
I
had
to
connect
the
dots,
because
I
thought
a
lot
of
that
work
was
being
done
on
the
fire
and
EMS
side.
But
it's
not
you
know.
They're
involved
in
the
day-to-day
operations.
F
I
think
it's
important
that
the
council
consider
calling
for
an
audit
to
follow
that
trail.
We
need
to
go
on
into
the
other
side
of
that
equation,
even
if
we
were
to
contract
out
with
a
third
party,
because
it's
necessary
to
understand
it.
F
Where
we've
been
where
we
come
from,
where
we're
at,
where
we're
at
today
and
then
moving
forward,
and
even
if
we
do
contract
out
they're
going
to
need
all
that
information.
So
it's
I
think
it's
really
really
key
that
we
go
in
there
and
do
an
audit
and
continue
to
go
in
on
that
side
and
and
mayor
I,
probably
after
I
hear
from
my
colleagues,
would
would
make
that
motion
to
go
ahead
and
and
and
look
into
that.
F
It's
it's
appropriate
based
on
on
this
report
and
would
certainly
help
as
as
we
move
forward
and
try
to
definitely
make
sure
that
the
citizens
know
that
that
things
financially
are
being
handled
in
an
accountable
way.
F
So
that's
really
all
I
have
to
say
about
this
I.
Don't
you
know,
I,
don't
have
enough
information
to
go
into
detail,
but
that's
one.
What
I
just
said
kind
of
just
kind
of
jumps
out
off
the
page
and
what
needs
to
be
done
and
probably
the
sooner
the
better
to
go
ahead
and
get
that
done
and
move
forward,
because
if
some
of
the
plans
that
are
coming
up,
I
think
fire
and
EMS
is
in
that
stage
right
now
and
planning
and
getting
ready,
I
mean
we
need
to
stay
up
with
them.
F
We
need
to
work
along
with
them,
and
sometimes
these
processes
that
we
have
in
place
take.
You
know
it
takes
we're
learning
it
takes
a
long
time
to
to
you
know
to
to
find
out.
You
know
who
can
do
what
at
what
cost
and
and
going
through
the
appropriate
legal,
well
I'm,
really
talking
about
the
process
of
rfps
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff
it.
F
You
know
it
takes
a
while
to
write
it
all
up
and
to
get
going
so
we
need
to
keep
up
with
Chief,
with
fire
and
EMS
and
and
right
alongside
you
guys,
because
I
know
you
got
plans
and
and
I
just
want
the
citizens
to
understand
that.
You
know
the
amount
of
calls
the
volume
the
services
that
are
provided.
I,
don't
think
we
really
focus
on
the
you
know
the
micro.
F
Sometimes
we
see
them
the
macro,
the
bigger
picks,
but
we
never
see
what's
going
on
day
to
day
operations
and
I
think
this
audit
was
good
because
it
opened
my
eyes
to
a
lot
of
things.
You
know
of
understanding
and
I
I
really
didn't
realize
that
it.
It
took
this
kind
of
resources,
the
revenue
resources
to
make
this
thing
happen.
So
if
that's
the
case,
we
need
to
be
there.
We
need
to
be
there
for
fire
and
EMS.
We
got
to
make
the
adjustments.
F
The
council
realizing
that
we
may
have
to
provide
more
resources
in
the
future
to
make
this
happen,
because
it's
it's
a
it's
a
significant
operation
when
you
look
at
it
and
and
chief
thanks
for
all
the
work
your
team
did
and
pulling
all
this
together,
I
think
it
really
it's
really
good
stuff
and
has
opened
our
eyes.
D
Councilman,
thank
you,
I'd
like
to
give
you
a
message
if
I
didn't
think
Donna
our
order
and
Allen
and
his
team
who
work
with
us
so
diligently,
they
have
a
ton
of
work
to
do
they're,
understaffed
and
overworked,
and
we
appreciate
the
efforts
that
they
put
forward.
It
is
a
Monumental
task,
I
think
I
share
with
the
mayor.
Our
EMS
call
volume
went
up
13
or
should
be
16
compared
to
this
last
quarter.
Last
year,
that's
significant,
considering
that
we
run
about
38
000
calls
for
EMS
a
year.
B
Thanks,
sir
and
I
will
say
that
the
The
Command
Staff
and
the
fire
fire
department,
cfms
they're,
constantly
working
and
strategizing
on
new
and
innovative
ways
to
meet
these
demands,
going
forward,
they're
not
standing
Pat.
Most
of
you
have
had
an
opportunity,
I
think
to
attend
one
of
their
command
meetings.
If
you
haven't,
you
need
to
schedule
a
time
to
go
because
they
they
really
pay
attention
to
detail.
I
know
they
do
a
retreat
every
year,
trying
to
figure
out
best
practices.
What
what's
going
on
around
the
country?
M
Two
questions
the
first
first
question
for
the
frivolous
taxi
cab:
yes,
I
assume
for
those
requests,
I
can't
imagine
they're
actually
paying
for
the
ambulance
and
probably
aren't
going
to
pay
for
a
fee
either.
What
are
other
communities
doing
in
that
situation?.
G
There
are
communities
that
are
not
necessarily
going
with
a
citation,
but
are
doing
a
little
bit
like
what
we're
doing
with
the
cry
wolf
with
the
false
alarms
where
they
are
putting
a
financial
penalty
in
there.
In
other
words,
the
first
offense
may
be
free.
The
second
offense
has
a
price.
Third
offense
has
a
larger
price
and
there
are
some
communities
that
have
tried
that
type
of
thing,
but
I
I'm
not
really
aware
of
anyone.
That's
just
flat
out
writing
citations.
G
Now
again,
then,
you've
got
a
collections
matter
because,
as
you've
seen
in
the
detail
of
your
report,
you
have
folks
that
if
they
are
covered
by
a
third
party
insurance
provider,
something
like
maybe
Anthem,
Blue
Cross
Blue
Shield
comes
to
mind
something
of
that
nature
rather
than
Medicare
or
Medicaid,
and
folks
that
are
covered
and
present
that
type
of
insurance
they've
learned
that
their
insurance
provider
will
pay
the
benefit
directly
to
them
in
their
mailbox.
So
they've
figured
out.
This
is
my
supplemental
income.
G
If
you
can
get
it
and
then
the
pursuit
shifts
over
in
the
collections
team,
where
it's
upon
them
to
pursue
those
ambulatory
monies
that
are
owed
back
to
the
city
and
at
that
point,
these
these
frequent
callers
are
less
enthusiastic
about
remitting
the
money
back
to
us
and
and
they
don't
necessarily
have
the
manpower
to
drill
to
China
on
each
of
these.
But
they
have
generally
seen
a
pattern
and
they
they
know
the
neighborhoods
that
might
come
out
of
that
type
of.
D
If
I
can
add
something
one
of
the
things
one
of
the
programs
that
we
are
looking
at,
we
have
a
number
of
folks
in
our
community
who
are
Adept
at
there
are
routine
callers.
They
call
us,
they
call
us
for
on
a
regular
basis,
sometimes
for
no
good
emergency
reason.
We're
looking
at
a
program
to
address
these
types
of
calls.
D
We
have
a
a
Grant
application
in
through
Senator
alsov's
office
to
staff
a
to
acquire
and
staff
a
quick
response
vehicle
to
go
out
to
some
of
these
calls
and
truly
get
to
what's
the
nature
of
the
issue
and
I'm
not
talking
about
the
calls
that
are
hey,
I
I
need
to
go
smoke
a
cigarette
as
you
referred
to
earlier,
but
folks
who
truly
have
needs
that
the
fire
department
can't
meet,
but
they
need
they
need
help.
They
need
Social
Services.
They
need
mental
health
support,
they
need
a
nurse
practitioner
whatever
it
is.
D
So
we
are
actively
evaluating
that
program.
I
work
very
closely
with
agencies
across
the
country
and
looking
at
Best
Practices
to
address
those
types
of
things.
There's
a
lot
of
opportunity
out
there.
Each
one
of
course
comes
with
it
with
a
price
tag,
but
I
think
one
of
the
programs
is
that
we're
evaluating
now
we're
going
to
hopefully
pilot
in
2024
to
try
to
get
some
data
to
show
the
validity
of
the
program
and
then
hopefully
bring
it
to
Market.
M
The
second
question
I
think
it's
more
for
the
city
manager
on
the
two
audit
recommendations.
It'd
be
nice
to
get
some
additional
information.
So
we
can
try
to
evaluate
these
both
on
the
the
contribution
to
the
Medicare
Medicaid
Clearinghouse
and
what
additional
coverage
we
might
expect
from
that,
as
well
as
comparing
the
private
billing
to
the
internal
billing.
Just
as
we
weigh
those
decisions
to
get
some
additional
numbers
on
those.
G
If
I
may
well
we're
here
in
this
moment,
I'd
like
to
introduce
teammates
who
are
with
us
tonight,
they're
working
very
hard
they've
they've
just
got
a
spunk
for
what
we're
after
and
we
have
Jonathan
Smith
and
Ben
Meadow
and
then
the
second
row
right
there
and
just
delighted
to
have
them
aboard
they're
working
on
their
CFE.
We
are,
you
know,
working
on
two
audits,
pretty
eagerly
right
now
and
are
open
to
other
assignments.
H
Chief
scarper
I
was
glad
to
hear
you
say
that
you
are
working
to
deal
with
this
taxicab
issue.
I
know
that
in
the
past
the
there
have
been
a
lot
of
calls
of
people
who
want
to
go
to
the
emergency
room
because
they
don't
have
a
doctor
and
they
need
a
doctor
and
they
just
want
to
go
to
the
emergency
room
and
it's
not
necessarily
a
a
an
emergency,
but
they
do
need
to
see
someone.
H
The
other
piece
of
this
that
I
would
I
have
some
real
questions
about
when
we
instituted
the
fine
for
people
or
the
whatever.
You
want
to
call
it
for
false
alarms.
Those
were
in
homes
where
people
lived
and
had
an
alarm
I
would
be
willing
to
bet
you
that
most
of
the
folks
that
we're
talking
about
now
don't
live
in
a
home.
H
H
You
say
that
you're
trying
to
find
some
other
way
of
handling
that
population
I
know
that
we
have
that
population
in
Columbus
and
we've
got
to
do
something
to
make
sure
you
know
that
they're
they're,
taken
care
of
I
happen
to
be
talking
to
one
of
our
Battalion
Chiefs
yesterday
about
quarter
to
three.
Yesterday
afternoon
there
were
no
ambulances
in
any
Firehouse
in
Columbus.
H
They
were
all
out
either
picking
somebody
up
or
doing
some
something
at
someone's
house,
or
they
were
at
the
hospital
with
a
patient
they
had
taken-
and
you
said
to
me:
that's
not
an
unusual
event
that
all
of
our
ambulances
are
out
doing
that
kind
of
work.
So
whatever
we
can
do
you
know
if
if
we
could
charge
a
fine
and-
and
it
would
put
a
stop
to
that-
you
know
that
that's
one
but
I,
don't
believe
that's
going
to
happen.
I.
H
D
You
yeah
that
that
specific
population
is
very
difficult
and
unfortunately,
or
unfortunately,
I
guess
for
us.
We
are
not
the
only
entity
in
the
country
dealing
with
this
similar
situation,
so
I've
been
fortunate
to
network
with
folks
around
the
country
to
see
what's
working
in
other
places
and
look
forward
to
bringing
some
of
that
here.
N
Thank
you
to
to
tag
on
what
counselor
Thomas
said.
If
these
are
homeless,
and
so
they
would
be
indigent,
so
couldn't
we
since
we're
trying
to
readdress
the
Indigent
care
and
the
funds
and
how
we're
going
to
use
them?
This
might
be
a
way
that
we
can
use
Indigent
care
funds
to
reimburse
for
the
short
in
the
collections.
N
You
know
if
we're
not
getting
it
from
Medicaid
Medicare
that
maybe
that
so
I'd
like
us
to
look
into
the
possible
use
of
of
those
Indigent
care
funds
to
reimburse
us
for
this.
J
Yes,
I
was
looking
at
Chief
scarf,
but
I
don't
know
if
that's
a
possibility,
but
you
were
saying
something
about
a
software
and
I.
Just
came
back
from
the
Naco
conference
in
Austin
Texas,
and
this
was
one
of
the
things
that
we
were
talking
about
regarding
energy
Health,
Care,
Solutions
and
ways
that
we
can
ensure
that
we're
reducing
the
care
costs.
So
where
you
were
talking
about
500
dollars,
they
have
this
software
system.
That
will
actually
basically
do
it
for
you.
J
But
I
do
have
this
for
not
just
you,
but
for
us
and
the
sheriff
I
think
he
already
uses
something,
and
hopefully
soon
we
won't
call
it
Indigent
healthcare,
we'll
call
it
Community,
Health
Care
Program
in
Columbus.
One
of
the
things
that
I
did
learn
while
I
was
in
Texas,
is
that
Columbus
is
really
on
the
map
when
it
comes
to
providing
care
for
indigents.
J
J
You
said
that
you
had
like
two,
and
this
is
outside
of
the
fire
department.
You
had
two
more
audits
coming
up.
Can
you
tell
us
which
ones.
G
We
are
in
inspection
of
codes,
you
know
with
Ryan
Pruitt.
We
are
also
over
in
community
redevelopment
with
Rob
Scott.
That's
where
we
are
at
the
present
time.
O
I
I
completely
agree
with
my
colleagues.
You
know,
there's
seems
to
be
a
lot
of
money,
that's
going
in
and
out
of
this
situation,
so
I
I
completely
agree
with
with
Glenn
on
looking
into
that
and
I
was
wondering
if,
since
you've
got
two
in
the
hopper
per
se
right
I
know
you
sent
us
a
list
of
departments
that
had
been
audited
and
ones
that
needed
to
be
audited
in
order
of
when
they
had
been
audited.
O
Last
and
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
make
a
recommendation,
I
mean
I
put
them
in
some
order,
just
based
yeah,
just
simply
based
on
year
of
when
they
were
last
audited,
and
you
know
we're
trying
to
get
our
city
back
on
track
and
do
the
right
thing
by
the
citizens
and
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
recommend
off
the
top
of
your
head.
Two
three
four
departments
that
might
need
to
be
looked
at
next.
G
After
your,
but
when
we,
when
we
looked
recently
at
just
the
universe,
you
know
the
directory
of
our
departments
and
programs
and
when
they
were
last
audited
and
the
nature
of
the
audit
was
a
special
project.
Was
it
limited
scope,
whatever
it
was
I
would
say
in
general,
there's
there's
about
five
of
them
that
kind
of
come
to
mind.
It's
been
a
while,
since
we
have
been
in
parks
and
rec
that
that's
something
that
we
probably
ought
to
do.
G
Sometimes
in
Parks
and
Recreation,
the
workforce
investment
office
is
a
place
where
we've
not
been
in
a
very
long
time
and
they
handle
a
lot
of
funding
that
you
know
needs
to
be
utilized.
You
know
utilized
or
lost
basically,
so
it
would
be
important
to
take
a
look
there.
It
has
been
a
very
long
time,
I'm
talking
like
2008,
since
we
were
last,
maybe
in
finance
or
last
in
the
city
manager's
office.
G
You
know,
HR
is
another
place,
we've
not
been
in
a
very
long
time
and
it's
simply
I
think
I've
shared
this
with
you.
When
we
were
looking
at
budget
amendments
that
this
is
is
not
not
for
fear.
It's
not
for
anxiety,
it's
for
clean
bill,
Health,
it's
it's
not!
You
know
not
without
intent
and
in
the
two
areas
that
we're
currently
working.
You
know
we're
finding
a
whole
lot
to
be
proud
of.
We
really
are,
and
if
there
are
some
pain
points
I
mean
folks
are
comfortable,
saying
it
out
loud.
G
You
know
that
type
of
thing
and
when
you
ultimately
see
those
reports,
you're
going
to
realize
and
understand
that
they're
probably
healthier
for
having
had
those
discussions,
you
know
having
the
SWOT
analysis
and
and
sitting
down
and
modifying
strategic
plans
if
necessary.
That
type
of
thing
it's
just
those
like
four
or
five
that
I've
just
shared
are
those
that,
when
I
look
back
I'm
looking
at
2008
I'm
looking
at
2009
in
some
cases
you
know
the
sheer
size
of
Parks
and
Recreation
and
the
multiple
campuses
that
they're
serving
you
know.
G
G
You
know
that
there's
there's
Merit
in
doing
that,
but
I
think
so
much
of
it's
about
the
tone
and
tenor
that
you
bring
when
you
come
to
to
visit
a
work
area
and
make
the
the
it
a
learning
experience
for
all
of
us,
you
know
and
that
they
can
see
where
you're
bringing
value
to
their
workplace
and
that's
what's
going
on
in
the
two
that
we're
at
right
now.
O
O
So,
if
we
like,
if
we
break
down
the
Departments
who
haven't
been
audited
in
the
in
the
most
amount
of
time-
and
we
look
at
them
in
order
of
important
importance
and
then
work
our
way
down
so
I
guess
I
mean
I
would
say.
City
manager
is
probably
the
most
important
person
in
the
city
and
after
you,
sorry,
Mr,
Mayor
and
and
then
and
then
add
in
finance
and
then
go
from
there
with
HR
and
and
work
our
way
down.
So
I
guess
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion.
B
There's
a
motion
in
a
second
I
would
suggest
that
you
may
want
to
let
the
auditor,
instead
of
off
top
for
head,
come
up
based
on
the
allocation
of
resources,
the
amount
of
time
it's
going
to
take
and
bring
to
council
some
recommendations
from
her
office
and
she'll
know
what
kind
of
deployment
of
talent
and
time
and
all
that
that's
going
to
take
I
mean,
however
I
want
to
do.
It
is
fine.
I,
just
I
think
maybe
engaging.
O
I
mean
I,
think
I
mean
I
think
in
the
document
that
she
sent
you
as
well
as
the
rest
of
the
Council
on
the
on
when
the
last
audit
was
done.
I
think
that's
probably
appropriate,
but
he
was.
B
A
motion
in
a
second
councilor
Davidson
to
the
motion:
okay,.
F
You
know
the
councilor
kogels
hit
the
nail
on
the
head
and
the
light
bulb
just
kind
of
went
out.
Counselor
Island
I
knew
you
were
around
councilor
Thomas
y'all.
Remember
that
when
we
audited
parks
and
recs
a
long
time
ago,
and
things
were
in
disarray
and
we
improved
the
point
of
sale
system
and
it
just
really
changed
things
big
time,
I
mean
now
that
it's
working
fine.
Do
you
remember
that
you
remember
that
counselor
Thomas,
you
know,
and
and
anytime
you
know
and
talking
about
what
we're
talking
about
collections.
F
Revenue
collections,
Billings
things
like
that
whenever
you
have
it's.
K
F
Channel
and
I
can't
sit
here
and
tell
you
how
that
channel
is
going,
but
I
think
it's
important
that
we
understand
that
and
that
we
look
into
these
things
and
to
make
sure
that
everything
is,
is
moving
in
the
right
direction
appropriately
and
effectively
and
efficiently
in
in
most
the
most
importantly,
accountability
and
responsibility
at
the
same
time,
everything's
being
done
right
and
if
not,
if
we
need
to
prove
if
there's
ways
that
we
need
to
improve.
Certainly
the
audits
would
would
bring
that
forward.
I.
F
G
Along
very
busy-
and
it
would
have
to
be
scheduled
anyway,
but
when
you
speak
to
collections
and
billing
and
in
its
role
within
Finance
Revenue,
yes,
I've
already
recently
been
in
there
and
I'm
quite
familiar
with
the
team.
So
that's
a
place
where
we've
got
a
head
start.
Admittedly,
that's
a
place
where
we
could
more
conveniently
go
first
well,.
F
You
know
that
we're
going
back
and
we're
on
an
annual
basis
or
coming
back
and
producing
those
findings
and
just
making
sure
that
we're
doing
the
follow-ups
to
make
sure
that
everything
is
being
implemented
and
put
in
order.
I
think
you
know
doing
an
audit
and
doing
the
findings
and
putting
it
out
there
if
you're
not
making
the
corrections
and
and
in
working
in
those
areas
to
to
establish
the
right
processes,
then
you
know
it's
really
a
wasted
time.
F
It's
just
a
document
that
we're
all
reading
up
here
and
everybody
reads,
but
nothing's
getting
done
so.
Yes,
I
think
it's
important
that
we
we
follow
through
and
do
not
only
the
updates.
But
if
there's
departments
I
can't
sit
here
and
tell
you
the
Departments,
but
if
they
have
not
been
audited
in
a
long
time,
then
those
should
be
high
priorities
on
the
list
and
just
to
keep
keep
current.
So
that's
that's
why
I'm
second
at
mayor!
So
that's
to
the
motion.
M
I
am
I,
guess
I'm
a
little
confused,
because
I
I've
got
the
document.
It
doesn't
have
risk
level
populated
no.
M
No
because
I
guess,
because
I
guess
my
assumption
is
like
I,
don't
understand
less
audit's
imported,
but
when
I've
done
this
in
the
past,
there's
usually
a
matrix,
that's
complexity,
level
of
cash
involved
right
so
collections
would
be
a
high
priority
because
there's
cash
involved,
which
makes
a
much
higher
priority
than
datablast
audit
right
and
so
in
and
through
everything
needs
to
get
audited.
But
you
kind
of
have
to
identify
where's
the
greater
risk
based
on
the
complexity
and
the
cash
flow
or
whatever
reason
so
I
I
guess
I
was
assuming.
M
G
In
terms
of
complexity
and
the
number
of
employees,
basically
some
issues,
we've
recently
seen
in
business
licensing
collections,
the
the
volume
of
activity.
There
suggests
we're
already
there
a
little
bit,
but
that
certainly
is
somewhere.
We
all
go
and
that
the
department
Finance
has
not
been
really
looked
at
since
2008,
which
was
a.
G
K
M
G
And
appreciate
those,
but
perhaps
address
areas
that
need
more
attention,
I
think
that's
probably
Priority
One,
okay,
I
know
I
was
asked
to
mention
a
few
that
come
to
mind,
of
course,
that
have
been
out
there
for
a
number
of
years
and
we
will
get
there
but
I
suspect
in
light
of
just
what
I,
what
I
hear
from
some
of
y'all
that
Finance
it
would
be
a
beneficial
thing
to
go
in
and
just
feel
confident
in
clean
bill
of
health,
and
perhaps
in
that
particular
unit,
maybe
give
them
some
help.
So.
M
M
G
M
K
I
I
G
Would
be
Finance,
it
would
be
HR
and
City
manager's
office
simply.
M
P
Mr
Mayor,
the
motion
on
the
table
is
from
counselor
kogel
seconded
by
counselor
Tucker.
The
motion
is
to
start
at
the
top
with
the
city
manager's
office
in
HR.
H
Mr
Mayor,
if
what
we
do
here
in
order
to
do
audits,
is
that
the
the
auditor
brings
to
us
a
request
to
audit
a
particular
Department
I.
Think
this
conversation
is
premature.
I
think
that
the
auditor
needs
to
go
back
and
take
a
look
at
the.
H
The
motion
that
is
on
the
table,
so
I
I,
would
I
would
request
that
we,
let's,
let's
let
the
auditor
come
back
to
us
after
she's,
had
an
opportunity
to
take
a
look
at
where
we
are
in
the
in
the
big
picture
and
so
I,
and
with
that
Mr
Mayor
I
would
call
for
the
question.
N
I
believe
she
she
did
tell
us
that
Finance
would
be
her
top
priority
because
she's
already
in
that
and
she's,
and
she
thinks
that
it
would
be
easy
for
her
to
to
continue
with
that
audit
and
go
into
more
detail.
And
so
it
seems
like
she
did
request
that
we
give
her
permission
to
go
into.
Finance
is,
is
that.
B
B
K
B
There's
well
there's
a
motion
in
a
second
to
to
start
at
the
top
with
the
city
manager's
office
and
work
its
way
down
through
finance
and
HR
and
Parks
and
Rec.
All
in
favor
of
that
motion
motion
please
say.
Q
B
P
B
Yes
and
I
was
going
to
announce
that
he
is
joining
the
meeting
virtually
thank.
Q
B
Q
H
B
Q
Right
then,
we've
got
a
series
of
resolutions.
The
first
one
up
is
the
hospital
authority
of
Columbus
Georgia
refinancing
series.
2023
we've
got
Courtney
Rogers
here
from
Davenport
city
financial
advisor
Mr,
Britt
Hayes
from
the
hospital
Authority
Mr
John
Pennell
and
Stephen
Swenson
from
Bond,
Council
and
Miss.
Hodge
is
here.
If
there
are
any
questions,
Mr
Hayes,
you
want
to
tell
them
briefly
what
happened
today.
R
For
having
me
I'm
humbled
by
being
able
to
appear
before
you
I
want
to
say
today
was
a
great
day
and
I
want
to
say
an
even
better
day
might
have
been
10
years
ago.
This
Council
allowed
us
as
the
hospital
authority
to
enter
into
a
new
Endeavor
all
the
nursing
homes
in
the
town
10
years
ago
or
40
50
years
old,
and
it
starts
right
here
and
it
starts
with
each
one
of
you
and
you
guys
allowed
us
the
opportunity
to
go
out
for
bonds
to
build
what
is
now
called
Orchard
View.
R
We
built
it
and
moved
in
in
2015
in
May
of
2015,
and
it's
something
to
be
proud
of.
It's
it's
a
nice
facility
and
I
travel,
the
state
going
to
other
nursing
homes
and
going
to
other
events
and
I'm
going
to
tell
you
it's
it's
up
there
with
the
best
a
few
years
later
in
2018.
Once
again,
you
allowed
us
to
go
out
for
a
bond
issuance
to
build
another
new
facility,
which
is
now
called
Ridgecrest.
It's
it's
approximately
a
mile
away
from
Orchard
View
brand
new.
It's
something
to
be
proud
of.
R
There
are
two
brand
new
facilities
in
this
town
for
the
Muskogee
County
senior
citizens
to
have
a
wonderful
place
to
go
and
we're
very
grateful
for
that.
It
starts
right
here.
Another
great
thing
that
happened.
What
I
said
today
is
a
great
day.
We
issued
the
bonds
in
2013.
There
were
20-year
bonds,
you
have
a
period
of
10
years
before
you
can
do
a
refunding
on
those.
The
refunding
date
occurred
on
July
1st
of
this
year.
R
We
went
out
to
the
market
back
in
May
and
we're
unsuccessful
in
getting
something
that
would
be
beneficial
to
eclipse
the
three
percent
Mark
of
savings,
that's
set
by
the
investment
policy
of
the
customers.
Consolidated
Government.
Today
we
went
out
for
those
bonds
hopeful
that
we'd
be
able
to
save,
maybe
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
on
the
remainder
of
the
issuance.
We
were
successful
in
Saving
a
million
three
1.32
million
it's
a
great
day.
R
We
also
were
able
to
eclipse
the
three
percent
savings
from
the
investment
policy
by
achieving
a
five
and
a
half
percent
savings
on
the
remainder
of
the
issuance
once
again
great
day.
I
want
to
thank
you,
I'm
humbled,
to
be
able
to
work
with
you
guys,
I've
been
working
with
most
of
you
for
going
on
16
years
in
the
finance
department
here
and
Lord
help.
R
It's
been
almost
11
at
the
hospital
authorities,
so
seems
like
it's
flown,
but
I
do
want
to
thank
you
and
I
promise
you
that
we
care
I
promise
you
that
Muskogee
Manor
that
Orchard
View
in
the
Ridgecrest
we
care
about
the
lives
we
serve,
and
it
is
an
honor
to
stand
here
before
you
and
tell
you
what
a
great
opportunity
it
was
for
us
to
build
two
new
facilities
here,
I
come
to
you
once
again
before
I'm
retired
and
gone
I
want
to
do
another
one.
We
need
to
do
something
in
South,
Columbus
or
Central.
R
R
S
T
B
K
B
Q
J
First
is
National
senior
citizens,
Appreciation
Day,
yeah
I
was
saying
August
21st
is
National
senior
citizens
appreciation
day
and
I
know
it's
a
lot
of
activities
going
on.
My
dear
partner
over
here
has
me
in
River
Valley
Regional
Commission
area
on
aging,
but
we
are
actually
planning
a
senior
citizen
appreciation
event
on
the
21st
at
Shirley
B
Winston
Park.
Do
you
all
do
any
type
of
off-site
things
we.
R
We
are
Community
Partners
with
several
organizations.
Last
week
we
actually
hosted
the
PSO
meeting
that
happens
monthly
as
professionals
serving
older
adults.
So
we
are
involved
in
all
those
those
different
venues.
We
will
be
celebrating
internally
on
August
21st,
some
something
on
our
list
with
our
activities
and
departments.
R
I
will
say
this:
we're
thankful
for
your
support
but
I'm
going
to
tell
you
we
are
working
hard.
This
month
we
were
just
awarded
the
national
bronze
quality
award
and
every
one
of
our
facilities
all
three
achieve
that
National
recognition
in
in
July.
We
put
out
a
press
release
to
all
the
local
papers
and
all
the
local
news
organizations,
but
we're
very
proud
of
that
and
anytime.
We
have
an
opportunity
to
reach
out
to
anyone
in
the
community.
R
We
do
so
I
actually
started
a
coalition
of
Administrators
in
town
because
we're
better
together
we
have
meetings
about
four
times
a
year.
Three
four
times
a
year
and
I
invite
all
the
administrators
from
the
other
competing
nursing
homes,
because
it's
just
better
care
for
everyone
here.
When
we
all
cooperate,
we
all
get
along.
We
all
share
policies
and
procedures
and
what
we're
doing
it's
just
better
for
the
community.
So
thank
you
for
your.
J
Yeah
and
I
just
wanted
to
know
if
you
all
did
any
off-site
type
things,
and
you
know
not
just
well.
R
We
do
we
just
partnered
with
Goodwill
on
a
job
fair
at
two
of
our
locations.
Last
week
we
sent
out
4
200
emails
and
letters
to
clinicians
in
our
Metropolitan
statistical
area
to
be
able
to
to
gain
more
clinical
help
with
CNAs
and
nurses
and
laundering
housekeeping
and
dietary.
R
We
partner
with
other
people
I
can
tell
you
this
we've
reached
out
to
the
autism
Foundation
here
in
town
to
partner
with
their
citizens,
because
there
are
jobs
that
every
Walk
of
Life
can
do.
We
partnered
with
the
deaf
Community.
Here
we
have
a
couple
of
workers
who
are
hearing
impaired
that
work
at
two
of
our
facilities.
R
Tell
you
a
couple
other
things
we
do
because
it's
important
we,
we
recognize
Juneteenth
this
year,
we're
going
to
do
it
every
year
that
I'm
there
I
promise
you,
because
it's
important
it's
important
people,
it's
important
to
me,
but
I
also
initiated
a
floating
holiday
this
year,
because
there
are
people
that
celebrate
Ramadan,
they're
people
that
celebrate
Diwali
and
I
can't
set
aside
a
holiday
for
every
specific
unit,
but
by
God
we
can
be
inclusive
and
give
you
the
opportunity
to
to
respectfully
observe
holidays
that
are
important
to
you
and
your
family.
R
J
August
21st
all
right.
Thank
you.
What
time
yeah
August
from
11
30
to
2.
I'll,
see
you
there
August
21st!
It's.
J
J
Q
All
right,
sir:
we've
got
item
five.
This
is
the
amendment
to
the
city
vehicle
car
allowance
policy.
Specifically,
we
have
a
substitute
around
the
table
that
councilor
Thomas
wants
to
speak
to.
That
would
allow
Vehicles
Public
Safety
vehicles
in
Alabama
and
she
will
discuss
it
and
then
you
can
take
a
vote.
H
Everyone
has
the
the
new
piece
what
this,
what
this
policy
does
is
to
say
that
General
government
employees,
who
are
us,
have
city-owned
vehicles
which
may
be
required
to
respond
to
an
emergency
or
will
be
allowed
to
drive
their
car
only
in
Muskogee,
Harris,
Talbot
or
Chattahoochee
counties.
They
would
not
be
able
to
drive
those
cars
into
Alabama.
H
H
To
their
resident
on
Russell,
Lee,
Macon,
Bullock
and
barber
counties
that's
a
little
different
than
what
we
had
talked
about
before,
but
you
only
drive
the
vehicle
to
and
from
work
to
the
private
residents.
If
you
are
a
general
employee,
General
government,
employee
in
in
Georgia
I,
don't
know
if
you
want
me
to
go
through
the
others
or.
Q
The
other
small
change
is
on
page
two
paragraph:
seven:
if
there
is
any
disciplinary
action
as
a
result
of
this
vehicle
use,
it'll
be
done
by
the
respective
Public,
Safety
department,
heads
and
or
the
mayor
and,
of
course,
employees
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
city
manager.
Those
department,
heads
and
city
manager
would
be
final.
If
there
was
any
discipline
there.
That's
the
only
other
change
so.
H
What
we
did,
what
I
I'm
proposing
in
number
seven
is
to
remove
the
last
phrase
that
says
as
determined
by
the
city
manager
and
what
this
does
I
think
in
this
instance
is
that
it
gives
the
line
of
authority
to
the
department
I
mean
to
the
that
head.
So
if
it's
Public
Safety,
it's
a
director
of
Public
Safety,
if
it's
General
government,
it's
the
city
manager,
and
so
that's
that's,
the
intent
and
the
purpose
for
the
changes
in
item
number.
Seven
and
Mr
Mayor
I
move
their.
K
B
Spit
it
out
in
a
minute
dozed
for
a
minute
happens
when
I
get
old
all
right
to
the
councilor
Tucker.
Is
this
to
the
motion?
Yes,
I'm
working,
okay,.
J
S
J
J
So
right
now
it
says
in
the
event
an
employee
is
found
to
be
negligent
and
maintain
in
maintaining
a
vehicle.
The
employee
be
subject
to
disciplinary
action,
but
it
doesn't
say
bye
by
who,
so
that's
yeah,
so
by
direct
supervisor
or
I'm.
Just
thinking
of
it
doesn't
say
anything
yeah
so
should
we
put
that
in
there
instead
of
letting
it
be
implied.
H
Well,
what
we
could
put
I'm,
not
sure
we.
H
Sake
yeah
say
the
employee
will
be
subject
to
disciplinary
action.
Is.
H
No,
the
directions,
not
direct
surprises
city,
the
city
manager
or
the
director
of
Public
Safety,
whichever
one
is,
is
over
that
department
that
that
area
yeah.
We.
H
J
H
I'm,
looking
that
the
the
highest
level
of
authority
over
that
employee,
if
there's
going
to
be
disciplinary
action,
would
be
taken,
would
be
authorized
either
by
the
city
manager
or
the
public
sector.
The
director
of
Public
Safety
Not,
For
example.
The
police
chief,
the
police
chief,
would
recommend
to
the
public
safety
director
disciplinary
action,
but
the
disciplinary
action
for
this
instance
comes
from
the
director
of
Public
Safety
I'm.
B
B
Just
say
it
out
loud,
the
City
attorney
just
a
quick
question.
It
seems
like
if
it
says
that
that
is
policy
that
they
maintain
it.
Then
the
normal
command
chain
of
command
is
going
to
go
up
both
Public
Safety
and
general
government,
just
like
any
other
offense
right.
J
Q
D
J
U
Q
U
I
wouldn't
say
anything
else:
if
I
may
me,
yes,
sir
councilor
Tucker
is
actually
what
she's
saying
is
the
way
it's
done
now.
I
mean
this.
Is
discipline
in
a
an
employee
for
failure
to
maintain
or
upkeep
a
vehicle
does
not
come
to
my
office
if
it's
at
Metro
that
director
is
going
to
deal
with
it.
If
it's
at
public
work
s
they're
going
to
deal
with
it
and
of
course,
if
they
terminate
or
fire
the
employee
for
a
repeated
offenses.
U
As
you
know,
the
disciplinary
procedure
says
that
that
person
would
appeal
to
the
director
to
HR
and
then
ultimately
to
the
city
manager.
So
all
disciplinary
actions
that
occur
in
within
a
department
is
handled
by
the
department
head.
That's
how
we've
done
today,
and
so,
if
you
leave
it
like
it
is,
then
then
it's
implied,
but
that's
the
way
it's
done
or
you
can
either
leave
it
like
it
is,
or
you
can
be
specific
and
say
by
that
department
head.
U
U
U
H
U
If
we
go
to
HR
still
hasn't
gotten
in
my
office
and
then,
if
HR
says,
I
uphold
the
rule
of
the
department
head
and
then
that
employee
can
say
well,
I
want
to
go
to
the
next
level
of
the
appeal.
Then
it's
in
my
office.
That's
the
only
way
it
gets
in
my
office,
but
you're
right.
U
H
N
I
was
just
wondering
if
what
we're
talking
about
also
applies
down
in
number
nine,
where
it
says
this
discretionary
approval
must
be
obtained
from
the
city
manager
in
advance,
except
in
an
emergency.
Wouldn't
that
wouldn't
that
be
the
department
head
and
then
the
department
head
has
to
let
the
city
manager
know
within
on
the
on
the
next
business
day.
N
I
understand
why
he
needs
to
know
but
I'm
wondering
if
this
doesn't
follow
the
same
criteria
or
is
this
a
different
scenario
that
you
see
on
number
nine,
where
it
says
the
discretionary
approval
must
be
obtained
from
the
city
manager
in
advance,
except
in
an
emergency?
But
it
also
says
right
prior
to
that
employees
with
departments
that
are
on
call
for
a
specific
time
period.
It
just
seems
like
it
should
follow
the
same
criteria
as
number
seven.
It.
H
H
The
employees
responsible
for
maintenance
and
upkeep
and
in
the
event
they
don't
do
that,
then
they
are
subject
to
disciplinary
action
by
either
the
city
manager
or
the
public
safety
director.
In
item
number
nine,
it
says
that
if
you
are
on
call
for
an
emergency,
a
specific
amount
of
time-
and
this
is
this
to
me-
is
a
different
situation,
particularly
in
the
in
the
general
government
folks,
because
they
don't
they
don't
typically
Drive
their
cars
home
every
their
City
Vehicles
home
every
night.
They
drive
and
they
use
them
in
case
of
emergency.
Q
N
Do
it
so
city
manager?
Do
you
I
mean
how
do
you
read
that
I
mean,
do
you
I
mean?
Do
you
want
to
be
bothered
by
all
of
that?
Or
do
you
just
want
to
be
the
directors
telling
you
within
24
hours
or
the
next
business
day.
U
Well,
typically,
what
happens
now
if
they
are
within
Muscogee
County,
then
they
can
be
on
call
and
take
a
vehicle
home
and
I'll
use
it.
For
example,
they've
got
someone
who
lives
in
Harris
County
outside
Muskogee,
and
they
typically
are
not
on
call
they're
not
and
don't
take
a
vehicle
home.
Then
they
would
contact
me
and
say
to
get
the
authorization
that
that
person
can
take
that
vehicle
home
to
Harris
County,
because
they're
on
call
okay.
B
B
Ma'am,
yes,
to
amend
the
substitute
resolution,
all
right.
Any
discussion
on
the
amendment.
B
B
B
H
Mr
Mayor,
as
probably
as
other
counselors,
have
been
getting
conversations
with
with
employees
about
the
liability
and
Assumption
of
risk
agreement
for
out-of-state
travel.
One
of
the
things
that
has
been
recommended,
I
I,
know
that
this
this
spawn
was
sent
out
to
employees
and
I'm,
not
sure
if
all
of
them
were
told.
You
need
to
sign
this
today
or
you
need
to
look
at
it
or
whatever.
H
However,
one
of
the
things
that
we
as
I
have
taught
with
the
city
attorney
wanted
to
change
on,
that
form
is
to
have
the
form
the
signature
of
the
employee
witnessed
and
have
a
witness
that
saw
that
employee
sign
so
that.
K
H
Q
N
Can
you
just
clarify
the
form
because
I
have
received
some
emails
and
they
were
a
little
bit
confused,
and
so
can
you
just
for
the
record
clarify
what
that
form
is
detailing.
Q
Q
For
any
and
all
claims
judgments,
this
is
driving
in
Alabama,
causing
an
injury
or
death
or
any
other
state.
The
second
thing
it
does
is
the
employee
acknowledges
and
understands
that
the
consolidated
government
departments,
employees,
officials,
representatives
and
agents
will
not
indemnify
the
employee
from
any
loss,
liability,
damages
court
costs
and
attorneys
fees.
Q
There
will
not
pay
for
any
judgment
brought
by
jury
or
a
Corps
against
them
in
an
Alabama
proceeding
or
another
state
or
attorney's
fees.
Q
Q
On
to
item
six,
the
last
item
there
is
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
engage
a
health
care
consultant
using
the
available
procurement
processes
to
assist
with
formulation
on
energy
inmate
CARE
program
in
Muskogee
County,
to
include
providing
advice
on
a
more
positive
renaming
of
the
program,
perhaps
phase
out
the
word
indigent
and
provide
reimbursement
to
services
in
FY,
23
and
24..
That's
up
for
discussion
around.
B
F
Davis
yeah,
first
of
all,
thank
you,
counselor
Tucker,
for
recognizing
the
need
to
make
some
change
there.
I
think
that's
a
that's
a
good
thing,
especially
to
the
people
that
serves.
F
It
means
a
lot
I
think
mayor
if
I
may
and
I'm
going
to
make
a
motion
to
go
ahead
and
move
this
forward,
but
I
also
wanted
to
provide
some
clarification
on
it,
the
just
to
make
sure
everybody
knows
what
this
resolution
is
standing
for
and
then
talking
just
having
some
talks
with
my
colleagues
and
trying
to
understand
their
points
and
Views
their
concerns.
Councilor
Barnes
we've
had
some
conversation
on
it.
F
The
intent
is
to
try
to
expedite
this
is
to
try
to
expedite
the
identification
of
a
qualified
reimbursement,
consultant
health
care,
reimbursement
consultant,
somebody
that
knows
the
industry
that
does
business
in
the
healthcare
industry
and
certainly
a
firm
that
that
deals
with
these
reimbursement
models
out
there
they
they're
out
there
I've
got
Mr
city
manager,
Madam
clerk
I've
got
a
couple
names
I'd
like
to
submit
to
make
sure
that
they
get
on
the
list
that
they're
included
in
the
RFP.
F
They
do
excellent
work
and
certainly
they're
familiar
with
our
hospitals
here
in
the
community.
There's
four
aspects
of
this
that
I
want
to
make
clear
to
go
on
the
record.
F
So
what
they're
telling
us
they
would
like
us
to
do
with
it
as
well.
I
think
that's
important
I
think
that
they
need
to
talk
to
the
executive
management.
I
think
they
need
to
talk
to
the
staff,
understand
the
RPS
and
the
process
they've
already
been
through
what
they're
looking
for
what
they
think
is
important.
They
need
to
add
that
into
the
equation,
but,
most
importantly,
they
need
to
go
and
talk
to
the
hospitals
there.
They
know
the
industry
better
than
any
of
us.
F
They
understand
it,
that's
the
world
they
live
in
and
they
need
to
go
talk
to
them
and
to
find
out
what
will
work
as
far
as
a
reimbursement
model,
and
they
got
to
be
at
the
table.
You
got
to
talk
to
them
and
then
talk
to
the
other
tier-level
health
care
providers
as
well.
They
can
go
and
talk
to
them
figure
out
what
works
for
everybody.
That
way
when
the
day
comes.
The
goal
here
is
to
be
fair,
is
to
be
inclusive,
is
to
be
equality.
F
Is
there
needs
to
be
a
form
of
parity,
especially
to
our
our
larger
health
care
providers,
because
if
you
really
understand
what
they
do
and
how
they
help
in
our
community
and
what
they
do
out
of
their
pockets
to
support
the
other
health
care
providers
that
we
identify
in
our
community?
You
would
be
surprised
at
what
the
amount
of
money
they
put
on
the
table
that
comes
out
of
their
pocket
to
make
it
possible,
am
I
right,
Council,
Barnes,
to
make
it
possible
that
needs
to
be
valued.
So
it's
important
that
you
talk
to
them.
F
Talk
to
the
others
out
there
that
we've
identified
names.
We
all
know
who
they
are
talk
to
them
and
understand,
find
out
what
works.
Okay
and,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
everybody
signs
off
on
it.
They
look
at
it,
they
evaluate
it.
They
can
come
as
city
manager
when
you
determine
all
that
when
it's
completed
come
to
this
Council
bring
us
the
options.
Let
us
you
know,
make
recommendations
or
look
at
it.
We
all
sign
off
on
it.
F
Everybody
knows
what
we're
you
know,
the
let's
just
say
the
rules
to
play
by
and
we
move
forward
and
it
can
be
the
model.
The
reimbursement
model
that
we
use
from
here
on
out,
and
it's
a
good
thing
having
that
that
fund,
that
Community
Health
Care
is
fund
is
a
good
thing
and,
like
counselor
Tucker
said,
you
know
that
even
some
of
the
other
there's
not
a
lot
of
really
a
lot
of
communities
in
the
state.
That's
doing
it,
but
you
got
one.
F
V
F
So,
anyway,
that
I
wanted
to
make
that
clear
and
get
that
on
the
record.
So
there's
no
confusion
about
a
step
in
this
process
and
where
we
go,
the
The
Resolution
doesn't
State
what
I
just
stated
all
the
way,
but
that's
the
intent
and
like
I,
said
in
talking
to
some
of
my
colleagues
and
getting
there
understanding
and
concerns.
That's
pretty
much
what
what
I've
heard!
If
somebody,
if
I've,
got
it
wrong
if
I
state
it
wrong.
Please
please
correct
me
but
I'll
make
that
motion
mayor.
N
Thank
you.
The
way
I
kind
of
look
at
this
going
forward
is
we're
not
really
determining
the
organizations
or
the
the
health
care
providers,
we're
we're,
allowing
anybody
and
everybody
in
in
Muskogee
County
to
get
reimbursed.
What
I
would
like
to
see
is
a
process
on
how
any
organization
that
has
helped
somebody
in
this
community
can
get
reimbursed.
You
know,
and
what
is
that
criteria?
N
What
what
is
the
means
of
that
they
go
about
to
get
reimbursed
and
I
and
working
us
all
working
together
to
make
it
easy
and
quick
and
painless,
and
so
that
they
can.
You
know
they
can
replenish
the
funds
that
they've
already
put
out
as
as
quickly
as
possible.
J
Yes,
thank
you.
Councilor
Davis
I
did
want
to
ask
the
City
attorney.
What
would
be
the
process
for
us
going
forward
to
actually
change
the
name
to
something
more
positive,
like
Community,
Health,
Care
Program?
What.
J
Q
If
you
want
it
changed
in
the
state
law
but
locally,
you
can
do
it
administratively,
estimator
and
finance
director
to
only
on
all
forms
going
forward
is
Community,
Health,
Care
or
whatever
term
they
think
is
best
can't.
J
Q
J
Use
this
energy,
so
if
we
did
want
to
change
it,
we
would
have
to
do
it.
The
state
legislator
yeah.
This
was
like
a
Hot
Topic
when
I
was
in
Texas,
so
Danielle
Frazier
I
have
this,
so
you
can
make
a
copy
of
it.
Q
Yeah
with
it
again
like
she
said
internally
City
documents
just
administratively,
you
can
change
it,
but
funds
where
you've
got
to
identify
with
the
State
title
you
you
would
have
to
ask
the
state
to
change
that.
N
F
If
you
would
see
that
there
would
be
measurements
in
that
RFP
measurements,
the
reporting
and
the
data
collection.
So
at
the
right
time,
I
envisioned
having
these
entities
come
in
and
telling
the
taxpayers
I
mean
these
are
the
people
who
are
funding
it
tell
them
what
they're
doing
in
the
community,
because
I
think
that's
important,
it's
their
money.
They
need
to
know.
What's
going
on
and
having
that
reporting.
I.
Think
is
a
good
thing
from
here
on
out.
J
I
know
that
I
think
Miss
just
coming
up
to
talk
about
the
energy
care.
Is
she
going
to
go
into
the
30-year
plan
and
the
15
million
dollars
and
how
that
that
work
prior
to
now
and
while
we're
here
having
this
conversation,
are
we
going
that
far
in
the
conversation.
U
Yes,
sir,
she
is
going
to
touch
on
some
of
that
in
in
her
update.
J
U
Well,
it
it
was
three
meals
and
that
three
meals
was
valued
at
about
13
million
dollars,
and
it
was
not
just
a
well
and
it
was
at
whether
we
collected
100
of
our
collection
or
not
rate
or
not,
and
so.
U
If
we
collect,
if
our
collection
rate
was
97,
they
got
100
of
the
three
meals
and
and
of
course
they
because
we
negotiated
with
them
and
they
build
us
for
that.
They
didn't
just
get.
We
didn't
just
send
a
check
for
13
million
dollars.
It
was
prorated
through
the
course
of
the
Year
okay,
based
on
service
yeah.
W
Here,
yes,
so
we
would
once
the
contract
was
renegotiated
and
it
was
based
off
of
what
we
collect
each
month.
When
we
receive
the
funding
from
The
Tax
Commissioner's
Office.
We
would
remit
that
to
the
medical
center
or
Hospital
Authority,
because
it
was
based
on
what
we
collected.
So
we
would
remit
it
as
we
received
it
and
then,
at
the
end
of
the
year,
they
would
provide
a
report
to
us
that
outlined
all
of
the
Care
and
services
that
they
provided
in
each
one
of
the
different
categories
that
they
did.
W
J
I
guess
what
what
I
learned
at
the
conference
in
reference
to
invoicing
in-house,
sometimes
we're
being
invoiced
at
a
higher
rate
versus
a
lower
rate?
Where
were
we
being
in
voice
and
how
we're
we
paying
it
so
that
that
was
some
of
the
questions?
I
mean
seriously
that
Indigent
care.
U
J
So
that's
that's.
The
main
thing
is
negotiated
rate
and
and,
like
I
said,
I
know
we're
going
to
get
to
it
later.
But
when
you
come
back
up
one
of
the
things
that
we
had
a
demonstration
on
I
guess
it
was
some
type
of
software
where
you
could
go
in
and
see
kind
of,
like
an
audit
situation
where
you're
going
in
and
seeing
if
you
being
overcharged
and
it
was
showing
how
this
software
was
saving
like
80,
you
know,
plus
per
percent,
so
I
mean
it's
a
lot
of
good
technology
to
help.
J
I
B
I
think
we
did
have
we
had
a
motion.
Second,
all
right,
any
more
discussion,
all
right,
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed.
B
All
right,
we'll
move
into
the
public
agenda
and
just
remind
you
when
you
come
up.
You've
got
five
minutes
and
if
you
would
just
state
your
name
and
your
city
and
state
of
residence,.
X
Evening
Mr
Mayor
City,
Council,
Members,
Mr
city
manager,
Mississippi
attorney
staff
and
citizens
of
Muskogee
County.
My
name
is
Marvin
Broadwater
senior
and
I
reside
at
3004,
Slippery
Rock
Court,
Columbus
Georgia.
As
always.
Thank
you
for
your
continued
servant.
Leadership
and
making
this
a
better
community
I
have
stood
at
this
point
Podium
a
few
times
in
the
last
10
years,
but
none
more
critical
than
today,
Mr
Mayor
I
will
go
ahead
and
ask
for
my
extra
minutes
at
the
end
of
the
council
meeting.
Thank
you
for
the
record.
X
My
background
is
Health
Care
Management,
since
I
don't
have
much
time.
I'll
get
straight
to
the
point,
as
I
have
two
issues
to
present
this
evening.
The
first
one
deals
with
what
you
would
just
talk
about:
energy
care
funds
account
for
the
city,
I
watch,
I
watched
in
complete,
awe
and
amazement
a
couple
of
Council
meetings
ago,
as
this
body
changed
a
proposed
budget
in
the
11th
Hour
of
approving
the
budget
without
consulting
anyone
in
our
finance
department.
X
This
is
unheard
of
in
the
world
of
sound
fiscal
management.
Believe
me,
when
I
say,
I
have
no
problem
with
this
August
body.
Saving
the
citizens
of
Our
Fair
City
on
property
taxes
I
truly
mean
that,
but
my
concern
is,
you:
shouldn't,
have
taken
two
million
dollars
away
from
the
poor
to
accomplish
that
task.
I,
don't
know
how
you
grew
up,
but
I
grew
up
in
meager
surroundings,
financially
challenged.
X
In
other
words,
I
grew
up.
Poor
and
I
was
raised
by
a
mother
who
became
a
widow
at
a
very
early
age.
In
my
life
we
struggled
with
paying
bills.
We
had
she
had
a
plethora
of
jobs,
as
many
of
our
citizens
do
and
all
my
estimates
she
had
to
choose
between
food
being
on
the
table
of
paying
the
power
bill
or
maybe
clothes
on
my
back
versus
paying
for
health
care.
X
X
My
mother
didn't
have
a
Marvin
Broadwater
senior
to
go
to
the
city
council
meeting
and
ask
the
powers
that
be
to
not
take
funds
from
injured
care.
Account
I
stand
here
for
the
homeless
of
our
city,
who
may
not
have
health
care.
I
stand
Here,
For,
All
citizens
who
may
have
to
use
emergency
rooms
as
a
mean
of
receiving
minimal
Health
Care.
The
level
of
care
for
many
of
these
facilities
are
based
on
the
amount
of
energy
care
funds.
X
My
leaders,
that's
right!
You
are
my
leaders
this.
There
is
something
inherently
wrong
when
we
take
funds
that
are
meant
that
are
designated
that
are
allocated
for
the
poor
of
our
city.
It
was
definitely
crafted.
The
question
was
asked
by
to
our
finance
director.
How
much
would
the
rollback
of
our
millage
rates
save
on
a
house?
That's
valued
at
250
000.,
when
the
more
appropriate
questions
should
have
been?
How
much
would
the
rollback
save
each
dwelling
in
Columbus?
X
Let
me
give
you
the
answer:
39
dollars,
ask
you
this
question:
how
many
poor
people
in
our
Fair
City
own
a
dwelling,
that's
valued
at
250
000.,
it
was
stated
on
a
house
that
valued
at
250
000,
the
only
the
owner
would
save
150
dollars.
I
agree
with
a
few
of
my
friends
who
are
mathematicians
when
they
said
numbers
do
not
lie,
but,
on
the
contrary,
I
test
that
numbers
can
be
manipulated
depending
on
what
questions
are
asked.
Ask
any
statistician.
If
statistics
can
be
made
to
validate
one's
opinion
and
thank
you,
I'll
come
back.
Y
B
All
right
next
is
Ms
Ashley
Bader
regarding
concerns
with
rain
water
flow
on
her
property,
Miss
Bader.
Here
all
right,
we'll
move
on
to
Mr
DeMarco
Johnson
regarding
the
steam
Mill
Road
Project,
there's
Johnson.
If
you
would
just
States
your
name
in
your
city
and
state
of
residence,
you
don't
have
to
give
your
street
address.
If
you
don't
want
to.
T
All
right
greetings,
my
name
is
DeMarco
D
Johnson
I
reside
at
2313,
7th
Street
I
stand
beside
my
parents,
Clifford
and
Leticia
Johnson
of
501
Southern
Pines
Drive,
which
is
the
street
that
borders
steemia,
Road
and
MacArthur
Drive
I'm,
here
standing
for
them
today.
What's
standing
for
us
and
our
family
today,
because
on
last
year,
October
of
last
year,
October
6th
to
be
exact,
a
young
lady
was
struck
down
and
killed
on
Steam
Mail
Road
because
of
the
incident.
T
A
the
city
made
a
movement
to
have
the
steamy
roll
project
that
had
been
sitting
on
the
shelf
for
a
couple
years
brought
back
to
the
table
to
prevent
for
any
any
further
incidents
on
that
road,
which
is
definitely
needed.
My
parents
have
been
there
for
over
30
years
at
that
house
and
they
have
been
EMS
to
countless
numbers
of
people,
both
adult
and
children,
walking
and
driving
that
she
they
have
served
as
their
EMS
and
the
people
have
caught
9-1-1
for
many
of
years.
T
Upon
that
meeting,
my
mother,
who
attended
the
meeting
found
out
that
with
the
steam
Mill
Road
Project
and
the
corridors
that
would
be
built
on
there
on
that
street
that
her
home,
the
only
home
on
Steam,
Mill
Road,
would
be
destroyed,
taken
away
not
only
from
her
but
from
her
family
me,
my
sons
right,
the
only
home
on
Steemer
Road
period
upon
that
I
reached
out
to
miss
Toya
Tucker,
who
set
up
a
meeting
with
the
deputy
city
manager
in
D.O.T,
and
we
set
up
a
meeting
to
see
what
could
be
done.
T
What
was
the,
what
was
you
know?
What
did
we
need
to
know
that
we
had
missed
over
the
year
over
the
previous
years
when
the
when
the
the
plan
was
put
together,
because
my
parents
knew
nothing
about
it
until
October,
11
2022.
T
They
knew
nothing
about
the
project
up
until
then.
Moving
forward,
we
did
have
a
meeting.
We
felt
we
had
a
great
meeting,
giving
out
a
lot
of
answers.
My
mother,
my
father,
were
able
to
express
their
feelings
toward
what
was
going
on
because
of
how
long
they've
owned
this
house,
their
their
retirement
age,
my
dad's
retired
army,
Sergeant,
First
Class,
my
mom
retired
Social,
Services
civil
service.
T
T
So
we
they
expressed
those
feelings
to
the
deputy
city
manager
and
others
in
attendance,
and
it
was
stated
by
them
by
the
the
city
staff
that
was
in
attendance
that
they
would
contact
us
to.
Let
us
know
what
was
going
on
well,
I'd
like
to
tell
you
that
has
failed.
T
T
Nobody
else
is
set
to
be
this
place.
No
other
home
period
on
May
30th.
There
was
a
city
council
meeting
where
Deputy
city
manager
Hodge
stood
right
here
at
this
Podium
and
began
to
talk
about
the
steamy
Road
Project
Toya
Tucker
hit
her
buzzer
and
asked
for
asked
the
question
she
specifically
asked:
did.
Were
there
people
on
Steam
Mill
Road
contacted
about
the
new
plans
being
developed
for
the
Steve
Miller
project,
Deputy
city
manager,
hard
said
I,
believe
so
no
one
has
contacted
my
parents.
T
My
parents
have
behaved.
Yes,
they
have
received
a
letter,
a
general
statement,
letter
that
says
to
the
residents
it
doesn't
say
to
Leticia
and
Clifford
Johnson
or
Clifford
and
Leticia
Johnson.
It
doesn't
address
the
people
that
stay
in
it.
It
is
a
general
General
letter
that
says
we
will
be
doing
some
rezoning
in
your
area,
and
that
was
it.
T
There
has
nothing
directly
come
to
my
parents
and
that's
not
fair,
and
that
shows
poor
communication
in
our
community.
If
you
cannot
contact
one
home
on
a
single
Road
and
tell
one
set
of
individuals,
what's
going
to
happen
in
their
life
in
the
next
year
or
six
months,
what
are
we
doing
with
the
rest
of
our
community?
T
B
Apologize
sir
I
know:
councilor
Tucker
has
a
question
and
so
you'll
be
able
to
answer
any
direct
question
to
you.
J
So
I
got
a
question
and
a
statement.
First,
the
statement
is
I'm,
I'm,
so
sorry,
Mrs,
Johnson
and
Mr
Johnson
that
it
was
last
year
when
we
were
at
I'm
trying
to
say
it
was
last
year
of
the
year
yeah
when
we
were
at
the
church-
and
that
was
her
first
time
actually
getting
the
notice,
because
you
know
everybody
that
came,
they
came
because
of
the
kids,
you
know
being
killed,
so
she
was
just
coming
to
support.
J
You
know
me
and
DeMarco
are
classmates,
so
I,
let
you
know
him
and
his
family
know
they
was
just
coming
to
support,
but
they
found
out
that
their
house
was
on
the
list
right
that
it
would
basically
be
impacted
with
this
female
World
project
and
I
do
feel
extremely
bad,
that
that
is
how
you
found
out-
and
you
know,
I
can't
put
myself
in
her
shoes,
but
she
just
broke
down
crying.
J
You
know,
looking
at
looking
at
the
diagram
and
I'd,
never
forget
that
image
I
mean
it
was
like
I
mean
it
was
like
a
person
just
lost
everything.
You
know,
and
she
was
like.
This
is
my
home,
my
memories,
my
grandkids
and
I
mean
she
was
just
really,
you
know
going
into
detail
and
she
was
crying
and
I
was
like
what
you
know.
What
can
we
do
to
make
this
right
and
then
that
meeting
occurred
and
I
did
ask
that
question
regarding?
J
Have
they
contacted
because
I
know
now
that
was
Marco
DeMarco
mom's
house
had
they
been
contacting
and
to
find
out
that
they
were
not
contacted?
So
one
of
the
things
that
I
was
concerned
about
is
one
yes,
I
didn't
even
know
that
people
got
a
letter,
because
you
know
we
were
seeing
the
pink
flags
going
out,
but
it
would
have
been
good
to
get
an
update
about
exactly
what
was
going
on.
What
what
where
we
were
with
the
project.
J
So,
sadly,
how
you
was
finding
out
I
was
finding
out
too,
but
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
all
were
taken
care
of.
But
I
will
ask
this
question
while
they
are
here
for
us
to
do
right
by
them,
and
right
now
set
up
in
a
meeting
to
talk
with
you
because
I
don't
know
if
the
plans
have
changed.
If
it
is
still
the
same,
but
we
need
to
do
right
by
you
and
and
sadly
that
is
a
hot
spot
I
think
last
month
or
this
month,
Somebody
almost.
I
K
J
Know
almost
they
ran
over
a
tree
and
they
was
right
at
the
front
at
the
front
door,
almost
yeah
two
vehicles
and
then
one
person
actually
ran
away.
So
it
was
kind
of
like
a
I,
don't
know
if
you
caught
a
hit
and
run
he
helped
the
lady
out
and
he
ran
away.
So
it's
a
lot
going
on
with
the
Johnsons
and
I
just
want
to
do
right
by
y'all.
B
Thank
you,
man,
Mr.
U
Hughley
Miss
mayor
I'm
gonna
have
Deputy
city
manager
to
come
around
and
talk
about
the
steam
railroad
project.
She's
got
a
couple
of
slides
that
we're
going
to
show
and
I
I
do
know
that
I
have
received
I
live
on
Steam
Mill,
Road
and
I've
received
multiple
letters
from
someone
and
in
fact,
I
received
one
probably
two
weeks
ago
about
they're
going
to
be
on
their
own
properties
along
Seymour
Road.
So
I
get
those
in
the
mail.
U
W
I'll
give
an
update
just
on
the
steam
Mill
Road
Project,
but
we've
had
multiple
public
meetings.
We've
sent
out
multiple
letters
a
lot
of
times.
You
know
when
you
get
your
mail.
Sometimes
you
might
not
notice
that
there's
letters
in
there
stating
that
we're
having
public
meetings,
because
we
had
multiple
public
meetings
we
also
had
you
know
we
send
out
Facebook
and
all
kinds
of
things
to
talk
about
public
meetings
that
we're
going
to
going
to
have
they're
mailed
individually
to
everyone
that
lives
on
that
Corridor
and
so
I.
W
Don't
know
how
they
didn't
receive
the
letter,
but
we
do
mail,
as
the
city
manager
stated
all
through
this
process.
We
also
had
a
meeting
for
those
that
were
going
to
be
directly
impacted,
and
this
was
all
based
on
a
conceptual
layout.
These
are
we're
still
in
drafts,
so
for
conceptual
layouts
for
individuals,
and
we
had
a
few
people
show
up
at
that
particular
meeting,
but
that
was
in
a
before.
W
We
had
the
open
public
meeting
on
October
11th,
so
there
has
been
a
couple
opportunities
to
provide
feedback
and
interest
for
particular
households,
and
they
did
not
come
until
the
October
11th
meeting,
but
I
will
say:
SEMO
Road
Project
began
years
ago
in
early
2020
after
there
were
multiple
fatalities
on
that
Corridor.
W
So
we
did
the
study
and
then
we're
moving
forward
with
the
t-splos
project
even
before
the
T
sploss
was
approved
and
started
on
January,
and
so
this
project
is
a
band
one
project
we
are
in
the
midst
of
it.
We've
been
working
on
it
like
I,
said
since
October
of
22.,
it's
a
22
and
a
half
million
dollar
project
that
runs
all.
W
Vista
Road
and
to
the
end
of
steam,
Mill
Road,
two
and
a
half
miles.
It's
a
three-lane,
there's
roundabout
streetscape
sidewalk
multi-use
Trail
right
now.
The
field
work
is
in
process,
so
we're
surveying
they're,
doing
environmental
work,
utility
coordination,
the
geotechnical
looking
at
detour
Maps,
those
are
all
being
coordinated
with
Metra
and
the
public
safety
departments,
because
any
detours
you
know
we
want
to
make
sure
we
have
all
the
input
from
the
users
of
that
Corridor.
W
There
is
going
to
be
another
public
information,
open
house
and
we're
planning
that
for
this
October
we
are
looking
to
advance
the
roundabout,
that's
at
Dogwood,
which
is
in
front
of
the
elementary
school,
and
so
we've
also
looked
at
the
what
the
city
manager
suggested
in
the
reduction
of
the
speed
and
doubling
the
fines
during
that
construction
period.
We
expect
to
have
that
entire
Corridor
project
out
for
bid
in
early
25..
W
W
I
did
want
to
show
this
was
what
was
presented
by
the
consultant
back
in
21..
This
is
concept
only.
This
is
what
we're
looking
at
is
a
two-lane
road
being
a
three-lane
with
a
either
a
median
or
turn
lane
in
the
middle
there'll,
be
a
10
foot
shared
path
on
the
south
side
and
a
sidewalk
on
the
North
side,
then
there'll
be
streetscapes
along
the
Route.
This
is
just
another
section.
Some
sections
will
have
a
turn
lane
in
the
middle,
some
sections
will
be
a
median.
W
This
is
the
most
recent
plan
that
starts
at
Buena,
Vista,
Road
and
again.
This
is
conceptual
they're,
still
doing
a
lot
of
work,
utility
coordination
and
those
kind
of
things
to
make
sure
that
all
of
this
will
work.
So
as
you
move
down
the
corridor,
there
will
be
the
10
foot
wide
path
on
the
South
Side,
so
there'll
be
a
separate
bridge
going
over
185
for
that
path.
It
won't
be
in
the
lane
of
traffic.
It
will
be
a
separate
structure,
moving
on
down
steam,
Mill
Road.
W
This
is
where
the
two
roundabouts
will
be
at
Dogwood
and
then
at
Southern
Pines.
One
of
the
things
that
we
heard
from
the
Johnsons
and
that's
what
our
consultant
has
been
working
on
is
to
shift
that
roundabout
to
not
impact
their
house
and
so
I
think
director
Newman
has
talked
to
them
about
that
and
that
this
is
what
we're
looking.
This
is
our
current
conceptual
layout
that
would
shift
that
roundabout
and
not
have
to
take
their
home.
W
So
in
the
conceptual
design
process
they're
looking
at
how
it
would
fit,
could
it
be
shifted
how
many
houses
The
Limited
number
of
houses
that
they
would
have
to
take?
And
so
you
know
they
just
as
they
that's
why
you
have
public
meetings
to
get
input
from
citizens
things
like.
Oh,
we
don't
like
this.
We
don't
like
that,
and
and
obviously
when
they
didn't
come
to
the
initial
meeting
for
those
that
had
what
would
show
a
total
taking,
they
sought
for
the
first
time
at
the
larger
public
meeting.
I
V
I
just
wanted
to
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
first
of
all,
I
know
how
impactful
it's
something
like
this
is
particularly
when
you
said
you
didn't
hear
anything
I
mean
I
could
and
then
generations
and
memories
and
being
military
I
know
what
it's
like
to
get
uprooted
and
it's.
It
is
very
hurtful.
I,
am
glad
in
this
presentation
to
hear
that
we
are
considering
because
how
long
I
think
it's
you
look
at
the
generations
here.
V
It's
I'm
really
glad
that
we
are
reaching
out
to
them
to
do
something
like
this
here,
because
I
I
was
just
I,
didn't
know
anything
about
it.
Until
now
and
I
was
talking
to
soya
to
councilor
Tucker
and
she
said
she
found
out
what
did.
O
I
I'm,
actually
I'm
kind
of
really
having
a
hard
time
wrapping
my
head
around
this
whole
situation
in
that
and
I
think
we're
deflecting
from
the
problem
that
we
have
that's
currently
being
talked
about
in
that
we
have
a
lovely
presentation,
but
it
doesn't
say
in
there,
oh,
by
the
way,
we're
tearing
down
your
house
and
I
think
Johnson
family
that
the
city
of
Columbus
has
done
you
an
incredible
wrong
and
I
would
think
that
if
my
house
was
the
only
house
that
was
on
the
street
or
the
mayor's
house
was
in
the
OR
Mr
Broadwell's
Waters
house
was
the
only
house
that
was
on
the
street.
O
What
do
you
think
or
or
these
are
the
options
or
ins
or
or
something
like
this-
is
this?
This
happens
in
the
movies
and
this
this
is
what
they
they
make
movies.
This
doesn't
happen
in
Columbus
Georgia,
but
apparently
it
does
so
like
I'm
having
a
really
hard
time.
Wrapping
my
head
around
the
fact
that
we're
deflecting
from
the
situation
by
showing
a
presentation
of
how
we're
gonna
accommodate
it.
O
When
we
have
done
this
Injustice
to
our
sis,
to
our
citizens
and
that
we're
about
to
even
even
if
we're
not
that
the
fact
that
they
had
to
sit
there
and
think
that
their
house
was
going
to
be
torn
down
and
that
they
were
going
to
have
to
uproot
themselves
and
move
and
lose
their
memories
and
their
retirement
and
and
move
forward
with,
like
I
I
I.
Can't
I
can't
even
put
myself
in
their
shoes
because
it's
it's
a
lot.
O
It's
mind-blowing,
like
my
head,
is
exploding
that
we
even
have
gotten
to
this
conversation
like
I
I
would
hope
that
on
any
sort
of
t-swas
project
that
the
council
wouldn't
have
to
sit
there
and
and
and
look
at
the
map
and
go
I
wonder
if
there's
a
house
in
the
way
or
a
citizen
won't
have
to
sit
there
and
go
I.
O
Z
O
J
Well,
I'm,
looking
at
the
map
now,
because
this
is
my
first
time
seeing
this
rendering
is
there
a
house
on
the
other
on
the
other
side
or
it's
no
house
right.
W
J
Southern
Pines,
so
so
the
first,
the
second
one,
the
one
closest
to
the
right
is
the
one
that
I
was
addressing
so
I
knew
that
dog
would
we
was
going
to
have
to
possibly
take
some
of
the
land
off
of
that
property.
What
I
will
ask
is
exactly
what
counselor
cargo
is
saying.
We
really
need
to
knock
on
the
doors
of
those
who
are
actually
impacted,
meaning
that
we're
gonna
take
anything
away
from
their
property
or
I.
Don't
know
if
we
have
contacted
the
individuals,
that's
further
down.
J
I
know
you
said
2025,
but
over
near
Shirley
B,
where
we
were
taken
out
the
property
displacing
that
property
right
there
have
we
contacted
those
and
not
physically,
like
seen
and
talked
and
touched
those
individuals
have
we
actually
made
contact
with
them
in
reference
to
their
their
property,
because
I'm
I'm
honestly
concerned
about
whether
we're
doing
our
do
due
diligence
getting
in
contact
with
property
owners.
W
So
individual
Property
Owners
would
have
received
a
letter
from
us.
It's
not
typical
that
we
would
go
knocking
on
individuals,
doors.
We
would
send
a
letter
and
ask
them
to
contact
us
or
schedule.
You
know
we're.
Having
this
meeting
I
mean
that's
what
our
typical
process
is.
It's
not
to
go.
You
know.
J
So,
and,
and
I
and
I
understand
that,
and
my
thing
is
and
and
nothing
against
you
know,
when
we
move
Mount
Pilgrim
did
we
just
send
them
a
letter,
or
did
we
have
a
conversation
with
somebody
in
the
office
because
I
feel,
like
the
amount
of
time
and
attention
that
we
take
for
certain
individuals?
We
need
to
take
that
same
time
and
attention
with
residents
and
one
of
the
things
that
Walker
Garrett
is
really
upset
because
he
just
texts
me.
J
He
said
that
he
feels
that
this
is
completely
unfair
because
they
have
had
decades
under
a
tax,
freeze
and
I'm,
not
sure
if
they
with
military
I
know
how,
if
you're
100
disabled,
you
don't
have
to
pay
taxes,
but
if
they
were
to
to
be
impacted
based
on
whatever
and
I
know.
This
is
the
concept,
it's
conceptual
right,
so
say,
for
instance,
this
concept
is
changed
and
we
go
right
back
to
impacting
their
property.
J
J
U
And
it's
bigger
if
I
may,
regarding
Mount
Pilgrim
first,
that
was
a
Georgia
D.O.T
project
and
they
were
negotiating
in
dealing
with
Mount
Pilgrim
and
you
may
recall
when
they
came
to
an
impasse
and
it
wasn't
gonna
end
go
any
further
and
the
project
was
basically
going
to
go
dead.
That's
when
they
asked
the
city
to
get
involved
and
that's
when
I
got
involved.
K
U
U
In
fact,
I
thought
it
was
going
to
be
about
speeding
and
other
things,
and
so
you've
got
some
slides
in
here
that
talks
about
speeding
and
what
the
sheriff
did.
The
first
PowerPoint
you
sent
me
did
not
have
any
of
these
charts
in
there
no
drawings.
You
didn't
have
it
around
here
to
show
that
it's
not
going
to
impact
their
home.
These
were
not
in
there.
I
called
you
about
two
o'clock
and
said:
I
want
this
female
wrote
drawings
because
we
don't
know
what's
going
to
come
up
today
and
that's
why
they're
here
and
I'm.
U
U
W
W
W
The
design,
the
the
engineer
designs
this
based
on
the
study
that
they
did
and
the
safety
issues
and
the
safety
concerns
that
they
saw
along
this
Corridor,
and
so
when
they
put
a
concept
plan
together,
it
is
how
do
we
best
address
the
safety
concerns?
What
is
their
recommendations?
Do
we
put
a
traffic
light
at
this
corner?
Do
we
put
a
roundabout
so
when
they
design
it
with
specific
roundabouts
at
specific
intersections,
it's
based
off
of
a
lot
of
data
that
they
collected.
Where
is
the
speeding
occurring?
W
They
did
a
whole
traffic
study
along
that
Corridor.
What
intersections
have
a
level
a?
What
intersections
have
a
level
F?
Where
does
traffic
back
up?
Where
do
they
see
speeding
the
most,
and
how
can
we
alleviate
those
issues?
It's
not
to
be
insensitive
to
individual
homeowners
along
that
Corridor
at
all.
It
is
what
is
their
recommendation
to
best
solve
all
of
the
concerns
along
that
Corridor,
which
is
when
we
had
the
public
meeting
after
we
met
with
them.
W
We
went
back
to
the
consultant
and
said:
is
there
any
other
way
that
we
can
keep
a
roundabout
at
this
intersection
which
will
slow
traffic
down
and
hopefully
prevent
fatalities
in
the
future
and
still
keep
that
roundabout
and
still
allow
the
citizen
to
keep
their
home,
and
so
they
went
back
and
they
said
well,
if
we
adjust
this,
we
move
this.
Maybe
if
there's
not
a
water
line
here,
we
can
put
the
you
know,
shift
it
over.
W
This
is
a
vacant
lot,
and
so
again
it
is
not
that
staff
is
insensitive
or
to
Citizens
at
all,
I
mean
that's
the
whole
purpose
of
the
public
meeting,
and
these
are
still
conceptual.
They
still
can
change,
but
they
are
working
to
not
impact
any
households
any
Parcels,
but
in
order
to
make
these
improvements
along
these
Corridor
to
address
all
of
these
safety
concerns
that
we
have.
This
is
their
recommendation
to
slow
traffic
down
so
that
people
aren't
going
55
miles
an
hour
down
steam,
Mill
Road.
N
W
V
K
N
Going
forward
I
mean:
do
you
understand,
you've
got
to
understand
and
you've
got
to
see
the
difference
of
a
general
letter
going
out
to
everyone
along
steam,
Mill
Road,
that's
may
lose.
You
know
using
it
using
that
Corridor
for
a
while
during
construction
or
you
losing
a
foot
or
two
on
their
front
yard
and
losing
a
house
you've
got
to
see
the
difference.
There.
U
U
And
so
she
got
back
to
work
this
morning
and
I
called
you
about
them
being
on
the
public
agenda.
So
this
is
our
first
day
back
to
work
from
last
week.
Well,.
B
Counselor
Tucker.
J
B
J
AA
J
AA
AA
J
And
one
of
the
questions
that
I
did
ask
when
we
first
started
this
project
was
the
communication
to
the
resident.
I
specifically
asked
that.
So
that's
why
I'm
really
upset
and
I'm
angry,
because
I
asked
that
question
I
asked
that
and
when
we
had
that
one
meeting
that
Shirley
B
I
think
it
was
one
lady
that
probably
two
this
was
at
Shirley
B
I
think
it
was
two
people
and
I
will
go,
knock
on
doors
to
make
sure
and
I
know.
J
Councilor
Barnes
will
come
with
me
because
it's
both
for
our
districts
but
we'll
knock
on
doors
whatever
we
have
to
do
to
make
sure
that
the
citizens
are
there,
but
I
do
think.
This
is
my
first
time
seeing
this
update.
I,
don't
know
when
this
was
actually
completed,
but
this
is
my
first
time
seeing
it,
but
I
do
think
that
we
owe
the
Johnson's
actual
meeting
today
scheduled.
I
really
do
think
that
that's
the
best
thing
for
us
to
do
right
now.
V
Along
with
Joanne
and
Sawyer
counselor,
kogel
and
councilor
Tucker
I
want
to
also
extend
an
apology.
You
know
in
the
military
we
have
what's
called
an
after
Action
Report,
where,
when
we
dropped
the
ball
on
things
and
we
make
Corrections-
and
you
know
for
something
like
this
is
something
that
is
per
the
one
is
one
thing
in
life
that
is
really
dear
to
everyone
is
their
home.
They
raise
their
children
raised
in
my
wife's,
in
our
case
grandchildren
and
great
grands.
V
That's
that's
important
and
it
the
city
but
who's
the
city
to
take
that
extra
step,
especially
when
you're
talking
about
something
that's
precious,
not
to
send
a
letter
out,
but
to
personally
not
going
to
do
her
as
Toya
said
and
let
individuals
know
that's
important.
Sending
a
letter
out
for
an
individual
is
is
not
the
way.
I
feel
that
we
need
to
do
business,
and
so
the
lesson
learned
looking
forward
is
that
we
just
need
to
take
that
extra
step
to
to
to
let
our
citizens
know
they're
appreciate
it.
V
I
know
we're
busy
and
things
happen,
not
like
I,
say
important
for
you.
This
is
a
teaching
moment.
A
learning
moment
for
all
of
us
here
to
take
that
extra
step
when
it
comes
to
something
like
this
here
and
that's
that's
what
you're
hearing
verbalized
by
us
here.
That
was
something
like
that.
Just
sending
a
letter
out
send
the
letter
out.
I
know
if
it
happened
to
me,
80
years
old,
you're,
going
to
tell
me
you're
going
to
check
my
home.
You
got
a
problem,
not
you
personally
I'm
just
talking
about
the
city.
H
Mr
Johnson
said
this
was
the
only
house
that
was
going
to
be
destroyed.
Is
that
correct,
not.
H
W
W
W
H
S
W
H
The
deal
I
think
what
I
think
what
councilor
Crabb
said
is
absolutely
the
the
right
bottom
line.
If
you
saw
on
the
public
agenda
that
somebody
that
you
know
we're
going
to
tear
down
their
house
is
going
to
be
on
the
public
agenda.
Wouldn't
that
give
you
an
idea
about
what
they're
going
to
come.
Talk
about
and
I
agree
with
my
colleagues.
This
is
unacceptable.
H
K
B
H
B
L
B
I
know
I'm
on
a
question,
no
you're
frustrated
and
I.
Think
clearly
there
is.
There
has
been
a
breakdown
in
a
normal
communication
for
this
particular
type
of
situation,
because
we
have
had
instances
like
this,
where
the
city
has
has
negotiated
rights
of
way
and
and
we've
tried
desperately
not
to
have
to
disturb
any
property
period.
And
when
it
does
it's
the
first
time
I've
ever
seen
us
in
a
situation
where
there
was
not
good
contact
and.
Z
B
Don't
know
what
the
the
the
essence
of
the
reason
that
is
I
just
know
it.
It
didn't
occur
this
time,
but
this
is
this
is
done
by
this
government
quite
often
when
it
comes
to
working
with
Dot
and
designers
and
Engineers
to
try
to
get
those
things
put
together.
So
I
I
think
that
that
by
and
large
we
do
stay
pretty
good
content
with
people
and
particularly
when
we
think
there's
a
chance
they
may
lose.
Our
house.
M
B
S
I
just
want
to
make
a
general
comment,
because
you
are
correct
when
we're
ready
to
purchase
right
away
and
start
those
negotiations,
that's
when
all
of
that
personal
contact
right
now.
This
is
a
draft
plan.
It
can
change
again,
they
are
doing
survey,
work,
they're,
doing
environmental
work,
they're
doing
utility
work,
that's
what
all
those
General
letters
are
that
they
may
be
receiving
and
I
know.
Others
are
receiving
them
because
I
get
phone
calls
and
I
talk
with
them
as
well.
S
We
we
did
have
a
meeting
for
those
to
let
them
know
to
meet
with
them
personally
and
let
them
see
the
plan
and
let
them
meet
with
the
engineer,
and
we
only
had
the
one
or
two
that
showed
up.
This
is
early
in
the
process.
This
is
not
when
we
start
making
negotiations,
because
the
appraisals
haven't
been
done,
the
right
of
way,
the
title
research,
none
of
that's
been
done
yet.
So
that's
when
you
start
with
the
personal
contacts
talking
about
values,
talking
about
relocations,
making
those
deals
on
the
impacts
of
you.
K
S
S
Just
trying
to
get
the
alignment
and
any
impacts
as
far
as
the
road
goes
and
properties
go
before
we
can
start
those
Communications
because
it
was,
as
we
saw
based
on
the
public
input,
we're
going
to
have
another
meeting
in
the
fall.
There
may
be
additional
changes
based
on
that
meeting,
because
when
you
start
shifting,
you
might
reduce
the
impact
on
the
Johnson's
house,
but
you
push
it
on
somebody
else's
property,
as
we
see
so
they
may
be
just
as
concerned
about
the
impact
of
their
property
and
it
may
have
to
adjust
again
well.
U
U
You
know
you
were
here
and-
and
there
were
some
very
intense
moments
when
it
came
to
Forest
Road.
In
fact
that
project
the
the
the
emotions
were
so
intense.
It
got
taken
off
to
the
list,
I
believe
a
couple
of
you,
maybe
Council,
Allen
mayor,
you
may
have
been
here
so
roll
projects
are
difficult,
they're,
difficult
conversations,
as
you
said,
it's
it's
my
home,
and
so,
but
but
we
hear
you
and
and
and
staff
will
communicate
with
the
Johnsons
okay.
K
B
B
He
has
canceled
all
right
next
Mr
John
anchor
and
if
you
would
States
your
name
and
your
city
and
state
of
residence.
Y
Thank
you,
I'm
I'm
joined
and
we've
been
joined
nearly
three
hours
ago
with
a
lot
of
people
in
the
back
and
and
we're
only
here
to
say,
Thank
you
so
I'm
not
going
to
introduce
everybody,
but
there
are
two
people
that
were
here
originally
with
us
45
days
ago
and
and
I'm
going
to
introduce
them
in
just
a
minute.
My
name
is
John
Anker
I'm
at
13,
23,
11th
Avenue
here
in
Columbus
I'm.
Y
Only
here
today
to
say
thank
you
to
the
council
members
for
your
courage,
we're
here
today
to
say
thanks
to
each
counselor,
not
only
for
your
sacrifice
and
your
hard
work
of
sitting
here
on
this
bench
most
every
week,
especially
though,
for
your
courage
of
making
some
hard
choices.
We
want
you
to
know
that
your
constituents
are
listening
and
watching
and
they're
engaging
more
every
day.
Y
45
days
ago,
was
just
one
good
example
of
our
citizenry
being
present
here
and
being
engaged
and
I'm
proud
of
the
people
that
have
come
forward,
and
some
of
them
are
still
sitting
in
the
audience
and
they
say.
Thank
you
also,
and
45
days
ago,
Columbus
was
ready
to
pass
the
largest
operational
budget
that
we've
ever
had,
while
simultaneously
maxing
out
our
military.
While
we
still
even
have
the
highest
sales
tax
rate
in
the
state
of
Georgia
council
did
an
excellent
job
listening
to
their
constituents.
Y
They
did
a
great
job
last
week
listening
and
making
appropriate
adjustments
and
serving
the
entire
city
and
its
population,
and
we
want
to
say
thank
you.
That's
all
our
purpose
is
we
thank
you
for
listening.
We
thank
you
for
making
adjustments.
We
thank
you
for
asking
hard
questions.
We
thank
you
for
doing
the
best
of
your
ability
to
continue
to
work
to
better
our
community.
We
thank
you
mostly
I.
Thank
you
for
your
courage.
Y
It
takes
courage
to
stop,
adjust
and
make
hard
choices
that
serve
the
majority
of
our
citizens,
lowering
the
millage
rate
and
giving
back
seven
million
dollars
to
the
property
taxpayers.
It's
not
a
lot
of
money
like
one
fellow
mentioned
earlier,
but
it's
a
fundamental
shift
that
says
a
lot
about
our
city
and
what
we
can
do
to
serve
more
and
improve
better
and
I.
Believe
it's
the
first
time
in
history,
we've
actually
actually
ever
lowered.
The
millage
I
see
some
head
shakes
for
acknowledgment.
Y
It
might
be
that
we've
rolled
it
back
many
times
because
of
federal
grants
coming
in
other
reasons
that
it's
popped
back.
This
was
a
big
deal
and
I
think
it
says
a
lot
for
our
community.
It
says
that
you
heard
we
heard
as
a
community.
You
heard
our
citizens
cry
for
help.
You
heard
and
prioritize
that
the
citizens
want
us
to
prioritize
our
spending
going
forward.
Y
We
can
grow
our
economy
and,
yes,
we
can
grow
our
tax
base
and
yes,
I'm,
even
for
rising
up
our
spending
limits
when
we
get
the
revenue
cost
equations
in
line
together
together,
we
need
to
work
to
maintain
and
improve
our
quality
life
for
all
Columbus
citizens
and
what
you
did
last
week
was
breathtaking
or
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
and
it
was
a
breath
of
fresh
air
and
I
say.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
introduce
a
new
friend
of
mine,
and
her
name
is
Madeline.
Y
AB
Madeleine
Burns
Glenn
Columbia
to
this
town
I've
only
been
here.
Five
years
and
I've
been
a
regional
manager,
I've
been
really
busy,
I
haven't
been
able
to
get
involved.
I
am
now
a
citizen.
Warrior
I
will
help.
People
like
her
I
will
help
people
like
you.
Just
please
remember
you
are
here
to
serve
us.
We
are
not
here
to
serve
you.
Please
remember
that
you're
here
to
help
us
represent
us,
give
a
suggestion.
Listen
to
us
we're
human
beings,
don't
be
insensitive,
she's,
not
insensitive,
but
be
sensitive.
B
All
right,
councilor,
Tucker,
I.
J
U
Thank
you
mayor
first
I've
got
risk
management,
donation
for
risk
and
safety
day,
Community
event.
B
B
L
B
All
right
so
we'll
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve
a
b
d
g
h,
I
n
j,
okay
LMNOP.
All
in
is
there
any
other
discussion
about
any
of
those
items
all
right
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye.
Is
there
any
opposed
and.
U
So
the
mayor
helped
me
remember
the.
B
U
So
a
was
advisory
and
consulting
services
for
the
457
deferred.
B
is
concrete.
Pipe
estimated
annual
spending
would
be
ninety
five
thousand
dollars
for
public
works
on
an
as
needed
basis
and
D
is
mimic
Nan
for
construction
manager
for
the
government
center
complex
with
gilbane
in
association
with
Freeman,
it's
195
000
and
it's
costs
associated
with
the
initial
Demolition
and
removal
of
existing
furniture
at
the
sheriff's
administration
building,
and
you
know
that
building
is
over
at
the
otc's
property.
U
I
believe
E
and
F
pool
G
would
be
legal
representation
in
real
estate
matters
for
the
city
and
is
with
various
legal
firms
in
the
department
has
budgeted
approximately
fifty
four
thousand
dollars
for
the
service.
U
H
Declaration
of
surplus
donations
for
three
Crown,
the
vix
for
the
Warm
Springs
Police,
Department
no
longer
use
these
vehicles
are
no
longer
used
by
the
police
department,
and
this
Warm
Springs
think
that
they
can
use
those
three
old
vehicles
and
then
I
Declaration
of
surplus
and
donation
of
three
Crown
Vics
same
situation
with
the
city,
Columbus
Police
Department
to
the
city
of
white
police
department
and
to
go
back
to
those
that
were
pulled.
I.
Believe
C,
a
feasibility
study
for
additional
holes
at
Oxbow
and
I
do
see.
U
Jim
aren't
here
but
sure.
H
U
I,
don't
it's
an
RFP,
so
I
don't
think
the
cost
has
been
determined,
but
it
would
allow
them
to
go
in
and
seek
at
least
the
interest
out
there
and
based.
H
On
the
school
I
I
read
what
what
it's
for,
but
there's
no
cost
to
hiring
the
somebody
to
do
the
feasibility
study
you.
I
It's
I
can't
remember
because
it's
25
or
26
000,
just
this.
H
U
U
All
right,
that's
proved
so
again,
that's
twenty
six
thousand
dollars
and
then
the
amendment
five
on
E
just
want
to
be
clear.
It's
sixteen
thousand
dollars
and
you
may
see
an
amount
of
900
000
in
there.
That's
incorrect.
It
is
sixteen
thousand
dollars
and
you
see
it
in
the
third
from
the
last
paragraph,
but
this
is
for
the
planning
and
programming
and
design
for
the
Government,
Center
and
and
so
we're
asking
your
approval.
B
J
In
reference
to
this,
do
we
have
a
project
manager,
that's
over
the
I.
Guess,
like
the
city
hall,
it.
U
J
Don't
do
we
normally
not
go
for
something
so
big
as
far
as
a
project
well,.
U
J
The
reason
why
I
mean
we've
as
counselors
I'm
sure
some
of
us
have
had
several
phone
calls,
not
just
this,
but
also
the
judicial
Center
they've
been
asking
tons
of
questions
and
we
don't
know
well
I
know
I,
don't
know.
I
can't
speak
for
everybody
else
where
we
are
within
the
process.
J
J
Is
already
big
and
I,
just
yeah
we
and
and
as
Council
crab
said,
we
have
three
projects
and
we
haven't
received
an
update
on
jail
yet
as
well
so
I'm
just
concerned
because
I
don't
want,
somebody
to
you
know,
have
serious
burnout
and
then
we
run
them
away
yeah,
because
his
pay
is
only
so
much
well.
J
J
Yeah,
so
my
my
thing
is
like
one
of
the
questions
was
in
reference
to
the
design
I
think
councilor
Begley
was
asking
questions
in
reference
to
the
judicial
Center
far
as
the
design
and
space,
but
as
far
as
going
over,
you
know
possibly
200
million
dollars.
I
hope,
that's
not
the
case,
but
when
you
have
a
project
manager,
they're
keeping
you
within
the
timeline,
you
know
actually
going
out
making
sure
that
we're
getting
the
lowest
costs.
J
You
know
on
everything
and
I
honestly
know
we
put
a
lot
on
Ryan
Pruitt,
because
the
citizens
in
our
districts
need
a
lot
in
reference
to
code
enforcement,
so
I'm
I'm
concerned
in
reference
to
him
managing
the
code
enforcement
inspection
in
these
big
projects.
I'm
really
concerned.
U
W
Just
to
kind
of
clarify,
so
we
had
two
project
engineer
years
in
the
engineering
department
and
they
managed
all
projects.
What
we
did
a
couple
years
ago
was.
We
kept
two
project
engineers
in
the
engineering
department.
They
manage
all
the
road
projects
and
the
stormwater
projects
and
a
Chief
Inspector
was
added
in
the
inspection
and
codes
Department
to
also
assist
with
overseeing
all
of
the
inspectors,
but
also
to
manage
some
of
the
smaller
projects.
D
W
J
Because
you
know,
I
was
listening
to
Mr
Broadwater
out
there
talking
about
working
in
at
the
hospital
I
work
at
the
hospital
information
management
and
that's
all
I
did
was
project
management,
move
terminating
clinics,
opening
to
clinics.
Moving
from
the
old
hospital
to
the
new
hospital
I
met
from
the
grant
everything
it's
a
lot
that
goes
with
doing
a
project
and
I'm.
Looking
at
what
I've
had
to
do,
and
I
only
had
to
focus
on
those
projects
he
is,
he
is
juggling.
U
J
We
don't
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
he
handles
code
enforcement,
because
so
we
we
need
him
to
address
some
of
those
issues.
That's
really
pressing
for
our
citizens.
U
And
it
sounds
like
they're
going
to
be
coming
to
me
with
something
some.
J
Well,
the
jail
part
come
up
during
the
next
council
meeting
or.
B
H
U
Are
we
ready
for
that?
The
ground
maintenance
services
and-
and
this
is
a
contract
with
a
number
of
different
ground
service
maintenance
organizations,
and
you
know
that
Public
Works?
They
kind
of
manage
the
ground
maintenance
sites
here
in
Columbus
and
we're
talking
about
I
185,
J.R,
Allen,
Sam,
Welborn,
Parkway,
downtown
historic
sites,
Inner
City,
Mini
Gateway
sites
and
we've
got
a
lot
of
those
pedestrian
and
tour
sites,
meetings
and
roundabouts
and
administrative
and
recreational
facilities,
and
so
this
would
be
for
all
of
what
they
do
for
all
of
the
Gateway.
U
What
we
refer
to
as
the
Gateway
projects,
2.4
million
dollars
annually,
is
what's
budgeted
for
those
projects.
H
My
concern,
Mr
city
manager,
are
the
two
that
you
did
not
speak
to.
One
is
the
resting,
Gardens
and
cemeteries.
It
says
contingent
upon
funding
availability,
who
is
currently
taking
care
of
the
cemeteries
that
are
City
owned
in
Columbus.
U
I
believe
Public
Works.
They
do
that
in-house
right
now
they
do
that
in
internal
Public,
Works
Department.
U
H
I
was
not
aware
until
I
saw
this
and
started
asking
some
questions
that
the
practice
for
ground
maintenance
of
fire
stations
is
carried
out
by
the
firefighters
at
that
station
that
every
all
of
the
14
stations
in
Columbus,
if
the,
if
the
grass
knee
well,
let
me
back
up
Fridays
of
every
week,
is
designated
as
yard
work
day
at
every
fire
station
in
Columbus,
because
it
is
on
those
days
that
the
firefighters
at
that
station
cut
the
grass
trimmed.
H
H
H
H
I
might
could
deal
with
that
if
we
were
just
talking
about
the
fire
truck
going,
but
we're
talking
about
EMT
work,
we're
talking
about
ambulance
work
and
if
you,
if
you
come
to
a
a
an
ambulance,
call
straight
from
mowing
the
grass
at
station
number
two,
the
chances
are
you're
going
to
be
dirty
and
you're
going
to
have
grass
clippings
on
your
uniform
and
you
don't
get
to
stop
and
take
a
shower
before
you
get
on
the
truck
and
and
leave
the
station.
H
The
firemen
that
I
the
firefighters
that
I
talked
with
told
me
a
number
of
other
things
that
I
didn't
know,
and
one
of
them
was
if
they
have
a
lawnmower.
That's
a
gas-powered
lawnmower.
You
know
who
buys
the
gas
the
firemen
the
firefighter,
not
the
city,
the
firefighter
buys
the
gas.
H
If
that,
if
that
ambulance
I
mean,
if
that
lawnmower
breaks
down,
you
know
who
fixes
it
the
firefighter
they
have
to
pay
for
that
kind
of
stuff
and
many
of
them,
because
they
do
this
on
a
regular
basis,
have
brought
equipment
from
their
house
to
the
station
so
that
they
can
do
their
job.
H
One
of
the
things
I
was
told
was
that
at
number
one
down
on
10th,
10th,
Street,
First
Avenue,
the
city
cuts
the
grass
from
Third
Avenue
to
the
corner
of
the
property,
for
the
station
number
one
sits,
and
then
they
go
around
the
fire
station
to
the
Second
Avenue
and
cut
the
the
right-of-way
grass
on
2nd
Avenue.
H
They
completely
go
around
that
fire
station,
and
this
is
something
that
is
to
me
quite
unacceptable,
particularly
when
you
say
that
it's
contingent
upon
funding
availability
I'm,
not
sure
how
much
funding
is
necessary
in
order
to
provide
groundskeeping
care
for
the
14
fire
stations
and
the
training
facility,
also
out
on
Macon
Road,
but
in
a
334
million
dollar
budget
that
has
over
a
hundred
days
in
the
fund
balance.
It
would
seem
to
me
that
we
have
enough
funding
so
that
these
firefighters
don't
have
to
cut
the
grass
at
the
fire
station
it
just
it's.
H
It's
just
mind-boggling
that
they
have
to
do
that
yeah
and
they
not
only
have
to
cut
the
grass,
but
they
do
all
of
the
other
yard
maintenance.
If
you
will,
if
there
is
one
of
the
the
people
that
I
taught
with
said,
if
they
want
pine
straw,
they
pay
for
it,
City
doesn't
do
that
they
pay
for
it,
and
so
we've
we've
got
to
take.
We've
got
to
we've
got
to
fix
this
and
I.
H
Don't
know
what
it's
going
to
take
for
us
to
fix
it,
except
that
we've
got
to
fix
it
and
we've
got
to
fix
it
right
away.
I,
don't
want
our
firemen,
our
firefighters,
continuing
to
do
this,
one
of
the
other
things
that
I
was
told
and
Mr
city
manager.
This
doesn't
have
to
do
with
the
groundskeeping,
but
you
may
want
to
have
somebody
write
this
down
at
Station
number,
nine,
which
is
one
of
the
news
stations
in
town
since
that
station
has
been
built.
H
They
have
been
having
problems
with
their
air
conditioning,
the
air
conditioning
doesn't
work,
and
so
the
people
who
came
out
to
fix
the
air
conditioning
they've
been
out
numerous
times
to
fix
that
air
conditioner
and
one
of
the
things
they
did
was
there's
a
little
shelter
on
one
side
of
the
building.
Where
you
go
up
to
get
to
the
air
condition
they
took,
the
ceiling
out
went
up
to
fix
the
air
conditioning
they
they
did
a
a
repair
at
that
time.
That
worked
for
a
short
period
of
time.
H
Let's
see
if
we
can't
get
that
that
kind
of
fixed
I,
I'm,
just
I'm
I'm,
just
real
concerned
I,
don't
have
any
clue
what
you're
talking
about
when
you
say:
Inner,
City,
Mini,
Gateway
sites
and
administrative
and
recreational
facility,
I
think
administrative
and
recreational
facility.
If
we
had
the
people
who
work
in
the
government
center
cut
the
grass
at
the
government
center
I
think
we'd
have
folks
that
were
highly
upset.
H
That's
the
administrative
piece
of
it
and
I,
don't
know
if
Mr
Mayor,
if
what
we
need
to
do,
if
what
I
need
to
do
is
to
make
a
motion
to
say,
make
the
funding
available
or
if
you
will,
under
whatever
jurisdiction
you
or
the
city
manager.
Have
you
will
do
that
and
please
don't
interpret
my
remarks
that
the
firefighters
that
I
spoke
with
were
complaining.
H
U
U
What
I
do
know
is
that
there
has
never
been
a
request
until
recently
to
ask
that
the
city
fund
mowing
of
grass
it
wasn't
in
the
last.
It
was
not
in
this
budget
request
that
you
just
approved
it
was
not
in
there,
and
so
it
has
come
up
that
I
mean
they've
I,
guess
they
were
just
doing
it
because
they
were
doing
it
for
the
last
more
than
40
years.
That's
what
they've
done
over
the
last
40
years,
they've
mowed
grass
at
all
the
fire
stations.
U
I,
don't
know
if
the
public
safety
director
directed
them
to
mograss
I
didn't
certainly
since
I've
been
here,
but
at
any
rate
I
think
it
cost
around
90
to
100
000
to
do
the
fire
stations,
and
if
you
want
to
make
that
change
after
more
than
40
or
50
years,
you
know
it
just
takes
a
motion
to
add
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
the
budget.
U
To
do
it,
and
so
this
was
not
a
request,
be
clear
in
the
recent
budget
request,
it
was
not
one.
Last
year
it
has
not
been
one
over
the
years
that
you
hire
someone
to
mow
grass
and
stop
firefighters
from
doing
it.
I
don't
know
why
they
were
doing
it.
So
that's
what
it
would
take
to
get
that
done.
Well,.
H
In
in
order
to
achieve
this,
I
move
that
we
put
a
hundred
thousand,
what
did
you
say
about.
H
D
I
can't
add
a
whole
lot.
Obviously,
I've
only
been
here
for
a
few
years
and
as
the
city
manager
said,
we've
been
mowing
grass
for
long
before
I
got
here
when
I
first
came
to
Columbus
I
thought
it
was
odd
that
we
mowed
grass
and
so
I
made
some
inquiries
and
response
I
got
from
our
firefighters
was
that's
what
we've
always
done.
I
said:
well,
that's
kind
of
unusual
I
said:
let's
see
if
we
can,
we
can
maybe
change
that
the
first
thing
I
did
was.
D
We
took
an
inventory
of
our
our
lawn
mower
equipment,
which
was
in
pretty
bad
shape
and
I
know
the
city
manager
probably
doesn't
recall,
but
in
FY
22
we
asked
for
about
50
Grand
to
replace
some
of
that
long-term
equipment
through
the
budget
process.
We
couldn't
we
weren't
successful
in
that
request,
but
in
this
year
we
we
didn't
ask
for
any
money,
because
we
knew
there
was
an
RFP
process
in
place
to
consider
potentially
mowing
mowing
grass
I
know
our
firefighters
is
councilmember.
Thomas
indicated
they
don't
complain
about
it.
D
There's
a
there's
a
source
of
I
think
they
would
appreciate
the
opportunity
that
somebody
else
mows
the
grass
it
gives
our
folks
the
opportunity
to
do
other
things.
I
know
years
before
or
years
ago
we
weren't
doing
EMS.
You
know.
Ems
was
a
separate
department
since
we've
merged
and
taken
on
those
responsibilities.
D
As
councilmember
Thomas
said
it
would
look
pretty
pretty
poor
on
our
part,
showing
up
at
a
citizens
home
covered
in
grass,
clippings
and
such,
and
so
we
certainly
appreciate
that
opportunity
and
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
B
All
right,
Council
cogles
it
to
the
motion.
B
D
Or
take
some
larger
than
others
just
because
we
have
several
single
company
stations
and
then
we
have
a
number
of
multi-company
stations.
D
Yeah
in
the
Fallout
sport,
it's
more
about
keeping
leaves
out
of
you
know,
blowing
leaves
and
all
that
kind
of
thing
and
trimming
bushes
I,
imagine
the
winter
time
it's
probably
minimal,
but
during
the
summer-
and
you
know
this
time
of
year-
we're
very
busy
doing
lawn
work
where.
O
For
the
for
the
cemetery,
since
Public
Works
is
taking
care
of
that,
and
it's
not
a
super
high
priority,
but
I
do
I,
run
the
a
run
in
Porterdale
and
Riverdale
a
couple
times
a
week
on
several
occasions
was
was
through
there
on
on
Sunday,
actually
on
my
bike
as
well.
O
So
it's
actually
one
of
my
favorite
places
to
visit
and
I
think
that
we
just
need
to
make
the
note,
particularly
in
Porterdale,
that
we
just
spent
a
lot
of
time
and
a
lot
of
resources
highlighting
the
Ma
Rainey
house
and
and
entering
a
Grammy,
and
we
had
a
wonderful
ceremony
and
I
think
it's
important
that
we
know
that.
That's
where
her
final
resting
grounds
are
as
well
and
if
we're
having
Marini
as
a
as
a
tourist
destination.
O
So
to
speak,
just
paying
a
little
extra
attention
on
a
regular
basis
in
Porterdale
is
is
important.
There's
there's
several
people
that
that
go
out
there.
Juneteenth
had
the
bike
ride
out
there
last
year
and
I
remember
last
year,
and
it's
you
know
in
in
hindsight's
22
2020,
but
I
was
on
that
bike
ride
and
we
had
to
Wade
through
knee
or
Waist
Deep
grass.
O
So
if
it's
I
realize
that
it's
not
The
toppest
priority,
but
it
would
be
just
to
kind
of
keep
an
eye
on
it,
especially
during
these
the
summer
months,
when
grasses
high
it's
it.
It
was
very
nicely
groomed
when
I
went
through
there
on
Sunday,
so
yeah.
U
U
O
I,
just
I
just
want
to
make
a
note
that
I
I
don't
think
that
we
need
to
put
any
well.
How
much
do
we
spend
do
you
know
ballpark.
U
O
I
mean
I
think
if
I
mean
Public
Works
is
is
doing
a
fine
job.
It's
just
I
just
think.
It's
important
to
note
that
for
the
summer
months
that
we
pay
a
particular
attention
and
I
think
I
think
counselors
in
each
district
drive
by
cemeteries
enough
that
they
can
alert
Public
Works
if
something
is
growing
out
of
control.
B
J
And
I
was
actually
gonna
say
the
same
thing
as
counselor
cargo,
because
I
was
the
one
that
put
together
that
bike
ride
for
Juneteenth
last
year
and
it
it
was,
and
it
actually
I
think
I
had
got
with
Deputy
city
manager,
Lisa
Goodwin
for
some
of
the
locations
to
get
the
grass
cut,
but
that
was
one
that
I
I
missed
and
I'm,
not
sure
how
often
we
would
because
it's
a
contingent
upon
funding
availability.
So
would
that
mean
we
would
get
to
it
like
at
least
once
a
month?
Well,.
U
Based
on
this
contract,
I
think
that
the
what
they're
saying
is
that
these
are
the
ones
that
we've
got,
that
we've
done
in
the
past,
excluding
the
wrestling
garden
and
fire
stations
and
so
they're
trying
to
add
these
and
that's
why
it's
dependent
on
funding
availability.
And
so
you
just
added
a
hundred
thousand
for
the.
U
O
U
Will
Public
Works
be
well,
Public,
Works
will
do
rushing
Gardens
and
they
do
it
now,
but
they
do
it
in
the
cycle
sequence
and
it's
it
may
not
get
done
as
often
as
we
would
like,
because
they
are.
You
know
you
got
weather
issues,
you
got,
they
got
to
make
the
rounds
and
but
if
you
contract
it
out,
of
course,.
H
U
What
they
get
paid
you
know,
and
so.
U
U
U
L
U
U
N
I
was
recently
in
Buffalo
New
York,
looking
at
another
presidential,
grave
and
I
wanted
to
bring
this
up
because
we
might
be
able
to
use
it
with
them
all
rainy
house
and
grave.
They
had
QR
codes
by
Millard
Fillmore's
grave,
and
so
you
could
take
your
phone
and
click
on
the
QR
code
and
it
could
give
you
information
about
Ma
Rainey.
It
could
also
give
you
information
on
how
a
map
to
get
to
her
house
and
then
over
at
her
house.
N
I
I,
don't
know
if
it
would
be
the
non-profit
that
takes
care
of
the
Ma
Rainey
house
or
if
it
would
be
us
in
conjunction
with
them,
but
I
thought
that
that
would
be
something
I
thought
that
that
would
be
something
worth
looking
into
another
thing:
I
I
see
a
lot
of
cemeteries
with
my
little
hobby,
of
going
to
presidential
Graves
and
in
Louisville,
where
Muhammad
Ali
is
buried
across
from
his
grave
there's
a
nice
little
path.
And
it's
it's
us.
N
It's
called
a
scatter
garden
and
you
can
go
down
this
Meander
this
path
and
it's
not
it's
not
kept.
It's
kind
of
rough
looking
and
I
would
like
us
to
look
into
something
like
that.
I
know
we
were
looking
into
some
more
land
for
another
cemetery
and
there's
not
a
lot
of
upkeep
in
this
and
what
they
do
is
they
will
have
rocks
large
rocks
kind
of
in
places
around
the
landscape
and
it's
natural
landscape
and
there'll
be
little
plaques
of
where
you
know.
N
Anybody
who
has
been
scattered
there
and
I
know
that
cremation
has
become
a
lot
more
popular
and
so
I
would
just
like
us
to
look
into
something
like
that.
It's
a
nice
natural
space,
very
nice
to
go
and
relax
and
just
meditate
in
those
areas
and
just
be
with
your
loved
ones,
and
so
I
would
like
us
to
look
into
that
possibility.
U
Me
mayor
I've
got
a
few
updates.
That
concludes
the
regular
agenda.
B
B
It's
a
line
item
for
them.
The
fire
department.
U
Yeah,
no,
we
will
probably
use
the
same
vendor,
but
right
now
the
money
it'll
either
be
allocated
directly
to
fire
or
just
put
under
that
the
additional
100
000
will
go
with
that,
so
that
you
can
use
a
regular
this
vendor
or
vendors,
that
we
have
three
three
or
four
but
I've
got
an
update
on
city
hall
and
then,
if
you
want
to
hear
the
follow-up
on
the
public
safety
take
home,
you
can
if,
if
and
then
we've
got
Indigent
care
update,
so
Ryan
Pruitt.
AC
Thank
you,
Mr
city
manager,
good
evening
mayor
member
of
the
council,
just
a
real
brief
update
on
City
Hall
been
coming
last
few
meetings
to
provide,
updates
and
like
this
may
be
the
shortest
one.
We
have
completed
the
phase
one
move
as
of
last
week,
so
all
of
these
departments
are
located
at
the
new
city
hall,
so
I.T,
Finance,
Cooperative,
Extension,
job
training,
Parks
and
Rec
Human
Resources,
the
mayor's
office,
City
manager's
office
city,
attorney's
office,
Clerk
of
council's
office
and
3-1-1
all
are
at
City
Hall.
AC
Now,
still,
some
unpacking
going
on
still
some
adjustments
to
be
made
as
they
get
in
and
try
out
their
new
space.
I
would
like
to
thank
all
these
departments
for
their
patience
and
willingness
to
adapt,
as
issues
arose
during
the
move.
I'd
also
like
to
thank
it
specifically
for
all
their
help.
Taryn
disconnecting
people
and
reconnecting
them
at
the
new
location
was
key
to
trying
to
make
everything
go
smoothly
and
then,
as
well
as
the
sheriff's
office
for
working
with
us,
providing
security
during
the
move
and
so
real
briefly.
Just
another
reminder
about
phase
two.
AC
So
again
we
get
the
executive
building.
Synovus
will
vacate
that
July
31
of
2024..
We
have
some
renovation
Works
work
to
do
and
then
these
relocations
will
happen
in
2025.
So
we
get
about.
B
That
appear
to
be
anywhere.
Thank
you,
sir,
and
I
want
to
publicly
thank
you.
That
was
a
thankless
job
buddy
trying
to
get
everybody
in
there
and
all
the
little
punch
lists
things
that
were
going
on
and
you
you
y'all
did
a
great
job
about
as
good
as
could
be
done.
I
think
it's
not
over
yet
well
I'm,
trying.
B
U
AC
U
So,
thank
you.
We've
got
the
public
safety.
Take
home
vehicles
to
Alabama,
follow
up,
we've
got
the
risk
manager,
Lauren
Vance.
AD
This
will
be
a
very
quick
update
on
the
questions
that
were
posed
at
the
last
council
meeting
for
the
off-duty
accidents.
We
went
back
for
the
past
five
years.
We
were
able
to
find
five
off-duty
at
fault
accidents
of
the
first
one
being
in
2020,
and
then
they
are
all
the
way
up
to
April
of
this
year.
AD
As
you
see
the
most
recent
ones
from
June
of
22,
all
the
way
to
the
April
of
23
are
still
in
litigation.
The
currently
the
legal
fees
are
the
only
thing
that
has
been
paid
on
those
so
far:
the
April
I'm,
sorry,
the
August
of
2020.
We
ended
up
having
to
pay
property
damage
and
medical
with
68
563
dollars,
and
the
legal
fees
were
5.
379.
AD
AD
For
the
Muskogee
County
Sheriff's
Office,
they
had
four
off-duty
accidents
for
these.
They
were
all
single
vehicle
accidents.
There
was
no
second
party
involved
and,
unfortunately,
for
these
risk
management
was
not
notified,
so
we
have
no
cost
Associated,
since
it
was
just
the
sheriff's
car
that
was
involved.
AD
AD
One
of
the
other
questions
posed
was
the
number
of
staff
that
was
considered
Command,
Staff
and
non-command
staff,
so
the
out
of
the
entire
90
that
are
affected
for
the
take
home
policy.
11
are
Command,
Staff
and
then
79
are
non-command
staff.
That's
your
police
officers,
your
Sheriff
deputies
and
things
like
that.
AD
For
the
general
government
side,
there
would
only
be
three
employees
that
would
be
affected
by
this.
All
three
are
in
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
and
this
would
not
be
on
an
everyday
basis
for
them
to
take
their
vehicles
home.
It
would
be
special
events,
emergency
situations
and
things
like
that,
where
they
would
have
a
vehicle
across
state
lines
for
the
entire
general
government,
I.T
Public,
Works,
inspection,
I'm,
sorry,
inspections
and
codes
engineering.
AD
No
one
had
an
employee
that
lives
in
Alabama,
that
is
on
call
assigned
a
vehicle.
So
those
were
the
three
factors
that
we
counted
when
we
were
asking
about
General
government,
as
you
saw
earlier
on
the
city
attorney's
agenda.
This
is
a
copy
of
the
acknowledgment
and
we
are
going
to
change
that
to
include
the
witness
line,
and
that
was
it
any
questions.
H
AD
W
The
product
of
the
questions
that
came
up
at
the
last
meeting,
so
this
is
mostly
for
clarification,
inmate
Medical
Services,
which
are
the
services
that
are
provided
to
inmates
that
are
outside
the
jail.
So
we
do
have
a
vendor
at
the
jail
that
provides
Medical
Services,
but
if
they
need
to
go
outside
the
jail
for
a
service,
that
is
the
responsibility
of
the
provider
to
negotiate
and
provide
get
those
services
with
a
provider
outside
of
the
jail.
We
did
have
a
discussion
with
Piedmont.
W
W
000..
I
do
know
that
the
sheriff's
office
has
been
working
with
the
provider
at
the
jail.
It's
their
responsibility
as
the
contract
at
the
jail
to
have
the
services
provided
they
get.
The
invoices
Back
review,
those
invoices
they're
responsible
to
pay
the
vendor,
and
then
the
city
reimburses
the
vendor
for
those
Services.
They
must
submit
to
the
Sheriff's
Office,
a
detailed
list
of
who
received
the
service
and
what
service
they
received
and
at
what
cost.
And
so
the
sheriff's
office
has
been
working
with
the
medical
provider
to
get
that
information.
W
H
Miss
Hodge,
on
the
the
part
of
where
you
say,
build
paid
and
balance
due
I
might
be
the
only
one
around
the
table.
That's
on
Medicare,
except
maybe
pops,
but
if
I
have
a
Medicare
bill
and
it's
725
and
Medicare
only
pays
67,
then
the
balance
I'm
most
of
the
time
told,
but
you
don't
know
it
are
you
saying
this
is-
is
different
than
that.
W
Maybe
I
didn't
clarify,
so
they
are
billing
us
at
Medicaid
rate,
so
that
is
the
total
amount
billed
that
they
have
billed
us
today
is
725
000,
that's
at
Medicaid
rate.
So
that's
what
we
owe
to
them.
They
have
only
been
paid
through
the
provider
at
the
jail,
the
68
000,
so
there's
still
an
additional
658
000.
That
Piedmont
is
due
for
Hospital
Services
provided
to
inmates.
K
H
AB
B
N
W
So
another
came
up
about:
imtala
did
have
a
discussion
with
a
medical
expert,
I
guess
he's
been
in
the
the
industry
for
about
25
years
and
really
provided
some
education
on
some
of
the
information
that
was
discussed
at
the
last
council
meeting,
and
so
this
is
some
information.
Obviously
you
can
Google
this
and
look
it
up
on
Wikipedia.
It's
really
the
same
thing,
but
for
those
who
are
watching
just
to
make
sure
they
completely
understand
what
was
being
referenced.
W
Trust
fund
and
about
to
try
to
put
the
city's
plan
and
the
state's
plan
side
by
side
and
they're,
really
two
different
plans:
they're
administered
differently.
This
particular
plan
that
the
state
provides
is
only
a
program
for
hospitals,
it's
not
for
Primary
Care
Providers.
It's
for
hospitals
who
provide
Indigent
care
and
they're
compensated,
a
percentage
of
the
uncompensated
care
provided,
and
so
every
hospital
pays
into
this
trust
fund
across
the
state.
W
W
One
of
the
questions
that
came
up
and
I
think
there
was
some
information
requested
around
the
procurement
process,
and
so
this
takes
a
47-page,
ordinance
and
kind
of
condenses
it
into
just
a
few
slides.
So
obviously
there's
more
to
the
procurement
ordinance
than
what's
represented
here,
but
just
in
general
any
purchase,
that's
less
than
a
thousand
dollars.
There's
no
competitive
bid
process.
You
need
to
get
something
from
Home
Depot
for
fixing
a
part
or
that's
not
on
an
annual
contract
or
something
like
that.
W
If
it's
less
than
a
thousand
dollars
the
Departments
can
utilize
their
budget
dollars.
For
that
anything
between
a
thousand
and
five
hundred
five
thousand
dollars,
three
written
quotes
are
required.
We
do
have
a
decentralized
purchasing
where
there
are
individuals
within
departments
that
do
a
lot
of
purchasing.
They
go
through
training
with
our
purchasing
Division
and
the
finance
department
and
are
basically
certified
to
know
how
to
get
the
core
votes
what's
required,
and
so
each
department
really
has
someone
that
handles
their
purchases
in
their
departments.
W
When
you
get
over
five
thousand
dollars
up
to
twenty
five
thousand
dollars.
This
is
a
sealed
quotation.
That's
administered
by
the
purchasing
division
in
the
finance
department-
it's
not
formally
advertised,
but
they
do
go
through
a
formal
process
and
then
anything
over
twenty
five
thousand.
It's
a
competitive,
sealed
formal
bid,
process
or
competitive
proposal.
There's
an
official
advertisement
related
to
anything
over
twenty
five
thousand
so
purchases,
specifically
over
twenty
five
thousand
different
types.
W
There's
bids,
which
is
just
a
hard
bid,
we're
asking
you
know
how
much
for
a
vehicle
and
and
vendors
submit
their
bid
proposals
with
a
formal
advertisement.
It's
typically
out
at
least
15
days
before
the
due
date,
15
business
days
and
those
types
of
bids
are
open
publicly
and
awarded
based
on
the
compliance
with
the
bid
and
the
price.
So
it's
just
a
dollar
as
long
as
you
meet
all
the
requirements
of
the
bid
when
it
comes
to
proposals,
it's
handled
differently,
they're,
not
open,
publicly.
W
Typically,
there's
an
evaluation
committee,
that's
established,
depending
on
what
the
item
is
either
three
five
or
seven
voting
members
there's
typically
alternate
voting
members
in
case
for
some
reason
throughout
the
process.
Maybe
the
employee
that
was
on
the
evaluation
committee
takes
another
job
so,
and
so
you
don't
have
to
start
over.
You
typically
have
non-voting
members
that
are
included
in
case.
They
need
to
become
a
voting
member
of
regular
non-voting
members
and
advisors.
W
If
there's
experts
in
a
department
that
want
to
sit
on
the
committee,
but
not
a
voting
member,
typically
department,
heads
and
we'll
do
that
if
it's
in
their
Department,
all
information
is
confidential.
With
the
committee
until
it's
awarded
by
city
council,
the
committee
reviews
all
the
proposals
they
discuss,
the
proposals
request
additional
information
or
clarification,
their
kids
schedule
interviews.
W
They
could
also
schedule
site
visit
depending
on
what
the
proposal
is
for
when
it
comes
time
to
the
scoring
those
are
done
independently
by
each
voting
member
based
on
the
criteria
included
in
the
RFP,
and
so
that's
typically
laid
out
how
the
proposal
will
be
scored
in
the
RFP.
So
the
vendor
knows
what
the
voting
members
are.
Looking
for.
The
committee
then
decides
after
the
Voting
is
complete,
how
to
proceed
either
award
to
the
top
vendor.
W
The
top
three
vendors,
as
you
saw
on
the
agenda
tonight
for
the
real
estate
attorneys
after
the
process,
was
reviewed.
It
was
determined
that
everyone
that
submitted
met
all
the
requirements
of
the
bid
and
provided
different
Services
related
to
real
estate
transactions,
and
so
the
committee's
recommendation
was
to
include
all
of
the
vendors
on
the
annual
contract,
and
so
at
that
time
you
can
call
any
vendor.
That's
on
the
end
on
the
awarded
contract
as
Council
approved
it,
and
then
it
comes
to
city
council
for
approval.
W
This
is
just
a
one-page
scenario.
It's
also
included
in
the
agenda
package.
This
is
what
we
kind
of
hand
out
to
departments,
so
they
don't
forget
what
level
of
proposals
that
they
need
to
do
written
quotes
or
if
that
needs
to
go
through
the
purchasing
department
for
approval
bid
communication.
This
was
discussed
as
well.
You
know
all
bidders
are
required
to
sign
a
form
that
says
they
will
only
communicate
in
writing
with
the
purchasing
division.
W
They
are
to
have
no
contact
with
city
employees,
department,
heads
agencies,
especially
the
evaluation
committee
members,
contracted
Personnel
Associated
to
the
project.
So
if
we
have
an
engineer
on
board
they're
not
to
contact
them,
they're
only
to
contact
the
purchasing
department
in
writing
as
well
as
elected
officials-
and
it
basically
says
I-
agree
to
forward
all
communication
about
this
solicitation
in
writing
to
the
purchasing
Division.
I
understand
that
communication
with
other
persons
other
than
the
purchasing
division
or
render
my
bid
or
proposal
response.
Non-Responsive
and
I
will
no
longer
be
considered
in
the
solicitation
process.
F
But
let
me
just
ask
you
this:
if
the
sheriff
has
closed
out
his
budget,
which
was
22
or
23
the
budget's
been
closed
out,
then,
if
there's
overages,
where
does
that
money
come
from
for
Indigent
care
or
any
kind
of
needs
is
outstanding
or
maybe
they
just
haven't
been
invoiced
or
billed,
but
well,
if
he's
closed
out,
where
does
that
money
come.
U
W
Just
through
the
audit
process,
so
invoices,
obviously
when
June
30th
gets
here,
there's
services
for
the
month
of
June
utility
bills
and
those
things.
So
there
are
things
that
we
book
as
a
payable
and
as
we're
going
through
the
audit
process,
the
dollar
value
of
those
invoice
that
gets
booked
as
a
payable
to
that
budget
year,
because
it
it
applies
to
that
budget
year.
As
we
get
closer
to
the
end
of
the
audit.
Those
expenditures
could
go
up
to
anything
over.
W
A
hundred
thousand
dollars
will
be
charged
to
the
next
fisc
or
charge
to
the
previous
fiscal
year
as
we
move
forward,
because
we
have
to
obviously
close
out
at
a
certain
point,
but
anything
that
we're
aware
of
and
departments
know
when
they
have
requested
service
and
they
haven't
received
an
invoice
for.
We
know
to
contact
the
vendors
to
make
sure
that
we
get
as
much
of
the
accounts
payable.
That
should
apply
to
that
fiscal
year
book
into
the
right
fiscal
year.
If
a.
F
F
W
It'll
hit
hit
Sheriff's.
Typically
when
come
back,
we
do
a
final
budget
amendment
and
typically
departments
that
come
in
over
budget.
Obviously,
they've
come
before
you
and
said:
I've
had
additional
funding,
that's
required.
Typically,
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year,
we
can
balance
those
departments
that
exceeded
their
budget
with
those
departments
that
came
in
under
budget
typically
well,.
F
Maybe
I'm
not
communicating
well
enough
here,
but
there's
there's
needs
that
happen
over
the
course
of
the
year.
There's
x
amount
budget
and
then
there's
news
depending
on
the
scenario:
the
situation,
it's
catastrophic
in
the
jail
for
whatever
reason.
Obviously,
it's
going
to
go
well
beyond
the
serious
budget
and
then
has
to
be
determined
by
the
claims,
adjuster
or
the
hospital
wherever
whether
they
go
to
Atlanta,
whether
it's
dealing
with
the
heart
with
the
brain
whatever.
F
K
W
W
F
Okay,
all
right!
Well,
that's
what
I
wanted
to
ask.
Have
you
have
you
gotten
with
I
guess
in
good
faith,
we've
had
some
health
care
entities
that
are
paid
that
that
still
have
outstanding
invoices?
Is
that
the
600
700
000
you
were
talking
about
up
there
or
or
do
you
expect
more
I.
W
F
An
inmates
I
think
it
was
clear
when
the
council
spoke
last
time
that
any
outstanding
invoices,
if
we
need
to
reimburse
for
2023,
we
need
to
satisfy
our
obligations,
I
think
in
good
faith.
Even
though
there
wasn't
a
contract,
we'd
have
a
contract,
but
I
think
they
justfully
continued
under
the
30-year
contract
of
what
they
do
and
they
continue
to
do
services.
F
So
the
other
health
care
entities
do
it
as
well,
but
certainly
they're,
not
billing
us
so,
but
if
they
need
to
be
satisfied
under
a
good
faith
agreement,
then
we
need
to
go
ahead
and
and
I
expected,
that's
what's
I,
guess
that's
what
I'm
asking
I
expect.
That's
what's
going
to
happen,
am
I
right
for.
T
U
U
F
B
Got
to
tell
you
I
think
that
I
think
that's
a
dangerous
road
to
go
down.
Well,
we've
got
counselors
trying
to
help
design
rfps.
F
F
F
U
Mr
Mayor
I'm,
going
to
have
staff,
go
back
and
pull
the
video
and
record
what
the
scope
of
work
that
we've
heard
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
use,
and
so,
if
there's
anything,
you
need
to
add
to
the
scope
of
work
that
you
provided,
not
staff,
but
what
you
provided
if
there's
something
that
needs
to
be
added
to
it.
You
need
to
let
us
know.
H
H
Would
you
look
into
that
and
give
us
a
report
on
what's
Happening
and
what
we
can
expect
and
I
mean,
as
I
said,
we're
almost
at
August,
and
these
are
these
business
licenses
have
not
been
issued
and
I
know
of
I
know
of
a
number
of
businesses,
specifically
that
have
not
received
their
2023
business
license.
So,
if
there's
a
problem
with
that,
we
need
to
know
it.
U
O
I've
had
a
this
is
on
a
different
matter.
I've
had
a
couple
weeks
to
digest
our
conversation
about
the
striping
in
uptown
since
last
meeting
and
and
I
understand
that
there
is
a
order
in
which
our
striping
individuals
go
about
striping,
the
city
and
so
I
took
the
liberty
in
the
last
two
weeks
to
come
up
with
two
different
striping
companies
that
are
available
to
provide
that
service.
O
For
us,
then
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
there's
probably
some
Tad
dollars
that
may
be
able
to
be
used
in
that
and
and
I
just
want
to
bring
it
to
the
Forefront
that
we're
expanding,
Uptown
and
I
believe
the
high
side.
O
Market
is
opening
at
the
end
of
August,
and
if
you
do,
if
you
look
at
the
I,
had
a
friend
fly
a
drone
up
there
and
if
you
look
at
the
overhead
spot
of
that
particular
Crossing
on
13th
Street
and
linking
High,
Uptown
and
I,
guess
what
we
would
call
a
high
Side
Market,
the
crosswalks.
There
are
almost
not
visible
and
we're
about
to
send
people
back
and
forth
on
those
crosswalks.
And
so
it's
a
fairly
large
safeties
concern
that
I.
O
Don't
think
that
can
wait
until
we
work
on
the
13th
Street
Corridor
project
over
the
next
couple
years
and
I
also
want
to,
on
the
topic
of
striping,
bring
up
back,
bring
the
conversation
back
up
about
the
need
for
we
talked
about
during
the
traffic
calming
conversation
a
couple
couple
weeks
ago
about
the
need
to
calm
the
traffic
down
on
Fifth
Avenue
between
14th
and
15th
Street
by
fetch
dog
park
there,
where
they're
also
doing
some
significant
development
and
there's
five
Lanes
currently
and
so
I
think
we
could
make
some
forward
progress.
O
While
we
have
our
fancy
striping
machines
out
and
stripe,
some
parking
along
one
of
those
Lanes,
which
would
at
least
get
the
ball
rolling
in
the
right
direction
and
if
there's
a
if
there's
a
overseeing
project
that
I'm
missing
or
there's
like
a
project.
What
do
you
call
it.
O
If
there's
a
project,
PF
PDF
or
something
that
I've
missed,
please
send
it
to
me
because
I'd
like
to
see
what
the
end
goal
is.
But
those
are
my
requests
again.
It
might
not
be
a
priority
for
I,
just
I
think
we
owe
it
to
our
small
businesses
in
uptown
to
at
least
clean
up
Uptown
a
little
bit
and
so
I
will
send
those
to
Paving
or
striping
businesses
to
you
so
that
you
can
look
at
getting
that
done
thanks.
We.
U
And
that's
fine
but
there's
of
course.
O
And
I
believe
we
have
funding
for
it,
so
I
think
we
can
I
think
that's
something
that
we
can.
We
can
probably
take
care
of
where.
J
Might
be
a
little
far-fetched,
so
you
know
I'm,
coming
back
from
the
Naco
conference
and
I
know
that
we
have.
We
will
soon
have
a
lot
of
extra
room
here
in
this
building
and
Mr
Marvin
Broadwater
has
brought
this
up
several
times
in
reference
to
having
a
veterans
liaison.
J
It
would
be
nice
if
we
could
maybe
use
the
3-1-1
area
or
somewhere
and
work
with
like
the
DAV
or
somebody
so,
and
this
is
what
what
I
hope
and
I
want
to
just
talk
about
it,
bring
it
up
and
then
maybe
we
can
work
work
the
details
out,
but
at
Martin
Army
they
have
a
volunteer
where
individuals
sign
up
and
they
volunteer.
They
go
through
a
volunteer
training.
They
actually
come
and
work
in
the
facility.
We
have
a
schedule
just
like
they
will
would
be
regular
employees.
J
The
same
thing
would
be
the
case
with
a
veteran
liaison
kind
of
like
a
One-Stop
shop.
That
way
we
can
provide
resources.
People
come
through
here.
This
is
kind
of
like
an
anchor
location,
meaning
for
tags
and
taxes.
It's
a
well-known.
The
library
is
right
there,
but
just
partnering
with
the
veteran
Community,
especially
with
a
lot
of
people
that
pardon
you
know
the
military
just
having
a
extra
extra
resource
for
veterans
and
those
transitioning
out
the
military.
J
J
So
I
don't
know
what
we're
doing
with
the
3-1-1
area.
Yeah.
J
J
Mean
it
would
be
nice
if
you
can
have
a
larger
the
reason
why
I
said
the
the
reason
why
I
said
3-1-1
and
I
don't
know
if
we
could
block
off
the
area
and
change
some
speaks
or
whatever,
but
because
it's
on
the
lower
level
and
people
don't
have
to
go
upstairs
so
I'm,
just
I'm,
just
looking
at
whatever
we
could
use
and
create
this.
This
area
for
veteran
services
I
just
think
that
it'll
be
something
good
for
us
to
look
at
now,
since
we
have
all
this
extra
space.
J
Okay,
I
just
think
it'll
be
good
for
the
veteran
in
the
military
Community,
especially
since
I
mean
there's
so
many
things.
That's
going
on
and
I
can't
talk
about
everything
in
the
short
amount
of
time,
but
there
are
programs
where
military
members
can
actually
come
work
for
the
city
and
actually
still
get
paid
their
military
pay
for
six
months
and
it's
kind
of
like
a
pilot
program.
So
it's
just
a
lot
of
things
that
we
can
do
in
a
veteran,
militarily
liaison
and
I
will
say
this
Gwinnett
has
done
it.
U
Yeah
and
I'm
familiar
with
that
six
months,
because
I
actually
had
an
intern
in
my
office
for
six
months
and
he
did
some
great
work.
J
Right,
but
if
we
can
have
that
and
have
those
resources
where
people
can
come
and
and
actually
get
the
information
here
and
since
we
have
this
huge
building,
that
will
be
almost
half
empty,
I,
just
think
that
it'll
be
good
to
move
forward
with
just
giving
back
to
our
military
and
Veteran
Community.
V
That's
right
on
point,
because
I'm
trying
to
find
the
date
in
my
phone
but
I
reserved
the
community
room,
because
the
DAV
number
seven
and
three
of
the
American
Legions
there
are
so
many
veteran
needs
in
this
community.
You
know
I've
reserved
a
room
from
nine
until
two
on
a
Saturday
I'm
trying
to
find
it
in
my
phone,
but
this
is
a
central
location.
When
we
had
our
meeting,
they
were
saying
what
would
be
essential.
V
U
I
mean
that
concludes
my
okay
Madam.
B
P
P
B
X
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
not
a
problem
and
I
will
start
exactly
where
I
stopped
off
as
I
and
we
talked.
We
continue
to
talk
about
energy
care.
The
only
issue
that
I
had
with
that
is
that
we
took
two
million
dollars
when
you
passed
that
motion
to
lower
the
millage
rate.
That's
the
only
problem,
I
said
I
will
and
see.
For
me,
I
would
never
have
to
worry
about
health
care
for
the
rest
of
my
life,
but
the
single
mother,
with
two
jobs
and
four
children.
X
Just
might
the
homeless
person
living
off
of
Second
Avenue
just
might
or
the
person
I
spoke
with
today
in
Terminal
Court
just
might
for
the
poor
of
our
city
council.
Please
reconsider
your
vote.
My
second
issue
is
with
the
crime
prevention
office.
Funding
I
beg
to
ask
a
simple
question:
why
have
we
not
increased
the
budget
to
this
office
since
its
Inception
in
2013?
X
Yet
the
number
of
boots
on
the
ground
organization
has
increased
exponentiously
from
14.
The
very
first
year
to
this
past
year
to
over
45
submitted
application.
These
organizations
work
with
our
law
enforcement
communities.
Our
school
systems
I
have
seen
these
organizations
collaborate
with
each
each
other
on
projects
assisting
IU,
Miss,
Bobby,
Starr
hats
off
to
her.
We
work
together
on
a
plethora
of
projects.
X
I
have
also
observed
these
organizations
that
have
assisted
citizens
in
crisis
situation,
but
yet
the
budget
has
only
it's
been
750
000
dollars
for
10
years,
but
this
body
voted
to
increase
or
devote
up
to
2
million.
So
I'm
asking
you
to
reconsider
that
and
before
you
say
it
can't
be
done,
you
guys
have
the
power.
You
will
you'll
realize
that
when
you
come
out
of
office,
but
you
have
the
power,
you
have
the
power
where
you
sit
so
I
say
to
you:
leave
a
legacy:
you're
not
going
to
be
on
this
Council.
X
X
T
Thank
you.
Thank
you
to
everyone
who
took
the
time
out
to
listen
to
what
we
had
to
say
those
of
you
who,
founded
in
your
heart
to
apologize
and
those
you
did
not
find
in
your
heart
to
apologize
I.
Thank
you
for
that
as
well.
T
Just
want
to
quickly
say
that
we're
not
up
here.
We
didn't
come
here
today
because
of
something
that
we
just
found
out.
I
mean
that
we've
known
for
a
long
time.
We
came
because
we
did
just
find
out
and
that
the
urgency
that
was
put
behind
the
information
that
was
given
provoked
us
to
be
here
today,
because
we
did
not
receive
the
information
that
was
stated
on
November
the
11th
prior
to
any
other
meeting
that
was
had
to
November
11th.
T
We
would
take
full
responsibility
of
what
we
didn't
do
during
covet
times,
we'll
take
responsibility
of
that.
But
we
cannot
take
responsibility
of
what
somebody
said
they
would
do
for
us
pertaining
to
this
information
that
was
supposed
to
be
given
and
Miss
colgar.
Thank
you
for
recognizing
the
fact
that
somebody
was
trying
to
backpedal
out
of
the
fact
that
what
they
said
they
were
going
to
do
not
what
we
said
we
were
going
to
do,
but
what
they
said
they
were
going
to
do.
T
We
are
not
slow
by
any
means,
Mr
Hughley,
for
you
to
sit
up
here
and
present
a
slideshow
saying
that
with
your
Infinite
Wisdom,
that
you
thought
today
to
present
a
slideshow
about
something
that
you
didn't
recognize
the
person
that
did
it
that
sent
in
the
name
on
June.
The
second
I
presented
a
seven
minute.
Video
live
video
to
Facebook
concerning
documenting
the
exact
same
thing.
T
My
mother
asked
me
before
we
came
up
here
Marco.
This
is
what
you
want
to
do,
because
I
ran
for
district
three
city
councilman
against
Mr
Huff
last
year.
She
said
this
is
what
you
want
to
do.
I
said
yes,
mother:
this
is
what
I
want
to
do,
and
after
hearing
what
you
just
stated
to
me,
sir
I
even
more
want
to
do
it.
U
Let
me
just
say:
I,
don't
know
what
video
he's
talking
about
and
I
wish.
He
had
sent
the
video
directly
to
me
and
so
I
don't
know.
If
someone
in
my
office
watched
the
video,
if
they
did,
they
didn't
share
it
with
me
that
they
watched
it.
I
have
no
clue
of
what
video
he's
talking
about
and
everything
that
I've
said
here
today:
I
stand
by
it,
I
don't
back
down
and
I'm
not
going
to
be
bullied
either
and
so
and
and
so
I
stand
by
what
I
said.