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From YouTube: Columbus City Council Meeting 11-29-2022
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The Columbus City Council Meeting 11-29-2022
A
B
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
Mimi
Woodson
district
7,
Walker
Garrett,
District,
8,
Judy,
Thomas
posts;
nine
at
large
counselor
John
house,
Post
10
at
large
counselor,
Sandra,
Davis,
Clerk
of
counsel
and
City
Attorney
Clifton
Faye,
Columbus
Georgia.
This
is
your
city
council.
C
E
E
E
E
We
hold
this
community
all
of
US
citizens
and
Council
in
stewardship
and
I
pray
that
you
will
be
pleased
with
the
way
that
we
manage
what
you
have
given
to
us.
We
pray
for
those
who
have
needs
in
the
community.
We
pray,
you
will
direct
our
efforts
and
our
abilities
toward
those
who
have
those
needs.
We
pray
that
you
will
continue
to
open
opportunity
for
people
to
develop
into
the
full
people
that
you
want
them
to
be
productive
and
engaged
in
this
area.
C
F
A
C
C
G
C
C
H
Sir,
thank
you
mayor
Pro,
tem,
City,
councilor,
city
manager
and
the
executive
staff.
My
name
is
Adrian
Chester.
My
address
is
2620
17th,
Avenue,
Columbus,
Georgia
and
I'm
grateful
for
this
opportunity
to
share
with
you
all
a
few
weeks
ago
about
40
leaders
here
in
Columbus,
Georgia
gathered
for
lunch
to
receive
an
update
of
the
status
of
the
Liberty
Theater
and
to
receive
information
about
where
the
operations
of
the
Liberty
Theater
currently
stands
not
only
from
the
building
but
also
operational
and
programming.
H
For
the
longevity
and
sustainability.
I'm.
Grateful
to
report
that
those
who
gathered,
which
was
a
cross-section
of
the
African-American
Community
here
in
Columbus
Georgia
I,
was
in
full
support
of
of
a
resolution
being
brought
to
this.
Council
and
I
also
have
members
of
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Liberty
Theater.
Here
with
me
that
the
city
revisit
that
opportunity
that
was
presented
and
the
only
things
that
were
presented
to
come
out
of
that
meeting.
H
But
we
with
great
enthusiasm,
Vigor
and
resources
will
have
a
place
that
represents
the
African-American,
Heritage
and
culture
of
Columbus
Georgia
not
only
of
the
past,
but
also
for
its
future,
and
so
I
believe
that
there
are
several
counselors.
Who
will
bring
this
information
to
your
attention
today
and
in
the
coming
days,
and
if
there
are
any
questions
of
Me
based
on
this,
ask
of
you
all
revisiting
that
opportunity
for
the
for
the
Liberty
Theater,
so
that
there
will
be
opportunities
for
sustainability
and
longevity
of
this
cultural
epicenter
here
in
Columbus
Georgia.
Thank
you.
I
I
J
I
Q
Morning,
everyone
good
morning,
it's
all
distinguished
Council,
mayor,
Pro,
Temp,
Mr
city
manager,
Dr
Hughley,
I,
just
want
to
stand
and
state
I'm
in
support
of
this
as
well.
The
Liberty
is
extremely
important
to
our
community.
We
have
a
long
history
here.
I
was
just
in
Macon
last
weekend
at
the
historic
Douglas
theater
and
to
see
how
they
have
preserved
that
building
and
left
it
as
an
opportunity
for
the
community,
I
think
so
outstanding.
Q
D
This
is
an
item
on
item
seven
that
we
have
on
the
work
session
for
today,
but
if
respectfully
my
counselors
would
allow
me
to
I
would
like
to
bring
item
seven
so
that
the
city
managers
can
do
the
presentation
in
case
there's
some
questions
from
the
council
members.
You
will
be
able
to
answer
those
for
us,
so
I
would
ask,
if
possible,
Clifton
and
to
my
colleagues
if
we
can
bring
up
item
C
and
make
a
motion.
D
Thank
you,
and
my
only
reason
is
that
Isaiah,
if
you
can
please
our
staff
to
do
the
prison,
if
y'all
can
have
a
seat
in
case,
we
have
a
question.
You
guys
will
be
excuse
me.
You,
gentlemen
and
ladies
will
be
available,
since
you
are
a
new
board,
and
this
is
a
new
Mission
and
we're
going
into
partnership.
I
think
it's
important
I
also
know
that
you
all
have
busy
lives
and
other
things
to
do
so,
and
we
can
be
very
long-winded,
so
I'm
asking
us
to
do
this
to
kind
of
prolong
it.
R
R
R
R
So
now
we
have
proper
leadership,
and
the
city
manager
can
do
what
he
needs
to
do
to
Corral
us
together
to
get
it
done.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
and
everyone
else
that
participated,
because
it
makes
a
world
of
difference
when
the
people
of
Columbus
know
that
the
taxpayer
dollars
are
being
spent
away
today,
the
way
it
was
presented
to
them.
Thank
you.
S
Just
looking
at
this
picture
on
the
screen
of
the
Liberty
Theater
you're,
looking
at
a
boardwalk,
it's
the
heart,
the
soul
of
the
African-American
Community
here
in
Columbus
as
a
soldier.
Our
first
day
years
ago,
very
first
day
when
I
got
assigned
here
in
Columbus
years
ago,
I
was
told
about
the
tremendous
heritage
of
the
Liberty
Theater.
The
only
place
that
African
Americans
could
go
to
see
the
movies.
If
they
had
concerns
the
only
place
that
they
could
gather.
S
S
Mom's
Mabley
was
here
all
of
those
artists
that
that
came
here
to
the
Liberty,
Theater
and
so
I'm,
just
thankful
to
this
government
for
taking
this
step,
to
hold
on,
to
restore
and
make
very
vibrant
to
Liberty
Theater
and
on
a
personal
note,
I
just
like
to
mayor
Pro,
tem,
say
something:
I
see
someone
who
haven't
seen
in
a
while.
My
one
of
my
bosses,
the
one
who
encouraged
me
Kawana,
ingrams
Kawana,
is
so
good
to
see
you
sitting
here
among
everyone.
Thank
you
so
very
much.
T
T
Full
consensus.
I
have
never
attended
a
meeting
in
this
community
where
African
Americans
gathered,
and
they
won't
want
to
call
it
United
in
solidarity,
and
they
said
we
are
coming
forward
with
this.
We
need
to
get
this
done,
and
those
council
members
present
Mimi
Whitson,
Toya,
Tucker,
Bruce,
Hoff
and
Council
Barnes
could
not
be
there
but
called
and
extended.
T
He
is
on
board,
he
is
with
it,
and
this
needs
to
come
forward
and-
and
so
I
went
back
immediately
and
got
staff
to
draft
this
presentation
and
there's
a
grant
opportunity
out
there.
That's
due
the
grant
is
due
December
20th
and
if
Council
act
on
this
request
from
the
African-American
leaders
in
this
community,
we
would
then
be
able
to
move
forward
with
that.
T
Grant
application,
and
and
with
efforts
to
do
something
with
the
Liberty
Theater,
and
so
it
should
not
be
a
surprise
to
anyone
that
I
support
this
I
brought
it
Forward
before
and
and
and
I
would
note
that
you
know
I
even
received
an
email
from
the
tax
commissioner
Lula
Huff.
She
was
there
at
that
meeting
as
well.
I
should
say,
but
she
says
I
will
be
out
of
town
on
Tuesday,
but
this
endeavor
has
my
full
support.
T
That's
the
email
I
received
from
her
and
so
I
say
all
of
that
as
I
yield
to
Deputy
city
manager,
Hodge
that
there's
full
consensus
from
the
African-American
community
that
the
city
should
step
in
take
ownership
and
work
to
preserve
this
historic,
Liberty,
Theater
and
and
Council
Barnes.
As
a
kid
I
want
you
to
know,
I'm
old
enough
to
have
gone
to
the
Liberty
Theater
to
the
movie,
with
the
RC
Cola
drink
tops.
T
T
U
U
Just
some
history
for
those
who
are
watching
from
home,
who
might
not
know
about
the
history
of
the
Liberty
Theater,
it
was
first
opened
in
1924
closed
during
the
70s,
due
to
a
decline,
but
then
reopened
in
1996
after
Renovations,
and
it's
been
privately
owned
and
overseen
by
a
board.
The
last
theater
production
was
in
2016.
U
U
Again,
just
some
history
dating
back
Jim,
Crow
and
segregation
era
in
the
United
States
black
and
African
Americans
did
not
have
equal
access
to
public
white-owned
establishments.
White
only
establishments,
the
Liberty
Theater,
was
built
by
Martin
movie
houses
with
a
stage
for
musical
performances
in
1924
for
thirty
thousand
dollars.
U
U
U
in
March
of
1980.
The
owners
of
the
Liberty
Theater
Martin
Theater
Company
donated
the
theater
to
William
H
Spencer
golden
Outlets
Incorporated,
and
it
did
stand
abandoned
since
1973
until
it
was
placed
on
the
National
Registry
of
historic
places
in
1984..
So
in
October
of
1992,
a
bill
was
signed
by
President
Bush
for
a
million
dollars
to
save
the
historic
theater
in
November
of
96.
It
was
reopened
after
one
and
a
half
million
dollars
of
renovation,
so
the
current
challenges,
no
renovations,
have
been
done
over
the
last
25
years.
U
So
we
did
do
an
assessment
back
in
2019
City
staff,
the
Liberty
Theater.
We
had
contractors
from
fire
alarm
to
fire
protection,
HVAC,
Roofing,
Brassfield
and
Glory,
assisted
with
this
assessment,
and
there
were
many
findings
as
we
reported
to
you
several
years
ago,
and
at
that
time
the
projected
budget
for
the
restoration
was
around
three
million
dollars.
U
So
since
2019,
the
transfer
of
ownership
in
2020
was
discussed
but
did
not
occur,
and
so
we
lost
an
opportunity
to
include
the
Liberty
Theater
in
the
special
purpose:
local
option
sales
tax.
So
that
was
definitely
unfortunate,
that
we
missed
that
funding,
opportunity
and
the
building
as
continued
to
deteriorate
since
that
time.
U
So
again,
why
should
the
city
accept
ownership?
It
is
one
of
those
iconic
facilities.
That's
on
the
national
register
of
historic
places.
Again
since
1984.
we
do
have
some
financial
resources
that
are
required
to
restore
this
facility.
It
preserves
the
African-American
history
in
the
Liberty
District.
It
is
the
anchor
in
the
Liberty
district
and
we
do
have
opportunities
to
do
programming
through
the
Civic
Center
for
smaller
type
venues.
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So
this
just
shows
the
city-owned
property
surrounding
the
Liberty
Theater.
Everything
in
blue
is
owned
by
the
city
and
you
can
see
the
Liberty
Theater
is
the
anchor
to
this
District,
the
Liberty
District,
all
the
property.
That's
in
blue
is
vacant
property.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
opportunities
for
redevelopment
in
this
area.
There
is
a
parking
lot
over
off
of
6th
Avenue,
but
there
is
some
a
few
buildings,
one
that's
on
the
corner
of
ninth
and
and
Eighth
Avenue,
that's
a
small
apartment,
but
other
than
that
it's
vacant
land
throughout
this
whole
District.
U
We
do
have
quite
a
few
funding
opportunities
that
we
could
take
advantage
of.
As
the
city
I'd
have
contacted,
DCA
Calvin
Smiley
had
secured
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollar
Grant
from
DCA.
That
is
still
available.
If
the
it's
in
the
ownership
of
the
city-
and
that
has
been
confirmed,
we
do
have
some
Liberty
District
funds
from
the
1999s
lost
about
300
000.
That
could
be
utilized
for
restoring
this
facility.
U
We
have
an
opportunity
with
ARP
phase,
two
funding
for
facility
improvements
for
air
quality,
the
grant
that
the
city
manager
mentioned
the
save
America's
Treasures
Grant,
that's
up
to
750
000,
that
is
due
by
December
the
20th.
We
also
have
another
Grant
opportunity
from
The
National
Trust
for
historic
places.
This
is
up
to
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
A
letter
of
intent
would
be
due
by
December
19th.
So
some
of
these
things
in
order
to
qualify
for
these
grant
opportunities
we're
on
a
short
timeline.
U
We
also
have
a
lost
infrastructure
that
we
could
allocate
in
the
future
for
this
facility.
We
could
also
consider
issuing
Columbus
building
authority
bonds
for
the
restoration
and
complete
restoration
of
the
facility,
and
we
also
have
a
project
in
the
T
sploss.
That's
in
band
one,
it's
four
million
dollars
and
it
is
for
the
streetscape
of
the
street
right
in
front
of
the
liberty,
so
that
is
funding
and
that
project
will
be
funded
in
the
next
three
years.
U
So,
what's
up
for
consideration
today,
the
DCA
Grant,
the
save
America's
Grant
and
the
American
cultural
heritage
action
fund
Grant
those
have
some
timelines,
as
I
mentioned
December
20th
and
December
19th.
If
we
wanted
to
go
after
those
grant
opportunities,
we
also
have
the
option
to
do
an
updated
assessment
if
it's
in
the
name
of
the
city,
to
get
a
full
budget
of
what
would
be
needed
to
restore.
T
D
D
Oh
he's
talking
so
anyway,
city
manager,
if
possible,
I,
would
like
the
resolution
for
our
next
council
meeting,
since
we
have
some
deadlines
to
go
after
this
funding
and
for
my
colleagues
just
want
to
assure
you
some
of
the
well
all
the
individuals
that
were
against
it
in
the
past
for
different
times.
They
were
at
that
meeting
I'm
located.
D
T
V
You
mayor,
Pro,
tem
city
manager,
I,
want
to
call
your
attention
back
to
the
meeting
you
and
I
had
in
the
Civic
Center
with
the
staff
and
where
we
sit
down
and-
and
this
is
the
subject
we
were
talking
about.
Unfortunately,
we
missed
an
opportunity
there.
A
lot
of
a
lot
of
changes
were
taking
place.
There
was
still
a
lot
of
concern
about
direction
for
lack
of
a
better
term
and
I.
V
Think
that
day,
you
and
I
got
on
the
same
page
about
really
what
the
concern
was
back
then
was
the
business
structure
or
the
operational
model,
so
to
speak,
how
it
was
going
to
be
done,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
confusion
around
there.
But
what
I
hear
today
and
what
I
understand
today
is
that
that's
all
been
worked
out
yeah
and
it
wasn't
a
a
major
issue
or
anything
like
that.
V
It
was
just
a
matter
of
being
able
to
we
and
we
talked
about
the
tremendous
resources
that
the
city
has
in
the
Civic
Center
the
Trade
Center,
not
only
that
additional
organizations
out
there
that
can
handle
events
and
and
things
like
that,
and
even
to
the
point
of
catering
food
service,
hospitality
Etc,
then
that
could
be
done
in-house.
If
that
model
was
built
around
that,
and
that's
what
I
hear
you
say
today,
I
think:
that's
a
win-win!
V
V
A
V
There
were
things
that
was
happening
around
the
building.
I
knew
something
you
know
something
had
happened
and
it
just
you
know
the
light
bulb
comes
on
says
you
know
we
got
to.
We
got
to
get
in
there
and
take
this
thing
over
and
get
some
help
bring
this
help
and
restore
this
building
yeah,
because
it
was
evident
at
that
point.
V
That
was
is
about
to
be
a
a
point
of
no
return
yeah,
so
I
think
what
we're
doing
today
is
the
point
of
return
and
getting
it
where
it
needs
to
be
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
needs
to
be
done.
I
think
the
city's
the
right,
the
right
entity
to
to
make
that
happen
been
on
this
journey
for
a
while
and
I
think
the
stability
and
the
strength
and
the
the
well
stability
in
general
of
the
city
is
gonna.
V
It's
gonna
make
a
world
of
different
with
a
world
of
difference,
along
with
the
guidance
of
the
The
Advisory
Board
and
still
have
an
aspect
of
the
community
that
can
get
involved
and
be
part
of
it.
I
think
that's
a
win-win,
a
win-win
combination!
I'm,
just
you
know
about
the
funding
aspect.
I,
really,
don't
even
think
that
we
have
to
go
into
our
city
funds
to
support
I.
Think,
there's
enough
grant
money
out.
V
V
So
in
in
even
to
the
point
that
I
I
think
you
can
even
apply
for
tax
credits
or
give
out
tax
credits
on
this
to
even
bring
in
the
private
sector
to
to
make
it
even
more
worthwhile
I
mean
that
needs
to
be
done
at
the
state
level,
but
there's
opportunities
there
indirectly
to
make
it
happen.
So
I
think
the
city
is
the
key
pillar
of
the
foundation
to
make
this
happen
so
I'm
in
full
support
of
it.
T
T
Let
me
go
back
around
the
I
made
the
circle
back
around
to
see
who
is
this
guy
and
darn
if
it
wasn't
Glenn
Davis,
you
know
so
I
heard
Council
Huff
said
say
that
you
guys
went
up
on
the
roof,
but
it
was
a
shock
to
see
you
out
spraying
weed
in
front
of
the
liberty
and
cutting
hedges.
But
you
know,
but
I
I
did
share
that
story
with
those
leaders
that
it
was
you.
D
T
W
T
T
W
W
X
I
did
want
to
say
that
when
this
came
to
us
a
couple
of
years
ago,
there
was
in
my
mind
there
was
nowhere
near
the
leadership
that
we
see
here
today
and
for
you
folks,
to
get
together
and
to
bring
this
back
to
us.
I
think
makes
a
world
of
difference
in
in
where
we're
going
and
I
also
want
to
say
that
this
is
not
just
something
that
will
benefit
the
African-American
Community.
X
This
will
benefit
the
entire
city
of
Columbus
and
I
think
that
if
we
can
renovate
and
do
whatever
we
need
and
get
the
shows
and
the
talent
and
the
whatever
the
staff
and
all
in
place,
the
Liberty
is
going
to
return
to
be
a
very
vibrant
part
of
our
community.
So
I
commend
you
for
bringing
this
to
us,
and
you
certainly
have
my
vote
on
this.
Thank
you.
Y
I
Yes,
my
dear
friend,
State
Rep,
elect
attorney
Teddy
Ruiz
was
so
excited
that
he
forgot
to
appropriately
and
properly
introduce
himself
when
he
stood
up
there
at
that
microphone.
But
I
wanted
to
just
add.
You
know
when
I
spoke
to
him
and
I'm
thankful
that
he
came
today.
We
spoke
last
night
and
he
said
I'll
be
there
in
support
of
this
for
you
and
the
other
counselors.
I
But
when
we
spoke
we
we
talked
about
his
charity
event.
He
went
to
and
making
and
city
manager
knows
how
I
feel
about
my
grandfather
and
he
talks
about
all
the
historical
you
know
things
that
they
do
when
they
take
pride
in
preserving
that
history,
especially
African-American
history
and
I,
appreciate
that.
But
what
I
appreciate
most
today
is
that
I
feel
wholeheartedly
the
support
from
all
the
counselors
that
we're
going
to
come
together
and
approve
this
and
really
revive
the
Liberty,
Theater
and
I.
I
But
those
are
things
that
I
think
that's
one
of
our
purposes
and
when
I
spoke
with
you
city
manager,
you
told
me
and
I
don't
know
if
you
remember
this,
but
you
said
your
whole
goal
is
to
leave
Columbus
better
than
how
you
received
it
right
and
I
honestly
think
that
you
are
definitely
on
track.
You've
been
on
track
to
leave
Columbus
better
than
you
received
it.
I
So
I
appreciate
your
leadership
in
this,
and
just
thank
you
for
for
allowing
us
to
be
a
part
of
this
and
thank
all
the
board
members
and
individuals
and
Miss
Brenda
Williams,
who
who
is
actually
something
else
special
because
she
represents
Senator,
warnock's
office
and
she
did
not
add
that,
but
for
her
reaching
out
to
me
and
saying
I'll,
be
there
councilor
Tucker.
That
means
a
lot
to
me.
Ma'am
and
I,
appreciate
you
and
tell
Mama
I
want
my
pancake.
C
You
know
one
thing
that
it
excites
me
and
to
see
the
interest
in
and
all
the
funding
that
we're
looking
at
is
the
advisory
committee
that
the
city
managers
talked
about.
I
mean
we,
we
have
we've
seen
energy
in
the
past,
but
when
we
get
engaged
like
this
and
put
an
advisory
committee
together,
I
think
that's
when
it's
really
going
to
take
off
so
I'm
excited
about
that
call.
S
The
reason
that
veterans
individuals
swear
to
defend
this
country
against
all
enemies
found
in
domestic
who
go
through
the
rigors
of
military
life,
a
lot
many
times,
not
easy,
their
family
members
as
well,
not
for
the
money,
but
for
the
dream
of
this
country,
because
we
realize
how
other
individuals
in
other
countries
do
not
have
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
be
raised
on
a
dirt
road
and
to
become
the
city
manager
of
Columbus
Georgia.
This
that
dream
is
only
in
America
here.
Have
we
solved
all
problems?
No,
can
science
cure
all
illnesses?
S
No,
but
science
works
at
it,
and
this
isn't
it
to
me
is
an
example
and
the
reason
I'm
bringing
it
up
is
because
all
of
us
say
we
devoted
our
lives
and
our
service
and
ours
and
counselor
house
Whitson
and
Tucker
can
can
amen
what
I'm
saying
only
for
one
thing,
this
is
the
best
country
on
the
face
of
the
earth
when
something
like
this
can
happen.
Has
its
ills
has
its
problems?
S
Talking
to
your
sister
people
telling
me
you
were
raised
on
a
dirt
road
I
just
had
to
bring
this
up
as
well,
and
so
everybody
here
there's
everybody
on
Council.
Here
everybody
here,
the
attendance,
everybody
who's
been
praying
it
wearing
your
knees
out
for
this
to
happen.
It's
here
and
I
just
feel
so
good
today
about
this
here.
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
thank.
D
D
I've
been
fighting
for
this
for
years,
at
least
since
I've
been
here
in
94
and
they're,
not
here
with
us
today,
but
as
people
were
talking,
I
could
feel
their
Spirit
through
me
and
I
just
wanted
to
mention
them
because
I'm
sure
that
they're
in
heaven
looking
down
dancing
full
of
joy,
and
if
you
allow
me
just
a
moment
to
name
these
individuals,
it
would
really
make
me
happy
and
proud
in
them
too.
Our
oh
I'm,
emotional,
Evelyn,
pew
mayor,
Pro,
tem,
Evelyn,
pew
Frank,
Chester,
AJ,
McCullen,
red
McDaniel,
Jack,
Rogers,.
D
D
C
D
D
I
want
to
take
a
special
moment
to
thank
a
very
special
individual,
because
this
individual's
been
through
a
lot
and
I
know
for
this
individual.
This
is
a
beautiful
historic
accomplishment
and
a
sense
of
Pride
and
Joy.
So
I
would
ask
everyone
if
you
would
please
stand
and
help
me
to
applaud
our
city
manager,
Isaiah
Hughley,.
I
T
T
T
First
of
all,
let
me
just
acknowledge
Billy
Turner
and
if
just
stand
for
me,
Billy
and
I,
don't
know
anyone
around
this
table.
I
I
know
you
know
Billy,
Turner
and
and
if
you
don't
know,
Billa
Turner
with
all
the
work
that
he
put
in
all
over
the
years,
making
our
water,
the
best
in
the
state
and
and
Across
the
Nation
Villa
Turner
ran
the
Columbus.
Water
Works
did
a
fantastic
job
and
glad
to
have
him
here,
and
so
you
know
he
won't
quit
working.
T
L
L
In
my
wife
worked
at
Aflac
for
years,
so
even
though
I'm
from
Utah
I
got
some
Columbus
connections
too
and
proud
to
see
people
like
us
here
and
and
I
hate
to
digress,
but
I've
got
to
say
this
as
part
of
the
leadership.
Alabama
I
have
an
opportunity
about
a
month
and
a
half
ago
to
the
Legacy
to
go
to
the
Legacy
Museum
and
also
to
the
the
judge.
L
Frank
Thomas
saw
the
institution
over
at
the
courthouse
those
things
matter
when
we
understand
our
history
and
where
we
all
fit
into
the
process
very
important
thing.
Y'all
are
doing
so.
Thank
you
for
doing
that.
That's
important
for
all
of
our
people,
Mr
Hughley
I've,
got
hard
copies
in
business
cards
for
everyone.
If,
if
there's
a
lot
of
information.
L
20
copies,
there's
a
lot
of
information
I'm
going
to
go
through
this
as
efficiently
as
I
can
I'll
tell
you
what
the
problem
is,
what
I
see
is
a
potential
solution
and
what
the
so?
What
is
for
us
as
a
people
in
appalachicola,
Chattahoochee,
Flint
River
basin,
about
a
million
point
two
that
live
in
the
Basin,
the
13
counties
in
Georgia,
the
five
counties
in
Alabama
and
six
counties
in
Florida.
That
directly
touched
this
river
system.
L
G
L
O
L
L
If
you
have
other
questions,
so
these
are
all
jurisdictional
Waters
in
the
United
States
there's
a
lot
of
water
there,
particularly
in
the
Mississippi
Basin,
but
when
you
boil
it
down
to
the
navigable
water
there's
only
about
12
000
miles
of
that
we
have
261
of
them
from
Columbus
Phoenix
City
to
Apalachicola
it's
about
two
percent
and
we
have
three
locks
on
the
system.
So
we
have
the
potential
to
be
a
player
when
it
comes
to
Inland
navigation.
L
I
mentioned
the
261
miles
the
core's
budget,
the
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
annual
Civil
Works
budget
for
this
kind
of
work
is
about
8.7
billion
dollars
a
year,
maintaining
locks
and
downs
and
navigation
and
so
forth.
But
the
problem
is
utilization
that
I
address
and
the
next
thing
they
have
an
algorithm
that
which
created
by
awesome
management
budget
that
says
they
multiply
your
utilization
times
remain.
L
L
That
you
get
every
year
well,
if
the
locks
have
been
broken
for
30
years
and
there's
no
utilization,
there's
no
money.
So
we
have
to
look
outside
of
that.
Algorithm
put
your
microphone!
Yes,
sir
I
I
know
you
can
hear
me:
I'll
speak
into
the
microphone,
okay
and
and
so
as
we
we
look
at
this
problem
of
the
locks
and
the
dams
being
under
maintained
and
being
closed
and
failed
on
all
three
of
these
and
the
limits
that
place
is
on
us
with
for
commercial
and
recreational
navigation.
O
L
L
Dirk
Mander
back
in
May
of
this
year,
briefed
that
they
are
getting
as
much
as
200
billion
dollars
in
infrastructure.
Investment
in
jobs
act
funds.
This
is
the
some
of
that
second
tier
arpan
money.
That's
coming
for
Road
reconstruction,
rail
reconstruction,
those
sorts
of
things
that
is
going
to
be
used
on
our
inland
waterways.
Now
the
Southland
division
is
also
responsible
for
the
Savannah
District,
the
the
Charleston
District
Jacksonville
District.
L
So
there's
some
competition
there,
but
200
billion
dollars
is
a
lot
of
money
and
we're
only
asking
for
136
million
of
that
to
fix
these
locks.
So
so
what
if
we
fix
the
locks?
What
do
we
get?
We
get
about
65
to
70
percent
reliability
on
this
system
without
ever
dredging
for
years
and
years
people
have
said,
we
can't
do
it
because
Florida
won't
let
Australians
that
that
is
no
longer
the
case
and
I'll
address
that
a
little
bit
later
on.
L
So
if
we
do
nothing
but
fix
the
locks,
we've
got
commercial
and
recreational
large
vessel
navigation,
all
the
way
to
the
Intracoastal
Waterway
about
70
percent
of
the
year.
That's
on
a
typical
year
with
the
rainfall
that
we
get
that's
about,
November
to
July.
We
start
into
that
dry
season
in
August,
September
October,
and
we
see
now
what
we're
getting
here.
Two
three
inches
a
week
that
gets
us
back
up
where
we
can
navigate.
L
If
there
is
dredging,
there's
only
very
little,
that
needs
to
be
done.
Bull
Creek,
just
down
the
river
here
mile
mark
IV,
going
into
Lake
Lake
Seminole
and
also
mile
Mark,
77,
40
and
36
down
on
Apalachicola.
So
we're
not
talking
about
a
large
portion
of
this
261
miles
that
needs
to
be
dredged
and
when
I
talk
to
the
environmentalists
down
in
Florida,
they
acknowledge
that
now
it's
no
longer
the
the
same
people
that
were
down
there.
You
know
thwarting
that
process
20
and
30
years
ago.
L
We
did
not
even
look
at
recreational
users
like
companies
that
sell
big
boats
and
that
sort
of
thing
or
manufacture,
big
boats.
We
just
looked
at
Industrial
and
Commercial
users
about
27
on
the
water
space
there
about
800
to
416,
barge
equivalents
or
truckload
equivalents
or
barges
per
year,
which
equals
about
23
000
truckloads
of
Commodities.
That
could
go
on
our
Waterway
off
of
our
highways
off
our
rail
system,
free
up
some
of
that
congestion.
L
So,
at
the
end
of
the
day
Dr
daravi's
worked.
There
is
in
next
to
the
last
bullet,
where
at
2.1
million
tons,
which
is
historically
where
we
were,
and
it's
Heyday
back
in
the
mid
to
late
80s
that
can
generate
as
many
as
29
000
new
jobs.
This
is
a
regional
I'll,
get
to
some
Georgia
specific
numbers
here
in
a
minute.
This
is
regional
about
1.99
billion
dollars
in
total
economic
output
over
a
10-year
period,
and
this
investment
of
136
million
is
an
18
to
1
Roi
for
the
government.
L
I,
don't
know
about
you
all,
but
if
I've
got,
if
I
had
the
opportunity
to
invest
my
401k
and
get
an
18
to
1
return
on
it,
I'd
do
it
yesterday,
but
but
we
are
limited
by
that
OMB
algorithm
and
thus
the
iija
funding
stream
all
right.
So
here's
the
overall
economic
impact
numbers
you,
you
see
it's
a
break
even
at
about
at
about
700
000
tons,
which
is
well
below
that
historic
average,
but
get
on
up
there
to
the
historic
average,
and
it's
about
eighteen
one.
L
This
is
what
it
looks
like
for
Georgia,
specifically
in
the
back
of
your
slide.
Deck
I
have
some
backup
slides.
That
also
lay
this
out
for
Alabama
and
Florida.
Georgia
is
the
biggest
benefactor.
Alabama
is
next,
and
Florida
is
small
relative
to
to
us
other
two,
and
it's
simply
because
they
only
have
about
six
touch
points
on
that
River
down
there.
L
The
majority
of
Apalachicola
is
bounded
by
national
forest
and
State
Forest
land,
but
it
sets
him
up
nicely
for
some
wood,
pellet
meals,
because
they've
got
all
the
trees
that
that
he
would
ever
want
to
cut
and
grind
into
wood
pellets.
So,
environmental,
here's,
here's
the
issue
right
here.
This
is
the
Crux
of
the
environmental
issue
in
South
Florida.
This
picture.
This
overhead
picture
is
taken
of
Corley
the
this
picture.
L
On
your
left
side,
there
is
my
son
he's
six
feet:
tall
standing
on
the
top
of
the
sand
on
the
Gulf
County
side
of
this
million
cubic
yards
of
sand
on
both
sides
of
the
river
been
there
40
years.
This
picture
is
relatively
recent
from
the
aerial.
There's
nothing
growing
there
that
issue
of
piling
sand
up
on
the
river
is
the
Environmental
issue
in
Florida,
and
we
have.
We
have
solutions
for
that
now.
The
core
now
acknowledges
that
this
is
called
in
Bank
disposal.
The
Cornell
acknowledges
that's
no
longer
the
way
they
should
do.
L
Business
they're,
looking
for
alternative
means
and
beneficial
use
of
the
Sam
plus
business
business
wants
this,
but
they
can't
get
to
it
unless
they
have
a
reason
to
bring
Freight
up
the
river
and
then
have
a
reason
to
deadhead
back
down
the
river.
Then
they
would
stop
and
get
it.
So
we
fixed
the
environmental
issues
with
with
that
piece.
L
So
taking
this
concept
of
the
23
000
trucks
a
little
bit
farther
one
barge
equals
70
trucks
on
the
high
end,
56
on
the
low
end
and
containers
on
barges
is
coming.
The
the
central
United,
States
and
Mississippi
rivers,
Delta
in
in
the
system,
are
begging
for
containers
on
barges
simply
because
of
the
truck
driver
shortage
diesel
fuel
prices.
L
In
that
same
that
same
process,
barge
is
only
15.
all
right,
so
this
slide
is
really
important
for
us,
and
this
brings
home
the
infrastructure.
Investment
in
jobs
act
piece
that
I
mentioned
earlier.
The
young.
This
is
the
cores.
The
mobile
District's
work
plan
for
the
next
five
years.
You
see
down
on
the
bottom,
the
ACF
there.
L
This
is
the
first
time
in
over
25
years,
any
of
the
ACF
assets
have
been
on
the
core's
work
plan
and
you
see
in
at
the
Woodruff
lock
in
the
middle
and
also
some
of
the
other
projects
up
on
the
10
time
there.
They
are
projected
in
24
to
spend
some
of
the
iija
dollars,
but
we
need
them
earlier
than
that.
L
We
need
them
sooner
than
that,
so
that
we
can
get
the
Woodruff
and
get
the
George
of
the
Andrews
and
get
to
those
places,
and
so
the
the
the
very
importance
of
this
is
that
now
that
they
are
on
the
work
plan,
our
Congressional
delegations
have
the
ability,
at
this
point,
to
pull
in
money
and
direct
it
to
the
mobile
District
to
to
execute
those
dollars
against
this
project.
It
would
get
outside
of
that
awesome
management
and
budget
chicken
and
egg
conundrum
that
we're
currently
in
with
no
utilization,
no
funding.
L
So,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
would
ask
you
all
to
consider
a
resolution
to
encourage
our
Georgia
delegations
to
recommend
to
the
court
that
they
that
headquarters
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
to
direct
South,
Atlantic,
division
and
I,
say
direct
intentionally,
because
when
you
talk
to
the
core
people
their
answer
is
we
do
what
Congress
tells
us
to
do.
You
can't
leave
it
to
their
imagination
or
their
judgment?
That's
not
a
that's,
not
a
a
derogatory
comment.
They
tell
us,
we
do
what
Congress
tells
us
to
do
so.
L
So
my
ask
to
you
today-
or
at
least
my
my
ask
for
a
consideration-
is
a
resolution
from
this
Council
to
your
Congressional
delegations
to
encourage
the
headquarters,
Army
corporate
Engineers,
to
direct
this
136
million
out
of
iija
to
the
mobile
District,
to
fix
our
system
and
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
circumvents
all
all
of
the
law.
That's
out
there
because
it's
OMB
algorithm
is
written
in
law
and
and
we
get
around
that
and
we
open
up
commercial
navigation.
We
open
up
recreational
navigation.
L
We
opened
all
the
many
things
that
are
tied
to
to
vessels
moving
up
and
down
the
system
plus
we
are
able
to
fix
the
spillways
and
better
manage
our
flows
on
this
system
and
I
know
for
you
all
here
in
Columbus
with
the
white
water
rafting
and
all
of
that
business.
That's
important
to
you
too.
So
there
are
many
second
third
and
fourth
order
effects
to
repairing
this
system.
I
don't
want
to
equate
it
to
the
Liberty
Theater,
but
it's
a
it's
another
one
of
those
things
that
we've
just
neglected
for
the
last
25
years.
C
C
T
Z
Resume
yes,
I,
certainly
am
I,
think
it.
While
we
I
know
that
the
city
has
taken
ownership
of
the
place
where
we
used
to
have
a
port.
You
have
a
study
in
your
file
somewhere.
That
was
done
a
number
of
years
ago
about
how
to
build
a
port
on
our
side
of
the
river
Phoenix.
City
still
has
their
port
essentially
intact.
It
needs
some
repair,
obviously
to
operate.
Z
A
few
years
ago
we
didn't
have
a
white
water
operation.
I
think
this
one
is
better
than
either
one
of
those
and
I
hope
that
the
council
will
take
it
under
consideration
and
pass
a
resolution.
We
need
the
Georgia
delegation
to
buy
into
this.
They
haven't
yet
we've
Congressman
Bishop.
Let
me
take
that
back
has
been
a
strong
supporter
for
a
number
of
years
of
it,
but
we
don't
have
senatorial
support
on
the
Georgia
side.
Yet
so
we'd
like
to
see
that
you
know.
T
AA
In
with
my
baby
sick
with
me
and
I
was
sick
and
I
heard
that
add-on
resolution
people
changed
their
votes
after
the
fact
because
they
did
not
know
what's
going
on
I
know
of
at
least
two
counselors
who
voted.
Yes,
who
said
they
would
not
vote
Yes
if
they,
if
they
had
not
realized
it
had
come
forward.
I'm
not
going
to
challenge
the
outcome
of
that
vote,
but
I
am
going
to
say
that
our
government
and
our
city
council
deserves
transparency
in
government.
AA
They
want
to
add
to
a
transparency
in
Government
Act,
but
we
should
not
be
forced
to
vote
on
something
when,
particularly
when
there
was
a
compromise
being
worked
out
behind
the
scenes,
and
there
simply
should
not
be
a
add-on
resolution
for
something
as
important
as
what
was
voted
on
last
last
meeting,
which
was
on
the
15th.
That's
all
I
have
to
say
about
it,
but
I
do
want
my
transparency
with
Government
Act,
just
I
want
anyone
who
has
any
comments
or
suggestions
for
it
to.
AA
T
T
U
Deputy
city
manager,
Lisa
Goodwin,
director,
Holly,
broader
and
I
about
some
improvements
that
they're
wanting
to
make
at
Cooper
Creek,
and
so
we
have
an
mou
that
will
consider
bringing
back
at
the
next
agenda.
But
we
wanted
them
to
come
and
make
a
presentation
about
the
improvements
that
they're
wanting
to
do
at
Cooper.
Creek,
no
City
dollars
involved
specifically
on
these
improvements,
but
thought
it
would
be
important
for
Council
to
hear
before
the
mou
comes
back.
AB
Foreign
and
distinguished
members
of
the
council
for
I'll-
be
here
this
morning
and
present
to
you:
I,
am
Michelle
Fuller,
president
of
Columbus
Regional
Association.
This
is
Judy
Pierce,
our
executive
director.
We
wanted
to
First,
give
you
a
little
bit
of
history
for
those
of
you
who
may
not
know
what
Columbus
Regional
Tennis
Association
is.
We
were
founded
in
1952.
We
are
a
501c3
organization.
AB
We
are.
We
first
was
responsible
for
building
12
Tennis
Courts
at
Cooper
Creek,
so
we
partnered
with
the
public
and
private
organizations
to
do
that.
In
1995
we
were
rebranded
per
se
from
Columbus
tennis
patrons
to
Columbus
Regional
to
Association.
We
are
a
CTA
or
Community
tennis
Association
within
USTA
Georgia.
So
we
received
support
from
the
state,
Southern
and
National
levels.
We
have
received
several
Awards
and
recognition.
We
have
the
most
notable
on
this
list.
Is
the
2017
USTA
National
Community,
tennis
Association
of
the
year?
AB
AB
We
met
with
a
representative
from
USTA,
Southern
and
USTA
National,
and
we
have
received
a
designation
at
Cooper
Creek
Tennis
facility
as
a
USTA
Premier
facility,
so
just
to
kind
of
hone
that
in
a
little
bit
that
is
a
new
designation.
They
have.
We
were
one
of
the
first
20
facilities
that
received
that
that
recognition
and
designation.
AB
This
is
something
that
they
are
piloting
this
year,
but
they
will
publicize
us
once
they
release
all
of
the
facilities.
They
will
publicize
that
so
that
when
people
come
to
the
area
and
they're
looking
for
a
facility,
we
will
be
designated
as
if
you
come
to
Columbus,
you
need
to
come
to
people
Creek
Tennis
Center,
it's
a
premier
facility.
So
that's
something
that
we
are
super
proud
of.
Our
mission
is
to
promote
and
develop
the
growth
of
tennis.
We
do
that
through
a
variety
of
things,
but
our
our
values
support
that
mission.
AB
One
of
our
values
is
to
promote
the
growth
and
development
of
tennis.
It's
an
enjoyable
lifetime
Sport
and
it
really
enhances
our
citizens.
It
creates
a
bond
within
the
community.
We
invite
all
people
to
play.
We
invite
all
people
to
come
out
and
watch
and
support
the
sport.
We
have
a
lot
of
volunteers
that
support
our
programs
and
events,
and
we
are
committed
to
promoting
the
the
financial
well-being
of
our
organization
and
also
evaluating
the
progress
towards
our
strategic
goals.
We
really
want
to
support
that
mission
of
providing
tennis
to
the
area.
AB
We
have
several
different
things
that
we
do
that
through
Community
tennis
programs,
we
have
Outreach
programs.
One
of
our
Outreach
programs
is
our
Junior
Team
Council,
which
engages
high
school
students,
helps
them
develop
leadership
skills.
It
also
encourages
them
to
volunteer
and
give
back
to
the
community
one
of
our
ways
that
we
do.
That
is
a
Christmas
toy
tournament
that
will
be
coming
up
in
this
weekend,
I
believe
and
they
really
engage
with
underserved
people
or
add-in
clinics.
AB
We
have
a
a
unified
doubles
that
we
do
where
our
team,
Council
and
other
volunteers
will
play
tennis
with
with
add-in
students,
we
have
tennis
Works,
which
is
our
main
outreach
program.
It's
a
national
junior
tennis
League,
which
serves
underserved
children
as
well.
We
have
adaptive
tennis,
so
special
needs
athletes.
AB
We
also
have
a
special
Olympic
style
tennis
program
that
we
will
be
able
to
do
in
2023.
Again
we
have
wheelchair
tennis.
Then
we
have
various
other
programs
and
leads
for
juniors
and
adults.
We
also
sponsor
corporate
team
tennis,
where
teams
from
different
corporations
can
come
together
and
develop
camaraderie
between
their
employees
and
get
out
and
have
a
little
fun
and
exercise.
We
do
social
mixers
and
we
also
host
tournaments.
AB
Our
main
njtl
program
is
called
tennis
reach.
That's
our
major
outreach
program,
it's
the
underserved
youth
ages,
5
to
18.,
and
also
we
received
a
crime
prevention
Grant.
So
thank
you.
It's
a
twenty
thousand
dollar
grant
that
we
use
to
help
fund
this
program.
We
also
have
private
donors
that
help
fund
this
and
we
apply
for
Grants
through
USTA,
Georgia,
Southern
and
National
that
help
fund
this
program.
We
actually
are
at
different
facilities,
so
we
have
it
at
Cooper
Creek.
AB
We
also
have
it
at
Frank,
Chester,
Benning
Park,
and
we
also
do
tennis
works
in
the
school.
So
we
go
into
the
schools
and
have
some
tennis
activities
there
as
well.
We
do
this
two
days
a
week
and
it's
year
round,
so
we
have
three
different
seasons
that
we
do
throughout
the
year.
The
benefits
the
children
have
all
the
tennis
equipment
provided
for
them.
We
have
life
skills
that
are
taught
through
tennis,
that
is,
team
cooperation,
leadership,
positive
reinforcement,
positive
self-esteem.
AB
We
really
have
people
who
are
pouring
into
these
children,
and
that
is
a
heartbeat
of
ours.
We
also
provide
academic
instruction
through
this
program
and
tutoring.
We
have
certified
teachers
that
come
in
and
devote
their
time
to
this
initiative
as
well.
We
have
countless
mentors
and
volunteers
that
also
help
administer
this
program,
and
then
we
have
countless
hours
of
Love
on
these
children.
We
just
find
that
the
children
just
keep
coming
back
and
back
because
it's
that
positive
reinforcement
that
we
give
them
through
this
sport,
just
to
give
you
an
example-
lives
impacted
in
2022.
AB
We
had
1
233
children
that
went
through
this
program.
This
is
just
a
few
pictures.
There
we
have
a
staff
member
who
is
committed
to
outreach
Edna
Foster.
She
coordinates
all
of
our
programs
and
has
done
a
fabulous
job.
We
also
have
tennis
programs
for
special
needs:
children
and
adults.
This
is
located
at
Cooper
Creek
exclusively.
AB
We
had
53
adults
and
children
that
participated
in
our
programs.
This
year
we
have
ADD
in
for
special
needs
children.
We
also
offer
wheelchair
tennis
and
we
do
special
Olympic
style
tennis
games.
We're
going
to
do
that
this
spring,
one
of
the
other
things
we
partner
with
Fort
bending
with
our
wheelchairs.
So
we
do
things
with
the
wounded
soldiers
program
out
there
in
quarter,
tennis,
2022,
so
keeping
score.
Here.
AB
We
have
the
number
of
lives
that
have
been
impacted
and
we
need
to
find
that
through
the
active
lifestyle,
through
tennis,
our
programs
and
event
have
a
strong,
healthy
effect
on
our
participants
and
our
local
economy.
We
actually
have
been
recognized
on
the
Columbus
Sports
Council
annual
report
as
the
second
highest
generator
of
economic
impact
in
the
city
of
Columbus,
and
it
was
just
over
one
million
dollars
for
this
last
year.
AB
A
AB
Post-Tension
hard
courts,
we
have
four
Junior
courts,
so
this
is
a
look
at
the
facility.
Like
I
said
we
are
a
USDA
permit
facility
and
I
think
you
can
see
why
it's
one
of
the
largest
public
clay,
Court
facilities
in
the
U.S
I'm,
also
on
the
the
board
of
directors
for
USDA,
Georgia
and
I,
have
people
all
across
the
state
who
use
Columbus
as
the
model
for
what
they
want
to
do
in
their
communities.
AB
Just
a
highlight
of
our
facility
contributions.
So
we
have
partnered
together
many
times
to
create
this
nice
facility.
In
1993,
the
Columbus
tennis
patrons
raised
a
quarter
million
dollars
to
help
add
10
courts
and
a
new
Clubhouse
to
Cooper
Creek
Tennis
Center
in
99.
We
partnered
with
the
city
again
on
a
1.8
million
dollar
project
to
expand
the
tennis
center
to
30
courts
that
also
included
a
stadium
Court.
The
city
donated
600
000
to
that
effort,
and
we
raised
the
remainder
1.2
million
for
private
donors.
AB
In
2005
we
were
able
to
purchase
just
under
eight
acres
of
land
adjacent
to
Cooper
Creek
for
future
expansion.
We
actually
utilized
that
in
our
last
expansion
effort
in
2011.
We
contributed
funds
to
assist
in
the
refurbishment
of
the
clay
courts
that
Cooper
Creek
Tennis
Center,
so
we
you
know
help
maintain
those
course
help.
Keep
it
at
that
Premier
facility
level
in
2017,
we
again
partnered
with
the
city
of
Columbus
and
also
Columbus
State
University
on
a
9.4
million
dollar
project.
It
further
expanded,
Cooper,
Creek,
Tennis
Center.
AB
We
added
those
12
post
tension,
hard
courts
that
I
mentioned
that's
where
CSU
actually
has
all
of
their
practices
and
all
of
their
tournaments
and
and
season
Play
We,
also
added
nine
Hydro
quartz
rubico
clay.
We
added
four
60
quart
60
foot
Courts
for
juniors,
and
we
added
a
building
to
house
the
court
offices
and
the
CSU
tennis
program.
For
that
initiative.
The
city
contributed
1.7
million
dollars,
CSU
contributed
3
million,
and
then
quota
was
able
to
raise
the
remaining
4.7
million
through
private
donors.
AB
Again
we
have
support
annually
to
the
facility
we
most
recently
purchased
scorekeepers
for
each
court
that
was
55
Total,
Sports
Keepers.
We
also
anytime
there's
things
that
come
up
that
might
need
to
be
done
out
at
Cooper
Creek,
and
you
know
a
lot
of
times
we're
assisting
with
that
funding
and
maintaining
the
facility.
AB
We
would
like
to
present
our
future
enhancements
today.
It's
phase
two
of
our
Expansion
Project
from
a
few
years
ago.
This
is
just
a
highlight
of
some
of
the
things
that
we
would
like
to
do.
We
want
to
improve
the
entrance
to
Cooper
Creek
Park
and
the
tennis
center,
just
with
some
professionally
designed
landscaping
and
signage,
just
to
kind
of
give
you
a
wow
factor,
as
you
drive
into
it.
AB
I
have
a
lot
of
friends
that
have
been
in
Columbus
their
whole
life
and
they're
surprised
when
they
drive
into
Cooper
Creek
now
just
to
see
how
expansive
it
is,
and
that
would
just
really
set
it.
Apart
on
the
entry
we
want
to
upgrade
all
quartz
to
LED
lighting
and
install
LED
lighting
on
our
Junior
course,
those
four
64
60
foot
ports.
We
want
to
add
Street
lighting
throughout
the
facility
and
the
parking
areas
just
to
improve
our
players
and
Community
sense
of
security.
AB
We
want
to
create
a
terrorist
viewing
area
on
a
raised
wall
way
overlooking
ports
5
through
16.
right
now,
there's
there's
a
lot
of
Courts
right
there.
There
Spectators
coming
in
for
these
state
championships
and
tournaments,
it's
kind
of
hard
to
see
their
their
kids
on
those
middle
courts.
So
this
would
give
them
an
area
above
those
courts
where
they
could
could
watch
at
a
better
distance
and
better
viewing.
We
want
to
add
five
shade
cell
structures
to
the
hardcore
areas,
which
is
where
CSU
place.
AB
We
would
like
to
provide
a
digital
scoreboard
to
connect
players
and
Spectators
to
live
scoring
at
CSU
matches
they
actually
stream
their
matches
because
they
have
a
lot
of
players
that
are
from
around
the
world
and
so
that
allows
their
parents
to
actually
see,
and
so
a
live
scoreboard
would
help
with
that
as
well.
We
would
like
to
add
landscape,
beautification
and
Hardscape
features
throughout
the
facility,
add
and
improve
parking
areas
if
you've
never
been
out
to
Cooper
Creek
or
haven't
been
in
a
while
the
parking
there
is
limited.
AB
AB
We
have
historically
gone
into
a
public
and
private
partnership,
so
we
would
like
to
begin
this
enhancement
process
and
do
the
same
thing.
Have
a
public
and
private
partnership
and
we
feel
like
we
can
address
the
Aging
areas
of
our
complex,
add
enhancements
to
other
areas
and
complete
some
of
our
projects
that
were
postponed
from
the
phase
one
campaign.
AB
A
R
A
R
Browder
for
getting
together
with
you
all
and
thank
you
all
for
wanting
to
be
a
part
of
it,
but
Frank
just
is
in
my
district
and
they
took
time
to
get
the
courts
cleaned
up
and
restriped.
So
you
all
could
work
with
the
kids
over
there.
So
I
want
to
personally
say
thank
you
and
then
my
question
was
you
didn't
say
what
how
much
participation
you
needed.
AB
We
would
leave
that
really
to
your
discretion,
but
we
would
love
to
partner
in
half
with
we,
but
whatever
you
decide
would
be
great.
We
have
private
donors
that
we
would
go
forth
and
you
know
work
to
solicit
the
remaining
funds.
There's
also
some
grants
that
that
we
always
are
watching
for
that.
We
could
also
use
foreign.
U
So
one
of
the
squash
projects
does
include
improvements
at
Cooper
Creek,
so
there
is
funding
that
could
be
available
to
assist
with
some
of
these
projects.
I
know
when
we
met
with
will
white
and
we
went
through
all
the
list
of
the
improvements.
There
are
some
that
were
part
of
our
sploss.
That
would
be
part
of
our
contribution
to
this,
but
we
haven't
really
went
through
specifically
line
by
line
and
and
looked
at
exactly
how
much
our
contribution
could
be
based
on
our
Splash
that
we
have
could.
T
T
T
We
need
your
help
and
and
we
were
able
to
identify
the
1.7
out
of
some
existing
sales
tax,
some
dollars
we
had
and
and
and
look
at
the
end
result,
and
so
you
know
we'll
look
at
you
know
what
we
know
we
have
and,
as
the
deputy
city
manager
said
and
I
think
in
those
dollars
we'll
be
able
to
support
them
in
some
way
in
a
similar
way
that
we
did
before
when
we'll
come
back
and
share
that
with
you.
Okay,.
R
R
T
V
Davis
and
Mississippi
manager
you
mentioned
you
mentioned
partners
and
I've
said
this
before
a
fortunate.
Our
community
is
and
it's
something
that,
unlike
anything
I've
seen
in
other
cities
and
communities,
just
our
volunteer
base
of
people
that
get
out
and
do
things
on
a
everyday
basis,
working
with
kids
wreck
facilities,
and
all
is
just
you
just
it's
Irreplaceable
number
one,
but
I
mean
it's
just
you
can't
find
it
and
that's
one
of
the
greatest
thing.
V
One
of
the
great
things
we
have
going
in
our
community
is
that
volunteer
base
and
I've
said
before
that
we
need
to
support
them
as
much
as
possible
because
without
them
everything
just
kind
of
falls
apart.
I
think
everybody
would
would
agree
with
me
with
that.
If
you
you've
been
involved
in
a
lot
of
the
local
programs
for
our
kids
and
some
of
these
programs
that
are
available
to
adults
as
well,
the
rest
of
the
community
I
yeah
I'm,
going
to
admit
it.
V
I'm,
a
tennis,
Enthusiast
and
and
I
see
what
happens
out
there,
and
it's
unbelievable
and
I
just
want
to
thank
quota
and
the
staff
for
what
they
do.
I
see
what
they
do
out
there,
probably
forgive
me
for
not
acknowledging
it
enough
and
saying.
Thank
you
enough,
but
I
think
everybody
appreciates
it,
because
we
know
without
you
that
things
would
just
fall
apart.
We
probably
wouldn't
have
tennis
and
these
activities
and
these
great
activities
in
in
our
community.
V
So
thank
you
to
our
partners
and
I,
just
I
wanted
to
say
we
appreciate
you
but
miss
city
manager,
I
mentioned
a
few
weeks
back
and
I
want
the
council
to
really
consider
this.
We
talked
about
our
ability
now
to
do
some
things
that
we
have
not
been
able
financially
do
in
the
past
and
I
mentioned
about
the
need
to
maintain
and
upkeep
our
facilities
at
the
adequate
level,
especially
with
these
children
I've
noticed
even
the
tennis
courts.
V
So
the
director
can
address
these
needs
and
right
now,
it's
the
time
to
do
it
during
the
winter
right
right
now
is
the
time
to
do
it
because
of
just
the
cold
weather
and
all
everybody's
kind
of
you
know
off
the
surfaces,
get
it
done
and
then
they're
back
in
the
spring.
Again,
if
we
don't,
you
know
these
fields
are
going
to
take
a
a
beating
again
and
you
just
can't
get
ahead
of
it.
Counseling
Island
knows
what
I'm
talking
about.
V
He
spends
a
lot
of
time
out
at
out
at
North
side
and
just
the
surface
for
these
kids
I'm.
Seeing
a
lot
of
kids
get
hurt,
I'm,
seeing
a
lot
of
adults,
get
hurt
out
in
Cooper
Creek,
just
because
the
surface
has
hasn't
been
replaced
and
it's
worn
down
and
people
are
falling
because
of
the
the
surface
is
slippery,
it's
nobody's
fault,
it's
just.
V
It
is
what
it
is,
but
we
need
to
address
that
and
if
we
need
to
earmark
some
emergency
funds
to
go
ahead
and
get
some
of
these
things
done,
we
we
need
to
get
ahead
of
this
and
I'm
ready
to
do
it.
I
think
you
mentioned
to
me
when
I
brought
it
up
that
the
director
was
coming
with
a
report
that
there
was.
You
know
that
these
are
on
your
radar.
What
I'm
talking
about
is
on
your
radar,
that's
right!
So
so
I
just.
T
T
These
are
things
that
I'm
bringing
back
today
and
some
of
them
on
the
of
the
seven
that
we're
going
to
share
with
you
today
are
new
and
then
even
this
morning
in
Council
Barnes
mentioned
a
couple
of
things
and
nurses
have
asked
him
for
that.
He
wants
to
bring
and
and
I
asked
Council
Barnes
to
just
it
can
still
bring
them
forward
and
at
the
next
meeting
for
example,
and
so
on,
December
6,
councilor
Barnes.
T
T
W
W
AC
AC
Why
understand
that
throughout
the
state,
there
are
some
counties
that
are
single
County
circuits,
but
we
need
to
look
a
little
bit
further
and
and
do
a
deep
dive
in
those
particular
circuits,
for
example,
the
most
reconcert
most
recent
circuit,
that
went
just
county-wide
single
single
counters,
Columbia
County.
But
one
thing
you
have
to
look
at
the
one:
it
has
a
population
of
160
000.,
which
means
their
caselo
is
a
lot
lower.
But
also
you
need
to
look
at
the
median
income
of.
AC
AC
35
to
40
000..
So
what
does
that
tell
you?
They
have
a
tire
tax
base.
They
can
pull
from
so
when
they
went
to
a
single
County
circuit
when
the
state
funding,
because
when
you
go
from
a
multi-counter
circuit
to
a
single
County
Circuit,
you
lose
State
resources
but
see
because
they
have
a
higher
tax
base
than
we
have.
They
were
able
to
supplement
those
resources,
and
you
take
a
case
County
like
Fulton
County.
AC
They
have
a
population
of
over
well
over
a
million
now
without
they're
able
to
because
I
have
friends
that
have
practice
with
when
I
was
in
the
DA's
office.
Now
that
they
they
have
returning
senior
assistant
attorneys
that
they
paid
over
200
000
to
prosecute
cases
that
more
than
the
state
pays
me
as
the
district
attorney,
because
they
have
that
tax
base
to
pull
from
that.
AC
AC
000
compared
to
our
205
000,
they
have
a
tax
base
to
full
from
that
supplements
those
State
tax
dollars
that
they
were
that
they
a
supplement
from
you,
take
accounting.
Let's
look
at
a
county,
that's
a
small
county
daughter
count:
okay,
Siegel
County,
Circuit,
daughter,
County,
Albany,
Georgia
single
County
circuit,
but
why
you
have
to
do
a
deep
dive
into
this
is
because.
AC
I
talked
to
the
clerk
of
superior
court.
You
only
have
three
Superior
Court
judges
here
in
this
County
we
have
seven,
they
have
a
lower
caseload,
a
lower
crime
rate,
because
also
they
only
have
a
population
of
85
000..
We
have
population,
205
000,
look
at
that.
So
what?
When
we
go
to
and
see
going
back
to
the
study?
AC
So
we
would
basically,
if
we
went
to
a
single
County
Circuit
here
in
Muskogee
County
would
potentially
go
from
Seven
judges
handling.
As
of
last
night,
being
an
executive
assistant
went
over
the
Odyssey
and
Tyler
system
and
we
have
pending
now
7
298
felony
cases
here
in
this
County
split
between
seven
Superior
Court
judges.
That's
over
a
thousand
each.
So
we
go
down
to
a
Seton
County
Circuit.
We
have
potentially
losing
three,
possibly
four
judges,
so
you
go
from
Seven
Superior,
Court
judges
down
to
potentially
three
or
four.
AC
So
let's
take
the
higher
number
four.
So
now
we
go
from
7298
cases
between
seven
judges
now
split
down
to
four,
so
you
have
each
judge
handling
almost
2
000
cases
each
now.
This
is
just
criminal
cases.
Now
we
haven't
gone
into
the
divorce
cases
or
the
child
cases
or
Guardian
light-up
cases,
or
to
have
you
on
the
civil
suits,
we're
just
talking
about
criminal
cases
alone.
So,
let's
just
say,
for
example,
we
had
a
jury
truck
which
is
totally
impossible.
AC
AC
So
what's
this
going
to
lead
to
overpopulation
in
the
jail
now,
just
we
were
overpopulating
the
jail
when
I
took
office
over
sworn
in
on
May
20th.
Now,
with
the
help
of
the
Chief
Blackman
and
Sheriff
Countryman
and
our
staff,
and
and
thankfully
the
the
additional
funds,
discretionary
funds
that
you
all
allow
for
me
to
have
to
to
hire,
three
additional
attorneys
were
were
once
Ada
short
of
being
full
staff.
AC
So
when
you
lose
those
judges,
you
lose
those
state-funded
Ada
positions.
As
well
to
handle
those
cases
not
only
from
the
on
the
DA's
office
but
also
for
the
public
defender's
office
in
talking
with
peakskin
lack,
is
the
head
of
the
prosecuting
attorney's
Council.
Last
night
we
went
to
a
one
County
Circuit.
AC
Let's
just
use
that
just
the
least
number,
then
you
lose
straight
380as
and
start
with
there
so
to
replace
to
keep
the
system
going
now,
the
county
will
have
to
replace
those
State
paid
Adas
with
County
funds,
so
even
attracting
Ada
to
come
down
and
work
you're
talking
about
a
compensation
package
around
or
more
with
with
their
salary,
plus
insurance
benefits
or
whatever
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
that's
three.
AC
AC
Eighty
five
IU
just
bought
a
car
for
our
office
didn't
come
out
of
Muscogee
County
funds
came
out
of
asset
forfeiture
funds
that
was
part
of
the
whole
five
six
County
Circuit
to
use
for
transportation,
for
myself,
for
my
Adas
for
victim,
witness
or
whatever
didn't
cost
the
city
of
dime.
But
you
go
to
a
one
County
circuit
that
expenditure
they
have
to
come
out
of
the
county
debate
because
we
have
to
get
victims
of
the
Court.
We
have
to
get
witnesses
to
court.
AC
We
have
to
we,
we
need
equipment,
but
right
now
that
doesn't
the
cost,
the
city
a
dime.
Also
we
talked
about
the
library
funds,
though,
that
those
funds
are
pulled
from
all
all
six
six
counties.
So
with
the
library
fund
yeah
we
would
have
the
library,
but
also
we
would
be
losing
some
economic
benefit
from
there.
We
have
it,
but
we
but
every
penny
counts.
AC
So
when
you,
when
you
talk
about
this
issue,
you
think
about
the
fact
that
we
would
lose
that
money,
then
it's
Council
persons
you've
got
to
go
out
to
your
constituency
and
say
hey
when
they
ask
well,
why
is
the
criminal?
Why
is
the
system
backlogged
and
we're
just
talking
about
the
criminal,
but
then
in
deflation
we're
in
right
now
and
people
were
barely
being
able
to
afford
groceries
and
and
get
gas
you
as
Council
persons,
have
to
go
out
to
your
constituents
and
say
you
know
what
open
your
purses
open
your
wallets.
AC
T
T
So
so
mayor
pro
team
may
I.
Yes,
sir,
go
ahead.
So
a
couple
of
things,
first
of
all,
I
think
Ms
City
attorney
that
there's
a
Judicial
body
or
somebody
who
would
do
a
study
to
determine
single
judicial
circuits
I
think
that's
the
first
point
I
want
to
make.
But
the
second
thing,
obviously
you've
done
a
lot
of
research,
Mrs,
D.A
and
I'm
going
to
have
my
people
to
pull
that
video
and
I
just
for
counsel
to
be
at
ease
because
I
think
you've
scared
the
hell
out
of
them.
T
So
I
wanted
to
pull
that
I'm
gonna
have
my
team
to
pull
that
video
and
I
want
them
to
verify
that
you
would
lose
and
go
down
to
four
judges.
I
want
them
to
verify
the
DA's
assistant.
Da's
I
want
them
to
do
a
fact
check
just
to
make
sure
council
members
know
both
sides
and
but
it
will
be
a
fact
check.
Yes,
sir,
and
so
I'm
gonna
have
my
team.
Do
that
and
then
I'll
be
happy
to,
because
you
know
you've
devastated
me
with
your
passion
and
with
your
information.
Yes,.
T
He
gave
me
on
yesterday
and
I
believe
that's
the
City
attorney.
Has
he
advised
that
that's
how
it's
done,
and
so
but
I
will
they'll
pull
that
video,
yes
and
then
I
will
come
back
to
council,
because
I
I
believe
we
need
to
be
very
factual
in
the
information
that
you
have
and
so
I'll
come
back
to
you
with
it.
Okay,.
AC
C
AC
Been
we've
even
indicted,
I
believe
the
386
cases
through
the
grand
jury.
That's
just
indictments.
Okay,
all
right
I,
don't
have
the
numbers
that
we've
cleared,
but
through
the
rapid
resolution
program
that
that
we
have
there's
several
hundred
more
cases
that
we've
actually
been
able
to
close,
but
we,
but
through
the
resources
and
hiring
Adas,
we've
been
able
to
indict
and
get
those
386
cases
within
the
last
few
months
on
on
the
trial,
docket.
C
AC
T
T
I
Fact
check
it,
one
of
my
questions
involved.
Didn't
the
study
say
that
our
circuit
was
too
large
based
on
that
that
actual
study
that
was
conducted
in
2019
and
also
it
had
recommended
that
we
pull
both
Talbot
and
Harris
County
out
initially.
So
it
was
a
lot
of
recommendations
that
was
made
based
on
that
study.
That.
K
I
Done
in
2019
that
we
did
not,
actually
you
know
it
didn't
transpire
based
on
that
that
study
that
was
done,
yeah
yeah.
So
that's
we
do
have
a
lot
but
I'm
I'm,
calling
Wayne
and
that
and
I
know
he
had
wanted
to
have
a
meeting
to
actually
address
some
of
the
concerns.
And
then
we
can
have
facts
exactly
what
you're
talking
about
city
manager,
because
I
think
the
facts
and
the
numbers
and
seeing
it
in
black
and
white
versus.
C
T
C
AA
Many
jurors
do
not,
and
if
they
have
their
own
judge,
who
is
not
based,
which
we
have
great
judges
of
Muskogee
and
some
come
from
Harris,
who
are
very
fair-minded,
but
I've
been
in
Trials
before
where
people
should
have
clearly
been
struck
for
bias
and
prejudice
against
plaintiff
and
I
have
been
home
cooked
before
home.
Cooking
is
real.
The
some
of
the
rural
counties
surrounding
this
County
are
nice
Metropolitan
as
Columbus.
Those
juries
can
be
dangerous
for
somebody
if
they're
a
minority
and
I
represent
primarily
minorities
and
I
have
to
look
out
for
their
rights.
AA
It
is
important
to
me
that
people
get
Justice,
that
people
get
a
Justin,
Fair
jury
and
if
a
circuit
gets
comprised
of
only
a
rural
judge
or
a
small
rural
circuit,
there's
a
very
real
opportunity.
I
could
get
home
cooked
just
because
my
person's
not
from
that
County
and
I,
just
want
to
warn
you
of
that,
because
that's
part
of
the
beauty
of
having
a
multi-county
circuit,
it
gives
you
a
rotation
of
Judges,
there's
less
less
chance
of
prejudice.
AA
You
know
in
favor
of
one
lawyer
or
another,
because
there's
several
judges
to
choose
from
and
I
just
want
to
warm
you
up.
Warn
you
about
home
cooking,
because
it's
real
and
it
has
hurt
my
clients
who
had
just
cases
before
and
I
did
not
like
it,
and
it
wasn't
fair
if
the
judge
had
been
impartial.
It
wouldn't
have
happened.
X
There
is
not
a
motion
on
the
table.
The
motion
has
been
withdrawn.
I
think
it's
inappropriate
for
Mr
Hales
to
speak
to
an
item
that
has
been
withdrawn,
that
we
are
saying
we're
going
to
study
if
he
would
like
to
come
back
whenever
that
study
is
brought
to
us
absolutely.
But
at
this
point
there
is
not
emotion
on
the
table.
X
C
I
I
C
K
M
M
This
decision
was
too
important
for
this
Council
to
make
that
decision
at
that
time,
and
you
suggested
to
have
public
hearings
I'm,
just
suggesting
that
you
hold
public
hearings
on
this
level,
because
D.A
D.A
Jackson
made
a
great
point
with
all
that
information
out.
People
need
to
know
exactly
what
we're
talking
about.
I
I
It
suggest
suggestion
that
we
do
have
more
dialogue.
I
think
I
talked
to
counselor
Walker
Garrett.
In
reference
to
this,
it's
a
lot
of
conversation
that
needs
to
be
had
with
the
community
and
educate
people.
You
know
we
want.
We
talk
about
government
transparency,
we
want
people
to
be
educated,
I
didn't
know
exactly
what
D.A
Jackson
mentioned.
I
We
were
actually
at
Albany,
State,
I,
think
at
a
dinner,
and
we
sat
there
to
he
said
you
know
I'm
gonna,
talk
to
you
about
this
judicial
circuit
I
said
come
on,
let's
have
a
conversation,
but
that's
the
thing
we
avoid
having
conversation,
but
we
need
to
have
conversation
to
understand
exactly
what's
going
on
and
that's
what
Wayne
Hills
is
asking
that's
what
the
community
is
asking
and
that's
all
that
I'm
asking
that
we
can
set
up.
You
know
possibly
some
hearings,
just
like
we
did
with
the
citizens
review
board.
I
We
we
have
to
have
open
dialogue
in
order
to
move
in
any
type
of
Direction,
whether
forward
or
backward
or
stack.
We
have
to
have
some
conversations,
so
that's
what
I'm
requesting
I
don't
know
City
attorney.
Is
it
something
city
manager
that
we
can
set
up
and
actually
have?
You
know
some
more
dialogue
in
reference
to
this
judicial
circuit.
K
V
You
mayor
Pro,
Tim
I,
just
let
me
let
me
go
back
and
maybe
speak
a
little
bit
about
in
general
of
what
my
thought
process
was
at
the
time.
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
if
I
particularly
said
that
we
should
go
out
and
have
meetings
my
what
what
I
talked
about
was
that
this
is
something
of
the
magnitude
that
I
think
the
community.
V
If
this
is
something
that
we're
supposed
to
do
with
that,
the
community
should
have
a
voice
in
it
or
should
have
a
say-so
in
it
at
some
level,
but
at
the
same
time,
and
going
back
I'm
going
to
tell
you
I,
didn't
know
enough
about
the
request
and
when
it
was
put
out
but
I'm
going
to
go
back
and
do
my
homework
as
I've
said
before,
and
I
did
and
now
I'm
kind
of
taking
the
mindset
of.
If
it's
not
broken,
then
why
fix
it?
V
The
old
phrase
that's
out
there
and
then
I
started
realizing
that
I'm.
Not
so
sure
this
is
our
Branch.
Our
legislative
branch
of
our
government
there's
a
judicial
branches,
executive
management
branch
and
the
legislative
branch
I
I'm,
not
so
sure
that
this
is
our
our
topic
to
to
deal
with.
This
is
a
judicial
branch
matter
and
then
I
started
looking
into
a
little
bit
further
I
think
it's
more
of
a
state
matter
and
that
there's
already
bodies
put
in
place
assessment
committees.
V
Judicial
assessment
committees
are
where
they
deal
with
facts
statistics
they
deal
with
all
this
stuff
with
counties
and
that's
how
we
get
our
structure
and
that's
how
we
get
everything
set
in
place
so
I.
You
know
I
questioned
the
outside
of
that
body
and
it's
there
for
a
reason
of
why
the
council,
or
why
we
would
get
involved
with
that
when
they
look
at
this
stuff
and
they
determine
it
at
another
level.
T
T
T
C
And
I
can't
help
but
agree
with
you
city
manager,
because
if
you
look
at
the
Timeline
with
the
holidays
by
the
time,
we
go
out
and
start
holding
meetings
to
try
to
get
something
to
the
legislature,
they're
going
to
be
well
into
the
session
and
it
just
it
may
even
be
too
late
for
them
to
get
something
to
the
Judiciary
Committee.
In
order
for
them
to
get.
C
T
Somebody
else,
but
it's
my
understanding,
that
if
you
send
it
to
the
committee,
it
would
not
be
addressed
in
the
upcoming
legislative
session.
It
may
take
a
year
or
two
or
whatever,
because
that's
you
know
it's
a
different
timeline.
Yeah
they
got
different
timelines
yeah
so
give
it
to
the
ones
who's
going
to
decide
anyway,
is
would
be
my
recommendation.
Okay,
let's
see
the
attorney.
You
said
you
have
a
recommendation.
G
G
Circuit
and
if
you
ask
them
to
study
it,
they're
going
to
refer
it
to
the
judicial
Council
of
Georgia
that
deals
with
their
these
requests
all
over
the
state.
They
look
at
demographics
and
everything
else
absolutely
concur
with
that
simple
amendment.
In
three
places
in
this
resolution
you
could
ask
them
to
study
the
issue.
C
Y
I
I
By
the
the
committee
that
the
D.A
was
mentioning
yeah,
so
what
we're
trying
to
do
city
manager
was
bringing
back
the
facts
based
on
that
study.
It
was
some
things
that
were
brought
forth
in
that
study
that
did
not
actually
transpire
so
we're
trying
to
actually
get
some
more
traction.
Based
on
that
study,.
Y
I
Y
I
C
T
AA
Walker
I
want
to
clear
something
up.
The
two
counties
that
you're
referring
to
there
was
no
determination
by
the
judicial
workload
assessment
committee
that
we
were
too
big
that
was
done
at
Coweta
County's
request
exactly
the
reason
we
want
to
keep
these
counties
in.
They
want
to
take
the
counties
out,
so
they
can
add
them
to
their
funding
and
add
more
population
based
to
their
courts,
and
that
was
a
Coweta
circuit's
request.
It
was
not
determined
that
Muskogee
County
was
too
big,
it
was
not
journey
of
the
Chattahoochee
circuit
was
too
big.
C
C
C
X
C
A
C
C
C
C
A
C
Let
me
just
for
clarity:
ask
the
City
attorney
to
help
me
with
this
resolution.
The
resolution
that
was
in
our
packet
was
worded
differently
than
the
resolution
we
passed
the
first
time,
Dr
Wright
brought
this
to
us
and
I.
Think
we've
made
a
change
in
your
package
to
revert
that
resolution
in
support
of
the
casino
back
to
the
original
resolution.
Is
that
correct.
G
Yeah,
what
I
think
what
council's
intent
was
all
along
was
to
provide
for
a
request
to.
If
the
state
law
has
changed
to
allow
casino
gambling
gaming,
then
you
would
also
provide
the
extra
step
of
a
local
referendum
in
Muskogee
County.
In
the
event
Casino
gaming
is
approved,
Statewide,
and
that
was
I.
Think
in
your
resolution
several
years
ago,
and
we've
just
added
that
back
in
as
a
draft
for
you
to
vote
on
today
and
we'll
give
the
proper
original
to
the
clerk.
If
that's
what
you
want,
okay.
C
C
So
the
legislation
in
Atlanta,
as
I
as
I,
understand
it
all
the
legislation
that's
been
introduced,
allows
a
Statewide
referendum
on
whether
Georgia
wants
a
casino.
Then
that
gives
an
extra
step
in
Columbus
or
any
local
jurisdiction.
It
gives
an
extra
step
for
the
citizens
of
Columbus
to
vote
to
determine
whether
they
want
a
casino
here,
and
that
was
our
intent
years
ago,
when
we
first
addressed
this
and
that's
my
intent
now
is
to
have
that
same
resolution.
So
right.
G
C
K
T
A
T
T
And
you
know
and
as
you
as
I
look
at
it.
We've
got
assistant
directors
who
earn
more
than
the
mayor.
You
got.
Division
managers
who
earn
more
than
the
mayor
and
every
single
subordinate
of
the
mayor
earns
significantly
more
than
the
mayor,
so
I'm,
bringing
forward
asking
that
the
delegation
introduced
a
salary
adjustment
for
mayor
and
mayor
Pro,
tem
and
the
Sarah
adjustment,
so
that
it
would
not
have
to
be
addressed
going
forward
in
the
future
ever
again.
T
C
V
Yeah
I
just
wanted
to
say
in
a
nutshell,
I
I'm
willing
to
look
at
the
mayor's
salary
I
think
over
time.
A
lot
of
people
have
expressed
that
we
just
came
out
of
an
election
gone
through
the
pay
plan,
new
pay
plan
or
or
pay
structure.
That's
been
implemented
and
I
mean
I'm
I'm
willing
to
look
at
that.
I
think
it
needs
to
be
done
at
a
local
at
a
local
level.
V
I
hesitate
in
allowing
the
state
to
be
tie
a
salary
to
a
percentage
when
it's
not
a
constitutional
officer.
I
think
the
local
citizens
are
to
have
or
to
have
say
so
in
that
the
other
thing
is
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
in
favor
of
of
of
adding
anything
as
far
as
it
deals
with
the
mayor's
mayor,
Pro,
tem,
so
I
think
anything
in
this
area.
I
appreciate
what
city
manager
is,
is
I,
I
guess
putting
presenting,
but
I
just
think
it
needs
to
be
done
here.
Local.
W
I,
thank
you,
mayor
Pro,
tem
I've
concur
with
councilor
Davis
I
I
agree.
We
need
to
look
at
the
mayor's
salary
we
do,
but
I
I
think
we
probably
ought
to
save
that
to
the
next
budget
discussion
as
opposed
to
putting
an
automatic
increase
in
there.
That's
basically
coded
by
the
state,
because,
right
now
the
council
has
the
authority
to
change
his
pay
and
to
change
the
mayor.
Pro
Temps,
pay
and
I.
Don't
like
the
idea
of
putting
a
percentage
in
that
just
happens
automatically
and
and
US
losing
the
authority
to
make
that
change.
W
D
G
G
Yeah,
there
are
two
ways
you
can
do
it.
You
have
the
authority
to
do
it
by
ordinance,
but
there
there's
some
complicating
factors.
The
state
law
says:
if
you
change
a
mayor's
salary
by
ordinance,
you've
got
to
do
it
at
the
January
to
March
time
frame
before
qualifying
of
the
mayor,
which
would
have
been
back
in
January
of
2022.
G
G
D
G
G
If
a
municipal
Corporation
wants
to
change
the
salary
of
Mayor,
they've
got
to
do
it
before
qualifying
time
for
the
next
mayor
election,
meaning
you
would
have
had
to
change
it
between
January
and
March
of
2022.,
for
it
to
be
in
effect
January
of
23..
Well,
that
was
that
was
not
done,
so
you
missed
that
window.
So
the
next
time
the
mayor's
salary
could
be
changed
effectively
would
be
27.
X
G
G
C
T
Stay
fixed
well,
and
let
me
just
say
this:
of
course:
you
know
that
that's
how
they
do
various
judges,
the
sheriff
and
others
around
the
organization.
So
this
is
not
a
new
method
of
calculating.
No,
it's,
not
okay.
When
you
talk
about
budget
control
and
the
budget
control
is
going
to
be
what
you
do
for
your
city
manager,
because
then
that
would
be
70.
But
but
the
thing
is,
you
know
and
the
reason
I
bring
it
now
is
no
one
want
to
discuss
this.
G
T
O
T
It
done
now
I
mean,
if
you
think
it's
okay-
for
your
CEO,
for
the
city
manager,
reports
to
the
police
chief
reports
to
the
mCP
report
to
In
The,
Fire
EMS
report
to
and
every
assistant
of
all
the
Chiefs
in
the
fire
department
make
more
than
the
city.
All
the
deputy
city
managers
throughout
this
organization
makes
more
than
the
mayor.
You
all
think
that's
okay,
I
mean
really
for
your
CEO.
T
C
C
C
W
I,
don't
like
is
putting
that
70
and
35.
Well,
what
should
it
be?
I,
don't
know
we
had
a
chance
to
think
about
it.
I
don't
know,
that's
why
I
don't
like
just
making
that
happen,
but
I'm
in
complete
agreement
that
the
mayor
probably
ought
to
make
more
money.
Okay,
we
need
to
discuss
what
that
ought
to
be.
That's
why
I'm
thinking
what
I
would
like
to
read
was
in
the.
T
W
Can
I
read
the
charter,
just
so
sure
I
understand
right
now?
Yes,
sir,
this
is
chapter
two,
the
mayor
of
section
4-200,
subparagraph
three,
the
annual
salary
of
the
mayor
shall
be
fixed
by
ordinance
of
council,
provided,
however,
that
such
compensation
shall
not
be
diminished
during
during
his
or
her
term
of
office.
So
right
now
it's
on
US
state
code
may
require
okay.
It
can't
happen
until
the
next
election.
W
Okay,
that's
what
this
resolution
was
going
to
do
anyway,
it
was
going
to
delay
that
until
the
next
election
I,
just
don't
like
automatically
giving
this
in
there
to
us
70
35
and
we
haven't
really
had
a
chance
to
argue
what
it
ought
to
be.
But
I
agree.
The
mayor
doesn't
make
enough
money
and
it
is
it's
not.
T
X
Mr
city
manager,
as
the
current
chair
of
the
budget
committee
I,
would
recommend
that
you
bring
us
a
recommendation
during
the
budgets
presentation
or
what
you
think.
The
mayor's
this
hour
should
be
I
I
fully
agree
that
it's
too
low
I
worked
in
mayor
weatherington's
office
for
four
years.
It
was
a
full-time
job
from
for
the
mayor
and
that
has
not
diminished
at
all
over
the
years.
X
Our
mayor
goes
to
meetings
and
events
and
every
every
day
of
the
week,
and
we
do
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
compensating
him
or
her
at
the
level
that,
where
that
they
should
be
compensated,
so
please
bring
a
recommendation
to
us.
I
don't
want
to
give
up
the
budget
committee
and
the
budget
committees
authority
to
set
the
salary
for
the
mayor
and
for.
T
T
D
Because,
just
like
the
mayor,
they're
on
call
24
7.
seven
days
a
week,
there
are
times
where
I
don't
know
how
active
everybody
is,
but
you
can
go
to
between
five
to
six
meetings
and
events
in
one
day,
I've
done
it
so
I
know
it
happens.
I'm
very
happy,
I'm
sad.
It
happened
when
I
left,
but
I'm
very
happy
that
we're
finally
going
to
have
offices
in
a
conference
room
because
it's
very
hard
to
go
meet
with
constituents
at
their
house
or
your
house
or
McDonald's
or
Burger
King.
To
get
things
done.
D
This
community
has
grown
and
it's
gotten
bigger
it.
It
deserves
to
move
with
the
times
and
I
can
say
it
because
I'm
I
won't
be
here.
So
nobody
can
gripe
about
me
saying
it,
but
it
needs
to
be
available
because
I'll
be
honest.
I've
been
here
28
years,
I
make
520
every
two
weeks
and
I'm
on
call.
7,
24.
D
and
I
make
520
25
every
two
weeks.
That's
it
and
I'm
expected
to
donate
I'm
expected
to
pay
for
tickets.
I'm
expected
to
do
a
lot
of
things
and
if
you
don't
have
a
full-time
job
or
if
you
think
being
on
Console
makes
money
you're
wrong,
you
need
to
be
in
Council
because
you
love
it
and
you
want
to
make
a
difference.
If
you
think
you're
going
to
make
money,
you
ain't
gonna
make
any
money,
because
this
is
a
job
for
those
that
want
to
make
a
difference,
not
make
a
paycheck.
D
T
D
S
To
councilor
Thomas's
appointment
here,
Council
of
wizards,
everyone
says
it's
a
part-time
job,
there's
nothing
part-time
about
this.
All
of
us
know
this
is
a
full-time
job.
Okay,
so
I
applaud
you
for
doing
this.
This
is
the
second
time
that
you've
done
this,
because
to
your
point,
this
has
come
up
before
it
came
up
when
I
believe
when
mayor
weatherton
came
up
with
mayor
Thomas
and
if
you
brought
it
up,
I
know
for
a
second
we're,
definitely
twice
but
three
times
this
issue
has
been
discussed.
T
S
You're
right,
you're,
150,
right
and
I
applaud
you
for
looking
out
for
someone
else.
Yeah
councilor
house
mentioned
the
ordinance
and
if
there's
any
way
we
can
get
around
the
audience,
I
say
we
do
it,
but
if
that's
the
ordinance
it
mistakes
that,
then
maybe
we
can
revisit
that.
But
to
your
point,
if
we're
locked
in
by
ordinance
for
that
I
think
that's
the
way
that
that
we
should
go
Lauren.
S
What
did
counselor
Redmond
say
he
said
what
six
dollars
can
I
hear
that
again,
six
votes
couldn't
change
anything
and
so
I
Applause
you
again
for
city
manager,
and
we
need
to
revisit
it.
None
of
us
how
much,
how
much
you
get
what
500
and
what
520
every
two
weeks
and
for
28
years
of
service
there's
nothing
part-time
about
this
job,
but
you
want
to
know
something.
At
the
same
time,
all
of
us
asked
for
it.
All
of
us
asked
for
this
job.
S
I
have
no
complaints
because
it
used
to
be
a
program
back
30
years
ago.
It's
called
you
asked
for
it
and
so
I'm
not
complaining
about
the
mystical
amount
because
I'm
not
doing
it
for
the
money.
Anyway,
and
neither
are
we
but
getting
back
to
the
nitty-gritty
of
it,
Demarest
pain
is
not
what
it
should
be
right.
S
Let's,
let's
get
real,
you
know
it
is
not
and
I
know
as
far
as
the
mayor
Pro
10,
because
at
the
meetings
you
have
every
week
and
throughout
the
week
and
by
telephone
and
zoom
and
boom
boom,
or
whatever
else
might
be,
a
technological
advancement
well
to
meetings
are
endless.
So
your
time
is
taken
up
well,
yeah
for
City
business
and
the
Bible
says
a
Workman.
T
T
T
C
T
T
X
Chief
Blackman
and
the
sheriff
are
doing
their
presentation.
I
would
like
to
ask
all
of
the
public
safety
employees
who
are
in
the
room
to
come
to
the
front
of
the
to
come,
sit
up
in
the
front
of
the
room
so
that
we
can
recognize
some
of
the
folks
that
are
doing
a
hell
of
a
job
in
Columbus.
Would
you
would
what
do
you
think
right.
AD
AD
and
some
of
those
goals
we'll
talk
about.
Today,
we
talked
about
crime
reduction
goals,
we
we
talked
about
recruitment
and
retention
goals,
and
so,
as
far
as
to
address
crime
reduction,
we
stated
that
we
we
need
to
be
two-fold
approach
for
proactive
policing
and
we
needed
Community
Police,
so
without
proactive
policing
approach
that
would
enable
our
officers
to
go
out
into
these
hot
spot
or
high
crime
locations
and
work
at
arresting
individuals
who
had
violent
failure,
warrants
individuals,
Awards
validated
gang
members
participating
in
criminal
activities.
AD
A
AD
We
were
able
to
take
drugs
off
the
streets
and
with
the
approximate
street
value
when
we
talk
about
street
value
that
may
fluctuate
when
we
talk
about
drugs
depending
upon
the
type
of
drugs
that
are
taking
at
that
particular
time
and
and
so
the
the
citations
were
written.
You
see
more
warning
citations
where
written
as
opposed
to
the
active
citations,
foreign.
AD
We
had
our
officers
when
they
were
in
off-duty
capacity.
They
were
assigned
to
derive
some
of
the
hot
spot
locations
and
they
were
given
stipend
and
when
they
came
in
on
their
off
time
to
address
some
of
these
hot
spot
locations,
and
so
a
smaller
group
compared
to
the
larger
details
which
we
did
with
Georgia
State
Patrol
crime,
suppression,
detail.
AD
These
officers
were
off
duty
and
they
they
were
able
to
go
to
these
locations
and
make
an
impact
in
what
they
did,
and
so
our
special
operations
unit
and
and
I
want
to
pause
here
as
I
talk
about
all
Special
Operations
unit.
Because
while
we
look
at
the
numbers
that,
through
that
that
are
in
place
through
October,
our
special
operations
unit
were
in
a
challenging
position.
First
of
all,
the
the
unit
itself
was
operating
at
less
than
half
of
the
normal
Staffing.
We.
A
AD
AD
For
our
fugitive
unit,
and
so
they
also
met
challenges
with
with
the
previous
district
attorney,
they
were
constantly
under
the
threat
of
being
prosecuted
some
of
the
officers
in
that
unit
for
a
case
that
now
has
been
resolved,
but
both
officers
were
working
under
that
cloud
and
but
they
were
still
able
to
go
forward.
Of
course,
we
were
not
able
to
join
with
any
any
federal
task
force
because
of
our
responsibilities
that
we
have
in
answer.
AD
Baptist
Church,
where
we
were
able
to
have
our
last
gun
buyback,
but
we're
also
starting
at
at
South
Columbus,
United,
Methodist
Church.
And
then
we
went
to
Abundant
Abundant
Life
for
Gospel
Church,
where
we
were
able
to
receive
firearms,
and
this
program
was
funded
by
American
Rescue
plan
funds,
where
individuals
who
brought
forward
a
functioning
firearms
received
a
250
gift
card,
and
so
that
enabled
us
to
be
able
to
remove
some
firearms
from
the
streets.
So.
AD
Whereas
we
look
at
our
community
interaction,
we
we
know
that
we
need
our
community,
we,
we
cannot
do
it
by
ourselves.
We
so
we
get
out
into
our
community
and
interact
from
various
levels
to
Neighborhood
groups,
and
we
have
officers
that
go
to
the
schools
to
do
prevention,
programs.
They
we
do
a
drug
abuse
and
resistance
education
program,
also
known
as
the
Dare
program.
AD
Another
component
of
that
program
is
is
designed
to
teach
children
or
gain
prevention,
information,
and
that's
done
in
the
elementary
level,
and
that
request
is
also
at
middle
school
and
high
schools,
and
so
we
we
meet
with
our
explorers
program.
That's
a
group
of
young
children
from
starting
age
13
until
age
20,
where
they
are
taught
leadership
and
life
skills,
type
information
that
we
interact
with
them
in
addition
to
our
neighborhood,
our
neighborhoods
throughout
our
city,
that
we
interact
with
and
work
to
build
relationships.
AD
AD
AD
Our
fop,
as
seen
there
on
the
photograph
on
the
right
where
we
support
the
kids
and
cops
program
and
then
one
of
our
partners
in
Academy
Sports
provided
bicycles
for
our
children,
and
so
our
offices
were
steady.
Their
work
towards
engaging
in
our
community
as
well
as
and
ensuring
that
we
use
a
proactive
strategy
towards
crime
reduction
for
our
recruitment.
O
AD
AD
City
cell
phones,
work
phones,
so
they'll
be
able
to
utilize
these
phones
to
receive
information
regarding
individuals
who
may
be
looking
for,
and
also
to
to
share
information
with
our
citizens
and
be
able
to
have
a
good
contact.
If
a
former
contact
for
citizens
to
reach
out
to
them
as
well
as
we
work
towards
Sovereign
crimes,
we
were
also
able
to
upgrade
our
Firearms
long
guns
and
handguns,
and
we
provide
our
officers
a
device
when
they're
writing
citations
through
the
e-ticket
machines.
AD
AD
You
may
say
well
why
why
John
Jay
College
we've
actually
previously
in
previous
years,
we've
hired
individuals
from
John
Jay
College,
because
in
that
Northeast
area,
the
process
to
become
a
police
officer
is
has
a
little
bit
more
Hoops
to
jump
through
than
it
does
in
our
region.
There's
a
civil
service
test.
They
have
to
take
and
then
wait
another
five
years
before
they
can
even
apply
to
become
a
police
officer.
But
here
that
doesn't
take
place,
and
so
we've
been
successful
in
that
area.
A
AD
Us
and
met
our
recruitment
team
at
John,
Jay,
College
and
and
that
that
applicant
was
able
to
to
share
with
those
others
who
were
seeking
the
information
and
letting
them
know
that
they
had
just
recently
been
hired
by
the
Columbus
Police
Department.
And
then
our
recruitment
team
got
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
the
criminal
justice
class
there
at
John
J,
and
so
we
we
reaching
out
and
and
we're
at
very
far
reach
to
bring
applicants
into
to
join
the
Columbus
Police
Department
So.
Currently,
our
salary
is
listed
here
with
high
school
with
45
4.
AD
again.
We
are
very
appreciative
to
council
members
to
each
of
you
for
approving
the
pay
plan.
We
know
that
the
effect
today
is
November,
the
12th
and
so
going
forward
with
the
first
period
of
excuse
me
with
the
pay
period
beginning
January,
7th
2023,
then
the
the
new
pay
plan
salary
will
be
implemented
where
we
receive
pay
later
that
month
in
January,
and
so
all
since
then,
with
high
school.
AD
AD
As
you
recall,
last
August
I
came
before
you
to
request
and
the
expansion
of
our
Cadet
program.
At
that
time
we
had
five
Cadets
that
we
could
hire,
but
we
requested
to
be
specify
some
of
our
unfueled
positions
and
that
created
20
slots
in
addition
to
the
five
slots
for
Cadets.
So
since
that
time
we
we've
been
able
to
hire
a
Cadets
and
four
have
gone
on
to
become
police
officers
and
four
still
remaining
to
Cadet
status.
AD
AD
AD
AD
We
were
able
to
revise
our
work
schedule
and
that's
something
that
we
have
to
take
a
look
at
again
to
see
what
what
would
be
the
best
fit
for
work
schedule-wise,
because
some
of
the
Lawson's
communicate
the
concerns,
as
we
were
previously
assigned
to
work
the
six
day
schedule
and
before
they
reached
the
off
days.
And
so
we
we
revised
that
and
we'll
be
looking
at
it
again
as
we
prepare
to
meet
soon
in
another
strategic
planning
session,
as
we
discuss
what
needs
to
be
tweaked
in
our
strategic
plans
as
we
go
forward.
AD
But
in
addition
to
that,
we
want
to
create
a
very
positive
work
environment
and
so
we've
received
training
regarding
restorative
practices
and
procedural
Justice.
Where,
where
we're
reminded
that
the
first
decision,
the
First
Act
that
takes
place
resolved
it
we
resulting
in,
are
involved
in
something
that's
disciplinary
related.
AD
We
don't
necessarily
result
to
something,
that's
punitive,
but
we
we
use
that
as
an
opportunity
to
coach
up
when
we're
given
the
opportunity
to
do
so,
and
we
do
realize
that
sometimes
some
situations,
all
situations
not
necessarily
the
same,
but
we
do
want
to
take
advantage
of
our
opportunities
to
coach
up
employees
as
we
develop
along
the
way.
We
know
our
department
is
Young
and
developing,
and
we
want
to
take
advantage
of
the
opportunity
to
coach
up
our
employees.
AD
A
AD
See
another
Community
outing
where
officers
were
wearing
a
uniforms
at
the
recent
Spooktacular
event
where
we
partnered
with
parks
and
recs,
and
there
is
a
vehicle
and
so
as
we
go
forward
here.
We.
This
is
something
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
aware
of,
and
I
talked
about,
2021
being
developed
as
a
great
resignation.
But
we
see
that
over
the
course
of
several
years
this
chart
reflects
as
far
back
as
2016.
AD
AD
And
so
through
October,
you
know,
I
would
budgeted
numbers
for
police
officers
for
444..
So
we
know
that
20
of
those
Physicians
were
reclassified
and
then
another
24
were
being
utilized
and
had
been
previously
utilized
and
reclassified
for
other
in
other
areas.
So
from
that
488
there
were
44
positions
that
were
reclassified,
so
the
budgeted
positions
from
444
and
at
through
the
end
of
October.
A
AD
That
time
that
we
have
about
four
individuals
that
are
scheduled
to
start
up
next
month
that
we
hire
a
couple
weeks
ago,
so
crime
wise
as
we
look
at
our
part,
one
crimes
and
in
comparison
through
the
end
of
October,
our
department
crimes.
In
spite
of
all
the
challenges
we've
experienced,
we've
noticed
a
downward
Trend
in
part,
one
crimes
and
as
far
as
the
violent
crimes
like,
for
example,
like
murders
through
October
of
2021,
there
were
53
murders
and,
through
that
same
time,
period
2022
at
31.
Now,
of
course,
I
always
would
say.
AD
Now,
just
as
a
footnote
as
we
look
at
the
aggravated
assault
numbers,
we
know
that
this
year,
Command
Staff
and
I
met,
and
we
discussed
how
we
track
aggravated
assault
cases
in
in
Prior
years.
We
track
aggravated
assault,
but,
for
example,
if
someone
shoots
at
a
facility,
the
weather
in
place
that
was
pre
previously
reported
as
an
aggravated.
AD
That
facility
was
occupied
so,
but
now
we
track
based
on
the
evidence
of
making
aggravated
assault
cases.
We
we
say
that
if
that
place
is
occupied,
that
is
an
aggravated
assault,
but
it
was
not
occupied.
We
we
classify
that
as
another
crime
and
not
as
aggravated
assault,
so
we'll
be
able
to
get
even
more
of
a.
A
AD
Picture
as
we
go
forward
with
our
way
of
tracking
aggravated
assault
cases,
but
we're
seeing
a
downward
Trend
thus
far.
And
that
could
be
attributed
to
the
men
and
women
of
the
Columbus
Police
Department.
But
as
well
as
our
citizens
in
our
community.
For
working
with
our
officers
to
share
information
and
provide
input
with
the
men
and
women
working
long
days
and
nights
to
ensure
that
we're
able
to
investigate
cases
and
ensure
presence
in
order
to
prevent
crimes
from
occurring.
As
well
and.
A
AD
Started
I
said
that
our
goal
was
to
work
towards
the
goals
we
talked
about
was
working
towards
reducing
crime
as
well
as
Recruitment
and
Retention
efforts,
and
that's
something
that
we
will
continue
to
do.
We
know
that
we
will
be
tweaking
our
strategic
plan
as
we
go
forward,
but
this
is
the
information
I
want
to
share
with
you
to
let
you
know
what
has
taken
place
so
far.
Any
questions.
S
A
S
She,
let
me
just
tell
you've,
done
an
excellent
job
and
no
one
in
the
community.
You
can
have
all
of
the
amenities
zipline
White
Water,
the
best
Uptown
or
downtown
whatever
it
is,
unless
people
feel
safe,
they're,
just
not
going
to
come
out
for
them.
They're
just
not,
and
the
community
does
feel
very
supportive
by
the
community.
I
want
to.
Personally.
Thank
you
for
the
the
events
that
you
supported.
S
You
all
have
to
have
and
I'm
glad
you
were.
You
have
to
have
the
support
of
the
community
and
you
put
up
there
a
number
of
organizations
that
over
the
years
have
been
very
supportive
and
just
to
emphasize
just
for
you
to
to
mention
more
those
areas
you
have
the
drug
Fighters
you
have
so
many
other
the
Dare
program
and
and
I
was
really
surprised
about
the
cadet
program.
S
AD
S
AD
Sir,
so
without
Cadet
program
we
recruit
as
young
as
age
18
with
a
high
school
diploma
and
a
driver's
license.
The
individual
can
start
up
as
a
Cadet.
They
make
application,
they
go
through
the
same
background
process
as
being
a
police
officer,
and
but
they
come
on
board
and
once
they
are
in-house
and
they
will
be
able
to
move
around
in
various
areas
within
the
department
to
learn
the
culture
and
learn
what
takes
place
within
the
department.
AC
AD
And
so
by
the
time
the
individual
will
reach
age,
20
and
a
half.
We
would
then
put
them
with
a
group
of
recruits
who
were
prepared
to
go
to
the
police
academy
and
so
that
by
the
time
they
graduate
from
the
police
academy,
they
would
they
would
be
21
within
the
relative
time
thereafter
and
they'll
be
a
startup
as
a
police
officer,
but
within
six
months
or
higher
They
will
receive.
It's
called
the
the
career
ladder
and
So
within
six
months
of
hiring
Cadet.
They
receive
a
increase
in
pay.
AD
S
And
I,
and
also
I'd
like
to
bring
up
my
people,
your
officers
many
times
go
over
and
above
and
I
bumped
into
a
young
lady.
There
were
two:
there
was
an
instance
that
happened
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
and
that
I'd
like
to
bring
to
your
attention
officer
that
a
lady
was
involved
into
an
accident.
Yes,
it's
driven
for
40
plus
years
never
had
an
accident.
She
was
upset.
A
S
S
She
she
must
have
some
bad
vibes
or
something
because
someone
hit
her
again
same
officer
showed
up
she
recognized
while
he
was
there.
He
was
getting
other
calls
but
took
the
time
to
make
her
an
occupation
to
come,
feel
comfortable
and
I'll.
Bring
that
officer's
name
up
to
you,
yes,
sir,
but
he
dawned
on
me.
Look
it
out.
I
said
I
needed
to
mention
that
you
know
just
not
do
your
duty,
but
would
it
take
that
extra
step?
S
AA
The
sheriff's
presentation
is
that
you
and
the
sheriff,
and
these
the
chief
of
the
school,
the
school
board
and
the
chief
of
CSU
I'd,
like
you
all,
to
get
together
and
see
how
you
can
work
comprehensively
together
using
each
other's
resources
where
you
may
not
have
officers
available
and
they
may
or
where
they
can
help
guide
things.
I
would
love
I,
see.
AA
I
know
these
are
two
separate
presentations,
but
I
would
love
to
see
you
all
get
together
and
come
up
with
something
comprehensive,
a
comprehensive
crime
plan
that
uses
all
the
assets
we've
got
available
to
the
various
departments,
but
I
just
I
appreciate
your
presentation
today,
but
I
would
ask
that
y'all
get
together
with
all
available
law
enforcement
in
town,
whoever
that
may
entail.
Even
the
U.S
attorney's
Office
maybe
and
come
up
with
something
that's
comprehensive,
so
the
Departments
can
all
work
together.
In
harmony
to
create
disharmony
among
the
criminals
right.
AD
Right,
yes,
sir,
and
it's
just
so
so
you
know
that
the
without
going
too
much
into
detail
that
the
police
department
and
the
insurance
office
we
do
have
something
planned
to
take
place
pretty
soon
as
we
work
together
and-
and
we
will
continue
to
work
with
other
law
enforcement
agencies
as
well,
we'll
go
forward.
Thank
you.
I
Yes,
I
just
want
the
publicly
thank
you,
because
the
same
as
councilor
Barnes
was
saying,
I
appreciate
when
I
call
at
all
the
events,
whether
it
was
Juneteenth
or
our
trunk
or
treat
at
Shirley
B
Winston.
We
always
had
support
I,
do
believe
in
community
policing.
It
works
and
I
do
appreciate
you
for
what
you
do
and
also
the
the
neighborhood
watch.
A
I
A
AE
Afternoon,
good
morning,
good
afternoon,
mayor,
Pro,
tem
city,
council,
city
manager
and
City
attorney
I'll
try
to
keep
it
a
little
I
try
to
keep
it
brief,
but
let
me
just
say
that
before
I
start
to
go
into
anything
and
delineate
what
I'm
about
to
go
over,
that
I
am
not
the
district
attorney.
So
I
will
not
move
from
the
podium
case,
like
the
like
our
district
attorney,
which
did
yeah,
which
he
did
so
well
yeah.
AE
Just
want
to
start
by
saying
that
I
want
to
thank
all
of
our
Public
Safety
employees
that
we
have
within
the
Columbus
Consolidated
Government
within
the
Muscogee
County
Sheriff's
Office,
and
our
fire
and
EMS
Personnel
Muscogee
County
Prison.
We
all
work
together.
Our
model
within
the
sheriff's
office
is
working
together,
accomplishing
great
things.
AE
I
want
to
also
thank
the
city
council
for
what
you
do
and
your
support
for
Public
Safety
and
the
sheriff's
office,
because
a
lot
of
the
success
that
we
have
is
dependent
upon
what
what
this
legislative
body
approves
for
us
and
so
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you
for
that.
But
I
want
to
say
that
last
year
was
a
year
to
where
the
focus
was
on
crime.
Last
year
we
we
would
look
on
Facebook
and
we
would
see
things
different
memes
that,
instead
of
saying
Columbus,
they
would
say
you
kill
lumbus.
AE
We
wanted
to
be
able
to
change
the
conversation
to
where
crime
would
not
be
the
focal
point
that,
when
someone
would
see
a
law
enforcement
officer,
whether
if
it's
police
or
Sheriff,
we
listen
to
the
concerns
and
the
cries
and
the
pains
of
those
in
the
community.
We
listen
to
the
hard
conversations
to
where
we
had
some
citizens
to
say
that
they
simply
just
do
not
trust
law
enforcement.
We
wanted
to
change
that
narrative.
AE
One
of
the
things
that
I'm
thankful
for
right
now
is
having
a
district
attorney
that
can
move
cases
in
the
District
Attorney's
office.
This
has
been
a
godsend
for
us
because
the
more
cases
he
can
convict
and
get
these
individuals
out
of
our
jail,
the
better
off
we
are.
But
it
seems
like
that,
when
more
leave
that
more
come
in,
so
that
lets
me
know
that
we're
all
doing
our
job,
but
three
things
that
we
changed
in
the
sheriff's
office.
AE
In
our
investigative
unit
we
went
from
working
white
collar
crime
and
doing
light
drugs
to
changing
the
narratives,
and
we
focus
on
three
things
that
was
gains
because
if
you
look
around
not
just
locally
but
Statewide,
nationally
gains
is
a
number
one
issue
and
we
have
to
recognize
that
we
do
have
a
gang
issue
in
Columbus,
but
I
want
to
tell
you
that
we
put
a
dent
in
that.
Secondly,
we
focus
on
drugs.
AE
We
have
some
incidents
in
Columbus
to
where
we've
seized
a
lot
of
drugs.
The
other
piece
of
that
was
fugitives.
If
you
look
at
any
major
crime,
those
three
are
going
to
be
tied
into
it
and
what
we
wanted
to
do.
We
wanted
to
hit
the
target,
so
we
don't
believe
in
I,
don't
believe
in
hitting
part
of
the
target.
If
we're
going
to
solve
crime,
and
if
we're
going
to
suppress
crime
in
Columbus,
Georgia,
Muskogee
County,
we
have
to
have
a
plan
of
action.
AE
We
have
some
other
challenges,
but
last
year
we
seized
roughly
around
890
thousand
dollars
and
drugs
in
the
pictures
and
the
information
that
you
have
that's
as
of
this
year.
That's
not
everything.
That's
as
of
this
year,
we
put
a
dent
in
crime
in
Columbus
Georgia.
You
just
heard
the
chief
say
that
part
one
crimes
were
down
by
one
thousand.
AE
We
put
a
dent
in
that
last
year
was
about
eight
hundred
and
ninety
thousand
dollars
in
drugs.
We
seized
about
160
guns
out
of
the
hands
of
people
that
they
ought
not
have
been
in.
I
just
want
to
go
over
some
numbers
with
you
or
where
we
are
this
year,
we've
made
one
thousand
126
felony
checks,
we've
served
809
felony
warrants
and
we
made
528
felony
arrest.
AE
AE
Why
do
we
partner
with
federal
government
because
of
the
resources?
We
can
only
throw
a
ball
so
far
down
the
field,
but
with
the
federal
support
when
we
get
up
and
come
to
work
in
the
morning,
they're
there
with
us
when
they
go
to
work,
we're
there
with
them,
they
can
prosecute
these
cases
at
the
federal
level.
AE
Right
now,
we
have
many
cases
that
are
being
adopted
by
the
federal
government
and
these
individuals
are
being
plucked
out
of
our
community,
which
mean
that
they
can
serve
Federal
time
if
they
want
to
be
a
gang
member
in
Muskogee
County.
We
don't
have
gang
prisons
in
Georgia,
but
they
do
in
Alabama.
They
do
in
Florida,
they
do
in
other
states.
My
goal
is
to
take
the
individuals
that
are
committing
the
worst
of
the
worst
crimes
and
to
move
them
out
of
Muskogee.
County
I
was
speaking
with
someone
recently
and
they
said
well.
AE
Why
are
people
in
Columbus
Georgia
coming
to
Atlanta
in
other
Metro
areas
to
commit
crimes?
It's
because
we're
not
going
to
tolerate
it
here
in
Muskogee
County,
my
job
as
Sheriff
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
provide
the
better
a
better
quality
of
life
for
all
those
that
we
serve
in
our
community.
We
seize
282
guns
as
of
this
month.
Last
year
it
was
160
something
so
that
lets.
You
know
that
we're
taking
guns
out
of
the
hands
of
the
individuals
that
they
ought
not
be
in.
We
don't
have
a
gun,
buyback
program.
AE
AE
One
was
shot
at
and
hit
in
the
arm
in
the
line
of
duty,
while
dealing
with
gang
members,
we're
not
going
to
let
up
we're
not
going
to
back
down
from
these
individuals,
because
the
greater
pressure
we
put
on
these
individuals,
they
will
stop
what
they
were
doing,
and
we
see
progress
in
that.
The
homicide
rate
is
not
what
it
was
last
year,
we're
working
hand
in
hand
with
all
agencies
to
get
the
job
done.
AE
Councils
I
can't
say
enough
about
our
public
safety
personnel
day
in
and
day
out
that
when
we're
at
home
sleeping
they're
working
so
that
we
can
rest
comfortably,
but
there
are
some
very
critical
numbers
that
I
want
to
go
back
over
with
you
that
we
seize
over
200
pounds
of
drugs.
Last
year
we
seized
about
894
000.
We've
seized
over
2.2
million
dollars
in
drugs
this
year
alone.
That's
not
counting
the
end
of
the
year.
That's
that's
not
counting
next
month
which
will
wrap
up
the
end
of
the
year.
AE
AE
Intentional
about
what
we
do,
we
have
to
mean
what
we
say
and
say
what
we
mean.
I
know
that
sometimes
that
people
can
say
well
you're
the
sheriff.
You
should
be
worried
about
the
jail
in
the
course
well,
those
are
mandated
duties,
but
as
the
chief
law
enforcement
officer
for
the
county
I'm
going
to
make
sure
that
I
do
my
part
as
it
relates
to
the
way
that
we
handle
crime
in
our
community,
because
I'm
from
South,
Columbus
and
I
want
a
better
South.
AE
Columbus
I
want
a
better
North
Columbus
I
want
to
better
East,
Columbus
and
I
want
a
better
North
Columbus,
but
we
have
to
stay
in
the
fight
in
order
to
see
results.
We're
in
this
for
the
Long
Haul
I'm,
the
sheriff,
but
I
can't
do
my
job
without
me.
Thinking
the
men
and
women
within
the
sheriff's
office.
I
know
they're
a
dedication.
AE
I
know
their
heart,
I
know
their
commitment
and
a
lot
of
those
are
here
with
me
today:
I'm
just
a
sheriff,
but
I
can't
do
my
job
unless
the
deputies
are
able
to
do
their
job.
I've
seen
the
environment
that
they
go
into.
We
have
a
great
fugitive
team.
We
have
a
great
drug
team,
we
have
a
great
gang
team
are
getting.
The
head
of.
Our
gang
unit
was
nominated
as
the
top
gang
investigator
for
the
whole
state
of
Georgia.
AE
We
have
talent
within
the
Muscogee
County
Sheriff's
Office
and
we're
you
utilizing
that
we
seized
enough
Fentanyl
this
year
to
kill
every
citizen
in
Columbus.
Georgia
fentanyl
is
on
the
rise.
We
got
a
email
from
the
FBI
yesterday
indicating
some
other
things
about
Fentanyl
Fentanyl
has
fentanyl,
has
flagged
our
community
and
we're
going
to
do
something
about
that.
AE
AE
Result,
we've
also
confirmed,
arresting
and
validating
gang
members.
We've
arrested
last
year,
224
gang
members
in
our
city.
You
may
have
seen
the
news
recently.
We
arrested
one
of
the
FBI
Most
Wanted
in
Muskogee
County
two
weeks
before
that
we
arrested
two
other
people
from
Chicago
area,
I
think
one
of
the
most
dangerous
things
that
I
think
about
in
my
mind
as
Sheriff
that
we
know
a
lot
of
the
people
that
we
deal
with
and
a
lot
of
people
that
we
target
here
in
Muscogee
County.
AE
We
have
the
Intel
to
get
the
job
done
and
I
just
want
to
thank
the
men
and
women
in
the
sheriff's
office
for
the
work
that
they
do,
but
some
of
the
few
some
of
the
Federal
Fugitives
that
we've
arrested
in
apprehended
we've
arrested
13
for
murder
this
year,
two
for
attempted
murder,
we've
arrested
those
for
armed
robbery
aggravated
aggravated
assault.
We
have
many
that
are
being
indicted.
Now.
AE
You
may
remember
recently,
a
couple
of
months
back
that
we
arrested
a
individual
that
had
about
25
pounds
of
C4
with
him
in
Columbus
Georgia
for
25
pounds,
I'm,
sorry
about
25
pounds
and
you
being
former
military.
You
know
what
25
pounds
of
C4
would
do
and
I
think
I
thank
God
for
our
investigators
being
able
to
be
tipped
off
to
go
in
and
to
get
these
individuals.
We
have
an
explosive
ordinance
in
device
unit
that
is
top-notch.
AE
We
have
underwater
investigators
the
only
area
that
we
cannot
cover
crime
in
Columbus
Georgia.
Well,
let
me
go
back
and
say
that
we
can
once
we
get
the
drones
in
I.
Thank
the
council
for
approving
that,
but
we
are
going
after
crime
every
inch
of
the
way
in
Muskogee
County
we
put
bike
patrols
on
our
Riverwalk.
AE
I
was
letting
some
of
the
councils
know
earlier
that
our
first
day
that
we
found
three
homeless
camps
set
up
on
the
Riverwalk
homeless
camps
set
up
on
the
Riverwalk,
the
Riverwalk
through
the
tourist
attraction,
and
we
want
for
those
that
come
into
Muscogee
County
to
our
city.
To
know
that
we
have
a
safe
City,
but
I
like
to
say
in
closing
that
we
are
not
having
the
same
conversations
that
we
were
last
year
about
crime.
AE
AE
We
were
able
to
to
do
a
scale
down
detail
last
week
with
a
handful
of
deputies
and
investigators
and
one
from
Coweta
County,
two
from
Coweta
County
and
one
from
Troup
County,
and
we
were
able,
within
hours
to
seize
13
weapons
out
of
the
hands
of
innovate
out
of
the
hands
of
individuals
that
they
ought
not
be
in.
Some
of
them
were
convicted
felons.
Some
of
these
individuals
had
ski
masks
in
their
cars.
AE
We
have
to
be
proactive
when
it
comes
to
crime
and
I.
Go
back
to
a
lot
of
lessons
that
my
mother
taught
me
in
before
I
came
up
here.
I
was
thinking
back
to
some
of
the
things
that
my
mother
taught
me
as
a
young
child
that
I
learned
in
even
cooking
that
you
don't
cook
in
a
dirty
kitchen.
I
have
to
make
sure
that
I
wipe
down
my
counters,
my
floors
or
my
floor.
The
swept
nothings
on
the
stove
I'm,
washing
dishes,
I
can't
cook
in
a
dirty
kitchen.
AE
Before
we
can
move
forward
with
crime,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
sweep
the
floors.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
we
wipe
the
counters
down.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
we
do
everything
as
it
relates
to
anything
that
deals
with
criminal
predicates
in
our
community
before
we
can
move
forward,
and
my
mother
taught
me
another
lesson
and
I
relate
this
to
Crime
My
Philosophy,
that
you
get
tore
up
wherever
you
act
up.
That's
my
philosophy
as
it
relates
to
crime
in
our
community,
because
I
want
us
to
have
a
safe,
Community.
AE
If
we
did
not
have
a
legislative
body
in
the
city
manager
and
the
mayor
that
is
willing
to
stay
the
course
with
us.
We've
asked
some
rough
roads
ahead
of
us,
but
the
turbulence
I
submit
to
you
is
yielding
and
I
think
that
we
need
to
again,
as
you
said,
councilor
Thomas,
that
we
need
to
thank
our
public
safety
personnel,
whether
if
it's
a
police
department,
sheriff's
office,
Muskogee,
County,
prison
or
Fire
EMS,.
X
AE
I
I
think
just
about
everybody
knows
that
I
look
at
Sheriff
Countryman
is
my
big
brother.
He
called
me
all
the
time
to
check
up
on
me
and
I.
Appreciate
him
and
I.
Appreciate
him
and
I
know.
City
manager
with
us
living
on
the
east
side
of
Columbus
know
some
of
the
issues
that
we
have
in
that
area.
When
you
mentioned
the
gangs,
we
do
Century
Drive
Urban
off
steam,
Mill
Road.
I
A
I
He
was
telling
me
about
some
of
the
things
that
he's
doing
in
the
community.
He
was
like
Council
you'd,
be
proud
of
me
as
I'm
always
proud
of
you
regardless,
but
he
was
telling
me
that
I
don't
know
what
the
initiative
that
you
all
are
doing,
but
you're
like
going
out
and
actually
getting
the
criminal.
He
was
like
I'm
on
this
investigative.
I
You
know,
projects
yeah
with
the
fugitives
and
I
mean
he
was
just
so
excited
and
for
him
to
be
so
young
and
eager
to
make
Columbus
exactly
what
all
of
us
wanted
to
be
and
I
I
say
that,
because
when
one
of
my
friends
in
Peach
County
send
me
a
text
earlier
this
morning
and
I
know,
some
of
you
probably
have
seen
it
it
talks
about
this
town
in
Georgia
has
been
ranked
one
of
the
coolest
places
in
the
United
States.
Have
you
seen
that
City
that's
Columbus
Georgia?
I
A
I
Yeah
Council
Wilson
said
that
we
pay
him
for
some
marketing,
but
this
right
here
was
not
us
paying,
for
this
is
some
independent
individual
that
put
this
out,
and
my
friend
in
Peach
County
sent
it
to
me
and
said:
Toya
got
something
special
in
Columbus
and
I
said
anytime.
You
want
to
come
on
over
we're.
Gonna,
walk,
walk
that
area
and
go
eat
at
some
of
the
restaurants
right,
but
it's
our
Public
Safety
that
helps
those
type
of
reports
that
come
out
and
I.
I
Thank
you
and,
as
I
said,
that
she
Blackman
saying
to
you
every
time.
I
call
you.
If
I'm
doing
initiative
I,
don't
know
how
much
candy
between
CPD
and
the
sheriff
department
and
all
the
public
safety,
the
fire
department,
the
kids
love
the
fire
truck
and
everything
every
Public
Safety
Department
was
at
our
trunk
or
treat
at
Shirley
B.
Those
kids
thoroughly
enjoyed
themselves
the
SWAT
ones
out
there.
I
Friend,
but
he
know,
I
love
him
I
I,
like
that
little
system
and
between
Chief
blackmail.
Anybody
on
on
the
force
and
then
Public
Safety
I,
know
for
a
fact
that
if
I
call
you
at
any
time,
you
got
my
back,
and
this
is
the
best
place
to
live
in
the
state
of
Georgia,
I'm
gonna,
say
in
the
whole
United
States
I
I
could
have
chose
anywhere
from
Alaska
to
Germany
to
who
who
knows,
but
I
came
back
home
and
I'm
thankful.
AE
S
You
know
Sheriff
when
it
comes
to
this
technology.
I
get
all
before
I
just
want
to
say
to
you
exactly
what
I
said
to
Chief
black
men.
It's
a
it's
really
been
a
blessing.
We
are
a
marvelous
Community,
have
so
many
things
for
the
citizens
to
enjoy
many
of
it
free
many
free,
but
you're
not
going
to
come
out
so
Maslow's
law
says
the
first
thing
that
paper
is
is
safety.
S
It
will
never
come
out,
except
for
the
efforts
of
Public,
Safety
and
speaking
about
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
the
support
for
the
Veterans
Day
Parade
for
the
veterans
block
party
and
also
offer
the
sheriff's
United,
the
Veterans
United
that
we
had,
but
getting
back
to
the
crime.
I'm
well
aware,
you're
out
into
the
community.
I,
don't
know
the
name
of
that
investigative
Force,
I'm
wearing
hearing
aids.
S
What
is
the
name
of
it
that
you
have
Watkins
Watkins
Drive
is
one
of
the
areas
that
I'm
talking
about
that
I
mentioned
and
that
that
whole
entire
area,
they're,
going
and
and
and
I
personally
feel
and
I
tell
a
lot
of
people
in
this
community
that
we
are
blessed
we're
blessed
really
because
we
have
Columbus
Police
Department.
He
had
the
Sheriff's
Department
working
together
to
keep
us
safe,
and
this
is
the
thing
we
have
so
many
little
children
in
in
areas
that
councilor
Tucker
is
talking
about.
S
S
S
That's
the
bottom
line
and
we
don't
want
them,
praying
on
these
little
ones,
them
being
what
they
call
mules
and
stuff
which
they
have
been
doing
and
when
we
finally
realized
that
we
have
a
gang
problem
in
Columbus.
After
so
many
years
of
saying,
there's
no
crime,
there's
no
gangs
here
I
wanted
to
bet.
You
can
tell
me
how
many,
how
many
ganks
do
we
have
here?
S
AE
Over
the
years
that
we've
had
at
least
1
000
that
we've
ID
1,
000
plus
coming
through
our
County
jails,
but
that's
from
all
over
I
believe
that
we
have
probably
identified
locally
roughly
a
little
bit
over
100
different
type
games,
whether
whether
if
they
are
hybrid
gangs
or
you
know,
different
break
Halls
from
from
the
Crips
or
the
rolling
Crips
the
gangster
Crips
or
you
know
that
there
are
different
different
types
of
Crips
that
comes
along
with
the
Gangster
Disciples
white
ghosts.
We
we
have
it
all.
AE
Even
we
have
motorcycle
gangs
which
are
coming
back
so
there
are.
There
are
a
lot
of
different
types
of
gangs
here
in
Columbus,
Georgia
I
wanted
to
go
back
to
what
you
were
saying
about
the
sexual
predators
that
that
we
have
investigators
that
are
trained
through
the
gbi
with
internet
crimes
against
children.
AE
We
serve
search
warrants
yesterday
and
we
made
some
arrests
yesterday
if
you
notice
last
year
that
crimes
against
kids
that
was
leading
top
stories
in
the
news
that
is
part
of
our
mandated
duties,
that
we
maintain
a
sexual,
a
sex
registry
unit.
We
have
over
700
registered
sex
offenders
in
Muskogee
County,
but
we
do
a
good
job
of
going
after
those
individuals
that
are
breaking
the
law
and
what
they're
doing,
but
the
internet
crimes
against
children
has
done
a
great
job
and
the
gbi
is
working
hand
in
hand
with
us
on
that
now.
S
And
behalf
of
a
special
group
of
citizens
that
I'm
a
member
of
the
extreme
stream
extreme
senior
citizens
who
felt
like
prisoners
in
their
own
homes
who
feel
that
they
have
to
listen
to
loud,
music,
10,
11,
12
and
then
at
two
o'clock
in
the
morning
boom
and
they're
too
afraid
to
to
come
out
of
the
house.
That's
disrespect
and
so
I
appreciate
the
support
from
both.
S
Your
organizations
were
allowing
our
citizens
to
enjoy
all
the
amenities
that
we
have
and
I
said
and
I've
seen
the
change
over
the
years
and
I'm
sure
some
of
these
councils,
like
MiMi
Woodson,
has
been
here.
28
me
Gary,
who
have
been
have
seen
the
change
that
Public
Safety
we're
blessed
with
two
organizations
working
together
to
keep
our
city
safe
and
I.
S
So
this
community
is
blessed
blessed
by
having
Columbus
Police
Department,
the
sheriff's
department
and
Fire
EMS
in
this
community
and
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
up,
because
it's
the
first
time
unless
I'm,
mistaken
and
I'm
glad
Judy,
that
you
called
everybody
front
row
and
I
think
somebody
was
manipulating
the
camera.
So
they've
got
a
full
view
of
all
of
y'all
here,
but
this
community
is
so
appreciative.
S
So
appreciative
of
all
that
y'all
are
doing
amen
really
and
if
West
Council,
we
did
it
all
again
in
Chiefs
score.
But
did
you
want
to
say
I
know
it's
Chief
Scott
wanted?
Oh
no,
but
you
can
stand
up
to
yourself
and
you'll
come
up
with
your
people
and
oh
and
then
we're
going
to
stand
up
we're
going
to
give
you
an
Applause
all
of.
S
F
F
However,
the
support
that
you
all
have
provided
for
me
and
for
my
organization
has
been
phenomenal
and
we
would
not
be
successful
and
be
able
to
be
able
to
do
the
things
that
we
do
in
our
community
without
the
staff
that
I
have
someone
who
are
represented
here.
Who
who
make
our
organization
look
good.
So
thank
you
very
much,
sir.
Thank.
D
You
to
the
chief
just
wanted
to
to
say
to
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
You've
been
under
some
interesting
moments,
but
through
it
all
you
stay
strong
and
you
have
been
proven
yourself
now
to
to
come
forward
and
keeping
us
updated
and
not
in
the
blind.
I
appreciate
the
Texas
when
they
come
in
when
an
incident
happened,
we
don't
have
to
pick
up
the
phone
and
call
Tom,
Dick
and
Harry
and
tell
them,
but
it's
nice
to
know
what's
going
on
in
our
community.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
that.
D
I
appreciate
you
doing
the
community
liaison,
but
we're
going
to
work
a
little
bit
more
with
our
Latino
one,
but
I'm
making
sure
that
in
the
day
in
23
to
the
sheriff,
I
truly
truly
appreciate
you
I'm
a
little
jealous,
because
you
used
to
call
me
a
lot.
You
don't
call
me
much
so
I'm
jealous
I'm
gonna,
say
it
publicly.
D
D
A
D
Thank
you
for
everything
that
you
do
for
our
community.
I
know
you
don't
hear
it
enough.
You
hear
more
negatives
than
you
do
positive,
but
please
take
this
social
media
and
start
showing
the
community.
What
you
do
I
see
the
officers
from
other
communities.
On
my
Facebook
and
I
say
to
myself,
where's
mine,
I,
know
Mike's
doing
that
I
know,
mine
plays
basketball.
I
know,
mine
takes
some
shopping.
You
need
to
Market.
D
We
don't
Market
ourselves
good
enough,
but
Toya
was
talking
about
and
I
didn't,
say:
Market
I
said
that's
cool,
but
she
heard
Market,
but
we've
been
saying
to
ourselves
with
2025.
Is
Columbus
doesn't
Market
themselves
enough
with
all
the
great
things
that
we're
doing
and
have
here
a
lot
of
people
don't
know.
D
A
lot
of
events
like
Glenn
was
talking
to
me
because
I
was
concerned
about
fathers,
the
imagining
fathers
he
was
telling
me
about
a
program
and
I
knew
about
the
program,
but
I
didn't
know
the
extent
of
it
and
that's
the
problem.
We
don't
share
enough
of
the
good
things
we
do.
We
focus
always
on
the
negative,
this
crime
here
that
crime
there
this
there
this
fire
there,
but
we
don't.
D
D
We
still
have
some
officers
on
some
really
old
cars.
We
need
to
to
get
rid
of
those
put
them
in
the
junk
we're
giving
you
enough
cars
it's
time
to
retire.
Those
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart
in
front
of
people
in
District
Seven.
Thank
you
for
all.
You
do
and
I'm
not
deleting
your
numbers,
so
you'll
be
hearing
from
me
as
a
constituent.
Thank
you.
Well,.
R
Just
thank
you
all
for
all
the
good
work
that
you
do
personally
me
being
a
funeral
director,
I'm
out
in
the
streets
all
type
all
times
of
the
morning
and
night
and
I
did
mention
that
to
you
all
years
ago
and
thought
it
felt
fell
on
death
death
ears
ears,
but
it
did
not
and
as
I
move
around
at
two
three
four
o'clock
in
the
morning,
so
many
of
the
different
officers
and
from
the
sheriff
department
to
the
police
department,
they
waved
they
nod.
They
acknowledged
me
to.
R
It's
somebody
in
my
neighborhood
I
think
they
want
to
be
one
of
your
family
members,
because
I
think
you
all
come
see
them
on
a
regular
basis,
but
you
all
come
with
a
smile
and
take
care
of
them
and
get
them
what
they
need.
But
I'll
just
end
by
saying
the
military
makes
us
one
of
the
best
countries
to
live
in.
You
all
make
us
one
of
the
best
cities
to
live
in
so
I.
Thank
you.
T
They
all
do
a
phenomenal
job
and
you
know
I
was
just
sitting
here.
Thinking
thinking
you
know
each
one
of
these
Public
Safety
leaders
have
dealt
with
a
public
safety
agency
in
one
of
the
most
difficult
times
that
we've
lived
in
in
my
lifetime
and
I.
You
know
when
Chief
scarpers
said
that
you
know
I
thought
about
it.
I'm,
like
I,
mean
he.
He
says
he
doesn't
recommend
taking
over
Fire,
EMS
or
Department
in
public
safety
during
the
pandemic.
T
Well,
each
one
of
you
have
done
exactly
that.
Each
one
of
you
and
and
we've
had
some
really
challenging
times
and
and
I
was
just
thinking.
It's
not
just.
We
haven't
just
had
chosen
times
in
Columbus
Georgia,
but
it
has
been
challenging
times
across
the
country
and
I
was
just
reading
an
article
from
what's
going
on
in
Birmingham
and
and
and
just
and
one
excerpt
from
this
article
that
I
just
I'm
pulling
up,
and
it
was
in
Birmingham
paper.
T
T
You
know,
as
we
come
out
of
the
pandemic
and
so
I
say
keep
doing
what
you're
doing
and
and
working
as
with
the
things
you've
shared
to
agencies
today
and
and
I'm
optimistic
that
we
are
on
the
right
track
and
we're
moving
in
the
right
direction
in
Columbus
is
one
of
the
coolest.
You
know
I've
got
that
article
too
right
here.
You
know
it
says
this
town
in
Georgia,
it
says,
has
been
ranked
as
one
of
the
coolest
places
in
the
United
States.
T
If
you're
planning
on
moving
or
visiting
the
great
state
of
Georgia,
you
should
add
Columbus
Georgia
to
your
list.
Is
that
what
this
is
the
coolest
place?
So
you
know
I,
you
know
some
people
see
glasses,
half
empty
and
some
sit
at
half
full,
but
Columbus
Georgia
is
a
great
place
to
live
and
I.
Think
you
Public
Safety
officials
for
what
you're
doing.
T
U
So
good
afternoon
we
have
an
update
we
wanted
to
provide
with
lighting.
This
is
Street
lighting
update.
We
have
been
working
with
Georgia
power
for
over
a
year
now
talking
about
upgrading
our
street
lighting.
It
is
not
meant
to
be
security
lighting,
but
it
does
play
a
role
in
making
our
streets
safer,
is
if
they're
more
well
lit
so
I'm
going
to
call
on
Georgia
Power
representatives
to
kind
of
go
through
this
presentation.
It's
very
brief
and
then
I'll
come
back
and
talk
about
some
of
our
options.
U
AF
This
will
be
very
brief,
but
it's
it's
very
important
and
it
it's
it's
kind
of
appropriate
that
it
comes
on
the
heels
of
what
we
were
just
talking
about
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
I
was
reading
about
how
Georgia
Power
partnered
with
the
city
of
Atlanta
to
light
up
Atlanta,
and
they
were
going
to
do
10
000
light
upgrades
make
the
cities
brighter
the
streets.
Brighter
people
can
see.
Cameras
can
work
better.
AF
That
sort
of
thing
and
I
said
you
know
if
they're
going
to
partner
with
Atlanta
they
better
partner
with
Columbus
and
so
I
called
our
lighting
team,
and
they
said
we
would
be
glad
to
partner
with
Columbus.
We
love
see
Robert
you
just
made
the
introductions
then
called
Isaiah
and
I
told
him
what
was
going
on,
and
he
said
you
know
what.
Let's
take
a
look
at
it
and
see
what
we
can
do.
We
put
together
a
team
there's
a
couple:
more
Georgia,
Power
people
and
Isaiah
put
the
city
leadership
on
the
team.
AF
We
looked
at
it
and
we
decided
that
the
downtown
area
was
probably
the
area
that
we
should
do.
First,
if
we
were
going
to
do
anything,
the
reason
being
downtown
has
old,
yellow
lighting.
The
Globes
are
kind
of
covered
over,
it's
very
dimly
lit
and
those
lights
are
not
designed
to
light
anything
but
the
street,
and
now
we
have
busy
sidewalks
behind
them
and
a
lot
going
on
there.
AF
We
need
to
change
those
lights
out
to
get
the
ones
that
light
the
streets
and
the
sidewalks,
so
that'll
be
what
we
call
phase
one
of
our
proposal
to
do
this,
I
I
think
it's
great
we're
talking
about
Illuminating,
Columbus
and
and
glad
to
be
on
the
team
with
your
team,
your
folks,
Isaiah
and
so
I'm
gonna.
Let
Mr
Neely
Scott
talk
about
the
lighting
for
a
few
minutes.
P
P
It's
a
virtue,
so
you
know
we
as
Robert
said.
We
started
down
this
journey
this
past
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
and
so
my
name
is
Neely
Scott
I'm,
one
of
the
managed
accounts
lighting
executive.
That's
a
long
title!
I
know
all
it
really
means
is
that
I
focus
primarily
on
accounts
like
yours,
and
my
specialty
is
in
smart
Lighting
systems
as
well
as
well
as
smart
cities.
P
Currently,
you
all
have
roughly
about
15
000
likes,
so
quite
a
few
likes
in
the
city,
and
so
when
we
met
with
with
Isaiah
his
team,
we
talked
briefly
about
what
it
looked
like
holistically,
so
at
a
very
high
level
in
terms
of
what
some
of
the
other
cities
like
the
city
of
Atlanta,
Augusta,
Savannah
and
so
on,
what
they
were
looking
at
doing,
but
it
became
apparent
very
clearly
very
quickly
that
we
didn't
want
to
focus
on
lighting
as
a
crime
fighting
tool
in
Columbus.
Rather,
we
wanted
to
look
at.
P
How
can
we
make
it
more
bright?
Well,
illuminated
so
that
it's
more
of
an
inviting
City,
and
so
when
we
looked
at
what
you
all
had,
we
came
up
with
four
phases
on
how
to
approach
changing
out
some
of
these
lights,
many
of
which
were
upgraded,
probably
about
six
or
seven
years
ago.
You
all
were
one
of
the
first
to
actually
sign
up
to
allow
Georgia
power
to
come
in
and
actually
make
some
changes
to
the
system
that
you
had,
but
that
did
not
cover
every
light.
Naturally.
P
The
sheriff
and
the
police
department
have
done
a
phenomenal
job
in
making
it
and
inviting
and
safe
environment,
and
what
we
want
to
do
is
build
on
that,
and
so
what
we'll
do
is
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
benefits.
I
won't
bore
you
with
all
the
details:
I'm
not
great
at
PowerPoints
I,
just
like
talking
to
people,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
is
we
actually
took
the
opportunity
to
go
through
the
city,
so
my
team
and
I
personally
went
through
the
city
and
we
looked
at.
P
How
can
we
separate
or
segment
this
so
that
we
can
customize
the
design
and
installation
of
Lights
throughout
the
city?
And
we
focused
on
that
primary
downtown
area
and
it's
roughly
about
300
lights
and
all
of
you
probably
have
seen
them.
Those
are
the
acorns
down
the
kind
of
kind
of
round
fixtures
and
they
sit
on
the
shorter
poles.
P
P
But
since
we
originally
started
the
LED
change
out,
which
was
nearing
10
years
ago,
there
have
been
great
advancements
in
the
technology,
and
so
we
decided
that
what
we
would
do
was
come
back
upgrade
just
the
post-ops
to
keep
the
costs
down,
just
the
tops
and
keep
the
exact
same
poles
there's
nothing
wrong
with
the
pole.
They
ain't
broke,
don't
fix
it
right,
and
so,
within
that
we
came
to.
P
Another
thing
that
you
see
and
hear
a
lot
about
now
is
the
reduction
of
your
carbon
footprint.
That's
huge
right!
Now,
right
we
have
to
be
great
stewards
of
the
planet.
We
only
have
one
Earth,
the
last
time
that
I
checked,
and
so
it
all
starts
at
home,
starts
with
us.
300
likes
you're,
going
to
take
out
quite
a
bit
of
a
carbon
footprint.
I
mean
it
just
is
in
earlier
Robert
made
mention
of
the
fact
that
you
had
the
high
pressure
sodium,
which
those
are
the
Amber
warm
life.
P
I
can
get
this
thing,
which
is
the
Amber
and
warm
light,
but
now
we're
going
to
LED
and
led
can
literally
be
in
any
color
temperature,
but
primarily
now
we
do
that
4
000
Kelvin
temperature,
which
is
the
color
of
the
Moon.
That's
that
white
light
that
you
see,
and
so
that's
what
we're
proposing
to
the
city
that
we
put
in
and
I
just
have
a
brief
clip
that
I
want
to
show
you
all
of
a
project
that
we
did
in
the
city
of
Atlanta.
It
was
a
light.
P
P
So
and
the
idea
is,
and
really
your
chief
of
police
and
the
sheriff
they
also
made
mention
of
that.
It's
just
utilizing
different
tools.
You
can't
afford
to
put
a
bunch
of
boots
on
the
ground
right.
You
just
can't
throw
a
bunch
of
money
at
everything,
so
we
have
to
learn
how
to
leverage
our
technology,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
quite
proud
of
is
the
fact
that
we
have
a
system
that
allows
us
to
do
dimming.
P
So
you
can
use
that
for
whatever
purpose
or
we
can
actually
raise
the
light
levels
as
well.
So
that's
something
that
we
can
work
with
you
and
your
team
on
see
if
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
it's
a
little
bit
better
here.
So
this
right
here
helps
you
to
see
the
difference
in
the
color
rendering.
So
typically,
when
you
have
individuals,
whether
that's
a
pedestrian,
if
you're
like
me,
I
live
in
Powder,
Springs,
Georgia
and
people
love
to
run
across
the
road
I.
Don't
I
don't
get
it!
P
You
have
that
problem
here
too.
People
do
that.
Just
I
don't
know
it's
inviting
for
some
reason
and
I
was
at
a
meeting
probably
about
a
month
and
a
half
ago,
and
one
of
the
things
they
brought
up.
There
was
hey,
you
know
we
have
a
little
a
crosswalk
and
for
some
reason
pedestrians
continue
just
to
just
run
across.
Even
when
the
car
is
a
company,
it
doesn't
matter
whether
they
have
the
sign
they
go
or
not.
P
They
just
shoot
right
out,
and
so
one
of
the
things
we
talked
about
with
them
was
what
color
are
the
lights
and
what
color
is
it?
And
so
this
right
here
when
you
look
at
the
to
my
left,
I'm
thinking,
it's
your
left
as
well.
If
you
look
at
to
the
left,
you
see
that
you
can
see
a
lot
clearer
right
now.
Does
that
mean
people
will
stop
running
out
in
front
of
you
absolutely
not,
but
would
you
be
able
to
see
it
a
little
further
back
absolutely
and
you
get
greater
detail.
P
So
one
of
the
things
too,
that
I
know
the
city
has
been
working
hard
on,
is
having
some
surveillance
cameras
strategically
placed
throughout
the
city
in
Georgia
power.
We
do
offer
that
I,
don't
think
we're
partnering
with
the
city
on
that
right
now,
but
but
it's
important
as
a
partner
for
you
all
to
understand
as
well.
That
picture
on
the
left
is
what
you
really
want
when
it
comes
to
fighting
crime
as
well
as
just
overall
Public
Safety,
and
so
that's
what
we
are
asking
the
city
council
to
review
is.
Q
D
I
didn't
know:
I
didn't,
oh,
you
are
finished.
Okay,
I
was
waiting
until
you
finish.
I
did
have
a
question
sure
I
heard
your
first
phase
is
in
the
Uptown
area,
which
I
agree
because
that's
where
a
lot
of
tourists
is
and
in
2023
we'll
have
the
rafting
world
champion
here.
So
I
think
that
that's
an
awesome,
but
my
question
I,
don't
know
if
it's
to
you
or
to
Pam
our
staff
is
when
you
were
doing
the
studies,
and
you
said
you
were
visiting
our
city.
D
T
And-
and
let
me
just
sure
if
you
don't
mind,
may
approach
him
to
your
question
and
then
you
can
respond,
but
we
wanted
them
to
look
at
the
entire
Community,
but
that,
but
the
thing
I
do
want
you
to
know
is
that
where
we
are
improving
roads
and
spending
money,
you
know
and
we've
got
a
lot
of
them
on
the
list.
You
know
we've
got
you
know:
Brendan
Road,
Andrews
Rowe
got
steam
your
road,
we
got
South
Lumpkin
call
the
roads.
T
T
D
T
Of
course
he
said
Atlanta
and
we're
doing
this.
You
know
Augusta
and
yeah
I'm
like
okay.
We
want
to
look
at
that
so,
but
but
I
told
them
the
major
look
at
the
major
through
through
fairs.
First,
because
I
wanted
Uptown
to
be
the
pilot
that
I
mean
you
can
see
it
not
just
on
a
a
video
but
I
want
you
to
see
it
live
and
in
color
and
then
say:
oh
yeah.
We
need
to
do
this
and
I
told
them.
T
You
know
so
in
uptown
and
then
I
said
Second
Avenue
a
Gateway
into
the
City
and
then
I
said
Veterans
Parkway,
the
Gateway
and
Victory
Drive,
because
people
are
coming
through
from
all
being
in
there
coming
into
town
on
Second,
Avenue
and
they're
traveling
veterans
and
they're
traveling
SEC.
So
but
Uptown
would
give
us
kind
of
you
know.
T
Let
us
look
at
it
first
and
so
I
wanted
you
to
know
my
thought
process
and
then
considering
I
talked
to
the
staff
and
I
said
you
know:
if
we're
going
to
spend
22
and
a
half
million
on
Steam
meal
and
14
million
over
here-
and
you
know,
then
this
needs
to
be
a
part
of
that
project,
the
scope
of
work
and
so
I
I
just
wanted
you
to
know
that
thought
process.
I,
don't
know
if
that
answered
your
question,
but
that.
D
Where
I
was
going,
but
you
answered,
it
was
our
main
quarters
because
I
think
it's
really
important,
because
we
talk
about
better
signage.
We
talk
about
marketing,
we
talk
to
Public
Safety,
so
the
lighting
on
our
major
quarters.
Besides
the
Uptown
area,
I
thought
was
very
important.
You
hit
on
them,
but
my
other
question
was
like
I'm
gonna
use
my
street
because
I
almost
hit
three
people.
D
Yesterday,
oh
wow,
so
I'm
gonna
use
my
Street
Columbus
doesn't
have
sidewalks
in
all
over
unless
it's
in
near
our
school
district
or
it's
in
a
development
like
this
or
now
we're
requiring
developers
to
to
put
in
sidewalks.
But
you
have
the
old
Community
like
Oakland
I'm,
going
to
use
it
Oakland
Park
I
live
on
Avondale.
You
start
from
the
top.
You
go
straight
to
the
end.
We
don't
I
think
we
only
have
one
stop
sign
and
that
one
stop
sign
is
just
before
the
dead
end.
D
Okay
and
there's
lights
and
I've
talked
to
Georgia
Power
before
and
they
say
Well.
It
has
to
be
so
many
feet,
so
many
feeds,
but
that's
not
enough,
and
it's
because
of
what
you're
saying
the
light
itself
is
not
bright
enough
to
cover
the
300
feet
and
I'm
saying
that
is
because
I
would
like
for
either
Pam
Engineers
or
someone
to
look
at
that
because
last
night
itself
I
was
driving
and
I.
Another
car
was
coming
and
the
other
car
Blinded
Me,
but
when
I
get
blind
I
stop
because
I
don't
know.
D
What's
ahead
of
me,
so
I
thought
when
I
stopped
and
started
going
again,
there
was
a
guy
walking
if
I
didn't
stop.
When
that
car
blind
to
me,
I
would
have
hit
that
mat
and
then
I
went
on
a
little
bit
more
and
there
was
a
UPS
truck
there.
When
I
went
around
the
UPS,
there
was
another
person
walking
and
then
just
before
I
got
to
my
house.
D
You
know
there
was
another
person
and
I
have
it
on
my
list.
I
need
to
call
and
see
if
I
can
talk
towards
your
power
to
changing
them,
lights,
yeah
and
that's
my
reason
that
was
my
second
question
was
that
we
need
to
look
at
some
of
these
and
and
the
street
I
live
intersects
with
South
Lumpkin
Road,
and
you
heard
South
Lumpkin
wrong,
because
I've
been
fighting
to
get
that
redone
for
about
five
years
and
it's
coming
now.
D
P
We
hear
you
we
hear
you
thank
you
for
that
as
well.
We
appreciate
the
feedback
on
that
and
we
are
happily
work
with
the
rest
of
the
team
and
his
team
and
identifying
those
areas.
In
fact,
phase
three
actually
has
to
do
with
neighborhoods
and
we're
going
to
go
into
each
one
and
literally
do
a
study
on
each
one
to
determine
what
the
light
level
should
be.
D
Yeah
Saint
Mary's
road
is
another
one.
When
you're
going
up
by
St,
Mary's
Elementary
right
there,
you
have
enough
light,
but
once
you
pass
that
you
get
to
the
traffic
circle,
you
have
a
little
bit
more.
But
then
after
you
pass
that
traffic
circle,
you
have
no
more,
you
know
bright
lights,
and
these
are
roads
that
are
used
a
lot,
they're,
not
main
quarters,
but
they're
used
a
lot
because
people
take.
You
know
the
shortcut
and
things
like
that.
So
thank
you
for
listening
to
me.
D
O
R
I
just
wanted
to
jump
in
here.
I
had
spoken
with
Robert
Watkins
quite
a
few
times.
We
had
a
conversation
about
a
month
ago
and
we
I
knew
this
was
coming
so
see.
The
manager
mentioned
that
the
projects
that
we
have
coming
so
I
had
Casita
roll.
If
I
assumed,
when
we
finished
doing
all
the
work
out
there,
I
guess
we'll
get
new
lighting
when
we
finish
the
I-185
project,
yeah
doing
Casino,
okay,
Oakley,
Drive,
I,
don't
know
if
you're
taking
a
look
at
that.
R
This
has
been
something
I've
been
complaining
about
for
about
three
or
four
years
now.
I
have
several
single,
ladies,
that
live
they're,
either
widowed
or
divorced
or
whatever,
but
they're
single,
and
they
come
in
from
work
trying
to
get
home
and
it's
very
dark
and
then
me
traveling
that
road.
For
some
reason,
people
like
to
wear
black
and
walk
in
the
street
at
night,
yeah
I,
know
and
I've
almost
hit
some
people
so
there's
a
light.
They
used
to
have
two
lights
there.
R
They
took
one
pole
down
in
the
past
and
there's
one
coming
up
there
that
if
that
light
could
come,
you
know
like
you're
saying
it
would
give
up
brighter
look
on
that
street,
but
they
mentioned
Saint
Mary's
already
in
rigner
Road
same
thing
coming
around.
But
my
question
is
to
you
I
guess
to
you
or
to
City
management
deficit.
Imagine
the
other
three
phases
that
you
mentioned
in
the
comment.
Are
these
going
into
particular
neighborhoods
or
well.
U
Georgia
four
phases:
phase
one
is
uptown
area
phase,
two
is
roadway
lighting
phase,
three
is
subdivisions
and
other
locations
and
then
phase
four
is
Major
corridors
like
Veterans,
Parkway
and
6th
Avenue.
So
those
are
how
they're
split
up
in
phases.
There
is
a
budget
impact
to
this
upgrade,
there's
a
upfront,
Capital
cost
and
so
for
Uptown,
that's
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
upfront
capital
and
then
there's
also
an
increase
in
the
monthly
energy
cost.
So
we
want
to
be,
you
know,
make
sure
we're
cost
effective.
U
R
P
So
let
me
let
me
be
I
want
to
make
sure
I
clarify
just
one
thing
as
well,
so
it
is
very
possible
for
Georgia
power
to
work
in
tandem
on
All
Phases
at
the
same
time,
but
to
Pam's
point.
You
know,
there's
some
budget
constraints
around
that
we
experienced
it
with
city
of
Augusta.
We
experienced
it
with
city
of
Atlanta,
so
what
we
need
to
do
is
is
identify
the
areas
in
what
phase
they
fall
in
and
then
we
can
actually
talk
about.
What's
the
what's
the
Fallout
right?
P
What's
the
budget
impacts
to
that,
for
instance,
I
think,
most
of
what
you're
speaking
about
now,
more
roadway
lights
and
I
think
that's
phase
two
and
so
phase
two
really
doesn't
have
any
Capital
outlay
cost
associated
with
it.
So
those
are
items
where
we
may
be
able
to
take
a
look
at
particular
streets
where
you're
hearing
from
your
constituents
and
move
forward
rather
quickly
on
those,
whereas
in
other
phases,
maybe
on
phase
three,
where
there
may
be
some
Capital
costs.
Those
who
may
have
to
have
a
different
approach
say
a
more
tapered.
T
R
Out
there
yeah,
because
I
had
mentioned
to
him
once
before,
that
the
going
up,
Winton
hill
road
there
by
the
museum
they
had
had
some
complaints
about
it
being
dark
and
I
traveled
that
road
a
lot
so
I
came
through
there
a
few
years
ago
and
they
actually
added
polls.
Nobody
figured
that
out.
That's
why
that
was
why
it's
so
well
lit
they
added
so
many
poles
and
they
did
to
it
traffic.
R
D
X
P
P
D
So
you
know
I
I
just
thought.
If
we
combined
it
too
it'd
be
more
reasonable
and
less
expensive
for
everybody,
because
it
would
make
sense
to
to
partner
with
you
and
pay
for
that
and
then
I.
We
got
to
go
over
here
and
pay
for
that.
If
we
can
just
in
some
areas,
if
possible,
combined
into
two
I'm
sorry
Lisa.
J
I
T
S
S
S
He
called
you
you
and
you
called
me,
and
you
sent
someone
out
there
right,
because
that
was
a
serious
situation.
There
were
a
number
of
senior
citizens
in
there
and
I'll
have
to
tell
you
about
the
the
history
of
how
some
of
that
housing,
but
that
was
a
very
serious
in
a
rainy
day,
because
I
stood
out
there
in
the
rain.
So
I
want
to
thank
first
of
all
the
city
manager
who
I
could
always
depend
on
and
for
you
for
giving
me
a
call
well.
AG
Else,
I
just
wanted
to
introduce
myself,
so
my
name
is
Brad
Hill
I'm,
the
key
account
manager
for
the
city
of
Columbus.
Just
so,
you
understand
I,
actually
work
supporting
Robert,
so
my
job
is
to
support
the
city
in
providing
White
Glove
service
for
all
things
all
touch
points
between
Georgia
power
and
the
City
of
Columbus.
If
you
see
my
name
flying
around
in
emails,
just
wanted
you
to
put
a
face
for
the
name,
thanks
for
your.
T
U
U
That
costs
must
be
incurred
before
December
31
of
24
and
expended
through
December
31-26.
So
we
are
on
a
timeline
to
utilize
These
funds.
There
is
financial
reporting
that
goes
along
with
this,
that
the
finance
department
has
been
submitting
those
reports
on
how
we're
spending
our
funds
to
make
sure
that
we're
in
compliance
with
the
ACT
so
phase
one
just
to
go
over
the
approval
for
phase
one.
This
was
the
automation
of
garbage
collection
and
so
again
we're
still
waiting
for
the
delivery
of
the
trucks.
U
U
Also,
the
community
Safeguard
programs
to
include
cure
violence,
Youth,
Development
programs
and
the
camera
program.
We
funded
phase
one
with
round
one
of
the
ARP
funds,
broad
brand
and
secured
cyber
security.
Those
upgrades
are
in
process
revenue,
recovery
of
3.5
million,
and
this
was
hotel,
motel
tax
recovery
funds
and
then
general
fund
revenue
recovery,
and
then
we
did
expand
funds
for
premium
pay
for
those
essential
workers.
U
The
small
grant
program
we
did
a
4.85
million
between
small
business,
non-profit
and
economic
tourism
I
have
just
a
summary
of
that
on
the
next
slide,
and
then
we
also
use
funds
for
administration.
There's
individuals
in
the
finance
department,
that's
helping
us
process
the
applications,
as
well
as
all
of
the
ARP
funding
requirements.
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So
this
is
our
phase
one
program
through
the
ARP
divided
out
between
small
business,
non-profits
and
Hospitality
grants
by
ZIP
code,
and
then
I
also
have
a
map
of
that
as
well,
and
you
can
see
that
those
ARP
grant
fundings
were
divided
amongst
really
all
of
Columbus.
You
see
a
lot
of
it's
on
our
main
corridors,
which
is
where
our
commercial
businesses
are,
but
we
have
utilized
those
funds
for
small
Grant
small
business
grants
throughout
our
community,
the
state
fiscal
recovery
funds.
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This
is
a
continuation
of
our
program,
four
million
dollars,
three
million
for
small
business,
one
million
for
non-profits.
That
portal
was
opened,
October
31st
and
we
are
processing
grants.
We've
partnered
with
the
chamber
they've
been
holding
Works
workshops
for
those
they
had
another
one
today,
so
we
are
getting
a
lot
of
participation
from
small
businesses
and
non-profits
on
this
program
as
well
so
phase
two.
This
is
the
second
round.
This
is
the
recommendations
through
the
city
manager's
office,
on
how
to
utilize
phase
two
funding
again.
This
is
39
million
and.
T
U
So
our
first
allocation
is
what
we're
calling
community
Assistance
programs
and
this
would
be
focused
in
qualified
census
tracts.
This
is
a
total
of
12
million
split
out
into
affordable
housing,
3
million
homeowner
occupied
rehab
program,
2
million
utility
assistance
program,
2
million
handicap
access
program,
one
million
job
training,
Workforce
Development
and
youth
work
programs,
1.5
million
Mental,
Health,
Training
and
intervention,
a
half
a
million
mental
health
substance,
abuse,
Treatment,
Services,
1
million,
and
then
a
continuation
of
the
community
Safeguard
programs
at
500
000.
Examples
of
this
would
be
the
Cure
violence
program.
U
United
Way
has
a
program
for
poverties
are,
and
there
I'm
sure
other
programs
out
there.
That
would
qualify
for
this
type
of
a
program
and
then
family
connection.
This
is
actually
funded
through
our
revenue
recovery
funds
of
five
hundred
thousand,
but
it
really
is
a
community
Assistance
Program.
So
we
wanted
to
put
that
in
this
category.
Well,.
T
T
You
know,
with
these
special
purpose:
local
option
sales
tax
with
the
T
splice
and
with
the
bond
money
for
the
Synovus
building,
bricks
and
mortars
and
infrastructure,
and
all
that
stuff
we've
put
a
lot
of
focus
on
it
and
we're
spending
a
lot
of
money
on
it,
and
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
directing
some
of
this
to
take
care
of
the
people
of
Columbus,
Georgia
communities
and
programs
and
and
all,
and
so
we
wanted
to
give
it
a
name.
Community,
Assistance
programs,
and
so
you
know
we're
not
leaving
any
category
out.
T
I
mean
Rose
infrastructure,
I,
don't
care
where
you
go
in
town.
The
whole
city
is
I,
mean
we're
tearing
it
up
everywhere:
roads
and
diverting
traffic
detours
because
of
road
projects
and
infrastructure
stuff
getting
done
all
over
just
everywhere.
But
this
affordable
housing,
homeowner
occupied
rehab-
and
this
came
out
of
the
public
meetings
that
we
had
and
and
really
it
came
from
Tracy
Mosley
with
the
Urban
League.
You
know
about
the
homeowner
occupied
rehab
program
and
for
The
Elder
person
needs
a
roof
on
their
house;
it
needs
a
handicap
ramp.
T
You
know
what
are
you
doing
and
without
well
homo
and
we
we've
had
homeowner
occupied
rehab
programs
in
the
past.
We
just
haven't
had
them
recently,
and
this
allows
us
an
opportunity
for
Homeowner
occupied
to
rehab
stuff,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
point
to
that.
This
is
dealing
with
our
people
in
mental
health
and
youth
programs.
It
just
that
kind
of
stuff.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
point
and.
U
These
are
again
categories
of
an
allocation,
so
any
specific
contract
or
any
specific
utilization
of
a
fund
of
any
funds
in
any
of
these
categories
would
come
back
to
council
for
approval.
So
this
is
just
the
initial
categories
of
what
we're
recommending
to
for
these
funds
to
be
utilized
and
then
anything
related
to
expenditures
would
come
back
to
council
for
approval.
T
Right
and
categories,
as
you
said,
but
I
want
to
remind
you,
can
take
anything
off
the
list.
You
can
move
more
money
around.
That's
your
prerogative.
This
is
just
what
staff
is
coming
to
you
with.
But
if
you
see
something
you
say
well,
we
don't
want
that
on
the
list.
Take
it
off
the
list.
Council
Hearth.
R
Yeah
question
I've
spoken
with
you,
my
city
manager,
I
thank
YouTube,
Deputy
city
manager,
about
the
affordable
housing
and
the
homeowner
occupied
rehab
program.
What
what?
How
do
we
make
sure
that
we
we
we're
doing
something
in
everybody's
District?
You
know
so
everybody
gets
a.
Is
it
a
formula
that
you'll
have
or
something
that.
T
We
should
use
well
I
I,
it's
not
done
necessarily
by
District.
It
is
done.
You
know
where
there's
a
need,
regardless
of
where
you
live
in
mosconee
county
and,
of
course,
we've
had
homeowner
occupied
rehab
programs
through
HUD
and
other
funding
before
this
is
just
not
Hood
funding,
but
it's
Federal
funding,
so
I
mean
it's.
R
T
U
Shane,
the
most
for
the
dollars
amount,
that's
allocated
whether
it's
through
an
RFP
and
we
partner
with
you,
know
a
developer
in
town
for
for
affordable
housing
or
if
it's
something
that
we
partner
with
the
Housing
Authority.
So
we
would
come
back
to
you
with
with
the
specifics
of
each
one
of
these
categories.
Same.
A
R
D
A
D
T
I,
let
me
just
I
think
and
a
lot
of
these
programs
they've
been
Federal
programs
or
state
programs.
We
don't
have
to
reinvent
the
wheel.
Like
the
utility
assistance
program.
I
mean
the
low-income
energy
assistance
program
has
been
around
for
many
years
out
of
Enrichment
Services
Program.
You
know
the
I'm.
D
Concerned
about
them
because
I
know
the
program
no
I'm
just
saying.
Allow
me
please
all
I'm
saying
is
like
the
affordable
housing.
You
know,
what
are
you
talking
about?
Affordable
housing?
What
are
you
going
to
tell
to
people?
Is
this
like
help
with
a
down
payment?
Is
this
education
on
how
to
buy?
What
are
you
talking
about?
Affordable
housing?
You
know,
that's
what
I'm
talking
about
and
like
the
rehab
okay,
for
instance,
is
someone
needs
a
ramp?
Okay?
D
Second,
what
is
it
called?
It's
for
handicapped
people,
Second
Chance,
something
yeah
access
to
Independent.
They
can
only
do
so
much
because
of
the
budget
they
have.
Would
they
be
able
to
get
some
funding
to
be
able
to
provide,
because
that
doesn't
only
do
the
elderly
that
does
the
disabled,
it
does
the
bets
and
they
don't
that's
what
I'm
looking
for
I'm
I
mean
this
looks
great
and
it's
answer
entering
our
questions,
but
I
want
to
see
more
in
details.
You
know
what
programs,
the
ones
you're
talking
about.
D
D
And
if
you
need
an
upgrade
on
your
Walker,
you
have
to
pay
it
out
of
your
pocket
because
they
give
you
a
standard
silver
one
that
you
roll
around,
but
but
you
might
get
tired
and
need
to
sit
down.
Well,
if
you
want
one
with
the
chair
that
has
to
come
from
your
pocket.
If
you
want
one
that
has
wheels,
it
has
to
come
from
the
parts
in
the
pocket,
and
then
you
can
only
get
them
every
five
years
and
that's
it.
A
D
That's
where
I'm
going
with
stuff
like
that
that
mental
health?
What
do
we
mean
about
the
mental
health
and
substitute
those
those
need
a
little
bit
more
detail
and
I'm
interested
because
I
I
haven't
heard
from
them
in
forever?
I
didn't
even
know
they
still
existed.
Family
connection
needs
to
come.
Give
us
an
update
well.
T
Well
and
and
I'll
mention
that
Council
Woodson
family
connection,
but
the
only
point
that
I
was
making
was
that
you
know
we
we
in
terms
of
homeowner
occupied
rehab
program.
If
we're
looking
for
criteria
of
how
we
administered,
we
can
go
pull
that
from
Rob's
foul,
because
he
already
we've
done
this
before
and
then
the
utility
assistance
I
know
I'm,
not
talking
about
what
they've
done,
but
they've
got
criteria
that
they
use,
that's
proven,
and
so
we
may
tweak
their
criteria
some,
but
we
can
make
an
awards.
T
We
can
use
that
to
crit,
do
the
program
and
then,
in
terms
of
family
connection,
we
will
come
and
give
you
an
update.
But
I
mentioned
to
you
all
that
we
had
some
challenges
under
the
old
program
back
and
and
so
the
state
was
gonna
just
shut
us
down,
and
so
that
program
is
operated
out
of
my
office
now
and
so
we'll
come
and
give
you
an
update
on
family
connection,
but
they
are
working
and
doing
very
well.
D
And
the
reason
I
just
remember,
because
someone
asked
me:
did
we
have
a
family
conviction
here,
I
was
I
was
in
a
line,
I
think
it
was
and
they
were
asking
me
I
said
you
know
what
I
haven't
heard
from
them
in
a
long
time.
I
don't
even
know,
I
have
to
go
back
and
then,
when
you
put
it
up
there
now
I
say
oh
yeah
and.
D
So
that's
why
I'm
asking
you
to
come
back
and
you
know
and
kind
of
identify
a
little
bit
more,
especially
on
those
two,
because
the
Housing
Authority
has
a
shortage
of
houses
on
South,
Lumpkin
Road,
there's
an
apartment
right
across
from
Piggly
Wiggly.
That
thing
needs
to
be
torn
down.
That
guy
needs
to
be
cited.
That
is
the
worst
apartment
that.
T
I
T
T
T
I
K
U
N
A
T
T
T
T
U
So
additional
categories-
Public
Safety
3.1
million.
This
is
funding
for
the
gun,
buyback
program,
mobile
command,
vehicle
850,
000,
the
police
department,
Ibis
system.
This
is
a
ballistics
system,
350
000
and
then
additional
ambulances
at
1.6
million
allocation
to
the
judicial
backlog
program
of
1
million
I
know
the
the
judicial
is
getting
funding
through
the
state,
but
the
state
program
does
not
cover
all
the
expenses
related
to
the
judicial
backlog
program.
So
this
is
a
placeholder
for
those
things
that
aren't
covered
by
the
state
program.
U
Also
facility
improvements,
4.85
million.
This
is
for
hva
HVAC
systems
at
the
Civic
Center
and
the
Trade
Center,
as
well
as
an
outdoor
stage,
an
enhanced
Courtyard
for
this
for
the
Civic
Center,
and
then
we
did
list
here
other
identified
facilities.
This
is
where
we
could
utilize
These
funds
for
the
Liberty
district
for
their
HVAC
system
as
well.
So
I
didn't
put
Liberty
Theater
depending
on
how
Council
voted
this
morning,
but
this
would
be
also
available
for
the
Liberty
Theater
land
acquisition
for
the
cemetery
200
000.
U
U
We
can
utilize
10.1
million
dollars
in
what's
considered
the
calculation
for
revenue
recovery
and
then
we've
turned
around
and
provided
how
we
think
those
funds
should
be
utilized,
and
this
is
ccg
TV
upgrades
500
000
cyber
security
at
1.5
million
this
family
connection
program,
which
was
listed
with
the
community
Assistance
programs.
The
funding
would
come
from
this
at
500
000
and
then
also
Public
Safety
Capital.
This
is
Pursuit
vehicles
and
fire
apparatus
at
7.6
million.
So
this
is
continuing
to
respond
to
the
request
from
Public
Safety
to
upgrade
their
Capital
Equipment
phase.
U
Two
and
phase
three
of
the
camera
program
is
6.7
million
and
then
the
balance
of
the
garbage
trucks
at
1.2
million.
We
used
a
portion
of
the
garbage
truck
funding
and
and
ARP
phase
one
in
order
to
do
phase
one
of
the
camera
program.
So
this
is
just
the
replacement
of
those
funds
in
phase
two,
and
so
those
are
the
recommendations
of
the
categories
or
the
phase
two
ARP
funding
and
again,
if
there's
anything
you
want
to
add
or
take
away
from
that
list,
we're
happy
to
do
so.