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From YouTube: Columbus GA City Council Meeting 05 09 2023
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A
Mayor
skip
Henderson
city
manager,
Isaiah
Hughley
pops,
Barnes
district,
one
Glenn
Davis
district
2,
Bruce
Huff
District
3,
Toya,
Tucker,
District,
4,
Charmaine,
crab
District,
5,
Gary,
Allen,
mayor
Pro,
tem
and
District
Six
Joanne
kogel
district
7,
Walker
Garrett,
District,
8,
Judy,
Thomas
posts;
nine
at
large
counselor
Tyson,
Begley,
Post
10
at
large
counselor,
Sandra,
Davis,
Clerk
of
counsel
and
City
Attorney
Clifton
Faye,
Columbus
Georgia.
This
is
your
city
council.
B
May
9th
city
council
meeting
we're
glad
to
have
you
with
us
and
we're
going
to
get
to
the
business
of
the
city
momentarily,
but
we're
going
to
begin
as
we
always
do,
and
that's
by
asking
for
God's
grace
and
presence
in
this
building
during
these
proceedings,
so
I'm
going
to
invite
Pastor
Tim
Jones
from
Britt
David
up
to
the
podium
and
Pastor.
If
you'd
hit
that
light,
we'll
get
it
turned
on
for
you,
there
should
be
a
button
up
there.
D
Yes,
sir
father
we're
so
grateful
for
our
city,
we're
grateful
that
you
have
placed
us
here
to
be
a
part
of
this
community
and,
as
we
gather
together
to
conduct
the
business
of
this
Council
of
our
city,
we
pray
that
you'd
provide
us
with
wisdom.
Your
word
says
that
you
provide
wisdom
to
anybody
who
asks
for
it,
and
so
we
ask
you
wisdom.
That
goes
beyond
our
experience,
wisdom
that
goes
beyond
our
age,
wisdom
that
goes
beyond
popular
opinion,
wisdom
that
comes
from
on
high
father.
D
We
pray
that
you
would
bless
us
with
that
and
that
you
would
provide
us
with
peace.
We
recognize
that
we
have
a
city
that
is
filled
with
violence
in
in
these
recent
days
and
pray
that
you
would
provide
that
peace.
You
say
that
you
give
perfect
peace
to
those
whose
mind
is
stayed
upon
you,
we
pray,
we
pray
for
interim
Chief
Mathis.
D
We
pray
for
his
getting
started,
praying
that
you
would
provide
favor
for
him
among
his
officers
and
among
this
counsel,
that
we
would
be
able
to
work
together
to
solve
the
problems
that
we
find
here
in
our
city,
father.
We
ask
for
your
blessing
on
this
meeting
today
and
on
the
days
that
are
to
come
in
Jesus
name,
I,
pray,
amen.
Thank.
B
You
thank
you,
Jim
and,
and
thank
you
church
for
sharing
you
with
us
and
I
got
to
say
that
Britt
David
does
an
incredible
job.
They
they
provide
so
many
different
venues
for
children
in
our
community,
particularly
during
Halloween
and
then
during
Easter,
and
we
thank
you
for
your
impact
on
community
thanks,
sir,
if
you
would
please
stand
and
join
me
in
a
pledged,
our
flag.
B
But
we're
excited
that
Chief
Mathis
is,
has
been
willing
to
come
sort
of
out
of
retirement
and
take
on
this.
This
Challenge-
and
we
ask
all
of
the
folks
in
the
community
and
of
course,
all
the
people
around
this
this
table
to
provide
him
the
necessary
support
for
him
to
achieve
success.
Chief
you
want
to
come
up
to
the
podium
and,
and
just
say
a
word
or
two.
E
Yes,
mayor
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you
and
the
council
for
allowing
me
to
have
this
opportunity.
I
know
I've
gotten
a
lot
of
feedback
from
people
said
this
is
going
to
be
challenging
and
I
just
want
to
tell
you.
You
guys,
have
some
very
dedicated
police
officers
at
the
police
department.
Yesterday,
I've
done
a
lot
of
talking
and
today
since
about
6
a.m.
E
B
Great
to
we
are,
we
are
thrilled
that
you're
here
welcome
to
the
Columbus
area
and
I'm
sure
any
of
these
individuals
would
would
be
willing
to
tell
you
that
they
share
our
our
our
comfort
at
having
you
take
over
that
that
spot.
So
we
we're
grateful
counselor,
Thomas.
F
B
You
ma'am
thank
you
Chief.
We
appreciate
you
making.
Thank
you,
sir.
This
morning,
all
right.
Next
we've
got
the
minutes
for
your
approval
for
the
April
25th
council
meeting.
There's
a
motion
to
approve
and
a
second
are
there
any
edits
any
questions?
Hearing
none
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed.
All
right.
They
are
received,
got
a
couple
of
proclamations
this
morning.
B
The
first
one
is
in
recognition
of
some
of
our
most
significantly
important
Frontline
medical
personnel
and
it's
National
Nurses
month
and
Council
Barnes
is
going
to
read
the
proclamation
into
the
record.
If
y'all
would
come
forward
well,.
H
All
of
my
fellow
nurses
please
come
forward
and
while
they're
coming
forward,
one
of
the
the
best
decisions
I've
made
Mr
mayor
council
was
to
become
a
nurse.
H
I
have
a
saying
that
everybody
is
somebody's
loved
one
and
we
nurses
have
the
privilege
to
stand
by
the
bedside
of
so
many
loved
ones
of
others,
and
that's
a
privilege,
that's
a
privilege
that
we
all
cherish
to
be
there
to
provide
not
only
physical,
Comfort
but
emotional
comfort.
As
well
I
know.
Many
of
my
fellow
nurses
have
stood
there
and
has
said
a
prayer
when
someone
has
asked
for
them
by
the
bedside
I
see
some
heads
nodding,
and
so
it's
it's
really
a
it's
really
a
privilege,
and
you
know
doing
the
pandemic.
H
Nurses
show
stepped
up
every
day,
regardless
of
their
own
personal
health,
to
take
care
of
other
loved
ones
to
include
by
the
way
a
proud
dad
over
there.
Glenn
Davis's
daughter
was
in
ICU
at
that
particular
time,
and
so
there
is
a
sense
of
Pride
and
a
huge
sense
of
giving
back
to
humanity
that
we
nurses
have.
H
Care
needs
of
the
Chattahoochee
Valley
population
in
a
wide
range
of
settings,
and
whereas
professional
nursing
has
been
demonstrated
to
be
an
indispensable
component
of
the
safety
and
quality
of
care
of
hospitalized
patients.
And
whereas
the
demand
for
registered
Nursing
Services
is
greater
now
than
ever.
Because
of
the
Aging
population.
H
The
continuing
expansion
of
Licensed
to
stating
technology
and
a
growth
of
Home,
Health,
Care
Services
and
whereas
more
qualified
registered
nurses
will
be
needed
in
the
future
to
meet
the
increasingly
complex
needs
of
Health
Care
consumers
in
our
community
and
whereas
May
1st
to
May
31st
2023
is
national
nurses
month
with
the
thing
you
make.
A
difference
and
nurses
make
a
profound
difference.
Now,
therefore,
the
honorable
Mayor
of
Columbus
Georgia
BH,
skip
Henderson
III
does
hereby
proclaim
the
month
of
May
2023
as
national
nurses
month
in
the
city
of
Columbus
Georgia.
H
I
Gwendolyn
McIntosh
and
I'm
with
the
Columbus
Georgia
Metro
Black
Nurses
Association.
We
are
a
National
Organization
of
113
members
throughout
the
United
States
of
America.
We
got
together
to
promote
nursing,
to
support
research
and
to
have
a
Sisterhood
that
would
support
each
other.
Now,
on
June
10th
of
this
year,
our
organization
holds
its
excellence
in
nursing
event,
where
we
provide
nursing
scholarships
to
nursing
students.
We
also
recognize
a
nurse
of
the
Year
nursing
LPN
of
the
year
and
we
also
give
out
a
Citizenship
Award.
So
we
are
honored
to
be
here
and
thank
you.
I
Pop
Barnes
and
I
also
want
to
thank
councilwoman
craft
for
recognizing
me
and
I
was
nominated
to
be
on
the
defects
board.
I
appreciate
you
for
that,
but
thank
you
all
so
very
much
and
we're
glad
to
be
here.
A
lot
of
our
work
is
in
the
community.
Still
some
of
us
are
retired,
but
we're
recruiting
Because.
We
want
to
keep
our
organization
active
and
moving,
but
we
appreciate
you
and
thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
serve
you.
Thank
you.
J
Good
morning
my
name
is
Dominica
Cannon
and
I
am
the
President
of
kappakai
chapter
kayatifah
sorority.
Here
in
Columbus
we
are
your
local
chapter.
We
are
an
organization
of
professional,
registered
nurses
and
nursing
students
and
we
have
over
8
000
members
across
the
United
States
and
overseas.
If
you
would
allow
me
I
want
to
introduce,
we
have
three
members
here:
Mrs
Genoa,
Miss
Overton.
She
is
a
chartered
member.
She's
been
a
member
of
the
chapter
since
we
started
in
1965..
J
My
mother,
in
the
yellow
sweater
is
the
vice
president
and
Miss
Betty
kervin
Hudson
she's,
a
life
member
and
I,
didn't
tell
you
my
mom's
name,
Daphne
Cannon.
We
want
to
thank
you
all
for
this
opportunity
for
this
presentation.
Our
motto
is
service
for
Humanity
and
we
provide
community
service
in
the
area.
J
Some
of
our
programs
include
disease
prevention,
health
promotion,
health
promotion,
progress
for
the
elderly
programs
for
children
anytime
that
we
can
be
of
service.
Please
do
not
hesitate
to
call
us
councilman,
Park
Barnes
is
one
of
our
fratters.
Thank
you
all.
Yes,
ma'am.
H
K
Good
morning
my
name
is
Wanda
Johnson
I'm
here
to
represent
nurses,
INC
now
known
as
nurse
of
Georgia
nurses
of
Georgia.
So
what
we
do
is
we
serve
the
community
with
through
health
and
education,
so
I'm
here,
our
president,
couldn't
be
here
today:
I'm
the
secretary
and
organization,
so
I
just
want
to
thank
you,
Pops
and
the
rest
of
the
council
for
this
recognition.
We
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
L
Good
morning,
I'm
Dr
Tammy
condry
I'm,
the
director
of
the
School
of
Nursing
at
Columbus
State,
and
we
are
so
proud
to
have
pops
Barnes
as
one
of
our
graduates.
We
have
served
this
community
for
over
50
years
with
supplying
nurses
to
our
hospitals,
our
health
care
agencies,
health
care
provider
offices,
and
we
continue
to
do
so.
In
fact,
a
lot
of
our
faculty
couldn't
be
here
because
they're
actually
giving
final
exams
today
and
and
pops
and
the
rest
of
us
are
glad
we
don't
have
to
do
those
anymore.
So.
M
L
Coordinator
Dr,
Chandler
Padgett
is
also
one
of
our
f
p
faculty.
Amy
Bale
is
our
assistant
director
of
the
School
of
Nursing
working
with
graduate
programs,
and
then
this
Jessica
Bauer
is
also
celebrating
nurses
month
and
she's
our
clinical
coordinator.
So
we
thank
you
so
much
for
your
support.
We
could
not
do
this
without
your
support
and
without
the
support
of
our
community
with
our
clinical
agency.
L
N
M
J
M
O
Organization
good
morning
my
name
is
Carrie
Bertram
I'm,
the
chief
nursing
officer
for
Piedmont
Columbus,
Regional
and
I
would
like
to
thank
mayor,
Henderson,
councilman
Barnes,
other
council
members
for
the
recognition
this
morning.
It
is
a
privilege
to
serve
the
citizens
of
Columbus.
We
have
a
deep
history
going
back
to
1836.
O
and
it
is
our
honor
to
continue
that
that
rich
history
and
continue
to
serve
the
the
members
of
our
community.
So
thank
you.
B
We
missed
up
yes,
councilor
Davis.
P
Q
B
R
P
So
glad
that
you
brought
this
before
us
and
recognizing
these
wonderful
people
I'm
so
glad
each
and
every
one
of
you
are
here
today
and
you
know
when
you
really
getting
over
jet
lag
and
an
Ambien
and
all
the
rest.
So
I
don't
know
what
I'm
about
to
say.
You
probably
wouldn't
advise
me
doing
that,
but
you
know
you
folks,
all
our
nurses,
I
love,
my
nurses,
I
love,
all
our
nurses.
You
know,
I
have
a
big
smile
in
my
heart
right
now,
you're
so
important
to
our
community
people.
P
Don't
really
realize
what
you
go
about
day
in
and
day
out.
You
really
the
old
saying
when
you
walk
in
someone
else's
shoes,
you
get
to
know
exactly
what
they
do
day
in
and
day
out,
and
you
know
our
hospitals,
our
Health
Care
Professionals.
We
got
great
Health,
Care
Professionals,
but
our
hospitals
and
our
professionals
could
not
make
it
couldn't
do
it
without
U-Haul.
P
P
P
And
at
the
same
time,
coming
on
having
to
deal
with
that
term,
I
learned
called
code.
That
was
not
easy,
but
I
watched,
my
daughter,
I,
was
really
worried
for
my
daughter.
I
was
really
really
worried
for
my
daughter
and
what
she
had
to
go
through
and
what
she
was
doing,
but
she
did
it
day
in
and
day
out.
Selfishly
she
sacrificed
and
she
did
it.
She
did
it
without
willingly.
P
She
did
it
because
she
knew
she
had
to
do
it.
All
I
could
say
was
just
help.
Somebody
smile
today
when
you
go
take
care
of
them,
help
somebody
smile
and
she
was
on
the
front
line,
and
it
just
it
touches
your
heart
when
you
start
to
realize
how
valuable
people
are
and
how
the
service
that
what
you
provide
for
people
and
what
it
means
it
just
pops
you,
you
and
I
have
had
a
lot
of
conversations
on
that.
P
P
You
really
don't
know
the
depth
of
the
value
of
people
until
you,
you
understand
what
they
go
through
day
in
and
day
in
and
day
out
and
I
can't.
Thank
you
all
enough.
I
can't
thank
all
the
nurses
in
our
community
for
what
you'll
do
for
each
and
every
one
of
us
and
what
you
go
through.
It's
not
easy
and
working
that
she
worked
back,
I
call
it
the
well.
It
was
the
midnight
shift,
but
those
long
hours.
P
P
Somebody
just
help
somebody
smile,
because
she
would
tell
me
she
didn't
know
of
one
of
her
patients
was
going
to
make
it
and
and
I've
never
been
in
that
situation
before,
but
I
can
only
imagine
so
that's
what
I
wanted
to
say
this
morning.
I
didn't
know
how
it
was
going
to
come
out,
but
that's
what
I
wanted
to
say
this
morning.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
I'm
just
glad
it
happened
today
and
thank
you
for
being
here.
Thank
you
for
all.
P
B
You
counselor,
and
you
know,
I
I,
think
it
hits
home,
because
nurses
are
our
daughters,
they're
our
mothers.
There
are
sons
and
our
fathers,
our
neighbors
and
they're
ordinary
people
that
do
extraordinary
things.
So
thank
you
come
around
here.
Let
us
thank
you.
Properly.
I've
got
a
proclamation
if
we
don't
have
enough.
If
you'll
contact
my
office,
we'll
print
some
more.
R
R
B
H
H
I
asked
Mimi,
of
course,
of
what
she
went
to
because
she
I
told
her
over
the
phone
just
she's
stronger
than
she.
H
She
feels
she
is
going
through
the
ordeal
and
she
is
a
living
example
of
what
it
takes
to
to
have
research
against
this
and
the
memory
Center
is
top
of
the
line
nationally
known,
and
so
it's
my
pleasure
to
read
this
Proclamation
at
least
I
see,
whereas
African
Americans
are
twice
as
likely
to
have
Alzheimer's
disease
than
white
Americans,
yet
are
also
less
likely
to
be
diagnosed,
treated
or
included
in
clinical
research
trials
to
show
illness
and
whereas
research
treatment
outcomes
cannot
reflect
communities
of
color.
H
If
these
communities
are
not
represented
in
every
aspect.
Our
Quality
Medical
Care,
including
efforts
to
fully
prevent
Alzheimer's
disease
and
whereas
the
Columbus
Memory
Center,
has
gained
a
national
reputation
for
diversity,
inclusion
and
and
Broad
access
to
underserved
communities
and
whereas
the
Columbus
Memory
Center
through
the
ahead
diversity.
S
Beware
a
doctor
with
a
microphone.
Let
me
just
say
before
I
even
start.
Thank
you
for
honoring
the
nurses.
It
touched
my
heart
in
so
many
ways
as
a
doctor,
but
also
pops,
as
you
mentioned,
the
covet
care
and
and
councilman
Davis
that
my
mother
fought
off
tried
to
fight
off
covid.
She
succumbed
to
covid
and
during
those
days
in
the
hospital
that
she
could
not
have
gotten
more
tender,
loving
care
and
my
family
as
well
from
the
nurses
of
Columbus
Georgia
and
we're
eternally
grateful.
So
thank
you
for
honoring
them.
S
I,
just
I
do
want
to
mention
that
and
I'll
hold
off
my
tears,
but
I
want
to
thank
the
city
council
I
want
to
thank
the
the
city
of
Columbus.
None
of
this
is
possible
without
the
leadership
of
Mayor
Henderson
and
the
city
council,
pop
Barnes,
Colonel
house
and
and
and
and
former
councilman
Mimi.
We
we
need
all
your
help.
S
You
guys
have
been
the
leadership
behind
this
I'm
asked
all
over
the
world
how
Columbus
Georgia
could
be
leading
the
you
know
a
true
leader
in
the
world
in
this
care,
and
it's
because
of
the
city
leadership
that
we
have
that's
the
whole
thing
so
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
if
I
could
write
a
proclamation,
it
would
be
to
thank
all
of
you,
so
we
do
recognize
that
that
underserved
communities
are
not
well
represented.
S
The
Columbus
Memory
Center
has
been
somewhere
between
four
and
a
half
times
and
20
times
more
likely
to
enroll
underserved
communities
than
the
rest
of
the
country.
So
that's
you
know
prideful,
but
also
shameful,
and
we
want
to
do
better
and
better
and
we
receive
this
grant
to
help
teach
the
rest
of
the
country
on
how
to
do
a
better
job
and
you're
all
part
of
that
couldn't
do
it
without
you,
you
guys,
fellow
leaders.
Thank
you
very
much.
Well,.
H
I
I
applaud
you
because
you're
you're
pushing
against
you
know.
As
you
know,
for
centuries,
African-Americans
have
been
experimented
on,
and
so
there
is
a
reluctance,
but
from
the
health
care
side,
I
do
realize
that
in
order
to
have
competent
research,
you
need
to
have
all
ethnic
groups,
and
when
you
first
came
to
council,
I
I
knew
you
had
an
uphill
battle,
but
I
approach
you
for
being
persistent
in
your
efforts
and
to
reach
the
minority
communities.
H
If
maybe
you
would
step
up
I
agonized
through
the
times
that
Mimi
was
going
through
and
I
recognized
it
early
when
I
saw
her
own
health
start
to
degrade
and
I
asked
her,
and
she
told
me
and
I
was
able
to
assist
her
it's
a
long
way
and
they
call
it
the
long
goodbye,
it's
emotionally
and
physically
draining
and
the
early
and
I
just
like
for
you
after
maybe
speaks
to
talk
about
the
drug.
Now
that
this
is
something
that
has
never.
This
is
revolutionary
when
it
comes
to
brain
health.
H
I
saw
a
drain
her,
but
she
she
was
an
ever-loving
daughter,
maybe
you're,
tough,
you're,
tough
and
every
time
I
see
you
when
I
hear
somebody
say
that
it
brings
to
mind
those
days
when
you
struggle,
and
so,
if
there's
anyone
who's
a
visible
advocate
of
it
that
everybody
in
this
community
knows
it's
you,
because
you
were
bold
enough
to
let
everyone
know
exactly
the
journey
that
you
were
on
and
and
I
would
just
like
for
you
just
to
say
something
about
that,
because
Dr
Liz
is
he's
inclusive,
but
the
research
trials
will
never
be
as
conclusive
as
they
should
be,
but
as
a
as
an
African-American
who
will
be
80
soon,
I
realize
I
have
a
long
memory
of
the
atrocities,
the
sterilizations,
the
experimentations,
the
injections
with
bacteria
and
whatever,
and
so
it's
a
it's.
T
Yes,
well,
first
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
almighty
God
for
allowing
me
to
be
here.
I
really
believed
he
puts
me
into
places
that
I
need
to
be
at
the
time.
Pop's
been
after
me
and
he's
been
calling
me
to
tell
my
story,
but
I
was
afraid.
I
was
afraid
to
tell
my
story.
I
was
afraid
to
fight
face
the
reality
that
this
is
in
my
family,
especially
in
my
mom's
family
and
my
own
children
are
asking
me
today:
Mom
am
I
gonna
get
it.
T
T
I'm
ready
now
to
help
I
had
to
deal
with
it
myself,
because
it's
very
painful
to
see
someone.
You
love
dying
before
you
and
you
can't
do
anything
about
it
and,
and
it's
a
very
typical
time,
and
if,
if
you're
as
private
as
I,
am
you
know
you
don't
tell
people
that
you're
struggling
you,
you
hold
it
within
you?
You
smile!
You
laugh
you
put
this
mask
on
and
everybody
thinks
the
world
is
fine
and
you're
perfect,
but
in
reality,
you're
dying
inside,
along
with
the
loved
one,
where
they're
going
through
their
Journey.
T
H
T
Think
because
I
really
don't
know,
I
want
to
continue
what
I'm
doing
now
is
traveling
and
being
in
the
community,
but
it's
important
I
realize
it's
important
for
us
to
know,
because
the
only
way
we're
going
to
find
a
cure,
the
only
way
we're
going
to
help
our
communities.
All
communities
is
by
understanding
the
disease
and
working
with
the
disease
and
having
patience.
I
have
people
call
me
all
the
time.
I
just
had
a
phone
call
from
a
young
lady
in
Florida
that
used
to
live
here
Mimi.
What
do
I
do
with
my
mom?
T
Where
do
I
go?
Where
did
you
know
and
I
told
her
some
of
my
experience
and
some
of
my
connections,
hoping
that
she
finds
that
help
you
know
in
Florida,
so
pops?
Thank
you
very
much
and
you're
right,
I,
I
didn't
share.
Gary
you've
been
with
me
for
a
long
time
skip.
You
know
how
private
I
am
I.
Surprise
you
guys
sometimes
the
things
you
learn
about
me,
but
that's
the
way
I
am
I.
T
Just
visit
a
friend
after
close
to
30
years
and
I
was
sharing
something
with
her
and
she
said
to
me
dad
Mimi
I
know
you
all
these
years
and
I'm
just
finding
out
that,
but
it
takes
a
person
like
pops,
a
true
friend
someone
that
sees
through
you.
That
really
cares
about
people
to
see
through
your
eyes,
so
through
to
your
soul,
to
see
that
you're
hurting
so
I'm,
very
appreciative
and
because
of
my
and
the
nurses.
T
I
have
to
thank
the
nurses
too,
because
my
mom
died
during
covet
and
I
was
allowed
to
be
with
her
all
the
way
till
she
passed
away
and
the
nurses
were
fantastic,
I,
don't
know
what
I
would
have
done
without
her
without
them,
but
I'm
ready
to
start
when
I
come
back
from
Alaska
I'm
ready
to
start,
but
pops
has
to
hold
my
hand
I'll.
T
T
H
Thank
you,
man,
doctor
about
the
drug
and
about
the
memory
number,
which
is
something
that
anybody
can
do
right
away,
because
when
I
took
the
memory
number,
the
lady
told
me
I
scored
so
low
that
she
didn't
know
what
to
have.
You.
S
Know
we
know,
that's
not
true.
Well,
let
me
start
with
the
memory
number
this.
If
you
recall
about
seven
years
ago,
the
city
council,
under
the
mayor,
Thomas's
leadership
at
that
time,
along
with
the
state
Alzheimer's
Association
in
the
Columbus
Memory
Center,
agreed
to
have
a
city-wide
effort,
still
the
only
one
in
the
world
simple
things.
Sometimes
you
know
it's
remarkable
how
why
this
is
not
reproduced
everywhere.
S
It
was
just
a
bad
moment
or
a
bad
day,
that's
most
of
what
it
does,
but
there's
also
a
large
percentage
of
people
that
come
in
that
are
not
thinking
as
well
as
they
should,
and
almost
always
it's
correctable.
It's
depression,
anxiety,
sleep,
apnea,
side,
effects
of
medications.
So
let
them
know
hey,
go
see
your
doctor.
You
might
be
able
to
do
better
than
you're
doing
today.
That's
the
vast
majority,
so
most
people
don't
have
to
walk
in
with
any
fear
of
Alzheimer's
disease.
S
So
you
just
need
to
see
where
they
are
today,
so
they
can
have
a
better
tomorrow.
So
please
come
in.
Don't
call
us
just
pop
in
say:
we'll.
Take
the
memory
number
it's
as
easy
as
that:
the
drug,
the
drugs
two,
let's
not
add
an
S
Two
drugs.
As
of
last
week,
we
have
developed
our
second
drug
that
actually
slows
down
early
Alzheimer's
Disease
by
about
a
third
so
come
July
8th,
the
first
drug
we'll
see
receive
full
approved
from
the
FDA.
S
The
second
drug
is
a
bit
behind,
so
it'll
take
a
number
of
months
before
the
FDA
goes
through
it.
We
will
have
these
drugs
on
the
market
very
soon,
so
early
intervention
is
the
only
way
to
take
advantage
of
these
drugs
because
they
don't
work
later
and
we
can
keep
people
independent
as
part
of
their
families
Center
the
community
if
they
take
brain
health
seriously,
and
it's
all
because
of
you
guys.
So
thank
you
and.
H
B
B
To
list
his
passion
carries
this
initiative
throughout
the
community,
and
we
thank
you
for
that.
You've
been
a
tireless
tireless
advocate
for
for
a
disease
that
that,
frankly,
a
lot
of
folks
don't
recognize,
don't
want
to
don't
want
to
admit
that
it
may
be
part
of
their
family,
and
so
it's
it's
difficult
and
I
appreciate
Mimi's,
quiet
courage
that
she
always
shows
around
the
stable.
But
thank
you
if
you
would
come
up
here
and
allow
us
to
present
this
and
thank
you.
Come
talk
to
us
Mimi,
Come,
Around,
say
hello.
R
R
R
B
H
B
Also
wanted
to
make
mention
that
we
have
Bruce
Huff,
who
is
attending
virtually
today,
so
he
will
be
joining
in
in
votes
and
he
can
hear
the
proceedings
and
he
can
actually
participate.
If
there's
anything
he
wants
to
wants
to
say.
I'm
gonna
give
the
mic
to
counselor
Tucker,
who
has
requested
a
point
of
personal
privilege,
counselor.
U
Yes,
if
I
Cry
blame
it
on
councilor
Davis,
because
he
started
this
emotional
wave.
U
My
uncle
passed
away
on
April
25th
I
did
a
welfare
call,
I
call
Deborah,
can't
assistant
chief
Deborah
Kennedy.
She
said
she
was.
She
was
upset
because
she
couldn't
get
the
call
because
she
was
actually
in
a
promotion,
so
I
called
the
sheriff.
The
sheriff
sent
some
people
over
I
called
Chief,
Scarpa
and
I'm.
Saying
this,
because
I
never
thought
that
I'll
be
the
person
making
a
welfare
call
for
a
55
year
old.
U
Who
was
my
uncle
Harold
Lewis
I
appreciate
drill
short
and
Sawyer
Joseph
Sawyer
when
I
say
these
individuals,
we
always
talk
about.
You
know:
Columbus
consolidated
government
workers
and
colleagues,
but
we're
family
and
I
saw
that
on
that
day,
People
wrap
their
arms
around
me
because
it
was
hard
and
it's
still
hard,
it's
still
hard.
U
But
on
that
day
it
really
was
like
a
nightmare
in
Wednesday
Joseph
Sawyer
from
Public
Works
calling
me
he
said:
hey
have
you
spoke
to
your
uncle
and
I
was
like
you
know.
I
was
thinking
about
him
this
morning,
I
was
going
to
give
him
a
call.
He
said
he
didn't
come
to
work
and
I
know.
You
know
somebody
pops.
We
military
you
go
to
work
like
and
andrael
to
say
he
won't.
He
shows
up
to
work
so
I
knew
it.
U
I
stood
in
the
mirror
and
I
knew
that
he
was
gone,
but
I
had
to
be
strong
in
a
sense
because
I
did
but
I'm
still
breaking
down
for
my
grandmother,
because
I'm
taking
care
of
my
grandmother
now
and
I
didn't
want
her
to
know
what
was
going
on
and
we
kept
it
quiet.
We
kept
it
quiet
until
I
was
able
to
get
a
chaplain
over
to
sit
down
and
talk
with
her.
U
But
I
just
want
to
thank
the
individuals
who
really
came.
They
really
came
to
my
rescue
Katina
Williams.
Was
there
Joseph
Sawyer?
Was
there
I
mean
these
people
held
my
hand?
They
held
my
head
up.
They
really
were
they
were
there
Chief
scar
percent
people,
I
mean
everybody
came
out
within
five
minutes
of
that
phone
call
within
five
minutes.
U
So
I
just
appreciate
everyone
for
wrapping
their
arms
around
me
for
these
last
two
weeks,
I
appreciate
the
mayor,
Josh
and
Becca,
because
you
all
did
the
proclamation
and
I
was
apologizing
the
whole
time.
But
honestly
as
us
from
a
small
family
I'm,
the
baby
but
I
have
so
many
responsibilities
because
I
take
care
of
everything.
U
So
I
had
to
do
the
planning
for
the
funeral
arrangements
and
everything.
But
people
were
so
patient
with
me,
but
I
wasn't
patient
with
myself,
but
I
just
have
to
thank
you,
know
the
mayor
and
Josh
and
Becca
in
a
definitely
I'm
just
going
to
keep
thinking
public
works,
because
that
was
his
family
and
I'm
saying
they
were
there
from
the
beginning
to
the
end
and
they
showed
out
in
large
numbers.
He
also
worked
with
mCP.
So
thank
you.
U
Herbert
Walker
in
the
back
water
for
allowing
your
employees
to
come
to
the
funeral
out
at
at
Fort.
Mitchell
I
appreciate
that
his
mom
was
very
happy
to
see
the
love
at
their
funeral
service
and
I.
I
honestly
was
in
shock
that
how
many
people,
when
we
pulled
in
the
the
cars
were
all
the
way
at
the
entrance
when
we
were
pulling
in
and
we
had
a
line
because
I
called
the
sheriff.
You
know
to
do
the
processional
and
I.
U
We
was
just
so
amazed
and
you
never
know
this
individual
felt
like
he
was
just
a
coming
person,
but
he
he
did.
He
touched
so
many
people
and
every
person
said
that
when
hair
was
in
the
room
he
made
people
smile.
He
changed
the
atmosphere.
He
grounded
folks
and
I.
I
said
that
that's
that
warmed,
my
heart,
so
I
just
I,
want
to
thank
them.
I
want
to
thank
United
Way
for
providing
the
tables
and
the
tents
and
everything
that
we
needed.
Definitely
Chester's,
barbecue
I
went
to
try
to
pay
the
check.
They
said.
U
U
It
does
something
to
yours,
I
think
my
Carver
High
School
family,
his
class
of
87,
my
class,
all
the
classes
and
I
think
sconyers
for
just
being
so
delicate,
delicate
and
I
know
he's
my
uncle,
but
we're
10
years
apart,
I
was
born
on
his
birthday.
U
U
U
It
kind
of
like
wiped
it
out,
not
that
it's
gone
for
real
but
in
my
mind,
I
felt.
None
of
that
all
I
felt
was
the
love
from
this
community
and
we
are
a
living
community
and
I
will
always
remember
that
and
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
all
and
I
appreciate
you
all
and
I
I,
absolutely
love
you
all
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
So
thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
counselor
and
our
obviously
our
prayers
and
our
Our
concern
remain
with
you
and
your
family
as
y'all
continue
to
deal
with
with
his
loss
all
right
and
next
we
are
going
to
go
to
the
city
attorney's
agenda
before
I.
B
Do
want
to
remind
everybody
that,
to
day
after
tomorrow,
actually
on,
the
11th
is
the
official
renaming
ceremony
for
what
will
be
called
Fort
Moore
and
regardless
of
how
you
feel
about
the
renaming
commission's
efforts,
the
bottom
line
is,
we
have
a
front
row
seat
to
history,
be
the
first
time
a
military
base
has
been
named
for
a
husband
and
a
wife,
both
of
whom
were
dedicated
to
soldiers
and
their
families,
which
is
exactly
what
distinguishes
Columbus's
our
dedication
to
to
the
families
and
to
the
soldiers
that
train
and
work
and
live
in
this
community
because
of
the
maneuver
Center
of
Excellence.
B
So
Mr
City
attorney
George.
V
Thank
you.
Mayor
got
a
pretty
short
business
agenda
today,
but
we've
got
some
public
hearings.
First,
one
up
is
a
rezoning
to
add
a
private
dog
park
as
a
special
exception
use
in
General
commercial
and
would
set
the
standards
and
rules
for
such
private
dog
parks.
It's
recommended
for
approval.
Do
you
have
any
questions
around
the
table?
We
got
planning
folks
here,
I,
don't
see
any
anybody
in
the
audience
want
to
be
heard
on
this
for
or
against
all
right,
we'll
bring
that
back
at
the
next
regular
meeting
for
a
vote.
V
W
Right,
thank
you,
mayor
I
just
want
to
let
everybody
know
we
had
a
neighborhood
meeting.
Will
Johnson
and
John
Renfro
attended
and
we
had
a
really
good
discussion.
Austin
Gibson
was
there
had
a
real
good
discussion
with
the
folks
that
showed
up,
and
there
were
no
objections.
It's
just
more
interest
in
what
was
what
was
going
to
be
developed
there.
So
I
just
want
to
let
everybody
know
that
I'm
okay
with
this
and
ready
to
move
forward.
Thank.
V
V
The
last
item
on
our
list
of
official
agenda
is
fishing
restrictions
of
prohibition
on
fishing
at
the
wave,
shaper
Island
and
Whitewater
Park,
which
is
at
least
by
Uptown
Columbus.
It's
a
first
reading,
we're
going
to
go
around
the
table,
see
if
there
any
questions
and
I
know.
Mr
Wolverton
is
here
to
make
a
few
comments.
Councilor
Thomas.
F
I
do
have
several
questions
and
comments.
I
have
been
contacted
by
some
of
the
citizens
in
our
community
who
regularly
fish
on
the
river,
and
they
are
concerned
about
this
prohibition
as
I
understand
it,
and
perhaps
you
can
make
sure
that
I've
got
this
right.
The
island
that
we
are
talking
about
is
right
in
front
of
the
PowerHouse,
and
this
area
will
go
down
about
halfway.
The
Riverwalk
down
in
front
of
the
Synovus
building
and
and
about
halfway
into
the
river.
Is
that
correct.
X
Not
exactly
no
ma'am
we're
looking
at
a
Prohibition
that
would
affect
the
island,
which
is
roughly
300
feet
tip
to
tip.
It
would
include
both
going
out
into
the
channel
where
the
wave
shaper
feature
is,
as
well
as
the
what
I
call
the
lagoon
area
between
the
Riverwalk
and
the
island.
But
it
would
not
extend
any
further
than
the
tip
of
the
island.
X
Ma'am,
okay,
and
would
you
but
just
clarify,
but
but
not
right
there
at
the
island
just
from.
F
Would
you
who
owns
this
property?
Is
this
city-owned
or
is
this
city
owns.
F
At
least
to
Uptown,
yes,
ma'am,
and
if
there
are
people
who
are
fishing
off
that
island
or
in
that
area,
who
patrols
that.
X
It's
not
really
heavily
patrolled.
Our
Uptown
ambassadors
do
keep
an
eye
on
it.
We
are
the
ones
that
open
and
close
the
gate
each
and
every
day
in
the
morning
and
the
afternoons
police
will
keep
an
eye
on
it.
The
sheriff's
department
recently
started
a
Riverwalk
Patrol,
so
they've
started
keeping
some
eyes
on
it
as
well.
But
it's
it's
an
area.
X
That's
the
way
the
geography
is
of
the
island,
there's
kind
of
a
rock
pile
on
the
south
end
people
can
kind
of
swing
behind
there
and
you
can't
really
see
them
unless
you
walk
all
the
way
out
on
the
island
and
kind
of
around
to
that
rock
pile
side.
X
Ma'am
so
Uptown
had
created
with
the
city's
consent
rules
for
the
island.
That
includes
no
fishing.
Another
big
one
is
no
jumping
from
the
island
into
the
wave
shaper
feature,
but
we
had
a
number
of
rules
that
are
in
place
and
they've
been
in
place
for
10
years
now.
People
have
generally
complied
with
that.
Every
year
we
might
have
one
or
two
issues
that
people
would
show
up
to
fish.
X
There
would
be
Raptors
or
kayakers
going
by
lines
would
be
casted
in
the
exact
area
where
they
go
in
the
wave
shaper
feature,
but
in
most
cases
we
were
able
to
get
voluntary
compliance.
Unfortunately,
this
year,
for
whatever
reason
that
voluntary
compliance
has
actually
gone
out,
the
window
we
had
a
group
of
fishermen
that
became
became
started
coming
to
the
island
almost
daily.
They
were
always
casting
into
the
channel
again
were
kayakers
and
waves
and
Raptors
are
coming
through.
X
They
would
remind
people
that
there's
no
fishing
from
the
island
and
this
group
became
quite
militant
and
very
defiant
and
they
refused
to
leave.
They
refused
to
even
remove
their
hooks
if
Raptors
and
kayakers
were
going
through.
The
feature
and
ultimately,
police
were
called
and
police
realized
that
this
was
an
island
rule
for
no
fishing.
It
was
not
an
ordinance,
so
police
really
had
the
inability
to
to
effectively
enforce
it.
We
did
also
call
the
Department
of
Natural
Resources
the
game
wardens
they
subsequently
came
in.
X
They
cited
at
least
seven
different
people
who
were
fishing
without
a
license.
They
did
us
an
operation.
A
week
later
came
back
in
they
nabbed
at
least
one
more,
but
a
bunch
of
people
left
when
they
showed
up
so
it's
safe
to
say
that
it's
probably
an
issue
that
that
they're
going
to
continue
to
monitor.
But
what
brought
it
to
a
head
this
year
was
We
have
a
vendor
that
does
kayak
Education
and
Training.
X
There
was
a
group
of
about
10
kids,
10
children,
taking
a
kayak
lesson
on
a
Friday
evening,
and
these
fishermen
actually
ensnared
two
kids
with
their
lines
because
of
the
close
proximity
again,
the
the
teacher,
the
instructor
of
the
kayaker,
asked
them
to
move
along.
They
absolutely
refused
to
do
that.
The
very
next
day
there
were
some
kayakers
in
the
water
and
one
of
the
adults
literally
got
hooked
by
a
lure
at
that
point.
X
Uptown
closed
the
island
because
we
could
not
guarantee
the
safety
of
everybody,
and
so
we
then
had
fishermen
that
were
actually
jumping
over
the
fence
to
go
out
on
the
island
and
fish
as
the
chief
Kennedy
is
here,
and
she
can
tell
you
about
an
experience
she
had
with
with
one
of
these
Fishers
at
fishermen
as
well.
So,
given
the
uncertainty
from
an
enforcement
perspective,
the
conflicts
that
we've
had
Through
The
Years,
although
they've
been
more
voluntarily
addressed,
but
for
this
year
it
just
hasn't
been
the
case.
F
This
is
one
of
those
issues
that
one
part
of
me
says:
no,
we're
not
gonna
We're,
not
gonna,
stop
people
from
fishing
in
that
River
my
granddaddy
fished
in
that
River
we're
not
going
to
stop
that
and,
on
the
other
hand,
I
say,
but
we've
got
to
protect
our
citizens.
We've
got
to
protect
those
folks
that
are
in
the
river
and
that
are
on
the
island.
So
I
I
appreciate
your
responses
and
luckily
I've
got
a
week
or.
C
F
Think
a
little
bit
deeper
about
this
and
what
what
I
want
to
do
but
I
appreciate
it,
and
hopefully
we
can
come
to
a
solution
that
will
benefit
not
only
people
who
want
to
fish
in
the
river,
but
people
who
don't
want
the
fishing
in
that
area
because
of
some
of
the
safety
concerns
that
you
raise.
F
My
granddaddy
did
fish
in
that
River
for
years
and
he
didn't
wear
a
protection
device,
but,
as
the
sign
now
says,
You
must
but
we'll
get
there
we'll
get
there.
Thank
you,
Yes.
X
H
When
I
read
your
email,
basically
it
boils
down
to
a
safety
issue,
and
so
when
the
the
hooks
out
and
then
secondly,
because
it's
so
many
altercations
and
then
thirdly,
it
seems
that
CPT
is
hamstrung
because
when
they,
when
they
call
there's
no
ordinance
to
direct
them.
So
it's
like
a
catch-22.
So
I
don't
have
any
problem
with
this.
Here.
It's
safety
you
have
to
always
keep
the
citizens
safe.
Then
it
will
also
assist
the
CPD
and
the
public
safety
Sheriff's
Office,
as
well
so
I'm
in
complete
supporter
this
year,.
G
Thank
you
to
your
point.
Counselor
Thomas
I
too,
had
some
of
those
concerns,
but
my
husband
and
I
regularly
ride
our
bike
up
and
down
the
Riverwalk
all
the
way
from
the
marina
down
to
the
National
Infantry
Museum,
and
they
actually
have
little
areas
that
people
can
fish
off
of
along
the
river
I
see
people
fishing
all
along
that
River
and
so
to
take
it
away
from
just
this
one.
Little
part
that
is
very
congested
with
a
lot
of
activity.
B
Well,
you
know
not
to
pardon
the
pun
weight
into
this
too
deep,
but
but
I
will
say
that
that
there
has
to
be
something
done
to
give
the
police
department
away
to
at
least,
if
there's
somebody
being
unruly
to
have
something
to
do.
However,
I
also
recognize,
because
I've
heard
from
people
that
fish
out
there
and
it's
it's
not
just
about
being
anywhere
on
the
river,
because
in
the
more
turbulent
water
is
where
the
the
I
think
the
striped
bass
run
and
I
I.
B
Don't
I,
don't
know
this
I've
been
told
this,
but
so
it
is
a
spot
where
they
have
access
to
to
that
fishing.
So
you
know
we.
We
should
be
able
to
figure
out
some
legislative
way
to
let
our
Police
Department
be
able
to
enforce
some
of
those,
but
at
the
same
time
I
mean
they've
been
coexisting
for
10
years.
We
ought
to
be
able
to
find
a
way
to
try
to
work
it
out.
V
Of
course.
If
this
passes
it
will
be
an
ordinance
Chief,
Kennedy
and
her
folks
will
use
officer
discretion
of
course,
and
that
it
will
give
them
some
teeth
to
keep
people
safe
in
that
area.
Well,
we'll
bring
it
back
in
two
weeks
for
a
vote
mayor.
V
Thank
you,
Mr
Wolverton
mayor.
That's
all
the
business
items
we
have
requests
for
an
executive
session
got
some
folks
come
and
around
the
11
o'clock
hour
for
acquisition
or
real
estate
and
litigation.
That's
all
we
have
right
now.
V
B
Thank
you
all
right,
we'll
move
to
the
public
agenda
and
I'll
remind
our
participants
in
the
public
agenda
that
we've
got
you'll
have
five
minutes
to
be
able
to
get
your
your
thoughts
across
the
council
and
if
you
cannot
complete
it
in
that
five
minutes,
you're
welcome
to
wait
to
the
end
of
the
meeting
and
come
back
for
an
additional
three
and
we've
had
I.
N
Okay,
I
came
before
this
Council
before
to
make
a
new
request
and
upon
me
doing
that
I
didn't
get
a
chance
to
complete
the
request
and
there
was
no
resolve.
I
was
told
about
waiting.
I
could
have
three
minutes
after
the
agenda
was
over,
with
which
I
was
denied
that
I
I
never
received
those
three
minutes.
I
sit
here
for
over
an
hour
waiting,
I
took
and
left
and
went
out
to
get
my
medicine
out
of
the
truck
when
I
stepped
out
the
door.
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
B
Thank
you
and
you
will
be
allowed
three
minutes
if
you
want
to
come
back
at
the
end
and
first
let
me
first
let
me
say
that
I'm
not
sure
what
happened
with
you
not
coming
back.
If
you
weren't
in
here
when
you
were
called
or
or
if
it
was
an
oversight,
but
I
can
I
can
assure
you
and
if
you
look
at
the
tapes,
everybody
has
equal
access
to
that
Podium
and
they
come
back
whether
they're
white,
black
green,
doesn't
matter.
B
If
your
time
is
up,
sir
I'm
just
answering
some
of
the
questions,
you
can
come
back
if
you
want
to
at
the
end
of
the
the
meeting-
and
there
are
the
only
thing
we
ask
of
people
that
appear
before
they
this
this
body
is
that
they
don't
speak
about
the
same
incident
or
or
situation
or
topic
on
consecutive
executive
meetings,
and
that's
that's
but
anything
else
that
you
want
to
say
the
free.
B
Your
freedom
of
speeches
is
protected
here,
but
but
I
will
tell
you
that
that
I
don't
know
why
we'll
try
to
figure
out
what
happened
why
you
were
unable
to
come
back
in
you?
May
you
said
it:
they
shut
the
the
meeting
the
only
time
we
do.
That
is,
if
there's
an
executive
session,
and
if
there
had
been
a
call
I
I
don't
want
to
speculate,
but
you
you
have
access
to
your
additional
three
minutes
anytime.
You
come
up
here
and
I
are
unable
to
finish
your
thoughts
in
the
five.
B
Well,
sir,
that
I
promise
you
that
wasn't
intentional,
so
we'll
we
we
will
offer
you
the
opportunity
same
opportunity.
We
offer
every
single
individual
in
this
community
Council
Tucker.
U
It's
a
corridor
as
I,
recall,
I,
think
you
were
speaking
about
your
son.
Was
it
the
your
son's
death
in
reference
to
us
not
having
a
gbi?
My.
C
N
C
B
But
we
but
I'll
make
another
comment
about
inviting
outside
agencies
in
we
do
that
all
the
time
matter
of
fact,
just
this
past
weekend
we
had
invited
the
Georgia
State
Patrol
in
to
help
with
with
a
crime
suppression
detail.
So
we
do
invite
other
agencies
in,
but
if
there
is
an
active
investigation,
I
I
don't
speculate
again,
but
we
we
will
talk
to
the
police
department
about
it
and
see
the
status
of
this
investigation.
If
it's
something
they
feel
they
need
assistance
with
yeah.
U
I
just
want
to
make
sure
you
were
contacted,
I
will
say
and
I
know
it's
unfortunate,
but
I
saw
you
when
you
walked
out
and
we
really
tried
to
catch
you,
because
the
meeting
somebody
we
sent
somebody
to
run
after
you
I
can't
remember
who
it
was
that
ran
after
you,
but
it
you
walked
out
like
right
when
the
meat
right
when
we
called
you
up,
you
was
out
the
door
at
the
door
had
closed.
So
it's
unfortunate,
however
I
think
we
can
get
somebody
to
contact.
You
get
your
information.
I
know
the
clerk.
H
Ricky,
that's
what
happened.
We
had
an
executive
session
and,
and
the
doors
were
closed
it
wasn't
anything
in
intentional,
because
this
is
the
first
I've
seen
you
and
I
did
not
even
know
what
happened
to
to
to
Rick
I
didn't
know
until
you
came
up
here
and
then
I
asked
somebody
about
it
and
I
had
all
the
intentions,
because
you
were
sitting
there
to
ask
you
to
call
me
and
I
want
to
also
ask
you
about
Willie
how
Willy's
doing,
but
then
you
didn't
come
back
and
I.
H
Don't
have
your
your
contact
information
so
Willis
did
my
brother
he's
dead,
I
didn't
I,
didn't
even
know.
N
Y
Hughley
mayor,
thank
you.
Let
me
just
say:
item
D
on
on
the
purchase
agenda
is
going
to
be
pulled.
I
think
we've
already
approved
that
and
it's
inadvertently
listed
on
my
agenda
item
D,
but
first
I've
got
a
street
acceptance,
a
portion
of
Barton
Drive
and
Midland
Downs.
It's.
B
O
Y
And
next
I've
got
the
fiscal
year,
24
HUD
annual
action
plans
Mission,
and
let
me
just
say
that
the
annual
plan
2023
is
a
document
required
by
the
U.S
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development,
illustrating
how
cdbg
and
home
entitlement
funding
will
be
expended
for
24
and
23.
And
so
we
are
scheduled
to
get
1.6
million
in
cdbg
and
home
investment,
1
million
71,
000
and
so
I'm
requesting
of
approval
to
file
the
action
annual
action
plan,
submission
to
with
the
U.S
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development.
U
We
receive
a
email
from
Miss
Teresa
element
this
morning
at
6
39
a.m
and
she
was
requesting
and
I'm
not
sure.
If
we
have
actually
did
any
type
of
I
guess
like
update
or
meeting
to
talk
about.
What's
in
the
plan
have
have
we
done
that.
Y
I
believe
Rob
Scott
has
done.
Why
don't
you
come
around
he's
done
several
I
believe.
U
This
is
on
this
is
the
wishes
of
Miss
Teresa
element.
She
just
wanted
to
know
if
it
was
going
to
be
some
update.
I
couldn't
remember
whether
or
not
you
had
done
you
know
some
type
of
plan,
and
maybe
she
missed
that
meeting
and
if
it's,
if
it's
available
virtual,
where
we
can
share
it
with.
Z
U
Okay-
and
she
did
want
to-
let
us
know
that
she
had
an
affordable
housing,
just
this
strategy
meeting
on
May
16th
at
the
Columbus
Public
Library
at
6
p.m,
and
she's.
Definitely
inviting
U.S
Community
bring
investment
into
mayor
and
Council.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
B
C
B
Y
That's
brute
next
I've
got
a
vote
on
equipment
for
Bull
Creek,
Golf
Course.
B
B
Y
Next
mayor
council
I've
got
a
request
to
execute
and
enter
into
a
contractual
agreement
with
GDOT
for
the
25
million
dollars
of
T
Splash
funds
in
band
1
for
various
Metro
projects.
Motion.
B
In
a
second
any
discussion,
all
right
hearing,
none
counselors,
please
enter
your
votes.
Councilor
Huff
votes,
yes,
Council
crab!
You
know
we
need.
We
need
to
try
to
figure
out
for
a
technology.
We
get
that
fixed.
Yeah.
I
know
it's
frustrating
to
the
counselor
all
right,
but
that's
it's
approved.
B
Y
Y
AA
U
U
U
Is
there
a
process
or
area
that
we
can
tell
the
citizens
to
look
at
when
we're
applying
for
the
grants
and
when
the
grants
have
been
approved-
and
you
know
just
some
type
of
tracking
or
something
where
we
can
show
that
we
applied
for
you
know,
said
grants
these
are
approved
and
they're
in
going
to
whatever
department
or
something
but
is?
Is
there
I
know
we
have
it
for
like
Teeth,
Blossom
splice
with
all
these
additional
grants?
Is
there
something
that
I
can
tell
citizens
that
they
can
look
for.
AA
Somewhere
I
mean
not
at
this
time,
we
don't
have
like
a
dashboard,
that's
available
on
the
website
or
anything,
but
we
do
keep
track
of
all
that
information
internally,
so
I
would
say
at
any
point.
Any
citizen
could
reach
out
to
our
grants
accountant
and
get
that
information
via
open
records
request.
So.
C
Y
B
B
Y
So
I've
got
a
few
purchases.
Yes,
sir,
this
first
one
is:
is
a
soft
body
armor.
B
Well,
we
pulled
d,
so
all
right,
so
there's
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve
items,
a
b
c
and
e
from
the
the
purchases.
Any
discussion
right,
all
those
in
favor
of
those
items
say
yeah
aye,
any
opposed
all
right,
they're
approved
and
D
by
the
way
will
come
back
next
week.
That's
that's
on
me.
We
didn't
explain
that
well
enough
and
in
time
for
the
police
department
is
going
to
assist
them
in
keeping
the
officers
on
the
street
quicker
so
that
they
don't
have
to
have
to
wait
for
some
processing.
Y
Y
E
was
a
modernization
of
the
computer.
Fleet
for
information
technology
and
f
was
just
some
off
the
light
purchases
that
we
were
able
to
make
for
difficult
to
purchase
vehicles,
and,
and
so
they
were
considered
emergency
purchases
that
we
could
get
them
off
the
lot.
For
example,
we
had
vehicles
for
engineering
department
for
Fire,
EMS
codes
enforcement,
Public,
Works,
Homeland
Security
and
another
one
for
Fire
EMS
and
several
for
Fire
EMS,
Public,
Works
and
public
works
department.
F
Mr
city
manager,
the
this
is,
is
designated
as
an
emergency
purchase
and
I
know
that
the
list
you
just
read,
we
typically
approve
vehicles
for
all
of
those
departments.
Is
this
emergency
because
if
we
don't
buy
it
today,
it'll
be
gone
well,.
Y
It's
an
emergency,
yes,
because
the
backlog
Supply
is
a
is
a
challenge
and
other
communities
are
purchasing
off
the
lot
where
they
can
get
there
first,
and
when
we
get
an
opportunity
to
get
these
vehicles
rather
than
waiting
a
year
18
months.
You
know
we
try
and
go,
go
and
get
them.
And
of
course
you
know
price
is
important.
We
know
generally
what
we
would
be
paying
for
those
vehicles,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
vendors
are
competitive.
F
But
I
guess
my
my
thought
was
if,
if
it's
because
if
we
don't
approve
it
today,
the
next
time
we
have
a
council
meeting
on
the
25th,
that
vehicle
will
be.
F
Yes,
I
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
and
I
know
that
we
have
told
you
that
this
is
a
practice
that
we're
okay
with
to
buy
off
the
lot
if
it.
If
is
that
situation,
but
we
will
still
have
others.
There's
a
question
mark
at
the
end
of
this
other.
C
F
Purchases
that
will
come
through
the
regular
process.
F
F
C
Y
It
may
not
get
back
to
normal
yeah
you're
right
about
that
you're
exactly
right,
so
I
do
have
some
updates
and
the
first
one
I
will
call
on
was
there's
an
update
on
interstate
14
by
Frank,
Lumpkin
and
Frank.
Lumpkin
is
not
a
stranger
to
this
Council,
and
this
is
a
project
that
former
counselor
John
house
continued
to
work
on
and
wanted
to
see
come
to
fruition,
and
it's
something
that
Frank
Lumpkin
has
been
working
on
for
years
and
I
wanted
him
to
come
and
give
an
update
on
interstate
14..
Y
You
would
come
to
the
podium
Mr
Lumpkin.
Thank
you
for
being
here
and
floor
is
yours.
AC
Absolutely
well
thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you,
Council.
Thank
you,
Mr
hugely
for
having
me
today,
I
greatly
appreciate
it
and
excited
to
share.
You
know
the
updates
on
Interstate
14
with
you
all
today.
It's
amazing!
It
was
six
years
ago
when
I
first
briefed
this
Council
there's
a
lot
of
new
faces
here
today
and
but
but
the
the
fervor
hasn't
changed.
I'm
still
extremely
interested
in
this
community
I
was
in
high
school,
then
I'm
now
one
day
away
from
graduating
from
law
school
at
the
University
of
Georgia.
AC
So
it's
pretty
exciting
to
continue
this
project
through
and
and
to
be
back
to
share
all
the
progress
that
has
taken
place
both
by
our
organization
and
just
in
in
the
natural
events
and
natural
course
of
our
government
that
have
actually
made
Interstate
14
more
a
possibility
now
than
than
ever
before.
So
I
hope
this
works
perfect.
AC
So
I'll
start
out
by
saying
that
you
know
I-14
started
as
a
Grassroots
initiative.
In
fact
Walker
Garrett
who's,
not
here
today
drafted
our
first.
You
know
I-14
resolution
of
support,
which
now
we
have
a
resolution,
support
from
every
local
municipality
on
the
route
very
exciting.
This
project
has
authorization
so
Grassroots
to
a
project
with
national
recognition.
AC
Ideas
have
become
meaningful
legislation.
Just
two
years
ago,
the
U.S
Congress
passed
a
bill
that
was
signed
by
the
president
to
authorize
Interstate
14's
development
to
and
through
Georgia
Senator
Warnock
and
Senator
Ted
Cruz
came
together
as
an
unlikely
pairing
to
make
that
happen
and
Concepts
have
become
reality.
Interstate
14
exists
very
much
in
Texas.
AC
Why
Interstate
14
I'm
going
to
let
this
video
explain
it?
It's
come
to
my
attention
from
from
the
city
manager
that
many
of
you
hadn't
seen
the
the
I-14
video.
So
if
you
have
I
apologize
but
we're
going
to
take
the
time
to
watch
it
because
the
video
explains
it
a
lot
better
than
I
could,
within
my
allocated
time
up
here.
Q
State
20
.,
whether
you're,
young
or
old,
if
you
live
within
100
miles
of
the
proposed
route,
completing
or
abandoning
this
highway
project
will
impact
your
future.
This
highway
is
crucial
and
your
support
can
guarantee
its
completion.
Why
should
you
care
about
interstate
14.,
first
and
foremost,
as
a
taxpayer?
You
have
already
paid
for
the
preliminary
work
in
2010,
the
Secretary
of
Transportation
had
the
Federal
Highway
Administration
conduct
a
study
outlining
route
Alternatives
from
Natchez
to
Augusta,
and
the
report
was
presented
to
Congress.
Q
This
action
alone
saves
years
of
preliminary
work
and
more
millions
of
dollars
in
upfront
cost,
but
it
is
money
and
time
wasted
if
the
highway
is
never
finished.
Second,
you
have
already
paid
for
much
of
the
physical
work.
Virtually
no
part
of
the
interstate
14
route
involves
condemning
land
and
constructing
an
entirely
new
section
of
Road.
Much
of
the
infrastructure
is
there,
though
most
segments
will
require
modification
to
meet
Interstate
standards
and
in
the
larger
cities
along
the
Route.
Q
Limited
access
highways
built
to
Interstate
standards
already
exist
and
need
only
minor
modifications,
so
we're
not
so
much
building
a
new
highway
as
we're
taking.
What's
already
there
upgrading
it
and
connecting
it
to
other
roads,
there
will
be
little
disruption
within
existing
communities
and
minimal,
imminent
domain
land
acquisition
costs.
Q
Third,
the
gateway
to
economic
Prosperity
is
lined
with
concrete
and
asphalt.
Interstate
14
provides
East-West,
Interstate
connection
to
an
area
that
lacks
it.
It
will
bring
economic
prosperity
to
an
impoverished
region.
Areas
shown
in
red
suffer
persistent
poverty,
as
you
can
see.
Almost
all
of
the
interstate
14
route
passes
through
impoverished
places.
The
median
household
income
within
the
I-14
study
area
is
38
658,
approximately
22
percent
below
the
national
median
household
income
economic
Prosperity
comes
from
trade
in
Interstate.
Q
14
is
about
connecting
places,
it
will
connect
forts,
it
will
connect
ports,
it
will
connect
major
cities,
it
will
intersect
12
other
interstate
highways
and
a
multitude
of
secondary
routes,
a
robust
Transportation
Network
that
will
improve
access
and
destination
traffic
that
will
stop
as
needed
for
hotels,
fast
food,
gas
Etc,
as
well
as
local
attractions
like
museums,
theaters
and
historic
sites.
All
of
these
businesses
and
more
will
benefit
directly
from
the
increased
volume
of
consumers,
because
it's
cheaper
to
ship
products
along
interstates,
warehousing
and
Manufacturing
firms
seek
locations
connected
to
the
grid.
Q
Lastly,
the
building
and
maintenance
of
I-14
will
provide
jobs
for
local
construction
companies
all
along
the
Route
in
every
way.
Local
economies
prosper,
and
that
means
you
prosper
from
a
national
security
perspective.
The
more
options
we
have
for
Rapid
deployment,
the
better
Interstate
14,
will
be
a
major
link
connecting
Southern
military
installations
to
one
another
and
to
Ports.
Hence
its
nickname
apport
supports
Highway.
Also
Interstate
14
will
enhance
training
because
units
can
be
transported
within
hours
from
one
major
base
to
another,
to
train
at
different
facilities
and
in
different
environments.
Q
I-14
is
a
means
to
solving
many
of
the
issues
the
south
is
facing
today.
Those
not
even
on
the
route
will
also
benefit.
I-14
would
alleviate
some
of
the
congestion
on
currently
existing
interstates
right
now.
East
West
travel
in
the
south
is
primarily
along
I-10
and
I-20,
causing
major
congestion
in
cities
along
these
routes.
I-14
will
provide
an
alternative
route
for
leaving
these
cities
from
some
congestion,
President
Kennedy
stated
American.
Roads
are
not
good,
because
America
is
Rich,
but
America
is
Rich,
because
American
roads
are
good.
Q
This
is
the
idea
that
I-14
encompasses
tell
your
friends
about
it.
Tell
your
local
Representatives
about
it
and
tell
your
state
and
National
Representatives
that
you
want
this
road
built
every
place
on
the
I-14
route
has
nothing
to
lose,
but
so
much
to
gain.
This
will
be
your
interstate
together.
Let's
make
I-14
a
reality,
the
future
of
our
region
depends
on
it.
AC
Down
into
three
major
reasons
and
that's
Interstate
connection,
enhanced
Economic,
Development
strategic
military
impact
at
one
time
it
was
the
the
river
at
one
time
it
was
the
railroads,
but
now
we're
connected
by
airports
and
highways.
AC
We
lack
that
vital
connection
to
the
rest
of
the
national
interstate
system
and
it
impacts
businesses
right
here
in
Columbus.
I
spoke
to
a
business
owner
out
in
the
technology
part,
and
they
just
talked
about
how
each
influx
of
materials
to
create
their
product
cost
micro
sense,
but
but
since
nonetheless,
that
in
the
aggregate
add
up
to
Dollars
and
dollars
and
dollars
and
make
it
unfeasible
to
do
business
in
this
region
and
we're
missing
out
on
the
Amazons
we're
missing
out
on
the
Kia
plants
being
right
here
in
Columbus.
AC
They
pick
regions
like
Auburn,
they
pick
LaGrange
because
of
that,
and
that
translates
directly
into
jobs.
So
you
see
site
selection
magazine
here,
highlights
how
some
interstates
or
how
businesses
have
chosen
sites
next
to
interstates
and
how
those
have
directly
led
to
jobs.
You
even
go
to
Georgia
site
selection
website
and
their
sixth
and
seventh
criteria
are
distance
to
Interstate
and
distance
to
major
highways.
AC
Unfortunately,
when
businesses
look
at
Georgia
they're,
not
looking
at
Columbus
because
of
this
and
like
I,
was
about
to
say
that
translates
into
jobs
that
translates
into
the
prosperity
of
our
people.
Here
we
want
to
provide
jobs,
not
only
at
you
know,
corporations
like
Aflac,
tesys,
Synovus
and
then,
of
course,
with
the
military.
We
need
to
provide
good,
paying
jobs
that
you
know
you
can
have
a
technical
degree
for
and
then
be
employed
there
and
make
a
meaningful
living.
AC
We
are
missing
that
that
Gap
or
we
have
there's
a
huge
gap
where
people
do
not
have
those
those
sorts
of
jobs
that
you
know
fill
in
that
area
and
and
that's
leading
to
you
know
persistent
poverty.
The
the
video
talked
about
how
you
know
these
marginalized
places
are
disconnected
from
the
interstate
and
and
there's
an
absolute
link
between
the
lack
of
connection
and
the
lack
of
economic
opportunities
through
jobs
and.
AC
Strategic
military
impact-
you
know
that
is
the
largest
employer
by
far
Fort
Benning
Fort
Moore,
whatever
you
want
to
call
it,
regardless
of
the
name.
More
will
have
an
impact
on
this
community
going
forward
and
we
want
to
make
sure
and
keep
them
here.
There.
AC
Well,
there's
two
reasons:
number
one:
it's
a
trade-off
community
community
where
there's
a
lot
of
training
at
the
base,
but
number
two,
because
we
don't
have
a
direct
link
with
any
of
the
Deployable
ports
on
the
coast
because
of
that
they're
not
going
to
put
any
units
that
have
lots
of
you
know,
equipment
that
needs
to
be
shipped
in
a
time
of
war
that
makes
us
vulnerable
in
a
back
realignment
situation
to
having
even
you
know,
our
one
Deployable
unit,
stripped
of
us
or
perhaps
other
aspects
of
the
base
that
we
rely
so
heavily
on
to
influence
this
community.
AC
So
moving
forward
for
why
I-14
makes
sense
and
I
think
everybody
understands
that
this
very
pragmatic
group
I've
talked
to
each
of
these
counselors
at
one
time
or
another
about
I-14,
but
who
supports
I-14
well,
I'll,
go
ahead
and
say
it:
it
ranges
far
outside
of
Columbus.
We
have,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
this
city
council,
along
with
every
city,
council
and
County
Commission
along
the
entire
route.
We
have
the
local
mpo
as
well
of
all
the
other
npos
on
the
route.
That
was
a
requirement
to
get
the
bill
passed
through
Congress.
AC
We
have
U.S
Congress,
of
course,
and,
like
I
said
our
surrounding
governments.
So
where
are
we
with
the
project?
And
this
is
I
think
really
where
we
all
are
most
interested
most
likely,
so
we
have
Congressional
approval
of
100
of
the
roots
that
that's
very
exciting.
That's
a
huge
step
from
where
we
were
six
years
ago.
When
you
know
I-14
was
not
anything
on
anybody's
Minds
and
what's
amazing
is
you'll.
Look
at
this
pie
chart
on
the
right
of
the
the
areas
on
the
entire
route.
AC
So
this
is
all
the
way
from
Odessa
Texas
to
Augusta
Georgia
of
what
needs
little
Improvement.
What
needs
no
improvement,
because
a
lot
of
Interstate
14
uses
pre-existing
Interstate
or
highways
that
are
already
built
to
standards,
and
then
you
know,
as
you
can
only
as
you
see,
five
or
only
three
percent
of
the
entire
route
actually
needs
major
Improvement,
that's
constructing
an
entirely
new
segment
of
roadway
or
converting
a
two-lane
road
to
a
four-lane.
AC
If
we
look
at
Georgia,
the
numbers
very
positively
and
negatively
I
would
I
would
say,
80
of
the
road
needs
little
Improvement.
What
that
means
is
there's
four
lane
divided
highway
there.
Currently
that
doesn't
mean
there.
Doesn't
it
won't
be
any
imminent
domain
cost
that
doesn't
mean
there
won't
be
any.
AC
You
know
we'll
have
to
construction
that
has
to
be
done
on
this
road.
In
fact,
there
will
be
quite
a
lot.
I
don't
want
to
downplay
that.
But
if
you
look
just
quite
fortuitously,
we
are
so
far
ahead
of
any
other
state
because
of
decisions
of
our
state
government
and
our
local
communities
to
allow
this
highway
to
be
able
to
come
through
here.
AC
Let's
talk
about
Columbus,
specifically
and
and
the
Jr
Allen
Parkway
would
be
the
most
obvious
route,
and
that
is
what
the
current
legislation
says,
where
Interstate
14
will
come
through
Columbus
in
some
form
or
fashion
from
the
280
section
over
in
Alabama
all
the
way
till
about
the
end
of
Blackman
Road.
AC
What
I
want
to
say
here
is
that
we,
the
federal
highways
Administration,
has
said
that
this
segment
is
built
to
Interstate
standards.
Our
city
government
has
done
a
study
on
that
and
has
found
that
not
to
be
true
based
on
the
current
Interstate
standards.
There's
disagreement.
There's
some
ambiguity
here,
however,
my
this
is
Interstate
14
out
in
Texas.
It's
it's
a
very
similar
Community,
it's
a
very
similar
roadway
to
that
of
the
Jerry
Allen
Parkway
and
I.
AC
What
I'm
going
to
propose
at
the
end
of
this
presentation
is
that
we
follow
their
model
in
order
to
open
our
segment
of
Interstate
14..
This
is
my
my
friend
and
I,
who
works
with
me
on
the
I-14
project,
with
the
commissioner
or
the
director
of
the
Department
of
Transportation
out
in
Texas,
as
well
as
with
the
planning
director
for
the
Department.
AC
AC
What
the
director
said
verbatim
to
us
was
when
I-14
Texas
was
opened,
not
all
Interstate
standards
were
met
to
a
T.
The
federal
highways
Administration
allows
some
leeway
on
these
designated
groups.
That's
new
information
that
I
have
as
of
two
weeks
ago.
So
this
this.
The
timing
of
this
couldn't
have
been
more
perfect.
Now
we
have
a
study
again
that
says
that
Jerry
Allen
Parkway
does
not
meet
Interstate
standards
to
a
T.
AC
However,
what
we
know,
because
of
not
only
I-14
in
Texas
but
three
other
Interstate
designations
that
they
have
made
so
that
you
do
not
need
to
meet
that.
Texas
has
rolled
out
the
red
carpet
for
us
and
is
willing
to
help
the
Department
of
Transportation
director
here
has
been
has
reached
out
to
both
the
Alabama
commissioner,
as
well
as
Russell
McMurray,
the
Georgia
Department
of
Transportation
commissioner,
and
is
offering
their
assistance
helping
us
to
open
I-14,
starting
here
in
Columbus
along
the
J.R
Allen
Parkway
route.
Now,
so
how
do
we
get
there?
AC
AC
You
know,
and
then
the
federal
highways
Administration
will
coordinate
with
the
Department
of
Transportation
and
determine
whether
that
Interstate
meets
the
correct
standards
in
order
to
be
opened
as
interstate.
If
it
isn't,
of
course,
the
improvements
need
to
be
made,
and
then
you
go
through
the
process
again
the
funding
I'm
not
going
to
get
into
that,
because
that's
really
not
the
topic.
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
asking
for
money.
AC
Most
of
the
money,
though
just
so
you
know
and
short,
will
come
from
from
the
state
government
that
matriculates
from
the
federal
government,
but
it
has
to
be
come
from
gdot's
authorization,
although
there
is
room
for
money
to
be
requested
in
Grants
from
the
federal
government
and
local
funds
can
be
used.
AC
But
as
you
see,
the
arrows
are
smaller
coming
from
those
because
it
will
come
from
the
state
in
bulk,
but
our
action
steps
that
that
we're
going
to
use
going
forward
in
order
to
make
this
happen
is
send
the
Georgia
Department
of
Transportation
a
letter
requesting
that
they
petition
the
federal
highways
Administration
to
open
I-14
in
Columbus
and
that's
something
I've
already
coordinated
with
the
city
manager,
assistant
city
manager
about
and
it's
it's
very
doable.
AC
This
is
again
following
the
prescription
that
Texas
used
in
order
to
open
their
segment
just
want
to
make
sure
I'm
not
missing
anything.
I
I,
don't
want
to
give
the
false
impression
that
Jr
Allen
Parkway
is
is
going
to
be.
You
know,
Interstate
14,
ready
when
it
gets
up
to
the
federal
holidays,
Administration
I'm,
not
I'm.
Almost
a
lawyer
I'm.
Definitely
not
an
engineer.
I've
read
the
code.
AC
Yes,
it
does
not
meet
the
the
guidance
to
a
t,
but
you
sh
I,
have
a
letter
right
here
where
they
Killeen
Texas
got
their
approval
from
the
trans
department
of
transportation.
AC
I
have
the
letter
from
federal
highways
that
gave
them
that
authorization
and
I
have
the
93
page
technical
study
from
the
Texas
Department
of
Transportation
that
they
submitted
to
Federal
highways
to
have
it
open
and
in
reading.
Through
that
study,
they
were
not
even
close
to
some
of
the
standards,
and
yet
they
were
still
able
to
open
it.
AC
In
fact,
what
I
was
told
by
by
members
of
the
Texas
Department
of
Transportation
is
that
most
interstates
that
you
drive
on
today
do
not
meet
that
standard.
The
standards
have
gone
up
in
time
and
really
the
only
time
you
have
to
meet
it
to
a
T
is
when
you're,
you
do
not
have
the
Congressional
authorization
and
it
does
not
fit
a
part
of
this
Nexus
of
the
interstate
system
that
I-14
does
now
because
of
the
the
bill.
The
other
piece
of
this
is
to
begin.
Looking
at
expanding.
AC
You
know
I-14
to
the
other
areas.
Of
course,
one
of
our
problems
is
what
happens
after
Jr
Allen
Parkway.
Thankfully
the
the
legislation
we
passed.
We
were,
we
kept
that
in
mind
and
we
used
words
to
hedge,
the
exact
routing
of
the
the
future
roadway.
AC
In
order
to
allow
flexibility
for
areas
you
know
like
the
area
west
of
or
east
of
Columbus,
like
you
know,
towns
that
need
to
be
bypassed
along
the
falling
freeway
in
Georgia,
I
guess.
The
last
piece
of
this
would
be
also
that
planning
submits
CDs
requests
to
all
of
our
Congressional
Delegation
Warnock
is
a
vocal
supporter
of
I-14,
as
is
also
Sanford,
Bishop
Andrew
Ferguson.
They
should
be
willing
to
to
commit
These
funds.
I
was
meeting
with
warnock's
office
last
week
and
they
were
very
much
committed
to
this
project.
AC
It's
something
that
he
ran
on
and
and
in
hopes
to
you
know,
be
a
part
of
and
definitely
wants
his
his
name
on.
So
we
need
to
use
that
and
I-14
I
believe
we'll
start
with
this
community
I
gave
my
first
presentation
here:
the
Grassroots
movement,
4i,
14,
started
here
and
I
believe
that
we
need
to
have
that
first
segment
of
Interstate
14
and
while
it's
a
huge
project,
this
is
relatively
low
hanging
fruit
in
terms
of
economic
development
for
our
regions,
so
I
will
turn
it
over
to
the
city
manager.
AC
If
he
has
any
comments
but
I
think
getting
that
letter
out
will
be
our
first
step.
So
thank
you
so.
Y
So
you
would
at
some
point
today,
two
weeks
from
now
at
some
point
want
a
letter
of
from
from
this
body.
That's.
AC
Correct
so,
if
you
turn
to
the
last
two
pages
of
the
packet
that
I
provided
I
have
drafted
up
a
letter,
at
least
what
what
one
would
look
like,
that's
again,
entirely
plagiarizing
what
was
done
in
Texas
and
following
their
exact
prescription
of
how
they
were
able
to
open
up
Interstate
14.
that
will
come
from
the
Columbus,
see
that
the
petition
to
the
federal
highways
Administration
has
to
come
from
the
Department
of
Transportation.
AC
But
if
Columbus
wants
this,
they
need
to
be
the
the
body
asking
the
Department
of
Transportation
to
open
this
segment
up,
and
you
know
I
want
to
be
realistic.
Here
too
I
mean
Interstate.
14
is
not
going
to
open
overnight,
even
a
small
segment
of
it.
All
all
we're
trying
to
do
is
open
up
a
very
small
piece.
AC
If,
if
the
federal
highways
Administration
is
only
able
to
to
find
that
one
mile
of
Jr
Allen
Parkway
meets
Interstate
standards,
I
want
to
get
signs
on
that,
because
what
that
will
start
doing
is
is
showing
that
Interstate
14
is
coming
here.
It
will
make
the
Department
of
Transportation
wish
to
connect
the
dots
between
here
and
Texas,
and
the
root
development
will
absolutely
accelerate.
That's
why
Texas
has
a
vested
interest
in
opening
up
I-14
Columbus.
AC
That
is
why,
and
and
from
my
trip
out
to
Killeen
Texas,
where
I
got
to
drive
on
interstate
14.,
I.
M
AC
Yeah,
well,
we
only
have
25
miles
of
it.
Open
the
like
businesses
have
already
begun
investing
because
they
see
that
there's
about
to
be
a
much
larger
route
get
in
early
while
the
land's,
cheap
and
you
know
and
then
begin
your
operations
to
expand
them
as
the
route
gets
expanded.
So.
Y
Mayor
and
Council
here's
what
I
think
I'm
going
to
do
I'm
going
to
ask
staff
to
come
back
at
the
next
meeting
with
a
short
presentation
that
would
share
with
you
what
our
perspective
on
an
interstate
14.
Y
In
other
words,
are
there
Pros
or
their
cons
to
Interstate
14
in
terms
of
how
it
might
impact
the
areas
it
would
come
through
and
the
people
in
the
area
and
then
any
cost
that
the
government,
the
local
government
would
have
to
incur
if
we
commit
to
latter
moving
forward
and
the
approval
comes
and
then
what
a
the
letter?
Y
And
maybe
you
can
share
with
me-
sample
letters
from
Texas
or
wherever
what
a
letter
to
Georgia
DOT
might
look
like,
and
then
you
can
decide
whether
it's
something
a
letter
that
you
want
to
move
forward
with,
whether
it's
something
that
you
want
to
pursue
at
this
time
and
but
I
know
that
there
is
going
to
be
some
local
cost.
I
believe
deficit
manager,
and
you
need
to
know
what
that
cause
might
be.
Y
There
is
going
to
bring
more
people,
and
so,
but
as
best
we
can
the
pros
the
cons,
the
cost
and
what
a
sample
letter
might
look
like
is
what
I'd
like
to
bring
back
and
share
with
you
any
questions
of
Mr
Lumpkin
or
what
ingen
to
do
and
coming
back
to
you
to
determine
whether
the
letter
moves
forward
Council
crab.
G
Okay,
I
just
want
to
clarify
clarification.
We
have
already
voted
on
an
ordinance
that
we
support
the
I-14
project
and
we
want
to
see
it
move
forward.
Is
that
correct.
G
And
so
isn't
that
pretty
much
committing
us
to
that
to
this
project?
And
so
we
would
want
to
move
forward
with
a
letter.
G
I
do
want
to
see
the
breakdown
in
the
Pro
I
mean
I,
think
we
know
some
of
the
pros
and
cons
already
I
think
we
knew
it
when
we
did
that
resolution
and
I'd
like
to
see
the
I'd
like
to
see
what
the
local
buy-in
to
this
project
is,
but,
as
you
know,
I
think
we
should
do
whatever
we
need
to
do
in
order
to
move
this
forward,
because
if
we
keep
on
talking
about
the
poverty
rate
here
in
Columbus
and
I,
don't
think
that
I
think
this
is
a
key
element
to
reducing
the
poverty
rate
here
in
Columbus,
Georgia
yeah.
Y
And-
and
we
did,
this
council
did
do
the
the
resolution
and
support
and
and
and
I
I
want
to
be
clear.
I
like
the
I-14
we
missed
out
on
85
and
I.
Think
we
should
explore,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
do
so
with
our
eyes
open
in
terms
of
any
cost
and
whether
it's
going
to
take
away
from
something
else.
If
yeah
I
I
just
want
to
put
everything
on
the
table,
but
I
like
and
support.
Personally,
the.
B
I-14
but
well
and
I
think
the
I
think
the
resolutions
were
urging
continued
research
and
continued
dialogue
so
that
we
could
have
an
opportunity
to
engage
in
that
that
Corridor
for
me,
I
think
it's
a
generational
deal
is
to
say
it's
not
happening
overnight.
It's
probably
a
little
over
a
bit
of
an
understatement.
It's
going
to
take
quite
a
while,
but
every
day
that
we
wait
to
try
to
push
this
a
little
bit
farther
down
the
road.
B
It's
it's
costing
us
months,
yeah
and
but
I
do
think
you
have
to
look
at
the
impact
on
the
surrounding
neighborhoods,
because
if
you
take
I-14
you're
going
to
go
through
the
Panhandle
area,
so
you'd
have
to
be
creative.
AB
AC
To
make
clear
that
the
legislation
again
allows
lots
of
leeway
for
the
local
community
to
get
it
right.
We
don't
want
to
repeat
the
mistakes
of
the
past
where
these
interstates
went
through,
especially
the
marginalized
neighborhoods
and
communities
and
tour
communities
apart.
We
drafted
the
legislation
in
a
way
to
ensure
that
wouldn't
happen.
AC
The
voices
of
the
folks
on
the
Panhandle
you
know
in
the
Midland
Area
will
be
heard
and
that
that's
I'm
not
asking
that
we
we
we're
trying
to
do
anything
with
that
part
of
the
route
right
now
we
want
to
open
up
the
segment
that
is
already
is
as
close
to
standards
as
possible.
The
low
hanging
fruit,
in
my
opinion-
that's
probably
one
of
the
last
sections
of
Interstate
14.
AC
You
know,
and
that's
that's
why
we
have
that
14
on
the
pie,
graph,
that
you
saw
areas
that
will
need.
You
know
bypasses
that
that
would
be
one
of
those
areas
and
then
the
other
part
I
wanted
to
mention.
Do
you
touch
on
some
of
the
the
city
managers
concerns.
AC
Is
that
by
submitting
this
letter
that
this
won't
tie
us
to
anything,
this
isn't
any
commitment,
we're
just
asking
GDOT
to
ask
the
federal
highways
Administration
to
basically
come
down,
do
their
tests
on
the
Jr,
Allen
Parkway
and
determine
does
this
meet
that
criteria
and
there's
a
lot
of
push
there's
a
lot
of
back
and
forth,
of
which
we
can
implore
GDOT
to
argue
that
it
should
be
opened
even
if
it
doesn't
meet
those
standards
to
a
t.
C
AC
AC
You
know
time
that
we
could
make
the
decision
of
whether
we
want
to
put
the
money
going
forward.
This
is
simply
asking
them
to
come
down
and
do
the
study
so
I
don't
want
that
to
be
con.
You
know
confused
with
we.
The
city
is
going
to
spend
all
the
money
to
bring
Interstate
14
up
to
standards.
That's
the
furthest
thing
from.
What's
going
to
happen,
it
will
be
State
dollars
that
do
this,
and
it's
just
I
think
we're
we're.
Not
even
gonna
have
to
put
that
money
forward.
AC
Because
of
that
precedent
we
have
in
Texas
we're.
C
F
I,
I,
assume
and
I
know,
there's
a
danger
in
doing
that
that
the
newest
member
of
the
GDOT
board,
who
is
from
Columbus
Miss
Kathy
Williams,
is
in
support
of
this
absolutely
okay
and
I
think
that
we
we
need
to
do
whatever
we
can
to
keep
that
support
and
to
build
the
support
of
of
our
local
delegation,
because
they
will
be
asked
at
some
point
in
time
to
approve
all
of
this.
So
as
the
the
staff
Mr
city
manager
looks
into
that.
F
If,
if
that
kind
of,
if
the,
if
they
could
give
us
the
position
of
either
individual
members
of
our
delegation
or
the
entire
delegation
on
this
I
I,
just
can't
imagine
any
of
them
would
be
opposed,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
they
understand
that
we
as
a
city
council
like
this
idea
and
approve
this
idea
and
want
this
to
go
forward.
If,
if
you
could
bring
that
back
in
your
report,
back
to
us,
I
would
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AC
You
thank
you
for
your
comment.
Councilor
Thomas
I
just
want
to
touch
on
that.
That's
definitely
why
we
have
the
whole
the
entire
State
delegation,
carbon
copied
at
the
top,
as
well
as
Kathy,
Williams
and
Dennis
McIntyre.
AC
We
have
my
organization
has
met
with
all
of
them
in
some
form
of
fashion.
Back
in
2018,
the
delegation,
you
know,
passed
the
I-14
bill
through
the
House
of
Representatives
that
through
the
house
by
representative
Smith,
Richard
Smith
and
then
Ed
Harbison
carried
us
through
the
Senate,
and
we
have
the
support
from
the
state
in
that
fashion.
AC
I've
also
again
met
with
Kathy,
Williams
and
breacher
on
this,
and
she
is
going
to
do
anything
she
can
to
help
ensure
that
this
letter
is
seen
by
the
commissioner
and
is
is
directed
to
the
proper
departments
within
g-dot.
So
so
I,
don't
think
you're
going
to
have
any
problem
with
the
delegation.
If
you
do,
let
me
know
and
I'll
personally
reach
out.
AC
I've
I
was
having
lunch
with
Vance
Smith
the
other
day
and
with
his
experience
you
know
as
the
former
GDOT
commissioner,
we
we've
discussed
this
and
he
supports
it
thoroughly,
as
well
as
all
the
other
members
that
I've.
P
Thank
you,
mayor,
Mr
Lumpkin,
thanks
for
coming
today
and
I.
Don't
know
if
congratulations
is
in
order
or
best
wishes,
but
I
know
you're
about
to
finish
your
graduate
work.
Hopefully,
congratulations.
I.
Don't
doubt
the
way
you
put
on
this
presentation
that
that's
not
going
to
be
an
issue,
but
you've
you've
done
a
lot
of
work
over
the
past
many
years
that
I've
seen
you
you
know
I'm
watched
you
grow
and
then
here
you're
at
this
point,
I
really
appreciate
your
persistence.
But
let
me
I'm
going
to
ask
you
a
Texas
question.
P
Okay
and
I
know
the
younger
generation's
into
all
that
stuff,
but
you
know
ways.
There's
other
means,
and
things
like
that.
Have
you
done
any
research
on
that
to
find
out
just
the
time
the
routes
and
saving
time
I
mean
what
I-14
would
would
add
up
to
for
those
now
that
are
heading
in
that
direction,
that
the
possibly
take
another
route?
What
kind
of
time
you'd
save
absolutely.
P
AC
So
you
know
primarily
traffic.
That's
that
goes
east
west
has
to
take
I-10
and
I-20
through
the
the
southeast,
particularly
truck
traffic
from
the
Port
of
Savannah
I-14.
Would
you
know,
take
a
a
massive
portion,
you
know
10
to
20
percent
of
those
those
trucks
and
just
Travelers
off
the
roads
going
through
the
bottleneck
of
Atlanta
and
they
would
be
coming.
AC
You
know
via
I-14,
instead
spending
money
here
and
you
know
seeing
what
our
community
has
to
offer
for
travelers
I
mean
thing
on
where
they'll
come
that
could
save
anywhere
from
you
know,
30
minutes
to
to
hours.
I
don't
have
the
exact
number,
but
I
I
can
make
some
estimates
after
driving
the
the
route
plenty
of
times
and
sitting
in
traffic
in
Atlanta
right,
I'm.
P
A
city
manager
in
along
the
same
lines
as
your
conversation
earlier
we've
been
doing
a
tremendous
in
the
last
three
years
or
so
we've
been
doing
a
lot
of
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
on
on
the
bypass
I
mean
there
should
be
a
lot
of
stuff
on
record.
By
now
of
the
amount
of
work
that's
been
done,
that
could
help
and
save
time
and
possibly
contribute
to
what
Mr
Lumpkin
is
is
requesting
or
talking
about.
So,
let's
you
know,
like
I,
said
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
in
the
last
three
years.
Sure.
G
I'm
just
wondering,
since
this
letter
is
not
committing
us
to
anything,
what's
wrong
with
just
approving
that
we
send
out
the
letter
now
and
then
they
can
come
back
to
us
with
the
pros
and
cons
and
the
financing
and
and
all
of
that
just
to
keep
the
ball
rolling
and
moving
forward.
What
is
everybody's
thoughts
on
them?.
B
Well,
I,
don't
think
it
would
like
we
could.
We
could
do
that,
certainly,
and
do
like
we
did
with
the
previous
one,
which
was
approved
the
concept
of
having
them
evaluate
whether
or
not
it
meets
the
standards
but
I'm.
You
know
it
might
be
cleaner
and
easier
for
Council
to
have
all
the
information
that
comes
from
being
able
to
look
at
the
Texas
that
the
scope
of
work
that
they
did
and
putting
that
that
their
evidence
together.
B
We
don't
have
to
recreate
the
wheel
and
we'd,
be
able
to
look
and
see
if
we
already
have
some
components
that
match
what
they've
already
done,
which
would
make
it
much
that
we
could
cite
when
we
send
the
letter
to
make
it
a
or
same
as
that,
whatever
Council
wants
to
do,
I
think
it'll
get.
We
need
to
do
it.
It
just
depends
on
when,
when
we
need
to
send
it.
AC
With
it,
well,
you
got
to
remember
the
the
letter
came
from
the
Department
of
Transportation
and
went
to
the
federal
highways
Administration.
So
absolutely,
but
that's
that's
out
of
the
city's
wheelhouse.
We
don't
have
the
the
resources
and
Personnel
to
create
the
technical
report.
That's
required
to
go
to
the
federal
highways
Administration.
AC
All
all
the
letter,
I'm
asking
is
basically
get
the
ball
rolling
on
that
we're
going
to
request
that
GDOT
petition
the
federal
highways
Administration
along
with
the
con
accompanying
technical
report
and
that's
just
black
letter
law.
That's
that's
just
what
has
to
be
done
when
you
try
to
open
a
new
and
designate
a
section
of
Highway
and
and
so
I
mean
I
I.
Think.
C
AC
To
all
of
you
on
on
suggestion
there,
but
this
this
is
not
committing
the
city
of
Columbus
to
anything
other
than
sending
a
letter
to
GDOT
asking
them
to
send
another
letter,
as
well
as
a
technical
report.
Analysis
to
the
federal
highways
Administration.
G
B
Okay,
there's
a
motion:
we
get
a
few
other
comments.
One
is
City
attorney.
V
C
O
G
W
Well,
I
appreciate
the
the
interest
in
Expediting,
but
I
I
understand
the
urgency,
but
I
see
no
urgency
in
not
waiting
two
more
weeks
as
a
counselor
who's
District
part
of
this
road
will
go
through
I
think
it
would
I
have
heard
some
concerns
expressed
to
me.
So
I
think
it
would
behoove
counsel
to
hear
the
information.
That's
brought
back
from
the
city
manager.
It's
not
going
to
hurt
us
to
wait.
Two
more
weeks.
W
Can
you
boy
can
I
ask
one
more
question:
Mr
Lumpkin,
when,
when
the
the
roadway,
what
the
plan
for
the
roadway
when
it
goes
through
zero,
Island
Parkway,
then
out
Beaver
Run,
Highway
80..
Will
it
connect
with
75
or
cross
75,
or
does
it
go
straight
to
Macon?
Is
there
any
idea
for
it
to
turn
northward?
It
seems
like
there's
a
northward
Arc
in
it.
What
do
you
know
any
specifics
on
that.
AC
Well,
I
mean
I,
I
know
what
the
legislation
says,
which
I
have
right
here
and
you
know
currently
it
follows
the
fall
line,
freeway
generally
correct
and
so
the
fall
line
freeway
as
it
currently
stands
from
Byron
hops
on
75
16,
and
it
goes
out
Highway
80,
that's
where
that
Northern
Arc,
you
know
comes
in.
AC
I've
heard
plans
of
you
know
making
creating
a
South
bypass
of
which,
again
that
the
legislation
allows
flexibility
for
the
local
communities
to
do
what's
best
for
them
and
I've
heard
interest
in
using
that
South
bypass
making
just.
Y
So
miss
mayor
again,
I
I
think
this
is
a
great
project,
but
I
thought
this
discussion.
The
video
shared
today
will
be
able
to
will
rebroadcast
his
meeting
three
times
a
day
for
the
next
two
weeks
and
and
people
in
that
area
may
approach
him
through
your
district
will
get
to
watch.
This
council
meeting
maybe
hear
some
news
coverage
and
react
to
you
and
other
members
around
this
table,
especially
the
cdy
counselors
yeah.
It
gives
them
a
chance
to
react
to
If
an
interstate
comes
through
that
area.
Y
I,
don't
know
what
their
reaction
will
be,
but
then
it
gives
us
a
chance
to
really
look
at
Colleen
Texas
and
see
if
any
local
dollars
were
spent
and
and
if
our
situation
is
similar
in
any
way
that
would
require
local
dollars
and
if
local
dollars,
where
those
dollars
might
come
from
and
how
that
might
impact
other
projects
throughout
the
community.
If
we
spent
those
dollars
there,
but
I
do
I'm
with
Interstate
14
I,
just
there's
some
due
diligence.
Y
Y
W
I,
just
I
there's
an
old
expression
of
getting
out
in
front
of
your
skis
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
do
it
right
and
I'm
sure
Mr
Lumpkin
does
as
well.
Just
we
just
need
to
take
our
time
and
methodically
move
through
this
and
I.
Think
citizens
will
appreciate
that
if
it
looks
like
we're
rubber,
stamping
something
we're
going
to
get
heavily
criticized
and
I
I
just
want
us
to
take
our
time.
That's
all
I'm
asking
so
so.
Y
We'll
we'll
be
back
yeah.
Thank
you,
Miss
Lumpkin!
Thank
you,
sir.
You
started
in
high
school
and
now
you're
about
to
graduate
graduate
law,
school
college
and
then
law,
school
and
yeah.
He
he
was
on
the
youth
advisory
Council.
You
were.
He
started
on
the
youth
advisory,
Council
and
I.
Think
you
were
talking
about
Interstate
14,
then.
Y
Mayor
last
week
we
had
some
reports
that
came
out
late:
the
Animal
Care
Center
audit
findings,
staffing
issues
and
then
Integrated,
Waste,
update
and
and
so
we've
got
director
Darrell
short
here
and
she
got
her
list
is
for
three
updates
and
she
can
just
roll
them
one
two
three
and
but
we
wanted
to
share
those
things
with
you
today.
AD
Good
morning,
thank
you,
Mr
city
manager,
Mr
Mayor,
the
rest
of
the
council
good
morning
to
you
all,
actually
we're
going
to
roll
two
of
them
into
one.
That's
the
animal
control,
we'll
discuss
the
audit
findings
as
well
as
give
you
an
update
on
animal
control
and
where
we
are,
but
we're
going
to
start
the
day
by
talking
about
Integrated
Waste,
because
that
is
a
very
important
area
for
us.
It's
a
service
that
we
provide
to
our
entire
city
and
I've
got
the
Integrated
Waste
manager,
Mr
John
Pittman.
AE
AE
AE
The
finance
director
is
going
to
give
you
an
an
operational
and
phase
out
of
M
waste,
the
future
of
Integrated
Waste
collections,
we're
going
to
give
you
a
little
short
overview
of
that
and
then
the
transition
from
with
the
automated
side,
Lotus
yard
waste
collections
after
the
transition,
that's
what
it
would
look
like
and
then
at
the
end
we
have
some
recommendations
that
we
would
like
to
present
to
you
current
state.
Right
now.
AE
We
currently
have
26
garbage
routes
that
we're
posting
out
on
a
daily
basis.
We
have
about
650
homes
that
we
collect
for
each
vehicle
and
during
that
process
we
need
inmates
currently
right
now
we
need
60
inmates
on
a
daily
basis
for
household
garbage
and
and
recycling
right
now,
we're
getting
about
average
of
about
60
we
receive
52.
Excuse
me
52
that
we
receive
on
a
daily
basis.
Now
we
currently
have
56
CDL
operators.
AE
Right
now
we
got
eight
spare
operators
and
we
have
five
vacancies
right
now
that
we
are
actively
trying
to
fill
as
we
speak
on
our
own
call
service.
We
have
10
gravel
operators,
vehicles
that
we
put
out
on
a
daily
basis.
AE
We
have
12
recycling
routes
with
eight
automated
side,
loaders
that
we
put
out
and
four
rear
Lotus
since
covet.
We
had
to
add
for
rail
loaders.
In
order
to
be
able
to
service
the
recycling
routes,
we
got
a
data
total
of
48
routes
that
we
put
out
on
a
daily
basis
to
serve
the
citizens
of
Columbus.
That's
what
we're
currently
looking
at
right
now,
that's
how
we
look
on
a
daily
basis
right
now,
option,
one
that
we
have
in
place
continue
to
do
what
we're
doing.
Now.
AE
We
have
48
routes,
not
including
container
yard
waste,
which
is
amways.
We
asked
that
to
continue
to
fund
amways
through
December
of
2023.
That's
something
that
we
need.
We
know
it's
not
sustainable,
but
that
would
allow
us
time
to
make
that
transition
to
phase
out
the
yard
waste
the
automated
routes
into
the
real
loaders
phase
that
out.
That
will
give
us
that
time
we
would
need
a
minimum
of
five
asls
expected
to
be
delivered
in
the
month
of
July.
AE
That's
that's
what
we're
expecting
right
now
in
order
to
be
successful,
the
new
side
loaders
come
in.
They
will
be
assigned
to
household
garbage
household
reload
of
garbage
the
real
loaders.
They
will
be
diverted
to
the
yard
waste
program,
we'll
be
preparing
to
collect,
to
bring
the
yard
waste
back
into
in-house.
AE
This
increase
in
the
asls
and
the
version
of
the
railroad
yard
waste
will
allow
us
to
continue
to
provide
that
current
service
level
that,
where
we're
at
now
option
two
phase,
I
am
waste
by
September
of
2023..
This
is
a
90-day
plan.
If
your
first
phase
out
will
begin
in
July,
it
would
impact
21,
500
customers,
phase
two
August
impact,
another
21
000
customers.
AE
That's
five
routes
on
each
month,
five
month,
routes
that
we
will
transition
out
the
rail
loader
and
implement
the
automated
side
loaders
and
the
final
phase
out.
We
have
four
rear
loaders
that
we
will
be
phasing
out,
and
that
would
be
the
last
of
the
phase
out
the
17
000
customers
that
we
have
and
that
would
complete
the
phase
out.
You
know
within
90
days,
assuming
we
received
asls
by
July.
AE
AE
Operational
cost
savings
the
cost
to
operate
a
real
loader
refuse
truck
is
about
2.5
million
dollars
on
an
annual
basis
and
that's
26
railroads
that
we
have
the
cost
to
operate.
16
automated
side
loaders
is
about
1.7
million
dollars.
With
the
integration
of
the
asls,
we'll
be
putting
out
16
asls
versus
26
rail
loaders.
There's
an
estimated
cost
savings
there
of
about
743
000..
It
cost
a
little
bit
more
to
operate
ESL,
but
we're
putting
out
less
Vehicles,
so
Airways
operational
costs.
To
date,
the
finance
director
is
gonna.
AA
So
just
recap:
in
terms
of
the
cost
today
that
we've
paid
to
amways
there
are
amways
began
services
for
us
on
June
21st
of
2021.
The
initial
agreement
with
Ann
ways
was
to
cover
five
routes,
and
they
the
cost
for
each
route
per
month,
was
29
630
dollars.
AA
That
was
short-lived
in
terms
of
the
initial
five
routes,
because
we
asked
them
to
pick
up
another
five
routes
in
August
of
2021
and
so
from
August
2021
to
July
22,
the
amways
provided
services
for
us
for
10
routes
still
at
the
same
price
per
route
of
29
630,
and
then
we
amended
the
agreement
again
with
and
waste.
This
was
August
of
2002,
in
which
we
asked
them
to
pick
up
all
routes,
so
all
14
routes
they
did
increase
the
cost
to
that.
AA
In
order
to
provide
that
service,
it
went
up
to
31
400
per
route
per
month.
They
also
included
in
part
of
that
agreement,
fuel
surcharges,
so
the
amount
that
we've
paid
to
amways
to
date
is
just
over
7.7
million
dollars.
That
number
does
include
the
fuel
surcharges
of
215
000
that
we've
paid
out
to
them
and
basically
in
terms
of
the
fuel
surcharges,
if
the
price
for
fuel
exceeds
400
4.65
per
gallon,
in
accordance
with
reports
that
are
put
out
by
the
department
of
energy,
then
amways
they
do
tack
on
that
fuel
surcharge.
AA
AA
and
so
what's
included
in
the
fy24
proposed
budget
for
the
Integrated
Waste
fund
is
the
phase
out
I
know
Mr
Pittman
referenced
that
wasn't
favorable,
but
that
is
what's
included
in
the
budget.
September
phase
out
that
comes
at
a
cost
of
847
800
again
that
does
now
that
cost
does
not
include
any
fuel
surcharges.
So
if
the
price
of
fuel
goes
back
up
to
where
it
exceeds
the
4.65
threshold,
we
will
have
to
take
into
consideration
those
few
charges.
I
mean
it
also
does
not
include
any
base
rate
changes.
AA
One
of
the
things
that
was
part
of
the
negotiation
and
I
imagine
will
still
be
part
of
the
negotiation
with
amways
is
an
increase
to
the
base
rate
based
on
the
CPI
one
of
the
proposals,
I
guess
I
should
say
as
part
of
the
negotiation
was
that
we
would
see
a
base
rate
increase,
possibly
of
five
percent
based
on
CPI,
but
that
is
still
we're
still
talking
about
that.
AA
So
not
including
fuel
surcharges
or
any
base
rate
increases.
What
that
means
for
July.
They
would
still
maintain
all
14
routes
that
monthly
cost
being
439
600,
and
then
we
would
reduce
it
down
on
five
routes
to
where
they'd
only
cover
nine
routes
in
August
at
two
hundred
eighty
two
thousand
and
then
in
September.
They
would
cover
four
routes.
We
would
cover
10
at
a
cost
of
125
000
I'm
600.
AA
Now,
if
we
implement
the
or
I
should
say
proceed
with
the
September
phase
out,
obviously
we'll
have
a
cost
avoidance
of
just
over
thirty
one
thousand
per
route
per
month
for
every
month
that
we,
you
know
no
longer
pan
amways
and
are
doing
it
in-house,
but
extended
Airway
Services
through
December
of
2023
file.
14
routes
would
require
an
additional
one
point:
seven,
almost
1.8
million
dollars
in
additional
funding
and
again
that
does
not
include
any
fuel
surcharges
or
any
base
rate
increases.
AA
AA
Y
Y
I
mean
they're
there
to
pick
it
up
and
we
are
doing
great
with
amway's
support,
and
so
they
they
they're
doing
great
work
and
and
I
think
we
are
at
a
a
point
that
we
are
providing
the
level
of
service
quality
of
service
that
citizens
expect
I
wanted
them
to
share
these
numbers,
because,
while
M
ways
is
doing
a
good
job,
we
can't
sustain
paying
them
what
we're
paying
them.
We
just
can't
and
so
I
look
forward
to
getting
the
automated
vehicles.
Y
That
we
will
take
inmates
off
the
back
of
trucks
and
we'll
use
fewer
trucks
and
we
can
be
more
efficient
and
do
what
we
need
to
do
and
I
think
those
trucks
as
you'll
he
or
have
heard,
will
start
to
come
in
July,
August,
September
time
frame
and
I.
Think
staff
has
recommended
that
we
use
the
option
that
allows
us
to
continue
to
use
amways
through
December,
which
I
support
and,
and
that's
my
preference
I'd
like
to
keep
them
Beyond
December.
Y
We
just
can't
sustain
them,
and
so
we've
got
to
have
a
plan
and
exit
plan
that
we
get
to
a
point
that
we
can
measure
up
in-house
and
and
we
can,
we
can
get
our
costs
back
down,
pre-covet
and
before
M
waste.
And
so
that's
our
challenge.
We,
you
know
M
Way's,
great
work,
they've
put
us
in
a
good
position.
We
just
cannot
sustain
them
going
forward,
and-
and
so
you
need
to
hear
that.
AE
Our
future
going
forward
for
Integrated
Waste.
We
want
to
be
a
full
service
operation.
With
that
you
know
it
brings.
Improvements
comes
with
collections,
residential
collection
for
the
future.
We
want
to
amend
the
ordinance
to
maximize
automation
within
our
program,
implementation
of
the
one
cart
system,
which
is
the
black
cart
that
we
have
out
there
currently
right.
Now.
We
want
everything
to
to
be
put
in
one
cart.
Everything
must
be
in
one
cart
and
the
cart
that
is
issued
by
the
city.
The
city
city
issue
card.
AE
Excuse
me
no
bags
piles.
None
of
the
city
issue
containers
will
be
collected
with
the
newest
ASL
system.
Everything
has
to
be
containerized.
Everything
has
to
go
inside
additional
cut
fee
to
be
considered
with
upcoming
race
study.
AE
The
on-call
bulk
collection
system
is
already
been
implemented
and
we
continue
to
to
advance
it
with
that.
The
vehicle
identification,
the
blue
and
the
white.
We
got
the
blue
side
loader.
That
represents
the
the
household
garbage
and
we
got
the
white
which
represents
the
recycling.
I
know
it's
a
little
backwards,
but
it's
because
that
the
trucks
were
already
ordered
with
the
blue,
so
we
just
wanted
to
try
to
make
a
day
determination
of
recycling
and
household
garbage.
AE
It
would
cost
a
fortune
to
try
to
flip
them
back
and
forth.
We
know
that
blue
is
the
international
cover
for
recite
I
mean
International
color
for
recycling
all
levels
of
service.
You
know
we
want
to
implement
that.
We
want
to
put
it
all
on
the
same
day,
which
is
household
garbage,
Recycling
yard,
waste
and
bulk.
That
is
a
proposal
that
we
would
like
to
implement
into
our
program.
F
Item
B
3B
on
there
you
say
implementing
the
one
cart
system.
I
think
we
need
to
be
very
clear
that
that's
one
cart
for
household
waste
and
one
cart
for.
AE
P
Thanks
mayor
I
in
looking
at
this
I,
you
know
I
really
would
like
us
to
take
our
time
on
here
and
just
make
sure
that
we've
got
absolutes
in
place.
I
I
do
agree
that
we
need
to
go
ahead
and
finish
out
through
the
year,
because
you've
got
some
you've
got
the
spring.
Now
that's
starting
you've
got
a
lot
of.
You
got
a
lot
of
people
doing
a
tremendous
amount
of
yard
work
now,
so
you
know
it's
it's
the
the
the
High
Time
of
the
Season.
P
You
know
we
we
see
a
lot
of
Revenue.
We
see
a
lot
of
expenditures
and
costs
and
then
you
know
there's
additional
fees
involved
here.
There's
some
there's
some
stuff,
that's
not
really
defined.
When
I
look
at
this
and
I
I
still
have
a
number
of
questions
that
that
I
want
to
ask
about
this
hybrids
type
setup
that
that
we
got
I,
I
I,
don't
know.
P
If
now
is
the
time
to
talk
about
it,
but
I
I
do
want
to
present
something
to
council
when
we
go
through
our
budget
hearings
here
soon.
That
would
probably
put
this
a
little
more
under
a
microscope.
So
we
can
get
a
real
close
look
at
it,
because
we
do
need
to
understand
it
a
little
bit
better
and
what
what
all
are
the
options
that
are
that
are
out
there
I.
P
You
know
that
when
I
look
at
this
I'm
a
little
concerned
about
all
the
cost,
there's
a
lot
of
hidden
costs
here
that
we're
not
talking
about
that's
going
to
be
passed
on
to
the
consumer
or
the
citizens
and
I'm
really
concerned
about
that
and
I.
Just
think
that
on
being
under
a
microscope
with
a
little
more
detail,
would
give
us
a
better
idea
of
how
to
move
forward
into
the
future
and
that
that
that
would
be
the
right
thing
to
do.
There's
nothing
wrong
with
doing
that.
P
But
I'll
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
further
a
little
later
in
during
our
budget
here
in.
AB
AB
That
sounds
like
per
truck
so
like
what
is
that
in
the
Aggregate
and
then
we're
adding
some
additional
fees,
but
then
we're
also
adding
the
the
commercial
collections
so
between
all
those
different
numbers
like
how
do
those
all
add
up
like
I,
I
I,
don't
understand
how
to
put
that
together,
and
maybe
that
comes
later,
because
I
didn't
realize
I'm
new,
but
just
some
kind
of
table
that
shows
all
the
additions,
all
the
additional
Revenue,
all
the
additional
expenses.
And
so
we
can
see
the
net
change
in
the
long
term.
B
AB
AE
Well
again,
a
vehicle
recognition
for
the
household
garbage,
that's
what
it
would
look
like.
The
blue
vehicle
would
represent
household
waste.
The
white
represents
a
recycling
commercial
collection.
This
is
something
that
we
want
to
add
to
our
our
operation
going
forward
sometime
in
the
future,
the
fleet
additions,
we
want
to
add
front
loaders
and
we
want
to
add
roll-offs
to
our
operation
to
be
able
to
provide.
You
know
some
service
for
the
Uptown
special
events,
evictions
and
all
those
other
things
that
we're
not
able
to
service
right
now.
AE
So
we
just
want
to
add
this
and
be
a
full
service
operation
within
the
city
itself.
Here's
a
picture
of.
AE
Here's
a
picture
of
a
roll
off
the
top
left
in
the
middle
is
a
front.
Loader
is
another
vehicle
that
we
want
to
add
to
our
Fleet
the
roll
off.
It
picks
up
the
open
top
containers,
which
is
30
yard
down
below
left
hand
side
at
the
top
right.
There's
a
30
yard.
AE
Compactor
is
a
compactors
service
that
we
want
to
be
able
to
provide
to
the
downtown
area
and
some
of
the
internal
businesses
that
we
have
within
the
the
city
itself
and
also
the
front
loader,
which
is
centered
in
the
middle,
provides
service
for
a
commercial
two
yard,
dumpster
four
yard,
dumpster,
six
yard
dumps
or
eight
yard
dumpster,
and
your
picture
here
you
have
a
full
yard
front,
end
load
of
Cam
at
the
bottom
right.
AE
A
30-yard
compactor
we
would
like
to
be
able
to
use
downtown
for
the
new
facility
that
we
have
downtown
the
new
city
building.
We
can
actually
put
that
down
in
the
garage
area
and
we
will
have
that
pulled
on
a
weekly
basis,
we'll
be
able
to
load
it.
AE
AE
We
want
to
use
them
at
the
special
events
and
some
of
the
other
locations
that
we
have
internally.
AE
H
Just
for
me,
I
would
like
to
have
you
send
that
to
me,
like
you
did
last
time,
drill
I
appreciate
it.
Are
we
getting
this
out
to
the
citizens,
so
the
citizens
have
some
feed,
get
some
kind
of
feedback.
Y
You're,
getting
it
first
you're
getting
it
first:
okay,.
H
Y
Yeah,
okay,
yeah
I-
think
you
know
he's
talking,
obviously
talking
about
in
the
future.
What
they'd
like
to
do,
and
so
yes,
citizens
would
need
to.
We
need
to
share
this
with
them
and
get
their
feedback.
Yes,.
B
AE
AE
An
overview
of
what
it
all
would
look
like
once
we
make
the
transition
that
we
Implement
the
ass
within
to
the
system
and
we
phase
out
and
waste
16
automated
side
loaders.
We
will
be
using
for
household
waste
right
now.
We
currently
use
26
rear
loaders
for
garbage
11,
automated
side
loads
for
the
Greenways
that
we're
going
to
implement
six
rear
loaders
for
green
waste
and
junk
waste,
10
automated
side
loaders
for
recycling,
10
gravels
for
the
bulk
waste.
AE
That's
a
daily
total
number
of
53
routes
that
we
will
currently
be
putting
out
in
the
future.
Pre-Covet.
As
you
can
see
waste
collection.
You
know
we
had
a
total
of
six
or
two
routes
that
we
put
out
there.
So
there
is
a
reduction
in
in
our
routes,
and
that
creates
a
little
bit
of
efficiency
within
our
operation.
AE
Recommendations
maintain
am
Waste
Service
through
December
2023,
something
that
we
need
in
order
to
continue
to
make
this
transition
as
smooth
as
possible
phase
out
Amway
Services
by
reducing
the
number
of
routes
they
handle
monthly.
AE
So
we
we
said
that
five,
five
and
four
the
14
routes
that
they
have
and
that's
how
we
will
phase
them
out,
approve
the
addition
of
Civilian
workers
to
handle
the
collection
of
own
all
the
railroaders
in
preparation,
providing
yard
waste
collection,
immediate
Improvement
to
customer
service
and
employee
morale
by
changing
collection
days,
we're
proposing
to
change
the
collection
days
from
Monday
Tuesday,
Thursday
Friday
to
Monday
Tuesday,
Wednesday
and
Thursday,
with
Friday
being
off
day.
That
would
allow
us
to
be.
AE
You
know,
to
enhance
our
maintenance,
our
training
that
will
also
build
our
morale.
You
know
having
those
consecutive
days
off,
you
know
it
was
set
up
and
designed
in
the
past,
but
Monday
and
Tuesday
and
we'll
be
off
on
Wednesday.
That's
when
we
had
a
manual
operation.
That's
when
we
needed
a
break.
You
know
we
were
picking
up
garbage
manually
and
that's
how
that
was
implemented.
AE
But
now
we
are
fully
automated,
so
the
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday,
is
what
is
being
recommended
finalize
the
cost
all
collection
service,
collected
on
the
same
day
as
I
said
earlier,
yard
waste
recycling
bulk
garbage
all
on
the
same
day.
We
think
that
creates
a
lot
of
efficiency
within
the
program.
You
don't
have
to
try
to
figure
out.
Well,
what
day
does
my
garbage
go?
What
day
does
my
recycling
go
now
you
will
know
exactly
what
day
it
is.
Everything
will
go
on
your
garbage
day
and
then.
AE
Finally,
we
we
have
started
an
aggressive
educational
program.
We
reached
out
to
the
TV
stations,
radio,
social
media.
We
are
working
with
with
our
internal
staff
to
to
be
able
to
get
the
word
out
going
forward.
AE
AD
Continue
with
Public
Works,
the
next
presentation
we're
going
to
provide
for
you
this
morning
is
on
animal
care
and
control,
but
before
I
start
that
I
wanted
to
introduce
you
to
the
new
animal
care
and
control
division
manager
with
Anita
Hartnett
Johnson,
and
just
to
give
you
some
background
on
Ms
Johnson.
She
is
a
native
of
Columbus
and
is
currently
serves
as
a
division
manager
for
animal
care
and
control.
She
holds
a
master's
degree
in
organizational
leadership
and
a
certificate
in
human
resource
management
from
Columbus
State
University.
AD
She
also
holds
a
masters
of
Business
Administration
and
a
bachelor's
in
business
in
business
management
from
the
University
of
Phoenix.
She
has
served
two
Fortune
500
companies
bringing
20
years
of
leadership
and
experience
in
operations,
management,
customer
relations
and
training
and
development
as
a
new
division
manager
for
animal
care
and
control.
I
just
feel
very
excited
very
hopeful
that
she
is
little
in
stature,
but
she
is
a
punch
to
deal
with,
and
so
she
has
just
already
taken
animal
care
and
control
and
kind
of
starting
to
learn.
AD
It
and
she's
had
to
handle
some
very
challenging
issues
that
have
come
up
within
the
last
few
weeks,
things
that
we've
never
seen
in
animal
control
before
so
I'm
going
to
turn
the
mic
over
to
her
and
allow
her
to
give
you
her
update,
the
update
will
consist
of
what
we've
been
doing
her
vision,
as
well
as
the
audit
that
was
performed
on
animal
care
and
control
a
few
months
ago.
She
will
be
given
some
of
the
some
feedback
regarding
that
and
recommendations
as
well
Anita.
Thank
you.
AF
Good
afternoon
or
well
good
morning
still
thank
you
so
much
Joe
for
the
introduction
and
thank
you
all
for
having
me
I'll
jump
right
into
it,
because
I
know
it's
been
quite
a
day,
so
the
agenda
for
today
we
will
focus
on
the
introduction
more
about
the
audit
that
was
conducted.
We'll
also
look
at
the
recommendations
that
were
made
by
the
auditor
that
came
in
and
performed
the
audit.
AF
So
an
audit
for
animal
care
and
control
was
requested
by
former
city
former
counselor
John
house,
and
it
was
approved
on
August
9th.
The
audit
actually
took
place,
August
15
2022
and
concluded
on
January
10
2023.,
the
scope
of
that
audit
actually
included
the
following
aspects:
field
operations,
the
front
desk
operations,
shelter
operations,
She
interviewed,
The,
Advisory,
Board
and
then,
of
course,
the
division
manager
role
field
operations
actually
consists
of
the
Animal
Control
Officers,
which
I
consider
my
field
facing
individuals.
AF
AF
The
reason
why
those
changes
were
made
from
the
normal
hours
of
eight
to
five
was
because
we
were
short
staffed
and
that's
what
you're
seeing
here.
The
findings
of
the
auditor
at
that
time
showed
a
decline
in
our
staff
and,
as
it
been
as
it
has
been
mentioned
throughout
the
day,
covet
was
a
major
impact.
We
had
several
individuals
who
suffered
with
covet.
In
addition
to
my
understanding,
there
was
a
concern,
or
there
was
some
talk
of
animal
care
and
control
no
longer
being
part
of
the
city
of
Columbus.
AF
They
were
looking
for
other
venues
and
with
that
communication,
most
of
our
Animal
Control
Officers
and
other
staff
members
began
to
seek
other
employment.
So
from
a
perspective
of
fully
staff,
special
enforcement
supervisor
or
our
field
officers,
our
Animal
Control
one
and
two
that
would
be
a
fully
staffed
of
members
of
10..
By
the
time
2022
rolled
around,
we
had
a
half
that
staff
of
five.
AF
Office
interim
division
manager
that
office
of
course
consisted
of
a
division
manager,
the
administrative
coordinator
and
a
veterinarian,
fully
staffed.
That
is
one
each
with
a
total
of
three
in
2022.
We
only
had
one
and
I
also
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
share
that
that
one
person
served
as
the
interim
division
manager,
as
well
as
her
duties
as
the
administrative
coordinator.
AF
Shelter
operations
now
the
shelter
operations
are
the
people
that
actually
maintain
the
shelter
all
incoming
animals
coming
in,
as
well
as
maintaining
the
ones
that
are
there,
that
is
their
sole
responsibility
and
I
wanted
to
share
the
actual
capacity
levels
of
the
shelter
we
have
40
regular
runs
for
dogs
and
those
dogs
are
the
ones
that
are
both
adoptable
and
waiting
on.
A
five-day
hold.
AF
Six
runs
are
for
quarantine,
meaning
animals
that
have
come
in
because
they
have
bitten.
Someone
six
runs
are
for
our
dogs
in
isolation,
most
of
those
animals.
They
are
something
that's
wrong
with
them.
They
need
medical
attention
and
then
there
are
six
runs
in
holding
and
those
house
are
recently
impounded
animals
for
a
total
capacity
of
58..
AF
Now,
I
also
like
to
share
with
you
with
our
shelter
operations,
we
do
have
a
minimum
of
25
kittens
or
cats
that
we
can
hold.
We
do
have
a
cat
quarantine
as
well
and
a
puppy
room
in
that
we
also
have
a
volunteer
coordinator,
and
that
coordinator
is
responsible
for
all
aspects
related
to
volunteering,
donating
their
time
getting
volunteers
to
come
in
and
also
any
of
our
adoption.
Events
they
handle
those.
AF
Based
on
all
of
that,
the
recommendations
made
by
the
auditor
since
that
completion,
we
have
hired
four
new
Animal
Control
Officers,
so
where
we
were
sitting
at
a
number
of
five
now
we
are
at
a
number
of
seven
and
we
are
in
the
process
of
hiring
two
more,
so
we
will
be
at
full
staff.
By
the
end
of
the
month,
we
have
hired
a
maintenance
worker,
as
well
as
proposing
the
new
budget
for
another
one.
AF
One
of
the
changes
that
we
made
in
me
in
the
in
this
month
of
May
was
we
were
able
to
change
our
hours
of
operation
from
12
to
5,
PM
Monday
through
Friday
or
Monday
through
Saturday,
and
we've
gone
back
to
the
original
hours
of
10
a.m,
to
5
PM
Monday
through
Saturday.
So
we've
added
an
additional
two
hours
back
to
our
offers
operational
hours.
AF
And
this
is
just
the
Staffing
that
I
mentioned
with
our
officers.
We
have
eight
and
our
shelter
staff
is
fully
staffed
as
well.
Now
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
share
this.
We
have
a
shelter
manager
that
has
been
there
for
or
been
with
us
for
over
30
years
37
years
and
she
will
be
retiring,
March
2023..
So
we
are
in
the
process
of
looking
for
someone
to
come
in
and
take
over
her
position
when
she
gets
ready
to
retire
now.
AF
I
want
to
do
that
more
sooner
than
later,
because
I
want
that
person.
We
bring
in
to
have
the
opportunity
to
work
with
her
and
learn
some
of
the
things
that
she
does
on
a
daily
basis.
More
importantly,
finding
someone
with
the
skill
set
that
she
has,
which
is
medical
involved,
will
be
quite
difficult,
so
I
want
her
to
have
that
opportunity
to
speak
with
that
person
and
work
with
them
for
a
while
before
she
retires.
AF
Now,
in
the
previous
council
meeting,
we
did
have
someone
to
come
to
speak
about
tethering
and
I
will
share
that
with
you,
but
I
wanted
to
share
what
we've
done
with
the
help
of
The
Advisory
Board,
a
review
of
the
21,
2021
and
22
board
minutes
were
found.
Success
found
these
following
successes:
the
introduction
of
the
CBR,
the
community-based
instruction
group
from
Muskogee
County
School
District,
that's
actually,
a
partnership.
AF
AF
We
had
a
donation
of
500
microchips,
we
received
250
to
date,
we've
not
received
the
other,
but
to
my
understanding
the
person
that
was
working
with
us
on
that
is
no
longer
in
service,
and
so
we're
still
waiting
to
see
what
they
will
be
able
to
do,
and
that
was
policy
made
joint
efforts
with
Paul's
helping
consult
owners
about
alternatives
to
surrendering
their
pets.
So
on
Tuesday
and
Thursdays,
we
have
pet
surrendering
day
where
our
citizens,
in
Columbus,
for
whatever
reasons,
are
surrendering
their
animals.
AF
Well,
what
we
have
is
a
person
that
is
with
us
that
works
with
those
individuals,
because
they
have
to
schedule
that
time
with
us
and
what
that
person
does.
Is
she
works
with
those
individuals
to
find
alternate
ways
for
them
to
place
their
animals
as
opposed
to
bring
them
to
Animal,
Care
and
Control,
and
it's
been
very
successful
board
meeting
discussions
regarding
the
tethering
ordinance.
AF
Now
that
was
what
I
mentioned
briefly,
we
did
have
a
person,
as
I
mentioned
last
week,
to
come
in
and
talk
about,
tethering
ordinance
that
we
have,
and
she
mentioned
that
it
was
ambiguous
and
it's
verbiage.
Well,
we
actually
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
with
the
board
or
the
board
meet
to
discuss
the
tethering
ordinance.
The
discussion
was
to
change
the
verbiage
of
the
ordinance
and
it
was
actually
voted
on
twice.
AF
It
was
decision
both
times
to
lead
the
ordinance
as
it
was
written,
and
it
was
most
in
part
due
to
Dr
McDermott,
who
is
currently
a
sitting
board
member
as
well
as
a
practicing
veterinarian
here
in
Columbus
Georgia,
and
you
probably
can't
read
it
so
I'll
read
it
for
you
and
just
to
give
you
some
premise.
He
was
unable
to
meet
the
day
that
the
vote
was
being
taken,
and
so
he
sent
an
email
to
the
interim
division
manager
at
that
time,
and
this
is
what
he
stated
and
I
quote.
AF
After
reviewing
the
call
logs,
you
provided
and
I
must
be
honest.
They
were
quite
long
and
I
started
to
skim
through,
rather
than
read
it
in
detail.
It
came
to
it.
It
can
be
concluded
that
animal
control
is
taxed
with
calls.
The
bulk
of
calls
are
about
animals
improperly
chained,
tether,
their
animals
without
adequate
food
and
water
and
animals
being
left
unattended
for
prolonged
periods
of
time
on
a
trolley
system
or
being
left
on
a
system
without
proper
shelter
or
nutrition.
Nutrition
were
not
a
concern
as
the
law
stands
now
all
animals
are
considered
property.
AF
The
animal
control
advisory
boards,
roll
sole
obligation
is
to
ensure
that
pets
are
not
suffering
from
neglect
and
any
proposed
ordinance
changes
must
Focus
exclusively
on
that
obligation.
We
are
not
a
governing
body
that
has
latitude
to
decide
who
should
own
a
pet.
Nor
can
we
push
to
remove
the
right
of
others
to
own
Animals
by
proposing
ordinance
changes
that
do
not
fall
under
our
guidelines.
AF
The
existing
ordinance
section
5-2.5-7.2
on
restraint
is
clear
and
concise.
Any
addition
to
the
ordinance
that
would
require
direct
supervision
would
be
an
overreach
by
the
board.
Please
accept
this
as
my
proxy
vote
against
any
such
proposed
ordinance
as
much
as
I
and
many
other
board
members
members
would
like
to
see.
Every
dog
live
in
a
house
with
HVAC
and
a
fenced-in
yard.
AF
Animal
Care
control
statistics,
as
it
stands
right
now
and
these
this
is.
These
statistics
are,
for
the
period
beginning,
January,
1st
2023,
through
March
31st
2023..
Our
total
intake
and
impoundments
are
as
follows:
January
274.,
February,
308,
March
307
for
a
total
of
889..
Now
I
do
not
have
April
numbers
specifically,
but
I
can
tell
you
that
the
number
has
increased
and
that
is
in
part
to
the
fact
that
we
do
have
more
people
on
the
streets.
AF
We
have
eight
officers
that
are
now
patrolling
and
we're
able
to
get
to
calls
prior
to
my
arrival.
We
were
not
getting
to
all
the
calls
that
we
were
receiving
at
best.
We
were
getting
to
about
60
percent.
AF
I
can
tell
you
now
that
we
get
to
a
hundred
percent
every
day,
animal
care
and
control
statistics
as
of
January
February
and
March,
with
our
adoptions
we've
had
in
January
18
dogs
adopted
with
nine
cats,
February
34
adoptions
with
nine
cats
and
then
with
March
26
adoptions
with
two
cats
and
I
can
add
to
there
being
an
increased
number
for
April
and
the
reason.
AF
Placement
with
rescue
partners
that
are
as
follows:
animal
arc
animal,
SOS
and
Paul's
Humane
are
our
three
of
our
main
rescue
Partners,
although
there
are
others
but
they're,
the
ones
that
we
have
the
most
intake
with
and
so
animal
art
for
January
had
47
dogs
that
they
rescued
from
us
in
one
cat,
animal
SOS,
31
with
zero
cats
and
then
posit
Maine
with
the
most
with
54
dogs
and
13
cats,
for
a
total
of
132
dogs
and
14
cats.
AF
For
the
month
for
February,
the
same
118
dogs
were
rescued
in
32
cats,
from
both
for
all
three
of
the
rescues
and
then
of
March
83
dogs
rescued
in
16..
Now
this
is
a
month.
The
next
couple
of
months
is
a
very
high
period
where
we
have
a
lot
of
animals
coming
in
and
so
most
of
the
time
it
is
very
hard
to
get
those
animals
rescued,
because
there
are
so
many,
but
we
are
working
diligently
on
finding
ways
to
to
mitigate
that.
AF
One
of
the
questions
that
I
get
often
in
my
short
tenure
here
is:
why
do
we
euthanize
as
many
as
we
have
in
the
last
couple
of
months
and
the
the
simple
answer?
Is
we've
been
able
to
take
in
more
because
I
have
more
people
on
the
streets
were
able
to
bring
in
more
animals
into
the
shelter
and
unfortunately,
we
can't
find
homes
for
all
of
them.
However,
we
do
remain
under
the
national
average
to
remain
a
no-kill
shelter
for
the
months
of
January,
February
and
March.
We
were
under
the
10
percent.
AF
Dispatchers
in
the
front,
I've
also
worked
in
the
back,
so
every
aspect
of
the
shelter
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
work
in
one
of
the
things
that
I
noticed.
First
is
that
we
do
need
a
cruelty
investigator
one
person
that
will
be
able
to
focus
on
those
types
of
Investigations,
such
as
bikes,
severe
bites
a
foster
coordinator
I,
would
love
to
create
a
foster
program
within
the
city.
Right
now
we
are
solely
relying
on
our
rescue
partners
and
I
would
like
to
have
one
inside.
What
does
that
mean
for
us?
AF
It
provides
me
with
another,
and
this
is
just
my
term
for
easier
recognition.
For
me,
a
bonding
system
I
have
to
find
another
way
to
get
animals
out
in
our
in
our
communities
and
attract
people
to
Foster
them,
if
not
adopt
them.
So
creating
a
foster
coordinator
role
will
give
me
that
Leverage
PR
or
marketing
professional
someone
who
will
be
able
to
work
with
me
to
and
the
entire
staff
to
create
inventive
ways
to
Market
our
shelter
and
the
animals
in
it.
AF
There
were
a
couple
of
situations
that
I
was
privy
to
personally
that
were
unsafe
for
just
one
officer
to
handle
on
his
own
and
what
happened
in
that
instance
in
one
of
those
instances,
is
that
we
had
to
call
another
officer
to
come
in
and
assist
that
took
an
additional
20
minutes.
So
now,
there's
a
disservice
to
our
citizen,
as
well
as
unsafe
situation
for
My
Control,
Officers
and
I
felt
it
better
that
we
would
have
two
per
person
in
a
truck
at
any
given
day
any
given
time.
AF
F
Because
I've
looked
in
my
budget
schedule
and
Public
Works
is
not
on
the
schedule
to
present
this
to
ask
for
additional
staff.
Y
AF
And
with
the
officers,
not
just
any
in
my
vision
for
future
I
would
like
to
work
on
certifications
such
as
NACA
certification,
those
certifications
better,
prepare
our
officers
for
the
handling
of
animals
while
they
are
out
in
our
communities.
AF
I
will
also,
in
addition
to
that,
I,
also
see
fostering
service
of
fostering
Services.
There
are
several
that
I
would
like
to
share
with
you,
but
one
in
particular
is
based
on
the
fact
that
there
are
oftentimes.
Many
of
our
citizens
will
bring
in
a
dog
that
they
found
and
present
them
to
us.
AF
I
would
like
to
provide
a
service
where,
instead
of
we
taking
them
in
that
person,
becomes
an
immediate
Foster,
just
as
if
they
were
as
if
the
animal
was
in
my
shelter
for
five
days,
they're
able
to
hold
that
dog
for
five
days,
but
we're
able
to
do
all
of
the
same
things
that
we
do
if
they
were
in
the
shelter.
What
that
does
is
that
frees
up
space,
and
it
also
introduces
a
person
who
may
not
have
considered
fostering
to
become
a
foster
adoption
counseling.
AF
What
can
we
do
to
help
them
place?
It
citizens
and
their
hospitalizations
I
have
received
quite
a
number
of
calls
since
I've
been
here
where
a
person
will
be
in
the
hospital
for
a
short
stay
and
they
don't
have
anyone
to
watch
their
animals.
What
do
we
do
in
that
instance?
Right
now,
I
don't
have
anything,
but
I
would
like
to
see
something
creative
for
that
and
then,
of
course,
emergency
placement.
AF
Educational
tutorials,
that's
what
I'm
something
we're
working
on
now:
placing
them
on
the
website
where
different
questions
can
be
asked
by
citizens
and
we'll
have
a
tutorial
or
an
infomercial
type
out
on
the
website
that
they
can
click
on
and
view
anytime.
They
get
ready
and
then,
of
course,
increase
our
partner
in
education
with
school
systems
around
the
city
and
a
spay
and
neuter
service.
I
would
like
to
have
come,
come
become
part
of
animal
care
and
control.
AF
On
the
horizon,
a
couple
of
council
members
I
think
have
already
received
questions
regarding
the
critical
tool
or
critical
map
printer
mapping
tool.
The
Critter
mapping
tool,
just
for
those
that
may
not
know,
is
a
lost
and
found
tool
that
our
citizens,
here
in
Columbus,
are
able
to
use
without
actually
having
to
call
into
Animal
Care
and
Control
able
to.
AF
AF
A
map
will
then
come
up
and
it
will
show
you
exactly
where
the
animal
was
lost
or
found,
and
the
information,
whether
you
are
the
person
looking
for
your
animal
you'll,
have
your
name
out
there
for
someone
to
contact
or
if
you
found
an
animal,
your
information
will
be
out
there
to
be
contacted
so
and
I'll
walk
you
through
a
short
the
short
version
of
it
here,
you're
looking
at
how
it
comes
up,
there's
an
acknowledgment,
letting
the
person
know
that
we
are
not
Manning
it,
but
to
know
that
this
is
information
being
put
out
by
other
citizens.
AF
AF
M
AF
AF
AF
AF
J
AF
Also,
we
are
in
the
process
of
purchasing
an
adoption
trailer.
The
adoption
trailer
will
be
a
vehicle
that
we
will
use
to
go
to
different
sites
to
showcase
our
animals.
It
will
also
be
an
opportunity
for
our
team
to
share
information
in
the
areas
we
have
an
opportunity
every
day
to
collect
information
and
that
information
is
related
to
what
types
of
calls
we're
receiving
based
on
their
location.
So
in
South
Columbus
I
can
tell
you
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
we
have.
AF
There
is
tethering
improper
tethering,
and
so
if
we
were
to
do
an
adoption
event
over
in
South
Columbus,
we
would
showcase
our
animals
and
then
we
would
do
an
educational
tutorial
or
an
educational
moment
with
the
citizens
in
that
area
on
tethering.
So
each
each
event
that
we'll
have
it
will
focus
on
something
where
we
will
share
educational
opportunities
with
them.
The
horse
trailer
is
something
that
was
requested
and
it's
not
yet
been
purchased,
but
it
is
on
the
horizon.
A
website
upgrade.
AF
We
are
in
the
process
of
updating
our
website,
as
well
as
getting
more
in
a
more
adoption.
Events
on
the
books,
as
well
now
before
we
get
into
questions
I,
do
want
to
share
this
with
you
about
the
animal
control
staff.
This
group
of
people
are
probably
the
most
diligent
committed
individuals.
I've
ever
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with,
while
the
animal
control
audit
was
conducted.
AF
One
of
the
things
that
was
shared
in
there
was
that
those
individuals
that
were
there
had
low
morale
well,
the
low
morale
had
nothing
to
do
with
their
commitment
to
their
vision
and
to
their
promise
to
take
care
of
the
animal
welfare
of
the
animals
that
were
there.
They
were
their
morale
was
low
because
they
didn't
have
any
help,
but
now
they
have
help.
AF
These
also
are
people
that
own
animals,
the
average
person
the
average
employee,
owns
at
least
three
animals
in
that
in
the
facility
they
are
animal
lovers.
They
work
tirelessly
tirelessly
every
day
to
make
sure
the
animals
in
that
facility
get
the
best
care,
while
they're
there
and
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
and
applaud
them
for
their
efforts,
because
when
there
was
no
one
else
there,
they
were,
and
they
never
gave
up
this
fight
of
what
was
being
said
about
them
or
to
them
on
a
daily
basis.
B
AB
Just
to
clarify
is
this
the
audit
or
is
there
a
separate
document?
That's
the
details
of
the
audit.
There.
AF
AF
AB
You
can
that'd
be
helpful
just
because
of
some
of
this,
like
the
item
14,
which
shows
the
findings
I'd
like
to
see
their
recommendations
on
how
to
address
some
of
these.
AD
AB
P
AF
AD
AD
Yes
and
the
the
challenge
that
we've
had
is
the
salary
most
of
your
young
veterinarians
coming
out
of
veterinarian
school.
They
want
to
pay
back
their
loans
and
so
they're
looking
for
six
figures
or
more
and
we
were
unable
to
even
acquire
someone
to
come
in
and
work
part-time
to
do
that.
Dr
Hall
has
been
our
part-time
vet,
whom
I,
love
and
adore,
and
he
has
just
been
a
godsend
for
us
because
without
a
part-time
bet,
we
couldn't
even
operate.
P
There
are:
are
there
not
additional
services
that
we
tend
to
use
on
a
voluntary
basis?
If
we
can't,
if
we
don't
have
access
to
one,
do
we
go
out
to
utilize
other
services?
You.
AD
That's
if
they
will
be
willing
to
do
that,
we,
you
know
we
can
ask,
but
a
lot
of
your
veterinarians
practices
now
have
become
corporate
and
because
of
that
they're
limited
to
what
they
can
do.
But
Dr
Hall
is
a
retired
vet
who
comes
in
three
times
a
week
to
make
sure
we
are
okay
and
that
we
are
meeting
the
requirements
of
the
state.
P
AF
B
Thank
you
and
yes,
ma'am
counselor.
F
Miss
short
and
I'm
sorry,
this
is
on
the
previous
presentation
when
you
said
when
we
get
all
the
equipment
and
everything
that
the
the
delivery
schedule
will
be
I
mean
the
pickup
schedule
will
be
Monday
through
Thursday
correct
right
now.
If
Monday
is
a
holiday,
they
pick
up
on
Wednesday
what.
F
AB
Y
AA
They
have
to
come
before
this
Council
and
request
additional
funding.
So
we
are
coming
before
Council
today
to
request
additional
funding
in
the
general
fund
for
public
works.
There
were
a
lot
of
repairs,
officing,
repairs
and
maintenance,
particularly
to
some
of
the
our
Public
Safety
buildings,
more
specifically
for
the
jail.
There
was
a
lot
of
work,
a
lot
of
Plumbing
issues
that
we
had
at
the
jail
and
that
required
us
to
use
a
contractor,
as
opposed
to
us
being
able
to
perform
that
work
in-house
just
to
resolve
some
of
those
issues.
AA
So
we
are
asking
for
additional
appropriation
to
finish
out
the
rest
of
FY
23
and
the
amount
of
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
I
do
anticipate
the
budget
for
Public
Works
in
terms
of
the
salary
savings.
That's
in
the
budget
will
cover
the
additional
operating
expense,
but
this
Council
has
to
approve
the
use
of
salary
savings
for
that
purpose.
So.
B
Y
Appear
to
be
any
and
and
mayor
you,
you
may
of
course,
and
counsel
may
know.
Of
course,
at
one
point
we
had
no
plumbers
and
we
had
situations
in
the
jail
on
a
very
regular
basis
and-
and
we
actually
took
a
contractor
through
a
contractor
that
was
working
and
the
new
city
hall
project
and
diverted
their
experts
to
the
jail
to
handle
Plumbing
issues.
L
Y
A
premium
price
and,
and
then
at
one
point
in
recent
in
the
last
month
or
two
I,
think
I
shared
with
you.
We
were
able
to
hire
two
plumbers
and
it
was
a
father,
son
and
and
even
they
insisted
on
pay
that
we
have
to
adjust
the
pay
to
get
them
in
as
I
shared
with
you.
And
so
we
do
have
a
better
situation
now
with
plumbers,
but
we
continue
to
struggle
and
so
I
would
request
the
approval
for
Public
Works
of
the
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
all
right.
We.
B
AA
All
right,
so
the
next
update
again
is
pursuant
to
ordinance
13-39
it's
for
the
sheriff's
office
and
the
sheriff's
budget.
AA
There
are
some
again
overages
related
to
some
of
the
issues
that
we
had
at
the
jail,
particularly
for
the
utilities.
The
water
is
projecting
to
be
over
about
250
000,
about
additional
50
000
for
the
electricity
operating
materials
at
the
jail,
we're
projecting
those
to
be
over
at
about
190
000..
AA
But
I
do
know
that
some
of
the
materials
at
the
jail,
some
of
the
vendors,
have
come
back
with
price
increases
for
things
such
as
mattresses
and
and
those
things
that
we
we
must
have
at
the
jail
and
then
there's
some
a
few
overages.
We
anticipate
about
150
000
in
in
fuel
overages.
AA
AA
This
is
a
situation
like
Public
Works,
where
it's
it's
it'll
be
able
to
be
covered
within
the
department,
we're
going
to
actually
have
to
tap
into
preserves
of
some
sort
and
likely
we'll
we'll
we
may
be
able
to
cover
it
from
other
departmental
other
departments
that
have
come
under
budget.
But
the
ask
for
the
Sheriff's
Office
to
finish
out.
Fy
23
is
about
1.5
million
dollars.
U
G
Y
AA
Y
So
now
you
did
indicate
this,
would
he
cannot
cover
it
with
savings?
So
when
we
do
the,
what
do
we
call.
B
Well,
I
guess
the
question
I'm
trying
to
think
how
to
ask
you
if,
if
there's
overtime,
a
lot
of
this
is
overtime,
then
you'd
think
there'd
be
some
salary
savings
to
offset
it
from
from
the
positions
that
aren't
filled
that
are
creating
the
overtime.
AA
I
mean
this:
the
Staffing
level
there's
office
I
do
know
that
they
are
pretty
well
staffed.
At
this
point,.
AA
And
I
do
know
that
he
has
some
special.
He
has
some
operations
and
so
forth
that
they
do
Special
Operations
that
they
work
in
conjunction
with
with
other
law
enforcement
agencies
that
could
be
to
help
reduce
the
the
crime.
U
U
I
actually
was
going
to
ask
about
the
salary
savings
because,
even
though
they're
pretty
well
staffed
now
I,
don't
think
the
staffing
has
been
at
the
same
level
throughout
the
whole
entire
fiscal
year.
So
I
was
thinking
that
it
was
some
salary
savings
that
the
sheriff
has
had
that
we,
you
know
don't
see,
but
definitely
wanted
to
talk
about
the
salary
savings.
I
think
that
it
will
cover
this.
Y
No,
no,
but
again
you
know
the
the
city's
overall
budget.
When
we,
you
know.
Typically
it's
after
the
fiscal
year
concludes.
We
come
back
to
balance
out
all
the
funds
by
the
apartment
in
November
and
when
we
do
that
various
departments
come
in
under
budget
sour
savings,
other
things
and
some
come
in
slightly
over
budget,
for
example,
not
to
call
that
the
City
attorney.
But
we
we
know
that
we're
going
to
have
to
move
some
money
for
the
City
attorney,
and
so
when
we
move
those
that
those
dollars
we
balance
the
City
attorney.
Y
U
Y
AA
Y
Y
Y
L
Y
Y
U
U
B
AG
Although
that
we
are
probably
about
20
about
20
sworn
officers
from
being
fully
staffed,
what
happens
is
that
after
jail,
we
have
a
number
I
look
at
our
daily
activity
report
from
the
jail.
We
at
least
have
about
three
to
four
individuals
that
go
to
the
hospital
every
single
day.
AG
So
that
means
that
if
we
can't
pull
from
our
regular
Personnel
that
we
have
to
have
individuals
that
come
in
and
work
their
off
day
and
they
do
nothing
but
guard
inmates
at
the
hospital
you're
talking
about
12-hour
shifts
on
average
hour
in
our
investigators
are
working
some
days
about
16
to
18
hours
per
day
over
the
weekend.
Although
that
they
were
off,
they
put
in
probably
about
20
hours,
some
of
them
just
from
them
tracking
down
certain
individuals
that
we've
been
looking
for.
AG
So
on
average,
our
in
our
investigators
that
they've
been
working,
enormous
amount
of
overtime
and
I,
don't
know
how
we
can
engage
that
gauge,
that
piece
of
it,
but
even
at
the
even
in
the
jail
Bureau.
In
order
for
us
to
have
the
per
the
proper
Personnel
balance
for
us
to
have
offer
the
inmate
ratio,
which
we
would
never
meet
that.
AG
B
B
Motion
second,
to
approve
any
discussion,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
and
it
vote
all
right.
Sprue.
G
Y
Historic
bus
exterior
restoration,
mattress
here,
but
they
have
a
a
museum
bus,
a
Rosa,
Parks
bus
on
campus.
There
that's
a
historic
bus
and
it
has
to
do
with
the
Montgomery
Bus
barcode
and
it's
one
of
the
older
buses,
and
it
appears
that
you
want
to
speak
to
it.
Yes,
okay,.
AH
Yes,
this
is
a
bus
Museum
that
Metro
has
had
for
well
over,
probably
close
to
over
20
years,
and
so
it's
been
there.
It's
an
educational
piece
where
it
is
stationary
there
on
the
Metro
Campus,
where
students
we
have
classrooms
and
schools
that
actually
go
through
and
hear
the
history
of
transportation
and,
of
course,
the
Montgomery
Bus
Boycott
and
those
things,
and
so
but
again,
it's
been
there
for
well
over
20
years.
AH
As
a
matter
of
fact,
when
I
was
the
director
of
metric,
it's
one
of
the
projects
that
I
brought
there,
and
so
it
has
been
widely
used
and
a
good
resource
for
particularly
our
students
and
so
they're
looking
to
restore
it.
B
AB
You
councilor
Begley
three
quick
questions
for
the
May
12th
bids
for
number.
Four:
the
feasibility
study
is
that
just
a
is
that
steady
focus
on
geographically.
Is
there
space
to
add
nine
holes,
or
is
it
also
address
the
financial
feasibility
of
you
know,
just
the
long-term
cost
of
adding
the
nine
holes
and
additional
Revenue
created.
Y
I
think
in
Jefferson
City
Manager
Hodge
can
respond
to
this,
but
they
are
certainly
looking
at
a
feasibility
study
as
to
whether
they
can
expand.
They
only
have
nine
holes
at
Oxbow
whether
they
can
expand
that
Golf
Course
to
include
an
additional
nine
holes
is
one
of
the
things
that
they're
doing
and.
Y
Are
just
reading,
and
so
it
looks
like
on
this
particular
one
for
the
master
plan
for
golf
course,
courses
at
Oxbow.
That's
what
their
attention
to
do
was
that
your
question.
AB
Y
Well,
I
think
this
feasibility
stated
will
determine
I
think
they
think
that
we
do
right.
AB
Y
AB
And
then
last
question
on
number
four:
the
dual
axle
utility
trailers.
Do?
You
know
the
purpose
of
those
15
trailers,
the
purpose
of
those.
Y
Typically,
they
they
will
purchase
a
a
body
and
then
trailers
to
and
then
they
because
they
may
come
from
two
different
vendors
and
then
you
know,
and
that
makes
the
whole
truck
you
don't
get
and
certainly
I
can
have
grow
short
I
believe
she
left
to
explain
it.
But
you
will
see
on
many
of
the
agendas
where
they
purchased
a
body
in
one
purchase
and
then
the
trailer
may
come
from
a
different
vendor
and
and
that's
how
they
they
put
the
truck
together.
If
you
will
okay.
AB
I
guess
what
some
of
these
replacing
existing,
like?
Yes,
upgrade
resistance.
Y
F
Mr
city
manager,
I'm,
looking
at
the
automated
speed
detection
for
schools
on
the
very
last
one
I've
had
calls
from
both
the
people
representing
the
sheriff's
department
and
people
representing
the
police
department,
and
they
have
different
ideas
of
how
this
ought
to
be.
F
F
Would
we
typically
include
someone
from
the
school
district
to
work
with
them
on
selecting
a
company,
or
is
this
I
I?
Guess
I,
don't
have
enough
information
on
how
this
decision
will
be
made.
Y
Yeah
and
so
typically
we
would
have
people
who
are
are
knowledgeable
and
so,
in
this
case,
I
would
think
on
that
selection
committee.
Certainly
there
will
be
someone
from
the
school
district,
but
as
I
recall,
there
is
an
RFP
out
through
the
police
department
in.
Y
B
Cpd
initiated
this
process
with
regards
matter
of
fact,
came
to
council
to
get
an
ordinance
I
think
so
that
it
could.
We
could
enforce
it
with
automated
lidar
I
guess,
laser
type
radar
and
to
my
understanding
they
had
they
were
trying
to
get
it
as
a
soul
Source,
but
it
didn't
fit
because
there
were
others
that
provided
the
same
thing.
So
they've
done
the
RFP.
The
RFP
is
underway
and
I.
Think
it's
a
due
back
in
on
the
18th.
Y
F
B
I
think
that
contract
has
to
actually
be
done
in
conjunction
with
the
school
district
and
I.
Think
I'm,
not
sure,
and
we
can
talk
about
it
later,
but
I
think
the
the
what
the
sheriff's
department
did
was
try
to
attempted
to
leverage
an
existing
contract
out
of
County
that
somebody
already
had
in
place
in
order
to
move
forward
on
it.
Police
Department
was
moving
through
our
process
of
putting
it
out
for
an
RFP
so
that
the
local
wishes
and
needs
are
expressed
through
that.
The
details
of
the
RFP
and
I.
C
AA
AA
B
B
Y
Yeah,
so
so
what
I
know
is
that
an
RFP
is
on
the
street
put
out
by
the
Columbus
Police
Department
and
we're
going
through.
They
are
going
through
that
process,
I'm
not
involved,
but
they're,
going
through
that
process
and
as
that
process
come
as
they
in
order
for
it
to
move
forward,
school
district
will
be
involved
with
CPD
and,
of
course,
I
hear
you
say
in
that
I
don't
know
about
that.
Other
part,
you're
talking
about
I,
can
tell
you
what's
on
this.
What
this
is.
F
Well,
I,
I,
guess
I'm,
just
real
I
I,
don't
know
they're
concerned
about
I
have
been
told
that
there
are
three
companies
in
the
state
of
Georgia
that
do
this
and
that
only
one
of
them
got
the
RFP
and
that
you
know
that's
a
that's
a
concern
to
me.
F
I
think
we
need
to
be
very
open
with
whoever
whoever
qualifies
to
receive
the
RFP
and
I've
been
told
that
that
it
has
has
not
happened
and
I
have
been
told
that
the
person
who
represents
that
company
has
tried
to
get
responses
from
the
city
and
has
not
gotten
return
phone
calls
I.
Don't.
F
Y
Well,
when
I
say
CPD,
it
would
be.
B
Y
Y
That
no
yeah,
no
and
and
so
this
RFP
has
been
out
for
a
while
about
CPD.
So.
F
Y
Well,
well,
and
I
will
say
you
know
now:
our
process
is
that
vendors
should
not
be
calling
me
you
or
anyone
when
there's
an
RFP
trying
to
speed
up
the
process
or
do
anything
because
they
signed
a
document
that
they
will
be
disqualified
if
they
do
that
they
sign
a
document
that
disqualifies
them.
Is
that
right?
That's.
T
Y
And
so
I
say
to
you
that
you
know
vendors
will
try
and
speed
up
the
process
and
try
and
direct
you
to
their
company
and
and
so
forth
and
and
and
if
they
were
calling
CPD
CPD
should
have
been
referring
them
as
I
do
to
purchasing
Andrea
McCoy
and
if
Andrea
knows
that
they
talk
to
me
or
you
or
anyone
else,
they're
going
to
disqualify
them
well.
F
I
will
tell
you
that
I
have
gotten
a
phone
call
from
both
someone
from
the
CPD
and
someone
from
the
sheriff's
office.
So
if
you
want
to
disqualify
both
of
those
folks
under
that
rule,
I
understand
you're
doing
that,
but
that
was
I
got
a
call
from
both
parties.
Well,.
F
Well,
the
call
that
I
received
was
from
those
two
departments
saying
this
is
the
vendor
that
we
want
you
to
approve
well,
both
of
them.
F
F
Y
Y
C
U
U
You
I'm
so
sorry
for
laughing
there's
this.
U
U
I
made
a
course:
no,
no
one
wants
to
go
to
jail,
I,
don't
think
you
know
we
sit
and
watch
the
news
and
we
know
Phoenix
City
makes
a
lot
of
money.
U
Yeah
so
I
didn't
understand
your
question,
but
no
no!
What
I
wanted
to
know,
because
if
we're
doing
the
speed
detection
school
safety
enforcement,
will
it
eventually
be
a
ticketed,
because
the
reason
why
I
was
asking
it
could
possibly
be
a
revenue
stream?
If
that
was
something
that
was,
you
know
that
would
come
out
of
this
because
we're
doing
this
School
traffic
impact
study.
C
U
Oh
we'll
be
taking
it
y'all
better
slow
down,
we
will
be
ticketed,
so
what
I
was
trying
to
see
is
how
would
that
Revenue
stream?
Where
would
it
go?
Would
it
go
to
Public
Safety?
Would
it
go
to
the
general
fund
or
would
it
go
to
CPD?
Would
it
go
to
split
between
the
sheriff
the
school
I
made?
So
many
questions
like:
where
will
this
These
funds
go
because
at
people's
speed
and
I
will
I'm
gonna?
U
Add
this
one
one
last
thing
in
reference
to
this
during
spring
break
steam,
the
road
it
was
a
detail
spring
break.
It
was
54
people
that
was
in
violation
for
speeding
and
was
pulled
over
based
on
the
report.
This
is
spring
break
people
speed
on
Steam,
Mill
Road,
and
you
know
this
all
the
time
so
just
think
about
54
times,
whatever
the
100
some
dollar
ticket.
We,
we
probably
will
right,
get
some
funds
y'all
from
the
school
district.
That's.
U
E
AA
U
AB
Begley
just
want
to
quickly
comment.
I
I
did
see
this
integrates
with
the
flock
system.
It's
my
understanding
is
this
does
help
you
know
if
there's
a
warrant
out
for
a
specific
plate.
This
does
help
overall
Public
Safety,
so
I
think
it's
great
that
we're
adding
more
cameras,
yeah.
I
Good
afternoon
Mr
Mayor
members
of
council
for
the
clerk's
agenda
item.
One
is
for
information
only.
This
is
a
certificate
of
need
application
of
The
Rehabilitation
Hospital
of
Columbus
for
costs
over
overrides
related
to
the
establishment
of
their
40
bed,
comprehensive
and
patient
physical
rehabilitation
item.
Two
is
a
resolution
changing
the
regular
scheduled
Council
meetings
for
the
month
of
June
by
motion.
I
I
B
I
B
I
B
Renominate
motion
to
confirm
in
a
second
any
any
discussion,
all
in
favor
say
aye
any
opposed.
Mr
Wilson
is
reappointed
for.
I
The
retirees
health
benefits
committee
Mr
Mayors,
working
on
an
appointment
for
this
seat.
I
C
I
B
And
second,
to
confirm:
Ms
Morse,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
opposed
she's
confirmed.
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
Next,
we
have
the
region,
six
Regional
advisory,
Council,
the
seat
of
Cynthia
Smith.
She
is
not
eligible
to
serve
another
term.
This
seat
is
over
for
nominations
for
the
retirees
health
benefits
committee.
We
have
Mr
Mike
Massey,
he
does
not
desire
reappointment
and
we
also
have
Renee
mcanany.
We
have
not
confirmed
with
Miss
mcanany
if
she
is
interested
in
serving
another
term.
I
And
then
we
have
for
the
valley,
partnership,
joint
Development,
Authority,
the
seat
of
Joseph
Brannon.
He
is
interested
in
serving
and
councilor
Thomas
is
making
that
nomination
and
Mr
Herman
Lewis
is
interested
in
serving
another
term.
If
a
member
of
council
wanted
to
make
that
nomination,
mayor
Pro,
tem
Allen
has
made
that
nomination
and
that's
all
I
have
Mr
Mayor.
B
U
Yes,
I
wanted
to
thank
Deputy,
Senate
manager,
Lisa
Goodwin,
for
helping
me,
but
we
will
be
hosting
a
town
hall
to
discuss
Parks
and
Rec
issues
in
District,
Four
and
also
some
of
the
public
safety
concerns
on
May
11
from
6
to
8
all
or
invited
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
get
it
on
the
council.
Okay,
thank.
B
You
thank
you.
Executive
session
has
been
requested
to
discuss
real
estate
procurement
and
litigation.
I
need
a
motion
so
that
we
can
all
right
there's
a
motions
or
a
second
second,
all
right
motion.
Second,
all
in
favor
say
aye
any
post
all
right.
We
are
an
executive
session,
we'll
need
to
clear,
clear
the
chambers,
all
right.
We
are
back
in
regular
session.
We
had
been
in
executive
excuse
me:
we've
been
in
executive
session
to
discuss
litigation
and
and
real
estate
procurement.
There
were
no
votes
taken.
B
We
need
mayor
Pro
tem
up
here
to
cast
a
vote
so
that
we
can
exit,
but
before
we
do
I'll
make
mention
that
we
have
our
budget
hearings
beginning
it
right
now
it's
about
17.
After
two
we'll
begin,
those
at
2
30..
First
we've
got
councilor
Tucker.
Yes,.
U
I
don't
know
if
this
is
for
the
City
attorney,
but
we've
been
having
issues
with
the
the
18
wheelers
parking
on
Buena
Vista
Road
I
was
made
aware
by
some
business
owners
the
one
that's
on
the
side
of
the
old
post
office,
which
is
federal
property.
U
We
have
squatters
in
that
area
like
actually
in
the
building.
I,
don't
know
what
we
need
to
do
to
reach
out.
I
talked
to
director
Ryan
Pruitt,
and
he
was
saying
he
was
having
issues
reaching
out
to
contact.
Somebody
like
via
phone
they've,
been
sending
messages
in
no
contact
and
it's
every
time
we
have
to
basically
pay
we're
paying
out
of
the
city
budget
because
we
can't
put
it
on
the
the
post
office
because
it's
Federal
so
I'm
just
asking.
U
If
we
can
somehow
I,
don't
know
if
we
need
to
go
Congressional
or
Senate,
but
we
need
to
find
a
way
to
get
a
actual
phone
number
to
speak
with
somebody
on
in
reference
to
their
property
on
Buena
Vista
Road,
the
Old
Post
Office
yeah.
U
B
Right,
thank
you.
Ma'am
all
right,
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
and
there's
a
motion
and
a
second
to
adjourn
and
before
I
call
the
question.
Don't
forget:
2
30
will
be
short,
break
2
30,
we'll
be
back
in
session
for
Budget
hearings,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
any
posed
all
right.
We
are
adjourned.