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A
Bruce
huff
district
3,
toya
tucker
district
4.,
charmaine,
crabb
district,
five,
gary
allen,
mayor
pro
tem
and
district
six
mimi
woodson
district,
seven
walker,
garrett,
district,
8,
judy
thomas
post
9
at
large
counselor
john
house
post
10
at
large
counselor
sandra
davis,
clerk
of
council
and
city
attorney;
clifton
fay,
columbus,
georgia.
This
is
your
city
council.
B
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
the
december
15
city
council
meeting,
we
we're
kind
of
like
a
band
of
gypsies
here
lately
with
this
pandemic.
We,
but
it
shows
how
amazing
the
people
that
work
for
this
government
are
we've
never
skipped
a
beat,
never
skipped
an
opportunity
to
be
able
to
allow
our
citizens
to
come,
engage
with
us
during
our
city
council
meetings.
B
We
have
been
meeting
at
the
civic
center
because
of
some
requirements
of
the
courts
and
some
needs
from
the
courts
we're
going
to
be
relocating
from
there
to
where
we
are
now
and
now
we
want
to
thank
haley,
tillery,
henderson
and
henderson
tillery.
I
have
to
throw
the
henderson
in
there
because
it
makes
me
look
better
by
association,
but
we're
thankful
to
her
and
her
staff
for
providing
us
the
space
within
our
convention
and
trading
convention
center.
B
So
we
will
begin
today
the
way
we
begin
all
of
our
our
meetings,
and
that
is
by
asking
god's
blessing
on
our
proceedings.
We're
really
excited
to
have
have
jimmy
elder
pastor,
jimmy
elder
from
first
baptist
church
of
columbus
here
with
us
and
jimmy.
Would
you
come
forward
and
provide
our
thanks
to
god.
C
C
C
C
I
pray
that
you
will
guide
every
thought
in
every
action
give
to
them
wisdom
granted
them
direction
in
what
they
should
do
and
as
they
do
it,
may
you
give
to
them
the
smile
and
the
satisfaction
of
knowing
that
your
grace
is
upon
them
and
your
peace
comes
in
the
good
that
is
done
in
your
name.
We
offer
the
prayer
and
we're
grateful
for
a
community
like
this
amen,
amen.
B
I
just
want
to
make
sure
the
folks
of
columbus
know
that,
were
it
not
for
pastor
jimmy
elder,
we
probably
would
not
be
seeing
what
may
turn
out
to
be
the
biggest
and
most
impactful
economic
development
in
this
community
since
thesis.
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you
for
your
love
of
this
community
and
thank
you
for
putting
that
love
into
action.
B
All
right,
if
you
would
please
stand
and
join
me
in
pledge
to
the
flag.
B
Thank
you
all
right.
We
have
you've
been
provided
the
minutes
from
the
december
8th
council
meeting.
Are
there
any
changes,
if
not
I'll,
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
motion
approved
from
councillor
tucker,
second
from
councillor
house,
any
edits
any
discussions
on
any
of
those
hearing?
None
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed,
say
no,
all
right!
The
minutes
are
received.
B
B
We
have
we've
seen
that
event
grow
and
and
and
become
a
a
recognizable
staple
of
this
community,
and
we
intend
to
continue
to
make
it
better
every
year
and-
and
we
have-
we
have
been
working
with
rob
from
the
civic
center,
come
on
up,
rob
and
and
in
trying
to
make
this
another
unforgettable
unforgettable
occurrence.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
director
of
our
civic
center
right
now,
and
let
him
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
committee
that
he
is
cheering
to
to
make
this
a
memorable
event.
E
D
Good
morning,
mr
mayor
city,
council,
members,
city
manager,
deputy
city
managers
and
everyone
in
attendance,
so
obviously
this
year
has
we've
seen
some
unprecedented
events
through
the
coal
bed
19,
whether
it's
having
the
challenge
of
working
from
home
virtual
learning,
the
driving
elements
that
we've
been
able
to
do.
D
D
So
we
have
established
a
local
group
of
artists
to
do
musical
tributes,
we're
going
to
have
some
cultural
elements.
So
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
unique
new
things
to
this
program,
but
it
still
still
honors
dr
king
and
his
traditions
and
and
the
traditions
of
dr
king.
So
we
are
honored
and
blessed
that
we
will
have
ambassador
andrew
young
as
our
keynote
speaker,
we'll
be
going
to
atlanta
this
week
to
pre-record
andrew
young
as
our
keynote
speaker,
and
so
it's
going
to
be
exciting.
It's
going
to
be
new.
D
Where
we're
still
able
to
celebrate
this
tradition,
that's
here
in
columbus,
so
we're
asking
again
on
on
january
18th,
dr
king's
birthday,
we
will
have
a
celebration
at
the
civic
center
now
we'll
be
driving
and
it
will
be
socially
distance
and
it's
going
to
start
at
6
30
pm,
but
we'll
also
live
stream.
It
on
our
ccg
networks,
as
well
as
our
youtube
channel.
So
more
details
to
come,
we'll
have
a
trailer
for
the
event.
We've
been
working
diligently
for
the
last
six
weeks
on
the
program.
D
B
Rob
thank
you.
You
know
this
pandemic
really
has
forced
everybody
to
kind
of
find
a
new
way
to
do
things,
and-
and
I
think
it
says
so
much
about
this
community
and
employees
like
rob,
landers
and
and
folks
that
have
found
new
and
innovative
ways
to
have
not
just
a
substitute
celebration
but
have
the
same
type
or
even
bigger,
really
excited
about
andrew
young's
comments.
B
So
what
I
would
challenge
all
of
you
to
do
that
as
we
move
through
this
pandemic,
when
there
are
events
in
our
community-
and
you
see
the
word
virtual
attached
to
them
tune
in,
they
are
really
amazing
performances,
and
this
is
going
to
be
a
it's
going
to
be
a
year,
we'll
never
forget
anyway,
but
but
to
know
that
we
push
through,
and
we
continue
to
celebrate
things
that
make
this
community
great
our
diversity,
our
inclusion
and
things
kind
of
making
a
statement
of
where
we
want
to
be.
I
think
this
is
an
incredible
opportunity.
B
D
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
I
I
need.
We
need
a
vote
on
the
resolution
so
that
we
can
accept
those
donations
to
be
able
to
connect
it's
a
motion
from
councillor
tucker's
or
second
second
from
who
do
I
hear
from
over
here
council
garrett.
So
any
discussion
hearing
none
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed.
Please
say
no,
all
right
good!
Thank
you.
B
Next,
I'm
gonna
call
up
our
internal
auditor
to
request
authorization
for
a
couple
of
trans
transition
and
departmental
audits,
and
we
have
had
some
change
over
so
we'll
have
more
of
these
transition
audits
coming
to
you
in
the
first
of
the
year,
but
right
now,
john,
is
here
to
talk
about
two
in
particular,.
B
F
Thank
you
good
morning,
mayor
members
of
council,
mr
manager,
mr
attorney,
it's
my
pleasure
today
to
come
forward
to
request
authorization
for
two
additional
transition
audits.
Today,
we'll
be
looking
at
approving
inspection
and
codes
department
and
also
municipal
court,
where
there'll
be
a
changeover
in
the
future.
B
B
We
had
a
lot
of
folks
forced
inside
and
celebrating
thanksgiving,
and
we
have
seen
a
pretty
good
uptick
in
our
numbers.
We
yesterday
we
had
one
of
the
lower
positivity
race
rates
that
we've
had.
B
We
had
33
new
cases
yesterday,
our
seven
day
rolling
average
that
you
hear
us
talk
about
dropped
a
little
because
that
was
a
little
lower,
so
we're
at
about
55
on
the
rolling
seven
day
average,
the
threshold
of
100
cases
per
100
000
residents
that
we
watch
when
it
comes
to
having
authority
to
require
a
face
mask
be
utilized,
is
100.
B
We
are
back
up
to
358,
which
is
almost
as
high
as
we
were
back
in
the
middle
of
august,
when
we
first
when
we
first
began
discussions
about
the
the
mass
mandates.
B
B
The
hospitalization
rate
we've
talked
about
this
back
during
the
peak
the
pandemic
in
the
summer
time.
We
continue
to
watch
that
because
we
think
that's
probably
the
most
significant
indicator
of
how
we're
doing
as
a
community,
as
mentioned
before,
our
hospitals
are
doing
a
great
job.
They
have
gotten
extremely
efficient
and
effective
at
treating
the
symptoms
of
coven
19
and
getting
people
feeling
better
enough
to
go
on
back
to
the
to
their
to
their
homes,
to
convalesce
a
little
bit.
So
our
our
hospitalization
rate
has
stayed
under
60.
right
now,
we're
at
about.
B
I
think
we're
30
feet
we're
at
53.
and
and
as
long
as
we
can
keep
it
in
that
range.
We're
we're
doing
very
well,
because
at
the
peak
we
were
up
close
to
150
folks.
In
the
hospitals-
and
of
course
the
danger
there
is,
is
anybody
that
has
a
non-coveted
related
medical
issue,
there's
a
shortage
of
rooms
and
there's
a
shortage
of
staff,
and
it
just
makes
it
tough
on
the
people
in
our
community.
So
so
we
continue
to
ask
you
to
do
the
same
things
that
we've
been
asking
you
to
do.
B
If
you
can't
stay
six
feet
away
and
make
sure
you
continue
to
wash
your
hands
you
sanitize,
it
was
brought
to
our
attention
in
our
last
meeting
that
we
were
not
wiping
down
our
podium
and
you've
noticed
nixon
from
the
from
the
civic
center
has
been
there
with
his
antiseptic
bottle
in
hand
after
every
person
approaches
that
podium.
So
we
thank
that
young
lady
for
bringing
that
to
our
attention.
B
I
will
tell
you
everybody's
talking
about
the
vaccines
we,
the
department
of
public
health,
is
sort
of
driving
the
vaccine
distribution
for
the
entire
16
county
area
that
they
serve.
Piedmont.
Is
the
region
head
for
for
their
hospital,
the
hospitals
in
this
in
this
area,
so
they
have
the
refrigeration
units
in
place.
B
They
are
going
to
be
assisting
with
that.
We
are
we've
offered
to
the
health
department
and
they've
accepted,
so
we're
going
to
meet
with
our
just
found
out
late
yesterday.
In
fact,
I
haven't
even
told
the
city
manager
this,
because
I
got
to
get
on
his
calendar,
make
sure
he's
there,
but
but
we're
going
to
meet
with
our
emergency
management,
folks
in
our
fire
department
and
with
the
health
department
and
with
the
hospitals,
because
we've
offered
the
fire
departments
as
a
distribution
means
since
they're
scattered
geographically
throughout
the
community.
B
It
would
make
it
easier
for
people
to
access
so
so
we're
working
on
trying
to
make
sure
that
when
the
vaccine
becomes
available
to
the
general
public
that
we
have
a
well
thought
out
plan
on
how
to
distribute
it.
So
I
do
want
to
ask
you
all
to
continue
to
be
vigilant
continue.
I
know
it's
tough,
we're
all
tired
of
it.
I
tell
people
all
the
time.
Nobody
hates
this
mask
worse
than
I
do
my
wife's
getting
used
to
it
because
she
only
puts
on
half
her
makeup
now.
B
No
I'm
bad
joe,
but
but
anyway,
counselor
counselor,
thomas.
G
Miss
mayor,
I
saw
a
news
article
in
the
last
day
or
so
that
the
municipal
court
has
closed
because
of
the
number
of
employees
that
had
tested
positive.
Would
you
speak
to
to
that
and
to
other
if
there
are
other
departments
or
so
forth
at
the
government
center?
That
has
been
impacted
by
this
and
some
of
those
kinds
of
things.
B
I
will
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
city
manager
and
let
him
give
a
briefing
but
first
I'll
say
that
our
government,
you
know
we're
not
any
different
than
a
large
industrial
employer.
We
have
a
lot
of
folks
coming
to
work.
We
interact
with
a
lot
of
people,
so
the
odds
that
we're
going
to
have
breakouts
occasionally
are
pretty
good,
but
this
government,
under
the
city,
manager
and
and
and
deputy
city
manager
goodwin,
have
done
an
outstanding
job
at
making
sure
we
catalog
and
we
know
who's
been
ill.
B
We
write
up
an
incident
report
on
every
one
of
them
and
we
do
that
so
that
we
can
make
sure
if
we're
ever
questioned
later
about
the
process
we
took
not
just
overall
but
for
each
individual
instance
we're
able
to
pull
that
in
and
reference
it.
So
it's
critical
that
if
there
is
a
positive
case
within
the
government
that
they
contact
the
hr
director
and
or
the
and
or
the
the
city
city
manager,
the
city
manager,
you
want
to
hit
your
light
and.
H
Thank
you,
mr
mayor
and
good
morning,
and
I
think
the
mayor
has
really
outlanded.
Obviously,
with
covet.
We
are
going
to
have
positive
cases
within
the
city
government
and,
and
we
don't
know
where
the
contact
came
from,
whether
it
was
through
a
citizen
coming
in
interacting
with
our
employees
or
whether
it
was
our
employees
out
and
about
in
the
community
with
family
members
and
make
contact.
H
H
So
something
comes
up
in
the
in
the
future,
with
a
person
who
says
that
they
were
in
that
office
and
something
happened,
we
can
go
and
pull
the
record
and
we
can
assure
them
that
we
contacted
the
department
of
public
health.
We
followed
the
department
of
public
health
and
cdc
guidelines,
and
so
we
do
that
in
every
instance.
H
We
can
tell
you
every
case
and
we
can
tell
you
how
many
cases
and
then
we
can
tell
you
the
disposition,
how
we
dealt
with
it
and
we
have
documentation
to
support
that
from
the
department
of
public
health,
and
so
there
there
were
a
positive
case
or
two
in
in
that
office
that
you
mentioned
and
and
we
have
positive
cases
on
a
regular
basis
throughout
the
government
and
we
we
process
them
and
handle
them
in
a
responsible
manner.
H
But
but
ideally
we
encourage
everyone
to
work
through
that
process,
because
safety
and
taking
care
of
our
employees
is
first
and
foremost,
and
I
can
tell
you
when
those
department,
heads
or
elected
officials,
follow
that
process.
We
send
in
the
the
team
to
sanitize
that
office
anywhere
that
positive
case
worked.
G
Mr
city
manager,
if
someone
for
example,
has
business
with
the
municipal
court
and
they
want
to
check
to
see
if
they're
open
do
they
just
call
the
the
number
of
the
municipal
court
or
is
there
someone
answering
the
phone
or
you
know
what
that's
one
of
the
concerns
that
I
have
not
only
for
our
employees
to
make
sure
that
they
are
safeguarded?
G
H
H
G
H
B
Thank
you,
and
the
last
thing
I'll
say
about
the
pandemic
during
this
update
is
just
I
want
to
remind
everybody
to
be
kind
to
one
another
if
there
is
a
neighbor
or
a
family
member
that
has
been
staying
in
in
their
home
and
really
kind
of
sheltering
in
place
for
the
most
part
reach
out
to
them
contact
them.
B
As
we've
talked
about
a
lot,
the
mental
stress,
the
emotional
issues
that
occur
with
this
pandemic
are
very,
very
real,
and
especially
during
this
time
of
the
sea
of
the
year,
when
people
tend
to
miss
loved
ones,
a
little
a
little
harder
they
tend
to.
You
know
it
has
the
highest
of
highs
and
the
lowest
of
lows,
and
we
want
to
look
after
the
entire
person
of
the
folks
that
are
in
our
community.
B
So
so,
if
you
want
to
do
something
really
good
this
holiday
season
just
pick
up
the
phone
and
call
somebody
you
haven't
talked
to
in
a
while,
just
telling
me
thinking
about
them,
wish
them
happy,
holidays
and
and
just
make
sure
they're
doing
okay
so
anyway,
thank
you
all
right.
No
further
information
being
dispensed
on
that
today.
So
we'll
move
on
to
the
city
attorney
hang
on.
We've
got
council
woodson.
I
I
Thank
you
for
the
prayers
and
the
texts
and
calls
I
haven't
finished
answering
all
of
them
and
I
apologize,
but
thank
you
for
the
prayers.
For
my
family,
it's
been
tough,
I
tell
people
my
my
faith
has
been
tested,
but
evil
is
not
winning
and
god
continues
to
win
in
my
life
he's
given
me
more
strength,
the
love
of
my
life,
my
best
friend
my
world,
my
mom
passed
away
on
11
29
the
night
before
she
died.
I
I
got
a
call
from
germany.
My
son
had
kidney
failure,
but
thank
god,
he's
doing
well
and
about
four
days
ago
my
uncle
passed
away.
So
my
family
is
going
through
some
tough
times,
but
our
faith.
I
I
I
I
So
once
we
can
gather
I'll,
let
my
colleagues
and
her
friends
and
those
that
want
to
join
us
in
her
celebration
too,
as
latinos
we
like
to
hug
and
kiss
and
family
from
all
over
wants
to
come.
So
I
thought:
hey,
let's
protect
everybody.
Let's
just
wait
once
the
corona
is
in
control
and
we
can
gather
again
then
we'll
celebrate
her
life.
I
I
did
get
her
cremated,
so
I
have
her
and
once
we
finished
the
celebration
and
all
will
take
her
back
home
where
she
was
born
for
right
now
we're
just
waiting
on
this
wonderful
corona
to
take
his
place
so
that
we
can
celebrate
her
life.
So
again,
thank
you
for
this
point
of
privilege
and
thank
you
to
everyone,
my
family
and
I
all
over
chicago
puerto
rico,
new
york,
california,
they
all
say
thank
you.
B
E
B
B
Mayor
pro
tem,
second
from
council
tucker
any
discussion
on
that
item
hearing
none
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
anyone
opposed
say
no
all
right.
E
B
B
E
B
B
B
E
Then
we
have
one
first
reading
mayor.
This
is
requested
by
mayor
pro
tem
and
the
golf
authority
are
asking
for
these
amendments
so
that
the
executive
director
can
make
some
hiring
moves
where
they
have
vacancies
and
they're,
asking
that
it
be
adopted
today
on
one
reading,
which
it
can
be.
But
any
questions
about
that.
B
Motion
to
prove
from
the
mayor
pro
tem
second
from
councillor
huff,
is
there
any
discussion.
These
are
some
time.
Sensitive
personnel
changes
that
he
needs
this
authorization
for
all
right
hearing,
none
all
in
favor,
say
aye,
any
post
say
no
that
passes.
Mr
arendt
is.
B
B
Welcome,
ladies
listen:
you've
got
you'll,
have
five
minutes
to
to
share
what
you're
here
to
share
I'll
kind
of
wave
at
you
when
you've
got
one
minute,
left
and
and
and
that'll
give
you
sort
of
a
warning.
B
J
K
J
B
I
don't
think
anybody
has
any
questions.
I
think
they're
just
very
impressed
with
your
request
and
the
health
safety
items
that
you're
trying
to
take
care
of
to
improve,
improve
the
girl
scout
hut
and
we're
just
very
proud
of
what
you
all
are
doing.
I
know
this
pandemic
has
changed
the
way
you
do
your
meetings
and
we
just
are
very,
very
grateful
for
you
being
here
to
share
some
of
the.
B
Some
of
the
things
going
on
council
are
there
any
questions
or
any
comments.
First
is:
let's
see
councillor
garrett.
L
Mr
mayor,
this
is
in
my
district,
and
I
know
that
there's
been
a
need
for
this
for
quite
some
time
and
that's
in
that
area
in
general
lake
bum's,
a
a
gym
in
the
city
and
a
gym
in
my
district,
but
the
bush
is
over
there
and
when
it's
not
so
cold
I'll,
normally
run
pretty
early
in
the
morning
when
it's
dark.
I
know
there's
been
concerns
about
the
lighting
in
that
area.
What
what
can
we
do
to
get
this
done
for
him?.
H
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
I
will
assign
deputy
city
manager,
pam,
hodge
and
city
engineer
donna
newman
to
take
a
look
at
the
request
and
work
with
these
young.
Ladies
and
any
other
representative
from
a
girl
scout.
H
H
In
other
words,
if
we
carve
out
20
spaces
for
girl
scouts,
how
is
that
going
to
impact
the
high
demand
time
periods
at
lake
bottom?
Certainly,
we
want
them
and
I
believe
they
should
have
designated
parking.
We
just
gotta
evaluate
it,
because
we
don't
want
to
pass
a
problem
on
to
the
neighborhood
where.
M
H
B
Absolutely-
and
I
know
that
the
girl
scouts
are
are
doing
a
lot
of
work
on
that
on
that
facility,
so
it
would,
I
think,
it'd
be
a
great
enhancement
if
we
could
try
to
try
to
see
if
we
can
get
it
done.
So
I
thank
you
for
looking
into
it.
Council,
thomas.
G
Here's
what
I
want
you
to
check?
Okay,
if
there
is
a
way
that
we
can
help
with
this,
using
some
tad
funding
that
may
or
may
not
be
used
in
in
other
for
other
things.
I
think
this
is
what,
in
my
mind,
the
tad
money
was
there
for.
H
I
mean
if
it
works
out,
I
mean
we
there,
maybe
the
paving
fund
or
some
other,
but
but
but
I
think
it's
going
to
be
critical.
I
recall
when
we
had
the
challenge
over
there,
where
columbus,
high
school
did
not
have
parking
on
campus
and
the
students
spilled
over
into
the
neighborhood,
and
it
became
an
issue
right.
G
H
G
Well,
that
the
contrary,
council
house
has
been
on
that
corner
for.
H
And
mr
mayor,
while
they're
here,
I
do
have
an
item
on
my
agenda
for
the
lease
agreement
at
the
girl
scout
of
historic,
1807,
seventh
ave,
seventeenth
street,
and
it's
if
you
want
to,
I
mean.
N
B
What's
miss
element
here
will,
at
the
end
of
the
clerk's
agenda,
will
allow
if
she,
if
she
shows
up,
will
allow
her
three
minutes
on
that
agenda
after
that's
completed
all
right-
and
I
think
mr
timothy
veals
has
counseled-
is
that
correct?
H
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
Last
week
we
heard
from
chris
woodruff
regarding
the
uptown
tax
allocation
district
fund
grant
for
hindsight
market.
He
presented.
B
H
G
G
P
We
were
actually
contacted
by
the
georgia
department
of
transportation.
They
were
reviewing
their
they
annually,
they
review
accident
history
and
they
noticed
a
large
number
of
accidents
at
these
locations
and
we're
concerned
with
safety,
and
they
do
have
some
specialized
funding
for
these
type
projects.
So
they
coordinated
with
us
and
wanted
to
install
signals
at
these
locations
and
the
reason
it
requires
our
participation
is.
P
The
city
has
pretty
much
adopted
the
black
powder
coated,
strain
poles
and
mast
arms
for
that's
our
standard
that
we
use
on
all
of
our
projects
so
that
they
don't
use
those
type
materials.
P
G
So
is
the
the
signal
will
be
controlling
traffic
coming
from.
B
B
O
I
think
this
is
solving
a
problem
that
we've
been
working
on
for
many
years
now
and
and
it's
really
going
to
be
a
good
thing,
but
I
think
everybody's
aware,
there's
been
a
lot
of
tragedies,
a
lot
of
injuries,
things
of
that
nature
that
have
just
taken
place
in
the
vicinity,
and
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
a
a
wonderful
solution.
O
O
Okay,
is
there
a,
I
guess,
my
next
question?
What
is
the
timeline
on
that
and
the
reason
I'm
asking
is
because
I
know
there's
been
approvals
already
that
have
taken
place,
but
we've
got
a
serious
problem
there.
We
really
do,
and
I
was
actually
involved
in
a
matter
where
a
car
went
up
the
wrong
entrance
coming
straight
at
me
on
the
ramp
and
had
to
swerve,
I
swerved
off
the
road,
but
I
have
since
avoided
that
exit
ramp
like
the
plague.
O
O
O
B
Let
me
ask
just
adding
to
that,
madam
engineer
as
a
temporary
solution.
What
about
those
bollards
that
they
put
over
on
williams,
road
and
then
put
reflectors
on
the
top,
and
maybe
a
you
know,
a
do
not
enter
on
the
one
side
and
and
something
to
signal
that
people
getting
on
jr
allen
need
to
go.
The
other
is
a
temporary
fix.
Perhaps
until
we
can
get
some
more
lighting
from
george
power.
O
H
Mr
mayor,
next,
on
my
agenda,
you
heard
a
had
a
presentation
last
week
regarding
creating
a
tax
allocation
district
number,
eight
to
be
known
as
south
columbus
river
district
tayyip
and,
as
I
bring
it
forward
to
you
today,
requesting
approval
to
create
this
tax
allocation
district
number
eight
to
be
known
as
south
columbus
river
district
ted.
H
On
tuesday
december
8th,
the
boundaries
of
the
south
columbus
ted
number,
eight
were
presented
to
city
council,
along
with
a
redevelopment
plan,
and
so
today
I'm
asking
city
council
to
adopt
the
boundaries
of
the
south
columbus
ted
number
eight
and
the
redevelopment
plan.
H
H
Last
week,
kathy
williams,
the
president
and
ceo
of
neighbor
neighborworks
and
a
muskogee
county
school
board
member
could
potentially
request
funding
from
the
ted,
but
not
in
her
individual
capacity,
but
as
an
officer
of
neighbor
works,
this
would
be
done
at
a
later
date
and
there
may
or
may
not
be
a
conflict
or
financial
incentive,
as
has
been
noted
by
the
city
attorney
in
that
discussion.
Last
week
I
have
looked
at
it.
H
Q
Q
Q
H
But
I
looked
at
it
from
the
standpoint
of
a
an
agency.
That's
doing
public
good
and
is
not-for-profit
and
the
neighbor
works,
as
we
know,
works
at
no
profit
trying
to
create
low
to
mod,
affordable
housing
for
people
in
our
community
and
it's
a
nonprofit
organization.
H
She
just
happens
to
be
the
president
and
ceo,
I'm
not
here
to
defend
her
by
any
means.
I
don't
represent
her.
I
just
had
to
step
back
and
and
take
a
look
at
what's
on
the
table
and
how
that
would
apply
if
the
city
manager
was
bringing
forward
something
that's
good
for
the
community,
the
public
and
not
for
profit
and.
Q
Let
me
just
say
to
a
city
manager,
I'm
in
no
way
against
the
project,
I'm
in
no
way
against
neighbor
works.
What
I'm
looking
at
is
there
had
been
some
plans
in
the
past
to
start
a
non-profit
and
for
me
to
take
a
back
seat
because
I
was
elected
and
I
was
told
that
I
couldn't
do
it
that
way.
So
that's
why
I'm
asking
not
against
neighbor
works.
It's
just
personal
now
trying
to
figure
out.
Q
E
E
E
That
would
be
a
voluntary
acquisition
and
the
statute
says
that
council
members
are
not
supposed
to
acquire
property
in
a
ted
district,
so
that's
something
we
would
have
to
look
at
if
there
was
a
non-profit
that
you
were
involved
in,
that
was
acquiring
property
in
a
tad.
It
may
not
be
a
financial
interest,
but
it's
possible.
It
could
be
an
indirect
interest.
We
would
need
to
look
at
that
so,
but
if
you
have
one
now
in
this
particular
tad
or
another,
if
you
have
an
interest
now,
then
all
you
have
to
do
is
disclose
it.
Q
E
E
M
O
Thank
you
mayor.
I
do
plan
to
abstain
from
this
matter
and-
and
let
me
just
say
I
you
know-
I
I've
looked
at
this
in
many
different
ways.
I
wish
it
would
have
came
in
a
tad
request
for
eight
and
nine,
but
it's
all
kind
of
together,
but
you
know
I
my
concerns,
I'm
not
concerned
for
some
of
the
projects.
I
am
concerned
about
taxpayer
funding
tax
abatement
for
casino
project.
That
does
really
concern
me,
and
you
know
I
do
have
issues
with
the
application
process.
O
O
In
this
case,
I
just
I'm
going
to
keep
an
arm
links
away
from
these
four
minute
boundaries
and
the
reason
being
so
because
I
may
have
the
intent
to
develop
in
these
areas
one
day.
So
I
think
it's
best
for
me
to
do
that
and
I'm
going
to
abstain
on
this
vote.
G
O
G
We
designate
as
the
tag
at
this
point.
We
do
not
have
a
recommendation
or
a
proposal
from
neighbor
works
from
a
casino
from
anybody
else
to
build
something
on
this
property.
All
we
are
doing
is
saying
this
is
the
boundary
that
would
be
available
if
you
at
a
later
date
want
to
do.
This
is
that
is
that
accurate.
E
That's
accurate
you.
There
is
no
specific
project
approval
by
this
body
today,
you're
just
being
asked
to
approve
the
redevelopment
area
if
later
on,
neighbor
works
has
a
specific
project
or
first
baptist
church
or
anybody
else.
They
will
come
to
you
he'll
come
back
with
planning
division
for
a
specific
vote
of
approval.
G
And
and
if
if
we
do
this
allocation
district,
it
may
be
that
somebody
other
than
neighbor
works
or
other
than
would
come
back
to
us,
and
we
still
have
the
ability
to
require
certain
things
go
in
this
district
or
to
say
no
you're.
Not.
This
is
not
what
we
want
to
do
at
our
meeting
last
week.
There
was
a
good
bit
of
conversation
about
whether
or
not
this
would
be
a
casino
location,
and
there
were
things
that
were
said
about
how
the
casino
would
be
formulated.
G
There
is
no
legislation
in
the
georgia
general
assembly
on
what
casinos
are
and
if,
if
you
will
recall
for
the
last
several
years
when
they've
been
talked
about,
some
of
the
legislation
that
has
been
proposed
has
said
one
casino
in
the
state
of
georgia.
G
And
so
I
I
I
just
feel
like
we
need
to
first
of
all
be
very
careful
of
our
terminology.
This
is
a
district.
This
is
not
a
project,
yes,
and
it
may
be
that
once
all
of
this
falls
out
neighborworks
and
first
baptist
church-
and
you
know
abc
company
whatever
is
there
may
come
to
us
with
a
project,
but
at
this
point
we
are
not
approving
anything
except.
H
A
redevelopment
plan
for
the
area
to
establish
the
intent
to
issue
and
sell
tax
allocation
bonds
as
necessary
to
effectuate
the
redevelopment
of
the
area
and
you're
right
legislation
has
been
discussed
before
at
the
state,
and
it
has
gone
nowhere
regarding
casino
and-
and
we
submitted
a
resolution
that
and-
and
it
would
be
that
even
if
there
was
a
a
referendum
statewide
for
a
casino,
then
you
would
have
to
have
a
local
election
and
the
locals
would
have
to
decide
whether
you
want
a
casino.
But
that
is
even
after
it
was
offered
up.
H
G
H
G
G
R
This
would
be
the
first
tab
that
that
boundaries
that
I
would
vote
on
and
so,
of
course,
I'm
taking
it
taking
a
lot
of
information
in
and
still
trying
to
learn
about,
tads
and
how
they
work
and
trying
to
keep
an
open
mind,
because
I
too,
like
counselor,
huff
and
counselor
davis,
got
instructed
on
how
I
can
do
business
or
cannot
do
business
in
a
tad
prior
to
me
becoming
an
elected
official,
and
it
not
only
affects
me,
but
it
affects
my
son,
who
is
also
in
business
with
me.
R
R
Counselor
thomas
and
I
were
talking
about
using
tad
dollars
to
help
the
girl
scouts
right
now,
there's
two
tads
midwest
and
it's
holding
478
thousand
and
42
dollars,
and
then
the
mid
east
is
holding
twenty
three
thousand
two,
seventy
two.
R
So
if
we
are
I'm
thinking
that,
if
we
are
premature
in
setting
up
these
tads,
when
there's
really
no
shovel
ready
projects,
then
we're
putting
money
in
these
tads
prematurely,
like
some
of
these
funds,
could
have
been
used
to
help
the
girl
scouts.
But
girl
scouts
isn't
in
the
tad,
and
so
they
can't
be
used
they're.
Not.
R
So
that's
my
concern
is
tying
up
land
too
soon
and
taking
money
out
of
our
general
funds
that
that
we
can't
use
for
projects
that
are
needed
right
now
in
the
hopes
of
waiting
for
projects
down
the
line,
and
it's
like
how
far
down
the
line
are
these
projects
going
to
be,
I
believe,
from
talking
with
kathy
williams,
that
the
neighbor
works,
columbus
project
could
start
next
year.
It's
shovel
ready,
however,
the
other
area,
and
it's
the
majority
of
this
tad
district,
that
other
area
it
has
no
plans
yet
and
so
we're
tying
up.
R
You
know
that
money
into
a
tad
district-
and
I
just
don't
feel
like
that's
the
best
use
of
our
tax
dollars-
is
tying
them
up.
That
way,
I
would
feel
better
of
creating
two
tads
one
for
neighbor
works
right
now,
because
they're
shovel,
ready
and
they're
ready
to
bring
us
a
project
pretty
quickly
and
then
hold
off
until
we
have
something
more
definite
for
the
rest
of
that
allocation
area.
H
Mr
mayor,
if
I
may
say
that
tayyips
are
an
economic
development
tool
and
when
you
create
a
ted
in
an
economically
depressed
area,
the
idea
is
that
you
start
to
create
some
capacity.
H
If
we
put
the
infrastructure
in
using
this
money
that
has
accumulated
over
several
years,
then
we
can
attract
this
business
to
an
economically
depressed
area
where
that
business,
otherwise
would
never
have
considered.
And
so,
if
you
don't
have
the
tad
and
you're
not
creating
this
money,
then
it
could
be
the
deal
breaker.
H
That
causes
you
to
lose
millions
of
dollars
of
economic
development
in
an
economically
depressed
area
where
people
need
jobs
and
and
we
need
to
redevelop
a
community,
a
neighborhood
that
is
in
a
severe
state
of
decline,
and
so
that's
the
idea
behind
this
economic
development
too.
R
Okay,
sorry,
I
I
agree
with
you
this
this
area
does
does
really.
In
fact,
I
believe
this
area
could
use
the
infrastructure
dollars
more
than
even
the
midwest
and
the
mid
east.
I
mean
what
kind
of
infrastructure
does
this
does
the
center
of
town
need?
I
mean
so
to
me
this.
This
area
is
more
justified.
H
H
Well,
no,
if
you
didn't
have
the
ted
that
money
would
not
be
available
because
it
would,
it
would
be
in
the
general
fund,
it
would
be
german,
it
would
not
be
set
aside
for
to
encourage
economic
development.
It
would
not
be
there,
it
would
be
there,
but
we'd
be
using
it
to
do
other
things
with
through
the
general
fund.
I
guess,
when
you
say
premature,
but.
F
H
H
B
Set
up
to
be
sort
of
deal
closing
money
if
you're
bringing
in
a
big
manufacturing
organization,
then
the
way
that
money
was
originally
designed
was
when
they
need
money
to
incentivize
them,
to
move
or
to
hook
up
to
utilities
or
to
construct
something
that
they
need.
That's
where
that
money
was
to
be
accessible
only
upon
agreement
of
the
council
to
use
the
money
for
that
and.
H
H
We
need,
in
my
opinion,
need
to
put
it
there
now,
when
you
mention
the
west
and
the
east
in
midtown,
when,
when
those
funds
continue
to
grow
all
of
the
area
that
we
included
in
the
midtown
ted,
they
could
come
to
this
council
and
make
a
request
to
use
some
of
that
money
to
clean
up
some
of
those
economically
depressed
areas.
In
midtown.
H
We
need
it's
my
opinion
that
we
need
a
similar
tool
in
south
columbus
and
if
we
don't
start
it
right
now,
where
you
got
seven
other
tads,
then
they're
going
to
continue
to
lag
behind.
We
need
to
give
that
area
of
our
community
the
same
opportunity
for
success
that
we've
given
to
uptown
and
liberty,
district
and
midtown,
and
all
of
the
others
out
in
the
panhandle.
B
Yep
and-
and
I
think
the
deal
is
it's-
it's
a-
it
is
an
economic
development
tool
and,
and
frankly
it's
not
one
that
every
counselor
is
going
to
agree
with
and
and
but
it
is,
it
is
an
opportunity,
I
think,
to
start
investing,
create
a
pool
that
will
allow
us
to
invest
in
enticing
some
of
the
development
in
that
area,
because
you've
got
a
couple
of
entities
that
are
in
control
of
that
property
out
there
that
are
pretty
forward-minded
individuals.
I
Yes,
I
don't
want
to
be
redundant,
but
I
think
counselor
thomas
had
painted
the
picture
exactly
like
I
would,
let's
not
com,
let's
not
confuse,
and
the
city
manager
has
also
said
it.
Let's
not
confuse
what
we're
doing
today.
All
we're
doing
today
is
setting
a
boundary.
I
All
we're
doing
today
is
putting
a
tool
in
place
to
allow
developers
to
take
interest
in
south
columbus.
We
did
it
in
midland,
we
did
it
all
all
over.
I
know
there's
concerns
about
the
developer,
but
we
don't
know
what's
going
to
happen
by
the
time
it
develops.
It
might
not
be
kathy,
it
might
be
someone
else.
We
keep
talking
about
a
casino
and
consular
thomas
made
it
so
clear
that
might
not
even
happen
and
the
individuals
that
own
that
property
will
get
an
incentive
to
build
more
homes
or
do
something
else.
I
I
We
want
good
development
and
when
these
developers
come
they'll
be
community
meetings,
they
will
be
discussed.
There
are
so
many
people
that
used
to
live
in
south
columbus,
move
to
north
and
they
say
well,
I
really
like
south
columbus.
I
grew
up.
I
have
good
funds,
we'll
prove
it
now
we're
going
to
give
a
tax
allocation,
prove
it
come
back
and
just
as
the
city
manager
said,
we
want
to
one
columbus.
I
We
don't
want
this
division
anymore.
So
what
we
do
for
one
side
of
the
city
we
need
to
do
for
the
other
one.
So
I
asked
my
colleagues
today,
you
say
you're
for
the
people.
Your
voice
is
of
the
people.
You
want
to
see
development.
Then
let's
approve
this.
Let's
show
the
people
of
south
columbus,
we
believe
in
them
and
we're
going
to
control
what
goes
and
don't
go
in
that
district.
I
B
Okay,
well,
we
haven't,
we,
I
think,
we've
had
a
motion.
That's
all
right
now,
council,
our
motion,
saying
we've
got
a
lot
of
folks
to
the
motion,
though
council
garrett.
L
I
just
wanted
to
speak
to
the
motion.
This
is
our
last
meeting
of
2020..
If
we
don't
get
this
done
today,
if
we
try
and
go
back
and
redraw
boundaries,
there
are
going
to
be
setbacks.
There
are
projects
that
we
already
know
of.
Nobody
knows
about
the
casino
as
everyone's
discussed.
This
is
a
boundary
that
we're
discussing,
but
we
we
do
have
projects
that
we
know
that
will
come
that
will
be
positive.
L
L
This
is
some
of
our
most
prime
real
estate,
because
this
tad
boundary
goes
from
a
river
boundary
all
the
way
through
south
columbus
and
it
will
entice
investors
and
we
just
saw
if
y'all
looked
at
the
ledger
yesterday,
harris
k.
I
know
it
went
a
lot
of
jobs,
but
they
just
got
a
manufacturing
job.
Maybe
they
would
have
gone
to
south
columbus
if
we
can
create
incentive
for
jobs
in
south
columbus.
L
The
people
who
have
been
saying
there's
nowhere-
no
other
nice
restaurants,
go
to
south
columbus,
that's
going
to
change.
This
is
a
first
step
and
I
think
we
need
to
vote
on
this
today.
We
need
to
go
ahead
and
get
this
done.
I
don't
think
this
is
something
we
can
take
back
to
the
drawing
board.
It's
going
to
delay
projects
that
may
never
happen
projects
that
will
be
positive
for
columbus.
B
Well
and
to
that
point,
if
we
get
past
january
1st,
then
the
allocation
district
revenue
won't
begin
to
be
generated
until
january
1st
of
2022
because
it
has
to
go
through
the
next
has
to
go
through
the
next
assessment,
with
our
tax
digest
and
could
not
begin
accruing.
My
understanding
until
that's
the
following
year.
That's
correct.
S
I
I
also
agree
with
what
the
city
manager
has
said
and
and
what
councillor
woodson
and
garrett
and
councillor
thomas
I'm
in
support
of
you-
know,
designating
this
ted.
However,
with
counselor
krebs
questions
and
also
counselor
hoof.
I
do
believe
that
maybe
we
need
to
have
some
remedial
training
on
tests.
S
I
just
finished
finished
accg
newly
elected
officials
training.
So
I
understand
that
this
is
a
way
for
us
to
have
economic
development.
I
know
this
is
a
tool,
however
we're
it
seems
like
there
is
some
confusion
on
what
we're
doing
right
now
and
right
now,
all
we're
doing
is
designating
the
boundaries
and
I'm
not
sure
if
the
girls
club
was
actually
in
the
boundaries.
So
so
that's
a
question
and
if
it's
not
in
the
boundaries,
we
can't
compare
apples
to
oranges.
We
gotta
compare
apples
to
apples,
so
it
wasn't
in
the
boundaries
you
get.
S
What
I'm
saying
so
so
my
thing
is
right.
Now
we're
trying
we're
trying
to
get
south
columbus
to
get
the
same
things
that
uptown
and
midtown.
You
know
we
met
with
chris
woodruff
and
he
had
has
an
amazing
plan.
These
are
things
that
can
be
done
in
south
columbus.
So,
let's
really,
I
feel
like
we're,
focusing
on
things
that
we
really
shouldn't
be
focusing
on
right.
Now.
It's
only
designating
the
boundaries.
It's
not
about.
Neighbor
works,
it's
not
about
the
casino.
S
We
don't
know
what
will
come
to
that
area.
We
don't
it
can
be
something
great.
It
can
be
the
new
savannah.
You
know
it
can
be
what
we
want
columbus
to
be.
It's
a
tourist
town,
we're
trying
to
move
towards
that
and
with
fort
benning
having
graduations
all
the
time-
and
you
know
different
people
coming
to
our
city
for
different
events.
We
have
to
look
at
it
like
that.
Do
we
want
to
be
the
the
for
real
second
largest
city
in
the
state
of
georgia
and
also
be
a
boom
town
for
tourism?
S
O
Thanks
mayor,
I
just
listen
to
some
of
the
conversation
around
the
table.
I
think
we
last
week
we
had
a
presentation.
It
was
very
clear
on
the
request.
I
think
that
you
always
got
to
be
up
front
with
the
citizens
in
our
community.
If
you
want
their
support,
it's
the
intent.
O
I
say
it
again:
it's
the
intent
and
everybody
knows
it's
the
intent.
You
don't
want
to
give
the
perception
of
being
disingenuous
to
the
community,
never
never
ever
they
won't
buy
into
it
and
you
won't
gain
their
support
so
mayor.
I
just
I've
got
some
suggestions.
You
can
go
ahead
and
move
forward
with
the
with
the
vote.
If
nobody
else
has
any
comments,
but
I've
I've
got
some
suggestions
on.
B
This
I
had
a
quick
question
and
this
is
sort
of
a
legal
question,
because
you'd
has
to
be
considered
for
abstention
right
and
I
think
council
has
to
allow
that
and
and
it's
my
understanding,
that
if
there's,
if,
if
you
abstain,
you
can't
participate
in
the
discourse.
Is
that
correct.
E
O
B
O
M
B
O
B
O
B
G
I
guess
my
question
is:
what
is
the
reason
for
his
abstention?
You
know,
I
don't
don't.
You
have
to
have
a
a
reason
to
abstain.
H
E
G
Be
well.
M
B
Okay,
mayor
pro
tim.
T
I
I
feel
similar
to
council
thomas,
if,
if
we
allow
him
to
abstain-
and
the
reason
is
he
may
have
an
interest
in
developing
in
that
area,
then
in
my
opinion-
and
I'm
not
an
attorney,
but
it
seems
like
he
would
not
be
able
to
to
participate
in
any
further
discussion
in
that
area.
So
and
with
this
issue,
so
I
I
would
and
I'm
not
sure
what
category
the
city
attorney
you
said,
recusal.
B
M
B
E
B
S
B
He's
asked
to
abstain,
but
then
he
reversed
and
we
can
this
council
can
grant
that
request,
but
he
has
since
decided
he
wants
to
vote
on
the
item,
so
that
does
mean
he
can
come
in
and
he
can
he
can
participate
in
the
discussion
he
has
withdrawn
his
request.
My
my
understanding
he's
withdrawing
his
request
too.
I
Yes,
I
just
want
clarification
if
he's
withdrawn
himself
from
it,
then
shouldn't
he
be
here.
B
Well,
let's
and
clerk
did
you
have
something.
U
Mr
mayor,
I
was
just
going
to
say
the
motion
on
the
floor
currently
is
still
requesting
for
council
davis
to
abstain.
So
if
that's
being
withdrawn,
that
motion
was
made
by
councillor
gary.
M
I
I
I
B
E
B
B
B
Yes,
ma'am
council,
council,
your
lights
on.
G
B
H
That
line
on
sir
and
and
let
me
just
say
before
he
answers
you
know,
council
obviously
can
do
whatever
they
want
with
six
votes,
but
we
brought
you
a
tad
with
a
proposal
that
has
been
vetted
and
gone
through
a
process
and
so
from
the
city
manager's
standpoint
we
presented
as
it
is,
and
then
council
can
vote
it
up
or
down
or
split
it.
You
can
do
whatever.
G
Well,
I'm
just
trying
to
get
some
information
so
that
I
will
know
what
what
I
need
to
do
and
I
believe
that
director
jones
said
we
could
split
this
district
and
only
approve
a
portion
of
it
today.
Is
that
correct.
V
V
We
go
okay,
council,
thomas,
you
could
we're
not
we're
not
recommending
that,
but
you
could
do
that
in
the
sense,
because
what
you
do
with
that
you're
stopping
the
entire
process
here,
we're
at
where
we're
at
this
stage.
Now,
where
we
have
you
have
an
actual
application
for
a
new
district
to
be
deformed
today,
that's
what's
before
you,
but
if
you
want,
if
you
want
to
go
in
and
split
it
out,
you
stop
the
process,
and
that
means
we
got.
V
It
it's
taking
us
up
to
four
to
six
months
to
get
that
kind
of
that
kind
of
work
done,
because
we
put
the
onus
back
on
on
the
actual
applicant.
We
don't
do
that.
We
don't
we
don't
develop
the
redevelopment
plan
if
they're
interested
in
establishing
this
tag,
it's
on
them
to
come
up
with
that
plan.
We
review
that
plan,
of
course,
and
make
a
recommendation
to
you,
but
we
we
rely
on
them
to
make
that
kind
of
that
kind
of
deal
and.
G
So
if
somebody
wanted
to
come
back
with
the
other
portion
of
what
is
today
being
proposed,
it
would
take
four
to
six
months
for
them
to
get
all
of
the
paperwork
done
and
the
planning
and
all
that
and
come
back
to
us.
So
we're
looking
at
mid
2021.
H
G
H
And-
and
I
will
say
that.
E
Can
I
interject
just
for
a
minute
we
need
to
get
back
on
the
right
page.
This
council
has
the
power
today
to
modify
this
proposed
plan.
They
can
restrict
the
acreage,
delete,
a
parcel
change
the
boundaries
if
they
want
to
today
and
and
take
final
action
today
without
getting
into
the
next
tax
year
and.
H
G
M
B
Yeah,
I
think
splitting
it
would
send
a
very
it
would
send
a
mixed
message
from
this
government
and
I
think
it
would
be
I
I
think
it
would
be
counterproductive
to
what
we're
trying
to
do
in
that
particular
area
out
there
with
the
housing
development.
B
R
I
was
just
going
to
mention
you
know
I
I
brought
up
splitting
it,
you
know,
and
I'm
looking
at
these
numbers
just
from
midtown,
where
it's
split,
there's
two
different
tads
here:
one
has
almost
a
half
a
million
dollars
in
it
and
the
other
has
23
000..
B
B
O
B
I'm
I'm
in
a
I
I'm
all
for
approving
all
of
them.
Okay!
Well,
what
we'll
do
is
we
will?
We
will
have
the
city
manager
go
through
them
after
we
approve
them?
I
just
want
to
make
sure
there's
no,
no
objections,
all
right,
all
in
favor
of
items,
a
through
j,
any
oppose
say
no,
all
right,
miss
cmaj
if
you'd
walk
through
those.
Yes.
H
Sir,
the
first
one
is
an
inmate
commissary
services
for
muscogee
county
prison
and
note
that
when
you
see
the
items
on
the
agenda
that
says
rafp,
there
are
requests
for
proposals
and
staff
will
have
a
chance
to
go
and
do
negotiations
on
the
and
come
to
a
final
price
and
so
you're
authorizing
staff
to
negotiate
the
price.
H
H
Consulting
inc
for
monitoring
for
environmental
monitoring
services
for
public
works
on
an
as-needed
basis,
and
so
this
is
for
the
various
landfills
that
we
have
c
paper
and
plastic
products
and
that's
an
estimated
annual
contract
of
195
0009
1845
d
e1,
active
air
purification
systems
for
fire
ems,
and
you
can
see
that
that's
in
the
amount
of
sixty
three
thousand
nine
hundred
dollars
e
repair
of
dump
truck
for
public
works.
That's
twenty
five
thousand
four
hundred
and
sixty
four
dollars
and
sixteen
cents.
H
If
sat
loader
recycling
trucks
for
public
works,
we
brought
it
to
you.
Last
week
we
had
a
discussion
on
those
trucks
and
presented
a
price
to
you,
ge1
fire
trucks
with
related
equipment
for
fire
ems.
The
mayor
talked
about
last
week.
Those
critical
equipment
needs
for
fire
ems
ladder,
truck
engine
and
so
forth,
and
then
h
the
ambulance
units
that
were
mentioned
to
you
last
week.
Two
ambulance
units
is
h
and
then
j,
I
am
sorry
shop,
fax,
software
upgrade
and
mobile
computer
ones
for
public
works.
H
Eighty
one
thousand
four
and
thirty
five
dollars
and
then
j
grab.
All
that
was
discussed
last
week
as
a
critical
piece
of
equipment
needed
a
hundred
forty
six
thousand
seven
hundred
and
sixty
dollars.
Those
are
the
purchases,
mr
mayor
and
council
that
you
just
approved.
H
She
is
here
and-
and
I
know
that
the
mayor
will
want
to
make
comments.
Mr
mayor
pro
tem
about
this
organization
and
what
they're
doing,
and
so
I'm
sure
when
he
returns
he'll,
have
some
comments
to
make
cara
strickland.
N
Good
morning,
I
believe
that
I
have
a
slideshow.
Maybe
that
was
supposed
to
come
up.
Does
anyone
know
if
that
was
there?
We
go?
Okay,
great!
Thank
you
all
for
having
me
here
this
morning.
My
name
is
carrie
strickland.
I
am
part
of
a
non-profit
organization
called
true
spring
and,
as
you
can
see
on
the
screen,
our
mission
is
to
rebuild
the
north
highland
community
with
christ
centered
projects
and
strategies.
So
the
mayor
and
buyer
invited
me
to
come
in
and
share
a
new
program
that
we're
getting
ready
to
start
with
you
guys.
N
I
have
a
clicker
this
okay,
okay,
there
we
go:
okay,
just
two
quick
facts
to
bring
to
your
attention.
North
highland
is
the
average
income
in
this
community
is
about
19
374.,
obviously,
that's
well
below
the
poverty
level,
and
only
1.9
percent
of
all
churches
focus
on
employment
as
a
means
to
alleviate
poverty,
so
oftentimes
when
you're
talking
about
poverty,
people
think
about
food
housing,
clothing
and
that's
their
primary
focus,
and
no
one
thinks
that.
N
So
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
very
brief
timeline:
that's
going
to
help
bring
some
context
to
what
we're
doing
at
true
spring.
So
2005
my
family
moved
into
the
north
highland
community,
so
my
husband
is
a
pastor
and
he
became
the
pastor
of
a
very
small
church
in
that
community.
We
learned
two
things
at
the
very
beginning.
In
2005
one
was
if
we
were
going
to
have
any
chance
of
being
effective
in
that
community
we
were
going
to
have
to
live
in
the
community.
N
This
is
not
in
our
game
plan.
We
did
not
think
that
we
really
wanted
to
do
this,
but
we
realized
that
to
really
be
effective
there
we
were
going
to
have
to
know
the
sorrows
of
the
community
as
well
as
the
joys
of
the
community
and
be
embraced
by
them,
and
so
in
2005,
when
my
husband
became
the
pastor,
we
also
moved
into
that
community.
The
second
thing
that
we
learned
between
2005
and
2009
is
we
had
no
idea
what
we
were
doing
so
we
were
thrown
into
community
development,
to
say
the
least.
N
We
were
just
trying
to
learn
the
people
and
allow
the
people
to
learn
us
and
essentially
just
be
embraced
by
the
community.
So
that's
what
we
did
for
the
first
four
years
is
we
just
learned
what
it
looked
like
to
be
a
neighbor
talk
to
your
neighbor,
be
out
on
the
front
porch,
get
to
know
people
and
allow
the
neighborhood
to
just
accept
us
little
by
little.
So
by
2009
that
had
happened.
The
neighborhood
started
to
accept
our
family.
We
started
seeing
a
lot
of
momentum
at
the
church.
N
N
So
while
we
were
seeing
a
lot
of
momentum
and
the
people
were
really
responding
to
what
the
church
was
trying
to
do
at
the
same
time,
the
church
was
still
very,
very
small,
and
so
we
were
being
very
overwhelmed
by
all
the
needs
of
the
community
going
on,
and
so
the
church
decided
in
order
for
them
to
not
sync
with
underneath
all
the
needs
that
they
needed
to
start
a
non-profit,
that
their
sole
focus
would
be
on
developing
the
community.
So
that's
how
these
two
go
together.
N
You
have
highland
community
church
who
is
discipling
a
community
and
you
have
true
spring,
who
is
developing
a
community,
so
that's
how
we
come
together.
Those
two
whole
person
objective
there.
So
we
started
true
spring
and
again
we
had
no
idea
what
we
were
doing,
and
so
we
really
just
held
a
lot
of
community
meetings,
hot
dog
events,
outdoor
movies,
just
to
bring
a
sense
of
unity
and
a
sense
of
community
to
to
that
neighborhood.
It
had
been
severed
and
broken
for
so
long
that
there
was
no
sense
of
oneness
anymore.
N
There
was
no
sense
of
a
neighborhood
coming
together
and
so
for
the
first
three
years
we
just
hosted
events
just
to
bring
that
sense
of
unity
back
into
that
community
again
so
2012,
we
thought.
Okay,
we've
done
this
long
enough,
we're
ready
to
really
do
something
now
in
terms
of
actually
trying
to
develop
the
community.
N
N
We
want
you
to
be
about
housing
and
we
want
you
to
be
about
education,
and
so
I
don't
have
time
to
go
into
those
two
things,
because
that's
not
our
focus
today,
but
out
of
that
meeting
we
listened
to
them
and
we
did
exactly
what
they
asked
us
to
do.
We
developed
a
housing
program
for
the
north
highland
community
where
we
buy
and
renovate
houses,
and
then
we
find
a
family
who's
currently
living
in
that
neighborhood,
and
we
put
them
in
that
home
that
better
home
and
then
with
true
spring
academy.
N
N
We
are
simply
meant
to
complement
them
by
taking
in
some
of
the
weakest
students,
some
of
the
students
that
struggle
the
most
and
we
focus
on
them
in
order
to
lift
up
fox
and
also
save
those
kids
who
would
most
likely
fall
through
the
cracks
and
no
one
would
ever
notice.
So
that's
how
we
come
together,
so
2018
rolled
around
we
were
celebrating.
We
had
seen
so
much
success
with
kids.
N
Just
to
give
you
an
example,
we
have
kids
who
come
in
and
they
score
a
zero
on
their
entrance
exam,
meaning
they
do
not
know
a
letter.
They
do
not
know
a
number,
they
do
not
know
a
shape
zero
and,
by
the
end
of
the
year,
we're
seeing
them
exit
at
a
98
exit
exam.
So
we
were
seeing
a
lot
of
success
with
these
students,
and
so
we
were
in
there
and
we
were
celebrating
in
this
meeting
and
we
said:
okay,
we
think
that
we
can
take
on
one
more
thing.
N
N
We
said:
okay,
well,
what's
keeping
you
from
work
and
these
were
the
things
that
they
listed:
no
transportation,
no
child
care,
no
marketable
skills,
no
prior
work
experience
no
high
school
diploma
criminal
background,
so
those
are
some
of
the
things
when
we
left
the
meeting
that
day,
I
felt
really
overwhelmed
right.
It's
different,
taking
a
five-year-old
in
and
shaping
a
five-year-old,
then
taking
a
35
or
45
year
old
and
trying
to
shape
them.
N
So
we
started
looking
at
all
these
things
and
true
spring
board
and
highland
community
church
started
planning
and
we
started
praying.
We
said,
okay.
If
people
want
to
work,
how
can
we
give
them
the
opportunity
to
work?
We
know
that
this
is
a
key
part
to
the
revitalization
of
this
community,
and
so
we
thought
about
when
this
community
was
thriving,
which
most
of
you
probably
know
that
we
are
a
mill
district,
and
so
when
the
mills
were
operating,
north
highland
was
thriving
because
people
had
training
in
the
neighborhood
and
they
had
work
in
the
neighborhood.
N
N
So
that's
what
we
did.
We
just
started
going
after
as
many
people
as
we
could
talk
to
to
say
this
is
what
we're
trying
to
get
get
together.
Do
you
think
we
can
make
this
happen?
So
this
is
the
objective
for
what
we
have
created.
True
spring
workforce
objective
is
this
to
give
every
resident
in
the
north
highland
community
the
opportunity
to
engage
in
productive,
meaningful
work
as
they
rebuild
their
community
with
their
own
hands,
and
that
last
part,
I'm
going
to
focus
on
that
in
just
a
minute.
N
N
So
this
is
what
it
looks
like
we
created
the
true
spring
trade
school,
okay,
so
starting
in
january,
our
launch
date
is
going
to
be
january
11th
and
I'm
just
going
to
walk
you
real,
quick
through
our
timeline.
Just
so
you
get
a
concept
of
what
we're
doing
over
this
next
year
to
get
people
back
into
the
workforce
again
so
starting
in
january
and
going
to
march
we're
going
to
have
on-site
eight
weeks
of
in-classroom
training
using
a
curriculum
called
jobs
for
life
is
soft
skill
training.
N
N
Although
columbus
tech
is
very
close
to
the
north
highland
community,
it
might
as
well
be
miles
away
because
the
the
comfort
level
and
the
ability
for
people
to
transition
from
what
is
happening
in
north
highland
to
a
place
like
columbus
tech,
it
just
doesn't
happen
and
so
columbus
tech
agreed
and
said.
We
agree
with
that.
We
will
come
to
you
so
during
that
eight
weeks
they
are
going
to
be
offering
on-site
ged
prep
classes,
because
one
of
the
barriers
right
was
no
education,
no
ged,
and
so
we
had
to
deal
with
that.
N
N
We
have
four
trades
that
we're
going
to
be
offering.
We
have
four
partnerships.
One
of
them
is
construction
and
demolition.
We've
hired
a
full-time
contractor,
culinary
arts
with
olivia
amos
at
the
food
mill
pharmacy.
If
you've
seen
that
on
2nd
avenue
urban
gardening,
our
partnership
is
with
mercy
med
also
on
second
avenue
and
the
fourth
one
is
a
partnership
with
goodwill
and
they
will
be
teaching
us
janitorial
services.
N
So
that's
our
four
trades,
so
this
will
be
a
paid
training
program
based
on
a
40-hour
workweek.
Just
to
give
you
an
example
of
what
that
looks
like
and
to
tie
that
last
point
in-
and
I'm
almost
finished
so
say
a
student
decides
to
take
on
the
trade
of
construction
and
demolition.
Three
days
a
week,
they're
going
to
be
training
under
a
licensed
contractor
on
what
that
looks
like
well
true
spring.
N
So
do
you
see
how
that
comes
together?
So
not
only
are
they
getting
trained?
Not
only
are
they
learning
a
marketable
skill?
Not
only
are
they
getting
work
experience
and
eliminating
the
educational
background
all
at
the
same
time,
but
now
they're
also
rebuilding
their
own
community
with
their
own
hands.
N
To
me,
that
is
a
level
of
empowerment
that
community
development
is
lacking
right.
Community
development,
in
its
truest
sense,
says
I
don't
bypass
the
people
who
are
living
here
and
bring
someone
else
in
and
then
call
that
community
development
community
developments.
I
take
the
people
who
are
already
there
and
I
develop
them,
and
then
I
give
them
the
opportunity
to
develop
their
neighborhood,
and
so
that's
what
we're
doing
and
then
the
other
two
days
a
week,
they'll
be
back
in
the
classroom
again.
N
Getting
supportive
services
so
we'll
complete
our
geds,
we'll
do
in-depth
financial
training
with
them.
We'll
have
family
counseling
we'll
have
a
partnership
with
right
from
the
start
and
they'll
be
doing
family
counseling
we'll
have
a
partnership
with
mercy,
med,
billy
holbrook
is
here
and
they
will
be
offering
wellness
classes.
So
this
is
a
very
well-rounded
program
that
we
have
created
and
then
in
december
we
hope
that
people
look
like
this.
N
We
hope
that
they
are
jumping
up
and
down
because
by
then
they
have
overcome
the
list
of
barriers
that
they
walked
in
the
door
with
in
january
in
december.
Those
barriers
are
no
longer
there
anymore,
so
they
will
be
trade
trained
and
they
will
be
ready
to
seek
out
full-time
employment
within
the
private
sector
of
columbus
georgia
at
a
livable
wage
for
their
family,
and
this
is
my
last
slide
and
then
I'll
turn
it
over
for
any
questions.
N
N
That's
the
philosophy
of
true
spring:
that's
what
we
live,
that's
what
we
do,
that's
what
we
breathe
and
it's
working
in
the
north
highland
community.
I've
been
there
for
15
years
now,
and
it's
working.
The
people
are
responding.
They
want
better
and
this
is
giving
them
the
opportunity
to
have
that
better.
B
Gary,
thank
you.
You
know
I
first
I
first
had
an
opportunity
to
meet
and
listen.
I
was
a
spectator,
I
would
love
to
say
it's
kind
of
like
one
of
those
big
epic
games
when
it's
over.
You
say
you
wish.
You
could
say
you
were
there,
that's
what
their
initiatives
are
like
because
you
want
so
badly.
There's
such
great
initiatives.
You
want
so
badly
to
be
able
to
take
credit
for
part
of
it,
but
really
it's
them.
I
just
watched
them
do
what
they
were
doing.
B
We
met
them
when
I
was
working
at
a
at
keller,
williams,
realty.
That's.
M
B
They
were
building,
they
were
trying
to
get
the
school
ready
and
we
were
fortunate
enough
to
be
able
to
to
help
them
a
little
bit
with
that.
But
this
is
such
an
incredible
program.
It's
such
an
incredible
group.
I
mean
it.
How
many
people
would
have
the
courage
when
god
is
telling
you
to
go,
provide
for
others
to
actually
pick
up
everything
they
have
pack
their
family
up
and
move
into
the
environment
that
they
are
going
to
be.
B
Distributing
that
that
assistance
I
mean
it's
it's
it's
a
full
buy-in
and,
and
the
thing
that
I'm
really
impressed
with
the
mayor's
office
has
gotten
very
interested
in
what
true
spring
is
doing,
because
we
have.
We
have
acknowledged
the
fact,
as
kerry
alluded
to
that,
you
can't
solve
our
big
issues,
which
are
poverty
which
are
education,
which
are:
how
do
we
get
people?
How
do
we
lower
recidivism?
How
do
we
get
folks
who
are
coming
out
of
prison
going
and
get
them
a
job?
How
do
we?
B
How
do
we
get
nutritious
food
to
people?
How
do
we
give
them
a
clean
and
and
an
attractive
environment
to
live
in
that
they
will
be
proud
of
that
they
will
develop
that
sense
of
pride
in
themselves
and
and
what
true
spring
is
doing.
What
kerry
and
rob
are
doing
it
dovetailed
in
with
what
is
going
on
in
the
city
village,
whether
it's
north
highland
or
anderson,
village
or
bibs.
B
All
of
these
areas
are
kind
of
being
pulled
into
one
where
they've
applied
resources
and-
and
you
have
to
focus
on
on
one
area,
to
perfect
that
template
and
to
start
developing
some
wins
so
that
when
you
go
into
other
parts
of
our
area,
our
community,
that
desperately
needs
the
same
type
of
attention
you
you
have
a
path
to
follow,
so
that
you,
you
have
a
much
higher
rate
of
success
and
what
they're
doing
with
this,
this
workforce
development
thing
I
just
I
I'm
so
excited
for
what
you
guys
are
doing
and
the
partners
over
there
you
mentioned
billy
holbrook,
grant
scarborough
vet
scarborough
at
fox
elementary
brad
turner,
who
has
gotten
behind
the
city
village
initiative.
B
B
If
you
can't
find
carrie,
go,
find
a
vet
scarborough
and
sit
and
talk
to
her
about
what
she's
doing
at
fox
elementary
to
try
to
enhance
that
purpose-built
communities
that
helped
create
and
revive
the
east
lake
area
in
atlanta
they're
working
on
this,
and
they
focus
on
a
couple
of
different
main
pillars.
And
one
is
it.
B
One
is
access
to
medical
care
and
health
care
which
mercy
med
is
solving
the
education
which
is
fox
elementary
and
then
they
work
on
affordable
housing,
which
is
what
what
kerry
and
rob
are
doing
by
by
not
just
building
the
houses
but
by
building
the
lives
of
the
people
who
are
going
to
help
shape
those
houses
and
transform
that
area.
I
just
the
city
is
extremely
excited
to
be
partnering
with
y'all
and
doing
just
a
little
bit
to
try
to
help
you
be
successful.
B
L
Kerry,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
all
you
do,
for
my
district
and
for
the
city,
you
and
your
husband
y'all
have
had
me
over
a
couple
times,
and
it's
just
remarkable-
and
you
may
have
said
this
already
before
I
left-
to
use
the
restroom,
but
if
you
haven't
made
a
year-end
donation,
this
just
reminded
me
seeing
her
true
speed.
Truespring.Org
is
a
great
organization
to
give
to
it's
really
easy.
L
I
just
did
mine
and
it's
it's
just
the
most
impactful
organization,
I've
seen
in
north
in
the
north
highland
area.
I
mean
it's
been
incredible.
What
y'all
done,
and
I
just
want
to
see
it
spread
all
over
the
city.
Thank
you,
but.
L
L
O
Davis,
thank
you
mayor,
kerry.
I'm
so
glad
you're
here
today
to
spend
a
little
time
with
the
council
and
just
to
share
and
let
let
us
all
get
familiar
with
what
with
what
you
guys
are
doing
you
and
your
husband,
your
your
family,
it's
a
really
a
family
effort.
What
you're
doing
in
the
north
highland
effort
mayor!
I
want
to
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
articulate
and
you
did
it
well
the
vision
and
the
mission
of
what
they
do.
O
It's
just
so
many
things,
but
I
want
to
share
this
to
carrie
and
her
husband
and
they're
kind
of
my
starbucks
buddies.
O
Though,
even
though
we
haven't
been
able
to
see
each
other
a
lot
lately,
but
I
can
see
sometimes
sometimes
you
just
sit
and
watch
people
from
a
distance
and
it
says
a
lot
and
you
know
it's
not
easy,
sometimes,
when
you're
totally
committed
to
to
giving
back
it's
it's
not
an
easy
road
to
to
take
sometimes,
but
you
can
tell
when
people
are
committed
and
they
are
in
100
in
what
they
do.
And
I
can't
thank
you
enough
for
what
y'all
done
and
you
don't
ask
for
anything.
You
do
it
quietly.
You
really.
O
Your
actions
speak
louder
than
your
words,
but
I'm
glad
you're
here
today,
because
people
need
to
know
what
your
family,
the
the
connections,
the,
how
you're
making
a
difference
in
the
lives
of
so
many
people
and
you
are
and
sometimes
we're
just
passing
through,
but
to
know
that
I
just
pray,
god's
richest
blessings
upon
you
and
your
family
and
the
continuing
success
of
all
you're
doing
there.
I
know
it's
tough
sometimes,
but
you
know
you
guys
are
committed
and
I'm
so
thankful
for
people
like
that
in
our
community.
O
So,
thanks
for
being
here
today
and
just
spend
a
little
time,
let
everybody
get
to
know
you.
I
hope
the
council
reaches
out
to
you
and
gets
to
know
you
and
your
family
and
your
children
and
and
and
maybe
they'll
ask
more
questions
about
what
all
you
you
do.
It's
it's
phenomenal,
but
thank
you
there's.
So
many
people
like
that
in
our
community
a
lot
of
times
it
kind
of
goes
unnoticed,
but
sometimes
you're,
making
the
biggest
difference.
When
you
do
that
work.
B
I'll
tell
you
there
are
changes
happening.
I
was
remiss
in
not
pointing
out
that
neighborworks
is
doing
a
couple.
Dozen
houses
out
there
that
they're
transforming
there
along
fourth
and
fifth
and
there's
just
been
a
a
senior
housing
component
that
just
opened
on
the
old
meredith
mills
site.
So
right
next
to
that
school,
where
they
used
to
have
that
dilapidated
horrible
place
for
the
for
these
kids
to
have
to
go
by
every
day
now,
they've
got
a
brand
new
140.
I
think
unit.
B
145
available
and
it's
it's
for
55
and
up
and
there's
plans
right
behind
it
for
a
mirror,
mirroring
project
without
that
that
age
limitation,
all
affordable
housing
is
just
really
a
lot
going
on
counselor
alan,
our
mayor
pro
temps.
T
Thank
you,
mayor
just
wanted
to
say,
kerry.
How
proud
I
am
of
you
and
your
efforts
in
this
area,
giving
away
my
age
right
now,
but
my
parents
grew
up
in
the
north
highland
area.
My
grandparents
worked
at
the
mills
so
they're,
I'm
basically
a
product
of
that
area.
So
I'm
proud
to
see
this
revitalization
and
I
would
be
I'd
like
to
join
in
in
helping
you
in
any
way.
T
G
Kerry
mayor
pro
tem
allen
is
not
the
only
product
of
north
highland
on
this
council.
My
my
grandmother
worked
at
the
swift
mill
and
they
lived
over
on
36th
street
and
there
are
a
lot
of
people
in
columbus
who
grew
up
in
those
neighborhoods
and
worked
in
those
meals,
and
I
think,
like
mayor
pro
tem
allen
would
be
more
than
glad
to
help
out.
However,
you
need
us,
so
don't
hide
your
candle
under
a
bushel
pull
it
out
and
let
us
know-
and
let
us
know
how
to
get
to
you.
G
I
think
councilor
garrett
gave
us
a
website
if
you
would
give
it
again.
I
think
you
may
find
some
folks
that
would
be
more
than
willing
to
help
to
contribute
financial
assistance,
but
there
are
also
a
lot
of
people
that
would
come
over
and
and
do
whatever
needs
to
be
done
there.
So
don't
don't
hesitate
to
call
us
tell
us
that
that
website
again,
where
we
can.
N
Right
it's
truthspring.org,
and
that
was
how
we
initially
got
the
workforce
program
rolling
was
I
found
out
that
mr
yancey
was
connected
to
that
community?
I
don't
know
mr
yancy,
but
I
went
and
said:
could
you
meet
with
me
and
he
said
yes
and
that's
what
I
said
to
him.
I
said
I
know
your
roots
come
back
to
this
community
and
therefore,
when
scripture
says
they
will
rebuild
the
ancient
ruins
you're
part
of
that
they
and
he
took
it,
and
he
was
one
of
our
very
first
committed
supporters
of
the
program.
H
And
mr
mayor,
if
I
may
yes,
sir,
the
mayor,
heard
the
story,
saw
this
project
and
talked
to
cary,
strickland
and
and
others
to
include
jimmy
yancey
and
and
and-
and
he
was
talking
to
me
and
he
was
so
excited
about
the
program
he
says
you
got
to
hear
about
this
program.
You
just
got
to
hear
it
and-
and
the
mayor
says
I
I'd
like
to
figure
out
how
we
can
partner
and
help
fund
what
they're
doing
and-
and
so
I
did
get
to
hear.
H
Kerry
present
share
the
program
and
jimmy
yancey
was
a
part
of
that
presentation
where
she
shared
the
program
and
and
it
was
it
was
just
so
exciting.
I
just
couldn't
believe
what
I
was
seeing
and
and
and
as
I'm
talking
deficit
manager,
pam
hodge
is
not
here,
but
she
just
texted
me.
H
This
program
is
so
exciting
because
it
is,
but
we
we
heard
about
all
the
details
about
the
program
and
then
we
started
to
try
and
figure
out
how
we
can
help
fund
it
through
cdbg,
and
we
were,
of
course
in
the
middle
of
a
cdbg
year
and
and
their
program
is
not
waiting.
H
It's
moving
it's
active,
and
so
then
we
started
looking
at
what
funding
source.
Could
we
possibly
look
at
to
try
and
help
get
them
through
this
this
year
and
and
we
would
like
to
come
back
to
you
in
january,
and
we
want
to
consider
the
economic
development
fund
as
a
potential
funding
choice,
but
going
forward
if
we're
not
in
the
middle
of
a
cdbg
year.
Cdbg
would
be
an
excellent
funding
source
to
support
this
program.
H
That's
what
community
development
block
grant
money
is
about,
and
you
just
don't
find
a
program
better
than
this
anywhere,
and
I
just
heard
council
walker
garrett
say
that
this
is
and
I'm
going
to
use
a
quote
because
I
wrote
it
down
counselor
gary.
You
said
this
is
the
most
impactful
organization
I
have
seen
and
I
want
it
spread
all
over
the
city.
H
B
H
I
Thank
you
very
much
for
seeing
the
vision
that
god
gave
you
and
fulfilling
it.
That's
very
important.
I
believe
in
that
very
strongly
that
god
gives
us
visions
and
we're
all
chosen
to
do
something
to
to
take
care
of
his
children.
But
I
too,
like
isaiah,
say
it
so
eloquently,
and
I
can't
repeat
him,
but
I
agree
when
I
heard
consular
garrett
say
this
should
be
all
over
the
city.
That's
the
first
thing
I
wrote
all
over
the
city.
I
I've
been
here
in
columbus
on
and
off
since
85
and
been
in
this
position
since
95,
and
I
can
tell
you
I've
seen
lots
of
good
programs,
but
never
like
this,
and
this
is
an
amazing
program,
and
I
have
my
light
on
to
ask:
how
can
we
help
fund
it,
and
then
the
city
manager
said
it
all
so
just
to
say
is
that
god
gave
you
a
mission
and
he's
opening
the
doors
for
you
and
you
are
blessing,
others
that
others
will
bless
others,
and
thank
you
for
that
great
work
of
god,
because
really
the
credit
goes
to
him
with
the
vision
of
using
you
and
the
mayors
have
said
it.
I
M
I
You
for
having
the
vision
to
bring
miss
kerry
so
or
isaiah,
whoever
had
the
vision
to
bring
her,
because
this
is
good
news
in
a
time
when
we
have
epidemic
and
a
time
when
people
are
losing
their
jobs
when
you're
losing
loved
ones.
When
you
feel
hopeless,
you
just
brought
joy
what
christmas
is
about.
You
just
brought
joy
because
you
can
see
a
light
into
the
future.
So
thank
you
very
much
appreciate
it.
B
Thank
you,
ma'am
yeah.
We-
and
I
thank
you,
mr
city
manager,
because
we
did
we.
We
we
have
told
true
springs,
that
we
are
going
to
bring
to
this
council
request
for
an
amount
to
help
us
partner
with
them
during
this
first
first
session,
and
you
have
how
many
people
do
you
have
already
interested
in
joining
that
we.
N
B
And-
and
mr
yancey
said
something
that
resonated
with
me,
because
we
have
unfortunately,
these
perceptions
that
are
so
far
from
reality
and
truth,
and
he
was,
he
was
mentioning
that
you
know
the
assumption.
Sometimes
in
areas
of
high
poverty
is
that
people
don't
want
to
work
they're
watching
the
mailbox
waiting
on
a
check.
So
when
kerry
and
rob
went
out
and
they
were
doing
their
canvassing
to
try
to
ask
them,
what
do
you
need
the
number
one
answer?
One
of
the
top
answers
was
work.
B
They
want
to
work
so
now,
they've
got
20
slots,
and
now
they
got
what
50
people
trying
to
get
in
there.
So
this
is.
This
is
just
it's
it's
an
awesome
program
and
we
thank
you.
B
This
is
how
you
this
is
how
you
help
provide
an
opportunity,
in
my
opinion,
for
a
community
to
overcome
poverty,
because
it
has
to
be,
as
you
pointed
out
from
the
inside
out,
it
has
to
start
with
the
individuals
they
have
to
buy
into
the
they
have
to
buy
into
the
fact
that
that
they
can
improve
their
lives
and
they
can
take
control
of
their
lives.
And
then
you
have
to
have
people
who
are
going
to
help
them
marry
up
with
the
necessary
resources
to
be
successful.
B
N
B
B
H
N
H
H
H
W
And
so
the
annual
extern
external
audit
objective
is
obviously
to
the
objective
of
the
external
audit
is
to
obtain
reasonable
assurance,
and
we
say
reasonable
assurance,
not
absolute
assurance,
because
nothing
is
perfect.
Even
throughout
the
audit
process,
there
is
a
level
of
materiality
and
it
has
to
meet.
W
You
know
that
materiality
threshold,
before
it's
presented
as
being
an
issue
but
reasonable
assurance
as
to
whether
the
financial
statements
are
free
of
material
misstatement
caused
by
error
or
fraud,
and
so
the
role
of
the
external
auditor
is
to
provide
independent
assurance
that
management
has,
in
its
presentation
of
its
financial
statements,
presented
a
true
and
fair
view
of
the
organization's
financial
position,
as
well
as
its
performance,
so
per
ocga
36-81-7.
W
So,
in
terms
of
audit
reporting
requirements,
the
state
auditor
may
grant
a
heartship
extension
by
allowing
additional
time
to
submit
the
audit
report
to
them
for
a
period
not
to
exceed
180
days
and
by
executive
order.
That
was
by
the
governor's
executive
order.
Due
to
the
covet
19
pandemic,
an
automatic
90-day
extension
has
been
granted
from
the
state
auditor.
W
So,
in
regards
to
the
continuing
disclosure
requirements,
we
have
every
for
every
outstanding
bond
that
we
have
there,
that
we
have
as
well
as
all
the
component
units
of
the
city.
W
And
so
potential
non-compliance
issues
you
know
component
units
are
required.
This
is
a
resolution
that
was
passed
by
council
at
the
recommendation
of
our
external
auditors
last
year,
but
component
units
are
required
to
submit
their
audited
financial
statements
to
the
city
no
later
than
november
30th
to
be
included
in
the
kafir,
which
again
is
our
comprehensive
annual
financial
report.
W
You
know
there's
talks
of
splash
and
issuing
bonds
as
part
of
the
splost,
and
if
we
don't,
if
we
have
to
file
an
event
disclosure,
obviously
that
information
will
have
to
be
disclosed
in
that
official
statement
for
any
bonds
issued
as
part
of
the
splost
also
event,
disclosures
could
adversely
impact
the
credit
standing
of
the
city
with
bond
rating
agencies,
which
would
ultimately
lead
to
issuance
of
bonds
with
a
higher
interest
rate.
So
we
have
to
pay
more
in
terms
of
our
an
interest
to
our
bond
holders.
W
W
W
Okay,
so
moving
on
to
the
next
update,
which
is
just
our
monthly
finance
update,
if
you
have
the
snapshot
in
front
of
you,
we'll
just
start
to
the
right
of
the
snapchat
there
with
the
general
fund,
the
general
fund
is
currently
up
5.39
when
compared
to
november
of
2019,
the
other
local
option
sales
tax
fund
is
up
28.93.
W
So
that
is
the
reason
for
that
significant
increase.
The
medical
center
fund
is
up
1.52
percent.
The
integrated
waste
fund
is
down
2.86
percent,
and
that
is
partially
due
to
the
billing
method.
Change
for
the
commercial
billing
of
a
solid
waste
collection
we
went
to
a
month
to
month
basis,
as
opposed
to
all
of
that
money
being
collected
up
front
at
the
very
beginning
of
the
fiscal
year.
W
The
emergency
telephone
fund
is
down
7.0,
seven
percent
and
that
is
attributed
to
the
cancellation
of
the
a
contract
with
chattahoochee
county
for
many
years.
Actually
I
believe,
since,
like
the
early
90s,
we
were
in
contract
with
chattahoochee
county,
where
we
would
serve
as
their
answering
point.
So
if
you
dial
9-1-1
in
chattahoochee
county,
you
actually
receive
someone
in
muskogee
county
to
dispatch
that
call,
and
as
of
april
1st
2020,
they
canceled
that
contract,
so
we're
no
longer
receiving
their
e-911
fees.
W
The
debt
service
fund
is
down
87.3,
three
zero
percent,
and
that's
largely
due
to
the
bond
refinancing
that
took
place
last
year.
I
don't
know
if
you
recall
me
saying
last
year
you
know
it
was
really
up
last
year
and
so
this
year
is
just
the
opposite,
but
that's
solely
due
to
the
bond
refinancing
that
we
had
in
2019..
W
The
trade
center
fund
is
down
30.32
percent
and
you
know,
obviously
they
are
impacted
by
covet
19
in
terms
of
being
able
to
generate
any
substantial
event-based
revenue,
and
there
is
also
a
decline
in
hotel,
motel
taxes,
hotel
motel
taxes
is
down
about
35
percent
right
now
when
compared
to
last
year,
but
that
is
actually
better
than
what
we
initially
projected
in
terms
of
the
budget.
We
anticipated
that
it'd
be
down
about
50
percent,
so
35
percent
is
better
than
50,
but
so
hopefully
we'll
experience.
W
You
know
that
rebound
that
the
industry
experts
were
projecting
in
january.
Fingers
crossed
on
that
bull
creek
golf
course
fund
is
up
24.,
55
percent,
oxbow
creek
golf
course
fund
up
68.17
and
the
civic
center
fund
is
down
78
point
12
percent
and
again
definitely
impacted
by
covet
19
in
terms
of
producing
event-based
revenues.
W
And
although
the
revenues
are
down,
the
expenditures
are
down
as
well
for
the
fun
at
about
45
percent
of
expenses
when
compared
to
2019,
so
moving
down
the
snapshot
to
the
other
local
option.
Sales
tax
fund
for
public
for
the
public
safety
side,
total
revenues
collected
year-to-date,
is
about
11.6
million
expenditures.
Year-To-Date
is
about
10.6
million
for
the
other
local
options.
Sales
tax
infrastructure
fund,
we've
recorded
about
4.9
million
in
revenues,
and
we
have
about
2.3
million
in
expenditures
moving
over
to
the
left
side
of
the
snapshot.
W
Where
you
see
the
general
fund
expenditures
by
department.
The
goal
at
this
particular
point
in
the
fiscal
year
is
to
be
at
58
percent
or
greater.
Those
departments
that
are
less
than
that
goal
are
highlighted
here
in
yellow
being
starting
with
the
city
attorney's
office.
Of
course,
we're
defending.
You
know
several
million
in
claims
for
information
technology.
W
W
There
are
some
expenditures
for
the
elections
department
that
will
be
redistributed
reallocated
to
some
of
the
grants
that
elections
receive,
and
so
we're
still
working
through
that
process
at
this
particular
time,
I'm
not
concerned,
but
they
are
on
the
watch
list
and
so
mr
city
manager,
mr
mayor,
that
is
the
finance
update
and
I
will
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
from
anyone
at
this
time.
T
I
understand
we
have
procedures
in
place
regarding
bonuses
and
that
kind
of
thing
my
understanding
also
is
the
staff
regarding
the
elections
office
was
put
in
certain
situations
for
the
elections
process,
covid
et
cetera,
et
cetera.
I
know
one
of
the
board
members
contracted
koba
kobit,
so
they
were,
in
my
opinion,
front-line
workers
and
are
deserving
of
some
type
of
of
extra
compensation.
So
have
we
talked
about
that
any
further,
as
have
have
you?
Where
are
we
with
that?
H
U
H
Be
happy
to
respond.
We
we
resolved
the
concern
that
we
had
with
full-time
employees
who
did
receive
the
650
bonus
authorized
by
the
mayoring
council
and-
and
I
did
have
deputy
city
manager
haj,
to
do
a
complete
review
of
the
grants
and
what
transpired
she
is
not
here
today
and
we'll
be
happy
to
to
have
further
discussion
on
it
that
you
will
know
exactly
what
transpired
and
what
concerns
we
had
and
continue
to
have.
H
T
We
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
have
this
type
of
grant
before.
So
this
is
the
first
time
we've
we've
experienced
this.
This
grant
does
include
hazard,
pay,
I'm
not
sure
if
the
other
grants
you
mentioned,
who
includes
that
do
include
hazard
pay,
but
if
we
don't
utilize
the
funds
they
have
to
be
turned
back
in
by
the
end
of
the
year.
So
that's
why
I
was
trying
to
bring
it
up
to
see
if
we
could
work
out
something
in
this
particular
situation.
So
do
you
know
offhand
if
the
other
grants
include
hazard,
pay.
H
Well,
I
don't
know
specifically
about
metra,
but
I
can
tell
you
that
with
workforce
investment
they've
got
money
that
they
can
spread
about.
If,
if
we
want
to
do
that.
H
Yes,
it's
100
money
and
in
fact,
there's
no
limit
on
what
we
can
pay
those
people
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
treating
all
equally
or
fairly
and
and
but
I
can
check
to
see
if
the
6.7
million
allows
for
hazard
pay
and
there
were
some
some
significant
numbers
that
came
forward
to
pay
people
hazard
pay.
I'm
saying
you
know
we
had
people
they
were
trying
to
pay,
has
to
pay
six
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars.
H
B
I
my
view
of
that,
and
I
saw
the
amounts
that
were
going
to
to
some
of
the
employees
and
it
just
it
just
didn't
seem
like
it
was
a
levelized
playing
field
for
everybody
I
mean,
but
but
those
that
were
working
part-time
and
hired
specifically
for
that
for
them
to
be
out
there
at
those
polls.
I
think
you
know
a
small
something
makes
more
sense
than
than
giving
it
to
the.
H
H
H
Impressed
with
the
the
number
of
grants
that
we
receive
related
to
covet
and
our
our
staff
did
an
excellent
job
with
covet
dollars
and
just
to
pull
it
up
right,
quick.
H
You
know
we
got
10.2
million
from
the
state
for
karazhak
dollars,
metro
received,
6.9
million
cdbg,
2.1
million
columbus
airport,
1.2
million
ccg
public
safety,
jag
grant
339
000
assistance
to
firefighter
grant
000
workforce
investment
dislocated
workers,
grant
460
000
river
valley.
Regional
commission
got
a
million
and
you
know
the
list
goes
on,
and
so
there
was
a
lot
of
money
flowing
through
here
as
a
result
of
covert
grants
and
but
but
I'm
happy
to
take
a
look
at
whatever
you
want
me
to
in
that
regard.
H
No,
they
did
not,
they
did
not
yeah
just
it
was
a
full-time
employees
and
they
didn't
because,
as
our
hr
director
explained,
employees
who
were
part-time
and
not
working,
they
were
getting
unemployment
and
the
additional
600
and,
and
so
actually
they
were
making
more
money
not
working
than
they
would
have.
If
that
worked.
T
Well,
that's
where
I
was
trying
to
distinguish
between
the
elections,
workers
and
the
permanent
part-time
city
employees.
I
was
these
folks
only
come
in
every
other
year
yeah
and
they
were
obviously
you
underst.
We
understand
the
election
process
and
how
they
work,
but
they're
only
here
that
period
of
time,
and
that
that's
why
I
was
thinking
this
was
a
little
more
unique
situation
that
we
could
look
at.
H
M
B
O
O
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
all
those
involved
in
being
able
to
provide
early
voting
to
the
north
end
of
town,
making
it
more
convenient.
I
know
that
we
had
some
struggles
with
the
health
department.
There's
some
renovations
remodeling
and
things
like
that
going
on
there,
but
thank
you
so
much
to
all
who's
been
involved
in
trying
to
identify
and
find
a
new
location,
so
our
whole
community
has
easy
access
to
voting
this
whole.
O
This
has
been
a
very
very
we
all
know.
I
mean
it's
just
been
a
extraordinary
year
and
you
know
I
don't
know
if
we'll
ever
see,
one
like
like
it
again,
but
certainly
when
it
comes
to
elections,
I
mean
there's
stuff
going
on
that.
We've
never
ever
seen
in
our
lifetime
before
and
anticipated
and
we're
dealing
with
it
and
we're
working
through
it,
but
it
comes
with
a
heavy
cost.
O
It
comes
with
a
lot
of
labor
hours.
It
comes
with
a
lot
of
work,
a
lot
of
effort,
just
all
these
requests
and
things
lawsuits,
things
that
are
happening.
It's
it
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
going
to
cost
a
lot
of
money
to
to
take
care
of
all
this
stuff
and
being
in
in
saying
that
miss
city
manager.
I
really
appreciate
the
standpoint
of
of
the
management
matters.
O
So
I
I
do
appreciate
that
I
personally
am
kind
of
looking
at
this
as
a
you
know,
something
that's
kind
of
well,
let's
just
let's
just
say
it
seems
different
than
a
lot
of
other
things,
there's
a
lot
of
whether
I
don't
even
know
if
you
want
to
call
it
grants,
but
funds
that
are
floating
around
out
there,
whether
it's
through
government
agencies,
whether
it's
through
private
entities,
businesses,
just
people
getting
involved,
putting
a
lot
of
support
out
there
financial
support
out
there-
and
it's
really,
I
hate
to
say
it
like
this.
O
I'd
like
to
see
that
happen,
because
it's
my
understanding
that,
if
you
don't
use
it,
you've
just
got
to
send
it
right
back
to
where
it
came
from
and
if
it's
costing
us
then,
and
it's
a
I
guess,
a
legitimate
request
or
it's
in
the
framework
of
what
this
funding
supports.
O
Then
then
I
don't
see
any
reason
why
we
shouldn't
do
it
and-
and
I
I
too
agree
with
the
part
about
the
labor
gosh-
we've
seen
the
long
lines
I
mean
some
of
us
have
stood
in
the
lines
and
we
we've
seen
a
lot
of
the
extra
work
that's
going
on
here
and
we'll
continue
all
the
way
in
to
january
and
possibly
even
further.
So
a
lot
of
these
employ
employees
or
people
that
now
that
were
having
to
go
out
and
and
and
ask
for
assistance
to
help.
O
I
you
know
if
we
need
to
you
know
value
that-
and
you
know,
and
and
certainly
compensate
them
for
their
time
and
there's
funds
to
be
able
to
do
it.
Then
I'm
in
100
support
of
it.
I'd
like
to
encourage
you,
miss
city
manager,
mayor
that
we
we
do,
that
that
we
we
utilize
these
funds
and
whatever
council
can
do
I'm
in
full
support.
If
we
need
to
miss
city
manager,
cover
you
from
a
management
standpoint
and
and
make
that
decision.
I
don't
have
a
problem
doing
that,
but.
O
Love
us
to
look
yeah
to
look
at
that
and
and
to
be
able
to
to
utilize
those
funds,
because.
H
L
H
You
know
I'm
looking
to
do
the
right
thing
exactly
in
all
cases
and
and
and
be
consistent
in
how
we
treat
our
people
and
and
and
I'm
I
stand
on
that.
Where
I
see
you
know,
treatment
for
one
group
or
person
or
persons
that
is
not
for
others.
I
have
a
problem
with
it
and
I
will
speak
out
about
it.
H
That's
just
where
I
am,
and
so,
but
but
just
poll
workers
work
the
polls
and
they
are
face
to
face
with
people
the
employees,
I
don't
believe,
work
the
polls
and
when
a
poll
worker
gets
a
hundred
and
seventy
five
dollars
and
you're
trying
to
pay
a
full-time
employee,
a
bonus
of
six
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars.
That's
a
problem
for
me,
because
the
poll
workers
is
where
the
boots
you
know
on
ground
and
face
to
face,
and-
and
that
is
a
huge
discrepancy.
H
O
Well,
mississippi
manager.
I
appreciate
that,
as
I
said
earlier,
and
you
just
asked
you
just
whatever
we
need
to
do
to
help
out,
I'm
in
full
support
of
whether
it's
the
department
decisions
or
how
that's
being
done
that
that
we
utilize
those
funds
in
the
in
the
in
the
most
valued,
appropriate
manner.
G
G
And
I
it
seems
to
me
that
that's
different
from
some
of
the
other
grants
that
we
get
that
are
more
routine
kinds
of
things?
Is
that
does
that
make
sense,
they're
they're
grants
that
we've
been
getting
for.
You
know
10
years,
and
it's
not
specifically
for
the
hazardous
duty
that
that
our
employees
are
doing.
I
would,
I
would
not
want
us
to
return
money
to
whomever
that
was
sent
to
us
specifically
for
covid
related
hazardous
duty.
G
G
Every
grant
has
that
in
it
and
it's
not
because
of
a
an
unusual
situation
like
the
covid
is
so
let's
take
a
look
at
that
and
see
if
there's
something
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
give
to
those
employees
who
are
performing
the
hazardous
duty
whatever
that
may
be,
and,
however,
that
grant
may.
G
H
I
certainly
I
certainly
will
and
we'll
take
a
look
at
the
metro
grants
and
all
of
them,
because
our
bus
drivers
put
themselves
in
a
very,
very
dangerous
position
with
people
on
and
off
the
bus
all
day
and
in
fact
we
had
such
a
serious
problem.
At
one
time
we
had
to
go
from
a
weekday
schedule
to
a
saturday
schedule
on
a
weekday
because
of
their
close
contact
with
customers,
and
so
I
mean
throughout
the
government.
Our
people
have
really
done.
G
H
O
Thank
you
mayor.
I
wanted
to
wait
to
the
end.
Miss
mississippi
manager,
I'd
like
to
kind
of
maybe
challenge
the
staff
or
maybe
just
to
maybe
explore
possibilities
here,
and
I
think,
as
we've
gone
through
time,
just
looking
at
some
of
these
requests
as
it
as
it
relates
to
redevelopment
powers
and
the
tads
that
we've
discussed.
O
O
There
may
be,
maybe
if
staff
goes
through
and
and
looks
at
the
whole
county
and
we
look
at
areas
that
are
ripe
for
redevelopment
or
areas
that
need
help
and
assistance
that
is
basically
defined
as
the
redevelopment
act
and
it
meets
all
those
criterias
that
maybe
we
can
go
ahead
and
identify
these
areas
and
just
put
them
in
what
we
would
call
areas
of
redevelopment
or
redevelopment
yeah.
We
could
come
up
with
a
name
and
present
them
to
councils
so
that
we
look
at
all
these
areas
and
that
we
can
say
yeah.
O
O
So
I
you
know,
I'm
just
I've
been
really
thinking
about
it.
Lately,
since
we've
been
talking
about
this
stuff
and
maybe
that's
a
better
way
to
approach
this
versus
first
come
first
serve
and-
and
I
don't
mean
that
in
a
derogatory
manner,
but
I
think
you,
you
kind
of
understand,
it's
that's
kind
of
the
path
we're
going.
Maybe
there's
a
better
way
to
do
it.
I
just
throw
that
out
there
as
as
food
for
thought.
B
U
Good
afternoon,
mr
mayor
and
council
for
the
clerk's
agenda.
The
first
item
is
a
resolution
changing
the
meeting
schedule
for
january
by
counseling
the
january
5th
proclamation
session
and
in
lieu
of
hold
a
regular
council
meeting
on
january
5th,
2021
at
9
00
a.m
and
to
council
the
january
12th
regular
council
meeting.
B
U
Item
two
is
the
finance
report
resolution
concerning
certain
alcohol
beverage
license
process
during
the
month
of
november
2020.
B
B
U
U
B
From
council
garrett,
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
say
no.
All
right.
Mr
russell
and
mrs
bishop
are
confirmed.
B
U
B
I
was
a
motion
to
prove
from
councillor
huff.
Second
from
the
mayor
pro
tem,
all
in
favor,
say
aye,
any
opposed,
no
confirmed.
U
U
U
Council
woodson
has
made
that
nomination.
We
also
have
the
seat
of
leslie
hurd
jones.
This
is
a
historic
district
resident
as
well
as
robert
anderson.
This
is
the
liberty
cultural
center
inc
representative.
Both
are
not
eligible
to
serve
another
term.
Therefore,
we
are
accepting
nominees
for
these
two
seats.
U
Next,
we
have
the
tree
board
the
seat
of
frank
tomy.
This
is
the
residential
development
member,
as
well
as
troy
keller.
This
is
the
educator
member
and
beverly
kenner.
The
at-large
member
all
are
not
eligible
to
serve
another
term
of
office,
and
we
are
accepting
nominees
for
these
three
positions
and
that's
all
I
have
mr
mayor.
B
Okay
and
before
I
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn,
let
me
say
on
behalf
of
the
entire
council
and
all
the
staff
to
the
citizens
of
columbus.
We
wish
you
a
very
merry
christmas
and
for
those
of
you
whose
tradition
is
not
to
celebrate
christmas,
we
wish
you
happy
holidays
and
our
prayers
are
with
you
for
a
safe
holiday
season
reminder
to
mask
up
and
with
that
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn.