Dec 14, 2021 Board of Aldermen

I CAN SIT ON MY PORCH ANY GIVEN DAY AND I CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE SPEED UP AND DOWN COUNTRY CLUB ROAD.

MY WIFE YESTERDAY, I ALMOST GOT RAN INTO THE BACK OF TURNING INTO OUR DRIVEWAY AND WE PUT OUR SIGNAL ON BLOCK BEFORE WE TURN BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS DEAD BAD COMING OFF COUNTRY CLUB COMING OVER TO HERE AND NOTHING SEEMS TO BE DONE, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE MAYBE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY INFLUENCE OR WHATEVER.

UM, I KNOW AT LEAST TWO OF YOU GUYS HAD TO AGREE FOR THIS TO BE ON EITHER DOING THAT, WHICH YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT ON A FOUR LANE ROAD.

THAT IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IN THE CITY OF NEWBORNS.

THAT REALLY MAKES SENSE TO ME.

UH, MR. WOODS, I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO COMMENT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS COMMENT TO YOU IS NOT BEEN IT THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL AND BEER ON CONTROVERSIAL ROAD.

IT'S NOT EVEN IN MY WARD, BUT I HAVE ADDRESS THIS BOARD AND CITY, UM, VISION HEADS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR SIGN.

SO IT IS NOT ON DEAF EARS AND I WISH THAT SOMETHING COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE.

HERE WE ARE SITTING HERE ALMOST AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT TO YOU.

TO GET THE SPEED LIMIT LOWER BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY COULDN'T SEE THE STOPLIGHT AS YOUR FACE IS YOU'RE HEADING EAST ON GLEN BURNIE OR EAST TOWARDS NORTH, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY TOWARDS THE COLLEGE, THERE'S A BIG TREE OUT THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, UH, REQUEST PETITION IS FROM BILL STAFFORD.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD CLERK MANAGER.

MY NAME IS BILL STAFFORD.

I LIVE AT 2001 CLUBHOUSE DRIVE.

NEWBERN NORTH CAROLINA.

THAT IS JUST OFF THE PARKWAY.

AS YOU GO INTO GREENBRIAR, I COME OUT OF GREENBRIER MOST OFTEN, GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND.

UH, I SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY IN 2017 AND 18 AND PART A LITTLE BIT OF 19, I BELIEVE.

AND WE SENT PETITIONS UP HERE, UH, THEN THROUGH MR. DAN CASHMAN, WHO ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A VERY ORGANIZED EFFORT TO TRY

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AND WE HAD HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS IN GREENBRIAR GET HIT AT THAT STOPLIGHT.

WE FELT LIKE, I FEEL LIKE IF WE LOWERED THE SPEED LIMIT AND TO MAKE IT CLEAR, I'M ABSOLUTELY IN SUPPORT OF AND HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY STAYING IN THE EAR OF MY WARD, ALDERMAN, JEFFREY ODOM ABOUT TRYING TO GET THIS APPROVED BY Y'ALL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S REALLY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE ONE TO FIX IT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULD BE DDOT, BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SOME EFFORT TO AVOID, TO PUT SOME, SOME THINGS IN THAT THEY MIGHT SAY, WELL, THE CITY ENDORSED IT, THAT WE'RE FOR THAT.

ASIDE FROM GREENBRIER, I SHOP AT ALL THOSE BUSINESSES UP AND DOWN THEN BURNING FROM THERE.

IT IS A MAJORLY DIFFICULT TO LEFT TURN ON IN ANY DIRECTION JUST TO GET BACK OUT THERE.

I'M SURPRISED.

AND HONESTLY, A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE US POSTAL SERVICE IS NOT HERE TODAY HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE LEAVING THAT POSTAL AREA, NOT JUST AT CHRISTMAS, THIS IS NOT A CHRISTMAS TIME ISSUE.

THIS IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE.

I'M IN THE HOTEL HOSPITALITY BUSINESS ALSO IN ANOTHER AREA.

AND I KNOW ABOUT HUSKY HOSPITALITY AND ABOUT LIFE SAFETY.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THESE FACTORS THAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT HEARD THE GENTLEMAN SPEAK.

IT'S A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY.

IT IS FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY.

THAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, BUT ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE GROWN ALONG THERE AND ARE DOING QUITE WELL, TRYING TO GET OUT OF THERE, ESPECIALLY DURING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

TONIGHT THIS TIME OF NIGHT, THE DUSK TIME TRYING TO MAKE THE LEFT TO GO ANYWHERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, EAST OR NORTH, I GUESS I SHOULD REALLY BE SAYING REALLY NEEDS SOME ATTENTION AND REALLY NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT TRYING TO GET SOME SUPPORT ABOUT MAKING THAT AREA SAFER FOR EVERY CITIZEN OF NEWBURN WHO VISITS THAT AREA.

IT'S NOT JUST A GREENBRIER ISSUE.

IT'S AN EVERY CITIZEN WHO VISITS THAT AREA.

AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT REQUEST IS FROM MANNY TO, UM, I AM A RESIDENT OF GREENBRIER AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PLEASE BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO, I KNOW NOW SIX RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN GREENBRIER WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT LONG GLEN BURNIE ROAD.

UM, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE ONLY LIVED HERE FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, AND I KNEW OF TWO RESIDENTS WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

I KNOW NOW NO FOUR MORE.

SO, UH, ECHOEY, UH, THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME, I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE.

I APPRECIATE SO MUCH.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE OF, OF A SPEED REDUCTION.

MAYBE IT'S WARNING LIGHTS THAT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE COMING UP ON A STOPLIGHT AND YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN.

MAYBE IT'S A DIRECTIONAL TURN SIGNALS.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM, BUT I PLEASE CONSIDER THIS VERY, VERY CAREFULLY.

WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS THERE, SOME MINOR, SOME VERY, VERY SERIOUS INVOLVING NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS, ORTHOPEDIC PROBLEMS. AND I REALLY THINK IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT CAREFULLY AS YOU MAKE A RIGHT OUT OF, OR EVEN COMING OFF OF 70 ONTO GREENBRIER FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN GET UP ENOUGH SPEED AS SOME DO TO BEAT THE LIGHT AND THEN TO BEAT THE NEXT LIGHT AND THEN TO BEAT THE NEXT LIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I SEE ALL THE TIME.

I HAVE SEEN CARS ON WIND BERNIE GOING OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR, AND THERE'S JUST NO WAY YOU CAN STOP AS MR. STAFFORD, UH, UH, SPOKE.

IT'S VERY TRUE.

THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE POSTAL SERVICE THAT'S LOCATED ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.

SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THIS.

LOOK AT IT CAREFULLY.

I HAVE NO ANSWERS, BUT I KNOW YOU CAN FIND SOME ANSWERS TO THIS PROBLEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

I'M OPEN FOR MAN, LIKE THE, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MOTION.

UM, THAT'S ALL THE REQUESTS ISSUED CITIZENS AT THIS TIME.

LET'S GO TO

[Consent Agenda]

AND SECOND, WAS THERE DISCUSSION SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR MOTION, SAY AYE,

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MOTION CARRIES SO SCARED ON NUMBER

[5. Presentation by Craven County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.]

FIVE, MR. HUGHES MAY.

YOUR NEXT ITEM IS A PRESENTATION BY THE CRAVEN COUNTY, ABC BOARD AT THIS LAMB, WE'D LIKE TO ASK CHIP CHAGNON TO COME AND MAKE HIS PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND BOARD.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AND FIND STAFF THAT WE HAVE HERE AT NEWBURN.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

THIS IS OUR DAILY BRIEFING ON MOST LIKELY IT WILL BE A CHIP'S LAST BRIEFING.

SO I HOPE IT'S A GOOD ONE, UH, BOARD, UH, PLEASE KNOW THAT THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE CREAM COUNTY, ABC BOARD, UH, AND FOCUS, IF YOU WILL, ON THE PART THAT SAYS BIKING, CONTROLLING THE SALE, THAT THAT'S OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT.

SECONDLY, AFTER THAT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT SAYS PROMOTING A CUSTOMER FRIENDLY, SAFE MARTIN'S STORE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO UPEND THAT BECAUSE I CAN'T BEFORE THIS BOARD A FEW YEARS AGO, AND ONE OF THE MEMBERS ON IT HAD A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DOWNTOWN STORE.

SO YES, MA'AM I HAVE YOU TODAY AND I'M LOOKING FOR YOUR WHEEL GUIDE.

THE ABC BOARD OF COURSE, IS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF PRAVEN COUNTY.

UH, I'M BEING THE, UH, THE CHAIRMAN.

WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER AND MANY OF, YOU KNOW, KENNY MORRISON, LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY AND SNOW KENNEDY'S GOING TO BE ON THE BOARD, UH, WITH US IS ON THE BOARD WITH US.

AND, UH, NO OTHER CHANGES, UH, THAT IN THE PAST WE STILL THE SAME LINEUP, UM, UH, FINE FIND BOARD MEMBERS.

UH, SO HOW DO WE DO THIS YEAR? 2021 WAS A CHALLENGE.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY KNOWS THE, THE PROBLEM WITH THE COVID-19, UH, WE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE BEEN STRIKE.

THEY'VE KNOWN ABOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS. YES.

THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE.

UH, WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE STORES, THEY ASKED TRYING TO GET MATERIAL TO IMPROVE THE STORE WAS A PROBLEM, BUT, UH, HAVING SAID ALL THAT, UM, WE, WE ACCOMPLISHED THE MISSION THIS YEAR.

WE LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT, UM, UH, THREE SCORES WHEN THIS COMPLETES OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT WE STARTED, UH, BACK WHEN, AND, AND HERE WE ARE TODAY.

UM, SO WE HAVE BY, BY OUR AUDIT FROM THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, WHEN THE AUDITOR CAME BY AND SAID THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT, UH, THE PRIME COUNTY, ABC BOARD FOR THE, FOR THE SMALL SIZE BOARD, WE CAN'T COMPETE AGAINST MECKLENBURG RALEIGH, OF COURSE, BUT NOT SMALL, MEDIUM SIZED BOARD FIVE THAT WE HAVE PERHAPS ONE OF THE FIVE BEST STORES OUT OF THE 477 IN NORTH CAROLINA HEARING IN CRAVEN COUNTY.

AND I WILL MATCH THEM AT ANY TIME.

UH, WE, WE PUT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, OVER $350,000 IN THE DOWNTOWN STORE, MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM, UM, WITH THE, UH, THE BUILDING AND PEOPLE ONTO THE CHAMBER.

AND THAT IS THE SEPARATION ACTUALLY OF THE, THE PARAPET FACADE, UH, COMING INTO FRONT SCREEN.

SO WE HAD TO STOP, UH, MONETIZATION PROGRAMS TO AMIR THAT YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM.

I'M ALL TO BE CALLING ME UP AND TELLING ME, HEY, CHIP, COME GET YOUR STORE UP MY STREET.

UM, AND, UH, SO WE FIXED THAT, THAT ASPECT.

THEN THIS YEAR WE WORKED ON THE INSIDE OF THE STORE AND THEN THE BACK, AND THAT HAS COMPLETED NOW, ALL WE'RE WAITING FOR US A FEW SHELVES TO GET THAT 100% AND THAT STORE WILL BE DONE, DID THE SAME THING AND HAVE LOT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, IMPROVED THEIR, THEIR STORE.

THEY'RE ALL VERY BRIGHT, VERY CHEERY, AND THEY'RE VERY SAFE.

AND THAT'S THE ASPECT THAT I THINK THAT I'D LIKE TO CONVEY.

YES, THE, UH, CRANE COUNTY, ABC BOARD HAS ALL THE ABC BOARDS WAS RULED ESSENTIAL BY THE GOVERNOR.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TIME OFF.

WE HAD TO, UH, UH, GO RIGHT INTO THIS THING.

UM, AND YES, LIKE A LOT OF BUSINESSES, WE DID HAVE TO SHUT DOWN, UH, STORES, UH, ALONG THE WAY, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE, UM, AN EMPLOYEE THAT GOT COVID-19.

UH, AND FOR US, THAT MEANT THAT WE HAD TO CLEAN EVERY BOTTLE IN THAT STORE DISINFECTED.

THAT WE WERE NOT ONLY DOWN FOR TWO DAYS, UM, UM, FOR COVID, UH, CLEANING, CLEANING, UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD THE PROBLEM OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

UH, ALL OF THE STORES, THE FLOOR, THE SHELVING, EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK TO DO, BUT OUR WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES DID JUST THAT.

AND THEY DID IT IN SOME WONDERFUL TIME SO

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SO WE ADDRESSED THAT.

INSIDE THE STORE FOR THE MURAL AND THE IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE MADE, OBVIOUSLY SCOTCH SCOTLAND, JENN ENGLAND, A LOT OF THE FRENCH LIQUORS AND BRANDIES ARE CANADIAN CLUB, UH, YOU KNOW, AND ON AND ON ANYTHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR BORDER, MEXICO, ALL THE TEQUILA.

UM, AND AT ONE TIME IN JULY, WE WERE DOWN TO ABOUT 42% OF OUR STOCK WITH NO HOPE OF GETTING ANY.

WE, WE HAD, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH NO SHIPMENTS COMING IN.

UH, SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE STEADILY GOT US OUT TO WHERE WE'RE ABOUT 90, 92% OF A NORMAL INVENTORY.

UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UM, HERE, UH, PARTICULARLY NEW BURN IN AND HAVE A LOT, YOU HAVE A LOT OF LIQUOR BY THE DRINK THAT YOU HAVE THE BULK OF ALL LIKE ABOUT THE DRINK OPERATIONS.

AND THEY'RE KEY TO OUR TOURISM.

UH, THE PREGNANT COUNTY, ABC BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT, AND WE'VE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION OF FRANKLY, OF GIVING, UM, PRODUCT TO OUR LIQUOR BY THE DRINK BEFORE WE GAVE IT TO THE FRONT DOOR RETAIL CUSTOMER.

UM, SOME OF US SOLD, SOME OF OUR FOLKS WILL SAY, GEE, I CAN'T GET IT IN A FRIENDSHIP, BUT I NOTICE I CAN GET IT AT, UM, ONE OF THE BARS OR GORILLAS OR RESTAURANTS.

AND I WILL TELL THEM, YES, OH BOY HAS VOTED TO DO JUST THAT.

WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REST OF US.

UM, IT'S, IT'S A NICE THING, BUT FOR THOSE FOLKS, UH, IT'S STILL LIVING, UH, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE ROBUST RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND GROWS.

AND, UH, AND WE'D TRY TO DO OUR PART BY KEEPING THEM SUPPLIED AS, AS WELL AS WE CAN.

UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THAT RED BADGE OF COURAGE AND SAY THAT, UH, THAT W WE'VE DONE THAT.

SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW? UM, I'M KIND OF GIVING AWAY HOW WELL WE DID UP THERE BECAUSE WE WERE APPROACHED, UH, $15 MILLION.

WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS BOARD A FEW YEARS BACK, WE DID ABOUT SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, UH, THAT GOT, UM, THE COUNTY SOMEWHERE AROUND, UH, FIVE, UM, SOME, SOMEWHERE AROUND $500,000 IN TAX REVENUE IN THESE, IN THE CITY OF NEWBURGH WAS GETTING SOMEWHERE AROUND 35 TO 45,000.

UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT CONCLUSION TONIGHT, HOW WE'VE, WE'VE MOVED THOSE NUMBERS UP.

UH, WE'RE DOING QUITE A ROBUST BUSINESS.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WILL CONTINUE.

CERTAINLY.

SO WE HAVE A GOAL OF JUST 2% INCREASE THIS YEAR, BUT WE THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE EXCEEDED.

UM, SO WHERE ARE WE GOING? WE HAVE, WE HAVE OUR NEW FACILITY GOING OVER IN BRIDGE.

THEN WE HAVE ALL OF OUR PERMITS.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, GETTING READY TO PUT OUT THE BID PACKAGE THAT WILL GO OUT ON THE STREET PROBABLY IN JANUARY, THAT WILL BE AT THE CAMPUS, UH, THAT WE WILL HAVE WE'LL HAVE ON ONE END, WE'LL BE ON THE OTHER END, WE'LL BE A STORE.

THE STATE OF THE ART STORE TOTALLY UNIQUE FOR NORTH CAROLINA.

AND THIS STORE IS GOING TO MIMIC IN MANY WAYS, TRY ON PALACE.

THE OUTSIDE WE'LL HAVE THE SAME APPRECIATION ON THE INSIDE.

AND THE FOYER WILL BE A LARGE AREA WHERE IT WILL BE WITH A LOT OF IT AIMED AT TOURISM.

SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU COME INTO THAT STORE, YOU'LL GET A, A DOSE OF CRAVEN COUNTY AND CERTAINLY NEWBURN.

CAN'T TALK ABOUT GRAND COUNTY ABOUT AND TALKING ABOUT NEWBURN.

AND SO, UH, WE WILL WELCOME PEOPLE, UH, UH, OFF THE HIGHWAY.

AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S THE ONLY ABC STORE NOW ON, UH, SEVEN ON 17, DIRECTLY ON 17 FROM VIRGINIA TO SOUTH CAROLINA.

SO, UM, THE BYPASS HAVE TAKEN CARE OF EVERY OTHER STORE, BUT NOT, UH, NOT, UH, THAT STILL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND $4.4 MILLION.

UH, WE'LL HAVE A NEW WAREHOUSE.

THE WAREHOUSE WILL PRESENTLY OUT ON MARTIN WILL BE CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY.

UM, THEY DESPERATELY NEED A WAREHOUSE.

UH, SO THEY WILL GET THAT IN THE CONVEYANCE, UM, WHERE YOU ALSO CONTINUE TO, TO, UM, UH, DO SOME, SOME CHANGES.

ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AS THE MURALS, LIKE I TALKED ABOUT IN THE STORE, UM, THAT'S ON THE GOAL.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR ALL THE STORES.

AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME LOOK

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SO I WERE GOING TO CONTINUE ON THAT ROAD A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND, UM, WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME GREAT THINGS WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.

UH, WE'VE INCREASED THE, UH, THE RATE NOW TO OUR MINIMUM JOB THAT PAYS ABOUT $13 AN HOUR.

AVERAGE PERSON MAKES ABOUT 17, $18 AN HOUR.

MANAGEMENT DOES ABOUT 25 TO $30 AN HOUR.

AND THAT CAN, THAT IS, UH, UM, COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE EIGHT YEARS AGO, THE MINIMUM WAGE, UH, AND WE ARE NO LONGER THAT ABC BOARD.

SO, UH, THERE'S, WE ARE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.

AND, UM, I, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING ON.

YOU CAN SEE HERE IF YOU'RE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, UH, THIS, THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.

YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT NICE SLOPE GOING UP STEADY.

UH, BUT YET I CAN TELL YOU, AND I PUT THIS IN THE, UH, CHANNEL 12, A FEW DAYS AGO, THEY SAID THAT WE NEED, YOU MUST BE SELLING A LOT OF LIQUOR.

AND I SAY, OH, WELL, NOT NECESSARILY A NEW-BORN STORE.

UH DOESN'T UH, WE DON'T NECESSARILY SELL, UH, AN ABUNDANCE OF ALCOHOL COMPARED TO PIT AND SOME OF THE OTHERS, BUT WE SELL A MUCH BETTER ALCOHOL, WE'D HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE AND DUBIN HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TASTES.

UH, WE DON'T WANT TO RETIRE OR RETIREES.

THEY DON'T BUY A WHOLE BUNCH OF ALCOHOL.

THEY COME IN TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR, BUT THEY'LL BUY AN 18 YEAR BOTTLE OF SCOTCH OR A JAMISON.

UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE NEW BRAND THING.

AND EVERYBODY ALWAYS JOKES WITH ME.

WHEN I GO TO RALEIGH THAT COMES CRAVEN COUNTY, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US GOING TO TELL US HOW THEY DRINK, THE BETTER BOOZE AND THE STATE, BY THE WAY, WE DO HAVE ALCOHOL IN THAT STORE THAT GOES ON EIGHT AROUND $1,800 A BOTTLE IS THAT, UH, WE, WE ROUTINELY SELL.

SO, YEAH, SO IT'S, UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, UH, RIGHT THERE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO BE THE, UH, THE LITTLE DETAILS OF THAT AND WHAT WE DO FOR CRAVEN COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, NOT NOTICE SO MUCH ON THE, THE CUT THAT WE GAVE, UH, JUST ABOUT $3.4 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE.

I WOULD WANT THE STORES TO THE STATE.

AND, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK DOWN, CRAVEN COUNTY DID PRETTY WELL TO SOMEWHERE AROUND 1.4, UH, AND THE CITIES AND TOWNS DID PRETTY WELL.

AND WE THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A CHECK HERE SOMEWHERE FOR THE CITY OF NEWBURGH, BUT, UH, NEWBURN DID A A HUNDRED AND $108,000.

WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN, GIVING YOU SOME OF THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE REST OF IT TONIGHT.

BUT I WAS LOOKING OVER AT MY RECORDS IN FOUR YEARS AGO, I PRESENTED YOU A CHECK FOR $48,000.

SO WE'VE DOUBLED THAT IN FOUR YEARS.

AND I THINK EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS HOW WE DO THAT IN HERE.

AND THAT IS, WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF CLASS, CERTAINLY.

UM, WE MAKE SURE THIS IS SAFE FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, CHIP USES A DEPUTIES ARE ALD FOLKS THEY'RE ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE OPERATION, TRYING NOT TO PUT A BURDEN ON OUR CITIES AND TOWNS WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.

UM, WE DO GIVE LOTS OF MONEY TO THE BOYS CLUB AND GIRLS CLUB, THE DARE PROGRAM.

UH, WE, WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE CLINIC DOWN IN JACKSONVILLE, THAT THE COUNTIES ARE PART OF THAT PEOPLE FROM THE CITY GO TO 10, WE PICK UP A LOT OF THAT TAB.

SO IT ISN'T JUST IN REVENUE.

IT'S THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A SOCIAL AWARENESS AND THAT SOCIAL AWARENESS WITH 7% OF OUR REVENUE GOES INTO SOCIAL AWARENESS.

SO I THINK THAT YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD OPERATION HERE AND THAT WE PROVIDED YOU MR. MAYOR, THAT AUDIT AND YOU, WHEN YOU READ THE AUDIT AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA BELIEVES THAT WE'RE IN THE TOP 5% OF ABC STORES.

SO THERE WE ARE, AND WE'VE GIVEN YOU, WE'RE GIVING YOU SOME MONEY LIKE THAT.

THE REST OF THE TEAM TONIGHT, I WILL FIND THAT THIS CHECK CASH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALWAYS VERY KIND TO ME AND KIND OF ON BOARD.

AND IT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD.

AND I, I WANT THAT TO CONTINUE, EVEN THOUGH I MAY NOT BE AROUND THE BOARD NEXT YEAR, PLEASE MAKE

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WHAT WAS THE CHAIRMAN VERY WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS IN CLASS? YEAH.

THANK YOU, CHIP.

I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND YOU KNOW, THE STORES ARE LOOKING GREAT AND THEY ARE AN ASSET, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE IT DOWNTOWN.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE IT IN JAMES CITY GOTTA BE IN KEY LOCATION.

SO WE OUT THERE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OFF OF GLEN BURNIE, ALL OF THAT IS GOOD.

SO THANK YOU.

WE DO APPRECIATE IT.

YOUR HOUSE IN THE DELIVERY PROCESS, YOU'RE GOING TO START IS ACTUALLY GREAT, ESPECIALLY FOR BARS AND STUFF.

SO THAT'S AWESOME.

WELL, WE, WE, UH, WE TRY, WE'RE TRYING VERY, VERY HARD AND WE'RE NOT PERFECT AT IT, BUT WE TRY VERY HARD AT IT.

NOW.

I THINK THE STORES REPRESENT US VERY WELL.

UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL LADY, UH, MANAGERS, UM, WE'D HAVE, UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD SEVERAL FOLKS OF COLOR GO TO SCHOOL.

WE, WE PICK UP THEIR, THEIR COLLEGE, UH, TUITION TO TWO YEARS AND IF THEY WANT TO GO ON, WE DON'T ENTERTAIN THAT THEY DON'T HAVE, HAVE TO COME TO US, RIGHT.

THAT WE IT'S PART OF OUR BENEFITS THAT THEY GET TO GO TO SCHOOL.

WE ENCOURAGE THAT AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO TO COLLEGE AND WE PICK UP THAT TAB.

SO THAT'S A PART OF THAT SOCIAL AWARENESS.

WE REALLY TRY TO BRIDGE ON THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HOUSTON

[6. Appointment of Mayor Pro Tempore for 2022 and Administration of Oath.]

SKY.

NEXT ITEM IS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR 2022 AND ADMINISTRATION OF OATH.

THE CITY'S CHARTER PROVIDED AT THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER, THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN WOULD CHOOSE ONE OF ITS MEMBERS AS MAYOR PRO TEM TO SERVE A ONE-YEAR TERM.

AND THEY HAVE PROTESTS TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE MAYOR DURING HIS ABSENCE OR DISABILITY AS PRESCRIBED BY A CHARTER AND THE GENERAL STATUTES.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? UM, MR. DAVIS, IN LIEU OF, UM, THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH THIS NOT BEING OUR LAST MEETING, WE'RE NOT SEATING A NEW BOARD.

WE DON'T REALLY KNOW, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE STILL UP IN THE AIR.

UM, WOULD WE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE OUR CHARTER ON THE PERSON WOULD NOT POTENTIALLY SERVE A YEAR? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

UM, NO, MA'AM, I WOULD NOT GO TO THE EFFORT TO CHANGE THE CHARTER.

UM, DO WE HAVE TO AMEND SOMETHING? NO, MA'AM I WOULD, I WOULD, UM, APPOINT THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

OUR CHARTER PROVIDES THAT, UM, UNLIKE THE GENERAL STATUTE THAT, THAT PROVIDES FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO BE, UM, APPOINTED AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND SERVE FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR YEAR TERM NEWBURN, HAS IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHERE IT'S DONE IN DECEMBER, WHICH IS TYPICALLY OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AND THEN SERVES FOR A YEAR.

SO TO SQUARE, THE TWO, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPOINT SOMEONE TONIGHT, LIKE THE CHARTER SAYS, BUT THEY WILL ONLY SERVE TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE ON THE BOARD FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO THAT? UM, THE NEW BOARD COMING IN WOULD WANT TO CHOOSE, UM, A NEW PART-TIME? WOULD THAT BE, WOULD WE BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, OR I WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE SMOOTHER JUST TO STICK WITH THE CHARTER AND KEEP IT IN PLACE FOR ONE YEAR.

BUT IF THAT PERSON WASN'T HERE, THEN CERTAINLY HE WOULD NEED TO RE APPOINT A MAYOR PRO TEM.

IF THAT PERSON DIDN'T RUN OR IT WASN'T ELECTED.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IN LIEU OF NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW THE YEAR HAS BEEN, AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'RE GOING TO GO IN MARCH NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO GO IN MAY AND MAYBE I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE JUST REAPPOINT BARBARA BEST AS THE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AT THIS TIME.

SECOND, WHAT IS IN MOTION? YES.

I THINK IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE.

UM, I'VE SERVED AS MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, FOR THIS LAST YEAR.

AND, UM, BUT I FEEL THAT, UM, DUE TO THIS BOARD, EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THE ONE HARRIS WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM, BUT I JUST FEEL THAT I, UM, I LEAVE THAT OPEN TO HER IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND I WOULD NOMINATE HER, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR AND IT DO EITHER TO, TO WANT TO DRAW THEIR MOTION.

UM, I'M HAPPY FOR IF, IF ALDERMAN BEST HAS ASKED A QUESTION OF ALL THEM ON HARRIS, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE HER ANSWER THAT IF SHE'S CHOOSING.

TECHNICALLY HER WAS THAT EMOTION.

UM, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY, LIKE SHE SAID, EVERYBODY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND, UM, IT IS A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO IF THE BOARD IS, UM, TO THE LIFE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM, MR. DAVIS, AS FAR AS PROCEDURALLY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WAS

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SHE IS ASKING NOT TO SERVE I, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND, AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU SIMPLY WILL NOT SERVE OR THAT YOU WOULD PREFER OUT OF INHERIT SERVE, BUT IF SHE DOESN'T, THEN YOU WOULD SERVE THAT IS CORRECT OR HELP, WHATEVER PROTOCOLS W W WE'LL TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.

WE'LL TREAT THAT AS A REFUSAL TO WANT TO SERVE.

SO SHE APPRECIATES DOMINATION, BUT WOULD DECLINE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

SO THAT TERMINATES THE MOTION.

WE CAN'T MAKE SOMEONE SERVE.

IT DOESN'T WANT TO SERVE.

AND WHAT WOULD YOU, ARE YOU MAKING, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON TO NOMINATE JAMEKA HARRIS TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

AM I ALLOWED THE SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.

WE HAVE MUCH, NO SECOND.

WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OH, NO.

THAT MOTION, IT FAILS THREE TO TWO.

CAN WE DELAY, CAN WE DELAY THE VOTE TILL JANUARY? CAN WE ASK THAT AT THE THREE VOTED ON IN JANUARY? I'D CERTAINLY PREFER YOU NOT OWN BECAUSE THE CHARTER SAYS DECEMBER, IF THERE'S NO WAY FORWARD, THERE'S NO WAY FORWARD.

MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TRY TO DO IT TONIGHT.

IF YOU CAME IN AND THEN, UM, CAN I REMAKE THE MOTION? YES, MA'AM.

I REMAKE THE MOTION THAT, UM, TO NOMINATE, UM, ALDERMAN HARRIS TO BE THE MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND SAID I WAS GOING TO REMAKE THE MOTION AGAIN.

AND BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO READ THAT AGAIN.

CAN I DO THAT? UM, YOU WERE IN THE MUD, YOU WERE IN THE MA I WAS IN THE MAJORITY.

YES, SIR.

YES, YOU CAN.

GO TO I'M NUMBER SEVEN AND NEXT TIME AS INFORMATION ON DEVELOPMENT, 9 25 BROAD STREET AT THE NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OF BALDWIN CONSIDER PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPING THE OLD DAYS IN PROPERTY IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL FIND A MEMO AND PATRICK FROM THE REBUILT, THE COMMISSION.

AND YOU HAVE A SITE ELECTION THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING ON CYBER ROLL CALL, STARTING WITH ALL THE BANKS? YES.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ONE? LET'S GO TO THAT'S YOUR LOVE TANK OPTIMATION.

THERE'S TWO SONGS WORRIED ABOUT SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

I DON'T, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING SWEAR TO HELP SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, NOT INCONSISTENT THERE.

AND I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE AS MAYOR.

SO HELP ME OUT.

SWEAR THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND YOUR THREE ALLEGIANCE TO STAY WITH CAROLINA AND TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS AND AUTHORITIES, WHICH ARE, OR MAY BE ESTABLISHED WHERE WE ARE GOING TO PAIR UP AND THEN ENDEAVOR TO SUPPORT, MAINTAIN EMPATHY IN THE CONSTITUTION, SAY NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO BET ON KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY.

SO HELP ME, GOD, LET'S

[7. Discussion of Development of 925 Broad Street.]

SO AFTER YOUR REVIEW,

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THAT WHEN YOU'RE READY TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEND OUT RFPS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY.

WE CAN COME BACK AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, HAVE WORKED SESSION, LET, LET, UH, THOSE INTERESTED DEVELOPERS COME IN AND MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD AND GO FROM THERE.

SO WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO DO, I ATTENDED, UH, MAYOR.

UM, I ATTENDED THE MEETING WHEN THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION VOTED AND RECOMMENDED THIS, AND IT'S JUST A VISION AT THIS POINT, NOTHING'S IN STONE AND I LIKED THE VISION THAT THEY SEEM TO HAVE APPROVED.

UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE PROPER PROCESS TO BE FOLLOWED.

SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PUT OUT THE RFP TO ENTERTAIN OUT THERE FOR SOMEONE TO GIVE US A MORE CONCRETE IDEA OF WHAT THAT SPACE CAN LOOK LIKE.

I BELIEVE THAT WHAT THE DESIGN WAS WAS, UH, RE RETAIL AND OFFICE ON THE BROAD STREET SIDE WITH RESIDENTIAL ON THE POLISH STREET SIDE.

AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT AREA.

SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND IF WE WANT TO HAVE A WORKSHOP FINE, BUT BE PREPARED TO WORK TOWARDS DOING AN ART.

AND I NEVER KNOW WHICH IS AN RFP RFQ OR WHATEVER, THE BEAUTY CONTEST AS THE CITY ATTORNEY CALLS IT SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME PEOPLE IN FRONT OF US WITH SOME MORE CONCRETE IDEAS.

MAYBE WE PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER OF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN TO LOOK AT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, UH, WORK WITH WORK WITH A GROUP THAT WILL BRING THAT VISION TO LIFE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST.

DOES THAT INCLUDE THEM ACTUALLY PERMITTED PRESENTING? OH YEAH.

I THINK IT WOULD HAVE, I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, I GUESS, PUT THE RFP OUT, BRING WHATEVER THE GROUPS THAT RESPOND TO IT, AND THEN IS THAT HOW IT WOULD WORK? THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO.

SO THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CONCEPTS RIGHT HERE.

NOW IT'S ALL THE SAY.

SO WE SHOULD BRING THEM BACK BACK, BUT WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO, I DIDN'T KNOW.

IT WAS THAT BIG OF A SPACE.

IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SPACE, LOTS OF WHEELS THAT CAN TURN, BUT I THINK IT'S, UM, WE ASKED THE REDEVELOPMENT, WE, AS A BODY, ASKED THE REDEVELOPMENT TO LOOK AT THIS, TO VET IT AND COME BACK TO US WITH SOMETHING.

AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'D COME BACK TO US WITH AS A VISION, AGAIN, NOTHING IN STONE.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY LET'S GET IT TO THE NEXT STEP.

JUST GETTING A MOVE ON, ACTUALLY PUTTING IN A PROCESS WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE ON IN ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPING AND THE HOPES THAT WE HAVE WITH STANDING WEIGHT AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT OUT THERE AND GETTING THE IDEAS OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES, WHAT'S MY REALLY PUSH IT FORWARD.

I MEAN, I SUPPORTED JUST LOOKING AT THE EARLY STAGES OF IT, ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BRING IN ANY TYPE OF HOUSING.

UM, AND THEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN REGARDS TO THE OFFICE SPACE AND THEN RETAIL WAS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO YEAH, AS SOON AS WE CAN MOVE ON, WE NEED TO, BECAUSE I THINK THE COMMUNITY WANTS, THEY SEE THE POTENTIAL, YOU'LL BE ON BOARD AS WELL.

I, I AGREE WITH YOU, BOTH OF YOU, BUT, UM, I, SO, UM, IS THIS GOING TO BE A AFFORDABLE, LOW INCOME HOUSING APARTMENTS OR WHATEVER IS GOING TO BE TOWN HOMES, BUT THERE IS THAT HAD THAT BEEN TAUGHT? WELL, NO ONE THAT'S IN THE DESIGN AND WHAT THE DEVELOPER, WE WOULDN'T BUILD IT AGAIN.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE WOULD, WE, WE WOULD NOT BE THE ONES BUILDING IT.

A DEVELOPER WOULD BE DOING IT AND IT WOULD BE UP TO THEM TO DECIDE, OKAY, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S MIXED USE MIXED USE WHERE IT'S MARKET RENT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE AT THE SAME TIME.

I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD DO THAT.

MR. JERRY, IS THAT TRUE? I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAD, DO YOU MIND COMING UP AND GIVE ME A LITTLE INSIGHT ON THIS.

I WANT TO ASSUME WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE, DO YOU KNOW IF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HAS SPOKE ABOUT HOW THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR RETAIL HOUSING? YEAH.

WELL, AS FAR AS THOSE DETAILS, THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN TO KIND OF DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WANT TO SEE A MIX OF INCOMES AND USES IS ALL UP TO THE BOARD.

UM, SO AT THIS POINT, IF IT'S A CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD, THEY CAN PUT A NUMBER ON, I WANT TO SEE 10%, 20%, 30% OF, UH, OF OMADA INCOME HOUSING PROVIDED THAT CAN ALL BE IN THE RFQ OR P WHATEVER WE SO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

SO AT THIS POINT, NONE OF THOSE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT JEFF, DURING THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AT THE MEETING, THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS VISION AS THEY LIKED RESIDENTIAL ON THE POLIC STREET SIDE, RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL, I MEAN COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE, MAYBE IT WAS MORE RESIDENTIAL ON THE BROAD STREET SIDE.

I SAW THE WAY THAT THE VISION WAS, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS THAT.

AND THEN THE RETAIL JUST ON THE POLLOCK STREET, CAUSE THAT BOARD OR LENT ITSELF, THERE WAS OTHER RESIDENCES ON THE COURT, BUT THEY DID NOT SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT IT WOULD BE.

BUT THEY, AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST THE VISION, THERE'S NO DETAILS.

AND AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO SEE WHAT SOMEBODY WOULD BRING FORWARD, IS THAT CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE THE FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE OWN THE PROPERTY.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW,

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AND AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE OVERALL STANDARD AND CRITERIA, WHAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING FOR, I THINK YOU SAID, UM, BUT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WILL BE THE ONES THAT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE, COME UP WITH THE PLANNING OF THIS PROJECT.

AND THEN IT WOULD COME TO THIS BOARD OR IS IT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE, THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE'VE SET IT UP THOUGH.

ALRIGHT.

WE ASKED THEM TO WORK WITH US.

SORRY.

WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UM, SO IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY.

I'LL GIVE A STAB AND WE'LL START WORKING ON THE PROPOSAL.

SO WE'LL COME UP WITH A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME, GIVEN THE HOLIDAYS FOR PROPOSAL, ANYONE INTERESTED IN, IN PUTTING IN THE PROPOSAL TIME TO DO THAT.

AND THEN STAFF TO THE BOARD, UH, COULD BE LATE JANUARY FROM THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY.

ALL RIGHT.

EVERYBODY GOOD? YES, SIR.

NUMBER

[8. Consider Adopting a Resolution in Support of a Speed Limit Change on a Portion of South Glenburnie Road.]

EIGHT.

NEXT TIME IS CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SPEED LIMIT CHANGE ON A PORTION OF SOUTHLAND BURNEY ROAD.

GREENBRIER RESIDENTS HAVE REQUESTED A REDUCTION IN SPEED LIMIT FROM 45 MILES PER HOUR TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.

ALONG WITH A PORTION OF SOUTH LIBERTY ROAD FROM THE EVER PASS TO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD.

THERE'VE BEEN NUMEROUS WRECKS, PARTICULARLY AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE GREENBRIER COMMUNITY AND A REDUCTION SPEED SHOULD ENHANCE THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION SIGNIFIES THE CITY'S REPORT REQUEST.

AND IF A DOCTOR WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MAY I THINK THE CITY MANAGER HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS.

I'M JUST LOOKING BACK UP.

I STARTED GETTING EMAILS ABOUT THIS AND NOVEMBER 19TH, 2014.

UM, AND SEVERAL THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, I THINK WHAT'S FROM THIS LAST DISCUSSION IS A PRETTY BAD ACCIDENT.

I HAPPENED THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, UNDERSTAND, UM, THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY MR. WOODS.

UM, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERPASS TO MLK, UM, IT'S, IT'S A DANGEROUS TRIP OF HIGHWAY.

THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, BUSINESSES ON EACH SIDE AND A LOT OF TRAFFIC MOVING IN AND OUT.

UM, ALL OF THIS PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLEVIATED, HAD THE 43 CONNECTOR BEEN PUT IN, LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO MANY YEARS AGO, WHICH WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC OFF OF GLEN BURNIE.

BUT SINCE IT HAS NOT.

AND UM, THAT PROJECT SEEMS TO HAVE STALL.

UH, I WAS AGAIN CONTACTED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE GREENBRIER COMMUNITY AND THEY ASKED FOR THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH I SUPPORT.

WAS THAT A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION.

WE ADOPT RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT, A SPEED LIMIT CHANGE ON PORTION OF SOUTH GLENBURNIE ROAD.

SECOND MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE DISCUSSION SEEING NONE OF US HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTED WITHOUT AN ODOM? YES, YES, YES.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER

[9. Consider Adopting a Resolution Approving the 2021 Local Government Agencies General Records and Program Records Retention and Disposition Schedules.]

NINE.

NEXT TIME JUST CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2021 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GENERAL RECORDS AND PROGRAM RECORDS, RETENTION AND DISPOSITION SCHEDULES AND ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTERS 1 21 AND 1 32 OF NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES, THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES ISSUES, SCHEDULES ESTABLISHING THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME.

RECORDS MUST BE RETAINED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

UPDATED SCHEDULES WERE ISSUED ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, AND THEY CONSIST OF GENERAL RECORD SCHEDULE COVERING CORRESPONDENCE, PHYSICAL DOCUMENTS, PERSONNEL RECORDS, AS WELL AS PROGRAM RECORDS, UH, SCHEDULED AT ADDRESSES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, ANIMAL SERVICES, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING REDEVELOPMENT, COMMISSION RECORDS AND OTHER PROGRAMS. WHEN YOU VERBATIM PLAN ON ADHERENT TO THAT OR ERRED ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT ONE YEAR, SIX YEARS, THREE YEARS, THE SCHEDULES ARE IN DEPTH AND DETAILED.

AND OF COURSE THE CLERK GETS WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, AND COVERS THAT INFORMATION WITH EACH DEPARTMENT ON WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE RETAINING.

PROBABLY SET UP SOME SORT OF THE MACRO TO DO THAT THOUGH, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, MAYBE SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO IMPORT SAMPLE LEISER FISH, WHERE WE SCAN IN DOCUMENTS.

LIKE SHE SHAPED MYSELF AS TO WHEN YOU DO ALL THIS.

CAUSE IT'S JUST READING THROUGH THAT THING.

VOLUMINOUS, IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL IT? UM, IS THERE, UH, S ASSUME THAT TERRIBLE WORD IT'S ALL ON LIKE DIGITIZED AND WE PUT IT THAT WAY.

SO WE WON'T HAVE ALL THIS PAPER EVERYWHERE.

ISN'T ARE WE TO THAT POINT YET? NOT COMPLETELY THAT WE DO OUR BEST.

DID THEY MAKE ANY KIND OF SOFTWARE THAT LIKE WHEN YOU ENTER , IF IT WOULD TAKE IT, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS OUT WHEN IT'S TIME TO DESTROY IT

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YOU CAN ESTABLISH AT WHAT POINT THOSE DOCUMENTS NEED TO BE ELIMINATED BASED ON THE RETENTION SCHEDULE.

DOES ANYONE HAVE THAT LAST TIME WE UPDATED THIS? YES.

THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS UPDATED IN 2019 REASONABLY LAST, IF YOU PUT IT IN THERE AND THEN THEY CHANGED THE STUFF, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS NOW AND YOU DESTROYED, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S I FIGURE IT OUT.

MA'AM UM, ATTORNEY DATABASE, UM, AS IT CURRENT NEWS, THE TAX RECORDS.

NOW YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR TAX RECORDS EVERY 10TH YEAR.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP THOSE RECORDS.

CORRECT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT THAT YOU DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF.

YES, MA'AM.

IS THAT STILL THE WAY IT'S RUNNING EVERY 10TH YEAR? YOU HAVE TO OBTAIN THOSE RECORDS, PAPER COPIES AS WELL.

YES MA'AM.

AND I BELIEVE THE COUNTY NOW IS, HAS GOT THE BURDEN OF ALL THAT FOR US, BUT DON'T YOU STILL GET A LEVY OF THE CITY OF NEWBORNS, DUAL, OUR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT.

DON'T YOU STILL RECEIVE A LEVY.

WE DO.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SPEAKING OF IS THE LADY DEDUCT THE PAPER DOCUMENTS.

MOVE A PROCESS SET IN STONE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT IS A BENEFIT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND WHAT IS PLEASURE? THIS ITEM I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE REV, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2021 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GENERAL RECORDS IN PROGRAM RECORDS, RETENTION AND DISPOSITION SCHEDULES.

AND SECOND, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION UM, THURMAN BAGEL OUT, A WOMAN HARRIS, MAY YOUR ALDERMAN BEST ALDERMAN? YES.

MOTION CARRIES

[10. Consider Adopting a Resolution to Initiate the Upset Bid Process for 506 Darst Avenue.]

ON NUMBER 10.

I HAVE TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE THE UPSET BID PROCESS FOR 5 0 6 STARS TO AVE AT THEIR NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THAT THE GOVERNING BOARD DEEMED THE PROPERTY, UM, AS SURPLUS AND ACCEPT A BID FROM MRS. PETERSON TO INITIATE THE UPSET BID PROCESS.

MR. PETER CAN OWN PROPERTY AT 94 QUEEN STREET, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE DOORSTEP AVENUE PROPERTY.

THE OFFER SUBMITTED FOR THE VACANT, UH, 0.05, FIVE ACRE LOT IS $2,000.

STAFF HAS CONFIRMED.

THE PARCEL IS A VACANT LOT WITH A TAX VALUE OF $4,000 FOR THE LAND.

AND THIS REPRESENTS 50% OF THE LAND VALUE.

THE PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY THROUGH TAX FORECLOSURE IN MARCH OF 2018 PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY AND THE TAX CARD ARE ATTACHED IN YOUR PACKET, ALONG WITH THE AMENDMENT FROM CHAIRMAN OF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UM, MAYOR, UM, I JUST, I WANT TO PUT THIS OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD.

UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THESE PROPERTIES BECAUSE THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT IS OWN JOINTLY WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

THEREFORE, WE COULD NOT GIVE THIS PROPERTY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

THE REASON WE'RE GIVING PROPERTIES TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS BECAUSE THEY CAN PUT, UM, CONDITIONS ON THE PROPERTIES THAT WE CANNOT SUCH AS IF SOMEBODY BUYS A PROPERTY, YOU SAY YOU HAVE TO BUILD SOMETHING WITHIN SO MANY YEARS, OR YOU MUST FOLLOW THESE RULES.

WE CAN'T DO THAT.

SO THIS PROPERTY THEN COULD POTENTIALLY SAY IN SOMEBODY BECOME ANOTHER HEIR PROPERTY AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENED TO IT.

WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, AND I'M SUGGESTING IT FOR DISCUSSION, I'M NOT A FEET AREN'T DUG IN ON THIS, BUT MAYBE TO TABLE THIS AND GO TO THE COUNTY WITH THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST AND ASK THE COUNTY, IF THEY WOULDN'T RELEASE THEIR PORTION TO THE CITY, ENABLING US TO GIVE THIS PROPERTY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND THEN THEY CAN PUT ANY PROVISIONS ON IT OR NOT.

IF NOT, IF WE JUST DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH IT, THAT'S FINE.

UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT WE'VE GOT TO START THIS PROCESS.

I THINK THERE WAS.

UM, AND I KNOW JAMIE IS A RIVER AROUND THE CORNER.

ATTORNEY MOSLEY IS AROUND THE CORNER THERE, BUT, UM, I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT 58 PROPERTIES MAYBE, UH, THAT ARE JOINTLY OWNED WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY THAT ARE IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA, THAT THEY, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH, IN ESSENCE, UNTIL WE GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT.

MAYBE IF WE PICK THEM OFF ONE AT A TIME AS THEY COME BEFORE US, NOT SURE THAT THAT'S THE PROCESS WE WANT TO FOLLOW, BUT I'M PUTTING IT ON.

AND I WILL SAY THE COUNTY MANAGER AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATION ON THIS AND WE WILL BE TALKING AGAIN AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE AGREEABLE TO AS A GROUP FOR THOSE, I DEFINITELY, UM, AGREE THAT A CONVERSATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN, UM, OR TO KIND OF JUST

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BUT BECAUSE THIS IS ALREADY IN MOTION, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH THIS AND ALLOWING HER TO UPFIT IT, HOW SHE'S GOING TO DO TO, AND THEN MAKE SURE MOVING FORWARD.

ANY OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE REDEVELOPMENT, WE CAN GO AHEAD OR IN THAT AREA, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE AND ALL THIS DOES RIGHT NOW TO START THE 10 DAY PROCESS.

CORRECT.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S SOLD.

IT'S JUST, IT STARTS THE PROCESS FOR THE 10 DAY UPSET.

YES, SIR.

WE ALREADY HAD THIS DISCUSSION.

YES WE DID.

SO WHEN DID YOU HAVE YOUR DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY? I SPOKE WITH THE COUNTY LITERALLY AFTER THAT, I THINK IT WAS THE, UH, I HAD BEEN LAID OFF OCTOBER 1ST AND NOVEMBER MEETING.

UM, WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY, I TALKED WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER AT THAT TIME, THEN STAFF'S BEEN WORKING ON GETTING THE PROPERTIES.

CAUSE SEVERAL THINGS WERE NOT ON OUR, ON OUR LIST, TIM.

SO IN MY CONVERSATION, I SAID, WE COME BACK TO THE COUNTY MANAGER AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS, BUT THEY WERE, THEY WERE AMENABLE TO IT.

RIGHT.

IF IT WAS YES.

SO CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS ON OUR JANUARY AGENDA? SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS AGAIN? YES.

MAYER.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, TO INITIATE THE UPSET THAT PROCESS 4, 5 0 6 DARCY AVENUE, SECOND DISCUSSION.

UH, SEEING ON SEVERAL PILLARS, STARTING WITH OUR, WHEN THE ODOM ALDERMAN.

YES, YES, YES.

ALDERWOMAN HARRIS.

NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE ELIGIBILITY PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 309 MIDDLE STREET AND INCLUDES AN UNDERGROUND BASEMENT AREA THAT ENCROACHES INTO AND UNDER THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY AT POLLOCK STREET.

[11. Consider Adopting a Resolution to Extend an Encroachment Agreement for the Elks Building.]

THERE'S ALSO A SPRINKLER HYDRANT THAT ENCROACHES ON, ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE BUILDING ALSO INCLUDES COLUMNS THAT ENCROACH THE RIGHT OF WAY ON POLLOCK STREET.

THE BOARD APPROVED AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT ON THIS PROPERTY IN AUGUST OF 2017, THE TERM WOULD BE MODIFIED BY THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2121.

MARILYN WOULD MAKE A MOTION.

WE ADOPT RESOLUTION TO EXTEND ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE ELIGIBILITY.

AND SECOND, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION SEEING NONE SAM ROCOM STARTING WITH YES, YES, YES.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER

[12. Consider Adopting a Resolution Supporting the Submission of a 2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Application.]

12.

NEXT TIME LET'S CONSIDER A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE SUBMISSION OF THE 2021 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT APPLICATION.

IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT APPLIED FOR THE JAG GRANT AND THE AMOUNT OF $12,108 FOR A THREE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO TIP 4 1, 1.

THIS IS A WEB-BASED TOOL THAT HELPS LAW ENFORCEMENT ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY BY ENABLING ANYONE WITH A CELL PHONE TO TEXT ANONYMOUS TIPS TO THE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION OF THE GRANT AWARD HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND THE MATCHING FUNDS ARE REQUIRED.

THE GRANT DOES REQUIRE OFFICIAL SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THE APPLICATION AND USE OF FUNDS.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS BEEN INITIATED AND WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH DECEMBER 20TH, THE SUBSCRIPTION TO TIP POOL ONE 11 WILL ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

A MEMO FROM CHIEF GALLAGHER'S ATTACHED FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

UM, JUST QUESTION IF, IF THIS IS A ONE-TIME, IS THIS A ONE-TIME FEE OR JUST THE ANNUAL RECURRING CALL DID THE 12,000 COPIES THREE YEARS.

SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REVISITED IN THREE YEARS.

AND ARE WE GOING TO, I'M ASSUMING THE COLLEEN IS GOING TO WORK ON MARKETING THIS, SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT IT'S THERE AND THEN ALSO WE'LL HAVE SOME REPORTING TO TRACK TO SEE IF IT'S BEING USED.

THAT'S CORRECT.

I'VE SEEN ALREADY A POST ON IT.

SO IT'S OUT THERE A MERRILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE SUBMISSION OF THE 2021 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT, APPLICATION MADISON, AND SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION OH, YES, YES, YES, YES.

[13. Consider Adopting a Budget Ordinance Amendment for FY2021- 22.]

CIT FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AT THE BOARD'S LAST MEETING.

NEXT ITEM IS, CONSIDER A BUDGET ORDINANCE A MINUTE FOR FYI 2122.

THIS AMENDMENT WILL RECOGNIZE $12,108 IN GRANT FUNDS FROM THE JAG PROGRAM.

IT ALSO ALLOCATES $24,230 FOR THE HOLIDAY GIFT CARDS APPROVED BY

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UM, MAYOR THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

I DIDN'T OWN IT.

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND I'LL ASK AFTER THE MOTION.

I'D LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR F Y T 0 2 1 DASH 22 SECOND MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE DISCUSSION CURIOUS FOSTER? IS THAT THE GENERAL FUNDS ALLOCATION FOR THAT? SO THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, DO WE, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE ANY FUNDS FOR THAT? I DON'T THINK WE DID.

NO, WE DID NOT.

SO WE'RE PAYING ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, EMPLOYEES INCLUDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION.

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

CAN YOU SPLIT IT UP? CAN IT BE SPLIT? THEY CAN BE.

I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS FROM THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS TO THAT SINCE THE SALARIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE COME OUT OF THAT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, BURDENING THE GENERAL FUND WITH IT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF AN ACCOUNTING NIGHTMARE THAT WOULD BE.

I WASN'T ASKING FOR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

I WAS JUST THINKING THAT IF WE WANTED TO KEEP IT CLEAN, IT MAKES SENSE TO PULL IT FROM WHERE THEY'RE WORKING.

IF STAFF'S OKAY WITH IT, I'M STILL SAVING MONEY.

I GUESS I KNEW THAT, UM, KIND OF STICK WHERE, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MOST OF THE TIME WOULD CAUSE OF SOME OF THE PAST HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS OF THINKING THE GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS KIND OF A SYMBOLIC GESTURE OVER PART OF THE, UH, THE BOARD VOMIT TO THE EMPLOYEES.

FOR THAT REASON, I WAS THINKING MORE OR LESS THE GENERAL FUND, NOT NECESSARILY SPLITTING IT UP.

I MEAN, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT THE ENTERPRISE.

THE LAYER DEPARTMENT GAVE HIM THE $25 OR $50 GIFT TO THE EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS THE CITY OF NEWBURGH RESIDENTS, BY THE WAY, THEY ALL HAVE BEEN THERE.

I WILL NOT BELABOR.

THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT IS THE OPTICS AT, WELL, I MEAN THE MONEY IS THE MONEY, BUT FOR ACCOUNTING PURPOSES, I UNDERSTAND THE BOOKKEEPING SIDE OF IT.

AND PROBABLY WITH THE GENERAL WAS PROBABLY ONE TRANSACTION OUT THAN IT IS ALL OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

SO I WAS JUST WATER SEWER, LIKE, YEAH.

HOW DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE VIEWED BY THE AUDITOR IN A WAY THAT IT WAS ADOPTED IN THE WAY THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR? UM, I THINK KEEPING IT IN THE GERM FUND IS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION.

I HAVE A REAL COMMON STRONG PROBLEM WITH A MALE.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE BANGLE.

I KNOW A WOMAN HARRIS.

YES, YES, YES.

CARRIES I'M NUMBER

[14. Consider Adopting an Ordinance to Amend the Entitlement Cities Community Development Block Grant Fund.]

14.

NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ENTITLEMENT CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND.

AS AN ENTITLEMENT CITY, WE WERE ALLOCATED $264,866, BUT HUD DID INCREASE THE ALLOCATION TO $268,768.

THIS AMENDMENT WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREASE OF $3,902 AMENDMENT FROM THE INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTORS ATTACHED FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

MARILYN, MAKE A MOTION.

WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ENTITLEMENT CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK, GRANT FUNDS, MOTION, AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION CNN ON LET'S HAVE A REAL CALM STARTING WITH THE HARMON.

YES, YES, YES.

ON A WOMAN HARRIS.

A FEW ITEMS. FIRST ONE IS, UH, UH, YOU WERE SENDING AN EMAIL ON THIS TODAY.

[15. Appointment(s).]

UH, YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT AND BOW WARNER'S BACH, UM, TO THE LIBRARY BOARD.

HE FILLED OUT AN UNEXPIRED TERM.

AND SO NOW, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT HIM TO THE FULL TERM MOTION AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR MOTION, SAY AYE.

AT THIS TIME, LET'S GO TO THE ATTORNEY'S REPORT.

CITY MANAGERS,

[17. City Manager's Report.]

THE NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD HAS ALERTED US THAT THEY WILL BE CLOSING THE CROSSING NATIONAL AVENUE IN GEORGE STREET ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31ST, 21ST FROM 8:30 AM AND REOPEN IT AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND.

THEY'RE REPLACING A SWITCH, REALIGNING THE TRACK AND REPAVING THE CROSSING.

AND SO, UH, COLLEEN HAS POSTED THIS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, THE CITIZEN.

[01:00:03]

NEXT TIME, NEXT ITEM WE'VE GOT WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THE ANNUAL FOURTH ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S EVE BLOCK PARTY WILL BE COMING UP ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31ST DOWNTOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF CRAVING AND POLLOCK STREET EVENT STARTED AT FIVE 30.

THEY'LL GO TO ABOUT 1230.

WE'VE GOT BANS, UH, DJS, A VARIETY OF STROLLING ENTERTAINERS, A LOT OF FOOD VENDORS OUT THERE, KIDS, KIDS ACTIVITY, AREA, A LOT OF KIDS ACTIVITIES AS WELL.

SO IT SHOULD BE ANOTHER GOOD TIME.

WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO NORMAL WITH THAT EVENT.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A BAYER DROP FOR YOUNGER ONES ARE NOT, NOT WAITING TILL MIDNIGHT.

WE NORMALLY DO A BEAR CUB DROP AT 9:00 PM.

FOR THOSE DON'T WANT TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN OUT THERE.

THEN WE DO THE BIG BEAR DROPPING DID NOT.

RIGHT.

AND OUR LAST TIME WE HAVE IS, UH, JUST REMINDER, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT DATE FOR THE ARP WORKSHOP.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION, UH, BACK FROM SOME OF THE ALDERMEN.

UM, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO REACH BACK OUT TO EVERYONE AGAIN, UH, SEE IF WE CAN GET A DATE SQUARED AWAY, UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT.

NOW I SUBMITTED MINE, PUSH THE FLIP AND GO.

YEAH, THAT'S IT.

I'M GOING TO GET A NEW

[18. New Business.]

BUSINESS.

WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH THE THING ON OUR MENU ON, UM, I WAS GOING TO DO THIS ON HER, THE CITY MANAGER.

YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT KENTUCKY AND TORNADOES AS NECESSITY.

I'LL I'LL LET YOU.

YOU WANT ME? WELL, THE MAYOR AND I TALKED TODAY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW ALL OF US SITTING HERE TONIGHT, YOU WANT TO SEND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY AND ARKANSAS.

I MEAN, BUT KENTUCKY JUST HAS BEEN HIT UNBELIEVABLE TO THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE, CHILDREN, BABIES.

IT'S JUST BEEN, IT'S BEEN HEART-WRENCHING TO SEE, I KNOW WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH A HURRICANE AND FLOODING, BUT TO SEE A CITY WIPED OUT LIKE THAT, THIS HAS BEEN TERRIBLE.

SO THE MAYOR AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT AND WE WERE THINKING AGAIN WITH THE DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD, MAYBE WE COULD BE A REPOSITORY HERE, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO BRING EITHER GIFT CARDS OR, UM, FOOD.

THEY DON'T NEED ANY CLOTHING.

THEY NEED MONEY AND GOODS RIGHT NOW.

AND UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU, MANY PEOPLE KNEW, UM, DR.

KEN GIBBS, LONG TIME DENTIST HERE, HIS SISTER LIVES IN MAYFIELD.

THANK GOD SHE'S SAFE.

HER DAUGHTER'S SAFE, BUT THEY KNOW SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE THERE.

SO THEY HAVE PROVIDED A NAME OF SOMEONE THAT IS REPUTABLE IN THE TOWN.

THEY KNOW THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE CAN SEND FUNDS TO.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY.

WE WANTED TO DO THAT, BE A REPOSITORY AND COLLECT THINGS, UH, REMEMBERING.

AND THE MAYOR REMINDED ME THIS, OF ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA THAT DID THAT FOR US IN THE MIDST OF A HURRICANE, ALL THE GIFT CARDS THAT WERE SENT AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE SENT TO THE CITY TO HELP OUR CITIZENS.

SO MAYBE IN TURN, WE COULD COLLECT HERE AND THEN MAYBE SEND SOMETHING OUT THERE SO WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND GET SOME MORE DETAILS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, HOW DOES THE BOARD FEEL ABOUT THAT? I THINK THAT'S A VERY, I MEAN, TO BE ALL FOR IT.

CONTINUE ON.

I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS, UM, TO TALK ABOUT, UM, UH, FOSTERING THAT AND YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, BUT, UM, SINCE GEORGE IS HERE TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO PURSUE, UM, THE STREETLIGHT AT MIDDLE AND BROAD.

SO I'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY SOME, BY CITIZENS THAT LIVE DOWNTOWN AND ALL OF, YOU KNOW, AT THE CHELSEA CORNER, MIDDLE AND BROAD STREET, THERE IS NO LIGHT THERE, THERE WAS YEARS AGO.

AND THEN WHEN THE ROAD WAS NARROWED FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO LANES, UM, THEY TOOK AWAY THE LIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAD TO HAVE A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT HANCOCK STREET.

CAUSE THE RAILROAD AND THE COURTHOUSE SAID THEY HAD TO HAVE A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE OF ALL THE COMINGS BACK AND FORTH AND PEOPLE GOING TO THE COURTHOUSE, WHICH TOOK AWAY THE LIGHT AT MIDDLE.

WELL, IF YOU'VE TRIED TO GET OUT OF THAT INTERSECTION, SOMETIMES WITH THE CARS COMING, IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE THE LEFT GO ACROSS.

AND SO WE PUT THE, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE DID THE BLINKING LIGHTS WHERE YOU COULD, MATT MONTANA GOT THE LOWE'S FOR US.

YOU CAN PUSH THE BUTTON AND IT BLINKS, BUT I GUESS CARS ARE NOT SEEING THEM.

AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE REPORT THAT THEY'VE ALMOST GOTTEN KILLED CARS.

DON'T SLOW DOWN.

THERE'S SOME REAL ISSUES.

SO I WANNA, UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT NOW.

I WANT TO PURSUE IT.

SO, UM, I KNOW YOU'RE OVER CITY.

PUBLIC WORKS, MR. WILLIAMS, IF YOU WOULD WORK WITH THEM.

AND LOOK AT THAT, I KNOW THE COST, I BELIEVE I HEARD TODAY, THE COST WAS 170,000 FOR TRAFFIC, RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S

[01:05:01]

CORRECT.

THAT'S NOT YOUR EVERYDAY KIND OF MONEY, BUT I'M TRYING TO SEEK SOLUTIONS.

OUR CITIZENS FEEL LIKE, AGAIN, I, MR. WOODS, I HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR TONIGHT.

UM, AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT SAFETY IS A KEY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO IF YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT AND GET ME SOME INFORMATION, AND I WANT TO SET UP A MEETING WITH SOME OF THE CITIZENS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT ALSO TOO.

UM, WE WE'D HAD SOME DISCUSSION, UM, BACK ABOUT, UH, PUTTING BASKETBALL COURTS AT HENDERSON PARK.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED, UM, THAT WE HAD TO DO A CHANGE IN THE SCOPE OF WORK.

UM, CA CAN WE GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU CALL COREY AND GET THAT MOVING? BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND SPEAKING TO HIM THAT, UM, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF YOU GIVING HIM THE INFORMATION AND THEY CAN FILL IT OUT AND WE'D PROBABLY BE ABLE TO GET THAT SCOPE DONE FAIRLY EASILY.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

UM, THE COMMUNITY HAS SUFFERED LONG ENOUGH AND AT LEAST HAVING A BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR, YOU KNOW, BASKETBALL COURTS THAT ARE WELL LIT AND A PLACE FOR THEM TO START GATHERING UNTIL WE CAN GET STANLEY WIDE OPEN GOING WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ON OUR AGENDA AND MOVING FORWARD.

UM, AND THEN DO, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH STANLEY WHITE AND THE BIDS WE RECEIVED FOUR PROPOSALS, UH, THE DEADLINE TO RECEIVE THOSE WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS DECEMBER 3RD.

STAFF HAS RANKED THOSE.

WOULD WE BRING THOSE BACK TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN AT THE JANUARY MEETING.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND THEN MY LAST THING, UM, THAT I'VE GOT HERE IS MR. DAVIS.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, ABOUT HAVING DISCUSSION ON THE ETJ.

CAN WE GET THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR SOME TIME IN JANUARY? YOU KNOW, GET A MAP, START TALKING ABOUT IF WE WANT TO KEEP ETJ, NOT HAPPY.

TJ, CAN YOU HAVE ETJ AT ONE AREA AND NOT AT THE OTHER? I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT.

MA'AM HAPPY TO DO THAT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A FEW SECONDS AND JUST THINK OF JEFF AND THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOR, UM, AN AMAZING, UM, COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WITH DR.

CARDWELL, UM, WHICH HAPPENS SATURDAY FROM TWO TO SIX AT CRAVEN TERRACE, WE GOT A GOOD TURNOUT AND, UM, REGARDS TO A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPMENT, THAT HOUSING AND HOW IT WOULD LOOK.

AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD, UM, BONDING, LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE REDEVELOPMENT FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

UM, AND JUST AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES FROM TOP TO THE FRONT LINES FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO.

UM, I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, AND EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOU MAKE MY JOB VERY EASY WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMPLAINTS AND THINGS THAT I GET TO, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A HAPPY HOLIDAY.

THAT'S THE ONLY, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF TOPICS WAS GOING TO COVER, BUT, UM, I DECIDED I SHOULD NOT DO SO.

UM, BUT I WILL BE MEETING WITH YOU MR. HUGHES AND SET UP A MEETING SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS ISSUES, UM, THAT I HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.

UM, IT'S REALLY BEEN NICE WORKING WITH YOU ALL.

UM, ALSO, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD THAT, UM, I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT WE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO OUR EMPLOYEES BY GIVING THEM THAT $50 GIFT CARD.

I HAVE GOTTEN SO MANY THANK YOUS FROM OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ABOUT THAT GIFT CARD.

IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM.

AND THIS ONE PARTICULAR YOUNG LADY, UM, MS. JACKIE ALLEN, SHE WAS JUST SO THANKFUL.

UM, SO I JUST HOPE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALL OF MY BINGO BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE CAN BRING THIS FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS ESTABLISHED IN OUR BUDGET.

SO WE WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS EVERY YEAR OF TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET.

THEY ARE OUR BACKBONE.

WE COULD NOT DO WHAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY WITHOUT THEM.

UM, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY BOARD MEMBER, UM, OTTOMAN, UM, ASKED HER AND AUDREY AND KINSEY A HOPE THAT, UM, AND THE BOARD AND YOU MAYOR, UM, I JUST HAVE TO SAY MAYOR OUT LOUD, YOU HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE COME TO ME ON NUMEROUS TIMES AND YOU HAVE EXTENDED A HELPING HAND AND ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY THING THAT YOU CAN HELP ME WITH.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, I APPRECIATE IT TO THE FULLEST AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.

[01:10:01]

WE'VE HAD OUR UPS AND OUR DOWNS AND WE PAIRED DOWN DIFFICULT MOMENTS, BUT THROUGH IT ALL, WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH EVERYTHING WE HAVE COMPROMISE.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAD OUR BEST INTERESTS WAS OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR CITIZENS.

SO LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR OUR CITY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS OUT THERE AND A LOT OF UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND WE JUST NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND WORK THROUGH IT AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY AND THE LIVELIHOODS OF OUR CITIZENS.

AND THAT'S NOT THE NAIL, SO.