* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] I DO NOT BELIEVE IS HERE. DOES ANYONE SEE HIM? OKAY. SO, UH, WITH SIX [1. Call to Order] OF THE SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM SUFFICIENT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. FIRST ORDER BUSINESS IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I COUNT. UH, I SHOULD ALSO SAY FOR THE RECORD, OUR ACTING TOWN ADMINISTRATOR DAVE MORRIS, IS HERE, AS IS OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, UH, MR. JASON DELOACH. UH, I COUNT [3. Approval of Agenda] 15 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED, INCLUDING ADJOURNMENT. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE ACTING TOWN ADMINISTRATOR? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED? MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE HAS JOINED. EXCELLENT. WELCOME. COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE. UH, THAT MEANS AYE. HELLO, SIR. THAT MEANS ALL SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE PRESENT. UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED. IT HAS 15 ITEMS ON IT, UH, INCLUDING ADJOURNMENT, A HEARING, NO DESIRE TO CHANGE THE AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED? MOVE THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED. IT'S BEEN MOTIONED. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LALO HECK, IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. SIX ZERO. ITEM [4. Consent Agenda] FOUR ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES THE TOWN MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 9TH AND THE TOWN WORK SESSION MINUTES FROM JULY 23RD. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE A SECOND. SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER GAR. SECOND GAR SECONDED THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING? NO DISCUSSION. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, SAY A AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. SIX ZERO. ITEM FIVE IS THE [5. Grant Requests] GRANT REQUEST FROM THE CH NATIVE PLANTING PROJECT, UH, ACTING TOWN ADMINISTRATOR CHIEF MORRIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, I HAD CONVERSATION WITH MR. GALLOWAY EARLIER. THIS IS A STANDING GRANT AND THE STAFF HAS, UH, WOULD RECOMMEND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, GIVING THIS CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL. COUNSEL IS THERE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GRANT REQUEST FOR $2,000 FROM CNPP? I BELIEVE MR. KNIPE IS THE LEAD FOR IT. HE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ONLINE. HE WASN'T SURE WHAT, I SPOKE WITH HIM A COUPLE DAYS AGO. OH, HE IS, HE IS A, UH, ATTENDEE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN PROMOTE HIM. DOES COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR OR FOR MR. KNIPE ABOUT THE $2,000 GRANT REQUEST? OKAY. AS THIS IS A TOWN MEETING, I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH US PROCEEDING TO APPROVE THE GRANT REQUEST. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION FROM COUNSEL TO THAT? MR. LALO? HECK, THIS IS A SORT OF AS, UH, ACTING ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATOR MORRIS SAID THAT THIS IS A STANDING GRANT THAT WE DO ON SORT OF THE REGULAR AND THERE IS NOTHING UNTOWARD IN THIS GRANT APPLICATION. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER AND I WILL HAPPILY MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE GRANT FOR CNPP. ALRIGHT, I RECOGNIZE YOUR MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. [00:05:01] THERE'S A SECOND. WAS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, WAS THAT THE VICE MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER FRY? THAT WAS THE VICE MAYOR. THE V VICE MAYOR BRINER SECONDED THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CNPP GRANT REQUEST FOR $2,000. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. THE GRANT REQUEST IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. UH, YOU ARE WELCOME, MR. KNIPE. THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR ALL OF CPPS EXCELLENT WORK AND NEAR THE TOWN. SURE. [6. Resident Input] ONTO ITEM SIX, RESIDENT INPUT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED IF THERE WAS RESIDENT INPUT ON THE GRANT REQUEST. I APOLOGIZE. ITEM SIX IS A RE IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT UNDERLINED ON THE AGENDA. SO FOR OUR PURPOSES, THAT WOULD, IN THAT WOULD BE VERIZON COVERAGE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT VERIZON COVERAGE, YOU MAY DO THAT AS PART OF AGENDA ITEM EIGHT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OTHER TOPIC, YOU MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME BY RAISING YOUR HAND. UH, MS. SALLOW. OH, UH, OKAY. MS. SALLOW, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. AND THEN AFTER THAT, MS. JONES, YOU HAVE EACH HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE SHARE YOUR NAME AND YOUR WARD. SHEILA SOLO WARD TWO. YOU HEAR ME RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. OKAY. CHEVROLET IS BLESSED WITH PARKS BOTH LARGE AND TINY. SOME OF THESE PARKS ARE GATEWAYS TO THE NATURAL AREAS DESIGNATED IN THE CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE WOODWORTH PARK NATURAL AREA, CHEVROLET NATURE PARK, KILMER STREET PARK, AND ARBORETUM BOYD PARK, EUCLID NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, AND CHEVROLET EAST PARK. DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN LEARN THE HISTORIES OF THE NATURAL AREAS AS WELL AS WHAT FLORA AND FAUNA YOU MAY EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER ON THE CHEVROLET GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WEBSITE? WWW.GREEN CHEVROLET.ORG. AS ITS CHEVROLET WEEK PROJECT FOR THE TOWN'S 95TH ANNIVERSARY, THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE IS PROVIDING QR CODE PLAQUES AT THE PARK ENTRANCES. THE PLAQUES AT TOWN OWNED PARKS ARE READY NOW, AND THOSE FOR THE COUNTY PARKS WILL BE INSTALLED SOON. SCANNING THE CODES WILL TAKE YOU TO THE DESCRIPTIONS FOR EACH PARK. READ THEM ON THE SPOT OR SAVE THE LINKS TO TAKE HOME THE PLAQUES ON TOWNLAND. WERE INSTALLED BY CHEVROLET'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AMONG THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, THE MAYOR AND TOWN STAFF, THE COUNTY PARKS INSTALLATION HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH THE RANGERS AND SUPER VOLUNTEER DAVE KNIPE. MANY THANKS TO ALL. DON'T FORGET TO VISIT THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE TABLE ON CHEVROLET DAY AND PICK UP A MAP OF THE PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS, THEN LACE UP YOUR BOOTS AND ENJOY YOUR WALK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND LET ME JUST SAY A, A PERSONAL WORD OF THANKS TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING THE QR CODES HAPPEN. UM, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT MS. JOYCE, JOYCE JONES, I THINK YOU ARE UP NEXT. AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AFTER HER, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ON ZOOM. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. JOYCE JONES, WARD TWO. I'D LIKE TO THANK THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTOPHER WADE FOR THE AMAZING WARD ONE COMMUNITY DAY THAT HE SPONSORED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VINE CORE ON JULY 18TH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS WAS A REALLY TERRIFIC EVENT, WHICH HIGHLIGHTED TOWN ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY RESOURCES. I REALLY APPRECIATED THE ABILITY TO MEET WITH SO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE VENUE, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM PUBLIC UTILITIES, LOCAL FAITH COMMUNITIES, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY SHERIFFS. I SPOKE WITH NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDED RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS GROUPS THAT OFFERED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THERE WAS A FOOD DISTRIBUTION. KIDS OF ALL AGES ENJOYED THE PHOTO BOOTH FACE PAINTING AND THE BOUNCY CASTLE IN THE CORNER. AND THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUED WITH A VERY FUN RAFFLE DRAWING AS THE EVENT WAS WINDING DOWN. IN THE INTEREST OF FULL TRANSPARENCY, I DID WIN A FABULOUS PRIZE. I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN [00:10:01] LEG, LOIC TOWN ADMINISTRATOR DELAINE GALLOWAY TOWN YOUTH COORDINATOR, YVONNE WHITE AND ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF JENNIFER KRAUS FOR ATTENDING AND OFFERING THEIR ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT. MANY THANKS AS ALWAYS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT SET UP EVERYTHING IN THE GYM SO WE COULD BE INSIDE ON THAT SWELTERING DAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER WADE FOR HIS SUCCESSFUL EVENT. I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK BY HIM AND AS LOVELY FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. I THINK WE ARE ON TO MR. PRICE. GO AHEAD, SIR. THANK YOU, FRED PRICE, UH, WARD FOUR. UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SMALL COURT IN BOYD PARK. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE PUT A, UH, MARBLE, UH, CIRCLE ON IT AND ALSO PUT A HOPSCOTCH CIRCLE ON IT. THEIR VERY INEXPENSIVE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OLD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR, FOR THOSE SUGGESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO MAKE RESIDENT INPUTS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN [7. Committee Reports ] COMMITTEE REPORTS. AND UP FIRST, AS ALWAYS, IS THE RECREATION COUNCIL. UH, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER WADE. UM, WE HAVE BEEN ALL FROM MEETINGS. UM, I BELIEVE THAT MEETING STARTS NEXT MONTH, THE END OF THE MONTH. UM, CURRENTLY WE'RE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ON, UM, HIATUS FOR THE SUMMER. SO WE DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT FOR THIS MONTH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, I'VE CERTAINLY, WE WILL HAVE A FULSOME CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE REPORT AS WE ARE, UH, SOMETHING LIKE 42 DAYS AWAY. COUNCIL MEMBER ECK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US? YES, GOOD EVENING. UH, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, I BRING GREETINGS FROM THE, UH, DELAWARE BEACHES. UM, BUT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS A FULL DISPLAY NOW, UH, AVAILABLE IN THE LOBBY OF TOWN HALL WITH THE FULL SPREAD OF BEVERLY 95 WEEKS, UH, ACTIVITIES. UM, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT MARKED YOUR CALENDARS YET, UH, YOU CAN CERTAINLY GO ONLINE TO CHEVROLET DAY.ORG AND, UH, MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR ALL OF THE GREAT EVENTS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE. UM, AND I KNOW THAT THE PROM, WHICH WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON, I BELIEVE IT'S THE 12TH OF SEPTEMBER WHILE, AND GENTLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE CHEVROLET DAY ACTIVITIES. UM, YOU CAN CERTAINLY, UH, START YOUR, UH, CELEBRATING EARLY WITH THE, UH, PROHIBITION HOP THEME COCKTAILS AT, UH, CHEV PROM THIS YEAR. AND THEN, UH, A FULL WEEK OF EVENTS, UH, BEGINNING THE SATURDAY BEFORE 9 26, 26. UH, AND THEN, UH, CULMINATING WITH, UM, THE GOLF TOURNAMENT ON SEPTEMBER THE 25TH. AND THEN CHEVROLET DAY ON THE 26TH. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FULL PARADE AND THE PARTICIPATION OF THE COUNCIL. ANY OTHER, UH, SUPPORT THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR THAT GREAT EVENT, GREAT WEEK AND GREAT EVENT ON SATURDAY THE 26TH. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DAY COMMITTEE, MR. GARCES? UH, THANKS, MAYOR. UH, THANKS JOHN. AND HONESTLY, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR REACHING OUT TO, UH, CHEVROLET STATION APARTMENTS. UM, I KNOW, UH, UH, THE CHEVROLET DAY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB ON MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THE INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME, SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AS WELL AS MY RESIDENTS. UH, SECOND, UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT, UH, I COULD GET A, I THINK LAST MEETING I REQUESTED A, LIKE A ITINERARY OR THE, UH, FOR THE EVENTS AND, UM, AND THEN WHAT ELSE WAS ON MY LIST? GIMME ONE SECOND. OH, YEAH. AND THEN, UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR RIGHT NOW. YEAH. SO I KNOW IT'S ONLINE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BEVERLY DAY WEBSITE AND, UH, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, WE ACTUALLY HAD A, JUST A DISCUSSION TODAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRINT SOME LIKE YARD SIGNS WITH, UH, CHEVROLET DAY ON IT. AND WE WILL BE SURE TO TRY AND GET SOME OF THOSE UP TO THE APARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UH, PUT IN LOCATIONS AROUND THE APARTMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. BUT ALSO, I MEAN, UH, FOR FLYERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. AS LONG AS I LIKE YOU GUYS, I THINK I HAVE THE DIGITAL ONE. UM, I'LL KEEP [00:15:01] ON SENDING THAT OUT AS A BLAST, UH, JUST SO WE CAN SAVE SOME TREES, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, NOT WASTE A LOT OF PAPER OR, OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS. SO, UM, I HAVE THE DIGITAL COPY, I'LL KEEP ON SENDING THEM OUT. UM, BUT, UM, AND ALSO, UH, I, I DUNNO, THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME, BUT I, I WON'T PROBABLY BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE EVENTS. I'M GOING OUT ON MAJOR SURGERY THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER. UH, UNLESS SOMEBODY'S WILLING TO PUSH ME ON, LIKE ON A, ON A, ON A WHEELCHAIR, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. SO, SO YOU GUYS KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US KNOW. I'M SURE WE CAN PULL TOGETHER AND GET YOU OUT THERE IF WE, IF WE, IF YOU WANT, IF YOU'RE WILLING. UH, ALRIGHT, THANKS. WE'LL BRING YOU IF NEEDED. YES. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOHN TO TAKE BACK TO THE COMMITTEE? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, UH, MR. TANZI, ANYTHING FROM THE PLANNING BOARD? SO THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, DID NOT MEET YESTERDAY BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE FORUM. SO THEY WERE MOSTLY LOOKING TO PUT TOGETHER QUESTIONS FOR THE BEVERLY HILL DEVELOPMENT TEAM. AND THE HOPE HAD BEEN TO HAVE SOME PREPARED BEFORE THE PRESENTATION. NOW THE HOPE IS TO, UH, PREPARE SOME AFTER THE PRESENTATION AND SUBMIT THOSE, UM, FOR CLARIFICATION. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COUNSEL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI TO TAKE BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD? HEARING NONE, IS THERE ANY UPDATE FROM THE BOARD? UH, SORRY, THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS, SEEING NONE. IS THERE ANY UPDATE FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION? ALL RIGHT. UH, CHIEF MORRIS, ANYTHING NEW ON HEROES? NO, SIR. NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. OKAY. WE DID, WE DID CORRECT. UH, WHAT WE, WHEN WE HAD THE WINDSTORMS, WE HAD A COUPLE BANNERS THAT, UH, THEY WEREN'T DAMAGED, BUT THEY WERE DISPLACED. SO WE GOT THOSE CORRECTED PRETTY QUICKLY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH, THERE WERE SEVERAL, UM, UH, POLLS OR, OR ATTACHMENTS THAT BROKE. UH, AND YOUR TEAM DID A GREAT JOB GETTING THEM, UH, BACK UP AND OFF THE STREET. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, MS. WHITE OR CHIEF MORRIS, ANYTHING ON THE YOUTH FRONT? I'LL DEFER TO MS. WHITE IF SHE'S ON. IF NOT, I CAN SPEAK TO IT. I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S ON HERE. MAYOR, CAN YOU SEE HER? I, I, YEAH, I DON'T SEE HER ON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, SO WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF YOUTH EVENTS THAT ARE POSTED. UH, UH, WE'VE GOT A, UH, PRETTY BIG ONE COMING UP ON FRIDAY, UH, AUGUST 21ST FROM ABOUT FIVE TO NINE, UH, IN THE, THE TOWN HALL AREA. UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE ASSISTING WITH, UH, GRILLING AS WELL AS, UH, THE SETUP AS WELL AS, UH, INTERACTING AND, UM, UH, PARTICIPATING, UH, DURING THE EVENT. SO, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT. THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER ONES THAT ARE, UH, POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND WE JUST ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE ACTIVITIES FOR OUR YOUTH. YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, UH, I SAW A COMMENT THAT, UH, APPLICATION, THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS COMING UP. SO, UM, ANYONE, ANYWHERE WHO IS INTERESTED OR KNOWS ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE CONVINCED TO JOIN THE YOUTH COUNCIL, UH, PLEASE WORK ON YOUR APPLICATION AND GET THAT IN. AND WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR OPEN GYM AND HAVE OUR MOVIE NIGHT. SO, UH, EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE COMMITTEES, WE WILL MOVE ON [8. Verizon Coverage] TO ITEM EIGHT, VERIZON COVERAGE VICE MAYOR, DID YOU WANNA KICK THIS DISCUSSION OFF? WAIT, REAL QUICK BEFORE WE START WITH VERIZON, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOUT OUT TO THE YOUTH, UH, YOUTH EVENTS. UH, THEY HAD ONE, UH, A FEW TUESDAYS AGO, AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 20 KIDS TIE DING IN THE, IN THE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF LOBBY OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND WAS A NICE, UH, NICE EVENT TO WITNESS. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES, MY TEAM WAS THERE. HE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. UM, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO PREVIEW THE VERIZON. UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE GENTLEMAN IS HERE. YEP, THERE HE IS. AND I THINK, UH, WE JUST WANT TO HEAR ABOUT, UH, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF, UH, CELL PHONE COVERAGE IN [00:20:01] TOWN AND, UM, HEAR FROM ANY CITIZENS THAT MIGHT BE HERE, RESIDENTS THAT HERE ARE HERE THAT WANNA TALK TO US ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT, MR. GRIFFITH, UH, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TAKE IT AWAY. HEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE YOU GENTLEMEN. UH, LADIES THAT HELPED ME GET ON. SO I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME WITH ZOOM APP. UM, SO MY NAME IS JEFF GRIFFITH. I'M THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. SO MY RESPONSIBILITIES ARE EVERYTHING I WOULD SAY, EXCEPT FOR ENGINEERING AND VERIZON WIRELESS. SO I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ON THIS CALL FOR A FEW MONTHS. Y'ALL CONTINUE TO INVITE US. UM, WE HAD SOME CONFLICTS, BUT, UH, I'M HERE TODAY, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT VERIZON WIRELESS SIGNAL. I CAN SPEAK IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANY CONCERNS WITH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE THAT VERIZON PROVIDES, YOU KNOW, OUR FIO SERVICE, DIAL TONES, SPECIAL SERVICES FOR COMPANIES, BUSINESSES, THINGS LIKE THAT. OR, UM, YOU KNOW, MAJOR OUTAGES. BUT ALL ON THE, UH, WHAT WOULD SAY WIRED NETWORK. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE VERIZON WIRELESS PIECE. I THINK THAT, UM, YOU ALL, UH, HAD ASKED FOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH. SO I'M THE FIELD OPERATIONS GUY. UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF SOMEBODY FROM, IF YOU ALL WERE ABLE TO FIND SOMEBODY OR IF, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY REPLIED TO JOIN OR ACCEPTED THE COUNTER INVITE FROM THE WIRELESS SIDE OR NOT. GO AHEAD. VICE MAYOR BRENNER. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WHO, WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT FIOS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT CONVERSATION. BUT I THINK OUR PRIMARY GOAL IN HAVING SOMEONE FROM VERIZON HERE IS, IS THAT, UM, THERE ARE MAJOR AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN WARD THREE, BUT I THINK THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, UM, THAT ARE PRACTICALLY COMPLETE DEAD ZONES IN TERMS OF, UM, CELL PHONE CONNECTIVITY. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED TO SOME OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM VERIZON IN THE PAST WHO HAVE, UH, MENTIONED THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT TRY TO DO IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THAT CONNECTIVITY. UM, AND THAT CELL PHONE COVERAGE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I'VE HEARD FROM ANYONE SAYING THAT THAT HAS IMPROVED. BUT, UM, IT'S PARTICULARLY CONCERNING, UM, IN SITUATIONS WHERE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEONE LOSES POWER IN THEIR HOME AND BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A DEAD ZONE, THEY NO LONGER HAVE WIFI CALLING, AND SO THEY NEED TO RELY ON THE, THE CELL PHONE COVERAGE AND IT IS NOT THERE. UM, I PERSONALLY HAD MORE THAN ONE OCCASION IN WHICH THERE HAS BEEN AN EMERGENCY ONE TIME IN WHICH I WAS TRYING TO CALL 9 1 1 AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GET CONNECTED OR LIKE THE CONNECTION WAS, WAS NOT RELIABLE IN TRYING TO RELAY DETAILS TO THEM ABOUT THE EMERGENCY. UM, SO THAT IS MY PERSONALLY MY PRIMARY GOAL IN TALKING TO SOMEONE FROM VERIZON TODAY. UM, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE YOU'RE NOT THE GUY. WELL, UM, I CAN'T SPEAK ON ANY OUTAGES OR ISSUES THAT YOU MIGHT BE HAVING WITH THAT WIRELESS NETWORK. RIGHT. BUT I AM A VERIZON EMPLOYEE AND I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, GETTING AHOLD OF THE FOLKS THAT CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. I, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAD IN ADVANCE, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY GET CLARITY. I FIGURED JOINING WOULD GIVE ME THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS. SO AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE VERIZON WIRELESS NETWORK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT PART OF MY DAILY ACTIVITY. BUT I WILL DEFINITELY, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU KNOW, I, Y'ALL HAVE MY EMAIL, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SEND ME THE EMAIL WITH, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS THAT YOU'RE HAVING, THE INTERSECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I WILL FIND SOMEBODY FROM VERIZON WIRELESS AND I WILL PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH THEM. OKAY. I THINK WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SO WE WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT. UM, I WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO INVITE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER VICE MAYOR BRINER SAID, OR REINFORCE OR OTHERWISE SHARE, UH, YOUR VIEWS WITH MR. GRIFFITH FOR HIS, YOU KNOW, REPORT BACK TO HIS COLLEAGUES, UH, AS HE'S DOING THAT. WE COULD STILL HEAR FROM, UH, RESIDENTS IF YOU WOULD PUT YOUR HANDS UP, UM, ON THE VERIZON TOPIC. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL GO TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WADE, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER FRY. YES. UH, THANK YOU, SIR FOR COMING. UH, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC, UNFORTUNATELY. UM, SAD TO HEAR THAT THE WIRELESS ASPECT IS NOT COVERED. UM, I, AS A FORMER, UH, [00:25:01] EMPLOYEE OF VERIZON FILES A LONG TIME AGO, UH, WORKING THE B2B UH, SALES, UM, UH, KNOW THAT, UH, DEALING WITH ALLERGISTS, BUT ALSO, DO YOU HAVE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO ANY POSSIBLE PROGRAMS ON THE FIO SIDE OF, UH, FIXED INCOME INDIVIDUALS, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR SENIORS, UM, ARE THERE ANY PROGRAMS TO, UH, DO THAT? I HAVE FILES AND I'VE SEEN MY BILL GRADUALLY CREEP UP THERE OVER TIME. SO ARE, ARE THERE ANY PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN TALK TO, UH, EITHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ON FIXED INCOME BELOW A, UH, CERTAIN LEVEL OF, OF, OF INCOME AS WELL AS OUR SENIORS THAT YOU CAN, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT CAN HELP THEM WITH THEIR, THEIR BILLS? I WISH I COULD SPEAK TO THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC, BUT AGAIN, I'M, I'M AN OPERATIONS GUY. POLES GET TORN DOWN, CABLES GET CUT, CUT THOSE LOVELY TREES YOU ALL HAVE ALL OVER CHEVROLET. SOMETIMES THEY COME DOWN AND TEAR THAT ON OUR NETWORK. MY FOLKS WANNA PUT IT BACK UP. THOSE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BLACK SQUIRRELS YOU GOT RUNNING AROUND TOWN. SOMETIMES THEY CHEW ON OUR FIBERS. MY GUYS GO OUT THERE AND RESTORE THAT. THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT I CAN SPEAK TO. BUT AGAIN, UM, SEND ME AN EMAIL ON THAT AND I'LL, I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND SOME, UH, SOMEBODY IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE TO, UH, PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE AND WE CAN SEND YOU IF WE HAVE SOMETHING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? I DID. UM, AND, UH, JEFF, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO, UH, JUST MAINTENANCE OF SOME OF LIKE THE VERIZON BOXES AROUND TOWN SPECIFICALLY. UM, FOR ME, ONE OF MY CONCERNS, AND I THINK THAT VERIZON DID COME OUT TO LOOK AT IT, BUT, UM, ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS HAS A BOX THAT CONTINUES TO JUST, IT'S, IT'S NOT SECURE, BUT IT CONTINUES TO FILL WITH WATER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT IF IT'S, UM, JUST KIND OF MAINTENANCE OF THOSE BOXES. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES, UM, THEY JUST, THEY, THEY'RE NOT WELL MAINTAINED. WHO ARE YOU THE BEST PERSON THAT WE SHOULD BE REACHING OUT TO? I, I CAN ABSOLUTELY HELP YOU WITH THAT. I CAN GIVE YOU A HOST OF REASONS WHY SOMETIMES THEY COME, UNSECURE WATER FILLS UP, THEY FLOAT OFF. WE HAVE A, WE CAN PUT A CONCRETE LID ON THOSE IF IT'S A HAND HOLE. WHEN YOU SAY A BOX THAT'S GROUND LEVEL HAND HOLES. WE ALSO HAVE PEDESTALS, THE OLD COPPER NETWORK, AND WE ALSO HAVE CROSS CONNECTS AND HUB BOXES, WHICH ARE LARGER BOXES. OKAY. UM, THE OLD COPPER STUFF, WE'RE KIND OF GETTING RID OF THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A HAND HOLE, GROUND LEVEL, THE LID, MAYBE WITH STORMS OR SOMETHING, A LOT OF GROUNDWATER THEY LIFT AND FLOAT OFF. IF THEY'RE THE PLASTIC ONES, WE CAN REPLACE THOSE WITH CONCRETE ONES. I CAN DEFINITELY HELP YOU WITH THAT. UM, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I CAN GIVE YOU THE HOST OF REASONS THAT THEY'RE UNSECURE, BUT END OF THE DAY, YOU JUST WANT IT TO NOT BE OPEN AND WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE OPEN TOO. SO. OKAY. GIMME THAT INFORMATION. ABSOLUTELY. AND I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT FOR YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. AND I DON'T SEE ANY, ANY, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THEIR HANDS UP, BUT, UH, PLEASE DO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOUR INPUT TO MR. GRIFFITH. UH, OTHERWISE, AND FEEL FREE. GO AHEAD, MAYOR, PLEASE FEEL FREE. PASS MY INFORMATION ON IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GET ON OUR VERIZON NETWORK, I CAN HELP YOU OUT THERE. EXCELLENT. O OKAY, WELL WE WILL COMPILE, UH, THESE QUESTIONS AND OTHERS THAT, UH, OUR RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO US WITH AND, AND BE IN TOUCH SHORTLY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, I THINK THAT [9. Closed Meeting Summary] TAKES US TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM COUNSEL, WHICH IS THE CLOSED MEETING SUMMARY FROM JULY 23RD, 2026. SO I WILL COMMENCE WITH THE READING OF THE FAIR SUMMARY. ON JULY 28, UH, 23RD, I BELIEVE, 2026, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CONVENE A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO 3 1 0 1 OF THE GENERAL PROVISION ARTICLES OF THE CODE OF MARYLAND, WHICH IS THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE CLOSED SESSION WAS CONVENED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A SPECIAL MEETING AT 6:37 PM BY MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR BRENER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI. THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS TO HOLD A CLOSED SESSION FOR THREE SPECIFIC REASONS UNDER THE LAW, EXCUSE ME, FOUR SPECIFIC REASONS UNDER THE LAW. NUMBER 1 3 3 0 5 B ONE TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION, DISCIPLINE, DEMOTION, COMPENSATION [00:30:01] REMOVAL, RESIGNATION OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM THIS PUBLIC BODY, THE C TOWN COUNCIL HAS JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MATTER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS. THE SECOND REASON WAS 3 3 0 5, UH, TO CONSIDER THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PER PURPOSE AND MATTERS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ACQUISITION THEREOF. THE THIRD REASON WAS 3 3 0 5 B SEVEN TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE. AND THE FOURTH REASON WAS 3 3 0 5 B EIGHT TO CONSULT WITH STAFF, CONSULTANTS OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS ABOUT PENDING OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION. THOSE PRESENT IN THE CLOSED SESSION WERE THE ENTIRE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TOWN ADMINISTRATOR DELAYING GALLOWAY FOR PART OF THE MEETING. DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF JENNIFER KRAUS FOR PART OF THE MEETING AND TOWN ATTORNEY JASON DELO, ESQUIRE FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING. DURING THE CLOSED SESSION, MR. GALLOWAY UPDATED THE COUNSEL ON A NEW LEGAL MATTER INVOLVING THE TOWN, AND MR. DELO PROVIDED LEGAL ADVICE ON THAT MATTER. MR. DELO AND MR. GALLOWAY RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS. MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON A POTENTIAL LEGAL MATTER. MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE ACQUISITION OF REAL REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN. MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON AN EXISTING LEGAL MATTER ON A PERSONNEL MATTER. MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON AN EMPLOYEE'S WORK STATUS AND THEIR DUTIES GOING FORWARD. MR. DELO DISCUSSED A PERSONNEL MATTER WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND PROVIDED LEGAL ADVICE ON HOW TO PROCEED. MR. GALLOWAY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR A DEPARTMENT GOING FORWARD THAT INCLUDED SENSITIVE PERSONNEL DISCUSSIONS. A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE CLOSED MEETING WAS MADE BY VICE MAYOR BRINER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TANSEY. THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE CLOSED SESSION ENDED AT APPROXIMATELY 7:38 PM NO ACTIONS WERE TAKEN IN THE CLOSED MEETING. ITEM 10 [10. Town Administrator Report ] ON OUR AGENDA IS THE REPORT FROM THE ACTING TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, CHIEF MORRIS. UH, AGAIN, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT WAS SUBMITTED, UH, PRIOR TO THE MEETING. A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT MR. GALLOWAY ASKED THAT I HIGHLIGHT FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THEN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. UH, ONE IS THE CONTINUED WORK WITH THE STAY HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. UH, OUR COUNTY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY'S DPWT WITH REGARDS TO THE US ROUTE 50 AND COLUMBIA PARK ROAD. UH, THOSE BALLARDS ARE IN PLACE AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT. AND, UH, CONTINUING TO PUT SOME PRESSURE WHERE PRESSURE NEEDS TO BE APPLIED. UH, THESE ARE TEMPORARY SAFETY MEASURES THAT ARE IN PLACE AND IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, UH, THEY DO HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THAT AREA, BUT THE PERMANENT SOLUTION WON'T OCCUR UNTIL PROBABLY SOMETIME AROUND NEXT YEAR. THIS TIME, UH, THERE ARE SOME OTHER ISSUES OCCURRING UP THERE AS IT RELATES TO THE TRAFFIC AND ENFORCEMENT MEASURES. I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF TO, UH, SPEAK ON IN HER REPORT, UNLESS SHE WANTS TO SPEAK TO IT NOW. I'LL DEFER TO, TO THE DEPUTY, TO THE ACTING CHIEF CHIEF. I CAN TOUCH ON IT WHEN WE GET TO THE POLICE REPORT. OKAY, GREAT. THANKS, CHIEF. UH, THE OTHER, UH, AREA THAT MR. GALLOWAY ASKS THAT I HIGHLIGHT IS THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES THROUGH CAPITAL FORD IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE FIRST ROUND OF VEHICLES HAVE BEEN DELIVERED, UH, FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO OUR VENDOR. UH, THIS HAS BEEN AN EXPEDITED PROCESS, UH, EVEN WHEN OTHER AGENCIES ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY AROUND THE COUNTRY GETTING, UH, GETTING POLICE CRUISERS BECAUSE THEY'RE MANUFACTURING DATES ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED. UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE DOING THIS THROUGH THE LEASE PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND, UH, THE, UM, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID EXCISE, UH, FIVE VEHICLES OUT OF THE FLEET RECENTLY. SO, UH, THOSE FIVE ARE GONE. SO WE'RE, UH, EXCITED TO BE GETTING THESE NEWER VEHICLES IN AND, UH, KEEPING OUR FLEET UP, UH, UP TO SPEED, NO PUN INTENDED. UH, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I HAVE, UH, REITERATED [00:35:01] MANY TIMES OVER WITH OUR STAFF AND RECENTLY HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS THAT, ASIDE FROM OUR PERSONNEL AND STAFFING, UH, OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET, UH, TO THE TOWN IS OUR FLEET. UH, CERTAINLY THE MOST COSTLY ASSET, UH, TO THE TOWN IS OUR FLEET. UH, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR FLEET IN A, UH, EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY. SO, UH, ANY ANY OTHER, THE OTHER, UH, INFORMATION IN A REPORT IS THERE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN CERTAINLY RESPOND TO THOSE. COUNSEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ACTING TOWN ADMINISTRATOR? UH, MIKE, I HAVE ONE QUESTION CHIEF, IN REGARDS THE PUBLIC OR WORKS DIRECTOR POSITION, UH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, ARE YOU ABLE TO, ARE WE ABLE TO TELL THE PUBLIC YET WHEN THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR POSITION WILL HIT THE STREET? YES, SIR. SO THE, UH, THE TIMELINE RIGHT NOW IS TO ADVERTISE THAT POSITION AROUND THE FIRST PART OF OCTOBER. AND, UH, WITH THE, UH, INTERVIEWS AND THE PROCESS, I KNOW THAT MR. GALLOWAY HAS SPOKEN TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS, BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT, UH, WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A GOOD PROCESS AND, UH, FIND A GOOD FIT, UH, NOT ONLY FOR PUBLIC WORKS, BUT FOR THE TOWN, UH, SOMEONE THAT HAS THE REQUISITE SKILL SETS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, PICK UP WHERE MR. BRAMAN LEFT OFF AND, AND CONTINUE THAT OPERATION. SO, UH, SO WE HOPE TO HAVE SOMEONE IN PLACE, UH, ON OR BEFORE THE 1ST OF JANUARY. YEAH. GREAT. OKAY. UH, SO CAN YOU ASK, UM, CAN YOU LEAVE MR. GALLOWAY A NOTE TO SHARE THE ADVERT WITH US LATE NEXT MONTH? YES, SIR. WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE ACT TOWN ADMINISTRATOR BEFORE WE GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I THINK WE'RE ON TO OUR ACTING [11. Police Report] CHIEF OF POLICE. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. I'LL, I'LL KEEP THIS PRETTY BRIEF TONIGHT. CPD, UM, HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE JUVENILE TAKEOVERS AND VEHICLE POPUP RALLIES. AS YOU'VE SEEN ON THE NEWS, ONE RECENTLY RESULTED IN A SHOOTING NEAR THE TOWN, NOT IN THE TOWN. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MSPM, CAC, CPD, AND PGPD TO MONITOR ALL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND LOOK FOR UPCOMING EVENTS AND TRY TO HEAD THOSE OFF AT THE PASS. WE HAVE TWO LOCATIONS IN THE TOWN, PARTICULARLY WHERE WE'VE SEEN THESE CAR MEETUPS, ONE BEING HOSPITAL HILL AREA AND DOWN IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. SO WE'VE INCREASED PATROLS IN BOTH LOCATIONS, LOOKING FOR THOSE EVENTS AND, AND, UH, TRYING TO HEAD THEM OFF AT THE PASS, SO TO SPEAK. SO IF ANY DO COME OUT, WE WILL HAVE, UH, BE SURE TO BRIEF YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. CPD UNITS CONTINUE TO CONDUCT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON COLUMBIA PARK. AND AS CHIEF SPOKE EARLIER, UM, THEY HAVE INSTALLED THE BALLARDS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AT OUR LAST MEETING. WE ASKED THEM TO EXTEND THOSE BALLARDS FROM THE INTERSECTION BACK DOWN COLUMBIA PARK TOWARDS 64TH, AND THEY WERE IN GRANTS AND ARE GONNA MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO LITTLE STEPS, IT IS WORKING SO FAR, WE HAVE SEEN A FEW PEOPLE, SO ADVERTENTLY JUST CROSS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, JUMP THE TRIANGLE, AND RUN THE LIGHT THAT WAY, BUT MUCH LESS SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. UM, I WANNA POINT OUT ONE PARTICULAR INCIDENT THAT WE HAD ON JULY 11TH, 2026. UM, SERGEANT BLUNT OBSERVED TWO VEHICLES IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, 5:00 AM BOTH VEHICLES WERE UNOCCUPIED ON 2 0 2 SITTING IDLE IN THE MEDIAN TURN LANE FOR THE PARKWAY. HE OBSERVED BOTH THESE VEHICLES AS HE WAS COMING INTO TOWN TO COME TO WORK, UM, NOTICING THEM. HE TURNED AROUND ON 2 0 2 AS HE WAS HEADED BACK IN HIS UNMARKED VEHICLE, WHICH WAS GOOD. HE WAS IN ONE THAT PARTICULAR DAY. UH, HE WATCHED, UH, ENTIRE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WALK FROM THE PROFESSIONAL BUILDING TO THOSE VEHICLES, RECOGNIZING THAT AS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM. HE STARTED FOLLOWING ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT ALL SEVEN OCCUPANTS GOT INTO AT ONCE. THEY, UM, WERE HEADED DOWN 2 0 2 TOWARDS THE TOWN OF CH THEY MADE THE RIGHT ON 63RD, RECOGNIZED HIM AS A POLICE OFFICER AT THAT POINT. AND ALL SEVEN OCCUPANTS BAILED OUT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE REST OF THE SQUAD, THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND PGPD, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE APPREHENSION ON ALL SEVEN SUSPECTS, FOUR OF WHICH WERE JUVENILES AND THREE OF WHICH WERE ADULTS. BOTH THOSE VEHICLES WERE STOLEN, AND THEY HAD NOT BEEN REPORTED STOLEN YET. SO THEY [00:40:01] ACTUALLY WENT, HAD OFFICERS 1 1 1 VEHICLE WAS FROM VIRGINIA AND ONE WAS ON NEARBY JURISDICTION. THEY KNOCKED ON DOORS AND WERE ABLE TO DISCOVER THAT BOTH THOSE VEHICLES WERE IN FACT STOLEN. AND I GIVE CREDIT TO SERGEANT BLUNT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, BECAUSE WITH THEM HEADED INTO THE TOWN, WE KNOW FROM OUR PRIOR EXPERIENCE THAT THIS WOULD'VE LED TO MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND BREAK-INS IN OUR TOWN. SO KUDOS TO HIM FOR PREVENTING THAT CRIME FROM OCCURRING IN OUR JURISDICTION. UM, AND THIS IS JUST, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD WORK THAT THIS SQUAD DOES. AND, AND THIS AGAIN, WAS AS HE'S COMING TO WORK, SO GOOD JOB ON HIS PART. UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL STAFFING AND TRAINING ON JULY 9TH, CHEV POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF RE-CERTIFIED IN TASER ASKED OC AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS AS REQUIRED BY KOMAR. LIEUTENANT GLEASON IS DOING A PRESENTATION FOR WARD FORCE CIVIC ASSOCIATION THIS MONDAY EVENING, AND THAT'S REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND ALL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN OUR TOWN AND THE COUNTY IN GENERAL. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND OFFICER RAINIER HAS JUST SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED BA BASIC INVESTIGATORS TRAINING, SO GOOD FOR HER AND GOOD JOB ON HER PART. UM, DURING JULY, THE INVESTIGATIVE SECTION BEGAN FULL-TIME OPERATIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS IN THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET SERGEANT JACKSON IMPLEMENTED CORE PROTOCOLS AND ESTABLISHED INTER-AGENCY CONNECTIONS. AT THE MONTHLY CHIEF'S MEETING, SERGEANT JACKSON PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TO INCREASE AWARENESS WITHIN THE TOWN, LETTING HIM KNOW THAT HE IS THE DETECTIVE SERGEANT AND WHAT OUR CAPABILITIES ARE. HE'S INVESTIGATED NINE NEW CASES FOR A TOTAL OF 19 IN JULY, THREE AUTO THEFTS, ONE FRAUD, ONE ASSAULT, AND ONE DRUG COMPLAINT, AND THREE THEFT FROM AUTOS. ALL STOLEN VEHICLES WERE RECOVERED. ONE WAS DIRECTLY LOCATED BY CHEVROLET POLICE OFFICERS. THE SECTION SERVED FOUR GRAND JURY SUBPOENAS, DISSEMINATED THREE BOLOS, AND COMPLETED SIX DISCOVERY REQUESTS FROM THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN TOTAL. AND WE'LL BE ADDING THIS MONTHLY NOW TO OUR REPORT FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT IN JULY, THE CH POLICE DEPARTMENT ACHIEVED A CLOSURE RATE OF 77.78% CLOSURE RATE ON PROPERTY CRIMES. CURRENTLY, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS RIGHT AROUND 14%. SO WE ARE 5.5 TIMES OR 456% HIGHER CLOSURE RATE THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. AND A LOT OF THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOOD WORK THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN DO, AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO SERGEANT JACKSON FOR STANDING UP THIS UNIT AND PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER FOR US. SO KUDOS TO HIM. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE WANNA THANK MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE STAFF OF ENTIRE TOWN OF CH AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND MADE THAT SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS FOR US. WE TRULY LOOK FORWARD TO THESE EVENTS AND CONNECT, GETTING OUR OFFICERS OUT THERE TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WAS A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. AND THEN FINALLY, AS FALL APPROACHES, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT WE ARE JUST NOW BEGINNING STAGES OF THE PREPARATION FOR THE HAUNTED POLICE STATION AND ALL OTHER FALL FESTIVITIES. WE DO PLAN ON DOING IT MUCH BIGGER AND BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL PARTICIPATING IN HELPING US ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. AND, UH, THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORT, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. EXCELLENT. UH, LET'S GO. I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WADE FIRST. YES. I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UM, CHIEF MORRIS AS WELL AS DC UM, CHIEF ACROSS THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE PUB PUBLIC WORKS FOR THEIR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT. IT WAS TRULY, TRULY AMAZING IN MY DAY JOB. UH, LAST COUPLE YEARS I'VE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUTS AND FOR THIS LITTLE OLD TOWN TO, UM, PUT ON SUCH AMAZING, UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERS WERE THERE. UM, MY COURSE, UM, MY KIDS SAW IT FIRSTHAND AND THEY WERE RAVING ABOUT IT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. UM, THE LOCATION, UH, WAS COOL AS WELL. I, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE, THE LOGISTICS WERE, I'M A LIST LOGISTICS GUY, BUT IT, IT WAS AMAZING, UH, FROM THAT STANDOUT. BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT. THE ONLY, ONLY COMPLAINT, NOT SAYING I NEEDED, BUT I, I DID NOT GET ONE OF THOSE CUPCAKES, UH, DC SO HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME I WILL. BUT THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE CHIEF, THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON, UH, MR. GALLO, EVERYONE FOR THE AMAZING, AMAZING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT THAT YOU ALL DID. [00:45:04] GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WAS, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD A QUESTION SO MUCH. IT'S JUST A STATEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT, SO FOLKS KNOW THAT WE, WELL, I GUESS I WANT TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR GETTING THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT PROCUREMENT OUT ON THE STREET, UH, FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO GOOGLE IT. IT'S, IT'S, UH, I THINK JULY 29TH, IT HIT THE STREET. SO IT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A WHILE. UH, CHIEF MORRIS AND MR. GALLOWAY ARE GONNA WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT, AND THEN THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING AT THE SEPTEMBER TOWN MEETING TO APPROVE A PROCUREMENT FOR AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT ON THE COLUMBIA PARK ROAD BRIDGE. SO, UH, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT, PLEASE ADD IT. BUT JUST, UH, THANK YOU FOR PLOWING THROUGH THAT AND, AND PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT IS A VERY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PROCUREMENT FOR THE TOWN, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING IT NEXT MONTH. MR. MAYOR, COULD I JUST, UM, PIGGYBACK ON THAT FOR A SECOND? YES, PLEASE. UH, AS, AS IT RELATES TO THAT WHOLE, WHOLE AREA, THAT INTERSECTION AND THE, THE, THE PROBLEM IS THE COMMUNITY KNOWS, AS MAYOR AND COUNCIL KNOWS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FULLY AWARE. IT'S NOT JUST THE BRIDGE OVER COLUMBIA PARK. THIS GOES FROM, UH, 64TH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TUXEDO, UH, ROAD AND, AND OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET. UH, THE, UH, UH, THE DEPUTY CHIEF AND I MEET BIWEEKLY WITH OUR COUNTY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, DPWT, STATE HIGHWAY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF AND I, UH, JUST, JUST TODAY, UH, WERE KICKING US AROUND AND CAME UP WITH THE IDEA. AND I, I DID RUN THIS PAST MR. GALLOWAY, SO THAT'D BE NEWS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BUT, UH, WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO PUT TOGETHER A PUBLIC SAFETY FORM GEARED SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN THIS AREA. UH, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THINGS MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY. WE, WE REALIZE THAT THERE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FRUSTRATION AGGRAVATION THAT GOES WITH IT. UH, AND THAT FRUSTRATION IS SHARED, UM, NOT ONLY BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE AMERICAN COUNCIL, BUT BY, UH, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EVEN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN TRYING TO NAVIGATE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. SO, UH, THE DEPUTY CHIEF, AND I'LL BE WORKING WITH MR. GALLOWAY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO PUT TOGETHER THAT PUBLIC SAFETY FORUM AND INVITE THE STAKEHOLDERS IN, UH, UH, INCLUDING THE COUNTY'S, UH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, DPWT STATE HIGHWAY, AND, UH, AND OUR COUNTY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE. SO, UH, WE MAY NEED A LITTLE, UH, ASSISTANCE, UH, PERSUASION FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS NECESSARY, BUT WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. BUT WE THOUGHT THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE WRITE ABOUT IT, WE TALK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS ABOUT IT, UH, LET THE PUBLIC COME OUT AND QUESTION THOSE THAT HAVE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, WE, WE FEEL THE, I'LL JUST SAY IT, WE FEEL THE COMPLAINTS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FEELS THE COMPLAINTS, BUT IT'S COUNTY ROADWAY, UH, TOUCHING STATE HIGHWAY, AND MM-HMM. WE'RE LIMITED IN, IN WHAT WE CAN DO. AND AS IT RELATES TO THAT, RFP, THAT RFP WILL HOPEFULLY BRING ALL AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE TOWN ON ALL THE ROADWAYS, UH, NOT JUST ROUTE 50, UNDER ONE UMBRELLA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNSEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? OKAY, COUNSEL, BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC WORKS, I AM GONNA ASK YOU, WE ARE GONNA MAKE TWO SCHEDULING DECISIONS TONIGHT, UH, AFTER WE HEAR THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, REPORT. SO BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT NUMBER ONE, ARE WE GOING TO DO STEVE BRAMAN APPRECIATION DAY ON THE 12TH OR THE 19TH OF SEPTEMBER? AND THEN SECONDLY IS, DO WE WANT TO RESCHEDULE THE SEPTEMBER WORK SESSION IN LIGHT OF CH 95TH CELEBRATION WEEK? AND THE FACT THAT IT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED ON THE THURSDAY, THAT'S TWO DAYS BEFORE THE BIG CH DAY CELEBRATION. SO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE TURN TO THE, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. IS THAT MS. PROM OR IS THAT YOU CHIEF? UH, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAG TEAM. IT. I'LL, OKAY, I'LL, I'LL START, UH, IN, IN FACT, UH, MR. MAYOR, IF IT WOULD BE OKAY, PART OF OUR REPORT, UH, WE'LL BE DEALING WITH THE ELY BUILDING. SO, UH, AS A COURTESY TO ROBIN, COULD WE START WITH HER AND THEN WE'LL MOVE SURE. THE OTHER REPORT LATER? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, GO AHEAD, ROBIN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. LET ME FIRST APOLOGIZE FOR ANY COFFEE SPELL THAT MAY OCCUR. I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT THIS WEEK. UM, SO THE COUPLE UPDATES ON WORK THAT'S PROCEEDING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTINUING TO STAY ON TOP OF THE KELLER TEAM TO KEEP THEM MOVING FORWARD. THE, UM, THE SWALE WORK THAT [00:50:01] PARALLELS THE TRAIL, UM, WHICH I HAD MENTIONED A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, UM, HAD BEEN DELAYED DUE TO SEVERAL FACTORS. UM, THE MOST RECENT ISSUE IS THEY'RE WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF THE COMPONENTS TO BE DELIVERED. UM, THEY, THEY'RE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE, AS I RECEIVED AN EMAIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON. UM, THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY. SO ASSUMING THAT THEY DO COME IN AND WITH WEATHER PERMITTING, THE SWALE WORK IS CURRENTLY, UH, HOPEFULLY GONNA BEGIN THE END OF NEXT WEEK WITH THAT WORK, UH, TO FINISH THAT UP. UM, IN ADDITION, THE KELLER TEAM IS STILL WORKING TO GET THE PERMIT REVISION WORK COMPLETED IN ORDER FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THE WORK IN THE GARAGE. UM, SO WE ARE, UH, THE TOWN TEAM, UM, UH, ALONG WITH CPJ IS CONTINUING TO STAY ON TOP OF KELLER TO GET ALL THE WORK COMPLETE AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT FOCUS ON GETTING IT DONE CORRECTLY, UM, WITH NO SHORTCUTS TAKEN, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE TOWN IN THE BEST POSSIBLE POSITION, UM, TO ENSURE EVERYTHING GETS DONE CORRECTLY. UM, WITH THAT, I DO KNOW THAT, UH, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WHEN, UM, THE KELLER REPRESENTATIVE WAS HERE, HE HAD MENTIONED, UH, UH, AN ANTICIPATED FINAL UNO DATE OF THE END OF THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7TH. UM, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OFFICIAL UPDATES OF WHAT THE UNO DATE WOULD BE, BUT I CAN ALMOST CERTAINLY GUARANTEE YOU IT WON'T BE THAT WEEK. UM, ONE OF THE, UH, ITEMS THAT CORRECTION ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE INSPECTORS WHEN THEY WERE GETTING TEMPORARY UNO WAS REGARDING THE, UM, RANGEHOOD AND THE STAFF KITCHEN. THE KELLER TEAM HAS BEEN COORDINATING ON THIS ITEM, UM, BUT THEY, AND THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE FOR IT TO RESOLVE IT, BUT THEY ARE STILL WORKING TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE INSPECTORS FOR THAT. UM, IF THAT HOOD IS DEEMED ACCEPTABLE, THERE'S ABOUT A FOUR WEEK LEAD TIME, SO AFTER THEY ORDER IT. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO WAY TO MEET THAT DATE JUST FOR THAT ALONE, AND THAT HAS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE THEY CAN GET FINAL UNO. SO WE ARE STILL PUSHING TO GET A, UH, COMPLETED OR AN UPDATED SCHEDULE FROM THE KELLER TEAM. PART OF THEIR ISSUE OF GIVING THAT TO US IS THIS UNKNOWNS OF COORDINATING WITH THE, THE COUNTY ON THIS. SO, UM, AS WE KNOW MORE, WE WILL OBVIOUSLY KEEP, UH, YOU ALL, UH, INFORMED ON THAT. UM, BUT WITH THAT, UH, AND, AND RECOGNIZING THE, UH, CH DAY FESTIVITIES COMING UP, WE ARE ALSO COORDINATING WITH KELLER TO IDENTIFY THINGS WE NEED TO GET MOVED OUT OF THE WAY, AS WELL AS MAKING THE TWO RESTROOMS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE FIELD AREA IN SERVICE, AT LEAST DURING THOSE FESTIVITIES TO HELP SUPPORT ALL OF THAT. SO THE, THE TOWN TEAM IS WORKING ON, UH, ON ALL FRONTS WITH THAT. UM, AND THAT IS CURRENTLY THE UPDATE THAT I HAVE, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, OKAY. YEAH, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE DAY PREPARATIONS FOR THE AREA, UH, AND CAN, AND THE TOWN LEADERSHIP TEAM CONTINUING TO DRIVE HOME TO THEM THAT THE, THAT THE SITE NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST TO BE SERVICEABLE FOR THOSE 12 HOURS, UM, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE RESTROOMS, BECAUSE THAT WILL MEAN THAT WILL ALLOW US TO RENT THAT MANY FEWER, UH, RESTROOMS FOR THE, UH, FOR OUR, FOR OUR GUESTS. ARE THERE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL FOR ROBIN ON, I GUESS ON SPECIFICALLY ON THE KELLER BUILDING? UM, DO YOU WANT TO BACK CHIEF, DO YOU WANNA BACK, OR ROBIN, DO YOU WANT TO BACK INTO AN UPDATE ON THE ELEVATOR? WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. UH, THEY HAD, UM, THE ELEVATOR COMPANY COME OUT AND SERVICE IT. AND, UM, WHAT WE'VE HEARD, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE ACTUAL REPORT, UM, FROM THE ELEVATOR COMPANY THAT WILL GET SENT OUT AFTER THEY CLOSE OUT THAT TICKET, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO OCCUR NEXT WEEK. BUT THAT THE, THE COMPANY DID COME OUT, TAKE A LOOK AT IT, UM, APPARENTLY THERE WAS SOME DUST ON THE SENSOR IS WHAT TRIGGERED THE ISSUE. OKAY. UM, SO THE, UM, SER THE, THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, THEY ARE ADDING THAT TO THEIR MONTHLY MAINTENANCE ROUTINE TO CHECK THAT, MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS KEPT CLEAN, UM, FOR THAT TO PREVENT THAT IN THE FUTURE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THAT. COUNSEL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME ABOUT THE ELY BUILDING? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, THANK [00:55:01] YOU MS. BARNHARDT FOR HANGING IN THERE. I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER. ALRIGHT, THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UH, I, I'VE GOTTA SAY THAT, UH, R ROBIN HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB. I'VE ONLY BEEN THERE A HOT SECOND, UH, BUT SHE IS, UH, THERE'S A REASON WHY SHE IS, UH, A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER BECAUSE SHE CERTAINLY KNOWS HER CRAFT AND, AND, UH, SHE'S HOLDING, UH, SHE'S HOLDING FOLKS' FEET TO THE FIRE. SO THAT'S CERTAINLY APPRECIATED. AS IT, [12. Public Works Report ] UH, RELATES TO THE PUBLIC WORKS REPORT, UH, THE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'LL HIT ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS AND, UH, ASK AJA TO, UH, PIGGYBACK IF I MISS ANYTHING IT MAY BE OF SIGNIFICANCE. UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE CDBG GRANT WITH, UH, BOYD PARK RESURFACING PROJECT, UH, WE DID HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING, UH, EARLIER IN AUGUST. AND, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, PROJECT IS ON TRACK FOR WORK BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. UH, AND I THINK THE, I I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME AND TO ANSWER OR RESPONSE TO MR. PRICE'S QUESTION AZA HAS, AJA HAS ALREADY LOOKED INTO, UH, SOME OF THAT, UM, UH, SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONS, UH, THAT MR. PRICE MENTIONED IN HIS, UH, EARLIER COMMENTS. UH, DO WANNA MENTION THAT THE BOYD PARK GATE THAT WAS DESTROYED, UH, SEVERAL, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS BACK, UH, LEGIT HAS AUTHORIZED THE TOWN TO PURSUE, UH, REPAIRS FOR THE GATE AND A IS CURRENTLY WORKING. AND WE EXPECT THOSE REPAIRS IN SEPTEMBER. UH, ADMINISTRATIVELY, UH, WE'VE WORKED, UH, WITH OUR SUP WITH THE SUPERVISORS IN PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TO LOOK AT OPERATIONAL PROCESSES AND, UH, AND POLICIES AND WORKFLOW. UH, WE MET WITH 'EM AND IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHEN YOU TAKE AND YOU PUT THIS STUFF UP ON A BOARD, UH, AND, AND YOU CAN, WE TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT PUBLIC WORKS DOES. IT'S, UH, IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT AND VISUALIZE IT, UH, SIMPLY, UH, UM, THE VOLUME OF WORK FOR THE LIMITED NUMBER OF STAFF. UH, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, SEE WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORKLOAD, UH, AMONG ALL OF THE, UH, AMONG ALL THE TEAMS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME POLICIES, UH, JUST FOR REVIEW, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LEGIT. AND THAT INCLUDES EQUIPMENT INSPECTIONS AND WORKPLACE SAFETY POLICIES. UH, SO WE'RE ALSO IDENTIFYING EQUIPMENT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S NO LONGER SERVICEABLE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT REMOVED FROM THE FLEET. UH, I WANNA MENTION THAT THE SUMMER TRASH SCHEDULE AND LABOR DAY HOLIDAY LABOR DAY HOLIDAY NOTICE, UH, CHANGES, UH, OUR COLLECTION TIMES. SO THAT'LL BE BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH. WE JUST WANT TO REMIND THE, UH, COMMUNITY OF THE, UH, OF THE CHANGE IN THE TIMES. UH, AND, UH, THE, UH, ELY BUILDING ROBIN IS ALREADY UPDATED ON, AND I'LL DEFER TO AJA IN CASE THERE'S ANYTHING I MAY HAVE MISSED. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB CHIEF . UH, LET, LET ME ASK ONE QUESTION THAT I THINK MIGHT BE IN MS. PROM'S WHEELHOUSE. THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S TOWN MEETING MENTIONED THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE COMING AT THE AUGUST MEETING ABOUT THE BIKE TRAIL. UH, AND THEN FURTHER TO THAT, IS THERE ANY PROGRESS ON THE BELMONT, LIKE THE SOUTHERN BIKE TRAIL OPTION? AND IF IT'S A LONGER CONVERSATION, WE CAN TAKE IT OFFLINE, BUT IS THERE ANY MORE TO SAY AT THIS POINT ABOUT THE BIKE TRAIL? I CAN QUICKLY GO INTO THE BIKE TRAIL FOR THE KIMBERLY P, WHICH IS THE HOSPITAL HILL CONNECTION. UM, SO WE DID RECEIVE OUR, GO AHEAD WITH OUR CURRENT SCOPE FROM THE CONTRACTOR. SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR MDOT TO PROVIDE US WITH AN AGREEMENT AFTER WHICH WE'LL GO FOR OUR AGREEMENT WITH M-N-C-P-P-C, AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THOSE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND REQUEST EXECUTION FOR AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A MT. SO EXCELLENT. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE RIGHT NOW, ONCE ALL OF THAT'S DONE, I'LL BE PURSUING KICKOFF MEETINGS, SO PLEASE BE ON THE LOOK AT HOPEFULLY MID BY SEPTEMBER I'LL HAVE SOMETHING. NO, THAT'S VERY EXCITING. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE VERY EXCITED AND WANNA MONITOR THOSE KICKOFF MEETINGS, SO THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? OKAY, CHIEF, MR. MAYOR, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST CLOSE OUT BY SAYING THAT, UH, I'VE ONLY [01:00:01] BEEN OVER THERE A SHORT TIME. I KNEW THAT WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE TEAM DOWN THERE, BUT THEY TRULY ARE REMARKABLE. UH, THE, THEIR SCHEDULES ARE VERY TIGHT. THEY DO A LOT OF WORK AND WE GET THESE, UH, SIDEBAR REQUESTS, UH, LIKE, UH, UH, REMOVING A LAWN ORNAMENT FROM THE, UH, TOWN HALL , UH, UH, AND, AND THE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY. SO, UH, KUDOS TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC WORKS GUYS WHO DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND IS THE CHIEF, AS CHIEF KRAUS ALWAYS SAYS, IT'S ONE TEAM, ONE MISSION AND, UH, THAT EVERYBODY PULLS TOGETHER, UH, COLLECTIVELY THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, INCLUDING THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE MAYOR COUNCIL. SO, UH, VERY IMPRESSED. THAT IS EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, AND THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR MAKING THOSE HAPPEN. UH, I THINK THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY RELATED TO ITEM 13 BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT SEPTEMBER, BUT CHIEF IS TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK, THE TEAM ADVERTISING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, FOR THE CANDIDATE PROHIBITION. AND MIGHT THAT HEARING BE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 30 OR 60 MINUTES BEFORE THE TOWN MEETING? YEAH, I, I'M, I DON'T, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT MR. MAYOR. UM, THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR DELAINE OR, OR JASON IF HE'S ON HERE. I THINK MR. DELO, HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE TOWN STAFF? I BELIEVE MR. GALLOWAY RESPONDED TO YOUR INITIAL TEXT MESSAGE ABOUT THAT AND THE SEPTEMBER DATE IS FINE. OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE ADVERTISED. THAT'S, THAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND MAY AND MAYBE BETWEEN YOU AND MS. RICHARDS. I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, BUT IF, IF YOU CAN, UH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SIR, MAKING SURE IT GETS ADVERTISED, WE WILL DO IT ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. PROBABLY SIX 30 IS ADEQUATE, MAYBE EVEN SEVEN O'CLOCK. BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD GIVE OURSELVES AN HOUR JUST JUST IN CASE THERE IS PUBLIC INTEREST. YEP. OKAY. ALRIGHT. TAKE CARE OF IT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. SO COUNSEL, THAT, THAT MAYOR, CAN I SAY A QUICK THING? YES. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS HAVE ALSO REVIEWED THAT LANGUAGE AND SEEN IT BEFORE WE GO TO A HEARING. YES. YEAH, NO, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER, UH, THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE THE LATEST, UH, AND THAT WE'VE ALL DESTROYED OUR EARLIER DRAFT AND ARE ALL, ALL WORKING WITH THE, UH, LATEST, WHICH WILL BE HOPEFULLY APPENDED TO THE ADVERTISEMENT, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC MEETING. SO THAT TRANSITIONS [13. Review the September town meeting agenda and future requests, and Town Administrator Galloway will offer a forecast of the agenda.] US INTO ITEM 13, WHICH IS DISCUSSION ABOUT UPCOMING AGENDAS. UM, SO COUNSEL, WE'RE GONNA MEET, WE'RE NOT MEETING AGAIN IN AUGUST. UM, UNLESS YOU WANT TO, I THINK WE'RE OKAY. SEPTEMBER 10TH IS OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED TOWN MEETING. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA MEET PROBABLY AN HOUR EARLY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROHIBITING CANDIDATES FROM RUNNING FOR TWO OFFICES. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT RELEVANT FOR THE 2027 TOWN ELECTION. UM, WE WANT TO GET AT LEAST THE BALL ROLLING. UH, WE WILL NOT BE DOING A FIRST READER IN SEPTEMBER. WE WILL BE HAVING THE HEARING AND THEN AT YOUR PLEASURE, WE CAN DO A FIRST READER DOWN THE ROAD. UH, IF YOU SO CHOOSE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME ON THAT. UM, FOR, SO FOR THE AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH, THE TOWN MEETING, I ONLY HAVE TWO ITEMS AND ONE THOSE ARE, UM, ONE IS AN UPDATE FOR MR. EDDIE POUNDS ON THE CHOP UP RESTAURANT. UM, THIS WILL ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBER FRY AND COUNCIL MEMBER GARCE TO WORK THROUGH WITH MR. GALLOWAY ONGOING RESIDENT CONCERNS ABOUT CHOP UP. AND THEN WE CAN HAVE KIND OF A LARGER, UH, SO IT'S NOT JUST AN UPDATE ON WHAT CHOP UPS LAWYERS ASK MR POUNDS FOR MR. EDDIE POUNDS FOR, IT'S, UH, IT'S ALSO A, UH, CHECK IN WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT HOW WE THINK COLLECTIVELY CHOP UP IS DOING OVER THERE WITH THE LIQUOR LICENSE THAT WE, WE SO GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED FOR THEM. UH, AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM WOULD BE THE CONTRACT APPROVAL FOR THE AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT. UH, DOES ANYONE ELSE AT THIS TIME HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE TOWN MEETING AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH? OKAY. HEARING NONE. COUNSEL, WE HAVE TWO DECISIONS ON SCHEDULING FOR SEPTEMBER ONE. UH, WHY DON'T WE TAKE THE WORK SESSION FIRST 'CAUSE I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS FOR THAT AGENDA, BUT WHEN DO YOU WANNA HAVE THE WORK SESSION? UM, NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE IT ON THE 24TH, UH, THURSDAY. THERE'S CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ONE, THERE'S [01:05:01] SOMETHING EVERY DAY FOR CHEVROLET DAY. SO THERE IS A CONFLICT DURING THE TOWN MEETING. I THINK IT'S THE WHISKEY AND CIGARS AT THE, UM, HOSTED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION DO YOU WANNA HAVE A THREE HOUR MEETING OR POSSIBLY A THREE HOUR MEETING DURING THAT WEEK? THE OPTIONS, OR DO YOU WANNA MOVE IT? AND THE TWO OBVIOUS OPTIONS WOULD BE EITHER THE 17TH OF SEPTEMBER OR THE 1ST OF OCTOBER. ANY, ANY THOUGHTS? I'M GENERALLY OF THE OPINION THAT IT'S PROBABLY BEST TO MOVE IT SINCE IT'S GONNA BE A VERY FULL WEEK, BUT, UM, I DEFER TO OTHERS. I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF I HAVE ONE DAY THAT'S BETTER THAN THE REST AND THEY'RE NOT THAT DISTINGUISHED, UM, DISTINGUISHABLE FOR ME. SO I, I DEFER TO, TO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOURSELF? I, I WOULD SAY OCTOBER 1ST. UM, I JUST KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WEEK IS BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT FOR MOST OF THOSE COUNTY SCHOOLS. UM HMM. SO I KNOW FOR ME, I WON'T, UH, HAVE A BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT FOR THAT, BUT OCTOBER 1ST WOULD BE, BE BETTER FOR ME. I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WADE. SEPTEMBER 17TH IS BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT FOR ME. OH, JOHN, I'M FINE ON OCTOBER 1ST AS WELL. OKAY. SO THAT JUST MEANS WE'D HAVE TO MEET ON THE FIRST AND AGAIN ON THE EIGHTH. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO, MR. UH, SORRY. CHIEF MORRIS, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, BARRING ANY PROBLEMS THAT YOU OR MR. GALLOWAY SEE, UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE COURSE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, BUT I THINK, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THE PREMISE THAT WE'RE GONNA MEET ON OCTOBER 1ST. UM, UNLESS THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT'S JUST NOT WORKABLE WITH THE STAFF. UM, SO DO LET US KNOW THAT I HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS FOR THAT AGENDA. UM, ONE IS, SO, SO ONE IS A FINANCIAL AUDIT. UH, FINANCIAL AND AUDIT UPDATE SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE AUDIT YET, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA DIVE INTO THE AUDIT. IT'S MORE MR. GALLOWAY UPDATING US ON THE SCHEDULE THAT HE EXPECTS MR. DISS ON WHICH HE EXPECTS MR. D'S FIRM TO PRODUCE THE AUDIT FOR FY 26. AND THEN HIS AND MS. MARK'S THOUGHTS ON THE LIKELY OUTCOME OF FY 26. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING INTERESTING SO FAR ABOUT FY 27 TO SAY, UM, THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE A QUICK RELOOK AT THE FEE SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE AGREED DURING THE BUDGET SESSION TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT. UM, THAT CAN BE AS DETAILED AS YOU ALL WANT IT TO BE. UM, THE TWO OTHER PO POTENTIALLY MORE LENGTHY DISCUSSION ITEMS. ONE WOULD BE THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. UH, AND THE SECOND WOULD BE THE CURRENT STATE OF TRAFFIC STUDIES AND TRAFFIC ANALYSES REGARDING HOSPITAL HILL. UM, SO I THINK WE CAN LEAVE THEM ON THERE FOR NOW AND HOPE THAT, UH, AND MAYBE PUT TIME LIMITS ON THEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A REASONABLE DISCUSSION. BUT THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE COULD EASILY BE AN HOUR. AND SO WE, WE WANNA, ANYWAY, I JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE SEPTEMBER WORK SESSION, WHICH IS NOW OCTOBER 1ST? OKAY. UM, WHEN, OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO OTHER MEETINGS. WE ALSO HAVE A TOWN MEETING IN OCTOBER AND THE OCTOBER WORK SESSION LATER IN OCTOBER. UM, THE IMPORTANT ITEM THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. UH, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT PROCLAMATION AT THE SEPTEMBER TOWN MEETING. IT WILL NOT YET BE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. IT WILL BE FIVE DAYS BEFORE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. IF WE DO IT AT THE OCTOBER TOWN MEETING, IT WILL BE THE LAST DAY OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. SO IS THERE ANY PREFERENCE AS TO WHEN WE DO THAT PROCLAMATION OR, I PREFER TO DO IT THAT THE SEPTEMBER TOWN MEETING. OKAY. SO LET US MAKE SURE WE ADD THAT AS THE THIRD ITEM. YEAH, I MEAN, THAT MAKES MORE, I, I AGREE WITH YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FRY. ANYONE ELSE DISAGREE? ANYONE DISAGREE? UH, I MEAN, , MAYBE THE, I SHOULD SAY SOMETHING RIGHT. GO AHEAD. UH, YEAH, I AGREE WITH SEPTEMBER AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT, UH, THE OTHER ITEM FOR SEPTEMBER 10, AND THAT'LL GET US ON RECORD BEFORE THE MONTH STARTS. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? UM, FOR OCTOBER, I ALSO HAVE APPROVING THE GIC MEMO IF ALL GOES WELL, POTENTIALLY AT THE TOWN MEETING, IT COULD ALSO BE. AND [01:10:01] THEN I DO WANT TO JUST HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION IN OCTOBER, MAYBE LATER ON ABOUT THE BUDGET CALENDAR. I, UH, I WILL ASK MR. GALLOWAY, UM, IF HE HAS A CALENDAR YET OR IF HE CAN PRODUCE IT BY THEN, OR WE CAN JUST MAYBE BRIEFLY DISCUSS WHAT WILL BE IN THE CALENDAR THAT HE PROPOSES, UH, FOR FY 28. UM, OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WANTS ON AN OCTOBER AGENDA OR A SEPTEMBER AGENDA? OKAY. HEARING NONE, UH, WE WILL CALL THAT ITEM CONCLUDED AND MOVE ON TO THE PENULTIMATE ITEM. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? I SEE COUNCIL, MAYOR, DID YOU, DID YOU WANNA SCHEDULE, UH, A DAY FOR MR. BRAMAN? OH, YES, I'M SORRY. I WILL COME BACK TO YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GAR. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. WE DID FORGET TO DO THAT. THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE ARE THE 12TH OR THE 19TH OF SEPTEMBER, AS DISCUSSED WITH MR. GALLOWAY. THE 19TH IS TECHNICALLY DURING CH WEEK. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A THREE HOUR THING, TWO HOUR THING DURING THE DAY, PROBABLY AT A PAVILION, PROBABLY OUTSIDE. A FEW OF US CAN WORK ON THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. DOES ANYONE HAVE A PREFERENCE BETWEEN THE 12TH OR THE 19TH? THE 12TH OF ME, IT SEEMED TO ME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, WADE. IT SEEMED TO ME, I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS IN COUNSEL IN MR. GALLOWAY'S MOUTH, BUT HE SEEMED TO THINK EITHER WAS POSSIBLE GIVEN STAFF RESOURCES AND SCHEDULING, ET CETERA. DOES ANYONE DISLIKE THE IDEA OF THE 12TH? OKAY. SO LET US GO FORWARD WITH SEPTEMBER 12TH. WE WILL OBVIOUSLY CHECK WITH MR. BRAMAN AND HIS FAMILY. AND THEN, UH, I WILL ASK MR. GALLOWAY ONE LAST TIME, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE STAFF AND SCHEDULING RESOURCES, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 12TH, UH, IS POSSIBLE. I NOW DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A MARKET DAY OR NOT, BUT I WILL CHECK. UM, BUT BARRING ANY, UH, IMPOSSIBLE CONFLICTS, WE WILL GO WITH SEPTEMBER 12TH. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER. COUNCIL [14. Mayor and Council Announcements] ANNOUNCEMENTS. AND WE ARE STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GARCES? NO, IT WAS, UM, IT WAS REGARDING MR. BRAMAN. OH, OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, MR. MR. GARCE? NO, SIR. OKAY. . ALRIGHT. SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS? YEAH, I GOT, I GOT A COUPLE. UM, WANNA START REGARDING THE, UH, FOURTH ANNUAL WARD? ONE, UH, COMMUNITY DAY. THANK YOU, MS. JONES. UH, FOR THE KIND WORDS. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AS YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD IT, THE WEATHER WAS BAD, UM, BETWEEN, UH, NEIGHBORS UP NORTH, UH, THE SMOKE AS WELL AS THE RAIN LATER IN THAT DAY, AND OF COURSE IT WAS VERY HOT. UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, MR. GALLOWAY, THE ENTIRE STAFF, UH, THE FRONT STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY MS. WHITE, UM, LEADING UP TO THE EVENT, UH, PIVOTING TO MOVING EVERYTHING INSIDE. SHE WAS QUITE HELPFUL, UM, WAS THERE FOR ME FROM START TO FINISH, SO THANK HER FOR THAT. UM, OF COURSE, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR HARD WORK, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPONSORS WHO WAS THERE. UH, WE HAD OVER ABOUT 50 VENDORS. I THINK MS. JOYCE, UH, MS. JONES, UM, KINDA PUT EVERYTHING IN THE CAPSULE AND EXPLAINED EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT THE LEVEL OF IMPACT, UH, TO OUR RESIDENTS, OUR CONSTITUENTS. WE HAVE VARIOUS, UH, RESOURCES THAT WERE THERE. THE, UH, FEEDBACK WAS, UH, TRULY AMAZING. UM, SHOUT OUT TO OUR, OUR, UM, STATE DELEGATES, UH, WITH, UH, DELEGATE FENNELL. UM, UH, SENATOR AUGUSTINE WAS THERE AS WELL. UM, SHAYLA, UH, ADAM STAFFER'S, UH, STAFF WAS THERE. UNFORTUNATELY SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT. AND OUR, UH, SECRETARY DAY, OUR, UH, SECRETARY OF OUR HOUSING COMMUNITY, UM, TEAM, HE WAS THERE. HE CAME ACROSS, UH, THE BRIDGE AND CAME THERE TOO. BUT OVERALL, IT WAS REALLY GOOD. THANK YOU TO THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, DEPARTMENTS, WERE THERE. SO, UH, GREAT EVENT. LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, NEXT YEAR AND, UM, GOING FORWARD FROM THAT. UM, THE NEXT THING IS CHEF PROM, AS MENTIONED BEFORE. THAT IS SEPTEMBER, I MEAN, SATURDAY, THE SEPTEMBER 12TH, 8:00 PM TO, UH, MIDNIGHT. UH, AGAIN, I WILL BE SPONSORING THAT PARTICULAR EVENT AGAIN. AND LIKE LAST YEAR, UM, [01:15:01] I'M OFFERING, UM, WITH THE SPONSORSHIP, I HAVE A TOTAL 10 TICKETS, I BELIEVE, UM, OFFERING, UH, TWO OF THE TICKETS FOR, UH, FREE, UH, TO ANY WARD ONE RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO ATTEND, UM, THE EVENT. UM, THERE WILL BE A DRAWING ON MY BIRTHDAY, WHICH IS NEXT FRIDAY. UH, SO IT'LL BE ANNOUNCED ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY. SO PLEASE COME OUT TO SHE THE SHELL PROM DAY WAS A GREAT ADVANCE, MY FIRST ONE LAST YEAR. IT WAS GREAT FOR THAT. UM, THANK, UM, OH, AND ALSO, UM, UH, SO YEAH, SO, UH, OUR FOURTH ANNUAL WARD, ONE WARD II BLOCK PARTY WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN IC, UM, WILL UH, BE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH. UM, THIS TIME WE MOVING UP AN HOUR. IT'LL BE 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE COMMANDERS HAS A GAME AT FOUR 15, SO WE DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT WITH THAT, EVERYONE IS WELCOME. UM, OUT TO IT. WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT HOME T FIVE, WHO WHO'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED TO COME OUT TO EVENT, THEY WILL BE AT THE EVENT AS WELL. IT WILL BE AT TREMONT AVENUE AND INWOOD STREET AS USUAL, LIGHT REFRESHMENTS, MUSIC GAMES, UM, MOST, MOST IMPORTANTLY, A MORE INTIMATE SETTING FOR, UH, THE RESIDENTS OF SHELBY TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT AND JUST, UH, HAVE FUN WITH THE NEIGHBORS. AND OF COURSE, THE LAST THING, OF COURSE, SHELBY DAY. UM, PLEASE STOP BY MY TABLE. THERE'LL BE A LOT OF VITAL INFORMATION TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND AS WELL AS THERE'LL BE A RAFFLE GIVEAWAY FOR THAT I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU FOR THAT. LET'S GO NEXT TO COUNCIL MEMBER FRY, AND THEN TO COUNCIL MEMBER HICK. THANK YOU. UM, I WANTED TO JUST LET SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS ON WOODWAY. NOW. UM, I COULD HAVE DONE THIS DURING PUBLIC WORKS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING, I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S JUST SOME ISSUES WITH THE STREET AND I THINK MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS ON WOODWAY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUES. UM, AND WE CALLED MISS UTILITIES OUT TO MARK THE ROAD. I DIDN'T MENTION THIS IN MY NA LAST NEWSLETTER. UM, AND SO WE WILL BE HAVING A MEETING, UH, DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON, JUST TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING ON WOODWAY AND WHY THE ROAD IS KIND OF JUST TING IN CERTAIN AREAS. UM, BUT I WANNA THANK MS. PROM, UM, FOR ALL HER HELP ON GETTING LIKE THE MISSED UTILITIES OUT THERE AND JUST WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE HAVING LIKE IMMEDIATE CONCERNS WITH WATER, FILLING UP CERTAIN THINGS. UM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SENATOR MALCOLM AUGUSTINE. HE, UH, REACHED OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK. HE WANTED TO OFFER TICKETS FROM THE COMMANDERS, UM, FOR ONE OF THEIR PRESEASON GAMES TOMORROW. AND SO, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 14, UM, FAMILIES, OR 14 PEOPLE COMING FROM, UM, CBGC FAMILY, UM, WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM AND THE COMMANDERS FOR THINKING ABOUT THE SHOWER, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. UM, I WANNA GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT, UH, TO OUR FORMER MAYOR CASEY, UM, BRODY. NOW, UH, SHE JUST GOT MARRIED THIS LAST WEEKEND AND I KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN I'M IN THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, STOP ME TO JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL ASK ME ABOUT HER OR JUST TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY MISS HER. SO I JUST WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW, UM, IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT THEMSELVES, UH, THAT SHE GOT MARRIED THIS LAST WEEKEND. UM, AND WE WISH HER NOTHING, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT MOST CONGRATULATIONS AND ONE WISHES. UM, AND THEN ON A SATURDAY, UH, NOTE, ONE OF OUR LONGTIME WARD, SIX RESIDENTS, UH, RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. UM, A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, ZACHARY, UH, LUCAS, WHO IS THE BROTHER TO STEPHANIE CARTER. A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW, UH, STEPHANIE AND COACH CARTER, WHO ALSO PASSED AWAY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS AGO. UM, HER BROTHER IS A WELL KNOWN FIXTURE IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A MEMORIAL ON AUGUST 23RD FROM THREE TO 7:00 PM AT TOWN PARK. SO WITH HER PERMISSION, I'M SHARING THAT 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, KNOW HIM, LOVE HIM, UM, AND WOULD, UH, LIKE TO BE THERE. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU JOHN. UH, YES, THANK YOU. UM, SO I JUST, UH, WANTED TO, UH, REITERATE MY SUPPORT FOR, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON THE SEVEN WEEK EVENTS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF US MARKING IN THE PARADE ON, UH, SATURDAY. AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO, IF, UM, ANY OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A TABLE, UH, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO NICK DEANGELO FOR A TABLE DURING NORMAL CH DAY AND, UH, ANY EVENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT AS SUPPORT DURING THAT WEEK. I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO THAT. UM, ON, UH, FRIDAY FOR THE SAN MEN'S CLUB GOLF TOURNAMENT, WE ARE STILL IN, UH, LOOKING FOR SPONSORS [01:20:01] FOR WHOLE SPONSORS. UH, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPONSOR A HOLE, UH, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO ME IF THEY'D LIKE TO JOIN AND SPONSOR A HOLE. UH, I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR IS SPONSORING, UH, THE TOURNAMENT. I'M GONNA BE SPONSORING A HOLE AS WELL. UH, AND THEN IF YOU LIKE TO SWING A GOLF CLUB, UH, YOU CAN ALSO COME OUT AND PLAY IN THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL GOLFERS ON FRIDAY, THE 25TH. UH, AND THEN AS MY FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WIFE, WHO YESTERDAY WAS HER BIRTHDAY. UH, SO, UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WIFE MARISSA, THE FIRST LADY OF WARD TWO. UH, SO, UM, WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, SEND MY ANNOUNCE. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, I'LL JUST SAY BRIEFLY, UH, THE UPCOMING MARKET DATES ARE THE 22ND OF AUGUST, UM, AND THE FIFTH AND 19TH OF SEPTEMBER. SO, UH, WHILE THE 12TH OF SEPTEMBER IS NOT A MARKET THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE STEVE BRA DAY THAT DAY. IT IS CHEF PROM. SO THAT'S, ANYWAY, IT'S ALWAYS SOME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, WORK AND THERE'S ALWAYS A CONFLICT AND THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, BUT THE MARKET DATES IN SEPTEMBER ARE THE FIFTH AND THE 19TH. SO PLEASE COME OUT TO THE MARKET, UH, ON THE 22ND OF AUGUST. IT IS, UH, EIGHT O'CLOCK TO 12 NOON, ALWAYS AT 64 0 1 FOREST ROAD. AND IT WILL BE INSIDE IF IT'S INCLEMENT WEATHER. UM, ALRIGHT, HEARING NO FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FOR ADJOURN? OKAY, THE MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 8 53 WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER LALO HECK. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GARCI, HE SECONDED THE MOTION. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION PASSES. SIX ZERO. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. WE WILL SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.