Meeting of the Southaven, Mississippi Mayor and Board of Aldermen - April 2, 2024

[0:00:28] e I'm now calling this meeting to order

[0:05:17] please stand with us we'll be led In Prayer by otman Gallagher please remain standing after that for the pledge of allegiance that will be led by otman at large George Payne Heavenly Father we thank you once again for the opportunity to meet here Lord we uh thank you for the Easter holidays that just passed Lord we thank you for an empty tomb Lord Jesus uh where you came back from the dead Lord and allowed us to be saved Lord so we're thankful for that Lord and we ask you to be here in this meeting and to help us make uh decisions that would be beneficial to our city in your name we pray Amen iedge to the flag of unit United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible and jusice for all first on our agenda this evening is the approval of minutes for the March 19 2024 meeting second we have a motion by otman hoot second by otman pay is there any discussion hearing none roll call yes yes yes yes yes yes and that motion carries next on our agenda is a resolution for commercial establishment chronic nuisance property ordinance uh Nick will you uh address and this is what we talked about last time so after the last meeting uh we took the um concerns and suggestions of the uh discussion we had in public I took that back to the drawing board with Nick and tweaked the ordinance so that's where we are today so we'll reconvene discussion on that yeah the um after the last meeting I know there was comments U first of all about the three um separate distinct incidences or incidents um since that so this revised ordinance has

[0:07:21] three it requires three separate and distinct uh incidences incidents um that result in arrest within a six-month period um is as part of the requirement for The Chronic nuisance property for the commercial establishment it also um takes away the sign requirement I think it there was some concern last meeting about having a sign posted on the door um that no longer is required or in the ordinance as well it's handled through a process of service um so is takes away the I think the term that was used was the shaming of of the incident so it takes that away as well um it also um the like I said it does the criminal conduct the six uh six months um and it doesn't it when we do it this way um have The Chronic nuisance property ordinance just for commercial esta as the Standalone ordinance it also helps we think with the um I guess for a lack of better terminology The Party House ordinance that was passed at a pre about think a year or two ago um because it won't weaken that ordinance as well so you have two different ordinances that seem to accomplish the same goal with the board had in mind last two at the last meeting um one that the party house ordinance isn't weakened and it stays as as is a stand loan ordinance this ordinance comes in as a I don't want to say a compliment but as a ancillary ordinance to The Chronic property I mean to the part Party House ordinance and only applies to Chronic property uh or commercial establishments um which is defined in the ordinance as well uh so this uh also I think the concern last memori meeting was the person responsible who would that be um the consensus seem to be from the board it would be not only it could be the the owner or the land lord or the person managing it um but it would be an actual penalty Against The Establishment itself um so that was defined in this as well so try to take all those um suggestions from the last meeting um and to make sure that they are incorporating this ordinance that also that one of the main things it does as well is it does provide discretion for a police

[0:09:23] department um and how this is en forced because it won't apply in the event that any that The Establishment itself is the victim so in the event that someone's caught shoplifting or someone's doing something to The Establishment that is not what this is about that that we're not trying to the ordinance isn't trying to prohibit someone from calling the police for those type of incident it's just for those uh incidents where it's chronic we're not being alerted by the city I mean the city is not being alerted and it's going there's been no effort or um good faith efforts to um correct it and so that's the discretionary aspect I think which our police can operate with um from the of not discretion as far as they can choose but discretion as far as making sure that the discretion that they choose is not utilized against the business when it is a victim or the subject of the violation um took took the comments last board meeting tried to put that in an ordinance for review um have to answer any questions or try to answer the questions um that we have tonight um for the ordinance so everyone's had a chance to uh re re uh review you know the different language that uh that was changed by Nick after the last meeting is there any any other concerns about this that or is there anything not in here that we feel like let down any concern and again just for the record uh whether or not we have a sign on the property that was never intended to shame anybody it was actually I didn't even know that's just part of legal processes normally when you're doing it but if we can take it out I'm all for taking that out it was taken out in this one yesterday um yes sir it was taken out just from the standpoint of the comments on that and um I I agreed with the point so it was taken out and the the police having some discretion is is the key to this being a a functional ordinance without that it's I mean it's because every situation is not the same you know people some businesses can't help you know what happens on their property you know anything happen at a certain time there's uh there's a you can our police can tell you know when

[0:11:26] they have an organization that's not you know working with them to help deter crime or min minimize uh things that attract crime so that's key that's in there and I think that's critical to being a um an ordinance that's effective if there's no other discussion is there a motion to approve it so move second a motion by Alman Gallagher second byman Payne is there any other discussion hear none call please yes Kelly yes yes jome yes M yes yes yes okay that motion carries next on our agenda is a resolution for donation to the doto economic uh Council salute to Industry golf tournament yeah this uh resolution will just authorize that um donation in accordance with missb code 211944 um as set forth in the resolution I'll make that motion second we have a motion byman Payne second byman Kelly is there any discussion hearing none roll call yes Kelly yes yes yes yes that motion carries next on our agenda is anou with the Mississippi attorney general and Department of Homeland Security for internet crimes against children yeah this mou um obviously is for the with the SPD it uh currently we have two police officers on this uh task force um theou uh we don't receive any money but theou just um notes that we'll share information and Equipment when necessary for these uh for these crimes so uh tonight need authorization for either Chief Vickers or the mayor to sign this mou um with Miss Attorney General's office for the task force for crime against children and with the Homeland Security Department as well make second motion P there any discussion

[0:13:29] hearing none all in favor say I I any oppos say no I have it that motion carries next on our agenda is our continuing disclosure for FY 23 this was previously approved the Contin disclosure for FY 23 um the city's disclosure statement has been submitted um to Emma um in accordance with the SEC regulations so no action to take but it does have to be spread upon your minutes um in accordance with the law so tonight just being note this is in the minutes that has been filed rly 23 there's no no actions we can make a motion but there's not not required to okay okay next on our agenda is our approval for South Police Department Grant application this authorize UMD to apply for grant for K9 uh the it's for a dental Grant in the amount of $ 7,186 um for a k9 that needs dental work um so authorization to apply for the grant um as presented which is required as part of the application that has board approval with the signature of the police department is there any discussion say I any opposed say no I have it motion carries next on the agenda is a resolution to clean private property Mr Mayor I move we adopt the resolution granting authority to clean private property is presented we have a motion Alman pay second mman Hoots is there any discussion among the board hearing none is there anyone in the audience that has a financial interest in any properties who would like to speak seeing or hearing none roll call please yes yes yes yes yes that motion carries next on our agenda is our planning agenda Miss Whitney cook our director of planning and development so our first application is by South

[0:15:32] Haven star Landing LLC it is for subdivision approval for lifeo Village at South Haven this is going to be on the north side of starlanding road just west of Getwell um this overall PUD was an active senior community that was approved back in I believe 2006 uh right now existing on site you have an assisted living facility on there and there's two quad plexes um that have four dwellings for the 55 and up Community what you see highlighted in red there makes that 10.92 Acres that is under discussion tonight and what's been proposed is um quad and fiveplex um design zero lot lines that have been designed for 55 and up again um on the following page you can see that there are um 44 Lots there is a large space of uh amenity Green Space shown on the interior of it that green space uh has a clubhouse has pickle ball uh there's additional parking set aside uh for over parking when families come through um the original design had it laid out in a kind of a square type design which wasn't efficient use of space you couldn't use it like we needed to to get the density up so what the applicant did was take can you yes thank you uh what the applicant did was take it and mimic it from what you see at the brambles uh The Villages of brambles as well as the um 55 and up Community right by Wesley Meadows down in Hernando um so each one of them has kind house you have a two-car garage that is in the back all of them the exception of couple have rearload access so face the um the open space in the center uh there's a detention area along the front on Star Landing Road which is set to be um somewhat amenity to be drrive Pond walking trail around it um there'll be two access points one is directly off of Sterling a b associated with it and it will have pass Gates uh the roads are set to be public right of ways so we will carry the maintenance um from the city side again it was an approved PUD that was put in place back in ' 06 um everything is compliant except for the kind of layout of the of the housing units this actually plays out better for

[0:17:33] us and we've seen that this has a better traffic circulation for us as well when it comes to emergency services and things like that so we recommend submitted um I know we were going through some of the documentation uh that they were going through it's those are the HOA covenants that was something the Planning Commission wanted outed there just to kind of see the due uh maintenance um and how that was going to work and again that M The Village Rambles 505 up community over off of Getwell um we've seen no issues with that one along with our covenant so U with this middle of those HOA documents it was recommended for approval by unan vote make a motion that we approve number one plan agenda presented tonight on item one we have a motion by fles second byman wheeler is there any discussion hearing none roll call yes yes yes yes yes that motion carries item number two is apption uh by M&R Associates for subdivision approval of Pinewood North phase one it's going to be on South side of State Line Road East of tul uh what you see highlighted here in green is portion of the land that is north of the TVA lines uh in 2018 this PUD came through uh and it was amended again I believe in 2021 this is now known as uh Pinewood North um if you'll recall the board instead of just kind of going B with the lot sizes down on the south side of evva lines this area was required to do what we call transitional lot sizes so what you have along St Road are your 15 20,000 foot Lots those will be Halfacre Lots um theare footage of the homes there were also upped to the 2,000 foot minimum as you go to the center point of it the Lots went down to a medium density anywhere between uh like a 14,000 to a 12,000 sare foot and then as you came down you see color there you came down toward the TVA lines uh they went down to the minimum size of 10,400 foot Lots interior had 1800 foot which was also part of the PD text um you see three large pieces of open space there we did and learned our lesson on having like spot Green Space was that we

[0:19:34] wanted to create a usable Green Space uh and so have there anywhere from acres to acre areas uh and the other the Open Spaces are your minor Boulevard entry ways and along State Line Road uh it was compliant again with the pdex the one discussion that was um talked about at planning actually theing along State Road uh they wanted to ensure that it didn't turn out like Ras old C Park area we six proof F that everybody kind of just miss mismatches so did come up the stipulation that the decorative fence that was approved P taex which had stone columns in the split real Center um behind that anybody wanted the privacy fences they wanted them dressed up so they wanted the accent b top and they wanted it all uh should be put in place at the same time so that's agreed upon by the applicant uh and with that being said commission did vote unly favor of it two agenda second on item two have a motion wheeler second by Flores is there any discussion when you did say that it looks that way that so lot's backing up to line larger approxim half acres give or take and they do have higher square footage of the homes any other discussion on two hearing none roll call please yes yes yes yes that motion carries application number three is a subvision application for the Airways Hotel subis this is going to be on the east side of Airways north of nail Road um there is a hotel and construction on this property as we speak and we did approve about six months ago a conditionally used permit for a secondary Hotel known as the element um all this application is doing is taking that parcel and separating the two out so that each hotel is on its own private lot the only stipulation we had when they brought it to um my office is that South that second lot needed to provide an in eress to go to the back portion of that property there's a lot more of acreage behind it um that's still owned by the original property owner we wanted to make sure we didn't them off from aad uh they did agree to that so they put that in the document that was submitted um after that we had no further comments it is compliant with the commercial lot uh requirement set forth in the ordinance was unly in

[0:21:37] favor motion approve on item three we have a motion by otman drone second byman p is there any discussion hearing none yes yes yes yes yes yes yes that motion carries our four is uh submiss subdivision application by Johnny colan Builders this is going to be a revision to Central Gardens one phase one north side of road west of green it is currently under construction and this is the 55 and up Community uh across from the Intermediate School uh the only thing that they're requesting to do is at the far East End of the property one of the Lots identified as lot one was very large it was um on half an acre these are 55 and up lot so to have an acre I mean a lot that large seemed so what Coleman Builders did was proposed to cut that in half utilize the one portion to the West as the actual lot for the property owner and the remainder of it would go into open space which would help provide a buffer between uh the TVA lines that CH you have to the east aser there so it was just more Fe design um obviously there was there's no issues with the Planning Commission and was Voting in favor by the commission is there a plan for that extra lot other than just buff space it's just Green Space at this point so all of their A Min space is on the interior because this is a very far Northeast cor of it um so it is nothing than just open space wants Garden something like that that's about much have it's not large but it ho wey that to make sure there and turn into a wild you know wild field so um but be turn into act Mr Mayor make a motion to approve item number four the planning have a Motion Kelly second by Hoops is discussion it's a nice development by the way very attractive development and a piece of land that's been vacant city for a long time they've done the extras beautiful gate you know done extras make it make track and saw Comm in Coman builders on a good development M any other discussion hearing none roll call yes that motion carries so our fin

[0:23:43] application is for a new Kia auto dealership this is going to be on the South Side Goodman Road East of Elmore it's actually on the same piece of property where the Honda dealership is now they're both owned by the same property owner same dealership owner um they submitted to us a very modern building with like a gray black p pet um we didn't have a whole lot of issues with that the on there were a couple stipulations we put on there after reviewing their documents um one their Landscaping sizing was too small we asked them to increase the size of it and uh number two the main point is if you look right there at those drawings um there's Eep all the way to the ground and that is something we don't allow just because of our humid weather and the type of soils we have here um we require that there's material at least for the kneewall area which is 3 four feet up all the way around um they chose to come in with a gray brick which will match the EAS above it and then they they're using metal paint pels um they've got their streetcape kind of in place they were approved with the landcaping the site their photo their lighting was already submitted and approved with Honda so it's already Works what they learn from the place is that they have roof mounted transformation equipment so they've already got it um wrapped where you cannot see you know from good the other side of the building so other than the materials changing and the sizing of the Landscaping it was accepted as submitted we have a motion Florida second b p and U again qu development we never dealership here there's a market for that and qu autom that's something new for South County good development any other yes yes yes okay carries thank you okay next on our agenda is our report just a couple things to review with everybody first of all let's talk about sanitation contract February 22nd uh in a special meeting their board awarded the San a of contract to was Pro and so since then uh We've uh been working with them to get a valid contract in place uh we have received uh uh the contract from them uh Nick made a few adjustments to it received their response back and so we're trying toize this because we're

[0:25:43] getting close I mean you know the thing changes over in May so this is as tight uh understand been this tight before me my time we've never been this tight so concern me so little but anyway so the looks like we're almost to the point of finalizing the thing there's three things uh that were still some up in the a we need hammer down and just want to make sure I get clear guid from this board negotiate this agreement okay so the first thing was 1.1 of the contract refers to um being able to petition the city uh for additional rate if there's things that change that are beyond their control U Nick and I discussed this morning we have no problem with that we know that sometimes things can happen but I want make sure we put this on the record one thing that was suggested was the fact that the landfill location has changed so sure everybody remembers that was was aware of the landfill Loc changes before they B so just in the future if they do come back I don't think that's they knew that the landfill location change in fact when they Jer even referen fact that use that as an example the landfill the price reflected you know some of the changes so anyway just want to make sure the board understands that second thing is evidently somewhere along the way there was some confusion about when recycling service would start and I want to make sure everybody's clear I've responded back to waste Ro by email today they understand that uh we do not we can't have a gap it need to continous service now we understand that the PR Company will pick up their carts and we got to get Waste Pro time to get the new carts out there but there was some suggest it would be June before we have recycle carts and that that can happen okay I've explained that to them that it needs to be um it needs to be as soon as possible on the transition no later than May the 13th so they theyed that the third thing is there was a question in the contract negotiations about the length of term of this award and y'all made it clear I want sayman Hoots that made the motion but we made it clear that we were offering a two-year contract plus four additional one year extensions that was what the board voted on in their they had was it to 10 yeah it's a two deal

[0:27:47] with for for either however many years correct so a six-year deal would be two-year contract with four oneyear extensions so and their proposal was a two-year contract with six year six oneye extensions is that correct is that what I'm hearing no with eight eight sorry see I don't even know math the way now a two contract up to one rals after the first there is a whatever obviously noever want to all this that would be in there you you have you get outes that are material substantial that's not there so I think the last thing would be do you want to keep it pursuant to your motion from two years up to six or would you from two years up to 10 understanding that after after that it's just Bas on your CPI or year after that um so that's that's strictly what what yall want to do didn't know mayor I guess I was asking guys from just like the mayor so we don't gain anything by extended we're not getting any kind of break on anything or anything like that where it still has the same cost of living increase yeah the contract would still be the you have to the way it works is you got to keep the contract on the same terms that go addition keep on the same terms as what your contract is and yeah so need be it would need to be on those same terms well what you would gain a great job you don't have to do it you don't have to go through all this all over again let me yeah let me ask you this so so we have cing increases in there but if we only did it for six years and we stopped it and had to do renegotiate another one and bid it out we could possibly have to pay more free Apple we do 10 years doesn't

[0:29:50] cost us anything except what cost yeah except for cost of living which we know I'd rather keep something that I know than have to do this again they one year agreements you DET any time it cost you 3% up to 5 the way the contract structured now or the way contuct now is there's a CPI index in the contract for increase the way proposal was a minimum 3% increase maximum increas so no matter what the CPI is you're going up number 7% increase you're incre every year that would be what would be for n did that so that's that's the last issue I they could competition R to the May June be how many years and then other other Provisions they've agreed to um last night yesterday after last night going back those are the outstanding ones like the one outstanding left is

[0:31:58] T I'm okay I'm personally okay with two to eight because I mean still based on their performance up to them they do a good job or not you're out after a year they don't so yeah so I mean so my you know successor doesn't have to deal with having to go through this again for eight more years if they do a good job hey I'm fine with that you need a motion for that down contract Contra ter la la but the city after two years the city each year can get out of this completely correct correct okay as long as that that's I mean that would technically I mean honestly after one year the city has a 90 termination call yeah so point being you can do yearsing a great job Point yes we would a motion Toth andth Chang the contract it's not authoring negoti really they don't need a motion if they're I'm listening we're going to go it's coming back before the to formally accept it correct that's fine yes that's fine so there's I'm just all I'm trying to get direction from I'm good with changing it too I I've already told you number the second one we can't give on that we can't go a month without recycling so and then the first one I want to make sure that's clear and I'm not trying to I'm trying to be fair with everybody but in all fairness we relied on their price when you awarded them the bid and they knew at that time that the landfill location had changed so I don't think that that's fair to the city of South Haven and I'm not saying that they aren't doing it for that reason there's other reasons that they would need that

[0:34:01] because other things could change after the contract is in place that they would need some relief on and I so I I definitely think that's fair I just don't think that they should be able to come back and ask us to pay more money because the landfill CH location changed because they knew about that when they bid it y y'all hear me yeah I agree I agree with with ol yeah so when we do it if we can get out every year yeah if there's no yeah there's no reason you can't get out so um that's all I just wanted to get some final uh clear Direction on that and and um as far as we know those are the only three issues left right yes sir yes just from my purp whatever so when I go back and this they can request the change that time of request well the way I understood from what you told me is that U they're you're leaving their ability to petition for hardships yes and this could be one but not necessarily it all I'm trying to do tonight is put it on the record that they knew that this should not be one in the future that you give don't use this one don't use this one because you knew about this beforehand because and I again I'm not suggesting that they're doing this but it's a way to supplemental bill you to death like to come in with a lower price knowing that you're going to come back and petition for a higher price and that's not fair that's not fair to the other biders or so we'll keep the request language in there that's in the RFD and then we'll make that May 13 and then we'll go to eight years for the term and then we'll bring that to you the next meeting assuming that waste next Mee yeah everybody good with that they're gonna be ready to go on time you need to ask them that I mean I mean that's why that's why I've been pressing and and alterman we we've been working on this okay we we've been pressing them to get the contract back for that reason I don't have a comfort level like I said before we started this discussion being this late in game we we awarded this thing on February 22nd and in the past years we had a contract back within 3 or

[0:36:03] 4 days so here we are you do the math today's April 2nd that was February 22 that's a long time it's it's putting us in an uncomfortable situation and they know that I'll communicate that with them any chance decision audience we have some here but for what we're on that we'll do it bring it back before and and and and team has been John sniders in the he's been nothing but helpful so I'm not not passing judgment on him or anybody else but I'm just I work for the city of sou Haven and the city of South Haven is in a somewhat of a compromised position when you wait this late because this as y'all know is a major change in our city I don't have comfort being an April 2nd and I've communicated that to them in Prior email so just want you brought that up I want you know we're on this we've been communicating it Nick Nick has been pointing out his concerns as well but I'm comfortable that as long as they agree to these things I think we're good you know so but we don't motion like Nick said contract as long as they accept those things if they don't accept these things and we we'll be back before you and quickly but anyway enough of that okay and the next thing I want to talk to you about is long-term planning that I've mentioned to you before my team if y'all will put this up there and before I get started this is not official document I know people get Weir about stuff like this I don't like putting this out in public I use this is a working document it's a spreadsheet that I use for my planning purposes and so this is not formal document it's not any kind of part of our official financial plan all it is a spreadsheet that helps us plan okay and so but the numbers are accurate I've done the research pulled those numbers right from audit from a valid audit and so here's our situation by policy we agreed years ago that we would always keep 12% of our general fund in reserve which right now is 8,259 720 and so now we have uh 12,455 868 in our unassigned fund balance so we have a surplus does everybody follow me y'all see the top part Everybody follow okay so we have an excess surplus of 4,1 196,197 budget discussions when we set this year's budget but I suggested let that money sit we got some unknowns let's you know account for that let's

[0:38:04] just be careful let that money set which we have done uh get South lighing project is our biggest project going on now um that one um the amount is going to be more than 2.6 million we got to Crunch a few more numbers on that because some of that money uh our money has been spent on some of it and then some of it I want to say our pre one of our previous Bond issuances we have some money that was allocated to our Co-Op part of that but I don't know I got to more research on that um these other projects that you see in black are already funded they either are money or they were funded in some other manner so going down the page visually with me to the ones that are in blue the ones that are blue are what I'm going to talk to you about tonight so these are things that have become critical needs of our city and we just need to make a not tonight but we need to make a decision soon on how we fund these things in the in the most efficient and effective manner for the city the new East Precinct Police Station you know we negotiated a deal with a $3.1 million facility uh that we did a land trade for uh and we're going to get that for 1.5 million so that's a set price that we know uh Snowden lane widening um as the Snowden district has developed now we have the top development on Snowden Lane uh We've added the soccer complex this is the area on Snowden just south of Goodman Road it's two lane right now and with the other developments it needs to be made into a three lane road and so the cost to do that is basically $2.7 million and there's an agreement in place with the businesses there that they pay half of that so so our cost on that is one one point low 3 million the other one that's critical right now and same Ty deal developments that happened there the provos mixed use development that nail just East excuse me just west of Getwell um and then the other there's other developable land there and they are in agreement with us that they will pay half the cost to extend nail Road from Getwell where dead ends all the way to T and so the cost to do that is just under 6.9 million again our costes have that so 3.4 million these other two three things on there are things that we're going to seek other funding for they're smaller um but it is critical that we move with these we don't want to wait too long it takes so long to get materials and we start intersection

[0:40:06] projects and with the opening of the S Mackville extension at Star Landing it's a game changer traffic wise for our city I mean already the traffic on S uh is tremendous and they haven't even opened it yet when they open that it's going to be a direct shot all the way to 269 so we know that we're going to have tremendous traffic coming through South Haven these two things that I have on here are going to be critical the first thing is a church and Sweeney intersection it's too narrow to have a turn a right turn lane long enough so you have people backing up traveling Northbound on Sweeney uh just south chur Road they're just trying to turn right but they can't turn right because they can't get to the turning lane so we need to the intersection and lengthen the turning lane and that's about $325,000 then if you go further south to there I'm talking about the starlanding Sweeny intersection y'all know because of the danger there we just put up a temporar temporary blinking stoplight because you have a hill there when you're traveling when motorists are traveling westbound on Star Landing there's a hill that blocks your visibility when you top that Hill you're right on the intersection we've had critical um automobile accidents there in the past is very very dangerous and so this project uh well there's actually two of them one of them would actually go ahead and put a full signal signalization in the intersection and do the widening that needs to happen for that to occur and the other one below that is sight correction that's gring the hill down to make it safer those are going to be critical with the amount of traffic that's going be coming there last thing is um uh well that's the last thing is what I said first that's the traffic signal and W so if you total all those up if you look down skip down below to the blue $7.4 million um obviously there could be some adjustment to get well possibly a little bit money that's needed there so we flip to the next page how we get there what's the most effective way uh to fund this these are critical projects that are going to bring safety and Valu in city for a long time um obviously before I recommend anything to y'all I want to look at our financial picture and see what kind of impact this has to us so the the recommendation uh is to do Bond uh you'll look at our our total go debt as of right now is $34 million we have much more capacity left by state law we're not we're nowhere near capacity however our Debt Service as of right now fi 24 is 6.3 million um $6.3 million a year going 10 year bond at 4% interest

[0:42:11] would put the payment at right about $975,000 so you see as we go on previous debt is rolling off as we pay that off so in FY 25 it would actually have a reduced effect we're not going to we wouldn't be going to higher debt service go to 6.1 million down from 6. four and then y'all can read the rest so you can see the is falling off we have the capacity and the uh the safety and conser manner of of doing a bond so anyway what I wanted to get some direction from y'all on is are y'all okay doing this Bond we vote tonight let's talk about it but these projects are critical and the clock is ticking the one thing that uh situation that we're in in South Haven is that a lot of cities don't have to move as fast as we do when you have the growth that we have it's unusual I mean and like I said the traffic patterns change in a hurry um the uh cost or the timing to do some of the it takes so long to build a road I trying to 2015 takes so long to get these things done I don't want to wait and push behind get late start because it's going to take some time before we get them done so anyway that's I'm showing you a need this is a these are the most critical Capital Improvement needs for our transportation safy and anyway just again want to hear from y'all what are your thoughts on it well these are things it's not an if it's a win you're going to be doing it because it's going to be more the longer you wait the bigger a problem is going to be and I can tell you if you haven't done it if you don't ever go that way I've had citizens reach out to me but I also D drive myself in the morning um that intersection at Star Landing Sweeney is becoming more and more dangerous by the day um and then when you go Northbound to um Church weo you live there near there um traffic traffic upin a problem and again not this is not on the plan but we go ahead out there we'll continue explore opportunities but s is going to be widen right there I mean it's it really needs it right now but at a bare minimum we got move the traffic at these two critical locations both have to good eventually opena yeah it needs to be it does

[0:44:15] it's yeah okay well I just wanted I wanted to again this is just to be informative to let you know uh so we will um uh again so if we find a way uh we still got some possibilities on some of these on the intersection projects if the legis comes to me which they usually do at the end of the session and says hey if we want to I call it the the Christmas tree State Bond they all start in small present out and U and we'll take it you know they offer that to us and say hey you got something that fits 325,000 we'll say as a matter of fact I'd do send us a check and we'll we'll do the whing at church at Sweeny so uh we'll keep exploring those opportunities but um but we do need to get rolling so if um I at the next meeting we will bring it officially before you to start the process of of jail bond to fund these projects and that's all I have this next on our agenda is our um Personnel docket Mr Mayor Mo approve the personel pres on motion P second is there any discussion roll call yes yes yes motion carries next on agenda is our city attorney's legal update a couple quick items first item is approval of the um Comcast agreement sign it's for the e synct um for the internet that's going to be needed there it's for a 36-month term um for the Wi-Fi service for 900 I think per month so that tonight for Michael noris to sign the Comcast agreement wheeler second KY discussion the one on East yes any other discussion iOS no motion carries uh next item is just the approval of the I 55

[0:46:19] widening relocation right away acquisition link um as part it's just like they did the getw road project on get South I guess did some easements for the removal of utilities utilities that are needed to be removed before bation for the mayor to sign agement with link um it's estimated to be around 310,000 however that's 820 mix or 80 split so will reimburse % of the cost for those um services and then also once we start L acquisition itself those costs will be reimbursed as well for those properties that are to be obtained so authorization for mayor to sign the agreement with civil link along order of title so that we started revie to the E is there discussion none say any oppose say no carries last item is no action justdate I we talk the crime lab cities going to do County um still final that agreement however originally talked about it was be split equally among the county and five cities or the four cities and um equal chairs however there's been some um push back from the sper cities regarding that Arrangement and it's beinged now to be split upon based on the actual Cas the crime lab so want to give you on that all the cities AR just let them know that's kind of where the process is right now I hope to have that done next couple that crie lab agreement is being reviewed but it's not reviewed and drafted in a way that that will be done be done based on cases and as you would gu South the most cases or the second most the county so we'd be pay more than the 50,000 I think 6,000 52,000 based on the previous case the last three years so once we have those I'll get back with you on that that for approval and email details just on that as well thanks is there any proposed state funding yeah a combination of money that piece together I don't have that from me but it was the county is ding the building that used to be used for law enforcement purposes so the county is putting up the building then office is funding uh they're doing something in that the state is given money for the

[0:48:21] fish or something and then they're asking cities our money pays for the um sent so everybody is got some skin in the game yeah that's correct and that is in the I don't I didn't bring that today but I think that breakdown is in the um you remember Andrew if is that in the minutes we talked about it a while I have it I can get we we did I had the the night I was bring was attention I had the breakdown but I can get that for you yeah I can't recall exactly I think it is yeah County the only County that's I don't I know it's one of the few that's proposing I don't know if it's the only only that I'm not sure I think it's da I think it was a combination of discussions between the new sheriff and the da um the reason again you say it does help the state but the reason we're interested in it helps us I understand the reason February February 6 and would you look up for again like you know there's there's things that um well I'm not g to say that we're used to it being split based on your population we know that we have high case load and so we don't want to kill a good thing we know that this is going to help us so whether it helps the state or whomever else it helps we know it helps us is why we're interested it but now should we be doing this just I don't know that's where you no the state should be funding they should be funding if they need more on the coast in North Mississippi wherever they be handing that they should be taking care of that the bottom line is not and so we want to solve a problem we know that it's going to benefit us by having this I mean I think it's a good idea that whether it's the sheriff or the da or whomever I think it was a great idea and I know our police agree with that count um the way it's been presented to us is that initially have the billing ready as soon as they hire the SST or have the S allocated they can go ahead and start uh working I think they're going to work out a Bas location and uh but it's it'll be in the agreement make sure this is in the agreement cases will come first and then if there's extra they would be able to do other things but but then eventually they will move into the building that's just it's um it's just south of square by the jail this where about where be located they'll be moving

[0:50:23] the location there County work so County cases and then longterm goal is to not just do be a drug lab but to be a full-fledged lab EV you said six but is that all answer your question okay okay so other than that um you just G an update questions about that I told people I'd give an update just so that um other attorneys I give an update just so I was aware that we've talked about it and I know this goes without saying but I will say it again to make sure this all of this goes with the requirement in the that the count cases the priority since we're paying for the labor we want to be R any got anything else Nick next agenda billing leak adjustment doet May adjust on motion pain Hoots is there any discussion roll yes that motion carries next on our agenda is one claims docket Mr Mayor we approve the claims Docket in the amount of 29756 71 including demand checks second we have a motion P second bman Flores is there any discussion hearing none roll call yes yes that motion carries next on our agenda is the purpose of determining the need for executive session we have a motion Mo who second Galler all in favor say I can you post say no eyes haveit motion carries a need this evening is claims and litigation involving the South Haven Police Department and infrastructure Economic Development within the city and Inter departmental personnel with no action is

[0:52:25] there a motion to declare executive session we have motion mman hoot second Jerome say no motion carries the mayor executive session about e

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