Fayetteville City Council Regular Meeting - June 10, 2024
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Fayetteville City Council Regular Meeting - June 10, 2024
The Fayetteville City Council held its regular meeting on Monday, June 10, 2024, at 6:30 PM in the Council Chamber. The meeting began with an invocation, pledge of allegiance, and several recognitions. Key topics included the approval of a consent agenda, public comments on permitting, community safety, downtown development, and an administrative report on the Day Resource Center scope of work.
Consent Calendar
- Approved unanimously (9-0) the consent agenda containing 11 items: approval of minutes (April 26, 2024 Special and May 22, 2024 Agenda Briefing); FAMPO Memorandum of Understanding; lease for Cross Creek District Police Office; quitclaim deed for 939 Taft Street; street additions to city system; capital project ordinance amendments for Ray Ave Drainage Improvement; special revenue fund amendments for HOME program, Juvenile Justice Grant, vehicle/equipment purchases, Ivy & Lyon Road Drainage Grant; and PWC bid for Cliffdale Forest project.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Jerry Lee Woods (resident) expressed frustration with the new electronic permit system, stating it now takes approximately two hours instead of 10-12 minutes to obtain an electrical permit. He requested a return to paper forms for simplicity.
- Monica Cannon (Co-chair, Friends of Haymont) requested renaming Woodrow Park to Haymont Park and asked for a traffic assessment on Oak Ridge Avenue for potential speed humps due to dangerous speeding. She noted 75 members in her group.
- Sean McMillan (resident) called for transparency and accountability regarding police homicides (Lawrence Artis, DeMarcus Brody, Joshua Oxendine, Jada Johnson), demanded timely updates, and urged structural changes. He criticized council's silence on these issues.
- Joel Cook (resident) criticized the council for not acknowledging or responding to an email about the potential environmental impacts of a proposed titanium plant, including water contamination risks. He asked for improved communication.
- Angela Malloy (resident, business owner) urged full funding for the Office of Community Safety (OCS) and independent oversight. She also requested a moderate increase (15% instead of the proposed 20%) to the Municipal Service District (MSD) tax.
- Whitaker Grannis (Stormwater Advisory Board Vice Chair, cancer survivor) requested that the budget include and highlight funding for preventative cancer screenings for firefighters, suggesting it become a key performance indicator. He noted an 84% success rate and 19 trainees in the FTCC CDL program.
- Ebony Warfield Graham (Cool Spring Downtown District representative) read a letter from the district board expressing concern over the proposed MSD tax increase from 10 cents to 21 cents per $100 of assessed value, recommending a more moderate increase instead.
Discussion Items
- Administrative Report: Scope of Work for Day Resource Center – Manna Dream Center Operation (Item 9.01)
- City staff presented the scope clarifications for the operating contract with Manna Dream Center. The contract includes operating hours of 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday. Staff noted that the contract must be signed by July 1, 2024, as the previous contract expires June 30.
- Council members discussed whether to approve the scope immediately, move it to the next Work Session (August 1), or a special meeting (June 12). A motion to defer to the June 12 meeting died for lack of a second. Council concluded the report was informational only, as the contract had already been awarded.
Key Outcomes
- Consent Agenda approved unanimously (9-0).
- No action taken on the Day Resource Center scope of work; council accepted the administrative report as information. The city will proceed with the contract with Manna Dream Center. Council may revisit details at a future work session.
Meeting Transcript
10th 2024 Fairville City Council meeting in order. We welcome those who are joining us in the audience and those who are joining us remotely by television and other methods. At this time, we asked that Pastor Dale Pascal from Cliffdale Community Church. If Pastor could come forward. All right. We ask that all would please stand for the invocation. Maybe following the prayer, if we could repeat the Pledge of Allegiance. Pastor, how are you doing? Good to see you. Thank you so much for allowing me. Let us pray. Most gracious Heavenly Father, Lord, we just lift up our praises upon your name. And we thank you for allowing us to be here tonight. We thank you for this great country, this great state, this great city that we live in, where we as citizens get to have a voice, where we get to have an impact and an insight and input on the decisions that affect our future. We thank you for all the great servants that we're surrounded by, from our military to our police, to our firemen, to our paramedics, to all the others that serve. And we thank you for these bold people that sit on this council and for the servant's heart that you've given them. And Lord, we just ask you now that you will give us wisdom and knowledge and guidance, Lord, and that we will bring bring honor and glory to you with the decisions that are made here, Lord, and that you'll give us your guidance in all that we do and bless our lives. We thank you. We love you in Jesus' name. Amen. 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. Pastor, good to see you again. We appreciate you doing a prayer for us. Take a few moments and tell tell us about your ministry and your church and some things about yourself. Thank you so much, Mr. Mayor. I am uh Pastor Dale Pascal, Cliffdale Community Church on Cliffdale Road, as you probably imagined. Uh we're growing church out there, uh 7763 Cliffdale Road. We meet every Sunday at 10. Uh we have a big event coming up in July, July 27th, our family fun day. We'd like to invite all the city and community to uh come out and join us that day for food and fun. And I have the great honor of working with Miss Brenda McNair on a very regular basis. She's been a tremendous blessing to our church and to our community, and she's very, very inclusive and including me and and the stuff that we got going on over in District 7. And if you'd have the opportunity to work with you, Mr. Mayor, as we did a community cleanup together, and uh I just want to thank each and every one of you for your servants' hearts. Thank you so much, Pastor, and appreciate the good work you're doing over there. Uh council at this time, we will have a few very special recognition. Uh Councilmember Banks McLaughlin, one of the uh international delegates for the for the city. Uh went to France, Saint of O France, uh, her councilmember benefit and Davis. Uh, and I think she has a presentation. So I'll turn it over to you, Councilwoman. Okay. Thank you, Mayor. If you can come down there and step uh from the mayor from Saint Evad, um, gives you with a plaque. That's what I'm talking about. Yeah, he gives you with a plaque. Look, look, you almost didn't get it. I had to pack some other things in my uh in my bag. You know what France is known for.
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