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.
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.