All right, come on, council members.

These were the cookies we put in the bag.

Oh, that was nice.

First class.

Madam Controller, please call back put that by acclamation.

Please call item number two.

Item number two.

Attention, everybody.

Item number two is a resolution.

Thank you.

Councilman Canale and Councilwoman Cooper Sutton, you are recognized at this time.

And whereas Lieutenant Evertina Half Acre joined the Memphis Police Department in nineteen eighty-six, embarking upon a career in law enforcement, motivated by dedication to family, service, and community.

And whereas over the course of 39 years of exploratory service, Lieutenant Evertina Halfacre distinguished herself as a trailblazer, trailblazer, bear, Barry Abreaker, and pioneer for women in law enforcement.

And whereas Lieutenant Evertina Halfacre earned their historic distinguish of becoming the first and only female motorcycle officer and supervisor in the motorcycle squad within the Memphis police department, this um demonstrating exceptional skills, perseverance, and leadership.

And whereas her long life passion for motorcycle riding, inspired by her grandfather, mother, and five brothers, became a hallmark of her professional identity and a symbol of determination and heritage.

And whereas in 2010, she successfully completed the rigorous requirements of the motorcycle squad, including the physical challenge of lifting a 900-pound police motorcycle, thereby solidifying her place and a specialized unit known for its demanding standards and elite training.

And I turn it over to you, Councilman.

Whereas Lieutenant Halfacre broke further broke new ground as the first woman assigned to the department's drug intervention unit and as one of the first two women to serve in the department's color guard, expanding opportunities for women in specialized and ceremonial assignments.

And whereas throughout her distinguished career, she faithfully performed duties, including traffic enforcement, dignitary escorts, and security at major public events, while also representing the department at significant community gatherings such as the Liberty Bowl and visits to St.

Jude Children's Research Hospital.

And whereas Lieutenant Half Acre consistently demonstrated a steadfast commitment to community outreach, frequently engaging with schools, hospitals, and public events, and emphasizing the importance of trust building, particularly among children and families throughout the Memphis community.

And whereas Lieutenant Half Acre's career coincided with transformative growth and change within the Memphis Police Department and her leadership contributed meaningfully to advancing professional standards, diversity, and inclusion within specialized law enforcement units.

And although retiring from full-time active duty, Lieutenant Halfacre has committed to continuing serving the department as a reserve officer and as a member of the Color Guard for additional an additional two years exemplifying her enduring devotion to service.

And whereas her legacy stands as an inspiration to all women in law enforcement, encouraging them to pursue specialized assignments, leadership roles, and excellence without limitation.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that this body extends its heartfelt congratulations to Lieutenant Halfacre on her well-earned retirement, wishes her joy and fulfillment in her new chapter of life, and affirms that her legacy of excellence, perseverance and service will continue to cons to inspire all of us for generations to come.

And I can't express to you how well respected you have been throughout MPD and throughout this city.

Thank you.

So we wish you nothing but the very best.

And on behalf of all of us in the Memphis City Council, everyone on MPD in a grateful city, thank you so much for your dedication and service.

Thank you very much.

I would like you to say a few words.

Just a few.

One or two, just a few.

If it wasn't for her, you all wouldn't have never known I exist.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you to the police department.

I enjoyed it, and I'm still here.

Thank you so much, City Council.

This is for you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

All right.

Yeah.

Madam Controller, please show by acclamation that that has been approved.

Thank you, Chairwoman.

We will know that.

Madam Comptroller, please prepare to call item number three.

Item number three is a resolution designating April 10th, 2026 as blue and green day mid-south in the city of Memphis.

This resolution is sponsored by the Memphis City Council.

Dr.

Warren, you're recognized at this time.

Please come up.

Council members, every year, National Donate Life observes Blue and Green Day to amplify the importance of registering as an organ or tissue donor, and to encourage the public to wear blue and green to raise awareness.

And whereas more than a hundred thousand Americans, including four thousand in the mid-south area, are currently on the national transplant waiting list.

And whereas another person is added to the waiting list every eight minutes.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Memphis City Council does hereby proclaim the tenth of April twenty twenty six as blue and green day in Mid South in the city of Memphis and encourages all residents to promote the importance of organ and tissue donation given this day by our hands under the seal of Memphis, Memphis City Council.

Thank you so much.

We'll put those not in blue and green on the back row.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Where's your blue and green?

You got blue and green.

And blue green is in my heart.

Green's in your heart.

Okay, good.

Oh, that's it.

That's enough.

Good.

But that day, I tell you, it's the whole we like the bridges up, we do everything in your gosh.

First and foremost, my name is Dr.

Talesa Franklin.

I am super excited.

When I think about MidSouth Transplant Foundation and organ and tissue donor, I am very excited to know four of my family members are living today because of organ and tissue donation.

And I have one in waiting.org, I encourage you to go and study and say yes to organ and tissue donors.

Philip.

Philip.

Madam Comptroller, if we will show by acclamation that item being approved.

Thank you, Chairwoman.

Madam Comptroller, please call item number four.

Item number four is a resolution approving an honorary street name change on South Parkway East between Oakland and South Barksdale for Frank James Banks.

District Four, Super District Eight.

This resolution is sponsored by Councilman Canale.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Controller.

Councilman Canale, you are recognized at this time.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I'd like to have my colleagues come on.

I'm not gonna bite.

Whereas when worthy circumstances arise, the Memphis City Council has seen fit to name certain public roads to honor citizens who have served this community, and Frank James Banks is a citizen worthy of such recognition.

And whereas Frank James Banks is a native and lifelong Memphian whose professional and civic contributions have had a lasting and transformative impact on the city of Memphis.

And whereas Mr.

Banks is a pioneering African American entrepreneur who co-founded Banks Finley and White and Company in 1973, one of the first regional African American-owned accounting firms in the South, which has grown into one of the largest minority-owned CPA firms in the nation and has trained and mentored generations of professionals and whereas Frank James Banks played a critical role in revitalizing downtown Memphis through his co-founding of the new Memphis Development Corporation and the redevelopment of the downtown Motor Inn into the benchmark hotel in 1983, one of the first black owned franchise hotels in the United States, creating jobs and demonstrating the viability of minority ownership and the hospitality industry.

And whereas Frank James Banks lifelong dedication to Memphis, including long-term residents in the South Midtown community, reflects his unwavering commitment to strengthening neighborhoods and expanding opportunity for all citizens.

I finish it off.

Be it further resolved that the city engineers requested to affix a suitable sign designating the public role in honor of Frank James Banks, his commitment and contribution to the city of Memphis given by the entire Memphis City Council.

Congratulations.

If I could just offer a few more remarks, Mr.

Mr.

Banks was an entrepreneur before my generation decided to make the term popular.

And you know, we talk about people investing in our community.

So on behalf of every person in the city of Memphis, we would like to say thank you for believing in this community.

And I wish there was more, Mr.

Frank James Banks.

So thank you so much.

And both of your daughters who are consistently bothering us in the most loving way because they believe in you, they respect you, they honor you, they're watching right now.

I know they wish they could be here.

So I know they love you deeply, and so do we.

Thank you so much.

Memphis Sounds.

Yeah.

I just want to share here with the way for your time.

Frank, I've been knowing you a long time with my family.

I just want to thank you for all that you've done for us.

Yes, she was an entrepreneur.

Hey, black.

He did things for the city, just like the hotel and everything.

Yes, and I just want to thank you for all the things that you've done for this city of Memphis.

Thank you very much.

And I do want to acknowledge we talked about Banks Philly and why we do have representatives for the company here as well.

So come on, come on, come on up, come on up, come on up.

This is what creating a lasting impact looks like.

Uh that you founded as well.

So I just wanted to say thank you for your uh mind and just uh creating this uh firm, this accounting firm, this minority firm for people like me, and also your nephew as well, who is also with me, who is a uh partner uh at the firm as well.

So I'll just yes, sir.

John Hatcher, CPA.

Uncle Frank, you know you were a CPA when I was just uh a young and I know that it shows you when I became uh CPA and so just I love you I'd like to thank the city council for his honor and my grandson and how it's here three words.

Um on behalf of the banks family, we're deeply grateful to the Memphis City Council for his honor.

My grandfather Frank James Banks loves the city unconditionally.

He's invested in it, he's believed in it, and he's never left it.

None of his work would have been possible without the unwavering love and support of his wife, Brenda Ann Turvalon Banks, who has stood by his side through every step of his career.

And is because of his daughters, Tracy and Denise, that his story is being told and celebrated today.

Trevor Street bear his name means that his legacy of hard work, commitment, and opportunity will live on for generations to come.

Thank you, Memphis, and thank you, Papa.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

Thank you.

One more, one more, one more.

One more.

I think the picture somebody said get the picture.

Oh, no problem.

Thank you, madam comptroller.

We will now do our add-on and same night minutes, but before we do that, we want to inform that for our add-on items.

Item number five will be held until April 14th.

Item number six will be held until July 21st.

And item number 21 will be held until April 14th.

Madam Comptroller, will you please start with our add-on and same night minutes, which are items 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32.

Thank you, Chairwoman.

Item number 24 is a resolution to transfer and appropriate contract construction funds in the total amount of 865, 518 dollars from Poplar Sweet Briar Interchange, PW01181, and repair Brooks Bridge, PW01252, to FY24 Bridge Repair, PW24401, and EB James Bridge Repair, PW02040, to secure additional funding necessary to complete projects under constructions.

Districts two, three, four, six, and seven, super districts eight and nine.

This resolution is sponsored by the administration, and there is a request for same night minutes.

Councilman Canale, you are recognized at this time.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

The committee met recommended approval and I'll so move.

Move it.

All right, it has been properly moved by Councilman Ford Canale and second by Councilman Spinoza.

Did we have the right item number?

No, that was let's do that item number again.

There we go.

Okay.

All right.

Now it has been properly moved by Canale, and it has been seconded by Councilman Spinoza.

Madam Comptroller, if you will please prepare the screen.

Council, please vote at this time.

Canale, yes, Cooper Sutton, yes, Ford, yes, Logan, yes, Smiley, yes, Spinoza, yes, Walker, yes, Warren, yes, White, yes, Chairwoman Swan, Washington, yes.

That item passes.

Madam Comptroller, please call item number 25.

Item number 25 is a resolution to allocate appropriate and transfer remaining funds from five completed Memphis Parks Accelerate Memphis projects to various Memphis Parks Accelerate Memphis projects, districts two, four, and six, super districts eight and nine, all council districts.

This resolution is sponsored by the administration.

There is a request for same night minutes for this item.

Councilwoman White, you are recognized.

The committee met in recommended approval and I so move.

It has been moved by councilwoman White, second by Councilman Warren.

Madam Comptroller, if you will please prepare the screen.

Ford, yes, Logan, yes, Smiley, yes, Spinoza, yes, Walker, yes, Warren, yes, White, yes, Chairwoman Swearing Washington, yes.

That item passes.

Madam Comptroller, who will you please call item number 26?

Item number 26 is a resolution to allocate $2,000 in FY26 Council Community Grant Program funds.

All council districts.

This resolution is sponsored by Councilman Smiley, and there's a request for same night minutes.

Councilman Spinoza, you're recognized.

Oh, let me get a motion.

May I have a motion, please?

It has been properly moved by Councilman Smiley, second by Councilman Warren.

Yes, Councilwoman White, you're recognized.

The committee met in recommended approval and I so move.

Okay, it's been properly moved by Councilwoman White.

It's been second by Canale.

Madam Comptroller, if you will please prepare the screen.

Approval and I so move okay it's been properly moved by councilwoman white it's been seconded by Canale Madam Comptroller if you'll please prepare the screen council members if you'll please cast your vote canale yes Cooper Sutton yes Ford yes Logan yes Smiley yes Spinoza yes Walker yes Warren yes White yes Chairwoman Swearin' in Washington yes that item passes Madam Comptroller please call item number 27 item number 27 is a resolution addressing public safety concerns related to short-term rental properties and requesting the mayor's administration to collaborate with an organization to strengthen enforcement of the city short-term rental ordinance all council districts.

This resolution is sponsored by council members canale and spinoza and there is a request for same night minutes councilman spinoza you're recognized thank you madam chair committee recommends approval and I shall move it has been moved by councilman spinoza seconded by councilman forward canale madam comptroller will you please prepare the screen canale yes cooper Sutton yes Ford yes Logan yes Spinoza yes Walker yes please show council member smiley is voting yes on this item Warren yes chairwoman Swearin' in Washington yes that item passes madam comptroller please call item number 28 item number 28 is a resolution adopting certain amendments to the Memphis 3.0 comprehensive plan to approve the Hello Hyde Park Smile Area Plan District 7 Super District 8 This resolution is sponsored by Councilwoman Easter Thomas and there is a request for same night minutes councilman spinoza you're recognized thank you madam chair committee met recommends approval and I shall move it's been moved by councilman spinoza seconded by councilman smiley are there any questions from council members wishing to speak on this item madam comptroller if you will please prepare the screen to vote canale yes cooper Sutton yes Ford yes Logan yes smiley yes spinosa yes walker yes warren yes white yes chairwoman swearing in washington yes that item passes madam comptroller please call item number 29 item number 29 is an appointment summer eager bannett to the public art oversight review committee and there is a request for same night minutes councilwoman white you're recognized the committee met and recommended approval and I so move it has been moved by councilwoman white second by councilman warren madam comptroller will you please prepare the screen for the vote canale yes Cooper Sutton yes Ford yes Logan yes smiley yes Spinoza yes Warren yes White yes chairwoman swearing washington yes walker yes please show council walker is voting yes on item number 29 the appointment of summer that item passes congratulations summer madam comptroller please call item number thirty item number thirty is a resolution requesting that immigration enforcement actions not be staged at schools and churches within the city of Memphis all council districts this resolution is sponsored by councilwoman Cooper Sutton and there is a request for same night minutes councilwoman white you're recognized at this time the committee met and recommended approval and I so move councilwoman walker you're recognized thank you madam madam chair I would like to sponsor a friendly amendment including daycares I did we do that for clarification chairwoman I was about to say that amendment was made upstairs okay and approved as amended and you can add me as a sponsor okay okay everyone's sponsored councilwoman cooper Sutton you are recognized at this time okay and I'd like to add a friendly uh amendment as well to all city owned properties okay all right it has been

Did we do that for clarification, Chairwoman?

I was about to say that amendment was made upstairs.

Okay.

And approved.

So as amended.

And you can add me as a sponsor.

Okay.

Okay.

Everyone's sponsored.

Councilwoman Cooper Sutton, you are recognized at this time.

Okay.

And I'd like to add a friendly uh amendment as well to all city owned properties.

Okay.

All right.

It has been moved by Councilwoman White, second by Councilman Dr.

Warren.

We will adhere to those friendly amendments.

If you will please prepare the screen for the vote.

Canale, yes.

Cooper Sutton, yes, Ford, yes, Logan, yes, Smiley, yes, Walker, yes, Warren, yes, White, yes, Chairwoman Swearin's in Washington, yes.

That item passes.

Madam Comptroller, if you will please call item number 31.

Item number 31 is a resolution to amend the fiscal year 2026 operating budget.

All council districts.

This resolution is sponsored by Councilwoman Cooper Sutton.

There is a request for a same night minutes for item number 31.

Councilman Canale, you're recognized at this time.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

The committee met recommended approval and I say move.

Electronically.

It has been properly moved by Councilman Canale.

It's been second by Councilman Spinoza.

Madam Comptroller, will you please prepare the screen for the vote?

Canale, yes, Cooper Sutton, yes.

Ford, yes, Logan, yes, Smiley, yes, Spinoza, yes, Walker, yes, Warren, yes, White, yes, Chairwoman Swamridge in Washington, yes.

That item passes.

Madam Comptroller, will you please call item number 32?

Item number 32 is a resolution to amend the fiscal year 20 cent 2026 operating budget.

All council districts.

This resolution is sponsored by Councilman Spinoza, and there is a request for same night minutes.

Councilman Canale, you're recognized at this time.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

The committee met recommended approval.

Now so move.

It has been moved by Councilman Canale, second by Councilman Spinoza.

Are there any questions of council members wishing to speak on this item?

Madam Comptroller, will you please prepare the screen for the vote?

Council members, please cast your vote.

Yes.

Please show council member canale is voting yes on this item.

Cooper Sutton, Ford, yes, Logan, yes, Smiley, yes, Spinoza, yes, Walker, yes, White, yes, Warren, yes.

Cooper Sutton is also yes on this item, and Chairwoman Swearin' in Washington, yes.

That item passes.

Madam Controller, will you please call our consent agenda?

Item number seven.

Item number seven on our consent agenda is up for first reading.

Zoning ordinance amending ordinance number five three six seven of the code of ordinances, city of Memphis, Tennessee, adopted on August 10th, 2010 as amended, known as the Memphis and Shelby County Unified Development Code to authorize a zoning use district reclassification for land located on Tully Street and Woodlawn Street by taking the land out of the residential urban use district and including it in the mixed use district.

Up for first reading, this ordinance is sponsored by the Division of Planning and Development.

The case number is Z 26-01.

The ordinance number is 5970.

Councilman Spinoza, you are recognized at this time.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Uh committee met recommends approval when I so move.

It has been properly moved by Councilman Spinoza.

Second by Councilman Canale.

Are there any members of the council that have any input?

Madam Comptroller, will you please prepare the screen?

Council members, please cast your vote.

Canale, yes, Ford, yes, Logan, yes, Bonosa, yes.

Walker, yes, Warren, yes.

White, yes.

Please show Councilmember Cooper Sutton is voting yes on this item.

Chairwoman Swearing Washington, yes.

That item passes.

We will now do our fiscal consent agenda items, which are items eight, nine, thirty three, thirty-four, and thirty-five.

Thank you.

Madam Controller, please call those items.

Our fiscal consent agenda on our regular agenda is a resolution to accept grant funds in the amount of $20,000 from the International Association of Chiefs of Police Grant Project for the purpose of victim services, supplies, and victim services advocacy training, travel expense.

All council districts.

This resolution is sponsored by police services.

There is a request for same night minutes.

Item number nine is a resolution to accept grant funds from the Shelby County government in the amount of $81,968 to provide overtime salaries for the high-intensity drug trafficking area program.

All council districts.

This resolution is sponsored by police services.

There is a request for same night minutes.

On our add-ons, item number 33 is a resolution to amend the fiscal year 2026 operating budget.

All council districts.

This resolution is sponsored by Councilman Ford Senior.

There is a request to add this on to our fiscal consent agenda and same night minutes.

Item number 34 is a resolution to amend the fiscal year 2026 operating budget.

All council districts.

This resolution is sponsored by Councilman Canale.

There is a request to add this to the fiscal consent agenda and same night minutes.

And our final item is number 35, Madam Chairwoman.

It's a resolution to amend the fiscal year 2026 operating budget.

All council districts.

This resolution is sponsored by Councilman Carlisle.

There's a request to add this for fiscal consent and same night minutes.

That concludes our fiscal consent agenda items.

Councilman Canale, you're recognized.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

The committee met recommended approval and I so move.

All right.

Councilman Warren, you're recognized.

Thank you, madam chair.

I just was looking at items 34 and 35, and was wondering, did we have more information about these in committee that I missed today?

Could we have an explanation of this?

It's grant allocation.

So these are council grant allocations, and they're coming through.

And did we see them?

Yes.

People have and where did they get allocated to?

Do we see that?

Okay, good.

I just wanted to have a look at that.

Thank you.

Good.

Right.

Thank you.

Thank you, madam chair.

Is that me?

Okay.

I just wanted to see this.

All right.

It's been properly moved by Councilman Canale.

Second by Councilwoman Logan.

Madam Comptroller, will you please prepare the screen?

Further grants.

I just I just wanted to.

I didn't see them.

Yes, that's it.

We had so much hand.

I missed it.

Council members, please cast your votes for our fiscal consent agenda.

Canale, yes.

Cooper Sutton, yes.

Ford, yes, Logan, yes, Smiley, yes, Spinoza, yes.

Walker, yes, Warren, yes, White, yes, Chairwoman Swearing, Washington, yes.

That item passes.

Madam Comptroller, if you will please call the MLGW.

Fiscal consent agenda items 10 through 14.

Thank you, Chairwoman.

Item number 10 is a resolution awarding a 24-month purchase order for fluorocylic acid to Univar Solutions, USA L L C in the amount of $810,000.

I am item number 11 is a resolution awarding a 36-month purchase order for sodium hypochlorite to Hawkins Inc.

in the amount of $4,592.

Item number 12 is a resolution approving the ratification increase and renewal to contract number 12288.

Doing business as APA's APS facility maintenance to ratify, increase, and renew the current contract in the funded amount of $814,113 and 48 cents.

Item number 13 is a resolution awarding a purchase order for many digger derricks with trailers to all tech industries incorporated in the amount of 580,192.

And our final item number 14 is a request for approval of annual salary in the amount of 234,769 and 60 cents for the position of vice president and chief human resource officer.

Madam Chair, that concludes our MLGW fiscal consent items.

Thank you, Madam Comptroller.

Councilwoman Walker, you're recognized at this time.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

The committee met with a favorable recommendation, and I so moved.

It has been promptly moved by Councilwoman Walker.

It has been seconded by Councilman Canale.

Are there any council members that would like to speak on these items?

Thank you.

Madam Comptroller, if you will please prepare the screen.

Here we go.

Canale, yes.

Cooper Sutton, yes.

Ford, yes, Logan, yes.

Walker, yes, Warren, yes.

White, yes.

Please show council member Spinoza is voting yes on this item.

Chairwoman Swearing Washington, yes.

That item passes.

Madam Comptroller, let's go to the regular agenda.

Items 15, 16, 18, and 21.

Madam Comptroller, please call item number 15.

Thank you.

Um item number 15, landmarks commission appointments.

Judith Johnson and Olivia Wall.

Okay.

Councilwoman White, you're recognized for item number 15.

Yes, the committee met in recommended approval and I so move.

It's been moved by councilwoman White.

It's been second by Councilman Canale.

Are there any questions or from council members wishing to speak on this item?

Madam Comptroller, please prepare the screen to vote for item number 15.

Council members can't your vote for item number 15.

Thank you.

Yes.

Cooper Sutton, yes.

Ford, yes, Logan, yes.

Smiley, yes, Spinoza, yes.

Warren, yes, White, yes.

Chairwoman Swearing Washington, yes.

That item passes.

Madam Comptroller, please call item number 16.

Item number 16 is an ordinance to amend Article 8, sections 2370 of the code of ordinances relative to arbitration of labor disputes, impasse procedures, and preservation of charter powers of the city council for third and final reading.

Ordinance number 5969 is sponsored by the Memphis City Council.

This was held from March 3rd.

Councilwoman White, you're recognized.

This came down, I believe, without a recommendation for discussion down here.

And I so move.

Councilman Smiley, you're recognized, and then we have a comment card.

All right, quick questions.

Well, um, I introduced, I think, amendment to my original amendment.

Um, I think at the last committee meeting, there was a lot of dialogue from me and uh attorney way, particularly.

Um, my belief that the middle process was not necessary.

Um attorney Ray's position was that it was required by charter.

Um and I think there was a three-person um arbitration panel through dialogue with attorney way.

We came up with an amendment to the uh substitute ordinance, which which um reduced it down to one arbitrator.

Um then I had some time and I went back and made uh several changes.

The book changes um were a mediator as opposed to an arbitrator, arbitrator provides a file, usually makes a recommendation, a mediator kind of negotiates it.

So we got rid of the mediate the arbitration language and said, okay, mediator be appropriate.

Um there's also language um that I think is extremely beneficial regards of what this body decides to do with the amendment to the amendment.

Um I think it is um important, which is I think attorney wade is gonna address this, and I'm probably gonna ask him to address it.

So the red line copy that you have, if you go to section uh section 5.9, but it's a slash one that says 5.7, and look at the bottom, it says when the employee associations represents more than one bargaining unit, the council will decide the impasse for each bargaining unit separately unless otherwise agreed to by the city and employee association.

What my my question for attorney wade is in the original the original amendment that we came up with at the last council meeting.

Is there anything in that document that addresses the language I just read the um the proposal that I drafted goes towards bargaining units, not employee associations.

There are multiple bargaining units within an association.

For example, Ask me Maine has five or six different ones.

Each one of them has the ability to submit a proposal unless they themselves agree that they want to come submit a unified one.

For example, if Ask Me Maine wants a five percent raise for all bargaining units, they don't need to submit a separate proposal, but this allows each bargaining unit to submit a proposal separately.

Okay, and then there are some questions by um, I think I don't know if it's you or uh attorney white, well, councilwoman white, about um the and about the language um related to Mayor Hackett's executive order.

I know there was some concern.

Let me address that.

Okay.

Okay, that was um okay.

So let's let's just get down to the basics.

The charter requires us to prescribe by ordinance a procedure for arbitration of economic items only.

This was put in there because as to non-economic items, we have no control over what the mayor does.

But we put this in here saying despite this, we have control over what he does as it relates to economic items.

So if we say you have to negotiate or you have to confer with the employee associations on economic items, you have to follow the ordinance.

To the extent that we go beyond out of our lane, we don't have that authority.

So this was our hammer on the mayor saying that notwithstanding this, you have to do this because it relates to economic items that we will decide.

That's why that was put in there.

It wasn't put in there to be punitive.

Now you had a question about more about the library workers, absolutely library workers.

Okay.

The referendum that's on the table for library workers provides that they will be given civil service status.

It does not automatically mean that they are part of an association.

The hackett memoranda provided a process by which those employee employees at the library can have a an election.

It's called, and in the union vernacular, you have an a union election to decide whether you want to unionize or not.

Even if we give them civil service, they still have to have a process to say we want to have an association to represent us, and the hack it uh executive order provided a process for how you do it, when you have the elections, how you count the votes, how you do all those things.

So it'll be fair to all employees in that associate in that employee group.

So it it helps them, it doesn't hurt them.

I think that's all of my questions about um the executive order.

Still, I hear your explanation still unclear about that.

Um so you have my um the amendment to the uh amendment, which was a substitute ordinance before you.

Um I'll still like to go forward with it, and you know that's where I'm at, and I don't want to take too much time because if I if I can just try to streamline the difference between the two.

Okay, go ahead.

Um the proposal that's on the table basically requires the mayor to exchange information with the associations, which he is not required to do now.

It allows them to confer and it gives them until the first Friday in May to reach an agreement.

And they can elect between themselves to use mediation, hocus pocus, Jimmy Nochas, however they want to do it.

They can do whatever they want.

It ain't our business, okay?

By the second meeting in May, they come and they say we can't reach an agreement, and therefore we put our economic proposal in the form that we put on the in the ordinance, and the administration does the same, and it goes to a single person that will take them and and spit them out and give them to us in a package that we can compare apples to apples and make a decision down the road.

We are not foreclosing them from presenting any additional things because one of the things you took out was the minimum information.

The minimum information is what we prescribe.

They can submit other information, they can submit salary studies, they can do all these other additional things.

Nobody's stopping that.

That wasn't intended to say this is all you have to do.

It says minimum.

Minimum doesn't mean maximum.

They can submit additional things and they can submit a narrative, they can submit all kinds of things if they want to.

But we want it boiled down economics saying A B C D E F G.

The administration says 5%, we say, they say 3%.

I mean, that's how you get to the bottom line, and at the end of the day, you add them up, which one has the most serious impact, and then it's up to you whether you decide, notwithstanding that the associations want to increase the budget.

We think we can find the money and move stuff around.

That's your choice, okay?

Nobody's stopping any of that.

We aren't, this is a neutral thing.

We aren't trying to chip the scales in favor of anybody.

We're just trying to do, you know, based on my experience, trying to do something that works that pushes them in the right direction where we can make a final decision.

That's all.

Yes.

Back back to the hackett.

So why do we need to codify the hackett order?

I mean, if the hackett executive order already exists, what's the purpose of the council?

I'm not codifying anything.

I'm just recognizing that it exists.

If we put in the ordinance, it's uh binding, isn't it?

I'm not giving any binding or recognition effect to it.

But I'm just saying that uh since 1984, all subsequent what I said the council observes.

We ain't we ain't mandated that it's law, we can't mandate it that it's law because it's his executive order, not ours.

All we're doing is exerve observing that.

So essentially this is it's precatory.

It is not binding.

I mean, you don't, I mean, if you don't think I thought through all these angles, I mean, I'm not trying to penalize anybody.

I'm trying to help you.

Okay, this is for you.

This is your process where at the end of the day you make a decision.

And the problem that we have is we get an amalgamation of information from both sides, and it ain't jiving, it don't come together.

Then these people that's sitting here spend hours comparing and contrasting and giving you uh uh a single document that says that the administration says this and the association says that.

This will add such and such to the budget.

We want them to do that work and present that to us in a form that we can act on.

That's all I was trying to do.

Now, if that ain't what y'all want, we can just go back to the other case.

Absolutely not that we had before, and that's fine with me.

And then my next question is council pass one of these amendments, the effective date.

Is it is it too late for the administration and the bargaining to start complying with the or no.

I mean, the mayor doesn't present his budget till the 14th of April.

That's the trigger for everything.

And then they have almost a month after that to get it together and figure out what they're gonna do.

And it and the mayor will present to them information in the form that they can take that information and say, well, he says wages at a million.

We say a million five.

They say vacation at 500,000.

We say 505.

All those things line up, and it lines up with how they're presenting to you a budget.

Your budget's gonna be lined up that way.

So I'm just saying it just seems to make sense to me and gets us to the end of the rainbow with the least amount of stress on y'all.

Now, y'all want to go back to the three member committee and go through all that kind of stuff.

I don't care.

I don't deal with it.

Nobody wants to go back to the three-person committee.

I think that was the um the gist of what I was getting at.

The purpose of the three-person committee was not beneficial to anybody because we ultimately would end up happening is the full council end up making decisions.

I think my initial preface was just get rid of it all and go straight to the full council.

But well, that's kind of what we're doing.

I mean, we aren't we we just have a process where we can say that we're adhering to the charter and have an administrative process.

Now, let's bottom line it.

Let's just be real right now.

The only issue that's on the table this year with the association and the city is how much of a raise in wages they will get.

The rest of the so to me, it's a non-starter.

This ain't gonna impact nothing.

Okay, it's just gonna give you they're gonna have one line item where they're gonna disagree, and then y'all are gonna have to break the time.

That's the way it's gonna work.

So this year is not a problem.

It's next year it might be a problem.

And you got plenty of time to digest how you want to massage it and get information.

If you want to sit around, have lunch with them and figure out how y'all want to go forward, that's fine with me.

But to me, I think it just gives us a way to have a starting point to go forward in the future, and if better minds than I can figure out a better way to do it, I'm I'm not feeding a book too.

Thank you, Attorney Wade.

Councilwoman White, you're recognized at this time.

Thank you, um, Madam Chairwoman.

Um I and thank you all for allowing me time to to review all of the emails, the different versions, and um I'll just keep it short.

I believe that the first version that we had prepared by the attorney, I've looked at it, I've sliced it, I've diced it, I've compared it to the charter.

It was very succinct, it was actually masterful in the way that it was done to be able to comply with the charter as well as the executive order.

Um, I think mediation kind of puts us right back where we are, um, kind of still in the same position of pressure.

The arbitrator is clean, it's it's it's succinct, it gets us where we need to uh with a very clear path.

Um, so and and even though I think and I believe that you know, Councilman Smalley's amendments are well-intentioned, just even going through them at some points it speaks to mediation, then it switches to arbitration, it uses them kind of almost interchangeably when they're two different processes and have two different implications in terms of whether one is is um uh a total package or whether it's trying to reach a compromise, which they've already said they can't if they've decided to do it.

So it's it's just not as succinct as the original version, and so I'll be supporting the original version, and I really do urge um all of you all that we need a change, and I do believe that the original version is a change in the right direction, and as time goes on and we see it in practice, we can make a you know monitor and adjust if we can do with anything, but I think today is the day to take step.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilwoman White.

Councilman Warren, you are recognized at this time.

Yes, ma'am.

Could I possibly get councilwoman white and councilman smiley to explain to us what the difference is between the original version and the amended version, how how that's gonna play differently?

How would that work?

Anybody?

Okay, that worked for me.

Thank you, Councilman.

Yes, sir.

All right, the original version version required the mayor to submit his budget, submit economic data to them, they would be able to determine whether they agree with it or not.

They would then be able to invoke arbitration or single arbitrator that would react to the proposal of each side and submit to us a report.

Um essentially, and then you would make the final decision.

What what Smiley was intending to do?

Can I finish what's what Smiley was intending to do is to try to take the middle part out where you would have an arbitrator involved?

The charter requires us to provide by ordinance and process for arbitration of economic items.

He that process would not square with the with the charter, but it would get you almost to the same spot.

I think it's just more semantics than anything, except that you can't cut out that middle part.

That's the only difference.

Yeah, but I thought it does he not have a mediator.

No, he has them mediating within three days after the mayor presents his budget, which you got 13 units trying to mediate in three days.

So I mean he tried to cut out everything for an arbitrator.

That's what he tried to cut out.

What's the difference between a media?

Says he goes to one room and says, Well, they want to do this and go there, and then they just keep willing it down to they try to reach a resolution.

If they can't reach it by the deadline, it's over.

This way they get to do that on their own, and they determine whether they can reach a com uh an agreement.

And if they can't, then it kicks in to our arbitrator to make a final recommendation.

Okay, thank you.

I understand now.

All right, we have one comment card from Jayani Webster.

Please state your name.

Just your name, and then you may proceed.

Good evening.

Uh Jaani Webster.

Okay.

Uh good evening, City Council.

My name is Janny Webster.

I'm here representing CWA, Communication Workers of America, local 3866.

As you know, we represent hundreds of thousands of workers across the country, including here in Shelby County.

Um we represent thousands of workers here in the county, including our hard working government workers and employees.

Um, I'm here because we're a bit concerned about specific language in the ordinance that could be interpreted, maybe deliberately, or accidentally to prevent the creation of new bargaining units and employee associations.

Um it's specifically the sections 3.3 and 3.4, which involves the um packet executive order.

So we are, of course, in support um of our sister unions uh in the city who have been working hard with you all to get the in-pass and the arbitration of labor disputes uh ordinance pass that you're considering today.

However, we just want some clarity on the language to make sure that it doesn't come at the expense of other city workers who are pursuing the same status, protections, and rights, such as the library workers.

So there's language that says recognition of represent of representations approved by the administration and 3.3, and then there's a section that says employee associations that had been so recognized by the administration.

So we just want to make sure that it doesn't leave too much room for interpretation and just want clarity on that specific language, just to make sure that the creation of new uh employee associations and bargaining units is possible under this, and there won't be any misinterpretation moving forward.

Um so that's the clarity that we're seeking.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Attorney Wade, would you please offer some clarification?

Yeah, let me let me let me address that.

The executive order by Mayor Hackett sets a process by which employees may create bargaining units, not prohibits, it doesn't prohibit anything.

It has a process said we want an orderly process where the workers vote to do that.

That's what's in place now.

It this does not order that that's in place, that's already in place, and until the next mayor kicks it out the door, which is the prerogative of the mayor, not us.

We don't prescribe how organizations collectively join together.

That's that's all this does.

It doesn't prohibit anything.

Okay.

Um I think maybe we'll give you a copy of it and then you can be comfortable.

I think the previous copy is what we were we're looking at, but if there's an additional copy that might be helpful for us, that's that makes sense.

It's just the language around recognition that we just want to make sure is that we're clear.

You couldn't recognize recognize without it.

Exactly.

So it's giving you it's granting you permission to do it.

The mayor has the prerogative to say I'm not allowing it to happen.

There's no um there's no misalignment with the hackett executive order, it's just the specific language in section 3.3 and 3.4.

Um that's where tell me what language you're looking at that says that prohibits you from doing anything.

There's no language that says pro prohibition or prohibits anything.

There's language that says recognition of representation by the administration and city employees to engage in discussions with the city.

Right, certain groups, that sort of thing.

Just want to make sure that that's the same.

This policy provides for how you get recognized.

It has a process for it.

Everybody to see it's all in front of you.

If you want to do it, this is how you do it.

Okay, and once it's done, there it's done, and workers will have the same protections and rights to bargain with the city as humans to okay.

Like everybody else.

Thank you.

All right, councilman Smiley, you're recognized.

Yeah, so I I move a move the amendment, and then let the body does what the body decides to do.

I'm cool.

So I move it.

Yeah, oh I'm moving my amendment.

Marty, you have a second second amendment.

Is anybody second?

Second.

Second, and I appreciate that.

The point of point of information from uh councilwoman Logan.

What are we voting on right now?

The red line version.

You're voting on Smiley's version first.

That's the one we got today, the second one from today.

Okay.

Okay.

And if it fails, you go to the uh all right.

It has been properly moved by Councilman Smiley, second by Councilman Spinoza.

Madam Comptroller, will you please prepare the screen for the vote?

Canale, yes, Cooper Sutton, no, Ford, yes, Logan, no, smiley, yes, Spinoza, yes, Walker, yes, Warren, yes, White, no, Chairwoman Swearing Washington, yes.

That item passes.

Madam Controller, will you please call item number 18?

Item number 18 is an ordinance to amend the Memphis Code of Ordinances to amend consolidate and adopt ordinances relative to blight remediation and neighborhood improvement up for third and final reading.

Ordinance number 5950 is sponsored by council members greens, penosa and white.

This was held from February 24th.

Councilman Spinoza uh Canale, you're recognized at this time.

Councilman Canale.

You recognize thank you, madam chair.

The committee met recommended approval of uh councilman would like to speak.

Yeah, thank you that thank you.

Uh councilman and madam chair.

I actually want to make a motion to hold this.

Um without objection, I guess.

I appreciate the second councilwoman.

Madam Chairman, yeah.

Uh how we were gonna hold it.

I just wanted to explain why we've held it for some.

Oh, okay, perfect.

If that's okay with you, Miss Councilman.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

I thought we're about to vote on it.

Unless nobody cares if I don't care either.

I was trying to stop it.

All right, so we will hold item number 18 until they so we'll table it until I'll hold it.

Are we holding a table in again?

Oh, okay.

No, we'll hold it until after budget.

So second meeting in what?

July.

You're gonna hold it to the second meeting in July.

All right, that's that.

That's that.

Madam Comptroller, please call item number 21.

Item number 21 is a resolution approving the sale of city-owned parcels known as 369 North Main Street and 371 North Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee, 38103.

The parcel ID is 001016 000 3 and ID 0010602, respectively.

District 7, Super District 8.

This resolution is sponsored by the administration.

This was held from March 3rd.

Councilwoman Logan, you're recognized at this time.

Thank you, Chair.

Um the committee met, and this was sent down with a favorable recommendation.

And we have um Chief Zena here to share about that to discuss it.

And I thought Maya needs to stood up.

Chief Chief Zena.

Thank you.

Thank you, John Zena, Chief of Development and Infrastructure.

The draft that was just passed around corrects some language that was in the prior version of the resolution.

Um that prior version is still in your packet, so we wanted to make sure that you had the most up-to-date copy.

This matter came uh before committee.

One of the main issues was that um the appraised value was lower than what the city had paid, and so uh Alsac St.

Jude has agreed to pay uh the higher value, and so the resolution that was in your packet still reflected that lower value.

So what I just passed out reflects the higher value that they that Alsac St.

Jude has agreed to pay, and representatives from Alsace St.

Jude are here if you have any questions for them.

Uh but all that this does that was just passed out is to correct that resolution so that uh they are paying that higher value that matches what the city paid for the property.

We appreciate that clarification, and it's wonderful to be able to get that increase.

Councilwoman Cooper Sutton, you're recognized at this time.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you, John Zener.

I was going to mention that in the old packet to make sure that the correction was made, and you did.

So thank you.

Thank you, Chairwoman.

Madam Comptroller, if you will please prepare the screen.

Yes, Cooper Sutton, yes, Ford, yes, Logan, yes, Venosa, yes, Warren, yes, Chairwoman Swearing Washington, yes.

Walker, yes.

Please show Walker is voting yes on this item.

That item passes.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Al Zach and Thank June.

Appreciate you.

That brings us to our same night minute items.

Councilman Canale, will you please read the same night minutes into record?

Thank you, madam chair.

The same night minute items are 8, 9, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35.

And with that, I so move.

Thank you, Councilman Canale.

It has been moved by Councilman Canale, second by Councilman Dr.

Warren.

Madam Comptroller, if you will please prepare the screen.

Canale, yes, Cooper Sutton, yes, Ford, yes, Logan, yes, Spinoza, yes, Walker, yes, Warren, yes, chairwoman Swearing, Washington, yes.

That item passes.

This brings us to our comment cards.

We have a comment card from Alexa Pouncy.

She's not here.

Okay.

Here it is.

She's not here.

All right.

We will now have a card from LJ Abraham.

Oh, I'm sorry, come on up.

You'll just state your name and then you may proceed.

Hello, my name is Alexa Pouncey.

Um, as counsel, you are aware that the citizens of Memphis has asked for transparency when it comes to officer involved shootings within this city.

I've come to you tonight tonight to demand the release of the body cam footage of Officer Torres Molina during the shooting during the traffic stop of Donnell Maxwell.

The mayor has stated that this video will not be released, and I do not find this acceptable.

This council can provide transparency.

The other city officials will not give us.

Thank you so much for coming down and sharing your thoughts.

Amber Sherman, come on down.

And then Dennis Lynch will be next.

My name is Amber Sherman.

I want to come and talk about the body cam footage as well.

I think that it's really important that you, as a council, are using your power as city council members to ask for transparency.

We know after Tyree Nichols was murdered that there was a huge push around body cam footage being released in a realistic amount of time.

And there's a lot of unanswered questions about Officer Torres Molina who has multiple complaints from citizens.

I posted a video about this traffic stop, and I saw hundreds of comments, and over 80 of them were about people who had interacted with him and how aggressive he was, how they had filed complaints, and they were told the complaints were unfounded, even though they had bruises or footage themselves showing them being attacked.

And so I think that as a city council that y'all should be doing the right thing.

I know a lot of y'all aren't looking at me while I'm talking right now, which also says a lot about y'all.

But I really think that it's important that you are using your power as city council members to ask them to release the footage.

I also sent emails that several folks did not respond to.

I do appreciate Councilwoman Yolana Cooper Satan for letting me know that she didn't get my email.

Um JB didn't respond either.

Janica did not respond, but her assistant responded and sent me a generic response.

So I had to then contact Janika myself.

So I also don't think uh it's appropriate for the staff to not actually be reading the emails because I asked the question in the email, which was what kind of action will you take as a city council member?

I also know that y'all received hundreds of emails because I made the document that folks were using to contact you.

And several folks told me they didn't receive any responses at all.

So as a city council who also is up for election soon, I would hope that you'll be more responsive to your constituents, especially when you continue to tell us to come down here and talk to you, or to send us each of y'all emails, or to call you, but you don't respond.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Sherman.

Dennis Lynch.

And then LJ Abraham.

Greetings, councilwomen and men.

I'm Dennis Lynch, 347 North McLean, longtime leader in the Sherra Club and frequent commenter at council.

Today I speak for myself.

Uh topic one, MATA.

I'm a founding man or a better member of Better Transit for Better Memphis.

A thriving city needs strong transit.

You all need to find a way to provide more funding for transit.

You all know that.

Please do it.

Topic number two.

Uh council needs to continue to dig deeper into issues related to XAI and data centers and pollution issues.

Stand up for South Memphis.

Thank you.

Uh my big item is uh elections, which are coming up.

May 5th, County Primaries, August 6th, County General Elections plus Federal and State Primaries.

November 3rd, federal and state general elections.

Uh more information at Elections Shelby Tn.gov.

Also at GoVote Tn.gov.

Everyone who is qualified should register and should vote.

Register at least 30 days in advance.

Um you must be a citizen of the U.S.

You must be a legal resident of Shelby County.

You must be 18 years or older before the date of the election, and you must not have been convicted of a felony or have a uh uh your voting rights restored.

You can register online by mail or in person at Shelby County Elections Office.

Note if this is the first time you are voting in Shelby County, you must register in person or vote in person.

Also, it would be good to request a voter registration card.

Uh check if you're already registered, check your registration status.

Tnmap.tn.gov slash uh voter lookup.

Even if you've been registered before, you need to double check to make sure your registration is still valid and keep checking it.

Did you change your name?

Did you change your address?

Did you fail to vote in one of the recent elections?

Uh and when you when you actually come to vote, you need to bring an ID.

All that information is in this handout.

I thank you for your time.

We need to all vote.

We need to have our friends and relatives vote.

This is important.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

LJ Abraham.

Okay.

Michael Wilson.

And after that, we'll end with Mr.

Kent.

Okay.

Good afternoon, members of the council.

This is now the third time I stand before you speaking on behalf of my mother, Loganese Wilson Trannan, a woman whose life mattered and whose story still has not been fully told.

We often hear the phrase, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Today I stand here because I have been denied those words.

For over five months, I have asked the Memphis Police Department for transparency for truth for something as simple and as powerful as body cam footage.

Officers were on the scene for more than three hours, three hours of moments, three hours of decisions, and three hours of actions that could help my family, my grieving family understand why an officer with the Memphis police department used my mother's personal cell phone to capture pictures of my mother's lifeless, undressed body.

Yet, what was I given?

The opportunity to come to police headquarters to view approximately 10 seconds of edited body camera footage.

10 seconds out of three hours.

And in those 10 seconds, I witnessed something deeply troubling.

An officer taking two pictures and then attempting to delete those pictures.

The moment that moment alone raises serious concerns because actions like that suggest awareness, not accountability.

Still, after months of waiting, the official determination from the Internal Affairs Department was that my complaint was not sustained.

Not sustained, yet I have the pictures in my mother's phone.

How can accountability exist when transparency is denied?

A picture is worth a thousand words, but the city's silence speaks volumes.

And what the city silence is saying right now is deeply concerning.

Truth, another word, dignity, another word, respect, another word, transparency, another word, accountability, because no family should have to beg for answers about what happened to their loved one.

And because those answers have not been provided.

This morning I took the next step in my pursuit for justice.

I filed a complaint with the United States District Court of the Western District of Tennessee.

This is not where I wanted to go, but it is where accountability must now be sought.

I am asking you not just as council members, but as human beings to understand the that behind policies and procedures are real families, real pain and real lives.

Realize the footage, tell the full story, let the truth be seen.

What is there to hide?

Because my mother deserves that, and so do I.

Um the fact that the officer never should have touched um my mother's cell phone if um they needed to capture uh uh um if there needed to be fit uh pictures, they have crime scene technicians or evidence technicians that could come out.

So policy needs to be set or understood that first responders aren't should not be using private phones or um of the of the victims for unauthorized use uh use.

The other thing that I'm asking though is body cam footage belongs to the people, it does not belong to the city.

So why is it that they don't the city does not release that body cam footage?

I was told that the investigation concluded on September 12th.

September 24th, I put in my my FOIA request for body cam footage.

September 26th, I was denied because it was an open and ongoing investigation.

So who's lying to me?

And why can't I not see the entire body camp footage?

Why call me down here and show me what you want me to see and give me a narrative that you want me to believe when you can just show me the entire three hours from the four individuals that were there and let my family decide what we need to know?

Anytime the police are have done something and they want to show that they have been in the right body cam footage is made available immediately.

I came to you all at the end of July, and today I still don't have what I'm asking for, and that's problematic, and that's why I'm standing standing strong on it.

And I went to the courts because if you don't want to give it to me voluntarily, I'll take it under the courts.

And then my last, so two questions for you.

What's your mom's name again?

My mother's name is Lajanice L A J U A N E S E Tranin, T-R-A-N-N-O-N.

And then my last question is have you reached out to the mayor's administration at all?

Those were the first people I reached out to.

I was here, and um at the time, Chairman uh Canale uh uh was uh addressing me at the second time, and uh and is it Antonio Adams, the deputy mayor?

He followed me out to the hallway, told me he was gonna call me, text me, and I've yet to hear from him.

I've yet to hear from CJ Davis, I've yet to hear from the mayor of the city, and I gave them the opportunity to to talk to me first because all I wanted was an explanation and an apology, and now my family has been humiliated because we've had to go through all of this to try to get answers.

All right, thank you.

My my uh LA is gonna get your information.

Please don't leave Mr.

Wilson.

All right, thank you.

Mr.

Kent.

Uh Joe Kent, 511 Flamingo, a few excerpts from my bio, all true.

So I started out as a drunk paper boy in my dad's elected district, which my dad did not like very much.

Uh then parlayed that into the drunkest young Republican chair ever, where I delusionally thought I was going to be not be president but be governor someday.

The former while in high school and college.

So I was a little bit out of my mind in my earlier years.

Then I went off to Nashville, got married, had a child, got divorced, and then got sober.

That was followed by traveling the country working in education and workforce development, sales, and consultation.

As you know, you you and the elitists are wholly uninterested in that area of work for local human development and implementation.

Then most recently, I started my home to in my hometown of Memphis, the taxpayer justice institute.

Taxpayer justice is the most unifying civic paradigm in human history, and the most there ever will be.

And guess what?

The backwards hokey redneck Memphis elitists hate taxpayer justice, which is incumbent on public transparency oversight and accountability.

The elitists hate it so bad they have blocked my email communications with you.

I know you all did not do this, and there are more than one of you that I sporadically communicate with from time to time.

So you you did not do all this to do all this as a group individually.

The elitist blocked me from you.

Given this, madam chair, I'm asking you to resolve this illegal act of blocking me from communicating with the city of Memphis elected officials.

Next, I'm asking you, Madam Chair, to forward a request to the council's attorney to investigate and identify specifically the elitists that are responsible for legally blocking me from communicating with my city of Memphis elected officials to protect each of you from illegal illegality.

So that's what I'm asking for.

I gave proof to this this uh dear servant, and she's passed it on to you for proof.

So I I'd ask you to resolve it first, but then ask counsel to investigate who did it.

I know you I know y'all didn't do it.

So thank you.

I just want to let you know.

Thank you, Mr.

Kent.

We'll we will follow up with that.

Councilwoman White, you're recognized.

Thank you.

For the record, I um on item it's the fiscal agenda agenda item number fiscal consent agenda item number six.

I need to actually change mine to a recusal for that particular one as I represent Shelby County um commission.

Thank you.

Number nine, I apologize.

It's number nine of the fiscal consent agenda.

Okay, thank you very well.

Thank you.

We'll handle that.

That's okay with the chairman.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Cooper Sutton, you're recognized.

Thank you, Chair.

I uh agree with Mr.

Kent.

I had to give Mr.

Kent my personal, and I don't like giving my personal emails and information out because he's been trying to send certain things and it's rejecting, as he said.

So as a constituent and as a representative of his who represents him, um, we need to find out because I want him to not call me pussy.

That's why I have a government email.

And if he has questions, no, nothing attended.

I don't mind talking to you, but you're wearing me out on my personal stuff.

I can't get my personal stuff.

I need him to have access to my government email.

So can someone please find out what's going on?

Mr.

Kent, I don't mind because you have, I just want you to know that.

But please can somebody find out why he's being blocked.

Thank you, Chairwoman.

Thank you.

We will definitely follow up.

All right.

Uh this brings us to the end of our meeting agenda.

I will entertain a motion to adjourn this meeting.

All right, and it's been moved by Councilman Smiley and second by councilwoman Cooper Sutton.

This meeting is adjourned.