This is a regular meeting of the Mobile City Council.

Tuesday, September the 16th.

Please stand for our invocation led by Reverend Tom Heard, Public Safety Chaplain, and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence following the pledge.

Let us pray.

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, send down upon those who hold office in this city.

The spirit of wisdom, charity, and justice, that with steadfast purpose, they may faithfully serve in their offices to promote the well-being of all people.

Oh God, you have bound us together in a common life.

Help us in the midst of our struggles for justice and truth to confront one another without hatred or bitterness to work together with mutual forbearance and respect.

And as always, we ask our blessing upon all your children as we bless and magnify your holy name.

Amen.

I'm going to ask everyone to please remain standing for a moment of silence for a long time serving as sexual band member of Frank Punkinette.

Just a moment of silence.

Roll call, President Small.

Here.

Councilmember Carroll.

Here.

Council Member Reynolds.

Councilmember Dave.

Here.

Councilmember Woods.

Here.

Statement of rules.

And good morning, everyone.

It's good to see everyone this morning.

Welcome to our meeting.

At this meeting, we do have rules at this time.

I ask if anyone have any type of electronic device, including cell phones, please at this time put on the offer to vibrate position, the offer to vibrate position.

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When addressing the council, the speaker must give his or her name.

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Each speaker is allowed three minutes to address this council.

A bell was signed to indicate the end of two minutes.

One minute remain for summarizing.

The second bell indicates that your time has expired.

When addressing the council, there'd be no personal address to any individual council members.

All statements are to be made to the chair who will recognize any council member who wishes to respond.

To maintain the quorum, there will be no undue applause and or public outcry allowed.

Approval of minutes from August 27th.

So moved.

Second.

All in favor?

Aye.

All opposed.

Minutes approved.

Communications from Mayor Stimpson.

Good morning.

Good to see you.

Thanks for taking time to come join us today.

Several announcements and a couple of presentations today.

The first announcement is just to remind you that Airbus is their 10th anniversary.

It's hard to believe that it was 10 years ago that uh we had the ribbon cutting.

Um, but anyway, when you think about their impact, they started off with 300 employees ten years ago, and they have over 2,000 today.

Um, and they're more in the pipeline as they continue to ramp up their production.

You know, the final assembly lines were referred to as fouls.

We built a foul the first time.

Now we're completing actually almost complete uh construction of the third foul, which will increase the production further from where it is today.

During that period of time, we've had more than 30 suppliers have opened uh businesses in Mobile to support those Airbus operations.

Um I would say that the their success is uh hard work, collaboration, and answers to prayers.

And when I say collaboration, that means with the city, the county, the state, and the federal partners.

So we're tremendously grateful for the participation in their success.

As you've heard us say before, um, Airbus is poised, a mobile is poised to be the fourth largest producer of commercial aircraft in the world sometime within the next few years, which is really an amazing feat.

When you think about 10 years ago, we had not even built an airplane.

Um it's not to me, it's not just a testament of the workforce that we have here in Mobile, but it's also Airbus's leadership.

So once again, congratulations to them, thank them for what they've done.

I think it's proven that uh they are here to stay.

Uh, they are invested in Mobile, and uh they want to make sure that we continue to move forward, and I wish them the very best in the next 10 years.

Another note, um, our parks and rec uh department continues to host what we call the stream events, and stream is like STEM, except for its science, technology, recreation, engineering, art, and math.

Uh so we have what we call Stream Saturdays, where we engage young mobilians aged five to thirteen with funds hand-on learning.

Uh, this Saturday's event is about the science of flight, which I think is pertinent uh to what's going on with Airbus.

So Saturday, September 20th, the children invited to learn about planes, helicopters, and rockets uh fly and build and test their own flying machines.

Uh, it's from 9 a.m.

to 12 p.m.

at SEALs community center.

It's free to attend, but spaces limited.

To find out more information and find the links to register by visiting the Mobile Parks and Rec Department Facebook page or our parks and rec uh website.

I want to commend the Mobile Parks Rec Department for what they've done for our young people for these stream programs.

Uh, it's certainly having an impact and keeping them uh on the leading edge and hopefully wetting their appetite uh for what could possibly be a very bright future for them.

Uh for those of driven around downtown, you'll see the evidence of what we're calling the street optimization program where we are enhancing the traffic flow, uh, where we're changing the traffic flow on several of the streets, and many of the streets, removing a lot of the unnecessary traffic signals.

Uh we are resurfacing, restriping, and converting from one-way to two-way traffic.

There'll be eight streets total, four fully converted and four partially converted.

What we have the hope there is that uh we'll use yield flow traffic model with vehicles move in both directions without removing existing own street parking.

The idea is to slow the traffic down and really two-way traffic and cars parked on the street tend to slow the traffic down, which makes it uh better for pedestrian uh foot track as they're crossing the streets.

The conversions will actually begin next week with Warren Street and Dearbon Street will be the first two, and the striping and signage work will take place at night to reduce uh confusion.

You can find out more information from the City of Mobile.org uh website.

And uh hurricane season.

Uh, we're very fortunate so far, uh, but we can now say that Mobile is officially storm-ready according to the National Weather Service.

Voluntary Storm Ready Initiative helps the communities to ensure they're prepared for severe weather like hurricanes and even more.

Uh Mobile is storm ready due to the hard work from our public safety department, the Office of Resilience, and coordination between all of our city departments.

Uh, as you know, as a coastal community, being prepared for severe weather is critical, and I'm proud to uh that the city's commitment to this pro commitment to this priority.

This time I'll call up our Rob Laske and Jason Beaman from the National Weather Service in the Pensacola area to make some remarks about being storm ready.

Good morning.

Mayor Stepson, Director Laskey, members of the council.

Uh my name is Jason Beam.

I'm the meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service here in Mobile.

It's a great honor to be here today to formally recognize the city as a storm-ready community.

Only the second in the state of Alabama to achieve this distinction.

This designation just isn't a title.

It's a testament to the city's commitment to public safety.

It signifies the city has taken all the necessary steps to be as prepared as possible for hazardous weather events.

From hurricanes, tornadoes, the flash floods, and on the rare occasion, even eight inches of snow.

Some of the storm ready requirements include having more than one way to receive weather warnings, promoting the importance of public readiness, and developing a formal hazardous weather plan, which includes conducting emergency exercises.

Have been crucial in meeting the rigorous criteria for this designation.

Congratulations to you all at the City of Mobile.

Thank you.

It was a team effort.

Every department contributed to get to this stage.

And let's knock on wood, we don't have a storm, but if we uh if we do, we're ready.

Thank you.

Thank you, Director.

And also make a comment to the citizens that are here.

You know, if you think back about the fire department becoming ISO one city and the other accreditations that we have, what and this most recent recognition is the commitment that we've made to trying to make sure that our personnel are on the leading edge of all the training that is available.

And so the hope for is is that when we have these events that we'll be performing at you know peak capacity.

So those are the kind of things when a storm comes.

You hope that you don't have it, but uh I feel better today based on this recognition that we'll be better prepared than we've ever been should we have one.

Um this time I call on Chief Jackson to uh present the officer of the month.

Morning, Mayor, thank you.

Mr.

Mayor, thank you, staff, counsel, thank you for having us here today.

Uh with me today is Detective Officer Ethan Tubberville.

Uh he's only been here for a couple of years.

He's extremely eager to learn.

He's doing very well.

He's already just recently moved into investigations at the second precinct general investigations.

Uh in August, he had a number of significant cases, but what's what's most important was he recovered nearly $18,000 of stolen property, which were tools, weapons, vehicles, et cetera.

And we were able to return these items back to the citizens who were violated, which is an extremely good thing that we can do.

He had 11 felonies and one misdemeanor, but his cases are still ongoing, so those numbers are still climbing.

As you can see, just put a case file down here because he's got to leave here and go across the way for another case.

Um, but most significantly, his clearance rate, each detective out there gets assigned over 40 cases a month, sometimes over 50.

Uh, his clearance rate was 32.1%, and the national average is less than 16 percent.

So for that, he's our officer of the month for August 2025.

Congratulations to you, man.

This time, Chief Glisten will uh present the firefighter of the month.

Good morning.

Thank you, Mayor and Council.

Today we bring uh firefighter Rico Bush.

Um, that's the August firefighter of the month.

Um, one of the things that he has done is outstanding is the amount of training that he does in preparation to be number one at his job.

It's uh the amount of skill and the amount of training that he has committed to the city and also training other members of our department when they get detailed uh to his station.

Just the extra training alone on top of the 220 hours that we require every year.

He did 130 hours extra that was generally outside of the state, um, going to different conferences and things like that that he paid for himself just to get better prepared to do his job to protect the citizens of Mobile.

Um, it's he is selfless when it comes to doing this job and making sure that he is trained and prepared to answer the fire calls any at any moment in time.

So today we appreciate uh Enrique Bush for his service to the city and firefighter of the month.

And congratulations to you, man.

To please join me and you and your team.

So we have a proclamation which reads, whereas on this day, we commemorate a full decade since the opening of the National Maritime Museum of the Gov, affectionately known as GovQuest, a beacon of education, exploration, and celebration of our region's maritime heritage.

Whereas since its grand opening on September 26, 2015, the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf has welcomed visitors from across the nation and around the world, offering immersive exhibits, hands-on learning experiences, and breathtaking views of the working waterfront of Mobile.

And whereas the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf continues to ignite curiosity and inspire future generations through school programs, family events, rotating exhibits, and partnerships with educators, historians, and maritime professionals.

And whereas the dedicated staff, volunteers, and supporters of the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf have made possible 10 years of maritime discovery, community engagement, and cultural enrichment.

Now, therefore, I William S.

Stimson, the 108th mayor of the City of Mobile, to hereby officially proclaim and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf, honoring its contributions to education, tourism, and preservation of maritime history, and expressing our deepest gratitude to all who have supported this institution to all who are piloting her into a bright future.

Congratulations.

And we couldn't have done it without you.

We are going to celebrate our birthday for the whole year, starting on the 27th of September with a family fund day free admission for everybody.

So it's going to be a big day, lots of fun stuff going on, so please come.

And our birthday will end next September as we open the Jimmy Buffett exhibit, which we hope is going to be really great for the whole city, not just for us.

So thank you so much for your support.

Thank you.

Sure.

And then also talking about the public still.

I have to talk longer.

So we uh the mayor reminded me.

So we really are kind of headed in the right direction.

Our our attendance is up by 35% year over year today.

Our our event rentals is up by 120% year over year to date.

Our field trips are up by about 35%, and we're on track for those to be up way higher for the next year.

Um and our our uh the money is up by has doubled since this time last year.

So we are really headed in the right direction.

Um Jimmy Buffett is going to do great things for us and for the waterfront, especially.

Um, that also includes a statue that the city is paying to put on the riverfront.

Um, and then in addition to that, we did receive a $2.25 million grant from Gomeza uh last year that we will be using for the Delta exhibit.

Um, that will be the whole the whole third floor of our museum and will offer great opportunities for K through 12 kids to come and learn about the most biodiverse area in the country.

So um lots of great stuff going on, so please come visit.

And again, I just thank you all.

Thank you.

So I'd ask uh Frank Harkins to please join me at the podium.

You're looking day over 46.

I think you've been here 46 years.

Okay, we have a proclamation, a retirement proclamation, uh Frank Harkins.

Whereas Goodwill Gulco, which is headquartered in Mobile serves 10 counties along the Gulf Coast in Alabama and Florida as a leading nonprofit provider of services for people with disabilities and others in need, and whereas Frank Harkins, following 50 years of dedicated service, leading nonprofit organizations, including 46 years as the head of the Mobile Chapter of Alabama Easter Sales and Goodwill Gov Coast will retire as president and CEO in October.

And whereas through Harkin's leadership, Gulf Coast, Goodwill Gulf Coast grew substantially, expanding its programs, services, and retail operations across South Alabama and Northwest Florida, and moving from a historical mission of providing vocational rehabilitation services and medical equipment assistance to address more community needs, including early childhood intervention, an exclusive daycare center, English language and literacy programs, GED training and testing, youth at risk measures, an autism evaluation clinic, an adult day program for individuals with intellectual disabilities, and whereas Harkin's unwavering dedication and service have improved countless lives and helped build more supportive, inclusive communities, an impact that will continue to resonate through the outstanding nonprofit organization he helped build and the many lives he has touched over the years.

Now, therefore, I will M.

Stimson, the 108th Mayor of the City Mobile, to hereby officially proclaim September 30th as 2025 as Frank Harkins Day and the City Mobile.

And Frank, I also have an exceptional citizenship medal that I'd like to present you with.

And I feel like that it's probably inadequate for all that you've done.

And for those that saw me speak to him when he came up here, I said, Frank, how could you have worked here for 46 years when you don't look a day over 50?

Congratulations, Frank.

You have that.

So you didn't have a chance to make a few remarks to the crap to this.

Oh, forgot about that.

There we go.

My bad.

Thank you, Sandy Mayor.

Deeply respect you and the job you've done as mayor, and your tenure has uh been magnificent.

Uh I appreciate your daily emails, and uh I love the last part of your email every time.

Thank you so much.

Thank you for your servant leadership.

The council members have had the pleasure of working with y'all for 50 years.

So uh it's it's been a joy.

This is a great community.

Uh I came here when I was 27 years old.

And uh Russell Ladd and Frank Lott welcomed me into Mobile.

Um I'm a country boy, I was from Jildersburg, and uh this was like New York City to me.

Uh it's now where my wife and our five kids and our 13 grandchildren call home.

And uh Mobile is special to us.

Uh I'm blessed to have with us today some of my family and co-workers and some board members with us today.

And uh my my career is just the collaboration of working with other people that have uh lift each other up, helping with a focus on helping people uh who need help.

Uh goodwill is uh accepts people for who they are and where they are, and tries to work with them to carve out a pathway to become that person that God created to be.

So we've had a magnificent time doing that and a joyful time, and we're very grateful for that.

Uh I will uh say it's it's been a collaboration the whole time in the nonprofit world in our community here, is such a good supportive group of people that help each other, and it's just it's just a testimony of the beauty of this city, how we will help each other in times of need.

And in our life cycle, we're all in that helper mode and help e mode.

And started uh in 1956 here, but Goodwill Nationally started in 1902.

So we're almost 123 years old, and it was founded by Methodist minister who wanted to give people a hand up, not a handout, to help them become that person that God had created them to be.

That's a mobile thing.

And I'll end by saying I had the best mama net in the world, and they encourage me to start every day with gratitude and treat every person we meet with love with dignity and with respect.

So thank you.

So Frank Hargan today, don't treat everybody with love and respect.

Thank you.

Frank, I would just like to thank you for all your many, many years uh working up laboring in the vineyards, laboring in the vineyards for the citizens of Mobile.

Uh, we are with the City Mobile have been truly blessed to have you here for 50 years.

Thank you very much, Mr.

President.

So what Mr.

Argentins, I just want to say thank you, and uh uh really honestly uh the the non the impact that you had in the community has been amazing and it's uh attributed to your to who you are as a person and individual, but also to the impact that you've had in the nonprofit world.

Uh you're the uh you're the uh you're the model that that not leaders and nonprofits uh try to try to uh mimic and follow.

So thank you for that impact that you've had across all the nonprofits in our area as well, and uh, congratulations on your retirement.

Congratulations my remarks.

Okay, I just want to remind the ordinance that this is a city council business meeting.

Please stop the sidebar conversations.

If I hit this gavel, I will be suspending you for 30 days.

Okay, again, this is a business meeting for the city council.

Madam Clerk.

Adoption of the agenda.

Oh move, second, prompt the move and second in discussion.

All in favor, aye all opposed, agenda's adopted.

Appeals, we have requests for a wave of the noise ordinance on November the 1st at the Bragg Mitchell Mansion.

October the 18th in Mardi Gras Park, October 31st on Elmyra Street, December 31st on Government Street, March the 28th on in Cathedral Square, and October the 11th, the 11th in Venetia on Venetia Road.

So move second prompt and move and second in discussion.

All in favor, aye, all opposed, appeal passes.

Public hearings.

Today is the public hearing to declare the structures at 1109 Adam Street, 313 Calhoun Street, 1205 Gent Street, and 1966, Halls Mill Road, public nuisances and order than demolished.

This opened up the public hearing for these particular said items.

Is anyone present that would like to address the council on these items?

If not, the public hearings are closed.

Today is a public hearing to fix costs for demolition of structures at 33 East I-65 Service Road, 1720 Northview Drive, 1220 Sachel Street.

This opened up the public hearing for these particular said items.

Is anyone present that would like to address the council on these items?

I come down to the podium by stating your name.

Yes, sir.

Good morning.

Uh, my name is Renee Cade.

I'm the property owner of 1720 Northview Drive.

Um was presented a letter through the mail regarding the uh proposed amount.

Um I have some questions regarding the scope of work.

I've tried to contact several different departments to get some uh information regarding what the scope of work was to be performed at this location, and failed to receive that information.

I feel at this point some of the uh work has not been completed.

So that's I'm kind of trying to get that information.

See the gentleman that's in the rear, right behind you, Mr.

David.

Right behind you.

Okay.

Yeah, he can be able to go with everything with you, and I'll answer all your questions there.

Okay.

Okay.

So at this point, would I need to ask for continuance on this?

Yeah, this is the work has already been done.

So we are just right now, we're just fixing the cost of this item.

Right.

Yes, sir.

So he would be able to address.

Yes, sir.

All right.

Thank you, sir.

All right, thank you.

All right.

Is anyone else present that would like to address the council on these particular state items?

If not, the plumbing hearings are closed.

Presentation of petitions and other communications to the council.

Jabaria Dent.

Good morning.

Morning.

Um, I spoke last week.

Um, and I'm sorry, Jabaria Dent with Boys and Girls Clubs of South Alabama.

And so this is really just a continuation of uh my last week with you guys.

I just wanted to talk to you about our bridges to great futures program.

Many of you have heard that middle school is the most developmentally critical time in the life of a child.

At ages 11 to 13, students face not only new academic expectations, they have shifting family structures and heightened peer and social pressures.

And the result is what educators like myself often call the middle school or the sixth grade cliff.

We see a sharp drop in attendance, academic performance, and engagement that oftentimes predict long-term outcomes in high school and beyond.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of South Alabama has designed a program called Bridges to Great Futures that directly addresses this particular challenge.

Beginning the summer before middle school, we offer to provide 256 hours of programming that will prepare sixth graders for success.

We then want to support them for three years of middle school, and we propose launching it at six sites that cross our city and touch uh just about every one of your districts.

Booker T Washington, Byrne Cranford Burns Middle School, Palmer Pillens Middle School, Grand Bay, Williamson Academy, and Whitley Elementary, Mobile County training schools.

This program will allow us to serve up to an additional 480 students annually because each site has a capacity to serve up to 80 students per year.

Academically, if we combine the summer and the academic year, we're providing 780 hours of support and out-of-school time for these kids.

And the outcomes are clear.

Club members typically have better attendance, they participate uh more in school, and they have less suspensions and report A's and Bs in high school.

So just in my last minute, I want to give you some numbers to think about.

According to the Justice Policy Institute in the state of Alabama, it costs approximately 161,000 to incor incarcerate a young person for the course of a year.

Boys and girls clubs of South Alabama with this program can do it for $4,725.

So we can either spend 160,000 locking up children, or we can invest $5,000 to help support them and create a bright future for their success.

Additionally, for every dollar you invest in our program is a $14 return in your investment in the form of high school graduation rates, reduced teen pregnancy rates, and post-secondary education and credentialing and certification attainment.

Our goal is to serve our kids and provide them a great future.

No other organization in Mobile has our track record.

Thank you so much for your time.

Thank you, Ms.

Dan.

And the questions or comments?

All right.

Thank you.

Madam Clerk.

Lindsay Blankenship.

Good morning, Mayor and City Council.

My name is Lindsay Blinkenshaw, and I'm here this morning to spend a few minutes talking to you about charitable organization started by probably my favorite Mobilian, Dr.

Sonia White.

She's a dentist here in Mobile, and her passion project is Dedicated Dentist Inc.

And she recognized in the course of her uh her uncharitable efforts and her practice as a dentist that we only have in Alabama 41.6 dentists per 100,000 residents.

That's not enough.

But we also, as all of y'all already know, have an poverty level that's in excess of 15% in this state, which is like the second worst in the country.

Those two things together combine to make for a lot of people who are missing out on uh oral health care.

Failure to take care of your teeth leads to strokes, cancer, diabetes, and all other, all lots lots of other kinds of health issues that we'd like to address because we're looking for not race, not gender, not politics, but the human and humanity and dedicated dentist to that end hosts a free dental day for all residents of the Mobile area and beyond if we can raise the money for uh a free dental day where you can receive dental services that are either a filling, an extraction, or just getting your teeth cleaned.

Um, for example, up to 70% of women during pregnancy experience a pregnancy related um condition called pregnancy gingivitis and pregnancy gingivitis and regular ginger gingivitis um has an increased stroke rate, which you know, all that sounds bad, right?

So last year we we participated with 14 dentists, two doctors, 24 nurses, 12 dental assistants.

Is that it?

Yeah, one more minute.

Cool.

Um we basically provided about $54,000 worth of services to a hundred members of the Mobile community.

Um last year, and again this year, our um county commissioners Ludgood and Hudson were kind enough to donate about $5,000 to our organization, but we're about 10,000 short.

This morning, somebody asked me how much money I was gonna ask for, and I said, you know what?

I'm gonna ask for 10,000.

So I'm here to ask you for some money, support, some support.

Y'all also have flyers in front of you.

Please spread the word.

We don't ask you who you are, we just want to take care of you.

It's gonna be October 11th at uh Dr.

White's office, the White Smile Center, and we hope to see you all there.

Either volunteer, give money, or just show up.

Thank you.

Uh Miss Blancenship, thank you so much for coming down this morning and spreading uh this important news.

Uh, is it possible that you can send us a PDF form to I would say the clerk office and each one of we can share in our news electronic newsletter?

Yes, sir.

Absolutely.

We'll try to get the word out for you.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Y'all have a great week.

Thank you.

Sabrina Mass.

Sabrina Mass.

So I'm here today to talk about the um elections.

And first, I want to say that we're all here, even sitting prize supporters, and we followed him all the way from the investigation through the election.

So we stand here proud to say that we still support Prime.

We are a family.

So this is the thing about elections.

Um, all over the blogs, Fox 10 news, typical mobilion, people's personal pages, what have you since the election, there has been an uproar about the mistrust in the election process.

And there is a mistrust in the election process because too many things were happening that was not functional.

It was dysfunctional.

I, for one, was at one of the schools and others, we all were at different schools, and people were being turned away by the hundreds, saying they were at the wrong precincts to vote.

Some of them were turned away two or three times even after they went to other precincts.

Because when they went to one precinct, they say this is your precinct, then to get there, and it was another.

So some of them just forgot about and didn't even vote.

It's a chaotic mess with the world of technology, newspapers, Latin up and stepping out news or free newspapers.

Why would they put why wasn't this put in the newspapers free to the public?

You got social media, you got news outlets, you report everything else on the news, those are critical things that should have been reported and saying this is what you do.

This should have started two years ago after you guys did the annexation and the redistricting.

It shouldn't have been waited to the last minute, because some people, there are elderly people, disabled people, many people, college students.

There's many people that get much mail, and some of them may look through the mail, some of them may not.

Some of them probably didn't even get it.

I don't know.

But it was chaotic.

Then we talked about a thing about public safety because it was at a church.

Okay.

So if it's public safety, why were the schools open for these elections?

Because clearly we were at the schools and there were traffic jams.

Two children almost got ran over.

An elderly man on the walker almost got ran over in the middle of the chaotic traffic there before school and after.

It was a chaotic mess.

So if it's public safety, why weren't the schools shut down?

Because the most the most important commodity that we have in our lives are our children.

So they were at risk.

So that is a lie.

I don't believe that public safety was the issue with this thing being moved.

I just don't believe it.

And then again, why was it that this administration was called on to do public safety when clearly there was an issue with Prime and Reggie Hill, they were on the ticket.

You can't be trusted.

So why didn't you get the sheriff or the state to come in and go to these precincts so we can knew it was a fair election process?

Because clearly, three three people, I can't say whether they saw it or not said they saw Laskin Barbara at the hard honest elections.

It's thank you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

And if anybody has any problems with any type of election process, just go across the hall and file a lawsuit.

You like you're welcome if you care to Eva Lee regarding 21149.

Wow.

Hey y'all.

Um I'm in my 70s.

My name is Eva Lee, and I rent a studio flat in the Detontai Square Hysterical District.

I retired here last October because I can think of no other place I'd rather spend my golden years than in the city I love very much mobile.

Now comes a mayoral election, and we have people saying that my one and only means of transportation.

I surf the wave.

I'm Dora the Explorer.

And it takes me everywhere I need to go because a couple of years ago my vision started failing and I gave up driving.

I didn't want to be like my 90-something-year-old grandpa and be drugged out of a ditch repeatedly by the local POPO until they finally made him stop driving.

So I use the bus.

And good news, I've used everything from this when I was a runaway in my teens to subways in Washington, DC and in New York City, to Greyhound to get me back and forth between states.

I've been a traveler all my life.

And in the military, I traveled on a bus in South Korea.

And if you think these buses are bad, take yourself back in a year or two to South Korea and get on one of those buses.

Real challenge.

Even the ones who are problematic, like some of the homeless who get on there and want to argue with them.

If it needs improvement, let's do it.

I have a possible solution.

Anything and everything, and anybody and everybody can use improvement.

So if y'all want to improve the buses, why don't you contact Zoom Meet DO, whatever it is y'all do?

You don't have to go up there, but get in touch with the CEO of the Akron, Ohio Metro RTA.

The woman's name is Dawn Distler.

She's got 35 years experience in public transit.

She's the CEO of the company now.

Okay, she started out as a driver.

Get a hold of her and ask her how she went in 2024 to over 5,340,000 riders, which averages out to about 17,600 per weekday.

Get in touch with her and ask her how she did it and see what y'all can do.

Okay, because I don't want to be crowded into a van with four or five other mouth breathers who might give me RSV.

I'm an old person.

Give me a break.

And I need to get to the VA clinic, so don't take my bus away from me.

I can ride a bike and I'm going to, but don't make me ride it all the way to the VA clinic for my health care, y'all.

Take care of the wave and let's keep it.

Improve it.

Put some hybrid vehicles in there, some electric vehicles in there.

And these van people, make sure that they are trained as drivers, not just picked off the street and given a job.

Thanks for letting me have a say.

Thank you so much for coming down.

Ms.

President or Mr.

Pam.

Just want to let you know you will still have a bus, ma'am.

No one taking the buses away.

All right.

We could use more shelter.

Okay.

We're working on that as well.

Yes, ma'am.

You're welcome.

Denise Martin.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Um 21 1149.

And just a reminder, all electronic advice, including cell phones, please put on the offer the barber position, the offer the barber position, please at this time.

I say good morning to the mayor.

Good morning to everyone.

I come as a person that does ride the wave, do ride the wave, and I use it for the name.

Your name.

Oh, I'm sorry.

My name is Denise Martin.

And I'm coming as some one, one of the riders that do ride the wave, as well as others.

I told others about today, but I'm on the one came, and I've been before y'all many times before, because uh one of the uh things I brought that I have showed y'all in the past at with a petition list and saying help us, don't handicap us.

This is something I have brought down here on a poster with a list of names.

A lot of our drivers, a lot of them quit, and some routes staying cut because yesterday I was at Mobile and Firm and fits into someone.

And when I got ready to leave, like the Spring Hill come there, I the first spring here came, it was going out, and I wanted to get back downtown and waited for the second uh spring here.

It did not show.

So I got on the phone and called the office and asked where is uh Spring Hill to take you to town.

We are sorry, we are shout around, we are sending someone to get you.

I said, Well, it's not only me, it's four other people who trying to get downtown and can't.

But when I'm trying to say, we as rider, it's making it harder on us.

And like the lady said before me, that the mogul or whatever that is, I wouldn't want to be drank.

I mean, a crowded up in a car trying to go here, you got to take someone this to this there.

I got to wait and go and he take me another air when our buses, with you be at the right location, you can get to where you're trying to go without having to ride around the world before you can get where you want to because you should be.

I go to doctor, I go do most of my business on the foot, and I know just how much we need them bad, but now that we are lost a lot of drivers, or they quit because of finance-wise at being paid.

We need y'all to come together and work together for the people of the city.

And because God say when we come together and work together, he'll bless us.

But long as one pulling one way and other are either don't have concern for each other, you make it hard on us that pinned on them.

Like I told one in the past, we need y'all, and y'all need us.

So it's a two-way thing, but we should work together, and God will smile on us.

But long as some of us suffer, God said what you do unto the least one, you do it unto me.

So we need to come together as a family of children of God and work together, and what you can do to help me, do that, and God will bless you.

And what I can do to help you, I do that.

God bless you.

Because like I said, yesterday I called in, not just for me, but for the other ones that will want to get to what to their destination.

Yeah, God bless you.

Thank you so much for coming down.

Madam Clerk.

Albert Abrams regarding 21 1149.

Hey, good morning, city council and mayor.

My name is Albert Abrams.

I am a wave employee.

I've been at Port At the Wave for five years now.

And um, I don't know really where y'all are with the new country.

Okay, I don't really know.

My name's Albert Davis.

I'm a wave employee, been there for five years.

Um, I don't really know where y'all are with the new contract with the company on my, I guess it's B, who's been appointed, but um, I just asked that the mayor and the city councilmen really take consideration and compassion to the company, the employees and the past passengers, the riders, um, that you know, need the transportation is to get to school work and to Dollars apartments and other um various events, and really the contract itself, you know.

And really the contract itself, you know, we ask that you don't take any of um the employees sick time or personal time, pension, um insurance and benefits that's in the contract.

Um maybe it should be a better idea maybe for the next administration to probably appoint some a company or whatnot to that um area because we don't want any of that, we don't want to lose any of our stuff like our insurance and benefits, because that will cripple you know, um deployees as myself and the company and the riders, too.

If you change stuff like to the vans and stuff, but it's just gonna be an inconvenience.

So we just ask that the you know, the mayor and the city council, y'all just take consideration and compassion towards um all of us as you know, the drivers and the passengers and the company itself.

So thank you.

Yeah, thank you so much for coming down.

Let me ask you a question.

Are you part of the union or are you not part of the union?

I am I'm I'm a union employee, I am.

So let me ask you the question.

And have your union rep have he not discussed these things with you all, or or you just want to hear from the city or or what?

He he has, he has.

I I just wanted to come in myself and um just get a better understanding and you know, just voice my um concerns as well on it.

But yeah, he has, but um, like I say, we're still in the midst of it with the you know, the the contract and the all the changes and everything.

So Mr.

Snowdle or either Mr.

Collins, can you just give us a just a short overview of some of his concerns if you can just address it as in the short form and everything and just also for the public would know at the same time, you know.

Thank you so much for coming there, address it.

All right, thank you.

Yes, sir.

I certainly can.

So the mic, yes, sir.

I certainly can.

So um the VA representatives are here today.

Uh their plan is to follow up their their meetings again with the employees starting at at the close of this meeting.

Um I believe there are several meetings that are taking place with individual employees along with union representatives, and they are prepared to continue those conversations immediately this afternoon following that.

We appreciate Mr.

Abrams coming down.

Every concern that he's expressed has also been expressed by the via representatives.

So it appears that the the work that's taking place meets the needs and concerns that have been expressed.

We look forward to getting that done.

Let me ask you a question.

And you're you can stay up there.

You can just say yes or no.

Have you talked to a video representative yet or I know you can have personal pain?

Right.

Just get a little bit closer to the mic, just for the public can hear.

Um we hadn't really talked in depth, but I I've met a per, you know, met one of the representatives yesterday.

I have.

Okay.

Yes, sir.

Well, from where I got from Mr.

Collins that after this meeting, if it's if this was to pass today, that they will talk to each one of y'all and everything.

If I'm correct, Mr.

Collins.

Yes, sir.

And they're here today.

If Mr.

Abrams can stay after this meeting, that he can be well, the first one that they speak to.

We have two of the representatives here in the room right now.

Okay, okay.

All right.

Thank you so much, man.

And miss Mr.

President, Mr.

Pan.

Um, just want to clarify so the public understand um exactly what's going on.

One from what I have received, um, they will have insurance.

They will continue.

Correct, Mr.

That's correct.

Um, they will not lose their sick days from that they will be paid for their sick days.

That's correct.

They so that so the public understands they're not lose, you're not losing your city days.

You will be paid for your sick days.

Um, so and you will have insurance.

Um any vacation time that you already have put in, you also they would verify that you will have that vacation time put in as well.

Correct.

All those dates will be on.

So I just want the public to understand those things are are uh are in effect.

And so um hopefully that answered your question.

All right, so I don't know if that if that the information you was looking for.

All right, all right, thank you.

Okay, all right, Michael Clerk.

Reggie Hill regarding 21 1149, 0911 69 and 0911 70.

Thank you, Madam City Clerk, to the citizens and stakeholders of Mobile Greetings, Reggie Hill is my name.

Um I rise today to continue these pertinent conversations regarding city business.

Um I'll pick back up where we just left off with the uh the transit um system.

It's it's good to hear that these measures are being added in.

Um however, there's still a little skepticism, even though seeing that we seem to be downsizing uh what our efforts are gonna be, but we're increasing the amount of money that we're going to add to this by two million dollars.

Uh, there's been a lot of fuss over the past several weeks about the amount of money that we've been spending on transit, but it seems again that we're gonna downsize the service and increase the amount of money that we give towards it.

So I want us to be very very observant of that, uh, because it doesn't appear to be a prudent use of the taxpayer dollars, but thank you for those efforts made to ensure that the uh service ship um might be something that is beneficial to uh the people that work there.

Let's look please at the uh at this budget.

Uh I want to make this correction.

Last week, um, someone uh mentioned that we did not budget for the idea of uh of taxing citizens through citations, whereas the fiscal year 25 adopted budget with revenues, excuse me, there was $697,000 uh adopted, meaning approved uh for towing and storage, $400,000 for police fines, and then $1,391,260 totaling for total fines and forfeitures on the public safety.

Now, some of y'all may come down here and just say anything, but that's not something that I do.

So I want to make sure that that's very clear on the record.

As well, we noticed that um uh yesterday there was a debate.

Uh, and the reason why I want to mention this is so we can have a little civics lesson here uh regarding the zombie act and how it works.

The administration proposes a budget, and so we're about to approach a uh a runoff election, and while uh we may not know where that's gonna lead us, there may be some other investigations to come about because we're seeing that there was some mishandling with this process a few weeks ago, um, as has been stated today.

Uh, but but if they're proposing it again, as I mentioned that I mentioned last week, what is in this budget is not reflective of what they want to do.

And then as well, we know with three pending court matters is not necessarily solid how this decision will be made up here.

But one thing that was neutral yesterday that I was listening to when these two uh potential uh administrators were speaking, stormwater management, housing, and violence prevention.

We have not spent enough on these three these three items.

So I believe that this is something that we need to be concentrating on before we spend the taxpayer of dollars.

Again, last week I proposed there's 20 million additional dollars with the CIP plan.

We should have that spread across districts one through three, which need a lot more need, and you can keep the four million dollars in districts four through seven.

Uh, we have a housing crisis in the City Mobile.

There's no increase in the spending that we're doing towards that other than projects that are already on the books.

And with the youth violence prevention, we need to take away this nine million dollars that we have an increase for public safety and actually put it towards a proactive approach towards initiatives that actually work.

And I think that we can curtail the issues that we're seeing in the community.

Um, we don't need to charge citizens to utilize these parks and recreational centers.

Uh, we need more small business senators.

I'd like to see an increased performance contract as well as discretionary spending to these seven districts and an increased police training.

Thank you uh for yielding the floor.

Mr.

President, Mr.

Penn.

I think Mr.

President.

Clearly, you do say stuff that's not true.

Um, because when you first started, you said we're downsizing, and clearly we're not doing that.

If you go back, federal law says we can't do that.

Federal law says we can't do it.

So, how can we do that?

You clearly come down here and say things that are not true, and that's not right.

Federal law says we can't do that.

So, how can we downsize when federal law you can take a seat?

Um, Mr.

Hill.

Well, federal law says that you are just okay.

Mr.

P.

Go ahead and take a seat.

Mr.

Hill, take a seat, please.

Mr.

Hill.

That's the problem.

This is the problem right now.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

No, I'm I'm not finishing the prayer.

I was saying thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, I was telling you, thank you for following the guidance and rules.

Mr.

Penn, go ahead.

Thank you.

And matter of fact, if you go read, you will see that they are adding service.

Because they will still be providing the mogul service plus bus service.

So when we come down here and add confusion to that, that creates problems.

All we have to do is state the truth where it's moments that you do that.

And I value that.

But you don't have to add confusion to create points.

Just state the truth.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Madam Clerk.

Ordinance is held over.

64047 and 64048 are considering modifications to a previously approved planning approval for a property located at 3610 and 3720 Michael Boulevard.

And considering the modification of a previously approved plan unit development for property located at 3610 and 3720 Michael Boulevard.

So moved.

Second.

Proper move and second in discussion.

All in favor?

Aye.

Auto poll.

I don't pass.

CIP resolutions held over 0811.

No, no, no, no.

We got you got a call up 52046.

52046.

Adopt Chapter 52, real property maintenance and enforcement article eight.

Vacant structure registry for Henry Aaron Loop.

Move delay over one week.

Second.

Property movement second in discussion.

All in favor, aye.

Audit polls.

I don't later for one week.

CIP resolution is held over.

081161 approved purchase order to Gray Bar Electric for Streetlight Polls on St.

Louis Street.

So moved.

Second.

Prophet movement second in any discussion.

All in favor.

Aye.

Autopoles.

I don't pass.

Resolutions held over 01120.

Authorized revised solid waste disposal authority landfill accounting agreement.

211.

Oh, I'll take that.

I'll take that separate.

Or do I need to take it all together?

Uh we need to take it separate.

Take it separate.

Okay.

01 1162 authorized.

Now it needs to be separate as well.

Oh, this one, okay.

I know it doesn't.

Sorry.

Okay.

01162 authorized amended loan agreement with James W.

Buffett Declaration of Trust 1990.

01163, authorized easement agreement with 195 LLC for private road and Logan Cottages.

08 1166 approved purchase order to Southern Emergency and Rescue Vehicle Sales for Amulence.

And then I'll take the next one separate.

You don't you don't take those separate.

You don't want to you want to meet 091170?

Okay, 091170 authorized amendments out reallocations, appropriations, and transfers to the fiscal year 2025 general fund budget for port security grant funds.

So moved.

Second.

Properly move and second and discussion.

All in favor, aye.

Aye.

All opposed.

I don't pass.

Okay.

21 1149 authorized contract with Port City Transit for services to operate cities transit system.

So moved.

Second.

Proper movement second in a discussion.

Uh Mr.

President.

Uh Mr.

Woods.

Um, I'd like to uh make a motion to accept the um the amendment uh that was provided to us um addressing one point two uh point one three point one mid point B 1.1.3 C proper movement second and a discussion on amendment, Mr.

President, Mr.

Penn.

I just want to commend the administration and via for my recommendations on with these amendments.

Um I really appreciate that taking the time to do that.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

And other discussion on an amendment, Mr.

President.

Uh yes, just as a point of clarification.

I may have misheard this on the last amendment that would be 4.1.3c.

I believe it was stated 1.1.3c.

He's right.

All right.

So we need to go back and resend that.

No, just accept the clarification to be 4.1.3c.

Okay.

All right.

Um, Mr.

President, Mr.

McVice.

Since we're in the amendment phase, uh, Mr.

Collins, could you just briefly mention uh what each of those amendments is?

Yes, you don't have to read the entire thing, but just what they what they are.

Certainly.

Uh 1.2.1 of references uh the city council's uh desire and the city's desire and via desire for that matter, um, to make sure they operate in a cost-saving manner.

Obviously, this this is going to come back to the city council at some point for renewal.

We want to make sure that we've done everything we can to improve our cost savings without diminishing any services, and that's what that um amendment substantially represents.

A three three point one uh point B uh relates to the length of service for this contract.

You may recall that was initially described as a five plus five.

This is a three one one and five, meaning it's a three-year contract, renewable for one, renewable for one again, and then renewable for five if at that time um all parties agree that it would extend it for the fifth year or for the five year and the last um 4.1.3c is specific to making sure that for the transition of employees that all employees absent of management, all service employees will be transferred over to via transportation, and it encompasses all of the opportunities to do that, not just an up, not an opportunity, but encompasses all of them to be brought over pending all the standard customer reviews that you have.

And the last um 4.1.3c is specific to making sure that for the transition of employees that all employees absent of management, all service employees will be transferred over to via transportation, and it encompasses all of the opportunities to do that, not just an up, not an opportunity, but encompasses all of them to be brought over pending all the standard customer reviews that you have.

And just as a follow-up to make sure everyone understands that the first nine months of the contract, everything will continue operating as far as routes go as they are now.

There will be no changes in that part of this this move.

That is correct.

The first nine months of the contract, the services are what they are, just as WAVE operates today.

Um during those nine months, there'll be a series of public hearings reviews to make sure that if there are any changes proposed by the council via or the public that those are adhered to.

We also have in the fiscal year 26 budget 200,000 for match money for the MOGO system to make sure that MOGO works in concert with WAVE Transit as we know it today throughout those nine months.

So at the end of that time, we can consider what can take place as far as all of the mergers and all the services.

But during the nine months, there are no changes.

And I think that's an important point to remember because we as council members and I know you all in the administration hear from people all of the time about issues that they see that can be fixed, need to be fixed.

We hear about shelters and um more bus stops and and maybe some areas where we need to uh provide better bus stops or uh more areas for bus stops.

So that that can all be taken care of in this interim period as we go forward to the full transition.

Yes, ma'am, that is correct.

And we are also discussing internally what can we do to improve the stops as we know them today.

Obviously, we can't cover each one, but activities we can undertake until through we get until we get through the nine months to make sure we can improve those to the extent we can.

Um they may not be permanent, but there will be enough to at least satisfy some of the requests until we understand what the permanent um transit system will look like.

Right.

I think we had referred to some of those as in the interim uh to try to do some things that have been needed to be done.

If we could take care of some of those in during the interim, I think that would really help a lot of these issues.

Yes, ma'am.

Yeah, okay, thank you.

And not a discussion on the amendment.

All in favor, aye.

All opposed.

Okay.

And other discussion?

Yes, sir, Mr.

President.

Uh, Mr.

Ryan.

I want to thank council woman Gregory and Councilmember Josh Woods for their effort in this.

They they've been working with I think amongst like a steering committee for some time on this issue.

And this is a very complex issue, and that I've learned a tremendous amount about throughout this process.

And uh, I don't think we as a city have as good a handle on public transportation as maybe we could or should because it is such a complex issue with so many sort of tentacles that go out and affect everybody's ordinary lives.

I think the idea of bringing in an organization like via is is just to bring in a subject matter expert that knows how to operate efficiently and they have the proven track record of doing it, uh, and they have additional technology that we can leverage.

They they just know how public transit systems work, and um, our goal, I think, within the first nine month period is for them to continue to operate as WAVE is operating now.

And if there are some efficiencies that can be found along the way, they'll certainly identify those and maybe make some minor modifications.

But the out at the end of the nine month period, our expectation that as a city uh is that VA is going to come back to us with a clear path forward to increase the ridership, make it more convenient for the people that are out there using this services, these services, and to just be more effective at what we're doing, keeping the goal in mind of being efficient at operating a public transit system.

We just uh amended this to also include a reduction, uh, some real effort for them to try to be more efficient at what we're doing and then passing on some additional savings to the taxpayers of the city of Mobile.

And and I think they're going to be a good partner.

We're counting on y'all to do a good job.

We appreciate y'all being here.

I know you have a proven record of doing it, but we want to be that shining example when you go sell yourself to another city.

We're showing up in your request for proposal as this great success.

So I look forward to working with y'all uh looking to see what you can do for all of our citizens here in Mobile.

That's it, Mr.

President.

Mr.

President, uh Ms.

Woods.

Um, I just want to also thank real quick and I'm not not to beleagure or or echo what uh councilman Reynolds said.

But I do want to say thank you to Jacob Scott and Joe and Ms.

Shaw as well.

Thank you for the work that you've done over the over the past really uh few months on from from seeking out proposals to to working uh working from a via a via standpoint as well.

So thank y'all for that.

And um, you know, the the real real thing as far as uh taxpayer dollar on is concerned, you know, there's a there's a not to exceed number um in the budget, and you know that's uh to me that's uh that's the real a real win um for the city is uh you know we're we're not gonna be having invoices and and payments going coming out just to cover cover cost the not to exceed number I think so is is very important in this contract so thank you again for everybody that had a part and uh thanks for walking walking us through the steps uh to get to we are today.

Thank you.

And other discussions all in favor, aye all opposed, item pass 091169 consider adoption of the 2025-2026 general fund and capital improvement fund budgets.

So moved, second, promptly move and second in discussion, yes, sir.

Mr.

Days, I'd like to move that we amend the budget that was submitted to us by decreasing transfers out to grants from $28,750 to $0.

Decrease the visit mobile allocation by $219,658 from $4,914,000 to $4,694,342.

Increase operational expenses in the permitting division by $17,800, increase operational expenses in the planning and zoning division by $37,350, and increased personnel expense in the municipal enforcement division by 193,800.

All of these amendments are budget neutral.

Second.

Prophet movement second on an amendment in a discussion on amendment.

All in favor?

Aye.

All opposed.

Okay.

Another discussion.

Mr.

President, um, just for record purposes, um, each amendment will be um numbered.

So it'd be amendment one, two, three, four, five.

Okay.

Another discussion.

All in favor?

Aye.

All opposed.

Budget passed.

Thank you.

Yeah, Mr.

Princeton, if I could.

Um Mr.

Dave.

I would just like to thank the uh city council for moving forward on this budget.

Uh as most people know, we have a stat a mandated deadline of September 20th for the city council to approve the budget that is submitted to us uh on August 2nd by the administration.

We had a full complete open process, including uh public hearing uh last week, and anyone that wanted to could have talked about it again uh today.

So I think it's been a very transparent process.

I appreciate the city council working with uh director Collins and the rest of the administration to go ahead and get this budget passed on time.

Thank you.

Good job, Mr.

Collins and also thank you also, Mr.

Days.

Madam Clerk.

Consent resolutions being introduced 031180 through 461207.

We've awaive the rules for immediate consideration of these resolutions as read.

Second.

Property movement second in discussion.

All in favor, aye.

All opposed, Madam Clerk.

031803 1181.

Reappoint Hunter Whitden to the Citizens Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee.

Reappoint Jessica Fairley, P.

Ann Forbes, and John Ruzick to the Mobile Historic Development Commission.

40, 1182, 1183, 1184, and 1185 are declaring structures at 1109 Adam Street, 313 Calhoun Street, 1205 Gent Street, 1966, Howles Mill Road, Public Nuisances and ordering them demolish.

40, 1186, 1187, and 1188.

46, 1189, and 461190.

Honorarily renaming Collins Avenue to Honorary Douglas and Mary F.

Banks Way.

Honorarily rename a portion of Esau Avenue to Honorary James Petway, Petaway Avenue.

60 1191, approval water special bonus to the firefighter of the month.

461207.

Honorarily rename the intersection of Jones Avenue and Carlton Avenue to Honorary Woodrow and Nettie Curtis Avenue.

So moved.

Second.

Proper move and second and discussion.

All in favor.

Aye.

All the opposed.

I don't pass.

CIP resolution is being introduced.

21192.

By uh council rules, these resolutions will be laid over for one week.

Resolution is being introduced for the first time.

081193 through 371204.

Move to waive the rules for immediate consideration of resolutions 081193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, and 091201.

Second.

Prompt and move and second and discussion.

All in favor, aye.

All the polls, rules waived, Madam Clerk.

081193 approved purchase order to a Del Torts and Maritime SL for installation of security cameras.

081194, approved purchase order to electronic supply company for surveillance camera, system repair parts and supplies.

081195 approved purchase order to emergency equipment professional for engine overhaul for fire pumper truck.

So moved.

Second.

Prompt the move and second in discussion.

Yes, sir, Mr.

President.

Vice President.

On 091201, I am uh very happy to be doing this.

Um the resolution is to transfer some funds uh for the Langon Park Dredging Project.

It is just to uh make the rest of the contract whole.

And we heard some good news this morning, so we'll be announcing something hopefully soon as dredging gets ready to start at Langon Park.

Thank you.

In other discussion?

All in favor, aye.

All opposed, item pass.

Call for public hearings 411205, call for public hearing to consider the proposed conditional use permit for property located at 2316 Hillwood Drive West, scheduled October 21st, 411206 call for public hearing to re to consider the modification of a previously approved plan unit development for property located at 550 Providence Park Drive East, scheduled October the 21st.

So moved.

Second prompt move and second and discussion.

All in favor, aye.

All opposed.

Public hearings called.

Announcements.

The city council meeting next on schedule for next week.

Um Tuesday will be held on Wednesday, September the 24th.

District 5, Councilman Days.

No announcements.

No announcements.

District 2, Councilman Carroll.

No announcements.

District 4, Councilman Reynolds.

Yes, sir.

Mr.

President, on Tuesday of next week, there's going to be an election, and every citizen who lives in the city who's registered to vote has a duty to go out and vote.

Uh can't take it for granted.

You have to go vote.

It doesn't take long.

It's an easy process.

And the implications of this election are tremendous.

So I hope that everyone who can vote will get out and vote on Tuesday.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Thank you, uh, Councilman Runnels.

District 6, Councilman Woods.

Uh yes, sir, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Uh just want to make the announcement of this Thursday, September 18th at 5 30 at Oak Park Church.

We're having a community, a district six community meeting.

Um, so hope uh hope to have a good turnout.

Hope everyone uh attends and comes out.

Um, just to echo on what Council Member Reynolds said, uh in the city of Mobile, we roughly have 152,000 registered voters.

Um the last election uh that we had uh coming out that came out in the city, uh 41,481 people came out and voted.

Uh in District 6, we have a population of 29,000, roughly 23,000 uh voting population, and out of that 5,488 residents came to the polls.

Um, I'm not gonna beleagger the point of that this is tell you this is the most important election of our lifetime because every if you talk whoever you talk to, every election is the most important election of the lifetime.

But what I can tell you is that this is a very important election for the city of Mobile.

So I I just want to re-emphasize that uh the importance of getting out and voting, and it it takes minutes, uh moments.

It uh doesn't take long to vote.

Uh the polling locations are uh relatively convenient.

And um again, I just want to emphasize, especially for district six that uh that we need to get out and vote.

Um 5,488 votes.

While every one of them is much appreciated, um we we definitely need to turn out and and let your voice be heard uh uh next Tuesday.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you, Councilman Woods.

District 7, Vice President Gregory.

No announcements.

Anything from the administration?

All right, motion to adjourn.

Prop the movement second end of the discussion.

All in favor, aye.

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