Apologies

that we're uh we're running a little behind uh work session went over and we're gonna have to reconvene that after this, so just bear with us just a second.

I'll lead us in the invocation followed by that will be the Pledge of Allegiance Council and Power will lead that for us.

If you will, please play with me.

Father God, thank you for this day.

Thank you for all those present here in this room.

Please help tonight to go smoothly.

And we're looking forward to the recognition.

Please be with us as we conduct the city's business and and everyone be safe on their way home in Jesus' name.

Amen.

Mr.

City Clerk, please make a record of attendance.

So no to Mr.

President, and you do have a quorum,

sir.

Thank you, sir.

That

leads us into the consent agenda, which consists of only two items: the approval of the August 3rd, 2026 City Council agenda and approval of the July 23rd, 2026 regular council meeting minutes and the July 30th, 2026 special called council meeting minutes.

I'll

entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented.

Motion to approve.

Is there a second?

Second.

Motion and a second.

There is no discussion.

Yes.

Customer power.

Yes.

Council Member Towns.

Yes.

Councilmember Snowden.

Yes.

And the consent agenda passed unanimously.

That leads us into the highlight of the evening, the mayor's report with recognition of three businesses.

So I'll turn it over to Mayor Walsh.

First and foremost,

thank you all for being here tonight, as always.

Usually a lot of city government is just really boring.

But when we get to do something fun, like recognize businesses in our city, uh is always that's a highlight of what I do as mayor here in Pelham.

So tonight we've got three businesses to uh recognize that won the 2026 Shelby County Small Business Awards.

Uh first and foremost, and and I'm gonna kind of categorize these as we do them, uh, so we can so you can follow along with me.

Uh first is a pretty new business here in Pelham is uh Cahaba Spade and Newter.

Uh Cahaba Spay and Newter.

Uh Henry, you want to come on up?

Come up here.

Henry Long and his wife, uh Dr.

Long, uh on Cahaba Spade and Newter.

Well one thing I will tell you about Henry and his wife, that they immediately won my heart when I found out they're a Pelham alumni and uh I'm class of 81.

2006.

Oh my goodness.

Okay.

Well, well, Henry told me that that is that he graduated with uh my oldest son.

So uh so we're very proud of that, and that they they would choose to have their business here in Pelham.

They won the new business award uh for from the chamber, and uh we are extremely honored not only to have people that grew up here that are natives to Shelby County, but then come back and put their business here in Pelham.

I know Henry w was a past educator, yes, sir.

If I'm correct, and and his wife is a veterinarian, and uh and so and the work they do is phenomenal uh to uh really provide a unique service to our county.

So uh I wanted to honor them here tonight.

So Henry, congratulations.

And I want you to say a few words.

Okay, yes,