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The Portland Board of Mayor and Aldermen met on September 21, 2026, at 5:00 PM. The meeting included updates on the water system sale to White House Utility District (WHUD), a utility rate study, bond refunding, approval of rezonings, a major grant discussion, and a presentation on the city's Flock Safety ALPR system.
All right, we're gonna call order our board of Mayor Aldman for September twenty first, twenty twenty-six. We're gonna ask Pastor Bradley Stubbs to come forward. He serves on staff over the first Baptist. I'm gonna read a uh passage, just a quick little passage in John 15 uh one through five. It says, I am the true vine, and my father is the vine dresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes, then it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me and I and you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it invides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine and you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I and him, he it is that bears much fruit. For apart from me, you can do nothing. Let's let's go to prayer. Lord, thank you so much as for uh letting us have the opportunity just to talk about important things in our city that we love in our community community that we love, Lord. Uh let us also remember uh today and every day, Lord, that apart from you we really can do nothing. That Lord, we have to abide in you first, and if we abide in you and that we trust in you and follow your guidance and your wisdom, Lord, that we bear much fruit, uh and that we see your glory revealed. Your name we pray. Amen. Amen. All right, let's do the pledge. I pledge to the flag of the United States of America for which it says one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Bradley. Next up is roll call. Alderman Charles Cole, here, Alderman Vince Ellis. Here, Alderman My Call. Alderman Drew Jennings. Here, Alderman Jody McDowell. Here, Vice Mayor Megan Thompson here. Brian Alderman Brian Woodall. Here. All right, we need approval of tonight's agenda to have a motion. Any discussion. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed. Uh there are no uh no one signed up under public recognition. We did have two public hearings posted and no one spoke on that. It was ordinance twenty-six thirty-eight and ordinance twenty-six-42. Next up is communications from council members. Any council members want to share anything with the public? Mayor, I do have uh for this coming week. Wednesday and Thursday.