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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - CC - 12/07/2020Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 1 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 1 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Lockwood: I’d like to call the regular meeting of the Milton City Council for Monday, December 7th, 2020, to order. And it strongly recommends that you review tonight’s agenda carefully, and if you wish to speak on any item in the agenda, then please bring your comment cards to the clerk as soon as possible. While the Milton rules allow a speaker to turn in their comment card up until the clerk calls the agenda item, once the agenda item is called, no more comment cards can be accepted. Will the City Clerk please call the roll, and make general announcements? City Clerk: Good evening, Mayor and Council. I will be happy to call roll for the December 7th, 2020 regular meeting. I would like to remind those in attendance, please silence all cellphones at this time. Those attending the meeting who would like to make a public comment: You are required to complete a public comment card prior to speaking on the item. Your comment card must be presented to the City Clerk prior to the agenda item being called. All speakers please identify yourself by name, address, and organization before beginning your comment. If you are representing an organization, an affidavit it required stating you have the authority to speak on behalf of that organization. Please review tonight’s agenda, and if you would like to make a comment, please bring your comment card to me now, demonstration of any sort within the chamber is prohibited. Please refrain from any applause, cheering, booing, outburst, or dialogue with any person speaking. Anyone in violation will be asked to leave. As I call roll this evening, please confirm your attendance. Councilmember Carol Cookerly. Carol: Here. City Clerk: Councilmember Matt Kuntz – I'm sorry. I’m so sorry. Councilmember Peyton Jamison? I'm so sorry. Peyton: Here. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 2 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2 City Clerk: I'm so sorry. Councilmember Paul Moore? Paul: Here. City Clerk: Mayor Joe Lockwood? Mayor Lockwood: Here. City Clerk: Councilmember Rick Mohrig? Rick: Here. City Clerk: And Councilmember Laura Bentley. Laura: Here. City Clerk: Councilmember Joe Longoria will be joining us momentarily. Would everyone please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance? Councilmembers Present: Mayor Joe Lockwood, Councilmember Peyton Jamison, Councilmember Laura Bentley, Councilmember Carol Cookery, Councilmember Joe Longoria and Councilmember Rick Mohrig. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (Led by Mayor Joe Lockwood) All: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mayor Lockwood: I want to welcome everybody here tonight, and I was gonna recognize that previous councilmember Matt Kuntz here, although he was on the roll call. All right. If our clerk will please sound the next item. APPROVAL OF AGENDA City Clerk: The next item is Approval of Meeting Agenda, Agenda Item No. 20-330. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 3 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Mayor Lockwood: Okay. I’d like to add an executive session to discuss land acquisition potential litigation and personnel. Is there anything else that staff or council would like to alter on the agenda? Okay, I'll open for a motion. Mayor, I move that we accept the agenda as read, with the adjustment of the executive session to include topics that you noted. Second. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, I have a motion for approval from Councilmember Moore, with a second from Councilmember Mohrig. All in favor please say aye. All: Aye. Motion and Vote: Councilmember Moore moved to approve the meeting agenda with the following changes: add an executive session to discuss land acquisition potential litigation and personnel. Councilmember Mohrig seconded the motion. The motion passed (7-0). PUBLIC COMMENT Mayor Lockwood: That’s unanimous. All right. Do we have any – next item is public comment. Public comment is a time for citizens to share information with the Mayor and City Council, and to provide input and opinions on any matter that is not scheduled for its own public hearing during tonight’s meeting. Each citizen who chooses to participate in public comment must complete a comment card and submit it to the City Clerk, or raise your hand if you are attending virtually. Prior to the agenda item being called, please remember this is not a time to engage the Mayor or members of City Council in conversation. When your name is called, please come forward or unmute yourself if you are virtual, and speak into the microphone stating your name and address for the record. You will have five minutes Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 4 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4 for remarks. It encourages you to review the agenda, and if you wish to speak, to bring your comment cards to the clerk or raise your hand virtually right now. So, do we have any public comment? City Clerk: We do. Our first comment is from Mr. Matt Kuntz. Matt: Hello. It’s good to see some of you guys again. My name is Matt Kuntz. I reside at 730, Sable Point Road, in Milton, Georgia, and I hope I can get this in under five minutes. I want to begin with a story. So, there was a farmer that had a field, and in that field were several sheep. The farmer tended those sheep, feeding them, shaving their wool, and making sure the herd grew, for the sake of the farm. One more morning, he woke up, and went to his herd and discovered several of his sheep were missing, and this greatly disturbed him. He searched the area, but he could not find where they went. The next day, the farmer stood on his porch, keeping a close eye on his sheep, and he saw nothing until around sundown. He saw a sheep that looked a little unusual, acting differently, behaving differently. He left his house to go find that sheep, but by the time he got there, it was already dark and he could not find it. The following day, the farmer went into the field near wher e he saw that unusual sheep and he examined the ground, mixed with his herd’s tracks, and there in the midst, were the tracks of a wolf. The farmer followed the wolf’s tracks into the woods, and after several miles, he found sheep’s wool hanging from thorns and branches. At the base of a hill, he found a dark hole. The wolf tracks went into the hole. This was the wolf’s den. Now, what happens next, I do not know, because, as elected officials, you are that farmer, and the sheep that are disappearing is the precious First Amendment right to freedom of expression, through this republic of the United States of America, through a democratic process. I'm talking about our vote. When a legal citizen votes, the government must not only protect the right of that legal citizen to vote, but it must also protect the Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 5 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 5 value of that vote. Every vote whose value is not protected is a form of voter suppression, and is a failure of its government to protect the rights of its citizen. Sadly, in the November 3rd election, I believe we saw voter suppression on a massive scale. But I'm not the only one. Residents of this city have been following the wolf tracks. Digital warriors, such as former FBI agents and server analytics experts have analyzed the data of voting records available through government data sets. They have found illegal votes through ballots by non-residents, underage residents, dead residents, and residents who presume to live at fake resident addresses, like UPS stores and jails. Milton poll-watchers have testified through affidavits, sworn under oath that they have seen processes that have allowed the suppression of votes through illegal voting. They have testified to this in state hearings. All across this country, brave citizens have come forward to hunt down these wolves. These patriots, through their own time, resources, and love for our country, are finding the tracks of the wolves and locating the dens. This issue is non-partisan. Patriots who are both Republican and Democrat have joined in the tracking of the wolves, and pressing through the deception, including denial and ridicule, deflection from the allegations, lies regarding actions, destruction of ballots, and coercion to prevent punishment. We believe justice will be ruled, the sheep’s clothing will be discarded, and the wolves will be punished. But we must persist. And now we need your help. It’s time. All elected leaders must defend our rights from those wolves who wished to devour them. Americans now depend on you. I am asking this Milton City Council and all City Councils around the State of Georgia to pass resolutions to state and county legislative bodies with the influence bestowed upon you, by the will of the people, to amplify our voice, demand the investigation into voter and election fraud, the righting of all wrongs in all of its forms, and a special call session for a hearing by our state officials. The Milton City Council right now, if it so chooses, can add an agenda item to this meeting in consideration of a resolution, and that is within your power. You know that. And the time is short, though, because there’s a petition going around for a special call Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 6 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 6 session tomorrow among the state legislature. My hope is, if you lead, others will follow. We've done that before in Milton. I think we can do that again. I have hope in America. I have hope in our courage to protect the value of our vote, acknowledge the fraud, pass a resolution, send it to all state and county officials, request a special session, protect the value of our votes, restore the trust, save our republic from the wolves in sheep’s clothing, and keep the spirit of America alive. And may God bless the United States of America. Thank you. Mayor Lockwood: Thank you. Do we have any more public comment? Female Speaker: Stacey? City Clerk: I don’t have any here. No, sir, that is all. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Lockwood: Okay. We'll close public comment, and then we'll move on to our consent agenda. City Clerk: The first item is Approval of October 19th, 2020 City Council Meeting Minutes, Agenda Item No. 20-331. Our next item is Approval of the November 2nd, 2020 City Council Meeting Minutes, Agenda Item No. 20-332. Our third item is Approval of the November 16th, 2020 City Council Meeting Minutes, Agenda Item No. 20-333. Our next item is Approval of the Financial Statements and Investment Report for the Period Ending October 2020, Agenda Item No. 20-334. Our fifth item is Approval of Ratification of Authorization for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to enforce trespass and illegal hunting laws on City of Milton owned property, Agenda Item No. 20-335. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 7 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 7 Our sixth item is Approval of a Professional Services Agreement between the City of Milton and Sweeping Corporation of America, Inc. for Sweeping of the Major Roads, Medians, Curbs and Gutters called out in the Bid Document, Agenda Item No. 20-336. Our seventh item is Approval of a Professional Services Agreement between the City of Milton and Engineering 303, LLC for Surveying Work at Fire Station 42 at 15240 Thompson Road, Agenda Item No. 20-337. Our next item is an Approval of a Professional Services Agreement between the City of Milton and Universal Engineering, Inc, for Geotechnical Services for Fire Station 42, Agenda Item No. 20- 338. Our ninth item is Approval of a Subdivision Plats and Revision. The name of the development is Louis Reynaud, at LL 249, Dist. 2, Sect. 2, at 16500, Hopewell Road. It is a minor plat to be subdivided into three tracts, at 4.972 total acres, with a density of 0.60 lots per acre. Agenda Item No. 20-339. Our 10th item is Approval of Amendment #5 to a Professional Services Agreement between the City of Milton and SAFEbuilt Georgia, LLC to Extend the Contract from December 1st, 2020 to May 31st, 2021. Agenda Item No. 20-340. Our 11th item is Approval of a Domain Registration with DotGov Domain Registration System for Rights to the MiltonGA.gov Domain Name. Agenda Item No. 20-341. Our next item is Approval of a Change Order #1 between the City of Milton and Earth Networks, Inc. for the Installation and Annual Subscription of Lightning Detection Systems at Bell Memorial Park and the Cox Road Athletic Complex. Agenda Item No. 20- 342. Our 13th item is Approval of a Change Order #1 between the City of Milton and BM&K, P.C. for the Asphalt Reconstruction and Resurfacing Inspection Project to Provide Inspection Services for the Addition of Bethany Road and Deerfield Parkway. Agenda Item No. 20-343. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 8 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Our next item is Approval of Change Order #1 to the Agreement between the City of Milton and Tunnell, Spangler & Associates, Inc. to Extend the Agreement Term to September the 30th, 2021 for the Research and Development of an Ordinance to Create Equestrian-Rural Friendly Land Use Practices. Agenda Item No. 20-344. Approval of an Enterprise License Agreement between the City of Milton and Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., known as ESRI, for Geographic Information Systems Software. Agenda Item No. 20-345. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. Do I have a motion on the consent agenda? Rick: Mr. Mayor, I make a motion that we approve the consent agenda as read. Peyton: Second. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, I have a motion from Councilmember Mohrig with a second from Councilmember Jamison. All in favor, please say aye. All: Aye. Mayor Lockwood: That’s unanimous. Okay. And I want to welcome Jack and your family here tonight. So, our next item, Tammy, if you’ll please read the item. Motion and Vote: Councilmember Mohrig moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Jamison seconded the motion. The motion passed (7-0). REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS City Clerk: Absolutely. Our next item is Proclamation Honoring Jack O’Brien Burke for His Efforts to Cure Neurofibromatosis (NF). Mayor Lockwood: Okay, this is exciting. I kinda remember Jack since [inaudible] [0:16:09] and Beth when I first met you – it’s probably been at least five years or so, at your house, and all that. I was always impressed with Jack, and his family, and whatnot. We're really Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 9 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 9 proud of you here, from the city perspective, and obviously personally, too. So, it’s an honor for myself and the City Council to present you with this proclamation. So, I'm gonna read the proclamation first, and then I'll bring it down and present it to you guys in just a minute. I have a proclamation honoring Jack O’Brien Burke for his efforts to cure NF. Whereas, one in ever 3,000 have neurofibromatosis, NF, a genetic disorder associated with the growth of tumors on nerves in the brain, on the spinal cord, on skin, and other parts of the body; And whereas, this condition, commonly known as NF, can also contribute to blindness, deafness, stunted growth, disabling pain, and other symptoms; And whereas, NF affects people of all races, genders, ethnicities, and regions, including right here in Milton; And whereas, one of those so diagnosed is Jack O’Brien Burke, a 15-year-old student at Cambridge High School in Milton; and whereas, in addition to battling NF since his early childhood, Jack and his family launched a nonprofit Cure NF With Jack, aimed at accelerating medical research, driving community action and raising funds to end NF; And whereas, this foundation has raised millions of dollars in the past decade to support this cause, while Jack has been an inspiring public speaker, educator, and voice in the community; And whereas, the Children’s Tumor Foundation, at an event headlined by Emmy Lou Harris and Gavin DeGraw recently honored Jack with its National Humanitarian Award for Cure NF With Jack’s extensive efforts; And whereas Jack O’Brien Burke, who his mother Beth said has NF but NF doesn’t have him, is a fighter, a role model, and an inspiration for people young and old everywhere, especially in his home town Milton; Now, therefore, we the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Milton hereby dedicate and proclaim December 7th, 2020, as Jack Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 10 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 10 O’Brien Burke Cure NF Day in the City of Milton, Georgia, and it’s given under my hand and the Seal of the City of Milton, Georgia on the 7th day of December 2020. And Jack, what an honor. How about a big round of applause for Jack. Step down, and if Jack, you and your family will step up here, I'll present this, and then we'll get a picture, and the council can all stand back here. We'll stand back here. Jack: So, thank you so much for this. It’s really an honor, because a lot of people don’t know what NF is, around the world, but it’s really more common than people think. So, this proclamation is so important and such an honor to me, because it brings more awareness to NF, which means one day it could be cured. So, thank you very much. I am so grateful, and happy holidays to you all. Mayor Lockwood: Jack, [inaudible] [0:21:14] with everybody. We just want [audio cuts out]. What a special family. Special guy. The next two items coming up are also special ones. We’d like to recognize those employees who've been with the City of Milton for 10 years, and those that have been with us for five years. As the city manager calls your name, please come forward to receive your pin, and have your picture taken. City Clerk: Recognition and Presentation of City of Milton “Ten” Year Anniversary Pins. City Manager Steve Kirkoff. Steve: Thank you Tammy, and thank you Mayor. Our first recipient for the 10-year anniversary pin is our very own Councilmember Joe Longoria. Joe: Just in time. Steve: Councilmember, if you wouldn't mind standing up. We're gonna take a picture just with you and the other 10-year pins. Thanks. The second recipient this evening will be Lieutenant Chris Ward from the Police Department. Lieutenant. Lt. Ward: Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 11 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Steve: And Mayor, there were two that couldn't be here this evening, and both were with the Fire Department. That is Brian Murtagh and Chris Thorne. City Clerk: The next – we're gonna do 10, and then, we'll do one with five. Female Speaker: Carol. [No dictation] [0:24:08 – 24:46] City Clerk: Next is the recognition and presentations of City of Milton five- year anniversary pins. Mr. Steve Kirkoff. Steve: Thank you Tammy. First recipient will be from the Police Department, Luke Hayduk. Luke. Next up, from Parks and Rec, will be Tom McKlveen. Tom. Our next recipient, back from the Police Department, is Logan Pacheco. Logan. And from Community Development, Teresa Stickels. Teresa. And our final recipient couldn't be here with us tonight, with the Fire Department, and that is Daniel Sanders. Male Speaker: Thank you. Thank you guys. Mayor Lockwood: For both five-year and 10-year recipients, as well as everyone else involved with the city, we certainly appreciate all of your time, efforts, and being part of our team, so, thank you so much. Okay. Will the City Clerk please sound the final reports and presentation item? City Clerk: It’s proclamation recognizing City of Milton Employee Appreciation Week. Mayor Joe Lockwood. Mayor Lockwood: Sad when you get old and you have to put glasses on for the small writing. Tammy, I'm gonna have to get a copy of those presentations. Do you have those? City Clerk: I have these. I have them here. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 12 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 12 Mayor Lockwood: Okay. Okay, the week of December 7th is Employee Appreciation Week in the City of Milton, an opportunity to express gratitude for workers throughout the municipal government for their outstanding efforts to serve Milton citizens during this challenging year. I would like to now read the proclamation. Okay, I'm proud to present a proclamation for City of Milton Employee Appreciation Week. Whereas, city employees work tirelessly every day to enhance the quality of life of Milton citizens; And whereas, they are integral parts of the community, as reliable, effective, and caring public servants; And whereas, city employees provide vital services that help make Milton one of the best places to live anywhere; And whereas, these employees reflect on what’s happened in the past, work intently to ensure things function well in the present, and plan well for Milton’s future; And whereas, their efforts are appreciated greatly community leaders, and elected officials; And whereas, city leaders want to formally express their gratitude for employees’ diligent, important, and often difficult work, over the course of what’s been an historic and challenging year; Now, therefore, we, as Milton’s Mayor and City Council, hereby proclaim the week of December 7th , 2020, a City of Milton Employee Appreciation Week. We urge all who love, work, and play here, to recognize city employees’ outstanding contributions on their behalf, especially during this challenging year. This is given under my hand, and seal of the City of Milton, the 7th day of December 2020. So, Amy, I'm not sure whether we're gonna present this? Are we gonna have all employees come up? Is that – was the plan? Male Speaker: That’d be great. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 13 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Female Speaker: I'm gonna come get my proclamation. Male Speaker: Thank you very much. Male Speaker: Go on up, guys. I want to see how much – how many we've got. Female Speaker: Ladies and gentlemen, you are appreciated. Very much so. Male Speaker: Stand on the edge, please. Male Speaker: Thank you. Mayor Lockwood: And again, I just want to reiterate that we appreciate everything you guys do for us. Male Speaker: Thank you, Mayor. FIRST PRESENTATION Mayor Lockwood: All right, we're gonna move on to first presentation. If the city clerk will please sound those items. City Clerk: The first item is Consideration of an Ordinance to Amend Article of the Chapter 2, Sec. 2-858 – Solicitation or Acceptance of Gifts, of the Code of the City of Milton, Georgia. Agenda Item No. 20- 346. Our second item is Consideration of An Ordinance Approving a List of Names as Standby Judges for the Municipal Court for the City of Milton, Georgia Pursuant to Article V of the City Charter, Agenda Item No. 20-347. Our third and final item is Consideration of An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 4 and Appendix A of the Milton Code of Ordinances (Alcoholic Beverages) to Update Various Sections and Substantially Reorganize Article III. Agenda Item No. 20-348. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. Do I have a motion? Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 14 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 14 Peyton: Mayor, I’d like to make a motion to approve the first presentation as read. Paul: Second. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, I have a motion from Councilmember Jamison with a second from Councilmember Moore. All in favor, please say aye. All: Aye. Mayor Lockwood: Any opposed? That’s unanimous. Okay. We don’t have any items under public hearing, zoning agenda, or unfinished business. So, if the City Clerk will please sound the new business items. Motion and Vote: Councilmember Jamison moved to approve the First Presentation Items. Councilmember Moore seconded the motion. The motion passed (7-0). PUBLIC HEARING (None) ZONING AGENDA (None) UNFINISHED BUSINESS (None) NEW BUSINESS City Clerk: That item is consideration of a resolution adopting the 2021 City of Milton City Council Regular Meeting and Work Session Schedule. Agenda Item No. 20-349. Ms. Sudie Gordon. Sudie: Good evening, Mayor and Council. Can you hear me okay? City Clerk: Sudie, maybe speak up just a little louder. Can you try again? Sudie – Female Speaker: Sudie was having a little bit of problems via Zoom. I don't know what’s going on, but I have her script here, ready to read. Thankfully she does prepare a script. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 15 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 15 So, good evening, Mayor and Council. Tonight, we are asking for the Mayor and Council’s consideration of a resolution which will approve the 2021 Council Regular Meetings and Work Sessions. Before you is an oversize calendar, showing the 36 upcoming council meetings for 2021. Blue highlighting indicates a regular council meeting, and red highlighting a work session. In 2021, there are four regular City Council meetings which will fall on a Wednesday, due to [inaudible] [0:34:51] holidays being on a Monday, which is Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day. In preparing the 2021 calendar, the following dates were taken into consideration. The city’s 11 observed holidays, which are highlighted in green; the Mayor’s Day conference in January; and the GMA conference in June. Our first regularly scheduled meeting in 2021 will be on Monday, January 4th. The 2021 council meeting calendar will be available to our citizens on our website, once approved, and also available at each meeting, on the table, with the public comment cards. We respectfully ask for the council’s approval of the resolution for the 2021 council meeting schedule. I'll be happy to answer any questions if you have any. Mayor: Okay, do we have any questions for Sudie on that? Okay, then I'll open up for a motion. Laura: Mayor, I’d like to make a motion to approve the 2021 City Council Regular Meeting and Work Session Schedule. Carol: Second. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. I have a motion for approval from Councilmember Bentley, with a second from Councilmember Cookerly, and I believe we had no public comment on that. City Clerk: We do not. Mayor Lockwood: So, we'll close the public hearing before we vote on that. All in favor, please say aye. All: Aye. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 16 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 16 Mayor Lockwood: That’s unanimous. Okay, will City Clerk please sound the next item. Motion and Vote: Councilmember Bentley moved to approve Agenda Item No. 20-349. Councilmember Cookerly seconded the motion. The motion passed (7-0). City Clerk: The next item is Consideration of An Amended Emergency Ordinance of the Mayor and Council of the City of Milton, Georgia under Section 3.18 of the Charter of the City of Milton, Georgia to Provide the Operation of the City of Milton, Georgia During the Public Emergency known as the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 Global Pandemic; to Become Effective Upon Adoption by the Council; to Supersede the Existing Emergency Ordinance; and for Other Purposes. Agenda Item No. 20-350, City Attorney Ken Jarrard. Ken: Mr. Mayor, members of the Council, I won’t belabor the point on this. This is a continuation of our pandemic ordinance. We have had it in place since March. We are trying to run it coterminous to the Governor’s Declaration of State-wide emergency, which in fact has been extended until January 8th of 2021, which is what ours would likewise be extended for. As this has gone on and on, and on, we have attempted to winnow down some of the provisions, and we have done so. We have instituted the reopening plan. We have done that. We have sort of tried to take the foot off the gas a little bit, with respect to what we have been doing in this ordinance, and that’s what we're doing here. In fact, we had for a while always carried forward Section 2 of the powers of the Mayor on this one. We're actually removing that one. We can always reinstate it if we need to, but we're all we're doing now is attempting to make our emergency declaration run coterminous with the governor’s just for candidly, an abundance of caution, to ensure that we don’t wish we had done that next summer, particular with respect to any federal or state FEMA or GEMA funding. Mr. Mayor. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. Yeah, is there any questions on that, or comments? I think, Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 17 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 17 hopefully, I haven't taken anyone’s property or guns or anything like that, just forcibly. So, okay. Everybody’s – with that, I'll open up for a motion. All right. Let me ask, is there any public comment? City Clerk: There are none. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. Close the hearing. Now I'll open up for a motion. Joe: Mayor, I move that we approve Agenda Item No. 20-350. Rick: Okay, I have a motion from Councilmember Longoria, with a second by Councilmember Mohrig. All in favor, please say aye. All: Aye. Mayor Lockwood: Any opposed? That’s unanimous. Okay. Next, we'll move on to reports. Does Council have anything they want to report on? Okay, we'll move on to staff, with public works. Motion and Vote: Councilmember Longoria moved to approve Agenda Item No. 20-350. Councilmember Mohrig seconded the motion. The motion passed (7-0). STAFF REPORTS Department Updates 1. Public Works Robert: Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Council. A couple items to report on for the month of November. As you're probably aware of, they’ve started the roundabout work at Hopewell and Thompson. They’ve started doing the clearing. Equipment’s out there; traffic control is up; and obviously this is just the beginning of probably a year-long project. Also, as well, is Hopewell and Hamby. Traffic control is up. They're getting ready to start the clearing out there. I was hoping it would be this week, but apparently they're not going to make a start this week. But be aware of that. The road resurfacing and the road reconstruction project is substantially complete. I hope you're satisfied. Hopewell looks fantastic. New Providence looks Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 18 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 18 fantastic. They’re doing some cleanup work, some shoulder work, some [inaudible] [0:39:56] work. A little portion of Bethany is done, and they haven't quite got the final surface on the Deerfield patch and pave, but they're gonna be getting to that as soon as the weather warms up a little bit. So, that’s been a good project. I'll let the City Council know we will have a virtual public comment period for the Morris Road widening project. You'll start seeing more of that on social media, but it begins December the 14th and extends through January the 4th. The public goes to our website, project manager website; clicks on the link to the Morris Road widening; it’ll give you some project info, and then give you an opportunity to make a comment. So, we're having that comment period, again, from December the 14th, through January the 4th. The Saddle Springs Road culvert project: Contract’s moving a little slow on that one. We were hoping they would start by now, but they got traffic control out there. They're doing the survey, preliminary work. They just haven't mobilized yet. Also, just in case we haven't met, I've hired a new facility manager. So, if you're in City Hall, please make a point to introduce yourself to Mr. David Bergmire. And maybe at some point, I can bring him in front of the Council and introduce him. Next project on our radar for bid will be the resurfacing project for this fiscal year. We're working on a package, now, to get that back out on the streets, hopefully in January. So, you should start seeing that one. Yet more resurfacing, but thank you for funding that. Much needed project, and you'll hopefully see some positive results. Any questions? Mayor Lockwood: Any questions for Robert? Okay. Robert: Thank you very much. Department Updates Parks & Recreation Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 19 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 19 Mayor Lockwood: Okay. Tom? Tom: Good evening, Mayor and Council. It’s been some time since I last updated you, so, let’s start with programming. This fall, we're all done with the fall season. We had 988 kids participate in fall sports. At the end of the fall season, we had three tournaments out at Bell Memorial Park, and Cox Road. Good rental revenue there. As far as on the COVID front, we only had five fall reports of COVID cases affecting players. I thought that was good, and we're in the winter season now, and we've got two reported cases from winter basketball. I'll get to basketball in a moment. Right now, with youth dance, registration is steady. Three of the five classes meet again. It’s been very consistent. And with youth basketball, they had their first games this weekend. No reported issues, and we've got over 500 kids in the youth basketball program. On to the facilities. Since last time we spoke, we had tropical storm data. There was some trees that came down at Bell, and Broadwell Pavilion. All those repairs are now done. And let’s see. On to the former Milton Country Club. The interior renovation project over there, to get the clubhouse open, we are currently finishing up the construction documents, so we can get this on the street, hopefully the beginning of the year. And on the staffing side, we are working to get back to full staff. Any questions? Mayor Lockwood: No? All right. Thank you sir. Tom: Appreciate it. Department Updates Economic Development Mayor Lockwood: Next, Sarah, economic development. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 20 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 20 Sarah: Good evening, Mayor and Council. A few updates. The Milton Art Council is in the middle of our second Milton’s Got Talent competition, and we have 12 participants this year that together have gathered over 3,500 votes in this Round 1 of voting. That is still open, and closes Thursday at 5:00. We are also in the middle of our Shop Milton for the Holidays campaign. We encourage our establishments to send in. This year, we didn’t make them do specials. We are just promoting the hours that they are open, and if they do have any specials, to encourage people to shop in Milton for their holidays. And lastly, Mayor and Council, you approved the Chapter 4 alcoholic beverage rewrite in June, and as we were implementing, we saw some additional opportunities for clarity, and it also encouraged a few new ideas. So, a draft was under the first presentation tonight, and I'll be back on December 21st presenting those changes to Council. Mayor Lockwood: Okay. Any questions? Sarah: Thank you. Mayor Lockwood: Thank you, Sarah. Okay. I just want to next ask to move into executive session, to – just land acquisition, potential litigation, and personnel. Do I have a motion? Joe: So moved. Rick: Second. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, I have a motion from Councilmember Longoria, with a second from Councilmember Mohrig. For approval, all in favor please say aye. All: Aye. Mayor Lockwood: Any opposed? That’s unanimous, thank you. – and in a second, to reconvene. All in favor, please say aye? All: Aye. Regular Meeting of the Milton City Council Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm Page 21 of 21 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 21 Mayor Lockwood: That’s unanimous. I want to ask for a motion to adjourn. Female Speaker: So moved. Male Speaker: Second. Mayor Lockwood: Okay, I have a motion and a second. All in favor, please say aye. All: Aye. Mayor Lockwood: That’s unanimous also. Motion and Vote: Councilmember Longoria moved to adjourn the city council meeting at 8:14 pm. Councilmember Moore seconded the motion. The motion passed (6-0). Councilmember Cookerly was absent for the vote. Date Approved: January 4, 2021 __________________________________ _____________________________ Sudie AM Gordon, City Clerk Joe Lockwood, Mayor