HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - CC - 06/02/2021 - Special Called MeetingSpecial Called Meeting of the Milton City Council
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 9:00 am
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CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Lockwood: Good morning. I'd like to call the special called meeting of the
Milton City Council for Wednesday, June 2"d, 2021 to order. The
City strongly recommends that you review today's agenda
carefully and if you wish to speak on any item on the agenda, then
please give your comment card to the City 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 Clerk please call roll and make any general
announcements?
City Clerk: Good morning, Mayor and Council. I'll be happy to call roll for the
June 2"d, 2021 special called meeting. I would like to remind those
in attendance to please silence all cell phones 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 is required stating you have the authority to speak on
behalf of that organization. Please review this morning'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 anyone speaking. Anyone in
violation will be asked to leave. As I call roll this morning, please
confirm your attendance. Mayor Joe Lockwood?
Mayor Lockwood: Here.
City Clerk: Councilmember Peyton Jamison?
Mr. Jamison: Here.
City Clerk: Councilmember Paul Moore?
Mr. Moore: Here.
City Clerk: Councilmember Laura Bentley
Ms. Bentley: Here.
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City Clerk: Councilmember Rick Mohrig? Rick, you want to unmute?
Mayor Lockwood: Is he on?
City Clerk: He's on. Unmute, you just unmute.
Mr. Mohrig: Here.
City Clerk: And for the record Joe Longoria is absent. Would everyone please
rise for the Pledge of Allegiance?
Councilmembers Present: Mayor Joe Lockwood, Councilmember Peyton
Jamison, Councilmember Paul Moore, and Councilmember Laura Bentley.
Councilmember Mohrig attended via Zoom. SPECIAL NOTE: Councilmember
Cookerly arrived 25 mins after the Executive Session started. She was present for
the remainder of the Executive Session and for the reconvene/adjournment of
the Special Called Meeting.
Councilmember Absent: Councilmember Joe Longoria.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (Led by Mayor Joe Lockwood)
Several: 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.
APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA
Mayor Lockwood: Good morning and thank you all
City Clerk: Yes, thank you.
Mayor Lockwood: for being here this morning or calling in, Councilmember Mohrig.
So our next item is approval of the agenda. Tammy, if you'll
please call that item.
City Clerk: That item is Approval of Meeting Agenda, Agenda Item No. 21-
170.
Mayor Lockwood: Okay.
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Ms. Bentley: Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve the meeting agenda.
Mr. Moore: Second.
Mayor Lockwood: Okay, I have a motion for approval from Councilmember Bentley
with a second from Councilmember Moore. All in favor, please
say aye.
Councilmembers: Aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Bentley moved to approve Agenda Item
21-170. Councilmember Moore seconded the motion. The motion passed (5-0).
Councilmember Cookerly was absent from the vote. Councilmember Longoria
was absent from the meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Mayor Lockwood: That's unanimous. Do we have any public comment, Tammy?
City Clerk: We do not.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mayor Lockwood: Okay.
Mr. Jarrard: Mr. Mayor, just a point of order, will Councilmember Mohrig let
us know he is out of jurisdiction.
City Clerk: Did you hear that Councilmember Mohrig?
Mr. Mohrig: I did not.
City Clerk: Can you announce that you are out and not here, is that correct,
Ken?
Mr. Jarrard: Out of the jurisdiction.
City Clerk: Out of this jurisdiction.
Mr. Mohrig: I am in Hilton Head. I am (inaudible)
Mr. Jarrard: All I need. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
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City Clerk: Thank you.
Mayor Lockwood: Okay, then no Public Comment so we'll adjourn into Executive
Session.
Mr. Krokoff: We'll use the main conference, I think it will be easier.
Mayor Lockwood. Upstairs, okay, all right.
City Clerk: Can we just do the vote to adjourn?
Mayor Lockwood: Oh I'm sorry, thank you. All in favor, please say, or do I have a
motion to adjourn into Executive Session?
Ms. Bentley: Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to adjourn into Executive Session
for land acquisition, personnel, or potential litigation.
Mr. Moore: Second
Mayor Lockwood: Okay, I have a motion from Councilmember Bentley with a second
from Councilmember Moore. All in favor please say aye.
Councilmembers: Aye
Mayor Lockwood: Okay, that's unanimous.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Bentley moved to adjourn to Executive
Session at 9:10 am. Councilmember Moore seconded the motion. The motion
passed (5-0). Councilmember Cookerly was absent from the vote.
Councilmember Longoria was absent from the meeting.
RECONVENE
Mayor Lockwood: I'm going to open up for a motion to reconvene.
Ms. Bentley: So moved.
Mr. Moore: Second.
Mayor Lockwood: I have a motion and second to reconvene. All in favor, please say
aye.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Bentley moved to reconvene after
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Executive Session at 11:08am. Councilmember Moore seconded the motion.
The motion passed (6-0). Councilmember Longoria was absent from the
meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Lockwood: That's unanimous. And then I'll open for a motion to adjourn?
Mr. Moore: So moved.
Ms. Bentley: Second.
Mayor Lockwood: All right, I have a motion and a second to adjourn. All in favor say
.`aye'
Councilmembers: Aye.
Mayor Lockwood: Thank you, that's unanimous.
Motion and Vote: Councilmember Moore moved to adjourn the City Council
special called meeting at 11:08 am. Councilmember Bentley seconded the
motion. The motion passed (6-0). Councilmember Longoria was absent from the
meeting.
Date Approved: August 16, 2021
L. Lovit,
Joe Lock o , Mayor