[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
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EVERYBODY'S MICROPHONE IS ON, SO JUST BE AWARE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. WE'LL OPEN WITH AN INVOCATION BY JUSTICE STOWERS WHO IS NOT HERE.
WHY OKAY ALL RIGHT AND FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY JUSTICE LEWISON.
WOULD YOU, IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE.
BLESS OUR TIME. BLESS WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY AND SHARE, ALL FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR KINGDOM.
AND IN YOUR SON'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. 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.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR OPENING.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? DAVIS. HERE.
MS. CAPPS. HERE. MS. LEWISON. HERE. MS. BLACKWOOD.
HERE. MR. PERSON. HERE. MS. MASSEY IS ABSENT.
MS. CURRY. PRESENT. MR. KEITH. HERE. MS. WARD.
HERE. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. HERE. MR. ROBINSON. HERE.
MR. MCCOY. HERE. MR. STOWERS IS ABSENT, MR. ELLIOTT.
HERE. MEDLOCK IS ABSENT. SO YOU HAVE 12 PRESENT.
12 PRESENT. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM 5? SECOND.A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE APPROVE OUR MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? OUR MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
[6. COMCAST RURAL BROADBAND UPDATE: Mr. Solomon Graves, Comcast ]
WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM 6. IT APPEARS THAT WE'LL GET AN UPDATE FROM MR. SOLOMON GRAVES. OKAY IF YOU'LL APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, SIR.GOOD EVENING SOLOMON GRAVES, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER WITH COMCAST.
UPDATE. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER LAST YEAR PULASKI COUNTY WAS SELECTED FOR ONE OF THE STATE'S RURAL BROADBAND AWARDS THAT WILL PROVIDE SERVICE TO UNSERVED LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT PULASKI COUNTY, TOTALING 2224 LOCATIONS. WE WERE HONORED TO BE SELECTED AS THE PROVIDER FOR THAT PROJECT.
NOT ONLY WILL THIS PROVIDE AN EXPANSION OF OUR NEXT-GENERATION XFINITY NETWORK THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BUT IT WILL ALSO HELP BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE THAT STILL IMPACTS FAR TOO MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTY, ACROSS THE STATE. ENABLING THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO TELEHEALTH, REMOTE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND ALSO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE ARE PREDICATED TO HAVING HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS.
IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THAT WORK, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 951 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PROJECT FOOTPRINT THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO SECURE PRIVATE EASEMENTS. WHILE MUCH OF THE WORK WILL OCCUR IN THE PRIVATE RIGHTS OF WAY THAT ALREADY EXIST WITHIN THOSE PROPERTIES, THERE WILL BE SOME PRIVATE ACCESS THAT WE WILL NEED TO SECURE.
AS A REMINDER AND I KNOW EACH OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH SCOPE AND FUNCTIONS OF EASEMENTS.
THIS DOES NOT IN ANY WAY CHANGE OWNERSHIP OF THOSE PROPERTIES IN WHOLE OR IN PART, SIMPLY GIVES COMCAST THE ABILITY TO HAVE LEGAL ACCESS TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN OUR FIBER OPTIC LINES.
BY BREAKDOWN THESE EASEMENTS ARE THAT WE'LL NEED TO SECURE OUR SPLIT AS FOLLOWS.
IN DISTRICT 1 WE'LL NEED, WE'VE IDENTIFIED 335 LOCATIONS THAT REQUIRE A PRIVATE EASEMENT.
DISTRICT 7, WE'VE IDENTIFIED TEN. DISTRICT 9, 487.
DISTRICT 11, 108. DISTRICT 13 11. IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL ENGAGEMENT WE ARE FINALIZING THE CONTRACT WITH A SUB. WHO WILL BE OUR OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
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THEY WILL BE THE INDIVIDUALS BRANDED AS AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF COMCAST, WHO WILL BE ENGAGING THESE PROPERTY LOCATIONS TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT. WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHERE A EASEMENT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING A NECESSITY.AND I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT ALL NOTARY AND FILING FEES WILL BE COVERED BY COMCAST.
THERE WILL BE NO FINANCIAL BURDEN PLACED ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO WHY AM I HERE THIS AFTERNOON? THIS EVENING WHAT'S OUR ASK? IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE PULASKI COUNTY'S SUPPORT.
BUT ALSO THEIR VALIDATION OF THIS PROCESS. SO AS WE BEGIN OUR ENGAGEMENT WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH JUDGE HYDE'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COLLATERAL AVAILABLE THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN YOUR DISTRICTS.
ALSO AS APPROPRIATE, DISTRIBUTED ON THE COUNTY'S SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
THEY GET SOMEBODY KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR, THEY'RE GOING TO WONDER WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY ARE YOU HERE? SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF YOU AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE IS WELL AWARE OF OUR WORK AS WE PROCEED TO NEXT SPRING'S PROJECTED COMPLETION DATE AND THAT YOUR CONSTITUENCIES HAVE POINTS OF REFERENCE THAT THEY KNOW CAN VALIDATE THE LEGITIMACY OF THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE ALSO DRAFTED A INTRODUCTORY LETTER THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
THE JUDGE'S OFFICE WILL BE PREPARED TO SEND OUT TO THESE RESIDENTS THAT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CO-BRANDED WITH PULASKI COUNTY TO ONCE AGAIN BRING THAT VALIDATION TO THAT PROCESS, MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHO THAT POINTS OF CONTACT WILL BE.
WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF OUR ENGAGEMENT AS THIS PROCESS MOVES FORWARD.
OKAY WE DO HAVE A QUESTIONS, JUSTICE MCCOY. EASY QUESTIONS.
YOU HAD MENTIONED PROJECT START AT SPRING 26 AND.
PROJECT COMPLETION. OH, COMPLETION? I'M IN THIRD I HAD A QUESTION. OKAY JUSTICE DAVIS. SO ARE YOU GOING TO BE DIGGING UP IN, LIKE, THEIR YARD TO PLACE THE FIBERS OR? IT WILL BE A MIX. THIS PROJECT IS A MIX OF AERIAL AND UNDERGROUND DEPLOYMENTS IS JUST GOING TO DEPEND ON THE SPECIFIC LOCATION.
DO THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF SAYING NO? LEGALLY, YES.
BUT DEPENDING ON HOW WHERE WE ARE IN DEPLOYMENT FAILURE TO SECURE A EASEMENT AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION THEN INHIBITS DEPLOYMENTS DOWN THE LINE.
SO ARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS GOING TO BE HAD BEFORE THAT GET STARTED TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING? YES AND THAT'S AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR ONSITE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'LL BE DOING WITH EACH OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS, EXPLAINING TO THEM WHAT THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF, NOT JUST TO THEM, BUT THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON THEIR NEIGHBORS AND COUNTY RESIDENTS AS A WHOLE. OKAY SO EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE COMCAST, THEIR PROPERTY MIGHT STILL BE AN EASEMENT? CORRECT. IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY PREDICATED ON WHO THEIR EXISTING PROVIDER IS. WHETHER OR NOT THE ROUTE WILL FOLLOW REQUIRES AN EASEMENT.
WHEN WE APPLIED AND WERE SELECTED BY THE STATE, THEY GAVE US A SPECIFIC LIST OF LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD THROUGH IN ORDER TO BRING THEM FROM THAT UNSERVED STATUS TO THAT SERVE STATUS.
NO ONE'S GOING TO WANT THEIR YARD DUG UP. SO THAT'S JUST A WARNING, A FAIR WARNING.
WE'LL FOLLOW UP NO THANK YOU. OKAY JUSTICE PERSON. YES, SIR THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS MUCH, VERY BADLY NEEDED. TWO THINGS. ONE FOR SURE.
YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT THE LETTERS GOING OUT. YES.
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COUNTY SEAL OR LOGO AS WELL, ALONG WITH COMCAST EXPLAINING WHAT IS GOING ON WELL AHEAD OF TIME.BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS JUSTICE DAVIS ALREADY MENTIONED YOU MAY SEE SOME CONSTERNATION REGARDING SOME, BUT THE MORE PEOPLE KNOW, THE BETTER. SO I DEFINITELY SUGGEST THAT.
UNDERSTOOD CAN I GET THAT NUMBER FOR DISTRICT 9 AGAIN? IS THAT THE LARGEST? YES, MA'AM. YEAH [LAUGHTER] WE NEED TO TALK.
JUSTICE WARD? YES. I'M IN DISTRICT 10 OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE LESSER AMOUNT.
CONCERN I BELIEVE MR. PERSON HAS ADDRESSED THE SIGNAGE PIECE AND IF SOMEONE NEEDED TO CONTACT, WILL IT HAVE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION? IF SOMEONE WANTS TO INQUIRE FROM THE SIGNAGE? YEAH, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE SIGNAGE AND IN PREVIOUS MARKETS WE'VE ALSO DONE A MIX OF DOOR TAGS ALSO PRIOR TO COMMENCING WORK. BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE BOTH THOSE PIECES HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? IF THERE IS NOT A MR. GRAVE WHO APPRECIATE YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH AMY, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT JUSTICE MASSEY DID ARRIVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [LAUGHTER] ALRIGHT, WELL, THERE'S NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO OUR NEW BUSINESS.
[25-I-52 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE STATE CASA GRANT FUNDS FOR THE COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA) DEPARTMENT. ]
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-52. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS. TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE STATE CASA GRANT FUNDS FOR THE COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES CASA DEPARTMENT.JUSTICE DAVIS. YES, I THINK THERE'S SOME. OH I MOVE FOR IT TO GO TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT.
SECOND. WITH THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND ITEM 25-I-52 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATION, AND YOU'RE TURNING IT OVER TO? OH CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I'M SORRY. ANGIE JONES WITH CASA.
OKAY. AND THIS IS OUR ANNUAL GRANT FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE ON THIS STATE FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS COMING TO YOU ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR ASKING FOR AN APPROPRIATION.
OKAY. THANK YOU OH, YOU WANT TO BE? BLACKWOOD. THANK YOU, MS. JONES IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-52? MS. DAVIS. YES. MS. CAPPS. AYE. MS. LEWISON. YES.
MS. BLACKWOOD. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES. MS. MASSEY.
AYE. MS. CURRY. AYE. MR. KEITH. YES. MS. WARD.
YES. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MR. ROBINSON. AYE.
MS. [INAUDIBLE] YES. MR. ELLIOTT. YES. SO YOU HAVE 13 AYES.
13 AYES WE WILL SEND 25-I-52 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-54? AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET.
[25-I-54 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ASSESSOR’S OFFICE. ]
PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.MS. JANET, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? I'M JANET TROUTMAN WARD.
I'M YOUR PULASKI COUNTY ASSESSOR, AND THIS IS A HOUSEKEEPING THING THAT WE ALSO DO.
WE LEAVE THIS MONEY IN OUR REPRISAL FUND TILL WE GET CLOSE TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND TO FINISH OUT THE YEAR, YOU MOVE IT EVERY YEAR FOR US, AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
ADDED AS A SPONSOR. JUSTICE ELLIOTT. JUSTICE CURRY.
I THINK WE ALL SUPPORT IT [LAUGHTER]. BUT THANK YOU, JANET.
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I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-54? MR. ELLIOTT. YES. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. ROBINSON.AYE. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MS. WARD. YES. MR. KEITH. YES. MS. CURRY. AYE. MS. MASSEY. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES. MS. BLACKWOOD. AYE LEWISON. YES. MS. CAPPS. AYE. AND MS. DAVIS.
13 AYES, 13 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-54 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-56? AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET,
[25-I-56 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO APPROPRIATE CONTINGENCY FUNDS (FUND 1807) FOR ONE-TIME EXPENSES FOR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PULASKI COUNTY REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITY. ]
PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO APPROPRIATE CONTINGENCY FUNDS FUND 1807 FOR ONE TIME EXPENSES FOR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PULASKI COUNTY REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITY. JUSTICE MASSEY. YES, I MOVE THAT WE SEND THIS TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A RECOMMENDED DO PASS.JUSTICE MASSEY. THERE IS SOMEONE HERE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT I BELIEVE WILL GIVE US DETAILED INFORMATION, AND THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO I HAVE NOT INTRODUCED MYSELF TO BEFORE.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT IS TO PUT TWO I-BEAMS IN SO THAT IT CAN HANDLE THE WEIGHT.
THE NEW AIR CONDITIONERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HOLD.
AND THERE YOU'VE GOT ABOUT THE EXTENT OF MY KNOWLEDGE ON IT.
I'VE GOT TIM GORMAN, THE PROJECT MANAGER FROM TRANE HERE.
IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
OKAY THANK YOU. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE, AND THEY DON'T REALLY PERTAIN TO THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCIES, I GUESS, IN THE ROOF. MY FIRST QUESTION IS FOR HUTCH.
HOW MUCH IS LEFT IN THE CONTINGENCY FUND AFTER THIS? $4 MILLION HOW MUCH DID WE ALLOCATE TO THE DETENTION FACILITY LAST TIME? THROUGH THE CONTINGENCY FUND? $4 MILLION ALL THAT BUT WHEN CROMWELL WAS HERE, I THOUGHT PART OF THAT MONEY WAS TO FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING AND THE ROOF AND PART OF THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCIES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING BUT THE NEW UNITS WEIGH MORE THAN THE OLD UNITS AND THE WAY THAT ROOF LAID OUT, THEY GOT TO PUT SOME RED IRON IN THERE TO HOLD $270,000 WORTH OF RED IRON? SO THE UNITS ARE SPREAD OUT. SO IT'S NOT A CONSOLIDATED AREA WHERE WE'RE JUST PUTTING A COUPLE OF STRUCTURAL MEMBERS. WE'RE ACTUALLY SPREADING THIS OUT OVER THE ROOF? YEAH YOU'RE PUTTING RED IRON IN THERE TO SUPPORT THE AIR UNITS OKAY AND THEN SO MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS THERE NOT A LINE ITEM THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET WHERE WE COULD TAKE THIS FROM? IS THERE NOT A? NO YOU GAVE THEM MONEY TO DO THIS PROJECT NOW WITH WHEN THEY GET INTO IT AND THEY START GETTING INTO THE ROOF, I KNOW THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE $4 OR $5 MILLION, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM IN THERE.
THAT'S THE ANSWER GOING TO HANDLE IT, SO THAT'S THEIRS IS THERE A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM WITHIN YOUR BUDGET THAT COULD SUPPORT THIS OR THAT THEY ALL PRETTY MUCH ALLOCATED TO OTHER ISSUES? WELL, ONCE WE WENT AHEAD AND SPENT THE $900,000 FOR THE INSTALLATION THAT WE DIDN'T INITIALLY KNOW THAT WE HAD TO HANDLE.
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THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT MONEY, BUT NOW THAT WE SPENT THE $900,000 OUT OF OUR CURRENT BUDGET TO DO THAT, WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY. OKAY. THANK YOU THANK YOU. OKAY. JUSTICE CURRY. YES. I DID INQUIRE SOME AND GOT A LITTLE BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON IT.AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TYPE OF REPAIR HAS NOT BEEN DONE SINCE 1994, WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY INSTALLED SO. ACTUALLY THIS IS ON THE SHERIFF'S SIDE. RIGHT.
BUT THANK YOU. OKAY I WAS LOOKING AT ALL OF THE VACANT POSITIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER, SO THAT MONEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN OKAY. THAT'S WHAT PAYS FOR THEIR OVERTIME OH [LAUGHTER], SO AT SOME POINT, ALL OF THOSE VACANT SALARIES IS ROLLED INTO OVERTIME? SO THIS. IF THEY HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE MORE VACANCIES THAN MAYBE LIKE OVERTIME SO AND MAYBE THIS IS MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR A DIFFERENT TIME WHEN WE'RE RECEIVING VACANT POSITIONS IN ISSUING THIS MONEY, THE POSITION VACANT AND THE VACANT DATE, AND I GUESS THE BUDGETED MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A FAIR CAPTURE OF THAT POSITION.
BUT IF THIS MONEY IS ALREADY BEING SPENT, I WOULD THINK SOMEWHERE IN THERE WOULD AS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, WE WOULD SOMEHOW IT WOULD LET US KNOW THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS MY MAIN QUESTION.
BUT THEY SPENT $4.2 MILLION ON ALL THE TIME OKAY, SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY, BUT THEY HAVE A VACANCY THAT'S WHAT'S COVERED ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THERE BEING NONE I WOULD LIKE TO BE PUT ON THIS AS A SPONSOR. OKAY.
JUSTICE BLACKWOOD. JUSTICE LEWISON. SPONSORS JUSTICE CURRY. ANYBODY ELSE? THERE BEING NONE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-56? MS. DAVIS. YES. MS. CAPPS. AYE. MS. LEWISON. YES.
MS. BLACKWOOD MS. MASSEY. AYE. MS. CURRY. AYE. MR. KEITH. YES.
MS. WARD. YES. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MR. ROBINSON.
PRESENT. MR. MCCOY. YES. AND MR. ELLIOTT. YES.
YOU HAVE 12 AYES AND ONE VOTING PRESENT. 12 AYES 1 PRESENT 25-I-56 WILL BE SENT TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATION. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-57?
[25-I-57 AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH CONTINUITY OF DEVELOPMENT; PROTECT THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF CITIZENS; ADOPT A MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUSLY ENACTED LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]
AN ORDINANCE ADOPT A MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUSLY ENACTED LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. JUSTICE DAVIS. I MOVE JUST INTO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.JUSTICE DAVIS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN OR DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE? I CAN START. SO THE ETJ WAS DISMANTLED AS OF LAST MONDAY BECAUSE OF STATE LAW.
THEY JUST PUT ONE AT THE FOUR WAY AT FERNDALE.
I DID REACH OUT VERY MUCH TO JUSTIN, ADAM, AND TO VAN TO FIGURE OUT A PLAN WITHOUT BURDENING THE PERSONAL INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHTS. AND THIS WAS THE MOST EFFICIENT, QUICKEST WAY BECAUSE ONCE THAT POLE'S IN THE GROUND, WE CAN'T STOP IT. SO THIS IS JUST A SIX MONTH PAUSE TO FIGURE OUT SOME KIND OF REGULATION FOR THE
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BILLBOARDS SO THAT WE CAN GET ON TOP OF IT BEFORE THEY'RE EVERYWHERE ON KANIS.SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE IF. ADAM, YOU WANT TO TALK? I THINK YOU COVERED IT PRETTY WELL. I'LL JUST ADD THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH ALL OF THE REGULATORY ENTITIES AT THE STATE, THE FED, ON THE BILLBOARD TOPIC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR STANDARDS AND LAWS. ADAM HOW? WHY DO YOU THINK WE? AND MAYBE YOU SOMEONE ELSE KNEW ABOUT IT.
BUT WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS JUST COMING BEFORE THE QUORUM COURT? IF THIS WAS JUST ENACTED THE 1ST OF AUGUST. MONDAY.
MONDAY. OKAY. WHY DID THE QUORUM COURT NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS OR? THE I THINK THE URGENCY WAS FELT BECAUSE OF THE SPEED WHICH DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED.
AND EVERY DAY, LIKE THERE'S TWO BY WELLINGTON, THEY'RE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE.
AND WE CAN'T SINCE THEY'RE IN THE GROUND, WE CAN'T STOP THEM.
OKAY. SO WE WERE AWARE THAT THE LAW WAS CHANGING, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE WOULD JUMP ON.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THE BILLBOARD COMPANIES WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE UNINCORPORATED OKAY, JUSTICE ROBINSON. SO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS HERE, AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HIM, IF HE DOESN'T MIND COMING UP. HI, I'M MARK WILSON I'M CHAIR OF THE PULASKI COUNTY PLANNING BOARD. SO MY QUESTION IS HAS ANY OF THE BILLBOARD COMPANIES? HAVE THEY EVER PRESENTED THEMSELVES OR COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHILE YOU'VE BEEN ON THERE, OR THAT YOU KNOW, OF TO EVER PRESENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO YOU? NO, SIR, I HAVE NOT. OKAY THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF GO ON RECORD HERE TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH MS. DAVIS AND YOU KNOW, NOTHING HAD BEEN PRESENTED, WHICH IS WHY I BELIEVE WE NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING OR HEARD ANYTHING OR KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO UNFOLD OR HAPPEN.
OKAY. WELL, JUSTICE MCCOY DID YOU HAVE? OKAY GO AHEAD YES THIS QUESTION IS FOR ADAM. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN WILSON.
I GUESS I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS, HOW CONFIDENT ARE WE THAT THIS MORATORIUM IS ON GOOD LEGAL GROUND? CAN YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? IS IT STRATEGIC TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? IF NOT.
BUT KIND OF TALK TO ME ABOUT ARE WE ANY GOOD YEAH. ANYBODY CAN GO TO THE LAW, THE COURTHOUSE TO FILE A LAWSUIT.
WE'VE SPENT TIME WITH PLANNING AND WITH THE OTHER LAWYERS IN MY OFFICE.
THIS IS NOT AN OUTRIGHT BAN. THIS IS THE KIND OF THE CONTINUATION OF WHAT EXISTED PRIOR TO THE REPEAL OF THE ETJ AUTHORITY BY CITIES WITHIN THAT REGION.
AND SO IT WILL REINSTITUTE FOR A LIMITED TIME, REINSTITUTE THOSE REGULATIONS AND GIVE THE PLANNING BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER AND CRAFT A PLAN WITHIN THAT TIME. AND I DO WANT TO NOTE, Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THIS.
BUT OVER THE LAST I THINK THREE YEARS, THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE PLANNING STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF PULASKI COUNTY.
AND ONE OF THE PARTICULAR AREAS OF FOCUS WAS ON CITY ETJ'S.
THOSE TWO THINGS DIDN'T HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE ACTED.
AND THEN IT BECAME A NEW FOCUS AREA FOR COUNTY PLANNING, BECAUSE THAT WASN'T AN AREA THAT COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE HAD ANY AUTHORITY OR JURISDICTION TO REGULATE PREVIOUSLY. SO THIS IS KIND OF NEW GROUND, LITERALLY NEW GROUND TO LOOK AT FOR BOTH THE
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CONSULTANT AND THE LAND USE PLAN AND THE PLANNING STAFF AND PLANNING BOARD.AND THEN SECOND, THANK YOU. I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO LOOK UP SOME OF THE TESTIMONY ON, I THINK IT WAS AT 314, THIS REMOVAL OF THE ETJ'S. BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN KIND OF THE LEGISLATURE'S INTENT, PURPOSE BEHIND THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION? I THINK THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY INTENDED TO DO, [LAUGHTER] WHICH WAS TO REMOVE THE AUTHORITY FROM CITIES.
AND BY DEFAULT THAT AUTHORITY RETURNS TO COUNTIES.
AND SO I THINK THE IDEA WAS TO REMOVE THE AUTHORITY FROM CITIES, AND A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO THE AT LEAST THE MOTIVATION, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, HAD TO DO WITH LACK OF REPRESENTATION IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS WITH MEMBERS ON THE PLANNING BOARD.
BUT NOW THAT AREA FALLS TO THE COUNTY PLANNING BOARDS, WHICH.
I YIELD THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. JUSTICE MCCOY.
JUSTICE CAPPS, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN SORRY MAKE YOU GET UP AND DOWN. THE TIME THE TIME FRAME PRESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE. DOES THE PLANNING BOARD FEEL LIKE THAT'S A REASONABLE TIME FRAME? AND IF WE BUMP UP PAST THAT, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? THAT WOULD PROBABLY GO TO ADAM. YEAH, I THINK THAT YES, MA'AM.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A GOOD TIME FOR MORATORIUM AND GOOD TIME TO GET THE COUNTY'S DUCKS IN A ROW, AND WE SUPPORT IT. OKAY IF WE DO PASS IT, ARE WE ABLE TO REVISE THIS WITH ANOTHER ORDINANCE? YES THERE'S A PROVISION, I BELIEVE, IN HERE THAT WITHOUT IT'S NOT TO BE CONTINUED OR EXTENDED UNLESS THIS BODY ACTS AGAIN. AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE PLANNING STAFF AND PLANNING BOARD WOULD BE ABLE IN RELATIVELY SHORT ORDER BE ABLE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OF RECOMMENDATION TO THE QUORUM COURT SO THAT THERE'S SOME.
WE'RE NOT BUMPING UP AGAINST THAT AT THE END OF THE SIX MONTHS. I AGREE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM THANK YOU. THANK YOU I YIELD. ALL RIGHT JUSTICE ROBINSON.
TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, BILLBOARDS REQUIRE POWER.
POWER REQUIRES A 911 ADDRESS, TYPICALLY IN THE COUNTY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SITE PLAN.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T. TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THE EASY THING TO DO WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS IS TO COME UP WITH A INSTEAD OF ZONING, YOU KNOW, YOU COME UP WITH A SITE PLAN REGULATION FOR BILLBOARDS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE POWER.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A 911 ADDRESS. I MAYBE I'M MAKING IT TOO SIMPLISTIC, BUT THAT SEEMS PRETTY.
I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT YES. AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
OKAY THANK YOU I YIELD. OKAY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MR. WILSON. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-57? MR. ELLIOTT. YES. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. ROBINSON.
AYE. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MS. WARD. YES. MR. KEITH. YES. MS. CURRY. AYE. MS. MASSEY. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES. MS. BLACKWOOD. AYE. MS. LEWISON.
YES. MS. CAPPS. AYE. AND MS. DAVIS. YES. YOU HAVE 13 AYES.
13 AYES WE WILL SEND 25-I-57 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO SO MOVE ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM? YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OR YOU HAVE COMMENTS? OKAY. SO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WILL CONVENE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER WE GET THERE OKAY GOOD DEAL. OKAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION WE HAVE ENDED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.