Jan 27, 2026 Quorum Court

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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SO IT'S TIME. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE RESCHEDULED MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

THANK YOU. AND JUSTICE WARD IS GOING TO GIVE US AN INVOCATION.

THEN JUSTICE MEDLOCK OR JUSTICE ELLIOTT IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO OUR BUSINESS.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY SHOWING UP. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT WORK.

AND WE GET SADDLED WITH THIS BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER THAT'S SET UP ON US.

AND WE HAVE A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO MEET ONCE A MONTH.

AND THAT'S NOT USUALLY AN ANTICIPATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WEEK THAT WE CAN'T COME TO WORK.

SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAND. FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR US BEING SAFE AND SOUND.

GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU COVERED US AND KEPT US WARM AND KEPT US ALL SAFE.

GOD THROUGH THIS STORM. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO.

GOD KEEP US LIFTED. KEEP US INSPIRED TO KEEP DOING THE WORK FOR YOU.

IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN. 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 ALL. MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CERTAINLY. MS. DAVIS. PRESENT. MS. CAPPS. HERE.

MS. LEWISON. HERE. MS. BLACKWOOD. HERE. MR. PERSON.

PRESENT. MS. MASSEY. MS. CURRY. MR. KEITH. HERE.

MS. WARD. HERE. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. HERE. MR. ROBINSON.

HERE. MR. MCCOY. HERE. MR. STOWERS. PRESENT. MR. ELLIOTT. HERE. MS. MEDLOCK. 12 PRESENT. 3 ABSENT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MEMBERS IN YOUR PACKETS LAST WEEK, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE MINUTES FOR OUR PREVIOUS MEETING.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

SO MOVED. SECOND. MEMBERS. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING? THERE BEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF LAST MONTH'S MEETING. MR. ELLIOTT. YES. MR. STOWERS. YES. MR. MCCOY. YES.

MR. ROBINSON. YES. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MISS.

WARD. YES. MR. KEITH. YES. MR. PERSON .AYE. MS. BLACKWOOD. AYE. MS. LEWISON. YES. MS. CAPPS. AYE.

MS. DAVIS. YES. 3 ABSENT. 13. I'M SORRY. 12 YEAS.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AND WHEN YOU'RE READY, WILL YOU READ FOR US, PLEASE?

[6. COMMITTEE REPORT: Agenda Committee]

TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE PULASKI COUNTY QUORUM COURT.

WE, YOUR COMMITTEE OF THE AGENDA, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED ITEMS 26-I-04 26-I-06 BEG LEAVE TO REPORT THAT WE'VE HAD THE SAME UNDER CONSIDERATION, AND HEREWITH RETURNED THE SAME WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF DO PASS.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED CURTIS, A KEITH, CHAIR.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MEMBERS, WE HAVE NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

WE MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS.

[26-I-01 A RESOLUTION OF THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY CERTIFYING LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT ENDORSEMENT OF FAYMONVILLE REAL ESTATE, LLC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE (TAX BACK) ACT OF 2003.]

AND WILL YOU LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT MISS MEDLOCK IS HERE? CERTAINLY. THERE YOU GO. GOT IT.

A RESOLUTION OF THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY CERTIFYING LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT ENDORSEMENT OF FAYMONVILLE REAL ESTATE, LLC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE TAX BACK ACT OF 2023.

OF 2003. I'M SORRY, I SEE THAT HERE. AND I READ THE WRONG THING.

2003. I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK, SO THANK YOU. JUSTICE WARD YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THE MOTION.

MOVE OF THE ADOPTION. SECOND MEMBERS. THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING 26-I-01?

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MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. ROBINSON. YES. MS. YOUNG-BAKER.

YES. MS. WARD. YES. YES. MR. PERSON. AYE. MS. BLACKWOOD. AYE. MS. LEWISON. YES. MS. CAPPS. AYE.

MS. DAVIS. YES. 11 AYES, 2 ABSENT. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T COUNT.

THAT MEANS 13 AYES AND 2 ABSENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

AND JUSTICE WARD, YOU PASSED YOUR RESOLUTION, MADAM CLERK.

[26-I-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY CERTIFYING LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT ENDORSEMENT OF WELSPUN TUBULAR, LLC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE (TAX BACK) ACT OF 2003.]

JUSTICE WARD YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THE MOTION. MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION.

SECOND MEMBERS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING.

26-I-02. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 26-I-02. MS. DAVIS. YES.

MS. CAPPS. AYE. MS. LEWISON. YES. MS. BLACKWOOD.

AYE. MR. PERSON AYE. MR. KEITH. YES. MS. WARD? YES. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MR.. ROBINSON. YES.

MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. STOWERS. YES. MR. ELLIOTT.

YES. MS. MEDLOCK. AYE. MS. MASSEY.

SO. 14 AYES, 1 ABSENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

JUSTICE WARD. YOU'VE PASSED YOUR SECOND RESOLUTION TONIGHT.

AND, MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR US, PLEASE READ RESOLUTION 26-I-03 A RESOLUTION OF THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY CERTIFYING LOCAL

[26-I-03 A RESOLUTION OF THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY CERTIFYING LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT ENDORSEMENT OF SOUTHWEST POWER POOL, INC. TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE (TAX BACK) ACT OF 2003.]

YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUSTICE STOWERS YOU'RE RECOGNIZED? YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THESE 3 RESOLUTIONS THAT WE HOPEFULLY THIS SERVE, THAT WE WILL PASS ON CONSTITUTE 800, 843 NEW JOBS IN PULASKI COUNTY WITH AN AVERAGE PAY OF $40 AN HOUR, A TOTAL ANNUAL PAYROLL OF OVER 57 MILLION, AND AN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT OF 156 MILLION.

THIS IS WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE.

I YIELD. THANK YOU, MR. STOWERS, FOR SINGING MY TUNE.

MADAM ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MADAM CLERK, CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF 26-I-003.

MS. MEDLOCK. AYE. MR. ELLIOTT. YES. MR. STOWERS.

YES. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. ROBINSON. YES. MS. YOUNG-BAKER.

YES. MS. WARD? YES. MR. KEITH. YES. MS. MASSEY.

AYE. MR. PERSON. AYE. MS. BLACKWOOD. AYE. MS. LEWISON. MS. CAPPS. AYE. MS. DAVIS. YES. 14 AYES, 1 ABSENT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. JUSTICE DAVIS, YOU PASSED YOUR RESOLUTION.

CONGRATULATIONS. MEMBERS. NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE ORDINANCES.

[26-I-04 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE DAILY FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO BE CHARGED TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR KEEPING PRISONERS OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PULASKI COUNTY REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 14-OR-31 AS AMENDED. ]

JUSTICE MCCOY YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION.

SECOND. MEMBERS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR 26-I-04.

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MS. BLACKWOOD. AYE. MR. PERSON. AYE. MS. MASSEY.

AYE. MR. KEITH. YES. MS. WARD. YES. MS. YOUNG-BAKER.

YES. MR. ROBINSON. YES. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. STOWERS.

YES. MR. ELLIOT. YES. MS. MEDLOCK. AYE. 14 AYES, 1 NAY.

I'M SORRY. 1 ABSENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK AND JUSTICE MCCOY.

YOU PASSED YOUR ORDINANCE. AND NOW, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ FOR US ORDINANCE 26-I-06,

[26-I-06 AN AMENDMENT TO 25-OR-39, 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.]

I MAKE A MOTION TO REFER IT BACK TO AGENDA. SECOND.

SO I THINK THAT WE'D HAVE TO GET THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR BEFORE THAT, BEFORE YOU WOULD TRY TO SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE? CORRECT. OH, REALLY? BUT IF WE SAY YES, IT PASSES.

I CAN'T HEAR YOU. YOU HAVE TO PULL YOUR MICROPHONE TO YOUR MOUTH FOR ME. PLEASE. IF WE SAY YES, IT PASSES. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND YOU, MA'AM. CAN YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE? POINT OF ORDER. THE ITEM HAS TO BE ON THE TABLE BEFORE THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION CAN BE MADE.

YEAH. WELL, BILL. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

OKAY, SO WE MOVE. I DON'T WANT TO MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION, THOUGH, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT WRITTEN THE WAY IT IS.

SO, MEMBERS, I'M WAITING ON A MOTION TO ADOPT, WHICH IS WHAT I BELIEVE WOULD BE THE PROPER MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT. SECOND. MEMBERS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ORDINANCE 26-I-06 COMMENTS.

YES, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE AMENDMENT THE SECOND WHEREAS CLAUSE.

SO IT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE AGENDA SO IT CAN BE AMENDED.

YOU KNOW, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU, AND I JUST REALIZED WHY WHEN I SCRATCHED MY EAR, I DON'T HAVE MY HEARING AIDS IN, I APOLOGIZE.

SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT. NO, MY MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE IT SENT BACK TO THE AGENDA MEETING.

SO, MEMBERS, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO SEND THIS ORDINANCE BACK TO THE AGENDA MEETING.

SECOND. AND THERE'S A SECOND. SO SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH. WELL, I GUESS I GOT A QUESTION. YES. WE HAVE.

YES. SO IT'S THE. I'M SORRY, DID YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK ON WHY I WANTED.

I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT THAT MISS CAPPS WAS TRYING TO BE RECOGNIZED.

YES. SHE WANTS ME TO TELL HER. WHY. SO IT'S THE LET'S LET'S LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT, OKAY? I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING. ANYWAYS. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT SPEAKING FOR ONE ANOTHER.

AND ESPECIALLY SINCE WE WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING ON THE FLY.

LET'S LET'S TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS CLEAR. AND THE RECORD REFLECTS EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN DONE.

AND IT WAS PROPER ORDER. OKAY, SO, MS. CAPPS.

YOU DID NOT WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED. YES, I DO DO WE HAVE WHEN WILL THE CURRENT MORATORIUM EXPIRE? FEBRUARY 13TH. SO IF THIS GOES BACK TO COMMITTEE, THIS WILL HAVE EXPIRED WITHIN THAT TIME AND WE WILL BE OPEN TO THE CONSEQUENCES.

THAT'S THAT'S WHY I YIELD. SO WHAT WAS YOUR FINAL THING YOU SAID, MA'AM? YES. SHE WAS ASKED IS THERE A SECOND. WHEREAS STATEMENT THAT IS A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS THE LEGISLATURE.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE IT REMOVED. CAN THAT BE DONE WITHOUT GOING BACK TO THE AGENDA MEETING? YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

WE DON'T. YOU NORMALLY DON'T YOU NORMALLY IN YOUR RULES DON'T ALLOW YOURSELVES TO DO VERBAL AMENDMENTS.

WELL CAN WE VOTE TO DO THAT THEN? I WOULD NEED A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

SECOND. SECOND. SO YOU'VE HEARD. POINT OF ORDER.

BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. YES, A POINT OF ORDER.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE A SECOND MOTION UNTIL WE'VE DEALT WITH THE FIRST.

AGREE. ON THE MOTION TO ADOPT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE.

NO. ON THE AMENDMENT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT BEFORE WE CAN VOTE TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

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AMY, YOU WANT TO GIVE US A WHAT THE WHAT THE GOOD BOOK SAYS? YEAH, I WILL, I WILL TRY MY BEST WITH THE HELP OF THE ATTORNEY.

YES. YOU WOULD NEED TO GO AHEAD AND JUST DISPENSE WITH THE MOTION TO REFER BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT.

THAT WAS THE MOTION AND THE SECOND. SO THAT SECONDARY MOTION NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH.

AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, SECONDARY MOTION.

SO WE DIDN'T NEED THE MOTION TO ADOPT IN ORDER TO GET IT.

THAT WAS YOUR PRIMARY EMOTION. YOU DID NEED THAT.

OKAY, SO THAT'S DONE. CORRECT. AND THEN THERE WAS A MOTION TO AMEND.

AND THAT RECEIVED A SECOND. RIGHT. CORRECT. RIGHT.

OKAY. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO JUDGE? I HAVE A COMMENT ON THE MOTION. IT IS A DEBATABLE MOTION.

SO YOU YOU CAN TAKE COMMENTS IF YOU. I THINK I SAW MS. BLACKWOOD'S HAND FIRST. OKAY. CAN SHE JUST PULL THEM? PULL HER AMENDMENT? CAN SHE JUST PULL IT FROM THE FLOOR? I CAN, FOLKS, BUT I JUST I JUST SHARE WITH YOU THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET SOME AGGRESSIVE FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE IN WEST PULASKI COUNTY WHEN YOU JUST YOU JUST.

LEFT ALL THOSE AREAS THAT WERE FORMERLY REGULATED BY THE ETJ WITH NO PROTECTION, WHICH IS WHERE YOU GOT THE BILLBOARDS TO BEGIN WITH. THAT'S THE HOT BUTTON SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE.

ARE THERE WAS THERE ANOTHER COMMENT MR. MCCOY OR MR. STOWERS OR WERE YOU MOTIONING FOR ONE ANOTHER OR.

NO, I HAVE A I HAVE A QUESTION. MCCOY. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.

POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS THE MOTION ON THE TABLE? THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS TO AMEND THE THE ORDINANCE.

CORRECT. AND AND NOT SEND BACK TO. I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY. I JUST SAID THAT WRONG. THE MOTION IS TO SEND IT BACK TO THE AGENDA COMMITTEE.

I DID NOT SECOND THAT. AND IF I DID, I DID NOT MEAN TO DO THAT.

WELL, AND I PULLED THAT. I PULL THAT BACK. YEAH.

I'M SORRY. PULL THAT BACK. YOU'RE PULLING THAT BACK.

YOU'RE WITHDRAWING YOUR YOUR MOTION TO AMEND.

CORRECT. AND THEN I'M MAKING A REQUEST TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

I'LL DO THAT AFTER. RIGHT. OKAY. I'M CONFUSED.

I'M CONFUSED. YES. MS. SHOCKING. CAN WE ORDER PIZZA? YEAH, I SAID SO. I THINK AMY. YEAH. SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN RECOUNT TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE READ THE ORDINANCE. WE DID NOT GET A MOTION TO TO ADOPT.

WE INSTEAD GOT A MOTION TO REFER TO THE AGENDA COMMITTEE.

IT WAS MY INITIAL REACTION THAT I DON'T THINK THAT YOU COULD DO THAT.

YOU'D HAVE TO GET IT ON THE FLOOR FIRST, AND THEN YOU COULD MOTION TO MOVE IT.

AND THERE'S. AND I THINK THAT WE DETERMINED THAT THAT WAS, IN FACT, CORRECT.

SO WE'RE WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

JUSTICE MASSEY. I CAN SEE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE YOU WANT TO HELP ME SO BAD, AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE IT.

NO, I MAY BE WRONG. I THOUGHT WE ADOPT. I THOUGHT WE PUT IT ON THE TABLE.

THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE. WE PUT THAT ON THE TABLE.

AND THEN SHE JUSTICE DAVIS CAME UP WITH A SECOND MOTION TO AMEND IT.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW, HER WANTING TO AMEND IT, BUT WE WE SKIPPED OVER THE MOTION.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I EVER GOT A MOTION TO ADOPT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING I WAS LOOKING FOR WAS A MOTION TO ADOPT SO THAT IT IT PUTS IT ON THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION, FOR DEBATE OR MOTION TO ADOPT OR SET IT ON FIRE OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO.

I MADE THE MOTION, SIR. I'M NOT SURE WHO MADE THE SECOND.

AND I SECOND. DONNA SECONDED. SO YOU MOTION TO ADOPT YOU MOTION TO SECOND.

MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE. I'M SORRY.

NOW I'M SKIPPING DEBATE AGAIN. SO LET'S START OVER AGAIN.

AND IT'S ON THE FLOOR. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS.

MAYOR BLACKWOOD. I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER ON THAT.

IF SHE COULD PULL IT, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY, WHETHER SHE COULD PULL HER MOTION OR NOT.

YES, SHE CAN WITHDRAW THE MOTION THAT SHE MADE TO REFER IT BACK TO COMMITTEE.

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CORRECT. AND NOW YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER MOTION.

OKAY. ANOTHER SECONDARY MOTION. BUT WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. SO? SO I DON'T THINK IT WAS ONLY THE PRIMARY MOTION BECAUSE SHE WITHDREW THE SECONDARY MOTION. THE PRIMARY MOTION TO ADOPT IS IS STILL VALID.

BUT THEN SHE MADE A SECONDARY MOTION TO REFER IT BACK TO COMMITTEE.

THAT THAT MOTION WAS WITHDRAWN. AND SO NOW THE IT IS THE CURRENT MOTION IS THE PRIMARY MOTION, BUT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE ANOTHER SECONDARY MOTION, THEY MAY DO SO.

SHE WANTS TO PULL IT. IT'S HER. SHE CAN PULL IT. OR IF SHE WANTS TO PULL, THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.

SO? SO NOW NOW THAT'S MY QUESTION. SO ARE YOU TRYING TO BE RECOGNIZED? YES. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU.

I DO NOT KNOW MY OPTIONS, SO I JUST WANT A CLAUSE OFF THE WHEREAS.

SO CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES OR WHAT CAN I DO FOR THAT ONE CLAUSE TO BE STRICKEN FROM THE ORDINANCE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TRY AND AMEND THE THE ORDINANCE.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES. HANG ON.

I'M TRYING TO WORK MY WAY THROUGH IT AND SEE IF I GET SOME SOME SOME REINFORCEMENT HERE.

CAN WE ACCEPT A MOTION OR VOTE ON A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

YES, THAT IS A 2 THIRDS MAJORITY TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

OKAY. NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE WE'RE GOING, BUT I WE THINK THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN THE RIGHT LANE, THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO MAKE YOUR MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

MEMBERS. THERE'S A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

IS THERE A SECOND? POINT OF ORDER. SECOND. I'M A SECOND.

SO? SO. SO, ARE YOU GOING FIRST OR THE POINT OF ORDER? GOING FIRST. THE POINT OF ORDER. WHAT ARE WE SUSPENDING THE RULES FOR? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. AND THE ORDINANCE AS IS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK THROUGH THE AGENDA.

YOU NORMALLY DON'T AMEND. I THINK YOUR YOUR YOUR RULES.

THE QUORUM COURT RULES DON'T ALLOW YOU TO AMEND.

VERBALLY AMEND ORDINANCES ON THE FLY ON THE ON THE FINAL READING.

RIGHT. AND JUDGE, I DO HAVE A COMMENT WHEN IT COMES TO MY TERM.

SO I'D READ THAT AS BEING IN ORDER TO AMEND VERBALLY ON THE FLY, YOU WOULD HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO DO THAT.

CORRECT? OKAY, THAT WAS MY POINT. POINT OF ORDER.

I DO HAVE A COMMENT OR TWO WHENEVER IT COMES THAT TIME.

THANK YOU. SO. SO RIGHT NOW ON THE FLOOR, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

CORRECT? YES, SIR. BUT WE DO. DID WE HAVE A SECOND? YES, MA'AM. WHO? SECONDED. LUKE. LUKE. SO, LUKE.

SECONDED. SO, MR. STOWERS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR COMMENT OR YOUR QUESTION.

THANK YOU. MA'AM, IF I UNDERSTOOD MISS DAVIS CORRECTLY, THIS IS TO PLACATE THE LEGISLATURE.

FRANKLY, THE LEGISLATURE PUT US IN THIS POSITION, SO I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING UP HERE.

THAT THAT 2 MILE RADIUS THAT THAT IS THAT WAS THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

THEY DUMPED IN OUR LAP. AND SO WE WE WANT TO.

SO WE TALK ABOUT PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS, RIGHT? WE WANT TO PUT A HAMMER ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT OWN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT WANT TO PUT UP BILLBOARDS, BUT WE WANT EVERYBODY ELSE LEFT ALONE. SO WE WANT DIFFERENT RULES FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT OWN LAND.

I'M VERY OPPOSED TO THIS. THIS ORDINANCE IS VERY CLEAR.

IT GIVES PLANNING 4 MONTHS TO BRING BACK TO THIS BODY RECOMMENDATIONS.

ANY OF US WHO WERE HERE 15, 20 YEARS AGO AND WENT THROUGH THE WATERSHED DEBACLE KNOWS THAT THESE THINGS ARE NOT RESOLVED IN A MATTER OF 2 OR 3 MONTHS.

IT'S USUALLY 6 TO 18 MONTHS AND THE 12 MONTH PERIOD TO THE 12 MONTH MORATORIUM.

THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF IT. THAT'S WHY IT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE.

I DON'T THINK I YIELD, JUDGE. CAN I HAVE THE.

THANK YOU. CAN CAN I CAN I ADD A POINT OF FACT? SO THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE EXACT SAME ORDINANCE THAT YOU APPROVED SIX MONTHS AGO.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THAT ORDINANCE IS THE NEW EXPIRATION DATE.

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THAT BUTTON DOESN'T WORK. YOU'RE ALL LIVE NOW. I GOT TIRED OF TRYING TO BE THE DISC JOCKEY OVER HERE.

YES. I'M NOT TRYING TO CHANGE ANY TIME FRAMES.

I WAS JUST ASKING FOR THE SECOND. WHEREAS CLAUSE.

I THINK BLAME COULD BE PUT AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPOTS, NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR.

WHICH IS WHY I WAS ASKING FOR THAT ONE LITTLE SENTENCE OR 2 TO BE TAKEN OUT.

I YIELD. I'M ASSUMING EVERYBODY ELSE HAS THEIR HEARING AIDS IN AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT JUST FINE.

SO I'LL GO FROM THERE. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT OR QUESTION? THANK YOU. I GUESS VAN OR WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THEY CAN KNOW THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? WELL, WE DON'T USUALLY TAKE TESTIMONY ON THAT EITHER.

SO. SO WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR? HELP ME, MADAM CLERK.

AND AMY IS THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES CORRECT? CORRECT. CORRECT. SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENT ON DISCUSS ON DISMISS.

ON SUSPENDING THE RULES, THE MADAM CLERK CALLS THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES FOR THE READING OF OF THIS ORDINANCE. JUSTICE MEDLOCK. NO. MR. ELLIOTT.

MR.. STOWERS. NO. MR. MCCOY. NO. MR. ROBINSON.

NO. MISS YOUNG-BAKER. NO. MS. WARD. NO. MR. KEITH.

NO. MS. MASSEY. NO. MR. PERSON. NO. MS. BLACKWOOD.

ONE MOMENT.

PRESENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO VOTE ON IT. MS. LEWISON.

NO. MS. CAPPS. NO! MS. DAVIS. YES.

12 NAYS, 1 ABSENT, 1 PRESENT, AND ONE YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

MISS DAVIS, YOUR MOTION IS FAILED. THAT TAKES US BACK TO KEEP ME STRAIGHT, AMY.

THAT TAKES US BACK TO THE MOTION TO ADOPT. CORRECT.

WE HAVE A MOTION. LUKE. SECONDED. OR. I'M SORRY.

JUSTICE MCCOY SECONDED THAT MOTION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? FOR THE MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 26-I-06.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 26-I-06.

MS. DAVIS. YES. MS. CAPPS. AYE. YES. MISS BLACKWOOD.

AYE. MR. PERSON. AYE. MASSEY. AYE KEITH. YES.

MS. WARD. YES. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MR. ROBINSON.

YES. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR.. STOWERS. YES. MR. ELLIOTT.

I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU, MR. ELLIOTT. YES. MS, MEDLOCK.

AYE. 14 AYES, 1 ABSENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

CONGRATULATIONS, JUSTICE DAVIS. YOU PASSED YOUR ORDINANCE.

MEMBERS. THIS THIS ADJOURNS THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR OF OUR MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE BOARD HERE?

[Announcements]

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO, YOU KNOW, TAB AND HIS GUYS, I REACHED OUT SEVERAL TIMES.

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE PUTTING A REALLY BAD POSITION WITH THE AMOUNT OF SNOW AND THEN ICE ON TOP OF SNOW AND SNOW ON TOP OF ICE.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS CALL, A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS COMPLAIN.

AND I'VE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES. AND YOU KNOW, BEST I CAN TELL, THEY'VE DONE THE BEST THEY CAN DO TO GET OUT AND HELP THE CONSTITUENTS IN THE COUNTY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. A LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN A NICE EVENT FROM A SNOW EVENT, ISN'T THERE? ANY OTHER JUSTICE STOWERS? DID YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? NO, SIR. I PUT MY HAND UP. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CLERK WAS GOING TO MENTION THIS, BUT STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL INTEREST ARE DUE TODAY FOR PROBABLY ALL OF US.

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OKAY, SO SHE SHE CAN ELABORATE MORE, MAYBE ON ANY SPECIFICS.

THE DIFFERENCE IS IF YOU'RE A COUNTY IF YOU ARE RUNNING FOR A COUNTY OFFICE, YOUR FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE IS RECORDED AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.

SO TODAY, THE FINANCIAL THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL INTEREST IS DUE.

IT'S DUE EVERY YEAR BY JANUARY 31ST. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL INTEREST.

AND YOU FILED THAT IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE? THAT WOULD BE ME, RIGHT? THE CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE IS FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.

AND IF YOU'RE A CANDIDATE, THE FINANCIAL INTEREST IS ALSO FILED THERE.

SO WHAT I GOT OUT OF THEIR LITTLE SEMINAR WHERE I GOT OUT OF THEIR BOOK.

WE MAY WE MAY SEND ONE TO YOU TO BE FILED. THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S DEADLINE IS THE SECOND THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY OF THE MONTH ON MONDAY. SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN OPPONENT, IF YOU'RE NOT IN A RACE, THEN YOU DON'T CARE.

YOU JUST DO THE SAME THING YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE. IF YOU ARE, YOU MAY WANT TO FILE WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEN TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AS WELL. BELT AND SUSPENDERS BE MY SUGGESTION, BUT DECIPHER THE NEW RULES.

HOWEVER YOU WANT. IT'S MORE MORE OF OUR BEST FRIENDS.

THE 135 FOLKS UP THE HILL AWAYS HELPING US DO A BETTER JOB.

I HAVE COLLECTED A FEW TODAY BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE BROUGHT THEM IN AND THEY WERE NOTARIZED.

WE DEFINITELY WILL BE THERE MONDAY. WELL, I'M ASSUMING WE'LL BE OPEN MONDAY.

WE'LL BE THERE MONDAY TO TAKE THEM. AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL WE WILL ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS SNOW RELATED CONSEQUENCES.

SO BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO LET ME SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE OUR EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY AMY WORKING IN THE SINGULAR FOR THE PAST MONTH.

[APPLAUSE] AMEN. AMEN. I TALKED TO JUSTIN THIS MORNING.

HE IS HE IS GETTING BETTER. THE. AS I UNDERSTOOD HIM, THE SURGERY WORKED, SOLVED THE BASIC PROBLEM.

BUT AFTER BEING IN A NECK BRACE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, YOU CAN'T HOLD YOUR HEAD UP ANYMORE.

SO HE'S IN THERAPY TO GET THROUGH THAT, AND THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF INFECTION, AND SO THEY'RE TREATING THAT WITH DRUGS.

BUT HE'S HE IS EAGER TO GET BACK. SO HE SAYS HE MIGHT HAVE PICKED THE RIGHT ONE TO MISS.

BUT HE'S DOING WELL. AND OUR SECURITY DEPUTIES WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING OUT HERE.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL SHOWING UP. THE PRESS ON THIS WAS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO CONDUCT A MEETING EVERY MONTH.

AND SO THE SNOW GOT US IN A POSITION WHERE IT WAS EITHER TODAY OR SATURDAY.

AND I WAS PRETTY SURE NOBODY WANTED TO COME DOWN HERE ON SATURDAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION. PLEASE BE CAREFUL GOING HOME.

THANKS. WE'RE ADJOURNED. OKAY. YEAH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.