1 00:00:00,064 --> 00:00:02,864 The fact that we had made this 2 00:00:04,744 --> 00:00:06,144 necessary institution 3 00:00:06,904 --> 00:00:07,904 necessities. 4 00:00:12,264 --> 00:00:13,584 Get them out 5 00:00:15,544 --> 00:00:18,864 I saw the bench. Yeah. Hold on. 6 00:00:19,224 --> 00:00:23,024 President. Yeah. 7 00:00:26,024 --> 00:00:27,264 Make big 8 00:00:32,084 --> 00:00:35,404 Is that That's that's over there. 9 00:00:35,404 --> 00:00:37,084 Okay. Yes. That's all. We got 10 00:00:37,084 --> 00:00:38,524 everything. The grass cutter doing a 11 00:00:38,524 --> 00:00:42,364 lot better. It is fun. 12 00:00:43,044 --> 00:00:44,044 But 13 00:00:46,564 --> 00:00:47,564 now 14 00:00:49,684 --> 00:00:52,364 did a good job man. Okay so that was 15 00:00:52,364 --> 00:00:55,404 like yeah. Appreciate it. 16 00:01:00,184 --> 00:01:01,664 Thank you, sir. 17 00:01:04,564 --> 00:01:04,884 Hello 18 00:01:36,344 --> 00:01:37,344 Bye. 19 00:02:11,144 --> 00:02:15,184 About ready? Just foul. 20 00:02:17,064 --> 00:02:19,064 I'd like to call the meeting of the 21 00:02:19,064 --> 00:02:20,584 Montevallo City Council work 22 00:02:20,584 --> 00:02:22,184 session in order September the 23 00:02:22,184 --> 00:02:23,944 fourteenth, two thousand twenty6, 24 00:02:23,944 --> 00:02:27,384 530 here at city hall. We do have a 25 00:02:27,384 --> 00:02:29,944 courtroom present. Uh first item on 26 00:02:29,944 --> 00:02:32,824 the agenda is the renewal of the MOU 27 00:02:32,824 --> 00:02:34,584 with the Stevens College of 28 00:02:34,584 --> 00:02:37,064 Business. One year renewal of Falcon 29 00:02:37,064 --> 00:02:39,144 Consultant Services provided by 30 00:02:39,144 --> 00:02:41,464 Stevens College of Business. What 31 00:02:41,464 --> 00:02:44,024 this is for their service. We let them 32 00:02:44,984 --> 00:02:47,784 have a room over at our annex 33 00:02:47,784 --> 00:02:50,664 building. They We've done this what 34 00:02:50,664 --> 00:02:53,064 the past 3 years, Stacey? Well, but 35 00:02:53,064 --> 00:02:55,624 yes, sir. Third, third renewal. So, 36 00:02:55,624 --> 00:02:58,344 just just a renewal on it. Great idea. 37 00:02:58,464 --> 00:03:01,624 I wish more people knew that they 38 00:03:01,624 --> 00:03:02,664 could take advantage of those 39 00:03:02,664 --> 00:03:04,184 opportunities to get the training 40 00:03:04,184 --> 00:03:06,184 and and all the stuff that they can get 41 00:03:06,184 --> 00:03:08,024 right there. Wish more people were 42 00:03:08,024 --> 00:03:12,624 aware of it. Any questions or other 43 00:03:12,624 --> 00:03:14,304 comments? I believe that you'll 44 00:03:14,304 --> 00:03:16,464 note. I've gone to several of the 45 00:03:16,464 --> 00:03:17,504 classes and they're very helpful. 46 00:03:17,784 --> 00:03:18,784 Yes. 47 00:03:21,064 --> 00:03:23,704 Alright. Next item is request to 48 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:25,864 close straight from the University 49 00:03:25,864 --> 00:03:28,264 of Montevalla. Uh request to close 50 00:03:28,264 --> 00:03:30,104 Oak Street from the Performing Arts 51 00:03:30,104 --> 00:03:31,784 Center, Divine Street, and North 52 00:03:31,784 --> 00:03:34,584 Boundary Street and Valley Street on 53 00:03:34,584 --> 00:03:37,224 Thursday, October the eighth two 54 00:03:37,224 --> 00:03:40,024 thousand twenty-six from one PM to 12 55 00:03:40,024 --> 00:03:43,944 AM. And this is Founders Day 56 00:03:44,384 --> 00:03:47,464 Yeah, it is yeah, Founders Day and 57 00:03:47,704 --> 00:03:49,384 think they're going to have a band 58 00:03:49,384 --> 00:03:52,864 set up and things things like that. 59 00:03:52,984 --> 00:03:55,824 And it's just, it affects no 60 00:03:55,824 --> 00:03:57,824 businesses, affects really no 61 00:03:57,824 --> 00:04:01,824 residents. They're have gotten with 62 00:04:01,824 --> 00:04:05,024 principal butts about bus traffic 63 00:04:05,024 --> 00:04:07,824 that day. And that's, that's it. 64 00:04:10,064 --> 00:04:11,984 Any questions or comments? 65 00:04:13,564 --> 00:04:17,004 Alright? Next is a resolution zero 66 00:04:17,004 --> 00:04:20,684 nine one four two zero two six dash 67 00:04:20,684 --> 00:04:23,084 three five oh. A resolution adopting 68 00:04:23,084 --> 00:04:24,844 the annual budget for the fiscal year 69 00:04:24,844 --> 00:04:28,364 twenty twenty-6 and 2027. I think 70 00:04:28,364 --> 00:04:31,884 everybody's received a hard copy 71 00:04:31,884 --> 00:04:35,324 plus you've got your digital copy. Um 72 00:04:36,244 --> 00:04:40,124 it's a good strong budget. It's a 73 00:04:40,124 --> 00:04:43,864 little over 12 million. Uh but the 74 00:04:43,864 --> 00:04:45,384 working budget's actually about 9 75 00:04:45,384 --> 00:04:46,904 million. The 12 million includes 76 00:04:46,904 --> 00:04:49,224 grants and all that but the the 77 00:04:49,224 --> 00:04:51,304 working budgets right at 9 million. 78 00:04:53,064 --> 00:04:55,704 Then we finish if everything comes in 79 00:04:55,704 --> 00:04:57,624 good we'll we'll finish in the black. 80 00:04:57,624 --> 00:05:01,304 So, anytime you can finish there, you 81 00:05:01,304 --> 00:05:05,544 sputter and be it in a rig. I applaud 82 00:05:05,544 --> 00:05:08,184 you and Steve and all of that worked so 83 00:05:08,184 --> 00:05:10,104 hard to do this because when we took 84 00:05:10,104 --> 00:05:13,224 counsel, what 2 year, what, six years 85 00:05:13,224 --> 00:05:15,704 ago? Mhm. Um, we was working with my, 86 00:05:15,704 --> 00:05:17,944 what a $4 million dollar? Probably 87 00:05:17,944 --> 00:05:19,944 five, man. 5 million dollar budget. 88 00:05:19,944 --> 00:05:23,384 And now we're up to twelve. And, and 89 00:05:23,564 --> 00:05:25,564 you see it in the city, you see the 90 00:05:25,564 --> 00:05:27,164 things and the the investments and 91 00:05:27,164 --> 00:05:28,684 the different things that that's 92 00:05:28,684 --> 00:05:30,124 happening here in Monte Valley and 93 00:05:30,124 --> 00:05:32,444 it's only going to get better. So you 94 00:05:32,444 --> 00:05:34,204 know I think it's a great budget. I 95 00:05:34,204 --> 00:05:35,964 went through it and I didn't have any 96 00:05:35,964 --> 00:05:38,444 questions. Thank you Kenny. Anybody 97 00:05:38,444 --> 00:05:40,604 else? Are we going to vote on that 98 00:05:40,604 --> 00:05:42,844 tonight or just voting next week? Uh 99 00:05:42,884 --> 00:05:46,764 Steve is just reading or what's the 100 00:05:46,764 --> 00:05:48,444 first reading? Maybe it's the first 101 00:05:48,444 --> 00:05:49,964 reading. It's a resolution council 102 00:05:49,964 --> 00:05:52,284 can can take action if they so choose 103 00:05:52,284 --> 00:05:54,264 tonight Yeah. Since they've had 104 00:05:54,984 --> 00:05:56,824 since they've had all the figures, 105 00:05:56,824 --> 00:05:58,424 you know, for the past several weeks, 106 00:05:58,424 --> 00:05:59,944 that's entirely up to council. 107 00:06:00,144 --> 00:06:03,064 Council, where do you go? You want to 108 00:06:03,064 --> 00:06:04,904 vote on the budget? Tonight or? Yeah, 109 00:06:04,904 --> 00:06:06,104 let's go ahead and get it out of the 110 00:06:06,104 --> 00:06:08,024 way. Okay. Alright, we'll do that 111 00:06:08,024 --> 00:06:11,264 tonight then. And this has been 112 00:06:11,264 --> 00:06:14,064 reviewed by by our auditors. Uh and 113 00:06:14,064 --> 00:06:15,424 everything. I always send that over 114 00:06:15,424 --> 00:06:16,944 to him. You know just to kind of get 115 00:06:16,944 --> 00:06:18,624 their blessings on it and you know to 116 00:06:18,624 --> 00:06:21,104 make sure that there's no addition 117 00:06:21,104 --> 00:06:24,224 and subtraction errors there. And so 118 00:06:24,624 --> 00:06:26,784 I'm very I have a lot of confidence in 119 00:06:26,784 --> 00:06:28,304 in the budget as proposed. 120 00:06:31,564 --> 00:06:33,484 Alright, we'll move down to the next 121 00:06:33,484 --> 00:06:36,684 one. Uh ordinance zero nine one 122 00:06:36,764 --> 00:06:39,644 four, two, zero, two, six, dash two 123 00:06:39,644 --> 00:06:42,204 two two, an ordinance amending the 124 00:06:42,204 --> 00:06:43,884 municipal code of the city of 125 00:06:43,884 --> 00:06:45,244 Montevala, chapter sixteen, 126 00:06:45,284 --> 00:06:48,924 article three, section 16, dash 127 00:06:48,924 --> 00:06:52,524 fifty-nine E, regarding the hours of 128 00:06:52,524 --> 00:06:54,604 own premise alcohol, beverage 129 00:06:54,604 --> 00:06:59,884 sales, and also section 16 dash 59 F, 130 00:07:00,084 --> 00:07:02,364 regarding the hours have 131 00:07:02,364 --> 00:07:04,524 off-premise alcohol beverage 132 00:07:04,524 --> 00:07:06,444 sales. Uh 133 00:07:08,064 --> 00:07:09,904 Let me tell you the reasoning behind 134 00:07:09,904 --> 00:07:11,184 this order. Thank you. 135 00:07:13,564 --> 00:07:16,364 Had a restaurant owner wanting to 136 00:07:16,364 --> 00:07:20,364 serve brunch and our legal time was 137 00:07:20,564 --> 00:07:23,644 12 o'clock on Sunday. 138 00:07:23,844 --> 00:07:28,644 Um we felt like that we could move it 139 00:07:28,644 --> 00:07:31,124 back to ten to give them an 140 00:07:31,124 --> 00:07:33,604 opportunity to sell alcoholic 141 00:07:33,604 --> 00:07:36,484 beverages with their with their 142 00:07:36,484 --> 00:07:41,624 meal. Um So that's that's why that 143 00:07:41,624 --> 00:07:44,424 first proposal's on there. The 144 00:07:44,424 --> 00:07:48,264 second proposal is to move from 2 145 00:07:48,324 --> 00:07:52,084 AM back to twelve. And the reason 146 00:07:52,084 --> 00:07:55,924 that's being is on October the 147 00:07:55,924 --> 00:08:00,724 twenty-first I believe. It was chaos 148 00:08:00,724 --> 00:08:02,564 in the streets. Uh 149 00:08:04,264 --> 00:08:07,784 fights broke out a gun fell out of 150 00:08:07,784 --> 00:08:11,624 somebody's pocket I don't know, 00 151 00:08:11,624 --> 00:08:13,864 people, hundred and 50 people in the 152 00:08:13,864 --> 00:08:17,444 street, folks walking around with 153 00:08:17,444 --> 00:08:18,404 open containers. 154 00:08:21,264 --> 00:08:24,704 People throwing up, throwing a 155 00:08:24,704 --> 00:08:26,064 sidewalk, in the bushes, 156 00:08:27,664 --> 00:08:29,504 pedestrians almost getting struck 157 00:08:29,504 --> 00:08:31,744 by the traffic. And 158 00:08:33,764 --> 00:08:36,964 Our job is the safety of the citizens 159 00:08:36,964 --> 00:08:40,564 and visitors in this city. Know that. 160 00:08:40,844 --> 00:08:44,324 The footage of what went on 161 00:08:45,764 --> 00:08:49,764 you would be shocked There's still an 162 00:08:49,764 --> 00:08:52,244 investigation going on. So, 163 00:08:53,264 --> 00:08:55,344 That part of it can't be made public 164 00:08:55,344 --> 00:08:59,424 yet. But when it does and it's out, 165 00:08:59,424 --> 00:09:01,184 there's one video floating around 166 00:09:01,184 --> 00:09:05,844 that apparently just the bystander 167 00:09:05,844 --> 00:09:08,804 made it. And I have no control over 168 00:09:08,804 --> 00:09:11,764 them. Showing it to the general 169 00:09:11,764 --> 00:09:16,084 public. What went on that night. It it 170 00:09:16,084 --> 00:09:19,204 can't be tolerated. And and it's and 171 00:09:19,204 --> 00:09:20,804 it's not going to be tolerated. It 172 00:09:20,804 --> 00:09:23,844 was some underage shrinking went on. 173 00:09:24,204 --> 00:09:27,364 Uh I think eight people 174 00:09:27,724 --> 00:09:30,404 got arrested for underage drinking. 175 00:09:30,764 --> 00:09:33,444 A couple of them were athletes with 176 00:09:33,444 --> 00:09:36,084 the University of Montevallo. And 177 00:09:36,084 --> 00:09:38,004 they no longer have their 178 00:09:38,764 --> 00:09:41,524 scholarships. On that. 179 00:09:44,764 --> 00:09:48,764 Council up. Take any input you got. Um 180 00:09:48,764 --> 00:09:50,524 mayor can I ask what time? all this 181 00:09:50,524 --> 00:09:52,444 happened? I haven't seen the video 182 00:09:52,444 --> 00:09:55,964 so. The fight was at one 183 00:09:57,264 --> 00:10:00,624 Roughly one 30? 184 00:10:01,064 --> 00:10:05,024 Which one? Okay. On 185 00:10:05,304 --> 00:10:08,544 August the I think it was starting 186 00:10:08,544 --> 00:10:13,344 August 22nd. Went into August 23rd. I 187 00:10:13,344 --> 00:10:17,344 want to say somewhere around one oh 188 00:10:17,344 --> 00:10:20,304 two. Okay. No. That was at the 189 00:10:20,304 --> 00:10:23,204 wedding. And then you mentioned that 190 00:10:23,204 --> 00:10:24,484 there were some arrests where were 191 00:10:24,484 --> 00:10:26,084 any people actually booked or were 192 00:10:26,084 --> 00:10:27,284 they just arrested on the street? 193 00:10:28,764 --> 00:10:31,404 Were they arrested and booked or they 194 00:10:31,404 --> 00:10:33,484 were they just arrested and. Yeah. 195 00:10:33,484 --> 00:10:33,964 Okay. 196 00:10:38,264 --> 00:10:39,624 They were a ticket. Okay. 197 00:10:45,264 --> 00:10:47,744 I mean personally mister mayor. 198 00:10:49,144 --> 00:10:51,344 A lot of people say you're looking at 199 00:10:51,344 --> 00:10:52,944 it from your pastorial side of you. 200 00:10:52,944 --> 00:10:55,824 But I'm really not. Uh when I was these 201 00:10:55,824 --> 00:11:00,124 kids age I ran a what do you call a hole 202 00:11:00,124 --> 00:11:05,244 in the wall? Uh and I DJed and and I 203 00:11:05,244 --> 00:11:08,604 parted and and there was one little 204 00:11:08,604 --> 00:11:10,844 business in Montevallo where they 205 00:11:10,844 --> 00:11:14,284 sell us some some Boone Farm and Mad 206 00:11:14,284 --> 00:11:17,084 Dog twenty twenty. And they end up 207 00:11:17,084 --> 00:11:19,244 having their license taken from 208 00:11:19,244 --> 00:11:21,484 them. Not because of being. I was just 209 00:11:21,484 --> 00:11:26,024 I was just a safe driver. It, yo, but 210 00:11:26,024 --> 00:11:28,504 when I'm sitting here and you got 211 00:11:28,504 --> 00:11:32,344 parents of students that are afraid 212 00:11:32,344 --> 00:11:35,624 that their child can first of all die. 213 00:11:36,064 --> 00:11:38,424 The thousands of dollars that's 214 00:11:38,424 --> 00:11:39,704 costing them because of the 215 00:11:39,704 --> 00:11:41,784 scholarship. And that's based off 216 00:11:41,784 --> 00:11:45,544 the university. You know we're 217 00:11:45,544 --> 00:11:47,704 simply saying we gotta do something. 218 00:11:47,704 --> 00:11:49,544 We can't just sit and just do nothing. 219 00:11:49,544 --> 00:11:52,264 I don't care if it's if it's two if it's 220 00:11:52,264 --> 00:11:55,224 one time or five time when you got that 221 00:11:55,224 --> 00:11:58,344 many children underage and they're 222 00:11:58,344 --> 00:11:59,864 done and the people that's running 223 00:11:59,864 --> 00:12:02,424 the establishment based off what I 224 00:12:02,424 --> 00:12:05,464 visually saw is doing nothing about 225 00:12:05,464 --> 00:12:08,264 it. In my opinion, I take it very 226 00:12:08,264 --> 00:12:10,104 serious. I don't care who like it or 227 00:12:10,104 --> 00:12:12,184 don't like it. You know, my thing is, 228 00:12:12,184 --> 00:12:14,264 if you are contributing to the 229 00:12:14,264 --> 00:12:16,424 delinquency of minors in any shape, 230 00:12:16,424 --> 00:12:18,824 form, or fashion, then, you should 231 00:12:18,824 --> 00:12:20,824 not have a business in the city of 232 00:12:20,824 --> 00:12:23,544 Montevallo or any other city and if 233 00:12:23,764 --> 00:12:25,844 sit back and allow someone to do that 234 00:12:25,844 --> 00:12:27,924 without setting some guidelines and 235 00:12:27,924 --> 00:12:29,524 parameters which I think what you're 236 00:12:29,524 --> 00:12:32,004 doing here is just putting up the, you 237 00:12:32,004 --> 00:12:33,364 know, you're at the bowling alley, 238 00:12:33,364 --> 00:12:34,324 you're just putting up the guard 239 00:12:34,324 --> 00:12:37,364 rails. Yo, if someone can't accept 240 00:12:37,364 --> 00:12:39,124 that fine, all of these businesses 241 00:12:39,124 --> 00:12:41,204 are doing it the right way. All of them 242 00:12:41,204 --> 00:12:42,644 are doing it the right way but now you 243 00:12:42,644 --> 00:12:44,644 have a situation. I'm not against the 244 00:12:44,644 --> 00:12:46,804 individual. Business is business 245 00:12:46,804 --> 00:12:50,004 but at the end of the day, the next step 246 00:12:50,004 --> 00:12:52,884 is us having to witness the news media 247 00:12:52,884 --> 00:12:55,284 here or anybody here because a child 248 00:12:55,284 --> 00:12:56,404 has been killed downtown 249 00:12:56,404 --> 00:12:58,164 Montebello. A student that came from 250 00:12:58,164 --> 00:12:59,684 somewhere in the state of Alabama. 251 00:12:59,764 --> 00:13:01,524 And their parents have to come and 252 00:13:01,524 --> 00:13:03,844 take them home in a body bag. I've seen 253 00:13:03,844 --> 00:13:07,444 it happen You know, so all I'm simply 254 00:13:07,444 --> 00:13:10,404 saying is what's the expectation 255 00:13:10,404 --> 00:13:13,284 from us? You know, outside of 256 00:13:13,284 --> 00:13:14,964 following what's right and 257 00:13:14,964 --> 00:13:16,324 understanding the safety of the 258 00:13:16,324 --> 00:13:18,084 citizens of Monter Valley. I respect 259 00:13:18,084 --> 00:13:20,084 everyone's opinion. Everyone has a 260 00:13:20,084 --> 00:13:22,324 right to their opinion but I support 261 00:13:22,324 --> 00:13:25,524 what you're doing because if we do 262 00:13:25,524 --> 00:13:28,724 nothing, we in turn become liable in 263 00:13:28,724 --> 00:13:32,704 my opinion. What have been the the 264 00:13:32,704 --> 00:13:35,744 past that we had problems like is this 265 00:13:35,744 --> 00:13:37,424 in the past with this kind of thing 266 00:13:37,424 --> 00:13:39,824 going on with our young people from 267 00:13:39,824 --> 00:13:41,264 the University of Montevallo. I know 268 00:13:41,264 --> 00:13:43,504 they've been here for a while and they 269 00:13:43,504 --> 00:13:45,904 kind of find what they want. Because 270 00:13:45,904 --> 00:13:48,464 we've all been in that position that 271 00:13:48,464 --> 00:13:51,424 we'll seek out what we want and find a 272 00:13:51,424 --> 00:13:53,904 place to get it. If we sincerely look 273 00:13:53,904 --> 00:13:57,024 for it. So my concern is how have we had 274 00:13:57,024 --> 00:13:59,984 discussed that before with minors 275 00:14:00,024 --> 00:14:03,264 being stove, alcohol, and with the 276 00:14:03,264 --> 00:14:04,944 eruption that went on the street 277 00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:07,104 before had in situations like this 278 00:14:07,104 --> 00:14:11,024 before. Turning the chief on 279 00:14:12,664 --> 00:14:15,664 I was just concerned about this 280 00:14:15,664 --> 00:14:18,864 incident that just happened. Um on 281 00:14:18,864 --> 00:14:20,304 the what twenty-second, 2third, 282 00:14:20,304 --> 00:14:22,384 what about in the past? And we had 283 00:14:22,384 --> 00:14:24,144 incidents like this to happen with 284 00:14:24,144 --> 00:14:25,584 the young people with the University 285 00:14:25,584 --> 00:14:27,024 of Montevallo students coming 286 00:14:27,024 --> 00:14:30,464 downtown and you know, not ID, 287 00:14:31,344 --> 00:14:34,104 and so you know finding being 288 00:14:34,104 --> 00:14:34,584 underage 289 00:14:37,984 --> 00:14:40,824 Scholarships. Naturally, I I would 290 00:14:40,824 --> 00:14:43,624 say that there's always been a 291 00:14:43,624 --> 00:14:46,024 problem with underage drinking. 292 00:14:46,024 --> 00:14:48,504 Right. That's whether that's a gas 293 00:14:48,504 --> 00:14:50,904 station, a business, a restaurant, 294 00:14:50,904 --> 00:14:53,064 or whatever else. That we we've 295 00:14:53,064 --> 00:14:55,624 always had problems like that. I 296 00:14:55,624 --> 00:14:57,144 think every city has those types of 297 00:14:57,144 --> 00:15:00,184 problems Uh and and they occur 298 00:15:01,764 --> 00:15:02,964 So, I'm not going to tell you that 299 00:15:02,964 --> 00:15:05,124 they don't. They do. Right. It 300 00:15:05,124 --> 00:15:07,364 happens. We we we have arrested in the 301 00:15:07,364 --> 00:15:09,924 past a number of individuals for 302 00:15:09,924 --> 00:15:12,564 underage stranger. Right. 303 00:15:13,164 --> 00:15:16,244 Like. I think Councilman Duke super 304 00:15:16,244 --> 00:15:17,844 regularly. If they want to get it, 305 00:15:17,844 --> 00:15:19,204 they going to get it. Right. Right. 306 00:15:19,204 --> 00:15:20,564 Exactly. Exactly. That's 307 00:15:20,564 --> 00:15:23,764 something. Okay. So, but we have to ID 308 00:15:23,764 --> 00:15:27,044 them before we, you know, their ID'd. 309 00:15:27,044 --> 00:15:29,764 Yeah, so. Have to have ID before they 310 00:15:29,764 --> 00:15:31,684 said it to him or. Yeah. My elbow 311 00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:34,184 establishment sell alcohol. They 312 00:15:34,184 --> 00:15:36,264 they know the rules from the ABC board 313 00:15:36,264 --> 00:15:37,864 and their responsibilities. They 314 00:15:37,864 --> 00:15:40,264 have to ID individuals. Everybody 315 00:15:40,264 --> 00:15:42,264 has the ID. You gotta provide an ID. 316 00:15:42,264 --> 00:15:45,224 You can purchase alcohol. How many 317 00:15:45,224 --> 00:15:47,304 people do that? How do they die? Uh I 318 00:15:47,304 --> 00:15:48,344 mean, I don't know how to answer that. 319 00:15:48,344 --> 00:15:50,504 Right. I wouldn't. Uh only time we 320 00:15:50,504 --> 00:15:51,864 deal with it is when we have an 321 00:15:51,864 --> 00:15:53,224 incident. We have to deal with it 322 00:15:53,224 --> 00:15:55,144 whether that's a traffic stop where 323 00:15:55,584 --> 00:15:58,504 somebody is underage that has 324 00:15:58,504 --> 00:16:00,344 alcohol and stuff and we try to figure 325 00:16:00,344 --> 00:16:02,024 it out where they where they get that 326 00:16:02,024 --> 00:16:03,304 alcohol from. Sometimes they come, 327 00:16:03,304 --> 00:16:05,544 sometimes they don't. Uh but under 328 00:16:05,764 --> 00:16:07,924 but so that you're clear. Underage 329 00:16:07,924 --> 00:16:09,284 drinking is not something that is. 330 00:16:09,284 --> 00:16:12,084 No, it's not. Okay. Paige admit that 331 00:16:12,084 --> 00:16:14,964 but when I was young, I was under Aids. 332 00:16:14,964 --> 00:16:18,804 Yeah. I drank. So, I'm embarrassed by 333 00:16:18,804 --> 00:16:20,644 I did. It's it's not something new. 334 00:16:20,644 --> 00:16:22,964 Yeah. Uh so, when you if you say, is 335 00:16:22,964 --> 00:16:24,244 this stuff just started happening? 336 00:16:24,244 --> 00:16:26,484 No, it's always happening. Yes. Mm 337 00:16:26,484 --> 00:16:29,044 hmm. Underage drinking has always 338 00:16:29,044 --> 00:16:30,644 happened. And people selling 339 00:16:30,924 --> 00:16:32,804 alcoholic berries, underaged 340 00:16:32,804 --> 00:16:34,324 people. Yes, that's always safe. 341 00:16:34,324 --> 00:16:36,564 Nice. You know, it's all. I guess 342 00:16:36,564 --> 00:16:38,144 that's an incident like this 343 00:16:38,144 --> 00:16:40,464 happened before on Main Street where 344 00:16:40,464 --> 00:16:43,664 Main Street is more visible versus a 345 00:16:43,664 --> 00:16:45,024 side street or somewhere that just 346 00:16:45,024 --> 00:16:47,744 doesn't have as much visibility. So, 347 00:16:47,744 --> 00:16:52,064 has it happened before Um it was it 348 00:16:52,064 --> 00:16:53,984 that there was more visibility on 349 00:16:53,984 --> 00:16:56,784 this incident versus in the past 350 00:16:56,784 --> 00:16:58,144 where it could have happened on a side 351 00:16:58,144 --> 00:16:59,504 street and it just didn't get that 352 00:16:59,504 --> 00:17:01,984 same attention. Was it just students 353 00:17:01,984 --> 00:17:06,464 or was it locals also? So, if if you're 354 00:17:06,764 --> 00:17:10,044 the like in the last year or something 355 00:17:10,044 --> 00:17:11,644 like that. I guess in the last five, 10 356 00:17:11,644 --> 00:17:13,084 years, I can say that when I was in 357 00:17:13,084 --> 00:17:14,284 school, I knew something that 358 00:17:14,284 --> 00:17:15,884 happened and it was on. Yeah. A side 359 00:17:15,884 --> 00:17:17,404 street and I mean, it was very similar 360 00:17:17,404 --> 00:17:18,924 to this. I don't know to the 361 00:17:18,924 --> 00:17:20,844 magnitude. I know that students lost 362 00:17:20,844 --> 00:17:23,804 their scholarships. Um I knew of that 363 00:17:23,804 --> 00:17:25,804 because I was a student but I don't 364 00:17:25,804 --> 00:17:27,964 know how aware I would have been of it 365 00:17:27,964 --> 00:17:31,564 if I were a resident here or if it were 366 00:17:31,564 --> 00:17:33,244 on the main street because where it 367 00:17:33,244 --> 00:17:34,684 happened was not on the main street. 368 00:17:34,684 --> 00:17:37,224 Yeah, I I don't know of 369 00:17:37,944 --> 00:17:40,904 any personal instances working with 370 00:17:40,904 --> 00:17:41,864 the police department that has 371 00:17:41,864 --> 00:17:43,464 happened on ninth grade. I know in 372 00:17:43,464 --> 00:17:45,544 years past when there were other 373 00:17:45,544 --> 00:17:48,104 staffers establishments on Main 374 00:17:48,104 --> 00:17:49,784 Street, there were probably, I would 375 00:17:49,784 --> 00:17:52,664 say some bias and stuff like that. I'm 376 00:17:52,664 --> 00:17:55,944 sure that but if you're saying they 377 00:17:55,944 --> 00:17:57,864 have insects like this has happened 378 00:17:57,864 --> 00:18:00,664 in other places, not on Main Street. 379 00:18:00,664 --> 00:18:03,384 No, absolutely. Yeah. I mean, I mean, 380 00:18:03,384 --> 00:18:05,144 I'm not saying it that it's something 381 00:18:05,144 --> 00:18:06,184 that happens all the time 382 00:18:08,224 --> 00:18:10,264 Historically, chief, would you say 383 00:18:10,264 --> 00:18:12,424 that around the start of the school 384 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:14,664 year, we typically have something? 385 00:18:14,864 --> 00:18:18,504 00%. Yeah. 00%. Starts school year. 386 00:18:18,504 --> 00:18:24,504 Um we call it F 2 adjust and adapt 387 00:18:25,384 --> 00:18:29,544 and everything else. Uh so, yeah and 388 00:18:29,544 --> 00:18:30,664 the adjustment period. You know, 389 00:18:30,664 --> 00:18:32,344 somebody asked me today, what do you 390 00:18:32,344 --> 00:18:33,784 think the adjustment period is? I 391 00:18:33,784 --> 00:18:36,424 don't. I I don't know. Sometimes, the 392 00:18:36,424 --> 00:18:37,944 adjustment period has been really 393 00:18:37,944 --> 00:18:39,784 quick. Sometimes, it's going into, 394 00:18:39,784 --> 00:18:42,104 you know, Thanksgiving, stuff like 395 00:18:42,104 --> 00:18:45,704 that. Incidents are going to 396 00:18:45,704 --> 00:18:47,544 happen, okay? Um 397 00:18:50,264 --> 00:18:52,744 So, I can't I can't narrow down to say. 398 00:18:52,744 --> 00:18:56,424 Right. But it in in this case, and 399 00:18:56,424 --> 00:18:57,944 again, historically, there's a 400 00:18:57,944 --> 00:18:59,224 pattern, first of the school year, 401 00:18:59,224 --> 00:19:01,864 things happen. In this case, 8 402 00:19:01,864 --> 00:19:03,944 children were, or young people? 403 00:19:03,944 --> 00:19:06,104 Piglets. Students were arresting? 404 00:19:06,104 --> 00:19:09,944 Over there. Over that weekend. Uh, 405 00:19:09,944 --> 00:19:12,744 yeah. I need you some, some numbers, 406 00:19:12,744 --> 00:19:17,404 some Okay. Some numbers. Uh. So you 407 00:19:17,404 --> 00:19:19,484 you just said over the weekend so was 408 00:19:19,484 --> 00:19:22,764 there more than one incident? Or? In 409 00:19:22,764 --> 00:19:24,124 that particular incident that took 410 00:19:24,124 --> 00:19:26,284 place? Mm hmm. Just in that incident, 411 00:19:26,284 --> 00:19:31,564 there was one DUI that was made and two 412 00:19:31,564 --> 00:19:33,404 public intoxications that were 413 00:19:33,404 --> 00:19:36,524 made. Mm hmm. Since that incident, 414 00:19:37,244 --> 00:19:42,084 ten have been arrested for underage 415 00:19:42,084 --> 00:19:45,204 drinking. Okay. From that. But we 416 00:19:45,204 --> 00:19:46,564 don't know if that happened in that 417 00:19:46,564 --> 00:19:49,044 one AM. It was not during that one AM 418 00:19:49,044 --> 00:19:52,004 period. I had to go back and look at 419 00:19:52,004 --> 00:19:54,084 the. Okay. All of them to say. Okay. 420 00:19:54,084 --> 00:19:56,404 From there. Or rather as a result of. 421 00:19:56,404 --> 00:19:58,404 Yeah. And this and it was just 422 00:19:58,404 --> 00:20:00,084 students. I I don't know. So I'm just 423 00:20:00,084 --> 00:20:01,764 wondering was it students or was it 424 00:20:01,764 --> 00:20:03,684 locals? Are you statistics? Those 425 00:20:03,684 --> 00:20:06,724 are just students. Okay. And 426 00:20:10,044 --> 00:20:12,964 most of you individually and we we 427 00:20:12,964 --> 00:20:14,404 usually don't have 428 00:20:16,764 --> 00:20:19,564 a lot of interactions throughout the 429 00:20:19,564 --> 00:20:23,164 year. Uh if we do, it's it's on 430 00:20:23,164 --> 00:20:25,564 occasion, could be or at a party, 431 00:20:25,564 --> 00:20:28,124 things like that and we did call, 432 00:20:28,124 --> 00:20:29,164 we're going to have interactions 433 00:20:29,164 --> 00:20:30,924 with them but for the most part, we 434 00:20:30,924 --> 00:20:34,124 don't have a lot of interaction with 435 00:20:34,124 --> 00:20:36,844 cotton snoops, okay? Some do running 436 00:20:36,844 --> 00:20:38,604 for the rest of em and everything else 437 00:20:38,604 --> 00:20:41,244 that's a given but for the most part, 438 00:20:41,884 --> 00:20:43,724 our experience with college 439 00:20:43,724 --> 00:20:46,604 students here are at least nine have 440 00:20:46,764 --> 00:20:49,964 being must have a pretty respectful. 441 00:20:49,964 --> 00:20:51,564 Most of them do what we asked them to 442 00:20:51,564 --> 00:20:54,204 do. Um and things like that. There are 443 00:20:54,204 --> 00:20:55,804 some that if you provide the right 444 00:20:55,804 --> 00:20:57,964 environment for human beings too. 445 00:20:57,964 --> 00:20:59,884 Right. So. Well that's right. We all 446 00:20:59,884 --> 00:21:01,644 do. They can get out. They can get out 447 00:21:01,644 --> 00:21:04,924 of hand. Uh for that. So you know what 448 00:21:04,924 --> 00:21:08,684 one I know everybody's focusing on 449 00:21:08,684 --> 00:21:11,564 the common students. Right. Uh there 450 00:21:11,564 --> 00:21:13,164 are two college students they belong 451 00:21:13,164 --> 00:21:15,404 to somebody. Right? And so I can tell 452 00:21:15,404 --> 00:21:17,164 you how I've released since I've been 453 00:21:17,164 --> 00:21:19,644 here. Uh we're going to take care of 454 00:21:19,644 --> 00:21:21,324 the piling students regardless even 455 00:21:21,324 --> 00:21:22,524 when they can't take care of 456 00:21:22,524 --> 00:21:24,604 themselves. Um sometimes parents 457 00:21:24,604 --> 00:21:26,524 like this. Sometimes parents do not 458 00:21:26,524 --> 00:21:29,484 like that. Um but if we find a common 459 00:21:29,484 --> 00:21:31,244 student, if we encounter a college 460 00:21:31,244 --> 00:21:35,084 student that has or has appeared to be 461 00:21:35,684 --> 00:21:38,364 intoxicated then we're going to 462 00:21:38,364 --> 00:21:39,724 take care of that individual. The way 463 00:21:39,724 --> 00:21:40,764 that we take care of that individual 464 00:21:40,764 --> 00:21:42,444 with this, we place them under arrest 465 00:21:42,444 --> 00:21:44,444 and then they go to Shelby County 466 00:21:44,444 --> 00:21:46,044 Jail. They're monitored under 467 00:21:46,044 --> 00:21:47,404 twenty-four hour surveillance. 468 00:21:47,404 --> 00:21:49,324 Have a nurse that's on staff there. 469 00:21:49,324 --> 00:21:51,164 So, if there's any problems and they 470 00:21:51,164 --> 00:21:54,524 can find out a jail when they have no 471 00:21:54,524 --> 00:21:56,284 alcohol in their system, okay? 472 00:21:56,284 --> 00:21:57,884 That's how we take care of it. That's 473 00:21:57,884 --> 00:21:59,724 the safest thing that we can that we 474 00:21:59,724 --> 00:22:03,644 can do, okay? And so, that's how we we 475 00:22:03,644 --> 00:22:05,324 have chosen to handle that. 476 00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:09,364 Otherwise, if we encounter says your 477 00:22:09,364 --> 00:22:12,084 child is on campus. We encounter them 478 00:22:12,084 --> 00:22:15,924 and they are intoxicated And we just 479 00:22:15,924 --> 00:22:20,804 say move on. Move on. Move on. And in 480 00:22:20,804 --> 00:22:23,124 the process of moving on through the 481 00:22:23,124 --> 00:22:25,684 night. Something happens. Um we can 482 00:22:25,684 --> 00:22:26,964 be held responsible for that. The 483 00:22:26,964 --> 00:22:28,564 city can be held because we may 484 00:22:28,564 --> 00:22:31,684 contact with them. Okay? And so the 485 00:22:31,684 --> 00:22:33,684 way we have chosen to deal with that 486 00:22:33,684 --> 00:22:35,764 over the years is we're going to on 487 00:22:35,764 --> 00:22:38,164 the side of caution and have to be 488 00:22:38,264 --> 00:22:40,184 responsible poem then that's that's 489 00:22:40,184 --> 00:22:41,704 how we do it. And it and it works out 490 00:22:41,704 --> 00:22:44,024 pretty well for us. Um we we like I said 491 00:22:44,024 --> 00:22:46,904 we came over the course of a year or the 492 00:22:46,904 --> 00:22:50,344 school year. Uh I didn't go back and 493 00:22:50,344 --> 00:22:52,104 look at diggers but I I'm going to I'm 494 00:22:52,104 --> 00:22:54,024 going to guess and say probably no 495 00:22:54,024 --> 00:22:55,784 more than twelve 496 00:22:57,544 --> 00:23:02,024 or 13 students. Hey. a year. Mm. And 497 00:23:02,024 --> 00:23:04,184 which I think is pretty good. Yeah. Um 498 00:23:04,184 --> 00:23:06,184 you know if if you actually that's 499 00:23:06,184 --> 00:23:07,464 that's how we handle those 500 00:23:07,464 --> 00:23:10,504 situations. No. Thank you chief. For 501 00:23:10,504 --> 00:23:12,264 concerned about the safety of them. 502 00:23:12,264 --> 00:23:14,104 Right. As well as other people as 503 00:23:14,104 --> 00:23:16,024 well. Right. You know and in my 504 00:23:16,024 --> 00:23:18,104 opinion this ordinance you know and I 505 00:23:18,104 --> 00:23:20,584 know it's dealing with young people 506 00:23:20,584 --> 00:23:22,984 and just people in general. But 507 00:23:22,984 --> 00:23:26,104 disorders is not about trying to stop 508 00:23:26,104 --> 00:23:27,464 college kids from getting alcohol. 509 00:23:27,464 --> 00:23:29,704 This ordinance is about making sure 510 00:23:29,704 --> 00:23:32,264 the businesses that do that are 511 00:23:32,264 --> 00:23:34,184 responsible and making sure that 512 00:23:34,184 --> 00:23:35,624 they understand what they're doing. 513 00:23:35,624 --> 00:23:37,944 And if they're wrong that's the only 514 00:23:37,944 --> 00:23:39,784 thing we govern. We can't govern 515 00:23:39,784 --> 00:23:41,864 morality. Right. Morality is is 516 00:23:41,864 --> 00:23:44,024 based off the individual and who they 517 00:23:44,024 --> 00:23:46,184 feel they have to be moral to. That's 518 00:23:46,264 --> 00:23:48,104 parents' responsibility and us as 519 00:23:48,104 --> 00:23:49,704 adults to try to speak positive 520 00:23:49,704 --> 00:23:52,984 things in them but we control how 521 00:23:52,984 --> 00:23:56,184 businesses serve and take care of the 522 00:23:56,184 --> 00:23:59,384 citizens of Montevallo and so that's 523 00:23:59,384 --> 00:24:01,464 that's what this audit is about Any 524 00:24:01,464 --> 00:24:03,464 business. And I hate this. I really do 525 00:24:03,464 --> 00:24:04,904 because there are some people that's 526 00:24:04,904 --> 00:24:07,144 doing it right. I'm saying this. I'm 527 00:24:07,144 --> 00:24:08,344 not saying this is wrong. I'm just 528 00:24:08,344 --> 00:24:10,104 simply saying that based off what 529 00:24:10,104 --> 00:24:12,584 we've seen and based off what's in 530 00:24:12,584 --> 00:24:16,844 front of us. If it quack like a duck, 531 00:24:17,044 --> 00:24:21,964 nine times out of 10 is a duck. And and I 532 00:24:21,964 --> 00:24:23,644 see a lot, I hear a lot of quackers. 533 00:24:23,644 --> 00:24:25,964 Yeah. When it comes to this. And I'm 534 00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:27,244 just saying, hey, you know, we have to 535 00:24:27,244 --> 00:24:28,924 make a decision and what's that 536 00:24:28,924 --> 00:24:30,364 decision going to be based off of? 537 00:24:30,364 --> 00:24:32,764 You know, I'm not, I don't look good in 538 00:24:32,764 --> 00:24:34,284 stripes, especially the kind of 539 00:24:34,284 --> 00:24:36,924 gold. Go ahead. Crossway. Hey. You 540 00:24:36,924 --> 00:24:40,044 know, and. I was you said, oh, 541 00:24:40,044 --> 00:24:42,284 goodness. Oh, god. Being first of the 542 00:24:42,284 --> 00:24:44,524 year and new students in and all that. 543 00:24:44,524 --> 00:24:47,644 It's It's the restaurant 544 00:24:48,964 --> 00:24:50,204 owner's responsibility 545 00:24:52,164 --> 00:24:55,884 to not let this happen. When I saw 546 00:24:57,364 --> 00:25:00,684 drinks being taken out, open 547 00:25:00,684 --> 00:25:03,724 containers. I mean, that's that 548 00:25:03,724 --> 00:25:06,444 violates any any ordinance that 549 00:25:06,444 --> 00:25:09,084 we've got as far as alcohol. Keep in 550 00:25:09,084 --> 00:25:12,044 mind that we, nobody in Montebala has 551 00:25:12,044 --> 00:25:15,084 a ABC license as a bar. 552 00:25:15,524 --> 00:25:18,844 They're all restaurants that serve 553 00:25:18,844 --> 00:25:21,964 alcohol and they're going to have to 554 00:25:21,964 --> 00:25:23,964 meet this sixty, 40 split. 555 00:25:26,264 --> 00:25:29,624 Sent ABC license and this is me. I'm 556 00:25:29,624 --> 00:25:32,664 educating myself and ABC license is a 557 00:25:32,664 --> 00:25:34,824 if you are strictly a bar, then, all of 558 00:25:34,824 --> 00:25:36,984 your profit can come from a sell of 559 00:25:36,984 --> 00:25:38,904 liquor. That's correct but. And 560 00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:41,144 then, with the, with nobody holding 561 00:25:41,144 --> 00:25:43,064 that, then they have to, it's a 562 00:25:43,064 --> 00:25:45,064 restaurant license and so, it's at 563 00:25:45,064 --> 00:25:47,784 6040, where 60% of your profit comes 564 00:25:47,784 --> 00:25:51,224 from food, 40 comes from sales, not 565 00:25:51,224 --> 00:25:52,824 profit sales, from sales. Yeah, 566 00:25:52,824 --> 00:25:55,384 excuse me from snails. Um and then 567 00:25:55,764 --> 00:25:59,044 what is the procedure? What, I mean, 568 00:25:59,044 --> 00:26:01,604 how do you know someone is in, like, is 569 00:26:01,604 --> 00:26:04,564 following that procedure? Well, 570 00:26:04,564 --> 00:26:06,884 they'll be audited. Oh, okay. It can 571 00:26:06,884 --> 00:26:09,124 be audited. Is auditing? I know it's 572 00:26:09,124 --> 00:26:10,724 an audit. So, it's it, they can 573 00:26:10,724 --> 00:26:13,284 surprise you with it and for lack of 574 00:26:13,284 --> 00:26:15,924 better words. Um so, businesses 575 00:26:15,924 --> 00:26:18,564 aren't regularly audited for this or 576 00:26:18,564 --> 00:26:20,004 restaurants aren't regularly 577 00:26:20,004 --> 00:26:21,764 audited for this or is it a, if a 578 00:26:21,764 --> 00:26:24,004 situation happens? I'm just 579 00:26:24,004 --> 00:26:26,164 wondering because I, again, I I will 580 00:26:26,164 --> 00:26:27,524 be the first to admit, I don't know 581 00:26:27,524 --> 00:26:28,884 much about this, which is why I'd 582 00:26:28,884 --> 00:26:30,724 rather ask questions because I don't 583 00:26:30,724 --> 00:26:33,844 know. It's a matter of enforcement 584 00:26:33,844 --> 00:26:36,324 from from the ABC board itself. 585 00:26:37,164 --> 00:26:39,764 Yes, I mean, they grant a 586 00:26:39,764 --> 00:26:43,204 municipality a lot of power in terms 587 00:26:43,204 --> 00:26:46,644 of establishing the control of 588 00:26:46,644 --> 00:26:49,684 sales, the hours of sales, the 589 00:26:49,684 --> 00:26:53,124 issuance of licenses as you know, is a 590 00:26:53,124 --> 00:26:56,084 is subject to council approval even 591 00:26:56,084 --> 00:26:59,364 though the ABC board has approved a 592 00:26:59,364 --> 00:27:02,644 license. council still has the final 593 00:27:02,644 --> 00:27:05,204 vote as to whether or not that license 594 00:27:05,204 --> 00:27:08,164 is granted within the municipality. 595 00:27:08,164 --> 00:27:11,844 Now, the way I understand it from 596 00:27:11,844 --> 00:27:14,084 conversations with with the agents 597 00:27:14,084 --> 00:27:17,844 that an audit is conducted only if 598 00:27:17,844 --> 00:27:21,124 they feel like that sales are out of 599 00:27:21,164 --> 00:27:23,364 proportion. and that is a 600 00:27:23,364 --> 00:27:27,364 comparison. Every sale of alcohol is 601 00:27:27,364 --> 00:27:29,684 regulated by the state of Alabama. 602 00:27:29,684 --> 00:27:33,264 So, when an establishment purchases 603 00:27:33,264 --> 00:27:36,064 alcohol and this is hard liquor. They 604 00:27:36,064 --> 00:27:38,224 purchase it from the ABC store just 605 00:27:38,224 --> 00:27:40,144 like if you and I went in and bought a 606 00:27:40,144 --> 00:27:42,064 bottle of liquor. They they buy it 607 00:27:42,064 --> 00:27:45,344 wholesale, right? And then that 608 00:27:45,344 --> 00:27:47,824 receipt is kept by the restaurant or 609 00:27:47,824 --> 00:27:50,224 or the bar or whatever and then, they 610 00:27:50,224 --> 00:27:52,544 can come in and compare the actual 611 00:27:52,544 --> 00:27:55,744 amount of retail sales based on the 612 00:27:55,744 --> 00:27:57,744 amount of alcohol purchased at 613 00:27:57,744 --> 00:27:59,344 wholesale. Now, that's different 614 00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:01,984 for beer and wine because that goes 615 00:28:01,984 --> 00:28:04,184 through distributor where hard 616 00:28:04,184 --> 00:28:06,424 liquor goes strictly through an ABC 617 00:28:06,424 --> 00:28:08,264 store, beer and wine go through a 618 00:28:08,264 --> 00:28:10,264 distributor which is responsible 619 00:28:10,264 --> 00:28:13,704 for paying the wholesale taxes on 620 00:28:13,704 --> 00:28:15,704 that. The restaurant owner, the bar 621 00:28:15,704 --> 00:28:17,864 owner is responsible for paying the 622 00:28:17,864 --> 00:28:19,784 wholesale's tax directly to the 623 00:28:19,784 --> 00:28:23,384 city. So, those audits can be based on 624 00:28:23,384 --> 00:28:25,944 those figures if there is some 625 00:28:25,944 --> 00:28:28,024 discrepancy but that is at the 626 00:28:28,024 --> 00:28:30,584 discretion of the ABC. Okay. Yes. 627 00:28:32,264 --> 00:28:35,544 I have a question Mayor. Um in this 628 00:28:35,544 --> 00:28:37,464 instance, it would seem that this 629 00:28:37,464 --> 00:28:40,504 resolution it will be prohibited 630 00:28:40,504 --> 00:28:42,984 from any businesses moving forward 631 00:28:42,984 --> 00:28:46,424 to being open till two AM. Would there 632 00:28:46,424 --> 00:28:49,224 be a way that we could find or 633 00:28:50,764 --> 00:28:53,404 or in some way challenge the current 634 00:28:53,404 --> 00:28:55,004 businesses that we find doing 635 00:28:55,364 --> 00:28:58,764 selling underage. Is there another 636 00:28:58,764 --> 00:29:02,124 way we could do it instead of That's a 637 00:29:02,124 --> 00:29:05,964 violation of the ABC license selling 638 00:29:05,964 --> 00:29:08,604 undercover. Right. Which I'm 639 00:29:08,604 --> 00:29:12,364 assuming that the municipality 640 00:29:12,364 --> 00:29:15,564 police, city police, can arrest 641 00:29:15,684 --> 00:29:17,724 the restaurant owner for 642 00:29:17,724 --> 00:29:20,284 undercover, I mean an under underage 643 00:29:20,284 --> 00:29:23,004 sale reported. You can report. We 644 00:29:23,004 --> 00:29:26,604 have to report it. Okay. And my my 645 00:29:26,604 --> 00:29:28,364 question here is just instead of 646 00:29:28,364 --> 00:29:32,044 putting a blanket we can't serve, if 647 00:29:32,044 --> 00:29:34,684 we find a restaurant continuously 648 00:29:35,284 --> 00:29:39,484 causing problems. Could we not deal 649 00:29:39,484 --> 00:29:41,084 with that particular restaurant 650 00:29:41,084 --> 00:29:43,804 instead of putting a blanket, we 651 00:29:43,804 --> 00:29:45,324 don't do this at all, because 652 00:29:45,444 --> 00:29:47,724 Montevallo wants more businesses on 653 00:29:47,724 --> 00:29:50,204 Main Street. We do. We do. We want. 654 00:29:50,204 --> 00:29:51,724 It's going to have to run on the 655 00:29:51,724 --> 00:29:53,884 correct way. Absolutely. We want 656 00:29:53,884 --> 00:29:55,564 them to be run correctly and we want 657 00:29:55,564 --> 00:29:58,324 them to be here but we Also want our 658 00:29:58,324 --> 00:30:00,004 students on Main Street. Mm hmm. We 659 00:30:00,004 --> 00:30:03,764 do. We our economy needs them. 660 00:30:03,804 --> 00:30:05,924 And so, instead of limiting 661 00:30:05,924 --> 00:30:07,604 ourselves in this way, I feel like 662 00:30:07,604 --> 00:30:09,364 there's, there's another solution. 663 00:30:09,364 --> 00:30:11,444 I know that this is a problem. We need 664 00:30:11,444 --> 00:30:13,444 to find a solution but I'm not sure 665 00:30:13,444 --> 00:30:16,724 that this blanket coverage is what 666 00:30:16,724 --> 00:30:20,004 will help us in the long run. Well, my 667 00:30:20,004 --> 00:30:22,004 thoughts with the blanket with all 668 00:30:22,004 --> 00:30:25,044 the restaurants is assaulting. 669 00:30:26,044 --> 00:30:29,664 Home of. Number one, you can't you 670 00:30:29,664 --> 00:30:31,024 can't have a bar on Main Street. 671 00:30:31,024 --> 00:30:34,144 Right. You can have a restaurant that 672 00:30:34,144 --> 00:30:36,864 serves alcohol but you gotta be, you 673 00:30:36,864 --> 00:30:37,904 gotta follow the rules. 674 00:30:40,264 --> 00:30:44,024 What is that? So, tell me an ordinance 675 00:30:44,024 --> 00:30:45,944 when we do an ordinance like this, 676 00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:48,504 when it passes, if it were to pass, 677 00:30:48,504 --> 00:30:52,504 what is the what is the, I guess, the 678 00:30:52,504 --> 00:30:54,104 procedure for that, what is, okay, so 679 00:30:54,104 --> 00:30:56,824 we have the ordinance, then what? If 680 00:30:56,824 --> 00:30:59,784 it, if it passes next, not this 681 00:30:59,784 --> 00:31:01,304 council meeting, but the next one, it 682 00:31:01,304 --> 00:31:02,984 goes into effect, that, that night. 683 00:31:02,984 --> 00:31:05,544 So it goes into effect, so then, there 684 00:31:05,544 --> 00:31:09,864 can't be the sale after midnight, and 685 00:31:09,864 --> 00:31:12,764 then say businesses found in 686 00:31:12,764 --> 00:31:14,764 violation, then, what happens with 687 00:31:14,764 --> 00:31:17,324 the ordinance? They stand the 688 00:31:17,324 --> 00:31:19,004 opportunity of losing their liquor 689 00:31:19,004 --> 00:31:20,844 license and losing their business 690 00:31:20,844 --> 00:31:22,524 license. So, both of them. Remember 691 00:31:22,524 --> 00:31:24,684 the the council has the right. Right. 692 00:31:24,684 --> 00:31:27,724 To refuse the business license. Uh 693 00:31:27,724 --> 00:31:30,044 huh. Okay, So that's what happens 694 00:31:30,044 --> 00:31:31,884 with the ordinance. And so what if you 695 00:31:31,884 --> 00:31:34,524 put ordinance in place it's in place 696 00:31:34,524 --> 00:31:36,764 until you lift it. It's continually 697 00:31:36,764 --> 00:31:39,004 in place. It can be, the ordinances 698 00:31:39,004 --> 00:31:41,804 can be changed. Okay, changed or 699 00:31:41,804 --> 00:31:43,724 lifted, is that, is there? It would 700 00:31:43,724 --> 00:31:44,924 have to be amended, council. 701 00:31:44,924 --> 00:31:47,564 Amended. Yeah. Um in other words, 702 00:31:47,564 --> 00:31:49,724 that the council would have to vote to 703 00:31:49,724 --> 00:31:51,724 strike that language from from the 704 00:31:51,724 --> 00:31:53,564 ordinance which would remove it from 705 00:31:53,564 --> 00:31:56,124 the code of ordinances for the city. 706 00:31:56,124 --> 00:31:58,924 So, it would require a a a separate 707 00:31:58,924 --> 00:32:02,204 council vote to remove that section 708 00:32:02,204 --> 00:32:05,004 or these two sections from the 709 00:32:05,004 --> 00:32:07,484 ornament. There is an existing code 710 00:32:07,484 --> 00:32:10,844 here which is section 16, 16 dash 59, 711 00:32:10,844 --> 00:32:13,084 which currently establishes the 712 00:32:13,084 --> 00:32:15,564 hours of sales of alcohol within the 713 00:32:15,564 --> 00:32:17,884 city. We, these two sections are 714 00:32:17,884 --> 00:32:20,044 being added to that to change that. 715 00:32:20,044 --> 00:32:22,844 So, if council in the future decides 716 00:32:22,844 --> 00:32:25,324 that, they no longer wish for this to 717 00:32:25,324 --> 00:32:27,964 be the restriction of ours, then, you 718 00:32:27,964 --> 00:32:30,524 would vote to remove them from the 719 00:32:30,524 --> 00:32:33,804 ordinance. Okay. So, there's a 720 00:32:33,804 --> 00:32:35,064 potential for there to be a 721 00:32:35,064 --> 00:32:39,064 compromise if we were to agree on a 722 00:32:39,064 --> 00:32:40,744 accepting the ordinance but 723 00:32:40,744 --> 00:32:43,944 striking that so that there could be 724 00:32:43,944 --> 00:32:46,184 whatever time frame it is. Say, you 725 00:32:46,184 --> 00:32:47,944 give it a year, you give it 6 months. I 726 00:32:47,944 --> 00:32:49,304 don't know. Whatever is agreeable 727 00:32:49,304 --> 00:32:51,704 that hey, we know that we're doing 728 00:32:51,704 --> 00:32:53,304 this in place. Yes, for the community 729 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:55,064 but for the safety of the students 730 00:32:55,064 --> 00:32:57,864 especially. Um helping be them be 731 00:32:57,864 --> 00:32:59,704 responsible in that way and then, 732 00:32:59,704 --> 00:33:03,224 future businesses know, hey, this 733 00:33:03,764 --> 00:33:05,604 to hinder you from coming here. This 734 00:33:05,604 --> 00:33:07,444 is to be a safeguard for the 735 00:33:07,444 --> 00:33:09,364 community. And it shouldn't stop you 736 00:33:09,364 --> 00:33:10,724 from opening your business. Because 737 00:33:10,724 --> 00:33:13,124 this will be reviewed once again and 738 00:33:13,124 --> 00:33:15,124 voted on once again in 6 months, 12 739 00:33:15,124 --> 00:33:17,044 months, whatever it is. Okay. So that 740 00:33:17,044 --> 00:33:20,084 is is that a potential? That's that's 741 00:33:20,084 --> 00:33:21,444 doable. This is an addition right 742 00:33:21,444 --> 00:33:24,404 here. This is amended in an ad in the. I 743 00:33:24,404 --> 00:33:25,604 think what? I think what 744 00:33:25,604 --> 00:33:27,684 Councilwoman Green is is is saying 745 00:33:27,684 --> 00:33:30,084 here. Uh an ordinance carries the 746 00:33:30,084 --> 00:33:32,564 weight of law. It is law. Right. Okay. 747 00:33:32,564 --> 00:33:36,464 A illusion is what council does to 748 00:33:36,464 --> 00:33:39,104 resolve, to perform something, and 749 00:33:39,104 --> 00:33:42,304 and I'll pick that up. Please stand 750 00:33:42,304 --> 00:33:46,464 for the pledge. I pledge allegiance 751 00:33:46,464 --> 00:33:49,184 to the flag of the United States of 752 00:33:49,184 --> 00:33:51,824 America and to the Republic for which 753 00:33:51,824 --> 00:33:54,704 it stands. One nation under God, 754 00:33:54,984 --> 00:33:57,264 Indivisible with liberty and 755 00:33:57,264 --> 00:33:58,224 judgement for all. 756 00:34:03,764 --> 00:34:05,524 But called the Meeting of the Monte 757 00:34:05,524 --> 00:34:06,804 Island City Council Order, 758 00:34:06,804 --> 00:34:09,684 September the fourteenth, 2026, 6 PM 759 00:34:09,684 --> 00:34:11,444 here at city hall. We do have a core 760 00:34:11,444 --> 00:34:14,324 impressive. At this time, I would 761 00:34:14,324 --> 00:34:17,844 like ask CP Pearson if you would say 762 00:34:17,844 --> 00:34:18,884 the invocation, please. 763 00:34:23,764 --> 00:34:26,404 Good evening, Mayor city council. 764 00:34:26,404 --> 00:34:29,204 Good evening. Again, I'm Bobby CP 765 00:34:29,204 --> 00:34:32,004 Pearson, 11 thirty1 Southwest Oak 766 00:34:32,004 --> 00:34:34,004 Street. I attend the Monter Valley 767 00:34:34,004 --> 00:34:37,544 Church of Christ in Montevallo. 768 00:34:38,464 --> 00:34:42,104 We're talking about loving one 769 00:34:42,104 --> 00:34:46,344 another You God sent his son. Yeah. 770 00:34:46,344 --> 00:34:49,384 His only begotten son to Earth that we 771 00:34:49,384 --> 00:34:53,064 all should have the right to the tree 772 00:34:53,064 --> 00:34:55,224 of life. And if we 773 00:34:56,144 --> 00:35:00,264 as humans we as humans 774 00:35:00,464 --> 00:35:03,464 would love one another 775 00:35:03,904 --> 00:35:07,624 the way that God loves us. 776 00:35:08,544 --> 00:35:11,784 Earth would be a better place to live. 777 00:35:12,384 --> 00:35:16,484 But we we don't do that. We have an 778 00:35:16,644 --> 00:35:19,364 tendency sometimes to not like 779 00:35:19,364 --> 00:35:22,644 individuals because of of what they 780 00:35:22,644 --> 00:35:24,884 look like. the color of their skin, 781 00:35:24,924 --> 00:35:27,364 and all those different type things. 782 00:35:27,724 --> 00:35:31,044 But If you are a Christian 783 00:35:31,724 --> 00:35:35,364 you're a Christian. We are all 784 00:35:36,764 --> 00:35:40,044 children of god and we all 785 00:35:40,044 --> 00:35:42,604 descendants of Adam and Eve and with 786 00:35:42,604 --> 00:35:45,004 that being said, we should be able to 787 00:35:45,004 --> 00:35:48,444 love one another and get along. 788 00:35:48,564 --> 00:35:50,684 So, would you pray with me please? 789 00:35:51,444 --> 00:35:54,844 Eternal god, our father, father god, 790 00:35:54,844 --> 00:35:57,884 we we want to first thank you. Thank 791 00:35:57,884 --> 00:36:00,684 you for what you have done for us 792 00:36:00,684 --> 00:36:02,764 before we can ask you to do anything 793 00:36:02,764 --> 00:36:06,204 else for us. Father, I pray for 794 00:36:06,264 --> 00:36:08,504 city council. I pray that the things 795 00:36:08,504 --> 00:36:11,544 that they discuss here tonight is 796 00:36:11,544 --> 00:36:14,584 done in accordance to your will. I 797 00:36:14,584 --> 00:36:17,544 pray that they will put the city first 798 00:36:17,744 --> 00:36:20,904 in whatever decisions they make. 799 00:36:21,104 --> 00:36:23,384 Father god, I pray that you will bless 800 00:36:23,384 --> 00:36:25,224 our council members. Each and every 801 00:36:25,224 --> 00:36:26,344 one of them, their families, 802 00:36:26,704 --> 00:36:29,464 individually, and collectively. 803 00:36:29,824 --> 00:36:32,344 Father god, I pray that you will bless 804 00:36:32,464 --> 00:36:36,104 this beautiful city of Montevallo 805 00:36:36,624 --> 00:36:40,264 Teach us all how to how to love 806 00:36:40,304 --> 00:36:44,664 one another. How to get along and and 807 00:36:44,664 --> 00:36:47,864 just just live in harmony. But father 808 00:36:47,864 --> 00:36:51,704 I know that's that's hard for us to do. 809 00:36:51,904 --> 00:36:56,024 But you can do that for us. Thank you 810 00:36:56,024 --> 00:36:58,904 Lord for love. Again Father. We love 811 00:36:58,904 --> 00:37:03,064 you. We thank you and and when it's all 812 00:37:03,064 --> 00:37:05,384 said and done. It's all said and done. 813 00:37:05,764 --> 00:37:08,644 Pray that you will give us a home 814 00:37:09,244 --> 00:37:12,964 in that big mansion in the sky where 815 00:37:12,964 --> 00:37:14,324 the streets are paved with gold and 816 00:37:14,324 --> 00:37:16,564 there's no more dying, no more 817 00:37:16,564 --> 00:37:19,204 crying, just singing and praising 818 00:37:19,204 --> 00:37:22,484 you. Father God, we love you. We thank 819 00:37:22,484 --> 00:37:25,284 you. These and all other blessings. 820 00:37:25,484 --> 00:37:28,244 We ask in the precious name of Jesus. 821 00:37:28,524 --> 00:37:32,244 Amen. And Jesus. Thanks Tippy. 822 00:37:36,264 --> 00:37:38,824 Alright, we need a motion for the 823 00:37:38,824 --> 00:37:40,344 minutes of August the 824 00:37:40,344 --> 00:37:41,704 twenty-fourth. Do I have a motion? 825 00:37:41,704 --> 00:37:44,424 Motion. Second. Got a motion and a 826 00:37:44,424 --> 00:37:47,704 second. Any discussion? There be a 827 00:37:47,704 --> 00:37:49,304 none. I'll call for the vote. All in 828 00:37:49,304 --> 00:37:51,624 favor, say I. Aye. Any opposed? 829 00:37:51,624 --> 00:37:55,304 Motion carries. We have a 830 00:37:56,224 --> 00:37:59,624 recognition tonight with the US 831 00:37:59,624 --> 00:38:02,344 Constitution Week. I have a 832 00:38:02,344 --> 00:38:04,824 proclamation here. It's whereas the 833 00:38:04,824 --> 00:38:07,624 US Constitution of the United States 834 00:38:07,624 --> 00:38:09,864 of America is a guardian of our 835 00:38:09,864 --> 00:38:11,624 liberties and bodies the principle 836 00:38:11,624 --> 00:38:14,104 of limited government, then a 837 00:38:14,104 --> 00:38:16,024 republic dedicated to rule by law. 838 00:38:16,064 --> 00:38:18,344 And whereas September the 839 00:38:18,344 --> 00:38:20,184 seventeenth, two thousand twenty6, 840 00:38:20,184 --> 00:38:24,024 marks 239 years anniversary of the 841 00:38:24,024 --> 00:38:25,704 framing of the Constitution of the 842 00:38:25,704 --> 00:38:27,304 United States of America by the 843 00:38:27,304 --> 00:38:30,564 Constitutional Convention and 844 00:38:30,564 --> 00:38:32,244 whereas it is fitting and properly 845 00:38:32,244 --> 00:38:35,524 accord the official recognition of 846 00:38:35,524 --> 00:38:37,844 this magnificent document in the 847 00:38:37,844 --> 00:38:40,324 memorable anniversary into the 848 00:38:40,324 --> 00:38:42,564 patriotic celebrations for which is 849 00:38:42,564 --> 00:38:45,764 granted it and whereas 850 00:38:46,964 --> 00:38:49,844 public law nineteen fifteen 851 00:38:50,204 --> 00:38:51,764 guarantees the issue of 852 00:38:51,764 --> 00:38:53,684 proclamation each year by the 853 00:38:53,684 --> 00:38:55,044 President of the United States of 854 00:38:55,044 --> 00:38:58,324 America designating September 17th 855 00:38:58,324 --> 00:39:01,724 through the 23rd as constit wheat. 856 00:39:01,724 --> 00:39:04,844 Now therefore, I rusty nicks by 857 00:39:04,844 --> 00:39:06,604 virtue of the authority vested in me 858 00:39:06,604 --> 00:39:08,444 as mayor of the city of Montebala in 859 00:39:08,444 --> 00:39:10,444 the state of Alabama. Do hereby 860 00:39:10,444 --> 00:39:12,364 proclaim that September 17th 861 00:39:12,364 --> 00:39:15,164 through the 23rd has constitutional 862 00:39:15,164 --> 00:39:18,124 week and ask our citizens to reaffirm 863 00:39:18,124 --> 00:39:20,044 the ideas of the framers that the 864 00:39:20,044 --> 00:39:24,364 constitution had in eight in 1787 by 865 00:39:24,364 --> 00:39:26,604 vigilantly protecting the freedoms 866 00:39:26,604 --> 00:39:28,924 guaranteed to us through the this 867 00:39:28,924 --> 00:39:32,124 guardian of our liberties. That we 868 00:39:32,264 --> 00:39:34,184 anyone here to accept the 869 00:39:34,424 --> 00:39:38,524 proclamation. Okay. Now, front. 870 00:40:24,264 --> 00:40:25,144 30. 871 00:40:40,764 --> 00:40:42,364 Alright, we have an opportunity for 872 00:40:42,364 --> 00:40:44,204 citizen to address the council. You 873 00:40:44,204 --> 00:40:46,204 have 3 minutes. Please state your 874 00:40:46,204 --> 00:40:50,044 name and where you live and on, I'm 875 00:40:50,044 --> 00:40:53,404 sure it's going to be a hot topic. Uh I 876 00:40:53,404 --> 00:40:55,164 would really appreciate if 877 00:40:56,764 --> 00:40:59,484 if you got something new to add to it, 878 00:41:00,844 --> 00:41:02,924 you're more than welcome but you 879 00:41:02,924 --> 00:41:04,444 know, I don't need to sit here and 880 00:41:04,444 --> 00:41:06,924 listen to twenty-five people say the 881 00:41:06,924 --> 00:41:10,044 exact same thing. So, as long as we 882 00:41:10,044 --> 00:41:12,524 keep new ideas going, that'll be 883 00:41:12,524 --> 00:41:16,124 fine. Please be respectful of the 884 00:41:16,124 --> 00:41:19,644 this administration up here and will 885 00:41:19,644 --> 00:41:22,844 be respectful of you guys too. Amen. 886 00:41:22,844 --> 00:41:27,444 Alright, it's open. Chalk it shallow 887 00:41:27,444 --> 00:41:32,324 some. They going to go. Uh my name's 888 00:41:32,324 --> 00:41:34,644 TJ. I own the an establishment that 889 00:41:34,644 --> 00:41:37,124 we're representing right now. Uh 890 00:41:37,764 --> 00:41:40,484 Going back to August 22nd 891 00:41:41,564 --> 00:41:44,964 every year at the beginning of the 892 00:41:44,964 --> 00:41:46,884 school year, we all know this. These 893 00:41:46,884 --> 00:41:48,644 kids are wild. Alright, I've been 894 00:41:48,644 --> 00:41:52,244 doing this a long time and I control a 895 00:41:52,244 --> 00:41:55,364 lot. I would say the 98% of these kids 896 00:41:55,404 --> 00:41:57,764 and they do what we say and they 897 00:41:57,764 --> 00:41:59,524 respect the place and all that. But 898 00:41:59,524 --> 00:42:02,004 you got those a few that are new to it. 899 00:42:02,004 --> 00:42:03,524 And they're usually a big cities. 900 00:42:03,524 --> 00:42:05,284 They think they come down here and 901 00:42:05,284 --> 00:42:08,004 just about five. And it's up to us him. 902 00:42:08,004 --> 00:42:09,444 Let them know that they ain't 903 00:42:09,444 --> 00:42:10,964 happened. If you're doing it the same 904 00:42:10,964 --> 00:42:14,164 way, year after year. Up here, on 905 00:42:14,164 --> 00:42:15,764 August 22nd, that was nothing 906 00:42:15,764 --> 00:42:17,364 compared to it. Even though that 907 00:42:17,364 --> 00:42:19,444 y'all don't even talk about. You 908 00:42:19,444 --> 00:42:21,204 know, that was nothing. Now, the gun 909 00:42:21,204 --> 00:42:23,204 thing, I didn't see it. Y'all said 910 00:42:23,204 --> 00:42:25,124 y'all saw it. **** beat you. I I didn't 911 00:42:25,124 --> 00:42:26,644 see the video. Alright, I should have 912 00:42:26,644 --> 00:42:29,124 told this. I gotta say if this, there 913 00:42:29,124 --> 00:42:31,684 was four people in there. Two of them, 914 00:42:31,684 --> 00:42:34,484 which were fighting and we separated 915 00:42:34,484 --> 00:42:36,644 and then the friends come out and it 916 00:42:36,644 --> 00:42:38,224 made it where looked worse than it 917 00:42:38,224 --> 00:42:39,664 was. It was just a bunch of kids 918 00:42:39,664 --> 00:42:41,744 shoving each other. Separating. 919 00:42:41,744 --> 00:42:43,904 That's what we do. One party over 920 00:42:43,904 --> 00:42:45,424 here, one party over there. That's 921 00:42:45,424 --> 00:42:46,944 that's how we handle all the time. We 922 00:42:46,944 --> 00:42:48,224 separated. Don't go that way, won't 923 00:42:48,224 --> 00:42:51,024 go that way. Don't solve. That got out 924 00:42:51,024 --> 00:42:52,784 of hand. Little bit of too quick. Now, 925 00:42:52,784 --> 00:42:54,944 the underage drinking and all that, 926 00:42:54,944 --> 00:42:57,184 we check IVs, hip-free person comes 927 00:42:57,184 --> 00:42:59,584 through. They don't give a damn. I 928 00:42:59,584 --> 00:43:01,184 don't care if you are a hundred. 929 00:43:01,184 --> 00:43:03,264 You're checking out these. You can't 930 00:43:03,264 --> 00:43:04,784 buy alcohol without one. Doesn't 931 00:43:04,784 --> 00:43:06,704 matter how old we are. He said to me 932 00:43:06,764 --> 00:43:09,324 special lives that I've got the ABC 933 00:43:09,324 --> 00:43:10,844 board to even look at him like, is this 934 00:43:10,844 --> 00:43:13,164 good? He said, yes. Every one of those 935 00:43:13,164 --> 00:43:14,924 fake IDs would turn away. I turned 936 00:43:14,924 --> 00:43:17,244 just last week, we turned some way of 937 00:43:17,244 --> 00:43:18,844 ended up breaking a pond down the 938 00:43:18,844 --> 00:43:20,444 road. Had nothing to do with us. He 939 00:43:20,444 --> 00:43:21,884 tried to come in and buy alcohol or 940 00:43:21,884 --> 00:43:24,204 restaurant. Not a bar no more. Now, 941 00:43:24,204 --> 00:43:25,564 tell him that. You come in and repeat 942 00:43:25,564 --> 00:43:28,364 all day. You cannot get any alcohol. 943 00:43:28,364 --> 00:43:30,044 Let's do it now. So, you said that bar, 944 00:43:30,044 --> 00:43:32,684 delete. Kenny, I said, food, table, 945 00:43:32,684 --> 00:43:34,124 whatever. You gotta have time to sit 946 00:43:34,124 --> 00:43:36,124 down. They got madam 947 00:43:37,264 --> 00:43:39,024 And then they ended up at a palm or 948 00:43:39,024 --> 00:43:40,944 something. And I feel bad about that. 949 00:43:41,064 --> 00:43:44,144 I can't my authority leaves at the 950 00:43:44,144 --> 00:43:45,744 door right there. I can't do nothing 951 00:43:45,744 --> 00:43:49,104 outside. Inside my establishment I 952 00:43:49,104 --> 00:43:52,224 am so strict. Beyond what I should be 953 00:43:52,224 --> 00:43:53,984 about certain things. I kick people 954 00:43:53,984 --> 00:43:55,584 out all the time for attention to 955 00:43:55,584 --> 00:43:56,864 drain. We've all done it. There ain't 956 00:43:56,864 --> 00:43:58,784 one person in this room ready to say 957 00:43:58,784 --> 00:43:59,984 that you'd say they ever drink 958 00:43:59,984 --> 00:44:02,384 country. Right. Evolved it. Mhm. But 959 00:44:02,384 --> 00:44:04,544 in my house I don't allow none of that. 960 00:44:04,544 --> 00:44:05,904 Even if you have a cup of water. 961 00:44:05,904 --> 00:44:08,244 Appreciate it. If it happens or smell 962 00:44:08,244 --> 00:44:09,844 of alcohol from somebody else you can 963 00:44:09,844 --> 00:44:11,124 drink out. That'll be gradually. 964 00:44:11,124 --> 00:44:13,124 This weekend I kicked numbers of 965 00:44:13,124 --> 00:44:14,564 people out. You know, and they don't 966 00:44:14,564 --> 00:44:15,924 understand Like, yeah, man, you got 967 00:44:15,924 --> 00:44:17,444 me. Like, yeah, you do it again, never 968 00:44:17,444 --> 00:44:19,364 coming back. And I'm telling that. I 969 00:44:19,364 --> 00:44:21,684 moved on Main Street for a reason. I 970 00:44:21,684 --> 00:44:22,884 didn't move on Main Street and become 971 00:44:22,884 --> 00:44:24,244 a boy. I didn't move on Main Street to 972 00:44:24,244 --> 00:44:25,764 become bar even more than what it 973 00:44:25,764 --> 00:44:27,604 would. I came on Main Street to be a 974 00:44:27,604 --> 00:44:28,804 restaurant but I also give these kids 975 00:44:28,804 --> 00:44:31,364 something fun and more extravagant 976 00:44:31,364 --> 00:44:33,284 and deadly than what they're used to 977 00:44:33,284 --> 00:44:36,004 and they **** Well, this incident 978 00:44:36,004 --> 00:44:38,324 that happened on the 22nd, again, it 979 00:44:38,324 --> 00:44:40,044 was it. Compared. Yeah, it was a 980 00:44:40,044 --> 00:44:41,564 self-levendance for the first three 981 00:44:41,564 --> 00:44:43,804 weeks, folks. Every year, it's the 982 00:44:43,804 --> 00:44:46,524 same thing. I have been in business 983 00:44:46,524 --> 00:44:48,604 for a long time and every year, y'all 984 00:44:48,604 --> 00:44:49,964 don't hear anything about my 985 00:44:49,964 --> 00:44:52,844 amplifier. There's not one incident 986 00:44:52,844 --> 00:44:54,924 that goes on that way that is out of our 987 00:44:54,924 --> 00:44:56,604 control. Now, I called the police 988 00:44:56,604 --> 00:44:59,404 when I have to and they do a fantastic 989 00:44:59,404 --> 00:45:01,804 job when they show up. They don't slam 990 00:45:01,804 --> 00:45:03,404 nobody. They do not disrespectful. 991 00:45:03,404 --> 00:45:05,564 They seek the problem. They fix the 992 00:45:05,564 --> 00:45:07,244 problem. That's when it gets beyond 993 00:45:07,244 --> 00:45:10,064 mommy. If if these mono and you know, 994 00:45:10,064 --> 00:45:11,664 there's nothing I can do because of 995 00:45:11,664 --> 00:45:13,664 legal matters, I have to call them. 996 00:45:13,664 --> 00:45:15,664 That's their job and they do 997 00:45:15,664 --> 00:45:16,704 fantastic when they get there. 998 00:45:16,704 --> 00:45:18,464 They're not crazy with it. That guy, 999 00:45:18,464 --> 00:45:20,704 that guy on that guy. And they have 1000 00:45:20,704 --> 00:45:23,184 quick usually without any 1001 00:45:23,184 --> 00:45:25,344 incidents, and, you know, and they 1002 00:45:25,344 --> 00:45:28,304 were sent. But, I'm not going to call 1003 00:45:28,304 --> 00:45:31,344 the police when it's something that I 1004 00:45:31,344 --> 00:45:33,664 can do with. They have bigger things 1005 00:45:33,664 --> 00:45:35,424 to worry about. Now, when it comes to 1006 00:45:35,424 --> 00:45:37,264 underage ranking, have these kids 1007 00:45:37,264 --> 00:45:39,924 drink on camp? They know they can't in 1008 00:45:39,924 --> 00:45:41,684 my place. They know they put fast on. 1009 00:45:41,684 --> 00:45:43,764 They drank on campus. And they come 1010 00:45:43,764 --> 00:45:45,444 and they dance and sweat it off in our 1011 00:45:45,444 --> 00:45:46,804 party room and stuff. And they just 1012 00:45:46,804 --> 00:45:48,804 let loose. Socialize do their thing. 1013 00:45:48,804 --> 00:45:51,124 That's what they do all the time. Who 1014 00:45:51,124 --> 00:45:53,204 we allow them to do? And I have my guys 1015 00:45:53,204 --> 00:45:55,284 walk in circles in that room checking 1016 00:45:55,284 --> 00:45:56,964 for his family. Hey you have no cough? 1017 00:45:56,964 --> 00:45:59,924 No wristband? Come here. Talk. We do 1018 00:45:59,924 --> 00:46:02,404 that all day on. Never never failed. 1019 00:46:02,404 --> 00:46:03,844 You know what I mean? There's not we 1020 00:46:03,844 --> 00:46:05,684 don't understand. We're always 1021 00:46:05,684 --> 00:46:08,724 learning. Now and then on Alpha 1022 00:46:08,724 --> 00:46:11,124 here's that opening. Three flights. 1023 00:46:11,124 --> 00:46:13,884 And almost 9 years, eight years or 1024 00:46:13,884 --> 00:46:15,404 something like that, three fights. 1025 00:46:15,404 --> 00:46:17,484 Was there any more? Is there a lot of 1026 00:46:17,484 --> 00:46:19,004 incidents? When you were 1027 00:46:19,004 --> 00:46:20,284 patrolling, did you help me fall over 1028 00:46:20,284 --> 00:46:22,364 there a lot? Oh yeah, that's what I 1029 00:46:22,364 --> 00:46:24,284 said. I I don't I don't. Yeah. It is 1030 00:46:24,324 --> 00:46:26,844 everybody that I know that owns farms 1031 00:46:26,844 --> 00:46:28,444 and I tell them in the beer that I've 1032 00:46:28,444 --> 00:46:30,524 been opened. Period. That I know 1033 00:46:30,524 --> 00:46:32,444 about how many every day. Freedom 1034 00:46:32,444 --> 00:46:33,884 that I had to call and told me 1035 00:46:33,884 --> 00:46:35,404 something. He looked at me like I 1036 00:46:35,404 --> 00:46:37,324 preached. How do you do that? I don't 1037 00:46:37,324 --> 00:46:38,124 know what you're just going to 1038 00:46:38,124 --> 00:46:40,444 stand. You find in my place, you never 1039 00:46:40,444 --> 00:46:41,724 come back. I got two of my best friends 1040 00:46:41,724 --> 00:46:42,924 that are still there from that place. 1041 00:46:42,924 --> 00:46:44,364 Even the restroom. Still can't go 1042 00:46:44,364 --> 00:46:46,124 back. They mad about it. 1043 00:46:48,264 --> 00:46:50,904 And if this thing passes, I'm 1044 00:46:50,904 --> 00:46:53,944 going to lose over 300 grand in a 1045 00:46:53,944 --> 00:46:56,024 year. A lot of my money is made from 10 1046 00:46:56,024 --> 00:46:58,184 to two but I also make a lot of money 1047 00:46:58,184 --> 00:46:59,944 during the day. I'll survive but I 1048 00:46:59,944 --> 00:47:02,024 won't make it much. I didn't get in 1049 00:47:02,024 --> 00:47:03,784 this business to survive. I got in 1050 00:47:03,784 --> 00:47:05,224 this business to grow and flourish. 1051 00:47:05,224 --> 00:47:07,144 Grow this town and everything else. 1052 00:47:07,144 --> 00:47:08,744 You know. It that's what that's what I 1053 00:47:08,744 --> 00:47:11,624 do. Now, I wanted to do the old arms, 1054 00:47:11,624 --> 00:47:13,224 tattooed, stuff like that to make one 1055 00:47:13,224 --> 00:47:15,464 way. I can do that all day and I would. I 1056 00:47:15,464 --> 00:47:18,804 love my job. But I don't want to have a 1057 00:47:18,804 --> 00:47:20,804 cut off at twelve. That's foolish. 1058 00:47:20,804 --> 00:47:22,724 It's not only that. Don't have all 1059 00:47:22,724 --> 00:47:24,804 these kids. You think that they're 1060 00:47:24,804 --> 00:47:26,404 just going to go to the store, go home 1061 00:47:26,404 --> 00:47:29,044 and drink and all that. We control the 1062 00:47:29,044 --> 00:47:31,684 maturity in it. You take that away. 1063 00:47:31,684 --> 00:47:33,924 They're going to be all over the 1064 00:47:33,924 --> 00:47:34,804 place. They're looking baptized. 1065 00:47:34,804 --> 00:47:35,764 Alright, you know, they're going to 1066 00:47:35,764 --> 00:47:37,924 drive to Alabama and to all these 1067 00:47:37,924 --> 00:47:40,724 other places, drink all night long 1068 00:47:40,724 --> 00:47:44,484 and then try back. That's going to be 1069 00:47:44,484 --> 00:47:46,164 a lot of the US. Lot of more police 1070 00:47:46,164 --> 00:47:49,364 work. It's going to be a KW. Now, I'm 1071 00:47:49,364 --> 00:47:51,204 not saying if y'all pass this, I will 1072 00:47:51,204 --> 00:47:52,404 follow it. I'm not saying I'm 1073 00:47:52,404 --> 00:47:53,364 going to I'm going to break the law 1074 00:47:53,364 --> 00:47:55,364 and you know, ooh, I'm going to I'm 1075 00:47:55,364 --> 00:47:57,044 going to follow it But I'm going to 1076 00:47:57,044 --> 00:47:58,644 tell you, you're going to have more 1077 00:47:58,644 --> 00:48:00,804 chaos on your pants than what you do 1078 00:48:00,804 --> 00:48:02,404 now. A couple of incidents of the 1079 00:48:02,404 --> 00:48:04,004 year. That happened every year, 1080 00:48:04,004 --> 00:48:05,604 everywhere. And you might have an 1081 00:48:05,604 --> 00:48:08,724 hour. Very low mind you. Don't carry 1082 00:48:08,724 --> 00:48:11,684 it alabaster. Courtyard. Hello, 261 1083 00:48:11,684 --> 00:48:13,844 and all that. You think it was crazy? 1084 00:48:15,244 --> 00:48:17,924 Shut up. A couple of weeks ago, but in 1085 00:48:17,924 --> 00:48:20,984 this free time. Got shot up You know, I 1086 00:48:20,984 --> 00:48:23,784 mean. Trying to wrap it up. You can 1087 00:48:23,784 --> 00:48:25,784 keep keep on just start trying to wrap 1088 00:48:25,784 --> 00:48:28,664 it up. I'm not. I'm not trying to I'm 1089 00:48:28,664 --> 00:48:29,864 trying not to cut 1090 00:48:32,304 --> 00:48:34,504 I just want you to think about it. 1091 00:48:34,504 --> 00:48:37,304 Very, very, very big. Yeah, yeah. He 1092 00:48:37,304 --> 00:48:39,864 clearly think about what worse 1093 00:48:39,864 --> 00:48:42,024 things can happen versus what we do 1094 00:48:42,024 --> 00:48:43,864 already and I know y'all will. If 1095 00:48:43,864 --> 00:48:45,704 y'all pass it, I'll I'll buy that. I'm 1096 00:48:45,704 --> 00:48:46,984 not going to like it but I'll do it. 1097 00:48:46,984 --> 00:48:48,664 Cuz I respect the council and all 1098 00:48:48,664 --> 00:48:49,784 that. I respect the city of Google. 1099 00:48:51,264 --> 00:48:54,704 The way I do things is for a reason and I 1100 00:48:54,704 --> 00:48:56,384 do on that way because they work. I 1101 00:48:56,384 --> 00:48:59,424 check every single ID. Go on. If y'all 1102 00:48:59,424 --> 00:49:00,944 don't believe that, have somebody 1103 00:49:00,944 --> 00:49:03,264 come sit at that door, Alright, there 1104 00:49:03,264 --> 00:49:06,464 is probably, I'd say 20 to 30 per 1105 00:49:06,464 --> 00:49:08,864 sewing. I might be a little off. That 1106 00:49:08,864 --> 00:49:10,864 we kick out before they even walk into 1107 00:49:10,864 --> 00:49:13,024 the bank at this time. Do not allow 1108 00:49:13,024 --> 00:49:15,104 your wealth capability. You present 1109 00:49:15,104 --> 00:49:18,064 it but have your rhythm. Go on. Try to 1110 00:49:18,064 --> 00:49:19,904 get an issue. That's the way I do it. 1111 00:49:19,904 --> 00:49:22,384 Very good what I do. Now, underage 1112 00:49:22,384 --> 00:49:23,744 ranking is the thing. Some of these 1113 00:49:23,744 --> 00:49:25,424 fake IDs are really good. I can't stop 1114 00:49:25,424 --> 00:49:27,504 everything. I do what I can with when I 1115 00:49:27,504 --> 00:49:29,904 got. Until they come out with a with a 1116 00:49:29,904 --> 00:49:31,344 way that, you know, we can put it under 1117 00:49:31,344 --> 00:49:33,344 there and it's like, oh, no, Faith. I 1118 00:49:33,344 --> 00:49:34,624 have to do it this way. It's the only 1119 00:49:34,624 --> 00:49:35,984 way I'm going to do it and I'm very 1120 00:49:35,984 --> 00:49:37,744 good at that. I catch more of it than 1121 00:49:37,744 --> 00:49:39,984 anybody else around me but you you 1122 00:49:39,984 --> 00:49:42,464 pass this, it's going to be a lot more 1123 00:49:42,464 --> 00:49:45,344 chaos in the street. Hey. If they're 1124 00:49:45,344 --> 00:49:47,104 going to do it regardless, we 1125 00:49:47,104 --> 00:49:48,864 control it with thank you. 1126 00:49:55,264 --> 00:49:58,064 Uh Mister Mayor Council Bobby J 1127 00:49:58,064 --> 00:50:00,944 Pearce, 1131 Southwest Oak Street. 1128 00:50:00,944 --> 00:50:03,824 You know, at the National Education 1129 00:50:03,824 --> 00:50:06,704 Association. Delegate Assembly and 1130 00:50:06,704 --> 00:50:10,704 and Montgomery and Montgomery 1131 00:50:10,704 --> 00:50:12,944 whatever. We have what you call a 1132 00:50:12,944 --> 00:50:15,424 yellow card. If you raise that yellow 1133 00:50:15,424 --> 00:50:17,664 card because you want to get some 1134 00:50:17,664 --> 00:50:20,384 understanding. Of what's going on. 1135 00:50:22,764 --> 00:50:25,564 Heard what the gentleman just folks 1136 00:50:25,564 --> 00:50:30,124 said. But my question is, my question 1137 00:50:30,124 --> 00:50:33,164 is, they must statement any 1138 00:50:33,164 --> 00:50:36,124 question, they must have an ID in 1139 00:50:36,124 --> 00:50:38,764 order to enter into that 1140 00:50:38,764 --> 00:50:42,044 establishment. They must have an ID 1141 00:50:42,044 --> 00:50:44,604 that said they are 21 years of age in 1142 00:50:44,604 --> 00:50:48,204 order to purchase alcohol. Now, my 1143 00:50:48,204 --> 00:50:51,084 question is, you all the chief said 1144 00:50:51,084 --> 00:50:55,804 that a fight broke out in the street. 1145 00:50:56,244 --> 00:50:58,844 My question is, I think he alluded to 1146 00:50:58,844 --> 00:51:00,604 it a little bit. My question is, 1147 00:51:02,764 --> 00:51:05,964 Is he saying that when the students 1148 00:51:05,964 --> 00:51:08,764 show up at his establishment, 1149 00:51:09,124 --> 00:51:11,244 they're already drunk when they get 1150 00:51:11,244 --> 00:51:13,884 there? Because because 1151 00:51:15,764 --> 00:51:19,044 If he's not said unto them, either 1152 00:51:19,044 --> 00:51:20,004 getting drunk somewhere 1153 00:51:24,264 --> 00:51:26,424 That, you know, that's just my 1154 00:51:26,424 --> 00:51:28,264 question. You know, because you 1155 00:51:28,264 --> 00:51:29,304 know, really truthfully, 1156 00:51:31,764 --> 00:51:35,544 I will bring alcohol I never did drink 1157 00:51:35,544 --> 00:51:38,104 alcohol. He made a statement that 1158 00:51:38,104 --> 00:51:40,824 said, us in here who never had a drink, 1159 00:51:40,824 --> 00:51:43,624 underage, I raised my hand. 1160 00:51:44,624 --> 00:51:48,824 Because I don't drink. And I didn't 1161 00:51:48,824 --> 00:51:51,304 drink. And the reason why I did it 1162 00:51:51,304 --> 00:51:52,984 because I I saw with alcohol. 1163 00:51:55,264 --> 00:51:58,704 Here to my family. I taught health and 1164 00:51:58,704 --> 00:52:00,944 driver's ace. And we say 1165 00:52:02,764 --> 00:52:05,484 alcohol and drugs 1166 00:52:06,764 --> 00:52:10,764 I never did like that. I put them all in 1167 00:52:10,764 --> 00:52:13,164 the same ballpark. They're drugs 1168 00:52:14,264 --> 00:52:17,464 So, here it is. If they get them in the 1169 00:52:17,464 --> 00:52:19,544 streets, that's different. You get 1170 00:52:19,544 --> 00:52:20,824 them in the street, they're not 1171 00:52:20,824 --> 00:52:22,504 getting at this place, that's when 1172 00:52:22,504 --> 00:52:24,504 chiefs take care. Thank you again. 1173 00:52:24,504 --> 00:52:27,384 Hey, you're my time, man. Okay, thank 1174 00:52:27,384 --> 00:52:27,544 you. 1175 00:52:33,764 --> 00:52:36,164 Anyone else like to address the 1176 00:52:36,164 --> 00:52:36,404 council? 1177 00:52:42,764 --> 00:52:45,164 It's Joe Hogan. I live at eleven 1178 00:52:45,164 --> 00:52:49,484 forty-one Neighbor Street Um I am 1179 00:52:49,484 --> 00:52:52,684 concerned that we are targeting a 1180 00:52:52,684 --> 00:52:54,124 specific business. That's what 1181 00:52:54,124 --> 00:52:55,564 bothers me about this whole thing. 1182 00:52:56,764 --> 00:52:58,924 And I think we could all be concerned 1183 00:52:59,044 --> 00:53:02,044 if a law is put into place that affects 1184 00:53:02,044 --> 00:53:05,804 one business. If that business is not 1185 00:53:05,804 --> 00:53:07,964 following the law, you guys said 1186 00:53:07,964 --> 00:53:10,364 yourself, there are ways to go about 1187 00:53:10,364 --> 00:53:12,444 punishing the business. I think 1188 00:53:12,444 --> 00:53:15,164 that's the way we need to do things. Um 1189 00:53:15,164 --> 00:53:16,924 according to the chief, there hasn't 1190 00:53:16,924 --> 00:53:21,084 been a problem. Of course, the TJ, you 1191 00:53:21,084 --> 00:53:23,164 know, he does what he can to limit the 1192 00:53:23,164 --> 00:53:23,324 situation. 1193 00:53:26,264 --> 00:53:28,104 He's been in business for eight 1194 00:53:28,104 --> 00:53:31,384 years. How many businesses on Main 1195 00:53:31,384 --> 00:53:32,984 Street have been open that long? How 1196 00:53:32,984 --> 00:53:34,904 many doors do you see that are closed 1197 00:53:34,904 --> 00:53:36,424 and shuttered because businesses 1198 00:53:36,424 --> 00:53:39,624 have closed? Why are we targeting a 1199 00:53:39,624 --> 00:53:41,064 business that has saved in business 1200 00:53:41,064 --> 00:53:43,224 for so long? And as part of the 1201 00:53:43,224 --> 00:53:45,224 community. I find that to be wrong. 1202 00:53:46,764 --> 00:53:48,444 I think there are other things that we 1203 00:53:48,444 --> 00:53:53,004 can do and I I wonder, I know, of 1204 00:53:53,004 --> 00:53:54,764 course, I know Brandon very well and I 1205 00:53:54,764 --> 00:53:55,964 know that she has talked to her 1206 00:53:55,964 --> 00:53:57,404 constituents that she's speaking on 1207 00:53:57,404 --> 00:54:00,044 their behalf. I do wonder if all of you 1208 00:54:00,044 --> 00:54:01,564 have talked to your constituents 1209 00:54:01,564 --> 00:54:03,724 about whether this is a problem for 1210 00:54:03,724 --> 00:54:08,644 them. Councilman Dukes. I'm not sure 1211 00:54:08,644 --> 00:54:10,964 why you raised the issue of morality. 1212 00:54:10,964 --> 00:54:14,404 I'm not sure why that has to do with 1213 00:54:14,404 --> 00:54:16,884 anything about alcohol but I think 1214 00:54:16,884 --> 00:54:18,484 that's dangerous in a dangerous 1215 00:54:18,484 --> 00:54:20,884 statement. Um particularly since 1216 00:54:20,884 --> 00:54:22,244 you and I have had a margarita 1217 00:54:22,244 --> 00:54:24,404 together. Boom. Is that okay at 6 PM 1218 00:54:24,404 --> 00:54:26,644 and not okay at 1 AM? I was not 1219 00:54:26,644 --> 00:54:28,884 comparing morality to alcohol. I 1220 00:54:28,884 --> 00:54:30,964 don't think morality is based off of 1221 00:54:30,964 --> 00:54:33,844 alcohol. Okay. Because I my choice of 1222 00:54:34,084 --> 00:54:36,084 my choice of drink is a Long Island 1223 00:54:36,084 --> 00:54:38,824 iced tea. Okay so I'm just telling 1224 00:54:38,824 --> 00:54:41,624 you, it's not about that. That was 1225 00:54:41,624 --> 00:54:44,744 misunderstood. Be out there that we 1226 00:54:44,744 --> 00:54:46,344 are clarifying what we mean by that. 1227 00:54:48,264 --> 00:54:51,304 I also think that having 1228 00:54:52,064 --> 00:54:54,024 anybody whether they are 1229 00:54:54,024 --> 00:54:55,544 competitive student or an adult in 1230 00:54:55,544 --> 00:54:57,384 this town who chooses to drink and I 1231 00:54:57,384 --> 00:54:59,464 personally, Poppy, did not drink 1232 00:54:59,464 --> 00:55:01,704 before the age of 21 either because my 1233 00:55:01,704 --> 00:55:02,984 father was a preacher and I was 1234 00:55:02,984 --> 00:55:05,544 terrified. Yeah. It's not a good 1235 00:55:05,544 --> 00:55:07,624 story. I do drink now. I'm a bourbon 1236 00:55:07,624 --> 00:55:10,264 lover. I don't even frequent. His 1237 00:55:10,264 --> 00:55:11,704 establishment. I've been there 1238 00:55:11,704 --> 00:55:13,784 maybe two or three times but I think 1239 00:55:13,784 --> 00:55:16,024 it's important that businesses in 1240 00:55:16,024 --> 00:55:18,104 this town are able to function in 1241 00:55:18,264 --> 00:55:20,904 money because we need our town to 1242 00:55:20,904 --> 00:55:23,144 thrive. I have the opportunity right 1243 00:55:23,144 --> 00:55:25,064 now to be in the co-starters class for 1244 00:55:25,064 --> 00:55:26,744 Montevallo for all little small 1245 00:55:26,744 --> 00:55:28,264 businesses trying to make it here. 1246 00:55:28,264 --> 00:55:30,504 And we have a couple that are 1247 00:55:30,824 --> 00:55:32,104 interested in starting a business. 1248 00:55:32,104 --> 00:55:34,104 That is going to have a target 1249 00:55:34,104 --> 00:55:36,264 audience of college students and be 1250 00:55:36,264 --> 00:55:38,264 open late. And they are interested in 1251 00:55:38,264 --> 00:55:40,424 serving pizza and serving beer you 1252 00:55:40,424 --> 00:55:42,184 know. Late into the night. Are we 1253 00:55:42,184 --> 00:55:43,464 saying we don't want that business? 1254 00:55:43,464 --> 00:55:45,464 Are we telling people who are 1255 00:55:45,464 --> 00:55:47,384 interested in things open later at 1256 00:55:47,384 --> 00:55:49,524 night don't want them just because of 1257 00:55:49,524 --> 00:55:51,284 their serving alcohol. I think 1258 00:55:51,284 --> 00:55:53,364 that's a dangerous thing to do. I 1259 00:55:53,364 --> 00:55:54,644 think you guys need to rethink what 1260 00:55:54,644 --> 00:55:57,204 you're doing here and look at the 1261 00:55:57,204 --> 00:55:59,284 legal aspects of if a particular 1262 00:55:59,284 --> 00:56:00,964 business is not following the laws 1263 00:56:00,964 --> 00:56:01,764 that we need them to follow, 1264 00:56:01,764 --> 00:56:03,924 challenge the business, not all 1265 00:56:03,924 --> 00:56:05,044 business. Thank you. 1266 00:56:11,504 --> 00:56:14,584 Let me go ahead and make a statement 1267 00:56:14,584 --> 00:56:17,464 here. I'm not anti 1268 00:56:17,744 --> 00:56:19,784 business whatsoever. 1269 00:56:21,264 --> 00:56:23,824 So, you know, keep keep that in mind. I 1270 00:56:23,824 --> 00:56:26,064 I root for every business that ever 1271 00:56:26,064 --> 00:56:28,064 come into Montebello. I want you to 1272 00:56:28,064 --> 00:56:30,384 survive and I want you to do right. 1273 00:56:31,464 --> 00:56:34,304 So, this thing of I'm targeting 1274 00:56:34,304 --> 00:56:36,544 somebody. No, no, we're not. I'm not 1275 00:56:36,544 --> 00:56:38,544 targeting anybody. I've never 1276 00:56:38,544 --> 00:56:40,864 called the name of the establishment 1277 00:56:41,384 --> 00:56:44,944 This applies for all restaurants 1278 00:56:44,944 --> 00:56:48,944 that we have in our city. So, you know, 1279 00:56:48,944 --> 00:56:50,624 don't don't come up here and tell me 1280 00:56:50,624 --> 00:56:52,924 that oh I'm I don't like this business 1281 00:56:52,924 --> 00:56:54,524 that don't like this business. I 1282 00:56:54,524 --> 00:56:56,444 mean, I've eaten in that 1283 00:56:56,444 --> 00:56:58,764 establishment several times. It's 1284 00:56:58,764 --> 00:57:00,604 good food by the way. You need to go in 1285 00:57:00,604 --> 00:57:03,084 there and eat something. Uh I've been 1286 00:57:03,084 --> 00:57:05,804 in there on a on a Friday or Saturday 1287 00:57:05,804 --> 00:57:08,364 night. I can't remember and had a 1288 00:57:08,364 --> 00:57:10,204 couple of adult beverages in there. 1289 00:57:10,324 --> 00:57:15,564 So, you know, I I do patron that that 1290 00:57:15,564 --> 00:57:19,724 restaurant. And by me being mayor, I I 1291 00:57:19,724 --> 00:57:21,084 just can't concentrate on one 1292 00:57:21,084 --> 00:57:24,124 restaurant. I have to go to Chinagar 1293 00:57:24,264 --> 00:57:26,824 I have to go to Zapapan. I have to go to 1294 00:57:26,824 --> 00:57:29,224 Huddle. I mean, I have to spread the 1295 00:57:29,224 --> 00:57:33,144 love out. And I wish I had enough money 1296 00:57:33,144 --> 00:57:35,864 that I could eat out every night but I I 1297 00:57:35,864 --> 00:57:39,064 can't but I do try to go to all the 1298 00:57:39,064 --> 00:57:42,504 restaurants in town. Go ahead. What 1299 00:57:42,504 --> 00:57:45,144 I'm going to say is I've talked, I 1300 00:57:45,144 --> 00:57:47,144 think those who know me know that I 1301 00:57:47,144 --> 00:57:50,744 talk a lot to a lot of people. But what 1302 00:57:50,744 --> 00:57:52,344 I've done is I've talked to people 1303 00:57:52,344 --> 00:57:55,304 about this situation. And 1304 00:57:55,764 --> 00:57:59,204 every person that I've talked to has 1305 00:57:59,204 --> 00:58:01,684 said, if you close up, they're 1306 00:58:01,684 --> 00:58:02,964 going to get in the car and they're 1307 00:58:02,964 --> 00:58:04,164 going to go and I know it's already 1308 00:58:04,164 --> 00:58:06,724 been said but that's one of the 1309 00:58:06,724 --> 00:58:09,204 things. Another thing that has been 1310 00:58:09,204 --> 00:58:12,004 said is if this gets out, if this 1311 00:58:12,004 --> 00:58:14,084 happens, it's going to hurt 1312 00:58:14,084 --> 00:58:16,404 businesses in Montevalla. People 1313 00:58:16,404 --> 00:58:18,484 will stay. It might even hurt the 1314 00:58:18,484 --> 00:58:20,164 university. Now, these are just, 1315 00:58:20,164 --> 00:58:22,324 these are things that people have 1316 00:58:22,324 --> 00:58:25,364 told me and I do believe that 1317 00:58:25,364 --> 00:58:28,564 especially with the hotel opening, 1318 00:58:28,684 --> 00:58:31,004 there going to be people that me 1319 00:58:31,004 --> 00:58:34,044 want to have a late night drink. And 1320 00:58:34,044 --> 00:58:36,284 may want to be out after one o'clock. 1321 00:58:36,284 --> 00:58:40,044 Or twelve o'clock. Uh and that that's 1322 00:58:40,044 --> 00:58:41,964 all I had to say. I just feel like that 1323 00:58:41,964 --> 00:58:45,604 it's I just don't think that we need to 1324 00:58:45,604 --> 00:58:47,284 close it off at that point especially 1325 00:58:47,644 --> 00:58:50,644 with the kind of policing that we 1326 00:58:50,644 --> 00:58:51,844 have, with the kind of 1327 00:58:54,764 --> 00:58:57,564 taking care of situations in their 1328 00:58:57,564 --> 00:59:00,364 facilities that we have. I think that 1329 00:59:00,364 --> 00:59:03,004 we need to keep it like it is. Because 1330 00:59:03,004 --> 00:59:06,044 our town is great and we are growing 1331 00:59:06,084 --> 00:59:10,604 and people are coming and I don't 1332 00:59:10,604 --> 00:59:12,444 want to do anything. I don't want our 1333 00:59:12,444 --> 00:59:14,604 town to do anything. not me. But I 1334 00:59:14,604 --> 00:59:16,044 don't want our town to do anything 1335 00:59:16,044 --> 00:59:19,484 that might stop bad. And I think that 1336 00:59:19,484 --> 00:59:21,804 we from what I everything I've heard, 1337 00:59:21,804 --> 00:59:25,404 I think that it can be handled and I 1338 00:59:25,404 --> 00:59:27,684 know I I was a freshman at the 1339 00:59:27,684 --> 00:59:30,884 University of Alabama in 1967. And 1340 00:59:30,884 --> 00:59:33,924 believe me, it was mighty wild then. 1341 00:59:33,924 --> 00:59:36,724 And it got wilder as the time went on. 1342 00:59:36,724 --> 00:59:38,964 And so I don't think it's nearly like 1343 00:59:38,964 --> 00:59:42,324 that in Montebella. But, yeah, that, 1344 00:59:42,324 --> 00:59:43,924 I just wanted to share that with 1345 00:59:43,924 --> 00:59:45,044 y'all. Thank you. 1346 00:59:54,264 --> 00:59:56,824 Hi, my name is Catherine Wood. This is 1347 00:59:56,824 --> 00:59:58,424 my first time doing one of these so I 1348 00:59:58,424 --> 01:00:00,664 apologize if I'm nervous. I live at 1349 01:00:00,664 --> 01:00:03,384 851 Morgan Street. Uh I lived in 1350 01:00:03,384 --> 01:00:04,504 Montevallo and attended the 1351 01:00:04,504 --> 01:00:07,064 university from 2005 to 2011 and I 1352 01:00:07,064 --> 01:00:08,824 enjoyed my time here so much that when 1353 01:00:08,824 --> 01:00:10,344 I decided to settle down, I purchased 1354 01:00:10,344 --> 01:00:13,144 a home here. As much as I love my home 1355 01:00:13,144 --> 01:00:14,984 and as much as I love this town, if this 1356 01:00:14,984 --> 01:00:16,344 ordinance had been passed, I would 1357 01:00:16,344 --> 01:00:17,544 have chosen to look elsewhere 1358 01:00:17,544 --> 01:00:19,624 because at my big age of thirty-nine, 1359 01:00:19,624 --> 01:00:21,544 I would like to be able to get a drink 1360 01:00:21,544 --> 01:00:24,184 when I get off work at midnight. I am a 1361 01:00:24,264 --> 01:00:25,864 second and third shift worker for one 1362 01:00:25,864 --> 01:00:27,464 of my jobs and 1363 01:00:29,264 --> 01:00:32,544 You know, I, as somebody that lives in 1364 01:00:32,544 --> 01:00:33,904 this town, I would like to socialize 1365 01:00:33,904 --> 01:00:35,024 here when I get off work. 1366 01:00:38,264 --> 01:00:41,064 I know that it's been said that this is 1367 01:00:41,064 --> 01:00:43,384 not a reactive ordinance but it is 1368 01:00:43,384 --> 01:00:46,104 hard to feel like it's not reactive 1369 01:00:46,104 --> 01:00:47,864 and restrictive. It 1370 01:00:47,864 --> 01:00:49,304 disproportionately impacts 1371 01:00:49,704 --> 01:00:51,384 citizens and a single business 1372 01:00:51,384 --> 01:00:54,344 owner. It will rightly cause 1373 01:00:54,344 --> 01:00:56,184 reluctance from future investors in 1374 01:00:56,184 --> 01:00:57,704 this town. You know, why would 1375 01:00:57,704 --> 01:00:59,224 somebody use their life savings to 1376 01:00:59,224 --> 01:01:01,544 open a business in a town that's okay 1377 01:01:01,544 --> 01:01:02,984 with passing a whole ordinance 1378 01:01:02,984 --> 01:01:05,464 instead of getting together a 1379 01:01:05,464 --> 01:01:06,664 collaborative community 1380 01:01:06,664 --> 01:01:07,544 solutions? 1381 01:01:10,264 --> 01:01:11,864 Why purchase property in a place 1382 01:01:11,864 --> 01:01:13,544 where you have less freedoms? As a 1383 01:01:13,544 --> 01:01:15,224 taxpaying, responsible citizen. 1384 01:01:15,984 --> 01:01:18,664 Nobody wants to live in an any state. I 1385 01:01:18,664 --> 01:01:21,304 imagine, least of all in Alabama. And 1386 01:01:21,304 --> 01:01:23,384 I don't think the solution is to, I 1387 01:01:23,384 --> 01:01:24,504 don't think the solution to this 1388 01:01:24,504 --> 01:01:26,824 issue is legislating away our rights 1389 01:01:26,824 --> 01:01:28,904 and interests. I think that if young 1390 01:01:28,904 --> 01:01:31,544 people have the opportunity to drink 1391 01:01:31,544 --> 01:01:34,584 at establishments in town, with the 1392 01:01:34,584 --> 01:01:36,664 citizens of the town, our community 1393 01:01:36,664 --> 01:01:38,344 will be able to help teach them how to 1394 01:01:38,344 --> 01:01:39,944 act right and to be right. And I say 1395 01:01:39,944 --> 01:01:41,304 that as somebody who learned how to 1396 01:01:41,304 --> 01:01:43,224 drink in this town. It's a wonderful 1397 01:01:43,224 --> 01:01:44,804 place live. It's a really wonderful 1398 01:01:44,804 --> 01:01:47,284 place to go to school. It's safe, it's 1399 01:01:47,284 --> 01:01:49,444 loving, and it taught me how to be a 1400 01:01:49,444 --> 01:01:52,084 good person Whether or not there is a 1401 01:01:52,084 --> 01:01:54,244 drink in me. And I can say I can 1402 01:01:54,244 --> 01:01:56,084 personally attest that at 39 years 1403 01:01:56,084 --> 01:01:58,724 old, I have been ID'd at TJ's 1404 01:01:58,724 --> 01:02:00,564 establishment. And I have had people 1405 01:02:00,564 --> 01:02:02,484 make sure that I have my ID on me even 1406 01:02:02,484 --> 01:02:04,404 though they know me. Just in case 1407 01:02:04,404 --> 01:02:07,284 anything comes and gets checked. I I 1408 01:02:07,284 --> 01:02:09,604 love Johnny. I miss him. May God rest 1409 01:02:09,604 --> 01:02:12,084 his soul. I was I I've been ID'd more at 1410 01:02:12,084 --> 01:02:13,684 Dive Bar than I ever was a double play. 1411 01:02:14,204 --> 01:02:17,664 And I just I'm worried how this will 1412 01:02:17,664 --> 01:02:19,024 affect the town and future 1413 01:02:19,024 --> 01:02:22,964 investment. Thank you for your time. 1414 01:02:22,964 --> 01:02:23,844 Thank you. 1415 01:02:29,264 --> 01:02:31,744 I'm Rachel Phillips. I live at 635 1416 01:02:31,744 --> 01:02:34,864 Main Street and I live upstairs from 1417 01:02:34,864 --> 01:02:37,424 the Dive Bar and Grill. I was in bed the 1418 01:02:37,424 --> 01:02:39,184 night that this happened. It did not 1419 01:02:39,184 --> 01:02:41,264 happen in the bar. It happened 1420 01:02:41,264 --> 01:02:43,744 outside. It was taken care of very 1421 01:02:43,744 --> 01:02:46,304 quickly. Again, I live upstairs. Out 1422 01:02:46,304 --> 01:02:48,304 of anyone, the late night, guess who 1423 01:02:48,304 --> 01:02:51,424 it affects? Me. Cuz at 9 PM, I'm the one 1424 01:02:51,424 --> 01:02:54,144 that hears it. And also, I love that 1425 01:02:54,144 --> 01:02:56,144 these kids have some place to go 1426 01:02:56,144 --> 01:02:58,544 that's safe. I have watched both 1427 01:02:58,544 --> 01:03:02,704 Breezy and TJ take kids home. To make 1428 01:03:02,704 --> 01:03:05,584 sure safe. Walk them home to make sure 1429 01:03:05,584 --> 01:03:08,064 they're safe. I have never seen two 1430 01:03:08,064 --> 01:03:10,624 people care so much about their 1431 01:03:10,624 --> 01:03:12,864 customers and their safety than 1432 01:03:12,864 --> 01:03:15,344 these two. They don't drink. They're 1433 01:03:15,344 --> 01:03:17,264 not in there partying it up. They're 1434 01:03:17,264 --> 01:03:19,104 there to provide a safe space. Me and 1435 01:03:19,104 --> 01:03:20,944 TJ both have kids the same age and 1436 01:03:20,944 --> 01:03:23,664 they're 21 years old. And we have 1437 01:03:23,664 --> 01:03:26,384 talked multiple times about how we 1438 01:03:26,384 --> 01:03:28,944 just wanted a safe place for our kids 1439 01:03:28,944 --> 01:03:31,024 to hang out. And then to make sure they 1440 01:03:31,024 --> 01:03:33,324 get home safe. They not only make sure 1441 01:03:33,324 --> 01:03:35,004 the kids get home safe. They make sure 1442 01:03:35,004 --> 01:03:37,564 the community gets home safe. So, if 1443 01:03:37,564 --> 01:03:41,084 one incident is causing all of this, I 1444 01:03:41,084 --> 01:03:42,764 really think we need to reevaluate 1445 01:03:42,764 --> 01:03:45,724 and come to a different agreement on 1446 01:03:45,724 --> 01:03:47,724 how to fix this. Thank you. 1447 01:03:54,764 --> 01:03:56,284 Mister Mayor, I want to make one 1448 01:03:56,284 --> 01:03:59,084 statement. I've never voted against 1449 01:03:59,084 --> 01:04:01,804 liquor license for any business in 1450 01:04:01,804 --> 01:04:04,924 this city, never. I voted for TJ 1451 01:04:04,924 --> 01:04:07,964 several times. Uh and I will continue 1452 01:04:07,964 --> 01:04:09,644 because that's the person's right. 1453 01:04:09,644 --> 01:04:12,524 Everybody that's of age has a right to 1454 01:04:12,524 --> 01:04:15,404 be able to obtain high you know how it 1455 01:04:15,404 --> 01:04:18,284 should be. When you sit here 1456 01:04:19,764 --> 01:04:23,364 or stand there We have lawyers 1457 01:04:23,484 --> 01:04:26,644 that tell us what the law says. 1458 01:04:26,844 --> 01:04:29,124 We have people tell us what our 1459 01:04:29,124 --> 01:04:32,484 liability is. And they never sue 1460 01:04:32,484 --> 01:04:34,564 their establishment to go at the 1461 01:04:34,564 --> 01:04:38,484 bigger money. And they come at us. And 1462 01:04:38,484 --> 01:04:41,204 one thing I really dislike and I've 1463 01:04:41,204 --> 01:04:42,724 had it happen since I've been on this 1464 01:04:42,724 --> 01:04:45,444 council. Where we get lawsuits and I 1465 01:04:45,444 --> 01:04:49,204 see my name on it. And so I'm not 1466 01:04:49,204 --> 01:04:54,164 against TJ I've always supported and 1467 01:04:54,164 --> 01:04:57,524 will support. Any business, don't 1468 01:04:57,524 --> 01:05:00,324 put us in this position because if we 1469 01:05:00,324 --> 01:05:02,564 do nothing, what do we, what's 1470 01:05:02,564 --> 01:05:04,084 happening? If something go, if 1471 01:05:04,084 --> 01:05:06,004 something we do, absolutely nothing 1472 01:05:06,004 --> 01:05:08,564 and so, all I'm simply saying is that, 1473 01:05:08,564 --> 01:05:10,804 you know, and I've talked to all of 1474 01:05:10,804 --> 01:05:13,204 these up here and I think we support 1475 01:05:13,204 --> 01:05:14,804 every business in Monte Valley. 1476 01:05:14,844 --> 01:05:18,244 Every business and I wish can recruit 1477 01:05:18,244 --> 01:05:19,444 more. I'm always talking to 1478 01:05:19,444 --> 01:05:20,724 somebody. I'm still waiting on that 1479 01:05:20,724 --> 01:05:22,404 church's ticket. So, I'm always 1480 01:05:22,404 --> 01:05:24,244 talking to somebody about coming to 1481 01:05:24,244 --> 01:05:26,084 Monte Valley. All I'm simply saying 1482 01:05:26,084 --> 01:05:27,764 is that when you put us in a situation 1483 01:05:27,964 --> 01:05:30,644 where we have to look at the liability 1484 01:05:30,644 --> 01:05:33,044 part, that's why we come up with 1485 01:05:33,044 --> 01:05:35,284 certain things to try to make sure 1486 01:05:35,284 --> 01:05:37,284 that we're making a statement. So, 1487 01:05:37,284 --> 01:05:39,524 when the lawyers get it, they can't 1488 01:05:39,524 --> 01:05:40,724 say, well, the city didn't do 1489 01:05:40,724 --> 01:05:44,004 anything. So, help us. We just, took 1490 01:05:44,004 --> 01:05:47,204 this a discussion. Help us. Man 1491 01:05:47,264 --> 01:05:48,944 the best decision for the safety of 1492 01:05:48,944 --> 01:05:50,704 the people of Montevallo regardless 1493 01:05:50,704 --> 01:05:52,864 of the business. I I really wouldn't 1494 01:05:52,864 --> 01:05:54,464 love to hear more of other businesses 1495 01:05:54,504 --> 01:05:57,424 that have liquor license and how they 1496 01:05:57,424 --> 01:06:00,224 feel about it. Really? I I would. Uh 1497 01:06:00,224 --> 01:06:02,864 yo. Like Miss Mary Moon I think yo 1498 01:06:02,864 --> 01:06:04,064 she's right across the street. I 1499 01:06:04,064 --> 01:06:06,064 would love to know her opinion. Uh on 1500 01:06:06,064 --> 01:06:07,264 it. It would help me. 1501 01:06:12,884 --> 01:06:15,084 What if she want to hear it too? I just 1502 01:06:15,084 --> 01:06:16,364 want to know your opinion about 1503 01:06:16,364 --> 01:06:20,524 going from 2 PM to 12 midnight. Is that 1504 01:06:20,524 --> 01:06:21,884 something you think will hurt 1505 01:06:21,884 --> 01:06:23,804 business in general in the city of 1506 01:06:23,804 --> 01:06:25,404 Montebello? Yes, I definitely think 1507 01:06:25,404 --> 01:06:26,924 about her business is in Montebella. 1508 01:06:26,924 --> 01:06:28,924 And why don't even stay open that way? 1509 01:06:28,924 --> 01:06:31,084 But I like the idea that if I wanted to 1510 01:06:31,084 --> 01:06:32,604 host a wedding party or something 1511 01:06:32,604 --> 01:06:34,444 like that, I would like the option to 1512 01:06:34,444 --> 01:06:36,844 be able to do that. Also, when you talk 1513 01:06:36,844 --> 01:06:39,404 about being protective, 1514 01:06:40,084 --> 01:06:44,364 I mean, men may know this but there is a 1515 01:06:44,364 --> 01:06:46,844 drink you can order at a bar that the 1516 01:06:46,844 --> 01:06:48,764 bartender tells will know to call the 1517 01:06:48,764 --> 01:06:50,524 police and I'm not going to say what 1518 01:06:50,524 --> 01:06:53,644 it is. I asked TJ if he knew what it was 1519 01:06:53,644 --> 01:06:56,684 and he does. So there is some safety in 1520 01:06:56,684 --> 01:06:59,004 having these people in a supervised 1521 01:06:59,004 --> 01:07:02,124 licensed facility versus the frat 1522 01:07:02,124 --> 01:07:04,604 houses, the parties. If you're 1523 01:07:04,604 --> 01:07:06,364 serious about liability, let's make 1524 01:07:06,364 --> 01:07:08,604 this a dry community. I mean, if you 1525 01:07:08,604 --> 01:07:09,804 want to go, I mean, we want to 1526 01:07:09,804 --> 01:07:12,364 protect everybody all the time. We 1527 01:07:12,364 --> 01:07:13,484 don't think that will work either. 1528 01:07:13,484 --> 01:07:16,464 And if you're serious then why are you 1529 01:07:16,464 --> 01:07:18,624 having an exemption for gas 1530 01:07:18,624 --> 01:07:21,264 stations? Because they can cart all 1531 01:07:21,264 --> 01:07:23,664 day long but those kids go and buy that 1532 01:07:23,664 --> 01:07:25,184 drinks and they take them to the 1533 01:07:25,184 --> 01:07:27,584 frats. That's where your underage 1534 01:07:27,584 --> 01:07:29,664 drinking is happening. Not at 1535 01:07:29,664 --> 01:07:31,824 teachers. It's not about TJ. I'm just 1536 01:07:31,824 --> 01:07:33,984 video. They only affects each other. 1537 01:07:33,984 --> 01:07:37,104 I mean, it's only. You may not want to 1538 01:07:37,104 --> 01:07:38,704 say that you're targeting him but 1539 01:07:38,704 --> 01:07:40,704 you're only targeting him right now 1540 01:07:40,704 --> 01:07:41,904 and you're targeting future 1541 01:07:41,904 --> 01:07:43,824 businesses that haven't even done 1542 01:07:43,824 --> 01:07:44,464 anything wrong. 1543 01:07:54,264 --> 01:07:56,744 My name is Jimmy Maddox, 1380 1544 01:07:56,744 --> 01:07:58,984 Highland Street. I own a number of 1545 01:07:58,984 --> 01:08:00,744 buildings in town, including the one 1546 01:08:00,744 --> 01:08:01,864 involved. I'm talking about 1547 01:08:01,864 --> 01:08:05,464 liability. 10 years ago, 12, Jeff 1548 01:08:05,464 --> 01:08:08,984 Webster, Main Street had a issue 1549 01:08:08,984 --> 01:08:11,944 where the fight inside the building, 1550 01:08:11,944 --> 01:08:15,624 one of the guys got beat up and so he 1551 01:08:15,624 --> 01:08:19,464 went to court. He sued me, the owner of 1552 01:08:19,464 --> 01:08:21,864 the building, Jeff, the owner of the 1553 01:08:21,864 --> 01:08:24,104 business, and then the owner and then 1554 01:08:24,104 --> 01:08:27,004 the guy that he fought. They threw out 1555 01:08:27,004 --> 01:08:30,124 ours. We had no liability. Jail had no 1556 01:08:30,124 --> 01:08:32,364 liability. So, there's no problem. 1557 01:08:32,364 --> 01:08:34,924 Obviously, somebody didn't win in 1558 01:08:34,924 --> 01:08:37,484 court. So, fighting outside or 1559 01:08:37,484 --> 01:08:39,564 inside you know, that's not going to 1560 01:08:39,564 --> 01:08:42,044 be an issue. I don't think. Now, also, 1561 01:08:42,044 --> 01:08:44,684 let's talk about small business. 1562 01:08:45,124 --> 01:08:47,564 Mono Battle has signs up. This 1563 01:08:47,564 --> 01:08:50,284 supports small business. Hey, we can 1564 01:08:50,284 --> 01:08:52,444 take these signs down in in the in 1565 01:08:52,444 --> 01:08:54,684 there. I will put up a big big 1566 01:08:54,684 --> 01:08:57,964 billboard in my yard monovalot does 1567 01:08:57,964 --> 01:08:59,484 not support small business and 1568 01:08:59,484 --> 01:09:02,884 that's the truth. So, I don't need, I 1569 01:09:02,884 --> 01:09:03,764 don't, I don't, you know, I think 1570 01:09:03,764 --> 01:09:06,324 we're making a huge mistake and so, 1571 01:09:06,324 --> 01:09:08,884 you know, I've, I've, you need to do 1572 01:09:08,884 --> 01:09:09,364 the right thing. 1573 01:09:15,024 --> 01:09:18,424 He's not Billboard. I just wanted to 1574 01:09:18,424 --> 01:09:20,024 say I don't know how many businesses 1575 01:09:20,024 --> 01:09:21,624 are. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Donna 1576 01:09:21,624 --> 01:09:23,624 McDowell. I live at 149 Heritage 1577 01:09:23,624 --> 01:09:25,784 Trace Parkway in Montevallo and I 1578 01:09:25,784 --> 01:09:26,664 don't know how many businesses 1579 01:09:26,664 --> 01:09:28,664 currently are open from midnight to 1580 01:09:28,664 --> 01:09:30,584 two. It sounds like only one. Maybe 1581 01:09:30,584 --> 01:09:32,024 another one, maybe there are few 1582 01:09:32,024 --> 01:09:33,784 businesses to come in. We're talking 1583 01:09:33,784 --> 01:09:36,424 about 2 hours. I don't know that that 1584 01:09:36,424 --> 01:09:37,864 two hours is going to make a big 1585 01:09:37,864 --> 01:09:39,304 difference. The big difference is 1586 01:09:39,304 --> 01:09:41,624 made by the attitude around here but I 1587 01:09:41,624 --> 01:09:43,144 also want to challenge all those who 1588 01:09:43,144 --> 01:09:46,004 are here to on this one on this one 1589 01:09:46,004 --> 01:09:48,244 piece of business. Uh if you haven't 1590 01:09:48,244 --> 01:09:49,684 ever been to Council Meeting before, 1591 01:09:49,684 --> 01:09:51,524 come every time to Council Meeting 1592 01:09:51,524 --> 01:09:53,204 and be interested in everything else 1593 01:09:53,204 --> 01:09:57,364 to see if you don't. Thank you, Donna. 1594 01:10:06,264 --> 01:10:08,744 Hey, everybody. My name is Brianna 1595 01:10:08,744 --> 01:10:10,424 McLennan. I'm actually a citizen of 1596 01:10:10,424 --> 01:10:13,704 Hoover. However, my problem today 1597 01:10:14,304 --> 01:10:17,224 I would have never looked at 1598 01:10:17,224 --> 01:10:20,424 Montevallo to join in on owning a 1599 01:10:20,424 --> 01:10:23,144 business. Had something been so 1600 01:10:23,144 --> 01:10:25,624 detrimental to what we have 1601 01:10:25,624 --> 01:10:28,024 established here. I fell in love with 1602 01:10:28,024 --> 01:10:31,624 this city. I went away from Hoover and 1603 01:10:31,624 --> 01:10:34,424 came down here because of how 1604 01:10:34,424 --> 01:10:36,184 wonderful this community is. 1605 01:10:37,764 --> 01:10:39,924 Never would have dreamed I would be 1606 01:10:39,924 --> 01:10:42,324 coming to Montevallo. But hearing 1607 01:10:42,324 --> 01:10:45,524 something that I love being targeted 1608 01:10:45,804 --> 01:10:47,844 it doesn't have to be the business. 1609 01:10:48,444 --> 01:10:52,004 But you are impacting children's 1610 01:10:52,004 --> 01:10:55,844 lives here. You are making them leave 1611 01:10:55,844 --> 01:10:59,764 town. If this passes. They will leave 1612 01:10:59,764 --> 01:11:01,924 town. I went to school in Tuscaloosa. 1613 01:11:01,924 --> 01:11:03,684 You want to know where I stayed in 1614 01:11:03,684 --> 01:11:05,364 Tuscaloosa? I didn't go to 1615 01:11:05,364 --> 01:11:08,084 Birmingham. I had the option in 1616 01:11:08,084 --> 01:11:10,084 Tuscaloosa to have fun with my 1617 01:11:10,084 --> 01:11:12,244 friends. What's going to happen 1618 01:11:12,244 --> 01:11:15,124 here is they will leave town. They're 1619 01:11:15,124 --> 01:11:16,404 going to drive to Tuscaloosa. 1620 01:11:16,404 --> 01:11:17,524 They're going to drop to 1621 01:11:17,524 --> 01:11:18,804 Birmingham. They're going to drop 1622 01:11:18,804 --> 01:11:20,404 to Helena. They're going to go 1623 01:11:20,404 --> 01:11:22,884 everywhere. Because they can't have 1624 01:11:22,884 --> 01:11:25,604 a safe environment here. That's what 1625 01:11:25,604 --> 01:11:28,244 we're facing. And any future 1626 01:11:28,244 --> 01:11:31,124 business if there is a limit on what 1627 01:11:31,124 --> 01:11:33,924 they can achieve, they're not 1628 01:11:33,924 --> 01:11:36,964 going to look here. They won't. We 1629 01:11:36,964 --> 01:11:38,964 have fought the expansion of the city 1630 01:11:38,964 --> 01:11:43,984 for so long it won't come if there if 1631 01:11:43,984 --> 01:11:45,744 people know that they are being 1632 01:11:45,744 --> 01:11:47,424 limited from reaching their goals 1633 01:11:47,424 --> 01:11:49,424 and to be having a strong successful 1634 01:11:49,424 --> 01:11:52,544 business. We limit that. We're only 1635 01:11:52,544 --> 01:11:54,704 hurting ourselves here. Thank 1636 01:12:01,264 --> 01:12:03,744 I'm Rebecca Collins. I am a small 1637 01:12:03,744 --> 01:12:05,824 business owner in town. I own Sky 1638 01:12:05,824 --> 01:12:07,744 Apothecary on Main Street. Two door 1639 01:12:07,744 --> 01:12:11,664 two doors down from TJ. I have been 1640 01:12:11,664 --> 01:12:13,344 going to the diet bar for five years 1641 01:12:13,344 --> 01:12:16,464 now. Actually, my spouse is the DJ and 1642 01:12:16,464 --> 01:12:18,784 has been for five years. So, guess 1643 01:12:18,784 --> 01:12:20,304 what I've gotten to do for five years? 1644 01:12:20,504 --> 01:12:23,104 Sit behind the scenes more at the 1645 01:12:23,104 --> 01:12:26,144 front door of the dog bar and watch all 1646 01:12:26,144 --> 01:12:28,704 these kids coming in. Help TJ and Brie 1647 01:12:28,704 --> 01:12:30,144 interact with them, have a bar 1648 01:12:30,144 --> 01:12:32,624 interacts with them, see them having 1649 01:12:32,764 --> 01:12:35,164 a good time. See when they mess up, How 1650 01:12:35,164 --> 01:12:37,564 TJ pulls them out. He's more like a dad 1651 01:12:37,564 --> 01:12:39,724 to them than a business owner. He 1652 01:12:39,724 --> 01:12:42,044 talks to them. They look up to him. 1653 01:12:42,044 --> 01:12:45,244 They deeply respect him. And he 1654 01:12:45,244 --> 01:12:48,844 protects them. And I think that doing 1655 01:12:48,844 --> 01:12:51,324 this what Bridges said is correct. In 1656 01:12:51,324 --> 01:12:53,244 fact me sitting in the back of town 1657 01:12:53,244 --> 01:12:55,084 observing, watching them, 1658 01:12:55,084 --> 01:12:57,484 listening to them talk. They won't 1659 01:12:57,484 --> 01:12:59,244 stay here. Even until midnight. 1660 01:12:59,244 --> 01:13:00,764 They're going to go to Auburn. 1661 01:13:00,764 --> 01:13:01,964 They're going to go to Tuscaloosa. 1662 01:13:01,964 --> 01:13:03,084 They're going to go to Birmingham. 1663 01:13:03,084 --> 01:13:04,444 They're going to go to Alabaster. 1664 01:13:04,444 --> 01:13:07,064 Then they're going to be back here 1665 01:13:07,064 --> 01:13:08,744 because they're kids. They don't 1666 01:13:08,744 --> 01:13:10,824 they haven't lived yet. They don't 1667 01:13:10,824 --> 01:13:12,584 understand the consequences all the 1668 01:13:12,584 --> 01:13:15,144 time. Here, with TJ, they're in a 1669 01:13:15,144 --> 01:13:17,704 controlled environment. He watches 1670 01:13:17,704 --> 01:13:19,224 out for them, other people in the bar, 1671 01:13:19,224 --> 01:13:20,824 watch out for them, and we make sure 1672 01:13:20,824 --> 01:13:22,264 that they get home safely. I 1673 01:13:22,264 --> 01:13:23,944 personally have driven them home 1674 01:13:23,944 --> 01:13:25,784 after the bar closed while they were 1675 01:13:25,784 --> 01:13:27,464 cleaning up while my spouse was 1676 01:13:27,464 --> 01:13:29,224 packing up DJ equipment. I have 1677 01:13:29,224 --> 01:13:31,224 driven these kids back to their dorm 1678 01:13:31,224 --> 01:13:33,064 room. Because we all look out for 1679 01:13:33,064 --> 01:13:35,144 them. And I also moved my business 1680 01:13:35,144 --> 01:13:37,464 here because of how supportive y'all 1681 01:13:37,464 --> 01:13:41,024 are. So I am going to say that I 1682 01:13:41,024 --> 01:13:43,344 support leaving it like it is and 1683 01:13:43,344 --> 01:13:45,104 coming together as a community to 1684 01:13:45,104 --> 01:13:47,824 work on this because I don't think 1685 01:13:47,824 --> 01:13:49,984 that closing two hours earlier is 1686 01:13:49,984 --> 01:13:51,824 going to make a difference. I think 1687 01:13:51,824 --> 01:13:53,104 it's only going to hurt businesses 1688 01:13:53,104 --> 01:13:54,624 and it's going to hurt the town. 1689 01:14:01,264 --> 01:14:02,064 Okay. 1690 01:14:08,264 --> 01:14:11,384 Let's be the last one here because we 1691 01:14:11,384 --> 01:14:13,864 need to move on. Uh my name is Alex 1692 01:14:13,864 --> 01:14:16,344 Toole. I live at 851 Morgan Street. Uh 1693 01:14:16,344 --> 01:14:19,464 I'm new to town but I just wanted to 1694 01:14:19,464 --> 01:14:22,264 step up and say in regards to concerns 1695 01:14:22,264 --> 01:14:24,824 about seeming to not do anything and 1696 01:14:24,824 --> 01:14:27,784 that's being a idea that seems to be 1697 01:14:27,784 --> 01:14:31,464 proposed and that sorry. Um behind 1698 01:14:31,464 --> 01:14:32,824 this ordinance, an idea behind 1699 01:14:32,824 --> 01:14:34,664 disorderments is the idea of being 1700 01:14:34,664 --> 01:14:36,824 seen to not do anything and I just 1701 01:14:36,824 --> 01:14:38,484 want to focus on alternative idea 1702 01:14:38,484 --> 01:14:40,724 that during these first couple weeks 1703 01:14:40,724 --> 01:14:42,884 of the school year, you know, perhaps 1704 01:14:42,884 --> 01:14:45,044 instead of writing a blanket law that 1705 01:14:45,044 --> 01:14:46,724 covers the whole year for how we 1706 01:14:46,724 --> 01:14:48,804 handle alcohol sales, we could just 1707 01:14:48,804 --> 01:14:51,604 do a little bit of increase police 1708 01:14:51,604 --> 01:14:52,484 presence around 1709 01:14:58,284 --> 01:15:00,964 Like this from happening and that's 1710 01:15:00,964 --> 01:15:02,404 really all I have to say. Thank you all 1711 01:15:02,404 --> 01:15:02,884 for your time. 1712 01:15:05,764 --> 01:15:08,404 I'll add one thing to that. Uh 1713 01:15:09,764 --> 01:15:13,204 we did that and then we got called I got 1714 01:15:13,204 --> 01:15:15,604 calls that we were targeting 1715 01:15:15,964 --> 01:15:18,164 establishments with Extra Police. 1716 01:15:18,524 --> 01:15:22,944 So, I'm just telling you that's 1717 01:15:22,944 --> 01:15:26,384 that's out there too. Oh and I 1718 01:15:26,384 --> 01:15:27,104 appreciate that. 1719 01:15:31,764 --> 01:15:32,564 Have what? 1720 01:15:38,764 --> 01:15:40,604 Alright, we're going to move on. 1721 01:15:42,764 --> 01:15:45,884 Were down to committee reports. 1722 01:15:45,924 --> 01:15:48,124 Uh Councilman Dukes. 1723 01:15:55,264 --> 01:15:57,424 It's getting dinner time. Mm. 1724 01:15:58,504 --> 01:16:01,664 So we had a total of five hundred and 1725 01:16:01,664 --> 01:16:05,824 ninety calls for the month. We made 96 1726 01:16:05,824 --> 01:16:08,304 total cases for the month. We had 1727 01:16:08,304 --> 01:16:11,504 eight traffic accidents. We made 415 1728 01:16:11,504 --> 01:16:14,384 traffic stops. We had one hundred and 1729 01:16:14,384 --> 01:16:17,264 we wrote one hundred 6 citations. We 1730 01:16:17,264 --> 01:16:20,144 rested 38 people. Uh we had no 1731 01:16:20,144 --> 01:16:22,144 burglaries. One auto burglary. 1732 01:16:22,264 --> 01:16:25,504 Eight domestics. No assaults. No 1733 01:16:25,504 --> 01:16:28,884 four and two theft attempts. 1734 01:16:31,264 --> 01:16:34,544 Been quite busy today building your 1735 01:16:34,544 --> 01:16:37,664 phone calls and things like that. So 1736 01:16:37,984 --> 01:16:40,544 you haven't talked to me. I will say to 1737 01:16:40,544 --> 01:16:44,064 you there is video that will be 1738 01:16:44,064 --> 01:16:45,984 available. It's not available now. 1739 01:16:46,264 --> 01:16:48,784 Cuz those who have been arrested have 1740 01:16:48,784 --> 01:16:51,264 cases that are going on. Uh and they 1741 01:16:51,264 --> 01:16:54,144 have to be adjudicated. Uh and so you 1742 01:16:54,144 --> 01:16:57,504 can you can have some access. To some 1743 01:16:57,504 --> 01:16:59,824 of that video. Ever how long it takes 1744 01:16:59,824 --> 01:17:01,504 for those cases to be. Once that's 1745 01:17:01,504 --> 01:17:02,944 over with. If you want to look at that 1746 01:17:02,944 --> 01:17:05,104 that's fine. Uh so let me let me tell 1747 01:17:05,104 --> 01:17:07,504 you where we stand on Police 1748 01:17:07,504 --> 01:17:10,784 Department side, okay? Um the the and 1749 01:17:10,784 --> 01:17:12,064 I appreciate the gentleman's 1750 01:17:12,064 --> 01:17:14,224 comment because I think that if we had 1751 01:17:14,224 --> 01:17:16,864 more police, we can cut down on a lot of 1752 01:17:16,864 --> 01:17:18,944 other stuff as well too but here's the 1753 01:17:18,944 --> 01:17:21,184 deal. Um we don't police businesses 1754 01:17:22,424 --> 01:17:24,624 police officers, never police 1755 01:17:24,624 --> 01:17:28,604 businesses. Police, again, go back 1756 01:17:28,604 --> 01:17:30,924 to my comment. Police are the 1757 01:17:30,924 --> 01:17:32,044 community, communities, the 1758 01:17:32,044 --> 01:17:33,644 police. That means, I belong in the 1759 01:17:33,644 --> 01:17:34,924 community but I'm a police officer. 1760 01:17:34,924 --> 01:17:38,124 Uh you belong in the community, you 1761 01:17:38,124 --> 01:17:39,564 help the police. That's how we police 1762 01:17:39,564 --> 01:17:41,164 each other. That's why we don't have, 1763 01:17:41,164 --> 01:17:43,004 we only have 7hundred and 4000 1764 01:17:43,364 --> 01:17:45,724 nationwide. It's mind boggling. 1765 01:17:45,724 --> 01:17:48,364 It's 7hundred 000 sworn law 1766 01:17:48,364 --> 01:17:50,604 enforcement agents officers 1767 01:17:50,604 --> 01:17:55,024 nationwide. You can't place every 1768 01:17:55,024 --> 01:17:56,704 situation that's out there. There's 1769 01:17:56,704 --> 01:17:59,184 no way. We try to be proactive but 1770 01:17:59,184 --> 01:18:01,664 anybody that tells you that their 1771 01:18:01,664 --> 01:18:03,024 department is successful being 1772 01:18:03,024 --> 01:18:04,464 proactive. They're not telling you 1773 01:18:04,464 --> 01:18:06,784 the truth because eighty-five plus 1774 01:18:06,784 --> 01:18:08,704 percent of our work is reactive. 1775 01:18:08,984 --> 01:18:11,824 Okay? We had no reason to be 1776 01:18:12,704 --> 01:18:14,864 on Main Street that particular night 1777 01:18:14,864 --> 01:18:17,264 outside of Normal Patrol. We were 1778 01:18:17,264 --> 01:18:19,584 called to Main Street. Okay. That's 1779 01:18:19,584 --> 01:18:21,504 the only reason our officers were 1780 01:18:21,504 --> 01:18:24,624 there, right? This past weekend. We 1781 01:18:24,624 --> 01:18:26,384 had calls. The only reason those 1782 01:18:26,384 --> 01:18:27,824 people had any guns. Law enforcement 1783 01:18:27,824 --> 01:18:29,104 because we were called for service. 1784 01:18:29,104 --> 01:18:31,984 Okay? That's it. Um but I want to tell 1785 01:18:31,984 --> 01:18:34,464 you something about when it comes 1786 01:18:34,464 --> 01:18:37,024 down to laws that we have. And people 1787 01:18:37,024 --> 01:18:38,224 don't like to hear this but I just 1788 01:18:38,224 --> 01:18:39,584 want to tell you the truth. It's not 1789 01:18:39,584 --> 01:18:41,824 more law enforcement. It all comes 1790 01:18:41,824 --> 01:18:44,384 back to personal responsibility. On 1791 01:18:44,384 --> 01:18:46,384 everything. We have a speed limit. 1792 01:18:46,744 --> 01:18:48,864 It's your personal responsibility 1793 01:18:49,864 --> 01:18:53,504 to drive a speed limit. Right? It's my 1794 01:18:53,764 --> 01:18:55,124 personal responsibility to do that. 1795 01:18:55,124 --> 01:18:57,364 If I choose not to, there's 1796 01:18:57,364 --> 01:18:59,684 consequences with that. If you get 1797 01:18:59,684 --> 01:19:01,764 caught, right? But it's still my 1798 01:19:01,764 --> 01:19:04,404 personal responsibility. That goes 1799 01:19:04,404 --> 01:19:06,084 for anything. You, you guys are 1800 01:19:06,084 --> 01:19:07,524 talking about alcohol, stuff like 1801 01:19:07,524 --> 01:19:08,724 that. Listen, we're the police 1802 01:19:08,724 --> 01:19:10,724 department. I I don't care if you pass 1803 01:19:10,724 --> 01:19:12,484 a ordinance that says you can serve 1804 01:19:12,484 --> 01:19:14,404 alcohol twenty-four hours a day. I 1805 01:19:14,404 --> 01:19:15,764 don't care. You say you can't serve it 1806 01:19:15,764 --> 01:19:18,884 at all. Don't bother me one bit. But 1807 01:19:18,884 --> 01:19:22,404 what does bother me is when we shut the 1808 01:19:22,404 --> 01:19:23,684 responsibility of personal 1809 01:19:23,684 --> 01:19:27,064 responsibility. All of y'all have a 1810 01:19:27,064 --> 01:19:28,424 personal responsibility. Every 1811 01:19:28,424 --> 01:19:31,144 every officer in my apartment has a 1812 01:19:31,144 --> 01:19:32,904 personal responsibility. We have 1813 01:19:32,904 --> 01:19:36,264 policies and there's a lot of. If they 1814 01:19:36,264 --> 01:19:39,544 violate them, listen to me. Personal 1815 01:19:39,544 --> 01:19:39,944 responsibility. 1816 01:19:45,764 --> 01:19:48,244 That's what it boils down to, okay? In 1817 01:19:48,244 --> 01:19:50,164 everything you do is personal 1818 01:19:50,164 --> 01:19:53,044 responsibility. A lot of this stuff 1819 01:19:53,044 --> 01:19:54,884 you're talking about is enforced by 1820 01:19:54,884 --> 01:19:56,724 the ABC board. Local law 1821 01:19:56,724 --> 01:19:58,964 enforcement, we cannot go into an 1822 01:19:58,964 --> 01:20:00,484 establishment and make sure that 1823 01:20:00,484 --> 01:20:02,004 they're checking IDs. We cannot. 1824 01:20:03,764 --> 01:20:06,644 We cannot stand at the door and make 1825 01:20:06,644 --> 01:20:08,404 sure that they're checking IDs. We 1826 01:20:08,404 --> 01:20:10,884 cannot. We cannot go to gas stations 1827 01:20:10,884 --> 01:20:13,284 and make sure that they're checking 1828 01:20:13,284 --> 01:20:17,444 IDs. We if we encounter them not doing 1829 01:20:17,444 --> 01:20:19,524 that or selling to underage, we can 1830 01:20:19,524 --> 01:20:21,044 make an on-site arrest then because 1831 01:20:21,044 --> 01:20:23,124 we witnessed that that miss it took 1832 01:20:23,124 --> 01:20:26,084 place, okay? Boom. This other stuff 1833 01:20:26,084 --> 01:20:28,324 is out of our hands. It's ABC board 1834 01:20:28,324 --> 01:20:30,724 stuff, alright? Um there have been 1835 01:20:30,724 --> 01:20:32,244 college students on Main Street and 1836 01:20:32,244 --> 01:20:33,524 everywhere else. Every time college 1837 01:20:33,524 --> 01:20:36,564 is in, okay? There's 3, 300 college 1838 01:20:36,564 --> 01:20:38,004 students there, right? 1839 01:20:39,764 --> 01:20:42,244 You'll never convince me that 1840 01:20:42,244 --> 01:20:44,324 whatever you guys do, 3300 college 1841 01:20:44,324 --> 01:20:45,364 students is going to drive 1842 01:20:45,364 --> 01:20:46,324 somewhere else and do business. 1843 01:20:46,364 --> 01:20:48,644 There will be some that do that. 1844 01:20:50,264 --> 01:20:51,864 They're right. There will be some. 1845 01:20:51,864 --> 01:20:54,664 There will be some that stay. But 1846 01:20:54,664 --> 01:20:56,024 you're dealing with hypothetical 1847 01:20:56,024 --> 01:20:57,864 stuff here to say but they're 1848 01:20:57,864 --> 01:20:59,784 going to go drive drunk. We we we 1849 01:20:59,784 --> 01:21:02,584 arrest more people for DUIs and by the 1850 01:21:02,584 --> 01:21:05,224 way we do a lot of DUIs here. Uh 1851 01:21:06,444 --> 01:21:09,764 coming in here from other businesses 1852 01:21:09,764 --> 01:21:12,164 and establishments than we ever have 1853 01:21:12,164 --> 01:21:14,164 from establishments here in 1854 01:21:14,164 --> 01:21:17,924 Montevallo. You know why that is? I 1855 01:21:17,924 --> 01:21:19,364 think. Personal responsibility. 1856 01:21:21,264 --> 01:21:22,944 Personal responsibility, personal 1857 01:21:22,944 --> 01:21:23,984 choice. You want to go to, you 1858 01:21:23,984 --> 01:21:25,264 want to go somewhere else and drink? 1859 01:21:25,264 --> 01:21:26,464 And it's your personal 1860 01:21:26,464 --> 01:21:28,384 responsibility. If you're 21 years 1861 01:21:28,384 --> 01:21:30,224 old, you can purchase alcohol in the 1862 01:21:30,224 --> 01:21:32,144 state of Alabama. It's your personal 1863 01:21:32,144 --> 01:21:35,904 responsibility to stay within the 1864 01:21:35,904 --> 01:21:37,104 law if you get behind the vehicle. 1865 01:21:37,104 --> 01:21:39,664 Okay. And drive intoxicated. If 1866 01:21:39,664 --> 01:21:41,264 you're underage, you can't purchase 1867 01:21:41,264 --> 01:21:44,064 alcohol in the state of Alabama. It's 1868 01:21:44,064 --> 01:21:45,344 a personal responsibility to 1869 01:21:45,344 --> 01:21:47,264 enforce that. Every clerk that has 1870 01:21:47,264 --> 01:21:49,824 that, every waitress that serves 1871 01:21:49,824 --> 01:21:51,824 alcohol, it's their personal 1872 01:21:52,264 --> 01:21:54,184 responsibility. If they don't, they 1873 01:21:54,184 --> 01:21:57,064 don't. Okay? And so, 1874 01:21:57,824 --> 01:22:00,584 don't don't point the finger. We need 1875 01:22:00,584 --> 01:22:02,424 more law enforcement because I'm 1876 01:22:02,424 --> 01:22:04,344 telling you, we flooded some on Main 1877 01:22:04,344 --> 01:22:06,264 Street and my office got hammered. 1878 01:22:06,264 --> 01:22:08,104 Why do we have officers on Main 1879 01:22:08,104 --> 01:22:09,544 Street? We've never done that. We've 1880 01:22:09,544 --> 01:22:11,224 never done that. You can't have it 1881 01:22:11,224 --> 01:22:13,144 both ways. You can't say, we need more 1882 01:22:13,144 --> 01:22:14,264 law enforcement when we put law 1883 01:22:14,264 --> 01:22:15,544 enforcement. Let me tell you what 1884 01:22:15,544 --> 01:22:17,784 happens. We put lot more law 1885 01:22:17,784 --> 01:22:19,464 enforcement out there. This 1886 01:22:19,464 --> 01:22:21,064 weekend, ten. 1887 01:22:22,764 --> 01:22:27,104 Ten arrested for underage drinking. 1888 01:22:27,544 --> 01:22:30,144 They didn't come from that 1889 01:22:30,144 --> 01:22:33,964 establishment. That that we know but 1890 01:22:33,964 --> 01:22:35,564 not not all ten of them came from that 1891 01:22:35,564 --> 01:22:38,364 establishment, right? But they got 1892 01:22:38,364 --> 01:22:41,484 alcohol and they're not supposed to 1893 01:22:41,484 --> 01:22:44,044 have it and they went to jail. And so I 1894 01:22:44,044 --> 01:22:45,244 said well why did you do that? Well we 1895 01:22:45,244 --> 01:22:47,724 had to increase our presence. They 1896 01:22:47,724 --> 01:22:49,724 kicked over a flower pot. Big deal. I 1897 01:22:49,724 --> 01:22:51,324 know somebody get on the big it's a 1898 01:22:51,324 --> 01:22:52,604 flower pot. Will it what in their 1899 01:22:52,604 --> 01:22:54,764 flower pot? But it was business 1900 01:22:54,764 --> 01:22:57,244 owners by the way. We ID the young man 1901 01:22:57,244 --> 01:23:00,204 within 2 hours. Uh he was here taking 1902 01:23:00,204 --> 01:23:02,044 personal responsibility for it and 1903 01:23:02,044 --> 01:23:03,084 went to the business owner. 1904 01:23:03,524 --> 01:23:05,884 Apologized replace the pot and 1905 01:23:05,884 --> 01:23:09,164 admitted admitted that he made a bad 1906 01:23:09,164 --> 01:23:10,924 mistake. I said, why, why is it that 1907 01:23:10,924 --> 01:23:13,004 you made that choice? Because I was 1908 01:23:13,004 --> 01:23:16,044 intoxicated. And I said to him, well, 1909 01:23:16,044 --> 01:23:17,004 you're not going to get in trouble 1910 01:23:17,004 --> 01:23:19,644 now. Are you old enough to drink? No, 1911 01:23:19,644 --> 01:23:22,684 sir. So, go back to personal 1912 01:23:22,684 --> 01:23:25,244 responsibility, right? Yeah. I 1913 01:23:25,244 --> 01:23:28,284 can't control that young man from 1914 01:23:28,284 --> 01:23:30,764 drinking alcohol and I couldn't stop 1915 01:23:30,764 --> 01:23:32,444 him from kicking over a flower pot. 1916 01:23:32,444 --> 01:23:33,804 That's a personal choice he made. 1917 01:23:33,804 --> 01:23:36,584 Right. Okay. Everybody in here we 1918 01:23:36,584 --> 01:23:38,664 have a personal responsibility. 1919 01:23:38,664 --> 01:23:41,064 Don't give your responsibility to me 1920 01:23:41,064 --> 01:23:42,744 because when you do, there's 1921 01:23:42,744 --> 01:23:44,584 consequences to pay for it. If we 1922 01:23:44,584 --> 01:23:47,884 encounter you, in your own main 1923 01:23:47,884 --> 01:23:51,204 street We and we increase our 1924 01:23:51,204 --> 01:23:53,124 presence. And you have been 1925 01:23:53,124 --> 01:23:55,444 drinking. I mean just you are 1926 01:23:55,444 --> 01:23:58,564 going to go to jail. And when we start 1927 01:23:58,564 --> 01:24:00,804 putting the numbers like this in jail 1928 01:24:00,804 --> 01:24:04,644 it it infuriates me. Because they're 1929 01:24:04,644 --> 01:24:06,244 college students. Everyone of them 1930 01:24:06,244 --> 01:24:07,764 was underage. That's somebody's 1931 01:24:07,764 --> 01:24:12,204 child. Understand? That's 1932 01:24:12,204 --> 01:24:14,284 somebody's child. I don't need my 1933 01:24:14,284 --> 01:24:17,164 guys out here dealing with underage 1934 01:24:17,164 --> 01:24:19,884 drinkers. Mm hmm. When when we have 1935 01:24:19,884 --> 01:24:22,444 fentanyl, this being trafficked 1936 01:24:22,444 --> 01:24:24,284 through here that we're trying to put 1937 01:24:24,284 --> 01:24:27,484 people on to to curb and math and 1938 01:24:27,484 --> 01:24:28,924 everything else. That's that's what 1939 01:24:28,924 --> 01:24:30,444 I'm I don't want to deal with these 1940 01:24:30,444 --> 01:24:33,004 college kids. I college kids have a 1941 01:24:33,004 --> 01:24:34,364 personal responsibility. I've 1942 01:24:34,364 --> 01:24:35,724 talked to the university. I've 1943 01:24:35,724 --> 01:24:39,324 talked to everybody over there. And 1944 01:24:40,264 --> 01:24:41,864 and I've said to them, just want to 1945 01:24:41,864 --> 01:24:43,464 give you a heads up. We're we are 1946 01:24:43,464 --> 01:24:46,664 increasing our presence for the next 1947 01:24:46,664 --> 01:24:49,464 couple of weekends. You're going to 1948 01:24:49,464 --> 01:24:51,144 have some of your students and your 1949 01:24:51,144 --> 01:24:52,584 athletes that are going to go to 1950 01:24:52,584 --> 01:24:56,864 jail. A group of five 1951 01:24:56,984 --> 01:25:00,544 individuals this weekend. Uh all 1952 01:25:00,544 --> 01:25:03,664 five underage, all five heavily 1953 01:25:03,664 --> 01:25:06,464 intoxicated. left one of their 1954 01:25:06,464 --> 01:25:09,184 buddies laying in the road, chose to 1955 01:25:09,184 --> 01:25:10,784 go off and leave him, Our officers 1956 01:25:10,784 --> 01:25:14,144 were out because they chose to throw 1957 01:25:14,144 --> 01:25:16,704 trash and beer cans and bottles all 1958 01:25:16,704 --> 01:25:19,504 down the the city street. Officers 1959 01:25:19,504 --> 01:25:21,104 are out telling the homeowner, hey, 1960 01:25:21,104 --> 01:25:22,944 you gotta get this cleaned up. This is 1961 01:25:22,944 --> 01:25:25,104 unacceptable. And they had 1962 01:25:25,264 --> 01:25:28,704 encounter with these young men who 1963 01:25:28,704 --> 01:25:31,824 were heavily intoxicated, who had 1964 01:25:31,824 --> 01:25:33,504 alcohol with them, carrying it with 1965 01:25:33,504 --> 01:25:35,184 them, and our officers said to them, 1966 01:25:35,224 --> 01:25:37,344 hey, don't leave your buddy laying 1967 01:25:37,344 --> 01:25:38,544 here in the road, come back and get 1968 01:25:38,544 --> 01:25:41,944 him. And by the way, hey, which what do 1969 01:25:41,944 --> 01:25:43,384 you have in your hand? Oh, wait, I just 1970 01:25:43,384 --> 01:25:46,184 have water. Oh, come here. We want to 1971 01:25:46,184 --> 01:25:47,864 make sure your buddy's okay because 1972 01:25:47,864 --> 01:25:49,464 he's laying in the road intoxicated. 1973 01:25:51,264 --> 01:25:54,384 And they chose not to come to take off 1974 01:25:54,384 --> 01:25:56,784 running. They ran through the 1975 01:25:56,784 --> 01:25:58,224 parking lot, ran through the wobble 1976 01:25:58,224 --> 01:26:00,224 gas station, and when they thought 1977 01:26:00,224 --> 01:26:01,424 they were running from one of our 1978 01:26:01,424 --> 01:26:03,024 officers, everybody goes picking 1979 01:26:03,024 --> 01:26:04,624 all of their Jack Daniels, you know, 1980 01:26:04,624 --> 01:26:07,744 everything else under a car, another 1981 01:26:07,744 --> 01:26:08,944 one of our officers was standing 1982 01:26:08,944 --> 01:26:09,904 there and said, what are you doing? 1983 01:26:11,764 --> 01:26:13,924 And they they all fab went to jail, 1984 01:26:13,924 --> 01:26:15,844 okay? So, that's what you're 1985 01:26:15,844 --> 01:26:17,444 going to get when we increase, when 1986 01:26:17,444 --> 01:26:19,924 we increase the patrol on Main 1987 01:26:19,924 --> 01:26:21,684 Street, that's what you're going to 1988 01:26:21,684 --> 01:26:24,244 get and then, I won't tell you, I am not 1989 01:26:24,244 --> 01:26:26,884 going to listen to any phone calls 1990 01:26:26,884 --> 01:26:29,924 asking me, well, I have a right to do 1991 01:26:29,924 --> 01:26:31,204 business and y'all are up here 1992 01:26:31,204 --> 01:26:33,524 putting people in jail. Bull. It's 1993 01:26:33,524 --> 01:26:35,684 personal responsibility. If you 1994 01:26:35,684 --> 01:26:37,284 want police to handle it, we will 1995 01:26:37,284 --> 01:26:38,484 handle it but you're not going to 1996 01:26:38,484 --> 01:26:41,704 like it. I would much rather 1997 01:26:41,704 --> 01:26:43,144 everybody have personal 1998 01:26:43,144 --> 01:26:46,504 responsibility Let us patrol. Let us 1999 01:26:46,504 --> 01:26:50,344 do our job. By the way, we we have 2000 01:26:51,224 --> 01:26:54,024 I know there was some communication 2001 01:26:54,024 --> 01:26:56,104 about us not having enough officers. 2002 01:26:56,104 --> 01:26:58,344 So, I want to clarify who I sit down. 2003 01:26:58,704 --> 01:27:02,344 Uh when I took over this job, we had 15 2004 01:27:02,344 --> 01:27:05,784 officers. We still have 15 officers. 2005 01:27:05,904 --> 01:27:08,264 We will we have one in the police 2006 01:27:08,264 --> 01:27:09,544 academy which will give us 16 2007 01:27:09,544 --> 01:27:11,944 officers. We have another one that 2008 01:27:11,944 --> 01:27:13,464 starts October the first which give 2009 01:27:13,464 --> 01:27:16,264 us 17 officers. We had three to retire 2010 01:27:16,264 --> 01:27:18,264 from this department. Two of them 2011 01:27:19,144 --> 01:27:21,304 chose to come back and be SROs. One 2012 01:27:21,304 --> 01:27:23,624 left to be an investigator. One I 2013 01:27:23,624 --> 01:27:26,504 hired stayed here for nine weeks. And 2014 01:27:28,264 --> 01:27:30,184 the police had the police called on 2015 01:27:30,184 --> 01:27:32,824 him. Oh man, I'm telling you that. You 2016 01:27:32,824 --> 01:27:34,264 can't work at Montevallo Police 2017 01:27:34,264 --> 01:27:35,224 Department. If you're the police, 2018 01:27:35,224 --> 01:27:36,824 then you get the police called on you. 2019 01:27:36,824 --> 01:27:38,184 And he got fired. 2020 01:27:42,264 --> 01:27:44,024 So we hadn't have Elisha. We hadn't 2021 01:27:44,024 --> 01:27:45,384 had a lot of turnover. The same people 2022 01:27:45,384 --> 01:27:47,144 that were here when I took over are the 2023 01:27:47,144 --> 01:27:49,864 exact same people plus two that were 2024 01:27:49,864 --> 01:27:51,544 here except those other ones. Okay? 2025 01:27:51,544 --> 01:27:54,504 We don't have a policing problem. We 2026 01:27:54,504 --> 01:27:55,864 have a personal responsibility 2027 01:27:55,864 --> 01:27:58,344 problem. And I'll be the first to 2028 01:27:58,344 --> 01:28:00,104 admit. I don't like taking personal 2029 01:28:00,104 --> 01:28:02,104 responsibility for myself when I do 2030 01:28:02,104 --> 01:28:03,864 something wrong. It's not human 2031 01:28:03,864 --> 01:28:07,544 nature. That's what we have to do. 2032 01:28:08,224 --> 01:28:11,384 I mean, we do and and so, let's hold 2033 01:28:11,384 --> 01:28:14,724 each other accountable It's not your 2034 01:28:14,724 --> 01:28:17,044 fault. I got arrested. It's my fault I 2035 01:28:17,044 --> 01:28:19,924 got arrested. Okay? We're not out 2036 01:28:19,924 --> 01:28:21,524 here looking. We we're not out here 2037 01:28:21,524 --> 01:28:23,284 looking for college students. We're 2038 01:28:23,284 --> 01:28:25,124 not out here for that. For that kind of 2039 01:28:25,124 --> 01:28:27,204 stuff. We we want to protect 2040 01:28:27,204 --> 01:28:30,884 everybody here. Um from the north end 2041 01:28:31,004 --> 01:28:33,844 all the way down to the south end. We 2042 01:28:33,844 --> 01:28:35,364 want to do everything that we can to 2043 01:28:35,364 --> 01:28:38,084 do that. Our guys are doing a great job 2044 01:28:38,084 --> 01:28:40,244 with that. Yes there have been 2045 01:28:40,244 --> 01:28:42,164 problems at the beginning of school 2046 01:28:42,164 --> 01:28:45,224 year. Always have in problems, okay? 2047 01:28:45,224 --> 01:28:48,664 But if you're going to say, we want a 2048 01:28:48,664 --> 01:28:51,144 heavy police presence It's 2049 01:28:51,144 --> 01:28:53,864 expensive and you'll get it and 2050 01:28:53,864 --> 01:28:54,744 you're not going to like the 2051 01:28:54,744 --> 01:28:56,344 results, okay? I had to deal with 2052 01:28:56,344 --> 01:28:57,544 these parents that come in here. 2053 01:28:59,764 --> 01:29:02,404 And most of them thank us for taking 2054 01:29:02,404 --> 01:29:03,924 care of the kids that are underage. 2055 01:29:03,924 --> 01:29:05,604 That's that's what we have to do. 2056 01:29:05,604 --> 01:29:08,084 Let's take care of them. Once they 2057 01:29:08,084 --> 01:29:09,764 leave an establishment, once they 2058 01:29:09,764 --> 01:29:11,364 leave a gas station, once they leave 2059 01:29:11,364 --> 01:29:13,044 the frat house, wherever they're 2060 01:29:13,044 --> 01:29:15,604 drinking, we have to take care of 2061 01:29:15,604 --> 01:29:17,524 them. We make an encounter with them, 2062 01:29:17,524 --> 01:29:19,684 okay? Uh I'll give you, I would give 2063 01:29:19,684 --> 01:29:22,164 you this and then I'm done. Um and I'm 2064 01:29:22,164 --> 01:29:24,084 not taking questions afterwards 2065 01:29:24,084 --> 01:29:26,004 from anybody or from any other news 2066 01:29:26,004 --> 01:29:26,964 reporters. Make an appointment 2067 01:29:26,964 --> 01:29:29,124 tomorrow night for dinner. Uh and 2068 01:29:29,124 --> 01:29:32,244 we'll talk about this But one young 2069 01:29:32,244 --> 01:29:34,564 man that we found in a parking lot 2070 01:29:36,764 --> 01:29:39,084 When I tell you heavily intoxicated, 2071 01:29:39,364 --> 01:29:43,564 heavily intoxicated. We arrested 2072 01:29:43,564 --> 01:29:47,224 him for his safety He was booked into 2073 01:29:47,224 --> 01:29:49,224 the Shelby County Jail with a blood 2074 01:29:49,224 --> 01:29:51,784 alcohol level of point one two. 2075 01:29:53,264 --> 01:29:56,144 1oh8 or you can't argue in court per se 2076 01:29:56,144 --> 01:29:58,864 limit you're drawn. He was booked in 2077 01:29:58,864 --> 01:30:02,544 at 1 point one two 12 hours later 2078 01:30:03,464 --> 01:30:05,744 he should have been eligible to find 2079 01:30:05,744 --> 01:30:10,544 out at zero. He was a point11. 2080 01:30:10,824 --> 01:30:12,464 12 hours later. 2081 01:30:15,264 --> 01:30:17,264 When I tell you heavily intoxicated, 2082 01:30:17,264 --> 01:30:20,704 heavily intoxicated. Who served it? 2083 01:30:20,704 --> 01:30:23,264 Don't know. Whose responsibility? 2084 01:30:23,264 --> 01:30:27,024 He is. But if our officers hadn't 2085 01:30:27,024 --> 01:30:28,704 found him in a parking lot and he would 2086 01:30:28,704 --> 01:30:31,344 have died, somebody's kid, then 2087 01:30:31,344 --> 01:30:33,904 somebody's kid, right? I I get to talk 2088 01:30:33,904 --> 01:30:36,464 to him out here. I get to talk to him. 2089 01:30:36,464 --> 01:30:39,264 It's not fun. Talking to him and 2090 01:30:39,264 --> 01:30:40,464 they're bailing their kids out of 2091 01:30:40,464 --> 01:30:42,304 jail. Five of them this weekend. I was 2092 01:30:42,304 --> 01:30:43,584 down here for a couple of them coming 2093 01:30:43,584 --> 01:30:45,904 in. And they were mad You know what I 2094 01:30:45,904 --> 01:30:48,944 said? Go find the place that served it 2095 01:30:48,944 --> 01:30:51,664 to him and throw a fit. 2096 01:30:53,764 --> 01:30:55,604 They'll tell us, I mean, we're not 2097 01:30:55,604 --> 01:30:58,324 dumb. We, they're, they're drunk and 2098 01:30:58,324 --> 01:31:00,644 so what we do is we ask old drunk 2099 01:31:00,644 --> 01:31:02,404 person, where'd you get it from? They 2100 01:31:02,404 --> 01:31:04,964 just tell us. They're too drunk to 2101 01:31:04,964 --> 01:31:08,804 lie. I mean, think about this. We're 2102 01:31:08,804 --> 01:31:10,564 talking about dumb college kids when 2103 01:31:10,564 --> 01:31:13,044 they're drunk. They just tell us 2104 01:31:13,044 --> 01:31:13,924 where they get it from. 2105 01:31:16,264 --> 01:31:18,024 Now, I'm not going to stand up here 2106 01:31:18,024 --> 01:31:19,704 and debate where they get it from. I'm 2107 01:31:19,704 --> 01:31:21,144 telling you, we know where they get it 2108 01:31:21,144 --> 01:31:24,464 from and there's a personal 2109 01:31:24,464 --> 01:31:28,544 responsibility to stop it and it's 2110 01:31:28,544 --> 01:31:30,304 not my duty to go out here and make sure 2111 01:31:30,304 --> 01:31:31,664 you do it. I don't police businesses 2112 01:31:31,664 --> 01:31:34,544 and I don't police personal homes. We 2113 01:31:34,544 --> 01:31:37,024 police for the public. So, let's take 2114 01:31:37,024 --> 01:31:38,624 personal responsibility in 2115 01:31:38,624 --> 01:31:41,184 whatever you do and do the right thing 2116 01:31:41,184 --> 01:31:43,584 and stop it. That's that's all that's 2117 01:31:43,584 --> 01:31:44,224 all you have to do. 2118 01:31:50,264 --> 01:31:52,424 Our fire chief has the pleasure of 2119 01:31:52,424 --> 01:31:53,224 coming behind that. 2120 01:31:57,464 --> 01:31:59,904 Six left it says four structure 2121 01:31:59,904 --> 01:32:02,224 fires, three brush fires, two built 2122 01:32:02,224 --> 01:32:04,544 fires, seven fire alarms, five 2123 01:32:04,544 --> 01:32:07,824 motorbill crashes, two assisted 2124 01:32:07,824 --> 01:32:10,224 buckets, one assist, other and one 2125 01:32:10,224 --> 01:32:12,064 assist law enforcement for a total of 2126 01:32:12,064 --> 01:32:17,504 145000. Right. And I got a a I don't 2127 01:32:17,504 --> 01:32:18,944 have a whole lot to call that. A person 2128 01:32:18,944 --> 01:32:22,624 card. Can people burn now? Uh no. 2129 01:32:22,624 --> 01:32:25,724 Okay. Doctor Lance Walker I will let 2130 01:32:25,724 --> 01:32:27,484 another. Thank you, sir. Hey, that is 2131 01:32:27,484 --> 01:32:31,764 Cam Barn Lee. It dries this man. 2132 01:32:33,164 --> 01:32:35,844 Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. We 2133 01:32:35,844 --> 01:32:39,124 have Sarah's out of town right now so 2134 01:32:39,124 --> 01:32:41,364 we don't have a report. Um, yeah, 2135 01:32:41,364 --> 01:32:43,444 nothing on housing or annex housing, 2136 01:32:43,444 --> 01:32:45,364 abatement, or annexation. That's 2137 01:32:45,364 --> 01:32:47,364 all I have, Mr. Mayor. Alright, thank 2138 01:32:47,364 --> 01:32:48,804 you. Next, we'll go to 2139 01:32:48,804 --> 01:32:50,644 sustainability. Uh, Councilwoman 2140 01:32:50,644 --> 01:32:52,884 Mitchell. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, 2141 01:32:54,264 --> 01:32:56,024 Mister Hammond, do you have anything 2142 01:32:56,024 --> 01:32:58,984 you want to report? To us 2143 01:32:59,984 --> 01:33:02,344 I know things have been changing a 2144 01:33:02,344 --> 01:33:05,384 little bit. There you go. Uh I want to 2145 01:33:05,424 --> 01:33:08,664 speak on my guys. Yeah. Down 2 2146 01:33:08,664 --> 01:33:11,064 employees. One sixth May and once 2147 01:33:11,064 --> 01:33:14,424 it's viewed. I go. I think it's May and 2148 01:33:14,424 --> 01:33:16,744 one since June. So we are behind the 2149 01:33:16,744 --> 01:33:18,584 eight ball as they say. We're still 2150 01:33:18,584 --> 01:33:21,144 maintaining what we do. But I've got a 2151 01:33:21,144 --> 01:33:23,304 group of hard workers. Um this past 2152 01:33:23,304 --> 01:33:27,204 weekend was a large event Those tents 2153 01:33:27,204 --> 01:33:29,044 and chairs don't throw theirs and up 2154 01:33:29,044 --> 01:33:31,764 out there at Tinglewood. But the heat 2155 01:33:31,764 --> 01:33:33,764 that my guy's doing a great job. If you 2156 01:33:33,764 --> 01:33:35,364 see him, thank him. Thank you. Yeah. 2157 01:33:35,364 --> 01:33:38,404 Uh when you vote on the budget, you're 2158 01:33:38,404 --> 01:33:41,644 going to be thanking them. If you 2159 01:33:41,644 --> 01:33:43,324 have any questions, feel free to ask 2160 01:33:43,324 --> 01:33:47,024 me. Um that city truck turns into a 2161 01:33:47,024 --> 01:33:49,264 pumpkin at a 14-hour day. So, I'm 2162 01:33:49,264 --> 01:33:51,104 about to get out of here. Y'all have 2163 01:33:51,104 --> 01:33:52,784 any questions, Paula? Thank you. 2164 01:33:52,784 --> 01:33:55,824 Thank you. And we did have a 2165 01:33:56,144 --> 01:33:58,624 arbor board meeting on last week and 2166 01:33:58,904 --> 01:34:02,064 the historical commission I met on 2167 01:34:02,464 --> 01:34:04,704 first Tuesday. That is all I have. 2168 01:34:04,704 --> 01:34:06,944 Alright. Thank you. Thank you. Next, 2169 01:34:06,944 --> 01:34:08,304 we go to Recreation and community 2170 01:34:08,304 --> 01:34:09,984 development. Uh Councilwoman 2171 01:34:09,984 --> 01:34:12,464 Green. Thank you, Mayor. Uh for the 2172 01:34:12,464 --> 01:34:14,144 youth athletic senior center and 2173 01:34:14,144 --> 01:34:15,824 council report, youth football 2174 01:34:15,824 --> 01:34:18,224 games started this past weekend. Our 2175 01:34:18,224 --> 01:34:21,024 Midgets won to zero, minors one 2176 01:34:21,064 --> 01:34:23,664 twenty-two six, majors game was 2177 01:34:23,664 --> 01:34:25,344 cancelled due to lightning, and this 2178 01:34:25,344 --> 01:34:27,024 game is being played tonight at 2179 01:34:27,024 --> 01:34:30,224 Thorsby at 630 PM. Fall, baseball, 2180 01:34:30,224 --> 01:34:31,504 and softball starts September 2181 01:34:31,504 --> 01:34:34,144 twenty-eighth. Uniform pickup will 2182 01:34:34,144 --> 01:34:36,384 be Friday, September the 18th from 2183 01:34:36,384 --> 01:34:39,504 five to 7 PM and Thursday, September 2184 01:34:39,504 --> 01:34:42,544 twenty-fourth from 645 to 8 PM at the 2185 01:34:42,544 --> 01:34:45,424 Scout Lodge. The Senior Center 2186 01:34:45,424 --> 01:34:47,424 participants are going to Shoney's 2187 01:34:47,424 --> 01:34:49,744 on Thursday, September 17th. The 2188 01:34:49,744 --> 01:34:51,804 Senior Center their grant funds 2189 01:34:51,804 --> 01:34:53,564 which covers a new sixty-five-inch 2190 01:34:53,564 --> 01:34:55,644 TV, entertainment center, new 2191 01:34:55,644 --> 01:34:57,964 desks, new tables, new word search 2192 01:34:57,964 --> 01:34:59,564 coloring books, Blackstone 2193 01:34:59,564 --> 01:35:02,204 Griddle, and more. Let's go see the 2194 01:35:02,204 --> 01:35:03,404 Senior Centers. They're probably 2195 01:35:03,404 --> 01:35:06,604 really excited and as far as the parks 2196 01:35:06,604 --> 01:35:10,684 and recreation report, the meeting 2197 01:35:10,684 --> 01:35:13,004 we we met on August the twenty-fifth, 2198 01:35:13,004 --> 01:35:15,004 we had a really good meeting and those 2199 01:35:15,004 --> 01:35:17,484 minutes the agenda minutes will be 2200 01:35:17,484 --> 01:35:19,004 available as soon as I get them to 2201 01:35:19,004 --> 01:35:21,464 Lisa. That's it. Thank you. Thank 2202 01:35:21,464 --> 01:35:24,904 you. Next, go to Education Art and 2203 01:35:24,904 --> 01:35:27,384 Outreach. Uh Councilwoman Nelson. 2204 01:35:27,424 --> 01:35:30,664 Thank you, Mayor. Um it looks like our 2205 01:35:30,664 --> 01:35:32,344 junior mayor is absent tonight and 2206 01:35:32,344 --> 01:35:35,384 Sarah was going to share the MJCC 2207 01:35:35,384 --> 01:35:37,784 minutes but looks like she's logged 2208 01:35:37,784 --> 01:35:40,344 off of Zoom. So, I'm going to read the 2209 01:35:41,064 --> 01:35:43,224 report from Marissa at the library. 2210 01:35:43,584 --> 01:35:45,944 She said, she is attending the 2211 01:35:45,944 --> 01:35:47,704 Association for Small Libraries 2212 01:35:47,704 --> 01:35:49,704 this week in Montgomery. Um she's 2213 01:35:49,704 --> 01:35:51,224 excited what should we be bringing 2214 01:35:51,224 --> 01:35:53,624 back for the Teen Advisory Board. 2215 01:35:53,624 --> 01:35:55,624 Thursday night at the library is the 2216 01:35:55,624 --> 01:35:57,464 Watercolor Craft Night. They're 2217 01:35:57,464 --> 01:35:59,624 painting sunflowers at six. They're 2218 01:35:59,624 --> 01:36:01,624 having a huge hobbit party, Tuesday, 2219 01:36:01,624 --> 01:36:05,384 September the 22nd at 6 PM. Team Book 2220 01:36:05,384 --> 01:36:07,064 Club Meeting is every Thursday at six 2221 01:36:07,064 --> 01:36:08,264 in partnership with American 2222 01:36:08,264 --> 01:36:09,944 Village and they still have books 2223 01:36:09,944 --> 01:36:11,704 available at the library for that 2224 01:36:11,944 --> 01:36:15,064 book club. Thank you to everyone who 2225 01:36:15,064 --> 01:36:16,664 came to the homeschool hub program 2226 01:36:16,664 --> 01:36:18,824 for the city at our meet the 2227 01:36:18,824 --> 01:36:21,124 Montevallo event the mayor, city 2228 01:36:21,124 --> 01:36:24,084 councilwoman Mitchell, the fire 2229 01:36:24,084 --> 01:36:25,844 police, the fire chief, and the 2230 01:36:25,844 --> 01:36:27,524 police chief are both there and Sarah 2231 01:36:27,524 --> 01:36:29,204 with Impact. So, we appreciate 2232 01:36:29,204 --> 01:36:31,364 everybody who could go out and be a 2233 01:36:31,364 --> 01:36:33,204 part of that event and the October 2234 01:36:33,204 --> 01:36:35,604 calendar is out in the library. If you 2235 01:36:35,604 --> 01:36:36,644 want to know what's happening in 2236 01:36:36,644 --> 01:36:40,404 October. Um Councilwoman Nelson, I 2237 01:36:40,404 --> 01:36:43,204 want to say that the MJCC helped and 2238 01:36:43,204 --> 01:36:45,764 the car show this weekend. Cool. Uh 2239 01:36:45,764 --> 01:36:50,644 and so they raised over $200 for the 2240 01:36:50,644 --> 01:36:53,124 MJCC helping us out at the car show and 2241 01:36:53,124 --> 01:36:55,124 it was probably one of the most 2242 01:36:55,264 --> 01:36:57,504 successful organizations that 2243 01:36:57,504 --> 01:36:59,344 we've had work with us over our 2244 01:36:59,344 --> 01:37:01,584 twenty-four-year history as far as 2245 01:37:02,144 --> 01:37:04,784 what what took place. So, hats off to 2246 01:37:04,784 --> 01:37:06,784 the MJCC for. Thank you. Helping out. 2247 01:37:06,784 --> 01:37:10,064 On that. So. Alright, thank you. 2248 01:37:10,184 --> 01:37:12,704 Next, we go to finance economic 2249 01:37:12,704 --> 01:37:14,944 development and tourism. Uh 2250 01:37:14,984 --> 01:37:18,464 Councilman Keane. Uh yes, sir. 2251 01:37:18,664 --> 01:37:19,664 Adele. 2252 01:37:26,264 --> 01:37:28,024 And we're talking about Tinglewood. 2253 01:37:28,024 --> 01:37:31,144 Is that right there? There was one Tim 2254 01:37:31,144 --> 01:37:33,224 Tangle, one Oar Park, one cooler 2255 01:37:33,224 --> 01:37:34,664 weather. It was really just 2256 01:37:34,664 --> 01:37:35,944 eighty-eight degrees y'all but it 2257 01:37:35,944 --> 01:37:38,104 felt like ninety-eight. One city, 2258 01:37:38,104 --> 01:37:41,944 one city crew, which was Kyle and I 2259 01:37:41,944 --> 01:37:43,304 found out the other gentleman's name 2260 01:37:43,304 --> 01:37:45,224 is Lou Garrett. So, we call him Lou now 2261 01:37:45,224 --> 01:37:47,704 and of course, Kurt didn't have to 2262 01:37:47,704 --> 01:37:49,384 stay and do but he did and it was 2263 01:37:49,384 --> 01:37:52,024 greatly appreciated. 55 sponsors, 2264 01:37:52,024 --> 01:37:54,184 four grants, 200 volunteers, 78 2265 01:37:54,184 --> 01:37:56,344 vendor booths, 16 best in class 2266 01:37:56,344 --> 01:37:57,704 wooden ribbons, one honorable 2267 01:37:57,704 --> 01:38:00,024 mention, wooden ribbon, one best in 2268 01:38:00,024 --> 01:38:03,524 show, wooden one chainsaw carving 2269 01:38:03,524 --> 01:38:06,244 expo with five renowned chainsaw 2270 01:38:06,244 --> 01:38:08,164 artists portion of the carving sales 2271 01:38:08,164 --> 01:38:11,364 goes to our local nonprofits which we 2272 01:38:11,364 --> 01:38:12,724 included the leaders of tomorrow 2273 01:38:12,724 --> 01:38:14,644 this year. Thank you. One car is by the 2274 01:38:14,644 --> 01:38:17,364 creek, one which I heard had over 120 2275 01:38:17,404 --> 01:38:20,404 vehicles that attended. Yes. Um one 2276 01:38:20,404 --> 01:38:22,004 tractors in the trees and I think 2277 01:38:22,004 --> 01:38:24,884 there was maybe I don't know, maybe 2278 01:38:24,884 --> 01:38:28,084 eight or 10 tractors. Uh one Discover 2279 01:38:28,084 --> 01:38:29,844 Shelby Stage with four musical acts 2280 01:38:29,844 --> 01:38:31,924 including the Montevallo High 2281 01:38:31,924 --> 01:38:34,084 School Jazz fan and I don't know if 2282 01:38:34,084 --> 01:38:36,564 y'all saw the video of a gentleman 2283 01:38:36,564 --> 01:38:38,964 asking one of the Jasmine members to 2284 01:38:38,964 --> 01:38:41,444 go to the homecoming with him. We made 2285 01:38:41,444 --> 01:38:43,764 that part of the event. Uh one axe 2286 01:38:43,764 --> 01:38:45,684 throwing, 15 food vendors, one 2287 01:38:45,684 --> 01:38:47,204 children's area with a make and take 2288 01:38:47,204 --> 01:38:49,364 craft by Living River and Fatals of 2289 01:38:49,364 --> 01:38:52,324 Ajax parties rentals. The Wildlife 2290 01:38:52,324 --> 01:38:53,924 Center Birds of Praise Show, Face 2291 01:38:53,924 --> 01:38:55,284 Painting, Mister Larry's Magic Show 2292 01:38:55,284 --> 01:38:56,884 and he's retiring this year. I'm sad. 2293 01:38:56,884 --> 01:38:58,964 The balloon guy, Carl, which is 2294 01:38:58,964 --> 01:39:00,404 wonderful. Reptiles and and 2295 01:39:00,404 --> 01:39:03,044 amphibians of Alabama by Jim, Tim's 2296 01:39:03,044 --> 01:39:06,084 Woodling Contest, one boat wooden 2297 01:39:06,084 --> 01:39:08,064 boat race that now have named after 2298 01:39:08,064 --> 01:39:09,984 Joe Williams. It's a memorial boat 2299 01:39:09,984 --> 01:39:12,224 race. 11 community organizations 2300 01:39:12,224 --> 01:39:14,784 had boat entries and one Tanglewood 2301 01:39:14,784 --> 01:39:16,224 Festival shuttle. We had a shuttle 2302 01:39:16,224 --> 01:39:18,144 this year that worked out great. And 2303 01:39:18,144 --> 01:39:19,664 one Tanglewood Festival committee 2304 01:39:19,664 --> 01:39:22,464 that made it all happen. When I had 2305 01:39:22,464 --> 01:39:24,144 somebody say to me, there's 2306 01:39:24,144 --> 01:39:25,344 something else we need to do. I said, 2307 01:39:25,344 --> 01:39:28,304 do you know how many statures I 2308 01:39:28,304 --> 01:39:30,224 ordered this year? Do you know how 2309 01:39:30,224 --> 01:39:31,664 many people are on this committee? 2310 01:39:31,664 --> 01:39:36,704 Ten. 10 people. Wow. So, we do a lot. 2311 01:39:36,704 --> 01:39:38,224 You do. And I was just letting this 2312 01:39:38,224 --> 01:39:39,744 person know that what they wanted us 2313 01:39:39,744 --> 01:39:41,984 to do was a good idea and maybe we could 2314 01:39:41,984 --> 01:39:43,824 get somebody else to recruit that but 2315 01:39:43,824 --> 01:39:45,504 it's it's just a lot for just 10 people 2316 01:39:45,504 --> 01:39:47,264 to do. Which I appreciate everyone. 2317 01:39:47,784 --> 01:39:50,144 And so that's that's Tinglewood. So 2318 01:39:50,144 --> 01:39:52,544 we got the the luncheon is coming up on 2319 01:39:52,544 --> 01:39:54,384 Wednesday which is the Central State 2320 01:39:54,384 --> 01:39:57,344 Bank Connection. Uh met Schroeder 2321 01:39:57,344 --> 01:39:59,664 will be doing the being being the 2322 01:39:59,664 --> 01:40:02,384 speaker and the all all the 2323 01:40:02,704 --> 01:40:04,304 let me know if you're going to come or 2324 01:40:04,304 --> 01:40:05,504 not. It's kind of over with. But if 2325 01:40:05,504 --> 01:40:06,864 anybody else on the council wants to 2326 01:40:06,864 --> 01:40:09,264 come let me know. Uh taking preorders 2327 01:40:09,264 --> 01:40:11,024 for the Montevalvocan sales. One 2328 01:40:11,024 --> 01:40:13,084 pound bag of fresh shell decon $15 2329 01:40:13,084 --> 01:40:15,164 each. Deadline is October the 2330 01:40:15,164 --> 01:40:16,364 sixteenth with pick up before 2331 01:40:16,364 --> 01:40:19,164 Thanksgiving. This benefits the the 2332 01:40:19,164 --> 01:40:20,764 Monte Valley Community Grant Fund 2333 01:40:20,764 --> 01:40:23,004 which has split to four of our 2334 01:40:23,004 --> 01:40:25,004 wonderful organizations so far. So 2335 01:40:25,004 --> 01:40:26,444 that all the money that you spend on 2336 01:40:26,444 --> 01:40:27,804 these pecans and the onions in the 2337 01:40:27,804 --> 01:40:28,924 spring. Yeah they're a good cause. 2338 01:40:28,924 --> 01:40:30,524 Yeah. And we and we give all the money 2339 01:40:30,524 --> 01:40:32,284 out. We don't keep any of the money. Uh 2340 01:40:32,284 --> 01:40:34,124 the money vowel luau if nobody knows 2341 01:40:34,124 --> 01:40:35,084 about that will be Saturday 2342 01:40:35,684 --> 01:40:38,044 September the nineteenth which will 2343 01:40:38,044 --> 01:40:40,044 be this Saturday from nine to four. 2344 01:40:40,044 --> 01:40:43,064 And the going to be helping with 2345 01:40:43,064 --> 01:40:45,464 that. Music community at Village on 2346 01:40:45,464 --> 01:40:47,064 Valley which is Valley Street 2347 01:40:47,064 --> 01:40:48,824 between Wallsworth and Asheville 2348 01:40:48,824 --> 01:40:50,024 Road which is Highway one nineteen. 2349 01:40:50,024 --> 01:40:51,464 If you want any more information 2350 01:40:51,464 --> 01:40:54,184 about it, you you contact Cynthia 2351 01:40:54,184 --> 01:40:57,624 with C's in have her Email if you need 2352 01:40:57,624 --> 01:40:59,704 it. Just call the chamber know. And 2353 01:40:59,704 --> 01:41:01,064 then we're going to have, since 2354 01:41:01,064 --> 01:41:02,744 people have been asking, we're 2355 01:41:02,744 --> 01:41:03,864 going to have Montebello Hometown 2356 01:41:03,864 --> 01:41:06,504 Halloween on Friday, October the 2357 01:41:06,504 --> 01:41:09,224 thirtieth. We want to have it during 2358 01:41:09,224 --> 01:41:10,904 the week and we always do this at 2359 01:41:10,904 --> 01:41:13,524 Halloween lands on a weekend, we 2360 01:41:13,524 --> 01:41:15,204 always back it up because we want the 2361 01:41:15,204 --> 01:41:16,644 businesses to be open and involved. 2362 01:41:16,644 --> 01:41:18,964 So, I will make sure all of them know 2363 01:41:18,964 --> 01:41:22,004 from 330 to 5 downtown on Friday, 2364 01:41:22,004 --> 01:41:23,444 October the thirtieth, instead of 2365 01:41:23,444 --> 01:41:26,324 the 31st. Mm hmm. Any questions? You 2366 01:41:26,324 --> 01:41:29,364 all did a excellent job. It was, it was 2367 01:41:29,364 --> 01:41:32,404 nice. Everything was good. I enjoyed 2368 01:41:32,404 --> 01:41:33,844 it. Oh and speaking with the people 2369 01:41:33,844 --> 01:41:35,364 from Living River, they're going to 2370 01:41:35,364 --> 01:41:37,764 have open house this weekend on 2371 01:41:37,764 --> 01:41:40,404 Saturday. So, if you want to ride out 2372 01:41:40,404 --> 01:41:43,444 past Pea Ridge way out in the 2373 01:41:43,444 --> 01:41:45,604 Boondocks. They'll they'll have the 2374 01:41:45,604 --> 01:41:46,964 gates open where you can come in and 2375 01:41:46,964 --> 01:41:50,004 tour the facility. The opposite at 2376 01:41:50,004 --> 01:41:51,924 was we have some people get 2377 01:41:51,924 --> 01:41:53,524 overheated. It really wasn't that 2378 01:41:53,524 --> 01:41:54,724 hot not compared to Farmsville. 2379 01:41:54,724 --> 01:41:57,124 Right. And we had one lady trying to 2380 01:41:57,124 --> 01:41:57,844 sell chickens. 2381 01:42:00,764 --> 01:42:02,684 At Timberland. Selling what? 2382 01:42:02,684 --> 01:42:04,364 Chickens. Sell chickens. You had 2383 01:42:04,364 --> 01:42:06,604 them in a cage. Try to sell them to 2384 01:42:06,604 --> 01:42:09,244 people. They weren't fried. Now they 2385 01:42:09,244 --> 01:42:10,524 were live chicken. Oh okay. 2386 01:42:13,924 --> 01:42:16,284 They they weren't Denny's. They 2387 01:42:16,284 --> 01:42:17,404 weren't Vetty's. They were chicken. 2388 01:42:17,404 --> 01:42:21,564 Yeah. Like thank you Bill. Um MDCD met 2389 01:42:21,564 --> 01:42:23,804 today. Um the things we went over the 2390 01:42:23,804 --> 01:42:25,644 current projects. Multi-purpose 2391 01:42:25,644 --> 01:42:28,044 field project. The lights are up. 2392 01:42:28,044 --> 01:42:30,604 They're starting the seating. Um I 2393 01:42:30,764 --> 01:42:32,124 have somebody. I don't mind saying 2394 01:42:32,124 --> 01:42:33,564 it's Alyssa's husband called and 2395 01:42:33,564 --> 01:42:35,564 asks, are they putting turf down? No, 2396 01:42:35,564 --> 01:42:36,924 they're not putting turf down. It is 2397 01:42:36,924 --> 01:42:39,884 grass. So, if anybody has any 2398 01:42:39,884 --> 01:42:41,164 questions about that, there's the 2399 01:42:41,164 --> 01:42:42,844 answer. Uh we talked about the hotel 2400 01:42:42,844 --> 01:42:44,684 project which is coming right along 2401 01:42:44,684 --> 01:42:45,964 if you go outside, you'll notice 2402 01:42:45,964 --> 01:42:47,564 we're starting to put the signs up on 2403 01:42:47,564 --> 01:42:48,604 the outside. So, we're getting 2404 01:42:48,604 --> 01:42:50,204 closer and closer on that. Steve, do 2405 01:42:50,204 --> 01:42:52,604 we still feel like December is 2406 01:42:52,604 --> 01:42:55,004 going to be viable? That's that's 2407 01:42:55,004 --> 01:42:56,524 still the projected opening 2408 01:42:56,524 --> 01:42:58,924 sometime December. Yeah. Alright. 2409 01:42:59,204 --> 01:43:01,624 Crossroads Grant. I know Rusty and 2410 01:43:01,624 --> 01:43:03,704 Steve been working on this with Aldot 2411 01:43:03,704 --> 01:43:05,304 and land acquisition and this that 2412 01:43:05,304 --> 01:43:07,144 and the other but I know y'all 2413 01:43:07,144 --> 01:43:09,944 attended the CUBG 2414 01:43:10,704 --> 01:43:12,664 where they were talking about 2415 01:43:12,984 --> 01:43:15,144 awarding the money which is ours. It 2416 01:43:15,144 --> 01:43:17,784 was the workshop for, you know, all of 2417 01:43:17,784 --> 01:43:19,384 the financial reporting that we have 2418 01:43:19,384 --> 01:43:21,224 to do for that grant process. 2419 01:43:21,264 --> 01:43:22,984 Everything's still on track with 2420 01:43:22,984 --> 01:43:25,544 that. MDCD is watching that. We do 2421 01:43:25,544 --> 01:43:28,024 have a cost overrun on the sewer 2422 01:43:28,024 --> 01:43:31,784 project. Um some of the unallocated 2423 01:43:31,784 --> 01:43:34,584 funds from the sale of the tavern may 2424 01:43:34,584 --> 01:43:36,344 be allocated that way from our 2425 01:43:36,344 --> 01:43:37,704 partners which would be the 2426 01:43:37,704 --> 01:43:39,064 University of Andover County. 2427 01:43:39,064 --> 01:43:40,664 That's not something we have 2428 01:43:40,664 --> 01:43:42,424 anything to do with but it is part of 2429 01:43:42,424 --> 01:43:44,104 the MDCD conversation. We hope that 2430 01:43:44,104 --> 01:43:45,864 it doesn't come to that but it is a 2431 01:43:45,864 --> 01:43:48,824 possibility. Um the high school gym 2432 01:43:48,824 --> 01:43:50,344 project is rocking right along. I 2433 01:43:50,344 --> 01:43:52,104 think everybody. I think CPC is it 2434 01:43:52,104 --> 01:43:55,784 every day. City Hall parking lot 2435 01:43:55,784 --> 01:43:57,224 expansion. Obviously, when we 2436 01:43:57,224 --> 01:43:59,224 finish, the hotel finishes over 2437 01:43:59,224 --> 01:44:00,664 here, we want to make sure that our 2438 01:44:00,664 --> 01:44:02,264 driveways and our parking lots and 2439 01:44:02,264 --> 01:44:04,584 our, you know, it visually matches 2440 01:44:04,584 --> 01:44:06,504 and we don't have water runoff 2441 01:44:06,504 --> 01:44:07,944 issues. So, there's going to be some 2442 01:44:07,944 --> 01:44:10,504 money allocated for that. Um and 2443 01:44:10,504 --> 01:44:12,424 then, we talked about the Stevens 2444 01:44:12,424 --> 01:44:14,024 Park Pickleball Lighting Project. 2445 01:44:14,064 --> 01:44:16,184 Um which is not something we've 2446 01:44:16,184 --> 01:44:17,624 really talked about much but we've 2447 01:44:17,624 --> 01:44:19,624 got a a little bit of Arpa money that 2448 01:44:19,624 --> 01:44:21,064 was earmarked for that a while back 2449 01:44:21,064 --> 01:44:22,904 that has to be spent by the end of the 2450 01:44:22,904 --> 01:44:24,904 year. Trey Gant with the county got a 2451 01:44:25,144 --> 01:44:26,424 quote on the pickleball court 2452 01:44:26,424 --> 01:44:28,024 lighting which will light up both 2453 01:44:28,024 --> 01:44:30,504 courts. Uh it'll have a timer button 2454 01:44:30,504 --> 01:44:31,944 timer to where, you know, when 2455 01:44:31,944 --> 01:44:33,064 somebody doesn't mash it for a little 2456 01:44:33,064 --> 01:44:34,904 while, it goes off and then, that was 2457 01:44:34,904 --> 01:44:38,104 32 grand some change and I think 2458 01:44:38,664 --> 01:44:40,744 MDCD went ahead and allocated 2459 01:44:41,704 --> 01:44:43,704 twenty-five K to supplement the city 2460 01:44:43,704 --> 01:44:45,224 if we choose to go forward with that 2461 01:44:45,224 --> 01:44:47,064 project. So, it's not necessarily us 2462 01:44:47,064 --> 01:44:49,224 having to go to. We're we're going to 2463 01:44:49,224 --> 01:44:50,424 decide whether we want to do the 2464 01:44:50,424 --> 01:44:52,824 project or not and if we do that, we're 2465 01:44:52,824 --> 01:44:55,944 agreeing to take 25 G from the MDCD 2466 01:44:56,344 --> 01:44:58,664 will be the owner of that. So, 2467 01:44:59,764 --> 01:45:01,524 things happened and let's see. 2468 01:45:02,044 --> 01:45:04,084 Planning and zoning is this Thursday 2469 01:45:04,084 --> 01:45:07,284 the 17th at 6 PM. Um we do have a few 2470 01:45:07,284 --> 01:45:08,404 little things on the agenda. I'll 2471 01:45:08,404 --> 01:45:10,244 give you a little sneak peek. Let me 2472 01:45:10,244 --> 01:45:12,404 preface this by saying very clearly 2473 01:45:12,404 --> 01:45:14,804 that Montevallo has not been 2474 01:45:14,804 --> 01:45:16,804 approached or there's no nothing on 2475 01:45:16,804 --> 01:45:18,564 the horizon about the data center. So 2476 01:45:18,564 --> 01:45:20,564 don't don't jump on that. But a lot of 2477 01:45:20,564 --> 01:45:22,164 cities around Shelby County have 2478 01:45:22,164 --> 01:45:23,524 placed moratoriums while they get 2479 01:45:23,524 --> 01:45:25,444 their zoning stuff worked out to make 2480 01:45:25,444 --> 01:45:26,484 sure that they've got all the 2481 01:45:26,484 --> 01:45:28,004 protections in place to ensure that 2482 01:45:28,004 --> 01:45:29,924 any future development meets what 2483 01:45:29,924 --> 01:45:32,084 they deem is appropriate their 2484 01:45:32,084 --> 01:45:33,764 community. We didn't have to do that 2485 01:45:33,764 --> 01:45:35,204 because we already have zoning 2486 01:45:35,204 --> 01:45:36,644 protections but we are going to look 2487 01:45:36,644 --> 01:45:38,404 at our current zoning and we're 2488 01:45:38,404 --> 01:45:39,764 going to see if there's anything we 2489 01:45:39,764 --> 01:45:41,844 can do to tighten up to ensure that we 2490 01:45:41,844 --> 01:45:44,884 have as many layers of review so that 2491 01:45:44,884 --> 01:45:45,844 the public will know everything 2492 01:45:45,844 --> 01:45:47,444 that's going on before anything 2493 01:45:47,444 --> 01:45:49,204 could ever come. Now, like I said, we 2494 01:45:49,204 --> 01:45:51,764 don't have any inclination of any, 2495 01:45:51,764 --> 01:45:53,524 nobody has approached us, none of 2496 01:45:53,524 --> 01:45:56,164 that stuff. We just want to follow 2497 01:45:56,604 --> 01:45:59,444 the other cities in the counties, not 2498 01:45:59,444 --> 01:46:00,804 necessarily leave. We just want, 2499 01:46:00,804 --> 01:46:02,724 we're actually ahead of them. We just 2500 01:46:02,724 --> 01:46:04,724 want to make sure that we cross our Ts 2501 01:46:04,724 --> 01:46:06,804 and. our eyes and so, the planning is 2502 01:46:06,804 --> 01:46:08,084 uncommissioned is going to at our 2503 01:46:08,084 --> 01:46:09,204 language and all our zoning 2504 01:46:09,204 --> 01:46:11,284 destinations and make sure that we 2505 01:46:11,284 --> 01:46:13,204 have conditional uses placed so that 2506 01:46:13,204 --> 01:46:15,444 public hearings happen if something 2507 01:46:15,444 --> 01:46:17,764 comes up. It has to be reviewed by PNZ. 2508 01:46:17,764 --> 01:46:19,364 Another public hearing happens. It 2509 01:46:19,364 --> 01:46:21,124 has to be reviewed by council. We're 2510 01:46:21,124 --> 01:46:22,724 just we're locking those things up so 2511 01:46:22,724 --> 01:46:24,404 that we protect our citizenry. 2512 01:46:24,404 --> 01:46:27,844 Alright. Uh let's see. Courtney 2513 01:46:27,844 --> 01:46:29,444 didn't have a Main Street report this 2514 01:46:29,444 --> 01:46:30,964 time. She was very busy at Tinglewood 2515 01:46:30,964 --> 01:46:32,484 and she apologized profusely for 2516 01:46:32,484 --> 01:46:35,804 that but and Finance 2517 01:46:36,124 --> 01:46:38,604 meeting is the twenty-ninth which is 2518 01:46:38,604 --> 01:46:42,764 a Tuesday at Fort City Hall and the 2519 01:46:42,764 --> 01:46:44,764 only thing I will say past that was I 2520 01:46:44,764 --> 01:46:47,724 was once a young foolish college kid. 2521 01:46:49,204 --> 01:46:51,484 You don't need to tell everything you 2522 01:46:51,484 --> 01:46:55,404 know, Eddie. And and we spend a lot of 2523 01:46:55,404 --> 01:46:56,764 nights doing things we probably 2524 01:46:56,764 --> 01:47:00,044 shouldn't have done, and, you know, I 2525 01:47:00,044 --> 01:47:01,644 understand we have a public safety 2526 01:47:01,644 --> 01:47:03,724 element that we have to take care of. 2527 01:47:04,004 --> 01:47:07,024 Um, but we should also consider 2528 01:47:07,144 --> 01:47:09,504 that we need to make sure that our 2529 01:47:09,504 --> 01:47:12,644 young people have safe 2530 01:47:13,164 --> 01:47:16,484 opportunities not to leave town. 2531 01:47:16,604 --> 01:47:18,564 That's all I've got to say on that. 2532 01:47:18,564 --> 01:47:22,064 Alright. Thank you. Thank you. We 2533 01:47:22,464 --> 01:47:24,944 made a motion to pay the bills. So Lou. 2534 01:47:24,944 --> 01:47:27,424 Second. Got a motion and a second. Any 2535 01:47:27,424 --> 01:47:29,664 discussion? There being none I'll 2536 01:47:29,664 --> 01:47:31,504 call for the vote. All in favor, say I. 2537 01:47:31,504 --> 01:47:35,184 I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 2538 01:47:36,764 --> 01:47:38,924 First item under new business is 2539 01:47:38,924 --> 01:47:41,564 renewal of the MOU from Stevens 2540 01:47:41,564 --> 01:47:43,724 College of Business. Uh one year 2541 01:47:43,724 --> 01:47:45,484 renewal of Falcon Consulting 2542 01:47:45,484 --> 01:47:47,964 Service provided by Stevens College 2543 01:47:47,964 --> 01:47:49,484 of Business. So I have a motion to 2544 01:47:49,484 --> 01:47:52,044 approve. Second. Got a motion and a 2545 01:47:52,044 --> 01:47:54,524 second. Any discussion? There be a 2546 01:47:54,524 --> 01:47:56,204 none. I'll call for the vote. All in 2547 01:47:56,204 --> 01:47:58,844 favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? Motion 2548 01:47:58,844 --> 01:48:01,004 carries. Next is request to close 2549 01:48:01,004 --> 01:48:02,444 streets from the University of 2550 01:48:02,444 --> 01:48:04,764 Montevalla. Request to close Oak 2551 01:48:04,764 --> 01:48:06,524 Street from Performing Arts Center, 2552 01:48:06,524 --> 01:48:08,844 Divine Street, and North Boundary 2553 01:48:08,844 --> 01:48:13,004 Street at Street on October the on 2554 01:48:13,004 --> 01:48:15,084 Thursday, October the eighth, 2 2555 01:48:15,084 --> 01:48:18,204 thousand 26th from 1 PM to 12 AM. Do I 2556 01:48:18,204 --> 01:48:20,444 have a motion? Motion. We've got a 2557 01:48:20,444 --> 01:48:22,124 motion on the floor and a second. 2558 01:48:22,124 --> 01:48:25,644 Second. Any discussion? 2559 01:48:25,924 --> 01:48:28,204 There been none I'll call for the 2560 01:48:28,204 --> 01:48:30,444 vote. All in favor. Say I. I. I. Any 2561 01:48:30,444 --> 01:48:32,284 opposed? Motion carries. 2562 01:48:33,764 --> 01:48:37,764 Resolution zero four, excuse me, 2563 01:48:37,764 --> 01:48:40,004 zero, nine, one, four, two, zero, 2564 01:48:40,004 --> 01:48:43,364 two, six, dash three, five, oh, a 2565 01:48:43,364 --> 01:48:44,644 resolution, adopting the annual 2566 01:48:44,644 --> 01:48:47,844 budget for the fiscal year, 2026 and 2567 01:48:47,844 --> 01:48:50,244 2027, do I have a motion? Most 2568 01:48:50,244 --> 01:48:52,404 children, right? Second. Got a 2569 01:48:52,404 --> 01:48:54,484 motion and a second. Any more 2570 01:48:54,484 --> 01:48:56,884 discussion? There being none, I'll 2571 01:48:56,884 --> 01:48:58,644 call for the vote. All in favor, say I. 2572 01:48:58,644 --> 01:49:01,204 I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 2573 01:49:01,204 --> 01:49:03,924 This is the first reading of the 2574 01:49:03,924 --> 01:49:07,944 ordinance. Uh, Ordinance zero nine 2575 01:49:07,944 --> 01:49:11,384 one four two, zero, two, six, dash two 2576 01:49:11,384 --> 01:49:14,424 two two. An ordinance amending the 2577 01:49:14,424 --> 01:49:16,184 municipal code of the city of 2578 01:49:16,184 --> 01:49:17,944 Montebala chapter sixteen, article 2579 01:49:17,944 --> 01:49:21,224 three, section 16, dash fifty-nine 2580 01:49:21,224 --> 01:49:24,824 E, regarding the hours of sale on 2581 01:49:24,824 --> 01:49:26,664 premise alcoholic beverages. 2582 01:49:27,264 --> 01:49:32,024 Section 1659 F regarding the hours of 2583 01:49:32,024 --> 01:49:34,024 sale of off-premise alcohol 2584 01:49:34,024 --> 01:49:37,144 beverages. Steve, would you read the 2585 01:49:38,604 --> 01:49:41,444 The ordinance, please. Yes, sir. 2586 01:49:42,204 --> 01:49:45,284 Ordinance zero nine, one, four, two, 2587 01:49:45,284 --> 01:49:47,124 oh, two, six, dash two, two, two, 2588 01:49:47,124 --> 01:49:50,404 amending section 16 dash 59 of the 2589 01:49:50,404 --> 01:49:51,764 code of ordinances of the city of 2590 01:49:51,764 --> 01:49:53,444 Montevallo regarding this public 2591 01:49:53,444 --> 01:49:55,124 consumption and possession of 2592 01:49:55,124 --> 01:49:57,364 alcoholic beverages, hours of sale. 2593 01:49:57,484 --> 01:49:59,924 Whereas the city of Montevallo under 2594 01:49:59,924 --> 01:50:01,444 authority granted by the State of 2595 01:50:01,444 --> 01:50:03,524 Alabama Code nineteen seventy-5, 2596 01:50:03,524 --> 01:50:06,404 section 11, 47, dash one, one, two, 2597 01:50:06,404 --> 01:50:08,004 granting the power of 2598 01:50:08,004 --> 01:50:10,004 municipalities to adopt ordinances 2599 01:50:10,004 --> 01:50:11,844 to promote temperance, and suppress 2600 01:50:11,844 --> 01:50:14,564 in in temperance. Whereas the city 2601 01:50:14,564 --> 01:50:16,164 council believes it is necessary, 2602 01:50:16,164 --> 01:50:17,844 advisable, and in the best interest 2603 01:50:17,844 --> 01:50:20,164 of to regulate the hours of sales of 2604 01:50:20,164 --> 01:50:22,084 alcoholic beverages within the 2605 01:50:22,084 --> 01:50:23,524 corporate limits of the city of 2606 01:50:23,524 --> 01:50:25,284 Montevallo at duly licensed 2607 01:50:25,284 --> 01:50:27,364 restaurant, bars, clubs, etcetera, 2608 01:50:27,364 --> 01:50:30,004 and retail sales outlet. Now, 2609 01:50:30,004 --> 01:50:31,684 therefore, be it ordained by the city 2610 01:50:31,684 --> 01:50:33,684 of Montevallo, Alabama as follows. 2611 01:50:33,684 --> 01:50:35,844 Chapter sixteen, article three, 2612 01:50:35,844 --> 01:50:37,684 public consumption and possession, 2613 01:50:37,684 --> 01:50:39,924 section 16, dash fifty-nine is 2614 01:50:39,924 --> 01:50:42,804 hereby amended as follows. Article 2615 01:50:42,804 --> 01:50:45,664 three section 16 dash fifty-nine E. 2616 01:50:45,664 --> 01:50:47,824 The hours of sales for home premise 2617 01:50:47,824 --> 01:50:49,664 consumption of alcoholic beverages 2618 01:50:49,664 --> 01:50:51,744 shall be as follows. Monday through 2619 01:50:51,744 --> 01:50:54,304 Saturday from 6 AM until twelve 2620 01:50:54,304 --> 01:50:57,664 midnight. And Sunday from 10 AM until 2621 01:50:57,664 --> 01:51:01,264 12 AM midnight. Article three 2622 01:51:01,264 --> 01:51:04,064 section dash fifty-nine F for hours 2623 01:51:04,064 --> 01:51:06,224 of off premises sales of alcoholic 2624 01:51:06,224 --> 01:51:07,904 beverages shall be as follows. 2625 01:51:07,904 --> 01:51:10,064 Monday through Saturday from 6 AM 2626 01:51:10,064 --> 01:51:13,964 until 2 AM. And Sunday for 10 AM until 2 2627 01:51:13,964 --> 01:51:17,564 AM. Sections 22 dash 141 2628 01:51:17,564 --> 01:51:19,724 severability. Each section and 2629 01:51:19,724 --> 01:51:21,324 provision of this ordinance is 2630 01:51:21,324 --> 01:51:22,924 hereby declared to be an independent 2631 01:51:22,924 --> 01:51:25,404 section or provision. If any section 2632 01:51:25,404 --> 01:51:27,724 or provision shall be declared void, 2633 01:51:27,724 --> 01:51:30,044 invalid, or unconstitutional. The 2634 01:51:30,044 --> 01:51:31,884 remaining sections or provisions 2635 01:51:31,884 --> 01:51:33,404 shall not be affected but shall 2636 01:51:33,404 --> 01:51:36,764 remain in full force and effect. The 2637 01:51:36,764 --> 01:51:38,764 ordinance shall take place and 2638 01:51:38,764 --> 01:51:41,164 become effective upon its passage 2639 01:51:41,164 --> 01:51:43,144 and advertisement as provided by 2640 01:51:43,144 --> 01:51:45,724 law. Thank you. 2641 01:51:46,644 --> 01:51:49,244 Like I said, this is just the first 2642 01:51:49,244 --> 01:51:51,244 reading. So, it will not be voted on 2643 01:51:51,244 --> 01:51:51,724 tonight. 2644 01:51:54,264 --> 01:51:59,064 Next is resolution zero nine one four 2645 01:51:59,064 --> 01:52:03,064 two zero two six dash five four four. A 2646 01:52:03,064 --> 01:52:05,384 resolution authorizing the release 2647 01:52:05,384 --> 01:52:09,224 of the surety bond number zero eight 2648 01:52:09,224 --> 01:52:12,744 four two one six 4 or 2649 01:52:13,104 --> 01:52:18,664 LI LGI Homes, Alabama, LLC, for 2650 01:52:18,664 --> 01:52:21,544 Lexington, Barcelo Phase two, 2651 01:52:21,824 --> 01:52:24,984 Asphalt Wear Service. This is 2652 01:52:26,024 --> 01:52:28,544 this is a bond that was issued for 2653 01:52:28,544 --> 01:52:32,144 phase two of Lexington Park by LGI 2654 01:52:32,144 --> 01:52:35,744 Homes and this was for the asphalt and 2655 01:52:35,984 --> 01:52:38,704 they have completed that that 2656 01:52:38,704 --> 01:52:40,544 section and met the construction 2657 01:52:40,544 --> 01:52:43,104 requirements for that section and it 2658 01:52:43,104 --> 01:52:45,504 has to be released from the bond. Um 2659 01:52:45,504 --> 01:52:48,304 they will issue a an additional bond 2660 01:52:48,304 --> 01:52:50,624 for and we have a bond in effect for 2661 01:52:50,624 --> 01:52:53,024 phase four for land disturbance 2662 01:52:53,024 --> 01:52:54,704 which is the areas that are still 2663 01:52:54,704 --> 01:52:56,704 under construction and they will 2664 01:52:56,704 --> 01:52:59,824 also issue a asphalt bond once they 2665 01:52:59,824 --> 01:53:02,864 put the seal section 2666 01:53:02,904 --> 01:53:05,024 phase four well actually what's 2667 01:53:05,024 --> 01:53:07,744 phase phase four. Uh so there's 2668 01:53:07,744 --> 01:53:10,464 still, there's section phase 1 has 2669 01:53:10,464 --> 01:53:12,144 been completed. Phase 2 has been 2670 01:53:12,144 --> 01:53:14,064 completed. Portions of phase three 2671 01:53:14,064 --> 01:53:16,224 are still under construction and 2672 01:53:16,224 --> 01:53:18,384 most all of phase four is still under 2673 01:53:18,384 --> 01:53:20,064 under construction. If you've been 2674 01:53:20,064 --> 01:53:22,304 by there, they have been doing a lot of 2675 01:53:22,304 --> 01:53:24,624 work on the entrance way there. Uh 2676 01:53:24,624 --> 01:53:27,024 removing the old vegetation and the 2677 01:53:27,024 --> 01:53:29,344 irrigation systems and addressing 2678 01:53:29,344 --> 01:53:31,884 some issues that they have within 2679 01:53:31,884 --> 01:53:34,444 Gress and Egress out of the daycare 2680 01:53:34,444 --> 01:53:37,484 center visually. Uh they've removed 2681 01:53:37,484 --> 01:53:39,404 the trees and other shrubs that were 2682 01:53:39,404 --> 01:53:42,444 in these the these areas and so our 2683 01:53:42,444 --> 01:53:44,604 engineer inspects this on a regular 2684 01:53:44,604 --> 01:53:46,604 basis so they have met all the 2685 01:53:46,604 --> 01:53:48,444 requirements to be released from the 2686 01:53:48,444 --> 01:53:52,924 bond. I make lotion work. Oh, sorry. 2687 01:53:52,924 --> 01:53:56,784 Go ahead. How they have they paved the 2688 01:53:56,784 --> 01:53:58,224 streets and got them all to par 2689 01:53:58,224 --> 01:53:59,584 because last time I went through that 2690 01:53:59,584 --> 01:54:01,744 you had a a manhole cover that's 2691 01:54:01,744 --> 01:54:03,824 thinking about a you know five inches 2692 01:54:03,824 --> 01:54:07,344 above the asphalt and it still had a 2693 01:54:07,344 --> 01:54:09,744 lot of humps and ruts and and the 2694 01:54:09,744 --> 01:54:12,544 street itself. Yes sir. Um 2695 01:54:13,144 --> 01:54:15,584 and I'll I'll explain this a little 2696 01:54:15,584 --> 01:54:18,944 more Councilman. But they were not 2697 01:54:18,944 --> 01:54:22,224 responsible for those areas of the 2698 01:54:22,224 --> 01:54:25,184 subdivision. That was in phase one. 2699 01:54:25,184 --> 01:54:28,764 Uh and I have been addressing those 2700 01:54:28,764 --> 01:54:31,724 issues with them because we also have 2701 01:54:31,724 --> 01:54:34,444 some utility pedestals that are in 2702 01:54:34,444 --> 01:54:36,844 sidewalks. Uh I'm talking about 2703 01:54:36,844 --> 01:54:39,004 cable pedestals and telephone and 2704 01:54:39,004 --> 01:54:40,844 cable television pedestals that are 2705 01:54:40,844 --> 01:54:44,204 physically in the concrete in the 2706 01:54:44,204 --> 01:54:47,724 sidewalk. Uh and so since this was 2707 01:54:47,724 --> 01:54:49,324 done by another company which 2708 01:54:49,324 --> 01:54:53,564 bankrupted and and left left town. Um 2709 01:54:53,564 --> 01:54:56,604 the new developer has been 2710 01:54:58,264 --> 01:55:00,824 approachable about correcting 2711 01:55:00,824 --> 01:55:04,184 these problems and so, I'm trying to 2712 01:55:04,184 --> 01:55:05,544 work with them to get some of those 2713 01:55:05,544 --> 01:55:07,464 issues and and yes, sir, the the 2714 01:55:07,824 --> 01:55:10,104 manhole covers and and some other 2715 01:55:10,104 --> 01:55:12,024 ruts in the road are are pretty 2716 01:55:12,024 --> 01:55:14,504 atrocious. Uh as well as the entrance 2717 01:55:14,504 --> 01:55:15,704 way and that's why they're 2718 01:55:15,704 --> 01:55:18,264 addressing that. Um you know, there 2719 01:55:18,264 --> 01:55:21,464 was some some problems with the 2720 01:55:21,464 --> 01:55:24,104 subgrade of the asphalt breaking up 2721 01:55:24,104 --> 01:55:26,744 as you came into the subdivision Uh 2722 01:55:26,744 --> 01:55:28,484 and it's my and they're going to 2723 01:55:28,484 --> 01:55:31,204 dress those first because it, you 2724 01:55:31,204 --> 01:55:32,724 know, quite frankly, it's it's it's 2725 01:55:32,724 --> 01:55:35,284 affecting their sales of homes. Uh if 2726 01:55:35,284 --> 01:55:36,404 you don't have a good, decent 2727 01:55:36,404 --> 01:55:38,404 entryway into into your subdivision 2728 01:55:38,404 --> 01:55:40,804 and and and Councilwoman Nelson, I 2729 01:55:40,804 --> 01:55:42,724 see her nodding. It it it affects 2730 01:55:42,724 --> 01:55:44,004 that. But yes, sir, we're we're 2731 01:55:44,004 --> 01:55:45,604 trying to continue to work with the 2732 01:55:45,604 --> 01:55:47,044 current developer to get some of 2733 01:55:47,044 --> 01:55:49,044 those problems rectified. And and 2734 01:55:49,044 --> 01:55:50,964 the city can't adopt the street until 2735 01:55:50,964 --> 01:55:54,004 the subdivision is 93% complete. 2736 01:55:54,004 --> 01:55:56,964 Yeah, right. And we have not adopted 2737 01:55:56,964 --> 01:55:58,864 any those streets not even in phase 2738 01:55:58,864 --> 01:56:01,024 one. So, we do have some leverage 2739 01:56:01,024 --> 01:56:03,744 there before we actually adopt the 2740 01:56:03,744 --> 01:56:04,864 street. It would have to meet 2741 01:56:04,864 --> 01:56:06,944 specifications. The city's 2742 01:56:07,104 --> 01:56:09,184 subdivision specification. Thank 2743 01:56:09,184 --> 01:56:12,064 you, sir. Alright, do I have a motion? 2744 01:56:12,104 --> 01:56:14,784 Motion. Got a motion on the floor. Do 2745 01:56:14,784 --> 01:56:17,104 we have a second? Second. Got a 2746 01:56:17,104 --> 01:56:19,664 second. Any more discussion? There 2747 01:56:19,664 --> 01:56:21,344 being no in all call for the vote. All 2748 01:56:21,344 --> 01:56:23,904 in favor, say aye. I. Any opposed? 2749 01:56:23,904 --> 01:56:27,564 Motion carries. We have no old 2750 01:56:27,564 --> 01:56:29,484 business, board appointments, no 2751 01:56:29,484 --> 01:56:32,764 other business We do have another 2752 01:56:32,764 --> 01:56:35,084 opportunity for citizens to address 2753 01:56:35,084 --> 01:56:37,244 the council, hopefully on a 2754 01:56:37,244 --> 01:56:38,844 different topic. But 2755 01:56:40,764 --> 01:56:45,104 Go ahead. The burst slightly. 2756 01:56:45,144 --> 01:56:48,864 Um my name is Cheryl Patton. Street. I 2757 01:56:48,864 --> 01:56:52,064 realized I said that last time. Um a 2758 01:56:52,064 --> 01:56:54,944 few weeks ago Emily Gill stood in 2759 01:56:54,944 --> 01:56:56,704 front stood here and asked that y'all 2760 01:56:56,704 --> 01:56:58,464 consider an entertainment 2761 01:56:58,464 --> 01:57:01,104 instrument. Um several of us I think 2762 01:57:01,104 --> 01:57:03,904 spoke in favor of that. An indication 2763 01:57:03,904 --> 01:57:05,904 we got that night was that y'all would 2764 01:57:05,904 --> 01:57:07,744 move forward and at least discussing 2765 01:57:07,744 --> 01:57:10,064 with the business community how we 2766 01:57:10,064 --> 01:57:12,064 might make this possible. My 2767 01:57:12,064 --> 01:57:13,964 understanding sin is because of this 2768 01:57:13,964 --> 01:57:16,044 incident that that is off the table 2769 01:57:16,044 --> 01:57:17,964 and we will no longer talk about it. 2770 01:57:17,964 --> 01:57:20,924 Which for me, the distinction of what 2771 01:57:20,924 --> 01:57:23,164 happened here tonight and what 2772 01:57:23,164 --> 01:57:25,564 happened August 21st means we do need 2773 01:57:25,564 --> 01:57:27,484 to have a conversations between us 2774 01:57:27,484 --> 01:57:29,724 and you. You don't understand the 2775 01:57:29,724 --> 01:57:31,644 regulations we're under. This this 2776 01:57:31,764 --> 01:57:34,284 supervision we get. None of us 2777 01:57:34,284 --> 01:57:36,284 want to serve rich kids. That's not 2778 01:57:36,284 --> 01:57:39,484 anybody's fault on nature. Um we do 2779 01:57:39,484 --> 01:57:43,064 want to take our job serious as 2780 01:57:43,064 --> 01:57:44,744 teaching this how to drink 2781 01:57:44,744 --> 01:57:46,824 responsibly and what that looks 2782 01:57:46,824 --> 01:57:49,064 like. And I think if we work together 2783 01:57:49,064 --> 01:57:52,904 rather than feeling targeted for you 2784 01:57:52,904 --> 01:57:54,104 know an incident that we can't 2785 01:57:54,104 --> 01:57:56,184 necessarily control with the new 2786 01:57:56,184 --> 01:58:00,104 flow. So I hope that again we can begin 2787 01:58:00,304 --> 01:58:03,144 conversations together and move. 2788 01:58:03,984 --> 01:58:06,184 Thank you. We're just the 2789 01:58:06,784 --> 01:58:09,704 conversations that we were going to 2790 01:58:09,704 --> 01:58:12,584 have was an event base, 2791 01:58:12,864 --> 01:58:17,384 entertainment, and I'm I'm still 2792 01:58:17,384 --> 01:58:20,024 willing to do that for art, walk, 2793 01:58:21,064 --> 01:58:25,264 maybe Alice Cove Music in the Park. 2794 01:58:25,304 --> 01:58:28,144 Things like that. But we're we're a 2795 01:58:28,144 --> 01:58:29,984 long way away from having an 2796 01:58:29,984 --> 01:58:32,624 entertainment history. Okay. 2797 01:58:32,624 --> 01:58:35,264 Mister Mister Mayor can we consult 2798 01:58:35,264 --> 01:58:38,144 with the ABC board and gather some 2799 01:58:38,144 --> 01:58:40,384 information. Sure. About what we 2800 01:58:40,384 --> 01:58:42,224 would need to do to have events based 2801 01:58:42,224 --> 01:58:43,824 open container and what that looks 2802 01:58:43,824 --> 01:58:45,664 like and what we're what a city can 2803 01:58:45,664 --> 01:58:47,504 allow. What they can allow. Can we can 2804 01:58:47,504 --> 01:58:49,824 we get that base? Events base. Yeah. 2805 01:58:49,824 --> 01:58:52,064 So so that we can so that we can all 2806 01:58:52,064 --> 01:58:53,584 fully understand that. You know 2807 01:58:53,584 --> 01:58:54,704 we've had a lot of conversations 2808 01:58:54,704 --> 01:58:56,144 tonight about public safety. And I 2809 01:58:56,144 --> 01:58:59,224 think certainly maybe the late night 2810 01:58:59,224 --> 01:59:00,824 activity doesn't represent what 2811 01:59:00,824 --> 01:59:03,384 evening or afternoon activity with 2812 01:59:03,384 --> 01:59:06,344 responsible adults looks like. So, 2813 01:59:06,344 --> 01:59:08,584 if we can understand what we're 2814 01:59:08,584 --> 01:59:10,504 allowed to do, then, as a group, we can 2815 01:59:10,504 --> 01:59:12,744 decide what we believe is best for for 2816 01:59:12,744 --> 01:59:14,264 our our city. Obviously, with 2817 01:59:14,264 --> 01:59:15,944 conversation with our constituents 2818 01:59:15,944 --> 01:59:16,824 but I think it's time. 2819 01:59:20,264 --> 01:59:22,184 Uh my name is Richard Carruthers. I'm 2820 01:59:22,184 --> 01:59:24,664 at 450 Shelby Street. Uh I'm just 2821 01:59:24,664 --> 01:59:26,984 curious about a couple things. Is the 2822 01:59:26,984 --> 01:59:28,984 hotel going to have a bar? Are they 2823 01:59:28,984 --> 01:59:30,424 going to close at midnight? 2824 01:59:32,264 --> 01:59:34,664 As he may talk to the hotel about how 2825 01:59:34,664 --> 01:59:39,704 they feel? I have. And they're fine 2826 01:59:39,704 --> 01:59:41,544 because in all their other 2827 01:59:41,544 --> 01:59:43,464 establishments they have, they shut 2828 01:59:43,464 --> 01:59:46,504 their bar down at ten o'clock. So, you 2829 01:59:46,504 --> 01:59:49,144 know, thinking about tourism, I come 2830 01:59:49,144 --> 01:59:50,744 to Montevallo and I stay at the hotel 2831 01:59:50,944 --> 01:59:53,864 and there's nothing to do with it. 2832 01:59:53,864 --> 01:59:55,144 Then I'm just sitting in the the 2833 01:59:55,144 --> 01:59:57,544 hotel, you know, no good story to talk 2834 01:59:57,544 --> 01:59:59,704 about Montebello. So, if I come to 2835 01:59:59,704 --> 02:00:02,004 Montebello and I spend the night at 2836 02:00:02,004 --> 02:00:04,004 the bar or at the hotel and they walk 2837 02:00:04,004 --> 02:00:06,644 down to the cool bar. I got a story to 2838 02:00:06,644 --> 02:00:07,764 tell. I've got something new. I've 2839 02:00:07,764 --> 02:00:09,844 got a reason to come back. Uh it makes 2840 02:00:09,844 --> 02:00:11,684 my experience better. It improves 2841 02:00:11,684 --> 02:00:15,364 tourism. Um you know, I just just 2842 02:00:15,364 --> 02:00:18,004 want to get that out. Appreciate it. 2843 02:00:18,004 --> 02:00:21,524 Thanks for sharing. Thanks. 2844 02:00:21,644 --> 02:00:24,084 Alright, we don't forget. We still 2845 02:00:24,084 --> 02:00:27,204 got a an executive session that 2846 02:00:27,204 --> 02:00:31,124 council's gotta do. Yeah. Bobby CP 2847 02:00:31,124 --> 02:00:33,124 Pearson M 31 South Street. Mister 2848 02:00:33,124 --> 02:00:37,444 Mayor, several months ago. I 2849 02:00:37,444 --> 02:00:41,364 approach you all about the the trees 2850 02:00:41,724 --> 02:00:45,364 on Oak Street. On Oak Street where 2851 02:00:45,364 --> 02:00:48,244 they're building the new gymnasium. 2852 02:00:48,244 --> 02:00:51,124 The new gymnasium which is taken is 2853 02:00:51,124 --> 02:00:53,764 taking shape but you know every day I I 2854 02:00:53,764 --> 02:00:56,004 I feel like I'm I'm Andy and 2855 02:00:56,004 --> 02:01:01,364 Shawshank. And my my view. My view is 2856 02:01:01,364 --> 02:01:05,044 gone. Mhm. Uh my question is when they 2857 02:01:05,044 --> 02:01:07,844 complete the gymnasium 2858 02:01:08,204 --> 02:01:12,084 With those trees at least be pruned 2859 02:01:12,084 --> 02:01:15,444 and then will someone 2860 02:01:15,644 --> 02:01:18,724 rather a grant or you all find some mud 2861 02:01:18,724 --> 02:01:22,724 and slush fund to extend the sidewalk 2862 02:01:22,924 --> 02:01:25,844 on that side of the street all the way 2863 02:01:25,844 --> 02:01:27,284 down to the four-way stop sign. 2864 02:01:30,764 --> 02:01:32,764 For y'all to think about. Thank you. I 2865 02:01:32,764 --> 02:01:35,084 I give my time back. Thank you. I I 2866 02:01:35,084 --> 02:01:37,164 think I do say personally. I think 2867 02:01:37,164 --> 02:01:38,764 that's something because the kids 2868 02:01:38,764 --> 02:01:39,964 are going to be the gym. This new gym 2869 02:01:39,964 --> 02:01:41,724 is there. You'll be able to walk to it 2870 02:01:41,724 --> 02:01:44,684 without walking in the road. So I 2871 02:01:44,684 --> 02:01:46,844 support something of that nature. I 2872 02:01:46,844 --> 02:01:48,604 agree Kenny. I think so. One thing 2873 02:01:48,604 --> 02:01:52,844 that Doctor Layla about it. I'm 2874 02:01:52,844 --> 02:01:56,724 Rebecca Bay by the way. Um and I know 2875 02:01:56,724 --> 02:01:59,364 this doesn't have to do with Monval. I 2876 02:01:59,364 --> 02:02:02,244 know it has to come from Aldot or 2877 02:02:02,244 --> 02:02:04,884 something like that but it is getting 2878 02:02:05,324 --> 02:02:09,044 scary not to have a turn lane going 2879 02:02:09,044 --> 02:02:12,644 into Dollar General there on one 2880 02:02:12,644 --> 02:02:15,364 nineteen. I started I was at 2881 02:02:17,264 --> 02:02:19,744 Mary Moon did, well, a couple of weeks 2882 02:02:19,744 --> 02:02:23,264 ago and I said, I tell you, we need a 2883 02:02:23,264 --> 02:02:25,264 turn lane in and I I couldn't think of 2884 02:02:25,264 --> 02:02:28,304 the word and they both said, at Dollar 2885 02:02:28,304 --> 02:02:29,744 General, there were two people that 2886 02:02:29,744 --> 02:02:33,104 said that. It is, it is so scary. 2887 02:02:33,104 --> 02:02:36,144 You're just, they just stop. to turn 2888 02:02:36,144 --> 02:02:39,104 because they got to wait. And and 2889 02:02:39,104 --> 02:02:41,664 you're not ready for that and there's 2890 02:02:41,664 --> 02:02:43,584 going to be some problems and I know 2891 02:02:43,584 --> 02:02:46,064 it's not Montebella but I don't know 2892 02:02:46,064 --> 02:02:48,224 who y'all need to talk to but that's 2893 02:02:49,764 --> 02:02:51,924 Rebecca, we've we've addressed that 2894 02:02:51,924 --> 02:02:54,644 with with Aldot. Uh as a matter of 2895 02:02:54,644 --> 02:02:57,284 fact, we tried to get that included in 2896 02:02:57,284 --> 02:03:00,004 the improvements for the Crossroads 2897 02:03:00,964 --> 02:03:04,564 and there are a lot of logistical 2898 02:03:04,564 --> 02:03:06,724 problems with it and it ran the budget 2899 02:03:06,924 --> 02:03:10,244 above what the grant was allowable 2900 02:03:10,244 --> 02:03:12,724 for that particular roadway 2901 02:03:12,724 --> 02:03:15,284 expansion and so we chose to take the 2902 02:03:15,284 --> 02:03:18,404 one for the crossroads at $2. 1 2903 02:03:18,404 --> 02:03:20,924 million dollars and So, 2904 02:03:21,644 --> 02:03:24,364 we until we complete that project, 2905 02:03:24,364 --> 02:03:27,244 we're not eligible to apply for 2906 02:03:27,244 --> 02:03:30,364 another Atrip two grant and 2907 02:03:30,364 --> 02:03:32,364 hopefully, with everything going 2908 02:03:32,364 --> 02:03:35,084 correctly, it'll start sometime in 2909 02:03:35,084 --> 02:03:37,164 October or November of this year 2910 02:03:38,124 --> 02:03:40,604 and will be completed in about 180 2911 02:03:40,604 --> 02:03:43,564 days. Uh and the window is open right 2912 02:03:43,564 --> 02:03:46,044 now for for another grant. I'm hoping 2913 02:03:46,044 --> 02:03:48,124 they will allow us to go ahead and 2914 02:03:48,124 --> 02:03:51,464 submit an application they may or may 2915 02:03:51,464 --> 02:03:54,744 not and and and I know of how this has 2916 02:03:54,744 --> 02:03:56,744 all shaped out and and you're 2917 02:03:56,744 --> 02:03:59,704 correct. It is not under our direct 2918 02:03:59,704 --> 02:04:02,904 control and just for purposes of turn 2919 02:04:02,904 --> 02:04:07,144 lane cost about 100 grand. So, you 2920 02:04:07,144 --> 02:04:08,184 know, we're going to have to have 2921 02:04:08,184 --> 02:04:10,424 some help have some help on that but 2922 02:04:10,424 --> 02:04:12,904 but we have we have been looking at 2923 02:04:12,904 --> 02:04:15,944 ways to do that as well as County Road 2924 02:04:15,944 --> 02:04:18,504 twenty-four which is Ebenezer. 2925 02:04:19,024 --> 02:04:22,604 So, Somebody tell me, 2926 02:04:24,084 --> 02:04:28,444 illegal the yellow line. A double 2927 02:04:28,444 --> 02:04:30,204 yellow line. Same thing out here on 2928 02:04:30,204 --> 02:04:32,204 Highway twenty-five. Going to 2929 02:04:32,204 --> 02:04:34,924 Dollar County. Anyway, same thing 2930 02:04:34,924 --> 02:04:36,284 over there. Thank you. I'm voting. 2931 02:04:36,284 --> 02:04:39,644 Probably. No. Stay high. Hello, 2932 02:04:39,644 --> 02:04:42,524 everyone. Uh oh. I'm Emily Gill back 2933 02:04:42,524 --> 02:04:44,924 with new hair and new glasses and I 2934 02:04:44,924 --> 02:04:46,524 miss the beginning. Sorry. I had 2935 02:04:46,524 --> 02:04:48,124 rehearsal. I couldn't. I had 2936 02:04:48,124 --> 02:04:49,644 rehearsal. The bumper stickers are 2937 02:04:49,644 --> 02:04:51,564 true for me. Um what I wanted to do is 2938 02:04:51,564 --> 02:04:53,444 just after after hearing the tail end 2939 02:04:53,444 --> 02:04:55,044 of things and then hearing 2940 02:04:55,044 --> 02:04:57,044 Councilman King's suggestion, if I 2941 02:04:57,044 --> 02:04:59,444 can amend the proposal for a plan that 2942 02:04:59,444 --> 02:05:01,444 I made, last time, I think last time I 2943 02:05:01,444 --> 02:05:02,564 said I was going to send you all this, 2944 02:05:02,564 --> 02:05:04,164 you know, cute little infographic I 2945 02:05:04,164 --> 02:05:06,004 made. What we were waiting on was the 2946 02:05:06,004 --> 02:05:08,484 security plan piece. It sounds like 2947 02:05:08,484 --> 02:05:10,324 that's the thing that we really need 2948 02:05:10,324 --> 02:05:12,484 to coordinate with the ABC, 2949 02:05:12,484 --> 02:05:14,244 coordinate with our stakeholders 2950 02:05:14,244 --> 02:05:17,364 here and what I wanted to say is that as 2951 02:05:17,564 --> 02:05:21,764 a tenured scholar of collaborative 2952 02:05:21,764 --> 02:05:23,444 processes, I would like to volunteer 2953 02:05:23,444 --> 02:05:25,604 as a citizen to help facilitate that 2954 02:05:25,604 --> 02:05:28,404 that process. So anyone who is 2955 02:05:28,404 --> 02:05:30,964 interested in working on that, my, 2956 02:05:30,964 --> 02:05:32,564 you'll know where to find me. I don't 2957 02:05:32,564 --> 02:05:33,924 want to say my email address on 2958 02:05:33,924 --> 02:05:36,964 Facebook but please contact me. I'd 2959 02:05:36,964 --> 02:05:38,324 like to get a group together so that we 2960 02:05:38,324 --> 02:05:39,764 make sure that we get all opinions 2961 02:05:39,764 --> 02:05:41,364 heard and weighed and we have all the 2962 02:05:41,364 --> 02:05:43,284 facts in one place. That's something 2963 02:05:43,284 --> 02:05:45,684 I do quite well. So, thank you very 2964 02:05:45,684 --> 02:05:47,444 much for hearing it. Appreciating 2965 02:05:47,444 --> 02:05:48,884 it. Thank you. Thank you for 2966 02:05:48,884 --> 02:05:50,084 volunteering, Emily. I appreciate 2967 02:05:50,084 --> 02:05:52,084 that. Mister Mayor, I'm ruled that we 2968 02:05:52,084 --> 02:05:54,964 end the session and go into our 2969 02:05:54,964 --> 02:05:57,124 executive. Yes. Do we have a second? 2970 02:05:57,124 --> 02:06:00,224 Second. Any discussion. There be a 2971 02:06:00,224 --> 02:06:01,744 none. We'll call for the vote. All in 2972 02:06:01,744 --> 02:06:04,944 favor. Say I. Aye. All opposed. We'll 2973 02:06:04,944 --> 02:06:09,584 go session. I'm going to say 45 2974 02:06:09,584 --> 02:06:11,344 minutes and then we'll come back