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>> SPECIAL SESSION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. COUNCIL PERSON GARRETT WILL SERVE AS OUR CHAPLAIN OF THE DAY. COUNCIL PERSON GARRETT, YOU'RE
RECOGNIZED >> FATHER GOD, I THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SEE ANOTHER DAY. I PRAY LORD AS WE PREPARE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE MEETING, YOU GIVE US THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO BE SUCCESSFUL OF CARRYING OUT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY. PRAY FOR THE SPIRIT OF UNITY, COLLABORATION, CONDUCTING OURSELVES IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, THAT YOU BE WITH ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE COUNCIL PERSON REYNOLDS, GIVE HER PEACE.
IN ALL THINGS I GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE. IN JESUS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, 1 NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL NA UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALLON , UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
>> OKAY. WE GET TO USE OUR TECHNOLOGY TODAY.
SO PLEASE REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE
ATTENDANCE. WE'RE READY NOW. >> NINE MEMBERS PRESENT.
ABSENT COUNCIL PERSON LITTLE, REDD, SMITH AND REYNOLDS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
THE ONLY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 5. ORDINANCE 93-2020-21, COUNCIL
[5) 1. ORDINANCE 93-2020-21 (First Reading; Postponed April 1st) Amending the Official Code relative to hiring outside counsel]
PERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE THE SPONSOR. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.>> SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO GET THIS APPROVED AND IN FRONT OF US.
>> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. IN FAVOR OF ORDINANCE 93.
>> YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >> SO LAST NIGHT, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND I WAS UNDER ASSUMPTION WE WERE GOING TO DO THE SPECIAL MEETING IN 30 DAYS.
THAT WAS MY LAST THING FROM THE 13TH. AND THEN THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION BY MAY 1ST. THERE WAS CONFUSION THERE. I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE IT TO A SPECIAL SESSION SOMEWHERE BEFORE THE 13TH OF MAY.
>> MOTION TO POSTPONE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT MOTION. ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? OKAY.
ALL MEMBERS, PLEASE VOTE. WAIT A MINUTE. LET'S GIVE MADAM CLERK TIME TO
GET IT IN THE SYSTEM. >> DO I PUSH IT NOW? >> WHEN IT GETS UP ON THE BOARD, ON THE SCREEN. NOW IT'S TIME TO VOTE. IT'S NOT WORKING, MADAM CLERK.
LOVE THE TECHNOLOGY. NEED TO CALL MY GRANDSON AND GET HIM IN HERE TO HELP US.
OKAY. NOW WE'RE READY. WELL, OUR MACHINE IS NOT WORKING. MADAM CLERK, YOU WANT TO JUST -- ON OR BEFORE?
>> ON OR BEFORE MAY 13TH. OKAY. NOW WE'RE READY.
PLEASE REGISTER YOUR VOTE. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE?
MADAM CLERK. >> MOTION TO POSTPONE PASSES. THE PURPOSE FOR THIS SPECIAL MEETING HAVING BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE ARE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.