Jun 17, 2021 Budget Meetings

[1) CALL TO ORDER]

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2021 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CLARKSVILLE CITY COUNCIL IS CALL TO ORDER. MIGHT WIFE, CYNTHIA COUPLE BE LEADING. WE WILL INVITE THE FIRST LADY TO COME FORWARD AND ASK YOU TO STAND IF YOU WISH.

>> FIRST LADY CYNTHIA PITTS: BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANTED THE TAKE THE TIME TO SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING THAT I EXPERIENCED FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.

I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT TO FORT EMERALD TO EXPERIENCE THE CAMPBELL BOOT DISPLAY. AS I WAS IN THERE I HAVE NEVER BEEN. SO IT WAS SUCH A TOUCHING EXPERIENCE THAT I JUST WANTED US AS A COUNSELOR AND AS A CITY JUST TO HONOR THOSE FAMILIES TODAY.

THAT IS -- AS I WAS LOOKING ACROSS THE FIELD THERE WERE 70800 FOR SERVICE MEMBERS THAT HAD PAID THE ULTIMATE 9/11.

THINKING THAT THAT IS THE AVERAGE.

SHE SAYS EVERY FALLEN SERVICEMEMBER THAT IS THERE, IMAGINED THEM WITH FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILY.

THAT IS CLOSE TO 32,000 LOVE ONE STEP WERE EFFECTIVE.

THAT WAS THE LOSS OF THE MILITARY FAMILIES.

EACH BOOT IS A REPRESENTATION OF A FALLEN SERVICEMEMBER.

PAR SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 THING I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO DO A SILENT PRAYER FOR THAT FAMILY AND THEN CLOSE IN THE LORD'S PRAYER.

I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU JUST I COULD NOT LEAVE OFF OF MIND AS I READ SOME OF THE NOTES ON SOME OF THE BOOTS.

I WILL NOT GIVE THE NAMES BECAUSE OF THE PRIVACY OF THE FAMILY. AS I WAS READING SOME OF THAT KNOW THIS IS WHAT SOME OF THEM SAID.

I LOVE YOU, DADDY. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME IN HEAVEN. SORRY.

I MISS YOU A LOT AND I THINK OF YOU EVERY DAY.

AND IT MAKES ME SAD THAT I CAN'T SEE YOU.

WHEN YOU LAUGH, IT MAKES ME HAPPY.

AND I REALLY MISS YOU. LOVE YOU, YOUR SON.

I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME IN HEAVEN.

DEAR DAD, IT IS -- I WANTED TO TELL YOU I AM IN THAT SIX GREAT.

I MISS YOU SO MUCH. AND I HAVE LATER A CENTERPIECE AND I LOVE YOU AND I STILL HAVE TO BEAR THAT WE MADE TOGETHER.

AND I'M STILL KEEPING IT. I WILL ALWAYS HAVE IT AND I LOVE YOU SO, SO MUCH. LOVE YOU, YOUR DAUGHTER.

DAD, I'M TURNING 12 THIS MONTH. AT THE END, IT SAYS, DADDY, I'M WATCHING OVER THE FAMILY AND I LOVE YOU, YOUR DAUGHTER.

AND THE LAST NOTE, DEAR DADDY, I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU.

AND I LOVE YOU ALWAYS. YOUR LITTLE GIRL.

SO MAYBE JUST PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND JUST PRAY FOR THE SURVIVING FAMILIES AND THEIR SERVICE MEMBERS BECAUSE TODAY, ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, THEY ARE FLYING TO FORT CAMPBELL TO BE AT A BOOT THAT REPRESENTS THE BOOK PRECIOUS FAMILY MEMBER.

MAYBE -- MAY WE JUST PRAYER. A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

-- PRAY. A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

AND THEN MAY WE AS COUNSEL AND PEOPLE IN OUR CHAMBER JOIN ME IN THE LORD'S PRAYER BEFORE EVERY MEETING AND WEEKEND -- WE CAN DO THIS IN UNISON. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THE KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

GIVE US TODAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE HAVE ALSO FORGIVEN OUR DEBTORS. LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE. AMEN.

I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE REGISTER YOUR TENANTS. MADAME CLERK? MADAME CLERK, TAKE THE ROLL.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE

[5) PUBLIC HEARING: FY22 BUDGET]

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IN ORDER TO MOVE INTO PUBLIC HEARING, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION AT A SECOND. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

WE ARE NOW IN PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE IS A MEMBER OF AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ABOUT ANY MATTER, I WOULD ASK YOU TO APPROACH THE WILD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GO BACK INTO REGULAR SECOND. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. WE ARE NOW BACK IN REGULAR

[6) TRANSPORTATION 2020+ STRATEGY]

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE COULD HEARING NUNCA ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? PART.

ALL RIGHT RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 83, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED.

ANY MEMBERS WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? MADAME CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE.

[7) FY22 BUDGETS]

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: RESOLUTION 83 IS ADOPTED.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET ORDINANCE. ORDINANCE 20, 2020-21 AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR OPERATING BUDGET AND APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 22 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CENTRAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

I WOULD NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE 120. COUNSEL TURN IT -- COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS THAT YOU ARE RECO RECOGNIZED.

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: I SEE WE FUNDED IN THE PAST AND WE ARE GOING TWICE AS -- WHAT IS THAT MERE?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THEY ARE USING TO PUT RESERVES FROM MONIES THAT THE CITY PREVIOUSLY FUNDED THEM IN PAST YEARS BEFORE ANY -- MOST OF US GOT HERE. SO THEY WERE USING STRICTLY USING THEIR RESERVES. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT FOR

APPROVAL. >> KAREN REYNOLDS: OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING ORDINANCE 120? PART. SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON ORDINANCE 120? OKAY.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ALL MEMBERS VOTED.

ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR? MADAME CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE.

>> NINE ESCA -- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ORDINANCE 121, 2020-21. AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 21 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 22 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR CDE.

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. A MOTION AT A SECOND.

THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? PART.

SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE F. MADAME CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE.

>> MADAME CLERK: TENT YES, ZERO KNOWS, ZERO ABSTAIN.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT IS ADOPTED.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER THREE IN OUR AGENDA.

ORDINANCE 122. AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 22 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 22 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR CLARKSVILLE TRANSIT SYSTEM.

I NEED A MOTION AT A SECOND. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS REGARDING ORDINANCE 122? IT SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE.

REMEMBER -- ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR?

MADAME CLERK, TAKE THE BOOK. >> WALLACE REDD: NINE YES, ZERO

NO. >> THANK YOU.

ORDINANCE 123-21 AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 21 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 22 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR CLARKSVILLE GAS AND WATER DEPARTMENT.

I WOULD NEED A MOTION AT A SECOND.

THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED FOR ORDINANCE 123. ANY MEMBER HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT REGARDING THAT? ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED.

ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR? MADAME CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE.

>> MADAME CLERK: ZERO ABSTAIN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: FIRST

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ORDINANCE 124. 2020-21.

AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET AND APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 TUBES ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET AND AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP FUNDS AS WELL AS OTHER PROGRAMS. I WOULD NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF ORDINANCE 124. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, REGARDING ORDINANCE 124? HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE.

EVERY MEMBER VOTED. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? MADAME CLERK?

>> MADAME CLERK: ZERO ABSTAIN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT IS ADOPTED. THANK YOU.

ORDINANCE 125, 2020-21. AMENDING THE OPERATING BUDGET AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 22 UPWARD AND BUDGET FOR THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. I NEED A MOTION AT A SECOND.

HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF ORDINANCE 125. COUNCILPERSON STRICKLIN, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> I APPRECIATE IT.

I AM PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT. THIS IS TO INCREASE CLAIMS AND EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 BY $150,000.

THIS IS TO INSURE WE HAVE NEVER MONEY APPROPRIATED.

THE SOURCE OF FUNDS IS THE FUND BALANCE OF THE DENTAL FUN.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE IN FAVOR OF AMENDING ORDINANCE 125. I HEAR A SECOND? EVERYBODY HAS A COPY. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> WANDA SMITH: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT BEFORE THAT 150,000?

>> I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK, I APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: HANG ON. WE ARE GETTING THAT.

>> IT IS 1,242,000. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: HERE YOU GO.

>> WANDA SMITH: SO WE WANT THE INCREASES ARE THAT 150,000?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YES. >> I'M SORRY.

THAT IS FOR THE -- 1,097,000. >> WANDA SMITH: ALL RIGHT.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: I THINK WILL TRAN TO MAKE SURE OUR FUND BALANCE IN THAT ACCOUNT COVERS

THE DENTAL CLAIMS. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU.

PAR. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 125? SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON AMENDMENT 125? ALL RIGHT. EVERY MEMBER CAST YOUR VOTE.

REGARDING THE AMENDMENT. AND REMEMBER -- DID EVERY MEMBER VOTE? MADAME CLERK TAKE THE VOTE.

>> MADAME CLERK: 11 YES, ZERO NO, ZERO ABSTAIN.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.

WE ARE ON ORDINANCE 125. COUNSEL PERSON DOES COUNCILPERSON ALAN IS HERE. IT IS AMENDED.

ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT ORDINANCE? SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE. OH, OKAY.

POP ART HOLD ON A SECOND. >> THERE WE GO.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. EVERY MEMBER, CAST YOUR VOTE.

EVERY MEMBER VOTED? ANY MEMBER AT WHICH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? BALLPARK.

WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? MADAME CLERK, TAKE THAT VOTE.

ORDINANCE 125 IS COMMITTED, IS ADOPTED.

THANK YOU. WE ARE READY FOR ITEM SEVEN.

POP ROCKS ORDINANCE 126, 2020-21, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 21 OPERATING BUDGET OPERATING BUDGET.

THE PARKING COMMISSION AND PROPRIETARY FUND.

I NEED A MOTION AT A SECOND. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY MEMBER HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION REGARDING ORDINANCE 126? SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? BALLPARK ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE.

EVERY MEMBER VOTED? ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR?

MADAME CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> MADAME CLERK: EIGHT YES, TWO

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NOTE, ZERO ABSTAIN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT IS ADOPTED. THANK YOU.

EIGHT. ORDINANCE 127.

AMENDING THE OFFICIAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BUILDING AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.

I WOULD NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED FOR ORDINANCE 127. COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> KAREN REYNOLDS: YES.

THANK YOU. THIS AMENDMENT WAS FIRST PRESENTED AS A COST TO THE TAXPAYERS OF $20,000.

THE FIRST BUDGET TO BE APPROVED FOR THIS DEPARTMENT INCLUDES TWO VEHICLES AND A BUDGET OF $1,287,000.398.

IN THIS NEW DEPARTMENT, IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO WILL PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND GASOLINE FOR THE VEHICLES.

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT WOULD BE SHARED WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

AND NOW, IN THIS BUDGET THAT WE HAVE TWO VEHICLES THAT WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THIS DEPARTMENT. THE BUDGET FOR PARKS AND REX DOES NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT THIS DECREASE.

THE -- THEY ONLY HAVE 80.9% DECREASE.

ARE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET CONVERSION SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH 6,467,000. AND IT IS AT $7,570,000.

WHAT IS MOST DISAPPOINTING IS DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THIS WAS NOT ULTIMATELY DISCUSSED AND EXPLAINED. I FULLY SUPPORT PARKS AND RECREATION AND I ALSO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE, BUT AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE GET THIS BUDGET WAS NOT DISCUSSED WITH US AND OUR SUPPORT WAS NOT ASKED FOR NOR THIS DOES NOT OCCUR IN THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WELL.

I UNDERSTAND WE DO NOT VOTE OR DISCARD BUDGETS AT THE -- DISCUSSED BUDGETS AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING.

I INITIALLY SUPPORTED THIS ORDINANCE BUT I WILL VOTE NO DUE TO INCREASED COST TO THE OVERALL BUDGET.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON BUT THERE YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> TRISHA BUTLER: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATED THAT PRESENTATION ON THIS AND I DO SEE THE PLUSES FOR IT.

TO MAKE IT THIS IS EXPANDING GOVERNMENT, SOMETHING THAT I AM NOT INTERESTED IN DOING. IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE WANTED TO MAKE A DEPARTMENT OR COMMITTEE THAT I VOTED AGAINST.

GOING OVER THIS AND CONSIDERING ALL OF THAT, I KIND OF CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS AND THIS COULD BE JUST FOR FUTURE -- BASICALLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO TELL EVERYONE UP HERE. BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE LAWS. SO ESSENTIALLY, IT IS LIKE MAYBE WE CAN CONSIDER A PUBLIC WORKS APARTMENT WHERE WE CAN CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY DOES.

I DUNNO IF THAT IS A GOOD IDEA OR A BAD IDEA.

IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE INTO THE UNIVERSE. ALSO, I GOT AN E-MAIL ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR FROM A CONSTITUENT AND I DIDN'T WANT TO -- DID WANT TO ADD HER COMMENTS. SHE ECHOED THAT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE LAST MEETING MENTIONED THAT THE PARKS AND REC BUDGET SHOULD REFLECT THAT SPLIT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS KNOWN THAT THAT IS HOW PEOPLE IN MY W WORK FEEL. I ALSO WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS AND I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER A WAY TO PRODUCE -- STREAMLINE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS INTO MAYBE SOMETHING SMALLER AND MORE EFFECTIVE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON'S TREATMENT CAN

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> STACEY STREETMAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS. WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE COUNCIL TWO YEARS AGO, I SERVED ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED EARLY ON WAS HOW MUCH TIME EMPLOYEES WERE HAVING TO SPEND ON BUILDING AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PARKS AND RESTORATION DEPARTMENT. I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN LAUREN PRESENTED THIS TO AS IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WORKSHOPS THAT WE HAD AND WE WENT OVER IT IN GREAT DETAIL OF EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE ENTAILED IN THIS AND HOW THEY WOULD BE NOT ONLY MOVING -- BUT IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT ADDITIONAL VEHICLES AND THINGS WILL BE NEEDED.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT AS SHE EXPLAINED IF THIS DEPARTMENT WAS NOT APPROVED, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO MEANT THE BUDGETS OF THE OTHER APARTMENTS TO MOVE THOSE THINGS BACK IN.

SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED REGARDLESS, WHETHER OR NOT THESE EMPLOYEES WORK WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OR WITH -- OR WHETHER THEY WORK WITH THE BUILDING AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE. AND FOR ME, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT CREATING THIS DEPARTMENT IS IT ALLOWS DEPARTMENT AND RECREATION DEPLOYS -- EMPLOYEES TO FOCUS OO

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SO I MYSELF WOULD BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON CREATING THIS DEPARTMENT FOR QUITE A LOT OF TIME TO GET IT DEVELOPED, AND I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE COUNCIL VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS AS WELL.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE? SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? OKAY, WE ARE READY TO VOTE ON ORDINANCE 127. ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE.

EVERY MEMBER VOTED? ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? MADAME CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE.

>> MADAME CLERK: EIGHT YES, IT ZERO ABSTAIN.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT IS ADOPTED.

THANK YOU. WE ARE READY FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE ORDINANCE 1292020-21 AMENDING THE OFFICIAL CODE PERTAINING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RETIREES HIRED AFTER JULY 1, 2006. I WOULD NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. YOU HEARD THE MOTION AT THE SECOND PRACTICES REGARDING ADDING A RETIREE BENEFIT FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE HIRED AFTER JULY 20 -- 2,000 -- 2006.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING ORDINANCE 129? SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? WE GOT TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET IT ON THE BOARD.

PART. >> MADAME CLERK: I GOT TO

SCROLL. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT IS NOT ON THE BOARD JUST YET. IT IS A-COMING.

>> MADAME CLERK: MAYBE. I WILL HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL,

I'M SORRY. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY, WE WILL HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ONE.

COMPUTER SYSTEM DECIDED TO TAKE THE REST OF THE DAY OFF.

MADAME CLERK, TAKE THEIR. TOM PARKER -- THE VOTE.

>> MADAME CLERK:

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE ARE PUTTING ON ORDINANCE 129 WHICH IS AMENDING THE OFFICIAL CODE PRESENTING THOSE PERTAINING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS HIRED AFTER JULY 1ST 2006.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: 11 YES. ORDINANCE 129 IS ADOPTED.

FIRST READING. WE ARE READY FOR ITEM TEN, ORDINANCE 128TH 2020-21. AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 WHEN OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 22 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS AND ADOPTING THE TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY JULY 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING JUNE . PARKS I WOULD NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED IN FAVOR OF ORDINANCE 128.

COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE

ORDINANCE OR AN AMENDMENT? >> KAREN REYNOLDS: AN AMENDMENT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. DO WE HAVE A COPY OF YOUR

AMENDMENT? >> KAREN REYNOLDS: YES, MAYOR.

IT IS THE ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE NAME ON IT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IF YOU WOULD READ IT FOR US SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT ONE.

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: MY AMENDMENT IS SESSION SIX TAX RATE.

THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE FISCAL YEAR 2022 TAX YEAR 2021 TAX RATE FOR REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IS SET AT 1,023 CENTS.

AMENDED TO READ, THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE FISCAL YEAR 2022 TAX YEAR 2021 TAX RATE FOR REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY IS SET AT

$1.18. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IS THAT IN

THE FORM OF A MOTION? >> KAREN REYNOLDS: YES.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THAT MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. I SEE THAT IT IS REDUCING THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. I HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD. COUNCILPERSON EVANS, DID YOU WISH TO BEAT NOT ON THIS AMENDMENT?

>> ASHLEY EVANS: I DON'T GET TO DECIDE.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: GO AHEAD. >> ASHLEY EVANS: SORRY.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: NO, GO AHEAD.

COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, I WILL COME BACK TO YOU.

>> ASHLEY EVANS: THE CITY HAS $40 MILLION IN COVID FUNDS HAVE ADDRESSED SEVERAL AREAS IN THE E-MAIL WHERE I THINK MONEY HAS

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BUT I THINK IT IS EXTRAORDINARY TIMES DURING THIS COVID AND WITH THIS EXTRA MONEY THIS YEAR WE CAN REALLY TAKE A STEP BACK AND WE NEED TO COME BACK AND GET THE EXTRA MONEY NEXT YEAR.

AND BECAUSE WE DID NOT -- WE WERE NOT ABLE TO USE ENOUGH OF THE COVID FUNDS, THEN I WOULD CERTAINLY ANTICIPATE THAT.

BUT I THINK CONSIDERING THE INCOME LEVEL OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE UNAVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ONLY ASK FOR WHAT WE NEED UPFRONT AND I THINK THAT ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND AS THE YEARS TO COME WE MAY NEED TO INCREASE, JUST WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE NOT TAKE TOO MUCH AT ONE TIME. SO THAT IS WHY I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THIS. THAT IS WHY I'M PROPOSING THIS.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YOU HAVE HEARD THE EXPLANATION.

COUNCILPERSON EVANS, DID YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THIS AMENDMENT?

>> ASHLEY EVANS: LET ME GET MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER.

I WILL JUST -- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

PUSH THE BUTTON AGAIN JUST TO GET YOU ON THAT LIST.

COUNCILPERSON STRICKLAND, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> STACEY STREETMAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE THAT. UNDER THE TAX RATE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO US OF THE -- THAT WAS CALCULATED BASED ON -- BY ABOUT TWO YEARS PASSWORDS OF TIME WITH PEOPLE WORKING IN GATHERING HOW WE NEEDED TO DEVELOP OUR TRANSPORTATION 2020 PLUS PLAN. THAT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE GOING TO COST AND BEING ABLE TO SPREAD THOSE OUT AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE IN AN EXTRA NEED TIME OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. BUT I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST YEAR. WE ARE INTO OUR SECOND YEAR.

WE REDUCED OUR RATE BASED ON ON THEREAPPRAISAL RATES AND DROD DOWN TO THE 1.0296. PREVIOUSLY, HAD BEEN 1.24.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS AS WAS STATED BY THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER AND THE SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT THAT THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT OUR COMMITTEE NEEDS IS THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND TOWN AND THAT IS WITH THE ABILITY OF HAVING NEW ROADS. THAT IS LOOKING AT BUILDING OUR ADDITIONAL SATELLITE STATIONS FOR EVERETT TRANSIT SYSTEM.

SIDE EFFECTS, I KNOW, IN MIGHT READ, I'VE HEARD NUMEROUS THINK ABOUT THAT. WE ARE CURRENTLY HEARING ABOUT THE NEED OF CLARKSVILLE TO GET AHEAD OF THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS STAYED BEHIND. WE HAVE A PLANT THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT NECESSARILY HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

AS WELL AS IN THE FUTURE BY JUST ADJUSTING IT BY FIVE CENTS.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT PROJECTS DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE UP, WHAT EFFECT DOES H THAT HAVE ON OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND NOT ALLOWING US TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY NOW AND AS I SAID IN THE FUTURE? SO I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS AMENDMENT.

I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD PUT IT AT THE 1.23.

I'M IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF EVERTZ CLARKSVILLE RESIDENTS AND HELP THEM GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU. COUNCILPERSON EVANS, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> KAREN

>> ASHLEY EVANS: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WAS JUST WONDERING, SINCE THE PROPERTY TAX IS BEING RAISED, TO FUND OUR TRANSPORTATION 2020 PLAN, WHERE WOULD THE -- WOULD THIS DEDUCTION BE, LIKE, SUBSTITUTED WITH THE COVID FUNDS TO PARTIALLY FUND THE TRANSPORTATIONS PLAN? AND IF SO, WHERE WOULD THOSE COME FROM?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IS THAT A QUESTION TO ME OR TO SPONSOR?

>> ASHLEY EVANS: IT WOULD BE MAYBE HALF OF INTO THE SPONSOR

AND HALF OF IT TO -- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: I DON'T THINK MR. BAKER CAN ANSWER THE INITIAL QUESTION.

YOU ARE LOOKING AT HIM. >> ASHLEY EVANS: I WAS UNSURE.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: SO -- >> THIS HAS COME UP IN THE PAST BASED ON WHAT MIGHT REGULATION IS.

MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT IF EIGHT CITY COUNCIL EVERETT PROPOSES AN AMENDMENT TO A MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET TO REDUCE THE PROPOSED

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AND THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL. AND IN MY VIEW, A MOTION SIMPLY FOR THE OFFER EIGHT CUT TO THE TAX RATE WITHOUT CORRESPONDING CUTS TO EXPENDITURES IS OUT OF ORDER.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU, MR. BAKER.

WE WILL CONSIDER THIS AMENDMENT OUT OF ORDER AND WE ARE NOT READY FOR THE NEXT AMENDMENT, WHICH I HAVE BEFORE ME.

SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE BUTLER AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 128.

COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU GOT SEVERAL HERE, SO I'M GOING TO

CALL ON YOU PREPARE PARTS. >> TRISHA BUTLER: I WOULD LIKE

TO CHALLENGE APPROPS LAST -- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

WE WILL PUT IT ON THE BOARD. YOU ARE MAKING A MOTION TO

CHALLENGE THE CHAIR -- >> TRISHA BUTLER: ON RULING THE LAST MOTION -- AMENDMENT OUT OF ORDER.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. BAKER, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.

>> THIS ISSUE COULD BE CURED IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WANTS TO OFFER AND COMMITMENT TO REDUCE THE RATE OFFERS A LINE ITEMS ARE CORRESPONDING QUITE. BY THE SAME AMOUNT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THEY CAN'T DO THAT LINE ITEM.

>> BUT THEY CAN SAY, I WANT TO REDUCE THE OVERALL BOTTOM LINE NUMBER IT FOR SOME INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT OR GROUPS OF DEPARTMENTS. THEY CAN DO THAT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. COUNCILPERSON ALAN, YOU HAD A

QUESTION FOR MR. BAKER? >> WANDA ALLEN: MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, IF THE INCREASE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, CAN WE TAKE THAT FIVE CENTS FROM THE

TRANSPORTATION PLAN? >> BAKER: YOU CAN DO THAT IF

THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU.

COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU HAD A CLOSING COMMENT?

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: YEAH, I WOULD TO SAY THAT WHEN I WAS REACH OUT TODAY, I WAS NOT INFORMED OF THAT.

I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD NOT DO ANY LINE ITEMS. SO I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT COMPOSITION.

IT WAS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION BASED ON SOME OF MY EARLIER QUESTIONS. BUT I FELT LIKE AN FULL TRANSPARENCY, EVERYONE KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS AND

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WELT --

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD --

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: LET HER FINISH HER THOUGHTS AND DIDN'T MR. BAKER, YOU CAN. COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, PLEASE

FINISH. >> MAYOR J

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: I WILL GET MY NOTES OUT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: AND WE ARE ON THAT MOTION TO CHALLENGE THE

ROLE OF THE CHAIR RIGHT NOW. >> BAKER: YOU ARE PART TOURNAMENT PART TOURNAMENT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.

AND THEY ARE CHALLENGING -- >> BAKER: AND THEY ARE

CHALLENGING THAT. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

SO WE ARE SPEAKING TO MOTION TO CHALLENGE THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR.

COUNCILPERSON RED, DID YOU TO ADDRESS THAT PUTS.

>> WALLACE REDD: YES, SIR. I REMEMBER THAT WHEN THAT MAYOR WAS HERE, I DON'T SEE PARTICULARLY ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT MOTION FROM THE A COUNCILMEMBER THAT THEY HAVE TO SOMEHOW TAKE FUNDS FROM SOME OTHER DEPARTMENT OR SOME CUT TO THE MAKE UP FOR IT. THAT IS JUST MY OPINION.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT ANYWHERE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT ANYWHERE IN THE RULES. I DON'T SEE IT ANYWHERE.

WE JUST REVERT TO IN MY OPINION CONNECT TO THE MAYOR AND THEN THAT MAYOR WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE BUDGET ITEM LATER.

IT IS NOT NECESSARILY TO MOTION MAKER.

THEY HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR THAT PART OF THE BUDGET.

ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE IT IS. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE A MAYOR'S DUTY UNDER THE CHARTER AND CITY CODE IS TO PRESENT A BUDGET. THAT IS IT.

IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THE BUDGET, TO INCLUDE THE TAX RATE, BUT THE CHARTER AND THE CITY CODE ALSO REQUIRES THAT ANY PROJECT THAT GETS ADOPTED HAS TO BE IN BALANCE AND IF, AGAIN, IF YOU CANNOT PUT THE CITY IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE REDUCED THE TAX RATE, THEREBY REDUCING THE EXPENDITURES AND IF NO ONE ELSE MAKES ANY CUTS TO THE BUDGET, ONCE, LET'S SAY, HER MOTION WERE TO PASS CAPTAIN IN THE CITY COUNCIL GOES ON AND APPROVES THAT MAYOR'S BUDGET, WHAT WOULD THE REDUCE TAX RATE, THEN EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO EXCEED REVENUES IN THE BUDGET THAT IS APPROVED AND THAT IS ILLEGAL.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON --

>> WALLACE REDD: I WOULD BRIEFED THE COUNCIL ON THIS.

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>> I WILL JUST SAY THAT WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE.

THE BUDGET DOES NOT EVEN HAVE TO PASS.

IT WOULD REVERT BACK TO OLD BUDGET AND THEN REVERT BACK TO THE CHIEF OF THE CITY, WHICH IS THE MAYOR.

THAT IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. BUT THAT IS FUN.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THAT MOTION TO CHALLENGE?

>> WANDA ALLEN: YES. I THINK -- I DISAGREED WITH THE MOTION AND THE REASON I DISAGREED WITH THE MOTION TO CHALLENGE IS BECAUSE IT WAS AUTOMATICALLY -- OUR ATTORNEY DID TELL US THAT IT WAS OUT OF ORDER.

HOWEVER, THIS COUNCILPERSON SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX IT. IT IS AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR.

SO IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND FIX THAT, I THINK THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT INSTALIFT IS PASSING IT

OVER. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS THE FIRST READING AND SHE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CURE THAT AT THE SECOND READING.

IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND BRING IT BACK.

>> WANDA ALLEN: MAYOR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN WE HAD AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR AND THAT COUNCILPERSON WAS ALLOWED TO CORRECT THEIR AMENDMENT RIGHT ON THE FLOOR.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WELL, RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON THE MOTION TO CHALLENGE THE RULING OF THE CHAIR.

THAT GIVES THE SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT TIME TO FIX WHATEVER IT IS THE AMENDMENT ADDRESSES. MR. BAKER, ARE YOU WANTING TO

SAY SOMETHING? >> BAKER: IT IS TRUE WHAT COUNCILMAN ALLEN JUST SAID. IN MY VIEW, IT RESPECTFULLY ALL INVOLVED. THAT IS, EVEN IF HER MOTION AS PRESENTED INITIALLY IS OUT OF ORDER AND I BELIEVE THAT IS, BUT THAT IS NOT MY DECISION TO MAKE. IT IS THE CHAIR'S.

AND ULTIMATELY, IT IS THE COUNCIL.

>> I BELIEVE IT IS -- BUT IT IS ALSO ACCURATE BUT COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN SAID THAT IS EVEN IF IT IS OUT OF ORDER AS PRESENTED, THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP HER FROM WRITING --

>> TRANSPORTATION PLAN. >> BAKER: BY HOWEVER MANY AMOUNT IS OF THE REDUCTION OF THE GREAT.

I FORGOT WHAT THE AMOUNT IS. SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

FOR EVERY CENT. SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO SHE COULD JUST LIKE THAT AND DIDN'T REPRESENT HER MOTION AT

THIS MEETING. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCILPERSON ALLEN?

>> WANDA ALLEN: NO. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE ARE ON THE MOTION TO CHALLENGE THE RULE OF THE CHAIR. SO MADAME CLERK.

OR WE ON THE BOARD? OKAY.

WE ARE VOTING TO CHALLENGE THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR.

ALL MEMBERS VOTE, PLEASE. >> COUNCILMEMBER: DOES OVERRULE THE CHALLENGE. WE WOULD VOTE -- THE CHALLENGE TO THE RULING OF THE CHAIR.

MR. BAKER, IF YOU WOULD EXPLAIN. >> BAKER: THE CHALLENGES INTO OVERRULE THE CHAIR'S DECISION TO RULE HER MOTION, AS WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED OUT OF ORDER.

IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ARE -- SAY THAT MAYOR IS WRONG AND OUT OF ORDER, VOTE IN FAVOR. IF YOU WANT TO SAY KNOW HE IS RIGHT TO CALL IT OUT OF ORDER FOR THE REASONS WE HAVE JUST

TALKED ABOUT, VOTE NO. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ALL MEMBERS VOTE, PLEASE. AND BRITAIN -- EVERY MEMBER VOTED? MADAME CLERK, TAKE THAT VOTE SIX

YES, ZERO ABSTAIN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THAT IS THE MAJORITY.

PAR. WE ARE BACK ON THE AMENDMENT FOR COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS. YOU ARE MECHANIZE.

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO DECREASE THE POINTS AND REC BUDGET. THE REMAINDER WOULD BE A DECREASE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION.

THE REMAINDER WOULD BE 110,000 THOSE $111,000.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: FROM THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FITS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I WILL ASK IF SHE WOULD CHEMICALLY FOR US T

THAT. >> I'M SORRY.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IF YOU WO WOULD.

>> TO MAKE THINGS -- SHE IS GOING TO WRITE THAT UNHURT REGINALD AMENDMENT SHE POSTED. WE WILL MAKE COPIES AND PASS THAT OUT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MATH IS RIGHT AND SHE CAN MAKE SURE OF THAT.

AND WHAT SHE IS -- HAS JUST NOW DONE, RESPECTFULLY, I WOULD SUGGEST, IS MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND HER ORIGINAL MOTION.

AT THE PART ABOUT WORK WITH THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. >> OKAY.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. HANG ON.

COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS? >> KAREN REYNOLDS: I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT MATH, PLEASE. IF YOU ARE PROTECTED -- DEDUCTING 500,000, THE BALANCE OF THE TAX CUT DOWN TO $1.18

WOULD BE $1,202,717. >> 1 MILLION --

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>> KAREN REYNOLDS: 1,202,717 WOULD HAVE TO BE QUICK FROM THE

TRANSPORTATION PLAN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

YOU HAVE HEARD THAT MOTION. , I HEAR AN COMMITMENT FROM

COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS? >> KAREN REYNOLDS: THAT IS MY

AMENDMENT. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REDUCE THE DEPARTMENT AND REX BUDGET AND 500,000 THOSE AND REDUCE THE REMAINDER OF THE TRANSPORTATION BY 1,000,200 -- HAS A PERSON'S TREATMENT, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENT?

>> STACEY STREETMAN: YES, SIR. I HAD ALREADY SPOKEN TO MY CONCERN FOR TAKING AWAY FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

I HAVE BECOME EVEN MORE CONCERNED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAKING $500,000 AWAY FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

I JUST OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS WHEN THEY ARE TRADING THEIR BUDGETS AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO COME TO AS FOR WHAT THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED AND THAT BUDGET WAS CREATED WITH WHAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT NEEDED TO GIVE THE SERVICES TO THEIR COMMUTE IS.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE PARKS AND AS WAS REFERENCED BY ANOTHER SPEAKER KEEPING THE GRASS TALK AT WHAT ABOUT JOBS? THIS COULD POTENTIALLY INTERACT KEEP FROM PEOPLE BEING HIRED OR PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOBS OVER THIS. SO I AM ABSOLUTELY, AS I SAID BEFORE, I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS AMENDMENT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU. COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> VONDELL RICHMOND: THANK YOU.

WE ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB THERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OVER DIRECTOR. AND WE ARE -- THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER IS ALSO ON THE COMMITTEE WITH ME.

EACH WEEK, WE ARE RALLYING TO HIRE MORE AMAZING MEN AND WOMEN TO BECOME A PART OF THAT DEPARTMENT.

IT WOULD BE A DETRIMENT TO PRODUCE OUR BUDGET BY THIS MUCH AND WITHOUT CONSULTATION OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS -- AGAIN, I THINK I HAVE STATED THIS IN A PREVIOUS MEETING.

I IS WELL OFF OF A PREVIOUS SPEAKER, LEAVE THAT WE HAVE HIRED THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.

FOR THEM TO PUT IN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IS FAR GREATER THAN ANY BUDGET HISTORY THAT I HAVE.

I, TOO, WILL BE VOTING THIS DOWN AND AM IN AGREEMENT WITH KEEPING THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE ACCORDING TO EVERTZ APARTMENT -- DEPARTMENT HEADS' RECOMM RECOMMENDATION.

>> I'M SORRY, WE SHOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

IT IS VERY CONFUSING. EVERYBODY IS OFFERING AMENDMENTS. IT MAKES MORE SENSE I THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH IS HER. WE HAVE DONE THIS EVERY YEAR.

ALL AMENDMENTS OFFERED BY EVERYONE WE ARE GOING TO START WITH AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. THAT IS GOING TO BE THE REYNOLDS AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. AND THAT WE ARE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT TO HER AMENDMENT. AMENDMENT ONE, PARENTHESES, REYNOLDS. LET'S SAY TREATMENT OFFERS ANOTHER AMENDMENT. IT WOULD BE AMENDMENT NUMBER -- I DON'T MEAN AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT.

I MEAN BUDGET. IT WOULD BE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. TREATMENT.

AND THAT WAY, WE JUST KEEP GOING IN NUMERICAL ORDER.

EVERYBODY CAN STAY STRAIGHT. PARTS IS THAT OKAY BE -- WITH

EVERYONE? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THAT IS GOOD. WE WILL HELP THE -- IF YOU DON'T MIND, MADAME CLERK? WE ARE ON AMENDMENT ONE.

COUNCIL PERSON SMITH, YOU ARE MECHANIZE?

>> WANDA SMITH: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THE 20% INCREASE AND I MYSELF WHO HAS BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS, I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER VOTED FOR THE TAX INCREASE ON THE PROPERTY.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST IT. WHAT I NOTE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS. WE NEED NEW STREETS.

WE NEED THIS. WE NEED RAMPS.

BUT WE NEED THE MONEY TO ALSO DO THIS.

I'M KIND OF PERPLEXED ON THIS IN THE SENSE THAT I KNOW 20 CENTS IS NOTHING. SO TAKING FENCING -- FIVE CENTS FROM IT, I DUNNO HOW IT IS GOING TO HELP IT.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE ANYTHING FROM PARKS AND RECREATION BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB IN THIS COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY IN THE LOW INCOME AREAS. I SEE THIS ALL THE TIME.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT 20% IS NOTHING COMPARED TO FULL DOLLAR RAISE WE JUST VOTED FOR FURTHER GAS AND WATER DEPARTMENT. WHAT IS 20 CENTS? SO I WILL BE IN FAVOR OF REASON THIS TO 20 CENTS.

20-CENT INCREASE. IT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE FOUR DOLLARS. IF WE JUST RAISE ON THE GAS AND WATER DEPARTMENT. AND THE NEXT YOU CAN, WE ARE GOING UP AGAIN. ANOTHER DOLLAR.

SO LET A STICK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING BEFORE WE CUT THIS 20 SENT

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>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> KAREN REYNOLDS: YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THIS IS TRULY NOT ANTICIPATED AS EQUALLY. THIS WE ARE SITTING CURRENTLY ON ABOUT -- CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG -- ABOUT $40 MILLION IN COVID MANY THAT WE HAVE NOT ALLOCATED. WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN ALLOCATE THAT MONEY. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR GUIDANCE. MY ANTICIPATION IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

I'M JUST THING THAT WE DON'T NEED TO THE END OF THE PANDEMIC RAISE RATES. WE HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY MAKE LESS THAN $40,000 A YEAR.

YOU NEED TO MAKE $60.16 AN HOUR AFFORD A TWO BEDROOM HOME IN -- TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT IN CLARKSVILLE.

IT IS NOT JUST A 20 SENT RACE. IT IS A 20 SENT RACE.

AN SET VALUE. SO MANY OF THE VALUES WILL GO UP 30 OR $40, NOT JUST THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE RAISED OUR RESIDENTS' RATES ON GAS AND WATER. WE HAVE RAISED THEIR RATES ON THE WE'LL TAX. AND NOW, WE ARE RAISING THEIR RATE ON PROPERTY. AND WHAT WE ALL TALK ABOUT RATEPAYERS VERSUS COUNTY VERSUS CITY, ONLY INCOME PRIVILEGE PEOPLE, WHAT BREAKS DOWN AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT RACE.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING IT KEPT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT IS ONE TALK ABOUT. THIS YEAR WHAT WE HAVE AN HISTORIC AMOUNT OF INCOME COMING, WE HAVE THAT? ABILITY TO CENTER OUR VULNERABLE RESIDENTS ON OUR BUDGET AND PERHAPS GAMBLE A LITTLE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MAKE UP SOME OF THE MONEY WITH THIS AMOUNT OF COVID INCOME THAT WE ARE SITTING ON. I RAN AND TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE NEED TO DO THIS.

OF VIRTUALLY, WE NEED TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT PLANNED ACCORDINGLY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND NOW WE ARE ASKING OUR RESIDENTS TO PAY FOR IT. BUT THIS IS NOT TRULY WHAT I ANTICIPATE A DECREASE IN THE AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR ANY OF THESE DEPARTMENTS. I WILL REMIND YOU THAT I ALSO AM ON PARTS AND REX. THEY OF ALL THE GROUPS TOOK A $100,000 INCREASE -- NO, 1 MILLION-DOLLAR INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET THIS YEAR. BECAUSE WHEN WE TRANSFERRED THE MONEY OUT, FOR THE NEW ORDINANCE THAT WE JUST PASSED FOR THE NEW DEPARTMENT, THEY DID NOT DEDUCT IT FROM THEIR TOTAL.

PART THEY ONLY DECREASED IMPORTANT%.

-- A .9%. THEY -- THEIR OVERALL BUDGET WAS RAISED BY $1 MILLION. AND THAT IS WHY I SELECTED THEM.

AGAIN, I LOOKED AT THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR LINE ITEMS. AND THEY HAD MANY ITEMS ON EQUIPMENT.

I'M HOPING THAT -- ARE GAMBLING AND YES, IT IS A GAMBLE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE COVID MONEY TO MAKE UP FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE ONE-TIME PROJECTS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE DONE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YOU ARE GAMBLING WITH HOUSE MONEY, AND THAT IS EASY TO DO. BUT WE HAVE PARKED AND PULLS.

WE GOT FACILITY TO MAINTAIN AND TO PRODUCE THEIR BUDGET IS NOT RESPONSIBLE. MY OPINION.

THEY DO NOT TAKE THE ONE MILLION-DOLLAR INCREASE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE STATUS "BUDGET WHICH WAS NOT -- STATUS" BUDGET WHICH WAS NOT CONTINUED INTO THE FISCAL YEAR.

I DISAGREE WITH THIS. I THINK IT IS JUST THROWING DARTS AT A DARTBOARD. COUNCILPERSON ELLEN, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> WANDA ALLEN: SPEAKING TO THE $1.23 VERSUS THE $1.18. I REACHED OUT TO -- TODAY.

I MEAN, IT YESTERDAY AND I GOT WHAT THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD WOULD GO UP. YOU, WITH THIS 20 SENT INCREASE.

AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SEEING 20 CENTS INCREASE IN THE 20 PERSON INCREASE. THAT SOUNDS VERY DIFFERENT.

LOOKING AT THAT WITH A 20 SENT INCREASE, FOR THE AVERAGE HOME IN CLARKSVILLE. THAT IS $160,000.

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AND THAT IS PROFIT $160,000.66000 HOME.

$250,000 HOME, IT IS A TENT OTHER AND 44 CENTS INCREASE PER MONTH. WITH THIS INCREASE, WE CAN PUT ROADS IN CLARKSVILLE THAT ARE NEEDED.

OKAY? AND WE DO ALL HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO GET THAT DONE. IF WE DON'T PASS THIS -- IF WE DON'T PASS THIS OR WE DON'T ALLOW SOMEBODY TO VOTE FOR THIS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET THE ROADS WE NEED.

AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO MY THING WOULD SAY IS WE LEAVE IT AT 1,023 CENTS AND THEN WE GO FROM THERE BECAUSE WE NEED THESE ROADS. AND ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO INBOX ME AND SAY, I CAN'T AFFORD THIS, PLEASE DO THAT.

BECAUSE WE NEED THESE ROADS. THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT TAKE PEOPLE OUT THAT ARE LOW INCOME, THERE ARE PEOPLE -- THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT TAKE PEOPLE OUT OF HAVING TO PAY THESE TAXES.

PROPERTY JUST GOT TO APPLY FOR IT.

AT THIS POINT THAT WE NEED TO DISPOSE.

SO WHAT THAT WE DECIDE TO DO THE $1.23 INCREASE OR WE DECIDE TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S VOTE ON HAVE A VOTE ON THE BOND ISSUE, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR. WE ALL SAT HERE AND WHAT WE HEARD WHEN WE WENT TO THE ERROR CONSTITUENTS IS THAT ROADS.

WE NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE. AND NOW THE TIME COMES TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS AND SOME OF US ARE NOT WILLING TO DO IT. WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THIS AND GET IT DONE. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY, AND LET'S REMEMBER, WE ARE ON AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT ONE WHICH IS THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET.

COUNCILPERSON BROTHER YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENT?

>> TRISHA BUTLER: NO, NOT THIS ONE.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON REYES? NON-DEBATABLE.

AND REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS OF VOTE WHICH IS NINE OF US.

OR MR. BAKER, TWO-THIRDS OF THE WHOLE OR TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE

RESIN. >> RB VOTING? ARE WE VOTING ON AN COMMITMENT?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO CALLING FOR THE

QUESTION? >> NO.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: HEARING TEN UNCUT WE ARE CALLING -- THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED. SO WE ARE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT. TO THE AMENDMENT WHICH IS TO REDUCE PARKS AND RECREATION AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

BY THE AMOUNT LISTED. WE WILL ASK EVERY MEMBER TO CAST THEIR VOTE, PLEASE. WE ARE VOTING ON THE REYNOLDS AMENDMENT TO HER AMENDMENT WHICH IS TO PRODUCED PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

EVERY MEMBER VOTED? ANY MEMBER WAS TO CHANGE THE PROVIDE? MADAME CLERK TAKE THAT VOTE.

OH. IT IS OKAY.

PRODUCTS TAKE THE VOTE, MADAME CLERK.

>> MADAME CLERK: NONE -- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE ARE ON

THE AMENDMENT ONE BY REYNOLDS. >> THAT MAKES IT --

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: MAKES IT VOID, MR. BAKER.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE. >> BAKER: IT DOES NOT.

THE REASON WHY.

-- TO OVERRULE -- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY, WE ARE BACK ON IT. AMENDMENT BY REYNOLDS.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILPERSON BROTHER.

YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THIS AMENDMENT.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR SCOTT MR. MAYOR.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SEEN MY AMENDMENTS, MR. BAKER, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LINE ITEMS.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE ARE ON THIS AMENDMENT.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: I UNDERSTAND. I HAVE A LIST OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO MENTION MENTION THAT ARE PRICE CUTS.

AND IF I DO THAT NOW, ALONG WITH THIS, --

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YOU CAN'T DO THAT, MA'AM.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: IF I AM MEANT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO JUSTIFY AMENDING THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE UP AGAIN LATER?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WOW. JUST WOW.

>> IS THIS WHAT YOU ARE ASKING PUT YOU WOULD BE PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO REYNOLDS AMENDMENT ONE AND YOUR AMENDMENT BE, I WANT TO REDUCE THE BOTTOM LINE DEPARTMENT NUMBERS FOR WHATEVER DEPARTMENTS THESE ARE GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THESE

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YOU WOULD WANT TO REDUCE THOSE DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO MATCH --

>> TRISHA BUTLER: SO HERE'S THE THING.

I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT IS EVEN LESS OF A TAX RATE THAN THAT. I PREPARED TO GIVE YOU THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS FROM EACH SECTION.

IF I OFFER THAT NOW AS AN AMENDMENT BASED ON THE ATTACHMENT RATE, IT DOES THAT MEAN I CANNOT OFFER THOSE SEPARATELY AS AN MEANT TO BE TAKEN FROM THE BUDGET?

LIKE, IF IT FAILS. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IF HER AMENDMENT FAILS TO ANY MEMBER CAN STILL OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE. AND ANY MEMBER -- BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, MY ADVICE TO YOU IS I BELIEVE IT IS OUT OF ORDER TO THE OFFER ANY AMENDMENT THAT REDUCES THE TAX RATE IF YOU DON'T ALSO OFFER A CUT, BASICALLY.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: I WAS JUST GOING TO MEANT HERS A PERFECT TIME'S TAKE PICTURES I JUST WAIT?

>> KEEP IT SEPARATE. IT IS SO COMPLICATED WHEN WE TRY

TO INTERMINGLE STUFF. >> TRISHA BUTLER: THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON REDD YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. ANY OBJECTION FOR CALLING ON THE OBJECTION OF AMENDMENT ONE.

WE ARE VOTING ON AMENDMENT ONE, WHICH IS THAT REYNOLDS AMENDMENT TO BUDGET TO PRODUCE THE TAX RATE.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ANY MEMBER AT WHICH TO TAKE IN THE -- CHANGE THE MOTION FEELS. THE AMENDMENT FAILS.

WE ARE READY FOR THE NEXT AMENDMENT.

BUT I HAVE BEFORE ME AND MADAME CLERK, HELP ME HERE.

IT IS A BETTER AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 128.

THAT MOTION TO AMEND CAPITAL PROJECTS REHAB 200,000.

EVERYBODY, THAT? THAT IS WHAT I HAVE ON MY STAFF.

WE WILL CALL THAT AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.

EVERYBODY GOT IT? BUTLER AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 128. THE MOTION TO AMEND TO REMOVE ITEMS.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THIS SEEMS TO BE LIKE IT IS LINE ITEM --

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT IS A LINE ITEM.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE LINE ITEMS THAT THAT WE ONLY HAVE

CONTROL OVER THE BUDGETS? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: HOLD THAT

THOUGHT. >> THIS IS AMENDMENT TWO

PARENTHESES BUTLER. >> COUNCILMEMBER: IT IS DIFFERENT. THE COUNCIL CONTROLS FUNDING.

IT IS NOT A LINE ITEM LIKE THE BUDGET.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> DAJUAN LITTLE: NO. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COMES IMPORTANT -- COUNCILPERSON BUTLER KENT HRBEK AS FOR THE AMENDMENT.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: WE ARE EN -- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YOU GOT TO

GET IT BEFORE US. >> TRISHA BUTLER: I MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE CAPITAL PROJECT REHABILITATION.

IT IS LOCATED ON 92 OF YOUR AGENDA AND IT IS $200,000.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: DO I HEAR A SECOND? COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: I GUESS THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS IS THAT I'M A HISTORY MAJOR HISTORICAL BUILDINGS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME. HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE PRIVATIZED. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD SELL THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE AND THAT IT SHOULD BE -- YEAH, THAT IS ALL I GOT. SO THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THAT IS ALL YOU GOT.

COUNCILPERSON EVANS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> ASHLEY EVANS: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WAS JUST WANTING TO ASK IF ANYBODY KNEW THE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THIS WAS BEING SPENT THE FOOT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: I CAN TELL YOU.

THE BUILDING ARE MENTIONED AS IT IS COMMONLY REFERRED IS A CITY ASSET. IT IS IN A GREAT STAIR OF THE SUPERIOR -- DISREPAIR. GROUNDHOGS ARE TAKING OVER THE GROUNDS. WE NEED.

WE NEED TO'S USUALLY SPENT SOME MONEY TO SAVE THE STRUCTURE -- TO SERIOUSLY SPENT SOME MONEY TO SAVE THE STRUCTURE.

THERE IS A NONPROFIT GROUP THAT OPERATES OUT OF THEIR SPACE THERE AND DOES A GOOD JOB GETTING THE LIGHTS ON SERVICE.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY. BUT WE PUSH THIS BUILDING IS IN SERIOUS NEED OF REPAIR. IT WOULD NOT BE IN THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL IF IT DID NOT NEED URGENT REPAIR.

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>> ASHLEY EVANS: ARE WE PULLING FROM THE COVID PLANS TO FUNDERS?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: NO, WE ARE NOT.

IT IS NOT ELIGIBLE. >> ASHLEY EVANS: OKAY.

SORRY. SO IS THIS, LIKE, A DETRIMENTAL PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPENED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR? BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE ON THE STREETS. AND OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE STRUGGLING, YOU KNOW, IT WITH THEMSELVES AND WITH OUR OWN TRAFFIC AND EVER OWNED INFRASTRUCTURE AND THIS IS TO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT COULD BE CUT TO HELP IN MY UNDERSTANDING SAVE THEM FROM PAYING SO MANY DOLLARS IN PROPERTY TAX. SO THAT IS WHY I WANT TO KNOW IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BELIEVED TO MENTAL.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT IS NOT JUDGMENTAL.

IT IS ACTUALLY AN IMPROVEMENT AND IT IS SAYING -- SAVING AN EXIT OF THE CITY. IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL IF WE DID NOT DO THIS BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS IN SERIOUS NEED OF REPAIR. IT WOULD NOT BE IN THIS BUDGET IF IT WAS NOT. IT WAS -- AND DEVELOPED SOME SERIOUS STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

I PLEAD WITH YOU, DO NOT TAKE THIS MONEY OUT OF THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE GOT TO SAVE THIS ASSET.

IT WILL BE PRIVATIZED BECAUSE IT WILL FALL IN NBA HOLE IN THE GROUND. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE KEEP THIS MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO SAVE THIS HISTORIC BUILDING.

ANYTHING ELSE COUNCILPERSON EVANS?

>> ASHLEY EVANS: LOOK AT THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY, COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> WANDA ALLEN: MY QUESTION IS,

IS IT ON THE HISTORIC REGISTRY? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: I BELIEVE

THAT IT IS, YES. >> WANDA ALLEN: SO THIS $200,000, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

IT IS A HISTORIC BUILDING. HAVE WE LOOK AT FINDING ANY GRANT MONEY OR ANYTHING FOR THIS BUILDING? TOURNAMENT WE HAVE. RESEARCH EVERY SINGLE DAY TO TRY TO GET MONIES TO HELP FIX THAT BUILDING.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL. >> WANDA ALLEN: IF WE COUNT GRANTS BEFORE THEN, WE WOULD USE THOSE.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ALWAYS SPENT GRANT MONEY BRISKET PROVIDED IT DOES NOT DELAY. SOMETIMES THE JUICE AIN'T WORTH THE SQUEEZE, AS THEY SAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> FIRST LADY CYNTHIA PITTS: OF KNOWING THE CONCERN THAT THERE IS WITH THIS BUILDING, I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT ANY DAMAGE THAT CAN CAUSE IT AS WAS PREFERENCE.

EDWARD TAKE THE RISK OF SOMEBODY GETTING HURT IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THERE.

I KNOW MY -- I MYSELF ATTENDED EVENTS THERE.

I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND 200,000 WOULD NOT BE -- WE ALREADY DISCUSSED HOW MUCH MONEY THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE OF FIVE CENTS.

200,000 IS GOING TO MAKE LESS OF A DIFFERENCE.

I WILL ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THIS IN

OUR BUDGET. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU.

COUNCILPERSON REDD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> WALLACE REDD: THERE WAS A MOVIE A LONG TIME AGO CALLED THE MONEY PIT. WE HAVE BEEN TERRIBLE STEWARDS OF THIS PARTICULAR MANSION OR HISTORICAL PLACE.

THAT IS FAR BACK AS AT LEAST 1997, I CAN TELL YOU.

I THINK I GREET WITH THE SPONSOR THAT FIRST OFF, $200,000 IS NOT GOING TO DO IT. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR AND AGAIN, WE HAVE JUST BEEN TERRIBLE STEWARDS. I THINK A LONG TIME AGO, WE SHOULD HAVE SOLD THIS TO TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD FIX THIS THING UP AND GIVE IT THE CARE THAT IT DESERVES AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE THING TO DO. THANK YOU.

>> WAND >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> WANDA SMITH: THANK YOU, MAYOR PITTS CAN SOMEONE TELL ME THAT MISSION? I CAN'T SPEAK TONIGHT.

THE MISSION AND THE PURPOSE. WHAT DO THEY DO IN THIS COMMUNITY? WHY CAN'T THEY GET RANTS? I WANT TO KNOW. HE SAID WE HAVE APPLIED.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: I DID NOT SAY WE APPLY.

WHERE ARE LOOKING FOR GRANTS THAT WOULD OFFSET THE COST FOR THAT WE HAVE OF THIS HISTORIC STRUCTURE.

THEY ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE, AT LEAST THOSE THAT WE MAYBE ELIGIBLE FOR. THE MISSION IS STRICTLY TO BE AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT PLAYS A PART. IT IS ADDITION TO THE RIVERVIEW CEMETERY, WHICH I UNDERSTAND HAS A VETERAN OF EVERY SINGLE WAR.

IT IS ON THE GROUND. BEAUTIFUL VISTA.

OVERLOOKING THE RIVER. IT IS AN ASSET TO THEIR COMMUNITY. IT IS USED FOR WEDDING RECEPTIONS AND OTHER TREES AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND OTHER EVENTS AND IT WILL BE A SHAME TO LET THIS FALL DOWN.

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>> WANDA SMITH: SO IT IS A COMMUNITY ASSET.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT IS. >> WANDA SMITH: THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON REDD THAT YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> WALLACE REDD: I WOULD LIKE TO

CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE, OKAY.

WE ARE READY TO PUT ON THE BUTLER AMENDMENT WHICH IS TO REDUCE THE BUDGET. PERTINENT TO THE MANSION.

EVERY MEMBER VOTE, PLEASE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED? ANY MEMBER AT WHICH TO CHANGE THE POPE FRANCIS MADAME CLERK.

UPVOTE. >> MADAME CLERK: TWO YES, THERE

ABSTAIN. >> AMENDMENT FAILED.

WE ARE READY FOR THE NEXT AMENDMENT, WHICH ACCORDING TO AT MY STACK HERE IS THE BUTLER AMENDMENT THAT ORDINANCE 128.

REGARDING THE TAX RATE FOR REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.

I WILL CALL ON THE SPONSOR AND BIBLICAL THAT BUTLER AMENDMENT THREE. COUNCILPERSON BUTLER.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THAT WENT UNTIL LAST IF THAT IS THE

SEEM TO YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

THE REQUEST BY THE SPONSOR HAS BEEN TO MOVED AT THE BOTTOM OF

THE STACK. >> THE BOTTOM OF THE STACK.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: BELIEVE ME, IT IS A STACK.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT MOVING DISTANT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STACK? HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE STACK. THE NEXT ITEM ON MY STACK IS BUTLER AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE 128.

I'M GOING TO CALL THAT MM AND FOUR.

AND THAT IS AN AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE SWAN LAKE GOLF COURSE EXPENSE ITEM CALL ON THE SPO SPONSOR.

COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: FOR THIS, I BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LINE ITEM. SO I GUESS IF WE CAN ADD THE -- BOTH OF THE GOLF COURSES, THE AMOUNT ON THEM TOGETHER AND OFFER IT AS AN AMENDMENT TO -- IS THAT GOING TO BE PARTS AND

RECORD? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THAT IS

WHERE IT IS. >> TRISHA BUTLER: SO AND SO THE AMOUNT ARCH 1,000,038-DOLLAR -- 1038759 FOR SWAN LAKE AND 46855L GOOD. IF YOU GIVE ME A SECOND, I WILL

GET THE FULL AMOUNTS. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: $1,502,410 TO ELIMINATE THE CITY OPERATED GOLF COURSES.

AND SWAN LAKE GOLF COURSE. IS THAT ACCURATE, COUNCILPERSON

BUTLER? >> TRISHA BUTLER: YOU ARE FASTER AT MASS THAN ME, MAYOR PITTS $1,050,702,010 INDEED.

TREATMENT YES, I GOT MY NUMBER. JUST OFF SLIGHTLY.

YOU HAD -- >> BAKER: WE ARE COMBINING BOTH OF THOSE. IT WILL BE A SINGLE AMENDMENT, RIGHT? THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS THAT IT.

SWAN LAKE, MASON RUDOLPH. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: SHE IS PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE THOSE TWO COMBINED THOSE TWO INTO ONE

AMENDMENT. >> BAKER: ALL RIGHT.

GOT IT. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: AND REDUCE DEPARTMENT AND RESTORATION BUDGET BY THAT AMOUNT BUT NOT NECESSARILY TO ELIMINATE THE COURSES.

MI HEARING -- >> TRISHA BUTLER: MY UNDERSTANDING IS I'M NOT ALLOWED TO TELL THE DIRECTOR AT WHAT TO

DO WITH THAT AMOUNT AND BUDGET. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: RIGHT.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: MIGHT SUGGEST AND AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD IS THAT ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THAT GOLF COURSES CAN FIT, I BELIEVE THAT THOSE TWO SHOULD BE SOLD OFF AS ASSETS TO BE ADDED TO OUR GENERAL FUND. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

THANK YOU. HAVE A LIST.

COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, ON THE AMENDMENT.

>> WANDA ALLEN: THE QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR IS -- WELL, MAYBE IT IS NOT A QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR.

MAYBE IT IS A QUESTION FOR PARTS AND WRECK THIS MONEY IS JUST TO RUN DEPARTMENT AND WRECK? JUST TO RUN THE GOLF COURSES? WHAT DEBATE LOOK LIKE LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT REVENUE IS

COMING IN FROM THE GOLF COURSES? >> BAKER: THIS IS OPERATING MONEY FOR THE TWO GOLF COURSES. ALSO UPKEEP.

LIKE GREENS AND WATER AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING.

>> WANDA ALLEN: SO WE ARE NOWHERE CLOSE? IS THERE AN EFFORT TO GET ERROR REVENUES UP AT THE GULF COAST?

>> BAKER: I CAN TELL YOU, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT CREW.

IT HAS NEVER LOOKED BETTER. SWAN LAKE.

AND WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WEEKEND TO MAXIMIZE THE REVENUE.

INCLUDING A GOLF SOME LATER AT SWAN LAKE WHERE YOU CAN PLAY

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>> WANDA ALLEN: SO IF THESE TWO ITEMS WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE BUDGET, WHAT WOULD BE THE EFFECT?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WELL, WE ARE REDUCING THE PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET BECAUSE WE ARE NOT REDUCING THOSE SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS. IN EFFECT, IT WOULD CLOSE THOSE TWO GOLF COURSES AND LAY OFF 20 PEOPLE.

AND SO WE WOULD HOLD REAL ESTATE THERE AND WATCH IT FALL INTO DISREPAIR AND THE CALLS WOULD GO UP EXPONENTIALLY TO US SAYING,

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? >> WANDA ALLEN: WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR -- NOT EVER AT FORT CAMPBELL.

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR CLARKSVILLE COMMUNITY IS USING

THE GOLF COURSE AT THIS POINT? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: I CAN SAY IT IS A LOW-COST ALTERNATIVE. IT IS USED EXTENSIVELY BY JUNIOR GOLFERS WHO HAVE THEIR ANNUAL TOURNAMENT THERE.

SENIOR GOLFERS WHO PLAY THERE ON A REALLY BASIS.

WE HAVE USUALLY FIRST-TIME OR NOVICE GOLFERS PLAY.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD GOLFERS PLAY.

CERTAINLY NOT ME CUTBACK DATABASE -- BECAUSE I'M NOT IN

THAT CATEGORY. >> WANDA ALLEN: WHAT THESE GOLF COURSES -- WITH THESE GOLF COURSES, ARE THERE PROGRAMS JUST LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS? IS THERE A MEMBERSHIP WHERE LOW INCOME FAMILIES ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY GOLF OR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND NOT BE A GOLFER BUT, YOU KNOW, CLASSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN INTO OUR GOLF COURSE TO BOLSTER THESE GOLF COURSES USING FACTS -- BEING USED?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YES. ABOUT EVERY HASKELL INDICATED THAT HAS A GOLF TEAM PRACTICES AND PLAYS WHEN THEY PLAY HOME TOURNAMENT. THEY USE OTHER PRIVATE COURSES ONE SWAN LAKE IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE JUNIOR PRO GOLF TOUR USES IT. THEY USED IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. GOLFERS AS YOUNG AS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OLD ARE PLAYING. THE COURSE FRANKLY IS A LOW COST ALTERNATIVE. MASON RUDOLPH IS EVEN LOWER COST. IT IS USED FREQUENTLY ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE BEGINNERS. BOTH COURSES ARE USED EXTENSIVELY. WERE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE OUR

RETURN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS. >> WANDA ALLEN: THANK YOU.

TREATMENT YOU ARE WELCOME. COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> STACEY STREETMAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO USE THOSE GOLF COURSES. ESPECIALLY SWAN LAKE, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE. PLEASE GO OUT THERE AND CHECK IT OUT. I'M SURE GLAD WITH -- BRAD WOULD BE LED TO SHOWCASE IT TO -- GLAD TO SHOWCASE INTO THAT YOU.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. I DON'T PLAY GOLF.

I HAVE HAD A LOT OF GOLFERS TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT A GREAT COURSE IT IS. SOMETHING ELSE TO KEEP IN MIND.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT -- AGAIN, WE DON'T GET TO DECIDE HOW THE MONEY IS REDUCED FROM THE BUDGET.

BUT THINKING ABOUT THE GOLF COURSES, SENIOR CITIZENS, THEY ARE NOT PLAYING BASKETBALL. THEY ARE NOT PLAYING ALL OF THAT HEAVY SPORTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF SENIOR CITIZENS THAT THEIR FORM OF SIZE IS TO PLAY AT MASON RUDOLPH ARE PLAYING AT THIS ONE PLATE. WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT AMENITIES AS THE FIFTH LARGEST CITY IN THIS STATE AND CONTINUING TO GROW AND THOSE CITIZENS WHO ARE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES EXPECTED TO HAVE THE SERVICES BACK, THOSE ARE SENIOR CITIZENS, TOO. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENJOYED TIME OUTSIDE. DURING THE -- DURING COVID, IT WOULD BE COULD NOT HAVE THE BASKETBALL COURTS OPEN, WE COULD NOT HAVE THE POLLS OPEN. WE WERE ABLE TO STILL HAVE THE GOLF COURSES OPEN AND PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE AND BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING AND GET SOME SORT OF RECREATION DURING THAT TIME. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PUT AGAINST THIS AND LET'S KEEP OUR GOLF COURSES OPEN AND KEEP THOSE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AND NOT LEAST THE EXPENSE THAT WE HAVE SPENT THE PREVIOUS TIME OF BUYING GOLF COURSE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE BEEN OVER THAT YOU CAN TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE GOLF COURSES A GOOD ONE. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON REDD, YOU ARE

VACCINATED. >> WALLACE REDD: THANK YOU, MAYOR PITTS THERE'S A PLACE THAT HAS A GOLF COURSE.

I WENT BY THERE AT ONE TIME. I ASKED THE PEOPLE YOU MAKE A PROFIT? THEY SAID, YES.

AND JUST COST US $1.7 MILLION. I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS IN THE GOLF COURSE BUSINESS.

EVIDENTLY, THEY ARE. I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION. BUT I CAN'T DO THAT AFTER I'VE

SPOKEN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS:

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>> VONDELL RICHMOND: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GREAT POINTS MADE BY PREVIOUSLY ASHLEY'S PREVIOUS SPEAKERS.

I HAD OPPORTUNITY LAST SUMMER TO ESCORT A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD. HE WAS AN AMAZING YOUNG FELLOW.

HIS FATHER TAUGHT HIM HOW TO PLAY GOLF AND HE WAS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LAD. WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING OUT TO SWAN LAKE AND THIS YOUNG MAN MEANT SOME OLDER GENTLEMAN WHO WERE SEASONED GOLFERS. IT TURNED UP THE THREE OF THE JUDGMENT, ONE WAS A REALTOR, BELIEVE.

THE OTHER WAS A FORMER GOLF INSTRUCTOR AT ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO WATCH THE RAPPORT, THE RELATIONSHIP THE PROFESSIONAL CAMARADERIE THAT BEGAN ABOUT THIS TOPIC OF GOLF. SO I SEE THE POINT OF GETTING THIS OFF OF HER BOOKS. I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF COMING UP WITH INNOVATIVE STRATEGY TO MONETIZE THE GOLF COURSE AT THE BUDGET HEARING. I LIKE THE POINT THAT PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SHARED AROUND DECIDING WHETHER THIS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE. OR PRIVATE SECTOR.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD REVISIT.

I'M NOT FAVOR OF SLIDING A BIG PINK SLIP TO 20 EMPLOYEES TO SAY THAT THE COMMITTEE, THE COUNCIL, RATHER, ON A WHIM, WHICH IS WHAT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AT THE BUDGET HEARING JUST DECIDED TO NEXT YEAR PUT JOB. THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE TO KIND OF -- YOU HAD NO SAY SO IN THE MATTER.

YOU HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY TO PIVOT OR DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT YOU JUST HAD 12 MEMBERS WHO DECIDED THAT WE ARE GOING TO QUITE THIS

FUNDING BECAUSE WE ARE. >> WANDA ALLEN: FIGURE OUT A BUSINESS PROBLEM, NOT A HUMAN RESOURCE PROBLEM.

SO I DO THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO BE INVOLVED AND I INVITE OTHERS ON THE COMMITTEE TO COME TO PARKS AND REC'S MEETING AND PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER.

WHETHER THEY BE FROM THE GOLF COMMUNITY ARE OUR TECHNIC BASED TO SAY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DRUNKARDS TO SIT HERE AND DECIDE, WE SHOULD GET RID OF THIS.

SAVING TAXPAYERS SOME DOLLARS. OTHER KNOW IF THAT IS THE WAKE I WANT TO DO BUSINESS AS A COUNCILMEMBER.

I WOULD VOTE THIS DOWN AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE SPONSOR. I DO THINK IT IS A GREAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THE SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. I WOULD LOVE TO SIT AND TALK AND DISCUSS FEASIBLE MEANS SO THAT WE ALL COME OUT AND HAVE A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE. THE CITY'S TAX BASE INCLUDED TO HAVE A SOLUTION. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> WANDA SMITH: THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING SAID, AND I KNOW THAT LOOKING AT THIS, THAT WE WANT TO REMOVE THIS MONEY FOR CERTAIN REASONS. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY CAN GO OUT AND PLAY GOLF.

IS THAT CORRECT? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THAT IS

RIGHT. >> WANDA SMITH: THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT OF BEING -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PARTICULAR -- YOU HAVE TO ME CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS TO BE ABLE TO PLAY GOLF YOU HAVE TO BE IN A GROUP, A CLUB, IN ORDER TO PLAY.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: NOT EXCLUSIVE.

YOU CAN PLAY. >> WANDA SMITH: OKAY.

THAT IS ALL I WANT TO KNOW. AS LONG AS IT IS OPEN TO THE.

AND EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO PLAY WITHOUT A DEEP -- ENIKO YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, RED TAPE REQUIREMENTS.

I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO KEEP IT RUNNING.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU.

COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> JASON KNIGHT: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ANY OBJECTION HEARING NONE, WE ARE NOT VOTING ON AMENDMENT FOUR. WHICH IS THE BUTLER MM INTO REDUCE THE PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET BY 1.5 AND CHANGE.

ALL MEMBERS TO CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED? ANY MEMBER AT ONE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? MADAME CLERK CAN TAKE THAT VOTE. AMENDMENT FOUR FAILED.

WE ARE READY FOR THE NEXT ITEM ON THE STACK AND THAT IS BUTLER AMENDMENT FIVE, WHICH IS TO MOTION TO AMEND OR -- ORDINANCE CAPITAL PROJECT TENNIS COURT. COUNCILPERSON BUTLER KURT BAHR MECHANIZE. -- BUTLER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> MAYOR >> TRISHA BUTLER: AMEND THE

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YOUR AGENDA. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. DO I HEAR A SECOND? PROPERLY SECONDED. COUNCILPERSON BUTLER?

>> TRISHA BUTLER: I HAVE NOTHING NEW TO AD, SIR.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. OH, I'M SORRY.

OKAY. COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS YOU ARE

NEXT ON THAT LIST. >> KAREN REYNOLDS: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT, I APPRECIATE THE TRENDS AND ALTHOUGH WE MAY NOT AGREE ON EXACTLY WHERE I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SPEAK.

I HAVE SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS THAT CONTACT ME REGULARLY ABOUT THE TENNIS COURTS. WE HAVE CLOSED DOWN I THINK ALMOST ALL OF THEM IN THE COMMUNITY EXCEPT FOR SWAN LAKE.

AND THERE IS A CONTINUAL PROBLEM WITH ACCESS TO THE LIGHTING AND THE RESTROOMS FOR THE TENNIS COURT, THE TENNIS CLUB, AND I'M SORRY FOR NOT SAYING IT CORRECTLY TO PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTING. SO I WILL VOTE AGAINST THIS.

BECAUSE I DO THINK WE NEED TO UPGRADE THE AREA FOR ALBERT TEN

THIS COMMUNITY. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU.

COUNCILPERSON REDD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> WALLACE REDD: WELL, I CAN'T LET THE OTHER SPEAKER WHO HAS HER FLASHER SPEAK FIRST AND THEN -- BECAUSE I WANT TO CALL FOR A VOTE. BUT I DO WANT TO CUT ANYBODY OFF THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED THAT HAS THEIR -- POP ARE OKAY.

IF THAT IS OKAY WITH THE CHAIR. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THAT WILL -- OKAY. COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN?

>> STACEY STREETMAN: THIS IS AN AMENITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR RECREATION FOR THEIR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS ENTER THE ENJOY THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE AND WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO ENJOYED THEM COULD NOT JUST DURING THE MAIN DAYLIGHT HOURS, BUT THIS IS A LOVING THEM TO FIX THE LIGHTING AND ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE HAD IN THE PAST WITH THEM.

THAT WILL ALLOW BETTER SAFETY FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT WANT TO PLAY WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM OUR CITIZENS THAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER. THANK YOU.

COUNCILPERSON BUTLER ME GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON REDD COME BACK TO

YOU. >> WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING, TOO.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. YIELD TO COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND.

WHAT WERE SHOT. >> VONDELL RICHMOND: HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT SOLAR LIGHTS? WE ARE PUTTING THIS UP.

IS THAT AN OPTION. I'M JUST PUTTING IT ON THE TABLE AND THANK YOU FOR COUNCILPERSON REDD.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE WILL LOOK AT OTHER -- EVERY OTHER OPTION.

IS LIKE OVER THE OLD. I WON'T SAY THEY WERE AROUND DURING THE CRANK TELEPHONE, BUT THEY WERE PRETTY CLOSE.

>> WE ARE PARTNERING WITH -- UNLESS I AM STATING THAT WRONG.

WE HAVE A COLLABORATION THAT WITH SOLAR FARM AND SO I THINK THAT THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK INTO.

AS A MEANS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU.

BACK TO WIN COUNCILPERSON REDD. >> WALLACE REDD: THANK YOU,

MAYOR. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: I'M THAT A

AGE. >> WALLACE REDD: I WOULD LIKE TO CALLED FOR THE QUESTION FOR A VOTE.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ANY OBJECTION FROM THE CALLING FOR THE QUESTION? HEARING NONE, WE ARE VOTING ON AMENDMENT FIVE. THE BUTLER AMENDMENT FIVE.

ALL MEMBERS TO CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED.

AND EACH MEMBER AT WHICH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE?

MADAME CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> MADAME CLERK: TWO YES, EIGHT

NO, AT ONE EPSTEIN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: AMENDMENT FIVE FAILS. WERE FOR THE NEXT ITEM.

NEXT AMENDMENT EXCUSE ME. WE WILL CALL THIS BUTLER AMENDMENT SIX. AMENDING THE ORDINANCE 128 REMOVED ITEMS CAPITAL PROJECT AND TRAIN PREPARE.

COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE THINGS CLEAR.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT US TO RAISE THEIR TAXES.

THOSE ARE WHAT MY E-MAILS SAY. I'M -- THE TRAIN STATION PREPARE. THIS GOES BUT ALONG WITH THE SAME THING IS IT ABOUT THE ADDITION OF -- ON-SITE AT A MOTION AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO REMOVE ITEM FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. $50,000.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THE ONLY ADDITION THAT I WOULD MAKE TO THIS AND THIS MIGHT RUSSELL SOME FEATHERS. THIS IS BEING USED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. AND I BELIEVE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY -- I

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THAT IS JUST A SUGGESTION. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT, YOU ARE

NEXT ON THE LIST. >> JASON KNIGHT: I WILL YIELD.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO THAT, BUT HANG ON A SECOND. COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> WANDA ALLEN: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THE TRAIN STATION, THAT'S AREA IS GETTING READY TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE REVITALIZATION.

AND WE HAVE TALKING ABOUT THAT AREA.

IT IS LOCATED IN A LOOK HIM -- LOW-INCOME ERROR.

WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THAT EVERY IT MORE.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS WAS COMING ONTO ONE OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. BUT THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE NEEDED TO PREPARE THAT MONEY SO THAT WE CAN REPAIR THE ENTIRE AREA THAT AREA IS REALLY DILAPIDATED.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DRIVEN PAST THERE.

AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO DO A LOT OF WORK DOWN THERE.

PROBABLY LEAVE THIS THE WAY THAT IT IS? SO I'M GOING TO BE VOTING AGAINST THIS.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE TRAIN STATION IS ADJACENT TO THE DIXON PARK ACCOUNT WHICH IS IN A VERY HISTORIC PART OF OUR COMMUNITY ON THE LOWER FRANKLIN STREET. AND YES, YOU ARE RIGHT.

WE ARE LOOKING AT PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DO SOMETHING DOWN THERE. COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> VONDELL RICHMOND: IS THIS THE

LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE CAN'T DISPROVE IT. WE CAN'T QUITE PROVE IT EITHER.

>> VONDELL RICHMOND: IS THAT THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK REFERENCED? WOW. OKAY.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.

TRAVEL, MY FRIENDS MAKE FUN OF ME WHEN I DO A BOW -- BIO WHEN I SAY I WENT FROM HOME US TO -- AND THE NEXT THING THAT COMES UP DIFFERENT WHEN I SAY CLARK SPOKE AT THEY SAY THE THEY SING THE SONG. THEY SING IT FOR ME.

TO THAT SPONSOR, I AM WITH YOU 100%.

I AM FIGHTING WITH YOU TO SAY, WHERE CAN WE COULD THE PENNIES HERE? I DID NOTICE THIS ON THAT LINE ITEM THE OTHER NIGHT. I THOUGHT, LETS JUST GET RID OF THE TRAIN STATION. LINE ITEM HERE, THAT A PREVIOUS SPEAKER'S POINT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A MINOR INVESTMENT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO RECAP THIS PARTICULAR LOW-INCOME AREA. IN ORDER TO GET INVESTORS AND GET PROPERTY VALUE UP AND THEN EVEN IF WE WERE GOING TO SELL THIS PROPERTY OR WHATEVER THOSE HOWEVER WE DECIDED TO THAT MANAGE OR MITIGATE IT, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE IT IN A CONDITION.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT THE ONLY THING -- IS THAT THE ONLY PLAN WE HAVE FIVE AT THIS ONCE WE INVEST THE 50,000 IS TO WE HAVE IT AND THEN FIGURE OUT OUR NEXT STEPS? OR IS THE SYDNEY KERN ENDING -- IS THE CITY EARNING ANY INCOME? I UNDERSTAND IT IS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

IT IS NOT A WORKING TRAIN STATION.

I DON'T THINK. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: KNOW IT IS NOT A WORKING TRAIN STATION.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WHICH IS NOT ATTACHED TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IT IS JUST CALLED MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THEY MEET THERE ON A MONTHLY BASIS. OTHER PEOPLE READ IT FOR VARIOUS EVENTS AND PARTIES. IT IS VERY SMALL IN SIZE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE. IT IS A POPULAR VENUE FOR THE FARMERS MARKET DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER GROWING SEASON.

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE CONTENT MARKET.

IT GENERATES A LITTLE BIT OF REVENUE.

BUT IT IS IN DISREPAIR. AGAIN, POINTING TO THE NEED THAT WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT FOCUSES ON KEEPING AND PREVENTING OUR FACILITIES AND OUR BUILDINGS FROM FALLING INTO

DISREPAIR. >> VONDELL RICHMOND: ON ALL FOR THIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'M ALL FOR THIS BEING, AGAIN, A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I'M NOT WANTING TO JUST X OFF ALL OF OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

I AGREE WITH A PREVIOUS SPEAKER ABOUT WE SEEM TO BE HAVING ERIC HANSON A LOT OF AREAS. -- OUR HANDS IN A LOT OF AREAS.

IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THE RIGHT MIND AT THE TABLE AND HAVE THE RIGHT COLLABORATIONS INTACT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THINGS OUT OF THE LIABILITY CATEGORY AND AS A TRUE ASSET TO THE CITY. I DO LIKE THE HISTORICAL THINGS THAT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW? I LEARNED A LOT DURING MY TIME IN THE LEADERSHIP CLARKSVILLE ABOUT THE HISTORY HERE AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE US LOSE OUR HISTORY AND OUR PAST FOOT WHERE WE ARE GOING. I WILL BE VOTING THIS DOWN.

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BUT THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> STACEY STREETMAN: THANK YOU. THIS IS A PIECE OF OUR HISTORY THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. I'M EXCITED WITH WHAT ANOTHER PREVIOUS SPEAKER TALKED ABOUT WITH THAT REVITALIZATION OF THAT AREA AND HOW THIS COULD ADD TO THAT AND KNOWING THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THESE REPAIRS.

I THINK IT WAS REFERENCE BEFORE THE IN THERE WE LET THINGS GET INTO DISARRAY ARE THINGS BEING -- LOOK AT THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE AND SO WE CAN TRULY APPRECIATE IT AND I KNOW IT WAS REFERENCED THAT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO -- THIS DOES NOT EVEN GOING TO QUITE A PENNY OUTPUT WE ARE TALKING THE BUDGET THAT BEGOT. IT IS NOT GOING TO SAVE US A PENNY OR REDUCE IT AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY KIND OF PROJECT THAT IS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN WITH THIS $50,000. SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THIS AND JUST VOTE DOWN THIS AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS:

COUNCILPERSON REDD? >> WALLACE REDD: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AS WELL, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR PINK SLIPS. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT ALBERT IN THE STREETS ARE NOT IMPERVIOUS TO RECEIVING T THEM. LOSING MONEY OR BEGINS TO LOSE MONEY. BUT -- AND I GUESS I CAN'T CALL FOR THE QUESTION BECAUSE I JUST SPOKE, DIDN'T I?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YOU KEEP PUTTING YOURSELF THERE.

COUNSEL -- COUNCILPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> WANDA SMITH: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THE HEART. AND I'M WITH THE OTHER SPEAKERS.

I CAN'T -- ANY MONEY. CONSTANT WITH IN FOR -- TO GET SOME MONEY. SO ANY MONEY YOU CUT IT HURTS US. IT HURTS US.

I APPRECIATE AND I VOTE THIS DOWN.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE? ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON AMENDMENT SIX? IS IT A SIX? IT IS FIVE? OKAY.

LET'S GET IT CORRECT. MADAME CLERK, I ASK YOU TO KEEP

-- HELP KEEP US ON THE TRACK. >> MADAME CLERK: SORRY ABOUT

THAT. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: FORGIVE THE PUN. THIS IS AMENDMENT SIX OR FIVE? ALL RIGHT. SURVEY SAYS IT IS SIX.

OKAY. EVERY MEMBER, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE RICK KNABB REPORTED? EVERY MEMBER -- EVERY MEMBER VOTED? WARD 6? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. MADAME CLERK TAKE THE VOTE.

>> MADAME CLERK: TWO YEARS NINE NOTE, ZERO ABSTAIN.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE ARE READY FOR AMENDMENT SEVEN.

ACCORDING TO MY STACKED IT IS BUTLER AMENDMENT SEVEN.

MOTION TO AMEND ORDINANCE 128 FEDERAL SEES MONEY EXPENDITURES.

COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, I'M CALLING YOU AS A SPONSOR.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ENGLISH INTO MED ORDINANCE 12 128/2020.

I BELIEVE THIS IS UNDER THE POLICE BUDGET.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT IS. >> TRISHA BUTLER: THE EXPENDITURES ON PAGE 86 OF YOUR GENDER, $44,649.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE.

PROPERLY SECONDED. COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU ARE

THE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> TRISHA BUTLER: I HAVE NOTHING

FURTHER, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> WANDA ALLEN: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN IT TO ME? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THIS IS MANEET THAT RECEIVED AS A PART OF THE DRUG TASK FORCE AND THAT MONEY IS USED IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY TO SUPPORT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CERTAIN THINGS SUCH AS EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES.

SHAKE YOUR HEAD YES OR NO IF I'M WAY OFF.

WE ARE IN THE RIGHT BALLPARK HERE.

IT IS USED TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. DRUG MONEY.

IT IS IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND. >> WANDA ALLEN: THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ARE RECOGNIZED. GO AHEAD.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: OKAY. LOOKING AT THIS ORDINANCE, IT SAYS 128/2020. IS THAT RECORD WE HAVE BEEN

VOTING ON? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: WHY IS IT SHOWING?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT IS JUST TRANSPOSED NUMBER.

IT IS JUST A TYPO. >> COUNCILMEMBER: ALL OF THESE HAVE 202012. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE VOTING ON

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2021. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YEAH, THAT

IS -- >> COUNCILMEMBER: ALL OF THESE

ARE WRONG. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: GOING BACK IN TIME. OKAY.

>> COUNCILMEMBER: IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: SO WE ARE ON AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN.

ANYTHING FURTHER? >> COUNCILMEMBER: NO.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU. COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT?

>> JASON KNIGHT: OUR CITY IS GROWING.

WITH THAT INCREASE IN POPULATION.

WE ALSO HAVE INCREASE IN CRIME. CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY.

WE HAVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO WORK HARD ON A DAILY BASIS FOR US REGULARLY. SO I CAN'T SEE TAKING OUT ANY TYPE OF FUNDING AWAY FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO SUPPORT AND DEFEND US ON A DAILY BASIS. OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU.

COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> STACEY STREETMAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR BRING I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER. I DON'T SEE WHERE IT WOULD BE RATIONALIST -- RATIONAL FOR US TO TAKE AWAY FROM OUR POLICE SERVICES. THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF US ON A DAILY BASIS AND TO TAKE THIS AWAY FROM THEM I THINK WOULD BE JUST EVEN THOUGH IT IS -- WE ARE TALKING $44,000, WE ARE STILL TALKING $44,000 COMING AWAY FROM THEM.

SO I, TOO, WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS AND VOTING IN FAVOR

OF OUR COMMUNITY. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON EVANS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> ASHLEY EVANS: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE $44,649 COMES

FROM -- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THAT IS PROBABLY AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION TO ANSWER IT WITHOUT A LOT OF

RESEARCH. >> FIRST LADY CYNTHIA PITTS:

>> ASHLEY EVANS: THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS:

COUNCILPERSON BUTLER? >> TRISHA BUTLER: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PLAY NICE WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. I HAVE NOW BEEN ACCUSED OF NOT CARING ABOUT THE CHILDREN, NOT CARING ABOUT THE SENIORS DID NOT CARING ABOUT POLICE AND NOT CARING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

NONE OF MY BUDGET CUTS HAVE BEEN ABOUT THAT.

AND I JUST WANTED MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR.

I'M OVER HERE MAKING FACES. I TALKED TO THE CHIEF A LOT.

HE HELPS ME OUT A LOT. I'M NOT AND HIDE THE POLICE.

I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON SMITH, YOU ARE TONIGHT.

>> WANDA SMITH: THANK YOU.

-- I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS FEDERAL MONEY EXPENDITURE.

CAN SOMEBODY SPEAK ON THAT OR TELL ME SOMETHING? CAN PEOPLE, THIS MONEY BACK? I MEAN --

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE MONEY IS SEIZED AS A RESULT.

DRUG ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS. THIS, CASH INVOLVED.

THAT MONEY IS SEIZED ACCORDING TO STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.

IT IS SHARED BETWEEN LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES THEY HAVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I BELIEVE STATE OR FEDERAL ALSO SHOWN THAT MO MONEY. THAT IS JUST OUR PORTION.

>> WANDA SMITH: WITHIN OUR POCKETS.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WILL -- >> WANDA SMITH: IT IS THE TRUTH.

I'M SERIOUS. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: AND I'M

TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY. >> WANDA SMITH: I'M NOT PLAYING.

I'M SERIOUS. I MEAN, WE -- AND SO, I NOTE THAT THERE ARE TIMES THAT MONEY AND STUFF HAS BEEN SEIZED.

AND THAT PERSON THAT THEY TOOK THE MONEY FROM FILED SOMETHING IN COURT TO GET THE MONEY BACK. SO IS THIS THE TYPE OF MONEY

THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: NO, IT IS NOT THE TYPE OF MONEY THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

>> WANDA SMITH: THIS IS EXPENDITURES THAT TAKE THEIR

MONEY? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: NO, THIS IS MONEY THAT IS SEIZED AS A RESULT IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL LAW THAT GIVE US THAT AUTHORITY TO SEIZE IT UNDER VERY SPECIFIC CONDITIONS. WE ARE TO ACCOUNT FOR IT AND A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND. IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR SPECIFIC VERY NARROW PURPOSES. WHICH IS USUALLY VERY PERTAINING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. NOT JUST OPERATIONS ARE GIVING RAISES. THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT.

>> WANDA SMITH: WHAT IS DONE WITH THE MONEY?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WELL, WE USE IT FOR SUPPORTING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, AND PERHAPS THE

VEHICLES AS FAR AS IT GOES. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTIONS.

COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT? >> JASON KNIGHT: A CULT OF THE

QUESTION. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ANY OBJECTION FROM THE CALLING FOR THE QUESTION? WE ARE NOW READY TO VOTE ON AMENDMENT SEVEN.

ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE. ARE PARKED EVERY MEMBER VOTED? ANY MEMBER WHICH TO CHANGE THEIR BOOKLETS MADAME CLERK TAKE THE

VOTE. >> MADAME CLERK: ZERO ABSTAIN.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: AMENDMENT SEVEN FAILS.

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TAX RATE TO SET THE TAX RATE AT ONE DOLLAR.

COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU ARE -- AND YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: I'M SORRY, EIGHT, DID YOU SAY, MADAME CLERK? OKAY.

THAT IS MM AND EIGHT. I'M SORRY, COUNCILPERSON BUTLER,

ORGANIZE. >> TRISHA BUTLER: EIGHT MOTION TO AMEND SECTION SIX RELATING TO THE TAX RATE.

I GUESS I NEED A SECOND AND THEN I WILL FINISH.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECOND. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: MUCH LIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER TRIED TO AMEND THIS, I TOOK IT DOWN. I TOOK IT DOWN TO 1.0296.

BECAUSE OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD EARLIER.

WELL, LET ME START HERE. A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT I TRIED TO CUT, IF THEY WERE NECESSARY, ANOTHER ENTITY WOULD TAKE OVER AND IT WOULD NOT FALL INTO DISREPAIR, ET CETERA.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING.

THE MONEY THAT WERE. BUT HERE IS NOT OUR MONEY.

IT IS TAXPAYER MONEY. I ECHOED THE SENTIMENT OF A PREVIOUS SPEAKER THAT SAID WE HAVE BEEN POOR STEWARDS OF THAT MONEY. I GOT -- ACTUALLY KIND OF WISH -- I HAD A QUESTION THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED EARLIER, IF IT DOES NOT FIT HERE, MR. AMERICA THAT THAT IS FINE WITH PUBLIC THAT WAS IN REGARD TO THE -- I'M GOING TO PROPOSED A CUT TO IT. IT WAS IN REGARD TO THE TRANSPORTATION 20 PLAN. THAT WAS IF PROJECTS IN THAT PLAN GO OVER BUDGET, WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WELL, WE WILL PROCEED TO FUND PROJECTS AS WE COULD AFFORD THEM. THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE MORE THEY WOULD COST BUT THE LONGER IT WOULD TAKE TO BUILD THEM.

SO IT IS PRETTY SIMPLE. WE WILL START A PROJECT UNLESS WE HAVE THE MONEY IN PLACE. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T OVEREXTEND OURSELVES.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT PARTICULAR THEY POINTED AND WILL STATED OPINION FROM A CONSTITUENT, HE IS ALSO A RESPECTED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY TO THAT MY KNOWLEDGE. I WANTED TO FORWARD IT TO EVERYONE SITTING HERE. BUT I WAS -- BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER SOME OF HIS WORDS.

I WAS AFRAID TO BREAK THE SUNSHINE LAW.

IT DID NOT FEEL SAFE TO FORWARD IT, EVEN WITH A NOTE TO THE ONLY READ IT AND ASTRONAUT DISCUSS IT.

THIS IS IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

THE PORTION OF IT THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SAYS, CLARKSVILLE NEEDS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADDRESS GROWTH.

ALL OF THE MAJOR CITIES IN TENNESSEE HAVE SUCH A PLAN THE PLAN USUALLY COVERS FIVE ELEMENTS.

THAT IS TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE, INSTITUTIONAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL. WE COULD USE CARE ACT FUNDS AS AGAIN, STATED BY A PREVIOUS SPEAKER TO COVER THE COST OF THAT PLAN HOW YOU ADDRESSED TRANSPORTATION ISSUES WITHOUT LOOKING AT ALL OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS.

HOW YOU BUILD A NEW ROAD WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE NEW HOUSING IS BEING BUILT? COMMITTEES SHOULD BE FORMED WITH CITIZENS AND PROFESSIONAL PLANNERS.

IT SHOULD BE -- THIS SHOULD BE BASED ON CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.

TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS A TOP-DOWN PLAN WHEN IT SHOULD BE FROM THE BOTTOM UP. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A SAY.

YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT EMINENT DOMAIN WOULD BE A PART OF THAT.

AND MIKE IN SCITUATE WHO ASKED ME TO VOTE NO ON THE ENTIRE BUDGET, WHICH I HAVE NOT, SORRY, SAID THAT OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON A SPENDING SPREE.

I JUST WENT THROUGH -- WHAT WAS IT? SIX DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS TRY TO THE "FROM THE PORTIONS OF THE BUDGET THAT I AS A CITY COUNCIL PRISON AND ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

ANOTHER RESIDENT ASKED ME IF WE COULD PLEASE START FIXING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOLDING DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE AND PASSING SOME OF THAT -- UNDER THAT.

ONE OF MY OPPONENTS ALSO SUGGESTED WE START DOING THAT SINCE THE BULK OF OUR BUDGET COMES DOWN TO TRANSPORTATION 2020 PLAN. I THOUGHT WAS FAIR TO THE PUT THEIR OPINIONS OUT THERE. MY AMENDMENT FOR THE $1..0296 AND MAYBE I WILL HAVE TO WORK ON THIS.

BY NEXT WEEK. BUT WHAT AT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS ALSO MENTIONED THAT THAT MONEY -- WE ARE IN A

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SORRY. I ADDED UP ALL OF THE MONEY FOR THIS. THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE UP THE $6.6 MILLION FOR THIS TAX RATE, I PROPOSE TO JUSTIFY THAT CANCELING THE PARKING COMMISSION WHICH IS 1.96 AND SOME CHANGE, WINDOWS, ALL SIX LIMITS THAT ARE OFFERED EARLIER, THOUGH SOMEONE MENTIONED $50,000 IS NOT A LOT. SIX OF THEM PUT TOGETHER MAKE UP FOR 2.051 MILLION IN SOME CHANGE.

THAT COMES OUT TO WHAT I BELIEVE IS -- UNDER THE BAT, GUYS.

4.0. DOES MILLION DOLLARS. $2.585406 MILLION.

THAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHICH ACCOUNTS INTO THE MAY BE .00007% OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLANS BUDGET. AGAIN, I WILL MENTION, I FEEL SHOULD GO ONTO A GEO BOND. SO PEOPLE CAN VOTE ON IT.

AND DOES NOT COVER EVERYTHING, MR. BAKER?

>> BAKER: OFFER COMMITMENT TO YOUR --

>> TRISHA BUTLER: YOU SAID THAT I HAD TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE.

THAT IS MY JUSTIFICATION. >> BAKER: I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED HERE IS JUST A REDUCTION IN THE TAX RATE.

WHAT YOU GOT TO TALK ABOUT IS YOU WANT TO OFFSET THE REDUCTION IN THE TAX RATE WITH THE CUTS AND THE CUTS, YOU HAVE 1.96 MILLION PARKING COMMISSION. THAT IS THE TOTAL, I THINK OF ALL OF YOUR PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN VOTED DOWN.

YOU CAN ADD THAT IN THE COCOA BUT I DID NOT CATCH YOUR LAST

FIGURE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION. >> TRISHA BUTLER: 2.585406.

TO VERIFY ALL OF THE MASS. TREATMENT HANG ON.

APPROACH THAT WELL, PLEASE. SO PEOPLE AT HOME -- --

>> THE TEXT ME. IT IS NOT PART OF THE GENERAL FUND. IT IS A SEPARATE ENTERPRISE FUND.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. OKAY.

WE HAVE ALREADY PASSED THAT BUDGET.

>> TAKE IT ALL FROM TRANSPORTATION, THEN.

THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. >> WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE, THERE

IS NO TRANSPORTATION PLAN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE MIGHT AS

WELL JUST GET ON WITH IT. >> BAKER: IS AN ACCURATE MATH FOR ALL OF THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS SHE PROPOSED THAT

FIELD? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: HOLD ON.

HOLD ON PICKLED THAT TOPIC CONVERTING OKAY.

-- HOLD ON. HOLD ON.

>> OKAY. >> 2,051,959.

OKAY. AND THEN WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO BE REDUCED FROM THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM IN ORDER TO MATCH THE REDUCTION IN THE TAX RATE?

SO MR. BAKER. >> BAKER: AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEN, WHAT HER AMENDMENT WOULD BE IS TO -- IT IS A MOTION TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SAID PERSONAL

PROPERTY. >> TRISHA BUTLER: I JUST PULLED

THAT FROM THE ORDINANCE, SIR. >> BAKER: OH, YEAH.

OKAY. SO FROM $1.23 TO $1..026296.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: THAT IS THE CORRECT TEXT RATE.

>> BAKER: NOW YOU'RE UPPING AN COMMITMENT TO APRIL AMENDMENT FOR OFFSETTING CUTS OF $2,051,959, WHICH IS THE TOTAL OF ALL OF YOUR PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS, CORRECT?

PART. >> TRISHA BUTLER: YES, SIR.

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>> BAKER: FOR $813,745 TO BE TAKEN FROM THE TRANSPORTATION

PROGRAM. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: EVERYBODY HEARD THAT? HANG ON A SECOND.

>> WE NEED TO COVER THAT. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YEAH.

WOULD YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE WELL AND TALK ABOUT THIS, PLEASE. THIS IS PRETTY SERIOUS.

>> REDUCING THE TAX RATE MEANS WE HAVE TO CUT $6,865,704.

THE TOTAL OF THE AMENDMENTS OF THE GOLF COURSE AND TECHNICALLY WE SHOULD INCLUDE THAT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND BECAUSE THAT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE TAX RATE. IT WOULD REDUCE ONE MINUTE 507.

FOR THE GOLF COURSE AMENDMENTS. AND THEN IT WOULD MAKE --

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WHICH ARE TECHNICALLY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. SO THAT IMPACTS PARKS AND

RECREATION DEPARTMENT. >> TRISHA BUTLER: YEAH.

>> BAKER: IT IS ACTUALLY --

>> TRISHA BUTLER: CAPITAL DOES NOT IMPACT IT EITHER.

SO IT IS ONLY $1.5 MILLION THAT YOU ARE REDUCING.

SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE -- >> BAKER: THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS. ALL RIGHT.

I STAND CORRECTED. SO THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS ARE WORTH ARE VALUED AT $1,507,310. AND IN YOU HAVE GOT TO SUBTRACT THAT FROM 6,000,803 TO 5,704. WHICH GIVES YOU A TOTAL OF --

CONVERTING I DON'T HAVE IT. >> BAKER: TELL ME WHAT THAT --

POP ART. >> TRISHA BUTLER: 5,035,844.

>> WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT AND THE 1,507,310, THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE NUMBER $6,865,704. WHICH EQUATES TO THE PROPERTY TAX RATE REDUCTION FROM 1.23 TO IT 1.0296.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: 794. >> BAKER: 794.

SORRY. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS:

COUNCILPERSON BUTLER? >> TRISHA BUTLER: I HAVE NOTHING

FURTHER, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN?

>> STACEY STREETMAN: NEED TO PUT THAT ON PAPER. COPY IT AND PASS IT AROUND.

COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN? >> STACEY STREETMAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. OF WON THE FACT THAT WE ARE SITTING HERE REPORTING ON HALF OF THE STUFF AND VOTED DOWN IS JUST A LITTLE ODD TO ME ANYWAY BECAUSE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVEN CLEAR THAT THIS COUNCIL WANTS THESE THINGS IN PLACE.

WE ALSO HAVE BEEN AROUND THAT ROBIN TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS TO OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT THE QUICK AND EASY THING TO DO IS, LET'S VOTE THIS AGREEMENT DOWN ONCE WE GET IT IN FULL WRITING BECAUSE AS WAS PREVIOUSLY STATED BY ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, IF WE DON'T INCREASE THIS TAX RATE AND RELIEF THIS WEEK OF IT WAS, THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION PLAN INTO THE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT CLARKSVILLE DOESN'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THIS 2020 PLAN IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT WAS WORKED ON BY THE STREET DEPARTMENT, BY MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE JUST COUNSEL THAT SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE. THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT. THE COMMUNITY DID HAVE THEIR OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT. WE INTRODUCED THIS IN A PUBLIC SESSION. SO THAT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO HEAR ABOUT IT. WE WENT OVER IT IN GREAT DETAIL, AT THE COMMUNITY REGULARLY. BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION TO PLEASE GIVE THEIR INPUT.

THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN THAT THEY WANT AND NEED THIS.

AS A PREVIOUS SPEAKERS HAD KEPT THESE THINGS DON'T COME FREE.

WE DO HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM. BUT AGAIN, IT REQUIRES THAT PLAN. AND WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE.

AND START SEEKING ABOUT OUR CITY AND CONTINUE TO MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE. SO AS THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST US AND AGAIN COULD MAKE A VOTE FOR CLARKSVILLE AND CONTINUING TO

IMPROVE WHAT WE HAVE THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: TO THE POINT, IT IS IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION BUDGET REQUEST.

THAT WE JOINTLY FUND WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION PART OF THE RESERVES AS WELL AS MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WILL ADDRESS MOST OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU MENTION FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THAT MONEY IS IN THERE.

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COUNCILPERSON REDD? >> WALLACE REDD: THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO -- I WANT TO CALL FOR A QUESTION.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. COME BACK TO YOU.

OKAY. WE ARE NOT CALLING FOR THE QUESTION. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> JASON KNIGHT: I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER.

THE SPONSOR RAN ON IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND NOW THAT THE OPPORTUNITY IS HERE TO IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY ARE MAKING CUTS AND TOOK THE CREDIT OF ANOTHER PREVIOUS SPEAKER YOU PRINT MUCH HAVE TO YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH -- PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.

THE FACT THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT MONETARY VALUE NOW THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY MAKING MORE CUTS TO, DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY, COUNCILPERSON KAREN REYNOLDS YOU

ARE RECOGNIZED. >> KAREN REYNOLDS: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT IS OBVIOUS THAT WE BOTH STUDIED THE BUDGET VERY CLOSELY AND EVOLVED OUR VALUES AND FREQUENTLY LANDED ON ROKU TO CUT ARE DIFFERENT. WE BOTH, I HOPE THAT YOU REALIZED ANYONE WHO SAW MY E-MAIL WHERE I OFFER -- ALSO WENT LINE BY LINE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT INCREASING GAS PRICES COULD SOMETIMES TO HUNDRED% OVER PREVIOUS YEARS.

OR LINE ITEMS THAT JUST KIND OF APPEARED ON BUDGETS THAT WERE NOT THERE IN THE PAST, WE BOTH SPENT SOME TIME WE LANDED IN DIFFERENT AREAS. BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO.

I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY FOR MYSELF, I FEEL THAT SOME OF THIS TAX IS NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE WE ARE DOES HAVE AGAIN, LIKE $17 MILLION IN THE BANK THAT WE HAVE DECIDED. SO FOR THE GROUP WHERE I SAID BUDGET QUICK I KNOW THAT MERE SAID I WAS GAMBLING WITH HOUSE MONEY. I THINK WAS A PRETTY SURE BET.

WITH THAT SAID, I SUPPORT THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WILL WORK TO ENSURE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH TRANSPARENCY AND SPEED. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT THAT THIS PLAN IS NECESSARY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT PRACTICED SMART OR INCLUSIVE GROWTH. WE ARE CORRECTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS WE -- AND AS OUR CITY THROUGH IN THE PAST. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE STATED THAT WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE EXPERTS AND LET THE EXPERTS DO THEIR JOB. BUT HERE WE ARE CREATING A TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND INCREASING PROPERTY TAX TO CORRECT MANY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED THAT WERE NOT ADDRESSED AS OUR CITY GREW.

MOST RECENTLY, ONE ONLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE GROWTH OF OLD MUSCLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY OCCURRING. EXAMPLES INCLUDE SIDEWALKS, PURCHASING HOMES, NOW PROGRESS. EVEN THOUGH THE GROWTH IN THE AREA IS LESS THAN TEN YEARS. TRAFFIC AND GROWTH HAVE BEEN ISSUES FOR DECADES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I HOPE FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, OR PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL WORK TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE TO BRIGHTEN THE TAXPAYERS BECAUSE OF OUR LACK OF AN INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE VISION AND GROWTH PLAN FOR OUR CITY.

THANK YOU TO SPONSOR, ALTHOUGH I SAID SOME OF OUR VALUES ARE A BIT DIFFERENT. I THINK OUR GOALS ARE FAIRLY

ALIGNED. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE VACCINATED.

THERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM? >> WANDA ALLEN:

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THAT DOES NOT LITTLE IN MY HOUSE.

HANG ON JUST A SECOND, COUNCILPERSON ALLEN.

I WELCOME BACK TO YOU. >> THE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT.

THIS COULD NOT THAT MUCH BUDGETED TO GO THROUGH THE

TRANSPORTATION PLAN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

>> THERE'S A STILL IN THE THIRD $191,441 THAT NEEDS TO BE QUITE IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE A BALANCED AMENDMENT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFIED WANTING. $7.6 MILLION IN EVERY COVID FUNDS. THAT IS NOT IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME. EVERY OTHER MONEY OF THE COVER DOLLARS IS IDENTIFIED FOR WHAT WE ARE SPENDING.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU. OKAY.

HANG ON ONE SECOND. >> SO WOULD WE WOULD HAVE BEEN'S AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT. YOU ARE QUITTING A TOTAL OF 6,000 -- SI THAT WOULD BE BROKEN DOWN AS 1507310 FOR PARKS AND

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>> TRANSPORTATION WILL BE -- TO 67035 --

>> AND FROM THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, IT WOULD BE 5,250,000 -- $267,000.35 WHICH LEAVES, YOU STILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH $91,449. RECORD YOU WANT TO --

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WOW. WHAT DOES THAT FIGURE COME OUT? FROM PARKS AND REC. AND IT WILL BE $5,257,035 FROM THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. OUR PART OKAY?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE

VACCINATED. >> WANDA PART.

>> WANDA ALLEN: I NEED THIS IN WRITING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING ARE ABOUT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON IS TO THIS -- THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE BUDGET, AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT THAT WILL DO AWAY WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> WANDA ALLEN: 100% GONE. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IF WE GO -- THERE WILL BE NO FIGHTING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

>> WANDA ALLEN: OKAY. SO WE ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED TRANSPORTATION. WE NEED THAT PLAN.

WE NEED TO GET THESE ROADS FIX. I GOT TO TELL YOU ALL THAT OLDER THOSE PROJECTS ARE RIGHT IN THE SO I FIGHT TOOTH AND OPEN FOR THEM. THEY ARE RIGHT IN MY WARD.

THEY HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

OKAY? SO WE NEED TO VOTE THIS DOWN BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE US NOT DOING SOMETHING.

BREAKING GROUND ON SOMETHING WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.

WE PROMISED ROBERT CONSTITUENTS WE ARE GOING TO GET IN HERE -- OUR CONSTITUENTS WE ARE GOING TO GET IN THERE AND DO THAT FOR THEM. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO LISTEN TO MY CONSTITUENTS. IT IS 20 CENTS.

IT IS SIX TELLS THEM OF. IT IS SIX DOLLARS A MONTH.

HOW MUCH IS YOUR HOUSE WORTH? THEY WERE LIKE, OH, THAT IS IT.

WE HAVE TO HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL NOT GET ANYTHING IF WE WILL NOT, THIS TRANSPORTATION -- THESE THINGS DONE, THE THINGS THAT I GET CALLS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY, WE WOULD NOT GET IT DONE IF WE COMPLETELY JUST TAKE IT OUT.

I ASKED THAT WE BOTH THIS DOWN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON BUTLER YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> TRISHA BUTLER: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT WERE MENTIONED AND I WAS INCORRECT LASTLY CAN THINK THAT WE CAN PUT THE PROPERTY TAX ON REFERENDUM THAT IS NOT TRUE. THERE'S TWO ADDITIONAL SOURCES THAT ARE MORE OF A CONSUMPTION WHICH IS SAILS TAX AND -- GO GO GADGET BRAND. SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS FOR THAT.

MY CONCERN IS THAT BOTH SIDES OF HOUR.

WE WANT TO DO ONE THING. WE WANT TO GET RID MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE. HOW JUST PUT MANY DIFFERENT WAYS SAVE MONEY IS DIFFERENT FACES. I'M NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO DO ALL OF IT. THE EFFORT IS BEING MADE HERE.

I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING.

WE GOT TO BE THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT MY CONSTITUENT WAS SAYING PUT MORE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE MORE IDEAS, ET CETERA.

THAT BEING SAID, A PREVIOUS SPEAKER WAS ATTACKING MY WORDS THAT WERE FROM A CONSTITUENT. I DID NOT APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS THAT THEY CURRENT.

AND SECOND OF ALL, A PREVIOUS SPEAKER ALSO ACCUSED ME OF SOMETHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY NOT EVEN TRUE.

WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE, I SAID THAT I WOULD CARE.

I MADE IT A POINT TO NOT MAKE PROMISES FOR, NOT THE ONLY PERSON UP HERE. THERE'S 13 OF US.

THIS IS NOT EASY. NIGHT HAS BEEN HARD AND A REAL LET THEM. I HAD NO INTENTION OF DOING THIS ALL OVER AGAIN. WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS TOG TOGETHER. I CANNOT TOLERATE THIS ANYMORE.

PERSONAL ATTACKS. WE ARE ALL UP HERE DOING WHAT WE FEEL IS RIGHT. AND I APPRECIATE THE DECORUM OF

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>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON REDD?

>> WALLACE REDD: THANK YOU. I WANTED TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION -- BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE 150,000-DOLLAR HOME AND LOOK IN THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, IF YOU HAD THE CITY IN THE COUNTY PROPERTY TAX THAT YOU PAY AS $1,500, I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE SOMEONE THAT LIVES IN 150,000-DOLLAR HOME WOULD PROBABLY BE OF PRETTY MODEST MEANS. THAT WOULD MEAN THAT PROBABLY THE WIFE IS WORKING PART-TIME. THAT WILL BE ONE WHOLE PAYCHECK OUT OF THE MONTH. AND YOU LOOK AT WHEN GOVERNOR HASLAM RAISED THE GAS TAX THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF THE ROAD PROBLEMS AND IT IS ALWAYS WHAT WE ARE SELLING TO RAISE THE TAXES AND IF YOU DO THAT RESEARCH IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THAT TAXES, AND I'M NOT TALKED ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES.

ARE THE SAILS TAXES THAT WE SEE MOSTLY HERE.

BUT IF YOU TAKE THE TAX THAT BECAUSE YOU TO DO MANY OF THE OTHER THINGS LIKE JUST HAVE A PHONE BILL OR TO TRAVEL ON AN AIRPLANE AND THE GAS TAX AND ALDERSGATE THE AVERAGE TENNESSEAN WORKS UNTIL THE MONTH OF APRIL.

INTO SOMETIME THE MONTH OF APRIL JUST TO PAY HIS OR HER TAXES.

THE ONLY THING -- YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE -- AND WE NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

I DISAGREE WE DON'T -- LIKE GOLF COURSES BECAUSE THE AVERAGE PERSON THAT WOULD LIVE IN THIS $150,000 HOME SHE IS NOT GOING TO BE AT THE GOLF COURSE. BUT IN ANY CASE, I WANTED TO -- I HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT, IT IS JUST A FEW CENTS HERE OR THERE.

THAT IS MAY BE ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE COMBO, WORKING ALL THE WAY TO MONTH OF APRIL JUST TO PAY YOUR TAXES IS, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE -- GOVERNMENT HAS GOTTEN WAY TOO BIG.

I WILL LET SOMEBODY ELSE CALL INTO QUESTION.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE NEXT ON THE LIST.

BEFORE YOU SPEAK, LET ME JUST CLARIFY.

WE ARE ON THE AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT EIGHT.

SO YOU ARE VACCINATED. >> WANDA ALLEN: SO WITH THE UNLIMITED COMMITMENT EIGHT, OKAY, NOW THAT I HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, I AM SEEING THE BREAKDOWN AND EVERYTHING.

I DO APOLOGIZE. BUT I WANT TO SAY -- I HAVE A

QUESTION FOR MR. BAKER. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: MR. BAKER?

>> BAKER: YES, MA'AM. >> WANDA ALLEN: MR. BAKER, I SENT YOU AN E-MAIL YESTERDAY AND THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT CAME OUT ABOUT REFERENDUM AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

WOULD IT BE -- IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO VOTE FOR THE BUDGET AT THE CURRENT RATE AND THEN PUT THE BOND ISSUANCE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ON AN ELECTION? 1018 NO. UNLESS YOU TAKE A BOAT ON --

>> BAKER: . UNLESS YOU TAKE A PUT ON THE BOND ISSUANCE. OKAY, SO IT IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED AFTER A DUCK INTO IT FURTHER TODAY.

AND LET ME FIRST THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THOUGH SHE DID A VERY GOOD JOB IN POINTING OUT THAT LITTLE CLAUSE IN A PARTICULAR SECTION OF OUR CHARTER.

BUT WHAT I HAVE -- AND YOU WERE SPOT ON YOUR ANALYSIS OF THAT AS I EXPLAINED IN MY E-MAIL TO YOU. BUT I HAVE LEARNED TODAY AND DOING FURTHER RESEARCH THAT THAT LITTLE PROVISION THAT SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT THERE CAN BE A REFERENDUM WITH REGARD TO BOND ISSUANCE NOT PROPERTY TAX RATE. TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

>> WANDA ALLEN: RIGHT. >> BAKER: THERE IS A STATE LAW THAT DEALS WITH BOND ISSUANCE BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND THERE IS A PROVISION IN THAT STATE LAW THAT PROVIDES FOR A REFERENDUM. AND THE -- BUT THE PREREQUISITE BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN START THE REFERENDUM PROCESS IS A LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL BODY THAT HAS TO APPROVE THE BOND ISSUANCE.

AND THEN THE CLOCK STARTS RUNNING.

AND DON'T HOLD ME TIGHT AT THIS. BUT I THINK IT IS LIKE 20 DAYS.

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IT IS 20 OR 30. ANYWAY, IT IS A SHORT TIME PERIOD. AND ANY CITIZEN THEN CAN -- IN THE YOU KNOW, CITY, CAN START A PETITION DRIVE AND IF YOU GET THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES, WHICH I BELIEVE IS 10% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS, IT IS NOT 10% OF THE VOTERS WHO VOTED IN THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION.

THAT IS WISE -- THE WAY SOME REFERENDUMS ARE DIVERTED.

IT IS 10% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS AND WHOEVER IT STARTS TO PETITION, YOU SUBMIT IT TO CONTACT MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTION COMMITTEE. -- COME TO THE ELECTION COMMITTEE. SO --

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IS THAT -- ARE YOU NEEDED TO WIN ON?

>> WANDA ALLEN: NO. >> BAKER: THAT IS ABOUT IT.

>> WANDA ALLEN: THANK YOU. I GOT IT.

THANKS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. THANK YOU.

CALVIN SWENSON -- COUNCILPERSON SMITH.

>> WANDA SMITH: WHEN I WAS PREACHING, I LEARNED THE WORD "CASE" "KEEP STUPID SIMPLE. EVERY CITIZEN OUT THERE IS NOT ON THE LEVEL. BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT.

WE VOTE ALMOST EVERY MONTH ABOUT NEW CONSTRUCTIONS.

THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD NEW HOUSES.

THEY ARE GOING TO PUT NEW HOUSING ON THIS HISTORY.

WE TALK ABOUT, WELL, THE STREETS ARE NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO HOLD THE TRAFFIC. IT IS TOO MUCH CONGESTION.

WE CAN'T BUILD AND WE NEED TO START MAKING SURE THE STREETS ARE IN ORDER BE PARTLY SET UP TO APPROVE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

HERE WE ARE NOW FUSSING AND FIGHTING ABOUT 20 SENT RAISE ON PROPERTY. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? DO.

WE WANT TO FIX THE SITUATION OR DO WE JUST WANT TO BE TALKING THE BIG TALKING "DON'T TAKE THIS PERSONAL.

20 CENTS. WHITE DID WE NOT -- WHY DID WE NOT VOTE THAT WENT DOWN? WE ARE TRYING TO 20 CENTS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO -- THANK

YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON HOLLEMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> TRAVIS HOLLEMAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

PERSONALITY AND FEELINGS THOSE PERSONAL FEELINGS ASIDE, OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE CITY HAS GROWING PAINS.

WE HAVE HAD GROWING PAINS FOR QUITE A WHILE.

IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS. THE CITY HAS BEEN GOING FASTER THAN WHAT THE CITY CAN MAINTAIN. THAT IS APPARENTLY OBVIOUS BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN.

THE ROADS AND TRAFFICS, THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS I GET, I THINK, WITH CONSTRUCTION.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO PUT THIS DOWN.

I WAS GOING SOMEWHERE WITH IT. BUT THAT IS WHERE I AM AT.

THANK YOU. >> WANDA ALLEN: COUNCILPERSON

KNIGHT THAT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> JASON KNIGHT: I CALL FOR THE

QUESTION, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ANY OBJECTION TO CALLING FOR THE QUESTION, NEXT HEARING UNCUT WE ARE NOW VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT EIGHT.

WHICH IDENTIFIES THOSE AREAS, PARDON ME, WHERE WE WOULD REDUCE THE BUDGET. THIS IS THE UNLIMITED COMMITMENT EIGHT. ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE.

EVERY MEMBER VOTED. ANY MEMBER AT WHICH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE CLERK CAN TAKE THAT VOTE.

>> MADAME CLERK: ZERO EXTENT. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT FAILED. WE ARE BACK ON THE COMMITMENT NUMBER EIGHT. THAT WAS THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTION ABOUT AMENDMENT EIGHT? SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE ON AMENDMENT EIGHT? NO, WE DID NOT AMEND. AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT.

THE BUTLER AMENDMENT. AS SOON AS WE ARE ON THE BOARD, WE WILL BE READY TO VOTE. ARE WE ROLE CALLING, MADAME

CLERK? >> MADAME CLERK: -- FOR A BIT.

TOURNAMENT WE ARE VOTING ON AMENDMENT EIGHT.

-- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE ARE

VOTING ON AMENDMENT EIGHT. >> MADAME CLERK: MR. RED?

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NINE NO. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: AMENDMENT EIGHT FEELS. WE ARE READY FOR THE NEXT ON MY STACK. I SEE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION BUDGET AMENDMENT. THIS IS THE EVANS AMENDMENT AS THE SPONSOR. COUNCILPERSON EVANS, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> ASHLEE EVANS: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS

AMENDMENT FORWARD. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED OF THIS AMENDMENT.

YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. PLEASE.

>> ASHLEE EVANS: THANK YOU. I'M PUTTING THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD BECAUSE COVID HIT THE HRC REALLY HARD LAST YEAR, MUCH LIKE ANY OTHER GROUP THAT MEETS IN PERSON.

I REALLY FEEL THAT IT IS UNFAIR TO OUR COMMUNITY TO CUT THIS BUDGET SO DRASTICALLY. AFTER FIGHTING SO HARD FOR THE INCREASE LAST YEAR. WE FOUGHT FOR 89000.

IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. AT THIS YEAR, IT HAS BEEN QUICK TO THE ONLY 14,000. THE AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE BEFORE, I HAVE WRITTEN OUT ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PLAN FOR -- THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND THEN THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR NEXT YEAR.

ALONG WITH THE. SO OF THOSE ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND DIDN'T THE MISSION OF THE HRC THAT SUPPORT THAT EVENT. I WILL REMIND YOU THAT -- SORRY.

I'M VERY NERVOUS. THE CITY HAS A FIVE-YEAR DIVERSITY PLAN AS WELL AS THE HRC IS AN EIGHT IN THAT.

THE FIVE-YEAR DIVERSITY PLAN INCLUDES CITY EMPLOYMENT WHICH YOU KNOW, WOULD FALL UNDER THE SMALL MINORITY BUSINESS

TRAINING. >> THE RECIDIVISM CONFERENCE.

WHICH WOULD HAVE OR HOST JOB FEAR.

A RESIDENT WORKSHOP AND INTERVIEW SKILLS, ET CETERA.

TO PREVENT RECIDIVISM. CULTURAL AWARENESS, THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMUNITY EVENTS. AT THE HRC'S PLANNING LIST.

THAT SUPPORTS THAT. PROCUREMENT AND TRAINING, OBVIOUSLY, BOARD AND COMMISSION TRAINING, A SMALL BITE MINORITY BUSINESS TRAINING. THERE'S ALSO A COUNSEL FOR FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS. THIS WOULD BE A BUSINESS WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS INTERESTED IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

AND WITHIN THE LAST OF THE FIVE YOU, DIVERSITY ACTION WOULD BE PARTNERSHIP AND VISIBILITY. AT THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WOULD GO UNDER THERE INCLUDES PRIDE OR LGBTQIA EVENT.

JUNETEENTH, ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE AS WELL AS HISPANIC HERITAGE. I PROVIDED A BUFFER FROM THE TOTAL WHICH WOULD BE $54,500. THE BUFFER IT WOULD NOT UP TO $60,000. IN CASE WE WANTED TO HELP OUT A GROUP THAT COMES TO US SEEKING -- IT IS NOT NECESSARILY -- IS IT A SPONSORSHIP? NOT A PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT?

IT IS KIND OF LIKE HOW -- -- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT DEPENDS

ON WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR. >> ASHLEE EVANS: GAPPER KIND OF LIKE HOW MANIFEST MAGIC CAME THIS YEAR TO REQUEST FUNDS FOR SOME OF THEIR JUNETEENTH ACTIVITIES.

SO HERE THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO PUT THIS FORWARD.

LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT IS UNFAIR TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT THE BUDGET HAD BEEN QUITE SO MUCH. I THINK IT IS IN THE SERVICE, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE CURRENT CULTURE, WE ARE NOW -- I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT HELP BUILD OUR COMMITTEES AND I LIKE THE HRC, DO A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT GIVEN THE RIGHT TOOLS AND THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU.

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>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU WANT THAT LIST. YOUR RECOGNIZED.

>> THIS AMENDMENT.

I THINK WE NEED TO GET NEW LEADERSHIP IN THERE.

THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS PLANNED FOR THAT BECAUSE OF THAT THOSE THINGS DID NOT HAPPENED AND WE ARE TRIED TO TAKE THIS BUDGET DOWN TO $14,000. IT DOESN'T GIVE THE HRC THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO. THERE ARE THINK THAT -- THEY ARE SAYING IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FIVE-YEAR DIVERSITY ACTION PLAN.

THE COURT THINK THAT THEY ARE DOING FOR EVERY POPULATION IN OUR CITY. -- THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING FOR EVERY SITUATION INCLUDING ASL TO INCLUDE FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS. SMALL BUSINESSES, PRINT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD AMENDMENT.

NOW, I HAVE A QUESTION. WE NEED TO FILE WORK WITH THE

MANY NEEDS TO COME FROM? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YES, WE DO, WHICH IS A QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR.

I WILL ALL OF THE SPONSOR WITH YOUR PERMISSION, COUNSELOR.

DIRECT SHE RECOGNIZED. >> COUNCILMEMBER: I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE IT COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS 60. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE GENERAL

FUND AS IN FUND BALANCE? >> ASHLEE EVANS: YES.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: SO THIS WOULD BE A REDUCTION IN THE FUND BALANCE BY $60,000 ARE ACTUALLY, A NET REDUCTION.

46,000. >> 46,000.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. BACK TO YUKA COUNCILPERSON

ALLEN. >> WANDA ALLEN: THAT IS ALL I HAVE. COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS THAT YOU

ARE RECOGNIZED. >> KAREN REYNOLDS: I WOULD LIKE TO ECHOED THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, ESPECIALLY WE HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT HOUSING SHATTERED DURING THE COVID YEAR AND I APPRECIATE THE WELL-THOUGHT-OUT PLAN FOR THIS MONEY AND I HOPE THAT YOU SUPPORT IT. I THINK IT IS THE GREAT AMENDMENT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD

WORK. >> COUNCILPERSON GARRETT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON REDD THAT YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> WANDA ALLEN: I WOULD LIKE TO

-- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ANY OBJECTION FOR CALLING FOR THE QUESTION? WE ARE GOING TO PUT IT ON THE BOARD.

THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED FOR AND NOT DEBATABLE AND REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS. MEMBERS PRESENT, WHICH IS EIGHT.

TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION WHICH IS TO SEES DISCUSSION.

MADAME CLERK? ARE WE ON THE BOARD AGAIN?

ECHO PARK. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: RECOGNIZED?

>> ARE WE ON THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT?

>> WE ARE ON THE MM INTO THE AMENDMENT WHICH IS TO TAKE THE MONEY FROM THE FUND BALANCE. HIGH PARK NO? THE CLERK IS LOOKING AT ME A STANCE HERE.

WE ARE VOTING ON THE -- ACTUALLY, WE ARE VOTING ON THE EVANS AS PRESENTED WHICH IS MR. BAKER? THAT IS RIGHT. VOTING ON CEASING DISCUSSION ON THE I-MEMO DISCUSSION. EVERYBODY GOT THAT? IT IN PROPER POSTURE. I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE VOTING TO THE EAST DISCUSSION, OR NO, ON THE ISSUE. -- CEASE DISCUSSION, OR NO, ON THE ISSUE. OKAY.

ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE TO CEASE OR NOT CEASE DISCUSSION.

IT REQUIRES EIGHT VOTES. MADAME CLERK?

TAKE THAT VOTE. >> WALLACE REDD: --

>> MADAME CLERK: ZERO EPSTEIN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: QUESTION FEELS. WE ARE NOW BACK ON DISCUSSION AND THIS IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT.

WHICH IS -- FROM THE SPONSOR. WE WOULD TAKE $46,000 FROM THE FUND BALANCE TO ADD TO THE $14,000 ALREADY BUDGETED TO PAY FOR THIS AMENDMENT. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AT THAT, PLEASE, SO WE GET THAT ON PAPER.

WE GOT THAT. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MM INTO THE, COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND?

>> VONDELL RICHMOND: I BELIEVE MY QUESTION IS FOR THE ORIGINAL

MOTION. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY, WE WELCOME BACK TO YOU. COUNCILPERSON SMITH, IS IT FOR

THE AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT? >> WANDA SMITH: SS IT.

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>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: GO AHEAD. >> WANDA SMITH: IS -- THAT IS

WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET NOW? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: NO.

>> WANDA SMITH: IT IS NOT? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: $14,000 PROFIT THE COMMISSION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

>> WANDA SMITH: OH OKAY. DO YOU HAVE -- AS TO WHAT THIS ITEM IS FOR EACH ENTITY THAT YOU HAVE LISTED HERE.

>> IT IS ON THE AMENDMENT. WE DO NOT HAVE THE, LIKE, SPONSORS ARE THE -- WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ITEMIZED YET BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ORGANIZED THE EVENT.

THESE ARE EVENTS THAT WE WANT TO EXECUTE.

AND THE ALLOTTED MONIES TOWARDS THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE AVERAGED BASED ON THE COST OF PREVIOUS EVENTS.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON SMITH.

>> WANDA SMITH: IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ITEMIZED LIST ABOUT WHAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED FOR, I CAN'T VOTE YES FOR THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE ASKED FOR 5004 THOUGH SHE WANT THAT TO BE ADDED? YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS LISTED HERE. ALL OF THIS, I NEED TO KNOW WORK

WITH THE MONEY IS GOING. >> I DON'T KNOW.

TREATMENT HANG ON A MINUTE. SHE HAS THE FLOOR, PLEASE.

>> WANDA SMITH: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS. WHAT IS IT FOR? I BELIEVE THAT YOU ASKED FOR MANY, THAT IS LIKE GOING TO THE BANK. 92 KNOW WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS:

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. GO AHEAD.

>> ASHLEE EVANS: THE PURPOSES ARE LISTED AND THE MISSIONS THAT THE EVENTS -- THAT SUPPORT THE EVENTS ARE ALSO LISTED.

THE COST OF THE EVENTS, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY FORKS AND NAPKINS AND TABLE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THESE EVENTS AND OTHER VARIOUS ITEMS. I CANNOT ITEMIZE THOSE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE PROJECTED AMOUNT OF WHAT THAT EVENT IS GOING TO PROSPECT PARK AND USUALLY --

>> WANDA SMITH: GO AHEAD. >> ASHLEE EVANS: I DON'T THINK THERE WAS AN ITEMIZED LIST LAST YEAR FROM EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL THINK THAT WAS ON THE HRC BUDGET AND THAT WAS STILL

PASSED. >> WANDA SMITH: SHE GAVE US THE ITEMIZED -- WE QUESTIONED THAT. AND SHE BROUGHT THE ITEMIZED BEFORE US AND GIVE US THE ITEM FOR ITEM, WHAT SHE WOULD USE THE MONEY FOR IT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS -- CELEBRATE PRIDE. LGBTQIA, CELEBRATING CULTURES.

$5,000. IS THAT SOMETHING A LOT -- YEAR?

>> WAND >> ASHLEE EVANS: FOR THE EVENT,

YEAH. >> WANDA SMITH: A LOT OF MONEY.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

TOM PARKER.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND THAT WERE

RECOGNIZED. >> VONDELL RICHMOND: I BELIEVE IT IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE. WHAT -- SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND FOLLOW THAT MONEY.

I REMEMBER THE COUNCIL DID VOTE ON ALLOCATING THE BUDGET.

AND I THINK I HAVE A POINT OF INQUIRY ABOUT HOW WE GOT FROM 445, WHICH I THINK WAS THE BOAT I REMEMBER.

THAT WAS APPROVED DOWN TO 14,000.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT -- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: HANG ON.

HANG ON. LIKE HIM FINISH.

TRANSPORT I DO REMEMBER THE PREVIOUS --

>> VONDELL RICHMOND: I DO REMEMBER THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT COMING F BEFORE US. I WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT FIGURE BEFORE IS BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER IT BEING -- US BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER IT BEING UP BACK DOWN FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT CURRENTLY.

LET ME CLARIFIED THAT. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: LET ME TAKE

A STAB AT IT. >> VONDELL RICHMOND: OKAY, THANK

YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: I'M TRYING NOT TO CONFUSE TOO MANY SPEAKERS.

THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION DID NOT HAVE A PLAN.

IT WAS REQUESTED AND FUNDED BY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.

86 -- DUE TO COVID, MUCH OF THE MONEY THEY WANTED TO USE COULD NOT BE USED BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS THAT RESTRICTION ON EVENTS, ET CETERA. SO THEY REQUESTED AND WE WENT ALONG AND REDUCED THE BUDGET TO $25,000.

>> WITHOUT SPEAKING TO HRC. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: SO THAT THEY, THEN USE THAT MONEY FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. WHICH WE ARE STILL IN.

AND THEN THEY ARE USING A PORTION OF THOSE FUND SUPPORT THE JUNETEENTH EVENT. THIS SATURDAY.

I INVITE YOU TO BE THERE. SO THAT IS HOW WE GOT THERE.

THEY CEMENTED THE BUDGET REQUEST.

THERE ARE THINGS IN THE CONTENT WERE DUPLICATE AND THAT IS WHY

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YOU HAVE AN COMMITMENT TO INCREASE THAT HAS A TOTAL OF

$60,000 FOR THE YEAR. >> VONDELL RICHMOND: THANK YOU, AMERICA FOR THAT PARK OF INFORMATION.

I LOVE WHAT THE SPONSOR HAS DONE.

MY ONLY CONCERN IS IN MY MIND, I EVEN WAS SEARCHING.

I DON'T KNOW, THE HRC IS MAGNETIC RECOMMENDATION WAS M MADE. THE MAYOR SENT ME -- HE HAD THE ADMINISTRATION SEND THE CONTACT INFORMATION.

I NEVER GOT ANY RESPONSE. SO RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS THE FACE OF THE HRC. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBER IS. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

I FEEL A BIT -- HANG ON. TAKE YOUR HANDS DOWN, PLEASE.

WE SEE THAT. IT IS COUNCILPERSON EVANS WAS SUPPORTED NEVER APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.

TO BE THE COUNCIL REPRES REPRESENTATIVE.

>> VONDELL RICHMOND: BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO -- I'M NOT PRESENT TO LEADERSHIP OF THE HRC IGNORE -- BOTTOM LINE.

MY CONCERN IS, I WOULD LOVE TO POSTED OR THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OUTSIDE. I LOVE WHAT YOU ARE SHARING AND I'M ALL FOR IT. I'M ALL FOR IT.

I'M FOR THIS. I WANTED TO DO IT RESPONSIBLY AND I'VE YET TO SEE OUTSIDE OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION ANY TYPE OF ACTIVITY COME FROM AND I UNDERSTAND WAS A COVID YEAR.

I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM.

IT IS ALMOST LIKE MOM AND DAD GAVE SOME MONEY AND YOU CAN'T TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE ALLOCATED THE FUNDS ON YOUR SCHOOL BUDGET.

ALSO, TO A PREVIOUS SPEAKER, THESE APPEAR TO BE -- I COULD BE THAT WRONG. THEY APPEAR TO BE ARBITRATE NUMBERS. I HAVE PLANNED PROFESSIONAL EVENTS. YOU CAN DO A BROADWAY SHOW FOR THE SOME OF THESE PRICES. AND SO THIS SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT HIGH IN MY ESTIMATION HERE IN CLARKSVILLE FROM -- I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS IS CITY DEAL.

SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE TO PAY OUTSIDE FOR THE PARKS AND REC.

I DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE SEVERAL ENTITIES THE AIRPORT THAT HAVE BEEN USING MY PAST EVENTS.

I DUNNO IF THESE NUMBERS SEEM APPROPRIATE.

I'M COUNTING 15K ALLOCATED FOR 1, TWO, THREE, AT LEAST THREE THAT I'M NOTICING, FOUR, IF YOU COUNT JUNETEENTH.

EVENTS AIMED SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS AND CULTURAL GR GROUPS. BUT COULD THEY BE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE TO GET US OFF THE GROUND IN WHERE WE NEED TO BE? BOTTOM LINE, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE PUTTING THIS MUCH MONEY IN THE HANDS OF A GHOSTED LEADERSHIP. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

I'M NOT PRESENT TO THEM. I JUST DON'T FEEL COMPETENT RIGHT NOW GIVING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THEY DO TO STEWARD THIS AMOUNT.

SMALL BEGINNINGS TO SAY, WE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.

TO JUSTIFY A RAISE OR AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET.

AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I LOVE THAT WORK THAT YOU DID.

I'M ALL FOR EACH OF THESE GROUPS.

AND THE OTHER CAVEAT, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHARE IS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THESE EVENTS SPONSORED THROUGH OUR VARIOUS REPORTS. PEOPLE APPROACH ALL THE TIME ABOUT YOUTH EVENTS. AND SO I THINK THAT A SMARTER WAY TO MAYBE APPROACH THIS OR MORE CREATIVE COLLABORATION WOULD BE TO SAY, A RECIDIVISM CONFERENCE IN SPONSORSHIP WITH JUVENILE JUSTICE ARE WITH SOME OTHER GROUPS AROUND TEN SO THAT WE ARE NOT RECRUITING EVENTS. A LOT OF THESE SEEM TO BE DUPLICATES OF ONCE THAT I HAVE ATTENDED IN THE PAST.

I CAN SEE JUST GIVING THIS BLANKET AMOUNT, THIS BLANK CHECK TO THEM IN THE AMOUNT THAT YOU HAVE REQUESTED.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THANK YOU, COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, THEY ARE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY CURRENT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SOME TRANSITION PRESENTATIONS, ET CETERA BECAUSE OF VARIOUS REASONS AND OTHER WORK SCHEDULES OR WHATEVER. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNCILPERSON EVANS WHO IS THE REPRESENTATIVE APPOINTED TO THE COMMISSION TO EXPLORE OTHER WAYS THAT THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION COULD BE EFFECTIVE. WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS HER REQUEST. FOR THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AS IT WILL EXIST IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

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>> WANDA ALLEN: WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, AND I HEAR THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS. WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS HERE.

WE ARE HERE TO ALLOCATE A BUDGET, OKAY? SO IF WE ALLOCATE A BUDGET, AND FOR -- THEY HAVE A MEETING.

THEY DECIDE FOR REPORT COMMISSIONED IN TRAINING THEY ARE ONLY GOING TO USE $5,000. THAT MONEY REVERTS BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY? WHAT SHE IS PREPARING THIS BUDGET FOR IS FOR THE MONEY TO BE THERE. IT IS IS HER TO ASK NOW FOR THE MONEY THAN IS TYPICAL BACK AND GET A BUDGET AMENDMENT DONE.

OKAY? I UNDERSTAND SEPARATE, INTRICATE TRYING TO BRUSH THESE THINGS INTO ONE.

BUT WE WANT EACH POPULATION IN CLARKSVILLE RECOGNIZE.

AND YEAH, IT MAY NOT CAUSE $5,000 BECAUSE THERE ARE COMMUNITY GROUPS OUT THERE FOR THE HISPANIC HERITAGE RECOGNITION. THERE ARE COMMUNITY GROUPS OUT THERE THAT WILL HELP WITH THAT. BUT IF SHE COMES TO THE TABLE WITH FIVE GET THAT DOES NOT MEAN SHE IS USING FIVE.

THAT COMMITTEE IS USING FIVE. THE HRC AND I GET WHAT WE ARE SAYING. WE HAVE USED THE REASONING, THIS WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS TO SAY, WELL, THIS DEPARTMENT DID NOT IS ALL OF THEIR MONEY BECAUSE OF COVID.

THIS DEPARTMENT DID NOT USE ALL OF THEIR MONEY BECAUSE OF COVID.

GUESS WHAT? THIS RIGHT HERE, COMMITTEE, IT IS THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT GOT CUT, THE $14,000.

EVERYONE ELSE, USE THAT REASONING TO JUSTIFY INCREASING THEIR BUDGET THIS YEAR. SO SICK TO THOUSAND DOLLARS IS ENTER $60,000 IS AN ALLOCATION. I THINK WE NEED TO GET THE HRC AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE GUESS WHAT.

THEY HAD A LOT OF PROGRAMMING THAT THEY HAD PLANTED LAST YEAR AND IT WAS -- IT IS THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.

THEY COULD NOT -- THEY CANNOT BE IN CLOSE CONTACT, WHICH IS ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER. LET'S GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.

THAT IS MY THING. I'M VOTING FOR THIS.

COUNCILPERSON REDD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> WALLACE REDD: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ANY OBJECTION TO CALLING FOR THE QUESTION ON THE AMENDMENT ON THE AMENDMENT? IS THERE -- WE ARE ON THE AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT NINE.

SO WE ARE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT TO A MIMIC NINE, WHICH IS TO TAKE $46,000 IN THE FUND BALANCE TO ADD TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION BUDGET. EVERY MEMBER, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED? ANY NUMBER WISH TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE? -- THEIR VOTE? MADAME CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE.

>> MADAME CLERK: FOUR YEARS AT ONE NO, IT WOULD ABSTAIN.

>> THE MM INTO THE AMENDMENT FEELS.

WE ARE BACK ON THAT WHERE WE WERE? OKAY. WE ARE ON AMENDMENT NINE.

WHICH IS TO INCREASE THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION BUDGET.

WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GET THE MONEY BECAUSE WE JUST WROTE DOWN THE AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT.

SO I WOULD SAY BASED ON DATA THIS COMMITMENT WOULD BE OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF BALANCE.

ORDER. WE ARE MOVING ON.

OBJECTION, A SEVEN MINUTE RECESS.

WE ARE COMING BACK AT 7:15 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO ASSUME OUR BUDGET CONVERSATION. I HAVE BEEN REMINDED TO THAT BEHAVE ACCORDINGLY. SO I WILL DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER. WERE READY FOR THE NEXT BUDGET AMENDMENT PROPOSAL. DO WE HAVE ONE MADAME CLERK?

-- ONE MADAME CLERK? >> MADAME CLERK: YES.

EVERYBODY GOT A COPY? WE ARE STILL ON ORDINANCE 128.

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YEAH, IT IS ALL WEEK -- COVERS PERSON ALLEN IS A SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT. AND YOU ARE RECOGNIZED BY

PROPER. >> WANDA ALLEN: SO LOOKING AT THIS, AND THAT LOOKING AT THE BUDGET PRESENTED AND THE AGENDA, IT SAYS THAT THE CITY IS GIVING THAT ROXY ZERO.

RIGHT? BUT THEN IN THE ROXY BUDGET, HAS $240,000. SO I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED.

SO -- BRISCOE THAT PAPER THE EXTREMITY APPROPRIATION IS F FOR $42,000 TO THE WANTED TO COME OUT OF THE FEDERAL COVID MAKING RESCUE PLAN ACT FUN. JUST LIKE WE WOULD FUND THE OTHER SHUTTERED VENUES LIKE MUSEUM AND THE SENIOR SENIOR --

SENIOR CENTER. >> WANDA ALLEN: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE ROXY BUDGET.

THAT THE $80 VERSUS $240,000. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> WANDA ALLEN: IN REVIEWING THAT ROXY BUDGET, I LOOKED AT IT AND THE END OF THE YEAR, THERE'S $167,000 LEFT.

NOW, I REACHED OUT AND I ASKED HER, WHY IS THERE AT $167,000 LEFT AND WE ARE GIVING THEM $240,000.

WELL, WHAT YOU TOLD ME WITH THAT THAT MONEY IS THERE LIKE WITH THE PROGRAM OPENED BACK UP AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT AND I WAS LIKE, LOOK AT THAT IS -- STILL DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME BECAUSE WE COULD USE THAT HUNDRED $50,000 -- $160,000 AND IF SHE WANTS TO EXPLAINED IT, SHE PROBABLY CAN EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN ME. BUT WE COULD USE THAT $106,000 TO GO BACK INTO THE COVID FUNDS AND THEN WENT THEY GIVE US FURTHER CLARIFICATION, AND THAT MONEY IS THERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZE.

>> STACEY STREETMAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR .1 THING I CAN SPEAK TO IN REGARD TO THE ROXY BUDGET, WHEN IT WAS REFERENCE TO, EXTRA PREDICATE WHAT IT IS IS THAT, INDICA THEY ARE LOOKING AT THINGS CURTLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN FULL CAPACITY.

ONCE THEY OPENED BACK UP TO FULL, CAPACITY AND WE KNOW THEY BOTH OPENED BACK UP TO FULL CAPACITY, THEIR EXPENSES ARE GOING TO GO UP DRAMATICALLY. THAT IS WHAT -- ] IT IS OKAY. GO AHEAD, COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN POTENTIAL THANK YOU. WANTS THEY GO BACK TO THE FULL CAPACITY, THEORY GOING TO GO BACK UP DRAMATICALLY.

IT IS A MATTER OF -- FOR THEM TO GO TO THAT.

THEIR LICENSEE FEES GO UP. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO GO INTO IT THAT IS GOING TO INCREASE.

ALSO, THESE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM THE FUNDS WHICH ARE THE COVERED FUNDS AND IT IS FOR A HUNDRED YOU.

JUST AS THAT MERE REFERENCE, WE HAVE MONEY FOR THE MUSEUM AND WE HAVE MONEY FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER.

THESE ARE OUR COMPONENTS NOW. THE ROXY IS A COMPONENT JUST LIKE THOSE OTHER TWO ARE. WE NEED TO LEAVE THESE FUNDS IN HERE. WE HAVE TAKEN THIS IN AS PART OF BEING IN THE CITY NOW AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE ROXY.

THE ROXY HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT. AND THIS WORKS OUT TO YOU ARE TALKING 20,000 A MONTH. THAT IS WHERE THE 24,000 COMES FROM. IT IS NO DIFFERENT FROM FORMALLY. LAST TIME, CAME OUT OF THE CITY BUDGET. NOW IT IS COMING OUT OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN AND THOSE FUNDS NEED TO BE USED ON SPECIFIC THINGS WHICH INCLUDES SHATTERED VENUES WHICH THE ROXY ABSOLUTELY WAS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU VOTE DOWN THIS AMENDMENT AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ROXY.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON BUTLER, YOU ARE

NEXT ON THE LIST. >> TRISHA BUTLER: THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THEY ARE P FUNDS ARE BUILT INTO THAT. I DUNNO HOW I EVER -- WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD ON THOSE AGAIN WHEN THE TIME COMES?

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE HAVE APPROPRIATE THE TOTAL AMOUNT WITH A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC USES ON BEING SHATTERED VENUES WHICH WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT WE CAN USE IT FOR.

WE HAVE ALSO PROGRAMMED MONEY IN THE FOR LOST REVENUE, WHICH IS AN ALLOWABLE EXPENSE, MONIES THAT WE COULD NOT GENERATE OR CAPTURE BECAUSE OF COVID. WE KNOW THOSE TWO USES ARE PERMITTED. WE ARE WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL RULES. BUT WE DO NEED TO APPROPRIATE THE MONEY AS A WHOLE. WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW HOW WE ARE

GOING TO SPEND IT. >> TRISHA BUTLER: AND JUST FOR, I GUESS, A LITTLE EXTRA INFORMATION, I DID GET AN E-MAIL. I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE DID THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT LIKELY TO MATERIALIZE UNTIL THE END OF JULY NOW. I JUST GOT THE E-MAIL, LIKE, IN

THE LAST FEW DAYS. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE HAVE --

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SO THE ACCOUNT WHICH WE KNOW WE CAN USE THAT INTEREST AS REV

REVENUE. >> TRISHA BUTLER: I THINK AT EVERY LAST MEETING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN USE THAT MONEY FOR IS, LIKE, SEWER, WATER STUFF.

SO I'M GOING TO VOTE YES ON THIS COMMITMENT.

AND AGAIN, IT IS NOT TO BE MEANS TO EVERYBODY.

DOES ANYBODY. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE OTHER PLACES THAT THAT MONEY -- I WOULD WANT TO SAY COULD BE BETTER SPENT. BUT MAYBE MORE HIGHER PRESSING PRIORITIES. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT THAT YOU

ARE RECOGNIZED. >> WALLACE REDD: --

>> JASON KNIGHT: I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW COVID HAS AFFECTED THE ROXY. THERE'S A LOT OF SALARIES THAT HAS TO BE PAID. THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK AT THE ROXY. ALSO, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND WE ARE SEEING A SURPLUS PUT THAT SURPLUS IS BEING USED FOR THOSE PURPOSES. AND THE ROXY, AS EXTENDED BY THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, IT IS AN ACID OR PART OF THE CITY NOW AND WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

TAKING AWAY MONEY FROM THAT ROXY TAKES AWAY FROM THOSE SALARIES THAT IS BEING PAID TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK THERE.

SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> WANDA ALLEN: SO WE JUST HAD A WHOLE AMENDMENT BEING VO VOTED N BECAUSE IT WAS NOT CLEAR ENOUGH. THIS CLEARLY SHOWS IT IS 167,000 SURPLUS. OKAY? JUST LEFT THERE. THERE WERE NO REQUESTS IN PAY BASIS. THERE WERE NO REQUESTS IN ANY OF THOSE THINGS. OKAY? NOW, BEFORE COVID, THE BUDGET THAT IS ABOUT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OFF WAS $558,000.

OKAY? THAT WAS THEIR ENTIRE BUDGET.

RIGHT? NOW, ARE THIS YEAR, THEY ARE NOT PAYING ONE DOLLAR RAIN -- RENT. THEY ARE NOT PAYING EIGHT MORTGAGE. THEY ARE NOT PAYING SOME OF THE SAME THING THAT THEY WITH A SEPARATE ENTITY.

WE GIVE THEM $180,000 LAST YEAR WITH THE HELP WITH THAT.

THIS YEAR AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOT A PLANTED ASK FOR THE MONEY THIS YEAR. WHEN WE PURCHASED IT.

SO IF THERE'S ONE HRSA, 7,000-DOLLAR SURPLUS -- DOES, -- WHEN YOU WERE FUNCTION AS THEIR OWN SEPARATE ENTITY.

WHAT YOU NEED THAT MONEY SITTING THERE ALLOCATED? ARE USING IT FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS.

THE BUDGET CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THE MONEY IS JUST LEFT THERE.

WITH NO INTENTION AS OF YET. AND IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD USE AS A.R.P. MONEY FOR IN THE FUTURE, LET'S IS AT FIVE OF THOSE THINGS. AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THE ROXY NEEDS TO THE COMEBACK FOR HER, THEY NEED TO COME BACK TO. WE VOTED AN AMENDMENT FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED IN OUR CITY AND WE ARE LEADING $167,000 SIT JUST IN CASE IT IS NEEDED. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON REDD, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZE. >> WALLACE REDD: I WOULD LIKE TO

CULT OF THE QUESTION. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED FOR. ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE, WE HAVE AN PART OKAY.

WE ARE ON THE BOARD THEN. WE ARE VOTING TO SEE'S DISCUSSION ON AMENDMENT TEN. AS SOON AS THE CLERK GET IT HEAT UP, WE WILL BE NON-DEBATABLE, EIGHT MEMBERS TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION. ON AMENDMENT TEN.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE'S DISCUSSION.

HANGING ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEE. OKAY.

ALL MEMBERS VOTE, PLEASE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED? EVERY MEMBER VOTED? ANY MEMBER AT WHICH -- WISH TO CHANGE THEIR BLOOD? SHE'S DISCUSSION.

OKAY. MADAME CLERK?

>> MADAME CLERK: -- >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: MADAME CLERK

CONTENT DEVELOPMENT. >> WALLACE REDD: IT TOURNAMENT MOTION TO THE SEA'S DISCUSSION FEELS.

WE ARE BACK ON DISCUSSION OF THE COMMITMENT NUMBER COUNCILPERSON

REYNOLDS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.

WITH THAT HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE BE CONSIDERED A GOOD

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VENUE? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: NO.

THEY ARE NOT A VENUE. YOU ARE RIGHT.

THEY ARE IMPORTANT COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE OF THE CITY.

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: AND IF WE APPROVE THIS, AMENDMENT, THE MONEY IS STILL THERE AND IF DURING THE BUDGET YEAR, ROXY CAME FORWARD WITH REQUESTS TO ACCESS THIS MORNING, WE WERE JUST PUT ON IT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE SITTING THERE AS

EXTRACTED IS THAT CORRECT? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND THE -- CAN BE AMENDMENT.

IT TAKES TWO READINGS BECAUSE IT IS AN ORDINANCE.

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: IT COULD BE AMENDED.

AND IT WOULD JUST -- AND IF WE APPROVE THIS MONEY IS STILL

AVAILABLE. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WHICH MONEY?

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: THAT MONEY IS GOING OUT OF THAT SPECIAL FUN.

IT IS NOT ALLOCATED. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: UNTIL WE GET FINAL RULES THAT WE ARE COMFORTABLE THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO COME BACK ON, THAT WE. MONDAY, IS GOING TO SIT THERE.

AND HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT -- THOSE REQUIREMENTS RELAXED. SO THAT WE CAN USE IT FOR THINGS THAT WE MAYBE BECAUSE IT IS ONE POINT -- ONE-TIME MONEY.

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT IF WE DON'T COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THE MONICA IT IS A CONVERSATION THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE TOO DIFFICULT TO BE HAD WITH ONLY

THOSE RIGHT? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: RIGHT.

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> STACEY STREETMAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO EXPLAIN A DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT WE ARE TALKING TO TALKING ABOUT NOW.

WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT NOW, AGAIN, IS WOULD BE COMING FROM THE ART FRIENDS. WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A MOMENT AGO COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND THOSE ARE COMING FROM TAXPAYERS WHEREAS THIS IS COMING FROM THE A.R.P.

FUNDS. I'M GLAD IT WAS REFERENCED ABOUT THE SALARIES. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS SINCE THEIR SALARIES HAVE BEEN INCREASE.

THE ARK -- DEPENDING ON WHO IT IS, 40 TO 80 HOURS A WEEK THAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN AND AGAIN, WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE GETTING OPENED BACK UP. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE LONG.

I WOULD IMAGINE THE BOARD WOULD BE DOING THAT SOON.

HOWEVER, ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS, AND I KNOW IF I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO SEE IT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HUGH MCKEAN IT IF I DUMP POINTING OUT TWO THINGS I LOVE.

THE MUSEUM AND OUR SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER.

WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE ROXY ENOUGH TO KEEP UP THE TWO OF THEM AS WELL. AGAIN, IF I DON'T BRING IT UP, NO I'M GOING TO HAVE MANY PEOPLE POINTING THAT OUT TO BE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN THE ROXY AND THE FUNDING OF TAX -- THAT THE ROXY GETS IS NOT WHAT IS GOING TO BE COMING FROM THIS BUDGET. THE ROXY WORKS HARD TO DO FUNDRAISING COVER THEMSELVES TO DID BRING IN MONEY.

THERE'S A LOT OF DONORS DROPPED THE COMMUNITY THAT GIVE MONEY.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT BUY TICKETS.

BUT WE WERE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, THAT WOULD BE JUST AS GIVING MANY PICTURES, NO INCOME COMING IN FROM THAT.

AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE PUT DOWN THIS AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT THAT YOU ARE RICH NESBITT.

>> JASON KNIGHT: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER.

WE ARE DOING A LOT OF SPECULATIVE IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET FOR THE ROXY. I KNOW THAT THE ROXY'S DIRECTOR IS HERE. IS IT OKAY TO HAVE HIM GIVE SOME

CLARIFICATION? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ANY OBJECTION TO MR. BUIE? WE ARE IN REGULAR SESSION.

OKAY. OKAY.

OKAY. HANG ON A MINUTE.

I GET IT. LET'S DO THAT.

>> CAN I MAKE THAT MOTION? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YOU CAN TAKE AND HEAR FROM -- DEVICE YOU MAKE A SECOND? OKAY. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO GO INTO RECESS TO HEAR FROM MR. BUIE.

ANY QUESTION ABOUT THAT MOTION? SEEING NUNCA ARE YOU READY TO GO. NOT YET.

NOT YET. HANG ON.

JUST A SECOND. LET'S DO A VOICE VOTE, SHALL WE? WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO RECESS BRIEFLY.

>> WE HAVE A DISCUSSION. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: I ASKED IF

THERE WERE QUESTIONS. >> I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY ABOUT

IT. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY.

WE ARE VOTING NO. SORRY, SIR.

WE WILL TAKE THE VOTE. ON GOING INTO RECESS.

OKAY. LET'S DO A VOICE VOTE.

HOW WAS THAT? ROLL CALL OR JUST BOYS? LET'S DO VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF GOING INTO RECESS SAY EYE. ANY OPPOSED TO SAFE MAY.

THE AYES HAVE IT. WE ARE GOING INTO BRIEF RECESS.

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COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT I ASKED OF YOU TO APPROACH AND SO WE WILL LET HIM LEAD OFF. COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT?

>> JASON KNIGHT: I WANT YOU TO CLARIFY.

ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET FOR THE ROXY AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE ROXY AND ALL THE STATEMENTS AND ARE QUESTIONS THAT WAS MADE BY THE COUNCIL. CAN YOU ADDRESS THOSE?

THANK YOU. >> FIRST, I WILL APOLOGIZE FOR WEARING SHORTS. I DID NOT KNOW -- SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. AND ONE IS IN THE 11 YEARS THAT I HAVE LIVED IN CLARKSVILLE, I WORK FOR THE ROXY REGIONAL THEATER. FOUR OF THOSE 11 YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE A CONTENT AND A HALF, WE HAVE COUNSEL AND WE HAVE COME BEFORE EACH MAYOR TO TRY AND DEFINE HOW THIS COUNSEL WAIT -- WEIGHTS THE ARTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE IT IS VERY CLEAR IN THIS COMMUNITY BASED ON THE ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE IT IS INDEED WEIGHTED. THE CUSTOMS HOUSE MUSEUM RECEIVES $800,000 A YEAR. THEY HAVE 13 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. THE ROXY AND ITS 39 YEAR TENURE HAS ONLY RECEIVED THIS POINT, $160,000 FROM THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE. AND 39 YEARS.

THE MOST FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES WE HAVE EVER HAD HIS FIVE.

OUR. FIVE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES TO RUN AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS EQUAL TO, AS INPUT INTO THE HEALTH AND GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR THIS TYPE OF FUNDING AS A COMPONENT UNIT AFTER THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CAME TO THE CONCLUSION AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE.

HOWEVER, NOW I STAND BEFORE YOU AND WE WOULD -- WE ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT PARTNERING IS NOT NECESSARILY THE OPTION.

IT IS OUR FIRST TIME COMING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE FOR FINANCIAL APPROVAL AS A COMPONENT UNIT.

AND EVERY SINGLE ARTS ORGANIZATION IN THIS NATION HAS BEEN SHUTTERED. WE HAVE NOT PRESENTED A LIVE PIECE OF THEATER A RECORD MISSION SINCE MARCH 13TH OF 2020. IT WILL BE 18 MONTHS SINCE WE HAVE HAD ANY SOURCE OF CONSISTENT REVENUE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO. WE ARE ALSO ONE OF THE ONLY ORGANIZATIONS AND FACILITIES TO DEMAND THAT WE TAKE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SERIOUSLY. WE ARE STILL REQUIRING MASKS.

WE ARE STILL SOCIAL DISTANCING. APPROXIMATELY BEGET TO THE BUDGET. IN PREPARING THE BUDGET, WE ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HERE THE C CITY. WE ASK QUESTIONS TO OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS VOTED THAT THE ROXY WILL OPEN IN SEPTEMBER.

BUT AT 40% CAPACITY. THAT MEANS THAT OUT OF 175 SEATS, I WILL ONLY BE SELLING BETWEEN 55 AND 60 TICKETS.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HERE HAS OUR RUN A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OR THE FUTURE ORGANIZATION.

OR HAS PUT ON MOVIES OR ANY OF THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE EXPENSES TO DO THOSE THINGS ARE ASTRONOMICAL. AND I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE ARE GROUPS NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES AND PAYING THOSE ROYALTIES. SO RIGHT NEXT WITH ROYALTY COMPANIES, WE HAVE 18 UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS OF WHICH WERE GOING TO ANNOUNCE FOR SEASON 39. AND EACH ROYALTY COMPANY IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM ALL OF THE OTHERS.

THEY LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE VENUE.

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PUMP OUR ROYALTIES ARE BASED ON 40%.

IF WE INCREASE TO THE OPENED UP TO 75% OR EVEN 100% WITHIN OUR FISCAL YEAR, THEN THOSE ROYALTIES WILL GO UP DRASTICALLY. ANOTHER 60%.

WE ARE ALSO ONLY BUDGETING OTHER PIECES OF OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET AT 40%. COVID, PROFESSIONAL CLEANING, YOUTH SERVICES. THE INCOME THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THOSE PERFORMANCES ARE ALL RIGHT NOW AT 40%. SO WE ARE BREAKING WITH A BUDGET WITH 100% GIVING FROM THE CITY TO THE PARTNERSHIP.

BUT WITH A 40% USAGE AT THIS POINT TO BE READY FOR THE TIME WHEN WE DO COME OPEN TO 100%. SPEAKING TO EMPLOYEES, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME QUESTION ABOUT -- OR ADDRESS SOME CONFUSION THAT I MAKE $126,000. IF I DID, IT WOULD BE A TOTAL DIFFERENT STORY. AND HAVE COMPETITORS BEFORE WHEN I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING A MILLIONAIRE AUGUST FLOOR.

-- ON THIS FLOOR. THAT IS FOR 4 EMPLOYEES.

CLARKSVILLE NOW PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE THAT SAID THAT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL IN THIS TOWN, TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING, THE NEED TO MAKE 670-ISH DOLLARS THE BIG. A TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AND PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER IT WOULD NOT MIX DOLLARS A WEEK.

-- SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THOSE ARE FOR 4 EMPLOYEES.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WE ARE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND RESENT LIVE THEATER. FULL DOES NOT KNOW WAS IT HAS.

THE MOST PART FULL DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IT HAS.

THERE ARE THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT SHUT DOWN EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I HAVE FRIENDS THAT WERE CONDEMNED.

AND YOU ARE THE -- YOU HAVE THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL REGIONAL THEATER WITHIN A 50-MILE RADIUS. AND WE ARE CONTINUED TO BE ASKED FOR MORE AND MORE AND MORE WITHOUT THE OTHER HAND COMING BACK. AND ALL WE WANT IS A HANDSHAKE.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON ALLEN, DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF MR. BULLY? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

>> WANDA ALLEN: I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

SO WHY NOT INCREASE PAY? PUT THAT ONE.

67 -- IN PLACES WHERE YOU KNOW IT AS NEEDED.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW CAN'T IT JUST LOOKS LIKE IT IS SITTING THERE.

BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE.

I WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE BUDGET AND I'M GOING TO BECOME LOOK AT WHERE YOUR, $7,000 LEFT. AND.

>> SO RAISE MY SALARY AND THE OTHER PEOPLE'S SALARIES FOR THOSE FOUR EMPLOYEES. BUT THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE HAVE THE EXPENSES AND MY ROYALTIES JUMP UP FROM $2,000.90000, I DIDN'T DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY

THEIR. >> AND YOU HAVE $50,000 LEFT.

>> OKAY. THAT IS ALSO -- THERE'S THE OTHER EXPENSES PAST THE ROYALTIES, THE PRODUCTION COST.

IT IS THE ACTORS THAT WE TO PAY. WE HAD AN HUNDRED $30,000 THE WE DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR OUR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTRACT. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTRACT WORKERS. THOSE COME INTO PLAY AS WELL TO PERFORM THESE PLAYS AND MUSICALS.

THEY COME INTO THEIR COMMUNITY. WE WILL BECAUSE OF COVID REGULATIONS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING WITH ACTORS EQUITY AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO KEEP ACTORS SAFE.

WE HAVE TO INCREASE OUR HOUSING. WE PROVIDE HOUSING FOR ALL OF THESE ACTORS WHEN THEY COME INTO TEMPLATE LIKE, RENTALS FOR 2 PEOPLE ON MY STAFF BECAUSE WE DO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR MY TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AND PROTECTION -- PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN A BOX. THOSE OTHER -- THOSE OTHER ITEMS, THEY WILL BECOME LINE ITEMS IN A BUDGET.

IT WILL BE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH BUFFER TO DO

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I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A RAISE.

I WAS ALSO TRYING TO KEEP ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WAS BEING SPENT ON PROGRAMMING. BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU THAT IF WE WOULD HAVE PUT A RAISE IN THE SALARY, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. THERE'S NO QUESTION YET.

I WILL GIVE YOU "YET" ABOUT INCREASING THE MUSEUMS BUDGET .90000 DOLLARS TO HIRE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.

THERE'S ANOTHER -- NEVER A QUESTION EVER.

>> WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THEIR BUDGETS, DIMPLE BUDGETS ARE BALANCED. BUDGET HAS THAT 160,000 -- IN IT AND IT IS LIKE, LOOK AT IF IT IS JUST SITTING THERE AND WE CAN POSSIBLY PUT IT TOWARDS SOMETHING ELSE, I MEAN, YOU ARE GOING TO 40%. RIGHT NOW.

YOU ARE AT 40%. >> NO, AND -- I WILL BE --

>> WANDA ALLEN: AT SEPTEMBER? WHAT DO PLAN TO --

>> WAND >> THAT IS NOT A QUESTION THAT I CAN ANSWER. IT IS A MULTI-ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT EVERY MONTH. IT ALSO AFFECTS HOW MANY RENTALS WERE ABLE TO -- OUR FILM SERIES, THOSE TICKETS ARE FIVE DOLLARS

APIECE. >> WANDA ALLEN: UH-HUH.

EXPECT AND WE ARE ONLY ALLOWING 60 PEOPLE TO COME IN FOR THOSE.

THE ROYALTIES OF A MOVIE, IF YOU ADEQUATELY AND PROPERLY.

OF A MOVIE IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN $30,450 TO SHOW IT ONCE.

AND WE PAY THOSE. BUT WHEN YOU BALANCE THAT BUDGET, MY TICKET SALES DO NOT PAY FOR THE ROYALTIES.

SO THERE ARE EXPENSES THERE AND THIS BUDGET WILL BE A FLUID BUDGET. LOOK AT OUR BUDGET IN AND LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID AND THEN MAKING THESE CHANGES WITH THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE TO BE ON THE SAME FISCAL YEAR, WE APPROVED THREE DIFFERENT BUDGET THROUGHOUT THAT YEAR BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THERE'S ALSO EXCESSIVE STUDY THAT IT WILL TAKE THE PERFORMING ARTS IN THIS COUNTRY AT LEAST FIVE YEARS TO RECOVER FROM

COVID-19. >> WANDA ALLEN: BUT LET'S GO TO

YEAR BEFORE. >> OKAY.

WITH THE COVID YEAR? >> WANDA ALLEN: BEFORE COVID?

>> OKAY. CONTROL OF THEIR --

>> WANDA ALLEN: THIS BUDGET THAT YOU ARE PRESENTED IS 700 AND --

>> ARE THOSE EXPENSES ARE IS THIS REVENUE?

>> WANDA ALLEN: EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING ASKED FOR IS 700 AND

SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS. >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT DOCUMENT -- I WOULD LOVE -- CAN I HAVE JUST --

>> WANDA ALLEN: I WILL SHOW IT TO YOU.

>> TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE REFERENCING.

>> WANDA ALLEN: LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT.

OF THE BUDGET REQUEST? >> WANDA ALLEN: HOLD ON A

MINUTE. >> I THINK I HAVE IT ON MY PHONE.

HERE. WAIT A MINUTE.

THIS IS NOT ITS HERE IT IS.

OKAY. IT SAYS RIGHT HERE THAT -- IS THIS THE ONE PUT MY BAD. -- ONE? MY BAD.

>> WANDA ALLEN: OH, GOSH. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALK ABOUT THE

ACTUAL LINE BY LINE? >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: CAN YOU HELP HER? OKAY.

>> I DON'T SEE 700. OKAY HERE.

FY 21 IS LOOKING LIKE $707,200. >> WANDA ALLEN: RIGHT.

>> AND THE TOTAL EXPENSES IN FY 22 IS $539,545.6 WHICH DOES

LEAVE A SURPLUS OF $157,954.94. >> WANDA ALLEN: RIGHT.

SO MY QUESTION ABOUT THAT IS, THAT YEAR BEFORE, IS THAT ON

THE, TOO QUICK NOT 2019? >> YES.

>> WANDA ALLEN: 500 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS?

>> RIGHT. JUST KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE NOTES AT THE TOP THAT NANCY -- OUR ACCOUNTANT AND TREASURER DOES BECAUSE OF A SWITCHING OF OUR PHYSICAL YEAR OF OUR OTHER

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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THEY ARE NOT 12 MONTHS.

>> WANDA ALLEN: OKAY. >> BECAUSE WE HAD TO WORK WITH OUR AUDITORS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO. A 10,000 THOSE EVERY YEAR FOR AN AUDIT AS A NONPROFIT THAT RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION. RIGHT NOW, INSTEAD OF DOING A 12 MONTH AUDIT, WE ARE GOING AN 18 MONTH AUDIT TO CATCH UP BECAUSE OUR FISCAL YEARS TRUNK. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT FY 20, IT IS IN UNMET BUDGET. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT FY 21, IT

IS A NINE-MONTH BUDGET. >> WANDA ALLEN: THAT IS WHAT I'M

TALKING ABOUT, F1 19 -- FY 19. >> TWO YEARS AGO.

>> WANDA ALLEN: TWO YEARS AGO. NOT LAST YEAR BUT 2019.

IT WAS 500 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS.

>> TWO YEARS AGO, FY 19TH WHICH WAS A FULL 12 YEARS.

IT WAS THE TOTAL REVENUE. AND THAT IS AN ACTUAL.

THAT IS NOT A BUDGETED ESTIMATE. THAT IS AFTER EVERY QUICKBOOKS AND ALL AUDITING RECORDS HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.

>> WANDA ALLEN: UH-HUH. >> AND THEN THE EXPENSES FROM THAT YEAR WAS $605,800.10. WHICH PUT US AT A LOSS OF

$22,944.59. >> WANDA ALLEN: CORRECT.

SO MY QUESTION IS THE ROXY NO LONGER HAS TO PAY MORTGAGE.

>> CORRECT. >> WANDA ALLEN: THAT IS SOMETHING -- $1,800 A MONTH. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMING

OUT OF YOUR BUDGET. >> UH-HUH.

>> WANDA ALLEN: THE END, YOU ARE ASKING FOR MORE, 100 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND MORE. THAN YOU DID IN 2019.

>> I DID NOT ASK FOR ANYTHING IN 2019.

>> WANDA ALLEN: I KNOW. SO WOULD YOU ACTUALLY.

>> WE STILL ARE A PRIVATE EN ENTITY.

>> WANDA ALLEN: WHAT YOU ACTUALLY HAD WAS -- SPENT NINE MONTHS OF $20,000, WHICH IS 80 --

>> WANDA ALLEN: I'M SORRY. .

IN 2019, IT WAS $695,000. IT WAS ABLE ACTUAL SPENDING.

PART CORRECT? >> 605,810 CENTS.

>> WANDA ALLEN: OKAY. THERE ARE.

>> THOSE EXPENSES THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYMORE.

HERE IS THE ADJUSTMENT IN THAT? THERE'S EXPENSES YOU DON'T HAVE.

YOU DON'T HAVE A MORTGAGE ANYMORE.

>> CORRECT. WE STILL PAY UTILITIES.

WE STILL PAY INTEREST. WE STILL PAY MAINTENANCE ON THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. THE OTHER THING THAT WE WENT UP A ON THE BUILDING AS PER THE CONTRACT THE PRESENT WITH THE CITY IS ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE

BUILDING. >> WANDA ALLEN: CORRECT.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS NOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR $707,000.

RIGHT. >> WANDA ALLEN: $240,000.

RIGHT. >> WE WILL RAISE OURSELVES

THROUGH TICKETS SALES AND -- >> WANDA ALLEN: $240,000.

BUT THAT $240,000 THAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN YOUR BUDGET. THE END, YOU END UP WITH A

SURPLUS. >> IT IS ACCOUNTED FOR IN MY.

>> VONDELL >> WANDA ALLEN: YOU END UP WITH

THAT SURPLUS. >> I'M NOT TRYING TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE. THIS BUDGET IS AT 40%.

SO WHEN I SPEND THE ADDITIONAL 60% THOSE FIGURES WILL CHANGE.

WHEN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS LOOSENS FROM ONLY SELLING 60 TICKETS MUTELY, THOSE WILL CHANGE.

IMMEDIATELY, THE END BOTTOM LINE WILL GO -- WILL SUDDENLY START TO THE BALANCE ITSELF OUT. BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE 100% OF EXPENSES VERSUS 40% OF EXPENSES WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT IS ALL WE KNOW.

I CANNOT PUT TOGETHER IN GOOD CONSCIENCE A BUDGET AND THE HYPOTHETICAL TICKET SALES THAT WE HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER BASED ON YEARS PREVIOUS. WE HAVE NOT HAD AN 18 MONTHS PREVIOUS. I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIOUS PUT THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER AND JUST MAKE IT FLUFFY BIG BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF $20,000 A MONTH, FROM THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, IT DOES LOOK SLIGHTLY.

-- FLUFFY. IF WE OPENED UP TO 100% WHEN THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, IT WILL NOT LOOK LIKE THAT.

>> WANDA ALLEN: OKAY. >> AND THEY ARE ALL EX OFFICIO'S ON OUR BOARD. THEY RECEIVE DIRECT FINANCIALS EVERY SINGLE MONTH. WE ARE EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT IN OUR FINANCIALS. WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR AND WE WERE NEVER ANYWHERE NEAR FORECLOSURE EFFORT ON THAT BUILDING.

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DIRECTOR BEEN IN GOOD STANDING. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS:

COUNCILPERSON ALLEN? >> WANDA ALLEN: I'M GOOD.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: OKAY. COUNCILPERSON REYNOLDS,

QUESTIONS FOR MR. BILLY? >> KAREN REYNOLDS: YES.

THANK YOU MR. BILLY FOR THE LAST MINUTE REQUESTED TO SPEAK.

AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE ROXY DOES.

I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT MANY OF US ARE NEW TO THIS PROCESS AND WE ARE VERY SENSITIVE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND HONESTLY, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ALL OF THE QUESTIONS UNTIL WE START ASKING THE QUESTIONS. AND SOMETIMES OUR QUESTIONS THAT MAKE SENSE AND WE FRUSTRATE PEOPLE.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL BS. AND SO FOR PEOPLE JUST LOOKING AT THE BUDGET WITHOUT THE DETAILS THAT YOU PROVIDED TO ARE ANSWERS TO SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED, WE DON'T KNOW ANSWERS INTUITIVELY AND WE DON'T HAVE A FEEL FOR IT.

AND I WILL TELL YOU PERSONALLY THAT ALL OF US GOT THEIR FAIR SHARE OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE E-MAILS WHEN WE APPROPRIATED $180,000 TO ROXY. SO --

>> THIS COUNSEL DID NOT APPROVE THAT.

THE PREVIOUS ONE DID. >> KAREN REYNOLDS: WE HAD TO PUT

ON IT. >> THIS BODY DID NOT.

>> KAREN REYNOLDS: EXCUSE ME. EN THAT DOES EXCUSE ME.

BUT DURING THAT PROCESS, HAVE RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL BACK AND FOURTH. SO FOR US NOT TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT I KNOW IT IS FRUSTRATING TO ME.

WE OWE THAT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. I HAD MANY OF THE SAME QUESTIONS AND I HOPE THAT YOU REALIZE THAT I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE ROXY AND WHAT YOU GUYS DEPICT BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO STOP ME PERSONALLY FROM ASKING FOR OF THE DETAILS AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I WANTED TO BE CLARIFIED THAT.

>> CANNOT RESPOND REALLY QUICKLY? I THINK IF I CAN ASK SOMETHING OF EVERYONE ON THIS COUNSEL DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO WEIGHT.

BECAUSE THAT MUSEUM HECK CAN HAVE AN INCREASE IN BUDGET EVERY SINGLE FISCAL YEAR AND THERE'S NEVER ANY QUESTION.

EVER AND TO HAVE BEEN FUNDED FROM THIS COUNSEL IN THIS CITY FOR 35 PLUS YEARS. THERE'S NEVER A QUESTION.

I JUST THINK THAT IF YOU HAVE THE QUESTIONS, ASK THE QUESTIONS OF ALL OF THESE COMPONENT UNITS CROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL ASKED. IT IS TIRESOME TO BE IN A CITY.

THE ROXY IS ALWAYS THE PUNCHING BAG.

-- WHERE THE ROXY IS ALWAYS THE PUNCHING BAG.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ARE YOU -- >> KAREN REYNOLDS: I'M NOT SURE THAT IS FAIR SINCE YOU JUST COME INTO CITY COUNCIL, INTO ONE OF

HER ENTITIES FAIRLY RECENTLY. >> I AGREE WITH THAT.

HAVE TO DO WITH ANYONE SITTING HERE.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT THAT WAS A FAIR STATEMENT.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON REDD?

>> I MOVE TO GO BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ANY OBJECTION? GOING BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. WE HAVE OBJECTION? WE ARE GOING TO BE ON THE BOARD. LET'S DO IT BY VOICE VOTE.

HOW ABOUT THAT? ALL IN FAVOR OF GOING BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION, SAY I. ANY OPPOSED, SAY IT MAY.

WE ARE BACK IN BIGLER SESSION. -- REGULAR SESSION.

AMENDMENT NUMBER TEN. I HAVE EVIDENCE ON THE BOARD.

YOU WISH TO RECOGNIZE THE AMENDMENT.

>> ASHLEE EVANS: YES. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: YOU YOU ARE

RECOGNIZED. >> ASHLEE EVANS: I FEEL LIKE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, THIS COUNSEL HAS BEEN HOUNDING AND ATTACKING THE ROXY, LEAST FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN IN THIS SEAT.

FOR MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. I JUST WANT TO THINK MR. BILLY FOR HIS IMPROMPTU EXPLANATION AND DEDICATION AND CARE INTO ALL OF HIS PARTNERS AT THE ROXY AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO BE VOTING THIS

AMENDMENT DOWN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON RICHMOND, YOU ARE NEXT.

>> VONDELL RICHMOND: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

JUST CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I RECALL YOU SAID ONCE THE CITY PURCHASED -- MADE THE PURCHASE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER

FUNDING THIS YEAR. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: WE ARE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING OUT OF THE EMERGENT RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS BECAUSE IT SHUDDERED VENUE.

>> VONDELL RICHMOND: OKAY. I GUESS I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH

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AGAIN, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS JUST SIMPLY AROUND THE PIVOT.

ON AN ADVOCATE. I'M A PRACTITIONER OF THEATER.

I'M CURIOUS AS TO 39 SHOWS PRE-COVID.

THAT IS REASONABLE. IT WAS DONE.

BUT NOW, WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT ECONOMY.

AND SO JUST BOTTOM LINE, I AGREE WITH THE AMENDMENT.

JUST FROM -- THERE'S NOT ENOUGH. THIS COULD NOT ENOUGH ECONOMICS FOR US TO MAKE AN ECONOMIC DECISION AT THIS TIME.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT I WOULD BE FOR THIS AMENDMENT.

BOTTOM LINE. WITHOUT GETTING INTO FURTHER

DISCUSSION. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT THAT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> JASON KNIGHT: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING A FULL EXPLANATION OF THAT BUDGET. I WILL BE VOTING THIS AMENDMENT DOWN. THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS:

COUNCILPERSON GARRETT. >> COUNCILMEMBER: A CULT OF THE

QUESTION. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: ANY OBJECTION TO SEASON DISCUSSION ON THIS AMENDMENT? HEARING NONE WE ARE VOTING ON AMENDMENT NUMBER TEN.

ALL MEMBERS VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED.

ANY WISH TO CHANGE THEIR? MADAME CLERK, TAKE THAT VOTE.

AND 164 YES. SEVEN NO.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: AMENDMENT NUMBER TEN FAILS. WE ARE ON, APPEARS, AMENDMENT NUMBER 11. BUTLER COMMITMENT NUMBER 11.

I WILL RECOGNIZE THE SPONSOR OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 11,

COUNCILPERSON BUTLER. >> TRISHA BUTLER: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL ACCEPT THAT CHALLENGE, AND I HAVE DECIDED WHERE I WILL WAIT.

I MOTION TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO REMOVE $849,400 FROM THE

CUSTOMS HOUSE MUSEUM. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THAT IS A MOTION BEFORE US. TO I HEAR A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED.

COUNCILPERSON BUTLER? >> TRISHA BUTLER: IF WHAT I'M READING IS CORRECT THAT WE GAVE -- GIVE THEM 849480.

AND FROM THEIR BUDGET NARRATIVE, IT SEEMS TO ME IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY THAT THEY WILL STILL GET $1.036754 MILLION FROM THEIR REVENUE PROJECTIONS COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, ADMISSIONS MEMBERSHIPS, SALES, AND THEN FUNDRAISING EVENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF THE MONEY.

THAT IS MY MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON STREETMAN, YOUR

RECOGNIZED. >> STACEY STREETMAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND IS GETTING CRAZY.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COMPLETELY TAKING AWAY THE FUNDING FOR THE CUSTOMS HOUSE. WE WOULD ELIMINATE ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT THEY HAVE BECAUSE THAT IS WOULD WE GOT IN HERE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WILL TAKE ABOUT LOGISTIC AWAY JOBS.

THE CUSTOMS HOUSE MUSEUM IS ALSO FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE CLARKSVILLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESUME.

NOT ONLY DOES IT HAS OF HISTORY. HAS A LOT OF ART THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. IT HAS EXHIBITS THAT REGULARLY CHANGE APPLICANT VACANT WHICH WE COULD WERE AFFECTED BY COVID AND HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR A GOOD WHILE.

THEY WERE ABLE TO SLOWLY OPENED UP.

IT IS A GREAT PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE IN THERE.

THEY HAVE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS BUT I FORMERLY SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THAT MUSEUM GUILT AND WORK HARD TO HELP FUND RAISE SO THEY COULD LIMIT WHAT THEY HAD TO ASK FOR FROM THE CITY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ALSO HAVE ADDED MORE EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR COMMITTEE.

THEY HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF SUPPORTERS.

THEY STILL NEED THIS 849,480 TO RUN AS I SAID EARLIER, I LOVE THAT LEXI. LEFT THE MUSEUM.

THESE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I ASK THAT YOU VOTE DOES A MEMO DONE AS WELL.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: COUNCILPERSON REDD THAT YOU ARE

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ALL IN FAVOR OF SEASON DISCUSSION ON AMENDMENT NUMBER 11, SAY HI. ANY OPPOSE TO SENE.

WE ARE VOTING ON AMENDMENT 11. ALL MEMBERS, CAST YOUR VOTE.

MADAME CLERK? UPVOTE.

>> WALLACE REDD: ZERO ABSTAIN. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: AMENDMENT NUMBER 11 FAILS. NO MORE AMENDMENTS.

WE ARE BACK ON THE ORDINANCE 128 AS PRESENTED.

COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT THAT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

OKAY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING ORDINANCE 128?

COUNCILPERSON REDD. >> WALLACE REDD: I CALL FOR THE

QUESTION BY VOICE VOTE. >> MAYOR JOE PITTS: THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED FOR ON ORDINANCE 128.

ANY OBJECTION TO SEASON DISCUSSION CHRIS PARKS HEARING NONE, WE ARE NOW PUTTING ON ORDINANCE 128 WHICH IS OUR BUDGET. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

VOTING ON ORDINANCE 128, WHICH IS THE BUDGET.

WE ARE VOTING ON THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE. PAR PARTS ORDINANCE 128.

COUNCILPERSON KNIGHT THAT YOU -- OKAY.

ALL MEMBERS VOTED. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR

COULD MAKE THEIR. >> MADAME CLERK: ONE ABSTAIN.

>> MAYOR JOE PITTS: IT HAS PAST. SO FOR WHICH THIS SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

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