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THE JUNE 28, 2021, SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CLARKSVILLE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
COUNCIL PERSON LITTLE WILL SERVE AS OUR CHAPLAIN TODAY. COUNCIL PERSON STREETMAN WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. INVITE YOU TO STAND IF YOU
WISH. COUNCIL PERSON LITTLE. >> THANK YOU.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE, TO BE ABLE TO BE AMONG THE LIVING.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR CITY AND MAKE THIS AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, GROW AND RAISE A FAMILY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT EACH OF US HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO REPRESENT EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN THIS CITY, LET US DO OUR BEST TO WORK TOGETHER AS TEAM, GROUP, JUST TO MAKE EVERYTHING GO SMOOTHLY. AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MEMBERS, PLEASE REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE. MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE ROLL.
>> ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. FIRST AND ONLY ITEM ON OUR
[5) FY22 BUDGETS]
AGENDA THIS EVENING IS ORDINANCE 130, FIRST READING AMENDING THE FISCAL 2 IS OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS, ADOPTING THE TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2021, ENDING JUNE 30, 2022. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, PROPERLY SECONDED.WE HAVE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS. THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU IS A REFLECTION OF THE LAST VOTE OF THE COUNCIL, WHERE A PROPERTY TAX INCREASED TO FUND THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS NOT APPROVED. WE'RE PRESENTING THIS BUDGET WITH NO PROPERTY TAX INCREASE, THEREBY NO FUNDING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. RATIONALE IS SIMPLE, WE NEED A SPENDING PLAN FOR OUR CITY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO OUR CITIZENS, BOND HOLDERS FOR OUR CURRENT DEBT AND THOSE LOOKING TO BRING THEIR BUSINESS OR FAMILY TO OUR CITY, THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE AND MOVING FORWARD. IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION TO DELETE THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FROM THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED OF ME FREQUENTLY WHY DON'T YOU PROPOSE A LESSER INCREASE TO GET SOMETHING APPROVED.
THE ANSWER WAS SIMPLE TO ME, WHEN WE SET OUT TWO YEARS AGO TO CREATE A TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WAS ADDRESS THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED FOR OUR GROWING CITY, WE WANTED TO BE SURE IT TOUCHED EVERY WARD AND EVERY AREA OF OUR CITY. SINCE EVERY AREA NEEDED HELP, FROM ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, TO SIDEWALKS, TO TRANSIT CENTERS, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, WE SOUGHT TO BE EQUITABLE FOR EVERY CITIZEN. AND SINCE WE WOULD ASK OUR CITIZENS TO PAY FOR IT WITH A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE, IT SEEMED ONLY FAIR AND JUST TO ENSURE THAT BECAUSE EVERYONE WOULD PAY THEN EVERYONE SHOULD BENEFIT.
THIS WAS NOT A TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT PROPOSITION. IT WAS NOT AN ALL OR NOTHING PROPOSAL. IT WAS SIMPLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE IF YOU'RE ASKED TO PAY, THEN YOU GOT SOMETHING IN RETURN. OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE PLANNING KNEW FULL WELL WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS BEGINNING NOW OR ELSE WE WOULD FALL FURTHER BEHIND. WE KNEW THAT WE COULD NOT SACRIFICE OTHER SERVICES, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC SAFETY, BUILDING CODES, ROBUST CONSTRUCTION MARKET, PARKS AND RECREATION TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO ENSURE THAT AS OUR CITY GROWS, WE WOULD NOT STAND STILL IN OTHER AREAS, EMPLOYEE PAY, EQUIPMENT FOR EMPLOYEES, RETIREE HEALTH CARE FOR THOSE HIRED AFTER JULY 1, 2006, AND PROVIDING A RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT TO THOSE WHO NEED IT. TO CUT OR REDUCE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ANY DEPARTMENT WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE UNWISE. SO AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY CHARTER AND CODE, I AM PRESENTING THIS BUDGET TO YOU IN HOPES THAT WE CAN APPROVE THE SPENDING PLAN THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT JULY 1ST. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE AMENDMENTS, AND I WILL TAKE THEM UP AS I HAVE THEM ON MY STACK HERE.
WE FIRST WANT TO PULL OUT HERE STREETMAN AMENDMENT ONE. >> COUNCIL PERSON STREETMAN,
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED ON AMENDMENT ONE. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO START OUT BY THANKING OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO THIS BUDGET. THEY SPENT MANY MONTHS TO HONE IN EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR DEPARTMENTS. ALSO WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE TIME THAT THEY SPENT EARLY IN MAY, MID-MAY, WHEN WE HAD OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THEM EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS THEY WERE REQUESTING AND GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS AND LEARN MORE
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FROM THEM DIRECTLY. IN AN OPEN DISCUSSION FORMAT TO BE ABLE TO REALLY KIND OF DECIDE WHAT IT WAS THAT THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR DEPARTMENTS. SECOND OF ALL, I ALSO WANT TO THANK MS. MATA FOR HER HELP IN US REVIEWING THESE BUDGETS, AS EARLY AS MAY 9TH SHE TOLD US THEN THAT SHE WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO MEET WITH US ONE ON ONE, GO OVER WITH US THE BUDGET RECOGNIZING THAT WE DO HAVE SO MANY NEW MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL AND KNOWING IT IS A COMPLEX PROCESS. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS. NOW, TO THE COUNCIL, THE AMENDMENT THAT I AM REQUESTING IS PUTTING BACK IN THE $0.20 TAX INCREASE THAT WAS FIRST PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET THAT WE JUST VOTED ON LAST WEEK. THIS PUTS EVERYTHING BACK IN, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SINCE LAST WEEK, I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME, STOP ME, TALK TO ME AND ASK ME HOW COULD WE NOT GET THIS APPROVED. THEY RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE HAVE A TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN PLACE. AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE HEARD NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE YEARS ABOUT HOW WE HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD AND CONTINUED TO BUILD WITHOUT AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IN PLACE. WE HAVE THAT PLAN NOW IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING TO TRY AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY, TO HELP CLARKSVILLE GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, TO HELP PEOPLE BE ABLE TO RIDE THE BUS, TO HELP GET SIDEWALKS. I KNOW THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I HEARD ABOUT WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING. I ALSO HAD SOMEONE THAT TALKED TO ME AFTER THE FIRST READING, A GENTLEMAN SAW ME AND SAID THANKS A LOT FOR INCREASING MY PROPERTY TAX. I SAID YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR ROADS. HE SAID WHAT YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IS TRENTON ROAD, I EXPLAINED TO HIM WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, THAT IS A STATE ROAD.BUT WHAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT, ALL OF THE ROADS AROUND THAT, TRY TO HELP ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC OFF OF THAT UNTIL THE STATE CONTINUES WITH THE PLAN TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT TRENTON ROAD. I ASKED HIM TO COME SEE ME, THE ROADS THAT ACTUALLY ARE NEARBY TRENTON ROAD, I WENT THROUGH THE PROJECTS WITH HIM ONE BY ONE.
TIER ONE THAT I DISCUSSED WITH HIM AND SHOWED HIM WHAT THE TIMELINE WAS.
BY THE TIME I GOT DONE SHOWING HIM THAT, HE SAID HEY, I'M OKAY WITH PAYING FOR SOMETHING NOW THAT I KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING. HE FOUND THE BENEFIT IN THAT. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, THAT HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT THAT, THAT DIDN'T WANT TO SEE CUTS HAPPEN FROM PARKS AND RECREATION. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SEE US TAKING THINGS AWAY BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL THAT WE ARE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY AND THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE US BECOME A BEDROOM COMMUNITY. THEY WANT US TO HAVE AMENITIES HERE, WHERE THEY LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. IT IS WHAT KEEPS OUR DOLLARS LOCAL. WE START GIVING UP THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES, EVERYONE IS HAVING TO GO TO OTHER COMMUNITIES TO GET WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FROM US, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE DOLLARS LEAVING OUR COMMUNITY. THOSE DOLLARS STAYING HERE BENEFIT OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, BENEFITS EMPLOYEES, WHO TURN AROUND, THOSE DOLLARS CAN KEEP TURNING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RE-THINK THIS AGAIN, FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST WEEK. RECOGNIZE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR THIS. THEY REALIZE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.
ONE OF THE DEBATES WE HAVE HAD IS OVER DECREASING THE INCREASE, MAKING IT NOT AS MUCH. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN E-MAILS GOING THROUGH ABOUT $0.17 INSTEAD OF $0.20. REALLY BREAK DOWN AND DO THE MATH.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT $0.17 INCREASES VERSUS A $0.20 INCREASE, USING THE MATH GIVEN TO US IN THIS TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WITH THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD BEING $166,000, THAT THREE CENTS EQUATES TO SAVINGS OF TEN DOLLARS OVER AN ANNUAL BASIS.
$250,000 HOUSE, IT EQUATES TO $14. ARE WE REALLY LOOKING TO GIVE UP AND TAKE THINGS AWAY FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS OR GIVE UP THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ENTIRELY JUST TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THAT LITTLE AMOUNT. I AM ASKING YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, LET'S DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR OUR CITY AND PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF RETURNING THE BUDGET TO WHAT IT WAS, FULL TRANSPORTATION PLAN INTACT AND $0.20 TAX INCREASE TO PAY FOR
WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. >> I'LL CONSIDER THAT A MOTION FOR YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> AND PROPERLY SECONDED. I HAVE PEOPLE ON THE LIST, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU'RE SPEAKING TO AMENDMENT ONE. COUNCIL PERSON REYNOLDS, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO AMENDMENT ONE.
>> YES. >> YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >> YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST STATE THAT SENT E-MAILS AND STUDIED THE BUDGET.
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I AM NOT ASKING ANY DEPARTMENT TO TAKE A CUT IN THEIR CURRENT FUNDING.CURRENTLY, THEIR FUNDING INCREASES WITH THIS BUDGET BY 11.23 PERCENT.
11.23 PERCENT IS THE BUDGET INCREASE FOR THE YEAR. OVER LAST YEAR'S FUNDING.
WE ARE NOT TOUCHING LAST YEAR'S FUNDING. WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASE THAT THEY ARE ABSORBING THIS YEAR. WHEN I PROPOSED TO GO TO $0.17,
THEY ARE STILL OVERALL GETTING A 10.13 PERCENT INCREASE >> COUNCIL PERSON REYNOLDS, ARE
YOU SPEAKING TO HER AMENDMENT OR YOUR AMENDMENT? >> WELL, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT I AMEND THE STREETMAN AMENDMENT WITH THE REYNOLDS AMENDMENT VERSION ONE, VERSION TWO.
THAT WAY WE CAN VOTE ON MY AMENDMENT FIRST. IF IT DOESN'T PASS, THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THE STREETMAN AMENDMENT WITHOUT TOO MUCH DIFFICULTY. SO I MOTION TO AMEND THE STREETMAN AMENDMENT WITH THE REYNOLDS VERSION TWO AMENDMENT. MAYOR: FAILS FOR LACK OF A
SECOND. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT. >> I HAVE RULED.
>> I CHALLENGE THE CHAIR MAYOR: WE WILL BE ON THE BOARD.
LET'S GET ON THE BOARD. MADAM CLERK, CHALLENGE THE CHAIR.
>> >> YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR POINT OF ORDER.
>> ATTORNEY BAKER, CAN YOU REPLACE AN AMENDMENT WITH AN AMENDMENT ACCORDING TO ROBERTS
RULES? I'M CURIOUS. >> PLEASE TURN YOUR MIC ON.
>> HER AMENDMENT IS TO AMEND THE STREETMAN AMENDMENT, BUT DELETING THE ENTIRETY OF THE STREETMAN AMENDMENT AND REPLACING IT WITH HER AMENDMENT.
YOU CAN DO THAT. ONE THING SHE SAID, THOUGH, IS THAT WELL, I WANT TO VOTE ON MINE FIRST, AND THEN IF IT FAILS, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE STREETMAN AMENDMENT.
THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS. IF HER AMENDMENT TO THE STREETMAN AMENDMENT PASSES, THEN THE MAIN MOTION WILL BE THE REYNOLDS VERSION. BECAUSE IT WILL BE SUBSTITUTING FOR THE STREETMAN VERSION. SO THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE GOING BACK AND VOTING ON THE STREETMAN VERSION, IF THE REYNOLDS AMENDMENT PASSES. SUPLANTS THE STREETMAN VERSION.
>> I MEANT TO PUT FAILED. MAYOR: LET'S GET ON THE VOTE TO CHALLENGE THE RULING OF THE
CHAIR. >> WE DON'T SEE IT UP. MAYOR: IT'S ON THE SCREEN.
THERE IT IS. ALL MEMBERS CAST YOUR VOTE. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR
VOTE? MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> FOUR YES, NINE NO. ZERO ABSTAIN. MAYOR: THE CHALLENGE FAILS. SO WE ARE NOW ON THE STREETMAN AMENDMENT. I HAVE COUNCIL PERSON RICHLAND KAERP, DO YOU WISH TO BE
RECOGNIZED? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THANK THE SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT. I AM IN TOTAL AGREEMENT. I HAVEN'T SEEN NEAR AS MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THE FAILED BUDGET. I HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING FOR IT.
AND AS I WAS CONTEMPLATING WHAT TO SHARE IN RESPONSE TO EVERYTHING, I AM GLAD TO SEE THIS AMENDMENT, I HAD AN UNCLE PRESLEY WHO TAUGHT ME A GREAT LESSON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, WHICH KIND OF GETS US TO WHERE WE ARE IN HISTORY, THAT LESSON WAS YOU DON'T STEP OVER A DOLLAR TO PICK UP A DIME. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I DID A BIT OF RESEARCH, AND AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER STATED, THE SPONSOR STATED, WE'RE NOT ON THAT AMENDMENT.
THE RECENT INCIDENTS IN SURFSIDE GOT MY ATTENTION. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T
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GAMBLE WITH THINGS WE CAN'T SS. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T GAMBLE WITH THINGS WE CAN'T UR.AND UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T GAMBLE WITH THINGS WE CAN'T SEE.
SURFSIDE HAD ME STEP BACK AND SAY WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? AT ONE POINT WE DEBATED JOBS, NOT RAISING IT, ANOTHER POINT WE DEBATED STUFF ABOUT THE ECONOMY BEING OFF.
THE ECONOMY IS SORT OF BOUNCING BACK. I AM FOR THIS AMENDMENT, IN THAT IF THERE IS A LACK OF JOBS, I'VE SEEN THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE SAYING THERE ARE SHORTAGES OF EMPLOYEES. THOUSAND DOLLARS BONUSES BEING GIVEN OUT THESE DAYS FOR FOLKS TO COME BACK TO WORK. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I'M FOR THIS AMENDMENT IS ONCE WE GET THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY, IT BEGINS TO CREATE JOBS, WHICH BEGIN TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND CREATES A TAX BASE. SO ALL OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION PIECES THAT ARE IN THE STREET PLAN WILL CREATE CONTRACTS. THEY WILL CREATE JOBS.
WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE WORKING AGAIN. WITHOUT THIS STREET PLAN, NONE OF THAT HAPPENS. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE.
ANOTHER THING I TOOK A LOOK AT WAS IN 2015, I THINK THERE WAS A REAPPRAISAL IN OUR PROPERTY TAXES. WE'VE GONE DOWN. THIS BUDGET REPRESENTS A PENNY.
ONE PENNY BEING LOWERED FROM PREVIOUS TAX BASE YEARS. AND WE'VE GONE FROM 2010, WE HAD 1.24. I THINK THE ORIGINAL IS 1.23, I BELIEVE IT IS.
SOMEONE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. FOR THAT REASON, WE DON'T STEP OVER A DOLLAR TO PICK UP A DIME. I THINK THAT TO NOT DO THIS WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE. TO NOT GIVE INFRASTRUCTURE ON ROADS, I DID SOME OTHER RESEARCH AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THEY'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS TO COME DOWN THROUGH THE PIKE, THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED. BUT THAT WILL HELP US, NOT HURT US IN MOVING FORWARD. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M FOR IT.
I THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING NICKELS AND DIMES HERE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY LOSE THEIR JOB. BUT I WANT TO SEE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I TOO COMING INTO OFFICE HEARD ABOUT A TON. THAT WAS THE FIRST THING PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE ROADS. SO FAR, THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT I'VE SEEN, WHICH IS THE MAIN THING THAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT THE ROADS. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL PERSON HOLLOMAN, YOU'RE ON THE LIST. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> TIN MY TIME BEING ON THE CIY COUNCIL, TWO MAIN COMPLAINTS, CONSTRUCTION AND ROADS.
WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS THE ROADS SITUATION.
IT'S A SHAME THAT WE'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THESE LENGTHS TO DO IT.
THE TRANSPORTATION 2020 IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY, WE NEED TO SAVE IT. WHO IN HERE, I DON'T THINK I'VE MET ONE PERSON WITHIN THE PAST FEW YEARS, OH, YEAH, THESE ROADS ARE GREAT. I MEAN, THE ROADS ARE HORRIBLE.
IT'S JUST -- I HAD SOME NIGHTMARES THIS MORNING. I MEAN, FOR ME AS A MOTORCYCLE RIDER, I TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE I KNOW HOW CRAZY THE TRAFFIC IS.
THAT PREVENTS ME FROM ENJOYING MY RIDE ON THE ROAD BECAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT TRAFFIC AND JUST HOW CONGESTED IT IS. I KNOW THE RISK INVOLVED WITH IT.
THAT IS MY PERSONAL COMPLAINT. BUT OVERALL, I MEAN THE COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE CITY, ROADS, ROADS, ROADS. THAT IS WHAT I HEAR. WE HAVE A SOLUTION RIGHT IN
FRONT OF US AND I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE ON IT >> COUNCIL PERSON REDD, DID YOU
WISH TO ADDRESS? >> THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED ON THE AMENDMENT.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE QUESTION? HEARING NONE. SO WE ARE NOW VOTING ON AMENDMENT ONE, THE STREETMAN AMENDMENT, TO ORDINANCE 130. EVERY MEMBER, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR
VOTE? MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> 10 YES, THREE NOS.
ZERO ABSTAINED MAYOR: AMENDMENT ADOPTED. WE HAVE OTHER AMENDMENTS.
I HAVE A STREETMAN AND A HOUSEKEEPING AMENDMENT REQUESTED BY FINANCE.
>> COUNCIL PERSON STREETMAN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
LIKE YOU SAID, JUST A HOUSEKEEPING AMENDMENT REQUESTED BY FINANCE.
THIS IS JUST A NOTATION THAT SECTION 7, PAYMENTS TO TENNESSEE CONSOLIDATED RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020, I'M MAKING A MOTION TO AMEND IT TO READ
FISCAL YEAR 2022. SIMPLE TYPO. >> MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS HOUSEKEEPING AMENDMENT?
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I HAVE TWO PEOPLE ON THE LIST. COUNCIL PERSON REDD. OKAY.ANY QUESTION REGARDING THE STREETMAN AMENDMENT TWO? SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? EVERY MEMBER, CAST YOUR VOTE. EVERY MEMBER VOTED.
ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? >> 13 YES, ZERO NO. ZERO ABSTAINED. MAYOR: AMENDMENT TWO ADOPTED. THANK YOU.
OKAY. WE NOW HAVE THREE MORE AMENDMENTS.
COUNCIL PERSON REDD, DID YOU WISH TO BE RECOGNIZED? MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION ON THE MAIN MOTION. OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO GO ON THE BOARD, THIS IS A NON-DEBATABLE MOTION, REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS, WHICH IS NINE OF US. WE'RE VOTING TO CEASE DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION.
MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> 7 YES, FIVE NO, ONE ABSTAIN. MAYOR: MOTION FAILS.
WE ARE NOW ON THE MAIN MOTION. WE HAVE OTHER AMENDMENTS. HAVING TO DO WITH VARIOUS VERSION OF THE TAX RATE. DO WE TAKE THEM UP OR HOW DO WE HANDLE THESE? I HAVE A REYNOLDS AMENDMENT ONE VERSION TWO. ALLEN AMENDMENT ONE.
AND AN HOLLOMAN AMENDMENT ONE. YOU HAVE THE WHOLE STACK. IT WAS SHARED WITH ME BY MY
FINANCE DIRECTOR THIS MORNING. >> SO THERE HAS BEEN NO AMENDMENTS MADE.
RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE MAIN MOTION. I HAVE A COPY OF THE REYNOLDS AMENDMENT ONE, VERSION TWO, WHICH SHE JUST TRIED TO PRESENT AND THAT WAS VOTED DOWN AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE STREETMAN. IT DOESN'T PREVENT HER FROM MAKING ANOTHER AMENDMENT, THOUGH. SHE CAN OFFER THIS AS AN AMENDMENT NOW TO THE MAIN
MOTION IF SHE WANTS TO. MAYOR: ON THE MAIN MOTION. >> DISCUSSION FAILED ON THE MAIN MOTION. AND THEN I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OTHER HAND-OUTS OF ANY OTHER MOTIONS. MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. BAKER.
COUNCIL PERSON REYNOLDS, WE ARE NOW ON REYNOLDS AMENDMENT ONE, VERSION TWO.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> I MOTION REYNOLDS AMENDMENT ONE, VERSION TWO.
MAYOR: MOTION MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. DOES EVERYBODY HAVE A COPY?
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED? >> I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE HEARD A GREAT DEAL FROM MY CONSTITUENTS AND THEY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I REVIEWED THE BUDGET AND WAS WILLING TO TRY TO PROTECT THEIR POCKETBOOKS AT THE END OF A PANDEMIC AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AS I BEGAN EARLIER, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE LISTENING THAT THIS BUDGET IS NOT CUTTING ANYONE'S CURRENT BUDGET. IT IS ONLY CUTTING THE SWELL.
WE ARE SWELLING IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS JUST PASSED BY 11.23. I'M ASKING THAT WE INCREASE THE 10.13. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE I CONTINUE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW CONSERVATIVE IS THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL REVENUE OF $24 MILLION. HOW CONSERVATIVE IS THAT? WHAT POPULATION IS THAT ESTIMATE BASED ON? MAYOR: IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE WELL.
>> THE INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL REVENUE THAT WILL CHANGE WHEN THE CENSUS WAS APPROVED, DID YOU TAKE A SWAG BASED ON THE CURRENT OR DID YOU USE THE SWAG BASED ON WHAT WE'RE GETTING
PAID RIGHT NOW? >> I HAVE NOT INCLUDED ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS BECAUSE I HAVE GOT FROM A VERY GOOD SOURCE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, CFO FROM THERE, THEY DO NOT EXPECT US TO HAVE ANY OR START DISTRIBUTING UNTIL NEXT MAY.
THEY DO NOT BACK RETROACTIVELY PAY US. >> OKAY.
AND THEN THE CURRENT BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE PASSING FROM FY 21, WE ARE PASSING IN
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AN INCREASE OF TEN MILLION DOLLARS WITH THIS BUDGET BECAUSE WE'RE AMENDING THAT.IS THAT TEN MILLION DOLLARS ALREADY SPENT? YOU KNOW, WE'RE AMENDING THE FY 21 BUDGET FROM THE PROPOSED TO CURRENT. THAT IS PART OF THIS.
>> FY 21'S BUDGET? THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN OPERATING ON THAT ALL YEAR.
YES. THEY SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS.
PAYROLL TO RUN, EXPENSES COMING THROUGH. BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT IS.
>> OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, ACTUALLY CONSTITUENT ASKED ME THIS, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE EXPLAINED THIS TO ME BEFORE, BUT I COULDN'T FIND MY NOTES.
WE'RE GOING TO TRANSFER $5.3 MILLION OR $0.15 IN THIS TAX INCREASE TO THE CAPITAL FUNDS. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WON'T BE USING IT ALL THIS YEAR.
IT IS ACTUALLY IN FOUR TO FIVE YEARS IS WHEN WE NEED ALL OF THAT MONEY FOR THE BONDS.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MONEY THAT WE DON'T USE, LIKE WE'LL USE 20 PERCENT THIS YEAR, 40 PERCENT
NEXT YEAR, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MONEY THAT WE DON'T USE? >> STAY IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND BECAUSE IT IS RESTRICTED FOR THE USE OF THE PROJECTS ONLY.
WHEN OUR BOND COUNSEL, SORRY, WHEN OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR PROVIDED THE CHARTS ON THE TRAFFIC 2020 THAT THE MAYOR AND I PRESENTED, THERE IS A GAP. AND THAT GAP IS ABOUT 2 AND A HALF TO THREE YEARS, WHERE WE NEED SOME WAY TO PAY FOR WORKING ON THOSE PROJECTS.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T ISSUE DEBT DURING THAT TIME BECAUSE THERE IS FEDERAL LAW THAT SAYS HOW LONG YOU HAVE TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS ONCE YOU ISSUE THE DEBT. AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO HAVE THE ENGINEERING DESIGN DONE TO START THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE PUT INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS SPECIFICALLY TO PAY FOR THE TRAFFIC 2020 PROJECTS THAT -- FOR THE THINGS BEFORE WE ISSUE DEBT. IT WILL ACCUMULATE IN
THERE, AND IT'S RESTRICTED BY PUTTING IT IN THAT FUND. >> IT WILL ACCUMULATE.
>> YES >> DO WE EVER LOOK BACK AND SAY OO, LOOK, WE HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY, WE CAN DO A DIFFERENT PROJECT, HOW DO WE REASSESS WHAT IS IN THE BANK?
>> THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE MAYOR. >> I'M NOT JUST TALKING 2020.
>> YEAH. CAPITAL PROJECTS IS COMPLETELY IN THE HANDS OF THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. YOU ALL SET THE PROJECTS, YOU ALL TELL US IF WE CAN MOVE FUNDS AROUND OR NOT. IT HAS TO COME TO YOU. THE MAYOR CANNOT MAKE THOSE
DECISIONS ON HIS OWN WITHOUT COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN, I STUDIED THE BUDGET, I AM PRESENTING THIS AMENDMENT. I READ, THOROUGHLY READ INPUT FROM THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND THERE IS NOT -- THERE IS AN AVERAGE OF 1.5 PERCENT DECREASE OF THE INCREASE.
IT IS JUST A BUDGET TO CONTROL THE SWELL. AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE 1.23, WE CAN DO THIS AT 1.20.
THERE HAS BEEN NO DECREASE IN ANY OF THE MAYOR'S REQUESTED OR ANY OF THE PROJECTS.
I HAVE CONTINUALLY SAID I SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC 2020 PLAN, IT'S WHAT MOST OF US RAN ON.
I SUPPORT THIS. THIS CONVERSATION IS REALLY JUST ABOUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT AND PERHAPS SIGNALLING TO OUR VULNERABLE RESIDENTS THAT WE SEE THEM AND WE RECOGNIZE SOME OF THEIR STRUGGLE. THAT IS ALL. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU. MAYOR: COUNCIL PERSON STREETMAN, YOU ARE ON THE LIST.
DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE DIGGING INTO THE BUDGET THAT THE SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT HAS DONE. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT SEVERAL THINGS HERE, FIRST OF ALL, USING THE TERMINOLOGY THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE SWELLING THEIR BUDGETS, WHEN YOU ARE DOING A COMPARISON AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING A COMPARISON WITH THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, IT IS NOT A FAIR COMPARISON TO SEE THE INCREASE THAT HAS OCCURRED FROM THERE. FIRST OF ALL, LAST YEAR WHEN THEY HAD TO CREATE, WHEN THE DEPARTMENTS HAD TO CREATE THEIR BUDGET, THEY HAD TO CREATE AN EXTREMELY LEAN, CUT OUT ANYTHING THEY COULD, TRAINING THAT THEY LIKELY WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET.
BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE HEART OF A PANDEMIC AT THAT TIME. ONCE WE SAW HOW EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, MOVED FORWARD THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, THAT SALES TAX WASN'T HIT AS HARD AS WE WERE
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CONCERNED AS IT WAS GOING TO BE HIT, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE INCOME, AT THAT POINT WE DID AN AMENDED BUDGET IN OCTOBER. EVEN THOUGH THAT BUDGET WAS AMENDED, THAT BUDGET WASN'T AMENDED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, IT WAS AMENDED, WELL, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, GOING FORWARD.SO IT WAS ONLY A PARTIAL YEAR. TRYING TO COMPARE THIS YEAR TO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET IS NOT COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES. ALSO, WITHIN THERE WE HAVE VOTED ON THINGS THIS COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED THINGS SUCH AS THE PAY STUDY THAT HAS BEEN DONE FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE THE STREET DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE GOT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE INCREASED THEIR PAY IN ORDER TO MAKE US COMPETITIVE SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE VALUABLE EMPLOYEES THAT WE NEED TO GET SO THAT WE'RE NOT LOSING THEM TO OTHER COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY PAY HIGHER. AGAIN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE SUPPORTED. ALSO, IN HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HERE RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE HAVE VOTED TO ALLOW THEM TO HIRE 15 MORE OFFICERS. VERY RECENTLY. ALONG WITH 15 MORE OFFICERS COMES ALONG THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED, SUCH AS BODY CAMERAS, AGAIN, SOMETHING THIS COUNCIL HAS VOTED FOR. WHEN YOU BRING ON A NEW OFFICER, HIRE NEW OFFICERS, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE MORE LICENSES FOR THOSE BODY CAMERAS, MORE VEHICLES.
WITH EACH EMPLOYEE THAT YOU'VE GOT, MORE INSURANCE. THAT HAS INCREASED.
THE INSURANCE THESE DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO CARRY HAVE INCREASED ON DIFFERENT MATTERS.
TRYING TO GO ACROSS AND BE ABLE TO CUT OUT AND CONSIDER IT SWELL, IT IS NOT THAT.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO CUT OUT EMPLOYEES. I KNOW WITH A 404,000 DECREASE TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AFTER THE WEEKEND WE JUST HAD, DO WE WANT TO SEE LESS OFFICERS WORKING FOR US.
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T CUT OUT THE TRAINING. THEY CAN'T CUT OUT THE SOFTWARE, THE COMMUNICATIONS, EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED. THE ONLY PLACE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CUT IS NOT FILL THE VACANCIES THAT WE JUST GAVE THEM THE OKAY TO BE ABLE TO HIRE. WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT TRYING TO HELP THEM FILL WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. LOOKING AT A DECREASE TO 249,000 FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE CURRENTLY BEHIND THE NATIONAL STANDARD. I TALKED TO CHIEF MONTGOMERY ABOUT THIS, WHAT HE'S BEEN STRIVING FOR AND WHAT HIS GOAL HAS BEEN IS TO REACH THAT NATIONAL STANDARD BEFORE WE HAVE OUR NEXT REVIEW IN A FEW YEARS. IF WE WERE TO CUT THIS BUDGET BY THAT, $249,000, WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS HIM HAVING TO REDUCE HIS STAFF.
SO INSTEAD OF US BEING ABLE TO GROW TO TRY TO GET TO THAT FIVE PER TRUCK, AND WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE THREE, THAT IS NOT GOING TO HELP US ATTAIN THAT IN ANY WAY.
ALSO, TALKING TO CHIEF IN REGARD TO SOME OF THE STAFFING THERE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 2.2 OFFICERS PER THOUSAND. I DIDN'T WRITE THAT DOWN. I'M GOING OFF MEMORY.
2.2 OFFICERS PER THOUSAND. AND THAT IS BASED OFF THE 2010 CENSUS.
HE HAS A HIRING PLAN IN PLACE TO TRY AND GET US TO THE HIGHER NUMBER SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE WHEN THOSE CENSUS NUMBERS COME BACK AND WE HAVE A CONSIDERABLY LARGER AMOUNT.
WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TAKING $650,000 AWAY FROM OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES, THAT IS PUTTING US IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION, BOTH ON THE FIRE SIDE AND ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. LESS PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO WORK IN THE DEPARTMENTS IS GOING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO US, WHETHER IT IS AT OUR HOME, WHEN THERE IS A FIRE, ON THE ROAD, WHEN THERE IS A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. NUMEROUS DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE DEFINITELY DO NOT DO THIS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT DECREASING YOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES.
ON TOP OF THAT, YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET IS A TWO PERCENT GENERAL WAGE INCREASE. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO INCREASE THE BUDGET AS WELL. AND SEEING AS HOW A LARGE PORTION OF THE, VERY LARGE PORTION OF ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS'S BUDGETS ARE SALARIES, WHEN YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO CUT, YOU CAN'T CUT THEIR INSURANCE OUT, TECHNOLOGY NEEDS, A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE CONTRACTS FOR THAT. SPEAKING OF TECHNOLOGY, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE IT DEPARTMENT, THE LIKELY THING THAT THAT DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO TAKE AWAY, BASED ON THE CUT THAT WE HAVE IN HERE, THEY'RE LIKELY GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE AWAY THEIR TRAINING, TRAINING WHICH THEY DIDN'T GET TO GET LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YET ANOTHER YEAR WHICH THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THEIR TRAINING. INTERNAL AUDIT, THEY HAVE TRAINING THAT THEY HAVE TO GET, REQUIRED TO GET THAT BY LAW. SO TRYING TO LOOK WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO CUT OUT, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO MAKE
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A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION ON THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TO LET PEOPLE GO.SO I'M ASKING YOU THAT WE PLEASE DO NOT PASS THIS AMENDMENT.
AND RECOGNIZE WHAT I POINTED OUT EARLIER, THIS WOULD GET US THREE CENTS LESS THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, FROM 1.23 DOWN TO 1.20, THREE CENTS ON $166,000 HOUSE, WHICH IS THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A HOUSE HERE IN CLARKSVILLE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SAVINGS OF TEN DOLLARS PER YEAR. AGAIN, $250,000, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SAVINGS OF $14 PER YEAR. I'M QUITE CERTAIN THAT MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAPPILY PAY THAT TEN DOLLARS OR THAT $14 NOT TO LOSE PEOPLE FROM THEIR EMERGENCY SERVICES. THANK YOU. MAYOR: COUNCIL.
MAYOR: COUNCIL PERSON ALLEN, YOU'RE NEXT ON THE LIST. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS THIS, OVER THE WEEKEND, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS, BECAUSE I DID. I RECEIVED E-MAILS THAT SOME SAID WHY ARE YOU AGAINST THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN? I NEVER SAID THAT. WHY ARE YOU AGAINST THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE? I NEVER SAID THAT EITHER. I UNDERSTAND INCREASES.
I UNDERSTAND TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND I KNOW FOR SURE WE NEED IT.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY WE NEED IT. AND THAT IS WHY I WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE GOT THIS NEW BUDGET AND IT TOOK EVERYTHING OUT. SO I THINK THAT THE SPONSOR IS TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO LAST WEEK.
WE ARE TRYING TO SAY WHAT IS IT THAT WE DON'T NEED? OKAY.
I HAD A WHOLE AMENDMENT READY TO GO, AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT IS IT THAT WE DON'T NEED? I GOT A LITTLE HISTORY LAST WEEK ON A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BEING DEBATED AND IT WAS THESE THINGS ARE SPENDING MONEY THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING. OKAY. NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO PRESENT THAT AMENDMENT AT THIS POINT. BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF YOU KNOW, HARD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS MONEY THAT IS NOT BEING USED.
BUT I THINK THAT THE SPONSOR IS ACTUALLY JUST TRYING TO SHOW SOME GOOD FAITH TO OUR CONSTITUENTS SAYING THAT WE ARE TRYING. WE ARE TAKING A SACRIFICE, JUST LIKE YOU ARE TAKING A SACRIFICE. AND AT SOME POINT, IT TAKES THE BIGGER PERSON TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SACRIFICE BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A LOT FOR YOU. EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT I AM A PEOPLE PERSON.
I WORK WITH PEOPLE EVERY DAY. AND EVERYBODY THINKS THAT $16 IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT, OR $14 IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT, ASK THE SINGLE MOTHER THAT HAS TO DECIDE DAILY WHETHER SHE IS GOING TO SEND HER CHILDREN TO DAYCARE OR FEED THEM. SO WE CAN'T KEEP SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT A LOT. WE CANNOT THINK ABOUT OUR OWN SITUATIONS.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OTHERS. WE ARE NOT JUST HERE TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD. WE ARE HERE TO THINK ABOUT EVERYONE.
I KNOW FAMILIES THAT THAT $16 WOULD IMPACT THEM. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THOSE THAT CAN AFFORD IT. BECAUSE THERE'S MANY OUT HERE THAT CAN'T. I THINK THE SPONSOR HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ON THIS AMENDMENT.
I AM GOING TO BE VOTING FOR IT, COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC, I CAN SEE WHERE THAT $16 CAN IMPACT YOU. THERE WERE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, AND STILL NOW THAT ARE STILL TRYING TO GET ON THEIR FEET THAT MAY NOT KNOW WHERE THIS $16 IS GOING TO COME FROM, LET ALONE THE REST OF THE INCREASE. LET'S SHOW THEM GOOD FAITH THAT WE'RE MAKING SACRIFICES TOO AS A CITY. IT SHOULD NOT BE ALL OR NOTHING. I UNDERSTAND THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER THAT SPOKE, AT THE BEGINNING WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS SAID IT WASN'T ALL OR NOTHING.
SHOW OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT IT'S NOT ALL OR NOTHING. SHOW OUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT YES, WE'RE WILLING TO SACRIFICE TOO. BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A HARD YEAR OR YOU AND US. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. THANK YOU.
MAYOR: COUNCIL PERSON REDD, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT? THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED FOR THIS AMENDMENT. ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE. WE ARE NOW VOTING ON AMENDMENT THREE.
WHICH IS THE REYNOLDS AMENDMENT ONE, VERSION TWO, I SHOULD SAY. OKAY.
WE'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT. THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THE QUESTION.
EVERY MEMBER CAST YOUR VOTE. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE?
MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> FOUR YES, EIGHT NO, ONE ABSTAIN.
MAYOR: AMENDMENT THREE FAILS. WE ARE NOW ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED.
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COUNCIL PERSON REDD, DID YOU WISH TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THE MAIN MOTION.>> CALL FOR THE QUESTION. MAYOR: ANY OBJECTION TO CALLING FOR THE QUESTION? HEARING NONE, WE ARE VOTING ON THE ORDINANCE 130 AS AMENDED. EVERY MEMBER CAST YOUR VOTE.
EVERY MEMBER VOTED. ANY MEMBER WISH TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE?
MADAM CLERK, TAKE THE VOTE. >> NINE YES, FOUR NO. ZERO ABSTAIN.
MAYOR: ORDINANCE 130 ADOPTED. THE FIRST
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.