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I WAS HERE IN NOVEMBER. UM HOWEVER, RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK, THE PETERSBURG BATTLEFIELD ALSO
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APPROVED THAT SO THE PRODUCT THE ABANDONMENT OF THE FOURTH MAIN ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS[00:16:05]
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THAT STUFF, SO THAT'S HAPPENING . THAT'S ALL. GOOD NEWS. UH THE EQ AND MEDIATOR STILL HOLDING US BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THE CATEGORY GOAL EXCLUSION, WHICH ALLOWS US TO TOO FAST PACED THE PROJECT THEY'RE GOING TO. THEY SAID THEY'D MAKE A DECISION IN NOVEMBER. THEY DID NOT. THEY DID NOT MAKE ONE OF THESE SIMILAR EITHER IS NOT ON THE CRITICAL PATH YET, BUT IT WILL BE SHORTLY AND IT WILL SEEK SOME ASSISTANCE FROM SOME OF YOUR STAFF TO HELP WITH THAT, AND WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME HEAT ON THE EQ. SO UH OTHER OTHER MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THERE. THE E NRCC GRANT WAS APPROVED. THAT WAS THE ONE FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS. THE UH WE HAVE ANOTHER GRANT. THE DATE IS WRONG ON THE NEXT ONE IS THE MADE ANOTHER GRANT OFFERING FOR A SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM . IMPROVEMENTS FOR $15 MILLION THAT WENT IN. ON DECEMBER 8TH.SO THAT SHOULD BE HEARING BACK FROM THE EQ ON THAT APPLICATION, WHICH IS REALLY THINK WELL LOOK FAVORABLE ON ANOTHER $15 MILLION TO HELP WITH SEWER. IN THE POOR CREEK AREA. THE. HE SAID. THE WASTEWATER ARE PSR GOING OUT. WE ALSO, UH MAY PUT TOGETHER THE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST THERE, THE GRANDEST THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. THEY APPROVED IT. AH THE BUSINESS PLAN AND THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN WE MET WITH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. TWO FRIDAYS AGO. AND THE EQ TO FEAR WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THAT. AND THOSE ARE MOVING FORWARD. THEY SHOULD GO IN. UH RELATIVELY SOON SO AND THE WATER TANK PROPERTY, UH, HAS BEEN RESOLVED. SO WE'RE MOVING CITIES MOVING AHEAD WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THAT PROPERTY FOR THE WATER STORAGE TANK. SO NO OUR SAY THINGS ARE LOOKING LOOKING GOOD AND ON SCHEDULE AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. RIGHT QUESTION. COUNSELOR COVERAGE.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP ON THE CRITICAL PATH? WELL WE NEED TO GET THE ENGINEERING FIRM ON BOARD SO THEY CAN START ACTUALLY PUTTING PEN TO PAPER AND DOING THE DESIGN. EFFORT THAT AND WHERE RESOLVING SOME OF THE GRAND ISSUES AS THEY COME THROUGH TO TAKE TO KEEP THAT ORGANIZED. IT'S GONNA BE VERY COMPLEX. ISSUE. WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, AND THEY ALL HAVE SORT OF DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO ME, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO GET THE ENGINEERING FIRM ON BOARD SO WE CAN PUSH SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY START DOING DESIGN EFFORT AND THE SOONER DESIGN EFFORTS DONE. WE CAN GET THIS OUT FOR BID. AND DO WE PUT THE DESIGN SERVICES OUT FOR BID? ALSO? YEAH, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT'S GOING OUT RIGHT NOW. SO WE PREPARED TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND CONCERT WITH THE CITY. IT'S IN PURCHASING PURCHASING TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT TO SEND IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO SOLICIT. ENGINEERING FIRMS ALL RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S KIND OF ALMOST STEP ONE ON THE CRITICAL PATH. AND THAT'S WHERE IT WAS. STEP ONE ON THE CRITICAL PET WHEN YOU APPEARED BEFORE US WHAT SIX MONTHS AGO, SO IS WHAT HAS THAT RFP NOT BEEN ISSUED ALREADY. WE NEEDED TO GET SOME OF THE APPROVALS FROM CULTURAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN THE QUEUE. TO LET THE ENGINEERING FIRMS NO. WE HAVE THESE PERMITS SO THEY CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. UH AND NOW WE HAVE THESE PERMITS. IT'S TIME TO SEND THEM OUT. IT MAKES THE PROCESS SMOOTHER. IF WE HAVE THESE PERMITS IN PLACE ALREADY. SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET RE EDUCATED, HOW TO FIGURE ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS DESIGN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT THAT WE MOVE IN ISSUING RFP S. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE RFP WOULD HAVE GONE OUT. AND WE COULD WORK IN TANDEM. WE I'M NOT, UH. I'M QUITE WORRIED THAT WE'RE NOT
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GOING TO MEET ANY DEADLINE ON COMPLETION. WHAT IS THE DEADLINE ON COMPLETION RIGHT NOW? JUNE OF 26. JUNE OF 2026. UM. WELL WHEN IS THE RFP FOR ENGINEERING SERVICE IS GOING TO BE OH, QUOTE ON THE STREET THAT IS RELEASED. MY INFORMATION WILL BE BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. OKAY? I THINK THERE IS ALSO A TIME FRAME FOR WITHIN THE RFP THAT THE ENGINEERING SERVICES MUST BE COMPLETED BY AND SO WHEN IT GOES UP. THAT GOES OUT TO BED. THEY'LL BE NEGOTIATION ON THAT.BUT IT THAT TIMELINE FITS THE NEXT CRITICAL STEP TO PUT IT OUT TO BID FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, RIGHT. MR ALTMAN, WOULD YOU SEND ALL OF COUNCIL AND EMAIL, PLEASE LETTING US KNOW WHEN THAT RFP FOR DESIGN SERVICES. HAS BEEN POSTED. UM, BECAUSE. THIS IS JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROJECT. I MEAN, WE'RE CHOKING. YOU KNOW, ONE THIRD OF THE CITY IS CHOKED WITH WASTEWATER. WE CAN'T EXPAND. AND IN THE BEST OF. FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. IT WILL NOT BE UNTIL JUNE OF 2026. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE DEADLINE THAT WE HAVE TO MEET. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WILL BE COMPLETED EARLIER, BUT WE HAVE TO HIT THAT BECAUSE OF THE R FOR MONEY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR AS WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN. DISCUSSION OF SHRINKING TIMEFRAMES. SHRINKING THE AMOUNT OF TIME PROVIDED FOR DESIGN. WE NEED TO GET THE DESIGN DONE IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER SO WE CAN BID IT EARLIER SO WE CAN GET IT FINISHED EARLIER. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE AND NEED TO COME ONLINE AND WE DON'T NEED TO JUST WORK TO A DEADLINE. WE NEED TO WORK TO MEET THE DEADLINE EARLIER, SO THAT'S MY PUSH. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE CAN TELL YOU I'VE BEEN KIND OF VOCAL ABOUT GETTING THINGS MOVING AND GETTING THINGS DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE FINISHED NOT IN JUNE OF 26. BUT EARLIER THAN JUNO 26 . WE NEED TO BE FINISHED AT THE END OF 25. IF WE CAN BE NONE OF YOU KNOW, SO AND UNDERSTAND WHEN WE GET THERE, AND WE'RE TEARING UP GREATER ROAD BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN TO BASICALLY GO DOWN THE MEDIAN OF CREATOR ROAD IT'S GOING TO BE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS MOVING AND GET IT DONE EARLIER RATHER THAN LATER, SO I'VE BEEN PUSHING THEM AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED TO GET IT DONE AND GET THINGS MOVING QUICKER. ALRIGHT WELL, THAT'S THAT'S GREAT AND GOOD TO HEAR.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT. SEEING IT HAPPEN NOW. WHEN THE RFP GOES OUT, IT'S GOING TO ASK THAT, UH ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES COMPANIES SUBMIT THEIR UM, PROPOSAL BY THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. IS THAT THE CASE? NO IT SHOULD BE BY THE END OF THE MONTH OF JANUARY BY THE END OF JANUARY, OK CITY AND ITS TEAM WILL REVIEW THE BEDS FOR THE BEST, MOST RESPONSIVE LOWEST BIDDER. WELL ALL RIGHT, WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE'S I THINK THERE'S NO ONE ON CITY COUNCIL WHO WOULD DISAGREE THAT SOONER IS A LOT BETTER THAN LATER. SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. ALRIGHT, NEXT, COUNCILMAN JONES. HOW YOU DOING? FINE. THANK YOU. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE SUBMISSION DATES ON HIS OWN PRESENTATION, AND I'M NOTICING. THAT ONLY APPROVAL REPLIED DEEDS. IT'S ALMOST A MONTH. BEFORE WE GET ANYTHING BACK. MHM. YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT. WELL YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DEALING WITH STATE AGENCIES ANDD YOU MAKE A SUBMISSION AND YOU HAVE TO GET IT BACK FROM THEM TO IMPROVE IT. AND SOMETIMES IN BETWEEN, THEY HAVE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO AN ANSWER. SO THAT'S A REALLY SIMPLISTIC. FOR INSTANCE, THE TOP OF THE LIST OF CULTURAL YOU KNOW WHEN THAT WAS VERY QUICK WHEN IN IN THE OCTOBER AND CAME BACK IN NOVEMBER. PETERSBURG BATTLEFIELD GET THE EXACT SAME. SUBMISSION. AND TOOK AN EXTRA MONTH TO GET IT DONE SO AND THAT YOU'RE JUST DEALING WITH BUREAUCRACIES. AND THESE ARE EVERYBODY IS COOPERATIVE, BELIEVE AGENCIES D E Q. V D H ARE VERY COOPERATIVE IN THESE THINGS, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING. THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH THINGS THROUGH THEIR BUREAUCRACIES FASTER. ALSO. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT WE'RE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO IT IS THE BIGGEST DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND PETERSBURG AND QUITE SOME TIME
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DEALING WITH POOR CREEK AND I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE. AND ALSO WE HAVE THE COURTS COMPLEX THAT WE WANT TO LOOK FOR ABOUT THE SAME TIME, SO WE HAVE TO A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION. COMING UP. UM AGAIN. UM, MR JOHNSON, LOOK, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE HERE IN PETERSBURG, YOU WILL BE MISSED. AND GODSPEED FOR YOUR NEXT PART OF YOUR JOURNEY, OKAY?[8. Finance and Budget Report]
ALL RIGHT, UM. NEXT UP, I'M GONNA CIRCLE BACK TO FINANCING BUDGET REPORT. I KNOW.COUNCILMAN JONES HAD HAD A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER. YES, UM WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. I THINK IT IS. NOT GOOD TASTE WHEN WE GET TO THE FINANCE AND BUDGET REPORT, AND WE SAY THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY'S COUNTING. NOT SOME OF THE TIME BUT ALL THE TIME. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE GOT. I WASN'T MONEY WE SPENT HOW MUCH MONEY WE OWE. I THINK. THE NEXT ONE. MR CITY MANAGER WEAKEN. AT LEAST HAVE SOME KIND OF REPORT ON WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. WE JUST DON'T KNOW THERE'S MONEY OUT THERE THAT WE WASTED PROBABLY WE WANT TO KNOW. I WANT TO COUNT THOSE OPINIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS, YOU'LL GET A WEEKLY REPORT THAT HAS INFORMATION FROM FINANCE AS TO STANDING ON A WEEKLY BASIS, SO YOU. I SENT THE ONE OUT TODAY, WHICH YOU WERE INCLUDED. ON THAT ONE. UH BUT WE THAT GOES OUT ON A WEEKLY BASIS. WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL BY DAVENPORT'S OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR. WHO DOES OUR DEBT SERVICE WORK FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL FINANCIAL WELL BEING OF THE CITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TARGETING THAT FOR LATER THIS MONTH, MAYBE EARLY FEBRUARY TO HAVE THAT DONE, SO WE'RE REALLY BUILDING TOWARDS THAT. FINANCIALLY WE'RE VERY STRONG ARE 21 AUDIT CAME BACK. WE HAVE $25 MILLION OF AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE THAT'S CASH ON HAND TOTAL OF $46 MILLION BETWEEN CASH AND ASSETS, INVESTMENTS AND ASSETS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY, WHICH IS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST COUPLE MEETINGS AGO. THAT'S A TURNAROUND FROM WHEN WHERE WE WERE IN 16 17 WHERE WE WERE NEGATIVE 19 MILLION. SO WE'VE TAKEN A 40 $46 MILLION TURN IN CASH ON HAND IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, SO THE CITY IS VERY HEALTHY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT WE DO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH UPDATES. YOU'LL GET THOSE EVERY WEEK AND THEN WE'LL HAVE WE'LL BRING IN REPORTS THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS RIGHT NOW.
THE BIG REPORT ON A FISCAL FISCAL STABILITY REPORT FOR THE CITY COMING FROM DAVENPORT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. OKAY. WOULD I BE WE MAY GET IT, BUT YOU GOT SOME COUNTERS OUT THERE, TOO, AND THEY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW? SOMEBODY COME BEHIND US. YOU KNOW WHAT THINGS OKAY? RIGHT NEXT. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11, WHICH IS STREETS.
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UM, ANY REPORTS FROM STREETS TONIGHT? RIGHT MR MAYOR COUNCILOR HERE. THIS IS WHY HE WHERE DOES FOLLOWING STREETS. I THINK WE'RE BEHIND ON OUR LEAF COLLECTION. AH! BECAUSE I THINK MY AREA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN THE BEGINNING. PART OF DECEMBER. NO ONE'S BEEN IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, SO I WOULD LIKE FOR PUBLIC WORKS THE MAKE SURE THAT YOU COME TO THE EAST WANNA HEAL PART OCCURS. THOSE AREAS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS WITH BAGS AND LEAVES ALREADY PUSHED TO THE CURB, AND IF WE GET IN THE SNOW, THEN IT'S GONNA BE CHAOTIC. SO, UM YOU KNOW, I CAN GIVE YOU SOME STREET NAMES WITHOUT IT SEEMED LIKE I RIDE THROUGH A LOT OF STREETS AND I SEE THAT LEAVES A PUSH TO THE CURVE. SO AND THEN. ALSO WE ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT THE LETTER. YOU SEEM LIKE THIS WEEK . THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE LITTLE HAVE BEEN OUT OF CONTROL LIKE NOBODY'S PICKING UP, SO CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON THOSE MAIN STREETS AND THOSE STREETS THAT'S GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE THIS ONE TIME WE WERE DOING REAL GOOD, BUT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE REVERTING BACK TO THE WAY WE WERE SOME TIME AGO. SO THE LEAF AND THE LETTER THANK YOU. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH PICK UP AND GET BACK ON SCHEDULE. AND THEN YOU AND I HAVE TALKED TO YOUR RIGHT AND I'VE WRITTEN OUT AND THERE'S SOME OF THOSE AREAS AND WE FOUND A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT WE GOT[12. Facilities]
TO GET BACK ON SCHEDULE. THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. ALRIGHT. UM NEXT, WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM 12 FACILITIES. AND REPORTS TONIGHT FROM FACILITIES WHAT I CAN JUST LOOK COUNCIL KNOW AS A AS COUNSELORS AWARE WE ARE UNDER A COURT ORDER FOR NEW COURT. BUT WE'RE ALSO STILL UNDER AN EXISTING ORDER FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS. AND WE'VE WE'VE HAD OUR STAFF GO OVER. AND TAKE A THOROUGH REVIEW. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A TOUR THIS WEEK WITH JD ARE TO GO THROUGH AND TALK WITH THE JUDGE. I'VE MET WITH BOTH CIRCUIT AND,[00:30:02]
UH, DISTRICT COURT CLERKS AND I MET WITH THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, SO WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN SO WE CAN MAINTAIN THE EXISTING COURTHOUSES MAINTAINED SOME SMALL THINGS, BUT THE BIG THING THERE IS HEAT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DO TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM OF REGULATING THE HEAT WITHIN THE BUILDING OF THE COOLING WITHIN THE BUILDING, SO WE MAY BE BRINGING BACK SOMETHING TO COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THAT. OKAY ON THE 17. NO, THAT WILL BE ON THE 17TH. BUT WE WILL AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE ESTIMATES IN HAND. WE KNOW WHICH DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO. WE WILL BRING IT BACK. IF IT CAME TO ALMOST 17 WILL CERTAINLY DO IT THEN, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT MOVE[14. City Manager's Agenda]
ON TO ITEM 13 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MR MORE ANYTHING ELSE FOR TONIGHT, ALL RIGHT.NEXT IS ITEM 14 CITY MANAGERS AGENDA, MR ALTMAN. YES SIR. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AT THE LAST MEETING, COUNCILOR COOPER ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON THE SOLOMON'S PORCH ISSUE. AND WE CAN REPORT THAT A FIELD INSPECTION WAS MADE AND PHOTOS REGARDING THE SOLOMON SPORTS WILL PROVIDED TO MR WILLIAMS ON THE SIGN VIOLATION. UM AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO GET THAT TAKEN BACK TO COURT. YEAH JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT. WE FILED A MOTION FOR RURAL TO SHOW CARS JUST WAITING FOR THE JUDGE TO REVIEW IT AND SEE IF HE'LL ISSUE IT. AND IF HE DOES, THEY'LL BRING THE OWNER IN FRONT OF THE COURT. IT WILL BE A CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PROPERLY COMPLY WITH THE COURT'S ORDER. GREAT COUNCILOR COVER AND MR WILLIAMS WIN. WILL THAT BE BEFORE THE JUDGE? I CALLED THE JUDGE'S SECRETARY AND SAID BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY WAS PROBABLY DELAYED AND REVIEWING IT, BUT I WOULD HOPE TO SEE SOMETHING IN THE COMING WEEKS ON THAT. OR IS IT THE PROCEDURE IS TO SEND IT TO THE JUDGE FOR HIS REVIEW, OR IS THE PROCEDURE TO SCHEDULE A HEARING? NO THE JUDGE REVIEWS IT AND DETERMINES IF HE'S GOING TO HAVE A HEARING BECAUSE IT'S ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF THE COURT ORDER SO THE JUDGE WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW IT IF HE AGREES HE WILL ISSUE A SHOW CAUSE WHICH WILL CAUSE THE PERSON TO COME BEFORE THE COURT AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH HIS ORDER. ALRIGHT OKAY. WELL GOOD. WELL, MR ALTMAN , CAN WOULD YOU BRING US UP TO DATE, PLEASE? JANUARY 17TH MEETING AS TO WHETHER HOW THE JUDGE RULED OR IF THE JUDGES AT THAT POINT. I THINK BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE CAN HANDLE THAT.
YES, SIR. GREAT. THANKS. THE OTHER ITEM I HAVE IS, UH, WE HAVE OUR RECREATION DIRECTOR HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, UH, TO GIVE US KIND OF A OVER YOU HOT WASH. IF YOU WILL, OF WHAT WE THINK SOME OF THE SUCCESSES WERE AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, SO I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED IT. I THINK THAT WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD REVIEWS ON THE ROUTE. UH SO WE'RE WITH THAT. WAS, DARLING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. SO I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I WILL PRESENT. SO JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND. THE CITY OF PETERSBURG HOLDS AN ANNUAL WEEKEND OF HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES THE FIRST WEEKEND OF DECEMBER, WHICH THAT'S ON THE FRIDAY IS WHEN WE DO FIREWORKS. WE LIKE THE CHRISTMAS TREE, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME PERFORMANCES, THEN WE WILL GO RIGHT INTO THE PARADE THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE CITIZENS AND VISITORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE LAUGH AND HAVE FUN AS A COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY TOGETHER, SO I WITNESSED THAT THIS YEAR SO I WAS ABLE TO RIDE BEHIND SANTA AND I SAW A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS AND THE FOLKS THAT ATTENDED PARADE. UM WITH THAT LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT, SO IT WAS EXCITING TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT AT THE END OF THE PARADE OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE EXPOSURE TO BUSINESS OWNERS TO ABSTAIN AND TO INCREASE PARADE ENTRANTS AND BOOST ATTENDANCE, SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE OUR GOAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD. MODIFICATIONS UM, LOGISTICS. THE PARADE ROUTE WAS CHANGED AS WE KNOW. SO IT WAS FROM SYCAMORE STREET TO OLD TOWN. THAT'S WHERE WE ENDED AT ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT WE DID WAS IS WE CREATED SOME SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE CREATED A FORM WHERE WE WAS ABLE TO UM, GET BUSINESSES AND, UM DIFFERENT AND NONPROFITS TO SPONSOR THE PARADE, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. UM SO THE HIGHLIGHTS IS WE HAD 61 ENTRANCE . UM FIVE HIGH SCHOOL BANDS. UM EIGHT FLOATS. WE PARTNERED WITH FORT LEE. SO WE HAVE 50 WALKING SOLDIERS, AND THEN WE HAD TWO LARGE SCALE MILITARY VEHICLES AND THEN AS A MARKETING APPROACH, WE HAD A LAB NEWS INTERVIEW, RADIO AND SOCIAL MEDIA AS AS IT RELATES TO PROMOTION. UM AS WE ALREADY KNOW , THERE'S ALWAYS AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MOVING FORWARD IS WHEN WE SEND OUT OPERATE INSTRUCTIONS. WE WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE GIVEN AWARDS. WE DID DO THAT. WE DID DO THIS THIS YEAR, TOO, SO WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO LET THE BANDS THE BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS KNOW THAT THEY ARE JUDGED AND THEY WILL BE REWARDED BASED UPON THE SELECTION OF THE PANEL.
ARROGANCE. WE'VE IMPROVEMENT. UM THE STATION AREA. I THINK AT SOME POINT IN TIME IT WAS A
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CLUSTER, SO I WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A FRAMES AND HAVE INSERTS FOR DIRECTIONAL SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO STAGE PROPERLY . SO IF IT'S ONE THROUGH 20, YOU KNOW WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT. SO I THINK, LOGISTICALLY, THAT WOULD MOVE A LOT. UM QUICKER AND SAFER. WE NEED TO SOLIDIFY COLLEGE BANDS. VIRGINIA STATE WASN'T IN THE PARADE THIS YEAR. VIRGINIA STATE UH, UM, CHRISTMAS BREAK OR HOLIDAY BREAK ACTUALLY STARTS THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING THEM SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE CREATED LETTERS TO REACH OUT TO OTHER COLLEGE BANDS. VIRGINIA UNION. UM WE HAVE SOLIDIFIED THAT FOR NEXT YEAR. WE WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO GET THEM DOWN. BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS TO HAVE A COLLEGE MAN. AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT OUR SPONSORSHIP APPLICATIONS AROUND AUGUST, SO WE JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO PLAY IN PROACTIVELY. UM SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AHEAD OF TIME. LOGISTICS THIS IS THE STAGING AREA. UM SO THIS IS ONE OF THE STAGING AREAS AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER STAGING AREA SHOWING WHERE WE STAGED THAT. UM SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SIGN THAT UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT ACCORDINGLY. AND THEN THE NEXT LOT YOU WOULD SEE WHERE WE ENDED AT ON THE LEFT SIDE. THAT'S WHERE THE BUSSES AND SOME OF YOUR LARGER VEHICLES ENDED. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU WOULD SEE WHERE A LOT OF OUR PARENTS PICKED UP THEIR CHILDREN THAT WAS IN THE PARADE. SPONSORSHIP AS DISCUSSED BEFORE WE CREATED A SPONSORSHIP FORM, SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS, SO IT'S A STOCKING STUFFING LEVEL STUFF FOR LEVEL, WHICH IS $100.IT'S A HOLIDAY SPIRIT LEVEL, WHICH IS 2 50. THEN IT'S A WINTER WONDERLAND LEVEL, WHICH IS 500. THEN YOU WOULD SEE WHAT EACH BUSINESS OR NONPROFIT WERE RECEIVED FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP.
SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE REVENUE. SO THIS YEAR UM, WE RECEIVED $4450 AND SPONSORSHIPS . AND THEN WITH THE PARADE ENTRIES, IT WAS 1000 AND $95. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE CORPORATIONS AND LARGER SCALE BUSINESSES SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WINNERS THEY HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. WE'RE GOING TO HAND DELIVER THEIR UM MONETARY, UM, REWARD AND WE ALSO ORDERED PLAQUES SO WE WILL HAND DELIVER THOSE WE'VE CONTACTED THEM. SO PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND WAS IN FIRST PLACE.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WAS IN SECOND AND THEN HOPE WILL HIGH SCHOOL WAS IN THIRD.
BUSINESSES CORNERSTONE TENDER CARE WAS FIRST SWEET DISASTER DANCE TEAM WAS SECOND AND THEN CLEAN CUTS. LONG CARE WAS THIRD. THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. COOL SPRINGS COUGAR CHEERING SQUAD, BOND SECURITY, SOUTHSIDE MEDICAL CENTER AND STOP THE VIOLENCE. UM, WAS IN THIRD PLACE. NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WAS EXCITED WITH THIS COLLABORATION WITH THE POPULAR LINE ASSOCIATION. IT WAS CALLED LIGHT UP POPULAR LUNCH. SO AFTER THE PARADE WE WANT TO HAVE OR OR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS OR THOSE THAT ATTENDED TO PARADE TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH FUN FILLED ACTIVITIES. ALSO TAKE PICTURES WITH SANTA AND DO DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THAT'S THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT COLLABORATION. AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I'M JUST SOME PICTURES . UM THAT WAS ALONG THE ROUTE. AS YOU SEE, THAT IS THE JUDGES STAND, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE IMAGES. UM, THAT WAS TAKEN DURING THE PARADE.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES. THANK YOU, MR ALLEN. FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU PUT IN THAT THAT WHOLE WEEKEND. UM MY QUESTION I HAVE IS THERE. IS THERE ANY WAY BECAUSE YOU ALL PUT ON AN EXCELLENT GRAND ILLUMINATION CEREMONY WHERE YOU WHEN WE HAD THE LAB BAND OUT THERE TO CHRISTMAS TREE TO FIREWORKS. IS THERE ANY WAY TO TOWEL THAT TOGETHER WITH THE PARADE AND WE HAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE THERE TO FORM TO BRING HIM DOWN TO THE TRAIN STATION. DO THE ELIMINATION. EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE WHERE EVERYONE IS DOWN THERE. SHOOT THE FIREWORKS LIKE THE TREE AND EVERYBODY GO HOME INSTEAD OF BREAKING IT BETWEEN TWO DAYS IS THAT IS THAT POSSIBLE? WOULD IT BE A DEEPER DIVE? ABSOLUTELY IT IS POSSIBLE. SO I SPOKE TO THE CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS WITH POPULAR LINE BECAUSE THEY MAY NEED TO ADJUST TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BECAUSE THAT WILL PUT THEM OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT I DO AGREE. WE HAVE SEEN IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY, RIGHT? ALRIGHT, COUNCIL VICE MAYOR HERE. UM YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY THE SAME THING. I THINK IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF WE DO EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY, BUT THE ONLY LOGISTICS WILL BE OF COURSE , YOU HAVE TO GET WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO SEE UM THAT THE CARS AND ALL THE BOTTLENECK AT THE BOTTOM OF SYCAMORE STREET, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE I
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THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN ALSO IF WE DO THE FIRE WAIT FOR THE FIREWORKS. WHEN WE DID HIM IF HE WAS STANDING IN FRONT, YOU COULD NOT SEE HIM. YOU HAD TO GO AROUND THE SIDE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE GOT TO LOOK AT TO THE LOGISTICS ON THAT, BUT GREAT JOB. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF DO. ABSOLUTELY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED FOR THE FIREWORKS, SO THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. SO THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED. AND THEN WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SEE IF WE CAN PULL IT OFF ON THE SAME DAY.OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE. MANY MANY YEARS AGO. WE USED TO HAVE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE LIKE I THINK IT'S ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK. UM, IN THE EVENING. SO AND THEN WE DO HAVE THE TREE LIGHTING DOING THAT TIME, SO I THINK IF YOU CAN MANAGE THAT, I THINK IT WILL. YOU'LL PROBABLY GET SO MUCH MORE PARTICIPATION AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD ACCESS FOR US DURING THE HOLIDAY.
ABSOLUTELY WE CAN LOOK AT PUSHING IT BACK, POTENTIALLY. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST IS THE HOLIDAY PARADE OR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IS THE SAME DAY AS RICHMOND'S, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE ENTRIES THAT WE HAVE. WOULD IT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME DOWN? THAT'S A LONG DAY. FOR SOME OF OUR YOUNGER GROUPS AND BANDS IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO BE ENRICHMENT AND THEN COME DOWN AT 56 O'CLOCK, AND THAT WILL BE A 12 TO 14 HOUR DAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPLORE. MAYBE WE CAN END AT NIGHT STARTED FOUR AND THEN END AT NIGHT. HOW ABOUT DO YOU THINK WE CAN WORK ON IT LIKE ON A FRIDAY EVENING? YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH? IT MAY. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE 61 ENTRIES THAT WE HAD. UM I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT WITH RICHMOND'S BEING THE NEXT DAY, LOGISTICALLY FOR THOSE BUSSES AND THINGS OF THAT SORT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR COVER. MR ALLEN. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU KNOW YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE KIND OF REINVENTING THE WHEEL BECAUSE OF THE NEW LOCATION, AND I THINK YOU DID ABSOLUTELY SUPERBLY. THANK YOU HANDLING LOTS OF LOGISTICAL ISSUES. CAUSED BY THE SWITCH, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT SWITCH, AND I'M DELIGHTED THAT IT TURNED OUT WELL, UM I LOVE SEEING THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EVERYBODY HAVING A GREAT TIME.
UM DID NO FIREARMS SIGNS. GET UP, GET PUT UP ALONG THE ROUTE. YES WE HAVE PLENTY OF PUBLIC WORKS, UM, PROVIDED THAT GREAT THROUGHOUT THE ROUND AND AS WE ENDED GOOD, WELL, THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT AND ONE LAST COMMENT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO GO LIGHT ON THE PRIZE MONEY. AH I THINK WE'LL HAVE A FABULOUS, FABULOUS CHRISTMAS PARADE THIS NEXT ONE CHRISTMAS PARADE TO ON THIS NEW RIGHT, BUT I THINK IF WE UM, PUT SOME MORE SUGAR PLUMS YOU MIGHT SAY OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY. I'LL BET WE'LL HAVE EVEN MORE PARTICIPATION AND IT'LL BE EVEN MORE VIBRANT EVENT . SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANKS CAM. MR. ALLEN. THANK YOU AND ALL YOU DO. UM NEXT. I DON'T 15 BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CLERK MISS LUCAS. I HAVE NO ITEMS. BUT HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE ALL RIGHT. HAPPY NEW YEAR. NEXT IS BUSINESS OR REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. NO REPORT, MR MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 17 PUBLIC
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COMMENT. ALRIGHT, MISS BARBARA RUDOLPH. GOOD EVENING EVENING. FIRST OF ALL WELCOME COUNSELOR JONES. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU UP THERE, AND I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE MAYOR PARAM AND VICE MAYOR HILL. ON THEIR ELECTION, SO IT'S I DEFINITELY WANTED TO COME TO THE MEETING.FOR THOSE REASONS. YOU ALL HAD TO COMPETE WITH SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE U. S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THAT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE DYNAMIC AND CRAZY THAN ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE EVER DONE UP THERE. SO PROBABLY BE GOING BACK IN A FEW MINUTES TO WATCH THAT. UM BEING THAT IT'S NEW YEAR'S. LET ME SUGGEST A RESOLUTION FOR UM, COUNCIL AND CITY ADMINISTRATION. AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT'S BASED ON YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'M KIND OF PICKY , BUT I REALLY OFTEN DON'T GO OUT OF MY WAY TO LOOK FOR THINGS. I'M JUST STUDYING MATERIALS IN THE CITY. AND SOMETIMES I COME UPON THESE THINGS THAT AREN'T RIGHT. AND YOU ALL KNOW FROM SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I BROUGHT A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE TAX TO YOU, AND THAT WAS SORT OF AN ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY OF MINE. ALSO LAST YEAR, THE NEWSLETTER HAD AN AIR RELATING TO THE
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RESPONSIBILITIES ARE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS IN DIFFERENT WARDS THERE, BEN, IF YOU DIFFERENT ITEMS OVER TIME, SO THAT THE RESOLUTION TO PULL ALL THAT TOGETHER, IT WOULD BE JUST TAKE I MEAN, WE CAN STRIVE FOR PERFECTION KNOWING WE WON'T GET THERE, BUT TRY HARD TO, UM REVIEW THIS REVIEW THE THINGS IF IT REQUIRES AN EXTRA SET OF EYES OR WHATEVER IT DOES TO MAKE SURE STUFF IS RIGHT. I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, IT SAVES A LOT OF, UM ANGST FOR CITY ADMINISTRATION, CITY LEADERSHIP, CITIZENS AND ALL OF US UM. ONE THING TONIGHT THAT BROUGHT UP A QUESTION. I WAS LOOKING AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL UM, MEETING AGENDA. THE COUNCIL RULES AND I NOTICED, UM, THAT YOU ALL HAVE ON THEIR THE PART ABOUT DISCUSSION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS, THE ONES THAT AREN'T PART OF A PUBLIC HEARING. I THINK IN THE PAST, THE RESOLUTIONS HAD GOTTEN KNOCKED OUT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE BACK ON THERE AGAIN. WHEN I'M REFERRING TO IS THE FACT THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON HIM AFTER A MOTION AND A SECOND HAVE BEEN MADE. ARE YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I'M REFERRING TO? I'M SURE THAT MR WILLIAMS DOES. UM ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST A REMINDER BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING OVER THE YEARS THAT HAS BEEN INCONSISTENTLY OBSERVED MOST OF THE TIME IT GETS DONE, BUT SOMETIMES THE OPPORTUNITY IS NOT PUT OUT THERE, AND IT JUST CAME TO MIND. WHEN WE TALKED. WE DID A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE ITEM. THE INDUSTRIAL REVITALIZATION FUND AT THE HOTEL PETERSBURG, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, YOU ALL PUT IT ON THERE AND VOTED ON IT. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT MAYBE NOT PART OF THE SUSPENSION OF RULES WOULD HAVE BEEN TO SAY IT'S A RESOLUTION. WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANYBODY ON THE FLOOR WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? PROBABLY WITH THE GROUP HERE TONIGHT. NONE OF US DID. BUT IT'S JUST A JUST A REMINDER. OKAY SO IF THAT'S UM IF THOSE ARE SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, AND 2023, IT'S SUPER AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW NEW MEMBER AND NEW OFFICERS . NOT NEW, WELL OLD OLD MR OLD MAYOR, PARAM 2017. BUT GOOD TO SEE YOU IN THE SEAT. UM, COUNCILOR HILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS, UM, SAYING NO MORE. ITEMS. UM UM AT THIS TIME, I JUST LIKE TO, AS ALSO WELCOME OUR NEW COUNCILMAN HERE. MARLOWE JONES, MY FELLOW CLASSMATE, PHS CLASS OF 1993. IN THE BUILDING.BEFORE THE WORKING WITH YOU, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU YOU KNOW, A FEW MOMENTS TO ADDRESSED THE CROWD TODAY. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE. 11 EXCUSE ME. WHAT ONE. ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE VOTED ME HERE. WAR TWO. TO ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE VOTED ME HERE. AND WARD 3456 AND SEVEN WHO PRAYED FOR ME TO GET HERE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND FOR HAVING YOUR DEBT. AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE BE A TEAM LIKE YOU WANTED US TO BE. AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOMETHING NICE AND NEW AND FRESH. FROM THIS BODY UP HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM YES, UM COUNCILMAN SMITH LEE. UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY UM. FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVICE VICE MAYOR FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. IT'S BEEN ENGAGING AND VERY WONDERFUL. AND I THINK, UM, MR MYERS FOR, UM NOMINATE MEN AND EVERYBODY WHO VOTED FOR ME, BUT, UM I BELIEVE, AND I KNOW WITHIN MY HEART THAT MAY A PERM IS DOING A SUPERB JOB AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND MR DARRIN HILL, VICE MAYOR, DARREN HILL WILL FOLLOW SUIT TOO. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY. ALL RIGHT, UM. LET ME HIT TWO VICE MAYOR HILL. AGAIN UH, GOOD EVENING. EVERYONE WANT TO THANK ALL WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT? WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR NOMINATING ME AND, UH, ELECTED ME TO THIS, UH, AUGUST POSITION, SOMETHING THAT I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY. UM I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE LOOK
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FORWARD TO WORK WHEN THEY WERE SO EXCITED THAT, UH, MARLO JONES'S IS HERE. WHAT ELSE? ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW, I RAN AGAINST HIM A FEW TIMES. HE'S A WORTHY OPPONENT, AND SOME OF OUR IDEAS ARE IRELAND WITH ONE ANOTHER, SO AND HERE NOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING MORE THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAN EVER BEFORE. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO GREAT GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND I ALSO WANT TO ADMONISH. ALL OF YOU ARE BEEN HANGING IN HERE WITH THE CITY THESE LAST FEW YEARS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN ROCKY. I KNOW. YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PLACES YOU GO. AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED YOUR CITY, YOU KIND OF EMBARRASSED BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HAD THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN YOUR RED. BUT NOW WE HAVE TURNED THE CORNER. NOT THAT WE'RE TURNING THE CORNER. WE HAVE TURNED THE CORNER. AND BETTER DAYS ARE AHEAD OF US, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMING YEAR LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITIZENS LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALRIGHT, UM, BACK TO COUNCILMAN JONES. I CANNOT LEAVE OUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I SEE YOU HERE. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS TO STAY STRONG. STATE, OF COURSE, STAY FOCUSED. HELP IS ON THE WAY. ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU. AND NEXT, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM. 18, WHICH IS A GERMAN ALL IN FAVOR. THIS MEANS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.