[1. CALL TO ORDER.]
[2. MINUTES.]
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>> :ORDER TONIGHT MANY OF THE WHOLE FOR THE OPEN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MARCH 21, 2023.
THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE LIMITED FROM OUR COMMUNITY OF THE WHOLE MEETING FOR MARCH 14 JUST LAST WEEK, ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTED TWO MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE? IF
[3. EAST ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH BOARD.]
NOT, EVERYONE MOVED TO APPROVE? >> SO MOVED.
>> MOTION IN SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR MARCH 14. ALL IN FAVOR POLICE SAY AYE. IN YOUR POST? THE MANAGER CARRIED FORTH. EAST ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH BOARD, MAYOR PRO TEM
WINTON. >> YES, SIR. I WILL ASK THE SPOTTY IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER POSTPONING THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THESE TWO VACANCIES AND ALSO REOPEN THE APPLICATION PROCESS SO THAT WE MAY SEEK ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS, AND WE CAN DO THAT IN A REGULAR MEETING. I CAN PULL IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET CONSENSUS HERE THAT WE PULL IT OFF, REOPEN IT FOR ADVERTISEMENT SO WE CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS FOR THESE TWO VACANCIES THAT ARE COMING UP. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EAST SOUTH OF ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH THIS MORNING, AND THEY REALLY ARE SEEKING SOME DIFFERENT CRITERIA FOR BOARD MEMBERS MOVING FORWARD AS THEY TRANSITION TO DIFFERENT THINGS. YES, YES TO IF IT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE A LONGER
POINT OF TIME. >> ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM IS ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL PLEASE CONSIDER REOPENING THE PORTAL TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION FOR THE EAST ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH BOARD AND POSTPONE. MS. WITTEN, WHEN WOULD YOU SUGGEST THE
POSTPONING GO FORWARD UNTIL? IS THERE A TIME CERTAIN? >> RECOMMEND AFTER MY CONVERSATION WITH MS. EDGE TO GO TO THE SECOND MEETING IN APRIL, WHICH IS I THINK APRIL
18. >> APRIL 18. OKAY. ANYONE ON COUNCIL OF THOUGHT ON IT?
>> EVER QUESTIONED.> YES, MA'AM. >> I SAID FOR ADDITIONAL
APPLICANTS, HOW MANY? >> WE ONLY HAD A COUPLE. I KNOW WE HAD TWO APPLICANTS, TWO VACANCIES. BUT I THINK THEY JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE A WIDER POOL TO POSSIBLY CHOOSE FROM
AND CONSIDER. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. TAYLOR, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DOES THE COUNCIL OKAY WITH US? DO WE NEED TO TAKE A FORMAL MOTION ON THIS?
>> I THINK SO. LET'S VOTE ON REOPENING THE APPLICATION PERIOD AND POSTPONE ON THE
REGULAR AGENDA. >> OKAY. WITH HAPPY ONE MOTION, ALISON? OKAY. MS. NGUYEN -- MS. WITTEN HAS OFFERED A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL APRIL 18. THE APPOINTMENTS TO EAST ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH WARD AS WELL AS REOPENING THE APPLICATION
PROCESS, CORRECT? IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.
>> MOTION AND SECOND AND FURTHER COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? ALL IN FAVOR POLICE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES FORTH. TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE WILL REOPEN APPLICATIONS VERY SOON, AND MAYBE HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK. THAT WILL GET TAKEN CARE OF.
IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE EAST ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH BOARD, PLEASE GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE. READ ABOUT WHAT THE EAST ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH BOARD DOES, THE COUNTY DECISIONS THEY MAKE AND HOW OFTEN THEY NEED, IF IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR YOU AND YOU ARE
[4. VOTING AT THE ALABAMA LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES ANNUAL CONVENTION.]
CURIOUS ABOUT IT, PLEASE CALL AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS, EMAIL AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND WE WILL CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION LATER. THANK YOU.THIS ITEM, NUMBER FOUR, VOTING ON ALABAMA LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES CONVENTION, MENTIONED THAT THE LAST MEETING. I REPRESENT THE CITY OF AUBURN ON THE BOARD OF ALABAMA LEAGUE AND MUNICIPALITIES, AND ANNUAL HEALTH CONVENTION FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA. THE CONVENTION IS HELD THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY NORMALLY, THIS YEAR IN BIRMINGHAM. THIS WOULD ALLOW ME TO CAST A VOTE AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE FUTURE OFFICERS OF THE ALABAMA LEAGUE MUNICIPALITIES AND SOME BOARD APPOINTMENTS, SPECIFIC BOARD APPOINTMENTS. THIS IS JUST A NORMAL PART OF A PROCESS AS THEY ASK THE CITY GOVERNMENTS TO APPROVE THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT WILL BE THERE CASTING THEIR VOTES.
SO THIS IS NOT A FORMAL RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE, THIS IS REALLY JUST A VERBAL BLESSING, A NOD OF THE HEAD BLESSING FROM CITY COUNCIL THAT I CAN BE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
[5. QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA.]
AUBURN AT THIS CONVENTION. ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY HERE? IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? I WILL LOOK TO MY LEFT. FOUR KNOTS, LOOKING TO MY RIGHT, FOUR KNOTS. OKAY. MS. EDGE, CONSIDER THAT AN OKAY. QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FINANCE DIRECTOR CAME IN,'S ALISON EDGE IS DOING A NOBLE JOB REPLACING OUR CITY MANAGERTONIGHT IS ON VACATION. >> ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA FOR MS. EDGE? ANYTHING FOR US?
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>> NOTHING OTHER THAN REMINDING THAT WE NEED TO PULL THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS OFF OF THE AGENDA.
>> MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION. WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A BRIEFING FROM THE POLICE CHIEF REFERENCE COOTERS DOWNTOWN. AND WHAT THE RULES ARE AND HOW THE CLASSIFIED, WE LEARNED THEY ARE CLASSIFIED THE SAME AS SKATEBOARDS FOR THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREA. BUT WE NEVER HAD ANY FOLLOW-UP ON THAT. AS FAR AS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SCOOTERS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL CITIZENS CONTACT ME WITH SAFETY CONCERNS. I PERSONALLY AM A BIG FAN OF PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION AND ALL THAT, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO PUT SOME GROUND RULES OUT THERE WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD DO IF THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SCOOTER SAFETY OR HAD INCIDENTS WITH THEM OR WHATNOT. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ASK AGAIN FOR AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE STAND IN TERMS OF SCOOTERS, REGULATIONS, RULES, DEFINITIONS, SIGNAGE, THE WHOLE LAY DOWN ON WHERE WE STAND WITH SCOOTERS ON THE COMMUNITY.
>> TO CLARIFY, MR. GRISWOLD, YOU ARE ASKING FOR AN EDUCATION, JUST AN UPDATE ON WHERE THE CITY IS, WHAT POLICIES ARE IN RULES AND PROCEDURES.
>> IS THE CITY COUNCIL OKAY WITH DOING THEDURING THE COMMUNITY OF THE WHOLE DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL? . MS. EDGE, IS THAT A PROBLEM TO DO OUR NEXT MEETING ON APRIL 4?
>> THUMBS UP.I THINK WE ARE GOOD. >> OKAY.
>> WE NORMALLY START THOSE KIND OF THINGS, NORMALLY 6:30 WITH -- 5:30 OR 5:45 IF IT IS INFORMATION. WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT AND ASK AT THE COMM
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