[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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WE WILL CALL TO ORDER TONIGHT'S AUBURN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR MARCH THE 12TH, 2024.
[2. MINUTES]
HAVE THE MINUTES FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, FROM FEBRUARY THE 20TH.ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, THOSE MINUTES? IF NOT, IS THERE MOVED TO APPROVE? SO A SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BUT NEW BUTTON, UH, TECHNOLOGY HERE THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL EXPLAIN TO US HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
SO, QUESTIONS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA
[3. QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA]
FOR THE CITY MANAGER OTHER THAN HOW TO USE THE MICROPHONE.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. CROUCH, WOULD YOU, UH, GIVE US, WOULD YOU GIVE US A FRIENDLY REMINDER HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RESPOND TONIGHT? IT'S ME TOO.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING A, A PUSH TO TALK SITUATION UP HERE.
UM, AND SO FOR THE CITIZENS THAT COME TO THE MICROPHONE, THEIRS WILL BE ON WHEN WE GET TO CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS.
BUT FOR BOTH, UM, GREG, FOR THE STAFF AS WELL.
EVERYBODY IS PUSHED TO TALK TONIGHT.
IT MAY NOT GO WELL AND WE MAY FLIP BACK TO THE OTHER WAY.
I MAY FORGET, BUT EVERYBODY, YOU A GREEN LIGHT TURNS ON, BUT YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE BUTTON DOWN AS LONG AS YOU'RE TALKING.
ANYTHING FOR US? OTHER THAN THAT? NO SIR.
UM, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, I'VE ASKED FOR Y'ALL'S APPROVAL AND BLESSING ON THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE ALABAMA LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES AND WE HAVE A STATEWIDE, UH, MEETING SLASH CONVENTION THE SECOND WEEK IN, UH, MAY OF EACH YEAR.
AND, UM, WE NEED, I NEED YOUR BLESSING TO GO UP THERE AND CAST VOTES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
LAST YEAR THE VOTE WAS BASICALLY WHO WAS GONNA BE THE NEXT CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND WHO WAS GONNA BE THE NEXT VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
WERE THE ONLY TWO THINGS THAT WE VOTED ON, BUT THERE IS A FORM THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS THAT WE DO NEED TO FILL OUT AND TURN IN.
THAT SETS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED ME REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY AT THIS MEETING LAST YEAR, WE DID THAT DURING THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH A HEAD NOD AND A SMILE, UH, AND THERE WAS NO FORMAL VOTE.
SO IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY, WE'LL PROCEED WITH THAT.
SO IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH ME REPRESENTING THE CITY AGAIN IF THE ALABAMA LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES TO THE LEFT SIDE.
TO THE RIGHT SIDE, THERE'S A YES.
I THINK THAT'S THE MAJORITY MISS CITY MANAGER.
IS THERE A MOVE TO ADJOURN SENATE? ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
AND WE'LL GET STARTED IN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.