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>>> WE WILL CALL TONIGHT TO ORDER MAN'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE WELCOME THOSE LIVE AND LISTENING LIVE AND WATCHING THROUGH OUR STREAMING SERVICES. WE WILL CALL THE ROLL.
>> ADAMS? GRISWOLD? MOREMAN? PARSONS? COBLENTZ?
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE 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.
[4. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS.]
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU.
THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR, FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH, SO WE WILL PROUDLY INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF HER OTHER
>> WE ARE PROUD TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR CITY OF AUBURN EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES CITY MANAGER. I AM PLEASED TO NOMINATE TRENT MITCHELL FOR THE JANUARY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. TRENT BEGAN HIS EMPLOYMENT IN THE CITY'S EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER IN JULY, 2020, AS A PART-TIME PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATOR AND QUICKLY DEMONSTRATED HIS APTITUDE FOR THE POSITION. HE ADVANCED FULL-TIME STATUS IN FEBRUARY, 2021, EARNED PROMOTION TO PST SUPERVISOR BY DECEMBER OF 2021.
LESS THAN TWO YEARS HE TRANSITIONED FROM A TRAINEE TO A LEADER AND MENTORS OTHERS FOSTERING A CULTURE OF GROWTH AND EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU. AS A SUPERVISOR OVERSEEING COMPUTER AID AND DISPATCH MAINTENANCE FROM 2022-2023 IN A MICROSOFT XL EXPERT TRENT UNITS RESPONSE CALLED PROCESSING TIME DATA TO NOT ONLY ENHANCE TRAINING STANDARDS, BUT ALSO TO ESTABLISH MEASURABLE PERFORMANCE GOALS. TRENT'S EXPERTISE PART OF THE AUBURN FIRE DEPARTMENT BY PROVIDING CRITICAL DATA INSURANCE OFFICE SURVEY AND HIS PROFICIENCIES CONTINUOUSLY HELPED AUBURN POLICE DEPARTMENT PULL VARIOUS DATA POINTS OF INTEREST. A SELF DEVELOPED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM ENTHUSIAST TRENT INITIATES IMPACTFUL COLLABORATIONS WITH GIS SUBDIVISION TO IMPROVE ADDRESSED POINT ACCURACY AND JURISDICTION BOUNDARIES AND MAPPING SYSTEMS. HIS EFFORTS CULMINATED IN THE STATE PARK ADDRESSING PROJECT AND ENHANCED LOOK SAFETY EFFECTIVENESS AND REDUCED EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONSE TIMES . AS THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER'S TRAINING COORDINATOR SINCE 2023 TRENT HAS MADE STRIDES TO REENGINEER THE TRAINING PROCESS. HIS USE OF DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS HAS IMPROVED TRAINER OUTPUT AND TRAINEE SUCCESS ELEVATING THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER OPERATIONAL STANDARDS. TRENT'S PURSUIT MAKES HIM A VALUABLE ASSET TO THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER FOR THE CITY OF AUBURN AND ITS CITIZENS.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WE ARE PROUD TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE 2024 ALABAMA 78 GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONS. AGAIN, AND HAVE RESOLUTION HERE FROM AUBURN CITY COUNCIL. IT SAYS WHEREAS AUBURN CITY COUNCIL IS PLEASED TO HONOR AUBURN CITY SCHOOLS FACULTY STAFF AND STUDENTS FOR THEIR EXCELLENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM AND WHEREAS THE 2024 AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WAS CROWNED THE 2024 CLASS SEVEN A STATE CHAMPIONS OAKVILLE INDIAN MOUNDS PARK ON NOVEMBER 9TH 2024 . WHEREAS THE TEAM SECURED THEIR SEVENTH TITLE IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WITH A THRILLING ONE POINT VICTORY OVER HOOVER
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HIGH SCHOOL AND WHEREAS SOPHOMORE SARAH DISTINCTION OF BEING NUMBER ONE RANKED RUNNER IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. AND WHERE IS THE AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM CONSISTS OF TEAM MEMBERS CATES BRANTLEY AT A MINE CLARK MAGGIE SHAW COX VALERIE ESCALERA ABIGAIL HARDY HANNAH QUAN LARSON SARAH TOLD JENNA BETH WADE AUDREY ERATH ABBY MINOR RILEY PLUG FOR NATALIE SCHOONOVER AND LINNEA COX NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN ALABAMA THAT THE COUNCIL HEREBY RECOGNIZED AND FORMALLY CONGRATULATE THE COACHES AND PLAYERS FROM THE 2024 AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY STEAM -- EFFORTS AND REPRESENTING AUBURN CITY SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF AUBURN.BE IT RESOLVED A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING AND PRESENTED TO HEAD COACHES ERIC SKIDMORE AND JAKE WADE AND ASSISTANT COACH MADDOX AND THE TEAM ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN ON THIS SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 . CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LADIES, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU.
>> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OUR OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES ESPECIALLY TO TRENT MITCHELL TO CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. THANK YOU FOR AUBURN EMPLOYEES AND THEIR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS IN CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE LADIES ON THE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FOR PUTTING AN OUTSTANDING PROGRAM AN OUTSTANDING JOB, THEY HAVE DONE IT AGAIN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF AUBURN.
>> JUST A COUPLE MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE IMMINENT OPENING OF A COUPLE FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON FOR A LITTLE WHILE HERE, THE LAKE WILL MARK INTO CENTER WILL OPEN FOR BASKETBALL NEXT WEEK, AND HOW JOYOUS IT WILL BE FOR ME PERSONALLY TO SEE CHILDREN PLAYING BASKETBALL IN THAT FACILITY. WE WILL BE WORKING HARD TO GET THE REST OF THE FACILITY OPEN SOON. THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE HAVE OPENED A COMMUNITY CENTER AND OUR UNITY DESERVES THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY HAPPY MOMENTS WITH OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY. ALSO THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER WILL BE OPENING SOON AND HOW PROUD I THINK WE ALL ARE IN THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROTECT US A PLACE TO HAVE CONTINUING TRAINING AND A HALF TO LEAVE AND PACK A BAG TO GO DO ANY OF THAT, BUT THEY CAN DO THAT RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY CAN INVITE THEIR PARTNER AGENCIES AROUND OUR AREA TO COME AND DO WHATEVER EDUCATION AND WHATEVER , CREATE TIGHTER BONDS, SO WHEN THOSE TIMES COME THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR THEM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BOTH OF THOSE FACILITIES GETTING OPEN.
THERE IS A SIDE BENEFIT TO BOTH OF THEM , THERE WILL BE VOTING LOCATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND 2026 AS WE GO THROUGH STATE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT BEING A GREAT BOON FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. WITH THAT BEING SAID WHAT HAPPENED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN NEW ORLEANS WAS A REMINDER TO ME ABOUT ALL THE GREAT WORK AND ALL THE PREPARATION, AND ALL THE WORRY AND CONCERN, AND ALL THE INVESTMENT THAT GOES IN TO PREPARE OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO ON IN AUBURN. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARADES, DOWNTOWN EVENTS, WE THROW TOILET PAPER WHEN WE WIN BALL GAMES. WE GET TOGETHER IN BIG GROUPS OFTEN. AND IT'S INCUMBENT UPON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAMS TO PREPARE FOR US AND ALL OUR ACTIVITIES. THEY DO A GREAT JOB, AND I APPRECIATE THEM, AND CERTAINLY OUR PRAYERS FOR THOSE IN NEW ORLEANS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THEIR LOSSES INCLUDING THE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS AN AUBURN GRADUATE, WHO LOST HIS LIFE THAT NIGHT. BUT, IT MADE ME THINK OF FOR THE EFFORT THAT I KNOW THAT GOES INTO PREPARING AUBURN FOR THOSE TIMES. I ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO PROBATE JUDGE BILL ENGLISH YOU WILL BE CONDUCTING HIS FINAL MEETING THIS MONTH AND WILL BE RETIRING. HE HAS SERVED FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME IN LEE COUNTY. AND I KNOW HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME QUIET LIFESTYLE, AND I JUST WANT TO TELL BILL THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE TOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH JERRY COLEY WHO WILL BE SWORN IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. AND FINALLY, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE THE HOMETOWN, AT LEAST THE COLLEGE HOMETOWN OF MISS AMERICA, ABBY WON THAT , CONGRATULATIONS TO AN AUBURN STUDENT WHO WON THAT MAJOR
[5. AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS.]
NATIONAL AWARD. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. WE WILL MOVE AHEAD, THEN.>> AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS.
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>> HEY GOOD AFTERNOON. I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THEIR HOLIDAYS. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING BACK STUDENTS ONTO CAMPUS ON MONDAY FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER, AND IN ADDITION TO A NEW SEMESTER STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN WORKING HARD OVER THE BREAK. OUR LOBBY BOARD ORGANIZED A LEARN TO LOBBY DAY. THIS IS WHERE STUDENTS WILL GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHTS FROM GUEST SPEAKERS. THIS EVENT WILL BE JANUARY 22ND, AND WILL ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO BECOME ADVOCATES FOR THEIR EDUCATION. NEXT AS WE APPROACH FEBRUARY OUR ELECTIONS TEAM IS POOPING FOR SPRING ELECTIONS. THESE ELECTIONS WILL DETERMINE IN THIS-- SENATORS CANDIDATES ARE ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS, AND IT IS GOING TO BE A DYNAMIC ELECTION
>> THIS IS OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMUNICATE WITH CITY COUNCIL ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT ANY OF THESE ITEMS, AND AS I LOOK THROUGH THE AGENDA THERE ARE NO PUBLIC
[7. CITY MANAGER’S COMMUNICATIONS.]
HEARINGS, SO THIS WILL BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS US. YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL ONLY ON AGENDA ITEMS. SEEING NO ONE. WE WILL MOVE AHEAD TO CITY MANAGERSCOMMUNICATIONS. >> MEDICATIONS THIS EVENING, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE AS I DID ON DECEMBER 17TH ONE VACANCY ON THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR NON-EXPIRED TERM AND OCTOBER 9TH 2028 THAT APARTMENT WILL BE MADE AT THE FEBRUARY 4TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ITEM 7A SHOWS UP AS THE REBUILD ALABAMA ACT MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY'S FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY EACH YEAR. THE REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR, 2024 IS IN YOUR PACKETS WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE MINUTES AND POSTED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024 THE CITY RECEIVED $528,780 IN REVENUES AND APPLIED THOSE FUNDS TO THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS NORTH DEAN ROAD UNIVERSITY INTERSECTION DRIVE EAST INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME DESIGN WORK RELATED TO NORTH COLLEGE STREET DRAKE
[8.b.2. Auburn University SGA Director of City Relations Jack Steudle.]
AVENUE AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. NO ACTION IS NECESSARY. HER FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.AS A COUNCILMEMBER WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DEAL WITH THAT ITEM INDIVIDUALLY?
>> I WILL TAKE ITEM B2. >> ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT 8B2.
>> ITEM 8B2 IS AN ACCOMMODATION RESOLUTION HONORING CITY OF RELATIONS JACK STEUDLE. WE DID NOT KNOW HE WAS LEAVING PRIOR TO OUR LAST MEETING, SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE DOING THAT.
>> THE MOTION IS SECONDED. >> I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND TELL JACK HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE FOR WHAT HE DID AS OUR CITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR OF CITY RELATIONS FOR SGA. I HATE WE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IN PERSON, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE NOTED THAT AND NOT JUST
HAS IT ON. >> IF THE LAST STUDENT CANCEL BREVET -- BREAKFAST WE -- I GUESS THE PHOTO WILL BE MADE AT SOME POINT IN TIME PROJECTED A GREAT JOB, AND I APPRECIATE -- WAS VERY CONSCIENTIOUS. SO WE ARE THANKFUL FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE COME AND GIVEN REPORTS . WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION PASSES. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION IS SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR
[9.a. Traffic control signs and devices. Establish "No Parking" zones on Miller Avenue. Unanimous consent necessary.]
PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND THE CONSENT AGENDA ISAPPROVED. ORDINANCES. >> UNDER ORDINANCES ITEM 9 A ESTABLISHES NO PARKING ZONES ON MILLER AVENUE .
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT COULD EXPECT THE MOTION IS SECONDED. HEARING NONE DID ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? LINDSAY WITH THE ROLLCALL?
[10.a. Contract. Emergency Equipment Professionals, Inc. Change order for the Pierce Custom Enforcer Tiller Truck. Fire Department. Additional $14,183.]
>> PARSONS? >> -- TILLER TRACKING THE
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AMOUNT OF $14,183 . >> MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
>> MOTION IS SECONDED. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> ANTICIPATED DELIVERY? >> I BELIEVE WE WERE ANTICIPATING JANUARY 2026, BUT NOW WE ARE LOOKING MORE AT AN AUGUST, 2025 DELIVERY. SO IT'S EXCITING, BECAUSE YOU AGREED TO PURCHASE THIS IN OCTOBER OF 2022, THE TIMES ON THESE ARE TREMENDOUS, SO WE ARE EXCITED TO GET IT SIX MONTHS EARLY.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE
[12. CITIZENS' OPEN FORUM.]
SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AND THE MOTION CARRIES.>> MAYORS THOSE ARE THE ITEMS WE HAVE FOR BUSINESS.
>> WE WILL OPEN FOR COMMENTS ON ANYTHING ON YOUR MIND. PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. PLEASE ADDRESS
YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL. >> SUSAN BOLDT, 1188 EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE . HAPPY NEW YEAR, MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER. I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE JUST GOT FINISHED SOLVING THANKSGIVING WITH HER FAMILY, AND THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD A CHRISTMAS AND TIME TO REFLECT ON ALL THE THINGS TO BE GRATEFUL FOR IT'S A GREAT TIME TO START OVER FRESH AND JUST HAVE RENEWED OPTIMISM. I WANTED TO START THE NEW YEAR REFLECTING ON OUR CITY OF AUBURN AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I AM THANKFUL FOR AS A CITY OF AUBURN I TRULY LOVE LIVING IN AUBURN. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE AND SERVICES I APPRECIATE IN OUR CITY. AS YOU KNOW I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES MUSCLE I WILL BE BRIEF. FOR STARTERS THE CITIZENS ACADEMY I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN, I DON'T KNOW WHO SPEARHEADED THE PROGRAM, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS AN AMAZING PROGRAM AND HATS OFF TO THE PERSON WHO DID THAT. ALLISON BLANKENSHIP DID A GREAT JOB THE YEAR I PARTICIPATED . ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE IN THE ROOM AND NOT IN THE ROOM, I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET A LOT OF YOU IT IS OBVIOUS YOU ENJOYED YOUR JOB AND DO A GOOD JOB AND HELPED MAKE THE CITY TRANSMITTED SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS I AM AWARE OF AND PARTICIPATED IN AND APPRECIATE ARE THE USE OF COOKING OIL COLLECTION, SO WE CAN COLLECT AND RECYCLE THAT SO WE AREN'T DUMPING IT OUT ANYWHERE, SO IT HAS TO BE PICKED UP.
ELECTRONICS AND HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY I PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR, AND THAT WAS INCREDIBLY WELL ORGANIZED AND MOVED FAST, AND IT WAS VERY EFFICIENT. I KEEP HEARING FANTASTIC COMMENTS ABOUT THE TOWN CREEK INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. MY KIDS ARE GROWN, BUT I ALWAYS APPRECIATE HEARING FAMILIES TALK ABOUT THAT AND GETTING TO ENJOY THE RESOURCES.
THE BULK TRASH AND PICKUPS ARE VERY HELPFUL IT HELPS KEEP AUBURN LOOKING GREAT. I LIKE THE FIX-IT APP, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO NONEMERGENCY ISSUES, AND I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE RESPONSE THERE. OF COURSE PARKS AND REC ALWAYS HAS A LOT OF ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES SUCH AS BALLROOM DANCE AND FOR DISSIPATING IN THE AUBURN TOY DRIVE AND IT IS AMAZING TO SEE THE GENEROSITY OF AUBURN CITIZENS, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MAYOR CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL FOR ALL YOU DO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIRED TO FOLLOW MANY CONCERNS FROM CITIZENS. MAYOR, I APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU SPENT AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY. MR. GRISWOLD IS CELEBRATING 45 YEARS IN BUSINESS I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT EXPENSES AND THE REASONING BEHIND HOW OUR TAX MONEY IS SPENT PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. MR. MOREMAN I APPRECIATE OUR CANDID CONVERSATIONS AND YOUR INSIGHTFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKIN G QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS RESPONDING TO MY CALLS, TEXTS, AND EMAILS. CITY MANAGER PLEASE ACCEPT MY THANKS FOR RETURNING MY PHONE CALLS WHEN I HAVE A QUESTION OR CONCERN MY GOAL IS TO TRULY HAVE A GREAT AUBURN. THANK YOU AGAIN, AND
HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> THINK THANK YOU. WHO WILL BE
NEXT? >> BEFORE THAT STARTS MY PRINTER DID NOT WORK , SO I WILL USE MY PHONE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HER NAME IS ROBERT WILKINS 261 DENSON DRIVE, AUBURN. RESOLUTIONS FOR 2025. AUBURN CITIZENS HOPES CONCERNS AND DESIRES FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL WITH ITS REMAINING 22 MONTH TERM. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED AUBURN WITH BETTER ROADS INCREASED JOBS INCREASED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS CITY BUDGET APPROVALS ZONING APPROVALS AND MUCH MORE, BUT MORE EMPHASIS NEEDS TO BE ON
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PEOPLE ISSUES. FIRST CITIZENS RESOLUTION TO DECLARE A CITYWIDE YOUTH EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF AUBURN WHILE INVOLVING THE ENTIRE CITY COMMUNITY. OCTOBER 18TH, 2022 DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING MAYOR ANDERS STATED HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD WHEN FRANK BROWN WAS OPENED IN NEARLY 50 YEARS LATER LAKE WILMORE WAS BUILT BUT ONCE BAKER STADIUM WAS ONLY ABOUT 25% OF THE YOUTH RECREATIONAL EATS. WE CANNOT ALLOW THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR YOUTH TO BE IN JEOPARDY. SECOND CITIZENS RESOLUTION HOLD TWO MEETINGS WITH COUNCILWOMAN TAYLOR AND HER CONSTITUENTS IN WARD 1 WITH MAYOR CITY MANAGER CHIEF OF POLICE, AND THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO ASSIGNED TO THAT AREA IN LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR ISSUES THIRD CITIZENS RESOLUTION. TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ONCE LOVELIEST VILLAGE ON THE PLAINS AND ITS COMMUNITY WHILE TOO MANY RESIDENTS AND LIFETIME RESIDENTS ARE LEAVING THE AUBURN AREA. FOURTH CITIZENS RESOLUTION ALLOW ALL 23 BOARDS AND COMMISSION POSITIONS TO BE OPEN TO ALL CITIZENS INSTEAD OF ALLOWING EIGHT, 10, AND 12 YEAR TERMS BY A FEW THE MORE INVOLVED THE BETTER. FIT CITIZENS RESOLUTION THE COST OF AUBURN'S HOUSING IS OUTPACING MOST CITIES IN ALABAMA AUBURN IS BLESSED WITH THE ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE LESS INFRASTRUCTURE THAN OTHERS, BUT IT ALSO CAN UTILIZE THE CREATIVITY OF AUBURN UNIVERSITY COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD HOUSES AND LESS COSTS ALSO SETTING UP FOUNDATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF IDEAS. SIXTH CITIZENS RESOLUTION KEEP ORDINANCE 3288 BUT ADD AN EXEMPTION CLAUSE ALLOWING ANY CITIZEN IN ANY ZONE WITH PROOF OF HOME STATE EXEMPTION BE ALLOWED TO HAVE SHORT-TERM RENTALS. IT WILL BE FOUR YEARS THIS MARCH SINCE ORDINANCE 3288 SHORT-TERM RENTALS WAS PASSED WE REQUEST THIS ORDINANCE BE IMPROVED AND CERTAIN AUBURN RESIDENTS NO LONGER BE PUNISHED. THESE SIX DESIRES COME FROM THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE AUBURN PEOPLE. IT IS TIME YOU LISTEN TO YOUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS. YOU CITIZENS BELIEVE THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE REASON YOU BECAME A MAYOR OR COUNCILMEMBER, IS THAT YOU LOVEYOUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU. >> WHO WILL BE NEXT?
>> SARAH COLLINS, 875 COBB DRIVE COULD I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER
GREAT YEAR WITH YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU. WHO WILL BE NEXT?
>> GOOD EVENING JEFF WALKER 27 EIGHT -- HAPPY NEW YEAR . ONE OF THE THINGS I KIND OF WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS EVENING , ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS MENTIONED ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER IN THE MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS, TOO. THERE IS A GROUP THAT REPRESENT US HERE IN AUBURN, AND WE ARE PROUD OF OUR EDUCATION HERE IN AUBURN. WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST EDUCATION IN THE STATEMENT BUT THE CITIZENS OF AUBURN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I AM NOT REALLY SURE WHEN THAT CHANGED MY WAS PROBABLY YOUNGER AND WAS NOT AS POLITICALLY ACTIVE AS I HAVE BECOME OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. BUT, TODAY, IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IT COMES BEFORE THIS SMALL GROUP, AND THEN THE SCHOOL BOARD IS SELECTED OUT OF THAT. I THINK IT'S TIME MAYBE WE LOOK AT CHANGING THAT, AND MAYBE THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD BE PART OF OUR REGULAR ELECTIONS HERE IN AUBURN. IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT AND CONSIDER AS WE HAVE THE TERM ELECTIONS COMING UP, NATIONALLY, IN A COUPLE YEARS IT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE TIME TO PLAN AND THINK THROUGH THAT. BUT TODAY IF WE DON'T AGREE WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD WE REALLY AS A CITIZENSHIP DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THAT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONSIDER MAYBE SHORTER TERMS OR SOME TERM LIMITS AND OR SCHOOL BOARD. THERE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A PRETTY LONG TIME. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU GET ANY CHANGES IF YOU DON'T REFRESH BLOOD THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THE SCHOOL BOARD KIND OF MONITORS AND MANAGES THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION HERE IN AUBURN, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING THAT PROPERLY TODAY DID I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE SOME DISCRETION GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE GETTING CERTAIN STUDENTS, AND THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOLS ARE LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, OR MAY BE PART OF THAT. I HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
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THAT UP THERE AT THAT FOR HIM, BUT AS IT STANDS TODAY AS A VOTER I DON'T HAVE A VOICE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU GUYS CONSIDER THAT AND POSSIBLY CHANGE AND ALLOW THE CITIZENS OF AUBURN THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE IN OR VOTE OUT NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS NO DIFFERENT THAN WE WOULD IF WE IN A WARD WERE UPSET WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION AS COUNCILMEMBERS OR MAYOR. SO I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THAT, AND I WILL PROBABLY COME BACK AND ASK AGAIN AND WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A BENT AGAIN ABOUT IT LATER.THANK YOU. >> WHO WILL BE NEXT? WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS OPEN FORUM. WILL THE COUNCIL HAVE A RESPONSE TO ANYTHING?
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