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          WE'LL CALL TO ORDER TONIGHT'S COMMITTEE THE WHOLE 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Anders. ]
FOR THE OCTOBER 20TH AUBURN CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          CITY COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE THE 
          [2. MINUTES. October 6, 2026. ]
MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 6TH COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS OF THOSE MINUTES. 
          IF NOT, IS THERE A MOVE TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          A MOTION TO SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AND THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 
          QUESTIONS ON TONIGHT'S 
          [3. QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA. City Manager Crouch. ]
AGENDA FOR THE CITY MANAGER? ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A QUESTION ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? OKAY. 
          CITY MANAGER, ANYTHING FOR US? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE A MOVE TO ADJOURN? IF I MAY. 
          SURE. 
          YEP. 
          NOT REALLY ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT WHEN WE GOT A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, COULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON, UH, LONGLEAF WHEN IT'S GONNA BE PAVED? YEAH, I'LL HAVE THE CITY ENGINEER JUMP IN IN JUST A SECOND HERE, BUT ULTIMATELY LONGLEAF HAS A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF WEAR AND TEAR ON THAT ROAD AND THE, UM, KIND OF THE STRENGTH OF THE ASPHALT AT THE TIME IT WAS BUILT. 
          AND THOSE TWO THINGS COMBINED, UH, MADE IT A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO GET SOME BID SPECS TOGETHER. 
          UM, THE CITY ENGINEER AND HIS TEAM HAVE WORKED, UH, A TON TO TRY TO GET SOME PROJECT SPECS TOGETHER THAT ARE REASONABLE FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF AUBURN WHILE ALSO MAKING THAT ROAD, UM, THE STRONGEST IT CAN BE MOVING FORWARD AND TRYING TO SAVE US TIME SHORT OF COMPLETELY REBUILDING IT. 
          SO WE TALKED BEFORE ON SHELTON MILL ROAD, WE DID A FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION, AN FDR. 
          UM, THERE'S SOME OF THAT GOING ON THERE. 
          IT, IT IS OUT, UM, ADVERTISED FOR BID, BUT IS NOT POSTED YET ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. 
          SHOULD BE TOMORROW. 
          AND I'LL HAVE MICHAEL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          IT'S CURRENTLY OUT FOR BID AND BID OPENINGS AT THE LOCAL TIME FOR SEAL BIDS WILL BE NOVEMBER 4TH. 
          UM, SO IT'LL COME TO THE NEXT MEETING AFTER THAT DATE. 
          UM, BUT SHE'S CORRECT. 
          IT'S FDR, BUT THE PROJECT IS SPLIT INTO TWO TYPES OF PROJECTS. 
          AT THE MIDPOINT, ONE SIDE TO THE EAST ALL THE WAY TO COLLEGE STREET INVOLVES THE FDR, THE OUTSIDE TWO LANES, WHICH BASICALLY IS A FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION, WHICH IS A FULL BUILDUP TO GET TO THAT CLASSIFICATION OF STREET WE NEED. 
          UM, WE PULLED TRAFFIC COUNTS. 
          WE'VE DONE TWO MATERIAL REPORT TESTS FOR THE WHOLE CORRIDOR AND IT, IT VERIFIES WE NEED TO BUILD A HIGHER CLASSIFICATION OF STREET. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC OUT OF THE, OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY TRUCK TRAFFIC. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD IT TO OUR HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION OF ROAD THAT WE HAVE IN OUR STANDARD DETAIL, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE OUT FOR BID FOR NOW STATES. 
          ALSO ALLOWS US TO KEEP, UH, AT LEAST ONE LANE OPEN TO TRAFFIC AT ALL TIMES, BUT IT IS STILL A MAJOR UNDERTAKING. 
          AND SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO GO BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THAT ROAD. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          BEEN A LOT OF TRAFFIC OUT THERE. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          ANOTHER THING, MAYOR, UH, IN KEEPING WITH THE COUNCILPERSON WHITTEN RULE, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF WE COULD, UH, DISCUSS NAMING THE NEW, UH, TRAINING COMPLEX ON 280 AFTER ROGER, CAPTAIN ROGER BROOKSHIRE. 
          HE WAS KILLED IN 1977 RESPONDING TO A CALL OF A CITIZEN DOWN. 
          HE LOST HIS LIFE AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TRIBUTE TO HIM TO NAME THAT TRAINING CENTER AFTER HIM. 
          SO I'D APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL CONSIDERING IT THE NEXT MEETING, THE MEETING OF THE WHOLE MEETING, TALKING ABOUT IT AND SEE IF WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT. 
          SURE. 
          UM, DOES COUNCIL FEEL OKAY WITH DURING THE NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT NAMING THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER FOR ROGER BROOKSHIRE? ABSOLUTELY. 
          YES. 
          YOU GOOD WITH THAT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IF WE, SENIOR MANAGER, IF WE CAN SET ASIDE A FEW MINUTES TO DO THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AT THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER. 
          WILL DO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? I'M SORRY. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, TOMMY? NO. 
          IF, IF, COULD YOU MAYBE SEND SOMETHING TO THE COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AND SO THEY'LL KNOW THE MA- MAGNITUDE OF WHAT, UH, THE CAPTAIN DID FOR THE CITY? ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS A FIREFIGHTER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 
          SO WE'VE UNFORTUNATELY HAD ONE POLICE OFFICER AND ONE FIREFIGHTER, UM, KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 
          AND SO WE DO A MEMORIAL SERVICE EVERY YEAR, UM, HONORING HIM AND HIS, HIS LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY. 
          BUT WE'LL BE GLAD TO GET YOU SOME MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. 
          HE DIED BY ELECTROCUTION AND I THINK THAT'S JUST HORRIBLE. 
          WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HONOR HIM. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE CITY MANAGER? OKAY. 
          IS THERE A MOVE TO ADJOURN? SO MOVE. 
          SO MOVE. 
          WE'LL ADJOURN THE COMMITTEE WHOLE AND WE'LL GET STARTED IN JUST A FEW SECONDS WITH THE REGULAR AGENDA.
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