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UH, COMMISSIONER SCALES CALLING.SHE'S ILL THIS MORNING AND WILL NOT BE HERE, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WHEN TIME COMES, I'LL DO HER, UH, REPORT.
UH, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A, A, A VERY RUSH PRESENT TODAY AND GET YOUR GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP TONIGHT FOR B TUESDAY TOMORROW.
OH, YESTERDAY I GOT MY DIFFERENT, THEY GIVING THIS OUT.
WHERE ARE THEY GIVING THAT AT? DOWN THE STREET.
TODAY IS, UH, TODAY IS FAT TOO.
WE ALL ALL MISS A DAY EVERY, YEAH.
I MUST HAVE STARTED EARLY AND DON'T REMEMBER, BUT, BUT LEFT OVER FROM VALENTINE DAY.
THAT, UH, THAT FABULOUS ROAR EVENT WE HAD.
I WANT SAY THAT BEFORE WE'LL GET STARTED.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THAT.
UH, DANIELLE WAS, WAS THERE AND, UH, I THINK THAT THEY RAISED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR CANCER AND IT ALL STAYS HERE AT UAB FOR CANCER RESEARCH.
A VERY, VERY GOOD AND WORTHWHILE.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S CONTRIBUTION AS WE DID THAT AS A COMMISSION.
AND, UH, THINGS SUCH AS THIS LEAD TO SAVING LIVES.
AND I KNOW WE DO WELL WITH, WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR PAVE OUR ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WHEN WE CAN PUT DOLLARS TO THAT, WHERE IT STAYS HERE AND HELP SAVE LIVES, UH, I THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, AS PART OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT.
I KNOW THAT THE LADIES OF RO AND THE UAB DOES ALSO, DANIELLE, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN WORK PRAYER? YES, SIR.
THE LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT YOU GIVE ON THIS.
THANK YOU THAT BY YOUR BLOOD WE CAN BE SET FREE.
FATHER, I PRAY FOR THESE COMMISSIONERS, LORD, AS THEY SET POLICY FOR OUR COUNTY.
GIVE THEM UNITY TO DO YOUR WILL FOR OUR PEOPLE.
GOD, I JUST CRAZY THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, LORD AND GOD, I THANK YOU FOR A FREE COUNTRY.
I THANK YOU FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY.
I THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT YOU'VE APPOINTED TO LEAD US.
LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST GIVE THEM WISDOM BEYOND THEM.
LORD, HIDE 'EM BEHIND THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS OF THE THINGS THAT THEY, THAT THEY DO, LORD, THAT IT WOULD JUST BE PLEASING AND HONORING TO YOU.
I LOVE YOU LORD, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS.
[INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE]
CHAIR OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMISSIONER OF DISTRICT FIVE, UH, FORMER JUSTICE MIKE BOWEN.AND NOW COMMISSIONER MIKE BOWEN WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW HIS YEAH, FORMER FORMER, YEAH.
WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW HIS USUAL TRADITION AND GO FURTHER.
SO KEEPING THAT IN MIND, PLEASE PROCEED.
FIRST MATTER, WE GOT UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE ONLY ONE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS, UH, TAX ABATEMENT FOR US STEEL, SEAMLESS TUBULAR OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE, UH, FROM THE COUNTY, UH, JEFF, UH, HERE TO SPEAK TO US.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OR TWO FROM THE UNITED STATES STEEL ALSO, JEFF.
ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
UH, JUST REAL QUICK, COMMISSIONER STEVENS, UH, I CAME BACK FROM, UH, NEW ORLEANS LAST WEEK AND DIDN'T BRING IN BIG OLD KING.
CAME BACK WITH THE STAFF, I LEFT IT AT HOME.
IF YOU DO WANT TOMORROW, THAT TUESDAY, TOMORROW THERE WON'T BE KING CAKE AVAILABLE.
UH, SO TODAY WE'RE HERE, UH, ON A REQUEST FOR A TAX ABATEMENT RELATED TO A PROJECT WITH US STEEL.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTING A NEW FACILITY OUT AT THEIR FAIRFIELD PLANT.
UH, THEY'LL OPERATE IN A SEAMLESS TUBULAR, UH, THREADING OPERATION.
UH, THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO CREATE, UH, 44 JOBS WITH AN AVERAGE WAGE OF 57 AND NINE 9 CENTS PER HOUR WITH CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 70 MILLION, UH, JUST OVER $70 MILLION.
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BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE RAN A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR US ON THIS PROJECT.AND SHANE ALEXANDER HERE WITH, UH, THE BBA TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT IF Y'ALL HAVE IT.
UH, BUT WE ESTIMATE OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT THAT WE WILL SEE A POSITIVE RETURN TO THE COUNTY OF ABOUT 875,000 TO THE GENERAL FUND AND ABOUT 5.5 MILLION TO EDUCATION.
UH, HERE WITH US TODAY FROM US STILL IS PAUL, ER, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS GUY AND, UH, TOM BRINKLEY, THEIR ATTORNEY.
AND I'LL UH, TURN IT OVER TO PAUL AT THIS POINT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT.
YOU GONNA MARK PAUL STAND? I AM
GOOD TO BE HERE TODAY WITH Y'ALL.
US STEEL, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS, WE HAD A MERGER WITH NEON STEEL RECENTLY, UM, WHICH PUT US FROM THE 24TH LARGEST STEEL MAKING MAKER IN THE WORLD TO THE FOURTH LARGEST STEEL MAKER IN THE WORLD.
SO WITH THAT CAME SOME EXTRA MONEY FOR INVESTMENTS THAT CAN HELP STREAMLINE OUR OPERATIONS, MAYBE MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR FAIRFIELD IS WE'VE ANNOUNCED $500 MILLION OF INVESTMENT IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA, UM, THAT WE CAN USE FOR PROJECTS THAT THAT CAN BENEFIT OUR MILL HERE IN ALABAMA.
UM, THESE PROJECTS DON'T HAVE TO GO TO FAIRFIELD, UM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO GO TO FAIRFIELD.
THEY COULD REALLY GO ANYWHERE THAT OUR PRODUCT STRING COMES IN AND OUT OF THE STATE.
UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A PREMIUM THREADING LINE, UM, THE PREMIUM THREADING LINE.
BASICALLY WE MAKE OIL COUNTRY TUBULAR, UH, PIPE HERE IN BIRMINGHAM.
UM, AND IT COMES OUT OF OUR OPERATIONS AS JUST A PIPE.
UH, AND WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE IS THREADS PUT ON THOSE PIPES SO THEY CAN COUPLE 'EM AND USE THEM FOR OIL EXPLORATION AND OTHER THINGS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'D ACTUALLY BE DOING HERE IN ALABAMA.
UM, IT IS A, UH, WE HAVE THAT OPERATION CURRENTLY IN ARKANSAS.
UH, IT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR US TO DO THAT SOMEWHERE CLOSER TO OUR, UH, TO WHERE THE PIPE IS ACTUALLY MADE HERE IN ALABAMA.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE PROJECT IS.
SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, LAUREN.
WELL, THEY TRANSFER THE OPERATIONS FROM ARKANSAS TO HERE.
THE OPERATIONS IN ARKANSAS RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA KEEP OPEN, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE THREADING WILL BE DONE AT THIS FACILITY.
IT, IT IS A MUCH SMALLER OPERATION, SO WE HAVE TO OUTSOURCE SOME OF THAT RIGHT NOW AND WE DON'T WANT TO OUTSOURCE ANYTHING ON THIS.
YOU, UH, PAUL, YOU SAY YOU HAVE YOUR, UH, SEVERAL PHASES.
UH, WHAT'S IN LINE FOR PHASE TWO OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO SECURE IT FOR HERE? YEAH, SO, SO $500 MILLION.
THIS IS LIKE, LIKE THEY SAID, A $70 MILLION PROJECT.
I'D ACTUALLY TALK WITH $600 MILLION.
WELL, I MEAN, WE MIGHT ROUND UP SOME COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, BUT WELL, WE NEED TO, UM, WE, WE HAVE, THE NEXT THING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AFTER THIS IS, IS A QUE TEMP.
WE'RE NOT, WE HAVEN'T STARTED THAT PROCESS YET, OR STARTED THINKING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO GET THE PREMIUM THREADING LINED UP, BUT I IMAGINE IN A COUPLE MONTHS WE'D BE, WE'D BE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT A MUCH LARGER INVESTMENT FOR A QUE TEMP OPERATION, WHICH IS JUST WHERE WE MAKE THOSE PIPES.
THEY HAVE TO BE COOLED OFF RAPIDLY AND THEY GO IN, THERE'S A BIG PROCESS AND I THINK MOST OF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THAT, AND THEY'RE DUMPED INTO WATER AND IT'S A LONGER LINE AND IT'S MORE INVESTMENT.
I THINK IT'S MORE THAN THE A HUNDRED PLUS MILLION DOLLAR RANGE.
AND THEN THERE'S MULTIPLE OTHER INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
WE, WE PROMISED TO DO ALL THAT BEFORE THE END OF 2028.
SO WE, WE'LL GET UP TO EITHER 500, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU MAYBE 600, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE'RE GONNA DO SOMEWHERE IN ALL THAT.
WE HAVE JEFF AS YOUR FRONTLINE, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER BOLAND, UH, AND THE ENTIRE COMMISSION IS BEHIND US STEEL AND BEHIND ANY PROJECT WHICH YOU CHOOSE TO BRING TO US.
UH, WE WANT TO BE A, A GOOD HOST PARTNER FOR YOU, AND WE WILL WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
IN TOKYO, WE DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER, BUT I'M THE PRODUCT OF A MAN THAT WORKED AT USDO FROM THE DAY HE CAME BACK FROM WORLD WAR II TILL HE DIED.
I KNOW HOW GOOD THEY OPERATED OUT THERE.
AND THEY DO THE SAME THING FOR YOU.
THE WORKFORCE IS STILL THERE IN THIS COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES, SO WE HOPE YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO TO, TO GET IT BACK GOING FULL SPEED.
AND I THINK YOU'LL BE VERY PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME THAT YOU FIND.
WE LOVE, WE LOVE OPERATING ALABAMA AND THERE'S SO MANY STORIES JUST LIKE YOURS, COMMISSIONER BOWEN, THAT, YOU KNOW, I HEAR FROM PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THAT THEIR DADS AND GRANDDADS WORKED OUT THERE.
AND SO THOSE WERE, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THAT.
AND WE, WE LIKE DOING BUSINESS IN ALABAMA.
I STILL HAVE THE, ALL THE OLD METAL BADGES FOR MY GRANDDADDY AND MY DAD.
THEY USED TO THE BADGES WE LAID OUT OF METAL AND HAD PICTURE RIGHT ON IT MIGHT SITTING THERE ON YOU.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I SAY.
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YES, SIR.AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE REMAIN, UH, VIABLE IN STEEL INDUSTRY HERE BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE OUR BACKGROUND IS.
I KNOW THE COUNTY WANTS TO DIVERSIFY, BUT YOU, YOU CANNOT GO TOO FAR FROM HOME.
WE APPRECIATE THAT AND ALWAYS BEEN THE PRINCIP FOR A LONG TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING FURTHER? GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
YOU KNOW, I HOPE I LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE IT, BUT IT COULD REALLY BE A TO THIS COUNTY.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS UNDER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS AN AGREEMENT WITH CW, EXCUSE ME, CD, UH, WG SECURITY PROTECTION.
AND THEN I'VE GOT TWO COMMUNITY GRANTS.
THAT TAKES CARE OF DISTRICT FIVE.
WE'LL JUST GO BACK TO ONE AND BREAK THREE NOW.
[PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY SERVICES & INTER - GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE]
PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND INTER GOVERNMENTAL IONS COMMITTEE.UH, BOARD OF EQUALIZATION HAS NO ITEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE AS FOUR ITEMS. IS THERE ANY ITEM ON THAT REFERS WITH, UH, UH, COLLEGEVILLE PUMP STATION IMPROVEMENTS? TRIGGER CREEK I 4 59 FOREST MAIN.
UH, WE, UH, CONTRACTED WITH A THREE KNOTS GROUP FOR, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 THAT NEEDED ROADWAY AND UTILITY ENGINEERING SERVICES AND COGSDALE CORPORATION FOR CSM TRAINING ON THIS ITEM ONE, IS THAT A, IS THAT A COMPLETE NUMBER OR IS THAT A, A, A PART? IS THAT ITEM NUMBER ONE? THE, THE BID EM OUT TO DO IT ALL? YES.
ONE YEAR AND NINE MONTHS WORTH.
YEAH, WE ACTUALLY BID TWO OF THESE PUMP STATION TOGETHER.
THE BID CAME IN HIGH, WE SPLIT THIS ONE OUT AND ACTUALLY ENDED UP SAVING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS UNDER THE ESTIMATE AFTER WE SPLIT IT OUT.
I MOVE ONE TO FOUR SIR A FAVOR.
WE HAVE FOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, UH, EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ROADS AND TRANS DEPUTY, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, DIRECTOR OF ROADS AND TRENDS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR.
DO WE HAVE ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH THESE INCREASED COSTS? ARE THESE RENEWALS OR THEY'RE THEY IN THE BACKGROUND? YEAH.
UH, BACKGROUND THOUGH, IS IT SIGN, IS IT SIGNIFICANT THAT, UH, MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE DATE OF THE HIRE YOU HAVE TWO AND 29 AND TWO AND 28.
THEY GO THE, THE AGREEMENTS GO THREE YEARS, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS.
SO IT'S THE CYCLE OF RENEWALS AND WHEN THEY CAME UP.
SO THE FIRST TWO ARE NEW ONES FOR THREE YEARS, THE SECOND TWO ARE RENEWALS.
YOU GET TWO YEARS OF A CHANCE AFTER YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN THERE.
UH, ONE YEAR WHEN YOU FIRST HIRED.
THREE YEARS WHEN YOU FIRST HIRED.
THREE YEARS WHEN YOU FIRST HIRED AND THEN Y'ALL RENEW IT TWO YEARS, YOU GET IT AND THEN YOU START OVER.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FOR A ONE YEAR CONTRACT.
ALRIGHT, MOVE ONE THROUGH FOUR.
PERSONNEL BOARD HAS CAPITAL RESOURCES.
THAT'S JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ONLY MOVE.
JEFFERS COUNTY SCHOOL PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
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$5,000 GRANT FROM DISTRICT ONE.[COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & HEALTH SERVICES COMMITTEE]
HEALTH SERVICES.WE HAVE, UM, GOOD, GREEN, ALL THAT STUFF.
WE'RE GONNA SKIP ALL THE WAY DOWN.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.
UH, WE HAVE SIX ITEMS THIS MORNING.
UH, NUMBER ONE AND TWO IS OUR STANDARD, UM, SENIOR CENTER AGREEMENT FOR OPERATIONAL, UH, SERVICES FOR $20,000.
NUMBER THREE IS AN AGREEMENT WITH JD MARSH CONSTRUCTION, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IRONDALE, UH, STORM SHELTER, UH, IN AMOUNT OF SIX 49,000 1 43.
AGAIN, WE PUT IN 500,000 AND THE CITY PUT IN 49.
NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE AGAIN IS OUR SENIOR, UM, CENTER AGREEMENT FOR GARDENDALE AND CENTER POINT.
AND NUMBER SIX IS A COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
ALRIGHT, ON THE ITEM SIX, THAT, IS THAT IN PLACE OF FOREST SALE? THE FOREST SALE? YES, SIR.
AND WHAT AMOUNT ARE WE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS SAME AMOUNT, THE MAXIMUM.
PARDON ME? CAN I GET A MO A MOTION? SURE.
THEN FIRST CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND THEN FIRST AND SECOND.
UH, ONE ITEM, UH, WITH, UH, BT GROUP.
UH, THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SERVICES FOR OUR TEACHERS AND TUTORING FOR OUR RESIDENTS AT, UH, $99,750.
HOW MANY TEACHERS? WE HAVE FOUR TEACHERS.
AND WHAT ARE THEIR HOURS? IS IT PART-TIME? UH, TEACHERS WORK FROM EIGHT 30 TO TWO 30 EVERY DAY.
THEY COMING FROM BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL? YES.
WAS IT THE, UH, THE D MM-HMM
I KNOW ONE OF THE FORMER TEACHERS AND THEY DO A GOOD JOB AND IT'S A, IT'S A CHALLENGE SOMETIMES, BUT IF I SAY THAT IT'S, IT'S MM-HMM
IT'S AN EASY JOB TO BURN OUT FROM MM-HMM
AND IT'S ALSO MANDATED THAT WE DO.
BUT IT'S BEEN FIRST AND SECOND.
UM, YOU WANT TO DO YOUR OTHER STUFF, SIR? WANT ME TO DO ALL? OKAY.
I'LL MOVE YOU 2, 3, 4 GRAMS. 27 GRAMS SECOND.
THAT'S THE END OF MY, OUR REPORT.
BESIDES THE NEW BUSINESS, RIGHT? I WANNA BRING UP NEW BUSINESS.
UH, THIS IS THE YES, UH, FROM THE SHERIFF, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED AN, UM, RESOLUTION FOR THIS 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER ITEM A NEW BUSINESS WITH REGARD TO THE SHERIFF.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS TO THE, UH, AGENDA FOR A VOTE.
OH, YOU ALWAYS SIT ON DON'T, DON'T TALK.
THIS PAIN IS GOING TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, GETTING A SHOT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND UM, JUST WANT TO SAY WHATEVER I CAN DO FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
THIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
CRIME IS DOWN THROUGHOUT ALL OF JEFFERS COUNTY BY 23%.
THAT THEY ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
WE WANT TO SEE, CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO DO THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING TO MAKE THE CITIZENS AND THE BUSINESSES HERE SAFE IN JEFFERS COUNTY.
AND THAT, THAT PISTOL PERMIT FEE IS IN THERE TOO.
I THINK YOU HAD TALKED TO, WE REMOVED.
YOU REMOVED THE EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
THAT ACCOUNT REMOVED WAS REMOVED.
I, I KNOW HOW TO HANDLE BUSINESS.
WE ALSO, WE ALSO TOOK OUT THAT THIRD BILL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN DECEMBER ABOUT THE HIRING OF THE FOLKS OUTSIDE FOLKS HELPING SERVICE PROCESS.
SO I WANTED TO TALK, JUST SAY I ENJOYED RO THE OTHER NIGHT AND I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE PART WHERE JOE KNIGHT HAD
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A STRONG MAN THERE TO BID THAT 50,000 ON THAT GUITAR.WASN'T THAT'S IN, WE INHERITED HIS REPORT.
WHERE CAME THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORTION ALL.
[ADMINISTRATIVE, & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE]
ADMINISTRATIVE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE.WE HAVE ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION.
UH, ACTUALLY, UH, NINE, UH, IT BEGINS WITH, UH, WITH REBUILD ALABAMA FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR A GRANT APPLICATION FOR, UH, DEERFOOT PARKWAY, EXTENSION SOUTH SHADES, CREST ROAD RESURFACING, WHICH IS AN I UH, IGA IN A GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH, UH, SHELBY COUNTY.
UH, WE HAVE ONE ON MORGAN ROAD WIDENING AND IT'S 300,000.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO WIDEN? MORGAN ROAD WITH SHELBY COUNTY
THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE TURN LANE RIGHT THERE WHERE SHELBY COUNTY BY PUBLIX, WHERE SHELBY COUNTY LINE IS.
YOU, YOU EXTEND THE STACK LANE IS WHAT IT IS.
SO WE, WE WANTED TO DO THAT ORIGINALLY AS A PROJECT YEARS AGO, JUST THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THAT TIME.
SO NOW SHELBY COUNTY'S ON BOARD, SO WE'RE SPLITTING THAT COST TO TAKE THAT TURN LANE DOWN THROUGH THEIR COUNTY AS WELL.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE COMING THIS WAY.
IS, IS, SO IT'S TWO THIRDS US AND ONE THIRD OF THEM.
MORGAN ROAD, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THAT WAY, REAL PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.
IT'S GONNA BE CALLED MORGAN RA LAKE SHORE EXTENSION.
WE CALL IT LAKE SHORE EXTENSION.
I, I'VE NEVER LIVED IN A LAKE SHORE.
WELL, YOU'LL STILL BE MORGAN ROAD.
WE'LL JUST CALL IT MORGAN SHORE
IT'S, IT, THERE'S REAL PROGRESS BEING MADE.
TREES ARE DOWN, THEY'RE MOVING UTILITIES.
UH, IT, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY AS YOU GO THROUGH MUSCO, BEHIND THE MASCOTA.
AND, UH, THE, IT GOES DOWN TO C CUMBERLAND DRIVE, WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING A BIG DETENTION POD.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
AND IT'S JUST ABOUT 15 YEARS LATE AS FAR AS EVERY WAY EVERYTHING GOES.
UH, 22,000 CARS A DAY DOWN IN THERE.
NOW, WHERE WAS I? UH, OLD SPRINGVILLE ROAD, JOE BRIDGE BUILDERS, ALABAMA.
YOU WANT TO SAY THAT? I'M NOT SURE.
MAIN BRIDGE TRACE PUMP STATION PROPERTY.
UM, BEST ACHE VALLEY TRANSFER STATE, UH, RELIEF.
UH, THESE, THESE ARE PAYMENTS FOR TRACKS HERE.
UH, TRACK NUMBER 33, ALABAMA CAR DEPART REVENUE FOR PURCHASE.
A STATE SALE LOCATED AT 1139 13TH AVENUE NORTH BEFORD.
AND THEN PAYMENT FOR TRACK NUMBER SEVEN AT CEDAR HILL.
IT'S, THAT'S A SSO ABATEMENT PROJECT.
CAN I GET A MOTION FOR ONE THROUGH NINE? SO MOVED SECOND.
A COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS MINUTES AND, UH, CLAIM RESOLUTION TO DENY, DENY, DENY, DENY, DENY.
A UM, COUNTY MANAGER HAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARPA AGREEMENT.
DANIEL PLAIN VILLAGE FOUNDATION MOVE.
JUST NO ADDITIONAL EXTENDING THE TIME.
IS UH, ARE WE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF ALL THAT? YES SIR.
WE GET TO THE END OF THIS YEAR, DON'T WE? 2026.
THEN WE HAVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TUITION, ASSISTANT
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JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF A PROGRESS REPORT ON HOW MANY THEY'RE TRAINING OR ANYTHING? OR HOW MANY THEY'RE PUTTING IN CAN WORK FOR? YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL WRITE THAT DOWN AND GET THAT TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
A HELEN, YOU STILL NOT DOING ANYTHING DOWN HERE,
YEAH, AND I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING EITHER BECAUSE I HAVE NO ITEMS EITHER.
LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT THE BIGGEST ONE.
WELL, UH, NOTHING, NOTHING UNUSUAL.
[FINANCE, JUDICIAL, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT AND GENERAL SERVICES COMMITTEE]
FINANCE, MS. DICK.WE HAVE OUR UNUSUAL DEMAND REPORT, OUR ENCUMBRANCE REPORT, PURCHASING EXCEPTION REPORT, PURCHASING AGENDA REPORT, AND THE PROCUREMENT CARD STATEMENT FOR REGENTS BANK.
ALRIGHT, I NEED A MOTION ON ONE THROUGH FIVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE STAFF DEVELOPMENT, INDIVIDUAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT, AND A FEW INFORMATION ITEMS. YOU HAVE A MOTION? WHO HAVE A MOTION? SECOND.
WE GOT A 2026, UH, SAFETY FIRST GRANT TO
DO I HAVE A MOTION? HAVE A MOTION, SIR.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET ASK YOU, OF COURSE WE GIVING THEM MONEY.
EITHER WE RECEIVING OR WE GIVING.
BECAUSE ALL THE WAY THEY KEEP JAIL.
GENERAL SERVICES HAS THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST ITEM IS THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, ALONG WITH THE CONTRACT FOR THE PROBATE COURT.
NEW VERTICAL FILE STORAGE INSTALLATION.
UM, THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE TAKING CARE OF THE AUTOPSY SUITE AT THE CORONER'S OFFICE.
AND ITEM THREE IS AMENDMENT ONE FOR THE COMMISSIONING AT THE ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL FACILITY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I, I KNOW GIMME A SECOND.
UH, I HAVE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR STORAGE INSTALLATION PROJECT IN PROBATE.
WELL, YEAH, THAT'S A QUESTION I HAD TOO.
WHAT DOES THIS DO? WHAT DOES IT REPLACE? AND IT'S FIVE AND A HALF MILLION.
SO THAT'S THE OR FIVE AND A HALF.
THAT'S THE VERTICAL STORAGE FILES.
UH, SO THAT'LL BE A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT.
SO ALL THOSE FILES HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACED, FILES BROUGHT BACK AND REPLACED.
AND IT'S A, IT'S FAIRLY INTENSIVE, UH, PROJECT.
I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.
THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT? THAT ASK YOUR QUESTION.
WE GOT A PROCLAMATION FOR 2026 WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION.
UH, PUBLIC SERVICE GRANT, THE ALABAMA SPORTS FESTIVAL FOUNDATION AT THE ALABAMA STATE GAMES.
PALM MILL FIRE DISTRICT BOARD APPOINTMENT AND MARSH COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, SENIOR CENTER GRANT, MOVE ITEM.
UH, COMMISSIONER, BEFORE WE LEAVE, WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM OF YOU BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO TRANSACT,
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LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ONE ITEM.YOU DID ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE OF A RESOLUTION OF RECOGNITION OF THE WIFE AND SERVE OF STAND LEAK.
UM, TO, TO BE READ ON THURSDAY.
GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT MATTHEW 25, 23.
THAT EXEMPLIFIES THE, THE LIFE AND THE SERVICE RECOGNITION OF, UH, OF STANDING.
I, I'LL GET CAL TO, TO PRESENT THAT IN THE, UH, COMMISSION.
MAY A GUY WENT TO VISITATION THE OTHER DAY.
MR. HARD BELIEVE HE'S PRETTY YOUNG.
I WOULD APPRECIATE Y'ALL LETTING US, UH, HONOR STANLEY IN THAT WAY AND I'M SURE IT'LL MEAN A LOT TO HIS FAMILY FOR Y'ALL TO DO THAT.
I LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO PRAY FOR JESSE JACKSON'S FAMILY.
HE PASSED LAST NIGHT, SO DID, UM, GEORGE BARBER.
ROBERT AUGH? NO, ROBERT DUVALL.
TALKING ABOUT GEORGE BARBER AT THE BARBER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY THEN? WHAT? GEORGE FOREMAN.
ANYBODY ELSE HERE? THERE? YES.
DID I SAY GEORGE FOREMAN? NO, YOU SAID GEORGE BARBER.
YOU SAID THAT COMES FROM A MAN DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY'S
HE'S A LITTLE, HE'S LIKE, AM HE'S HARD OF HEARING ALSO.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THE COUNTY DOES ABOUT GETTING THE PING SEASON AREN COUNTY HARD IN IT.
WHERE WE PAV WE ARE YOU PAVING CHRIS ALL OVER? WE ARE.
WE'RE, UH, WE'RE IN THE PENSON AREA, BRADFORD ROAD AREA.
UM, WE'RE OUT IN MOGA ALL, WE'RE ALL OVER IT.
IT'S SOME GOOD WEATHER RIGHT NOW.
SO FOR US TO PAVE IN FEBRUARY, YOU, YOU'VE GOT A WEEK.
I NEED SOME OF THOSE POTHOLES ON MORGAN ROAD.
CHRIS SOMETHING TERRACE, RIGHT? NO,
I GET MORE IF YOU, IF YOU ADDED THE CARVANA TRUCKS THAT GO BY MY HOUSE AND MULTIPLIED IT BY THE FIVE TO SEVEN CARS THAT ARE ON EACH
I PROBABLY GOT, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND CARS THAT THEY GET PASSED OUT.
AND I'VE TRIED TO GET THEM TO, THEY'RE HERE AND THEY RENOVATE THESE CARS.
I'M TRYING TO GET 'EM TO, TO COME IN AND RENOVATE OUR CARS, OUR, OUR FLEET.
THEY'LL DO EVERYTHING TO PUT AN ENGINE ON THEM TO UH, DO WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO DO THAT ONE TIME BEFORE YOU GOT IT.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE HEARING THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY.
WE HAD, UH, HARD ROCK CANDY, CHRISTMASES,