HAD A LITTLE CLASS TO US TODAY. WE APPRECIATE THAT. GUARANTEE YOU AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO 
          [I. RECONVENE & ADJOURN THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 5, 2026]
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RECONVENE THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY THE 5TH AND ASK COUNTY MANAGER, DO WE HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING BUSINESS IN WHICH TO TRANSACT? NO, SIR. SEEING NONE, THAT MEETING IS NOW 
          [II. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL]
ADJOURNED. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER AND ASK FOR THE ROLL CALL FOR THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY THE 19TH, 2026. COMMISSIONER BOHLEN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HERE. COMMISSIONER. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER TYSON. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER KEEGAN. I'M HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          INVOCATION DAY IS FROM DISTRICT ONE. PASTOR RALPH BRYANT OF FAITHFUL BAPTIST CHURCH. 
          COMMISSIONER SCALES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE? I WOULD THANK YOU, MISTER PRESIDENT, AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBER. I WANT TO PRESENT TO SOME AND INTRODUCE TO OTHERS PASTOR RALPH BRYANT. HIS CHURCH IS FAITHFUL FEW BAPTIST CHURCH. HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF SCLC. 
          DELIGHTFUL GENTLEMEN. THEY'RE DOING A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND ONE OF THEIR COMMUNITY EFFORTS TODAY IS TO COME AND TO BLESS US THIS MORNING WITH INVOCATION. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, PASTOR BRIAN, IF YOU WOULD KINDLY COME TO THE PODIUM. PASTOR. THANK YOU. AND WHEN HE FINISHES, I LIKE FOR MR. POWELL TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. LET US PRAY. MOST GRACIOUS FATHER, ONCE AGAIN WE GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE TO YOU FOR BLESSING US TO HAVE ANOTHER DAY'S JOURNEY UNDER THE POWER OF YOUR AUTHORITY. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOODNESS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US. FORGIVE US OF OUR SIN, AND THEN ALLOW YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO COME, TO COME INTO THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE THAT IS HERE TODAY. TOUCH THEM IN A MIGHTY WAY TO WHERE THEY'LL BE COURAGEOUS TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DESIGNED FOR THEM TO DO. THE VISIONS THAT THEY HAVE. BLESS IT. BLESS THEM THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HELP THIS COUNTY TO DO GOOD THINGS, AND THAT WE ARE ALL, OH, FATHER, GOD WILL FALL UNDER THE POWER OF UNITY, UNDER THE POWER OF PEACE, AND UNDER THE POWER OF LOVE. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU AMONG THESE GREAT PEOPLE, AND WE GIVE YOU THE PRAISE AND GLORY IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. 
          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. THANK YOU PASTOR. THANK YOU PAUL. DOCTOR. AS APPROPRIATE FROM US STEEL. HOBART. HE LED THE PLEDGE. 
          [V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY THE 5TH, 2026. THE CHAIR WOULD HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE READ THOSE. THEY WERE PRESENTED ON OUR ON OUR TUESDAY PRE COMMISSION MEETING. CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE DISPENSE WITH THE READING AND HAVE THEM STAND AS PRESENTED. I APPROVE THAT WE DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THERE IS NONE. MISTER MARK 
          [VI. PRESENTATIONS]
KENNEDY, MANAGER, MARKET. YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION? YEAH. I GAVE YOU A PROMOTION. NO, I SAID A DEMOTION. YEAH, YEAH. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, WE JUST WANTED TO HONOR MR. STANLEY LEE, A 19 YEAR EMPLOYEE AND WHO WE ALL KNEW. AND HE TOOK CARE OF ALL OF US FOR A LONG TIME WITH HIGH INTEGRITY. AND DARREN'S GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTION. THE DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER OVER THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU, DARREN. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. MORNING RESOLUTION AND RECOGNITION OF THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF STAN LEE. STANLEY LEE, WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. MATTHEW 2523. WHEREAS THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION ACKNOWLEDGES THE DEEP RESPECT AND SORROW, THE PASSING OF STANLEY LEE, A DEVOTED PUBLIC SERVANT AND VALUED MEMBER OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY FAMILY, WHOSE LIFE WAS MARKED BY QUIET STRENGTH, LOYALTY AND FAITHFUL SERVICE. AND WHEREAS STANLEY STANLEY CORNELL LEE WAS BORN ON MARCH 27TH, 1973, IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, AND GRADUATED FROM HOMEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN 1992, WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND PARTICIPATED IN AIR FORCE ROTC. 
          EARLY EXPERIENCES THAT REFLECTED THE DISCIPLINE, TEAMWORK, AND SENSE OF DUTY THAT WOULD DEFINE HIS LIFE, AND WHEREAS, PRIOR TO ENTERING PUBLIC SERVICE, MR. LEE SERVED 
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AS A SUPERVISOR WITH NORRED AND ASSOCIATES, BRINGING LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY AND A STRONG WORK ETHIC INTO ROLE INTO EVERY ROLE HE HELD. AND WHEREAS MR. LEE BEGAN HIS SERVICE WITH JEFFERSON COUNTY ON DECEMBER THE 18TH, 2006 AND FAITHFULLY SERVED FOR MORE THAN 19 YEARS, FIRST AS SECURITY OFFICER AND LATER AS A BAILIFF AND COURT SECURITY OFFICER, WHERE HE BECAME KNOWN AS A STEADY AND REASSURING PRESENCE WITHIN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SYSTEM. AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE, MR. LEE EARNED THE TRUST AND RESPECT OF JUDGES, COURT PERSONNEL, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH HIS CALM DEMEANOR, PROFESSIONALISM, AND UNWAVERING DEPENDABILITY, PROVIDING A SENSE OF SAFETY AND STABILITY IN ENVIRONMENTS THAT DEMAND COMPOSURE AND INTEGRITY. AND WHEREAS, BEYOND HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES, MR. LEE WAS WIDELY REGARDED AS A GREAT PERSON BOTH AT WORK AND IN HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE. PERSONAL LIFE. QUIET, RESPECTFUL, MILD MANNERED AND EASYGOING, IT ALWAYS PRESENT AND READY TO ASSIST WHEN NEEDED, AND MANY CONSIDERED THEMSELVES FORTUNATE TO CALL HIM A LOYAL AND STEADFAST FRIEND. AND WHEREAS MR. LEE ENJOYED ALABAMA FOOTBALL, COLLEGE FOOTBALL, SATURDAYS AND CLASSIC 80S AND ROCK MUSIC AND HIS FAMILIAR END OF THE DAY MUSIC BECAME PART OF THE DAILY RHYTHM FOR THOSE WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE HIM, LEAVING BEHIND MEMORIES THAT WILL ENDURE. AND WHEREAS THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THAT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS ARE STRENGTHENED BY INDIVIDUALS LIKE STANLEY LEE, WHOSE GENTLE SPIRIT, STRONG WORK ETHIC AND DEDICATION TO SERVICE LEAVE A LASTING AND MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND COLLEAGUES THEY SERVE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION HEREBY HONORS AND COMMEMORATES THE LIFE AND 19 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE OF STANLEY LEE AND EXPRESSES HIS PROFOUND APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS HE MADE TO THE SAFETY, INTEGRITY, AND STABILITY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT. AND BE IT RESOLVED, FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE COMMISSION EXTENDS ITS DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, AND DIRECTS THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED TO HIS FAMILY AS A PERMANENT EXPRESSION OF THE COUNTY'S RESPECT, GRATITUDE AND REMEMBRANCE. SIGNED BY THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, ON THIS THE 19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026. 
          THANK YOU. DARRIN. DARRIN, WOULD YOU COME UP HERE AND LET ALL OF YOU COME UP HERE AND LET'S TAKE A PHOTO OF WITH WITH THE COMMISSIONER? IS THAT OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT? SURE. YEAH. YOU GUYS COME UP HERE WITH A GREAT GUY. I KNOW Y'ALL GOING TO MISS HIM. YEAH, COME RIGHT DOWN THROUGH HERE. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. COME ON. TAKE THE KIDS. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, I'D JUST SAY WE'LL HAVE COMMISSIONER JEFF. THERE IS ONE, ONE, TWO, THREE, ONE MORE. ONE, TWO, THREE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ONE BAD HAIR DAY. I JUST WISH THAT WAS A RETIREMENT. JIM, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ON JIMMY? JIMMY? YEAH. YOU KNOW. OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE TO. HONOR SOMEONE AFTER THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR WORK. HERE ON THIS WORLD. AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE RATHER HAVE DONE THAN HAD THIS BE A 30 YEAR RETIREMENT RECOGNITION. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT HERE IN PERSON, HE KNOWS. AND THERE WAS NOT A BETTER EMPLOYEE HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, A MORE LOYAL EMPLOYEE, NOR A MORE CORDIAL EMPLOYEE. WHENEVER YOU WOULD PASS HIM, HE WOULD SMILE AND NOD. AND HE, YOU KNOW, HE REPRESENTS HE REPRESENTED WHAT WAS BEST IN 
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JEFFERSON COUNTY. AND GOD BLESS HIM, HE WILL BE MISSED. AND HIS LEGACY HAS HAS BEEN CEMENTED AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. TO IN HIS REMEMBRANCE. THANK YOU, JIMMY, MR. PRESIDENT. AND ON THAT NOTE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO ADD WHICH IS THE REASON WHY I'M GLAD THAT IT WAS BEFITTING FOR US TO DO IT. I DON'T THINK SOMETIME WE WE REALLY RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE IN SECURITY AND THEY ARE BASICALLY DEFENDING US, EVEN IN TIMES WHEN WE'RE NOT AWARE THAT THEY ARE. AND AND FOR STAN SHOULD HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THAT I CAME IN THE BUILDING, I ASKED WHERE HE WAS BECAUSE HE AND I HAD A RUNNING JOKE THAT HE WASN'T A SMILING KIND OF GUY. HE HAD A SWEETHEART, BUT HE WASN'T THE SMILEY KIND. AND SO MY THING WITH HIM WAS, MAN, GIVE ME A SMILE. I'M TIRED OF YOU LOOKING, YOU KNOW? AND THEN WE JOKE AND COME UP. BUT I JUST WANT US TO ALL BE IN REMEMBRANCE. YOU NEVER KNOW IN THIS LIFE. 30S FROM NOW, WHO'S GOING TO LEAVE FROM THIS PLACE? THAT'S WHY IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO BE KIND. AND IT'S NICE TO BE NICE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO SECURE US IN THIS BUILDING AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED WITH THEM EXERCISING AND DOING THE JOB THAT THEY DO. SO I APPRECIATE THIS TIME. THANK YOU AND EVERYONE WHO HAVE SHARED YOUR LOVE, YOUR CONDOLENCES, YOUR PRAYERS FOR HIS FAMILY AND CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THAT DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. YEAH. MR. PRESIDENT, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE VIEWING THE LAST FRIDAY AND, YOU KNOW, MET A COUPLE OF HIS AUNTS AND HIS UNCLE, AND THEY WERE THEY WERE IN AS MUCH SHOCK AS WE. BUT I KNOW THAT HE HAD SOME DIFFICULTIES ALONG THE WAY, BUT SEEMED TO BE DOING BETTER. AND THEN THERE WAS A WHATEVER HIS PASSING. BUT THEY WERE VERY, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS THERE. THERE WAS SOME OF THE JUDGES WERE COMING IN AND THEY WERE ALL EVERYBODY HAD THIS FEELING ABOUT MR. STANLEY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT A WHAT A GOOD GUY, WHAT A GOOD GUY. AND I KNOW THESE LADIES SITTING IN BACK OF US HERE, THEY THOUGHT VERY HIGHLY OF HIM. HE THOUGHT VERY HIGHLY OF THEM. AND SO THAT'LL BE A BIG LOSS TO ALL OF US. BUT THANK YOU, DARREN, FOR THAT TRIBUTE. THAT WAS VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. NEXT IS DISTRICT FOUR PROCLAMATION FOR PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MARCH 1ST TO SEVENTH, THE WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION WEEK. COMMISSIONER KNIGHT. YES, SIR. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MARCH 1ST THROUGH MARCH 7TH, 2026 AS WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION WEEK. SO CONGRATULATIONS. WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION. WE WILL. THEY ARE NOT IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. WE WILL NOT READ IT LIVE, BUT WE WILL PRESENT IT AND PUT IT IN THE ACROSS THE MINUTES. I BUILT A BIRDHOUSE LAST YEAR. WHAT DID THE BIRDHOUSE? SHE BUILT A BIRDHOUSE ON A WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION. WAS IT A CROW? NO, IT'S IN MY OFFICE. OH. WHAT KIND OF BIRD? CROW? NO, I DON'T KNOW. BUZZARD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. MOCKINGBIRD. MOCKINGBIRD? WELL, YOU BUILT THIS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE, GUYS. Y'ALL REMEMBER SOME OF THESE WORDS THAT WE USE UP HERE? SEGUE. THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FROM THIS TO THIS. AND THE NEXT IS COMMISSIONER THYSSEN. SHE HAS A RECOGNITION CONCERNING Y'ALL FOR BESSEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL. CAN Y'ALL COME UP FOR THEIR ROBOTIC TEAM? ALRIGHT. COME UP. Y'ALL ARE GENIUS GENIUSES. COME ON UP. I SEE IN A MINUTE. OKAY. WHO IS IT? I DON'T KNOW, YOU SEE ME FIND OUT WHO SHE IS, WHO SHE'S RELATED. IS SHE WITH THEM? YOU CAN READ IT. YOU READ IT. THE PRINCIPAL IS THE TEACHER AND THE PRINCIPAL DOWN THERE. HERE WE GO, GUYS. Y'ALL COME ON UP. 
          SIX, SEVEN, SIX, SEVEN. YOU GET TO THE MIC. Y'ALL STAY RIGHT THERE, OKAY? ON BEHALF OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION, I GUESS I'LL READ THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE BESSEMER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAMS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE 2025 CODERZ 
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LEAGUE ROBOTICS COMPETITION. WHEREAS THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGHOUT JEFFERSON COUNTY. AND WHEREAS, THE FALL 2025 ROBOTICS COMPETITION WAS HELD FROM AUGUST THROUGH NOVEMBER OF 2025, BRINGING TOGETHER APPROXIMATELY 120 SCHOOLS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WITH STUDENTS IN GRADES FOUR THROUGH NINE COMPETING IN THIS PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL EVENT. AND WHEREAS, BESSEMER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL DISTINGUISHED ITSELF ON THE NATIONAL STAGE BY EARNING TOP PLACEMENTS AMONG ALL PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, AND WHEREAS THE TEAM KNOWN AS THE BESSEMER WARRIORS ACHIEVED FIRST PLACE AND EARNED THE TITLE OF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS OF THE 2025 CODING LEAGUE ROBOTICS COMPETITION. WHEREAS THE BESSEMER WARRIORS OUTSTANDING TEAM OF SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS, AQUARIUS EATMAN, JEREMIAH FREEMAN, JADEN GRIGGS, LORENZO JENKINS, DANIEL MCCALL AND CHAUNCEY REN DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS, TEAMWORK AND DEDICATION IN ACHIEVING THIS NATIONAL HONOR. AND WHEREAS THE SECOND TEAM FROM BESSEMER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, KNOWN AS THE BESSEMER BAD WITCHES, EARNED AN IMPRESSIVE SECOND PLACE FINISH IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION, REPRESENTING THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS JAMILA BURNS, BROOKE DAVIS, AALIYAH LEWIS, AND DELILAH MCCALL. AND WHEREAS A THIRD TEAM, THE TECHNO TIGERS, PLACED SIXTH IN THE NATIONAL, REPRESENTED BY SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AUSTIN ALLEN, VICTOR ALLEN, JEREMY KING, JIMMY KNOX, AMARI LOVEJOY AND TRAJAN PRUITT. FURTHER SHOWCASING THE SCHOOL DEPTH OF TALENT AND COMMITMENT TO STEM EXCELLENCE. AND WHEREAS THE REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF ALL THREE TEAMS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE LEADERSHIP, PREPARATION AND INSPIRATION PROVIDED BY THEIR COACH, DOCTOR VERMA, SEVENTH GRADE MATH TEACHER AT BESSEMER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND WHEREAS, THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION ALSO RECOGNIZES THE STRONG SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP OF BESSEMER CITY SCHOOLS, INCLUDING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT TERRY DAWSON, SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL TURNER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER DOCTOR DANIEL BOYD, SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DOMINIQUE MOORE, AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL DARRELL BETHEL AND SARAH PEARSON, WHOSE COMMITMENT TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT HAS HELPED FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE INNOVATION AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE CAN THRIVE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION HEREBY CONGRATULATES THE BESSEMER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAMS, THE BESSEMER WARRIORS, BESSEMER BAD WITCHES, AND THE TECHNO TIGERS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE 2025 ROBOTICS COMPETITION. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSION COMMENDS THESE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS, THEIR COACHES AND LEADERSHIP OF THE BESSEMER CITY SCHOOLS FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY REPRESENTATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THEIR DEDICATION TO THE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, TEAMWORK, AND STEM EDUCATION. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED TO BESSEMER CITY SCHOOLS AS A TOKEN OF THE COMMISSION'S PRIDE AND APPRECIATION. SIGNED THIS 19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026 BY THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DOMINIQUE MOORE. I AM THE PRINCIPAL OF BESSEMER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE WANT TO JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE THIS MORNING AND RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ALGERNON GRIGGS AND I AM A TEACHER AT BESSEMER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM ALSO A PROUD PARENT OF ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ROBOTICS TEAM. SO I AM REALLY EXCITED AND GLAD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. OH, SO THESE KIDS, THESE YOUNG, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY ARE Y'ALL ARE JUST REALLY SMART. SO DID THEY MAKE A ROBOT? ARE WE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE ROBOT? WELL WE HAVE THEM AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AND WE'LL GET MR. FREEMAN OUT. WE HAVE JEREMIAH. HE CAN ACTUALLY EXPLAIN WHAT THEY DID. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JEREMIAH FREEMAN. SO WHAT WE DID WITH THE ROBOT WAS WE HAD TO PROGRAM IT WITH THE APP CALLED SPIKE, WHICH COMPLETED THE ROBOT IN MANY WAYS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW. SO WE HAD TO FIRST BUILD THE ROBOT, SET THE MAT, AND THEN PROGRAM THE ROBOT TO GO TO THE DIFFERENT PLACEMENTS ON THE MAP SO IT COULD GO AND GET US POINTS. THE POINTS WERE COUNTED ON HOW MANY MISSIONS WE DID AND HOW MANY MISSIONS WE DID CORRECTLY. SOME MISSIONS COULD DO POINT 60 POINTS 30. 
          ALL THAT JUST COMBINING POINTS. BUT IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME TO BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD 2.5 MINUTES. SO WE HAD TO STRATEGIZE THE MISSIONS TO MAKE 
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SURE THAT WE CAN GET AS MUCH DONE AS POSSIBLE. THE ROBOT WAS PROGRAMED TO DO 3 TO 4 MISSIONS AT A TIME, TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET AS MUCH POINTS AS WE CAN WITHIN 2.5 MINUTES. AND THEN WE HAD TO PROGRAM IT TO ALSO COME BACK TO THE MAP, BECAUSE THERE WERE CERTAIN POINTS ON THE MAP WE COULDN'T TOUCH THE ROBOT, WHICH WOULD DEDUCT POINTS. AND THEN THOSE 2.5 MINUTES, WE REALLY HAD TO THINK AND STRATEGIZE. SO WE REALLY JUST REALLY JUST WORKED AT THE TEAM. 
          IT WAS REALLY JUST A TEAM EFFORT. NOBODY REALLY DID ONE THING LIKE CALEB, HE WAS THE PROGRAMMER AND CHAUNCEY WAS THE PROGRAMMER. CHAUNCEY AND JAYDEN WERE THE BUILDERS, AND OTHER PEOPLE HAD OTHER JOBS THAT REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE TEAM IN MANY WAYS. SO THE ROBOT COULD READ A MAP, IT READ THE MAP SO IT WOULD IT WOULD GO TO THE MISSIONS AND DO THE MISSIONS AND THEN COME BACK. WE HAD THE PROGRAMMER TO COMING BACK BECAUSE WE CANNOT LET IT STAY ON THE MAP. IF WE TOUCH IT ON THE MAP, WE WOULD DEDUCT POINTS. THERE WERE TOKENS. YES, TOKENS THAT WERE ON THE PLACEMENT AT THE COMPETITION, AND EVERY TIME YOU TOUCH THE MAT THEY WOULD TAKE A TOKEN OFF WHICH WOULD SCORE POINTS. OKAY, I'LL BUILD A ROBOT TO DO ANYTHING Y'ALL WANTED TO DO. I DID ANYTHING WE WANTED TO DO WITH IT, BUT WE AND WE PROGRAMED IT TO DO EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED. WOW. VERY GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS. ARE ALL THESE MEMBERS ON YOUR TEAM OR IS THERE A CERTAIN ARE ON THE LEGO LEAGUE TEAM? YES, SIR. CAN WE START RIGHT HERE? INTRODUCING YOURSELF. MY NAME IS. BILL. WHAT GRADE DID. SECOND GRADE. 
          MY NAME IS JERRY. THANK YOU. SO. YEAH. MY NAME? SEVEN YEARS. MY NAME IS DAVID GRACE. MY NAME IS JASON. I'M THE SEVENTH DAY. MY NAME IS JASON. WHAT? IS. MY NAME IS DANIEL MCCALL. AND, WOW, I'M JUST SO PROUD OF. SO IF Y'ALL CAN COME, Y'ALL COME ON UP. GET YOUR PICTURE BACK. 
          EXCUSE ME. AND OUR SPEAKER, JEREMIAH FREEMAN IS ALSO IN THE SEVENTH GRADE. OKAY. WOW. COME ON UP. TEACHER, I WANT TO, I WANT TO I WANT A PICTURE WITH THOSE BAD WITCHES. WHERE THEY AT? THEY'RE NOT HERE. OH. YEAH. COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT. WHAT'S YOUR RIGHT NOW? YEAH. THERE YOU GO. I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. ONE, TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO THREE. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. SOLOMON, THIS IS A FEATURE STORY RIGHT HERE. NOW. YEAH. 
          OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU MARTHA. THANK YOU FOR. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS. Y'ALL OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECORUM. APPRECIATE YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          GIVE YOU THE BADGE YOU NEEDED. YES, SIR. OKAY, OKAY. WELL, YOU CAN TELL ME. YEAH. COMMISSIONER THYSSEN AND I SHARE THE BESSEMER CITY SCHOOLS DISTRICT, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE $1,000 APIECE FOR YOU TO HAVE THE TOOLS NEEDED NECESSARY TO TO TO OPERATE YOUR PROJECTS AND TO AND TO CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO. OKAY? OKAY. THAT'S $1,000 PER PERSON, $1,000 A PIECE. THAT'S FOR ME AND YOU AND YOU, I MEAN, I WON'T I MIGHT GO TO THE BAD WITCHES. ALRIGHT, THAT'S GOOD NEWS, JUDGE. YEAH. OKAY, EVERYBODY. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S OUR FUTURE THAT WE'RE IN. THAT'S AN INVESTMENT GUYS. THANK YOU. THAT'S AN THAT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE. I PROMISE WE'LL DO THAT NEXT COMMITTEE. OH YEAH. YEAH. 
          YOU EITHER I'LL INITIATE IT OR OR OR SHEILA WILL AND WE'LL GET THAT. GET THAT DONE. OKAY. 
          [VIII. RESOLUTIONS 1 - 57]
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU 57 RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE PROPERLY PRESENTED IN OUR TUESDAY COMMISSION MEETING. I WOULD LIKE FOR ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ONE 357, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF UNIT 21, WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. MR. PRESIDENT, 
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BEFORE WE CONSIDER IT, MR. PROTEIN, UNLESS WE CAN WE CAN GET A SECOND AND THEN WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION. YEAH. IS THAT RIGHT? NO. WELL ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK AS AN AMENDMENT REALLY, IS THAT IF WE COULD PULL ITEM 56 AS WELL, YOU WANT TO PULL 56 ALSO? YES, SIR. 
          LET ME. ALL RIGHT. WHAT IS UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WELL WHAT'S THE WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT THAT I THAT'S WHAT I WAS EXPLAINING IN YOUR EAR. MY HUSBAND WORKS THERE BUT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. OKAY. WELL, YOU JUST. OKAY. SO YOU YOU WANT THAT FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND. I MOVE ONE THROUGH. HOW MANY HAVE WE GOT? 57, 57. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 21 AND 56 FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. YEAH. NUMBER 21 WILL BE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. NUMBER 56 WILL BE SEPARATE CONSIDERATION FOR ALL. SEPARATE VOTE. CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN. NO. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL 
          [XIII. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - COMMISSIONER BOLIN]
RIGHT. NUMBER 56 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A SALE AND USE TAX ABATEMENT FOR US STEEL. I MOVE THE ITEM. SECOND, BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. ROLL CALL. VOTE. 
          COMMISSIONER BOGAN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HIGH COMMISSIONER. ABSTAIN. YES, YES. AND THE ABSTENTION WAS BECAUSE HER HUSBAND WORKS AT U.S. STEEL. SO, MR. PRESIDENT, SHE'S 100% FOR. 
          YES, MA'AM. AND THANK YOU. AND I DID WANT TO SAY TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED, INCLUDING MY LEADERSHIP BIRMINGHAM FRIEND, THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR FAIRFIELD. AND AND I JUST WANT TO THANK US STEEL FOR CONTINUING TO INVEST NOT ONLY INTO YOUR YOUR COMPANY OR YOUR CORPORATION, BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS A FOOTPRINT IN THE COMMUNITY. MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE INTERNS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU STAND UP? JUST A MOMENT, MISS SHELBY. SHE'S A MILES COLLEGE STUDENT, AND AND SHE WILL BE GRADUATING, ACTUALLY, IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR. BUT SHE WAS THERE WHEN I FIRST BECAME A COMMISSIONER. AND THE WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE AS RELATES TO MY HUSBAND USED TO WORK ON THE HOT STRIP. HE'S IN THE IT DEPARTMENT NOW, BUT NEVERTHELESS, SHE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE CONTINUING TO DO IN THE CITY LIMITS OF FAIRFIELD AND REALLY IN THE REGION. SO LOOK FORWARD TO YOU AND I GETTING TOGETHER. BUT I'M IN ABSOLUTE SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE REALIZED AND THE COUNTY IS MOVING FORWARD PROGRESSIVELY. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS I 
          [XIV. NEW BUSINESS FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT AND CONSIDERATION]
WANT TO TO DOUBLE CHECK. ONE IS A FROM COMMISSION DISTRICT ONE WHICH IS A COMMUNITY GRANT. 
          NUMBER TWO IS COMING FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS THE RESOLUTION FOR AN INTERIM YOUTH DIRECTOR DETERMINATION. AND THE THIRD IS A RESOLUTION FOR REPRESENTATION OUTSIDE REPRESENTATION FOR JT SMALLWOOD. OH, YEAH. CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GO INTO NEW BUSINESS. WHAT WAS THAT SECOND ONE LEGAL FOR SOMETHING. YEAH. THEO YOU GO AHEAD AND TERMINATION OF THE OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT I MOVE CONSIDERATION OF THREE ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND COLORADO COMMISSIONER. YES, COMMISSIONER. NIGHT. 
          COMMISSIONER. YES, COMMISSIONER. TYSON. YES, YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. LET'S BEGIN WITH NUMBER ONE. 
          LET'S BEGIN WITH THE JT SMALLWOOD, US CIRCUIT COURT HAVE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATION TO FOR HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS A DEFENDANT. I GUESS YOU PUT WHO IT WAS DID YOU. IT WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF. WE HAVE INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF OKAY. IT'S WAYNE MORSE IS THE ATTORNEY THAT'S INVOLVED THERE. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? SECOND, HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. 
          CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER. YES, COMMISSIONER. I. COMMISSIONER. YES, COMMISSIONER. YES, COMMISSIONER. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE SECOND ITEM IS BE RESOLVED. 
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JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER, THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF YOUTH AND DETENTION IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE A NOTICE OF TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE WITH DG AND ASSOCIATES. CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT. I DON'T HAVE IT, BUT I'LL MOVE IT. SECOND, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY OF IT EITHER. I'M SECOND. WELL, MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. 
          COMMISSIONER. YES, COMMISSIONER. I. COMMISSIONER. YES, COMMISSIONER. TYSON. YES, COMMISSIONER. YES. AND THE THIRD IS A IS DISTRICT. ONE DAY SHE HAS A COMMISSIONER. SCALES HAS A COMMUNITY GRANT THAT IS PROPERLY BEEN WORKED THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND IT IS TO URBAN IMPACT. AMOUNT IS $35,000 FOR COMING FROM HER DISTRICT ONE FUNDS CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE THE ITEM ITEMS BEEN MOVED. SECOND AND SECONDED. CALL ROLL PLEASE. MR. BOWLING. 
          YES, COMMISSIONER. HIGH COMMISSIONER. YES, COMMISSIONER. TYSON. YES, COMMISSIONER. YES. 
          THANK YOU. THOSE ARE THREE ITEMS IN YOUR BUSINESS, AND I CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          [XV. COMMENTS]
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COUNTY MANAGER, SIR? STANLEY? OUR CONDOLENCES AND APPRECIATION. 
          COUNTY ATTORNEY. COUNTY MANAGER AND COMMISSIONERS, I WE WE HAD A. MEETING YESTERDAY AND I BROUGHT YOU A SYNOPSIS. THE COCA-COLA AMPHITHEATER HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS A NEW CONCERT VENUE OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS WHICH IS GREAT NEWS FOR THEM AND GREAT NEWS FOR US. I ALSO SENT YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THE SALES, PACING AND HOW THE THE ENTIRE FACILITY. AND THEN I THINK THEY CALL IT THE ENTIRE CAMPUS HAS DONE WELL AND IS ON PACE TO HAVE ANOTHER RECORD YEAR. I SENT YOU THE TICKET REVENUE AND THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY. I'LL TRY TO GET YOU THAT BY AT LEAST EACH QUARTER. LET YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR INVESTMENT DOLLARS GO. 
          COMMISSIONER BOWLER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE. HOPEFULLY WE CONTINUE TO HAVE GOOD WEATHER AND NOT HAVE ANY BAD SPRING WEATHER FOR THIS AREA BEFORE. 
          AND I HOPE AND PRAY WE WON'T. AND AND WE NEED TO INVEST MORE MONEY IN US STILL. THAT MEANS THAT Y'ALL NEED TO GET BALL GO TO WORK. MR. TOSH. HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS I HATE THAT IT'S JUST A MONTH. I HAVE ATTENDED SEVERAL OF THE BLACK HISTORY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT DISTRICT TWO. IT HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING. TO SEE HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED THEIR CULTURE AND THEIR HISTORY. THAT'S WHAT I'M SO PROUD OF, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, VERY SHOCKED OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT THEIR HISTORY. I REALLY DIDN'T EVEN I DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD KNOW AS MUCH AS THEY KNOW, BUT THEY REALLY KNOW A WHOLE LOT. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND LET'S JUST KEEP IT, KEEP THE WORK UP. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I DO WANT TO DITTO THAT AS WELL. BLACK HISTORY IS THE AMERICAN HISTORY 365 DAYS A YEAR. IT HAS JUST BEEN FEDERALLY MANDATED IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. AND SO I AM THANKFUL FOR THE INFORMATION THAT THE COUNTY IS PUTTING OUT. VERY THANKFUL THAT THE HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA CONTINUES TO BE TOLD AND UNFOLDED, UNFOLDED. WANT TO AGAIN SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO US STEEL AND LOOKING FOR MORE GREAT THINGS. I HEAR SOME OTHER THINGS ARE COMING UP AND I'M VERY EXCITED. I REALLY AM FOR THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD. THEY NEED A GOOD SHOT IN THE ARM AND EVERY TIME YOU ALL DO WHAT YOU DO, IT REALLY GIVES SOME MOMENTUM TO THAT AREA. LASTLY, I DO WANT TO SAY AGAIN TO STANLEY LEE'S FAMILY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THEM, CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THAT DEPARTMENT. JUST AS WE WERE TALKING THIS MORNING, IT WAS 
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INTERESTING. WE NEEDED SOMEONE FROM THAT DEPARTMENT, AND THAT'S WHY IT IS SO KEY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE A MOP OR A BROOM OR WHATEVER PART THAT YOU PLAY AT THIS COUNTY, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. 
          AND SO THANK YOU, MISTER PRESIDENT, EVEN FOR THAT ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE DISTRICT DOES AS WELL. SO THANK YOU ALL COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR VOTE THIS MORNING. IT MATTERS. AND IT MEANT A LOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. NO THIS WAS YOU KNOW THE BASICALLY WE CELEBRATED A LITTLE BIT MR. STANLEY'S END OF LIFE. AND THEN YET WE HAD THESE YOUNG PEOPLE COME HERE WHO ARE JUST BEGINNING THEIR LIFE. SO IT'S IT'S A CONTRAST. SO IT'S EMOTIONALLY IT'S A UP AND DOWN. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY TO EVERYBODY THAT FOR THIS COUNTY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING TO MAKE THIS COUNTY A BETTER PLACE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'LL TAG ON TO WHAT COMMISSIONER NIGHT SAID. YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT THREE THINGS LOCATION, LOCATION AND LOCATION. AND YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE, PAUL. AND IT'S OUR JOB THROUGH COMMISSIONER BOHLEN AND. JEFF TRAYWICK, TO REMOVE ALL THE BARRIERS FOR YOUR ENTRY AND FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. YOU DO YOUR JOB, WE'LL DO OURS. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY, MANY YEARS OF OF GROWTH THAT US STEEL. AND AS LONG AS WITH THE OTHER INDUSTRIES WE HAVE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ARE WELL SERVED. WE APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION FOR FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. AND WE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL WE'RE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. BUT UP HERE, WE'RE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND WE REPRESENT EVERYONE. AND GOD BLESS YOU AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK SOON, PAUL. BUT WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME MORE, RIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.