[I. RECONVENE & ADJOURN THE MEETING OF APRIL 9, 2026]
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JUST KIND OF, I'D LIKE TO RECONVENE THE MEETING OF APRIL 9TH, 2022.
[II. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL]
ADJOURN, LIKE CALL THE ORDER THE MEETING OF APRIL THE 23RD, 2026.THEY BE KNOWN THAT, THAT WE ARE HERE INVESTMENT AND IS OUR BYLAW STATE INVESTMENT.
UH, THEY HAVE THE IMPLICATIONS GOING TO PRESENTED BY DISTRICT TWO, UH, AFTER WE CALL THE ROLE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE REVEREND VICTOR KINS, PASTOR PEDRO MISSIONARY BAPTIST JUDGE.
UH, BUT PRECEDING THAT WOULD DONE AND WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL, UH, COMMISSIONER BALD.
COMMISSIONER TYSON REMAIN COMMISSIONER STEVEN.
UM, YOU LIKE INTRODUCTION, MIKE? ALRIGHT.
I GUESS I HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE LORD AND FRY
OUR FATHER COME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING WITH OPEN HEARTS, MINDS READY TO RECEIVE AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ON THE PART OF THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.
LORD, WE HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE HERE TO DO THE WILL OF THE CITIZENS AND MAKE THIS COUNTY BETTER AND WORK WITH ALL THE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COUNTY.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GUIDE THIS COUNTY LEADERSHIP SO THAT JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE JEWEL IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND THE LEADER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.
THESE ARE MANY MORE BLESSINGS.
WE ASKING OUR SON JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
DO YOU HAVE MINUTES? PREACHER DIS READING.
OTHER MINUTES FOR DUST? ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION.
SECOND ALL SAY A A THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I WANT YOU TO REALLY BE, UH, READY ONE OF THESE NOTES THESE DAYS WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO RUN, SEE WHAT WE HAVE, UM, MAKE SURE WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE 54 RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE PROPERLY VETED ON INFUSION ANY WHERE WE HAVE TWO ITEMS.
[XIV. NEW BUSINESS FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT AND CONSIDERATION]
NEWONE IS TO THE, UH, UH, SOUTHWEST ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION AND THE OTHER IS TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY GRANTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS COMMITTEE.
UM, CHAIR WILL MOTION TO, UM, UH, TWO ITEMS. WE CONSIDER OUT TWO NEW ITEMS. TWO ITEMS IN NEW BUSINESS.
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THE APPLICANT.HONOR, UM, YOUR COUNTY MOTION TO LIE.
I MOVE THE I TWO ITEMS IN THE BUSINESS, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, GARY, DO YOU UNANIM UH, COMMISSIONER, THE
[VIII. RESOLUTIONS 1 - 54]
UH, ITEM WE HAVE IS, UH, ONE THROUGH 54 WHERE I WOULD WRITE THAT OFFER A TENANT IN CHANGE ON ITEM NUMBER 23.ITEM 33 ITSELF, THE CHANGE WOULD BE FROM 20,000 TO 30,000.
AND THAT WAS A MISTAKE THAT WE GAVE MEASURE ACCUSED AND CAME FOR ME.
AND COMMISSIONER KNIGHT WASN'T HERE TO, TO MAKE THAT, THAT CORRECTION.
SO WE HAVE A RESOLUTION 1, 2, 6, 4 WITH THAT
[XV. COMMENTS]
ALL, ALL THE ROADS ARE BEING PAID THAT WE GOT PAID THROUGH OUT HOW MANY ROADS TO BE PAVE? WEEK IN 2025? I THINK ABOUT HUNDRED.
HOW MANY INHOUSE? 120 INHOUSE ABOUT 30 CONTRACTS.
150 TOTAL WILL BE OUR, THAT'S OUR PROJECTED TOTAL RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE ABOUT HALF OF IT RIGHT NOW.
AND AND THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COUNT, RIGHT? THROUGHOUT THE ALL DISTRICT? NOT IN THE ONE DISTRICT.
UNINCORPORATED OLD COUNTY, 150 MILES A YEAR.
WE'RE ANYWHERE FROM ONE 20 TO ONE 50 EVERY YEAR.
AND WE TRY TO WHAT DO A, WHAT'D YOU SAY? A HUNDRED MILES A YEAR? AT LEAST 120 IN-HOUSE IS OUR, OUR GOAL.
AND UNDER ANOTHER 20 TO 30 CONTRACT.
HOW, HOW, HOW MANY NINE SEW DO WE EVERY IS IT
HOW MANY, HOW MUCH? YOU TALKING ABOUT ABOUT 200 MILES APART? YEAH.
3,000 MILES OF PIPE BUTS GENERALLY GO MANY OR, UH, PROJECTS THAT PROPOSED.
NO, IT YET IT'S NOT REALLY MEASURED THAT WAY.
I HEARD HE DID A BILLION DOLLARS.
SOMEBODY SAID SOMEBODY ME THAT THEY HEARD THAT WE DO A BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
I JUST WANTED, I I WANTED TO THANK UH, JUDGE
UM, UH, NY UH, FOR THE, UM, STATE 250, HE CAME AND IT, IT WAS, IT WAS REAL REALLY, REALLY NICE.
BUT WE HAD TO WALK A FARM DISTANCE TO THE MEMORIAL STATUE REALLY FAR.
AND I HAD WALKING BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER WAY OF GETTING UP THERE.
AND WE WERE ACTUALLY GO DOWN IN OUR HISTORY.
I JUST FOUND THAT OUT THIS MONTH.
AND WE, UH, THEY SENT A RESOLUTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFICE THAT THEY WANT FROM THE COUNTY AND WANT FROM THE CITY.
SO, UH, JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL BE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.
I THOUGHT YOU ABOUT YOU GOING IN HISTORY BECAUSE YOUR MIKE WALKED, BUT IT WAS FUN AND MOTHER'S DAY IS COMING UP.
AND YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS, UH, DIED WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
SO I WOULD BE GIVING OUT GIFT BASKETS THROUGHOUT JEFFERSON COUNTY.
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DO IT ALL THE TIME.THAT WAS BEFORE I WAS OUR COUNTY COMMISSION I WAS DOING.
SO I WOULD BE IN ALL OF THE, UH, SENIOR CITIZEN FACILITIES NOW WILL BE GIVING OUT MOTHER'S DAY BASKETS.
AND I'M NOT GONNA MISS NOT ONE GOING TO ALL MR. KNIGHT IF I COULD BEFORE COMMISSIONER.
I WOULD ALSO THANK MY GOOD FRIEND, THAT SWEET LADY, SUSAN, WHAT'S HER NAME? TYSON, FOR INVITING ME OVER THERE.
MY FATHER WAS IN VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II.
HE LOVED BEST RAISED ME ANY, ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GET GO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE THAT MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT.
I, THIS LADY IS, UH, I ON THEIR LIST, SO THANK YOU.
WHILE THEY WERE WALKING, UH, 40 MILES, HOW MANY MILES? THEY WERE WALKING? 40.
I DID, AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF US, UH, THE STADIUM GAME, THE HOME OPENER, AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD CROWD.
WE HAD OVER 18,000 PEOPLE THERE, BUT THAT WAS A GOOD START.
EVEN THOUGH WE GOT SKUNK 16 TO NOTHING.
UM, THE TEAM, THEY, THEY PLAYED HARD, BUT THEY, THEY DID NOT PREVAIL, BUT THERE WAS A GOOD CROWD.
THAT'S GOOD SUPPORT FOR THE, FOR THE STANDS.
I CAN RECOGNIZE SINCE WE'RE IN MY DISTRICT, THE TREASURER, SHERRY MCCLEAN AND OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UH, LAISE.
IS ANYONE ELSE IN HERE? WE GOT RUN BOOK, A BOOK HERE.
ALRIGHT GUYS, WE CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, YOU DO BUSINESS TO HAVING GOOD RELATIONSHIPS AND YOU CAN LOOK AMONGST THESE TO KNOW THAT, THAT THERE ARE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THROUGHOUT OUR COMMISSION, UH, WITH VERY FEW FRAGMENTED FACTIONS THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO GET IT DONE.
AND LOOK, LOOK, WE GOT, HERE COMES COMMISSIONER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? SHE WOULD, SHE WAS IN TRAFFIC.
SHE WAS IN TRAFFIC AND, UH, SAID SHE WOULD GET IN HERE AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD AND, AND THAT IF I WOULD HOLD OFF FOR 15 MINUTES, SHE WOULD BE THERE.
AND SHE MADE IT IMPORTANT TIME
UH, I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE THAT OUR ROADS AND TRAINS ARE OUT.
THEY'RE, UH, MOWING RIGHT OF WAYS AND WORKING ON DITCHING.
UH, IF, IF YOU LOOK, HELEN DOES A GOOD JOB OF, OF PUTTING THAT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO YOU CAN GO TO YOUR COMMUNITY PAGE AND, AND SEE WHERE THE ACCIDENT BEING DONE.
UH, AND YOUR COMMISSIONER IS, IS HERE AND WE'LL, UH, WE MAN THE HOME THEN WHEN, IF YOU CALL US DIRECTOR, WE WILL, UH, PUT YOU AT THE, TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
BUT WE DO HAVE A GOOD APP THAT YOU CAN, UH, UH, PUT YOUR OWN, UH, REQUEST IN AND IT WILL BE ANSWERED AND, UH, AND YOU'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, UH, I WANT THANK OUR, OUR MANAGEMENT STAFF AND FOR, FOR THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT OUT THERE.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO GIVE THE REMAINDER OF MY HAVING TO MR. WELL THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
I WANNA SAY GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND UH, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, UH, TYPICALLY JOE AND I HAVE TO COME, I DRIVE HERE.
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT MAYBE 30 MINUTES TO GET HERE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY, UM, HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME, UH, FOR SOME OF MY SENIORS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
BUT I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH FOR THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, UH, HEATHER ALONG WITH OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTY MANAGER, UM, THEY HAVE DONE
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AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE INFORMING RESIDENTS OF THE WORK OF THE COUNTY AND EXACTLY WHAT WE DO, HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING IT.UM, AND I AGAIN WANNA SAY ON THE RECORD HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THE COUNTY HAS COME A LONG WAY.
UM, AND I, I THINK WE, IF WE DON'T SAY WHAT WE DO, UH, WHO ELSE WILL? AND A LOT OF TIMES WE BLAME FOR THINGS THAT THE COUNTY DOESN'T DO.
BUT I CAN SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
WE'VE MADE SURE THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE SEEING THE DOLLAR SHOW UP IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FOLKS OVER THERE IN FORESTDALE AND SOME OTHER PLACES AND NOT INCORPORATE JEFFERSON COUNTY, THEY SEEING THE FRUITS OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE, UH, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT STAFF.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THEM PUBLICLY FORWARD.
AND ALSO WE HAD A, ANOTHER GROUNDBREAKING YESTERDAY ON A TORNADO SHELTER IN DALE, SO NO SHELTERS OUT AND WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME BAD WEATHER THAT IS COMING IN.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE BEEN LU BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY BAD WEATHER ALL SPRING.
AND UH, BUT, UH, LET'S BE AWARE AND LET'S BE SAFE AND UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN, OUR ROADS AND GROUNDS WILL BE ON, ON STANDBY.
AND, UH, THE, THE FIRE DISTRICT WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOUR, YOUR SHELTER IS RELATIVELY IF NEEDED.
AND THAT'S, UM, LET'S PRAY THAT THEY WON'T BE I'LL ALSO JIMMY TOO, I'M SORRY, ONE, ONE MORE THING.
I WANT YOU ALL TO BE PRAYING FOR, UH, THE FAMILIES OUT THERE AND ENA THERE A REALLY BAD FIRE THAT OCCURRED OR DAY THIS MORNING.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, JOSH JOHNSON, UH, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SOME DEMOLITION WORK OUT THERE.
BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS ONE OF THE HOMES, THANKFULLY NO ONE LIVED THERE THAT THEY HAD BEEN PURCHASED AND THE, AND THE HOME BASICALLY IS IN TOTAL ROOM.
SO, UH, I THINK WE WANT TO HAVE TO DO SOME THINGS THAT SEE HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT MINOR FIRE DISTRICT SO THAT THEY CAN BE ABLE TO HELP RECRUIT FOLKS IN THOSE.
UH, WELL THAT BEING SAID, NO FURTHER BUSINESS MADE RECESS MINUTES.