[I. RECONVENE & ADJOURN THE MEETING OF MAY 7, 2026]
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COUNTY MANAGER. IS THERE ANY BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT TRANSACT OUT OF THE MAY THE 7TH MEETING? NO, SIR. SEEING NO ADDITIONAL. THAT MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED, AND I
[II. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL]
LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF MAY 21ST, 2026. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? ALICIA? COMMISSIONER. BOBBITT. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER. HERE. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER.GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONER. GOOD MORNING. I AM HERE, COMMISSIONER. SCALES HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY TODAY AND SHE WOULD NOT BE HERE. AND SHE SAID SHE OFFERED HER REGRETS. AND FOR THAT, ALL OF HER. BUSINESS THAT SHE HAD WAS CORRECT. INVOCATION COMMISSION. DISTRICT FIVE. GO AHEAD. MIKE. GO AHEAD. WILLIE HARLEY. OH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND I'M SORRY I'M NOT PAYING ATTENTION. TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS COME IN TO BRING OUR INVITATION. AND TODAY I RESERVE SOMEBODY, I THINK, SPECIAL TO BRING OUR INVOCATION AGAIN TODAY. I'VE KNOWN HIM SINCE I WAS A PROBATE JUDGE MANY DECADES AGO. HE IS ONE OF THE MOST GENUINE, GOOD GENTLEMEN IN THE GENTLEMEN OF THE CLOTH THAT I'VE EVER KNOWN.
AND HE'S NOW HAS A JOB THAT HE'S HAD FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS, TAKING CARE OF THE LEAST OF US.
I THINK THAT'S REFERRED TO IN THE BIBLE. AND THAT'S JUST THE MEN AND WOMEN I KNOW. MEN, I GUESS, WOMEN TOO, THAT ARE IN JAIL FOR SOME REASON. AND IF ANYBODY NEEDS COUNSELING ON THE GOOD LORD AND WHAT IT SAID, THEN IT IS THESE PEOPLE. WE ALL ARE IN NEED OF IT, BUT THEY ARE.
AND I TELL YOU THIS, MY HAT WOULD ALWAYS BE OFF TO THIS GENTLEMAN, AND I'D LIKE TO CALL ON REVEREND HARLEY FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO COME UP AND LEAD US IN AN INVOCATION. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THESE COMMISSIONERS, AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. MAY WE BOW OUR HEADS. OH, CHRIST OF GOD, GRANT US THIS DAY A SENSE OF THY PRESENCE. AS THE COMMISSIONERS EMBARK ON THEIR DAILY TASK, WE PRAY THAT THEY WILL SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION AS THEY EMBRACE ON THIS NEW DAY. THIS DAY CARRIES NEW RESPONSIBILITIES, NEW CHALLENGES, NEW OPPORTUNITIES. WE PRAY AS COMMISSIONERS DIRECT THEIR DEPARTMENT HEADS TO CARRY OUT VARIOUS VARIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES. THE GOD OF MERCY IN QUIETNESS AND CONFIDENCE, WE PLACE OUR HANDS AND THOU SPEAK PEACE TO OUR HEARTS, THAT WE MAY BECOME.
GIVE US STRENGTH SO THAT HAVING PEACE WITHIN. WE MAY MEET OUR CIRCUMSTANCES WELL. MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP US. IN YESHUA'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE PLACE A FLAG.
ATTENTION. SALUTE. PLEDGE. 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. LED BY JUDGE BOLTON. HURRY UP NOW. WE ALL LEARNED THE PLEDGE IN SCHOOL.
SOME OF US LEARNED IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE WERE TOLD. ATTENTION, SALUTE AND PLEDGE.
AND I'VE DONE THAT ALL THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. AND I'VE HAD TO ADJUST ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT TIMES. BUT WHEN I DO IT, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I DO IT. SO I APOLOGIZE IF I, IF I MISSTEP SOMEWHERE, HOW ABOUT THE THESE GUYS KNOW HOW TO DO IT. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT'S WHAT WE GOT HERE TODAY. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. WE
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
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HAVE MINUTES FROM MAY THE 7TH MEETING. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS OR REVISIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? MOVE THE. WE. SECOND. YEAH. WHO MOVED THE USUAL. NO ONE WANTS TO READ THESE MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? YEAH. PRESENTATIONS. NOW TO GET TO[VI. PRESENTATIONS]
THE GOOD ONE. DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT FIVE. WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE BLUE STAR MEMORIAL MONUMENT. YES. WHO WANTS TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT? I'LL SPEAK AND THEN JUDGE, DO THE. PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED THE. IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH COMMISSIONER BOWDEN.WITH THE ATTENDANCE AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BLUE STAR MONUMENT MEMORIAL MONUMENT. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE. SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY A BIG DEAL. AND. AND NOW I REALIZE THAT COMMANDER MOORE KEPT TELLING ME THIS IS REALLY A BIG DEAL. I SAID, OH, OKAY, DON'T FORGET YOUR HAT. FORGET MY HAT EVERY TIME. SO I APPRECIATE HELEN AND HER DEPARTMENT COMING OUT ASSISTING US WITH THE VIDEOS. WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.
AMERICAN LEGION AND THE 21ST CENTURY. REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THE COUNTY PUT IN BEHIND THIS. AND IT REALLY IS A BIG DEAL. IT'S A MONUMENT THAT WILL BE THERE FOREVER. AND IF YOU GO UP THERE AND LOOK AT IT, IT'S VERY NICE. IT'S VERY, VERY NICE. I HAD SOME NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE ACTUALLY TOOK PICTURES FOR PROMS, AND THEY ACTUALLY WENT UP THERE AND SEEN IT AND DECIDED TO TAKE THEIR PICTURES UP THERE. SO IT'S A VERY NICE. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN UP THERE, TAKE TIME OUT AND GO UP THERE. AND IT'S A VERY, VERY NICE MONUMENT. SO I TURN EVERYTHING OVER TO YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU MA'AM, COULD I ASK EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE STAND UP TO TO COME UP TO THE MIC, PLEASE? COME. COME FORWARD IF YOU WILL. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU ALL MORE. THANK YOU ALL MORE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN YOUR ORGANIZATIONS, IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR THOSE THAT THAT NEED HELP, AND FOR THOSE THAT JUST LOVE TO COME AND HEAR YOU. I'VE BEEN TO SOME OF YOUR SESSIONS AND YOU KNOW, THEY TOUCH YOU HARD. I APPRECIATE THIS YOUNG LADY LETTING ME BE INVOLVED IN THAT. BEING THE STILL THE NEWBIE ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION. I'D LIKE TO READ THE RESOLUTION, IF I MAY, AND THEN I'LL ASK FOR ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU GOT AFTERWARDS. BUT WE ARE CELEBRATING THE CAMELLIA GARDEN CLUB OF ALABAMA AND THE AMERICAN LEGION. 21ST DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA FOR THEIR BLUE STAR MEMORIAL MONUMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. SO WHEREAS THE BLUE STAR MEMORIAL PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO HONOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES, ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE SERVED, ARE SERVING, OR WILL SERVE IN THE DEFENSE OF OUR NATION. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN STAY A NATION.
AND WHEREAS THE CAMELLIA GARDEN CLUB OF ALABAMA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION 21ST DISTRICT, HAS DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING CIVIC PRIDE, PATRIOTISM, AND DEDICATION TO HONORING OUR NATION'S VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS. AND WHEREAS, THROUGH THEIR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, THE BLUE STAR MEMORIAL MONUMENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY DEDICATED ON APRIL THE 18TH, 2026 AT THE BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL GARDENS, PROVIDING A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE COURAGE, SACRIFICE AND SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES. AND WHEREAS THIS MONUMENT STANDS AS A SYMBOL OF GRATITUDE FROM THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AND SERVES AS A PLACE OF REFLECTION AND REMEMBRANCE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AND WHEREAS THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE DEFENDED OUR FREEDOMS AND AND COMMENDS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TIRELESSLY TO PRESERVE THIS LEGACY. AND MY FATHER, WHO IS IN HEAVEN, IS SMILING DOWN TODAY. HE WAS A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN, AND I KNOW WHAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH TO MAKE IT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS MEETING, MEETING HERE
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TODAY. AND WE ALL THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. SO NOW, THEREFORE, UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION COMMISSION, MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER SHEILA TYSON, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA THAT WE CELEBRATE THE CAMELLIA GARDEN CLUB OF ALABAMA AND THE AMERICAN LEGION. 21ST DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA FOR THEIR BLUE STAR MEMORIAL MONUMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION ON THE 17TH DAY OF APRIL 2026. WE HONOR PEOPLE EVERY DAY THAT COME IN, MEN AND WOMEN. ALL OF THEM ARE WELL CELEBRATED. NONE OF THEM, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES, MORE CELEBRATED THAN Y'ALL, IN WHICH YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES HAVE DONE TO KEEP US AS A COUNTRY, KEEP US IN LINE AND TO MAKE US SAFE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND WITH THAT, I WILL PRESENT THESE TO CERTIFICATES TO. COMMITTEE GARDEN CLUB 21ST DISTRICT. 20. GET THEM TO GO UP ON THE DAIS WITH THEM. OKAY, GREAT. WELL, HOW ARE YOU? THANKS, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE SEE WE GOT EVERYBODY PERFECT. OKAY.I'M GOING TO TAKE TWO OF THESE AND GO WITH THE FIRST ONE. 123. ONE MORE. MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. 123. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES.
COMMANDER MOORE, TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ALONG WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS. WELL GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. LIKE COMMISSIONER THYSSEN SAID, I'M JIMMY MOORE, I'M THE COMMANDER OF THE 21ST DISTRICT AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR BRINGING US OUT HERE THIS MORNING AND HONOR HONORING US IN THIS MANNER. IT IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. SPECIFICALLY. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION, BUT SPECIFICALLY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER THYSSEN, WHO, WHEN I ASKED HER ABOUT THIS, SHE WAS VERY RECEPTIVE RIGHT AWAY. SHE HAPPENS TO ALSO BE ONE OF OUR COMRADES. SHE'S A MEMBER OF POST 347 IN FAIRFIELD, SO SHE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT VETERANS PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND AS THE AMERICAN LEGION, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS AND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS QUITE THE HONOR. MY TERM ENDS NEXT MONTH AS COMMANDER OF THE 21ST DISTRICT. SO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY, TRULY A HIGHLIGHT OF MY TWO YEARS SERVING AS COMMANDER OF THE 21ST DISTRICT. SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A TREMENDOUS HONOR. AND I'LL BE GOING OUT THERE QUITE OFTEN TO THAT BLUE STAR MONUMENT. LIKE I TOLD THE COMMISSION, THIS WAS A BIG DEAL. AND TO PERPETUITY, THIS MONUMENT WILL BE THERE. AND IT HAPPENED ON MY WATCH. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT. I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE VICE COMMANDER OF THE 21ST DISTRICT, WALTER MCCOURT. WILL HE BE SUCCEEDING? YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF HIS POST. HIS NAME IS JEROME TAYLOR WILL BECOME THE NEW COMMANDER NEXT MONTH. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. LIKE I SAID, WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM.
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COMMANDER MOORE, ALL THE MEMBERS THAT SHOWED UP FOR THIS PRESENTATION. THEY WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US AS WE COME UP ON THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY. WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR US TO BE HERE TODAY. AGAIN, WE JUST THANK COMMISSIONER TYSON FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND WE THANK AGAIN FOR THE COMMISSION FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I DID WANT TO SAY, COMMISSIONERS, THAT I AM A MEMBER OF THE 21ST DISTRICT AND POST 347 AND THE DISABLED VETERANS. AND I TALK ABOUT IT A LOT UP HERE, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO THE MILITARY. WHEN I TELL YOU IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME. IT MADE ME THE PERSON THAT I AM TODAY. I HAVE A IT GAVE ME A RETIREMENT THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER IN MY LIFE SEE EVER IN MY LIFE. AND I APPRECIATE THE JUST THE. THE FURTHER EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAVE HAD. I AM THE JUDGE ADVOCATE FOR OUR AMERICAN LEGION POST 347. I DON'T PLAY POLITICS WITH THE MILITARY. I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT BECAUSE IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.I VOLUNTEER A LOT THERE. I DON'T CARE WHERE IT'S AT. IF I HAD, I DON'T WANT TO. GASTON AND EVERYWHERE ELSE TO WORK WITH THESE POSTERS AND THEY CLEAN UP CEMETERIES, BEER HOUSES WE ARE IN IN RIGHT NOW IS REMODELED. WE ARE REMODELING SEVERAL VETERAN HOUSES IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT NOW, AND WE ARE ALSO PLACING VETERANS IN DIFFERENT APARTMENT COMPLEXES TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE TAKEN CARE OF. GENERAL BOWMAN IS OVER TWO OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, SO I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT ALL OF THE POSTERS DO, NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT JUST FOR THE CITIZENS. AND I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW, JIM, I, I JUST APPRECIATE Y'ALL. I RESPECT THAT Y'ALL GIVE ME, I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. MY FATHER WAS A KOREAN VETERAN, THREE BRONZE STARS AND A PURPLE HEART.
SO ON BEHALF OF HIM, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS MONUMENT AND EVERYBODY'S BEHALF. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW. WHEN WE LOOK AT MEMORIAL DAY AND WE LOOK AT OUR 250TH ANNIVERSARY COMING UP, WE HAVE THESE GENTLEMEN AND PEOPLE LIKE THESE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO THANK FOR THAT AND TO THANK FOR OUR FREEDOM. WE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO TO SAY THAT ENOUGH. WE DON'T SEE IT IN THE NEWS. WE SEE THE THE CONTROVERSY, BAD NEWS SELLS.
THESE ARE GOOD NEWS AND THESE ARE GREAT PEOPLE. GOD BLESS YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR CONTINUING THAT MISSION MOVING FORWARD. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. WE'RE WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE YOU PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE A CARRYOVER
[VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
CASE NOW. WE NORMALLY DON'T FOLLOW THIS UP. WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING LAST TIME. JOSH, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE. DID YOU GUYS IT COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU WILL CARRY THIS OVER ONE MORE TIME, WE HAVE GOTTEN PRETTY MUCH A RESOLUTION THIS. WE JUST NEED SOME TIME TO GET SOME PAPERWORK DONE. SO WE'LL CARRY THIS OVER ONE MORE TIME. YES, SIR. CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN[VIII. RESOLUTIONS 1 - 47]
A MOTION TO CARRY OVER TO MOVING SEVEN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAD 47 RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN OUR TUESDAY. I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER KNIGHT HAS AN ITEM ON INDIVIDUAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT THAT HE WANTS TO PULL FOR 8920, 38. IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEM THAT A COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? THAT ITEM FROM COMMISSIONER KNIGHT WAS TO BE WITHDRAWN. RIGHT. SO CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ONE, TWO, FOUR, SEVEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT ONE ITEM UNDER INDIVIDUAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT.SECOND, A MOTION SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THERE IS NONE. MR.
[XIV. NEW BUSINESS FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT AND CONSIDERATION]
CHAIRMAN. I GOT A MOTION TO CONSIDER. ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT. WE ACTUALLY WE HAVE[00:20:02]
TWO ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS. YEAH. ONE MADE THE ONE MADE THE AGENDA. AGENDA, WHICH IS OUR RESOLUTION FOR THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT GOING TO BE APPROVED FOR THAT TRANSFER FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO OUR CORNER, OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER. WELL, I JUST WITHDRAW THAT MOTION.CONSIDER ITEM TWO NEW ITEMS TWO NEW ITEMS. THERE WE GO. AND SECOND, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
ALICIA. YES, COMMISSIONER. I COMMISSIONER GALE. YES, YES. UNANIMOUS CONSENT. I MOVE BOTH ITEMS AND NEW BUSINESS. YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. IS THERE ANY OPPOSED? ANYTHING FROM THE
[XV. COMMENTS]
COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE TODAY? NO, SIR. ALL GOOD. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORKERS THAT WORK ON THE ELECTION AND THAT YOU DO THAT. ANYTHING FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? NO, SIR.POINT OF PRIVILEGE. FROM THE CHAIR. JOSH, GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SO, SO LONG. YES, SIR. REGARDING THE DATA CENTER PROVISIONS. YES, SIR. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, IN OUR CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH WE UPDATED LAST YEAR, WE DO NOT HAVE A PROVISION THAT WOULD SAY DATA CENTERS ARE SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED WITH ANY OF OUR ZONING CATEGORIES. WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS A ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REVIEW THAT WOULD LET US HAVE THE RIGHT CRITERIA, ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS UP FRONT TO THE DEVELOPER COMING IN THAT WANTS TO BUILD THESE TYPE OF DATA CENTERS AND OTHER OTHER HEAVY, INDUSTRIAL, HEAVY UTILITY INTENSIVE TYPE USES. AND THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ALL BASED OFF THAT. SO WE'VE MET WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, LAWSON'S TEAM, AND THEY'VE GIVEN US SOME VERY CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT THAT WE HAD. WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WE'VE ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTIONS IN THE DRAFT. WE JUST NEED TO COME UP WITH A GOOD CRITERIA THAT WE WOULD EVALUATE WHAT'S PRESENTED TO US SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ALL. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE REALLY LOOKED NATIONWIDE AND IN SEEING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, NOT JUST IN ALABAMA, BUT IN MISSOURI OR OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY THAT THAT ARE HAVE SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS TO OURS. YES, SIR. YEAH. OH, JOSH, I APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT ON THIS AND MOVING FORWARD. AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WHEN WE WHEN WE DO IMPLEMENT THIS, THAT IT WILL BE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE, OF THE CITIZENS OF, OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. WILL THAT BE FOR NEW APPLICANTS OR ANY THAT ARE EXISTING OR WHERE IS THAT IT WOULD BE FOR NEW APPLICANTS. WE'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY MEETINGS WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BRINGING DATA CENTERS TO THE COUNTY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY APPLICATIONS AT THE MOMENT FOR THEM. YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. WE'RE GOING TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE WITH THIS. YEAH. OH THANK YOU. YES, SIR. HEATHER, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO ADD TO IT? YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN ON IT TOO. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JOSH, I APPRECIATE THAT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE MEMORIAL DAY COMING UP. COMMISSIONER BOWLING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? NO, SIR, I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT TOUCHES MY HEART. I GUESS I'M THE OLDEST ONE SITTING AT THIS TABLE. YES. TO GO BACK TO WHEN I. KNOW NOBODY, NOBODY ASKED IN RESPONSE TO THAT FIRST STATEMENT. BUT THANK YOU ANYWAY. I CAN JUST REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ABOUT 7 OR 8 YEARS OLD, MY FATHER TAKEN ME. MY FATHER HAD BEEN IN. HIS TWIN BROTHER. THEY POOR COUNTRY BOYS HAD GOTTEN FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPS AT HOWARD COLLEGE. THEY WERE PLAYING. HAVING A GOOD TIME IN LIFE BEAT ALABAMA.
AND THEN WORLD WAR TWO BROKE OUT AND WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK THEY WERE BOTH HEADED TO BOOT CAMP. BUT I CAN REMEMBER MY FATHER TAKING ME EVEN TO VFW EVENTS WHEN I WAS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS OLD, AND I'D GET TO PICK THE LITTLE THINGS OUT OF THE TO SEE WHO WON THE PRIZE. I MEAN, IT JUST MADE ME MADE ME FEEL GOOD. MY FATHER HAD WANTED TO BE A LAWYER. WORLD WAR TWO ENDED THAT THERE WERE NO SCHOLARSHIPS WHEN HE CAME BACK. I LOVED BEING A LAWYER, BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A LAWYER IF IT HADN'T BEEN TRYING TO DO WHAT MY FATHER HAD TRIED TO DO, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE LATE 40S. SO THESE THINGS MEAN SO MUCH TO ALL OF US BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE WITHOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WENT TO WAR, MANY OF WHOM DIDN'T COME HOME
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LIKE MY FATHER, TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY SAFE. SO THIS IS SPECIAL TO ME AND Y'ALL ARE SPECIAL TO ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND IF THERE'S EVER ANYTHING THIS COUNTY COMMISSION CAN DO ACCORDING TO LAW, COME BACK TO SEE US. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER TYSON. YES. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE DO, THAT THE WHAT WE DO GIVE TO THE VETERANS DAY PARADE, ALONG WITH THE OTHER VETERANS AFFAIRS, THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN. AND BECAUSE OF MEMORIAL DAY, Y'ALL TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH SOME VETERANS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN OR SPOUSE. TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND JUST TELL THEM THANK YOU FOR THEIR SERVICE AND, AND JUST SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM. YOU'LL BE SURPRISED OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL LEARN. THANK YOU MA'AM. COMMISSIONER, I, I CONCUR WITH BOTH OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE MEMORIAL DAY ACCOLADES, AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. IT'S AS TIME GOES ON, PEOPLE HAVE A TENDENCY TO FORGET WHAT MEMORIAL DAY IS AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT. AND SO WE GOT TO KEEP REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS AND THOSE WHO PERISHED ON ON OUR BEHALF SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN SIT HERE RIGHT NOW AND DO THIS. THE OTHER THING IS, I'VE GOT TO GIVE ACCOLADES TO HOOVER FOR THE SEC TOURNAMENT. IT'S PROGRESSING WELL, I THINK. I THINK THEY HAD OVER 15000 IN A GAME LAST NIGHT WITH AUBURN AND LSU. SO GOOD FOR THEM AND OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO COMMISSIONER SCALES. SHE JUST HAD A AN ELECTION AND WILL BE RETURNING. SO KUDOS TO HER AND HER STAFF AND. CONGRATULATIONS TO HER AGAINST ME. AND I'D LIKE TO CONCUR WITH THAT, THAT WE HAVE OUR OUR TEAM IS CONTINUING IN PLACE ALSO. IT WAS ERRONEOUSLY. BROADCAST ON ON ELECTION NIGHT THAT I WAS NOT SEEKING REELECTION WHEN THAT'S NOT. I HEARD YOU GOT BEAT.THAT'S NOT REALLY NOT THE CASE. I HEARD YOU GOT BEAT. LIKE DANG, THE GOOD LORD WILLING, I, I WILL I WILL HAVE AN ELECTION ON NOVEMBER THE 3RD. AND I PLAN TO, TO CAMPAIGN VIGOROUSLY AND DO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I DON'T WANT TO DON'T WANT TO POLITIC FROM THE DAIS. I HAVE A A GUEST THAT SHOWED UP AT MY HOUSE ABOUT A WEEK AGO THAT I NEED TO, TO FIND A A GOOD HOME FOR. HAVE YOU BEEN BACK OVER THERE? I HAVE, I AM A MAGNET FOR FOR STRAY ANIMALS FOR WHATEVER REASON. AND I HAVE A, A BEAUTIFUL GERMAN SHEPHERD THAT HAS HAS SHOWN UP AT MY HOME AND IT, IT, IT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SOMEONE'S DOG. AND I'VE TRIED MY BEST TO FIND AN OWNER FOR IT. IT'S VERY WELL BEHAVED WITH PEOPLE AND WITH OTHER DOGS. IT. IT RETRIEVES. I PUT IT IN THE BACKYARD AND HASN'T OFFERED ANYTHING. IT'S JUST APPRECIATES. IT LOVES TO PLAY WITH BALLS AND TOYS AND I'M GOING TO SURRENDER IT TO THE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY. I'VE TALKED TO ALLISON AND SHE IS GOING TO TO TRY TO FIND A GOOD HOME IF NO ONE OUT HERE WANTS IT. I HAVE SOME GREAT PICTURES THAT THAT SHOWS HIM WITH HIS BALL AND HE'S A GREAT, GREAT DOG AND HAS THE RIGHT TYPE OF TEMPERAMENT FOR IT'S FOR A FAMILY. SO THAT'S MY PERSONAL NOTE FOR THAT. BESIDES THAT, EVERYONE PLEASE HAVE A A VERY SAFE MEMORIAL DAY AND COMMISSIONER KNIGHT'S GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE. YEAH. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IF YOU GOT AN ANIMAL YOU NEED TO GET RID OF W W DOT GO SEE JIMMY AND DROP HIM OUT THERE. I BELIEVE THEY DO. I REALLY DO, BUT I PROMISE YOU WE WILL TAKE CARE OF HIM, MAKE SURE HE GETS A GOOD HOME. IF IF YOU DO THAT, WE WE'LL DO THAT. BUT GOD BLESS EVERYONE AND HAVE A SAFE MEMORIAL DAY. I THINK I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING INSTEAD OF RECESS. IT. I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OUTSIDE. IS THAT OKAY? COUNTY ATTORNEY? THAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE. LET'S ADJOURN THIS MEETING. WE'VE GOT A HOLIDAY COMING UP, AND WE LOOK FORWARD
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TO SEEING EVERYONE AT THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.