05032001694
CORRECTED MINUTES
CITY OF DUNN
DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN HELD A REGULAR MEETING ON
THURSDAY MAY 3, 2001 AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PRESENT
WAS MAYOR ABRAHAM OUDEII, MAYOR PRO -TEM MIKE WOMBLE AND
COUNCILMEMBERS GEORGE ROBINSON, JOEY TART, CAROLYN MCDOUGAL, PAUL
BASS AND TOBY SUMNER. ALSO PRESENT WAS INTERIM CITY MANAGER RONNIE
AUTRY, RECREATION DIRECTOR PERRY HUDSON, POLICE CHIEF PAT GODWIN,
BUILDING INSPECTOR RICKY PARSON, PLANNING /CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
// KELLY BOLLINGER, CITY ENGINEER RANDY MCNEILL, CITY ENGINEER ED POWELL,
INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER MOSES GALLION, DEPUTY CLERK TINA SILLS
AND DAILY RECORD REPORTER LISA FARMER.
ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN WAS ABSENT - EXCUSED.
MAYOR ABRAHAM OUDEH OPENED THE MEETING AT 7:00 P.M.. -
INVOCATION
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED COUNCILM EMBER TART TO GIVE THE INVOCATION. AFTERWARD,
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS REPEATED.
MAYOR OUDEH RECOGNIZED THE STUDENTS REPRESENTING TRITON HIGH SCHOOL WHO
WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW PROGRAM.
PRESENTATION
MAYOR OUDEH PRESENTED A PLAQUE TO SGT. D.O. WHITTENTON FOR SERVICES
RENDERED AND THE COOPERATION EFFORTS PROVIDED BY HIM IN WORKING WITH TIIE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
PUBLIC HEARING
HARNETT PRIMARY SCHOOL PROPERTY
MAYOR OUDEH OPENED A PUBLIC IIEARING AT 7:04 P.M. AND YIELDED TO INTERIM CITY
MANAGER AUTRY WHO STATED THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN WOULD HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF
RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNING LONG TERM USAGE OF THE FACILITIES AT
THE OLD HARNETT PRIMARY SCHOOL PROPERTY.
HE ADDED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS DULY ADVERTISED ON APRIL 25, 2001 AND
YIELDED TO MAYOR OUDEH.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
MS. HELEN BLUE ALSPIRE STATED THAT ON BEHALF OF THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION, SHE WAS ASKING THE CITY TO GIVE THEM TWO ROOMS AT THE OLD
HARNETT PRIMARY SCHOOL. SFIE ADDED THAT ONE OF THE ROOMS WOULD BE USED
FOR A MEETING ROOM FACILITY AND THE OTHER FOR STORING ARCHIVES, SUCH AS
PICTURES, TROPHIES AND ETC.
HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, MAYOR OUDEH CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND
RECONVENED THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:05 P.M.
CONSENT I'T'EMS
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT CONSENT ITEM #6 PROCLAMATION -
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA FOR COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED COUNCIL IF THERE WERE ANY CONSENT ITEMS THEY WISHED TO
DELETE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE, THE FOLLOWING CONSENT ITEMS
WERE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL:
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL TO
ADD #6 PROCLAMATION - NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER TO THE AGENDA. MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. (ATTACHMENT #I)
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AMENDED MINUTES- MARCH. 15, 2001 - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF THE
AMENDED MINUTES OF THE MARCH 15, 2001 COUNCIL MEETING.
MINUTES- SPECIAL CALL -APRIL 12, 2001 - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES OF THE APRIL 12, 2001 COUNCIL MEETING.
TAX RELEASES /REFUNDS - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF TAX RELEASE /REFUND
#67. (CLERK'S NOTE: TAX COLLECTOR MAINTAINS TAX RELEASES /REFUNDS).
BUDGET AMENDMENTS - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS
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PROCLAMATION- LEADERS OF TOMORROW- COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF A
PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MAY 7, 2001 AS LEADERS OF TOMORROW DAY.
(ATTACHMENT #3).
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO
APPROVE THE ABOVE CONSENT ITEMS. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
HOUSING AUTHORITY GRANT - OFFICER
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT A MEMORANDUM WAS RECEIVED FROM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TIIE DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY, MRS. DARLENE
MAYNARD, IN REFERENCE TO THE GRANT FOR THE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY. HE ADDED THAT BASED ON THIS MEMORANDUM, IT APPEARS THE GRANT
WILL BE $6,450.00 SHORT TO FULLY FUND THE POSITION, SO COUNCIL WILL NEED TO
CONSIDER ALLOCATION OF THE ADDITIONAL $6,450.00 IF THE CITY WISHES TO CONTINUE
THIS GRANT PROGRAM.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT IN THE PAST IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT
SOMETIMES THERE ARE ONLY THREE OFFICERS PATROLLING AT NIGHT AND HE COULD
NOT SEE PUTTING ONE OFFICER IN ONE AREA, WHILE THE OTHER PART OF THE CITY HAS
THREE OFFICERS. HE ADDED THAT IF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CAN NOT AFFORD THIS
OFFICER THEN THEY NEED TO GET THEIR OWN SECURITY, BECAUSE HE CAN NOT SEE THE
CITY HAVING TO PAY ANYTHING TO PROTECT THAT PRIVATE AREA.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED HOW MUCH IS THE GRANT.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE RESPONDED $31,262.00.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT COUNCIL SHOULD ASK FOR MORE GRANT
MONEY.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT THIS WAS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
MONEY THAT IS ALLOWED.
POLICE CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS THIS OFFICER'S
RESPONSIBILITY; HOWEVER, IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY OR AN OFFICER NEEDS BACKUP
HE LEAVES THAT AREA TO PERFORM THOSE DUTIES. HE ADDED THAT THIS AMOUNT IS
ABOUT 25% OF WHAT THE CITY WOULD SUBSIDIZE AND IT IS WELL WORTH IT BECAUSE
THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN CRIME IN THOSE AREAS.
MAYOR PRO-TEM WOMBLE ASKED HOW MANY CITIZENS DOES THIS OFFICER ACTUALLY
PATROL.
CHIEF GODWIN RESPONDED THAT IT WOULD INVOLVE WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, HARNETT
TERRACE, MCKAY COURTS AND THE APARTMENTS ON POWELL DRIVE AND HE
ESTIMATED THE NUMBER TO BE BETWEEN 300 AND 500 PEOPLE.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED HOW MANY UNITS IN EACH.
CHIEF GODWIN RESPONDED THAT I-IE DID NOT KNOW THE NUMBERS, BUT THAT MRS.
MAYNARD WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE COUNCIL ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED CHIEF GODWIN IF HE WAS SURE THERE WERE NO OTHER
MONIES TO BE OBTAINED FOR THIS POSITION.
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HANDLES THAT PART OF THE
GRANT BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH (HUD) HOUSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND SHE TELLS
HIM THAT IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED.
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MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THE GRANT WOULD BE THE SAME WHETHER IT BE A PART -
TIME OR FULL -TIME POSITION,
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT THE GRANT IS BASED ON A FORTY -HOUR WEEK.
COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED IF THE CITY SUBSIDIZED THIS POSITION LAST YEAR AND
WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT.
CHIEF GODWIN RESPONDED YES IT WAS SUBSIDIZED AND THE AMOUNT WAS BETWEEN
$ I,500 AND $2,000.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED WHY IS THERE AN INCREASE THIS YEAR.
CHIEF GODWIN RESPONDED HE DID NOT KNOW.
COUNCILMEMBER. TART ASKED WHEN WAS THIS GRANT DUE
INTERIM[ CITY MANAGER AUTRY RESPONDED THAT IT WAS PAST DUE AND THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY OWES THE CITY MONEY AT THE PRESENT TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT IF THE CITY LOST AN OFFICER OVER $6,400 IT
WOULD BE A SHAME.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE FELT THAT PUTTING ONE MAN IN THAT
SMALL AREA WAS INJUSTICE, BECAUSE IT WOULD LEAVE THREE MEN TO COVER THE
WHOLE CITY.
CHIEF GODWIN ASKED COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON WHERE HE GOT HIS INFORMATION
THAT ONLY THREE MEN COVER THE WHOLE CITY.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON RESPONDED THAT FROM TIME TO TIME THERE ARE ONLY
THREE MEN OUT AT NIGHT.
CHIEF GODWIN ASKED WHAT TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THERE ARE PLENTY OF TIMES WHEN THERE ARE
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ONLY THREE PEOPLE OUT AT NIGHT.
�✓ CHIEF GODWIN ASKED COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO SHOW HIM.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET THE LOG SHEETS
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT HE HAS SAID BEFORE THAT HE WILL MEET WITH
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ANYTIME AND THEY CAN SIT DOWN WITH THE LOG SHEETS
AND HE CAN SHOW HIM.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT PRINCIPALLY, HE DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH REIMBURSING THIS POSITION BECAUSE THE PLACES THE OFFICER PATROLS ARE
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HE COVERS A LOT OF AREA TRAVERSING
BETWEEN THEM.
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT IF THE OFFICER SEES A VIOLATION WHILE TRAVELING
BETWEEN THOSE LOCATIONS, HE DOES NOT IGNORE IT.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED CHIEF GODWIN WHAT ARE THE WORKING HOURS
OF THIS OFFICER.
CHIEF GODWIN RESPONDED THAT THE OFFICER WORKS ON THREE (3) DAYS AND OFF
THREE (3) DAYS FROM 3 P.M. TO 3 A.M., WHICH IS A 12 -HOUR SHIFT.
COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CITY LOST THIS POSITION
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT THOSE AREAS WOULD HAVE TO BE PATROLLED A LOT
MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE AT THE PRESENT TIME.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT AN OFFICER PATROLLING THESE AREAS
ALLOWS THE OTHER OFFICERS TO SPEND MORE TIME IN OTHER PARTS OF THE TOWN.
HE ADDED THAT HE UNDERSTANDS COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON'S CONCERN AND
COUNCILMEMBER TART'S POINTS AS WELL, BUT HE THINKS IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO
LOSE A FULL TIME OFFICER OVER $6,500.00, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE
CITY'S CONTRIBUTION HAS INCREASED.
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT IT WAS SIMPLY A REDUCTION IN THE HUD GRANT
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MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS GETTING
$31,000.00 OF FEDERAL MONEY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROTECTION TO THE CITIZENS
ON OUR STREETS SO FOR $6,500.00, WE ARE GETTING A $38,000 POSITION.
AFTER DISCUSSION, MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST A
MEETING WITH COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, WHO IS THE POLICE COMMISSIONER,
POLICE CHIEF PAT GODWIN AND HIMSELF TO MEET AT HIS OFFICE ONE DAY NEXT WEEK
FOR BREAKFAST AND TO DISCUSS THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS OF DUNN.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER TO
ACCEPT THE GRANT, APPROVE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUNN AND
DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY AND FUND THE $6,451.75 FOR TFIE HOUSING AUTHORITY
OFFICER. MOTION CARRIED 5 -1. (ATTACHMENT #4)
AYES: BASS
TART
SUMNER
MCDOUGAL
WOMBLE
NOES: ROBINSON
WATER PLANT PROJECT -BIDS
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT BIDS FOR THE WATER PLANT EXPANSION
WERE OPENED ON APRIL 19, 2001, AND YIELDED TO CITY ENGINEER ED POWELL FOR
EXPLANATION OF THE BIDS THAT WERE RECEIVED.
CITY ENGINEER ED POWELL STATED THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN CONSIDERING AND
SEARCHING FOR FUNDING SINCE 1998 WHEN THE WATER PLANT EXPANSION PROGRAM
WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED. HE ADDED THAT THE BIDS WERE VERY ACTIVE AND
COMPETITIVE AND THE LOW BIDDER FOR THE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WAS
WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,646,000.00 AND THE LOW
BIDDER FOR THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACT WAS WILLIAMS & LAMM ELECTRIC IN THE
AMOUNT OF $969,000.00. HE ADDED THAT BOTH OF THESE CONTRACTORS ARE PROPERLY
LICENSED WITH THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND HAVE WORKED ON SIMILAR
PROJECTS IN THE PAST.
HE REVIEWED THE CRITICAL NEEDS WITH COUNCIL AND ADDED THAT THEY HAD
APPLIED FOR A $3,000,000.00 GRANT IN LATE 1999, BUT WERE OFFERED A $2,000,000.00
GRANT INSTEAD WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ITEMS OF CONSTRUCTION THAT
DEVELOPED WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE CITY OF DUNN; SO AS A RESULT, THE
CITY AGREED TO PURSUE SOME LEASE PURCHASE FUNDING FOR THE LOCAL SHARE OF
UP TO $1,000,000.00 ON THIS PROJECT.
CITY ENGINEER POWELL STATED THAT INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL AND ELECTRICAL
CONSTRUCTION IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 3,000,000 GALLON GRAND STORAGE
RESERVOIR WITH ALL THE ASSOCIATED YARD PIPING AND ADDITIONAL BAFFLING. HE
ADDED THAT A DISINFECTION SYSTEM OF LIQUID BLEACH WHICH IS NOT HARMFUL TO
THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT
WOULD REPLACE THE GASEOUS CHLORINE SYSTEM.
HE ADDED THAT SOME MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO THE TREATMENT PROCESS
WHICH CONSISTED OF INSTALLING A TOTAL STANDBY POWER SYSTEM AT THE WATER
TREATMENT PLANT AND THE RAW WATER PUMPING STATION. HE FURTHER STATED
THAT BY UPGRADING THE ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM OR DATA SYSTEM, THE
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE WATER PLANT AND THE OUTLYING FACILITIES WOULD
BE MORE DEPENDABLE THAN IT IS NOW.
CITY ENGINEER POWELL STATED THAT THE TWO THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED
WERE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ALUM SLUDGE TREATMENT FACILITY AND THE
EXPANSION OF THE LABORATORY SYSTEM.
HE STATED THAT IT IS THEIR RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL AWARD THE BASE BID
TO WATER & WASTE SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTION, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,646,000.00 AND
TO WILLIAMS & LAMM ELECTRICAL ON THE BASE BID OF $969,900.00 AND THAT DAVIS,
MARTIN - POWELL AND ASSOCIATES, INC. BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH CONSTRUCTION
CONTINGENCIES IN THIS PROJECT.
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HE ADDED THAT THERE IS ENOUGH CONTINGENCY THAT ONCE THEY GET INTO THE
PROJECT, IF THERE ARE NO UNFORESEEN DIFFICULTIES, THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MONEY
TO ADD THAT BACK IN. HE ADDED THAT THE LABORATORY COST WOULD BE ABOUT
$105,000.00.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT TECHNICAL SERVICES WERE LISTED AS $240,000.00 AND
ASKED WHAT DID THAT CONSIST OF.
CITY ENGINEER POWELL RESPONDED THAT THIS AMOUNT IS WHAT THE CITY WOULD BE
SPENDING WITH HIS FIRM OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND INTO THE NEXT TWO
YEARS WHILE THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
/ MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY BIDS AND SO MANY
PROJECTS HE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT BIDS BE OPENED PUBLICLY BY THE CITY
MANAGER IN FRONT OF ALL THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTE
CONTROL OVER THE BIDS AND WOULD BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT BIDS ARE ALWAYS OPENED IN FRONT OF
THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, ALONG WITH THE ENGINEERS, AND THE MANAGER IS THERE TO
ASSIST.
CITY ENGINEER POWELL STATED THAT THE OPENING OF THE BIDS ARE ADVERTISED IN
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER AS A PUBLIC BID OPENING.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THE BID OPENING COULD BE FAXED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
CITY ENGINEER POWELL RESPONDED YES, AND ADDED THAT IN THE FUTURE HE WOULD
SEE TO IT THAT COUNCIL RECEIVES A COPY.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TART, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO
ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO TENTATIVELY AWARD THE BIDS TO WATER & WASTE SYSTEMS
CONSTRUCTION, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,646,000.00 AND TO WILLIAMS & LAMM
ELECTRIC COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $969,000.00. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED. (ATTACHMENT #5)
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT A CAPITAL PROJECT ORDINANCE IS
REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT AND NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL FOR
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WATER PLANT. HE ADDED THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE
l m✓ IN SEPTEMBER, 2000 WHEN THE PROJECT WAS ADOPTED, BUT WAS OVERLOOKED AT
THAT TIME.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TART, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO
ADOPT A CAPITAL PROJECT ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE WATER PLANT
IMPROVEMENTS. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. (ATTACHMENT #6)
WELLONS- REIMBURSEMENT FOR WATER LINES
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
TABLING THIS ITEM TO ALLOW HIM MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE FIGURES.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL TO
TABLE WELLONS- REIMBURSEMENT FOR WATER LINES TO A LATER DATE. MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
BIDS - WASTEWATER LINE PROJECT - 55/421
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT BIDS WERE OPENED AT 2:00 P.M. TODAY
AND THE TABULATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. HE INFORMED COUNCIL THAT THEY
HAVE A COPY OF THE TABULATIONS IN FRONT OF THEM AND YIELDED TO CITY
ENGINEER RANDY MCNEIL TO ADDRESS THE BIDS THAT WERE RECEIVED. (ATTACHMENT
#7)
CITY ENGINEER MCNEIL STATED THAT THIS PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IN
l 1998 WITH THE COST OF THE PROJECT ESTIMATING TO BE $200,000.00, BUT BECAUSE OF
THE DELAY, THAT ESTIMATE HAS BEEN UPDATED AND NOW IS IN EXCESS OF THAT
AMOUNT. HE ADDED THAT THERE WERE EIGHT CONTRACTORS WHICH WERE VERY
COMPETITIVE; BUT THE LOW BIDDER WAS RAY JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION IN THE
AMOUNT OF $139.728.75.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED HOW MANY OF THE EIGHT CONTRACTORS HAVE
DONE WORK FOR THE CITY OF DUNN IN THE PAST.
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CITY ENGINEER ED POWELL RESPONDED FIVE OUT OF THE EIGHT CONTRACTORS.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE HAS SEEN TIMES IN THE PAST WHEN THE
CONTRACTORS HAVE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY TO COMPLETE A PROJECT AND
THAT DOES NOT NEED TO HAPPEN.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT THIS IS A UNIT PRICE CONTRACT WHICH
MEANS THAT IF THE QUANTITY OF THINGS IN THE PLANS ARE ALTERED, THE BILL
WOULD BE DIFFERENT AND THAT IS WHY THERE IS A $20,000.00 CONTINGENCY.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE LOOKED OVER
VERY CAREFULLY BY THE ENGINEERS INSPECTORS, HIMSELF AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
DIRECTOR JOE CAMPBELL.
COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED THE ENGINEERS TO EXPLAIN THE UNIT PRICE
CONSTRUCTION AND ASKED IF THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH RAY JOHNSON
CONSTRUCTION RUNNING OVER THEIR BID IN THE PAST.
ENGINEER MCNEIL STATED THAT IF THE AREA IS WET WHEN THE SEWER PIPE IS
INSTALLED, THEY HAVE TO BUILD UP THE AREA BELOW IT, SO THERE IS A UNIT PRICE
PER TON FOR STONE TO PUT UNDER THE PIPE. HE ADDED THAT BY NOT MAKING THE
CONTRACTOR GIVE US A LUMP SUM PRICE, WE ARE SHARING IN SOME OF THAT
LIABILITY; BUT THE CITY'S LIABILITY RELATES TO THE COST PER TON OF EXTRA STONE.
HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE QUESTION CONCERNING RAY JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION,
HE DOES NOT KNOW OF ANY ADVERSE PROBLEMS.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF HE THOUGHT $20,000.00 WOULD BE ENOUGH TO FINISH THE JOB.
CITY ENGINEER MCNEIL RESPONDED YES.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TART, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO
AWARD THE BID TO RAY JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT $139,728.75 AND TO
APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT #123 IN THE AMOUNT OF $172,000.00 WHICH IS NEEDED
TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SEWER LINES ON HIGHWAY 55 AND
HIGHWAY 421. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. (ATTACHMENT #8)
HARNETT PRIMARY SCHOOL PROPERTY
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE IF THE COMMITTEE
MET TO DISCUSS THE HARNETT PRIMARY SCHOOL PROPERTY.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET, AND SUGGESTED COUNCIL TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL AFTER THE COMMITTEE CAN
MEET TO DISCUSS THIS REQUEST.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO ADD AN ITEM TO THE
AGENDA TO AUTHORIZE HIM TO DISPOSE OF THE SURPLUS ITEMS THAT WERE NOT SOLD
AT THE AUCTION ON APRIL 28,200 1.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO
ADD THIS ITEM TO THE AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL. MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL
TO AUTHORIZE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY TO DISPOSE OF THE SURPLUS ITEMS
THAT WERE NOT SOLD AT THE AUCTION ON APRIL 28, 2001. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT A PRELIMINARY BUDGET HAS BEEN
PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL AND ADVISED THEM TO LOOK OVER THE
BUDGET AND SET A DATE FOR A BUDGET WORKSESSION.
HE STATED THAT HE WOULD RECOMMEND THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2001 AT 7:00 P.M. HE
ADDED THAT ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS WOULD BE PRESENT TO EXPLAIN CAPITAL ITEMS
AND COUNCIL WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO ASK THEM ANY QUESTIONS.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE TO
HOLD A BUDGET WORKSESSION ON THURSDAY, MAY 10 2001 AT 7:00 P.M. MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
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MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE WAS SURPRISED THAT NOTHING WAS IN
THE AGENDA PACKETS REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER'S SEARCH.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, TO
GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE CITY MANAGER'S SEARCH AND A
PERSONNEL MATTER AT 7:58 P.M. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
CLOSED SESSION
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING THE CLOSED SESSION. BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT,
TIIE CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNED AT 8:25 P.M.
i MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TART, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL
TO APPROVE THE MINUTES TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED.
MAYOR OUDEH RECONVENED TIIE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AT 8:26 P.M.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO
INCREASE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY'S SALARY TO MATCH THE CITY MANAGER
SALARY JUST THROUGH THE INTERIM PERIOD. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
MAYOR OUDEH THANKED THE CITY COUNCIL FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND STATED
THAT SADLY, CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR RICKY PARSON IS LEAVING THE CITY OF
DUNN.
COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER ASKED INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY IF HE KNEW WHEN
THE FRIENDLY ROAD PROJECT WOULD BE STARTED.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY RESPONDED THAT THE FRIENDLY ROAD PROJECT
WOULD BE A MAJOR DISCUSSION DURING THE BUDGET WORKSESSION.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND
TIIE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST MISSED A GREAT BREAKFAST AND A PHENOMENAL
SPEAKER.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL PHONE
CALLS REGARDING MR. AUTRY GIVING UP A POSITION SO THAT EMPLOYEES COULD
o l RECEIVE A BONUS AND SHE WANTED HIM TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT
RECEIVED A BONUS.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT WHEN THE BUDGET WAS BEING
PREPARED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR MONIES TO FUND THE
LONGEVITY PLAN AND HE DID ELIMINATE A PUBLIC WORKS POSITION FOR ONE YEAR.
HE FURTHER STATED THAT LAST YEAR, WHEN COUNCIL APPROVED THE BUDGET THERE
WERE A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS MADE WITH THE RAISES, AND THE POSITION WAS
ELIMINATED FOR THE PRESENT YEAR.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE THE
PROPER PLACE TO DISCUSS A CONCERN HE HAS, AND HE THOUGHT HE WOULD WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE MEETING TO DISCUSS WITH POLICE CHIEF GODWIN.
POLICE CHIEF PAT GODWIN STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE KNEW WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON'S, COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL'S, AND MR. TAYLOR'S
COMPLAINTS WERE AND STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DISCUSSING
IT IN PUBLIC AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT GO INTO PERSONNEL.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO
COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF GODWIN THAT HE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS AND MR. TAYLOR CAME HERE ON HIS OWN.
MR. JAMES TAYLOR OF 708 LINCOLN STREET STATED THAT HE LIVED ON A DEAD -END
STREET AT RESTHAVEN CEMETERY. HE STATED THAT HE MADE A COMPLAINT ABOUT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMING INTO HIS YARD WHEN THERE WAS A ROBBERY ON
✓ HWY 421. HE ADDED THAT HIS BOYS WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT THE POLICE WERE
DOING THERE, AND THE POLICE DREW THEIR GUNS ON THEM. HE FURTHER STATED
THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP A ROAD CHECK ON LINCOLN STREET AND
THERE ARE ONLY 4 HOUSES ON THAT WHOLE STREET AND THREE OF THEM ARE HIS
FAMILY MEMBERS.
MR. TAYLOR STATED THAT HE ADDED THAT HE HAS EIGHT CHILDREN AND ALL ARE
GROWN. HE ADDED THAT TIIE POLICE OFFICERS SIT IN THE GRAVEYARD AND WATCH
HIS YARD THROUGH BINOCULARS AND THEY HAVE FOLLOWED HIM TO TIIE IGA
GROCERY STORE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE POLICE SAID THEY HAD RECEIVED A
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COMPLAINT, BUT THERE ARE ONLY FIVE HOUSES ON LINCOLN STREET AND THREE ARE
FAMILY, SO WHERE IS THE COMPLAINT COMING FROM?
MR. TAYLOR STATED THAT HE HAS PAID TAXES ON HIS PROPERTY EVERY YEAR SINCE
HIS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1993 AND THE CITY HAS NOT DONE ONE THING IN ALL THAT
TIME BUT GIVE HIM A GARBAGE CAN, SO HE DOES NOT SEE WHERE THE CITY IS DOING
ANYTHING FOR THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.
HE STATED THAT HE ASKED POLICE CHIEF GODWIN ABOUT THIS, AND HE SAID TO BRING
IT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, THAT FIE DID NOT CARE.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED MR. TAYLOR IF HE WAS SAYING THAT HE DID NOT
GET THE CITY'S. SERVICES AT HIS RESIDENCE.
MR. TAYLOR RESPONDED NO. HE ADDED THAT ALL THE OTHER HOUSES HAD TREES
ALONG THE DITCH AND WHEN THE TREES WERE CUT DOWN, HE PARKED HIS CAR ALONG
THERE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THINKS IT IS A DRUG PLACE BECAUSE THERE ARE
SO MANY CARS IN THE YARD. HE ADDED THAT HE HAS FOUR CARS THAT HE PAYS TAXES
AND HAS TAGS ON THAT ARE IN HIS NAME AND STATED THAT ANYBODY WAS WELCOME
TO GO DOWN THERE AND LOOK.
POLICE CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT THE FIRST THING HE WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT IS
THE STATEMENT THAT MR. TAYLOR MADE ABOUT CHIEF GODWIN SAYING HE DID NOT
CARE. HE ADDED THAT HE TOLD MR. TAYLOR THAT BECAUSE HE WAS THERE TONIGHT,
HE SHOULD GO BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, BUT HE DID NOT SAY HE DID NOT CARE.
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT HE IS GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD. HE ADDED HE DOES NOT ASK FOR THEIR NAMES SO COUNCIL IS JUST
GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD THAT HE IS GETTING THESE CALLS. HE
FURTHER STATED THAT HE SENT OFFICERS TO BURKE STREET AT 4:00 P.M. TODAY, AFTER
HE RECEIVED A CALL AT 3:30 P.M., THAT THERE WERE CARS IN AND OUT.
HE STATED THAT HE WOULD NEVER VIOLATE ANYONE'S CIVIL RIGHTS AND HE WOULD
FIGHT FOR ANYBODY'S CIVIL RIGHTS JUST AS QUICKLY AS HE WOULD HIS OWN. HE
ADDED THAT THE INVESTIGATION IS NOT OVER YET, BUT MR. TAYLOR WOULD BE
NOTIFIED WHEN IT IS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT IF MR. TAYLOR THINKS HE IS BEING
HARASSED OR HIS CIVIL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED, CHIEF GODWIN HANDED OUT
THE NUMBERS FOR HIM TO CALL TO CONTACT THE PEOPLE THAN CAN DO SOMETHING\
ABOUT IT.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED CHIEF GODWIN WHEN HE GETS A CALL WITH A
COMPLAINT, IS IT LOGGED IN.
CHIEF GODWIN RESPONDED THAT IF THE CALL IS RECEIVED BY DISPATCH, THEY ARE
LOGGED IN, BUT IF THEY CALL DIRECTLY TO HIS OFFICE WHICH IN THIS CASE THEY DID,
THEY ARE NOT.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED HOW LONG DOES IT NORMALLY TAKE TO
COMPLETE AN INVESTIGATION.
CHIEF GODWIN RESPONDED THAT THERE IS NO SET TIME BECAUSE EACH CASE IS
DIFFERENT. HE ADDED THAT WHEN HE GETS FINISHED WITH THE INVESTIGATION, HE
WANTS TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE DECISION THAT HE, THE CITY MANAGER AND
THE CITY ATTORNEY MAKE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT WHEN AN INVESTIGATION IS
OVER, IF THE PEOPLE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE
TO CALL.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE HAS DEALT WITH MR. TAYLOR BEFORE
WHEN HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH SOMEONE TOWING HIS CAR BECAUSE THEY SAID IT
WAS AN EYESORE, BUT HE HAS SEEN OTHER CARS SITTING BESIDE THE STREET THAT
ARE EYESORES THAT ARE NOT ON DEAD END STREETS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THEY
COMPLAIN OF LOUD NOISE, BUT THE MUSIC CAN BE HEARD BY THE BOYS PLAYING BALL
AT GROVE PARK. FIE ADDED THAT IT LOOKED LIKE HARASSMENT TO HIM.
HE STATED THAT HIS MAIN CONCERN WAS THAT I3E HOPED THE CITY COULD GET ALONG
WITH EVERYBODY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT DUNN HAS A CHIEF OF POLICE, AND IF HE
IS IN CONTROL OF HIS MEN, THEY SHOULD NOT BE WORRIED ABOUT A MAN ON A DEAD
END STREET WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE GETTING ROBBED AND BROKEN INTO. HE
FURTHER STATED THAT THIS DID NOT LOOK GOOD FOR THE CITY.
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COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT WHEN YOU TAKE A HANDFUL OF WHITE MEN
AND PUT THEM IN A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT SOONER
OR LATER.
POLICE CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT HE HAD BETTER NOT FIND OUT THAT THERE IS
ANY HARASSMENT GOING ON. HE ADDED THAT IF COUNCIL THINKS HE IS TELLING HIS
OFFICERS TO HARASS THESE CITIZENS TO CALL THEM AND ASK THEM.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE WAS NOT ACCUSING THE CHIEF OF
TELLING HIS OFFICERS TO HARASS THE CITIZENS.
POLICE CHIEF GODWIN ASKED IF COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON WAS TELLING HIM NOT TO
LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT CALL AND MAKE COMPLAINTS.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT THE CHIEF NEEDED TO BE FAIR WHETHER
THE CITIZENS ARE BLACK OR WHITE.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THIS DISCUSSION COULD BE HELD AFTER THE INVESTIGATION
IS COMPLETE.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO DO ONE THING TONIGHT
AND THAT IS TO GET THESE OFFICERS OFF OF THESE CITIZEN'S BACKS.
MAYOR PRO -TEM STATED THAT HE THINKS THAT COUNCIL IS DOING THE WRONG THING
WHEN THEY TELL THEIR CHIEF OF POLICE IF PEOPLE CALL YOU, DO NOT RESPOND OR
PROVIDE A LIMITED RESPONSE; BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE DOES HAPPEN
AND A LIMITED OR NO RESPONSE IS PROVIDED, THEN WE WILL ALL BE LOOKING AT HIM
AND ASKING WHY SOMETHING WAS NOT DONE.
HE ADDED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE
THE BEST CHIEF OF POLICE THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THEIR MEMORY. HE ADDED THAT
THE PERSON IS NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT AND A DEPARTMENT WITH THAT NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES IS NOT GOING TO BE FAULTLESS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT COUNCIL
NEEDS TO ALLOW THESE INVESTIGATIONS TO RUN THEIR COURSE AND TO KEEP IT OUT
OF THIS FORUM WHERE IT DOES NOT BELONG.
HE STATED THAT IF WE HAVE A COMPLAINT WITH OUR CHIEF, IT NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED WITH THE CHIEF ONE ON ONE IN ADVANCE OF BRINGING IT BEFORE
x i COUNCIL. HE ADDED THAT HE IS COMFORTABLE THAT THE CHIEF WILL DO HIS BEST TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HE ADDED THAT IF THERE IS HARASSMENT GOING ON, TAKE THE
CHIEF'S ADVISE AND CALL THESE PEOPLE TO INVESTIGATE.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED WHAT IS THE POLICE OFFICERS SUPPOSE TO DO
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE RESPONDED PUBLIC SAFETY.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT WHAT COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON WAS
SAYING WAS THAT THE TAYLOR'S CIVIL RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED. SHE ADDED THAT
SHE DID NOT THINK THAT COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON WANTED THE CHIEF TO STOP
PROTECTING THE CITIZENS, ONLY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY'S RIGHTS ARE
VIOLATED.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT WAS NOT THE CONVERSATION THAT COUNCIL
JUST HEARD.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY A
CITIZEN THAT HAS A LEGAL COMPLAINT HAS TO CALL SOMEONE ELSE.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE NEEDED TO CALL SOMEONE ELSE ONLY IF
HE FEELS THAT THERE IS NO TRUST HERE, AND HE WANTS TO RESOLVE THE COMPLAINT.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN HERE 22/2 YEARS AND HE WAS
GOING TO BE FRANK IN SAYING THAT THERE IS A RACE PROBLEM HERE IN THE CITY OF
DUNN.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AT A LATER
DATE.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT HE APPRECIATES THE CHIEF OF POLICE, HE
THINKS HE DOES A GOOD JOB AND HE SUPPORTS HIM. HE ADDED THAT COUNCIL
SHOULD SUPPORT ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
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WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE FOLLOWING BURIAL RIGHTS WERE EXECUTED:
I. MS. ROSA C. ALLEN & HER HEIRS, LOT 1, BLOCK 11, SPACE(S) 1,RESTHAVEN
CEMETERY.
2. MR. JOHN MCKOY & HIS HEIRS, LOT 69, BLOCK 5, SPACE(S) 7, RESTHAVEN
CEMETERY.
3. MS. VIVIAN MCLEAN & HER HEIRS, LOT 38, BLOCK 15, SPACE(S) 5, RESTHAVEN
CEMETERY.
4. MS. ORIA MAE CLEGG & HER HEIRS, LOT 28, BLOCK 13, SPACE(S) 7, RESTHAVEN
CEMETERY.
5. MS. EVONIA KING & HER HEIRS, LOT 49, BLOCK 11, SPACE(S) 1, RESTHAVEN
CEMETERY.
6. MR. ALBERT PURCELL, JR. & HIS HEIRS, LOT 40, BLOCK 13, SPACE(S) 4, RESTHAVEN
CEMETERY.
7. DAFFORD FUNERAL HOME & THEIR HEIRS, LOT 38, BLOCK 2, SPACE(S) 6,
RESTHAVEN CEMETERY.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 8:55 P.M.
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