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06172002:.. MINUTES CITY OF DUNN DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN HELD A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2002, AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PRESENT WAS MAYOR ABRAHAM OUDEH, MAYOR PRO -TEM MIKE WOMBLE, COUNCILMEMBERS TOBY SUMNER, GEORGE ROBINSON, JOEY TART, AND PAUL BASS. ALSO PRESENT WAS CITY MANAGER MICHAEL USKIEWICZ, RECREATION DIRECTOR PERRY HUDSON, INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER MOSES GALLION, DEPUTY CLERK DEBRA WEST, CITY ATTORNEY P. TILGHMAN POPE AND DAILY RECORD REPORTER LISA FARMER. INVOCATION MAYOR OUDEH OPENED THE MEETING AT 6:00 P.M. AND ASKED CITY MANAGER MICHAEL USKIEWICZ TO GIVE THE INVOCATION. AFTERWARDS, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS REPEATED. CONSENT ITEM AVERASBORO FIRE DISTRICT CONTRACT CITY MANAGER MICHAEL USKIEWICZ STATED THAT ATTACHED IS THE ANNUAL AVERASBORO FIRE DISTRICT CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002 -03 WHICH NEEDS TO BE APPROVED. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED IF THIS WAS THE IDENTICAL CONTRACT APPROVED LAST YEAR. CITY MANAGER USKIEWICZ STATED THIS IS AN ANNUAL ADOPTION WITH NO CHANGES. MR. WOMBLE ASKED IF THE ATTORNEY HAD REVIEWED THE CONTRACT. CITY ATTORNEY POPE STATED HE HAD REVIEWED IT PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND IT MEETS TO HIS SATISFACTION. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED IF THERE WAS A REASON THIS ITEM HAD TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT INSTEAD OF THE NNE 20 MEETING. CITY MANAGER USKIEWICZ STATED IT WAS PLACED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AT THE REQUEST OF THE FIRE CHIEF. HE ADDED THE FIRE CHIEF WANTED IT APPROVED BEFORE THE NNE 20 MEETING DUE TO A TIMING ISSUE. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED HE PREFERRED AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE ✓' CONTRACT AND HAD IT BEEN SENT OUT EARLIER HE WOULD HAVE VOTED ON IT BUT AT THIS POINT, HE WOULD NOT WANT TO ADOPT IT BUT WOULD CONSIDER IT AT THE NEXT MEETING ON THURSDAY, NNE 20, 2002. COUNCILMEMBER BASS AGREED. HE ADDED HE WOULD ALSO LIKE A CHANCE TO READ THE CONTRACT. MANAGER USKIEWICZ STATED IF IT WAS THE COUNCIL'S; WISH, THIS ITEM COULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL THURSDAY, NNE 20, 2002 MEETING. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO TABLE THIS ISSUE UNTIL THE NNE 20, 2002 MEETING TO ALLOW TIME TO REVIEW THE AVERASBORO FIRE DISTRICT CONTRACT. MOTION CARRIED 4 -1. AYES NOES WOMBLE SUMNER TART ROBINSON BASS ITEM FOR DECISION COUNCILMEMBER VACANCY DISTRICT 2 CITY MANAGER USKIEWICZ STATED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD BEFORE THEM TONIGHT, (5) CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT 2 VACANCY THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND TALK ABOUT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION TO FILL THIS SEAT. MAYOR OUDEH STATED EACH CANDIDATE WOULD BE GIVEN FIVE MINUTES EACH TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL. THE FIVE (5) CANDIDATES THAT ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND THEIR STATEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: CANDIDATE #1- MR. DONNIE OLDS -1009 N. MAGNOLIA AVE. - DUNN, NC MR. OLDS STATED HE STOOD BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF DUNN TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH THEM ONE PURPOSE; WHY HE WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL. HE ADDED HE WOULD SPEAK FROM HIS HEART. HE FURTHER STATED LIKE MANY CITIZENS OF DUNN, HE WAS VERY CONCERNED WITH THE CITY OF DUNN. HE STATED HE CAME TO DUNN IN 1965 AND HAS LIVED HERE FOR 37 YEARS. HE ADDED THAT SINCE THAT TIME, HE HAS WORKED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND RAISED A FAMILY OF THREE DAUGHTERS AND WAS ABLE TO STRETCH OUT A LIVELIHOOD IN HARNETT COUNTY. HE FURTHER STATED HARNETT COUNTY, LIKE ANY OTHER COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA IS NOT PERFECT, BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, THEY ARE FIGHTERS. HE STATED WHEN YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE HISTORY OF DUNN THAT HE WAS A PART OF IN 1965, THEY HAVE HAD THEIR SHARE OF SMALL AND MAJOR PROBLEMS BUT IN SPITE OF IT, THEY SURVIVED. HE ADDED AS THE SONG SAYS, OFTEN TIMES WE FELL DOWN, BUT THEY GOT BACK UP AND HAVE DONE EXTREMELY WELL SINCE THEY GOT BACK UP. HE STATED WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DUNN COMMUNITY, YOU CAN SEE SIGNS OF GROWTH SUCH AS THE NEW POST OFFICE AND COMMERCE BUILDING ON 301 SOUTH, PLANS BEING MADE FOR A TREMENDOUS SHOPPING CENTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THE NEW WAL MART ON THE NORTH SIDE. HE ADDED AS THE STATEMENT SAYS, "IT'S ALL RIGHT HERE!" IN DUNN AND THEY ARE NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS PEOPLE PERCEIVE DUNN TO BE. HE STATED HE HAS BEEN ASKED WHY FIE WOULD WANT TO BE A PART OF THE COUNCIL. HE ADDED HE DIDN'T NEED AN ORGANIZATION WHERE EVERYONE IS GOING TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME. HE FURTHER STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE HE IS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN SEEING OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO GROW. HE STATED THE CITY HAS DONE WELL. HE ADDED THEY HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES PROTECTION TO THE CITIZENS, AN OUTSTANDING PARK, AND A HOSPITAL WITH THE FINEST MODERN DAY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. HE FURTHER STATED THAT DUNN IS NOT A BAD TOWN. HE STATED THAT HE WAS VERY COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE DUNN. HE ADDED HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DUNN POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE AND HE ALSO ASSISTS THEM WITH FUNDRAISERS. HE FURTHER STATED HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE DUNN AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY SOME OF THE THINGS HE HAS RECEIVED DURING THE 37 YEARS HE HAS r'"1 BEEN HERE. HE STATED IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, HE WILL ASK THE LORD TO GRANT HIM, THE SERENITY TO CHANGE THOSE THINGS THAT HE CAN CHANGE, TO ACCEPT THE THINGS HE CANNOT CHANGE AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. HE ADDED HE WAS COMMITTED TO DO THE BEST HE COULD AND HE WOULD NOT MAKE PROMISES HE COULD NOT KEEP EXCEPT TO SAY THAT HE WOULD GIVE THE CITIZENS OF DUNN IN WARD 2 ALL THAT HE COULD POSSIBLY GIVE. HE FURTHER STATED IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT HIS DISTRICT WANTS WITHOUT TALKING TO THEM AND IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, HE PLANS TO FORM SUB - COMMITTEES WITHIN EACH COMMUNITY SUCH AS LAKESHORE DRIVE AND GROVE PARK TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS AND THEN BRING THESE NEEDS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. MR. OLDS THANKED THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR TIME. CANDIDATE #2 - LINDA JAMES - 507 W. WAKE ST. - DUNN, NC MRS. JAMES STEPPED FORWARD AND THANKED THE MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER FOR INVITING HER TO SPEAK TO THEM. SHE STATED SHE HAS LIVED IN DUNN FOR APPROXIMATELY 47 YEARS. SHE ADDED THAT ON JUNE 12, 2002 SHE SENT A LETTER TO EACH COUNCILMEMBER EXPRESSING HER INTEREST IN THE WARD 2 VACANCY. SHE FURTHER STATED SIZE HAD BEEN INTERESTED IN CITY POLITICS FOR MANY YEARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST CHANCE SHE HAS HAD TO VOICE HER DREAM TO SIT ON THE COUNCIL AS A CITY COUNCILWOMAN. SHE STATED SHE HAS SEEN THE CITY DURING A GROWING TREND AND AT A STANDSTILL. SHE ADDED SHE WAS FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT AND IMPROVEMENT NOT JUST FOR ` 1 WARD 2 BUT FOR ALL THE CITY OF DUNN. SHE FURTHER STATED SHE WOULD WORK FAITHFULLY WITH EACH COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. SHE STATED SHE WANTED THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND WILL PRAY OVER EACH DECISION AND WOULD NOT BE SELFISH IN ANY DECISIONS SHE MADE. SHE ADDED SHE WOULD BE HONEST IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES AND SHE KNOWS IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO MAKE PROMISES TO RESIDENTS WITHOUT FIRST BRINGING IT TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION. SHE FURTHER STATED THE RESIDENTS OF WARD 2 WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH HER BY PHONE AT HER HOME AND A MEETING BE SET UP IN A PUBLIC PLACE TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THEY WOULD WANT HER TO BRING BEFORE THE COUNCIL. mm SHE STATED IF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WOULD GIVE HER TIIEIR VOTE, SHE WOULD WORK WITH EACH OF THEM NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WARD 2, BUT FOR THE WHOLE CITY OF DUNN. SHE ADDED SHE READ IN THE DAILY RECORD WHERE ANYONE COULD WRITE A LETTER REQUESTING THEIR DESIRE TO FILL THE DISTRICT 2 SEAT. SHE FURTHER STATED AFTER SHE MAILED HER LETTER TO EACH COUNCILMEMBER, SHE READ WHERE ONLY RESIDENTS OF WARD 2 WOULD BE CONSIDERED. SHE STATED SINCE SHE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CITY INVITING HER TO SPEAK, SHE THOUGHT SHE MAY HAVE A CHANCE OF FILLING THIS VACANCY. SHE ADDED BY BEING OUTSIDE OF WARD 2 DOES NOT MEAN SHE WOULD NOT DO A GOOD JOB FOR THIS WARD. MRS. JAMES THANKED THE COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK �J CANDIDATE #3 - JOY WILLIAMS - 400 N. WILSON AVE. - DUNN, NC MRS. JOY WILLIAMS STEPPED FORWARD AND STATED THAT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, MR. CARNELL ROBINSON MADE AN ELOQUENT SPEECH ABOUT THE FORMATION OF OUR GREAT NATION AND GOVERNMENT AND QUOTED PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S UPLIFTING WORDS; THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE. SHE ADDED WHEN PRESIDENT LINCOLN SPOKE THOSE WORDS IN 1863 AT GETTYSBURG, MR. ROBINSON WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VOTE NOR WOULD SHE. SHE FURTHER STATED THE ONE THING THAT MAKES OUR COUNTRY SO GREAT AND STAND ABOVE ALL OTHERS IS THE RIGHT TO VOTE. SHE STATED IT TOOK ALMOST ANOTHER CENTURY FROM PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S WORDS BEFORE ALL CITIZENS WERE ALLOWED TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. SHE ADDED WHEN THEY START APPOINTING THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY ARE GOING BACK TO THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT THEIR FOREFATHERS FOUGHT AGAINST AND TAKING AWAY THE CITIZENS RIGHTS. SHE FURTHER STATED SHE HAD ASKED THE COUNCIL AT TWO PREVIOUS MEETINGS TO PLEASE HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE CITIZENS IN WARD 2 TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS. SHE STATED IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE IF THERE IS A SHORT TERM LEFT, BUT THEY HAD TWENTY MONTHS LEFT ON THIS SEAT AT THE TIME THE COUNCIL KNEW IT WOULD BE VACANT. SHE ADDED AN ELECTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELD. SHE FURTHER STATED SHE WOULD STILL SHOW THE CITIZENS OF WARD 2 THE RESPECT AND COURTESY SHE WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM, HAD THIS BEEN A FREE ELECTION. MRS. WILLIAMS TURNED TO ADDRESS THE CITIZENS OF WARD 2 AND STATED SHE PROMISED SHE WOULD WORK AS HARD TO PROTECT THEIR HOME AS WELL AS HER OWN, TO SPEAK UP FOR ALL THEIR CONCERNS, ISSUES AND NEEDS AND KEEP THEM INFORMED AT ALL TIMES AND TO SEEK ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUES; TO REPRESENT EACH PERSON THE SAME REGARDLESS OF INCOME LEVEL, TO ASK THIER IDEAS, THOUGHTS AND INPUTS ON HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEEK WAYS TO UNITE THEM WITH THAT DISTANT LAND CALLED LAKESHORE WHICH IS PART OF THEIR WARD TO MAKE THEM A BETTER AND STRONGER COMMUNITY. SHE ADDED THAT SHE WANTED TO THANK THE CITIZENS WHO SPOKE TO HER ABOUT REPRESENTING THEM. SHE FURTHER STATED TO THE COUNCIL SHE WOULD LIKE TO SAY SHE IS A REGISTERED VOTER IN HARNETT COUNTY RESIDING IN WARD 2 AND HAS MADE PROMISES TO THE CITIZENS JUST AS THEY DID WHEN THEY FILLED THEIR COUNCIL SEAT. SHE STATED SHE SEES THE OBLIGATION OF A COUNCILMEMBER AS TO ALWAYS KEEP THEIR PROMISES, TO SETTLE ISSUES IN A QUICK MANNER, TO SHOW RESPECT TO ALL CITIZENS AND TO IDENTIFY WITH THOSE WHO COME BEFORE THEM WITH A PROBLEM. SHE ADDED SHE WOULD KEEP HER WARD AS PRIORITY. SHE STATED WHEN SHE SPEAKS OF THE BETTERMENT FOR DUNN, SHE IS SPEAKING ABOUT THE CONCERN, CARE AND COMPASSION THAT SHOULD BE SHOWN TO EACH CITIZEN AND WITH ALL THESE THREE THINGS, THEY WILL BECOME A CONTENTED COMMUNITY, WORKING TOGETHER TRYING TO MAKE THE GOALS THAT ARE NOT JUDGED BY DOLLAR SIGNS. SHE ADDED WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE FOR THEIR GOALS TO SEEK THE CONTENTMENT, CONCERN AND COMPASSION FOR ALL CITIZENS, THEN MAYBE PROSPERITY WILL FIND THEM AND THEY WON'T HAVE TO SEEK IT. MRS. WILLIAMS THANKED THE COUNCIL �- CANDIDATE #4 - REV. MARVIN LEE - 610 E. JOHNSON ST. - DUNN, NC REV. MARVIN LEE STEPPED FORWARD AND THANKED THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS HIS INTEREST IN DISTRICT 2 AS COUNCILMEMBER. REV. LEE STATED HE IS THE PASTOR OF THE HISTORIC SITE OF TRINITY A.M.E. ZION CHURCH ON BURKE AND JOHNSON STREET. HE ADDED THAT HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HE FURTHER STATED THERE ARE TWO THINGS HE HAS NOTICED ABOUT DISTRICT 2. REV. LEE STATED THAT FIRST THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 2 NEED STRONG LEADERSHIP. HE ADDED THEY NEED A STRONG VOICE THAT WILL LEAD BY EXAMPLE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE SECOND THING THEY NEED IS STRONG FOLLOW -SHIP. HE STATED THAT IN ORDER TO BE A STRONG LEADER, ONE MUST FIRST BE A FOLLOWER. REV. LEE ASKED WARD 2 RESIDENTS TO FOLLOW THE LEADERSHIP THAT HE WOULD PROVIDE IN THAT DISTRICT. HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD LEAD THEM TO HIGHER INVOLVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT DISTRICT 2 WAS PREDOMINANTLY MADE UP OF ELDERLY CITIZENS AND CHILDREN AND THESE TWO GROUPS WERE AT HIGHER RISK OF DANGER. REV. LEE STATED IF THE COUNCIL ELECTED HIM TO DISTRICT 2, HE WOULD GIVE THE CITIZENS A GOOD DAYS WORK. REV. LEE THANKED THE COUNCIL. CANDIDATE #5 - ANTHONY O. MONDS - 310 SATURN STREET - DUNN, NC MR. ANTHONY MONDS STEPPED FORWARD AND THANKED THE COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING HIM TO EXPRESS HIS INTEREST IN REPRESENTING DISTRICT 2. HE STATED THAT IF CHOSEN TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 2, HE WOULD BE VOCAL, STRAIGHT FORWARD, AND HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO STAND ALONE. HE ADDED THAT HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DISTRICT 2. HE FURTHER STATED HE WAS ON THE COPS ADVISORY BOARD A FEW YEARS AGO. MR. MONDS STATED HE KNEW ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND DISCIPLINE. HE ADDED THAT HE WAS IN THE US MARINES AND FOUGHT IN THE GULF WAR, HE ADDED HE THOUGHT SOME YOUNG BLOOD NEEDED TO BE ON THE BOARD. HE FURTHER STATED THEY SHOULD NOT TAKE SOMEONE'S AGE AS A DISADVANTAGE AND THAT WISDOM DOESN'T NECESSARILY COME WITH AGE. HE STATED IF A YOUNGER PERSON WAS ALLOWED ON THE BOARD, HE FELT THEY WOULD SEE A POSITIVE CHANGE. HE ADDED THAT HE WAS CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR CAROLYN MCDOUGAL AND LEARNED A NUMBER OF THINGS. HE FURTHER STATED YOU CANNOT LEAD UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN A FOLLOWER AND YOU CANNOT DISCIPLINE SOMEONE UNLESS YOU HAVE DISCIPLINE. HE THANKED THE COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING HIM TO SPEAK. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THE COUNCIL HAD ANYMORE DISCUSSION. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO APPOINT DONNIE OLDS TO SERVE CAROLYN MCDOUGAL'S UNEXPIRED TERM ON THE CITY COUNCIL. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER STATED HE FELT MORALLY OBLIGATED TO APPOINT MR. OLDS BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE ORIGINAL ELECTION. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE SUPPORTED DONNIE OLDS BECAUSE HE SPENT HIS TIME AND MONEY TO RUN FOR THIS SEAT. MAYOR OUDEH WELCOMED MR. OLDS TO THE COUNCIL. APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE. MR. DONNIE OLDS STEPPED FORWARD AND THANKED THE CITIZENS OF DUNN AND THE COUNCIL AND HE MADE THE SAME PROMISE TO DO THE VERY BEST HE CAN TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF WARD 2 ALONG WITH ALL OTHER CITIZENS OF THE CITY. W SWEARING -IN CEREMONY INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER MOSES GALLION ADMINISTERED THE OATH OF OFFICE TO MR. DONNIE OLDS. (ATTACHMENT #1) APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE. CITY MANAGER USKIEWICZ REMINDED THE COUNCIL OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CLOCK DEDICATION AT WILSON AND BROAD STREET ON THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2002 AT 5:30 P.M. MANAGER USKIEWICZ THANKED THE COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH EACH OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR GOALS AND VISIONS. MAYOR OUDEH REMINDED THE COUNCIL OF THEIR MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2002 AT 7:00 P.M. WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 6:30 P.M " "�pe�ia u n arr e . Pp O P ATTEST: SEAL DEBRA G. WEST "ll ipranet+ W % DEPUTY CLERK •