MEETING MINUTES

TOWN OF MANY

Public Hearing & Regular Council Meeting July 15, 2025

Open Public Hearing at 5:00 p.m.

1. Adoption of Ordinance #4 of 2025-Compensation of Municipal Clerk at $29.50 per hour. No quorum. Motion to close at 5:01 pm by Anita Darwin; seconded by Lane Isgitt. Motion passed.

Regular Council Meeting

1. Call to Order at 5:01 p.m. by Mayor Hable

2. Prayer led by Mayor Hable

3. Pledge led by Mayor Hable

4. Roll Call: Mayor Pro-Tem Anita Darwin, Council Members Lane Isgitt and Mary Brocato. Absent: Mary Perry and Rylie McClendon.

Also Present: Amie Brown, Clerk; Chris Sylvia, Town Councilor; Lisa King, Deputy Clerk; Miles Greer, Airport Manager

5. Approve Minutes: June 17, 2025 - Regular

June 27, 2025 - Special

June 30, 2025 - Special

Minutes approved on motion by Brocato, second by Isgitt; motion passed.

6. Amend Agenda: None

7. Open for Public Comment relating to any item on the agenda which requires a council vote. None.

8. Guests: Sara Isgitt, Tasha Maxie, Sherry Miex, Matrice McElroy, Latoya Holland, Yaeshia Gasaway, Kiara Parson

Departments

1. Water: Changed 3 meters, installed a meter on Lincoln St., repaired leak on 12" main at 5-way, installed new service on McDonald and killed out old, flushing the whole system during the cleanse, repaired service on Marthaville Rd., changed a meter valve on Texas Hwy., kept up with sites and line locates and stayed on top of work orders.

2. Sewer: Installed a tap on Lincoln; repaired manholes at 171 by Welcome Sign, Marthaville Road and Fisher Road; continued to keep Nabours area and SPARK jetted; kept up with sites, line locates and work orders.

3. Street:Cutting with Mower Max, cut ROWs, replaced culvert on Georgia Ext; working on replacing culverts on Capitol Street, filled in potholes; put gravel in driveways; built water barrier on Smith St.

4. Animal Control: Picked up 6 dogs, 8 cats

5. Airport: Greer reported everything is going well; only project going now are the box hangars

6. Grants: Suzanne provided a written report

7. Chief's Report: Chief Wooley provided a report for June 2025

Old Business

1. Adopt Ordinance #4 of 2025 - Salary of Municipal Clerk at $29.50 per hour-TABLED due to not having a 2/3 quorum on motion by Brocato; seconded by Isgitt. Motion passed.

New Business

1. Appoint Mayor Pro-Tem; Brocato nominated Darwin; on motion by Brocato; seconded by Isgitt. Motion passed.

2. Appoint members to the Employee Complaint Committee: Mayor Hable, Chief Wooley, Alderwoman Darwin, & Alderman Isgitt - Approved on motion by Brocato; seconded by Isgitt. Motion passed.

3. Appoint a representative to serve on the Fire Board: James Kennedy was reappointed on motion by Darwin; seconded by Brocato. Motion passed.

4. Appoint a representative to serve on the Tourism Board: Brocato was reappointed to the Commission on a motion by Darwin; seconded by Isgitt. Motion passed.

5. Appoint a representative to serve on the Sales & Use Tax Commission Board: Tabled on motion by Darwin; seconded by Brocato. Motion passed.

6. Appoint Town CPA: Tabled on motion by Brocato; seconded by Isgitt. Motion passed.

7. Appoint Town Attorney: Christopher Sylvia was reappointed on motion by Brocato; seconded by Isgitt. Motion passed.

8. Appoint members to the Zoning Commission: Kim Hunt, Porsha Aldredge, Chris Barnhill, Kowonno Greene, Ernest Williams, Monte Davis; need to replace Wayne Turner; all appointed on motion by Darwin; seconded by Brocato. Motion passed.

9. Appoint members to the Airport Board: Dianne Andries, Rick McCurdy, Mark Dominguez, Chad Miller and Jamey Johnson-Approved on motion by Brocato; seconded by Darwin. Motion passed.

10. Approve Organizational Chart: Approved on motion by Brocato; seconded by Isgitt. Motion passed.

11. Approve Emergency Preparedness Plan: Approved with changes on Page 2 to replace Mayor Pro-Tem with Anita Darwin and Page 4 to add Chief Cheryl Wooley to Contacts; on motion by Isgitt; seconded by Brocato. Motion passed.

12. Alcohol permit (low content) for Royal Vape and Tobacco: Motion to approve by Darwin, died for lack of a second. Tabled.

13. CDC Annual Membership Dues of $2,550.00 for 1/1/2025-12/31/2025: Motion to Table by Isgitt; second by Brocato. Motion passed.

Reports

1. Financial: a. Budget for Feb-June 2025

b. Payables

c. Bank Statements

d. Overtime

e. Verification of Taxes Paid

f. Verification of Insurance Paid

All reports accepted on motion by Brocato; seconded by Isgitt. Motion passed.

2. Sales Tax: Mayor Hable reported an increase of 6.04% from May 2024

3. Tourism: Report provided by Brocato

4. Events Committee: Amie reported and minutes from 7-8-25 meeting were provided

5. Fire Board: Mayor Hable reported that a couple firefighters went to help with the flood in Texas; took delivery of first brand new pumper truck.

6. Remarks from Council Members: Darwin-if employees see something that needs to be done, do it, don't wait for it to be called in as a work order; Isgitt- none; Brocato-July 5th was the God Bless America concert and was a huge success with over $1,700 raised for the Wounded Warrior Project; invited everyone to the grand opening of the Zwolle Museum on Thursday at 10:00 a.m.

Meeting was adjourned at 6:40 p.m. on a motion by Isgitt; seconded by Brocato. Motion passed.

Robert H. Hable, Jr., Mayor

Amie Brown, Clerk

325.25 8/27

Cost of Notice: $92.00