presented to the public so you'll have some more okay you need gas Force well you know that's an optional since it is a an urgent need situation the task force is optional and so we can move much more quickly without the task force um since it's not and that's another thing I asked the grant people I said you they say well it's it's optimal we thought it was required it it is if you want to increase your score on in the normal program but since this is the the non since you know this is the non-normal program I think you're G like I said there's not going to be anybody else not an issue as faring personally I know it's going to slow it down a little bit i' rather have in community but yeah you can certainly have it if you want one at the last hour yeah she she got a hold of them so we yeah I've got it all set up for the meetings and stuff but if you want to do that we can certainly so there's a there's going to be a Assi advisory task force meeting normally you do a fair housing meeting in the normal program do that set up to then we'll have the first public hearing then develop the application and then have the actual Draft application so we're hoping maybe by the end we're in there we want want you to review this and award the grant immediately see what they what hours would the task force be Meed what hours yes meeting we usually meet like like an hour before this o00 before Council last year interested okay she we appreciate it we love it thank you miss m so we to go to this point information approving the task force official KCK off I guess okay and the roads we're looking at pay are not County Roads a this Center Street all the way 19 from c yeah right through to well it's more than C but anyway from Center to 19 19 Dre to between 19 and Peri in front yeah right by the park the v's office that's not to so you I gra the C already established Owens is there or something right yeah you got businesses yeah yeah yeah I anyway so we want to go ahead and move forward with so we want to go and move forward with this agenda 6C which is me 6B which is we good move forward with that yes okay yes okay 6C is going to be the approval of the members of the C DB G citizens advisory task force Council take any actions then necessary um I think are you finished your presentation I'm sorry okay so I'll just coordinate with the city manager withing public okay thank you very much so we already got members for this test yes ma'am we we Robin Davis Raven Bryant shenita Jones Parker to Ser that'll be that'll be five okay Miss Mitch you ready to join the very good who was the second one Raven she work in the water department one city employee she tell us City empy we have a motion to we make a motion on this or probably all right let's make we have a motion motion second second H yes counc member yes mayor land yes may yes J 6D approval of minutes for the March 12 2024 regular session Mercy to [Music] approve I love great job great thank app call RC yesc wood yes yes yes City staff joh have anything audience people we had a couple folks come in late maybe coun comments allow that yeah years here I also person make the complaints on I've been here stimes I'm nasty serious almost I mean white clothes are brown you can't even is that the one we were talking about same oneor pretty much on parall side of yeah okay I came back here that water is nasty we're we're moving forward and get it taken care of we had someone earlier tonight come and tell us about their problem with the water and you're in the same neighborhood they are yes and the water department department has already figured out something that they can do we're going to get a contractor to look at it and get moving with it y take me so long because I've been I've been five years can't answer that question for you we can we're a new Council we're doing what we can we we' we've said you we're going to move forward with us I mean as soon as we can possibly get it done we're gonna get it done we've made this a priority sure we you tell um Stephanie made a not of these addresses to wa the one of those TOS fix it's basically probably be that go back your city man have to that to see I mean at the storm it went up and then like this just crazy like I said said I was the initial person so make the point I came back here meeting here no I didn't was going but I toally retired in 2015 and came back here let me ask you this you said after the storm you said it got worse after the storm it was it was bad but no I said the bill went up bill went up St and you could use okay did did you notice any difference between the storm and storm it's been bad the whole time okay it's been bad they put something over there the other day and then this weekend it was just like water you have it outside and it's got meal in it look like that you could even I mean you can't make do where you GNA start the uh the actually what's up theer was installed earlier today start it's going to start running immediately and now it's be set up to run on every other on Tim ining afterbody have the issue is on the far corner of the Le okay yeah they're I mean I mean you're trying to flush the water out so the PIP get clean itself out in the meantime we're working toward getting with a contractor and getting that thing years ago they did that they um this vir yard across the street they ran water for about what a week and we G get Engineers come and see what what can be done about it for whole week then change okay we know something about what you said the the next meeting John what we're headed at with it yeah I don't how fast they can do a study on it but something like that sound like more just something El going it is something in that line it's it's probably a well you have you you give figure how much money you been spending on I go through the packs W I go through like about six s week and in your household how many people just now are you attempting not you have to to run the water a long time in hopes of getting it clear or you giving up on that aspect I gave up because I tried that they came out and said that not using water so we but I don't see how we because at the time we have more people in the house we have a washing machine going in the house run the board wash cars and stuff and the Ste was the same so that's like I said we're moving forward on it as you know as T thing possibly get it done and you're going to have somebody from water water water come in and they're they're going to test it they're going to advise us to what we need to do and we're GNA move forward pretty quick we we understand where you coming from this was covered pretty deeply and you can listen to it on YouTube I was just letting you know only because um it was an extensive conversation including things that haven't worked in the past and things Tri and and also sharing like you have your I only have one thing to say it's been going on two years we know aware of it this should not happen in the city of per thanks five years years five years oh well she said to but I've been coming up here for five years my mom been dead two and it was before my mom died ver Miss ver mom he just look different yeah they're getting they're gonna take care anony we G we gonna stay on all right all right appreciate you're welcome thank you thank you so much it's a [Music] great don't good good evening I do not apologize for coming up here interrupt me out because I didn't have no utility to shade take a bath to brush my teeth over 27 years I have had this problem in my neighborhood at my resident 75 12 Street your name sir I'm soorry my name is Charlie Gray oh you're Mr okay yes I you Mr Right Here you Mr John good so you're the one city manager okay I should be talking directly to you because everybody fall F of you right you need to look into this problem because I'm very upset I had sa surger I had open heart surgery I had triple byass surgery I got home Healthcare Nurse coming to see me and they can not wait on me because I don't have no utility and that pisses me off when you say you don't have your tell been the water all dayuse my bathroom or nothing I have had exensive surgery gu for one day can't go to catch he got cut off today for not pay this morning but not any War anything and I paid the bills they charge me for something that been occurring for 20 something years get your older workers back like your bu to them and they'll tell you this problem existed 20 years ago and it didn't come fix the problem now I got to pay the differ I'm on fixed income that doesn't make any sense cut yeah I had to pay for it got oh I got pass poet where I had cut back on my wet right now but did you credit it back to the account back to the account that's what can't credit back to my wallet it came out my wallet I P the bills no you paid I paid all the other Bill what they charge me for for coming out the stopping the C right away sewage $150 something we took that off today okay that's all now for me paying be cut back on I'm be reimburse that that's gonna be in cash I paid it in cash there's no Fe to reconnection did you but it wasn't my problem it was on the city they the one that diagnosed the wrong situation if it was my problem I would had that problem for it left my sewage land but it didn't occur to it occurred out there on C but I'm paying the difference that upsets me high now if they have to rush me back to cap reg tonight I'm going send y'all to be my heart is racing right now took off got back on after I PID up that go there and P C the one them had to help me back to vehicle try to get up there to pay the bill the problem y'all bust the line 20 years ago and didn't come back and repair I kept saying it's okay long as y'all come once a year and clear the line I go on the man that's what they did this time went to the man hole and unstopped it but I'm paying the differ but you said you going to clear that right okay now are you going to come that the out there come check it now you get the one next door you gave them a new line everything check it out tomorrow I you come see it so you know I'm not lying I want you to come see it you see that it's not on my propert what time my number is 85223 1779 I'm not hot fan I'm the CP man that shut up in the house screen in porch I to do back this problem what's the last four you say Jamie will you take it you do that I'm head back to the all myap got thank you J yes ma'am had a call out on week our guys went and C the our our life was clear and okay he got the $150 charge and that's when he called saying it's on our line by that time Greece had already pushed to our line and we had to clear our line out and he admitted the for Greece in C's line but he didn't you know I'm just letting y'all know that what's happened well then he changed the story because he called everybody he became police C because then by the time I got him he fixed the story where it's not that but the workmen when they camed it the the grease was coming out of his pipe not the guys 60 feet either side it's just been John you got anything for the council Danny banners shley banners I'm just call her name because her and I have been head team us for million years Okay so Daniel's building that got demolished and most of the flags that were up on the poles are gone the ones that were demolished got Meed and everything else so FEA will reimburse us something for redoing the banners but the sunbrellas are $265 a piece now and we need to spend some money while we can get Fe to pay for some of it $265 a piece and most of the ones on 19 are gone and I don't know if we we just have this one set of green out here that survived storm 100000 inferior quality the thing is if you're going to do it do it right BR some prices well we can look into it but here's the deal we need to just decide on a couple of sets like a Christmas set and you know a patriotic set something we can leave up three four months out of the year um so I need feedback on what you want to spend because you know we can go cheat but then we'll be talking about this five years from now Wind Blows gone you're GNA do it do it right so the umbrella is the better quality is yeah where's the umbrella Sunbrella is the name of a company and they do like our onx where they don't fade and we won't get any like colors yeah because the last ones all the pretty colors that they're fine just the ones the ones from um from the chambers I love those and those are umbrellas too but the prices have gone up but not two not $150 and Don said she'll keep it kick in U about $2,000 towards as well these are one for 19 yes 19's most and we're going to and we have to get a bunch of the the kits too for um installations they got 120 bucks super Buffs that help with some of that there super they said they would buy Bonita they said they would buy one Banner well they El got bought out by another company so yeah that's true they did what happened they got bought out by another company so I don't know where they're so it don't matter anymore but he said he was still okay Mo anything else PNY get more prices and and then we'll just resurrect to designs we had for holidays you know Christmas and patriotic at least that's a start whatever we spend now at least we get so that's something you wanted to have work on that and maybe and maybe well I like all those various ones we had on the uplift that'd be a good set so we'll we look at three sets like that and and fale reimburses what they give us and be done with it [Music] okay you got to be up to um I have no I'm project but I have no updates okay I do have a couple of things um IR Chief um there still are too many side of conversations going on in this room especially for Christie to be able to keep M we all need to be aware of that I'll try to keep myself for making comments and I'm going to continue to do it for her sake and the ability to make sure we have accurate meeting minutes let's remind ourselves we need um and then I have one more thing and this is straight out of our agenda tonight nor is it time for personal accusations or derogatory remarks to about counsel I think we need to also remember we should not be making derogatory remarks to Citizens when they're speaking about their problems and we just did that in this room and um but talking about Charlie Gray in the issue I think that's inappropriate for us to do that as well just like we don't want them doing it to us we don't need to do it to the citizens so we need to be very careful on how we hold and compose ourselves in this room we need to be professional because that's what we need to be and other than that all to say thank you J any Stephanie what's happening um since we're not doing neighborhood bations could we add maybe about $50,000 to demition so that we can get back to cleaning up our neighborhoods I know you need to have an amendment or whatever do that your budget time we can do that before budget time we need to get on that now well let's spend what we got first or whatever way you want to do it we if we don't start doing something I don't know any we own that we can demolish that's the problem I don't have any buildings that we own that we can demolish besides old water plant all well start back having C enforcement meetings I have not received anything and it's been a long time concerning who's going to code enforcement who's been sighted uh anything you what are we it's are we paying the lawyer for that what what's we have code enforcement I have not so that's what I was going to ask you did you all used to receive reps on I know um there are 17 items for Cent enforcement on the next agenda please um there's an C enforcement agenda that does go out by his own ones I se because there's stuff that's been continued because if they make progress in cleaning that property they're removed from the agenda and the only thing left is the Bo of zoning board and board of adjustments that's on there so as they make progress for permit to improving their properties there's nothing on the code understand all of that I would like to get notice on the one that side you want press of no I don't need the progress I just need to know who was SED and then who's going to the meeting and if they're no longer on the list I know that they came into compliance we can simply get um the C before information we get that done I think the agendas don't note the names of the parties who are being cited the address right it's not even that anymore I know it just says that we're having a hearing should be on yeah but what she does and I can men her she she does an agenda up as she sites someone but then if someone comes into clients like the next week she takes all so you're W agenda understand that are you want the agenda I just want to know I know what's being done I want to know what's being done if someone is cited yes so I'll ask her maybe to leave everyone on the agenda until meeting day and they normally do is take them off the list them something I would appreciate it well in ordinance thank you so much Miss come complaint because I have not seen anything that what's the name what's attorney's name the enforcement and talking about the magistr yeah the magistr L just I guess they know what was going on can I just ask just for clarification because those who come into compliance for court they're not even raised the issue is not raised a lfor they're not raised at the magistrates Bei them before they get to right if it's already settled and the only people we have going forth are the ones who haven't addressed the issu it's the same thing that's that's how you want is he actually is going forward and understand gotta surey got anything else yes okay equip until we get it it's suppe be early May okay man take long I just a day or two w't just if it might be I would say yes but I can't guarantee my all that they emailed me Friday or yesterday said early thank you pain Street I don't even know how they had a try is Flowing on B Street did you ever go back season yeah you just have to drive that down didn't know what the name of it wasan uh it's like someone just took something and just look at it yourself and you can de side other than that thank you all for the good job you're doing um my turn ma' I looked at the budget comparison that you sent out uh and I notice that all of our utility services are doing well holding their own doing good the general fund not so much um so and I'm sure the hurricane expenses is part of that um but thank you for the report um I was I noticed at the Dollar General on 221 they have a trash receptacle out near the back of the do and there was trash all around the bottom of it on the ground it was full and then there was trash all around and bless her heart some employee was out there trying to pick it up and put it in there but there's nowhere to put it because it was full and I'm just wondering can we get larger receptacles or more than one receptacle where we've got businesses that overflow their is it I don't know was a dumpster yes they need to call they need to call Deep South order but Bruce might need to go take a visit Miss will call just so you all know the one you were talking about earlier part of their issue that um we have a few around town they don't like to pay their bill and that's why okay I will call beep tomorrow well it's been cleaned up I rode by there a day or two later and it was all cleaned up yeah but Bruce might need to go code en force it because then they might have to suck it up and order a larger dumpster if that's what they need right how often do they pick up it depends on what they once a week twice a week three times a week days week yeah it's all and that's the business can dictate the number of times and the size of the container and both are solutions but they might need to get nudged have we made any progress on the once a week pickup and we looking into it making estimat or anything like that I know you got a lot on the plate for it won't work I got people very much against it it'll work for me but very much against sing people may it would be appropriate to discuss that probably at budget time here in a couple months and um your landfill would probably be about the same but but you know maybe be a 40% savings 40% is pretty good percentage yeah it is yeah because then then that man Powers go to something else yes yeah it's going to go to cleaning up the neighborhood with trash is going to be everywhere un unless we yeah exactly because that's what they're going to start then the dogs going to get into it unless we give them garbage yes but we're for that well I sent you all that email now we mentioned remember I sent you that email Deep South said that they do the dumpsters and it'd be $350 every time they pulled but if we got that's couches three three different locations in the city so what you know that's when do you want to pull the trigger on that how talking about how tall are they he said they're the construction dumpsters and the big heavy doors open up so that you can walk into it you know and I believe councilman di says can someone get locked in there no because it's an O top but this way you don't have to try to throw a refrigerator like a a basketball and you know so you can just push it in there what I really think about that I think could still get but then you have Construction Dumpsters everywhere and they're open like that because that might be c t come up some of that yeah we're get we're gonna get into that's gonna be a two hour talk on that anyway but John did you say you'd had several phone calls in favor of it I talk handwritten notes yeah Facebook well that's why where are we you know what's been done so try try getting one and see how it works because nobody can get trapped in there because it's open at the top just it's same thing if you have same thing all these roofers are using to dump the stuff in I mean a 4ft dster I could probably get trapped in there I probably can't get out well W you're special yes I can get my head above it that's about all I can do but anyway that's that's gonna be a holding a conversation by itself so sand you have anything else yes I was approached Yesterday by a citizen that told me that she come up here about 2 o'clock yesterday to pay her water bill and she was instructed by one of the young ladies in there that they were no longer accepting any money because cut off day was today so the lady would even take her money yeah and she also told them that it was in writing that we could no longer take money the day before cut off day and I was like no that is not true no yes what I told her I said especially his cat I that's the whole thing about you know getting them in here on time exactly turn off she left a message on for you to call her but she says she never got a return call I where did she leave this message no she left for John to call yeah I'm pretty sure she wouldn't care about me saying who she is it's Nelly's um Walker's niece Khia her and Nelly come up here to pay the bill and one of the employees told him that they were not going to take the money because it was cut off and this was like 2 o'clock in the afternoon when she come to pay her bill she get cut off no she didn't get cut off because she went back home and she paid online because she refused to take that doesn't make sense because we don't get the money for 24 hours I'm just telling you what was told to me something's kind of confused in that story and and she was talked to very I wasn't there I'm just telling you what was told to me if this if this happens it needs to be corrected we should not be talking to our constituents like that because we all in this room got to understand that those constitu was always paying salaries amen so we should be talking to ones like that if it's going on I'm not accusing anybody but she wants to talk with you about the Jun I I was like I say I'm just tell telling you what was told to me so well I agree with you I can't imagine that being said but we'll ask yeah because I surprised I'm like and you had cash and she was like yes and she saids she told me that she was not taking my money she had it she went she come to that door but it was locked she came around she came inside the city doors and she straight up refused to take her money sound right I'm just telling you what was I'd say maybe did wasn't there so me may have not accepting any payments me I don't know I'm not going to no I don't want I'm not gonna quarterback anything I just want you to talk John you look into them just yeah yeah okay um can we stop by closing these restrooms at night about yes because I've went and done a study for myself and I went to every restroom on the it's mainly happening on the weekends they are the disgusting and I know on the weekends we can't do anything about it but it's mainly I don't know how to put this I don't want to say the wrong thing but it's mainly people that are not having anywhere to live that doing the damage and we're getting a lot of damage done to these restrooms especially the city park and Rose head we talked about it this morning so if we can can we start by lock get the problem corrected and get start by locking them at night because Co is co it's just a Comon cold now so we talk about solutions to to reinforce those doors because if we lock they just kicking them in so we talked about Solutions this morning how to to reinforce those doors okay and we're going to pursue that okay don't you all close lock the ones that lock jerkens you used to fire department that's that's we did but we quit closed them because the city decided I think it was before John's time but they decided that it was costing too much money to keep replacing the doors because they was just kicking down The Doors bu doors and all and then busting everything inside that not reaching JK huh alls they do it it all of if it's not a concrete building with metal doors and they still going to try to get in them so I mean it's it's it's Jamie can't we put cameras on the the outside we've been exploring camera options as well long okay it's not cheap and that's we're trying to find the best build for the city so until we get the doors built better you going have the same problems you going to keep Bing money in the doors and everything else that they tearing up in there so and the other thing is there's no running water at the um the restrooms at at jerkens one of the the men's restroom it doesn't even have a knob to to turn it on and it's been like that I know myself for about three months there little stem still there yeah the stem's there it's just the the knob to turn it and it's not it's not any running water there the C is running but you don't have any water coming from the faucets do we know how long we've been putting had de problem I didn't know about that one first is supposed to check every all the bathrooms at least twice a week and he's I didn't know about I'll check it out tomorrow okay all right that was it for me very good thank you all for everything you --------- um I just you ready John right get the March 26 2024 city council meeting call the order remind to silence your cell phones I just got reminded myself and Miss shot going L us our opening prayer yes please this evening Heavenly Father we come to you in thanks thanking you for life health and strength thanking you father for successful surgery for councel member Bri and asking you for full recovery father we ask asking that you will heal our land asking dear father that you will be in our thoughts help us to make the right and the best decisions concerning the city of Perry as in that you will guide this meeting so that it is safe and orderly these things I pray in Jesus name amen amen unit of America and to the for it stands one nation God indivisible withy and jce for counc member Hampton here counc member W here vice mayor Landry here and mayor C here okay approval B on consent agenda we have the council to consider approval The seual Assault Awareness Month day of action Proclamation motion second council member Hansen yes council member WF yes vice mayor Landry yes mayor C yes do you want me to read this and present it she's going to give a presentation okay very good okay receiving request from the general public the council welcomes you to this meeting this time is set aside for our citizens and not the general public to address the councel on and the general public to address the council need put my glasses on okay this time is set aside for our citizens and the general public to address the council any matter not include included on the agenda this is not a question or answer time is not a political Forum nor is it a time for personal accusations or derogatory remarks to or about counsil or City personnel if you would like to address the council please come to the podium when you are called speak to the microphone and state your name and address for the record please also limit your comments to not more than 5 minutes for individuals and 10 minutes for groups or delegations anyone from the anyone like to address the council please good evening coin Morris add is4 Buffalo Drive I wanted to address the counsil today I'm having issues with my water um this issue has been going on for about two years now I've been calling calling theyve been sending everyone out to uh flush it we're out of water like for almost six hours we can't use our water until they fles it um it lasts for about a couple days we're back to the same issue um last week I seen them working they was talking about putting in a flusher that uh one of the workers come in and blush called in today because we can't take showers we want to it's like rusting my tubs are mess upu I mean I can't cook with the water I can't wash I can't do anything my son has got hore he could be do tooth water uh we got to go see a GI specialist I mean I'm I'm just fed of I don't I just need nebor has it turned kind of yellowish or darker than that or brown it's brown they come in meter I me you can't even see I Andrew I spoke withi spoke with everyone about issue it Lees me we have any idea where I might be doing that has anybody I mean has anybody looked seen it or looked at it or what I've found researching at the last week since the last time we spoke the line that feeds that Loop is a 2in line that comes off of Warner Street way down the way so the plan that we're looking at this is something I haven't discussed with you since our last conversation is there's a 6 inch line that runs down wut as well that's totally separate line they both come off the corner in I want to redo all of the Caps between Warner and Buffalo to get them off of the 2 in and on to the 6 in and then at the intersection of Buffalo I'm going to put the two inch that Fe your Loop onto that 6 inch line that runs down Walnut that on its own should solve the issue enough and it'll cut out more than half the length of that two-inch line the issue with it is that 2inch line has been in since probably around the 50s I don't have an exact date I have no idea how long it's been there I know that the 6 in line is newer more than likely the 2in r p used to be a dirt road back in the day but if we can get a large portion of that twoin line cut out we should resolve the issue of this dead water effectively and freshen up that loot now the flush valve we got set up last week we didn't actually have it running yet because AJ had my operator had to build up kind of Simply we had to work part to get them in and he was out there today after the last call today setting that up so it'll run on a timer and in the meantime until we can get these Services tapped and moved over to the other line we're going to have this timer running every every other day and it's going to run in the evening after hours that nobody should see a big issue about the water in the street or anything flooding out somebody's house or somebody yard so that's the game plan at the moment I don't truly know how well it's going to change it all I can do is hope for the best on this one but everything we've looked at that should alleviate the issue yeah because TI water sees a lot of it also just standing their tubs and Tide Water the issue with Tide Water is they're all one six inch line that comes off of Thomas di side and their whole compound effectively I have no idea how many services they have and where they go if they have apartments that are down for any period of time that water just sits there so when someone moves in new they're going to have that issue and there's really nothing to do because that's pass meter for all of that um but that's that's your apartment complex that's what you run into with that so I'm hoping that this will alleviate the issue I'm hoping it'll straight fix it there is a 6in line that runs down to the lift station at the top right hand corner on the map there but that 6in line is actually separate entirely from the two on the loop so there is a hydrant there you could flush it but if we flushed it it wouldn't change anything on the loop itself the flusher we set up on the loop is actually pretty close to your address now at the back end of the loop and we positioned it there so it would go into the Woodline we've got a hose set up it's not going to be in somebody's yard or on the street you know long y look at doing that project it's not going to be quick um I'm hoping that the pler will maintain some better quality water while we're working on this but we don't have the manpower to be able to swap 15 20 Services over overnight this is something we're going to have to do as we're able to do the jobs and potentially the sections on wallnut some of these that are on the other side of the street we can't just go and tap and run a new service in a couple hours we're going to have for it underneath the road and deal with other utilities while we're doing that so it's not going to be quick but there is a plan in place hopefully work okay I'm I'm really optimistic about it so you don't really have a I guess there's no really good timeline not really unless we were to contract some of this workout there's really no way to Guess that how long it would take John are you familiar with this just hear this past week I hear about it okay uh we going to look look at work on this and not put it off for CU we don't need any more babies getting see there any illation vales on that line on that two inch the only valve on that line is actually right the re cursor is now right there so where the two inch makes its Loop and ties back into itself there's one valve and that's it outside of that the only other valve on that twoin line is all the way down at P Street so what I would like to do everything between the two cut that out of there now I can't just go and cut it and tie it into the 6 in at Walnut immediately because then I'm going to run into the same problem you've been dealing with on the other customers up on the 2 in down Walnut that is that line not having enough flow because it's only residential so I'd basically be robbing Peter to pay the PO with that and I don't want to go and do that to anybody else either so I'm attempt to get these Services moved over to the six in line where there's enough flow that it should keep it clear you'll be flushing her line every other night on a timer it will flush every other night will that solve your problem temporarily um I guess they what he saying he don't even know if that's G to work that's a quick fix my problem is I mean I have four I have four kids and one is already sick I got to take off work to take him to specialist in Jacksonville because he's been complaining about his stach and at night time for us to take a shower I got to run all water in the house just to get it clear enough to take a shower it smells work I mean it's bad to the point I go to my mom and take a shower I don't even want it to touch me and he will tell you he sampled it and he drunk he was like oh it's it's F it's before even his position it been going on for two years still tell and it's to the point now where when my son got sick I'm like hey this is it we can't brush our teeth on buy water Miss Danielle I think I came she gave me some stuff to wash my clothes with it damaged all our white clothes she did try and to the point my dad was like if I started running this Bo in my washer I'll be out a washing machine so I'm spending money money going to lunch B on Sundays to get clean clothes so I don't know what to do at this point I'm paying for water in a city limit that I can't even use I can't cook with it I can't drink with it I can't do nothing take a shower um excuse me Danielle um is it possible that we could have water delivered to them the big jugs of water so that she could at least cook and drink I mean that's not really I mean I guess we could I guess because that's what a lot of cities do they have problems that would be a first I've heard of it being done but that's I'm not real familiar with having done that anywhere well Michigan I'm concerned about the um oh sure sure I just want to make sure understand we contct this out what would your best guess be on got multiple potential Crossings we don't know how many services are actually on this 2 in for six in so I can't shoot number sure um but I'd say between $150 and $200,000 at least and that's just a rough estimate I don't know well we really need to look we need to get something done we look for sure yeah it's at the point now we dealing with health now it doesn't need to be put on the back burner we don't need to be figuring out how we going to do this this is something that needs to be taken care of immediately 214 Buffalo Drive right there at Buffalo Drive right there the corner on that Cur opposite the other way and down inside Loop there that right in that area right there that's her house right there right I also want her compensated for the water that she's using that she can't use she can't drink it she can't cook it that she can't bathe in it she's having to run it off and that's making her bill higher yeah so um also look that as well 24 mhm Miss um I was just wondering how much you said this gone on for two years yes I'm sorry they changed the meter out once they changed the meter it stopped for a while it wasn't as bad we was see here and there but to the point now I mean it's horrible so how when did I know it's all qualita descriptions but when did the hareness and the continuation where you're saying you're not white clothes basically I start think maybe last year I think I made the first call probably last year when it started back fall after the hurricane um probably after the storm it got worse worse than usual Mr also think that we should check those in her surrounding area fact there a lot of like my neighbor that's next to me they got a fi on there so he say even with the FI is horrible um miss m I think on the opposite side they've been coming out FL as well so it's a lot of elderly people in the neighborhood that couldn't get up here today so I told I would speak on behalf of them if y'all want to check people in the neighborhood because everyone is neighor Andrew I'm sorry U she said that when we changed out the meter it got better we have a theory as to why that is I don't want to go and throw anybody under the bus and assume on customers behalf but there are lots of privately owned Wells that are in that neighborhood and we you can drive by the street and see multiple of them in the backyards most of them assume that they are for irrigation purposes but if any of these private Wells tie into City Water anywhere on the property and if there's any kind of backflow connection you're going to kill the chlorine residual and create K notor yeah so we changed all of the meters on the loop everyone on Buffalo Drive to a backflow prevented meter and after we did that it stopped the issue for a couple of months I would say before we had the next so the only idea there was to just make sure that there was no back feed from any wellwater any untreated City water so not knowing for sure if that's another issue further Upstream on the line possibly that could be why it suddenly came back again someone could have tied into a wellig again I can't verify that without going individually to each individual house property we don't have that authority to go to everyone like that so the only thing I can do would be tol the meters to back preventive meters and for that would be the next step there some people put a t connector somehow on the I mean from the well to the city lineing into their house or I've heard that but I I don't know if they actually is to do that they are supposed to have a testable back flip benter assembly right not a dual check not a double check Val but a testable assembly right and I guarantee most of them probably have not it would not be the first instance I've seen it around the city said that we can also back flow like we're saying into the whole system yes and those would have to be tested once every two years and once every year commercial based on State Statute anyway y' working on it and we're making progress well as preliminary as it is yes we're we're starting to now how quickly we can get it done is just going to be a matter of whether we contract this or whether we do it in house if we do it in house it's going to take time we can hope that this flush valve will alleviate the issue enough only time will tell on it to be honest anybody specializing in handling that in House at this point this is going to be me my operator and my crew leader much this Contracting this out I have a six-man crew including myself we have one operator two mechanics two meter readers and for half of the month my meter readers are reading meters is is there anybody in contracted to that can get it done in a timely manner I me I'm talking starting the next few weeks more somebody's getting we put for bid and all that but I mean everything's going to have to go through a bid process but yeah I understand that part you say you've been dealing with us how long two years two years before he moved into his position they sending him out every week he he would tell me before I go to work I couldn't take a shower cuz my water off for six hours last Friday my son come home to take a shower we couldn't even take a shower it was running after 6 o' after I got off work I couldn't take go home and take a shower water that I'm paying for I got to get clothes get him take him to my mom house because AJ I call AJ cuz I got his first number at this point he was like asking me to run it until after 6 so I'm trying to run it it did good to about Monday it's back to the point we can't even brush our teeth so at this point I just need help I'm I'm tired how think you get the bed spec put together pretty soon like pretty with flid water and they engineering and let's make sure this what the problem is I don't want to throw 200,000 out there and we're not even addressing the actual problem don't sure that's fix it they can get down some get here and look at it they got engine on they got engine on St I can get a hold of one up pretty quickly we have answer by next meeting should okay get with me they might be able to help with well for those Wells Miss Mars next time you have a problem like that I'm your city council yes ma'am please get in tou with me that you know I get somewh but after we didn't get nowhere and I even told him I spoke with him I'm just at this point I'm saided paying a high water bill for water that I can't use but you're at the point now baby we're talking about life and death right like I said y like can possibly turn into cancer yes so like we got to go to Jacksonville on April the 10th to make sure like his stomach messed up from it so okay how old is he 17 there I'm sorry I just wanted to know has there been any testing on the water to see if it's I mean I know that's strange looking and I realize the standards are different um but have you been told to just continue using the water that's what she told me she water from the city I with and and like I he drunk he told me he was at this point in time he told me he actually test the water and that it just looked like that that it wouldn't do it har to us so that's why at that moment I didn't make my kids you know run for a little while I okay they start fixing noodles and little stuff like they was making ice and ice tray so but besides like the antidotal I tested it have you have the water department tested the water to determine what I mean I hear Russ but has there been any tests and maybe can explain outside of our ordinary testing that we would pull on all of the system in the city we have not done any specific testing to but we haven't had anything that came back other than our normal dvps but that's an unrelated issue dvps don't have a color or issue Rel you the of bottle no ma'am I just been been first you can't when they open that thing I'm telling you like something in a PP like I mean you can't see tell you like he put something in a cup and he was supposed to test it and get back with me but I don't know what results came back put something is that something FG could do also do some testing make see what we got they me some deeper testing to see if yeah also F not FG yeah and this is the finance director saying maybe we should quit charging her for water for yes yes be Reed yeah re urement also yeah I'm not coun well you don't decide on that stuff but at least should wave the bill for right now think definitely we got to get way there thank you so thank you for bringing it to our attention thank you say okay very good thank you for bringing to our thank you baby anyone else in the public would like to speak at this time Jer okay number five bids have anything to open no Daniel still don't have building Santa state is it what size building is it it is a 24 by 36 metal building should be a to get one for less than 25 less than bid price should you not less 5000 I can 2000 some research online but I mean if if you ask for a bid nobody gives you a bid isn't that considered a no bid yeah then you have to put out the bid again no one I'm saying if you ask for three bids only one responds the other two don't respond a that consider a no bid if they don't get back to you if what respond we didn't get any what I failed onine well uh Johnny said he had three calls on it but nobody filled out any quote so used to the governmental procedures they used to just people there and buying a building getting it put up I think we got three quotes for Iden building to brought those back would be Place enough counc could approve that like we purchas yeah that's what I'm saying I'm just saying if you get I'm just saying if you get you try to get three bids only get one two back one don't bid that's a no bid that counts as a bid doesn't it no if you get one back that counts yeah that's it I'm the same if you get the other two don't respond would that count as a no bid theirs counts as a no bid but the one God counts as a bid right that's what I'm saying we didn't get any so this is a b' be part big wow none so just get three quotes and go with the lowest quote and y'all good for that I would bring it back before bring the council right can can got C up we T we got it cleaned up you already get a foundation or yes okay cool very good one last thing to worry about okay General business agenda item 6A Ernestine Mitchell sexual assault PR Response Team coordinator at Refuge house Inc to deliver a presentation regarding Sexual Assault Awareness Month day of action the council will take any actions deemed necessary want to read this thing we both did so there we go thank you all again for allow me to come before you all my name is Ern MIT I'm sexual violence coordinator for refug house and I just wanted to speak to you all about Sexual Assault Awareness Month um which is the month of April and each year the first Tuesday is known as Sam day of action which is a day that is provided to focus Awareness on sexual violence prevention is a day that is n nationally recognized in the United States and is observed annually as part of sexual assult awareness month which is known as s the DAT aim to stop sexual assault harassment and abuse before they happen through education teaching about consent and understanding boundaries is important but it requires a societal change too Refuge house is a nonprofit committed to providing support and services to provide to survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence is encouraging the community to participate in this year's Sam's day of action Refuge house sexual assault response team of Perry will commemorate the start of Sam with their paint the town teal campaign the goal of this campaign is to bring the color and a message of awareness throughout the community as a fedal assult response te coordinator forage house here in Perry we would like to use this month as an opportunity to discuss and learn the structural and cultural barriers that impact survivors and communities we believe that we can help impart lasting change to work toward a future of Greater equity and respect during the month of April I will visit many of our local businesses and Community organizations Distributing chill ribbon pens information and materials the goal of Sam is to raise public awareness about sexual violence educated our communities on how to prevented and pro bolster prevention efforts throughout year individual businesses and Community lead leaders are encouraged to show their support for survival of sexual abuse by wearing till the Cod of sexual violence prevention on April 2nd and posting a selfie across social media platforms using S pound or hash Sam 2024 by wearing till individuals can signal they support survivors and are a safe person to talk to if they need someone to reach out to chances are someone in your life is Survivor of sexual assault or abuse even if they have never shared their story with you so again on behalf of Refuge house and the T sexual ass resp resp team I would like to thank the councel for providing me the opportunity to come before you all and request the signing of this year's sound Proclamation and declaring this come in April to be sexual Soul Awareness Month thank you ma'am thank you are you going to read that yes ma'am have this time would you like a question sure absolutely actually it's Chief U you all be putting a ribbon on your cards oh just looking for we got we've got the ones for domestic violence awareness we got those I was looking for the but you just C me shoing good and I don't have any I was hoping my till pens would come in today but you know how Amazon operate yes so please excuse but I will be coming back to all your read this uh Proclamation this uh April 2024 whereas sexual assault affects women children and Men of all racial cultural and economic backgrounds and so