Council members take your seat why can’t it’s on council members please come to your seats yep we just got to make sure years council members please come to your seat we’re about to begin y’all ready I’m I’m is my is my mic on m is my mic
On yes sir all right got put it right up under your MTH it’s not it’s don’t even sound WR chairman Smiley can you cut it up okay why they standing up standing up Sergeant at orens please call out January 23rd 2024 council meeting order all right I would like to recognize our
Chaplain of the day Pastor James broex of Embassy of Faith Ministries invited by councilwoman Logan Pastor broex please lead us in prayer All Hearts clear father God we thank you for allowing us to be here today God we thank you for your grace and your mercy
That has brought all of us here to do your bidding God we thank you for allowing us to cooperate with what you are doing in the earth we pray today God that this day will Mark as a day of healing for our city and that God we
Will look back in the days to come and say that you have done a great work God we thank you that every dark place is being illuminated even right now with your grace God we pray even right now God that our motives would be pure and our hearts will be pure concerning you
And your people God we pray for our city that as much as we can see that’s wrong God that you will begin to show us how you see our city and we give your name the glory for it God we just pray today that as we witness the healing and
Revitalization of our city that we will see progress in the days to come that we will see success in the days to come for we understand that we know the thoughts that you have for us thoughts of good and not evil to give Memphis a hope in a
Future God we just want to celebrate you for being God and we want to celebrate you for being good God we want to thank you for our new mayor God that even as he has taken on this job God that you would constantly walk with him constantly talk with him constantly lead
And guide him and we thank you for it right now God we thank you for keeping our city for your word declares unless the Lord watches the city the white The Watchmen waken in vain so God we thank you even now for watching in our city
And God we pray that your holy spirit that the Holy Spirit Will begin to resonate through our cities from our churches through our nonprofits God we pray even right now that we will be led by you in your guidance and your unction that we will see a change within the
Next 12 months in our city we give your name the glory we give your name the honor for it is happening even now for you are doing a new thing shall we not perceive it shall we not know it and we tell you thank you for you are God and
Are good in The Marvelous matches name of Jesus we pray amen and amen amen thank you Pastor BR X I hope I did not butcher your name I am known to butcher a name or two um thank you for your prayer councilwoman Logan you are recognized you Mike please thank you
Chair thank you colleagues and I just want to appreciate Pastor bradex who’s in district one uh for being here today chapl today and thank him for that in and moving prayer inspired prayer and I encourage all of us that are here to continue to pray for our city keep our
City lifted up I want to read this uh resolution the city of Memphis Tennessee by the city council greetings be it hereby known that Pastor James Broadneck in recognition of a life exemplary qualities a life of exemplary qualities outstanding service to the city meritorious involvement in humanitarian Affairs and demonstrated concern for the
Governmental process has been appointed chaplain of the day of the Memphis city council and is hereby entitled to all of the honors rights and Privileges and prerogatives of appertaining to the office and to display of this certificate given under this seal this 23rd day of January 2024 by chairman JB
Smiley and presented by uh councilwoman Ronda Logan thank you so much we appreciate you and have a a gift of appreciation That’s a really nice Picture all right um before we take roll I would like to observe a moment of silence for former School Board member and former president of the Memphis City School Board Sarah Lewis she was a product of mananes high school and L Mo or college she served as a teacher principal associate super
Pretended inition before joining the board in 1992 thank you um I know that um Miss Lewis was um meant a lot to this community and particularly to one of our colleagues um Dr Jeff Warr Dr Warr if You’ like to make some comments I will recognize you at this
Moment thank you Mr chair um I don’t think there’s hardly anyone who lives in Memphis that didn’t know Miss Lewis and her spunk uh we will miss it uh we’ll miss her love for our community um and uh if you can’t measure it you can’t fix
It I think that’s what she said she had a big heart and her heart just finally had beat its last time and she died at her home where she wanted to be and she did it like Sarah Lewis wanted to do her way and we’re going to miss her she’s a
Great lady thank you thank you Dr War Madam com controller thank you Mr chair please call R thank you Mr chair council member Canal here carile Cooper Sutton Easter Thomas Ford green Logan present Spinosa saring in Washington present Walker pres Warren pres white present chairman Smiley absolutely Mr chairman you have a quorum
Thank you I believe Vice chairman Canali has read the minutes for our January 9th 2024 meeting Vice chairman yes sir Mr chairman I have reviewed the minutes from the January 9th meeting find them to be in order and I move for their adoption can we have the screen prepared
Can Madam controller can we prepare the screens the screens aren’t functioning appropriate moved by uh councilman Canali and seconded by councilman Spinosa it’s still Not okay can Spinosa can you second it all right okay council members please cast your vote Canel yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter Thomas Yes Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes saring and Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes all right thank thank you that item passes welcome to the January 23rd 2024 regular meeting of the Memphis city counter Memphis City Council meetings of
The council shall be conducted in an orderly manner to ensure the public has the full opportunity to be heard and the deliberate process of the council is retained at all times the sergeant of ORS has meeting minute meeting agendas available up front as well as comment request cards for members of the public
Wishing to be heard on a specific item all those wishing to speak on the item must must turn in their coming card to the sergeant ORS before the item is called if you are not here to speak on a specific item you can note your request
To give General comment at the end of the meeting as chair I will only recognize citizens that properly registered to speak by submitting a completed coming request card to the Sergeant at Arms members of the audience and and persons addressing the council will not be permitted to engage in Gossip make defamatory personal
Slanderous or profane comments or use abusive or vulgar language the chairperson of the council May maintain order by giving any persons who are in violation of the state of rules of the quum a warning to cease any violative conduct in order to leave the council’s chambers or by giving an order for
Security Personnel to remove any disrupted person in the council chamber who refuses to leave voluntarily um I will note item three on the agenda will be held until February 6 2024 and item five it was held for 30 days thank you Vice chairman thank you Mr chairman um and I
Will also make an additional comment earlier today um well it’s not earlier today over the past three weeks um I’ve been in constant communication and dialogue with Marion and I received numerous calls from the folk um here many of you who are for and many of you who are against a particular
Appointment but there is a couple calls that I I would like to know and I would like to thank them for their wise counsel at some point in time when you when you’re called to serve people you you have to listen to what the people are asking you to
Do um the I received either call from Pastor Keith Norman call from Pastor Earl fer asking me to figure out what’s the compromise they also asked me to figure out if my lens was jaded and one of the things that I will recognize um before I
Before anybody is when my lens is Jaded and I would be direct with everyone in this room um I believe that this Council and I believe that my lens was jaded because the way that this body was treated by the previous administration but that is no fault to Mar
Young it’s not necessarily A Fault to Chief CJ Davis what we what we are called to do as people who put ourselves up to serve the city of Memphis because I believe that this body tries every day to figure out how we put the people in the best
Positions possible when we talk about Public Safety we we listen to everyone we listen to our social clicks we listen to our fraternities we listen to our pastors we listen to our sororities we listen to a lot of different people but often times the people we don’t ask about Public Safety are the
People who are responsible for going out into the communities and I’m just not talking about the law enforcement officers there’s many people on the front row who are out there just as much fighting to keep people alive this is not about any particular person no personal being jaded by an
Administration who lack respect for this body people really don’t care about that what people care about is are we saving lives are we moving Memphis in the right direction and I think Mar young understands that he he understands that this is not a dictatorship it’s a partnership a partnership that put
People before any decision we have to figure out a way for us to move forward so what transpired is I had a conversation with Maran I didn’t know what was going to happen today I don’t think the May understood what was going to happen today either but we had a very open and
Transparent conversation and with that I will ask the mayor to come to the podium and speak to where we are thank you Mayor Young thank you chairman thank you chairman and to uh the city council I I want to thank you for having us here today um I want to
Speak directly to the item that uh chairman was referring to which is the appointment of Chief CJ Davis in executive session today um we agreed and this body agreed uh to table the appointment uh until a point in time at which we determined to bring it back and
We will make that determination in partnership with the chairman so what that means is that Chief Davis will serve as the chief of the Memphis Police Department on an interim basis until such time that we bring it back uh to make it a permanent appointment um yes give it up
For and we reached that agreement because we know we had an intense meeting last time there was a lot of uh dialogue around uh some of the opinions and things that are happening in the community and like I said at that meeting I live in this community too I’m
An elected official so I’ve heard all of the same voices um and I made the decision decision that I felt like Chief Davis is the right person at the right time and my my my and my commitment has not wavered but what I also understand is that there are those that have doubts
And I understand and respect that Chief Davis understands and respect that we had a very candid conversation about this and she agreed that serving in an in cap interim capacity was fine with her because what we’re committed to doing is showing improving we want to show improve to our community because
Above all we all want the same thing everybody in this room wants the same thing we all want a safer City amen we all agree that where we are right now is untenable 398 homicides 398 homicides I agree it’s un it’s on all of us it’s on
All of us so I want all of us to understand it’s not on her it’s on every relax relax relax relax I would I would ask that we we give the mayor an opportunity it’s on all of us to ensure that we’re keeping our community safe Public Safety is not
Just law enforcement Public Safety is all the components the police can only respond to the crime we need to be intervening we need to be preventing crime before it happens and all of us in this room agree and so what I want to do is show and prove that’s what we’re
Going to do in this community and I want to thank you city council for agreeing to partner like I said earlier this is a partnership we got to do this together this is a us thing this is a Memphis thing we’re going to do it together and
So I want to say thank you all for that opportunity Chief Davis I don’t know if you have anything that you want to say but I just want to give her just a moment to say something in and we’ll we’ll move on I just want an opportunity
To tell this body thank you thank you for giving the opportunity for me to continue the work and to continue to serve this community my heart is here my heart is with our officers and the Memphis Police Department and the community that we serve every day I look
Forward to making progress in the city of Memphis we made progress I look forward to carrying it further thank you thank you chairman I’ll turn it back to you so so I will I will know for the record item 24 is held and what you
Going to have from this body in um item number 24 is table get my language together because it means something um um would it know for for for the record for what what this means for the people of Memphis and and what the mayor and this body is committed to over the
Course of the next couple of months we’re going to figure out what that metric looks like because there’s some real serious conversations about what improving the relationships with the community the community at large means it’s real conversations that this body has to have what proving relationships
With the rank and file means so I don’t I you know I don’t really mince words um um but there is work to be done there’s a lot of people here for and against if you’re for my charge for you is get to work if you’re against my charge is for
You to get to work because no matter where you stand on this particular issue we have to put people first so let’s get to work and make the city of Memphis a place a destination place for everyone across this country country thank you madam so there are some comeing
Cards we will not entertain any comeing cards on the item that’s being tabled so um Madam controller please call item number one item number one is a resolution recognizing Lieutenant Clarence de Hawkins for his retirement from the Memphis Police Department after over 38 years of service this resolution
Is sponsored by the Memphis city council councilman Dr Warren well councilman Canal you recogniz thank you Mr chairman Lieutenant Hawkins you don’t look like councilman uh car [Applause] either he’s been here for a long time y’all a long time I think he’s been here longer
Than I’ve been alive if I could also get Lieutenant Hawkins family to come forward [Applause] please councilwoman white and I are going to do this in a joint effort I’m going to let her start and then I’ll finish it whereas on occasion the Memphis city council has seen fit to honor citizens
Who have been steadfast in their service to the community and we recognize Lieutenant Clarence D Hawkins for his retirement from the Memphis Police Department after over 38 years of service to the citizens of Memphis and whereas Lieutenant Clarence de Hawkins began his career with the Memphis Police
Department on March 25th 1985 as a police service technician and whereas Lieutenant Hawkins entered the training academy as a police recruit September 2nd 1985 completed basic training on October 19th 1985 and was assigned to uniform Patrol at the North Precinct Bravo shifts and whereas police officer Lieutenant Hawkins worked in various
Assignments including South Precinct Charlie and Delta shifts Internal Affairs Auto auto theft task force crime prevention and the training academy whereas on January 10 2003 Clarence St Hawkins was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and was assigned to the training academy and crime prevention and whereas on June 16 20 2005 Clarence
D Hawkins was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and his assignments included executive Administration and Central Precinct Charlie schift and whereas Lieutenant Clarence D Hawkins loyally served in this position until his retirement on December 29th 2023 after over 38 years of service with the Memphis Police Department now therefore be it resolved
That the Memphis city council joins with family friends the Memphis Police Department and the entire community in honoring the retirement of Lieutenant Clarence D Hawkins and thank him for his Decades of service to the city of Memphis given by our Collective hands under this Great Seal of the city of
Memphis this 23rd day of January 2024 Lieutenant I just want to say thank you and know that you are more than appreciated we could never thank you enough for your service we wish you the very best in retirement God bless you my friend amazing uhuh you got to
Speak I just like to thank the city council for recognizing me on this day and realizing it’s been an honor and a privilege to have served the great City of Memphis for over 38 years uh this is my hometown and I always will be and I’m just uh grateful to receive this
Recognition thank you madam com controller can we show this item approved by acclamation thank you Mr chairman we will do so all right thank you so much Madam controller can you please call item number two item number two is a resolution recognizing nataline Jones for her exceptional contributions to Marine
Mammal science science as one of the few black women in the field this resolution is sponsored by councilwoman singen Washington councilwoman saren Washington you are all right natalin Jones Jones Family come on up it is my honor to be able to present this resolution to a young lady an
African-American who’s making history in Marine Biology we need more Role Models more Role Models like this come on up whereas on occasion the Memphis city council has seen fit to recognize individuals who have enriched and made exceptional contributions to the community and nataline Jones is certainly worthy of recognition
Whereas nataline Jones a native of Memphis Tennessee has demonstrated exceptional dedication and expertise in the field of Marine Mammal science she holds degrees from Hampton University a BS in Marine and environmental science the University of Memphis a BS in biology a care and concentrating of aquatic animal health graduate
Certificate ucation from the University of Florida veterinarian school and recently obtained a master of professional a professional science from the University of Miami Marine Biology and ecology Department whereas nataline Joan is one of the few black women in the field of Marine Mammal science has significantly contributed to the care
And health of marine animals showcasing extensive field experience in sea turtle rescue and Rehabilitation sea otter husbandry and marine animal surgeries whereas nataline Jones actively engages in diversity equity and inclusion initiatives within Marine Science by conducting educational Outreach in Black indigenous other people of color communities introducing students from kindergarten
To college to the field of aquatic Marine Mammal science fostering interest inspiration and awareness in a field historically dominated by white and male perspectives and whereas nataline Jones is a dedicated member of black and Marine Science black women and ecology envir environmental and Marine Science International Association of aquatic
Animal medicine Society of marine memology and National Association of black veterinarians whereas natn Jones is an esteemed member of Delta Sigma Theta sorti Incorporated she currently serves as a veterinary technician at the Miami Seaquarium striving toward her goal of becoming a veterinarian specializing in Marine Mammal medicine now therefore be it resolved
That the Memphis city council does hereby recognize and commend natn Jones for her outstanding contributions to the field of Marine Mammal science and for her unwavering commitment to diversity and education in the pursuit of environmental stewardship given by my hand under the Great Seal of the city of
Memphis this 23rd day of January 202 for Jan saren Washington Memphis city councilwoman District 4 and when I was talking with the director of the Memphis Humane Society he’s already ready to hire you so we’re ready for you to come to Memphis and serve but we’re just so
Excited to be able to salute you today thank you we’re so proud of you good afternoon I would like to thank you for recognizing me and my goals to expand diversity in stem through my own academic and professional Pursuits and my own story of perseverance my initial goal was not to
Inspire others but to sustain and get through um many obstacles that were before me to reach my goal but as I learned on the way the importance of bringing others Al because in the field it’s nothing but me I’m the only person in the room so in my thought process I
Need to bring other black women to the table they need a seat especially in my field of Marine Science when it’s 95% on white men in the United States right now there are only two black women that are Marine mamal veterinarians and male is only two men one in Georgia Aquarium and
The other guy is Dr a Robinson in Sarasota to Florida and there’s only one Global man African-American man that works at the head of SeaWorld as the chief veterinarian in Dubai he opened up SeaWorld so with that being said I’m trying to shift the idea of what environmental science is like even in
Memphis you might say well what does the ocean have to do with me we are on the Mississippi River anything that goes into Mississippi river flows into the Gulf of Mexico flows into the ocean So What flows into the ocean impacts your Fisheries so you like to eat fish you
Like salmon you like crab legs you like oyers you like lobsters so the things that you do now teaching children how to recycle and little things can impact our environment so that’s important coming from Memphis we don’t get that we have a big Wetland ecology system in Memphis we
Need more black people to learn about that to preserve it so our children in the future can see it and enjoy the resources that we have so I would like to thank you and I would um want to say that Mak I’m trying to make dreams that are impossible possible thank you [Applause]
Proud so councilwoman and IO move there we go I was going to wait on it I was going to wait on it um Madam com controller can we show this item uh approved by acclamation yes Mr chair thank [Applause] you thank you so zoning cases uh applicants shall be granted a maximum
Of 15 minutes to present and may be divided between initial presentation of Bal as long as the total does not exceed 15 minutes allotted the oppos opposition shall be granted equal time Madame com controller please call item number four thank you Mr chairman item number four is a resolution pursuant to chapter
9.6 of the Memphis and Shelby County unified development code approving a convenience store with gas sales in the commercial mixed use District this resolution is sponsored by the division of Planning and Development the case number is s 23-31 councilman Canal you are recognized good sir thank you Mr chairman is your
Mic I don’t know try again thank you Mr chairman colleagues we heard this item in committee it is worth noting that dpd and luse gave this approval with conditions we did make some amendments in committee I’d like to call staff forward and discuss those and with that
Mr chairman I move it to the Floor you sure my name is Alexis long street with dpd this application that they speaking of is special use permit 2023 031 located at 3215 Jackson Avenue it is District 5 super District 9 just a brief update Presentation that’s some great music by the way I got it I was wondering where it came from that’s our theme music okay this property is located in the kns in the Heights neighborhood 57 notices were sent out on November 29th it is cmu1 zoning and it it does a but
Um residential Urban zoning and as you can see on the land use map it that specific property is zone for commercial use and here are just some slight site photos um from the view of Jackson Avenue and it’s as well as making Road here is a brief concept plan and here are some
Elevations um the addition and the revision of the approval that was set forth at the L use control board was amended by the council as they would like to make an amendment to the conditions to add that a minimum of at least two level three DC fast charging
Stations are implemented on the site for um electrical vehicles and and here is the analysis plan from the Memphis 3.0 it was deemed consistent given that this property is and has already been a Lo um a local gas station and operated and they’re basically just providing updates and approve and
Umove accommodations and here are the conditions that were given in approving a use control board 9 to Zer and that concludes my presentation thank you uh Mr Davis would you you like to make any comments if you can give your name and address for the record please good
Afternoon Mike Davis with the Reeves engineering firm uh 6800 poer Avenue uh this is simply a refurbishment of an existing outdated uh convenience store so everything that’s being done is is in the positive direction and we are in agreement with staff conditions and I’d be glad to answer any questions you might
Have okay you any questions it it doesn’t appear to be any uh questions uh any council members it appears that uh all hearts and minds are clear Madam comol can you prepare the screen for vote thank you council members please vote Canal yes Cooper suton yes Easter Thomas
Yes Ford yes green yes Logan no Spinosa yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item passes Madame Coller please call the consent agenda for items 6 through 10 and 30 thank you Mr chairman item number six uh there are notations from the land use
Control board that the following cases were heard and recommendation made requesting dates of public hearing for ation case number PD 23-25 Memphis Urban wood plan development that suggested date is our next council meeting February 6 we have a new notation it is number B Su 23-26 towing service with without an
Impound lot the suggested date for this hearing is February 20th 2024 our engineering items number seven resolution accepting public improvements for Woodland Hills two plan development phase 16 part of area 7 and releasing the bond there is a request for same night minutes the contract number is CR
5430 a item number eight is a resolution accepting public improvements for Gardens of graves Hollow plan development phase two and releasing Bond there is a request for sign night minutes the contract number is CR 5396 item number nine is a resolution approving a supplemental agreement number one for two 220 South Claybrook
Street Apartments there is a request for sign night minutes the contract number is cr- 5434 item number 10 is a resolution approving the supplemental agreement number one for harmony at Morning Grove morning Woods plan development phase four there is a request for same night minutes the contract number is CR
5436 six and I think you want item Number there may be an add-on for consent as well 30 thank you oh up for first reading we have an ordinance to establish Memphis council meeting dates for 2024 it’s up for first reading the ordinance number is 5896 this is sponsored by chairman Smiley and there is a request for addon on today
Thank you Mr chairman that will conclude our same night I mean our um FAL consent agenda items thank you this item was moved by Council mccali seconded by jsw councilwoman SW Washington Madam controller could you please prepare the screen for vote on the consent agenda Canali yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter
Thomas Yes Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes saring in Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes oh this item passes Madame com controller please call the consent agenda items 11 through 13 item number 11 is a resolution to accept Grant funds in the amount of
8,752 from the Hyde Family Foundation for data collection software all council districts this resolution is sponsored by Memphis parks there is a request for same night minutes item number 12 is a resolution to accept Grant funds in the amount of $ 38,1 5 cents from Blue Cross Blue Shield
Of Tennessee for repairs to David K’s Park District 3 super District 8 this resolution is sponsored by Memphis parks there is a request for same night minutes item number 13 is a resolution to accept a private donation Grant Fund in the the amount of $220,000 from Hollywood Feed in support
Of the do Mud Island dog park district 7 super District 8 this resolution is sponsored by Memphis parks there is request for same night minutes Mr chairman that concludes our fiscal consent agenda item thank you madam controller this item was moved by councilman Warren seconded by councilwoman Jenna swon Washington could
You please prepare well there’s someone in the queue sorry Council Thomas there’s someone in the que I’m sorry about that Council woman e tell is your recognize thank you chair I’d like to recuse myself from item 13 and th the fiscal agenda for possible financial interest thank you okay thank you
Councilman Min Thomas um I’m not sure who can we make sure we adjust the mics I’m having difficulty hearing all the council members particularly the council members on the end all right Madam controller could be please to prepare to screen for a vote Canali yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter
Thomas recused Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes swearington Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chair Smiley yes this item passes Madame controller please call the MLGW physical consent agenda for items 14 through 16 with say night minutes on items 14 and 15 thank you Mr chairman
Item number 14 is a resolution awarding contract number 12454 Allan arator Rehabilitation to grinder Taber and grinder Inc in the funded amount of 2,886 , 24222 item number 15 is a resolution awarding contract number 12461 mord DPC installation to Consolidated Electrical Services Inc in the funded amount of
$474,500 elal HVAC enclosure and dock extension to grinder Taber and grinder Inc in the funded amount of$ 44,4 316 Mr chairman that concludes our MLGW fiscal consent items thank you madam com controller councilman Spinosa you are recognized it’s spelled with an S not a z that’s correct spelled with s not a z
Thank you Mr chair committee met recommends approval and I so move by move by council spos is seconded by councilor sge in Washington we have uh Dr war and Q Dr W you recognize thank you Mr chair I just want to take this time uh to thank mlgnw for giving us clean water
Again if people haven’t heard we can drink water thank you so much and thank everyone uh that worked so hard during this last uh ice storm and all the bad weather it is really appreciated by all of us here up here thank you now since we’re on on that
Issue um uh president McAn you set the bar pretty high so if our power goes out this time we’re going to come but either way it do [Applause] deserve I think before we go to the vote I know councilwoman Logan is also in the Cure as well sorry Council Logan it’s on
Me that’s okay chair thank you I just also thank you uh Council War for bringing that up but I’d also like to um thank president McAllan for um the communication the communication with the staff throughout the entire uh we asked you for this and we’ve been asking for
This and you delivered and we appreciate that um keeping us prised of what’s going what was going on and um giving us the information to push out to our constituents was great is greatly appreciated and the constituents appreciated as well they commented um they were very informed and even though
We were going through challenges we were staying connected and communicating with them so we I appreciate um what what you’re doing and we see you thank you he act like he’s ran a division or department or entity before I think he had another job before you know I could be mistaken Madam come
Troller could you please prepare the screen for a vote I to the chair Canal yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter Thomas Yes Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes swearington Washington yes Walker yes yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item passes Madame kroller please call item number
25 item number 25 is on our addon agenda can we make sure we have an add-on agenda to the come TR can we get it we’re giving it to you who’s one Coming you can do what I do just blame Brooke item number 25 is a resolution to accept rent funds in um the amount of $118,000 from the Tennessee Department of Health for project diabetes year 3 for the implementation of health promotion efforts throughout the Memphis area all council districts this
Resolution is sponsored by the administration there is a request for same night minutes Dr Warren you are recognized thank you Mr chair committee met recommended approval and I so move right it appears that all hearts and minds are clear Madam com controller could you please uh call prepare to screen for vote
Canali yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter Thomas Yes Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes saring and white Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item passes Madam comproller could you please call item number 26 item number 26 is a resolution to
Accept Grant funds in the amount of 2,756 5744067548 for repair 14 Bridges Sam Cooper project number PW 01253 districts 2 and five Super District 9 this resolution is sponsored by the administration there is a request for same night minutes thank you councilwoman SW and Washington you are recognized thank you chair the committee
Met and recommended approval and I so move um please show this item was moved by S and Washington second and by sposa PE all hearts and Minds clear Madam contrer could you please read the screen for a vote Canal yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter Thomas Yes Ford yes green yes Logan yes
Spinosa yes SAR in Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item passes Madam com controller could you please call item number 27 item number 27 is a reappointment for the director of division of solid waste Philip Davis thank you councilman EA Thomas you are recognized
Thank you chair committee M recommends approval and I so move thank you this item was moved by Easter Thomas seconded by Dr Warren PE of all hearts and Minds clear Madam come Char could you please prepare to screen for a vote and this item is moved with same
Night minutes thank you same night minutes for 27 for the record Canal yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter Thomas Yes Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes saring in Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item passes Madame com controller please call item number 28 28 my my
Apologies item number 28 is a reappointment for the director of parks and neighborhoods Harry and Walker thank you madam uh come controller I see we have councilwoman Easter Thomas in a que councilwoman Easter Thomas thank you chair I’d like to recuse myself from item 28 um for possible financial interest and that
Item was heard by committee Vice chair white all right so councilwoman white the few are recognized this item was sent down without recommendation all right it appears that without recommendation so uh we have Dr Warren in the queue as well Dr Warren uh Mr chair I’d like to
Move uh uh for reappointment of Carri Nick Walker it his full name uh for director of parks and neighborhoods well a vote Walker vote I want to say director Walker it was not me who said it it was Dr War um there’s I never knew it was
Carrie I I just love that I have a niece named Carrie this item was moved with same night minutes moved by white seconded by War uh could you please prepare the screen for a vote yeah council members we’re voting on item number 28 council members can we please vote on
This item and director Walker sorry about our issues up here we’re getting it together Canal yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter Thomas recused Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes sarin Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes thank you this item passes Madame koler could you please
Call item number 29 thank you Mr chairman item number 29 is a resolution requesting the city of Memphis permits office promulgate a set of rules regulations and procedures to be observed by licensed record owners and operators operating in the city of Memphis all council districts this resolution is sponsored by councilman
Canali and there is a request for same night minutes thank you madam com controller councilwoman white you are recognized this time for real thank you chairman this item was sent down from committee with a favorable recommendation and I so move moved by councilwoman oh councilwoman Cooper sudden with the fast fingers and
Seconded by I have no idea who did that councilman spos uh we going to figure it out we going to get it together y’all we going to get it together Madam Coller please prepare to scream for a vote oh okay so now the motion says moved by councilwoman white seconded by councilman
Spinosa some strange things going on definitely some strange things happening right now but we got it together so move by white sack by sposa appears our all hearts and Minds to clear can we please prepare to screen for a vote okay because there’s a lot happening some people have quicker fingers than
Others the screen is ready thank you Canal Yes Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes saring in Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes please show council member Cooper Sutton as a voting yes this item passes Madame com controller please please call item number 31 recogniz item number
31 is a resolution to override the mayor’s of ordinance number 5893 all Council of districts this resolution is sponsored by the Memphis city council and there is a request for same night minutes thank you madam com controller um before I go to a council member we’re going to go to the always reliable
Attorney Allan Wade all right Mr chairman uh our legal staff has reviewed this item recommends approval ask you to so move and approve y’all are cutting up today y’all are cutting up today um Council mly thank you Mr chairman this item received favorable recommendation in committee and I the attorney received the favor
Recommendation from from the attorney and the body all right cool moved by councilman Canal seconded by smosa thank you all um it appears that all hearts and minds are clear Madam com controller please please prepare the screen for a vote Canal yes Cooper Sutton Yes Ford yes
Green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes saring and Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item passes Madam comproller please call item number 23 item number 23 is an appointment Chief Human Resources officer Fonda F councilman Canali you are recognized thank you Mr chairman this came before
The executive committee received a favorable recommendation and I so move moved by councilman Canali seconded by councilwoman Cooper sudden it appears all hearts and minds are clear could you please prepare to screen for a vote council members and let’s please note this is item is with same night Minutes cast
Your votes for this appointment and there is a request for same night minutes yes ma’am thank you Canal yes Cooper Sutton Yes Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes sington Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item passes Madame com controller please call item number
203 no yeah item number 23 two two two great yeah item number 22 is an appointment Chief Communications officer Penelope Houston thank you madam com controller Miss Houston would you like to I’m really just teasing I’m really just teasing councilman Canal you recognized thank you Mr chairman this item was
Heard in the executive committee and received a favorable recommendation and I move it to the floor moved by councilman Canali seconded by councilman Warren please note that this item is with same 9 minutes it appears at all hearts and Minds to clear Madam comol at you please prepare the screen for a
Vote finale yes Cooper Sutton Yes Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes swar Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes and there is a request for same night minutes unless uh Chief Houston would not want same night minutes okay I’m just trying to figure
It out all right uh this item passes um Madame Coller please call item number 21 yes 21 thank you Mr chair item number 21 is a reappointment of our director ctor of the division of planning and Community Development John zena councilwoman Easter not here councilwoman Jenna swon Washington you are recognized yes recommendation
Recommendation yes this candidate received a favorable recommendation so I so move moov by SW and Washington seconded by Cooper sudden it appears that all hearts and minds are clear mad come controller could you please prepare the screen for the boat you beat me to it and I’m assuming this is with same
Night minutes as well same night minutes that’s correct Mr chman it appears to get a very gleeful smile from director Zena here’s the vote Canal yes super Sutton Yes Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes Saron Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item
Passes Madam comproller please call item number 20 item number 20 is a reappointment of our director of libraries Keenan McCoy mam Coller uh well no councilwoman E Thomas you’re recognized chair the committee met did not recommend any approval um and I saw move moved by Easter th seconded by
Spinosa it doesn’t appear that anyone’s in the queue um can I get a any other particular motion to approve it okay we have a motion by smosa to approve second it by Warren minutes the same n minutes thank you all right Madam controller prepare the screen for a vote thank
You council members cast your votes for our director of libraries all that work Canal yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter Thomas Yes Ford yes green yes white yes Logan yes sposa yes sington Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes and chairman Smiley yes thank you this item passes Madam come controller please call item number
19 real item number 19 is a reappointment of Ashley cash as director of Housing and Community Development um I’m not sure if director cash would like same night minutes I see some thumbs I’m not really sure what that means okay all right um Council woman E Thomas you are
Recognized thank you shair committee m did not recommend positive negative approval and I move with same minutes so move by Council Thomas seconded by director green mam com controller could you please prepare the screen for a vote and my screen just went out Canal yes Cooper Sutton Yes Ford yes
Green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes swaringen Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item passes Madam com controller please call item number 18 item number 18 is a reappointment of Manny belan as our city engineer is for same night minutes there’s a request the same night minutes
I don’t see director here see it almost didn’t happen for you hey look there we go there we go Council woman e tellas you recognize chair commited met and did not recommend positive or negative approval now so move with same 9 minutes all right move by move by Easter Thomas
Second by Cooper sudden uh doesn’t appear that anyone has a comment to be made prepare the screen Madam Controller amen Canal yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter Thomas Yes Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes saren Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item passes Madam com controller please call item number 17 and I do not see Mr thank
You Mr chairman item number 17 is an appointment of Ty Coleman director of Memphis animal services and there is a request for same night minutes all right thank you uh councilwoman Easter Thomas Mike please it’s on okay chair the committee met and did not recommend positive or negative approval and I saw
Move same minutes I mean I don’t see Mr uh oh yeah I like y’all um I have one coming card well well we have councilwoman white in the que councilwoman I just wanted to say that I recall your um presentation and I just remembered how passionate you were about
What you do and so I’m really really excited to talk more with you and we’re really glad that you’re here yeah on on the on that point um I think I sent a message to to the mayor and told him I was thoroughly impressed and I I don’t
I’m not impressed very easily I think director Walker would agree with that um so coming card from Joan harp if I butcher something my apologies blame Brooke please take please state your name and address for the record and then your time will begin uh my name is Joan harp
My address is 178 South growth Park Road Memphis 38117 I’m here in support of Ty Coleman oh um he really came out with the rescues there’s a lot of drama going on at the animal services maybe some of you don’t know 1,176 dogs were killed for space last
Year that’s three a day we can do a lot better both um Tai came up with ideas like heat Maps where we go and we go into the communities where we are most need there are no veterinarians south of popular there are no Services uh the mayor in his election campaign promised
This a spay van we’re going to hold his heat his little feet to the flame for that however Tai will have have his work cut out for him because here is his director of communications this is Katie pton this is how she shows up for press conferences after I don’t know how many
Years on her job she does not know how long a dog is pregnant it’s literally six weeks how could you not know that she comes up with the home for home program how do you think dog fighters get bait dogs they get free dogs all over the Internet this has got to stop
Ty’s got his work cut out for him because that’s not the only problem that’s at Memphis Animal Services if you say anything on the internet you’ll be threatened to be killed with a shot that you will never wake up from and be called racial names by the friends of the staff now who
Would know how to give somebody a shot that they don’t wake up from but a Vette Tech so I give my wholehearted support for ta Coleman God love you and I pray that we can do better next year and onward thank you so thank you so much
For those comments um you know I’ve said earlier you know government works best if we actively participate um and I will also note you know how rare it is for a director to receive a positive comment so for that it it’s appreciated and I’m hearing people out
Saying that they can’t really hear me so Kudos t uh sounds like you got a lot of work to do chief Adams we’re going to blame you uh yeah battle cup trolling the screen for V okay Canali yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter Thomas yes C yes green yes Logan yes
Spinosa yes singon Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item passes that brings us to our same night men and items I heard a deep side Vice chairman Canal would you please read the same night minutes into the record a lot of them yes sir thank
You Mr chairman same night minute items are 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 and 31 and with that I so move Mr you read the entire agenda move by Canal seconded by Spinosa uh Madam com controller could
You please prepare the screen for a Vote Canal yes Cooper Sutton yes Easter Thomas recused Ford yes green yes Logan yes Spinosa yes Saron Washington yes Walker yes Warren yes white yes chairman Smiley yes this item passes uh the sergeant at ORS has hand handed me uh a Litany of coming cards we always love to hear from our
Constituents so I’m going to go through these um if if the person’s not here I will take a moment and see if they’re here D given General comment the giv going once going twice all right thank you Miss giv Claire lead better okay K CLA Le better going once going twice Cheryl
C going once Cheryl cite going twice Josh Adams I know I see Mr Adams here there we go um can we put two minutes on the clock please miss Adams you know the routine good sir good afternoon um thank you for bringing up the fact that some
Of the people on the front row um do interact with the community on a daily if not a weekly basis um this week I talked to a few folks out in Westwood area Lake View Gardens area who um had about 10 conversations only two of them asked for stricter penalties which is
Not asking for more police funding um but most of them ask for direct financial support to youth um and folks who may be engaged in activities that we don’t like and they ask for direct resource support the idea that most people think we need more police I think comes from this um institutional
Religiosity last week I talk about institutional stupidity which is directly connected to institutional religiosity um for the polit for the police department some believe that no matter what they do um they’re still good all the time um some believe that no matter how much corruption or incompetence they uh display their still
Good all the time indictment after indictment settlement after settlement atrocity after atrocity still good all the time this type of religiosity um invokes an indifference to data that should invoke crisis among the council we look at a 700% disparity in drug violations that institutional religiosity makes folks look at it like a minor
Mishap um this type of religiosity makes people ignore the self-interest of a police chief who failed to bring the institutional change and the institution Equity to the police department in favor of appeasing a racist white mayor and for appeasing her subordinates this type of institutional religiosity makes us ignore the fact
That several people were killed last year not just one um many were killed by police brutality such as Courtney Ross who was beaten to death by Crump Precinct in Midtown this institutional religiosity makes us fail to see that the Memphis Police Department is not good all the time and all the time is
Not good thank you hey Mr Adams I forgot Mr Adams I forgot to say could you state your name and address for the record Josh Adams 1000 South Cooper Street represent Memphis for all thank you Miss Adams uh Mr Joe Kent are you still here
I don’t see you sir there you go on the this side okay yeah go ahead name and address for the record Joe Kent 5111 Flamingo with respect to water as of October 31st 2023 MLGW water had 476 days of cash almost 10 times the recommended cash minimum yet McGowan’s
MLGW was 37% behind their water tapex spend budget as of 10 3123 MLGW finished the previous fy22 year at 21% behind MLGW has not got it done while having the benefit of massive excessive cash reserves effectively self-branding as get it done Doug Mr mcgaan has simply not got it done and
Was also as was also the case with the riverfront he was appointed MLGW CEO based on the notion that he would hit the ground running which has not happened believe it or not I still believe Mr Macwan can get it done by starting to listen to taxpayers as opposed to the
Boys uh if Mr mcgau continues to listen to the boys he will not get it done it will go on on and on with ballooning contracts as you know MLGW in conspiratorial fashion with previous council did not adequately notice the fy2 24 budget which took this council’s
MLGW accountability Hammer from you as a body through not a oneye but a three-year rate increase the best way you can help Mr McAllan and mlgnw is through increased accountability and resending their 2025 and 26 rate increases with aggressive check in of MLGW contracts and setting the expectation for decreasing existing
Contract costs while accommodating public comment on the MLGW consent agenda and in committee before the MLG consent agenda is considered excessive public balance sheet cash creates a moral hazard and was evidenced with these two examples in the $228 million for tree trimming and 27 million Spectrum ban purchase resend
The 25 26 rate increases at the next meeting and have accommodate public voice before the MLGW consent agenda is considered thank you thank you Mr Kent uh we always look forward to seeing you I okay gal KRON okay haven’t seen you before thank you for I have seen you before okay thank you good evening my name is ril Katherine mempis Tennessee ril cine if I Butch I am sorry it’s okay nothing but love much love Memphis Tennessee is my home I’m in a county but
I’ve lived in North Memphis South Memphis and East Memphis I’m coming and speaking because I see some things is wrong I can’t hold nobody accountable but all us grown people need to come together um I have a question why this why is it so much scrutinizing of Wanda hbert and
CJ Davis because of the fact this is what I see and what I’ve experienced in my own timing when there was a man in the police chief staffs all over all of them most people were being assaulted in schools young women and was no accountability so since she’s gotten in
I’ve see a lot of that has decreased with W halber since in my time you you don’t have to wait months and months and months for your stuff you can go down to the divisions and get your stuff so in my opinion why not try to assist them
You all help assist them and getting the things that they need so they will be able to do what’s best for Memphis Tennessee instead of trying to get them out not particular you all individually but others help them to get what they need to get us what we need on the next one
Please okay why was it allowed to have gases refineries and Steels put in places where it can cause toxics to humans why was not it that investigated before it was allowed to get in those places before we put things in places that we thinking hurt a human why not
Investigate it first not come back later on oh we shouldn’t have did it investigate it first I want to know why Memphis like gas and water keep getting monies and ain’t nothing going different they got the money the last time I was here and then I still see the power
Allergist thank you have a good day thank you um please don’t let this be the last time you come before this body I think this body is please don’t let this be the last time you come before this body um please continue to show up on all issues where’s Miss Sarah
Carpenter I don’t see her today oh man tell Miss we was looking for uh Richard Massie uh Richard Massie uh 3615 Central Avenue there’s no understating just how tall of a order it was for CJ Davis to inherit the role that she did in overseeing the police department uh make
No mistake about it overseeing the Memphis Police Department inheriting a police culture that was Rife with brutality and Corruption uh is not easy however we’re not here gathered today as a community before you all uh stating the obvious what’s been known in this community for decades we’re here to
Understand whether or not CJ Davis’s leadership has been effective or not and to give you a Stern and direct answer the answer is absolutely not and I say that because CJ has oversaw one of the least transparent police departments in this country at large it’s culminated into us being under the microscope of
The Department of Justice transparency and accountability are pillars and what’s supposed to be an effective police department and we’ve been devoid of that since CJ has inherited that role the Memphis Police Department has not released its annual report pertaining to important data that this community relies on since
2019 the MPD hasn’t adhere to the ordinances that this community mobilized and fought for including the data transparency ordinance that would have entailed creating an exale spread sheet that takes what 45 minutes maximum in which officers will compute data at the time of the arrest so that people can
Actually access uh that incident and and bring it up in instance that they are brutalized uh this is an existential crisis and there’s no understating the importance of it black bodies within this police culture are disposable and we we witness to what can be best described as a modern day lynching of
Tyreek Nichols and the grotesque murders of Courtney Ross and Jayla McKenzie so I implore the council to ask themselves will you be a part of the legacy of fundamentally broken policing or will you all be Testaments of change will you all be beacons of change if in our
Police culture with that I implore you all to uh reject the appointment of Chief Davis thank you Mr Massie it’s always good to see you um you’re a remarkable young man keep coming out and keep speaking to the issues of the people and I think um there young man like him um
That will ultimately get Memphis to the place it needs to be Trinity will Williams Miss Williams I can’t hear you who Miss White oh well Miss Williams before you go I’m gonna allow Miss White councilwoman white to speak counc Woman white I’m sorry I didn’t look at the
Thank you chairman for acknowledging me Mr Massie I did get an email from you but I didn’t get an email with those notes if you would please send me a list of those things that you mentioned that we need to be requesting I will would
Love to see those now you just asked him to give you he’s going to break it down for you now oh I’m fine with it just just I want you to email it I was over here trying to kind of take notes and keep up but I would appreciate it if you
Would send me an email with those notes come on Miss Sherman you com to the mic soon all right so I haven’t seen I haven’t seen it so Mr M but I look for your name in there I did look for Mr Mass’s and I couldn’t find it so I look
For yours as well miss Char thank you so we’re going to make sure we we get that email to miss white um Miss Sherman and Mr Massie um could you U be kind and to fulfill Miss councilwoman White’s request thank you so much Miss Williams I think you’re still here there we go
I’m sorry didn’t see you Miss Williams name and address for the record good afternoon um my name is Trinity Williams 2000 North Parkway 3112 I came here today to um well once again deore the sentiment of not reinstating CJ Davis today as police chief um I’m on behalf of representing
College students but also youth black youth in Memphis Tennessee um and also from larger metropolitan areas from early great fkks in history um the late great Malcolm X said if you want something you have better make some noise and for me I believe that that is
The reason why I’m here today I’m here today to make some noise on the topic of the reappointment of CJ to deny her position um not only just for myself but also for black youth in Memphis um the time that I’ve been here as a college
Student I’ve been exposed to the lack of accountability that MPD has received and has been um obliged to his community I’ve been exposed to the lack of leadership in my opinion from CJ Davis and once again Council people I urge you if you do have some kind of sentiment
Listen to your constituents based on the community that showed up here today that once again young black people as well as the Memphis community at large do not want the appointment of CJ Davis for me I look at uh civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King who said precisely
When it comes to the topic of leadership he said um excuse me life’s most persistent urgent question is what are you doing for others that is the reason why why you all are here today you guys have been elected by your constituents in the communities that you represent so what
Are you doing for the community that you represent for the people that voted for you for the people that are newly elected welcome but once again that does not mean that you do not apply to the people that you represent so once again as a young black person in Memphis I
Urge you to do not appoint CJ Davis as police chief thank you I appreciate the time thank you Miss Williams uh you know I always appreciate you all consistently showing up I often um tell people just don’t show up on one issue consistently come down here because government deals
With so many different issues and all of them have uh weight and value so thank you for consistently showing up and being present I we we see you Mr go ahead we have a councilwoman Cooper sudden in the queue thank you chairman I received each
And every one of your emails but what I would like to clarify to make sure you understand this I do a deep dive and I do my own research and I go and I look into it I call Baltimore Police Department myself I got an email from um
Chief CJ Davis requesting the dashboard and all the information that you all have requested and ask for I was able to get that dashboard here in my hand and when this is if we can talk about it I toally this is very important to the activists and those that are on the
Front line they have been requesting it and so I have it in my hand the dashboard that will be on the website that she sent this email on Monday January the 8th that it would be on the website hopefully before June January 31st we are looking for a
State of an art um dashboard because we want every traffic stop we want every police officer we want every piece of information posted and put on the website I do not want you all to think that I am not doing my job because when I was elected in this position that is
My responsibility to check it out and to do a deep dive in every aspect and that I will do and will continue to do I am now talking to the Baltimore police officer uh Department um Lindsay because of what we asked for on January the 9th to carcerated sent
This to me we got these copies to see exactly what you all are asking for and what we’re needing from the Memphis Police Department we hear you loud and clearly about your not your reappointment appointment that you want of her you don’t want her reappointed but until then she is going to be
Responsible and accountable for everything that you all have sent to me and everything that we’re asking asking and I can guarantee you I will get that information thank you chairman thank you councilwoman Cooper sudden um since Walter bro is not here miss Sherman I just want you to know you
Better give us the closing remarks and Ben addiction all right take us home absolutely not M Sherman please state your name and address for the record close us out my name is Amber Sherman my address is 6070 North belg grve Cove Memphis Tennesse 38115 um so first I was going to say
Something totally different but since Yolanda Cooper suton bought up that information we didn’t ask about I would love to address it we met with Chief Davis on Monday who revealed to us that the report that we’ve been asking for that was due on October 1st does not
Exist the dash what you’re referring to is not due until March and if people on the council read the ordinance they would know that information so starting on October 1st a report of different traffic stops was due to the public and decar Memphis sent in a public records
Request to find that the report does not exist the chief also said the report does not exist so if the chief is saying the report doesn’t exist I’m not sure what you’re showing us but it’s not what we’re talking about and the chief herself has said that we don’t have that
Information we’re going to get it to you but that’s also why we’re holding her accountable and we don’t want her reappointed because the very simple data we’ve asked for the police officers are not collecting when they do pretextual traffic stops or any kind of traffic stop they’re not collecting that data
And so the people aren’t receiving the transparency that we ask for when we pass the ordinances because we’re the ones who keep showing up I’m not in a sorority that only supports me when it’s time for me to get my job back I’m a citizen of Memphis who talks to other
Citizens of Memphis who don’t want her reappointed and so since she can’t do a simple thing like produce a Excel spreadsheet I don’t understand why you would keep your job making over $150,000 a year and you can’t even produce an Exel spreadsheet you can’t lead in a way that has officers collecting basic
Information during a traffic stop no you should not be the police chief so next time we come to the body and say that we’re addressing the community’s comments and our concerns make sure the information is accurate thanks well thank you Mr Sherman you always speak so passionately um that
Council woman could said are you in the queue or oh yes I am Amber I’m not trying to go back and forth with you I’m trying to do my job as a councilwoman and to make sure that what the citizens is asking as long as
And I was asking out there with you all because I was on the other side and now I’m over here being very transparent I am going to make sure that what we ask for what you’re asking for that we get it time out for the lies it’s time for us to unify and
Work together we are constantly killing each other as black-on-black crimes just not the police but our whole entire city and as we and as we’re saying as I am saying we’re going to have to work together I am not in opposition with you I’m here to work with you like I was
When I was on the other side and that is my commitment and whatever it takes we’re going to get it done together whether she stays or whether she goes we are still responsible for this information thank you for thank you for the I had another card Mr chairman so
Thank Mr Ken you had one coming card at the general all right so that brings us to the end of our meeting Cedric Cedric didn’t I did you give him another com uh I will Mr Kent did you give him the other comment com so Mr uh Washington
Could you come down here say a quick prayer and then I will entertain the motion to a Journ let us pray dear Lord we thank you for everything that has been done and said and Lord we just want to thank you again for our young adults that’s here that’s doing the research and doing the background and bringing the information and being truthful with the information
That is presented to them and we just thank you for right now thank you for this leadership body and thank you for the anointing and the blessings that you’re about to turn up and turn out right here in Memphis Tennessee we thank you right now it’s in Jesus name we pray
Amen and amen
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