Demorest The. Hearl oflabersham  Demorest City Council Special Called Meeting Demorest Municipal Building . Tuesday, June 13, 2023 . 6:00P.M.  ATTENDEES  Shawn Allen, Councilman John Hendrix, Councilman Jerry Harkness, Mayor Andrew Ferguson, Councilman  Donnie Bennett, Councilman Mark Musselwhite, City Manager Thomas Mitchell, City Attorney Megan Chastain, City Clerk  The June 13, 2023, Demorest Special Called Meeting was held in the Demorest Municipal Building  located at 125 Ivy Street. 1. INVOCATION 2. CALLTO ORDER  Mayor Harkness opened the meeting byl leading in prayer. Mayor Harkness called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.  3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Councilman Ferguson.  Mayor Harkness asked ift there were changes or additions to be made to the agenda. There were none. Ar motion to approve the agenda as presented was made by Councilman Bennett and was seconded by ACTION: The motion to approve the agenda as presented was unanimously approved (4-0). Mr. Randall Green at 3249 Dicks Hill Parkway has a leak he cannot locate and wants his meter relocated to bei ini front of his home as is it located in front of his neighbor's property. He is requesting the city relocate his meter for free and he would pay to rerun his lines. Please see his letter located in the minutes book. Mr. Musselwhite presented a minimum cost of $1800.00 as provided by the public works director. After a lengthy discussion, Council agreed that it legally could not be given and allowed  4. APPEARANCE & PUBLIC COMMENT  Mr. Musselwhite to communicate the price to relocate the meter with Mr. Green. 5. CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO LAND USE ORDINANCE (2nd Reading)  Mr. Mitchell presented an ordinance that makes changes to a number of provisions in our land use ordinance to bring it into compliance with state law. The most substantial change is the terms conditional usel has been changed to special use and there are additional notices and special hearings for variances and administrative type of appeals. Mr. Mitchell called for any comments for or against the purposed changes to the land use ordinance. There were none. Mr. Mitchell closed the public hearing. Mayor Harkness called for a motion. Councilman Allen made a motion to approve the land use ACTION: The motion to approve land use ordinance as presented was unanimously approved (4-0).  ordinance as presented and was seconded by Councilman Ferguson.  1IPage    6. CONSIDERATION OF NGMC CONTRACTS  Mr. Mitchell stated there were not any changes made to the radio/parking agreement from last weeks meeting. There were two changes made to the water tower agreement. Mayor Harkness called fora a motion to approve the presented contracts. A motion was made by Councilman Bennett to approve ACTION: The motion to approve the NGMC contracts as presented was unanimously approved (4-0). Mr. Musselwhite presented FarmHouse Coffee LLC alcohol license for council's approval. FarmHouse is working to locate a register agent who resides in the county. Worst case, they plan to move upstairs if need be. Councilman Allen made a motion to approve FarmHouse Coffees alcohol license with eithera a change in residency or name someone else as a register agent that lives within the county and was ACTION: The motion to approve the approve FarmHouse Coffees alcohol license with either a change ini residency or name someone else as a register agent that lives within the county was unanimously  the contracts presented and was seconded by Councilman Ferguson.  7. CONSIDERATION OF FARMHOUSE ALCOHOL LICENSE  seconded by Councilman Ferguson.  approved (4-0).  APPEARANCE & PUBLIC COMMENT  Steven and Marilyn made the official announcement that they would be expanding FarmHouse Coffee Councilman Ferguson announced they would be having a community yard sale at the gym on July gth.  to Demorest.  Mr. Musselwhite and Councilman Ferguson will work out the details. 8. CONSIDERATION OF MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION  There was not an executive session. 9. MOTION TO ADJOURN  A motion to adjourn-was-mage by Councilman Ferguson and the motion was seconded by Councilman Hendrix-The motion was ynânimousW: approved. The meeting adjourned at 6:41 p.m.  - Mayor  -  L  DEMIS  Demoresl-City Clerk  O  2Page