Demorest The Heart ofHabersham City of Demorest City Council Meeting Regular Session Minutes Demorest Municipal Building Tuesday, September 6, 2022,7:00P.M.  ATTENDEES  Shawn Allen, Councilman John Hendrix, Councilman Jerry Harkness, Mayor Andrew Ferguson, Councilman  Thomas Mitchell, City Attorney Kim Simonds, City Manager Megan Chastain, Interim City Manager  The September 6, 2022, Demorest City Council meeting was heldi int the Demorest Municipal Building  located at 125 Ivy Street.  AGENDA ITEM !: INVOCATION AND PLEDGE TOTHE FLAG  Mayor Harkness opened the meeting by leading in prayer and the pledge to the flag.  AGENDA ITEM II: CALLTOORDER  Mayor Harkness called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. AGENDA ITEM III: APPROVAL OF AGENDA  Mayor Harkness asked that twoi items be added: CONSIDERATION OF. JAKE BRAKE ORDI before CONSIDERATION OFS STORMWATER/EROSON ORD and MANAGER'S REPORTafter CONSIDERATION OF JAKE BRAKE ORD. He also asked to strike CONSIDERATION OF RETAINING FIRETRUCKS unless Council wants to: sell them. A motion to approve the agenda as amended was made by Councilman Allen and ACTION: The motion to approve the agenda as amended (adding CONSIDERATION OFJ JAKE BRAKE ORD before CONSIDERATION OF TORMWATEN/FROSION ORD and MANAGER'S REPORT after CONSIDERATION OF JAKE BRAKE ORD and also to strike CONSIDERATION OF RETAINING FIRETRUCKS)  seconded by Councilman Ferguson.  was unanimously approved (3-0).  AGENDA ITEM IV: APPEARANCE AND PUBLIC COMMENTS AGENDA ITEM V: APPROVAL OF MINUTES: AUGUST2,2022  There were none.  Mayor Harkness asked if there were changes to be made to the minutes as presented from the August 2, 2022 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes as presented was made by Councilman Allen and was  seconded by Councilman Ferguson.  1Page    ACTION: The motion to approve the August 2, 2022 minutes as presented was unanimously approved  (3-0).  AGENDA ITEM VI: JAKE BRAKE ORD  The. Jake Brake Ordinance that was passed during the April 5 meeting did noti include the list of the streets that were discussed during the meeting. Mr. Mitchell said Council would just need to adopt the ordinance adding thel list of streets. The streets are Double Springs Rd, Demorest-Mount, Airy Hwy, Fisk Ave, Cap Fry Rd and Central Ave. A motion to approve the. Jake Brake Ordinance with the streets added ACTION: The motion to approve the. Jake Brake Ordinance with the four streets added was  was made by Councilman. Allen and was seconded by Councilman Ferguson.  unanimously approved (3-0). AGENDA ITEM VII: MANAGER'S REPORT  Ms. Simonds made a report to Mayor and Council that included the following:  Tricks and Treats is October 31 from 5-8 pm. Areview of the DPD, DFD, DSD and DWD reports. Areview of the. June financial report.  AGENDA ITEM VII: CONSIDERATION OF TORMWATER/EROSION ORD 2nd Reading Mayor Harkness asked for a motion to approve. Councilman Allen made a motion to adopt the Stormwater Ordinance. The motion to adopt the Stormwater Ordinance was seconded by Councilman ACTION: The motion to adopt the. Stormwater Ordinance was unanimously approved (3-0).  Ferguson.  AGENDA ITEM IX: CONSIDERATION OF FIRE APPARATUS INVOICE  Mayor Harkness asked for a motion to approve. A motion was made by Councilman Allen to payt the Fireline invoice from the SPLOST account and was seconded by Councilman Ferguson. ACTION: The motion to pay the Fireline invoice from the. SPLOST account was unanimously approved  (3-0).  AGENDA ITEM X: CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTTOCLOSE ALLEY-NAVARRETE  Attorney Mitchell said the next step would be to notify the surrounding property owners and Council  would then consider the request at the next meeting.  AGENDA ITEM XI: CONSIDERATION OF EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK CHANGES  After the discussion in the Work Session, council agreed to table this agenda item. A motion to table the employee handbook changes was made by Councilman Allen and seconded by Councilman Hendrix. ACTION: The motion to table the employee handbook changes was unanimously approved (3-0).  2Page    AGENDA ITEM XII: CONSIDERATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT  After the discussion in the Work Session, Council decided on the Tier 1 Basic Service for Code Enforcement, on an "as needed" or "as requested" basis with a minimum of 2 hours. Mayor Harkness asked forar motion. Councilman Allen made a motion to enter into an agreement with Bureau Veritas for Tier 1 Basic Service for code enforcement and was seconded by Councilman Ferguson. ACTION: The motion to enter into an agreement with Bureau Veritas for Tier1 Basic. Service, for code  enforcement was unanimously approved (3-0).  AGENDA ITEM XIII: CONSIDERATION OF 2021 AUDIT REPORT There were no further comments. See Work Session minutes.  AGENDA ITEM XIV: CONSIDERATION OF MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION (if needed) Amotion was made by Councilman Allen and was seconded by Councilman Ferguson to adjourn and re- convene in Executive Session fort the purpose of discussion of pending litigation, acquisition of property  and personnel. This portion of Regular Session adjourned at 7:19 p.m.  Ar motion was made by Councilman Allen and seconded by Councilman Ferguson to come out of Executive Session and reconvene in Regular Session. The motion was unanimously carried, and Regular  Session reconvened at 7:57p.m. AGENDA ITEMX XV: MOTION TO ADJOURN  A motion to adjourn was made by Coungilman Hendrixandi the motion was seconded by Councilman Allen.Ther motion was unanimously: approved. The meeting adjourned at 7:59 p.m,  - MayorgfDemorest  @  HABERSHP  Demorest GityClerk  3/Page