CITY OF DEMOREST City Council Meeting October1 1, 2019 Regular. Session Meeting Minutes ATTENDEES  Rick Austin, PhD, Mayor John Popham, Councilman Sean Moore, Councilman Florence Wikle, Councilwoman Bruce Harkness, Councilman Joey Homans, City Attorney  Robin Krockum, Police Chief Ken Ranalli, Fire Chief Joely Mixon, City Accountant Kim Simonds, City Clerk Eric Pereria, The Northeast Georgian  AGENDA ITEMIand I: INVOCATION. AND PLEDGE TO THE FLAG  The October 1, 2019 Demorest City Council Meeting was held in the Demorest Municipal Building located at 125 Ivy Street. Attorney Homans opened with the invocation and pledge to the flag.  AGENDA ITEM II: CALL TOC ORDER  Mayor Austin called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. AGENDA ITEM III(A): APPROVAL OF AGENDA seconded by Councilman Popham.  Mayor. Austin asked to amend the agenda by moving Item III(B) - Appearance and Public Comments to the end of the agenda. Councilman Moore made a motion to approve the agenda as amended and was  ACTION: The agenda was approved as amended (4-0)  AGENDA ITEMI IVA): WISCONSIN AVENUE ALLEY UERRYHARKNESS)  Mr. Harkness appeared at the last meeting to ask that the closure of the alley off Wisconsin Avenue be verified. Since no official record oft the closure can be located and Mr. Harkness owns the parcels on both sides of the alley, Mr. Homans will formulate: a petition, Mr. Harkness will sign, and the October Work: Session willl be advertised as a Special Called Meeting to handle the matter. A motion was made by Councilman Popham and was seconded by Councilman Moore that the item be tabled until the next ACTION: The motion that the item involving the affirmation of the closing of the alley off Wisconsin  meeting.  Avenue be tabled until the next meeting was unanimously approved (4-0). AGENDA ITEM IV(B): DISCUSSION OF HABERSHAM MEDICAL CENTER IGA  Tyler Williams of Habersham Medical Center (HMC) and Donnie Hunt, County Attorney, appeared before Mayor and Council in reference to the parking agreement and the water tower easement previously discussed at the Work Session. Attorney Homans added recommended wording and the updated documents were presented for approval (see attachments). The issue concerning money that was overpaid by the hospital to the Cityi is being further discussed by the Hospital Authority and will be    handled at a later date (hopefully as a donation for the. July 4th Celebration). Councilman Harkness made ar motion to approve both agreements and the motion was seconded by Councilman Popham. ACTION: The motion to approve both the MASTER PARKING AGREEMENT and the AMENDMENTTO THE LEASE BETWEEN HMC AND THE CITY OF DEMOREST was unanimously approved (4-0).  AGENDA ITEM IV(C): JULY 4th FIREWORKS BUDGET  Ms. Simonds had presented: a one-page fact sheet (see attachment) from ai fireworks vendor regarding the rising cost of fireworks on July 4th. She asked that this item bet tabled until al later date so that more prices could be collected from prospective vendors. Councilman Popham made such a motion and was ACTION: The motion to table thej fireworks item until a later date was unanimously approved (4-0). The $400,000 which was placed in an Edward. Jones account has matured. Ms. Mixon has obtained  seconded by Councilman Moore.  AGENDA ITEM V(A): EDWARD JONES FUND RENEWAL rates from other sources and they are as follows:  Southern Bank & Trust Edward. Jones United Community Bank South State  2.15% 2.00% 1.8% 1.44%  Amotion was made by Councilman Harkness thati the funds be deposited with Southern Bank and Trust. ACTION: The motion that thej funds which recently matured with Edward Jones be deposited with  The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Wikle.  Southern Bank and Trust was unanimously approved (4-0). AGENDA ITEMVI: APPEARANCE AND PUBLIC COMMENTS  Mayor Austin addressed the assembled group regarding multiple issues using a handout (see attachment). Nathan Wile Davis, a City Council candidate, addressed Mayor and Council in AGENDA ITEMVI!: CONSIDERATION OF MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayor Austin asked for a motion to adjourn and reconvene into Executive Session. Suchar motion was made by Councilman Moore and was: seconded by Councilman Popham and unanimously approved.  disagreement.  This portion of Regular Session was adjourned at 7:11 p.m.  AGENDA ITEM VIII: MOTION TO ADJOURN  The meeting returned to Regular Session at 7:52 p.m. There was a brief discussion regarding the hosting ofa CANDIDATE'S FORUM at the next meeting. It was decided all three candidates for City Council would bei invited to participate and all Demorest citizens would be invited to attend. Also, because the November meeting will be held on election night, the meeting willl be held int the Woman's Club.    With no other business, Councilman Moore made a motion to adjourn the meeting and was seconded  by Councilman Popham. The meeting was adjourned at 8:03 p.m.  AL Rick Austin, MayorofD Demorest sm Kim. Simonds, City Clerk