Roy Sudler, Jr.

Second, Mr. President.

Question, sir.

Thank you, Mr. Neil. I keep thinking about... just curious as to who chose to withdraw. Was it Kent County, or...

Thank you. Appreciate it.

Yes.

Yes.

Thank you. Move to accept staff recommendation. Over to you, sir.

Pardon me, Mr. Neil. Um Ms. Duka, thank you for your update. In regard to the several hundred of thousand, um can you elaborate a little bit on that and how it correlates with the retirement? Because what I'm hearing is uh that high cost and that potential uh gap of of employment, and then we also have some money available to where we could maybe spill that over from one job domain to cover for uh the Police Department for what they need, it's... In mind, can you help me out a little bit with that?

Uh both. Yeah, the police, yeah, both departments side of it in the... I'm thinking is uh it's important that we have like three, I would say three major positions. Yes, that three major positions that need to be filled, and it sounds like that's I don't know whether the total amount is available, those three positions that you have that, you know, could assist with three or a three-way down to two. Would that $300,000 be assist uh the Police Department in getting uh that working now? Cover that transition from um needs, whether that position uh transfer the knowledge, how transfer the knowledge and skill needed to go that board from a safety perspective, and how would that impact um how that impact the other side, another department, that side of the department. The need, what's a priority need? Is it a public safety priority need right now for that transition, and what we have the money freed up, and the money freed up right now? Three jobs and an RPM. Uh, you know, what what can be done?

Do you have that that number of what they saved from that position?

Move to accept staff's recommendation.

Yes.

Thank you for recognizing me. I just want to thank you, and uh, to your attention and know that the individual that lives in my division has witnessed, um, excessive lighting over there off of, um, I meant the development over there.

Townpoint? No, the Pines, near Garrison?

Eastgate, yes.

Yes, Eastgate. Eastgate. So, they had been experiencing excessive lighting, too. And the one individual that I'm speaking of has a child that's in school, and he has challenges, and the excessive lighting's keeping that individual from being able to sleep. And so, I know that I'll be happy to tell them, that family, that, you know, we have something in place now that'll be for something. We have something in place now, so I want to thank you for taking the time to orchestrate something and address this issue that I think that code enforcement should be doing, and I appreciate the efforts, both departments' efforts. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President.

Uh, thank you for my final remarks. So, um, I'm thinking, so, um, when you have, when it comes to enforcing, when it comes to enforcing this ordinance, once after, uh, how would you, what would be the criteria? What mechanism would you use to assess excess of lighting, and are you going to, and how are you going to, uh, investigate? Are you going to, is code enforcement going to come out at night now, and are you going to do, do you need to hire a person or is that a duty that someone's going to be and get extra intensity, like a overtime or something? How would we make sure that we won't be flooded with code appeal hearings with every process of this manner?

Councilman Anderson.

Thank you for the comments. What I'm thinking about is just like in construction, we have mechanisms that hold more degrees of fold that will apply to certain aspects, right? So, I'm I'm more concerned about, uh, a tangible mechanism that can be put up there, and then also, you know, situations with change in the homeowner's associations meetings are in mind. That's a good way to complain, and all that. So, we do have complaints that is aggressive in that manner, so is a final thing that you can look out for in the night. It's been thought on it, and again, I support ordinances, and I know this would be able to aid you. Great job. I yield.

Councilman Boggerty.

Doing good, and you?

If there are no other announcements by members of council, this meeting is adjourned.

Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to thank, uh, Sharon, the City Manager, uh, for the quick action for the repaving of North and South Queen Street. We know that, uh, Mt. Zion AME Church, they appreciated it, and also Calvary Baptist Church also, uh, expressed that, and have concerns and they've been very, they appreciated as well as the phone calls that were very great job, uh, that's what we need and and you provided it. Thank you.

Yes.

Council President Neil?

Would it be appropriate to have those who represent the lemonade stand come forward and stand with Councilwoman Dr. Pillsbury?

Yes, they are here.

Thank you.

Yes.

Uh 102, Council President.

Sorry to interrupt, point of order.

Yes.