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THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AT 5 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER THE 9TH, 2026. IF YOU COULD PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN OFF OR SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES SO AS NOT TO
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INTERRUPT THE VARIOUS SPEAKERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST, WE'LL LOOK AT THE AGENDA.APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA? SO MOVED. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THE AGENDA IS ACCEPTED. NEXT WE'LL
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MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS. THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA UNLESS FORMALLY REQUESTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ITEM ONE IS LEASE AGREEMENT FOR 306 SOUTH PERRY STREET, AND THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR CITY MANAGER, CHUCK WARMINGTON. AS WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES, THIS IS AN APPROVAL OF A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR A PROPERTY THE CITY OWNS, 306 SOUTH PERRY STREET. THIS IS A A LEASE FOR A SALON THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE CITY ACTUALLY IS ON THE SQUARE. AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO STAY IN THE AREA. AND THIS IS A PLACE THAT THEY INDICATED THEY WANTED TO GO. THIS IS A A LEASE FOR 60 MONTHS. AFTER THE 36 MONTH, WE WILL HAVE A SIX MONTH OPPORTUNITY TO NOTIFICATION FOR TERMINATION. OKAY. AND SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT YOU GIVE THE CITY MANAGER OR THE THE MAYOR AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS LEASE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR TO ASK MR. WARMINGTON ANY QUESTIONS? QUICK QUESTION. IS THIS THE ONE IN THE SIMMONS HOUSE NOW OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT ONE? THAT'S CORRECT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. WARMINGTON, ALSO, EITHER PARTY CAN. CAN TERMINATE THE LEASE AGREEMENT. WILL EITHER PARTY BE BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS. SOME NOTIFICATION. CORRECT. YES. AS OUTLINED IN THE IN THE LEASE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. WARMINGTON? NO. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SO WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL CONSENT? ARE WE VOTING NO. YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS ON THIS ONE. OKAY. GO AHEAD, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR 306 SOUTH PERRY STREET AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE LEASE OF THE LEASE UPON THE APPROVAL BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AS PRESENTED. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. SECOND BY COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM TRAVIS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0. ITEM TWO. AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE THE CALL FOR A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION. THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED BY CITY CLERK KAREN PIERCE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. TONIGHT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE ORDINANCE TO CALL FOR THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO FILL THE NOW VACANT SEAT OF COUNCIL MEMBER, EX COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON FOR POST ONE. WE'LL NEED TO HAVE THAT ELECTION NOVEMBER 3RD. THAT WILL BE TO FILL AN UNEXPIRED TERM. SO THAT SEAT WOULD AGAIN BE UP FOR ELECTION NEXT YEAR.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE IS THE ORDINANCE TO ACTUALLY CALL THAT. WE WOULD THEN PUBLISH THE NOTIFICATION IN THE PAPER AND THE ELECTION ADVANCED VOTING WOULD BE OCTOBER 13TH TO OCTOBER 30TH FROM 9 TO 5. HERE AT CITY HALL, WE WOULD VOTE EVERY DAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OCTOBER 25TH, WHICH IS THE SECOND SUNDAY. THE QUALIFYING PERIOD FOR THE ELECTION WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 21ST TO THE 23RD FROM 830 TO 430. OKAY. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED TO ASK QUESTIONS? MISS PIERCE? JUST. YES. JUST CLARIFICATION. ALL THE VOTING EARLY VOTING WILL BE HELD AT OUR LOCATION AT CITY HALL. YES, MA'AM. SO THERE WILL BE IF WE HOLD AN ELECTION HERE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS HERE AT CITY HALL, THE ONLY PLACE THAT THE CITIZENS CAN VOTE. THE COUNTY DOES HAVE AN
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ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. SO CITIZENS WOULD BE VOTING IN TWO LOCATIONS. THEY WOULD VOTE HERE IF THEY ARE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND VOTING FOR THAT COUNCIL POST, THEY WOULD VOTE AT THEIR REGULAR POLLING LOCATION FOR THE COUNTY'S ELECTION. YES, THERE WOULD BE TWO, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO TRY AND HAVE SIGNAGE. OKAY, EXCELLENT. AT THE COUNTY'S LOCATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. WILL THE EARLY VOTING MIRROR WHAT THE COUNTY EARLY VOTING DATES AND TIMES ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT THERE TIMES. OURS IS 9 TO 5 AND THEIRS IS WHAT, SEVEN? I THINK THEY DO THEIRS 7 TO 5. I THINK THEY THEY HAVE A LARGER WINDOW THAN WE DO. AND IF ONLY ONE PERSON QUALIFIES, DO WE HAVE AN ELECTION? NO, SIR. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT ONE PERSON VOTED FOR THEMSELVES BASED ON STATE LAW. SO YES, THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER ANYONE ELSE WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SO WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE THE THE CALL FOR A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION AS PRESENTED. OKAY. SO A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0. NEXT IS ITEM THREE ELECTION BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND THIS ITEM IS ALSO BEING PRESENTED BY OUR CITY CLERK, KAREN PIERCE. THANK YOU. YES. NOW THAT WE ARE OFFICIALLY HAVING AN ELECTION, I NEED AN INCREASE IN MY ELECTION BUDGET NON-ELECTION YEARS. WE DON'T BUDGET AS HEAVILY AS WE WOULD FOR THE NEED TO RUN AN ELECTION. SO WITH THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE REQUESTING, WE'RE ASKING AN ADDITIONAL 51,000 BE PLACED IN OUR ELECTION BUDGET FROM THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED? ASK QUESTIONS. AND I DO UNDERSTAND THIS COVERS BOTH THE REGULAR ELECTION AND ANY RUNOFF IF WE WERE TO HAVE ONE. YES.
OKAY. OH, YES. JUST FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION, IT'S COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUND, BUT IT'S THE CONTINGENCY LINE ITEM OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE DETAIL RELATED TO WHERE THE FUNDS COME FROM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR? I MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT OF $51,000 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE ELECTION BUDGET.
THE GENERAL FUND FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION BUDGET ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A FIRST BOB MAYOR PRO TEM TRAVIS, DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AND THE MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0. NOW WE'LL GO TO FINAL ADJOURNMENT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SO I HAVE A FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM TRAVIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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