City of Hampton Workshop/Council Meeting Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 6:30 P.M
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City of Hampton Workshop/Council Meeting Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. City Hall Invocation Rev. Dr. James L. Bumpus Pledge to the Flag Hampton High Student Hunter Harper, Hampton Youth Council Chair Hampton High Student Ivan Olvera, Hampton Youth Council Vice-Chair Hampton High Student Caleb Seehafer, Hampton Youth Council Secretary Presentation Employee of the Month New Employee – Dr. James Bumpus, Director of Economic Development New Employee – Mr. Franck Houenou, Director of Community Development New Employee – Ms. Millie Shah, Director of Finance Approval of Minutes October 9, 2018 – Regular Meeting Minutes October 22, 2018 – Special Called Meeting Minutes October 29, 2018 – Public Hearing Minutes Invited Guest(s) Special Guest(s) Proclamation honoring Retired Educators Association Proclamation honoring Hampton High Softball Team Proclamation honoring Veterans Presentations Georgia Municipal Association 2018 Youth Symposium (Youth Councilmembers Jessica Barr & Tania Terry) National League of Cities City Summit (Mayor Pro Tem Ann Tarpley & Councilmember Elton Brown) National League of Cities City Summit Youth Conference (Hampton Youth Council) Committee Updates City of Hampton Youth Council Public Comments Name ADA Compliance: Individuals with disabilities who require certain accommodations in order to allow them to observe and/or participate in this meeting, or who have questions regarding the accessibility of the meeting or the facilities are required to contact the City Clerk at 770-946- 4306 promptly to allow the City to make reasonable accommodations for those persons. City of Hampton Workshop/Council Meeting Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. City Hall Old Business Ordinance # 466 (2nd Reading) – The Future Land Use Map (FLUM) has been updated and is to be presented with a Resolution by the Atlanta Regional Commission. The Hampton Official Zoning Map has been updated to be in alignment with the FLUM (First Reading on October 9, 2018; approved 6 to 0) New Business Resolution # 18-32 – Adoption of the “Imagine Henry” Henry County and Cities Joint Comprehensive Plan 2040 Update Resolution # 18-35 – Appoint the City Clerk as the One Open Records Officer Resolution # 18-33 – Support for In-Kind Services to the Miss Georgia Teen USA Pageant Resolution # 18-34 – Support for In-Kind Services to the Hampton Business and Merchants Associations for the Annual Christmas Parade Resolution # 18-21 – Georgia Municipal Association Re-Certification as a City of Ethics Special Alcoholic Beverage Event Application - Jailhouse Brewing Company, LLC is requesting permission to host a Christmas Music Celebration (Open to the Public) on December 22, 2018 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at 8 Cherry Street Positive Happenings in our Community Mayor & City Councilmembers Executive Session For the purpose of discussing personnel, possible litigation and real estate. Action on executive session item(s). Adjourn Meeting ADA Compliance: Individuals with disabilities who require certain accommodations in order to allow them to observe and/or participate in this meeting, or who have questions regarding the accessibility of the meeting or the facilities are required to contact the City Clerk at 770-946- 4306 promptly to allow the City to make reasonable accommodations for those persons. 1 CITY OF HAMPTON 2 MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL 3 REGULAR SESSION 4 OCTOBER 9, 2018 5 6 MINUTES 7 8 Present: Mayor Steve Hutchison; Mayor Pro Tem Ann Tarpley; Councilmembers: 9 Stephanie Bodie, Elton Brown, Henry Byrd, Errol Mitchell, and Willie 10 Turner. 11 12 Staff: City Manager Charles Coney, City Clerk Melissa Brooks, City Attorney 13 L’Erin Wiggins, Police Chief Derrick Austin, Director of Human 14 Resources Cris Randall, Director of Economic Development Denise 15 McKay. 16 17 Student Interns: Hunter Harper and Ivan Olvera. 18 19 Absent: None. 20 21 Mayor Hutchison called the October 9, 2018 Regular Session Meeting to Order at 6:30 p.m. 22 23 1. Opening Ceremonies. 24 25 A. Pledge of allegiance to the flag. 26 Ms. Lynnette Parker, U.S. Army Retired Master Sergeant leaded the pledge of 27 allegiance to the flag. 28 29 B. Invocation by Pastor Thad Berrey – Calvary Baptist Church. 30 31 2. Approval of minutes. 32 33 Councilmember Byrd motioned to approve September 11, 2018 Regular Session minutes as 34 presented, seconded by Councilmember Turner and motion carried. (All voted yes). 35 36 City Manager Charles Coney introduced new employees: Cris Randall, Director of Human 37 Resources – hire date: September 24, 2018 and Melissa Brooks, City Clerk – hire date: October 38 8, 2018. 39 40 3. Presentations, Proclamations, Recognitions. 41 42 A. Swearing-In – Recognition Ceremony for Hampton City Youth Council. 43 44 Mayor Pro Tem Tarpley introduced members of the Hampton City Youth Council and called for 45 Solicitor General Otanya Clarke to come forward to administer the oath of office to the 46 following members: Alaja Robinson (9th grade), Caleb Seahafer (9th grade), Tania Terry (12th RS 10/09/2018 Page 1 of 11 47 grade), Jessica Barr (12th grade), Leila Barton (11th grade), Ivan Olvera (12th grade), and Hunter 48 Harper (12th grade). All members of the Hampton Youth Council are students of Hampton High 49 School. 50 51 B. Proclamation presented to American Basketball Association – Atlanta Wildcats. 52 53 C. Proclamation presented to National Colonial Heritage Month. 54 55 D. Recognition of State Representative Karen Mathiak District 73 – Georgia General 56 Assembly. 57 58 E. Recognition of Mayor Pro Tem Kam Varner of City of McDonough. 59 60 4. Training Updates from Mayor and City Council. 61 62 Councilmembers: Brown, Mitchell and Turner attended Georgia Municipal Association 63 Fall Training in Young Harris, Georgia. Each member of the Governing Body gave 64 highlights from the training. Councilmember Brown stated that he attended a Workforce 65 Development class and that the class was taught by City Manager Charles Coney and that 66 it was very informative. Councilmember Turner stated that he attended a Conflict 67 Resolution Class and that the class was very beneficial. Councilman Mitchell stated that 68 he attended the same class as Councilmember Turner – Conflict Resolution. He stated 69 that he also attended a Finance Class – the finance class focused on understanding 70 financial statements. He found the training to be helpful. 71 72 Mayor Hutchison stated that he attended Atlanta Regional Commission Leadership 73 Institute (ARC) and the topics of discussion were future growth, transportation, education 74 and jobs. Mayor Hutchison stated that the City of Hampton needs to prepare for future 75 growth because growth is coming. 76 77 Mayor Pro Tem Tarpley gave an update on Hampton Youth Council. She stated that she 78 was excited about the youth council’s inaugural year. She stated that the youth council 79 activity was highlighted at a recent Governmental Retreat and that many participants 80 inquired about how to get a “youth council” in their community that would participate in 81 the Ambassadors and Sneakers Program. She also stated that the City would be 82 receiving reimbursement from the German Consulate just as reimbursement was received 83 from FEMA. 84 85 5. Public Comments. 86 87 Mayor Hutchison stated that 15 minutes would be allowed for public comments. Mayor 88 Hutchison requested participants that wished to give public comments to step forward. 89 Based on the number of participants – each was allowed 1 ½ minutes to make their 90 comments. 91 RS 10/09/2018 Page 2 of 11 92 Attorney Maurice King, Jr. came forward representing City Manager Charles Coney. He 93 stated that he has concerns regarding the proposed ordinances on the agenda for 94 discussion because the ordinances violate the City’s Charter. Attorney King stated that 95 the City has breached Mr. Coney’s employment contract. Attorney King explained that 96 the City of Hampton has a “weak” mayor form of government and the mayor should not 97 be involved in day to day operations. 98 99 Ms. Sara Hunt with National Action Network came forward bringing greetings from 100 National Action Network’s President and Founder Rev. Al Sharpton. Ms. Hunt 101 expressed concerns of the way former employee Danny Lamonte was dismissed. Due to 102 time restraint, Ms. Hunt requested to have her written statement added to the October 9, 103 2018 official record (See Exhibit A). 104 105 Mr. Alfred Williams, Retired Army Major came forward and expressed concerns of 106 ethics. He stated that situation regarding former employee Danny Lamonte was a Human 107 Resource matter and should have not been released to the media. 108 109 Ms. Mary Ann Mitcham came forward she stated that the mayor and council election is 110 non-partisan. Ms. Mitcham expressed concerns that the City has become politically and 111 racially divided. She requested healing for the City and stated that we can – work 112 together – or crash and burn separately. 113 114 Ms. Angel Branch came forward and expressed concerns of long-time serving department 115 heads jobs being posted. She stated that Denise McKay, Economic Development Director 116 has done many great things for the City of Hampton and her job was posted. 117 118 Mr. Arley Lowe came forward and expressed concerns of violations of the Open 119 Meetings Act. He stated the Governing Body could not come out of Executive Session 120 and accept the City Manager’s recommendations without knowing what those 121 recommendations are. He stated that the public should know what’s being voted on after 122 executive sessions. 123 124 Ms. Oliver came forward and expressed concerns regarding personnel matters and the 125 fact that personnel issues were revealed to the media regarding a former employee being 126 terminated. 127 128 Ms. Dawn Greer came forward and expressed concerns of the following: personnel 129 issues, negative employee morale, unfinished budget and inquired what is the root cause 130 for the mentioned items.