good afternoon everyone one please have
a
seat good afternoon everyone i' like to
welcome you to the Russell County Board
of Supervisors December 11 20123 at 6 PM
in the Russell County Government Center
I like to first start off with a call of
order in
Ral Tim L here that's the last time that
we'll hear this one
Carl Ray here last time David Eaton here
Steve bradying here Rebecca D here where
Christian present same here Lan Wallace
here ma'am you have a
quel thank you Mr Lester um at this time
we will have an invocation and the
Pledge of Allegiance so please
rise let us pray father God lord we love
you we thank you we praise you today
Father forgive us for where we fa you
each and every day help us to remember
the real reason for this season father
and that is you thank you for allowing
us to be a part of our local government
lead guide and direct us in everything
that we do in your name I pray
amen I Al to the flag of the United
States of America and to the Republic
for which it stands one nation under God
indivisible with liy and justice for
thank you and at this time I will ask
that we have an approval of the agenda
and I do I have an amended agenda in
front of me or is that the agenda you
sent out uh it's also on line and the
amend agenda that you should have a hard
copy in front of
you because the DSs community policy
management team goes to together that
appointment the DSs was left off the
front
and okay so that's the only addition to
that no number 23 which was the Dain the
v. Dain ATV rout study by tnl Thompson
Linton
engineering number 23 ma'am
okay everybody has the amended agenda in
front of them that I did not have in my
packet I apologize I didn't pick one up
in the front so I don't want to make a
big stink out of this anyway um
I'll entertain a motion we accept the
agenda I'll make that motion with the
amended
agenda I need a second I'll
second all in
favor any any opposed any extensions
motion carries thank
you at this time we have a
presentation uh so these are our Board
of Supervisors and we have plaques up
here that um we're about to lose three
supervisors in these seats up here I
think that's correct and so I have three
plaques that I would like to present and
um first of all the first plaque let's
just go down front Tim Lev Carl Ray and
orus Christan is there somebody here
that's G to do pictures okay Lonzo do
you want to do the
plaques yes ma'am thank you
gentlemen I think you should all go down
and we'll do one at a time
please
piur we've got him back here oh our
newspaper guys back there thank you Mr
Street
okay
we'd like to first present appreciation
award
toere appreciation for standing service
County Supervisor of district from
January
2016 December
31st next is of course appreciation
award
appreciation for
service January
2016 December 31st
[Applause]
2023
finally last appreciation award goes Mr
chrisan sincere appreciation for
outstanding service to Russell County
for supervisor in large from January the
1st
2020 to December the 31st
[Applause]
202
thank you Mr Lester uh we we do
appreciate the service of These Fine
people uh you know it's a tough job to
be on this side it's kind of easy to be
on your side uh sometimes but it's it's
it really is a tough job to do the right
thing and try to make the right
decisions for everyone so I want you all
to know that I do appreciate you does
anybody have anything you want to say
Tim uh yes ma'am I I want to thank first
of all all the people in district one
for giving me this opportunity eight
years ago uh to represent them and I
don't have my voice is about gone this
afternoon but um it's truly been an
honor and a privilege to represent
district one and and all of Russell
County and I want to thank these board
members I've enjoyed working with you
and you to Lonzo and I want to
congratulate all the new members that
will be up here next month um we look
forward to seeing what they are going to
do for Russell County to move it forward
and I also want to say to all the ones
that ran and didn't get elected that we
we do appreciate your willingness to
serve so thank you all it's been a
privilege and an honor we feel the same
thank you Tim Tim and I have shared this
nextd door neighbor seat for all these
years since we were elected in
2015
Carl yeah I'd like to thank everyone in
District 3 for supporting me eight years
ago and I got two terms and it was one
of my dreams to be a supervisor and I've
looked at all the things that I've
accomplished and all the people I've met
and all the friends I've made and I just
want to thank you all and appreciate it
and hopefully our new board will do good
in the coming year and uh they'll keep
moving Russell County forward and the
Ida will keep bringing jobs in here and
we'll get increase of citizens moving
here and uh I appreciate your support
thank you very
much thank you
Carl he's he's getting Applause up here
on his telephone Mr Christian you got
anything you want to say I would like to
say our County a great honor and
privilege that four four years ago the
CZ Russell County elected me to be their
supervisor at large to serve on the
board R County Board of Supervisors
since that time I have talked to
hundreds of people uh in person hundreds
of people on the phone making phone
calls to them and then making to me and
I have done this with very much willness
because I have a desire to serve people
that is part of my responsibility as a
supervisor and as part of my
responsibility as a born again Christian
to serve and want to do what we can for
people and I do desire to see the county
move forward with the upcoming board
we'll see how things go but I do wish
everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year with the blessings of our god
with each one thank
you thank you
orus we do appreciate each one of you
now moving on in our agenda tonight um
we have a Russell County Fair
Association report is Miss me here
tonight I don't think she is that's what
it's going to tell you okay so um we
we'll move her to the January board
meeting okay thank you very
much at this time I need an approval of
the minutes
please I'll make a motion I have a
motion I got a second and uh any
discussion