Mayor and Board of Aldermen

2420 Old Brandon Road City of Pearl Pearl, MS 39288-5948 Office: (601) 932-2262 Mayor and Board of Aldermen Meeting Minutes JAKE WINDHAM Mayor KELLY SCOUTEN City Clerk DAVID STOVALL - Alderman-at-Large SAMMY WILLIAMS - Alderman Ward 1 KEITH DENNIS - Alderman Ward 2 GARY BROADWATER - Alderman Ward 3 CASEY FOY - Alderman Ward 4 DWIGHT KNIGHT - Alderman Ward 5 KYLE FOSTER - Alderman Ward 6 Tuesday, December 3, 2024 6:00 PM Council Chambers 6:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL Present: Alderman Dennis Alderman Steverson Alderman Foy Alderman Williams Alderman Foster Alderman Knight Mayor Windham Alderman Stovall PRAYER Attorney Brendan Sartin opened the meeting with prayer. PLEDGE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Pearl High School Boys Cross Country Team Employee of the Month - Zack Moshell, Public Works Firefighter of the Month - Joel Williams APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS: All items under this heading will be considered to be approved with one motion and one vote. If further discussion is desired on any item, it will automatically be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered as a general business item. Page 1 of 6 Mayor and Board of Aldermen Meeting Minutes December 3, 2024 Approval of the Consent Agenda approved the Consent Agenda Aye: Alderman Dennis, Alderman Steverson, Alderman Foy, Alderman Williams, Alderman Foster, Alderman Knight, and Alderman Stovall 1. Approval/corrections of Minutes of the Regular Meeting, November 5, 2024 and Special Called Meeting, November 21, 2024. approve 2. Approval of the claims docket for November 5, 2024 to December 3, 2024. approve 3. Approval of Application(s) approve 4. Approval of authorization to travel approve 5. Approval of wage increases approve 6. Approval of garbage exemptions approve 7. Order to approve registration fees and dates for baseball and softball. Registration dates will be December 4, 2024 - January 12, 2025. approve 8. Order to approve and authorize the purchase of new office furniture for Fire Station #1 from Office Innovations in the amount of $36,404.07. approve 9. Order to approve and authorize the Annual Software Maintenance Agreement, in the amount of $15,540.00 and Hardware Agreement, by and between the City of Pearl and BBI, Inc., effective January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, and to authorize Mayor Windham to sign the same. approve 10. Order to approve and authorize changing the name of Braves Blvd to Monsters Alley. approve 11. Order to approve and authorize changing the name of Braves Way to Monsters Way. approve 12. Order to approve the Recommendation of Final Acceptance and to authorize final payment to Clear River Construction Co., Inc. in the amount of $10,637.84, for the Parks and Recreation Phase III Project. Page 2 of 6 Mayor and Board of Aldermen Meeting Minutes December 3, 2024 approve 13. Order to approve and authorize payment to Clear River Construction Co., Inc., in the amount of $20,372.96 for the Parks & Recreation Construction Project Phase II: City Park Improvements. (Estimate #41) approve 14. Order to approve and authorize payment to Hi-Tech Athletic Surfaces in the amount of $75,000.00 for the resurfacing of ten pickleball courts and three tennis courts. approve 15. Order to approve the Agreement between the City of Pearl Fire Department and University of Mississippi Medical Center and to authorize Chief Burkes to sign the same. approve 16. Order to approve and authorize payment to Thrash Commercial Contractors, Inc., in the amount of $615,983.19, for the Pearl Fire Stations. (pay app #11) approve 17. Order to adopt a Resolution adjudicating the cost of cutting grass at the properties identified on the list attached hereto and made a part hereof. approve 18. Order to set public hearing on January 7, 2024 at 6:00 p.m., to determine whether or not that certain parcel of real property owned by Johnie Jenkins Estate and located at 120 Jenkins Quarters, Pearl, Rankin County, is in such a condition or state as to be unsightly and unkept or otherwise a menace to public health and safety of the community, and therefore prohibited, pursuant to Chapter 24 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Peal, Mississippi and Section 21-19-11 of Mississippi Code of 1972, as Amended approve 19. Order to set public hearing for January 7, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. to determine whether or not a Conditional Use permit should be granted to Gafer Algumel to allow him to operate a tire and alignment shop on the property located at 3698 Highway 80 E. approve 20. Order to adopt a Resolution accepting the bid of Thornton Construction Company, Inc. for the Southeast Sanitary Sewer Improvements-Airport Road project, finding that the conforming bid of Thornton Construction Company, Inc. is the lowest and best bid in the amount of $3,255,970.00, and that the contract should be and is hereby awarded to Thornton Construction Company, Inc. and to authorize Mayor Windham to sign all related documents. approve 21. Order to adopt a Resolution accepting the bid of Suncoast Infrastructure, Inc. for the Citywide Sewer Rehabilitation, finding that the conforming bid of Suncoast Infradstructure, Inc. is the lowest and best bid in the amount of $1,512,040, and that the contract should be and is hereby awarded to Suncoast Infrastructure, and to authorize Mayor Windham to sign all related documents. Page 3 of 6 Mayor and Board of Aldermen Meeting Minutes December 3, 2024 approve 22. Order to adopt a Resolution to approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the Mississippi Transportation Commission and the City of Pearl to address the need for improvements and modifications to traffic signals along the State Highway System within the City limits, and to enhance safety and reliability through an active traffic management program as a part of the “Active Traffic Signal Operations in Metro Jackson (MACTS Ops) project. approve 23. Order to authorize and approve payment of Pickering Invoice for $14,865 on the MPO Raised Medians Project (70% MDOT reimbursed). approve 24. Order to authorize and approve Amendments 1 & 2 of the Professional Services Agreement between the City of Pearl and Pickering Firm, Inc. on the MCWI Sewer projects: Grandview, SE Sewer-Airport Road, and Citywide Sewer Rehabilitation in order to comply with the US Treasury’s 2 CFR Part 200, specifically the Byrd-Anti-Lobbying Amendment, and a General Provision on Contract Termination, and to authorize Mayor Windham to execute the same. approve 25. Order to authorize and approve the Memorandum of Understanding to memorialize an agreement to obligate the Municipality’s ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (“Funds”) on the Grandview Heights Sewer Rehabilitation Project (37), for those purposes set forth in the Subaward Agreement between the City of Pearl and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, and to authorize Mayor Windham and Alderman Stovall to execute the same. approve 26. Order to adopt a Resolution finding that the certain items identified on the attached list, submitted by Pearl Police Dept., which is incorporated herein by reference, as surplus, and to approve the disposal and/or sale of each item as required by law. approve 27. Order to approve and authorize the police officers identified on the proposed part-time work schedule for November/December 2024, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, the use of the official Pearl Police Department uniform and official Pearl Police Department duty weapon and finding that the proposed employment is not likely to bring disrepute to the City of Pearl, or the Pearl Police Department, the officers at issue, or law enforcement generally, and that the use of the official uniform and weapon in the discharge of the officer’s private security endeavor promotes the public interest of the City of Pearl. approve 28. Order to approve and authorize the purchase of (20) Body Armor Plates from Shellback Tactical in the amount of $5,999.80 for the Police Dept. (quotes obtained) approve 29. Order to approve and authorize a mandatory employee staff meeting on December 19, 2024, Page 4 of 6 Mayor and Board of Aldermen Meeting Minutes December 3, 2024 and thereat to provide lunch for all employees. approve PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Consider adopting an Ordinance for a temporary Moratorium of the residential subdivision development and the approval of preliminary plats or other development plats or final plats for any subdivision in any R-1, R-2, R-3, or Rezoning district in the City of Pearl. adopt Aye: Alderman Dennis, Alderman Steverson, Alderman Williams, Alderman Foster, Alderman Knight, and Alderman Stovall Nay: Alderman Foy 2. Consider request by Keith Dean for a conditional use permit to allow him to build and operate a funeral home and crematory at the property located at Parcel#E08A-4-10, Business Center Parkway. approve Aye: Alderman Dennis, Alderman Steverson, Alderman Foy, Alderman Williams, Alderman Foster, Alderman Knight, and Alderman Stovall 3. Consider request by Abe Nemati for a conditional use permit to allow him to have outside storage to sale new Top Hat utility trailers in a C-2 Zoning District at the property located at 3606 Highway 80 E. approve Aye: Alderman Steverson, Alderman Foy, and Alderman Knight Nay: Alderman Dennis, Alderman Williams, Alderman Foster, and Alderman Stovall PUBLIC HEARINGS 21-19-11 Determine whether or not the owners and those certain parcels of real property which are listed herein, are in such a condition or state as to be unsightly and un-kept or otherwise a menace to the public health and safety of the community, and therefore, prohibited, pursuant to Chapter 24 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Pearl, Mississippi and Section 21-19-11 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as Amended: 4. Melanie D. Crain Calvery and located at 247 Reynolds Street, Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi 39208; continued Aye: Alderman Dennis, Alderman Steverson, Alderman Foy, Alderman Williams, Alderman Foster, Alderman Knight, and Alderman Stovall 5. Kimberly Thompson Estate and located at 2051 Carolyn Lane, Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi 39208; continued Aye: Alderman Dennis, Alderman Steverson, Alderman Foy, Alderman Williams, Alderman Foster, Alderman Knight, and Alderman Stovall Page 5 of 6 Mayor and Board of Aldermen Meeting Minutes December 3, 2024 6. Jerry Daniel Fortenberry Estate and located at 212 Lake Drive, Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi 39208 GENERAL BUSINESS 1. Consider an Order to approve the preliminary plat for Whispering Woods. approve Aye: Alderman Dennis, Alderman Steverson, Alderman Foy, Alderman Williams, Alderman Foster, Alderman Knight, and Alderman Stovall 2. Consider Executive Session to discuss confidential negotiations regarding economic development, potential litigation and personnel matters. consider Executive Session Aye: Alderman Dennis, Alderman Steverson, Alderman Foy, Alderman Williams, Alderman Foster, Alderman Knight, and Alderman Stovall EMERGENCY CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND BOARD MATTERS. ADJOURN IN HONOR OF JACKIE KELLY adjourn the meeting Aye: Alderman Dennis, Alderman Steverson, Alderman Foy, Alderman Williams, Alderman Foster, Alderman Knight, and Alderman Stovall Page 6 of 6