City Council

Docusign Envelope ID: 03CAF27B-CE24-424F-B2BF-6F4077B14FFB MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SEAT PLEASANT PUBLIC SESSION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2024 7:00P.M. 1. OPENING 1.1.1 Call to Order Council President Higgs called the meeting to order at 7:54p.m. 1.2. Roll Call Present: Council President Monica Higgs, Councilmember Garry A. Jones, Councilmember Ashley Kearney, Councilmember Hope Love, Council Vice President Shireka McCarthy, Mayor Kelly Porter, Councilmember Gerald Raynor, Sr., and Councilmember Kizzie Scott Staff: Dashaun N. Ball, City Clerk, Demetrious Harris, Interim City Manager, and Cedric Heyward, Acting Chief of Police. 1.3. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance- Councilmember Jones gave the invocation. 1.4 Approval of Agenda. Motion by Hope Love second by Gerald Raynor, Sr. Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones No: Kizzie Scott 1.5 Approval of Regular Work Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, October 7, 2024 Motion to Approve Regular Work Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, October 7, 2024 Motion by Gerald Raynor Sr, second by Hope Love. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Hope Love, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones Abstain: Kizzie Scott Page 1 of 4 Docusign Envelope ID: 03CAF27B-CE24-424F-B2BF-6F4077B14FFB 1.6 Approval of Public Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, October 14, 2024 Motion to Approve the Public Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, October 14, 2024 Motion by Gerald Raynor Sr, second by Garry A Jones. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Hope Love, Gerald Raynor Sr, Kizzie Scott, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones 1.7 Approval of Special Session Meeting Minutes for Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Motion to Approve Special Session Meeting Minutes for Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Motion by Shireka McCarthy, second by Gerald Raynor Sr. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Hope Love, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones No: Kizzie Scott 1.8 Approval of Closed Session Meeting Minutes for Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Motion to Approve Closed Session Meeting Minutes for Wednesday, October 23, 2024. Motion by Shireka McCarthy, second by Hope Love. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Hope Love, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones No: Kizzie Scott 1.9 Approval of Special Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, October 28, 2024 Motion to approve Special Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, October 28, 2024 Motion by Shireka McCarthy, second by Gerald Raynor Sr. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Hope Love, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones No: Kizzie Scott Page 2 of 4 Docusign Envelope ID: 03CAF27B-CE24-424F-B2BF-6F4077B14FFB 1.10 Approval of Closed Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, October 28, 2024 Motion to Approve Closed Session Meeting Minutes for Monday, October 28, 2024 Motion by Gerald Raynor Sr, second by Garry A Jones. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Monica Higgs, Hope Love, Gerald Raynor Sr, Shireka McCarthy, Ashley Kearney, Garry A Jones No: Kizzie Scott 2. CITIZEN COMMENTS  There were no Citizen Comments for the Public Session held on Monday, November 4, 2024.  PRESENTATION 3.1. Fiscal Year 2022 Audit Report-Robert Diss, Lindsey & Associates  None 4. LEGISLATION 4.1 None 5. REPORTS 5.1 Kelly Porter, Mayor Report:  Mayor Porter read his report for October 2024. 5.2 Council President Report- Council President Monica Higgs, Councilmember Ward I  Council President Higgs read her report for the record and highlighted the 20743 Coalition Meeting held on October 1, 2024. 5.3 Demetrious Harris, Interim City Manager  Mr. Harris stated that the reports can be viewed in BoardDocs for October 2024.  It was suggested that the projects are added to the City Manager’s monthly report. Page 3 of 4 Docusign Envelope ID: 03CAF27B-CE24-424F-B2BF-6F4077B14FFB 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 6.1. None 7. NEW BUSINESS 7.1. None 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS 8.1 Regular Work Session, Monday, December 2, 2024, Seat Pleasant City Hall-6301 Addison Rd., Seat Pleasant, MD 20743, at 6:00pm, Hybrid, Meeting link details can be found on the city's website. 8.2 Public Session, Monday, December 9, 2024, Seat Pleasant City Hall- 6301 Addison Rd., Seay Pleasant, MD 20743, at 7:00p.m., Hybrid, Meeting link details can be found on the city's website. 8.3 Seat Pleasant Police Department Santa with a Badge, Sunday, December 15, 2024, Shopping @ Target, Lanham, MD from 8:00am- 2:00pm 8.5 Seat Pleasant Police Department, Santa Tour, Monday, December 23, 2024, Seat Pleasant Community, at 5:00p.m. 8.5 Light Up Your Holiday Santa Ride, Monday, December 23, 2024, at 5:00pm 8.6 Light Up Your Holiday Judging, Wednesday, December 18-Sunday, December 22, 2024, from 6:00p.m.-9:00p.m. 9. ADJOURN: 9.1 The meeting adjourned at 8:21pm Submitted by, Dashaun N. Ball, CPM, MMC City Clerk Page 4 of 4