{"id":2202,"date":"2023-03-08T09:47:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2023-03-08T09:47:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:47:53","slug":"february-6th-2023-council-meeting-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/?p=2202","title":{"rendered":"February 6th, 2023 Council Meeting MINUTES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nicholson Council Meeting Minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Monday, February 6th, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6:30 P.M. Community Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Call to Order&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Attending:&nbsp;<\/strong>Mayor Jan Webster, Council Members: Lamar Watkins, Mike Barfield, and Josh Burkhalter. City Attorney Jody Campbell, City Clerk Irma Robles, and Library Manager Rhonda O\u2019Keeffe.&nbsp;&nbsp;For public assistance, refer to the attendance sheet. <strong>Not present:<\/strong> Council Member Thomas Gary, Public Works Director Doyle Samples, and Mainstreet News (emailed draft minutes to Angie on 2\/7\/2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pledge of Allegiance<\/strong> \u2013 All.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MINUTES<\/strong>: Council member Mike Barfield motioned to approve the January 9th, 2023, Council Meeting Minutes;&nbsp;Councilman Lamar Watkins seconded. All were in favor.&nbsp;<strong>Minutes approved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FINANCIAL:<\/strong>&nbsp; No financial report was given to Mayor and Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><strong>NEW BUSINESS:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Pyrotecnico Fireworks Agreement. <\/strong>Mayor Webster read the email from Duane Browning about the rain date of July 8<sup>th,<\/sup> 2023, not being on the agreement, and it will be fine if City Clerk Irma Robles writes it in the contract. <strong>Councilman Mike Barfield motioned to approve the Pyrotecnico Fireworks Agreement;<\/strong> <strong>Councilman Burkhalter seconded, and all were in favor. Motion approved.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and Resolution of Intent. <\/strong>Mayor Webster mentioned that FEMA suggested minor changes to our existing ordinance, and City Attorney drafted an Ordinance to amend Chapter 18 of the City of Nicholson Code. <strong>Council member Josh motioned to adopt the Ordinance; Councilman Barfield seconded, and all were in favor. Motion approved.<\/strong> After adopting the Ordinance, Councilman Mike Barfield motioned to authorize Mayor Webster to sign the Resolution of Intent to participate in the National Flood Program; <strong>Councilman Josh Burkhalter seconded, and all were in favor. Motion approved.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Boys and Girl Clubs of Jackson County \u2013 Donation Request. Council member Lamar Watkins motioned to approve a $500 donation to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Jackson County, Councilman Mike Barfield seconded, and all were in favor. Motion approved.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Selection of Bids: Benton Center \u2013 Re-Roofing Project. <\/strong>Councilman Mike Barfield has more questions to ask about these bids at the next work session. <strong>Councilman Mike Barfield motioned to table the discussion of the proposals for the next meeting; Councilman Watkins seconded, and all were in favor. The motion was approved. The Selection of Bids for the Benton Center Re-Roofing Project was tabled.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>OLD BUSINESS:<\/strong> N\/A<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>LIBRARIAN\u2019S REPORT<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Nicholson Library is sending February monthly calendar out to Mayor, City Council, and City Clerk, plus people who have signed up to receive it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Drop in Craft for children (free)-Make a Valentine Card on Tuesday, 2\/7; the Quilters meet each Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Adult Book Club 1:30 PM Th 2\/16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Mardi Gras Floats due in by 6 PM 2\/16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Working on performances and crafts for Summer Reading Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Passports are still going strong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-February is Black History Month &#8211; Library has displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>MAYOR\u2019S REPORT:<\/strong><\/li><li>Doyle is attending the 43<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual Equipment Show in Perry, GA.<\/li><li>Next Daisy Festival Committee meeting is February 28th, 2023 at 6:30pm.<\/li><li>Purchase of a new city truck: Councilman Mike Barfield presented a quote from Chevrolet Auto Gallery. This will be discussed further in our next meeting.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>CITIZENS REQUESTING TO SPEAK<\/strong> \u2013<strong> N\/A<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>ADJOURNMENT:<\/strong> Councilman Mike Barfield motioned to adjourn the February Council Meeting; Councilman Josh Burkhalter seconded, and all were in favor. <strong>The meeting was adjourned at 6:40 pm.-<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Announcements:<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>*Next Work Session \u2013 February 23rd, 2023 at 6:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>*Next Daisy Festival meeting \u2013 February 28<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023 at 6:30pm \u2013 Library Annex<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approved by City Clerk for Website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicholson Council Meeting Minutes Monday, February 6th, 2023 6:30 P.M. Community Center Call to Order&nbsp;\u2013 6:30 p.m. Attending:&nbsp;Mayor Jan Webster, Council Members: Lamar Watkins, Mike Barfield, and Josh Burkhalter. City Attorney Jody Campbell, City Clerk Irma Robles, and Library Manager&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2203,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions\/2203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicholson-ga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}