* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:20] WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. BRENDA, I ASSUME THIS HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTED. ALRIGHT. [2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA] AND I NEED A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. FAIRLY BRIEF, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. PECK, WHO WAS THE SECOND SOUND LIKE BRIAN? THANK YOU, BRIAN. UM, AND WITHOUT, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, WE'LL APPROVE THE MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS, PERRY, NONE THAT THE AGENDA IS APPROVED [5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- October 26, 2020] AND THAT MOVES US TO NUMBER FIVE, NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR, OUR OCTOBER 26 MEETING. UH, LOOKING FOR, UH, LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR OCTOBER 26TH MEETING. SO MOVED MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, SIR. MR. P MR. FLUE. ELLEN MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I WILL. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. PATMAN. AND, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, UH, WE WILL APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 26TH MEETING. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE. THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 26TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. THAT BRINGS [6. 2021 COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE] US TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS THE 2021 COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE. THAT WAS NOT JUST COUNCIL, IT'S EVERYBODY, NOT THE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. AND I ASSUME EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT. UM, I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR COMMENTS ON THE MEETING AND I SEE A HAND. UH, YES, MA'AM. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT COMMUNITY SERVICES AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN JANUARY. UM, DIDN'T SEE ANY, AND THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR BOTH IN JANUARY. OKAY. LARRY, ARE YOU ON, UH, YES, I AM. I DON'T HAVE, I KNOW WE NORMALLY HAVE THAT THE FIRST MONDAY, AND I THINK OUR FIRST MONDAY IS JANUARY 4TH IN THAT WE WILL BE APPEARING VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE IS SWEARING IN CEREMONY. AND I DON'T KNOW YET IF THAT'S GOING TO BE IN PERSON OR IF IT WILL BE VIRTUAL. UM, BUT I'M NOT AWARE AT THIS POINT, WHETHER OR NOT, UM, MR. ATKINSON OR MR. FOOTE HAVE ANY, UH, ITEMS ALICE THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED ON THAT FIRST MONDAY? WELL, THERE WAS ONE THAT, UM, PERHAPS MR. ATKINSON MIGHT WANT TO BRING UP CONCERNING THE LIBRARY CAUSE I'M LIAISON TO THE LIBRARY. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT. YEAH, I'LL I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE OR NOT, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HIM AND IF NECESSARY WE'LL HAVE TO, UH, MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT, HAVE THAT MEETING. UM, AFTER WHAT TIME IS THE OATH OF OFFICE TO SIX O'CLOCK THAT'S NOT RIGHT. IS IT THE OFFICE IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT 10:00 AM. WE'RE GOING TO DO A HYBRID MEETING. UH, THERE WILL BE, UH, AT LEAST ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO DO IT IN PERSON. UH, I DO BELIEVE WELL, THE OTHER THREE I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED WITH, UH, MR. LOGAN CUNNINGHAM, UH, IS ASKING TO ACTUALLY DO IT IN PERSON. UM, BRIAN, YOU GET TO BE SWORN IN, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO IT IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY? I WOULD, I WOULD JUST ASSUME DO IT IN PERSON. THANKS. VERY GOOD. UH, OUR OTHER TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE, UH, COUNCILMAN GLOVER. UH, WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE? I DON'T SEE. UH, OKAY. AND, UH, COUNCILMAN DAWSON. WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE? OH, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SPEAK. I WAS ON MUTE. I'LL DO IT IN PERSON. YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT IN PERSON. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND COMES FROM IN DAWSON. UM, ALTHOUGH IT VIRTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT VIRTUALLY. VERY GOOD. OKAY. SO W WE CAN, UH, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE. SO THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO ATTEND IN PERSON AT 10:00 AM ON JANUARY 4TH, I BELIEVE IT'S JUDGED DUKES WHO WILL BE THERE TO CONDUCT THE CEREMONY TO SWEAR IN THE INDIVIDUALS. UH, AND MR. DAWSON, UH, [00:05:01] IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE AT HOME WHO CAN HOLD A BIBLE OR, UM, WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BIBLE. AND SO HE COULDN'T BE SWORN IN, HE'S GOT ONE AT HOME. YES. NOT A PROBLEM, JOE WE'LL TAKE THEM. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS, UH, CHAIRMAN. I HAVE A POINT OF POINT. UM, COULD WE GET STAFF TO DOUBLE-CHECK THE, THE, THE LEGISLATION ON THIS? I BELIEVE THAT I SEEM TO RECALL THAT IT HAS TO BE THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR. THAT IS NOT A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, SO, RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S JANUARY 4TH, RIGHT? TO BE THE FIRST, WELL, THAT'S A HOLIDAY. YEAH. THE FIRST IS A HOLIDAY. SO IT'S NOT, IT'S THE FIRST WORKING DAY AFTER JANUARY 1ST. AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S NOT A WEEKEND. SO IT'S MONDAY, THE FOURTH WILL BE THE FIRST QUOTE UNQUOTE BUSINESS DAY THAT WE COULD CONDUCT COUNTY BUSINESS. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. QUICK QUESTION. YES, GO AHEAD. YOU SAID 10:00 AM, CORRECT? YES, IT IS. OKAY. SO THAT AT THE TIME THERE THAT'S ON THAT SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S NOT CORRECT. ALL RIGHT, COOL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT GOES ON MY CALENDAR CORRECTLY. UH, YEAH, THIS, THIS CALENDAR WAS MADE UP BEFORE WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD HAVE AN IN-PERSON, UM, SWEARING IN CEREMONY, JOE. I GOT A QUESTION. YES, SIR. UM, UH, WHEN I LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, OUR JUNE MEETING OUR LAST MEETING IN JUNE, I THINK IT'S THE 20TH NOW OUR LAST MEETING IN JUNE 28TH, AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE THE SECOND, MONDAY IN JULY. RIGHT, RIGHT. UM, AND THE PAST WE HAVE NORMALLY, UH, AFTER OUR LAST MEETING IN JUNE, WE HAVE NORMALLY TAKEN, UH, FIRST THREE WEEKS OF JULY OFF AS A BREAK. AND THEN, UH, THE FOURTH, THE FOURTH, MONDAY IN JULY WOULD BE OUR FIRST MEETING BACK AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY BREAK. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GIVE CONSIDERATION GOING BACK TO THAT, UH, TO THAT SCHEDULE. THAT WAS MY POINT. AND IT GIVES CONSOLE A THREE WEEKS BREAK, BUT IT ALSO GIVES OUR STAFF A THREE WEEKS BREAK AWAY FROM CONSOLE AND ALLOW THEM TO, UM, WIND DOWN, UM, NOT UNDER PRESSURE TO, YOU KNOW, THE EVERYDAY RUN IN THE MIDDLE OF MEETINGS AND STUFF I'M DEALING WITH CONFLICT. UM, YEAH. YES. I DO KNOW THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY AND ONE COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST. AND SHOULD WE WANT TO PUSH THE JULY MEETING FROM THE 12TH TO THE 19TH? UM, OR EVEN TO THE 26TH OF 20, LIKE TO, DOES EVERYBODY CONCUR WITH THAT? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE THE AUGUST MEETING IS AT THE END OF AUGUST AS WELL, SO THAT'LL GIVE US ANOTHER, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. HEY, CAN I CIRCLE BACK? CAN I CIRCLE BACK A LITTLE BACK TO JANUARY 4TH, UNLESS IF THE ONLY ITEM THAT COMES UP FROM PHIL AND CHUCK IS THE LIBRARY. CAN YOU HANDLE THAT AT NATURAL RESOURCES? WELL, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WE NEED A NATURAL RESOURCE MEETING, BUT I'M SURE. OR WE CAN LISTEN TO THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT IT. UM, IF WE CAN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, OH, WELL LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING. HAVE TO BE HANDLED AT A COMMITTEE. CAN IT BE DONE THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH? WAS THAT HALF THE COMMITTEE? I PROBABLY COULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT AND THEN WE'LL TALK TO THEM A LITTLE TOO. WE NEED TO DO. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. SHALL I, UH, UH, THIS IS FOR LARRY NOW. SHALL I TENTATIVELY ADD A NATURAL RESOURCES THAT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR JANUARY THE 11TH? UH, WELL, YEAH. OR WE CAN DISCUSS IT DURING THAT MEETING. IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW, I ONLY KNOW OF ONE ITEM AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE'LL NEED ONE JANUARY, PAUL, LET US DO A LITTLE BACKGROUND WORK ON THIS AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA FOR CHAIRMAN? I WOULD, IF I COULD MAKE ONE THING CLEAR FOR YOU ALL AND THE PUBLIC, UM, THE CALENDAR THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU SHOWS, UH, HOLIDAYS, THOSE HOLIDAYS LISTED ON THE CALENDAR ARE NOT NECESSARILY COUNTY HOLIDAYS FOR THE COUNTY WOULD BE CLOSED, UH, SUCH AS ST. PATRICK'S DAY, EARTH, DAY. I DO NOT. YOU KNOW, SO JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. THIS IS A, THIS IS A CALENDAR [00:10:01] THAT'S POPULATED BY MUNI CODE. HERE WE GO. WE'LL SUPPORT EARTH. RIGHT. HEY, THE MORE HOLIDAYS, THE BETTER. IF, IF WE GO TO THE JULY CALENDAR, PLEASE, IF YOU SEE JULY, UM, THE, UH, W WE'LL MOVE THAT TO THE 26TH AND I BOUGHT, I THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE, UH, WELL, WE'D HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, AND A CAUCUS IN COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO THOSE WOULD BE MOVED AS WELL. JOE, IT SAYS THERE'S TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS IN AUGUST. NORMALLY THERE'S ONLY ONE, RIGHT? UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE IN AUGUST AND CELESTE IS THERE. YEAH. SO THE, THE ONE ON THE NINTH SHOULD BE ELIMINATED. RIGHT. UM, AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, IF WE, IN FACT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A BREAK FOR STAFF TO TAKE VACATIONS IN JULY AND OR AUGUST, WE MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, BECAUSE WE'D HAVE TO BE BRINGING STAFF IN AS WELL. BUT, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE ONE MEETING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE COMMITTEES THAT ARE MEETING IN JUNE WOULD BE THE BUSINESS WOULD BE HANDLED IN JULY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING FOR COMMITTEES, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMITTEES IN JULY TO HAVE A LATE MEETING IN AUGUST. SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AS WELL. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. IF WE HAVE WATER FESTIVAL IN BUFORD, IT WOULD START JULY 12TH. AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON TO MOVE IT LATER IN THE MONTH. IS THAT YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER IS WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS DO WE WANT TO CONDUCT IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST COMMITTEE WIDE? UH, THAT WOULD TAKE STAFF AWAY FROM POSSIBLY SOME STAFF TAKING THEIR VACATION IN JULY AND SOME STAFF TAKING THEIR VACATION IN AUGUST. I CAN'T SEE THE WHOLE, UH, THE WHOLE SCHEDULE HERE, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE NOT 12 COMMUNITY SERVICE MEETINGS ANNUALLY THAT THERE'S ONLY 10. SO THERE ARE SOME MONTHS WHERE THERE'S BUYS. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT MONTH THOSE ARE, BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THE WHOLE THING. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S, UH, SCHEDULE AND SEE WHICH MONTHS DIDN'T HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE MEETINGS SCHEDULED. AND THEN THEY COULD PROBABLY MIRROR THAT. BUT I, I ONLY SEEN LIKE THREE MONTHS AT A TIME HERE, SO I CAN'T SEE THE WHOLE THING. WELL, THE WHOLE IDEA LARRY IS, IF IT'S ON THE SCHEDULE, IT'S EASY TO REMOVE IT AND SAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MEETING RATHER THAN TRY AND PUT A MEETING IN. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN LEAVE THE AUGUST MEETINGS ON THERE. AND AS WE GET THROUGH, WE CAN MAKE A DECISION GOING FORWARD AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE REALLY DO NEED THOSE MEETINGS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS COMMITTEE MEETINGS. UM, AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE MEETING SCHEDULES, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A MEETING IN JULY AND ONE COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST, WE HAVE ADDED OF COUNCIL MEETING IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, BECAUSE AS YOU SAW THIS YEAR, WE WERE SO INUNDATED WITH THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO, TRYING TO CATCH UP THAT IT BECAME VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AND A VERY, VERY LONG MEETING TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE PROPOSED THE IDEA OF HAVING ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT TAXING BOTH THE STAFF AND COUNCIL TO TRY AND ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING. YEAH. I SEE YOU LOOKING AT THIS WHOLE THING. IT'S UP NOW THAT IT'S NO MEETING IN JANUARY, NO MEETING IN JULY, NO MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. SO THERE'S THREE BUYS THAT I SEE. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE MEETING SCHEDULES? UH, JOE JUST STOOD JUST A COMMENT. YEAH, GO AHEAD. YEAH. THE W WE'RE REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO HAVE ONE A MONTH, CORRECT. ON THAT. IT'S WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO. AND I THINK HISTORICALLY, WE'VE DONE. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS ONE IN JULY, ONE IN AUGUST. AND I JUST THINK PROBABLY HAVING AUGUST COMMITTEE MEETINGS PROBABLY MAKE SENSE BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO GET BACK INTO GETTING READY FOR THE FALL AND [00:15:01] WE ALMOST REALLY NEED THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER. SO ANYWAY, I THINK. YEP. YEP. I AGREE. UM, SO, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE? DO WE NOW NEED TO HAVE COUNCIL TAKE A VOTE ON ADOPTING THIS COUNTY MEETING SCHEDULE AS PROPOSED NOW? WELL, I'M STILL NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN AUGUST BECAUSE WE HAD A MEETING ON THE NINTH AND THEN I HEARD YES. CANCELED IT. NO, DON'T CANCEL IT. YEAH, NO, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL THE MEETING ON THE NINTH AND JUST HAVE THE ONE AT THE END OF, UM, AUGUST ON THE 23RD. I'D HAVE COUNTY COUNCIL AT FIVE. O'CLOCK. GOT IT. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, LET'S, UH, LET'S SAY, ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, 21 CALENDAR. AND, UH, DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT, WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT, BUT THIS WILL GIVE US SOME WORK FROM YEAH. SO I HEARD A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT EXCEPTION, WE'LL APPROVE THE 2021 COUNCIL CALENDAR. ARE THERE ANY PAUL PAUL, YOU BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD? YUP. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ON AUGUST, WE ARE NOT DOING ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN AUGUST, RIGHT? NO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON THE SCHEDULE. WE'LL MAKE IT THE EXTERMINATION AS WE GO ALONG. IF WE NEED THEM. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MANY MEETINGS ON THE SCHEDULE, AND THIS IS A DYNAMIC CALENDAR IT'S NOW IN A GOOGLE DOCUMENTS. SO IF THERE'S CHANGES, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, AS WE'RE BEGINNING TO PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER, IF WE NEED A DIGITAL, ADDITIONAL BUDGET WORKSHOPS, WE CAN JUST PLUG THESE IN AND IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO OUT TO EVERYBODY. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THANKS. YEP. ALL RIGHT. UH, WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS, UH, WE'LL APPROVE THE 20, 21 CALENDAR. ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS? THERE ARE NONE. THERE ARE 2021 CALENDAR IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, IS APPROVED, AND THAT MOVES US TO ITEM NUMBER. YEAH, THIS, THIS WILL ALLOW STAFF NOW TO BEGIN TO DISTRIBUTE THIS CALENDAR TO THE NEWSPAPERS, TO, UH, STAFF, TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ALLOW THEM TO BEGIN TO PLAN FOR THE YEAR. THE, UH, THE NEXT ITEM [7. DISCUSSION ON PUBLIC SERVICE VALUES] IS OUR VALUES, THE COUNCIL VALUES, WHICH WERE NOT JUST APPLIED TO COUNCIL ITSELF, BUT ALSO THE COMMITTEES. AND, UH, SO I WOULD ASK EACH COMMITTEE CHAIR, UH, TO, UH, TO THINK IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THESE VALUES ARE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR VALUES AND THIS, WHAT WE ENVISION IS USING THIS AS SOMETHING LIKE A MASS TAN OR SOMETHING, THAT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE, UM, OF THE COMMITTEES, UH, DISPLAYED, UM, LOGO OR, UH, OR EVEN THE AGENDA. UM, SO I'M GOING TO RUN DOWN THESE AND JOE, I KNOW YOU'LL WEAR IN A WAY IN IF YOU LIKE. UM, BUT, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SAY AS BUFORD COUNTY COUNCIL AND AS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OR THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE OR THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE OR PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER COMMITTEE IT IS. UH, THESE ARE THE VALUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO UPHOLD AS WE, AS WE, UH, DELIBERATE AND, UH, AND TAKE CARE OF THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS. UM, IT'S, IT'S ATTACHED IT'S FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT LOOKING AT IT, IT'S ATTACHED TO SEND THE AGENDA. AND IT'S IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE, UH, BEHIND THE A 20 2021 CALENDAR. UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS HONESTY. UM, THIS IS THE MOST BASIC LEVEL OF ETHICS. EVERYONE HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE TRUTHFUL, STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND SINCERE IN THEIR DEALINGS WITH OTHERS. WE OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO IT, TO OUR PUBLIC. THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT WE PROCEED FROM. THIS IS WHAT OUR CORE VALUES ARE. INTEGRITY. INTEGRITY REQUIRES THE COURAGE TO ACT ON ONE'S VALUES, BELIEFS, AND CONVICTIONS, AND TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT RATHER THAN WHAT IS EXPEDIENT. UH, NUMBER THREE IS KEEPING PROMISES. THE ETHICAL PERSON MUST LIVE UP TO THE SPIRIT AS WELL AS THE LETTER OF AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. NUMBER FOUR IS FIDELITY. THE TRUSTWORTHY PERSON IS LOYAL TO THE ORGANIZATION AND THE PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC SERVICE NUMBER FIVE IS FAIRNESS BECAUSE THE PERSON CAN EXERCISE DISCRETION. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS BE FAIR. THERE MUST BE A COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, EQUAL [00:20:01] TREATMENT AND TOLERANCE. THE PERSON MUST BE OPEN-MINDED AND WILLING TO CONSIDER DIVERSE OPINIONS. NUMBER SIX IS CARING. THE ETHICAL PERSON MANIFESTS AN ATTITUDE OF CONCERN FOR THE WELLBEING OF OTHERS AND CONDUCTS THE AFFAIRS OF THE ORGANIZATION WITH COMPASSION AND KINDNESS OR SEVEN IS RESPECT. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE PERSON DEMONSTRATE RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND PRIVACY. PEOPLE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE AS ROLE MODELS FOR OTHERS TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN AND RESPECT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS OF DECISION-MAKING NUMBER SEVEN EXCELLENCE. PEOPLE MUST BE WELL-INFORMED AND PREPARED TO CARRY OUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. THEY MUST BE DILIGENT, RELIABLE, AND COMMITTED. THEY MUST INSIST THAT THE ORGANIZATION STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN CARRYING OUT ITS ACTIVITIES. NUMBER 10 IS ACCOUNTABILITY PERSON HAS A SPECIAL OBLIGATION TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS OR HER ACTIONS. AND THE ACTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION. NUMBER 11 IS AVOIDANCE OF THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY BECAUSE THE PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE TO SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC TRUST. WHAT THE PERSON DOES MUST NOT ONLY BE RIGHT. IT MUST LOOK RIGHT. AND FINALLY, NUMBER 12 IS WHO DO WE REPRESENT AS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL? YOU REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING, YOU REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT ELECTED YOU, YOU REPRESENT BUFORD COUNTY COUNCIL, YOU REPRESENT ALL RESIDENTS OF BUFORD COUNTY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU REPRESENT YOURSELF. SO AS A, AS EVERYONE, PARTICULARLY THE CHAIRS, UH, REVIEW THIS AND THINK ABOUT THIS AS THE YEAR GOES ON. IF YOU WANT TO ADD OR MAKE CHANGES TO THIS, THERE ARE, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TYPOS IN HERE WHICH WILL CORRECT, UM, LET US KNOW, AND, UH, IT WILL BE INCORPORATED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. YEAH. THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD ADD IS WE HAVE 28 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT I THINK THIS SHOULD BE SENT TO BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE OPERATING LIKE WE OPERATE. UM, THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND, SO WE CAN MODIFY THIS SOMEWHAT AND SEND IT ON TO EVERY ONE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THANK YOU. SO CHAIRMAN, UM, QUICKLY, UM, LIKE TO DISCUSS SOMETHING, UM, OR NUMBER 12, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU. YOU ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. UM, AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SAID. UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE CHAIR, UH, TO ME THAT NUMBER ONE, THAT FIRST THING THAT'S ON THERE SHOULD PROBABLY BE TAKEN OFF AS A CHAIR SO THAT, YOU KNOW, MY, AS A CHAIRMAN, I THINK YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE OBJECTIVE, UH, IN ALL SETTINGS AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE THERE REPRESENTING YOUR DISTRICT AS A CHAIR. GOOD POINT. GOOD POINTS. VERY GOOD POINT YORK. OKAY. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. OKAY. UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE NOW AT, UH, LET'S SEE HERE, WE'RE NOW AT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS CITIZEN'S COMMENTS. I DO NOT HAVE ANY, UH, BRENDA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OR ANYONE ELSE? I'M SORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU. BRENNA. I ALL HAVE MATTERS. HAVING BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.