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City of Hiawassee Special Called meeting

TUESDAY DECEMBER 10^TH, 2024 at 11:00AM

City Hall Council Chambers

1. Call to order

   • Invocation – Nancy Noblet

   • Pledge of Allegiance

   • Approve the Agenda as distributed

2. Approval of the GIRMA (First responder PTSD) Resolution

3. Approval of the Workers Compensation invoice

4. Approval of the DDA Lease Agreement

5. Discussion with John Sheehan regarding the Paris Business Center

6. Executive session

7. Adjournment

City of Hiawassee Special Called meeting Minutes

TUESDAY DECEMBER 10^TH, 2024 at 11:00AM

The Hiawassee City Council Special-Called meeting was called to order at 11:00 am on December 10^th, 2024, in Council Chambers by Mayor Pro Tem Jay Chastain, Jr. The meeting was open to the public and broadcast over FaceBook Live.

Present in addition to the Mayor Pro Tem, were Council members Patsy Owens, Amy Barrett, Nancy Noblet, and Jonathan Wilson. Staff present were Economic Development Director Denise McKay, Police Officer JR Murray, and City Clerk Bonnie Kendrick.

The Invocation was given by Council member Nancy Noblet and was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion to approve the agenda as distributed was made by Council member Amy Barrett, seconded by Council member Jonathan Wilson with all in favor.

Motion to approve the GIRMA (First Responder PTSD) Resolution was made by Council member Nancy Noblet, seconded by Council member Amy Barrett with all in favor.

Motion to approve the payment of the Workers Compensation invoice ($27,727) was made by Council member Patsy Owens, seconded by Council member Amy Barrett with all in favor.

Mayor Pro Tem Jay Chastain advised the Council that the DDA’s attorney had not had an opportunity to review the lease agreement.  Motion to table the approval of the DDA Lease Agreement was made by Council member Amy Barrett, seconded by Council member Jonathan Wilson, with all in favor.  This item will be added to the Special Called meeting agenda for December 19, 2024.

Mayor Pro Tem Chastain advised the Council that the discussion with John Sheehan would take place in the upstairs training room due to the need for a projection system (not available in Council Chambers).  The meeting was recessed to move to the training room at 11:03am and was reconvened in the Upstairs Training room at 11:06am.

John Sheehan of Storm Construction gave a brief overview of the Paris Business Center’s project history from the stabilization phase to the current state of the project.  The plumbers and electricians will be in working next week and the roofer is nearly finished only needing to install the caps, gutters and downspouts.  Mr. Sheehan then presented the Council with the details for his Change Order #4 ($89,437.85).  The change order includes flooring and bathroom fixtures in Building B, which are required by the grant, patio stairs (removed during value engineering), masonry patching on the exterior façade, additional structural repairs to the rear wall and interior staircase, block and brick ties on Building A, 5 months of supervision and general liability insurance during extended periods of delay, and the overhead and profit of 7.5%.

Motion to approve the payment to Storm Construction as presented was made by Council member Patsy Owens, seconded by Council member Nancy Noblet with all in favor.

There being no need for executive session, motion to adjourn was made by Council member Nancy Noblet seconded by Council member Patsy Owens with all in favor.

The meeting adjourned at 11:36 am.