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JoAnne Brown, 4th from left, has retired from the Victoria Evans Memorial Library. She was feted at a retirement reception after serving the community for nearly 35
years. Pictured is most of the Library Board and the Library's new manager Joanne High.
MediaCom Internet contract tabled
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A proposed “trial” contract
with MediaCom for Internet,
telephone and intercom serv
ices for the School Board cen
tral office and bus shop was
tabled Monday night.
The vote to table was unan
imous.
The idea was to see if Me
diaCom could deliver on the
promises proposed in the con
tract. If it did so, a system-wide
contract was next.
Superintendent Jeff Mc
Daniel said the system contract
did not have an opt-out clause.
The whole contract was for
three years.
Board member Cornelius
Ball, who works in IT, had
reservations about the pro-
RAISE
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raise. It can.
Mr. Burks asked if the
Mayor would say who con-
posal. Specifically, he wanted
to know if more work, possibly
a lot more work, is needed at
the schools to get the most
from the high-speed Internet
contract.
Board member Sam Brown
said the board was voting on a
trial to see if it worked.
“If it does not work at the
bus shop and central office, we
know it is not going to be an
option,” Dr. McDaniel said.
The middle school “situa
tion is a little different,” Mr.
Ball said. “Massively more
people.”
He said the school may
need more hardware, not in
cluded in the MediaCom con
tract, to make the system work.
tacted her objecting to the
raise.
“I don’t want to,” she said.
Mr. Burks then complained
the City’s solar panel fields
“are really not doing any-
CHIEF
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Turner. Voting Yes, Jordan,
Burks and Cebo Bateman. Vot
ing No, Rhonda Walker and
Andrea Pierce.
“We require four votes for
department heads,” the mayor
said, after having a roll call
vote.
Motion Walker/Pierce to
hire Mr. Hairston. Voting Yes,
Walker and Pierce. Voting No,
Jordan, Burks and Bateman.
“We are back to where we
started,” Mr. Carithers said.
“We are at an impasse,” the
mayor said.
NOW WHAT
As the Council appeared
deadlocked, Mr. Carithers said
the City should continue as-is
until after the next City Coun
cil election.
“I object. We’ve been doing
this long enough,” Mr. Jordan
said. “We’d be in the same
boat.”
“We’ve gotten the same
vote three times now,” the
mayor said. “How long are we,
as a Council, going to sit
around? I don’t know what the
issues are.”
“We made a decision.
Everybody has a vote. You
voted your vote,” Ms. Walker
said.
“Everybody doesn’t (did
not) have a vote,” Mr. Burks
said. “The mayor can vote”
and break the stalemate.
The mayor typically does
not have a vote on issues be
fore the Council. The mayor
can vote to make a majority, as
in the fire chief vote, break a
tie or veto a Council action.
“It is not my responsibility
to hire department heads,”
Mayor Lumpkin said.
Mr. Burks said the mayor
was not doing her job.
“You are willing to take all
your other responsibilities,” he
said.
Mr. Carithers again sug
gested tabling the matter until
January 2019.
“We shouldn’t wait another
year,” Mr. Burks said.
MO MONEY
“The individual has been
doing dual jobs,” Mr. Burks
said. “Department heads work
at the pleasure of the Council.”
Mr. Burks added that if Mr.
Turner is to continue as interim
chief, he should be paid for
that work.
“It’s only fair. He did what
we asked him to do. He needs
to be compensated,” Mr. Jor
dan said.
“It is only fair,” Mr. Burks
added.
Mr. Jordan asked why the
Council would delay dis
cussing the pay.
The mayor said the interim
chief’s pay was not on the
agenda and so should not be
discussed. She said it could be
done at the January meeting.
She did agree the pay needs to
be considered.
“It says a lot about him that
he’s been in the position over a
year,” Mr. Jordan said.
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“We haven’t looked at that.
Can we afford it?” Mr. Ball
asked. “The middle school
may have some more imple
mentations cost. I don’t want
to get into a situation where we
can’t afford it.”
Mr. Brown agreed the
board and staff need more time
to study the matter.
“We can look at the Middle
School more,” the superintend
ent said.
Dr. McDaniel and Board
Attorney John Holland said
tabling the trial contract was
not a problem.
“There is no time frame to
sign. Once you sign, the clock
starts ticking,” Dr. McDaniel
said.
thing.”
He then said it costs the US
$70 million “to send someone
out to space. I want people to
know.”
The mayor then told Mr.
Burks the raise was approved
and she was calling an end to
the discussion.
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