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Him September 20, 2022 The Mooresville Town Council met in a regular session on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at 6:30 P. M. at the Mooresville Government Center. Council members present were Council President Tom Warthen, Councilman Dustin Stanley, Councilman Shane Williams, Councilman Jeff Cook, and Councilman Greg Swinney. Attorney, Chou-il Lee was also present. Council President Warthen gave the invocation and called the meeting to order. Approval of the minutes from the September 6, 2022 meeting — A motion was made by Councilman Stanley, seconded by Councilman Swinney, to approve the minutes as written. Motion Carried 5-0 Unfinished Business — There were none. New Business — Downtown Street Fairs - Regina Shelby came before the council to discuss the 2023 street fair schedule. The proposed dates for 2023 are May 13tH July 811and September Stn. She will be working with Chief Dalton for the department head approvals, and he will bring the completed permit request back to the council. Gateway Lighting - Dave Moore has been working with Whites Electrical on this project. The north torch was working, but it is no longer working at this time. He discussed some alternative lighting methods as the current lights are not waterproof. He provided a quote for $122,300.00 from White's Electrical to repair the torchlights. There was some discussion as to the possibilities of any legal recourse against the original contractors. The Council reached a consensus to allow the RDC to address this project at their next meeting. Department Head Reports — Dave Moore requested permission to seek a new vendor for the doors and cameras as the current vendor sold to a large corporation in California and has been increasingly difficult to work with. There was a discussion about ensuring that all department heads are included in the conversation as this does affect the Police Dept, Fire Dept, and Parks Dept as well. Council member Stanley made a motion to allow Dave Moore to seek bids from other vendors. Councilman Swinney seconded. Motion Carried 5-0. Dave Moore announced that the leaf pick-up season will begin October 17th and will run through December 19th. There was a brief discussion on the progress of the demolition of the building on E. Main St. Chief Buckner presented the details of the new body cams. An 80/20 grant that was started under the previous Chief has been awarded $17,600, and the department's portion will be $4,400, but the cams must be on the officers and operational by the end of the year to be awarded. There were two payment options presented to the council members. There will need to be an update to the CAD system for the geolocation applications to be fully utilized, but they are not required to operate the camera system on day one. Motorola believes it can be accomplished before the end of the year. However, the order needs to be placed immediately