Meeting of September 16, 2025

If you all would stand if you're not standing already and we'll we're going to have the pledge and we'll have a prayer. I — pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. — Okay. This morning we have with us brother Darren Gillespie from the Kingswood Wesian Church. And I'm going to ask you to lead us in prayer, please. — I shall. I shall. Let us pray. Lord God, we thank you that you are present in this place today through your Holy Spirit. And Lord, you said uh in your word so many words to us to instruct us in how to live, how to love, how to follow. Lord, we want to thank you for the freedom that you have given us to come into this place uh to share our views. Uh father, you say in your word, you tell us in your word that we are called to freedom, but you tell us and you warn us, do not use our freedom uh for the flesh, but

rather in love serve one another. And so today, Lord, we ask that you would be with us. That you would be with all of the proceedings in here. Your word says, Holy Spirit, that you will lead us into all truth. And so we pray for truth today. We pray that your spirit would allow us, allow these magistrates, allow these folks, these citizens to see seek and and to know and to speak truth, your truth, your desire, Father, for we do not chase after the things of the world, but rather we are called to chase after you, to follow you, to listen to you. And so we ask right now, Holy Spirit, that you would be in this place. We pray right now, Lord, that you would be with each of these who are making decisions, who are casting votes. We pray, Lord, uh that you would lead this vote, that we would hear your voice, that you we would know you and your desires for the for the health and the and the prosperity and and the abundance that only comes from you. for an obedient people, for a people accounting who follows your

desire for the for the good, for the good, Lord, for your desire to help folks, to set people free from that which would enslave them. And so we ask right now, Lord, that you would just have your way. Give these folks courage to listen to you, to listen to your voice, to follow your ways. And we pray this in the powerful name of Jesus who is the King of Kings who is the Lord of Lords. And we follow you Lord Jesus. And it's in his name we pray. Amen. — Amen. — Thank you brother Aaron. — Just have a coffee. Have a roll of coffee. Square Armstrong Evans Greenwell Judge Lucas Square Albbright Square Henning everyone's present. First item business is approval of minutes of the August 18th 2025 meeting. I'll entertain a motion to approve those minutes. — I'll make a motion. — Okay. Motion with Squire Moore. Is there a second? — Second Squire Greenwell heard first. Any discussion hearing? None. Take a seat. — Square Armstrong. Square Beon. — Yes. Squire Greenwell,

— yes. — Judge Lucas, Squire Albbright, — yes. — Square Moore, yes. — Squire Henning, — yes. — Okay. All yes. Minutes approved. The next item is transfers. We have one transfer and I'll entertain a motion to approve that transfer. — I move. — Motion Square Hennings. Is there a second? — I'll second Armstrong. Any questions? — Hearing none. Take — Square Beavenon. Yes. Square Greenwell. Yes. Judge Lucas. Square Albbright. Yes. — Square Moore. Yes. Square Penny. — Yes. Square Armstrong. — Yes. — Okay. All guesses. The next item is the claims and I'll entertain a motion to approve claims. I — move a motion. Square Albbright. Is there a second? — I'll second more. Any questions? Hear you? None. Take a — square Greenwell. Yes. Judge Lucas. Square Albbright. Yes. — Squire Moore. Yes. — Square Henning. — Yes. — Square Armstrong. Yes. Square Bev. — Yes. Yes. Plans are approved. I do have a question, Tara, while you're here. The uh Westwood Pharmacy, — we we use them. Is that a is that a contracted — just anou? They were much cheaper than Diamond. — Okay. Okay. I was wondering about, you know, either the locals or No, the locals.

— No, we get things that we can get locally. We don't get everything through them, but they're — okay. — Quite a bit cheaper. — I want to clarify that, too. So, — yeah. — Okay. The next item is the first item of new business and that's the road for report. I'm not sure. I don't think our road foremans are here. They're actually doing chip and seal. So, — both of them are tied up and they're doing that. So, we'll pass on that for now. — You got a question? — Yes. — Where's the where they black topping or may go? Where they at? — They're not in the county far as I know yet. Back in the county or something. Hopefully, they'll be here any day. I hope. I haven't talked to John or him to make sure, but they're they're in another county somewhere. And we've still got 17 rows, I think it is. And hopefully they can get a lot of those done, if not all of them done before they quit black. Okay, the next item is I think an item that most of you all are here for and to hear, but we have guest comments. And the first uh I have a list of about three people that have called in to me to speak today to us. And the first one is Miss Roxan Noddingham.

You're the the lucky first speaker. First of all, thank you for the opportunity to speak today. The amendment in question today, I hear, has not been well accepted within this county. I have been fighting cancer for nine months. I am a fighter and my faith and my determination keeps me going and I'm going to continue fighting for this amendment to be voted down. The good Lord gave us seven days a week. The bars already have six of those days. The the Lord has one. — Can we not keep our Sabbath holy? Give us the one day alcohol free. Our little church sits between the two bars on 259. We are right in between. Everyone in our church feels the same way. — And we say keep the bars closed on Sunday. Thank you, Roxan. Uh, the next

individual that called into me was Derek Henderson. Derek, there you are. Thank you'all for letting me speak today. As a bar owner, I'm not really here for the Sunday sales because bars don't Sunday is not really a place for bars. It's not I'm here for more of the stand open till 2:00 in the morning Fridays and Saturdays because it's more of a safe thing. It's not about making money because you don't really sell that much more after 12 than you do to 2. But if we can stay open until 2 o'clock in the morning, what that does is allows us to not rush 50 or 100 people out the door at 11:59. You see what I'm saying? At 11:59, no matter how many people's in my bar, they got to go. — And what that does, it puts everybody on the road at the same time. If we can stay open till two, that allows us to shut our bands off at about 12, start turning the lights up a little bit, and you can watch people just trickle out a few at a time. It's more of a safety thing than it is about making money. I'm not worried about selling drinks after 12. But I would like to be able to stay open till 2 so that people, like I say,

just trickle out safety thing where it's not just a mad rush right out the door. But, you know, like I say, as far as the Sunday thing goes, that's more for restaurants, people who want to sit down, have fish and chips and beer with their, you know, that kind of thing. It's not really for bars cuz I've been in the bar business for a decade. And I've been open on Sundays in Meat County and you'll get one or two people that come in, but it's not really that big of a thing. But like I say, I'm more focused on the 2:00 thing for the safety measures so that there's not just so many people leaving the establishment at one time and that way they can just trickle out and go home safely. But thank y'all for letting me speak. Hope y'all forward and we'll go from there. Thank you, Larry. Larry Gray. There's probably going to make some people angry after the first round and applause, but my name is Larry Gray. I live in Brookidge County off of Boy Rock. Probably shouldn't have said that either, but uh I moved down here in 2016. I retired from the Army in 2015 after serving 35 years. I did 15 years in the reserve, 20 years back of duty. Been to combat twice, have a Purple Heart, Bronze Star,