Bill Jordan mumbled his way through fish and wildlife does not have enough money for the over $1 million dollars it is taking to redo the pier and boat launch for fishermen at McFarland. They are $250 k short. OF COURSE Florence taxpayers to the rescue! Jordan read from the financial statement at this meeting and let it slip that there is $10,457,535.67 left out of the McFarland balance BORROWED IN BOND MONEY for improvements. That is TEN MILLION of your Florence taxpayer dollars that is going into a park that is a known flood zone. It is a PLANNED flood zone by TVA. Your tax money better learn how to swim!
@northalabama22648 күн бұрын
Eugene Sak is making the rounds again........."You knew I was a snake when you took me in" BEWARE
@northalabama226414 күн бұрын
RIP old parking deck.😇🥲
@northalabama226429 күн бұрын
This was a long drawn-out meeting. Jimmy Oliver got the ball rolling with the proposal to stay within the amount borrowed for the construction of a new city hall at $48 million. The rest was like watching a snake swallow a large rodent. My suggestion is skip in the video to the winning suggestion of the night from JACKIE HENDRIX @53:17. Instead of demolishing how about doing like most strapped homeowners in the city of Florence are doing currently if they have to make some improvements and REMODEL?! At least have a study to see what the actual COST will be! To listen to his suggestion from time 53:17 onward gives me respect for him as a council member.
@JanCornelius-gc7xdАй бұрын
That must be some good food.
@BillyHanbackАй бұрын
Andy Betterton is being disrespectful to Miss Simmons. Jackie Hendrix can't be trusted.
@northalabama2264Ай бұрын
$ 774,265.002 FLORENCE TAXPAYER DOLLARS to a demolition company out of Birmingham to destroy what has not yet been officially condemned or rendered unsafe of the "old" parking deck at the corner of Tennessee St. and Pine St. WHY THE RUSH? It looks like in Florence you may not be able to "fool all of the people all of the time" but when most are willing to be fooled you CAN give it the old college try. Right guys????
@BillyHanbackАй бұрын
UNA is a moral hazard.
@jaynash26452 ай бұрын
Mayor😭
@BillyHanback2 ай бұрын
What about the Pesthouse.?
@BillyHanback2 ай бұрын
Why NOT ticket people like you used to. Pine St is a raceway 24/7
@ritobug483Ай бұрын
maybe don't be a cuck?
@BillyHanback2 ай бұрын
That stadium is built next door to Mitchell Hollingsworth. A nursing home full of dementia patients. UNA could have built it anywhere, & they chose next to a nursing home. Just goes to show the morals of UNA.
@BillyHanback2 ай бұрын
What is UNA'S graduation rate.??? They are a failure. If not for us property owning State Tax payers they would be even more of a failure. 45 million dollars of State tax payers money in 2023. HVAC don't come from UNA. That would be North West Shoals.
@BillyHanback2 ай бұрын
UNA is a moral hazard.
@KeithLewis282 ай бұрын
Well, if we’re giving UNA money, they need to give the citizens of the city a better break on the tuition because they keep jacking up the tuition. They get a lot of people from outside the area that can pay the extra. I also believe that a person can have the knowledge needed to do a job without a college degree, and sometimes do it better than the one with the college degree.
@northalabama2264Ай бұрын
I liked all his answers to David's questions with the exception of UNA. He has drunk the Kool-Aid and swallowed whole the myth of the dollar painted purple passing through different hands. UNA is a large employer but mainly employs "imports" and usually only hires local for the lower paying positions available. Also, the example he gave of the plant superintendent in Industrial Park saying the thing he needs most is someone to keep his air conditioning going involved HVAC training. Something that is NOT taught at UNA and the last time I checked; Dandy Andy and the city council did not give Muscle Shoals tech $500k of Florence taxpayer money to build a new HVAC tech training building!
@northalabama22642 ай бұрын
Eugene Sak is double dipping?
@northalabama22642 ай бұрын
$15k for transmission lines? 3 million for engineering? The same engineers who do ALL the plans for all Florence projects? Lambert and Ezell? Sounds like the county is getting tired of doing business the city of Florence way
@northalabama22642 ай бұрын
THANK YOU DAVID CARSON
@northalabama22642 ай бұрын
@35:99 Danny Pettus does not know what a calendar year is? WOW!
@northalabama22642 ай бұрын
Could you imagine the Florence city council having a work session and revealing employees salaries? This commission has problems but they are miles ahead of the city of Florence in transparency!
@JanCornelius-gc7xd3 ай бұрын
Great job, Mars Hill students
@mrmikeyd23 ай бұрын
I wonder how much this "fest" cost the taxpayers of Florence? I had rather seen potholes filled.
@simonawingo14675 ай бұрын
Was it only 1 meeting in June?
@DavidCarson-jl3ic5 ай бұрын
There was another.. look at the channel's video list or playlists to find it
@northalabama22646 ай бұрын
It would be great to have an agenda to follow.....of course all that goes on in county government is at the pleasure of Brenda Bryant!
@liz3bet6 ай бұрын
Thanks, David Carson!
@northalabama22646 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting David!
@northalabama22646 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting David!
@KeithLewis286 ай бұрын
They sought our city due to its frivolous spending, and the fact that they hand out money handover fist to almost anybody and waste it.
@northalabama22646 ай бұрын
Good camera angle David! Thanks for posting
@northalabama22647 ай бұрын
When they were going down the list of expenses to be approved I noticed one glaring difference from the city of Florence! Now a MILLION DOLLAR agenda item on it! The county must not need to spend as much money as the city...or does the county have better stewards?
@northalabama22647 ай бұрын
How can we get a copy of the agenda? Is it published anywhere online? Without it you have to "read between the lines" to know what they are passing. Talk about a need for transparancy!