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Zachary Council Braces for

Copper Mill VoteBy Jen Bayhi-Gennaro

The Mayor and Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, February 10, at 6 p.m.

Following the Pledge of Al-legiance, led by a couple of local Boy Scouts, and invocation, new-ly-elected Regional Arts Council of Zachary President Dr. Thais Perkins took the podium. RACZ is putting on a series of classical con-certs at the Pointe at Americana later this month, and in March and April. “We have signed contracts and insurance policies and riders for alcohol, but it appears we need a permit for alcohol sales at these events,” Perkins said. This item would need to be on the agenda to be voted on at the next meeting, but that is also the date of the first con-cert. “I’m here to request a special meeting of the council to have the vote for the permit of alcohol sales at the concert. I plead ignorance,” Perkins said. However, they are not actually selling alcohol- it’s part of the event. And Americana already holds the permit for alco-hol on the premises, so no action was required by the Council. The events will be held February 24, March 24, and April 21.

Next up was Kenneth Collins there to request a waiver of site plan review for Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, on Pride Port Hudson across from Mills Pointe Subdivision. If an item comes up for site plan review, those request-ing have two years before they have to file the permits in the in-spections department. It has been six years since Pleasant Grove has done anything with the plans, and they are asking to waive the site plan review process. Collins ex-plained they have someone ready and willing to do the work in the next 30-45 days, but the site plan

Dinner Theatre Comes to ZacharyNorthwestern Middle School

will be embarking on a Zachary theatrical first next week with the Paula Swilley’s dinner theatre pro-duction of Bugsy Malone Junior.

The two-night production on Friday, February 27, and Saturday, February 28 will begin serving at 6:00 p.m. with show beginning at 7:00 p.m. and will also have a matinee luncheon showing on Sat-urday at noon, with show time at 1:00 p.m.

The dinner theater concept has been something Swilley has want-ed to undertake for a while with her talented drama students. “When I was a child, my mother took me to a professional dinner theatre in Ba-ton Rouge behind Reeves Super-market; I loved it, and now I want to try to recreate the feel with this

Bugsy Malone (left) played by Marshall Lawton and Blousey Brown played by Anasta-sia Gueltig hide behind luggage during a pivotal scene in the play.

St. Patrick’s Church Unveils New SanctuaryBy James ronald skains

“Our old sanctuary was so small that we had three Sunday morning services so that all our congrega-tion could have seats,’’ Father Chad Jones, Episcopal Priest at St. Patrick’s on Church Street in Zachary told the Zachary Post. “It is truly humbling to see for the first time in years, all our congregation attending one service. We had more than 200 in attendance.”

Shannon Manning, assistant to the Bishop of Louisiana, delivered the sermon on Sunday at our celebration. Dr. Mary Herget played the huge St. Patrick’s organ that was custom made by an organ manufacturer in Canada for the Zachary Church. Apparently Episcopalians like their music loud with gusto from the looks of the grand organ sitting near the back of the sanc-tuary.

“As I stood in front of our con- Father Chad Jones stands before his congregation in the newly remodeled and designed sanctuary at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church on Church Street.

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Zachary Rotary Joins with Zachary High Carpentry Class to Protect the Eagle

Zachary Rotary Club President Ryan Talbot, along with members Terry Gomez, Brandon Noel, and Steve Nunnery joined with Zachary High Instructors Gary Larkin and Andrew Dewey to build a perimeter fence around Zachary’s Free-dom Eagle located on Church Street on Wednesday morning.

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The Duncans Bring Real Property Management Premium to ZacharyBy James ronald skains

“I grew up in North Baton Rouge, but once I went to work for Dow Chemical, I got to see the world,” Billy R. Duncan told the Zachary Post. “But when it came time to retire, I came back toward home and picked Zachary as my retirement city.”

Duncan and his wife and business partner are now the owner/operators of Real Property Management Premium located on 2060 Church Street near LeBlanc’s Super Market in Zachary. Real Property Management Premium of Zachary takes under management: single family residential properties; condos; and duplexes for real estate investors who want to maximize their profitability and minimize their hassle.

The Real Property Management Premium Team takes on the full re-sponsibility of managing property, from the upkeep all the way through the leasing stage and the collection of monthly payments.

“My road from Scotlandville High School to my retirement home and business was very interesting and satis-fying to me,” Duncan related. “I started my career in electronics by obtaining an Associate Degree in Electronics.”

“For 10 years I did electronics work as an owner operator. I worked on all kind of electronic equipment, includ-ing stereos, TV’s, and radios. I then ob-tained a BS degree from Southern Uni-versity in Electrical Engineering. It was at that point in my career, I was able to go to work for Dow Chemical at an en-try level Electrical Engineer’s positon. The great thing about Dow Chemical was that they allowed and encouraged me to develop my talent and skill in the

corporate management world.”“At one time, while working and

living in Midland, Michigan, I had the privilege of being the Director of Learning for Dow Chemical,” Duncan pointed out. “That was an awesome op-portunity as Dow Chemical is a strong believer in “Learning.” Their philoso-phy is that education and training, is critical to success.”

After starting his career at the Dow facility on the “big river” below Baton Rouge, Duncan followed Dow Chemi-cal to League City, Texas, Sterlington, LA, to Midland, Michigan, and Hous-ton. Duncan retired from Dow at a po-sition of Director of Purchasing.

“After we moved back to the Hous-ton area from Michigan, I told Billy that he had one more move available as a married man,” Bessie Duncan point-ed out. “That is when we decided that our next move would be to retirement to Zachary.”

Bessie is a country girl, a native of Woodville, Mississippi. She is still par-tial to flashy belt ensembles like the one she wore the day of our interview. Bes-sie met Billy while working at the Bank of St. Francisville.

“After I retired from Dow with 25 years, we took a couple years off for family time and relaxation,” Billy Duncan explained. “We knew that we

wanted to have our own business at that stage in our life.”

“We began to look at franchise op-portunities. Our first goal was to find something that Bessie and I could work together in. Secondly, we didn’t want to have a lot of employees. Third, we didn’t want to spend a lot of money on bricks and mortar or pay an extreme-ly high franchise fee. Also, I wanted something that I could take my corpo-rate skill set that I had acquired at Dow and put them to work for myself.”

“All those issues fell into place when we looked at the Real Property Management franchise,” Billy Dun-can related. “Bessie and I could work together, there was very little traveling out of town to be done and I could put my management skills to good use. Bessie has a banking background, so her accounting skills fit well with the Real Property Management Program.”

Real Property Management, a 25 year old firm is listed on Inc. Maga-zines’ annual list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the USA. Real Property Management offers 10 distinctive advantages to its clients. First is local experience, which ensures the proper knowledge of licensing as well as knowledge and expertise on area rental rates.

Decreased vacancy rates are a stan-dard with Real Property Management due to its vast advertising network. Strict screening methods, streamlined rent collections and evictions, along with cost-effective, reliable mainte-nance are all part of the working agree-ment between clients and the Duncan Real Property Management Team.

Billy & Bessie Duncan in front of their offices on Church Street.

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Concerts at the Pointe Series

Begins February 24The Regional Arts Council of

Zachary will host the first of a three-part (concert) series, Concerts at the Pointe at Americana, on February 24 at 7 p.m. The first concert will feature nine classical musicians, including pianist Dr. Henry Jones, of the South-eastern Louisiana University College of Music. Dr. Jones will serve as ac-companist and also perform as a so-loist on the program. The three-part series will showcase The Pointe of Americana, the new events venue in-side of the Americana Development.

The performers include Unusdian Errandonea, cello; Rafael Galvan Herrera, violin; Ruth Roland, vio-lin; Addie Foto, viola; Gaylyn Foto, cello; Katelyn Foto, violin; Dr. Henry Jones, piano; Claire Mashburn, flute; and David Perkins, trumpet.

The Regional Arts Council of Zachary is a community partner sup-porting visual and performing arts and art education in Zachary and its surrounding area. The Council is partnering with the Pointe, the newly-opened venue of the Americana tra-ditional neighborhood development.

For more information and ad-vanced tickets, visit the RACZ at www.raczonline.org.

Other distinct areas of operation that make doing business with Real Proper-ty Management a success is online re-porting, centralized accounting (which is Bessie’s bailiwick), regular property inspections, and management of tenant emergencies and requests.

Real Property Management Premi-um operated by Billy and Bessie Dun-can operates in a nine-parish region of the Baton Rouge Metro area. In addi-tion to East and West Baton Rouge Par-ishes, the Real Property Management Premium Team is involved in property management in Ascension, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Iberville, St. Helena, and East and West Feliciana Parishes.

“There is a growing number of people in the Baton Rouge Metro who didn’t plan to become landlords. How-ever, due to transfers and this not be-ing exactly the best time to sell houses, these persons are finding that Real Property Management Premium has a lot to offer them in increased rental rev-enues and peace of mind about the con-dition of their property,” Billy Duncan pointed out. “By placing your property with our management team, you can make the best out of unexpected situ-ations.”

“Bessie and I are very pleased that we chose Zachary to retire in and to start a new venture in our retirement years. Zachary is a great place with a great future in residential development. Real Property Management is also an impressive franchise company. Their support to franchisees is first class. The intensity of their training is on the cali-ber that I was used to with Dow Chemi-cal.”

“Real Property Management Pre-mium welcomes owners and inves-tors who would like to maximize their profitability and minimize their hassles. Property management is all we do…we’re trained, licensed, and insured. Let us handle the stresses of property management while you enjoy your life.”

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Galilee Baptist Academy’s students and their parents had a night of “Frozen” fun at GBA’s Pre-K and Kindergarten Family Literacy Night. Students & their parents visited four interactive literacy activity stations: “Wonderful Winter Writing,” “Olaf’s Polar Dough,” “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?,” and “Snowy Storytime.” At each station, GBA teachers demonstrated literary activities that parents could replicate at home. The students were awestruck with a special visit from The Ice Queen and had an opportunity to have their photo made with her. Our night ended with The Ice Queen presiding over the door prize drawing for books from GBA’s Scholastic Book Fair. All students were giv-en a bag of “snowball” doughnut holes, a bottle of “melted snow,” and a Frozen-themed bookmark to take home. Parents received an informational packet filled with literacy activities for them to enjoy with their child at home. A special thanks to all the staff and volunteers who made the night so wonderfully exciting for our youngest GBA students.

Galilee Baptist Academy Celebrates Literacy

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production,” Swilley said.The Drama Department is going

all out for these productions with professional caterer Susan Weber of Greenleaf Bistro To Go prepar-ing the gourmet menu of Chicken Alfredo, Green Bean Almandine, Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad, Fresh Italian pull apart bread with garlic parmesan butter sauce and a Tira-misu parfait for desert. Attendees are encouraged to dress in 1920s-era clothing, gangster suits and flapper costumes, but costumes are optional.

Tickets for the Dinner and Show are $25, tickets for the just the show are $10. Tickets go on sale beginning February 19 from 9:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. at the North-westertern Middle School Office or by calling 654-9201. The profits from the dinner theatre production will go towards offsetting the cost of an education trip to New York many drama students

The play Bugsy Malone Junior is the theatrical rendering of the 1976 British musical gangster film directed by Alan Parker. Set in Chicago, the film is loosely based on events from the early 1920s to 1931 during Prohibition. The story of Bugsy Malone Junior re-volves around the “joke” of Bugsy Malone: it’s a gangster picture en-acted by children. The film details the career of Bugsy Malone, who rises to the top of the criminal lad-der in 1920s New York. Whenever gunfire is called for, the kiddie crooks substitute whipped cream for bullets.

Chandler Ducote as Fat Sam in NMS production of Bugsy Malone Jr.

The talented middle school cast consists of Marshall Lawton as Bugsy Malone, Blake Swarner as Roxy Robinson, Caleb Johnson as Bronx Charlie, Pop Becker and Benny Lee, Gentry Stevens as Yon-kers and Marbini, Ian Ganger as Doodle and the Dummy, Lynndon Rushing as Barber and the Radio Announcer, Haley Lord as Flash Frankie and Marbini’s Assistant, Dylan Jones as Fizzy, Anastasia Gueltig as Blousey Brown, Lau-ren Brown as Tallulah, Chandler Ducote as Fat Sam, Caynan Byrd as Dandy Dan, Rebekah Serrett as Louella, Myles Snowden as Raza-mataz, Sarah Underwood as Ban-gles, Alex Milazzo as Knuckles, Blake Swarner as the Paper Boy, Logan Rushing as Ritzy, Chris-tian Bremermann as Snake Eyes, Austin Landry as Louis, Hannah Pate as the waitress and the Op-era Singer, Blake Swarmer as the Butler, Kavan Monte as Oscar De Velt . The Chorus and dancers for the show will be played by Alyssa Wittig, Lauren Thompson, Gray-son Pickett, Hallie Russell, Sarah Underwood, Kaelyn Fletcher, Ja-mie Stagg, Alayna Flotte, Madi-son Thompson, Mckenzie Daigle, Jessica Robinson, Katie Mestayer, Shelby Nealy, Angel Alexander, and McKenzie Young.

Lauren Brown as Tallulah Caynan Byrd as Dandy Dan

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gregation last Sunday (February 8) morning I was so touched by the many blessings we received directly from the Lord in our renovation and expansion program that I had tears in my eyes. Our expansion project start-ed out with so much enthusiasm and energy. We raised the money, hired an architect, signed a contract with a commercial builder and then found near catastrophic termite damage when the work was begun.”

“Not only were the floor joists and sills destroyed by the termites but also the walls and even the steeple,” Father Jones confided to the Zachary Post. “The termite damage brought the whole project to a screeching halt.”

“The termite problem was really bad. We didn’t know what to do. Our contractor graciously allowed us to cancel our contract. Then all the members of St. Pat’s including the clergy and vestry spent a lot of time on our knees asking God for guid-

ance. Things began to slowly turn around and we saw a little ray of light and hope. We hired Fritz Embaugh

with the Plus One Design Build firm in Baton Rouge.”

“We began to cut back on the scale of the project to compensate for the $300,000 we had to spend to repair the termite damage,” Father Jones explained. “We did some re-design work and were able to start work on the project full time about a year ago. Our Senior Warden at St. Patrick’s, Jesse Noble, was with me every step of the way during this expansion project, and I thank him for his help. I don’t know that I would have made it through without him.”

‘The history of the building as St. Patrick’s Church goes back to 1976, though the structure is actually much older than that. The building was

originally St. John’s Catholic Church in downtown Zachary. They sold it to the Episcopal Church congrega-tion that had been meeting in a small building in Zachary for an extremely generous sum. St. Pat’s had the build-ing sawed in half and moved to the present location. Dr. Howard Martin donated the land for the church and school.”

“After we discovered the termites, I kidded with Father Bayhi that they were Catholic termites but he never came and got them. In 1976 when the church building was moved from downtown on the other side of the railroad tracks, it was the project of the year for Zachary as hundreds of people turned out to watch the move.”

Enlarged and restored, St. Patrick’s parishioners were glad to be back in their church home after long construction ordeal.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Zachary POST 7Father Chad Jones is a native of

Pensacola, Florida by the way of the LSU Golden Marching Band. “I met my wife to be in the LSU Marching Band. Kim was on one leg of the U and I was on the other leg. We tell people that we met in the middle.”

After receiving a degree in music from LSU under the tutelage of Ter-ry Patrick-Harris, the original Chad Jones of LSU moved with Kim to Wisconsin to work on a Master of Di-vinity degree at the Nashotah House Seminary. Nashotah was the name of a local Indian tribe.

“I honestly don’t see how people live in that part of the country and endure winter after winter of heavy snow and ice,” Father Jones pointed out. “One December during my semi-nary days, we had 53 inches of snow in December. That was the most awful weather mess I’ve ever been in. I can’t imagine a more dramatic weather

change for someone from Pensacola by the way of Baton Rouge. There are a lot of great things that come out of that part of the country, but the great-est is I-55 south.”

There are a lot of exciting things happening at St. Patrick’s in addition to the extremely beautiful sanctuary. St. Pat’s is having ever-increasing attendance at their Wednesday eve-ning Bible study, even attracting non-Episcopalians. Apparently the group has achieved a combination of fun, fellowship, and detailed Bible learn-ing. St. Patrick’s has a Mission Trip in the planning stages to the Chey-enne River Indian Reservation with the Lakota tribe in South Dakota. The well-known St. Patrick’s Pre-school for ages six months to four years has a waiting list.

“St. Patrick’s also has a pre-school and after-school care program for those up to the 7th grade,” Father

Jones explained. “The after school tutoring program is a real ministry for us. We have a selected number of Zachary High School students who come to St. Patrick’s to tutor students in lower grades in Math and Sci-ence.”

“One of the great joys I get here as rector is that I get to drop in on some of the pre-school classes to listen to our teachers telling the story of Jesus to those little folks. Beth Kimmell, the Head of School, is a treasure for us. I can readily see how the Zach-ary School system maintains its high ranking because they have dedicat-ed educators like her on the school Board.”

“We are so proud of Margot Moore, who is a lifelong member of the parish. She has put her medical school on hold to go on a yearlong mission trip through Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Her team is focusing on young girls who have been forced into a terrible lifestyle. The group Margot is with went into

brothels in Manila to try to convince young girls that there is life outside of prostitution, and to assist them in transition into society again. Margot’s mission team is providing support for the girls who do want to leave the ter-rible lifestyle they have been forced into.”

“We are very proud of Margot and are following her around the world. Today (February 10th) Margot is in Nepal. I don’t know her exact sched-ule or how long she will be in Nepal but at some point the group will travel to Africa. Margot had talked about do-ing something like she is doing for the last few years before making the com-mitment.”

Writer’s comment: St. Patrick’s Church building is truly awesome. There is a lot of enthusiasm and faith evident at St. Patrick’s the Wednesday night Bible Study also sounds very appealing. Deacon Camille Wood, or-dained in 2010 and very full of Chris-tian faith herself, arranged the inter-view with Father Jones.

Parishioners stream into the new Sanctuary last Sunday.

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Mekala Brion Brooks

Mekala Brion Brooks was born to the parentage of Edward L. Brooks and Tiffany Barton Brooks on April 13, 1996 at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisi-ana.

On Thursday, January 18 at 6:50 a.m., God in his infinite wis-

dom picked from his garden a beautiful, fully nurtured rose and took from our mist, our beloved, “Mekala.”

She accepted Christ at an ear-ly age and was baptized at the Hickory Baptist Church by the late Anderson Hawkins, Sr. She served faithfully on several min-istries of the church.

In 2009, “Kala” moved her membership to the Breath of Life Christian Center under the lead-ership of her father, where she served faithfully as a member of the Praise Ministry, Combined Choir, Youth Choir as President, and the Teen Sunday School Class.

“Kala” was a 2014 graduate of Zachary High School, “The

Home of the Broncos,” where she was a member of the Ladies Bas-ketball Team. She had so many ambitions in life including the de-sire to attend Southern University in which she accomplished in the Fall of 2014. Kayla was gainfully

employed at McDonald’s Corpo-ration and worked in the capacity of Shift Supervisor. Kala sought out employment at Dixon Cor-rectional Institute and was hired as a Correctional Cadet. As you can see, her places of employment encompassed her working closely with people; she was just that kind of person.

She was very unique, very vocal and possessed many char-acteristics that made you fall in love with her. She enjoyed tex-ting, hanging out with her friends, shopping, spending money and making everyone laugh. She was very strong willed, if it was some-thing she wanted to do, or say, she would do just that.

“KayBee” as she was called by close friends had a smile that would light up any room and she will truly be missed by many.

Celebrating the 18 years of Kala’s life are her loving, caring, and devoted parents, her mother, Tiffany B. (Russell) Williams; her father, Bishop Edward L. (Karen) Brooks, Jr.; her siblings, Kourt-ney R. Brooks (her best friend), Raven S. Williams, Hydia Brad-

ford, Jaquarius Hayes and Mi-chael Carter, Jr.; her grandparents who loved her unconditionally, Edwards L. and Queenola H. Brooks, Sr. and Magalene A. Bell; two aunts, Nancy D. (Calvin) Chapman, Jr. and Eddie Jean Bar-ton ; three uncles, Pastor Dan-dridge L. Brooks, Sr., Broderick D. (Krischell) Brooks, Sr., and Gregory J. Barton; her special pet pal, Wendy; a host of aunts, un-cles, cousins, and friends, includ-ing two special friends, Alyssa McKneely and Victoria Mallet.

The Family of Mekala would like to extend a Special Thanks to all of our friends and family for your many acts of kindness shown to us during our time our bereavement. A Special Thank you to Mrs. Stephanie Rogers, employee of Dixon Correctional Institute for being by our side the day of Mekala’s death, as well as the Administrative Staff and Em-ployees of Dixon Correctional In-stitute for your outpour of love. Please continue to keep our fam-ily in prayer, as this transition is extremely hard for us. God bless each of you!

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Jessica Ann Morris and Travis John Aslin were married in a 4 p.m. ceremony on Oc-tober 11, 2014, at The Bluffs Golf Resort in St. Francisville. Pastor Les Colvin, of First Baptist Church Zachary, officiated the ceremony.The bride is the daughter of Russell and Kathy Morris of Pride. She is the granddaughter of Alvin and Betty Morris of Denham Springs, and the late William and Alice Powers of Erwinville. The bridegroom is the son of Joe and Connie Aslin of Zachary. He is the grandson of Mildred Aslin of Ethel, the late Rayburn Aslin, and the late Roy and Gladys Hadden of Zachary.

The bride was attended by her matron of honor, Brittany Spinks, and bridesmaids Le-trez Cole and Amber Hopkins. The groom was attended by his best man and father, Joe Aslin, and groomsmen Mike Fresina and JaVaughn Joseph. Ushers were Dustin Aslin, the groom’s brother, and David Crapanzano, the bride’s brother. On the evening before their wedding, the groom’s parents hosted a rehearsal dinner at The Bluffs.

Following a honeymoon to Gatlinburg, Tennesee, the couple resides in Zachary.

Jessica Ann Morris and Travis John Aslin wed October 11, 2014

The Northwestern Middle 7th grade girls basketball team completed their season as the BRGAA Division 2 Champions. They finished the season with a record of 7-1, and defeated Dunham (32-15) and St. Luke’s (26-23) on their way to winning the league’s Post-Season Basketball Tournament.Team members pictured: Standing (L - R) Jaylon Greening, Zuri Jenkins, Sydney Cotton, Erin Miles, Sidni McKneely, Osha Cummings and Coach Schexnayder; Kneeling (L - R) Jeanne Mock, Adley Bunch and Kylie O’Brien.

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review would delay the process about seven weeks. Council-woman Laura O’Brien said since the church encountered financial hardship, she would be in favor of waiving the $150 fee associ-ated with site plan review, but she does think they need to go back and start over with site plan. Councilman Ben Cavin agreed, stating that although the church’s plans have not changed, the city’s ordinances have. They didn’t just miss the deadline, they missed it by four years, he said. Finally, the Mayor weighed in, saying Pleas-ant Grove needs to start the pro-cess over to appease the building inspector. “You don’t want to start building and Scott goes out there and tells you you have to tear it down,” Amrhein said. “This pro-tects your entity. It runs its course for a reason.” The building in-spector promised to do the review as soon as he could, and the fee was waived, but Pleasant Grove’s plans are headed back to site plan review.

And then, with a handful of Copper Mill residents in atten-dance, the Council and City At-

torney John Hopewell began the discussion on the proposed Copper Mill 8th filing. The filing would be built on top of the driving range, which some say is a necessary com-ponent to the golf course. The filing came out of the recent Planning and Zoning meeting without a favorable recommendation, although it had a 3:1 vote in favor. This presented a quorum conundrum, as two mem-bers of P&Z abstained from vot-ing due to a conflict of interest. The motion to approve needed a simple majority, or four of the six members voting in favor. Although no one objected when a motion to carry was made at the P&Z meet-ing, it is expected that the minutes will be revised to say the motion did not carry. The Council will be voting on the matter at the February 24 meeting, and it’s expected to be a full house. The Council will need a super majority vote (4:1 or unani-mous) to overturn P&Z’s unfavor-able ruling.

Finally, Clerk of Council Jean Byers is retiring from her posi-tion, and the Council brainstormed on ways to advertise to applicants. Hopewell will be handling the pro-cess of collecting the applications, and more information will be avail-able at the next meeting.

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