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Kevin Peyton, executive director of Joshua’s Place and senior pastor of Village Church, told the council the building needs immediate repairs and upgrades and that a federal grant — identified through “Congressman Lansman’s office” — could cover major work if Joshua’s Place secures matching funds.

Peyton said the building has suffered leaks and other failures and that the nonprofit has already invested about $402,000 into the facility since it moved into the former elementary school in 2012. “The roof is literally, I don't mean to exaggerate, falling in on us right now,” Peyton said. “It's ruined some flooring and things that are going on, but we need to get it going.”

The ordinance was amended on the council floor to emergency status so the lease could be finalized sooner and Joshua’s Place could begin fundraising and move forward with the federal grant process. City law director Chase Kirby said he had reviewed the lease and that, with passage of the ordinance, the city was in a position to sign the agreement.

Peyton described the scope of planned work and a broader vision for the site: the federal grant would focus on replacing the parking lot, roof and windows — a project he said had been estimated at roughly $1.2 million several years ago and is “probably gonna be higher than that” today. He also presented a concept for a front addition and a reoriented community auditorium that could bring total additional costs into the range of several hundred thousand dollars to more than $1 million; Peyton said the combined projects could push total future investment to about $2 million.

On annual operations, Peyton provided figures the council tabled for consideration: Joshua’s Place reported it spent about $43,227 last year on utilities and facility upkeep at the community center, roughly $62,000 on programming (food and camps) and about $35,000 supporting Celebrate Recovery, putting ongoing annual costs for the site near $139,000.

Council members discussed whether the ordinance could proceed as an emergency to speed fundraising for the capital work. Sharon Carmack moved to amend the ordinance to emergency status; the motion was seconded and carried. The council then voted to waive the two‑reading requirement and to approve the ordinance by title, authorizing the mayor and the director of finance to sign the related documents.

The ordinance (Emergency Ordinance 2025‑14) authorizes the lease renewal with Joshua’s Place Incorporated; the lease as approved was described on the record as starting in 2026 and the parties agreed the current lease will remain effective until the new term begins.

Peyton said Joshua’s Place serves roughly 1,300 people a month through its programs, with Celebrate Recovery and other offerings pushing the total monthly reach to about 1,900 people. He told council members he would continue to raise private funds to cover the nonprofit’s share of any capital project costs.

The council’s action allows the city and Joshua’s Place to finalize the lease immediately so the nonprofit can pursue grant administration and donor solicitations connected to the planned capital work.

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Tim Grevy of Thomas Graham Associates, representing the developer, and a project representative identified as Sam provided details: road widening work is largely complete, underground utilities (water, sewer, storm and electric) and transformers are in place, and Building 2 has windows installed up to the fourth floor while Building 1 already has brick on all sides. The clubhouse exterior brick work is complete, and drywall and interior finishes are advancing.

Grevy said paving of the parking lot, roundabout and main driveway was expected “hopefully next week” and that the developer was aiming to have the clubhouse open late this summer, with Building 1 targeting completion by the end of the year. Sam added that the team expects to finish by November or December and reiterated the clubhouse plan for September; both speakers cautioned timelines had been affected by recent weather.

The developer said a gas‑line relocation issue had been fixed and that Duke Energy would install transformers and handle final electrical transfer work. Crews also extended water and sewer across the road to serve adjacent property. The project team said local contractors were doing much of the site work.

A council member asked about a historic house on the site; the developer said they plan to keep the house through the next phase and use it as a construction and meeting office for the time being.

Council members thanked the team for the update; there was no formal council action tied to the briefing.

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City staff explained the purchase will replace failed road‑mounted sensors on the east‑west approaches and will add radar units on all four approaches so signal timing can respond to actual vehicle queues. A staff speaker said the northbound and southbound approaches already used radar units; the east‑west sensors had deteriorated or been damaged.

“Those, those have failed. Like, some wires have been cut somewhere in them. They just deteriorated,” a staff member said. The devices are intended to detect queued traffic and enable adaptive signal timing; they are not for speed enforcement, council members clarified.

Council moved to approve the purchase through a state contract and voted unanimously. The budgeted purchase replaces older detectors and is intended to improve traffic flow at a key intersection.

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Council members said the personnel committee had discussed the need for additional enforcement capacity and recommended the new position.

Linda Allen, speaking on behalf of the personnel committee, told the council the committee had met and approved moving forward with the position so the city could address work that had been delayed.

The council voted to waive the two‑reading rule and approved the emergency ordinance by title. The vote was unanimous.

The ordinance (Emergency Ordinance 2025‑13) establishes the position and authorizes the city to proceed with associated personnel processes. Council did not discuss hiring timeline or budget line‑item details in the meeting; city staff will return with implementation steps and budget implications as part of the regular personnel and finance processes.

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