Ken Slats, hosting a student-spotlight segment, introduced Naima Williams as the winner of a city contest to name a new pothole‑patching machine and said Naima took a turn operating it during the event.
The naming contest was run through Challenge Savannah Schools and aimed to involve students in civic services, an unidentified speaker said: "It is really, really fun when we enlist the smartest people in our community, our young students, in Challenge Savannah Schools, to be able to name these great mechanical public servants." Naima told the host she chose the name after hearing a character on the TV show "Fresh Prince": "When I was narrowing them down, my mom, she put Fresh Prince on the TV, and I heard Will say Uncle Phil's name, and I was like, that sounds better."
Naima described being shown the machine's controls: "There was like this control panel and he explained to me what buttons do what and he told me that, like he would tell me when to press which buttons and like how to control it. Was it cool? It was." The host identified Naima as a sixth grader at Hubert Middle School and said the student’s entry won the city naming contest.
Speakers at the segment emphasized the practical role of the equipment. An unidentified speaker said the machine "is gonna be out every day filling more than 2,000 potholes a year," and added it would operate "more efficiently" than previous methods. The segment framed the naming as both a community engagement exercise and a way to spotlight STEM education; Naima said she chose her school "because it's a STEM school."
The event combined the city’s public-works message with a community-engagement activity, showcasing a student's role in naming and briefly operating municipal equipment. The segment ended with Ken Slats closing the student-spotlight.
The city did not provide additional technical specifications for the machine or details about deployment schedules in the transcript.