Oct 14, 2024 City Commission Meeting

WE CAME BEARING GIFTS FOR Y'ALL.

WE HAVE FRIENDS BRANDED UMBRELLAS AS IT DOES RAIN QUITE OFTEN HERE.

SO YOU CAN WALK AROUND WITH YOUR FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY UMBRELLAS.

ALRIGHT, WHAT WE DO, AND BRIDGET V WIENSTEIN IS PRESIDENT ELECT OF FRIENDS AND SHE IS PASSING OUT A ONE PAGER WITH ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT FRIENDS AND JUST DON'T OPEN THEM RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S BAD LUCK.

THEY'RE VERY LARGE.

THAT'S BAD.

WE DO NEED SOME RAIN, BUT, UH, THAT WOULD BE BAD LUCK.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AS FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY DAY IN BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE.

UM, SO LET'S, UH, LET'S GO WITH THE, UH, THE FIRST PROCLAMATION, THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SECOND AND THEN IF Y'ALL WOULD, UM, UH, TAKE JUST A MOMENT AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF, THAT'D BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

WHEREAS THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY CELEBRATES ITS 48TH ANNIVERSARY AND HAS RAISED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE JOHN P. HOLT LIBRARY TO MOVE FROM GOOD TO GREAT.

PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING, MUCH NEEDED EQUIPMENT FUNDING FOR THE CHILDREN'S SUMMER, READING ARTISTIC EXHIBITS, EXTERIOR SCULPTURE, AND SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WHEREAS THE WORK OF THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS AN ONGOING BASIS THAT OUR LIBRARY IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE COMMIT OF THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL TO ENGAGE IN THE JOY OF LIFELONG LEARNING AND CONNECT WITH THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS FROM OTHERS FROM AGES PAST TO PRESENT.

WHEREAS THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF WELL-FUNDED LIBRARIES AND ADVOCATE TO ENSURE THAT OUR LIBRARY RECEIVES THE RESOURCES THAT IT NEEDS TO PROVIDE A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES TO ALL AGES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, ALONG WITH EXPERT ASSISTANCE IN RESEARCH, READERS ADVISORY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES.

WHEREAS THE FRIENDS GIFT OF THEIR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO THE JOHN P HOLE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR HOW ALL VOLUNTEERISM LEADS TO POSITIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I MARK WEATHERLY GORMAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, PROCLAIM OCTOBER 14TH, 2024,

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AND URGE EVERYONE TO JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY IN ITS 48TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.

AND THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY DO TO ENHANCE OUR LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY.

WELL DONE.

SO PROCLAMATION NUMBER TWO, .

WHEREAS FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY RAISE MONEY THAT ENABLES OUR LIBRARY TO MOVE FROM GOOD TO GREAT, PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING, FUNDING FOR THE CHILDREN'S SUMMER READING TECHNOLOGY, UPGRADE STAFF DEVELOPMENT, HOTSPOTS, TELESCOPES AND MUCH MORE.

AND WHEREAS THE WORK OF THE FRIENDS HIGHLIGHT AN ONGOING BASIS THAT OUR LIBRARY IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL TO ENGAGE IN THE JOY OF LIFELONG LEARNING AND CONNECT WITH THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS FROM OTHERS FROM AGES PAST TO PRESENT.

AND WHEREAS THE FRIENDS UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF A WELL-FUNDED LIBRARY AND ADVOCATE TO ENSURE THAT OUR LIBRARY RECEIVES THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO PROVIDE A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES TO ALL AGES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, EXPERT ASSISTANCE IN RESEARCH, READERS ADVISORY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES.

AND WHEREAS THE FRIENDS GIFT OF THEIR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO THE LIBRARY.

SUCH AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL IN HOW VOLUNTEERISM LEADS TO POSITIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, I DO JOIN WITH THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IN PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 20TH THROUGH 26TH.

2024, AS FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY'S WEEK IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY AND THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY DO TO ENHANCE OUR LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU ALL.

STAND UP.

YEAH, I STAND UP.

OH YEAH, YOU DID THAT FIRST.

CHARLES .

SHE'S LIKE, I'M DOING MY SPEECH.

SORRY.

SPEECH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT OF ALL NIGHTS TO REPRESENT THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY BECAUSE TODAY'S FRIEND'S 48TH BIRTHDAY, THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY WAS CHARTERED ON OCTOBER 14TH, 1976.

OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED APPROXIMATELY $1.6 MILLION TO THE LIBRARY.

THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES THIS POSSIBLE IS A TEAM OF DEDICATED FRIENDS, VOLUNTEERS, THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SUPPORT OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

SOMETIMES WORDS CAN'T FULLY CAPTURE AN OPERATION.

SO I HAVE A TWO MINUTE VIDEO TO SHOW YOU, WATCH FOR SOME FAMILIAR FACES.

THIS WHOLE TECHNOLOGY THING.

EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

IT'S, IT'S JUST A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO APPRECIATE.

EXACTLY.

LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT GONNA PLAY.

I'LL SEND IT TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY.

WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY TWO MINUTES AT BACK A THERE EVENING.

BUT WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL.

AS FRIENDS AT THE LIBRARY.

OVER THE LAST YEAR, FRIENDS HAVE SET NEW RECORDS FOR OUR QUARTERLY BOOK SALE.

AT THE AUGUST BOOK SALE ALONE, WE RAISED OVER $20,000.

WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE GENEROUS DONATIONS OF BOOKS, PUZZLES, AND GAMES FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

WITH THOSE DONATIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

WITH ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY BOOKS AT A LOW COST, OUR EBAY AND AMAZON STORES CONTINUE TO THRIVE AS WE EXPECTED.

THERE'S ROOM FOR BOTH.

THE LOWER FEES ON EBAY HELP ARE WITH OUR PROFIT MARGIN, BUT TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS SEEM TO DO BETTER ON, UH, AMAZON.

I WANTED TO MENTION A FEW THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

TACULAR IS A FAMILY FUN EVENT THAT WE PUT ON

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AND IT IS HELD OCTOBER 26TH FROM THREE TO FIVE.

LAST YEAR, WE WELCOMED OVER 700 CHILDREN AT THIS EVENT.

CHILDREN GET TO TRICK OR TREAT AT 15 STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY, AND EVERY CHILD WILL GO HOME WITH A BAG FULL OF GOODIES AND A BOOK OR TWO FRIENDS.

WINTER WONDERLAND HOLIDAY TREES WILL BE ON DISPLAY STARTING ON NOVEMBER 21ST.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE LIBRARY LOBBY WHERE FAMILIES AND PATRONS CAN TAKE PHOTOS FOR THEIR HOLIDAY SEASON.

THE FRIENDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE PROVIDING HOT COCOA AT THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY ON DECEMBER 2ND.

WE KNOW THAT THE LIBRARY IS THE HEART OF OUR CITY.

THE LIBRARY IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A BUILDING.

LIBRARIES GROW COMMUNITIES.

THE LIBRARY IS A GATHERING PLACE THAT CELEBRATES SPECIAL INTERESTS AND BUILDS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE.

WE CANNOT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF EACH OF YOU AND THE GENEROUS BACKING OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOGNITION AND STAY TUNED TO 2025 AS WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY AND ITS MISSION.

THANK YOU GUYS.

NOW WE, SO THERE'S A MICROPHONE, UM, JUST RIGHT TO THE SIDE.

CAN YOU JUST, DO YOU WANT INTERVIEW SURVEY? YES, PLEASE.

IF YOU JUST, SO, I'M CIA ALLISON.

I'M PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF BRENTWOOD LIBRARY.

SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THAT.

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR ROBERT SCARSELLA, LIBRARY.

I'M KATHY DOOLEY SMITH.

I'M THE OUTREACH CHAIR, LEE BOOLEY, LIBRARY DIRECTOR.

JUSTIN GOFORTH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ADRIAN HINES.

TRUSTEE WANDA.

BRUCE GRAHAM, CHAIR OF THE LIBRARY BOARD.

AND PASS, PASS PASS.

PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS THREE PATENT.

MELISSA WYATT, COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR.

PETER CHAN, MEMBER AT LARGE.

BRIDGET BON WIENSTEIN.

I'M THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.

CINDY FRANKLIN, PAST PRESIDENT AND DEB SCALLEY PUBLICITY CHAIR.

CYBERSECURITY ALLIANCE HAVE DECLARED OCTOBER AS NATIONAL CYBER CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO STOP, THINK, CONNECT, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT CYBERSECURITY.

NOW CHARLES, ARE YOU READY? ALL DO WE NEED TO GO SQUISH YOUR EXACTLY.

STEP BACK HERE TO GET EVERYBODY.

NEXT WE HAVE THE, UH, PROCLAMATION, CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH.

I SEE SARAH SITTING IN THE BACK AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE HER COME UP.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE FROM YOUR TEAM? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YEAH, OF COURSE.

FOR BEING HERE.

UM, SO WHEREAS THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD RECOGNIZES THE VITAL ROLE TECHNOLOGY HAS IN OUR DAILY LIVES IN THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION, WHEREBY TODAY MANY CRI CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR SECTORS ARE INCREASINGLY RELIANT ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT FINANCIAL SERVICES, ENERGY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES, HEALTHCARE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS. WHEREAS INTERNET USERS, CITIZENS, AND OUR INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE FACE AN INCREASING THREAT OF MALICIOUS CYBER ATTACK, SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL AND PERSONAL PRIVACY LOSS DUE TO IDENTITY THEFT AND FRAUD.

WHEREAS THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS ESTABLISHED THE OFFICE OF CYBERSECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS AND DEVOTE DEVOTED RESOURCES WITHIN IT SOLELY TO SUPPORT THE STRENGTHENING AND SECURING OF OUR COUNTRY'S CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND TERRITORIAL LEVELS.

AND WHEREAS MAINTAINING THE SECURITY OF CYBERSPACE IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY IN WHICH EACH OF US HAS A CRITICAL ROLE AND AWARENESS OF COMPUTER SECURITY ESSENTIALS WILL IMPROVE THE SECURITY OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD INFORMATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMY.

AND WHEREAS THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND MULTI-STATE INFORMATION SHARING AND ANALYSIS CENTER, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS AND THE NATIONAL

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NOW.

THEREFORE, AS THE MAYOR OF CITY BRENTWOOD, I DO JOIN WITH THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IN PROCLAIMING OCTOBER AS NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE LONGER NEXT YEAR? , YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU DO IT, UH, ON A NIGHT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE OTHER PROCLAMATIONS, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE TWO PAGES WOULD BE, WELL, I MEAN, IT'S JUST YOU, UM, BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY JUST A, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CYBERSECURITY AND ABSOLUTELY.

BRENTWOOD AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT? IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND IT'S NOT JUST BRENTWOOD, OF COURSE, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT.

WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE VOLATILE, IT SEEMS LIKE, BETWEEN NATURAL DISASTERS AND WARS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND A, A BIG ELECTION YEAR THAT THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT THE BAD ACTORS REALLY LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

GIVE US MONEY, GIVE MONEY TO THIS CAMPAIGN, SEND MONEY TO THESE COUNTRIES.

THE BAD ACTORS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT VERY, VERY QUICKLY.

AND IT'S NOT JUST IMPORTANT TO BRENTWOOD, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE, UM, DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON CYBERSECURITY, BUT EVEN WHEN WE'RE AT HOME, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT STUFF CAN ALSO TRANSLATE TO WORK.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE AWARE AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SUSPICIOUS, UNFORTUNATELY.

SO THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

NEXT WE HAVE OATH OF POLICE OFFICER MADELINE O'DOWD.

CHIEF.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, FIRST LET ME APOLOGIZE TO YOU.

UH, KURT DIDN'T TELL ME I WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING GIFTS.

UH, I'LL TRY TO DO BETTER NEXT TIME.

UM, BUT I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE TONIGHT I'M GETTING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TWO FUTURE PIECES OF THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MADELINE O'DOWD.

AND THEN WE'RE HAVING A PROMOTIONAL BADGE PENDING AS WELL.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR NEWEST POLICE OFFICER, MADELINE O'DOWD.

MADELINE IS ORIGINALLY FROM RDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL FROM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL IN TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA.

SHE THEN MOVED ON TO ARIZONA, TO NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE GOT HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

AND SHE HAD DOUBLE MINORS IN FORENSICS AND PSYCHOLOGY.

SO BEFORE SHE CAME TO US, SHE DID A INTERNSHIP AS A FORENSIC SPECIALIST WITH THE TORRANCE CALIFORNIA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

LUCKILY FOR US, SHE THEN DECIDED SHE WOULD MUCH RATHER BE IN THE GREAT STATE OF TENNESSEE.

SO SHE MOVED HERE AND SHE JUST GRADUATED FROM THE TENNESSEE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND SHE'S ENTERED INTO OUR FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM.

WE'RE ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER HERE.

SHE'S FIT IN VERY, VERY WELL ALREADY.

AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HER, AND I THINK SHE'S GONNA LOVE IT HERE.

MAYOR, IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE, IF YOU'D RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I MADELINE NOOW.

I MADELINE OOW DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS, ALL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS, AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER.

I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO LET US DO THIS.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU GIVE US A FEW MINUTES OF THE COMMISSION MEETINGS TIME.

I KNOW YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE.

SO FOR THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

UH, TODAY I GET THE PLEASURE OF FORMALLY PROMOTING OFFICER CODY WOODS TO THE POSITION OF DETECTIVE

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SERGEANT WITH CODY.

THE NIGHT IS HIS WIFE KATIE AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, CALLIE AND OWEN.

OWEN WAS MY FRIEND EARLIER.

THERE HE IS FINALLY LOOKING AT ME, .

UM, WE ALSO HAVE CODY'S PARENTS AND HIS IN-LAWS WITH US TONIGHT.

SO, UM, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CODY.

CODY.

UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN LIFE.

THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'RE GOOD AT AND WE'RE NOT GOOD AT.

I'M SURE KIRK WOULD LOVE TO SHARE SOME OF MY WEAKNESSES WITH YOU.

BUT CODY'S BEEN WITH US FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.

WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND HIS WEAKNESS.

HE'S JUST THAT GUY THAT IS EXCEPTIONAL AT EVERYTHING HE DOES.

HE'S EVEN GOOD AT GOLF AND THAT FRUSTRATES ME, .

UH, BUT HE REALLY IS EXCEPTIONAL AT EVERYTHING HE DOES.

AND THAT'S WHY THIS PROMOTION IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BITTERSWEET FOR ME BECAUSE I LOVE HAVING OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN UNIFORM OUT ON THE STREET, INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC EVERY DAY.

UM, BUT CODY IS ONE OF OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST.

THAT'S WHY HE'S GETTING A PROMOTION.

HE'S GONNA DO A FANTASTIC JOB FOR US IN CID I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME YOU'RE GONNA SEE FROM CODY.

WHEN CODY CAME TO US SIX YEARS AGO, HE WAS ACTUALLY A LIEUTENANT AT THE HICKMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHEN WE SOMEHOW, UH, PERSUADED HIM TO TAKE OFF THOSE BARS AND COME START AS A SLICK SLEEVE AGAIN AT THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S BEEN A TERRIFIC FIT FOR US.

HE HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB IN EVERYTHING HE DOES, AND WE ARE HAPPY THAT TONIGHT I GET TO GIVE HIM A GOLD BATCH.

MAYOR MAY ASK CHIEF HICKEY A QUESTION.

PLEASE.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHO MAY WATCHING, WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PENDING THE BADGE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, IT'S JUST A, A FORMAL WAY TO PROMOTE SOMEBODY THAT HE HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF A PROMOTION.

HE'S COME OUT ON TOP.

UH, HE'S ONE OF OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST.

SO IT'S JUST A FORMAL PROCESS TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK HE'S DONE AND EXCEPTIONAL WORK HE'S DONE.

THAT WE SEE HIM AS A FUTURE LEADER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I JUST THINK PEOPLE LIKE TO KNOW THAT.

YES, MA, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET THESE BADGES, YOU KNOW? SO I THANK YOU.

WELL, HE'S PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK FOR HIM.

I'M SO, HE'S EARNED IT.

SURE.

THEY DON'T COME EASILY.

'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY PENNIES.

NO, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY PROMOTIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS, CODY.

[2. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

NEXT ON THE AGENDA.

AGENDA, WE HAVE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM, UH, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024.

UM, WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, UH, WE'LL GIVE IT JUST A, UH, A SECOND HERE.

GOT SOME FOLKS CLEAR NOW? A LITTLE BIT.

OUR POLICE HAVE TO GET BACK ON THE STREET.

UM, CRIMINALS ARE HAVING A HEYDAY RIGHT NOW.

ALRIGHT, NOW WE WILL RESTART THAT.

UM, NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024 MEETING.

DO I HEAR MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND I AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS.

NEXT, WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM

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CITIZENS.

UH, CHIEF HICKEY INFORMED ME THAT, UH, NO ONE HAD SIGNED UP.

HOWEVER, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND, UH, STATE YOUR NAME, UH, AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

TO A REPORT, UH, FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, KIRK.

UM, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE, UH, COMMENTS, UH, FROM CITIZENS.

AND NEXT WE'LL MOVE, UH,

[ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor]

THANK YOU MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS.

JUST A COUPLE ITEMS THIS EVENING.

UM, FIRST, UH, STARTING THIS SATURDAY, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE DOING THEIR FALL CLEANUPS AGAIN, WHERE THEY, UH, ARE AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS TO BRING THINGS TO THEM, UH, THAT THEY WISH TO DISPOSE OF.

AND THAT WILL BE THIS SATURDAY AT GRANNY WHITE PARK, THE 19TH, UH, THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, THE 26TH AT TOWER PARK.

AND THEN, UH, SATURDAY, NO, UH, NOVEMBER 2ND, BACK AT GRANNY WHITE PARK.

THAT'S FROM EIGHT TO FOUR.

UH, THERE'S INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WEBSITE ABOUT WHAT IS AND IS NOT ACCEPTED AT THOSE CLEANUP EVENTS.

UM, SECONDLY, AND, AND SOME OF YOU MAY, UH, COMMENT ON THIS, AND I APOLOGIZE, MAYBE COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN FROM THE LIBRARY, BUT LOT EARLY VOTING BEGINS AT OUR LIBRARY THIS WEDNESDAY RUNS THROUGH THE 31ST,

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UH, EXPECTING HEAVY TURNOUTS.

SO JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU, UH, WHO ARE GOING TO THE LIBRARY FOR OTHER THINGS, YOU MIGHT EXPECT A LITTLE BIT OF A LARGER CROWD THERE.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE HOPE EVERYBODY IS PATIENT WHILE THEY WAIT TO TAKE CARE OF THE VOTING THERE.

AND THAT WILL BE IN OUR MEETING ROOMS. A, I BELIEVE, WHERE'S THE MEETING? ROOM A AND B.

AND B.

YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS BACK TO THE, UH, PICKUPS AT CLEANUPS.

UM, I THINK WILLIAMSON HAS ALSO CHANGED AND LIMITED WHAT THEY TAKE.

IT USED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE MORE DOWN THERE OFF COLUMBIA AVENUE, AND I THINK THAT'S CHANGED.

SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE PAINTS AND OTHER STUFF THAT, WELL, THIS IS NOT A HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION.

OKAY.

IT'S NOT, YEAH.

SO NO, NO CHEMICALS AND PAINTS, BUT IT'S BULK ITEMS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

WE AND TODD WORKED, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, SO WE'LL DO ELECTRONICS.

MM-HMM.

, UH, BUT WE WON'T TAKE MATTRESSES.

AS YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY HAS, HAS REALLY CHANGED THE WAY THEY'RE DEALING WITH MATTRESSES TOO.

SO AGAIN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO'S GOT SOMETHING ABNORMAL OR A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO CHECK THE WEBSITE AND CONFIRM.

AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, PRIOR TO THAT TO CONFIRM.

VERY, VERY GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KIRK? ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, KRISTEN.

THANK YOU MAYOR GORMAN.

NO REPORT TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO REPORTS AND COMMENTS, UH, FROM CITY COMMISSIONERS.

AND THIS EVENING WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER SPEARS.

I WANNA THANK THE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUR EMAILS, YOUR TEXT MESSAGES, YOUR CALLS, AND COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH US REALLY DOES MAKE THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UM, DEFINITELY OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO MADELINE O'DOWD.

UM, WHAT A RESUME.

THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR, UM, BEING NOT ONLY FINDING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE BEST FIT FOR BRENTWOOD, BUT BEING THE BEST FIT THAT PEOPLE LIKE THAT WANT TO COME WITH US.

SO, AND CODY WOODS, WHAT A GREAT OFFICER.

UM, I'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH HIM, UM, AT CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY AND HE'S JUST OUTSTANDING.

SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO FIND AND TRAIN THE BEST.

UM, EARLIER THIS EVENING, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE AT THE OPENING FOR THIS YEAR'S YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD AT THE LIBRARY.

UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE LEARNING AND THE WORK THAT IS DONE BY THIS TALENTED GROUP OF BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, UH, HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS.

OUR OUR LAST PARK BOARD MEETING WAS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, BUT IT WAS CANCELED BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE AGENDA.

UH, OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, AND IT WILL BE AT 5:30 PM RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN THE ANNEX ROOM.

AND AS ALWAYS, IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SINCE OUR CITY MANAGER, KIRK BEDNAR HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT AND IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN FEBRUARY, OUR SEARCH FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER IS WELL UNDERWAY.

THE COMPANY GPS IS MANAGING THE SEARCH FOR US.

WE HAD A VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND.

IN THIS MEETING, YOUR CITY COMMISSIONERS NARROWED OUR SEARCH TO FOUR CANDIDATES.

THESE CANDIDATES WILL COME TO BRENTWOOD AT THE END OF THE MONTH IN PERSON FOR THEIR IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS.

WE WILL HOST A MEET AND GREET STYLE OPEN HOUSE AT THE LIBRARY FOR THESE FOUR CANDIDATES.

THIS WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH.

FROM FOUR 30 TO SIX 30, ALL RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD ARE INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.

TONIGHT, I WANT TO THANK THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR CONTINUED HARD WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD.

I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD WILL BE HOSTING ITS FIRST EVER VETERANS DAY CEREMONY ON MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11TH, DURING OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

WE WILL HAVE IT RIGHT HERE IN THE CHAMBERS, UM, AS PART OF OUR MEETING THAT EVENING.

AND IF YOU WERE WITH US FOR MEMORIAL DAY, THE PROGRAM WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT FIRST EVENT THAT WHEN WE CELEBRATED MEMORIAL DAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THANK TOM FREEMAN AND CHARLES BOOTH FOR THEIR HELP IN PLANNING WHAT IS CERTAIN TO BE A GREAT EVENT HONORING OUR CITY'S VETERANS RESIDENTS.

CONTINUE TO ASK ME WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR OUR POTENTIAL INDOOR RACKET FACILITY.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT THE CITY COMMISSIONERS HAVE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL 30 EMAILS IN SUPPORT OF THE RACKET FACILITY SINCE I GAVE MY REPORT LAST, OUR LAST MEETING.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE DOZENS UPON DOZENS, I GUESS WELL OVER 100 EMAILS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN SUPPORT OF THE FACILITY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SECONDLY, CITY MANAGER BEDNAR SHARED WITH US THAT AFTER GETTING DIRECTION FROM A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION, HE'S MOVING FORWARD WITH GETTING A FULL FEE PROPOSAL FROM BRIAN RICHTER FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE POTENTIAL FACILITY.

ASSUMING ALL OF THE DETAILS COME TOGETHER AS MR. BEDNAR PLANS, THE CITY COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS THIS INFORMATION ON THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24TH DURING OUR CITY BRIEFING MEETING.

AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE POSSIBLE NEW FACILITY

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AT THE MEETING.

FOLLOWING THAT, WHICH IS MONDAY THE 28TH OF OCTOBER, FOR THIS VOTE ON THE 28TH, THE CITY COMMISSION WOULD BE APPROVING THE FUNDING FOR DESIGN CONTRACTS FOR THE SERV FOR THE FACILITY.

THE MONEY FOR THE DESIGN WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND ITS BUDGET THAT WAS PASSED THIS PAST JUNE IN 2024 APPROVING THE FUNDING FOR THIS DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THE, FOR THE FACILITY IS A FIRST STEP FOR THIS PROCESS OF BUILDING A NEW POTENTIAL FACILITY FOR A FRAME OF REFERENCE, THIS FIRST STEP WITH THE DESIGN PLANS FOR A POSSIBLE INDOOR RACKET FACILITY IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHEN THE CITY WILL HIRE AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO DESIGN A POSSIBLE ROAD IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CITY.

ONCE THE ARCHITECT FINISHES THE DESIGN, THAT DESIGN WILL COME BACK TO US, THE CITY COMMISSION, AND WE WILL DECIDE IF WE VOTE ON THE PROJECT OR NOT.

MONEY FOR BUILDING THE INDOOR ROCKET FACILITY WILL NEED TO BE ALLOCATED IN THE 2026 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET THAT WILL BE VOTED ON IN JUNE OF 2025.

IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS POTENTIAL PROJECT, YOU ARE AWARE, YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN ON A QUEST FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT A POSSIBLE INDOOR RACKET FACILITY COULD LOOK, LOOK LIKE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD.

THE CITY HAS BEEN INTENSELY RESEARCHING THIS OPTION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE CITY COMMISSION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS POSSIBLE PROJECT, ESPECIALLY THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE FILLED THE ROOMS AT OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD ON THIS PROJECT.

I'M THANKFUL FOR A CITY COMMISSION AND A CITY STAFF WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THE HARD WORK OF RESEARCHING AND LEARNING BEFORE ENTERING INTO A NEW ARENA.

I'M THANKFUL FOR A CITY COMMISSION AND A CITY STAFF WHO TAKE TIME TO RESEARCH, ANALYZE DATA, AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON INFORMATION BEFORE UTILIZING THIS RESIDENT'S TAX DOLLARS.

COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

UM, LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UM, WELCOME TO MADELINE O'DOWD AND CONGRATS TO CODY WOODS CHIEF, GREAT JOB CONTINUING WITH BUILDING THAT SUCCESSION PLAN.

THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO FIND THE BEST TO JOIN THE BEST.

APPRECIATE IT.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO HAVE A, GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT WHO VOLUNTEERED TO GO TO EAST TENNESSEE TO HELP IN THE RESCUE AND CLEAN UP EFFORTS FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING HURRICANE AND FLOODING IN THAT AREA.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DE DEPUTY CHIEF BRIAN COLLINS, DIVISION CHIEF JEFF PENDER, AND LIEUTENANT JASON PIERCE, AS WELL AS ENGINEER ROSE ALDRICH, LIEUTENANT JOHN RUSS, ENGINEER CHRIS WRIGHT AND FIREFIGHTER JOSH CARTER.

CARTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OUR EAST TENNESSEE NEIGHBORS.

WE ARE SO FORTUNATE IN BRENTWOOD TO HAVE SUCH DEDICATED EMPLOYEES WITH THE HEART TO SERVE ALL OF THOSE IN NEED.

SO THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED LIBRARY BOARD MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH AT 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY.

UH, FEEL A LITTLE LIKE I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE SINCE MOST OF THE ROOM IS LIBRARY STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS.

BUT THE LIBRARY WAS CLOSED TODAY FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY.

STAFF WERE AT THE STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES, UM, THIS MORNING, AND THEN THEY WENT BACK TO THE LIBRARY FOR TRAINING AND TO BUILDING WORK IN THE AFTERNOON.

AND IT WILL BE BACK OPEN TOMORROW ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH.

THERE ARE SEVERAL HOW HALLOWEEN EVENTS.

TACULAR IS FROM 3:00 PM TO 5:00 PM THIS IS HOSTED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY AND WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY.

THIS FREE EVENT WILL INCLUDE 15 TREAT STATIONS AROUND THE LIBRARY, A PHOTO OP AREA, AND TWO FREE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN'S AGES 12 AND UNDER SPOOKTACULAR IS FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30 THAT DAY.

SPOOKTACULAR IS A TEEN ADVISORY BOARD EVENT, AND IT'LL BE IN THE GATHERING ROOM AFTER TACULAR AGES EIGHT THROUGH 18 ARE INVITED TO THE ANNUAL HALLOWEEN BASH, HOSTED BY THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.

THEY'LL HAVE TRICKS, TREATS, AND A COSTUME CONTEST.

ALSO ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH AND WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, THEY WILL HAVE HALLOWEEN STORY TIME FROM 10 TO 12 IN THE LIBRARY.

AND THE NEXT FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY BOOK SALE WILL BE NOVEMBER 8TH THROUGH 10TH.

THEY WILL TAKE DONATIONS 24 7, UM, BY DROPPING OFF YOUR BOOKS, PUZZLES, GAMES AT THE LARGE SHELVING CART THAT IS LOCATED, I'M ASSUMING STILL, EVEN THOUGH THE VOTING IS GOING ON.

IT'S LOCATED IN THAT COVERED PORTICO AREA TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

SO JUST TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE YOU ENTER TO VOTE.

SO PLEASE, UM, GIVE THEIR ANY OF YOUR DONATIONS OF BOOKS, GAMES, AND PUZZLES TO THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT, MAYOR.

UH, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, LIKE THE OTHER COMMISSIONER SAID, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, UH, THANKS FOR BRINGING OFFICERS ODO IN WOODS HERE TONIGHT AND LETTING US BE A PART OF THAT CEREMONY.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS A TERRIFIC THING AND I APPRECIATE YOU THANKING US FOR OUR TIME.

BUT IT'S REALLY, WE, WE SHOULD BE THANKING YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THE TIME OF YOUR TEAM AND SEEING HOW MANY OF THE OFFICERS CAME OUT HERE TO WELCOME THE, THE FOLKS TO THEIR, THEIR NEW POSITIONS AND, AND ONTO THE TEAM IS FANTASTIC.

AS I MENTIONED TOO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FIRST RESPONDERS

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IN GENERAL AND, YOU KNOW, CHIEF COLLINS, HAVING ALL THE FOLKS GO TO EAST TENNESSEE AND HEARING SOME OF THE STORIES OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF GOING UP THERE AND JUST, UM, THE, THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE DONE WITH COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION IN A VERY, VERY TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCE.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE HAVING YOU ALL THERE, BOTH WITH YOUR TRAINING AND EXPERTISE AND SUPPORT AND HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE HEART OF YOUR TEAM BEING WILLING TO DO THAT.

AND, UM, AND EVERYONE DOING THESE THINGS.

IT IS A, IT IS A TOUGH TIME, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE WEATHER IT'S BEEN COMING THROUGH.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL BE MORE OF THE NEW NORMAL OR IF THIS IS JUST AN OUTLIER, BUT, BUT HAVE HAVING THE CAPABILITY AND, UH, THE WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT IS, IS OUTSTANDING.

UM, FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, I, UH, I HAVE TO SAY I DID NOT REALIZE IT'D BEEN 48 YEARS ALREADY .

AND IT'S, UH, THAT'S KIND OF KIND OF CRAZY, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEN I'M THINKING BACK TO LINDA LYNCH AND MY MOM AND SOME OTHERS TRYING TO GET THAT LIBRARY OPENED UP OVER THERE NEXT TO BRENTWOOD METHODIST BACK IN THE DAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEN COMING ON OVER HERE TO MARYLAND FARMS AND, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY LANDING IN THE SPECTACULAR FACILITY WE HAVE NOW.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S EASY TO LOOK AT THE LIBRARY WE HAVE AND THINK, OBVIOUSLY BRENTWOOD HAS THIS, RIGHT? WE'RE BRENTWOOD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK THAT LIBRARY IS A, IS A FOCAL POINT AND PART OF THE REASON THAT WE ARE BRENTWOOD, THE WAY PEOPLE SEE IT NOW.

AND I DON'T MEAN THAT JUST FROM THE IMAGE OF THE BUILDING.

I MEAN THAT FROM THE FRIENDSHIPS AND THE LEARNING AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN THERE.

BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S THE BOOKS, THE INFORMATION, THE STUDY, YOU KNOW, THE ARTS, YOU KNOW, THE MAKER CENTER.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I GO THERE, I THINK I SEE SOMETHING NEW AND SOMETHING GOING ON.

AND IT IS, YOU KNOW, IN SO MANY WAYS, YOU KNOW, JUST AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE BEATING HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR ALL OF YOU DO THERE.

UM, 'CAUSE IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND WHEN YOU SEE WHERE IT CAME FROM TO WHERE IT IS NOW, IT IS SPECTACULAR.

AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT THE FRIENDS AND THE HEART THAT YOU PUT INTO IT AND ALL THE WORK TO GET DOWN THIS, THIS LONG ROAD THAT BROUGHT US TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND IT, AND IT SHOULD NEVER BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.

I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.

IN FACT, I THINK THERE'S A, A QUOTE ON THE SIDE OF YOUR BUILDING SOME TO THAT EXTENT.

YOU KNOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THE LIBRARY IS THAT WE HAVE A LIBRARY.

UM, SO VERY, VERY COOL.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS, AS PART OF THIS, UH, TREE BOARD IS TOMORROW.

UM, A LOT GOING ON.

SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS LARGELY ABOUT OUR UPDATED TREE LIST, UH, ARBOR DAY, OF COURSE, AT THE LIBRARY.

UM, THE ARBORETUMS, WE'VE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN VISITING VARIOUS ARBORETUM AROUND THE STATE AND TAKING PICTURES AND COMING BACK WITH IDEAS SUCH AS POSSIBLY UPDATING OUR, OUR, OUR PLAQUES WITH QR CODES FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPECIFIC TREE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO ENHANCE, UM, OUR, OUR READ TO MAKE A MORE OF A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

SO GOOD STUFF.

UM, AND FUNNY ENOUGH, WE KEEP COMING BACK TO THE LIBRARY, UH, LIKE I SAID, EARLY VOTING COMING UP.

REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, TO, TO VOTE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN, IN OUR LIVES AND, UH, IT, IT'S FUNNY, I'VE BEEN NOTICING HOW MANY PEOPLE LATELY HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT POLITICS.

AND A LOT OF TIMES IT ENDS WITH, UH, A STRONG OPINION AND NOT REALLY ACTION AND VOTING IS, UM, IS, UH, WELL, CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY ACTION.

IT'S, UH, CERTAINLY THE LEAST PEOPLE SHOULD DO IS REALLY RESEARCHING THE CANDIDATES AND MAKING A GOOD DECISION.

SO, UM, THANKS EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.

AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

MAYOR COMMISSIONER DUNN.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I USUALLY GIVE A BRIEF REPORT, BUT TONIGHT IT'S GONNA BE FAIRLY LONG.

BUT I'M GONNA START WITH THE HISTORIC BOARD FIRST, WHICH I SERVE ON.

UM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE BRENT VALE CABIN THAT'S BEING, IT WAS, HAD TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT WAS IN SUCH POOR CONDITION, IT WASN'T SAFE.

AND WE STARTED REBUILDING IT.

AND JAY, YOU FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN IF I SAY ANYTHING WRONG HERE.

UM, WE WANTED TO SAVE AS MANY LOGS AS WE COULD TO REBUILD IT.

WELL, WE FOUND OUT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO REBUILD FOUR SIDES.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A THREE-SIDED ROOFED PAVILION.

WE'VE PRESERVED THE BRICK CHIMNEYS AND THE BEAUTY OF THE LOGS THAT WE'VE SAVED ALONE.

THEY WOULD NOT DO IT, BUT WE HAD TO CUT THEM AND THEY TURNED OUT TO BE WALNUT, WHICH IS MAGNIFICENT WOOD.

SO WE WERE THRILLED TO DEATH.

SO IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THEY PROMISED THAT WE'LL START SEEING IT'S SHAPING UP.

SO WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED.

AND, UH, JAY EVANS, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, HAS TAKEN A BIG LEAD IN THIS ALONG WITH JOE GROSS ON THE HISTORIC BOARD, WHO'S OUT THERE EVERY DAY.

AND I THINK HE FEELS LIKE PART OF THE CREW.

HE JUST WORKED SO HARD.

BUT THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND JAY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE OUT THERE.

YOU MENTIONED CHARLES AS WELL.

OH, AND YES, CHARLES IS OUT

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THERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS.

SO, UH, HE'S KEEPING US ALL INFORMED WITH GOOD PICTURES TOO.

ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE.

UM, BOWLING SPRING ACADEMY.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL PROGRAM, BRINGING THE CHILDREN IN DAILY.

AND THIS SUNDAY WILL BE OUR LAST OPEN HOUSE FOR THIS YEAR FROM TWO TO FOUR.

IT'S TOO COLD IN NOVEMBER TO DO IT.

SO WE USUALLY GO MAY THROUGH OCTOBER.

AND OF COURSE, WITH THE WINDOWS BEING REPLACED, WE MISSED SOME SUNDAYS IN, UH, THIS SUMMER.

BUT IT WILL BE OUR LAST, WE SO COME BY, WALK ON THE WALKING TRAIL, VISIT THE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE DOCENTS THERE.

THE HISTORY BOWLS COMING ALONG NICELY.

AND I GAVE EACH OF YOU, UH, OUR, OUR BOARD THAT AGAIN, JOE GROSS, AMY BROTHERS VOTA.

UH, JOE GAVE CREDIT TO THE WHOLE BOARD, BUT THERE WAS A COMMITTEE THAT DID, AND KATHY GRIEVE DID A TON OF WORK ON THIS BOOK.

IT'S, IT'S A REAL PAGE.

TURNER, THE TURNPIKE HISTORY OF BRENT WOODS.

IF YOU THINK CYBERSECURITY SOUNDS DULL, BUT THIS TURNED OUT TO BE VERY INTERESTING.

LOTS OF GOOD PICTURES.

THIS IS OUR DRAFT COPY.

YOU EACH HAVE ONE.

AND KIRK, WE'VE GOT ONE FOR YOU TO PUT IN YOUR LIBRARY OF BRENTWOOD BOOKS AFTER YOU'RE RETIRED.

BUT IT REALLY IS INTERESTING, I, WHEN THEY GAVE US OUR COPY TO READ AND COMMENT ON, I, OH, THAT TURNED OUT TO BE PRETTY INTERESTING.

SO, UH, WE ARE PLEASED AND THE LIBRARY HAS ONE THERE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN REVIEW AND MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS AT HOME, YOU THINK MIGHT BE ADDED.

AS I SAID, THIS IS OUR FIRST DRAFT.

OKAY? THAT'S THE HISTORIC BOARD REPORT.

MOVING ON, TWO THINGS.

I AM NOT ONE OVER THE YEARS THAT SAID I DID THIS OR I DID THAT, BUT TONIGHT, TWO THINGS MADE ME RECALL SOMETHING I DID THAT I AM PROUD OF OVER THE YEARS.

WHEN I, MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE COMMISSION, I HAD NEVER LIVED ANYWHERE WHERE THERE WASN'T A LIBRARY OPEN ON SUNDAYS.

SO I WENT TO CITY MANAGER MIKE WALKER, AND I SAID, WHY IS OUR LIBRARY NOT OPEN ON SUNDAYS? HE SAID, WELL, IF YOU, YOU ALL PUT UP THE MONEY, WE'LL OPEN IT ON SUNDAYS.

AND THE CITY COMMISSION AT THAT TIME, BLESS THEIR HEARTS, WERE VERY AGREEABLE TO DO IT.

IT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

THE MAYOR WAS MARRIED TO A FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY MEMBER.

AND SO WE COUGHED UP THE MONEY AND THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN OPEN ON SUNDAYS EVER SINCE.

SO, AND I WAS AN ENGLISH TEACHER, I LOVE TO READ.

SO THAT WAS JUST NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

THE OTHER THING, I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR SWEARING IN TONIGHT.

WHEN I CAME, WE HAD, IF WE WERE SWEARING IN FIVE FIREMEN, THEY STOOD THERE TOGETHER AND THEY TOOK THE OATH TOGETHER, OR THREE POLICEMEN, THEY TOOK THE OATH TOGETHER.

AND I SAID TO MIKE WALKER AND KENNY LANE, WHO WAS THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE CHIEF THEN, AND RICKY WATSON, NO, HOWARD BUTY WAS THE POLICE CHIEF.

I SAID, THEY EACH TAKE AN OATH JUST LIKE WE DO.

THEY RISK THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY.

THEY DESERVE THEIR MOMENT OF JUST DOING THE OATH PRIVATELY WITHOUT HAVING TO DO IT AS A GROUP.

AND WE STARTED DOING IT THEN.

BUT, UH, EVERY TIME I SEE THAT, AND I RECALL THAT CONVERSATION AND HOW, HOW IT MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD TO SEE THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES COMING.

FAMILIES DIDN'T ALWAYS COME THEN 'CAUSE IT WAS SUCH A GROUP EFFORT.

BUT WE THANK YOU RICHARD, FOR, UH, CONTINUING THAT PRACTICE.

AND I WANT TO THANK CHIEF COLLINS, MY SON-IN-LAW'S MOTHER LIVES IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

AND IT'S BEEN TERRIBLE.

JUST TERRIBLE.

SO I, I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU ALL WERE DEPLOYED, BUT YOU GOT, YOU WERE OVER THERE.

YOU WERE IN THE MIDST OF IT.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING DETAILS OF WHAT YOU ALL DID BECAUSE I, I KNOW YOU'RE EXHAUSTED AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU AND SO THANKFUL FOR, FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND HOW YOU REPRESENT BRENTWOOD.

AND YOU JUMP RIGHT IN.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED TO DO IT.

YOU WANNA GO AND THAT'S THE KIND OF EMPLOYEE WE LOVE.

AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE FRIENDS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MY HUSBAND HAD AN ACCIDENT, MULTIPLE BROKEN BONES IN THE HOSPITAL.

WANDA WAS EITHER PRESIDENT OR MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN.

SHE HOUNDED ME TO DEATH FOR THAT $20.

AND I SAID, I'LL GET TO IT WHEN I WHEN I'VE GOT FIVE MINUTES, I CAN COME TO THE LIBRARY AND GIVE YOU A CHECK.

I'LL BRING YOU YOUR MONEY.

SHE WAS RELENTLESS.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA SEND A BILL COLLECTOR TO MY HOUSE.

I'VE GOT HER HER $20

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AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THE CHAIRMAN IS THIS YEAR, BUT I WAS THINKING THE OTHER DAY, HAVE I PAID MY MONEY YET? ARE THEY GONNA NOTIFY US IF I HAVEN'T SENT ME AN EMAIL? AND I'LL GET THE CHECK TO YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

BUT, UH, WE DO LOVE YOUR GROUP.

YOU'RE FUN, YOU'RE CREATIVE, YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE JUST SO WELCOMING AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT.

VERY GOOD.

COMMISSIONER LITTLE, UH, I'M GONNA START THE REPORT WITH, UH, AN EVENT THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD DID, UH, IN SMITH PARK ON OCTOBER 6TH.

THE MAP THERE SHOWS WHERE WE PLACED A, UH, A MONARCH HABITAT, UH, GARDEN, AND IT'S FOR ALL POLLINATORS.

UM, WE STARTED BY PLANTING MILKWEED.

DO YOU PLANT THE MILKWEED BEFORE THE FIRST FROST? AND THEN THE FROST SOMEWHAT ACTIVATES THE SEED, AND SO THAT IT'LL GERMINATE WHEN SPRING COMES, AND THEN THE SPRING WILL GO BACK AND, AND, AND DO WILD FLOWERS.

I WANNA THANK JAY EVANS, WHO COORDINATED, UH, GETTING THE SEED WITH THE STATE AND PRETTY MUCH ORGANIZED US.

UH, UH, TRACY STADNIK, STEPHEN KING, BARRY EVANS, NATASHA GREEN, ALL ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.

AND THEN A RAVENWOOD HIGH STUDENT, SARAH GUARD AND HER DAD, DEEPAK GUARD JOINED US AND RYAN REED FROM THE, FROM THE PARK BOARD.

BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS HARD TO THINK ABOUT FROST 'CAUSE I THINK THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 88 DEGREES, BUT IT WAS, UH, UH, THAT SUNDAY, THE NEXT DAY, IT COOLED OFF A LOT.

BUT, BUT IT, UM, I THINK THAT'LL BE A, A GREAT BLESSING TO, TO BRENTWOOD.

UM, POLLINATORS ARE VITAL TO, UH, OUR SURVIVAL AND THEY'VE REALLY TAKEN A, UM, A LOT OF DAMAGE THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND THE MONARCHS ESPECIALLY, UH, AND AS I SAID, IT WILL ATTRACT MANY OTHER POLLINATORS, NOT JUST THE BUTTERFLIES.

UH, BUT, UH, THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.

I WANNA THANK THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FOR 48 YEARS OF GREAT SERVICE TO BRENTWOOD SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE GREATEST LIBRARY IN THE WORLD.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UM, ON A SAD NOTE, I JUST WANTED TO REMEMBER JOYCE KEESLER, A GREAT SERVANT TO OUR CITY.

UM, SHE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE MARTIN CENTER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IN THE 50 FORWARD PROGRAM.

AND SHE PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY AT THE END OF LAST WEEK.

UM, SHE ALSO WAS ON OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, A FEW YEARS BACK.

SO SHE SERVED BRENTWOOD MANY OTHER WAYS AS WELL.

BUT THOSE WERE TWO VERY SPECIAL WAYS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY HONOR HER IN SOME WAY THROUGH A PROCLAMATION OR SOMETHING BECAUSE, UH, HER YEARS OF SERVICE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.

AND OUR PRAYERS GO WITH THE, THE KEESLER FAMILY.

I, AGAIN, WAS BLESSED TO ATTEND THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD OPENING CEREMONY.

UH, I'VE DONE THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

UM, WHEN YOU GO AND YOU SEE THE YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THEY'RE SOMEWHAT QUIET.

BUT AS WE GO TO GOVERNMENT DAY OR A BUSINESS DAY OR, OR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, YOU CAN JUST REALLY TELL THAT OUR FUTURE'S IN GOOD HANDS IF THEY'RE REPRESENTATIVE.

MOST OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN THE WORLD, 'CAUSE THEY'RE REALLY A SHARP BUNCH.

ALSO WANT TO THANK LYNN TUCKER, WHO'S DONE THAT FOR YEARS, WHO'S ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR TREE BOARD AND THANK THE WILLIAMSON INC.

UH, WE AS A COMMISSION DEDICATE $10,000 THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE USES IS FOR SPECIFICALLY LEADERSHIP.

BRENTWOOD YOUTH LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD.

THE PROGRAM'S ABOUT $50,000.

SO IN NO WAY DOES THE CITY PAY FOR IT ALL.

BUT I'M THANKFUL AS A COMMISSIONER TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT.

BUT I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT PROGRAM.

AS MANY SERVANT LEADERS, BOTH YOUTH AND AND ADULTS, HAVE COME OUT OF THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND THE LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD PROGRAM.

UM, EARLY VOTING, OCTOBER 16TH, OCTOBER 31ST, AND ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 5TH, AND YOU LITERALLY HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO GO VOTE.

IT'S BEEN A VERY HIGH PRICE PAID FOR YOUR RIGHT TO DO THAT.

SO, UH, I CHARGE EACH OF YOU IN THIS AUDIENCE AND THE AUDIENCE ON TV TO, TO BE SURE AND, AND VOTE YOUR, YOUR CONSCIENCE, UH, YOUR, UH, DUTY IS, IS, THAT'S PROBABLY THE LEAST CIVIC DUTY YOU COULD DO IS, IS TO, IS TO VOTE.

SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF THE DATE SO YOU CAN REMEMBER EARLY VOTING ENDS ON HALLOWEEN.

STARTS ON WEDNESDAY AND NOVEMBER 5TH.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH IS ELECTION DAY.

POLICE DEPARTMENT, GREAT INDIVIDUALS TONIGHT, WE GOT TO HONOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING CHIEF HICKEY GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

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I TOO WAS AT THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP TONIGHT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I TOLD THEM I LOVE, I LOVE GOING TO THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP.

THOSE KIDS ARE SO INVOLVED.

AND TO SEE THOSE KIDS AT THAT AGE IN HIGH SCHOOL BECOMING INVOLVED AND GIVING BACK BECAUSE THEY'RE STARTING THEIR PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S JUST AWESOME.

TONIGHT'S SO MUCH FUN.

IT'S REALLY FUN TO GO TO CLOSING CEREMONY AND SEE THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND GLAD THE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS COULD JOIN ME THERE FOR THAT.

UM, FRIENDS, GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND.

TRAVEL DOWN A ROAD AGAIN, DOWN A ROAD AND BACK AGAIN.

YOUR HEART IS TRUE.

YOUR A PAL AND A CONFIDANT THAT'S BEEN GOING THROUGH MY MIND SINCE Y'ALL WALKED IN AND I SAT UP HERE.

IF I COULD SING, I WOULD'VE SANG IT TO YOU, BUT IT'S SO TRUE.

IT'S SO TRUE.

AND THANK YOU FRIENDS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND.

YOU, YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

UM, I HAD TO HONOR THIS WEEK TO GO TO COLUMBIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND JOIN FELLOW TREE BOARD MEMBER BILL KRAUS.

HE IS A PROFESSOR AND TEACHES AT COLUMBIA STATE.

AND I WAS ABLE TO PRESENT TO A POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS.

AND I WANNA TELL YOU, IT'S REALLY AMAZING.

COLUMBIA STATE'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, UNBELIEVABLE CAMPUS, THAT STUDENTS ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

THEY WANT TO BE THERE.

THEY, THEY'RE NOT, NOBODY'S DRAGGING THEM THERE.

SO THEY'RE VERY PARTICIPATORY AND THEY WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT.

THEY WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

THEY DON'T HAVE VERY GOOD HANDLE ON LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENTS.

THEY HAVE NO IDEA.

NOW, WHEN TALKING TO 'EM, NO ONE'S EXPLAINED THIS BEFORE.

NOBODY TALKS ABOUT CITY GOVERNMENT.

SO IT WAS A GREAT HOUR AND A HALF AND I REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME.

AND TO WATCH BILL KRAUSE, HE'S AMAZING.

HE TEACHES THERE.

AND HE ALSO TEACHES AT MY LOW STATE, EVEN AT HIS SENIOR STATUS.

HE'S A GREAT, GREAT MAN.

UH, FINALLY, I LIKE TO THANK KURT BEDNAR.

I HAD A INDIVIDUAL CONTACT ME, A YOUNG MAN, AND HE WAS A BRENTWOOD PRODUCT.

WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN BRENTWOOD.

WENT ON TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE GRADUATED MAGNUM C*M LAUDE.

AND HE'S BECOME INTERESTED IN TRYING TO BE INVOLVED, EMPLOYED BY GOVERNMENT, CITY GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT.

HE DOESN'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO TURN TO.

SO HE TURNED TO ME FIRST.

AND WHILE I CAN GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU REALLY TURN TO A MAN WHO'S LED THIS CITY FOR A LONG TIME AND DONE A GREAT JOB, I BOUNCED IT OVER TO KIRK AND HE EAGERLY, READILY ACCEPTED THAT BALL.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE DOES ABOVE AND BEYOND.

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

AND HE'S GONNA MEET AND TALK WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL JUST TO HELP AND GIVE HIM SOME POINTERS 'CAUSE HE HAS THAT KNOWLEDGE.

SO KIRK, I THANK YOU.

THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND.

THAT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU DO, AND I THINK SO MANY OF OUR BRENTWOOD EMPLOYEES DO.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL.

ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL, UH, IN TROUBLE, UH, IN THE EASTERN PART OF, UH, THIS COUNTRY.

UH, SO REAL QUICK, UM, I'VE TALKED A LOT AND HAVE A LOT MORE, UH, TO SAY FOR CONSENT.

UH, BUT DON'T FORGET, UH, OCTOBER BREAST CANCER AWARENESS.

UM, BRENTWOOD UP IS HAVING AN EVENT, UH, WITH MIKE MARKS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF, UH, HCA ON, UH, THURSDAY NIGHT.

YOU CAN GET THE DETAILS OFF OF, UH, THEIR WEBSITE.

UH, CHIEF GREAT, UH, RECRUIT, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOWING, UH, HER.

UM, IT SEEMS LIKE JUST A, UH, A GREAT ONE.

UH, WE ALL KNOW YOU HAVE A GREAT ONE IN CODY.

UM, FANTASTIC.

UH, SO, SO GLAD THAT HE GOT PROMOTED.

UM, CITY MANAGER SEARCH, UH, ALLISON WENT INTO, UH, TO DETAIL, UM, I'VE BEEN ASKED A LOT, UH, AS HAVE THE, THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

UM, HOW ARE YOU GONNA KNOW IF YOU GET THIS RIGHT? UM, WELL, WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE TIME AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THIS, UH, THIS PROCESS.

AND WE BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED, UH, CANDIDATES.

NOW.

WE'RE NOT COMPARING THEM AGAINST, UH, THE PICTURE OF WHETHER THEY'RE QUALIFIED OR NOT.

NOW WE'RE COMPARING THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER AND WHAT WE NEED FOR A FIT.

UH, BRENTWOOD IS UNIQUE, UH, AND VERY DIFFERENT.

AND SO WE OWE IT TO THE RESIDENTS AND WE OWE IT TO THE STAFF, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT ONE.

WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, HOPEFULLY WE GET, UH, ONE, UH, OUT OF THIS PROCESS.

IF WE DON'T, WE'RE GONNA START ALL OVER BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IS MAKE A, UH, MISTAKE GOING INTO IT.

SO, UM, KNOW THAT, UM, WE ARE ALL PUTTING, UH, A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY, UH, INTO MAKING SURE, UH, THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.

AND WE HOPE YOU COME OUT, UH, AT THE END OF OCTOBER.

LIKE COMMISSIONER SPEAR SAID, UH, YOU GET A CHANCE TO MEET ALL FOUR OF THE, UH, THE FINALISTS.

UM, LET'S SEE, UM, FRIENDS, UM, KEEP UP THE, UH, THE GREAT WORK, UM, CHIEF AND UH, AND CHIEF, UM, COLLINS.

UM, IF PUBLIC SAFETY'S NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, UH, THE REST DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

SO, UM, YOU ALL, UH, CHIEF COLLINS, UH, GIVING OF, UH, YOUR TIME AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S A CALLING, UH, TO SERVE OTHERS AND TO PUT YOURSELF IN HARM'S WAY.

UM, THERE

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UH, BUT WHAT YOU ALL DID, UM, RISKING, UH, YOURSELVES, UH, TO HELP OTHERS, UH, VERY ADMIRABLE.

UH, BUT, UH, THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR WHAT YOU DO.

UM, CAN I SAY ONE THING? SURE.

RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON, UH, TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ONE MORE ITEM ON THE CITY MANAGER.

THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS ON LOTS OF ISSUES FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT THERE WAS UNANIMITY ON THESE FOUR WE CHOSE.

SO I THINK THE RESIDENTS CAN TAKE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THAT, THAT, AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE'VE GOT FOUR GOOD CANDIDATES AND WHICHEVER ONE WE CHOOSE, I I I, I DON'T THINK WE CAN GO TOO WRONG AND WE HOPE WE CAN GLEAN A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT 'EM FROM THESE INTERVIEWS AND THE INTERACTION WITH THEM.

BUT I, I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT WE ALL KIND OF ZEROED IN ON THE SAME FOUR.

I THINK THAT SPEAKS WELL FOR THE FUTURE CHOICE THAT WE MAKE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING WITH THAT TOO.

SETTING UP THOSE MEETINGS AND THINGS.

ALL

[ Consent Agenda]

UM, PLEASE NOTE ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME.

I'VE HEARD FROM, UM, ONE COMMISSIONER THAT, UM, THEY WOULD LIKE FOR RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 1 0 8, UH, TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PUT ON THE, UM, REGULAR AGENDA, UH, UNDER, UH, NEW BUSINESS.

SO WE WILL MOVE THAT, UH, TO ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER NEW BUSINESS.

SO WE'LL MOVE WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.

RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 1 0 9 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE USE OF A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSALS PROCESS FOR TREE TRIMMING AND REMOVAL SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO DASH 2 0 9 OF THE BRENTWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH ONE 10 RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING OR APPROVING THE INSTALLATION OF TWO SPEED TABLES ON CHARITY DRIVE IN THE INGLEHEIM SUBDIVISION RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 1 1 1 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR AN ACTUARY STUDY OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH A HAZARDOUS DUTY SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION.

2024 DASH ONE 13 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING WINFIELD ENVIRONMENTAL INC.

FOR CONSULTING SERVICES RELATED TO THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT THE BRENTWOOD SERVICE CENTER FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION.

2024 DASH ONE 14 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH ECS SOUTHEAST LLP FOR MATERIALS TESTING FOR WINDY HILL PARK FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION.

2024 DASH ONE 15 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH CANE CONNECTIONS LLC FOR FIBER REPLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION SERVICES FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION.

2024 DASH ONE 16 RESOLUTION DESIGNATING PINNACLE BANK IS THE OFFICIAL DEPOSITORY ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, CABLE AND PANDUIT, BUT CONNECTORS.

AND THEN ITEM NUMBER NINE, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE LEVR BT HARNESSES WITH GLOBAL ESCAPE BELTS FOR THE FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED EXTENSIONS MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO, UM,

[1. Resolution 2024-108 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE HILLSBORO-BRENTWOOD EXCHANGE CLUB IN THE AMOUNT OF $316.72 FOR THE PURCHASE OF AMERICAN FLAGS]

ITEM RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 1 0 8 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE HILLSBOROUGH BRENTWOOD EXCHANGE CLUB IN THE AMOUNT OF $316 AND 72 CENTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF AMERICAN FLAGS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND.

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

UH, MAYOR, JUST BRIEFLY, JUST, UH, THIS IS, UH, THE SECOND REQUEST FROM THE EXCHANGE CLUB TO ASSIST THEM WITH THEIR FLAG PROGRAM THAT I THINK ALL THE RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD ARE WELL AWARE OF.

AND MANY THINK WE ACTUALLY DO IT, AND OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T.

THE EXCHANGE CLUB DOES AND HAS FOR YEARS.

AND SO WE THINK THIS IS A VERY WORTHWHILE EFFORT TO, UH, ASSIST THEM IN THE PURCHASE AND REPLACEMENT OF THE FLAGS.

SO AS, AS MENTIONED, 50 FLAGS, UH, $316 AND 72 CENTS.

UM, THE ONLY REASON I PULLED IT IS 'CAUSE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, THAT WHICH GROUP DID THIS, THAT THE BRENTWOOD EXCHANGE CLUB DID THIS.

UM, 'CAUSE LIKE KIRK SAID, SO MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT WE DO IT AND WE DON'T.

AND, UM, THAT'S A SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, ONLY 28 OF THEM.

AND THEY PUT THE FLAGS UP THERE FOR ALL THE NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AS THEY, AS WELL AS ANNUALLY HONORING BRENTWOOD POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR.

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I JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS AND HIGHLIGHT IT AND NOT LET IT GET HIDDEN IN CONSENT.

SO THANK YOU VICE MAYOR TRAVIS.

UM, CHARLES BOOTH AND I ATTEND MANY OF THE MEETINGS WITH THE EXCHANGE CLUB.

UM, WHILE IT'S A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT, ONE OF THE REASONS THEY ASK THIS, THEY TAKE ALL THE FUNDS THEY RAISE DURING THE YEAR AND THEY GIVE BACK.

THEY GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS, THEY GIVE A, GIVE A LOT TO THE BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES.

THEY GIVE A LOT OF, IT'S A, A MASSIVE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE FOR THOSE KIDS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT 'EM.

SO WHILE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A MASSIVE AMOUNT, THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL SPEND THE MONEY ON SOMETHING EVEN BETTER FOR KIDS IN THIS.

JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT PERCENT, UH, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS THREE $16.

HANG ON, HANG ON.

COMMISSIONER ANDREWS.

NO, THAT, THAT'S FINE BECAUSE THINK COMMISSIONER DUNN, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, IS A, A FANTASTIC USE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST OVER $300.

AND I, I THOUGHT IT WAS A TYPO WHEN I SAW HOW MANY FLAGS THEY COULD BUY FOR THAT MONEY.

UM, THAT'S TERRIFIC.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT THEME FOR THE NIGHT TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXCHANGE CLUB RIGHT NOW IN THIS PROGRAM.

THEY RUN, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM US EARLIER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FRIENDS IN THE LIBRARY AND ALL OF WHAT THEY DO TO LEVERAGE SOME CITY SUPPORT WITH SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER BASE AND THINGS LIKE THE BOOK SALE TO LEVERAGE THE MONEY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BRENTWOOD ROTARY AND WHAT THEY DID WITH THE, THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AND MANY OTHER STUFF AROUND THINGS AROUND THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, THE RIVER CLEANUPS.

UM, YOU KNOW, BRENTWOOD ROTARY WAS OUT HERE CLEANING UP MARYLAND WAY, UH, LAST SATURDAY, UH, DOING A TRASH PICKUP.

AND WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE BIKE WALK BRENTWOOD AND THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS AND OTHER STUFF THEY DO.

I MEAN, BRENTWOOD HAS BENEFITED TREMENDOUSLY FROM THINGS LIKE THE EXCHANGE CLUB AND THESE COLLABORATIVE GROUPS THAT WORK WITH THE CITY HAND IN HAND TO GET GREAT RESULTS.

AND, UM, AND THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE EXCHANGE CLUB.

IF YOU LISTENING IN ON THIS.

COMMISSIONER DUNN, DID YOU HAVE, DID UH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOTES? I SAID WHAT I NEEDED TO SIGN.

VERY GOOD.

UM, YEAH, VERY FITTING TO, UH, UH, UH, PULL THIS AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE, UH, EXCHANGE CLUB.

A HUNDRED PERCENT.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS.

RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 112 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH CLEAR CONSTRUCTION INC.

UM, UNDER NEW BUSINESS

[1. Resolution 2024-112 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH CLEARY CONSTRUCTION, INC. FOR RAGSDALE ROAD WIDENING, for adoption]

FOR RAGSDALE ROAD WIDENING FOR ADOPTION.

DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL? I'LL SECOND.

SECOND.

UH, FOR THE MAJORITY OF THIS CORRIDOR ORDER TO TAKE OVER WATER SERVICE FROM THEM.

NOW, KURT, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I'LL OVERVIEW THIS, UM, ONE, AND I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE A BRIEFING ON THURSDAY, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY DETAILED, UH, QUESTIONS, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HERE.

BUT THIS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS OUR NEXT MAJOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN PLANNING.

THIS IS RAGSDALE ROAD.

IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

ALLISON RAGSDALE ROAD FROM THE THREE-WAY.

STOP HERE WITH SPLIT LOG, UM, UP TO THE GLEN ALLEN, WHERE THE, UH, PRIOR RAGSDALE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TOOK IT UP TO SUNSET ROAD, A LITTLE OVER A MILE, MAYBE A MILE AND A HALF, 1.3, 1.3 MILES.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, ALISON.

UH, THE WIDENING PLAN IS OUR, OUR, OUR STANDARD WIDENING IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS THREE LANES, UH, WITH AN OCCASIONAL MEDIAN.

THERE'LL BE A, UH, MULTI-USE, 10 FOOT WIDE TRAIL ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THAT WAY.

UH, FOLKS FROM GLEN ELLEN AND THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS ALONG RAGSDALE CAN GET TO, UH, THE INTERSECTION THERE AT SPLIT LOG IN RAGSDALE.

AND FROM THERE, THE TRAIL ONTO JORDAN ELEMENTARY AND THE FUTURE JORDAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT COMPLETED RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITIONS FROM ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THERE.

I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT ALL THOSE WERE SETTLED WITHOUT ANY NEED FOR, UH, CONDEMNATION OR EMINENT DOMAIN.

SO, UH, SARAH CATHERINE TIDY HANDLED THAT FOR US.

UH, THE PROJECT WAS BID ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 20TH.

UH, WE HAD FOUR BIDS, UH, RANGING FROM, UH, 15,797,000 UP TO 19,287,000.

CLEAR RECONSTRUCTION WAS THE LOW BIDDER.

UH, THE PROJECT INCLUDES, UM, KIND OF THREE PARTS, MORE OR LESS.

THE MAIN PART, OF COURSE, IS THE ROAD WIDENING PROJECT, AND THE BASE BID FOR THAT IS, UH, $13,179,000.

UH, THERE'S ALSO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BRENTWOOD WATER, UH, AND A LITTLE BIT OF SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

UH, THE AREA OUT HERE IS PART OF WHAT WE HAD AGREED WITH NOLANSVILLE COLLEGE GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT,

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AND THAT WAS A, AN AGREEMENT THAT DATES BACK TO 2006.

UM, NOW IS THE TIME WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.

SO THE BRENTWOOD WATER SEWER PART OF THAT WORK, UH, IS $2,255,000.

AND THERE IS, UH, GLEN ELLEN IS STILL GONNA BE WITHIN THE NOLANSVILLE COLLEGE GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.

SO THERE'S SOME WORK RELATED TO RELOCATION OF SOME OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, AND THAT'S $363,000.

UH, THAT WORK IS PART OF THAT BID.

SO THAT'S WHAT ALL ADDS UP TO THE $15,797,000.

UM, THE NOLANSVILLE COLLEGE GROVE WORK, YOU'LL HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM, IF NOT THE NEXT MEETING, THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER FOR AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

WITH THAT, UM, MORE THAN HALF OF THAT WILL BE REIMBURSED TO THE CITY FROM THE NOLANSVILLE COLLEGE GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT.

UM, COUPLE ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT, UH, THERE IS A TIMELY COMPLETION BONUS.

UH, THERE'S A BONUS OF $250,000 IF THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT JULY 18 MONTHS.

IN 18 MONTHS FROM COMPLETION, WHICH WOULD BE LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL OF 2026.

UM, THE ACTUAL CONTRACT COMPLETION DATE WOULD BE APRIL OF 2027.

SO ROUGHLY SIX TO NINE MONTHS EARLY, THEY WOULD EARN A $250,000 BONUS.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THE CONTRACT APPROVALS, WE ARE ASKING, UH, AN ALLOWANCE FOR CONTINGENCY.

THERE'S NO CONTINGENCY BUILT INTO THAT BID PRICE.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A $725,000 CONTINGENCY FUNDING ALLOWANCE.

225,000 OF THAT WOULD BE FROM THE WATER SEWER FUND FOR THAT WORK.

AND THEN 500,000 OF THAT CONTINGENCY WOULD BE FOR THE ROAD RELATED WORK.

UM, THERE WAS A PRIOR APPROVAL THAT YOU ALL WERE FOR RELOCATION OF THE ELECTRIC LINES WITH MIDDLE TENNESSEE ELECTRIC.

THAT WAS $125,000.

AND THAT WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.

UM, I THINK THAT'S THE HIGH POINTS OF THE PROJECT.

UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, OVERALL PROJECT BUDGET, INCLUDING ENGINEERING RIGHT OF WAY, ALL THAT IS A $19 MILLION.

WITH THIS CONTRACT INCLUSIVE OF THE CONTINGENCY AND THE EARLY COMPLETION BONUS, UM, WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE 750,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS UNDER THAT BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

QUICK QUESTION, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE AMOUNT BEING REIMBURSED FROM NOLANSVILLE COLLEGE GROVE UTILITY DISTRICT TO BE ABOUT 50%.

IF THOSE HOMES ARE ALL STAYING ON NOLANSVILLE COLLEGE GROVE UTILITY, WHY IS IT JUST 50% INSTEAD OF ALL OF IT, IF WE'RE PAYING FOR IT AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A PORTION OF THEIR LINE THAT TODAY IS OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THE, IN THEIR OWN EASEMENTS, OKAY'S HAVING TO BE RELOCATED.

AND IN THE CASE WHERE THEY'RE IN THEIR OWN EASEMENTS AND WE HAVE TO RELOCATE THEM, WE HAVE TO COVER THE COST OF THAT.

OKAY.

BECAUSE OF OUR, OKAY, I, SO THERE'S A PORT, SO IF IT'S IN THE RIGHT OF WAY TODAY, OUR RIGHT OF WAY HAS TO BE MOVED, THEN THAT'S ON THEM.

BUT WHEN IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THEIR OWN EASEMENTS AND WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE IT MOVED, THEN THAT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO DO.

OKAY.

YOU SAID 18 MONTHS, IT'S, IS IS THE EARLY COMPLETION BONUS? YEAH.

18 MONTHS.

THAT MADE ME THINK SEVERAL OF THE ARTICLES.

I, I MEAN, THIS IS SORT OF RELATED IT'S ROAD, UH, CONSTRUCTION ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA ROADS BEING REDONE.

YOU SEE PICTURES OF WHOLE LANES GONE DOWN RAVINES, AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY, THEY THINK THEY CAN OPEN THOSE EARLY 25.

AND I'M NOT, I I, THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE IN BRENTWOOD WITH ROADS.

I MEAN, I THINK FRANKLIN ROAD, YOU KNOW, AND DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S A BIT OF AN EXAGGERATION? WELL, AGAIN, THAT'S FOR THE EARLY COMPLETION BONUS.

THE FULL CONTRACT AMOUNT IS, UM, 30 MONTHS, TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR NORTH CAROLINA.

OH, FOR NORTH CAROLINA.

I'M SORRY.

DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S A BIT OF AN EXAGGERATION? I I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA, I MEAN, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THERE IS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE FULL COMMITMENT OF EVERY AVAILABLE RESOURCE.

I THANK YOU CHRISTOPHER SPEARS.

BUT IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE A MASSIVE PROJECT.

AND I, I'LL BELIEVE THAT WHEN I SEE IT, I, I WISH 'EM LUCK AND I KNOW THEY'LL BE WELL INTENDED.

WELL, KEEP IN MIND, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT HAPPENING THAT EARLY 25 TDOT HAS REPLACED WHOLE BRIDGES OVER THE INTERSTATE IN THE WEEKEND HERE.

SO IF THERE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND THE MANPOWER IS AVAILABLE, AND SOMEBODY'S HERE FROM CLEARY, I DON'T WANNA PUT HIM ON THE SPOT AND SAY HOW QUICKLY HE CAN DO IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S ALL A MATTER OF RESOURCES, MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES AND LABOR, UH, AND THE COMMITMENT AND THE WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR 24 7

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TYPE OF WORK.

WELL, THERE WON'T BE ANYBODY ELSE DRIVING ON IT.

SO THEY COULD WORK 24 HOURS A DAY.

I GUESS.

UM, KIRK, YOU HAVE A GREAT WAY OF MAKING THIS VERY FACTUAL AND PRESENTING IT FOR FOLKS.

UM, THANK YOU FOR GOING OVER AGAIN FOR US.

UM, WHEN WE VOTE TO SPEND $19 MILLION, WE DON'T DO IT LIGHTLY.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS KNEW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER THREE YEARS, STARTING WITH ENGINEERING AND ALL THE WORK THAT HAD TO BE DONE BY CITY STAFF BEFORE THAT AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN ALSO THE BUDGETING PROCESS FOR THE CITY IS, AGAIN, VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AND WE HAVE BUILT IN, YOU KNOW, THE EX THE OVERAGE, SO HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE TO USE THE ENTIRE BUDGET, BUT, UM, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY ODD IF WE WENT OVER BUDGET.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DID.

AND I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE, ALLISON.

OH, I'M SORRY.

NO, I'M JUST, I'M JUST, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE BEEN RESERVING FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

SO, UH, THE NORMAL WAY WE DO IT IN THIS CASE, UH, IT'S BIG ENOUGH WHERE WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BOND FUNDING IN IT, BUT THE MOST OF THE TIME IS WE'RE JUST PUTTING MONEY AWAY EVERY YEAR IN ANTICIPATION, UH, OF THIS POINT IN APPROVING THIS CONTRACT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT SLIDE.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, OUR, OUR OPERATING BUDGET EVERY YEAR IS ONLY $56 MILLION.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT A SPEND OF 19 MILLION, WE JUST DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY.

SO THANK YOU KIRK, FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND STAFF FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER? LITTLE, UM, I'LL THANK YOU STAFF, AND, AND THIS IS MUCH NEEDED PROJECT.

UM, I WANNA POINT OUT SOMETHING TO THE RESIDENTS THAT, UM, WE DID HAVE A PROJECT THERE THAT WAS DONE BY A DEVELOPER THAT'S PUTTING A SUBDIVISION IN AND THE ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.

IN THIS SITUATION, IT WILL CREATE SOME TRAFFIC HEADACHES.

I USE THAT ROAD TWO TO SIX TIMES A DAY.

UM, BUT WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE ONE LANE TRAFFIC SO IT WILL NOT BE TOTALLY CLOSED OFF SO THAT YOU HAVE TO DO A LARGE DETOUR TO GO AROUND IT.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S HOPEFULLY JUST 18 MONTHS, UH, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THERE.

IT WON'T BE TOTALLY SHUT OFF, EXCEPT MAYBE IN A RARE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF JUST FOR A VERY FEW HOURS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

BUT, UH, THIS IS DEFINITELY NEEDED AS THAT ROAD HAS BEEN REALLY WELL TRAVELED FOR YEARS.

SO I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT WE'RE, UM, MOVING AHEAD WITH THIS AND HEARING A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE, THE BIKE PED PATH THERE, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER GREAT CONNECTION, UH, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO SMITH PARK AND THEN THE REST OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, UH, TO GO ACROSS BRENTWOOD.

SO, UM, JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF AND, AND COMMISSIONERS THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THIS DONE.

SO THAT'S ALL.

VERY GOOD.

UM, ECHO THE, UH, UH, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS.

UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND, UM, UH, WE DON'T TAKE THIS PROJECT, UH, LIGHTLY OR A SPEND LIKE THIS.

SO, UM, ANY FURTHER, UH, BEFORE, UH, WE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION 2024 DASH ONE 12.

PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.