Feb 24, 2025 City Commission Meeting

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ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING

[ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Vice Mayor Travis Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Commissioner Andrews Police Department Badge Pinning - Chief Jim Colvin, Assistant Chief Nick Surre, Captain AJ Weakley, Lieutenant Chris Woodard, Sergeant Chuck Castleberry, and Lieutenant Adrian Breedlove]

PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT THIS EVENING.

THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY VICE MAYOR TRAVIS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UH, BY THE SCOUTS WE HAVE JOINING US.

PLEASE RISE, LORD.

TONIGHT, I ASK YOU TO DEDICATE THE NIGHT TO THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR THE BLUE OF THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

LORD, YOU KNOW MORE THAN ANYONE THAT OUR FINE OFFICERS ARE NOT COMMONPLACE.

THEY ARE EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS THAT FORM A GREAT TEAM.

WE PRAY THAT DURING TROUBLED TIMES, THESE OFFICERS FEEL NEEDED, WANTED, AND RESPECTED.

LORD, LET OUR OFFICERS HAVE FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN THE CRUCIAL DECISIONS THAT THEY MUST MAKE EVERY DAY.

GIVE OUR BRENTWOOD POLICE OFFICERS THE STRENGTH TO BE THE FIRST TO THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT.

LET THEM BE ABLE TO STOP THE BLEEDING, START THE BREATHING, AND TIE SPLINTS AND THE PLACE WE PRAY, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF JIM COLVIN.

AS WE KNOW, HE MUST SERVE THE ROLE OF POLICE, CHIEF MINISTER, SOCIAL WORKER, AND DIPLOMAT WHILE DOING HIS DAILY JOB.

IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

AMEN.

IF YOU ALL PLEASE COME FORWARD, UM, AND, UH, IF YOU'D LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

IF YOU WOULD, WOULD YOU BOTH, UH, IDENTIFY YOURSELF, UM, AND TELL US WHAT GRADE YOU'RE IN, WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO, AND, UH, WHAT BADGE YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS EVENING? JACOB KI ROSE, UH, NINTH GRADE.

UM, I'M FROM TROOP ONE AND I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.

VERY GOOD.

HUGH SMITH FROM SEVENTH GRADE.

I COME FROM GRASSA MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALSO IN TROOP ONE.

I'M WORKING ON CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU BOTH.

ALRIGHT, UM, THIS EVENING, UM, WOW, WHAT A GREAT CROWD.

UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE, UM, ALL THE SMILING FACES HERE.

UM, WE HAVE A, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, BADGE PINNING.

UM, WE'LL START WITH CHIEF, UM, NEW CHIEF, UH, JIM COLVIN.

UM, NEXT, A ASSISTANT CHIEF NICK SURY, FOLLOWED BY CAPTAIN AJ WEEKLY, FOLLOWED BY, UH, LIEUTENANT, UH, CHRIS WOODY WOODARD, UM, SERGEANT CHUCK CASTLEBERRY.

AND LIEUTENANT ADRIAN BRI BREEDLOVE CHIEF, BRING YOUR FAMILY FORWARD WITH YOU ALL.

SURE.

WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH US, UH, THIS EVENING.

AND, UM, YOUR FAMILY IS HERE AS WELL.

UM, MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO WORK VERY HARD, UH, TO FIND WHO'S GONNA BE THE, UH, THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE, UH, TO TAKE THE ROLE.

BUT IT WAS SO VERY OBVIOUS, UH, FOR SO LONG.

UH, SO WE COULDN'T BE ANY MORE THANKFUL, UH, TO HAVE YOU, UH, AS OUR NEW CHIEF OF POLICE.

THANK YOU.

SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS FOR YOU, CHIEF JIM COLEMAN.

AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE ALSO, UH, BECAUSE YOUR FAMILY MAKES SUCH A BIG SACRIFICE, WE HAVE SOMETHING, UH, VERY SPECIAL FOR SARAH FINLEY.

UH, AND, UH, AND COOPER.

COOPER, YOU WANNA TURN AROUND HERE? .

I'VE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING HERE FOR YOU.

UM, AND SO I'M GOING TO, IT'S KIND, IT'S KIND OF SHARP.

CAN I PUT IT ON YOUR SHIRT? WHAT DO YOU THINK? LET'S PUT, LET'S TRY AND PUT IT RIGHT THERE.

SO YOU ALL GIVE OF YOUR FATHER, UH, SO HE CAN KEEP US SAFE.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL MAKE SUCH A GREAT SACRIFICE, UH, TO SHARE HIM WITH US.

BUT SO, UM, WE'RE PINNING YOU AS AN ASSISTANT CHIEF YOUNG LADY.

CAN I PUT THIS RIGHT HERE ON THE THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR FATHER WITH US.

UH, WE COULDN'T BE ANY MORE PROUD, UH, TO HAVE HIM AS OUR NEW CHIEF.

THANK YOU.

THIS STUCK RIGHT HERE IN MY HAND.

THANK YOU, YOUNG MAN.

PUT THIS RIGHT HERE ON YOU.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING, UM, YOUR DAD WITH US.

UH,

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BUT, UM, WE COULDN'T BE ANY MORE DELIGHTED THAT YOU SHARED JIM WITH US.

THANK YOU, JIM.

THANK YOU, MS. MAYOR.

CONGRATULATIONS.

SO, SO, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS, ALL OF THE COMMISSION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

I KNOW WE ENJOY A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP, UH, AND YOU ALL ARE SO GOOD TO US AND THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M GRATEFUL AND, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE IS GRATEFUL.

UH, CITY MANAGEMENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF KIRK IS HERE, BUT I WANTED TO THANK HIM AS WELL IF HE'S HIDING SOMEWHERE.

BUT JAY, THANK YOU.

UH, I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY.

MY SON WILL SPEAK THE WHOLE TIME THAT I'M SPEAKING AND PROBABLY AFTERWARDS TOO, .

UM, THERE'S NO WAY FOR ME TO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED ME GET TO THIS POINT IN MY CAREER, FROM MY FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS, OTHER OFFICERS, OF COURSE, THE CHIEFS.

UH, I KNOW CHIEF HICKEY IS HERE.

NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT HIM.

HE KEPT ME BY HIS SIDE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

HE'S BEEN REMARKABLE.

I ALREADY MISS HIM, AND IT'S JUST DAY ONE.

SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR HIM.

UH, CHIEF HUGHES, I TALKED TO HIM ON THE WAY HERE.

UH, CHIEF WATSON CAME BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TODAY, AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO KNOW CHIEF BUTCHER, BUT IT WAS A GREAT HONOR TO BE THE FIFTH CHIEF OF POLICE.

AND I'M GONNA TRY TO KEEP THIS VERY BRIEF.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I'M GONNA TRY.

I STOOD AT THIS EXACT SAME PODIUM FOR MY SECOND INTERVIEW TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER HERE 20 YEARS AGO.

AND IT WAS RARE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T NORMALLY DO THAT IN THIS ROOM.

SO TOMMY WALSH AND TOMMY CAMPSEY AND STEVE WALLING WERE ALL SITTING WHERE YOU ALL ARE, UH, YOU'RE A MUCH BETTER LOOKING GROUP THAN THEY ARE .

AND THEY THREW QUESTIONS AT ME, AND I WAS EXTREMELY NERVOUS.

UH, NOT QUITE AS NERVOUS AS I AM TONIGHT, , BUT I WAS VERY NERVOUS.

UH, AND SO THAT STARTED A, A JOURNEY THAT'S BEEN AMAZING FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

BUT JUST TO CONTINUE WITH THE STORY, ABOUT 30 FEET AWAY FROM HERE, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WALL IS WHERE I MET ANGIE.

AND SO WHEN I MOVED HERE 20 YEARS AGO, IT WAS MY PARENTS, UH, WHO MOVED ME ON EITHER CHRISTMAS EVE OR CHRISTMAS DAY.

AND WE MOVED OUT TO, THEY MOVED ME TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

AND, UM, EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT, ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, MY WHOLE FAMILY THAT JUST CAME UP, SO MANY FRIENDS, RELATIVES, UM, THEY'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE I CAME TO WORK FOR THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT, MET ANGIE, AND THE REST, AS THEY SAY, IS HISTORY.

BUT I MUST RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT TELLS A VERY UNIQUE STORY ABOUT HOW SPECIAL THIS PLACE IS.

UM, MY IN-LAWS ARE HERE TONIGHT.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF ANGIE AND I HELPING OUT WITH THE KIDS.

AND THEY LIVE HERE LOCALLY.

THEY'RE IN FRANKLIN.

UH, AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE JUST BEEN TERRIFIC.

THEY, FIVE YEARS AGO, TIM FINNEY MADE A TRAFFIC STOP AND TYLER SMITH WAS THE DRIVER OF THAT CAR.

HE WAS ARRESTED, AND HE WOULDN'T MIND ME TELLING YOU THAT BECAUSE HE'S HERE TONIGHT.

UH, AND HE'S HERE PROUDLY BECAUSE THAT NIGHT CHANGED HIS LIFE.

UH, HE MADE THE DECISION THAT HE'D HAD ENOUGH, AND HE'S BEEN CLEAN AND SOBER FOR FIVE YEARS AS OF JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

SO, I'M HONORED TO HAVE TYLER HERE.

SEATED RIGHT BEHIND ME IS ANN BURKES.

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I WAS THE DETECTIVE THAT WAS ASSIGNED THE CASE, AND SHE ADOPTED ME.

AND WE, WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE.

UH, MY BUDDY BOB BELL IS HERE.

HE'S PROBABLY VERY EMBARRASSED RIGHT NOW.

BOB DID NOT WANNA BE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT.

SO, UH, I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO RECOGNIZE HIM.

, MR. MAYOR, I'M SORRY TO TELL YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY MAYOR IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.

UH, MAYOR DONNA HARTMAN FROM FAYETTEVILLE, TENNESSEE IS HERE TONIGHT.

SHE MADE THE TRIP.

SHELLY MANGRAM IS HERE.

SHELLY, I PULLED HER OVER ONE NIGHT ON A TRAFFIC STOP, AND WE'VE JUST STAYED IN TOUCH AND BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE.

IT'S TRUE.

I, I HAVE FRIENDS FROM BRENTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH HERE WHERE I WORKED A A SECOND JOB.

UH, I HAVE LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD FOLKS HERE SUPPORTING ME, ROTARIANS HERE SUPPORTING ME, UH, FORMER EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HERE, UH, COWORKERS OF MINE, UH, FAMILY, FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE WITH MY IN-LAWS.

I COULD GO ON AND ON.

FAMILY, FRIENDS FROM, UH, THAT MY WIFE HAS INTRODUCED ME TO PEOPLE THAT WE GO TO CHURCH WITH IN NOLANSVILLE.

I, I COULD CONTINUE AND JUST GO ON AND ON, BUT WE HAVE SOME OTHER VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS TO GET TO TONIGHT.

SO, UH, I SAID I'D TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF, UH, FOR ANYBODY THAT'S HERE THAT I DID NOT NAME, I'M SORRY, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT I'M GRATEFUL YOU'RE, YOU'RE HERE AND I HAVE A HUG FOR YOU WHEN WE GET DONE.

UM, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE THE ONES THAT I WANNA MENTION LAST, UH, BECAUSE I WILL REAP A LOT OF PRAISE FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

AND I'M KEENLY AWARE OF THAT.

I WILL ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE A POINT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WHILE I MAY BE SOMEONE THAT'S IN FRONT OF A CAMERA OR IN FRONT OF A MICROPHONE, UH, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE HARD WORK, SHIFT WORK, ANSWERING THE CALLS, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING THE REPORTS, KEEPING OUR VEHICLES RUNNING, DOING PAYROLL, ALL THE THINGS THAT IT TAKES TO KEEP THIS OPERATION RUNNING.

AND THEY DO IT SO WELL.

AND, UH, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS AND TO REPRESENT THEM AS A CHIEF OF POLICE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

NOW I GET TO MOVE ON TO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE FUN FOR ME.

IF NICK SURRY WOULD COME UP, PLEASE.

NICK IS JOINED BY HIS WIFE DANNY AND HIS SONS GENTRY AND EVERETT.

THEY HAVE ANOTHER CHILD WHO COULD NOT BE HERE.

MADDOX IS SERVING IN THE ARMY CURRENTLY, SO HE CANNOT BE HERE WITH US.

UH, TONIGHT NICK IS BEING PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE.

HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM MICHIGAN.

HE WENT TO SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY.

HE GOT A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

HE STARTED HERE IN 2007, AND NICK IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS.

YOU CAN GIVE HIM ANYTHING AND HE'S GONNA RUN WITH IT.

AND HE'S GONNA DO FOUR OR FIVE MORE STEPS THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT HE WOULD.

UH, HE'S A PERFECTIONIST.

HE'S ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE I KNOW.

NICK HAS QUIETLY BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN SOME OF OUR MOST, UH, SIGNIFICANT INITIATIVES AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FITNESS INITIATIVE.

HE HELPED SPEARHEAD THAT, UH, 10 HOUR SHIFTS.

HE WAS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ON THAT.

OUR TACTICAL RESPONSE TEAM, HE AND ZACH HARTMAN HELPED LAY ALL OF THAT OUT.

HE DOESN'T LIKE TO GET THE PRAISE FOR THOSE THINGS, BUT HE WAS PIVOTAL IN ALL OF THOSE INITIATIVES.

UH, NICK HAS SERVED IN ALL OF THE POSITIONS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE TO GET TO THIS POINT.

HE HAS STAYED ON THE PATROL SIDE OF THINGS.

HE'S VERY ACTIVE IN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND NICK IS GOING TO MAKE A TREMENDOUS ASSISTANT CHIEF.

SO I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE PROMOTION OF ASSISTANT CHIEF NICK SURRY.

NEXT IS CAPTAIN AJ WEEKLY.

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AJ AND MINDY LIVE IN COLUMBIA, BUT AJ'S ORIGINALLY FROM ILLINOIS.

HE DID A BRIEF STINT IN FIREFIGHTING BEFORE HE CAME HERE, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT MUCH.

RUMOR IS WE'VE PROMOTED HIM SO MANY TIMES JUST TO KEEP HIM AWAY FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT .

UH, BUT IN TRUTH, AJ HAS BEEN PROMOTED ABOUT AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN BE PROMOTED.

UH, HE CELEBRATES NINE YEARS THIS YEAR WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND YOU'LL RARELY FIND SOMEONE RISE AS FAST AS AJ HAS.

AND YOU ALL KNOW HOW WE STRUCTURE OUR PROMOTIONS.

THEY'RE ALL EARNED.

AND AJ HAS EARNED EVERY SINGLE PROMOTION, SERGEANT, LIEUTENANT, AND NOW CAPTAIN.

UH, HE IS A VITAL COMPONENT OF OUR TACTICAL RESPONSE TEAM, AND HE DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH HIS NINE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT HE IS GOING TO RUN THE PATROL DIVISION, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY OUR LARGEST DIVISION.

AND SO I'M VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE PROMOTION OF CAPTAIN AJ WEEKLY.

CHRIS WOODARD.

HEY.

YOU DOING ALRIGHT? I'M GOOD.

GOOD? YEAH.

CHRIS IS JOINED BY MOST OF HIS FAMILY TONIGHT.

UH, HIS WIFE CASEY IS HERE.

SON'S DERRICK AND RUSS.

CALEB IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.

UM, VISIT DEREK IS WITH WILLIAMSON, EMS AS PARAMEDIC, AND RUSS IS WITH SPRING HILL PD AS A POLICE OFFICER.

CHRIS WOODARD IS A MIDDLE TENNESSEE NATIVE, AS RARE AS THAT IS.

HE'S FROM SPRING HILL.

UH, HE STARTED OUT HIS CAREER WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CAME TO THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, IN 2002.

HE HAS SERVED AS A PATROL OFFICER AND AS A SERGEANT FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS.

HE'S BEEN A SERGEANT.

HE HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN PROMOTIONS FOR MANY YEARS, BUT HE WAS COMFORTABLE IN HIS ROLE.

HE WANTED THE TIMING TO BE RIGHT, AND HE ALSO HAS HIS HANDS FULL AS OUR CRISIS NEGOTIATOR TEAM LEAD.

CHRIS BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THE STREET.

HE'S A CALM IN THE STORM A LOT OF TIMES, AND I'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH CHRIS OVER THE YEARS.

WE USED TO JOKE AS PATROL OFFICERS ON THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT, WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF WE RAN THE DEPARTMENT.

NO, WE DID .

IT USED TO BE FUNNY.

, IT'S NOT AS FUNNY.

NOW.

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IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO ANNOUNCE THE PROMOTION OF LIEUTENANT CHRIS PORTER.

MR. MAYOR, I MAY BE GOING OUT OF ORDER HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET CHUCK CASTLEBERRY UP HERE NEXT.

COME HERE BABE.

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AND VANCE IS ALSO JOINING US, BUT WE HOPE HE STAYS PUT FOR JUST ANOTHER DAY.

12 HOURS.

YES, HE IS DUE TOMORROW.

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THAT'S A BIG FAN.

CHUCK SABOR CASTLEBERRY, BORN IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

HE GOT HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FROM TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY.

I HAD TO LOOK THAT UP.

IT'S IN TEXAS.

APPARENTLY CHUCK STARTED HIS CAREER IN 2013 WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

HE WAS A CANINE HANDLER THERE.

HE WAS ON THE SWAT TEAM THERE.

UH, AFTER ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AT THE COUNTY, HE CAME TO US.

HE'S CONTINUED HIS TACTICAL TRAINING, HIS FIREARMS TRAINING.

HE'S ONE OF OUR LEAD FIREARMS INSTRUCTORS.

HE'S ON OUR TACTICAL RESPONSE TEAM.

HE'S THE GUY YOU WANT WHEN THINGS GO SOUTH.

UH, SO CHUCK HAS HAS BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE TO US, AND IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO PROMOTE HIM TO SERGEANT CHUCK ASBURY.

THANK YOU.

HEY, CHIEF.

HEY BUDDY.

ADRIAN BREEDLOVE IS JOINED BY HIS WIFE MICHELLE AND THEIR SON'S COLIN AND MASON.

THERE'S I IN SPRING HILL, TENNESSEE.

ADRIAN HAS BEEN WITH THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 28 YEARS.

23 OF THOSE 28 YEARS, HE HAS SERVED IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.

HE IS AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING DETECTIVE.

HE IS THE ONE YOU WANT WORKING YOUR CASE.

NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, BECAUSE HE WILL WORK IT TILL THE VERY END.

FOR EIGHT YEARS, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE, UH, DEA.

HE WAS ON A TASK FORCE.

HE'S STILL ON A TASK FORCE WITH THE TBI WORKING IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

HE'S ONE OF THE EXPERTS IN THAT FIELD.

HE ALSO TEACHES NOW ONLY DOES HE TEACH HUMAN TRAFFICKING, BUT HE IS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT TREBEK AND NAZARENE UNIVERSITY HERE IN NASHVILLE.

HE ALSO WAITED UNTIL THE TIME WAS RIGHT.

HE'S WORKED VERY HARD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND HE'S WATCHED SEVERAL PROMOTIONS GO BY BECAUSE HE WAS VERY COMFORTABLE IN DOING WHAT HE WAS DOING AND DOING IT TO A HIGH DEGREE.

BUT WHEN THIS PROMOTION CAME UP, WHICH IS THE RETIREMENT OF JOHN WOOD, WHO WAS OUR LIEUTENANT IN CID, UH, HE KNEW THAT THE TIME WAS RIGHT AND ADRIAN STEPPED UP AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT HE DID.

UH, IT'S MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO ANNOUNCE ADRIAN BREEDLOVE AS CID LIEUTENANT.

THANK YOU, MICHELLE.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

WE'RE GONNA HOLD ON, UH, FOR JUST A QUICK MINUTE.

UM, UH, I'M GLAD SOME OF YOU ALL ARE WANTING TO STICK AROUND, UH, FOR SURE.

UH, BUT,

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UH, BUT, UM, PLEASE KNOW THAT, UM, ANY OF YOU ALL ARE WELCOME, UH, TO STAY.

WOW, WHAT A VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY.

UM, UH, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WEREN'T PLANNING, UH, TO SEE THAT THIS EVENING, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL FEEL MUCH SAFER, UH, KNOWING, UH, THE BRENTWOOD POLICE THAT WE HAVE KEEPING US SAFE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL

[2. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

DO I HEAR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.

INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA OR ANY OTHER MATTER REGARDING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CITIZENS WHO WISH TO REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION.

PLEASE MAKE THAT KNOWN.

AT THIS TIME.

A SIGN IN SHEET, UH, WAS IN THE BACK AND, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, UH, UH, GOING GREEN THIS EVENING.

AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA LET, UM, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA WASTE THAT PIECE OF PAPER THIS EVENING, SO NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP.

BUT IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD THIS EVENING AND SPEAK, UH, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

ALL.

ALL RIGHT, UH, WE WILL CLOSE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND WE'LL REMOVE, UH, AND WE WILL MOVE

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

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, I GUESS I GET TO BE THE FIRST TO CONGRATULATE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, THE COMMAND STAFF WHO EARNED THE RIGHT TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS SOMETIMES IS BESTOWED UPON PEOPLE WHO WIN THE LOTTERY, BUT THANK YOU FOR EARNING THE RESPECT OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE RESPECT OF THE CITY, AND STEPPING UP TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENTS.

IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED.

UH, MIRROR ARE ONLY TWO ITEMS FOR YOU, UH, CONCORD ROAD.

TOMORROW WE WILL SEE A SMALL DISRUPTION WHEN WE HAVE TO CLOSE ONE OF THE LANES, NOT DURING PEAK HOURS, BUT WE HAVE SOME DEBRIS THAT HAS COME DOWN THE LITTLE HARPETH DURING ALL OF THE HEAVY RAIN THAT WE HAD AND BLOCKED ONE OF THE CULVERTS.

SO PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE OUT WORKING TOMORROW, AND THERE'LL BE SOME INTERMITTENT LANE CLOSURES WHILE THEY, UM, CLEAR THAT DEBRIS.

AND THEN LASTLY, UM, SWIG, VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS THAT HAS JOINED BRENTWOOD.

AND, UH, MOST EVERYBODY'S PROBABLY HEARD OF IT, UH, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, BUT, UM, THEY'RE DOING GREAT.

OVER ON HARPETH DRIVE, WE DO WANNA ASK OUR RESIDENTS IF THEY GO TO VISIT THAT AREA TO PATRONIZE OTHER BUSINESSES OR SWIG.

PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN YOU ARE EASTBOUND ON HARPETH DRIVE.

WE HAVE PUT UP A SIGN NOW THAT SAYS, NO LEFT TURNS.

PLEASE APPROACH THAT BUSINESS IF YOU'RE GOING THAT WAY FROM FRANKLIN ROAD, AND TRY TO STAY CLEAR OF THE TRAVEL LANE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TO ALLOW THROUGH TRAFFIC.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

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

THANK YOU MAYOR GORMAN.

NO REPORT TONIGHT.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

UH, IN THIS EVENING, WE'LL START, UH, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, UM, WITH COMMISSIONER SPEARS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AS I ALWAYS DO, I WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH US.

WE'VE HAD LOTS OF EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS AND CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT.

WHEN YOU ENGAGE WITH US, IT REALLY DOES MAKE THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND INSIGHT ON THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN YOUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, WE HAD A GREAT RETIREMENT CELEBRATION FOR CHIEF RICHARD HICKEY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

HE WAS HERE TONIGHT, I HOPE YOU GOT TO SEE HIM.

UM, IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY IN THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY WHEN WE CELEBRATED HIS 34 YEAR CAREER FOR BRENTWOOD.

WE WISH HIM AND MELANIE THE ABSOLUTE BEST AS THEY STARTED INTO THIS NEW SEASON FOR THEM.

AND WE WANNA WELCOME CHIEF COLVIN.

UH, WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU AND WE KNOW THAT THE YEARS AHEAD WILL BE MARKED BY YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND WE WANT TO ALSO CONGRATULATE AS WE'VE ALL SEEN, ASSISTANT CHIEF NICK SURRY, CAPTAIN AJ WEEKLY, LIEUTENANT CHRIS WOODARD, SERGEANT CHUCK CASTLEBERRY, AND LIEUTENANT, LIEUTENANT ADRIAN BRI.

LOVE.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF EACH OF YOU AND ALL THAT YOU BRING, UM, TO THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M THE PARK BOARD REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PARK BOARD, AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, MARCH 3RD.

IT'LL BE AT 5:30 PM AND IT'LL BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN THE ANNEX ROOM.

AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO YOU CAN COME AND JOIN US IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

UM, TONIGHT I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY THANK SOME OF OUR CITY STAFF.

I WANT TO THANK KATHLEEN WATKINS AND HER STAFF AT THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT.

IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER.

THEY DO GREAT WORK BY TAKING CARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD IN THAT CALL CENTER.

THEY SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS SO WELL.

AND EARLIER, IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, WE HAD THE QUARTERLY MEETING FOR THE ECD, AND KATHLEEN GAVE HER STATUS REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

SO THANK YOU KATHLEEN, AND YOUR TEAM.

WE KEEP HEARING WONDERFUL FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS

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UM, THIS IS WHAT I ENVISIONED WHEN I BROUGHT THIS IDEA TO THE COMMISSION BACK IN 2023.

AND TONIGHT ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL BE VOTING ON THE PLAN TO REBUILD THE ROCK WALLS THAT ARE INTERMITTENTLY, INTERMITTENTLY DISPERSED THROUGH THE MURRAY LANE CORRIDOR BETWEEN FRANKLIN ROAD AND BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 1,650 FEET.

I HOPE I GOT THAT RIGHT, TODD, OF ROCKWELL TO BE RESTORED.

UH, THIS WORK WILL BE DONE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS IN CHUNKS WHEN THE TEAM WHO'S DOING IT WILL BE AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU TO TODD HOPIN INSTEAD.

AND YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS PROJECT REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM AND THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT I'VE WORKED ON TO ENSURE THAT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS MAINTAINED AND PRESERVED FOR THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD AND FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, TODD.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

UH, COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

LAST THURSDAY, I TOO HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING CHIEF RICHARD HICKEY'S RETIREMENT POT PARTY.

AND WHAT A WONDERFUL EVENT.

TO HONOR THE DECADES OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, CHIEF HICKEY HAS DEVOTED TO BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS AND THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE WILL MISS HIM.

AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THE LEGACY HE HAS LEFT IN THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE AND HIS PREDECESSORS HAVE WORKED HARD TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSION PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH TONIGHT HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THAT SUCCESSION PLAN AND PROMOTING FROM WITHIN.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE PRO PROMOTED TONIGHT.

WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH DEDICATED OFFICERS LEADING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I WANTED TO ALSO, UM, SPECIAL THANK YOU TO TODD HTAT AND HIS PUBLIC WORKS CREW FOR, UM, CLEANING THE SNOW LAST WEEK.

Y'ALL HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF SNOWSTORMS AND BEEN VERY BUSY.

AND, UM, RESIDENTS ARE SO THANKFUL.

AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CITY LIMITS ARE, LOOK AFTER A SNOWSTORM BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CITY LIMITS TO BRENTWOOD ARE.

SO THANK YOU TODD, AND TO YOUR CREW.

APPRECIATE IT.

AS THE COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LIBRARY BOARD, I WILL MOVE ON TO LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH FOR INVENTORY DAY.

THIS IS A STAFF WORKDAY FOCUSED ON INVENTORYING OF ALL THE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY COLLECTION TO MAKE SURE OUR RECORDS ARE ACCURATE AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WELL MAINTAINED AND UP-TO-DATE COLLECTION, ENABLING THE LIBRARY TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE FOR OUR PATRONS.

UM, ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH AT 4:30 PM WE HAVE LEGO CLUB, AND THEN THE FEBRUARY BINGO AND BAGELS IS SO POPULAR, IT IS ALREADY FULL.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GO, YOU NEED TO GO ON AND SIGN UP NOW FOR THE MARCH BINGO AND BAGELS, UM, WHICH WILL BE MARCH 22ND.

AND IF YOU, UM, WANT TO CHECK OUT ANY OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE AT THE LIBRARY, GO TO THE WEBSITE.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM CHESS CLUB, CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH CPR CLASS, OR EVEN AN UPCOMING TALENT SHOW.

SO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND THE CALENDAR FOR THE DETAILS ON THAT.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED LIBRARY BOARD MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12TH AT 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY.

THAT'S ALL.

MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER ANDREWS.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, JUST STARTING OUT AT, I WANNA THANK, UM, THE FOLKS HERE AND ANYONE THAT THAT HEARS THIS JUST FOR ALL THE OUTREACH ABOUT THE LOSS OF MY MOM, UH, THE OTHER WEEK.

UM, THE FOLKS THAT CAME BY THE VISITATION WERE SO, SO APPRECIATED.

AND, UM, AND ALL THE NOTES AND THE TEXTS AND THE EMAILS AND THE KIND WORDS AND THE FLOWERS AND, AND MOST OF ALL THE DONATIONS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AS WELL AS TO SADDLE UP IS REALLY, UM, JUST, JUST HUMBLING AND, AND, AND GRA JUST GRATIFYING.

UM, YOU KNOW, MY MOM HAD BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE TREE BOARD IN BRENTWOOD FROM THE EARLY DAYS AND, AND JUST LOVED THE WORK ON THAT IN THE CITY AND THE CANOPY.

YOU KNOW, SHE, AND, UM, SHE WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL GROUP THAT OPENED UP THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY OVER, UH, NEXT TO BRENTWOOD METHODIST BACK IN THE DAY.

AND THEN THEY THOUGHT IT WAS, UH, INCREDIBLE AND THEY COULD MOVE HERE TO MARYLAND WAY.

AND IT WAS NOW THE FOLK JORDAN BUILDING THINKING THAT WAS THE ULTIMATE.

AND AS ANN AND, AND RAY AND OTHERS KNOW, YOU KNOW, QUITE QUITE A MOVE FROM, UH, MARYLAND FARMS OVER TO THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE LIBRARY.

SO SHE WAS SO PROUD OF THAT.

UM, BUT, UH, BUT, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE OUTREACH.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, PEOPLE ASK YOU HOW IT'S GOING AND IT HITS IN STRANGE WAYS AT STRANGE TIMES.

BUT, UM, BUT THE OUTREACH REALLY MEANS A LOT TO US, UM, AS THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID, UH, WHAT A GREAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUR, OUR TEAM TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR SUCCESSION PLAN AND THE WAY THEY RAISE PEOPLE UP THROUGH THAT DEPARTMENT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

AND FRANKLY, IT'S INDICATIVE OF A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT GO REALLY WELL HERE AT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, AND OUR OTHER CITY TEAM.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE MENTIONED, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, BUT WE COULD, WE COULD GO ON ABOUT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OR REALLY, I MEAN, WE COULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT TALKING ABOUT THE, THE STRENGTH OF OUR TEAM AND THE, AND THE WORK THEY PUT IN.

AND SO EVERYONE KNOWS HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, ARBOR DAY IS COMING UP.

UM, WE'VE GOT THE TREE BAGGING GOING ON THE WEEK BEFORE ARBOR DAY, WHICH IS OF COURSE, MARCH 22ND OVER AT THE SERVICE CENTER.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT AS A FANTASTIC VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE

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SO COME ON OUT FOR THAT.

AND THEN ARBOR DAY, OF COURSE, IS THE WEEK AFTER, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 29TH, OVER AT THE LIBRARY KICKOFF.

AT 10 O'CLOCK WE'LL HAVE MIDDLE TENNESSEE ELECTRIC OUT THERE SERVING, UH, SNACKS, GIVING OUT LOTS OF TREES.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE HAVE THE TREES THAT WE DO AS, AS, UM, PREC CITY, USA AS, AS THE TREE BOARD, BUT ALSO SEVERAL VENDORS WILL HAVE OTHER VARIETIES OF TREES, UH, GREAT AND SMALL.

SO, UH, SO REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME, COME TO THAT.

UM, JAY, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT SWIG, UM, AND, UH, TRYING TO GET SOME OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, USING THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, IT SOUNDS LIKE, IS SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN HELP THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

IT WAS INTERESTING, I SWUNG BY THERE TODAY JUST TO, JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

AND, UM, WHAT I NOTICED IS THEY'VE ACTUALLY CLOSED THE LOBBY AND CLOSED THE PARKING LOT TO PARKING TO WHERE IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT DRIVE THROUGH.

AND THEY'VE GOT A TEAM OF ABOUT SEVEN WORKING BOTH THE PARKING LOT AND THE DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW.

SO THEY'VE GOT THEIR CYCLE TIME DOWN TO ABOUT 30 SECONDS PER CAR, WATCHING 'EM GO THROUGH THERE.

A COUPLE CARS TOOK ABOUT 45 SECONDS IF THEY APPEAR TO HAVE A BIG ORDER.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY PULLED IT OFF.

I DIDN'T, UH, STOP THE PROCESS TO ASK 'EM IF THEY'RE GETTING THE, UH, ORDERS IN ADVANCE.

IT APPEARS THAT THE, UH, THE TEAM IN THE PARKING LOT ARE TAKING THE ORDERS AND LINING 'EM UP.

UH, CHICK-FIL-A STYLE.

SO, UH, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY THESE OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS HELP.

AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY WISH THEM ALL THE SUCCESS WITH THEIR LOCATION, HAVE TO SAY, UH, SUBWAY NEVER SEEMED TO CREATE THIS PROBLEM WHEN THEY WERE THERE.

SO, UH, BUT GOOD THING FOR WELL DONE PERSUADE.

UM, AND LAST, AND THIS IS REALLY A, A, A QUESTION FOR THE COMMISSIONERS.

UM, WHEN OUR LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD CLASS WAS DOWN AT THE CAPITOL ON FEBRUARY 13TH WITH, UH, LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, UH, GINO BSO MENTIONED, UM, WE HAD A PANEL WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BSO AS WELL AS, UH, UH, UH, SENATOR, UM, JOHNSON AND, UH, JACK AND SOME OTHERS.

BUT, UH, GINO BSO MENTIONED TWO BILLS HE'S SUBMITTING ON BEHALF OF THE BRENTWOOD CITY COMMISSION.

UH, JUST CURIOUS, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE? AND CAN ANYONE ELABORATE ON, ON WHAT THE TWO BILLS ARE ON BEHALF OF BRENTWOOD AND WHAT THE CONTENT IS? ANYBODY? I I HAVE NOT TALKED TO HIM PERSONALLY.

I JUST KNOW HE WAS WORKING ON SOMETHING.

ANYBODY.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THAT IS? OKAY, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S STRANGE THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED SUBMITTING TWO BILLS ON BEHALF OF BRENTWOOD.

IF NONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT IS.

OKAY, WELL, MAYOR, VERY GOOD.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER DUNN.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WEEKS WHEN IT'S JUST ALL FUN AND HAPPY THINGS GOING ON.

I'M SO HAPPY TO BE REPORTING ON 'EM TONIGHT.

WE'LL START WITH TONIGHT.

WHAT A GREAT EVENING.

I STARTED OUT WITH CHIEF BUTY, THEN RICKY WATSON, THEN CHIEF HUGHES, THEN CHIEF HICKEY, AND NOW CHIEF COLVIN, WHOM I'VE DECIDED WE NEED TO RENAME OFFICER FRIENDLY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT CAMPAIGN, UH, WHEN OFFICER FRIENDLY WAS EMBLEMATIC OF POLICE OFFICERS TO THE COMMUNITY IN GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS.

HE HAS SO MANY FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, I, I THINK IT'S MARVELOUS.

I CAN LOOK BACK AT EVERY CHIEF WE'VE HAD.

WE'VE NEVER HAD ONE HINT OF SCANDAL.

WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS OF ANY KIND OF ABUSE THAT IS A REMARKABLE RECORD.

AND WE'VE HAD SOME QUALITY PEOPLE IN THAT, UH, DEPARTMENT AND LEADING IT.

AND TO SEE THAT SUCCESSION, AS SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER, IT, IT'S JUST SUCH A POSITIVE THING.

SO THAT'S TONIGHT.

THEN WEDNESDAY WE HAVE THE MEET AND GREET WITH THE POTENTIAL NEW CITY MANAGER.

WE HAVE, UH, CANDIDATES COMING TO THE LIBRARY.

CITY COMMISSION WILL MEET WITH THEM FIRST FOR 30 MINUTES.

THEN OUR STAFF WILL GET TO MEET WITH THEM, AND THEN THE WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THAT'S WHAT MAYOR FIVE O'CLOCK TO THE PUBLIC YES, MA'AM.

FIVE O'CLOCK.

AND SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF ITS VERY CASUALTIES, COME IN THERE, SHAKE HANDS AND ASK THEM ANYTHING YOU WANT, GET TO KNOW 'EM.

BUT THAT'LL BE A VERY NICE LITTLE EVENT.

THEN THURSDAY MORNING, THE HISTORIC BOARD WILL SHOW UP HERE TO SET UP FOR THE HISTORY BOWL THAT NIGHT.

AND THEN THAT NIGHT WE HAVE OUR HISTORY BOWL.

WE'VE GOT SEVEN TEAMS THIS YEAR PARTICIPATING.

IT'S FREE, STARTS AT SEVEN SHARP, AND IT'S OVER BY ABOUT EIGHT 30.

AND IT IS SO MUCH FUN.

I MEAN, THOSE KIDS ARE SO DELIGHTFUL.

AND I TAUGHT HISTORY AND ENGLISH FOR YEARS.

SO I, I'M IN MY ELEMENT.

I'M JUST REALLY ENJOY THAT THAT NIGHT.

SO ALL OF YOU WHO CAN COME, PLEASE COME THEN ON FRIDAY.

WE, AS THE CITY COMMISSION, GET TO INTERVIEW

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IT'S AN ALL DAY SESSION.

AND I ASK THAT YOU, AND I MEAN THIS IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, PRAY FOR US THAT WE WILL BE VERY WISE IN OUR DECISION.

WE'VE HAD TWO CITY MANAGERS IN THE LAST 25 YEARS.

'CAUSE WE HAD VERY GOOD PEOPLE.

AND I WANT THIS ONE TO BE EVERY BIT AS GOOD AND TO STAY AS LONG AS THE CITY WANTS HIM TO STAY.

SO WE, WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS AND WE WILL NEED, UH, A LOT OF LEVELHEADEDNESS AND, UH, PATIENCE.

'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A LONG DAY JUST SITTING THERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

BUT I, I'VE GOT TWO INTERESTING LITTLE STORIES I'VE GOT TO SHARE SINCE IT'S NOT A LONG NIGHT.

TONIGHT FOR THE HISTORY BOWL, THIS IS OUR 14TH YEAR, 13 OF THOSE YEARS, THE TECH DEPARTMENT HAS LOANED US A SPECIAL KINDA TAPE THAT WE USE FOR THE WIRING ON THE BUZZER SYSTEM SO IT DOESN'T, UH, UH, MA UP THE, UM, PODIUM UP HERE.

WELL, WE FINALLY BOUGHT OUR OWN ROLE AND QUIT BORROWING THEIRS, BUT THEY ARE, SO THIS, I'M JUST TELLING 'EM THIS SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WELL THE STAFF WORKS TOGETHER.

I GOT AN EMAIL FROM MICHELLE KRAMER, OUR POINT PERSON DOWN IN TECH TODAY THAT SAID, ANN, THE TAPE IS IN YOUR BOX.

I HADN'T EVEN ASKED FOR IT, BUT I MEAN, WHAT KINDA STAFF IS THAT REMEMBERS THAT YOU NEED THAT? SHE THOUGHT MAYBE I'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT.

AND I TOLD HER, I SAID, IT'S NICE TO HAVE A GUARDIAN ANGEL WATCHING OVER YOU AS YOUR WING MAN.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN A GUARDIAN ANGEL.

AND I JUST THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE HAVE WORKING HERE.

AND I'M, I'M JUST SO APPRECIATIVE.

AND ON MURRAY LANE, IT'S FUNNY HOW THE STORY KEEPS EVOLVING.

I DON'T IT'S GREAT.

THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER THERE, TODD, IN THE BEGINNING WHEN IT WAS A TWO LANE ROAD IN FRONT OF BRENT WOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY WERE GONNA WIDEN IT, THEY WERE GONNA MAKE IT THREE LANES WITH A TURN LANE IN THE MIDDLE, CUT DOWN ALL THE TREES.

COMMISSIONER SMITHSON THREW A FIT.

HER DAUGHTER, KIM SMITHSON GARRIS AND DEVIN MCCLENDON STARTED A PETITION THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND GOT THAT CHANGED.

SO WE CAN THANK THEM FOR THE FIRST MURRAY LANE AND COMMISSIONER SPEARS, WE CAN THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUGGESTION THAT IT BE FURTHER IMPROVED NOW, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A BACKSTORY SOMEWHERE.

AND IF YOU HANG AROUND LONG ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE BACKSTORY.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR LETTING ME SHARE THAT WITH YOU TONIGHT.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT NOW.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

LITTLE THANK YOU.

UM, START WITH CHIEF HICKEY'S RETIREMENT AND THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.

UH, AND, UH, HE WAS IN THE BACK WATCHING, UH, HIS PROTEGES, YOU MIGHT SAY BE, BE PROMOTED.

UM, AND OF COURSE, CHIEF COLVIN, UH, JUST A FABULOUS POLICE OFFICER TRULY EPITOMIZES, UH, THE SHEPHERD WARRIOR THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR IN A, A BRENT BOOK POLICE OFFICER.

UH, HE'LL DO A WONDERFUL JOB AS CHIEF AND AS YOU WATCH THE SUCCESSION, AND MANY OF THEM I'VE KNOWN FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.

UM, IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW GOOD OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS AND, AND THE SUCCESSION PLAN AND, AND HOW IT'S BEEN CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE YEARS, STARTING WITH WITH CHIEF, BUT WHO WAS DEFINITELY A VERY CLASS ACT.

AND, UH, WE WERE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE HIM AS OUR FIRST POLICE CHIEF IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

UM, THE HISTORY BOWL IS, IS THURSDAY NIGHT AND, UH, AS COMMISSIONER DUNN MENTIONED, AND, UH, IT'S A GREAT ACTIVITY.

UM, GREAT PROMOTING THE, THE HISTORY, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE, THE HIGH SCHOOLERS, UH, GETS COMPETITIVE, A LOT OF FUN.

UM, OUR HISTORIC COMMISSION DOES A FABULOUS JOB.

AND, AND IN BRENTWOOD, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A VETERAN'S MEMORIAL.

NEXT YEAR IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR NATION.

UM, AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE HISTORIC COMMISSION ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC AND, AND, AND THE CITIZENS IN PRIVATE ACTUALLY SPEARHEAD THIS VETERAN'S MEMORIAL.

UM, I FEEL LIKE IF THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE CITIZENRY, IT WILL BE MORE USED, MORE OBSERVED, AND MORE LOVED.

UH, I'VE SEEN THIS DONE IN OTHER PLACES, UH, WHERE

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UM, AND, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE WILL BE A, UM, A CLOSER TIE TO THIS VETERANS MEMORIAL AND IT WILL BECOME MORE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WILL HELP ESTABLISH IT.

AND SO I'M PROPOSING THAT 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN DISCUSSIONS AND THERE'S BEEN TALK OF WHETHER WE PUT IT IN THE BUDGET OR NOT.

I JUST FEEL LIKE THE BRENTWOOD CITIZENS ARE ALWAYS SO GENEROUS ON SO MANY THINGS, UH, INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE, THAT I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND THE HISTORIC COMMISSION HAS ALWAYS DONE SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB AND A CLASS ACT ON, ON TAKING CARE OF OUR HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND HISTORICAL HOMES AND LETTING US KNOW THE HISTORY OF BRENTWOOD, BECAUSE I THINK BY KNOWING OUR HISTORY, WE'RE BETTER, BETTER ABLE TO, TO, TO DO THE RIGHT THING NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.

THAT'S ALL.

MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR TRAVIS, TAKING ALL THE GOOD STUFF.

PICK UP SOME GROUND ALONG WAY.

ALRIGHT.

HISTORY BOWL.

THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF GOOD JUDGES.

RHONDA AND I ARE JUDGING, SO WE'LL BE HERE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE HISTORY BOWL.

IT'S SO MUCH FUN.

THE MEET AND GREET WON'T COVER THAT AGAIN, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT.

HOPE SOME OF YOU CAN BE THERE.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MEET THURSDAY MORNING FOR THEIR INFORMATIONAL MEETING, AND THEN THEY MEET MONDAY EVENING.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SNAFU THAT MIGHT NOT BE KNOWN TODAY FOR A PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I WAS DOWN IN THE PUBLIX HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT, AND THERE'S SOME BIG TRUCKS DOWN THERE.

THERE'S A HOTEL HOLIDAY INN BACK BEHIND ASHLEY FURNITURE.

I THINK THEY STARTED DEMOING THAT HOTEL TODAY, TODD.

UH, THEY HAD THREE BIG TRUCKS, TWO CRANES, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THAT HOLIDAY INN, THAT SITTING BACK THERE IS GONNA BE TORN DOWN.

IT'S GONNA BE REBUILT AS IT WAS, TWO HOTELS, TWO BRANDS.

IT'S GONNA BE UNIFIED, BUT, UM, THEY'VE SAID THEY'RE GONNA DO IT IN PHASES.

I THINK THIS WAS THE BIGGEST THING, GETTING THE TRUCKS IN THERE.

THEY WERE BIG TRUCKS AND I THINK THINGS WILL BE OKAY, BUT THEY WERE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE TRAFFIC WHILE I SAT AND WATCHED THEM.

UM, THANK YOU TO THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WHAT A NIGHT.

UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS THAT IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO GET EVEN MORE INVOLVED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DUE TO CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, IT'LL, IT'LL GIVE YOU EVEN MORE INSIGHT.

THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE YOU POLICEMEN, POLICE OFFICERS, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT AND YOU'LL FEEL EVEN CLOSER TO THESE GUYS.

THEY'RE JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

ALSO, I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS TO OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, JAY.

HE FOUGHT A COLD, A LITTLE BIT, FOUGHT SNOW, FOUGHT EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON, SO HE HAD A VERY BUSY WEEK.

THIS LAST WEEK.

WORKED VERY HARD AND AS MUCH NOTED AND APPRECIATED.

JAY, THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

UH, I'LL BE, UH, BRIEFING MY COMMENTS.

UH, SO ON VALENTINE'S DAY ON THAT, UH, FRIDAY THE 15TH, UH, WE HAD, UH, MAYOR FOR A DAY.

SO THE, UH, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE FIGURED OUT THEY CAN RAISE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA MONEY IN THEIR SILENT AUCTIONS BY, UM, AUCTIONING OFF A MAYOR FOR A DAY.

BUT, UH, HAD A, UH, VERY NICE, UH, YOUNG MAN, UM, FROM EDMONDSON ELEMENTARY, UH, BENJAMIN, UH, SPICELAND, UH, AND HIS MOTHER, UM, SPEND THE DAY WITH, UH, ME AS WE WENT THROUGH AND, UH, TOURED THE CITY AND TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, BRENTWOOD.

UH, BUT WHAT A, UH, A BRIGHT YOUNG MAN, UH, TO BE A FOURTH GRADER, UH, AND HAVE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, UH, AND THEN, UM, GET SOME OF THE INTERACTION, UH, THAT WE DID FROM HIM WAS, UH, WAS AMAZING.

I ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN YOU HAVE THE, UH, UH, THE YOUNG, THE YOUNGSTERS THAT WILL LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND SHAKE YOUR HAND, UH, SO MANY TIMES THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

UH, BUT HE HAD IT DOWN PAT.

HIS PARENTS HAD BEEN, UH, BEEN WORKING ON THAT.

UM, IF YOU WANT, UM, UH, A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE OF, UH, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, THERE'S A, UH, A TOUR ON, UH, ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WE'LL START WITH, UM, UH, WEDNESDAY MORNING AT SEVEN 30, UH, DONUTS WITH, UH, WITH ME, UH, WITH THE MAYOR.

UH, I'LL GIVE MY, UH, 2 CENTS ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN, UH, BRENTWOOD FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND THEN FOLLOWED BY A QUICK, UH, Q AND A.

AND THEN I'LL GET OUTTA THE WAY BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO, UH, TAKE A DONUT AND, UH, GO TOUR THE, UH, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, CHIEF HICKEY RETIREMENT.