May 12, 2025 City Commission Meeting

I'M GONNA GET OFF TO THE SIDE SO THEY CAN TAKE PICTURES.

THANKS, JANET.

ANYONE ELSE? NOPE.

EVERYONE ELSE IS OUTTA TOWN.

SO IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I AND YOUR NAME I, JANET DONAHUE.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS, THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS.

ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE AS COMMISSIONER, FOR THE OFFICE AS COMMISSIONER, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CHA CHARTER, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION, AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND OBEY THE LAWS.

AND OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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

THAT I WILL, THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS.

IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE CHARTER AND THE 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 THE OFFICE AS COMMISSIONER, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE AS COMMISSIONER.

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EVERYBODY ELSE IS AT THE BEACH.

OH, WE HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS HERE.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS.

SO, , YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE AN EXCUSE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE JUST WON'T MAKE THEM GET UP FOR JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IF YOU WOULD REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, I RAY LITTLE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS, THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS.

ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE AS COMMISSIONER, FOR THE OFFICE, AS FOR COMMISSIONER.

AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CHARTER.

AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT.

AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION.

THE CONSTITUTION.

AND WILL OBEY, AND WILL OBEY ALL THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

ALL THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

AND THAT I WILL, AND THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS.

IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS.

OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OF THE CHARTER, AND THE ORDINANCES AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY, OF BRENTWOOD, OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER.

THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER.

EVERYBODY HERE.

THE ONE BACK HERE YOU WOULD REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, I, KIM GARRIS.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER.

FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMISSION.

AS PRESCRIBED.

AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, BY THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT, AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION.

THE CONSTITUTION, AND I'LL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND I'LL OBEY, I'LL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

AND THAT I WILL, AND THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS.

IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS.

OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OF THE CHARTER, AND THE ORDINANCES AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY, OF BRENTWOOD, OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

AS COMMISSIONER.

CONGRATULATIONS, NEW COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THIS COMMISSION.

UM, WE WILL NOW, UH, MOVE TO THE ELECTION OF THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR, UH, KRISTEN CORN.

I'D LIKE TO JUST WITHDRAW MY NAME FROM CONSIDERATION IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD AND HELP UNIFY.

I THINK I'LL TAKE MY NAME OFF AND IT'LL BE BETTER.

DO WE, DO WE STILL VOTE OR IS IT YES, SIR.

SO PLEASE FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT.

ALRIGHT, MAYOR, COULD YOU ANNOUNCE WHO IS ON THE BALLOT TO THE AUDIENCE? OH, COMMISSIONER ANDREWS IS ON THE BALLOT.

SORRY.

I GOT ONE IN MY POCKET.

THIS IS GONNA BE A LI LITTLE ANTICLIMACTIC, BUT ARE YOU READY? .

COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN VOTES FOR COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

COMMISSIONER, LITTLE VOTES FOR NELSON ANDREWS COMMISSIONER AND DUNN VOTES FOR NELSON ANDREWS COMMISSIONER DONAHUE VOTES FOR NELSON ANDREWS COMMISSIONER.

TRAVIS VOTES FOR NELSON ANDREWS COMMISSIONER.

GARRIS VOTES FOR NELSON ANDREWS COMMISSIONER.

MCMILLAN VOTES FOR NELSON ANDREWS AND COMMISSIONER ANDREWS VOTES FOR NELSON ANDREWS .

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WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE AND GRATIFYING AND, AND LOOKING OUT IN FRONT OF THIS PACKED HOUSE TONIGHT.

IT IS, UH, IT IS QUITE ENCOURAGING IN TERMS OF PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE CARING ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR CITY.

AND, UH, REALLY, YOU KNOW, I I, I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO LIVE UP TO THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE FAITH THAT THIS COMMISSION AND THIS COMMUNITY HAS PUT IN ME.

AND I BELIEVE ALL THESE COMMISSIONERS UP HERE SHARE THAT COMMITMENT WITH ME EQUALLY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO IN THE INAUGURAL RUN IS MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR, UH, SHARING THIS WITH ME.

UM, SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF VICE MAYOR.

OH, OH, EXCUSE ME.

I'M SORRY.

I JUMPED RIGHT AHEAD OF THE VICE MAYOR.

I JUMPED RIGHT OVER THAT.

I SPELL ELECTION OF MAYOR AND I, I SKIPPED THE, AND RIGHT THERE IN THE SENTENCE.

SO, UM, SO I GUESS OUR NEXT COURSE OF BUSINESS IS ELECTION OF VICE MAYOR.

UH, WE HAVE BALLOTS, WHICH I DID NOT BRING WITH ME DOWN THE TABLE, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER RAY LITTLE AND COMMISSIONER SUSANNA MCMILLAN, WHO HAVE PUT IN THEIR NAMES.

SO, UH, WOULD EITHER OF Y'ALL MAY LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE, OR WOULD WE LIKE TO GO RIGHT INTO THE VOTING? I'D FINE GOING INTO THE VOTING.

COMMISSIONER TRAVIS VOTES FOR RAY LITTLE.

COMMISSIONER GARRIS VOTES FOR RAY LITTLE MAYOR ANDREWS VOTES FOR RAY LITTLE COMMISSIONER DONAHUE VOTES FOR RAY LITTLE COMMISSIONER.

LITTLE VOTES FOR RAY LITTLE AND COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR RAY LITTLE.

I'M SORRY.

VERY GOOD.

[2. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

SO WE'LL, UH, TRY THIS AGAIN.

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? ? SO MOVED.

SECOND.

SO, UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

LITTLE, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OR ANY COMMENTS, I GUESS? ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

OPPOSED? ABSTAIN, ABSTAINING, ABSTAIN.

SO, UH, APPROVED BY ALL COMMISSIONERS OTHER THAN COMMISSIONER DONAHUE AND COMMISSIONER GEZ, WHO ABSTAINED.

ON TO COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.

SO NOW WE MOVE

[ Comments from Citizens – Individuals may comment on any item included in the Consent/Regular agenda or on 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 moved from the Consent Agenda to the Regular Agenda for discussion should make that known to the Board at this time. A sign-in sheet will be provided fifteen (15) minutes prior to the start of the meeting. Anyone wishing to speak may, but are not required to, sign in. ]

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

ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND CITIZENS WHO WISH TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD MAKE IT KNOWN TO THE BOARD.

AT THIS TIME, A SIGN SHEET WILL BE PRO HAS BEEN PROVIDED, AND ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK MAY, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SIGN IN.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, AND THE FIRST ONE IS JASON GRANT.

MR. GRANT, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

JASON GRANT, 1626 O CALL DRIVE.

JASON, I HAVE NOT MET THE PLEASURE OR HAD THE PLEASURE TO ACTUALLY MEET YOU YET.

UM, YOU'VE GOT A TERRIFIC FIRST NAME.

I REALLY LOVE IT, .

AND, UH, BUT I AM

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ONE OF THE PASSIONATE CITIZENS HERE IN BRENTWOOD WHO TENDS TO SPEAK OUR MINDS.

UH, WE LOVE THIS CITY.

I GREW UP IN THIS AREA, UM, LIKE MANY OF THE FOLKS BEHIND ME, UH, IT'S WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

SO YOU'RE IN FOR A FUN RIDE, 27,001.

THAT'S WHAT I NEED YOU ALL TO WRITE DOWN.

27,001.

THE LAST TIME I SPOKE BEFORE THE COMMISSION WAS ON VETERANS DE UH, THE VETERANS DAY EVENT.

UM, AT THAT TIME, WE WERE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, PICKLEBALL TENNIS COURT FACILITY.

I OFFERED AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULD BENEFIT MORE RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF, UH, ITS IMPACT FOR HALF THE COST IN TERMS OF TURFING SEVEN OF THE FIELDS, THE SOCCER FIELDS, UM, IN VARIOUS PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO WE COULD ACTUALLY USE THEM FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OUTTA THE YEAR.

'CAUSE CURRENTLY THEY'RE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS TO USE SIX MONTHS OUTTA THE YEAR.

I ALSO ADVOCATED AGAINST SPENDING 16 TO $20 MILLION, UM, FOR THE PICKLEBALL FACILITY UNTIL WE HAD MORE INPUT, UH, FROM ITS RESIDENTS.

UM, FIRST COMMISSIONER TO, UH, ADDRESS, UH, MY COMMENTS, UH, SPOKE VERY CONDESCENDINGLY.

IT WAS VETERANS, VETERANS DAY, AND THE FEEDBACK WAS, THANK GOODNESS WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE CAN SPEAK THEIR MINDS.

UM, AS A, A GREAT GRANDSON, A A GRANDSON OF WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, AND, UH, MULTIPLE SIDES OF MY MY FAMILY VETERANS, I, I FOUND, FOUND THAT VERY OFFENSIVE.

I ALSO RECEIVED FEEDBACK THAT BECAUSE I HAD AN OPINION, THAT I FORMED AN OPINION OF MY OWN THAT SEEMED TO BE SIMILAR TO SOMEONE ELSE THAT WAS ON THIS COMMISSION, THAT I WAS SOMEHOW BEING INFLUENCED BY SAID, COMMISSIONER.

UM, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

I THINK FOR MYSELF, I SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND JUST 'CAUSE TWO INDIVIDUALS COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY'RE BEING INFLUENCED BY ONE OR ANOTHER.

SO THERE'S A WILLINGNESS, UM, TO SPEND AT LEAST THERE WAS, UM, BEFORE THE ELECTION, $11 MILLION OF TAXPAYER SURPLUS MONEY PLUS GO FIND ANOTHER 5 MILLION, AND THEN YOU GOT THE 16 MILLION.

UM, DON'T LIKE THAT IDEA.

THERE'S ALSO BEEN A STATE CHANGE TO A LAW, WHICH WE TALK ABOUT EXCEPTIONALISM ALL THE TIME IN THIS CULTURE.

WE TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT WE ARE.

WE TALK ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT WE ARE.

THE ONE THING THAT WE LOATH AND DESPISE IS THE WRONG KIND OF EXCEPTIONALISM.

THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED BY REPRESENTATIVE SSO ALLOWED FOR ONLY ONE CITY, ONE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TENNESSEE TO QUALIFY TO WORK WITH PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS IN A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

THAT IS NOT THE TYPE OF EXCEPTIONALISM THAT THE CITY WAS BUILT UPON.

IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE TYPE THAT I WOULD LIKE THE REPUTATION THAT MY KIDS ARE GROWING UP IN TO CARRY FORWARD THE ELECTION RESULTS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT 8,253 BALLOTS CAST.

WE WERE PART OF HISTORY THAT IS THE LARGEST TURNOUT FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.

WINNING CANDIDATES WON 77, 75, AND 71% OF THOSE BALLOTS.

IT RESONATES THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE DOWN THE PURSUIT OF WALKING PATHS AND BIKING PATHS TO MAKE THIS A WALKABLE, LIVABLE WORKING COMMUNITY.

IT NEEDS AMENITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST A SELECT FEW.

AND THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE A FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS WHY I REALLY CAME TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT.

TWO YEARS AGO, IN ONE MONTH, I SENT AN EMAIL TO YOU ALL, UH, THOSE OF MEMBERS THAT WERE ON THE BOARD SPECIFIC TO OAK HALL AND THE NEED FOR A CHANGE IN THE SPEED HUMP POLICY.

NOW, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OAK HALL, THERE'S ONE ONE MAIN ROAD OAK HALL DRIVE THAT IS THE CUT THROUGH BETWEEN WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND RAVENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, AND SAW ALL THE, THE NORTHERN CROCKETT PARK, OR EXCUSE ME, CROCKETT ROAD SUBDIVISIONS CUT THROUGH WITHERSPOON NOW AND CUT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND EVERYBODY GOING TO WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL GOES BACK UP THE OTHER WAY, 25 MILE AN HOUR POSTED SPEED LIMIT.

WE HAVE HAD REPEATED 50 PLUS.

YOU CAN TALK TO THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY COME OUT NUMEROUS TIMES AND CITED SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS.

LAST YEAR WE HAD A TEENAGER WHO WAS BANNED FROM DRIVING THROUGH WITHERSPOON AND ON CALL DRIVE FOR GOING 55 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH WITHERSPOON, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT WITH ALL THE CURVES THAT THEY'VE GOT.

SO THE THING THAT I NEED TO IMPRESS ON YOU ALL IS THIS IS A TIME FOR CHANGE.

AND THERE WAS A WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE A STATE LAW

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TO GET A PICKLEBALL COURT SET UP.

I'M ASKING FOR A CHANGE IN POLICY BECAUSE THE CURRENT POLICY ON SPEED HUMPS IS THAT ANYONE WHO OWNS PROPERTY WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THAT SPEED HUMP HAS A VOTE.

AND 66% IS THE QUORUM REQUIREMENT.

AND THEN 66% HAVE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE IN ORDER TO GET A SPEED HUMP IN, IN PLACE.

AND THIS WON'T BE ENACTED UNTIL AFTER THE ASSOCIATION HAS SAID, YES, WE'D LIKE SPEED HUMPS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE DID THAT.

BUT GUESS WHAT? O CALL DRIVE IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF WILSON PIKE, ANSY LANE, GLENGARRY HIGHFIELD LANE.

AND MANY OF THESE RESIDENTS HAVE NO INTEREST OR INPUT INTO WHAT MATTERS, WHAT HAPPENS ON O CALL DRIVE.

AND SO THEY DON'T VOTE.

WE HAVE NO QUORUM.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED FROM A PUBLIC STAND, FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT.

EACH ONE OF THOSE SPEED HUMPS COSTS $9,000.

AND IS THE CITY CURRENTLY REQUIRES THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION TO CONTRIBUTE A PORTION OF THAT.

WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS $27,000 FROM THE COMMISSION TO SAVE ONE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS LIFE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS, BUT SOMEONE WILL GET KILLED EVENTUALLY ON O CALL DRIVE WITHOUT THOSE SPEED HOMES.

SO WE'RE WILLING TO SPEND 11 MILLION, GET ANOTHER 5 MILLION CHANGE STATE LAW SO WE CAN MAKE A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WORK.

ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS, PLEASE, SIMPLY AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR KIDS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THREE SPEED HUMPS.

IF YOU THINK THERE'S THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WHETHER IT BE REAL OR PERCEIVED, I, I'M CONFIDENT YOU'LL DO THAT.

SO, SO OUR NEXT INCIDENT IS, UH, MIKE WALKER.

I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN 12 AND A HALF YEARS.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, BUT I WAS KIDDING WITH THE, UH, NEW CITY MANAGER THAT IT'S STILL THE SAME OLD CARPET, RIGHT? .

SO ANYWAY, OKAY.

I'M, I'M MICHAEL WALKER.

UH, MOST PEOPLE CALL ME MIKE AND MY WIFE LINDA, AND I LIVE AT 9 9 0 8 LOAD STONE DRIVE IN BRENTWOOD.

AND I'M A 35 YEAR RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY.

SO I GUESS I'M AN OLD TIMER, RIGHT? UM, FOR NEWER RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD, I RETIRED AS A CITY EMPLOYEE WITH 23 YEARS SERVICE AS CITY MANAGER.

UH, AND THANK YOU.

GREATEST JOB I EVER HAD, BY THE WAY.

BUT ANYWAY, UH, IN RECENT MONTHS AND AFTER CONSIDERABLE THOUGHT, I, I FELT LIKE I HAD TO SPEAK UP DURING THIS ELECTION FOR THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE THAT BECAUSE OF MY CONCERN ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE FORMER MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WAS TAKEN WITH OUR COMMUNITY WITH A DIVISIVE LEADERSHIP.

UM, TONIGHT I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE, UM, THREE NEWLY ELECTED CITY COMMISSIONERS WHO I SUPPORTED.

UH, THEY WERE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB, JANET, KIM, AND RAY.

OH, YOU MOVED SEATS ON ME.

UM, IT'S AMAZING.

THREE OUT OF FOUR CITIZENS VOTED FOR YOU.

THAT'S, THAT IS THE LANDSLIDE, IN MY OPINION.

UM, AND IT SHOWS THAT THE BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS THROUGH, THROUGH THE CITY THOUGHT WE WERE HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, AND THEY WANTED A CHANGE IN THAT DIRECTION.

UM, WHILE I THINK ALL THREE OF YOU THAT JUST GOT ELECTED WILL DO A GREAT JOB AS POLICY MAKERS OF THE CITY, NOTE THAT I WILL NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU, UH, WITH YOUR DECISIONS.

UM, BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU WILL, YOU WILL SOLICIT INPUT FROM CITIZENS AND YOU'LL LISTEN TO THEM ON ISSUES AND DESIRES.

AND I KNOW YOU WILL NOT BE MAKING BACK ROOM DEALS THAT ARE TARGETED TO BENEFIT ONLY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS AND FRIENDS.

UM, I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU'RE CONSERVATIVE AND, AND THE USE OF TAX DAY TAXPAYER DOLLARS ENTRUSTED TO YOU BY US TAXPAYERS, AND I AM A TAXPAYER.

UM, AND WE'LL SPEND IT WISELY.

UM, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT OUT FOR PERSONAL GAIN, UM, YOU DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH FOR THAT, BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT NEITHER YOU OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY, UH, WILL BE EMPLOYED BY DEVELOPERS DOING PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.

I HAVE ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

UM, YOU ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY, AND I KNOW YOU'LL ABSTAIN FROM ANY DECISION THAT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD.

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UM, I GOT THREE ITEMS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT BUDGET ITEMS AND ROADS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

BUT, UM, FIRST THING I'M GONNA RECOMMEND IT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD DO IS THAT Y'ALL REACH OUT TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY OFFICIALS AND BEGIN TO FORGE A POSITIVE WORK RELATIONSHIP AGAIN THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS BY SELF-CENTERED SPECIAL INTEREST.

YES.

THE SECOND THING IS, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ESTABLISH A WRITTEN POLICY ON ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S CHARTER BY THE TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT WILL BE INITIATED, INITIATED BY THE BOARD FIRST, AND REQUIRE ENDORSEMENT BY THE ENTIRE BOARD BY RESOLUTION.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THAT WHAT THAT STATE LAW PASSED WAS YOUR CHARTER.

THAT'S LIKE YOUR CONSTITUTION WAS AMENDED.

AND THAT SHOULD BE APPROVED BY RESOLUTION OF THIS BOARD, UH, BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

AND THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A SITUATION WHERE THAT NEGOTIATION IS HANDLED STRICTLY BY THE MAYOR.

I'M LOOKING AT OUR NEW MAYOR AND OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES.

THAT'S JUST UNACCEPTABLE.

AND MY LAST ITEM IS, UH, IF I SOUND A LITTLE UPSET, I AM, UM, THE ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST COMMISSIONER NOW, VICE MAYOR RAY LITTLE FOR A REPLY, SEND IT.

ALL EMAIL SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.

IT'S SO RIDICULOUS AND IT SHOULD BE DISMISSED IMMEDIATELY BY THE BOARD.

IT'S NOTHING, IT WAS NOTHING BUT AN OBVIOUS POLITICAL STUNT BY THE PREVIOUS MAJORITY THAT WAS IN CONTROL OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO TRY TO DISCREDIT ONE OF THE MOST HONORABLE PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT I HAVE EVER KNOWN.

AND I MEAN THAT AND RAISE INTEGRITY NEEDS TO BE RESTORED FULLY AND CLEAR IN THE PUBLIC RECORD.

AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE GOT AN ATTORNEY DOING AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION AND OF THIS FRIVOLOUS COMPLAINT.

AND SO HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT GONNA COST THE TAXPAYERS A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.

BUT, UH, THAT I'M CONFIDENT THAT ANY, ANY LEGITIMATE ATTORNEY'S GONNA SAY THAT HE DID NOT VIOLATE THE ETHICS, UH, CODE OF THE CITY.

SO WHEN THAT REPORT COMES IN, DON'T JUST ACCEPT THAT REPORT.

Y'ALL NEED TO VOTE THAT HE DID NOT COMMIT AN ETHICS VIOLATION OF THE CITY.

ALL OF YOU VOTE ON THAT.

HE, HE NEEDS TO HAVE THAT IN THE RECORD SO THAT HIS GRANDCHILDREN WILL KNOW HE WASN'T, HE DID NOT DO SOMETHING BAD.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

I HOPING IT DIDN'T TAKE TOO MUCH TIME, AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE A TOUGH JOB, AND I, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

WHEN YOU WENT FROM WEST BERLIN INTO EAST BERLIN, IT WAS LIKE GOING FROM TECHNICOLOR INTO BLACK AND WHITE, VERY GRIM.

NEXT TO SIGN UP IS TOM CARR.

WELL, FIRST CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS.

LADIES, YOU TURNED OUT TO VOTE.

HOLY SMOKES.

RAY GOT THE MOST VOTES, BUT HE NEVER TURNED OUT THAT MANY PEOPLE .

WOW.

UM, AND NOW KATHY WAS TELLING ME THAT WE FINALLY HAVE WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF, A MAJORITY ON OUR COMMISSION OF FOUR CAPABLE, VIBRANT, STRONG WOMEN, AND THREE DUDES.

SO, BUT YOU DO BALANCE THINGS OUT.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME I'VE EVER ADDRESSED THE COMMISSION.

THE FIRST TIME WAS IN 2012 WHEN I ASKED THE CITY FOR SOME SPACE IN THE CITY HALL TO INSTALL A PIECE OF ART AND RECOGNITION OF OUR YOUNG FOLKS FROM BRENTWOOD WHO WERE FIGHTING OVERSEAS IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR.

YOU AGREED.

AND WE RAISED THE MONEY, DIDN'T COST THE CITY A DIME, AND WE INSTALLED THAT PIECE OF ART.

NOW, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING FOR VETERANS.

WELL, I, MY FATHER AND MY SON ARE VETERANS, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE MY THOUGHTS WITH YOU.

AND OF COURSE, THAT MEANS A STORY.

IN 1981, I WAS THE SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

I WAS STATIONED IN MANHEIM, WEST GERMANY.

THIS WAS DURING THE COLD WAR.

AND OUR JOB WAS TO MAKE SURE THE WARSAW PAC, THE SOVIET UNION, DID NOT COME ACROSS THE BORDER AND TURN WESTERN EUROPE INTO THE WORKERS' PARADISE, THAT THEY HAD TURNED EASTERN EUROPE INTO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU EVER WENT TO BERLIN IN THOSE DAYS, BUT

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UH, BEING IN GERMANY WAS NICE, BUT THE DUTY WASN'T ALWAYS FUN.

NOW, LIEUTENANTS, LEAD PLATOONS ARE NORMALLY 40 TO 60 SOLDIERS.

AND THE PLATOON SERGEANT IS THE SENIOR SERGEANT ASSIGNED TO THE PLATOON.

HE DOES A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THE MAIN THING HE DOES IS HE KEEPS THE LIEUTENANT FROM KILLING ALL THE MEN.

AND HE ALSO TEACHES THE LIEUTENANT HOW TO BE A GOOD LEADER.

AND I HAD A GOOD PLATOON SERGEANT.

YOU EVER SEEN THE MOVIE? WE WERE SOLDIERS WITH MEL GIBSON? MY PLATOON SERGEANT WAS IN THAT BATTLE.

HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD.

UM, IT WAS IN ERAN VALLEY IN VIETNAM.

UM, AND HE FOUGHT BRAVELY, UH, HIS TROOP.

MY TROOPS WERE SCARED TO DEATH OF HIM, AND I THOUGHT HE WAS ANCIENT.

HOWEVER, HE WAS PROBABLY ONLY IN HIS MID THIRTIES.

HE NEVER GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, SO HE WAS NOT WELL EDUCATED.

BUT AS YOU WILL SEE SOON, HE WAS RATHER PROFOUND IN HIS THINKING.

ONE NIGHT WE WERE DEPLOYED NEAR THE BORDER, AND MY PLATOON SERGEANT AND I WERE CHECKING ON THE SOLDIER WHO WAS PULLING WATCH DUTY.

WE USED TO SET UP POSITIONS, WE CALLED THEM L PLPS LISTENING POST OBSERVATION POSTS.

AND IT WAS BASICALLY A HOLE DUG IN THE GROUND WITH A T FIELD TELEPHONE AND A STARLIGHT SCOPE.

AND, UH, IT WAS PRETTY AUSTERE.

AND, UH, IT WASN'T TOO BAD IN THE SUMMER, AND THE WINTER IS PRETTY ROUGH.

AND THIS WAS A WINTER NIGHT, AND WE WERE CHECKING ON OUR SOLDIERS EVERY SHIFT.

MY PLATOON SERGEANT WOULD COME BY AND GIVE, HE WAKE ME UP, GET ME OUTTA THE MESS HALL, WHATEVER I WAS DOING.

AND HE SAID, COME ON, LT, WE GOTTA LOOK AT THE TROOPS TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE UP TO.

UH, HE TOLD ME THAT THE, UH, TROOPS DON'T CARE WHAT YOU KNOW UNTIL THEY KNOW THAT YOU CARE.

AND SO I'D GO OUT THERE WITH HIM RELUCTANTLY, BUT I'D GO AND WE TALKED TO THE SOLDIERS.

AND ONE NIGHT WE WERE TALKING TO ONE SOLDIER, PARTICULARLY BAD NIGHT.

AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID, LIEUTENANT CARR, WHAT ARE WE DOING OUT HERE? HE SAID, IT DOESN'T MATTER MUCH, AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE ANYWAY.

AND I WAS KIND OF THINKING THE SAME THING, BUT I DIDN'T SAY IT.

AND BEFORE I COULD SAY ANYTHING, MY PLATOON SERGEANT SPOKE UP AND HE SAID, SON, WE'RE HERE.

SO CIVILIANS WILL HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO, BETTER THINGS TO DO.

NOW, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT AT FIRST.

YOU KNOW, WE USE A LOT OF DARK HUMOR AND SARCASM IN THE MILITARY, AND IT'S VERY COMMON, FOR INSTANCE, TO SAY, IF YOU'RE KNEE DEEP IN MUD, THAT IT'S GOOD TRAINING, OR IF IT'S, MY, MY PERSONAL FAVORITE WAS, UH, PEOPLE PAY GOOD MONEY TO COME TO GERMANY AND CAMP OUT, AND WE'RE GETTING PAID TO DO IT .

UM, BUT WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE COMMAND POST, I ASKED MY SERGEANT, WHAT WAS HE TALKING ABOUT? UH, SURELY WE WERE PROTECTING FREEDOM'S FRONTIER.

WE WERE PROTECTING THE FREE WORLD.

THAT HAD TO BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT CIVILIANS BACK HOME WERE DOING.

THEY WERE ALL JUST MAKING LOTS OF MONEY AND GOING TO PARTIES.

UM, HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE KIND OF SMILED A LITTLE BIT, AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, SIR, WHAT THE FOLKS ARE DOING BACK HOME IS WHAT MATTERS.

UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST MAKING SURE THEY CAN DO IT.

AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

I DIDN'T AGREE WITH HIM.

AND HE JUST SMILED AT ME AS IF ONE DAY YOU'LL UNDERSTAND IT.

AND HE WAS RIGHT.

AS YEARS WENT BY, I GOT A LITTLE SMARTER, AND I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE MEANT.

YOU SEE, WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY GREAT IS NOT OUR MILITARY.

IT'S NOT OUR GUNS AND BOMBS AND BULLETS.

IT'S NOT REALLY EVEN OUR VETERANS, ALTHOUGH WE DO PAY A A LARGE ROLE IN THAT.

WHAT MAKES OUR COUNTRY THE GREATEST COUNTRY THAT'S EVER BEEN IN THE WORLD, IS WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT HERE.

IT'S OUR COMMUNITIES, IT'S OUR INSTITUTIONS, IT'S OUR FAMILIES, IT'S OUR GOVERNMENT.

THIS IS WHAT MAKES US GREAT.

THIS IS WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT FROM MANY EMPIRE.

AND AND YOU'RE A HISTORIAN.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO EMPIRE THAT'S EVER BEEN LIKE US, EVER BEEN AS POWERFUL AND AS WEALTHY AND AS PROSPEROUS AND AS PEACE LOVING AS WE WERE.

OTHER, OTHER EMPIRES WERE OUT THERE.

BUT THEY, THEY RULE BY THE SWORD.

AND WE DON'T.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE.

SEE, YOU ARE DOING THE BETTER THINGS.

IT'S MATTERS WHAT YOU DO.

AND THAT IS WHAT VALIDATES OUR SERVICE.

I HAD A LAUNDRY LIST OF STUFF I WAS GONNA READ OUT, AND I THINK MIKE WALKER PROBABLY COVERED MOST OF IT.

UM, SO I WON'T GO INTO THAT AGAIN.

I WILL SAY ONE THING, UM, THAT'S IMPORTANT, AND NOW I GOT ANOTHER STORY TO TELL.

UM, , DON'T EVER BE A GANG OF ANYTHING.

AGAIN, BE A TEAM OF SEVEN.

OKAY? YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GONNA GET ALONG.

YOU WON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.

THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO DO WITH MY TROOPS.

I DIDN'T LIKE ALL OF THEM.

UM, AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE ME, BUT WE LOVED EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE KNEW WE HAD TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET IT DONE.

CELESTE, DON'T EVER GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIGHT AND WE GO THROUGH ALL THESE PETTY POLITICAL, BICKERINGS IT IN SOME WAY, TO ME AT LEAST, IT SEEMS TO INVALIDATE OR, OR DENIGRATE THE SERVICE OF VETERANS.

UM, LAST STORY.

IT'LL BE QUICK, UH, IF I CAN GET THROUGH IT.

MY SON, UH, ENLISTED, UH, AFTER HE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, AND, UH, HE BECAME A COMBAT ENGINEER THAT WAS A BOMB HUNTER.

HE WENT TO AFGHANISTAN AND HE HUNTED BOMBS WITH HIS FRIENDS, HIS, UH, COMRADES AT ARMS. AND IT WAS A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR HIM.

UH, RAY KNEW HIM BEFORE HE LEFT.

AND YOU KNOW HIM WHEN HE CAME BACK.

AND HE'S A DIFFERENT FELLA.

UH, HE'S NOT, HE'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AFTER WHAT HE SAW AND HAD TO EXPERIENCE.

UH, WHEN HE CAME BACK HOME ON LEAVE, WE HAD A SURPRISE PARTY PLANNED FOR HIM.

UH, AT THE HOUSE, WE HAD A GUY

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NAMED TOM ABERNATHY, A DEER FRIEND OF HIS, AND A GUY WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SOFT SPA, A SOFT SPOT IN MY HEART FOR HIM.

HE HAD A BUNCH OF HIS BUDDIES TOGETHER AND, UH, WAITED AT THE HOUSE FOR HIM.

AND SO I WAS DRIVING HIM BACK FROM THE AIRPORT, AND I GET THE CALL FROM KATHY, WAIT A MINUTE, THEY'RE NOT ALL HERE YET.

YOU KNOW, GO STALL.

SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO, MAKE UP SOME TIME.

SO I DROVE HIM AROUND THE CITY, AND HE HADN'T BEEN HOME IN SEVERAL YEARS.

AND, UH, THINGS HAD CHANGED.

UH, A LOT OF BUILDINGS WERE BEING BUILT.

UH, I, I DARE HATE TO SAY THIS TAPESTRY HAD BEEN BUILT, AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY NEAT LOOKING BUILDING, .

BUT, UH, WE DROVE HIM AROUND.

HE LOOKED AT IT, AND THEN WE STARTED TO HEAD HOME.

AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID, IT WAS WORTH IT.

YOU WERE WORTH IT.

THAT'S WHAT HE MEANT.

SO IF YOU WANNA HONOR VETERANS, DO THE BETTER THINGS.

OUR NEXT PERSON WHO SIGNED UP IS GREG KENTRELL, COMMISSIONERS, GREG KENTRELL, THREE SPY GLASS.

MY WIFE AND I LIVE IN THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB.

AND, UH, HELLO STAFF.

I HAD A WHOLE SPEECH TO, UH, TO BRING TO YOU TONIGHT, BUT, UH, I THINK THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME PROBABLY SAID EVERYTHING THAT, UM, THAT I WOULD'VE, UH, ENDORSED AND, UH, APPRECIATED.

UM, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT ETHICS AT THE END, UH, BUT AS FAR AS NOT JUST YOU, RAY BEING SINGLED OUT, WE'VE BEEN A WITNESS OF YOU, MR. MAYOR, BEING SINGLED OUT INAPPROPRIATELY FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN, UH, READING YOUR FACTUAL NEWS, UH, AND SHARING INFORMATION.

AND AS A, UH, TAXPAYER, AS A LEGAL VOTER, I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS THAT I'VE ALSO PERSONALLY BEEN SLANDERED AND, AND, AND USED AS A POLITICAL PAWN.

AND MY WIFE AND FAMILY HAVE BEEN HARMED.

AND WE, WE, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE BLESSING IN ALL THIS IS THAT WE'VE GOT NEW COMMISSIONERS AND WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A RESET BUTTON AND THIS POLITICAL MESS THAT WE'VE WITNESSED WHERE PEOPLE CAN DEMONIZE INDIVIDUALS THAT, WHERE THEY CAN USE CAPITAL, UH, FOR GREED AND POWER, HOPE TO GOD IT'S OUT THE DOOR.

UM, AND 'CAUSE THESE CITIZENS OUT HERE DESERVE BETTER.

WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE, WE CAN SEEK COMPROMISE.

UH, WE CAN BE HONEST.

WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GONNA AGREE.

UH, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA AGREE WITH MATTERS IN THE FUTURE, UH, RELATED TO THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB.

UH, BUT WE'LL ALL, UH, DO IT COMPASSIONATELY WITHOUT MONETARY GAIN.

AND, UH, AND, AND, AND WITH A SENSE OF INTEGRITY ON THE ETHICS, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT JUST FOR A SECOND.

THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB TOOK VERY SERIOUS, UH, AN INQUIRY ABOUT ETHICS.

WE AND I PERSONALLY, UH, DID QUITE A BIT OF WORK WHERE WE HAD INDEPENDENT REVIEWS OF WHAT WE WERE DOING, AND THEN TO BE TOLD THAT WE WERE BEING POLITICAL.

AND IT WAS A POLITICAL SMEAR BY FOUR OF THE, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE FAMOUS FOUR.

UH, I DON'T KNOW YOU, I DON'T KNOW YOU, BUT WE HEARD FROM YOU INDIRECTLY.

SO, OH, AM I SAYING SOMETHING WRONG? WE JUST NEED TO ADDRESS THE FULL COMMISSION.

OKAY, SIR.

IN HEALTHCARE, IF IT ISN'T WRITTEN, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

UM, THE, UM, THE, THE MATTERS OF ETHICS WERE AN INQUIRY FIRST, AS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE FULL COMMISSION AND STAFF.

IT WAS AN INQUIRY FIRST TO GIVE US GUIDANCE.

AND WHAT I LEARNED AS A RETIRED BUSINESSMAN IN LOOKING AT IT ALL, THEN IT WAS ALL GRAY.

SO MY CHALLENGE TO THE COMMISSION AND THE, TO THE STAFF IS TO, YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE AN OFFICER, UH, THAT IS, UH, LEGAL COUNSEL, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT CAN OVERSEE ANYTHING WITHOUT HAVING TO SEND IT OUT.

SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF TAXPAYER MONEY ON AN INDEPENDENT SITUATION.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REWRITE POLICY, REWRITE ETHICS IN THIS DAY AND TIME IN I'M IN HEALTHCARE, RETIRED

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AND IN OUR SITUATION AT THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB, I DON'T KNOW IF I, I AUTHORED THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR COMPANIES TO COME IN, AND IT'S REAL SHORT, UH, IT WAS A FIVE PAGE RFP, BUT ON CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, THE RESPONDENT WILL ENSURE THAT IT AND PERSONS WORKING IN ITS BEHALF DO NOT UNDERTAKE ANY CONTRACT OR OTHER RELATIONSHIPS THAT PLACES THE RESPONDENT IN AN ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH ANY OTHER ENTITY.

THE POA REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICT IN WRITING TO THE POA, THE PO A'S CONSENT AND WAIVER TO A CONFLICT MUST BE OBTAINED IN WRITING.

WE DIDN'T GO FORWARD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T, WE, WE, WE WENT FORWARD.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS DISCLOSURE AND WE'RE TOLD VERBALLY THAT THESE DISCLOSURES WERE MADE TO THE COMMISSION AND TO THE STAFF.

I DON'T KNOW THE RELEVANCE OF THE COMPLAINT ANYMORE, OTHER THAN TO TELL EACH ONE OF YOU OUR CONCERNS WILL BE ONGOING.

REGARDLESS OF WHAT THIS COMMISSION SAYS OR DOES TONIGHT OR IN FUTURE NIGHTS.

THERE ARE ALL TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WERE A MICROCOSM OF HOW CITY LEADERSHIP WAS.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMPLETE OVERHAUL AND RESET.

I WOULD SAY FINALLY THAT, UH, IT'S BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT TIME, BUT AN UPLIFTING TIME BECAUSE WE'VE MET NEW FOLKS AND WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE ENDORSED ALONG WITH A LINE SHARE OF THIS COMMUNITY, A NEW DIRECTION.

AND THIS RESET BUTTON IS REAL.

WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT, THAT THE LEADERSHIP IS RIGHT.

UM, BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.

AND SO, LIKE HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TONIGHT, I'D SAY THAT WE, AND, AND, AND I CAN'T DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, RIGHT? BUT IT WAS IN, IT WAS GRATIFYING TO HEAR THE FORMER VICE MAYOR WITH WITHDRAW FROM THE MAYOR'S, UH, CONSIDERATION SMART MOVE.

AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE UNANIMOUS AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE CONSENSUS.

SO I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT I'VE GOT TO SAY FOR NOW, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.

THANK.

AND OUR LAST PERSON WHO HAS SIGNED UP IS RANDY SMITH.

HEY, EVERYBODY.

GOOD EVENINGS, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

UH, I, I HAD SOME THINGS, UH, WRITTEN DOWN.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT I DIDN'T BRING THEM UP HERE BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID.

MY NAME IS RANDY SMITH.

I'M AT 5 1 1 2 ALBERT DRIVE IN BRENTWOOD.

AND I WANTED TO, UH, UH, FIRST OF ALL, JUST SAY, UM, WOW, TAKE YOU BEHIND THE WOOD SHED TAIL WHIPPING.

THAT HAPPENED.

SO, GOOD JOB TO THE CITY, TO THE PEOPLE OF, OF BRENTWOOD.

WE SPOKE.

I'M SO PROUD THAT THE PEOPLE OF BRENTWOOD SPOKE UP BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS THAT WERE WRONG ABOUT THAT, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE GANG OF FOUR.

UM, I ORIGINALLY SAID I WAS GONNA COME HERE AND SAY TWO DOWN, TWO TO GO, BUT REALLY IT'S TWO DOWN THREE TO GO.

'CAUSE WE GOTTA GET GINO SSO OUTTA HERE NEXT, RIGHT? , WE GOTTA GET HIM GONE.

ALRIGHT, SO, UM, KIM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH SEAT YOUR MOM SAT IN THE MOST THANK YOU COMMISSION.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH SEAT, UM, MS. SMITH SAT IN THE MOST.

UM, BUT WOW, IT'D BE REALLY COOL IF, IF, UM, KIM WERE TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE THAT, UH, THAT SEAT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME.

SO I, I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS WHO FOUGHT REALLY, REALLY HARD.

UM, AGAIN, MOST OF THIS STUFF HAS BEEN SAID, UM, BUT I WANNA GET BACK TO ONE OF THE THINGS, BACK TO THE MAIN THING OF BUSINESS THAT, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE RANDY SMITH.

LET'S BRING UP SOME, UM, SIDEWALKS.

AGAIN, LET'S GET BACK TO SOME TRAILS, RIGHT? THERE IS A SECTION, THERE'S A SECTION OF SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS THAT IS MISSING ON FRANKLIN ROAD IN FRONT OF THE TURNER FARM.

WE ALL KNOW WHERE THAT IS, AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE MY BICYCLE RIDE FROM MY HOUSE, GO OVER HERE TO THE 55 SOUTH, HAVE A COUPLE DRINKS, AND PUSH IT HOME, RIGHT , BUT I CAN'T.

SO, UH, WHEN THAT COMES BACK UP, JUST CONSIDER IT.

PLEASE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

LIKE I MENTIONED, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, SIR? THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS DAVID .

I WORK, I LIVE IN, UH, BROOKFIELD 9 6 94

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GARNET COURT.

AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE MADE IT THROUGH.

I KNOW IT WAS A PA A TOUGH COUPLE, FEW WEEKS, COUPLE MONTHS, BUT, UM, TODAY WAS SOMEWHAT PAINFUL WHEN I GOT MY TAX ASSESSMENT.

, I THINK THERE MAY BE A FEW OTHERS THAT WILL HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN THEIR MAIL, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T RAISED THE TAX RATE IN A LONG, LONG TIME.

BUT IT MIGHT BE NICE, I MEAN, IF MY 401K WENT UP 60% OR MY PAYCHECK WENT UP 60%, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

BUT MY HOME VALUE WENT UP 60% ACCORDING TO IT.

AND, AND I'M NOT UPSET AT THAT.

BUT IF IT CREATES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF INCOME, MAYBE REDUCING IT WOULD BE PRETTY COOL.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, SEE NOBODY ELSE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO A REPORT

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

FROM OUR CITY MANAGER.

UH, AND CONGRATULATIONS.

UH, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.

IT'S NOT MY NIGHT, BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AGAIN THE APPOINTMENT OF, UH, BRIAN COLLINS AS THEIR NEW FIRE CHIEF.

UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT.

UH, YOUR, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS A VERY GOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY DO A TERRIFIC JOB OF A SUCCESSION PLANNING.

THEY HIRE GREAT PEOPLE, THEY TRAIN THEM, AND HE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT AND HAVE THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE THAT HE'S GOING TO DO A TERRIFIC JOB LEADING THAT DEPARTMENT.

AND, AND HE ALREADY GETS A DEPARTMENT IN GOOD HANDS THANKS TO CHIEF GOSS.

AND, UH, WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO HAVE HIM AT THE HELM.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

WE DO HAVE, WE'LL HAVE OTHER PROMOTIONS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND SO WE'LL, UH, WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE A, A BADGE PINNING HERE ON JUNE 9TH.

AND SO WE'LL GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

WELL, THANK YOU.

MOVE ON TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU MAYOR ANDREWS.

NO REPORT TONIGHT.

ALRIGHT, AND WE'LL NOW DO OUR REPORTS IN COMMENTS BY THE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR, AND WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER DUNN.

CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SMITHSON, COMMISSIONER GARRIS, , OLD HABITS DIE HARD.

AND COMMISSIONER DONAHUE, IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU AND I, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEVEN OF US WORKING TOGETHER.

WELL, UH, I I LIKE THE COMMENT THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A GANG OF ANYTHING.

WE SHOULD HAVE A TEAM OF SEVEN, AND I THINK WE'D ALL AGREE WITH THAT.

UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA DWELL A LOT ON THE PAST.

I'M GONNA LOOK FORWARD AND SOMETHING I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND IS THE 200TH BIRTHDAY OF RAVENSWOOD MANSION OUT THERE.

UH, IT WAS BUILT 200 YEARS AGO, 1725.

THE FAMILY THAT BUILT IT STILL RESIDES UP THERE.

DESCENDANTS STILL RESIDE IN THE, THE AREA ONE NEXT, UH, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AT OAK HALL.

ANYHOW, WE'RE HAVING A BIG EVENT FROM ONE TO FIVE.

THERE WILL BE FREE TOURS OF THE HOME.

IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN THERE.

YOU CAN GO ON SUNDAY AND GO IN FREE AND TAKE A TOUR.

THERE ARE GAMES, INFLATABLES, DJS, FOOD, AND A PARADE IF IT DOES NOT RAIN.

AND I'M JUST PRAYING IT DOESN'T RAIN.

WE HAVE 18 UNITS RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT WE'RE LEAVING A SLOT OPEN BECAUSE RIGHT BEFORE THE FIRE TRUCK, WHICH WILL BE THE LAST VEHICLE IN THE PARADE, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO MERCH, THAT'S OUT THERE.

IF YOU'RE A MOM WITH A BABY IN A STROLLER OR A DAD CARRYING A KID ON YOUR SHOULDERS, JUST FALL IN LINE AND, YOU KNOW, BE THE LAST GROUP IN THE PARADE.

WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A FUN FAMILY DAY.

AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

THE RAVENS RAVENSWOOD HIGH BAND WILL BE PLAYING AND THE SMITH FAMILY WHO SOLD THE HOME TO, AND ALL THOSE ACREAGE ACRES TO THE CITY WILL BE REPRESENTED.

AND, UH, THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S GOING TO BE REPRESENTING THE FAMILY LIVES NEXT DOOR NOW.

SO HE HASN'T GONE VERY FAR FROM THE HOME SITE.

SO COME OUT AND JOIN US ON SUNDAY, MAY 18TH FROM ONE TO FIVE, AND JUST KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED.

WE DON'T GET RAINED OUT.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S NEVER GONNA STOP RAINING.

SO I SAY ONWARD AND UPWARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.

THAT'S ALL I AM.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GAR.

UM, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MINUTE.

I'M NOT ON A BOARD YET, SO I JUST, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK EVERYBODY, UM, WHO WORKED SO HARD AND GAVE SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME AND EFFORT, UM, IN THIS ELECTION.

I THINK IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE THAT WE WERE ALL PART OF SOMETHING SO HISTORIC, UM, WITH THE HIGHEST VOTER TURNOUT IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY.

AND, UM, REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU SUPPORTED, UM, I THINK THAT IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE THAT WE CAN ALL SAY WE PARTICIPATED IN A HISTORIC EVENT FOR OUR CITY.

AND, UM, I'M VERY HONORED AND VERY HUMBLED TO BE HERE AND, UM, A LITTLE EMOTIONAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A CONNECTION AND,

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UM, HISTORY HERE.

BUT I'M VERY HUMBLED AND, UM, I'VE APPRECIATE THAT, UM, YOU AS RESIDENTS HAVE ENTRUSTED ME TO, TO BE YOUR VOICE AND REPRESENT YOU ON THIS COMMISSION.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL SEVEN OR SIX, I GUESS, OF, UM, OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE STAFF, UM, THAT ARE AMAZING.

UM, AND, UM, ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE I DO, UM, I DEFINITELY, UM, I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INPUT AND COLLABORATION AND THE, UM, THE ABILITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE AS A CITY AND A COMMUNITY.

AND I, UM, RESPECT, UM, THE, THE ROLE THAT I HAVE IN, IN THAT RIGHT NOW.

AND I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UM, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR ALL THE WORK TO, TO MAKE THIS ELECTION HAPPEN.

UH, COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. DONAHUE.

I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY ALSO THANKING, UM, THOSE WHO SPOKE TONIGHT, UM, GIVING US YOUR CONCERNS AND THE THINGS THAT YOU LIKE ABOUT OUR CITY, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO KIND OF PUT BACK INTO THE PRIORITY LIST.

UM, MR. GRANT, UM, I'VE SEEN YOU A LOT OF MEETINGS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION NOW AND AT CITY COMMISSION AND YOU ALWAYS BRING UP SOME PERTINENT POINTS.

AND AS MR. MIKE WALKER WILL ATTACH, I LIKE SPEED HUMPS, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE THE FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD ON SMITHSON LANE, SO WE'LL JUST TIE THIS ALL TOGETHER, UH, TO GET TO SPEED HUMPS UNDER THE NEW POLICY WAY BACK IN THE, THE MID NINETIES.

UM, AND SO, WHAT'S THAT, 1997, OKAY, 1997, UH, WHICH WAS MY FIRST CITY COMMISSION MEETING EVER WHEN WE CAME TO TALK ABOUT THOSE, JUST LIKE YOU DID TONIGHT.

BUT, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITIZENS AND LEARNING HOW WE CAN TAKE AN IDEA LIKE THAT, WHAT THE PROCESS IS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TAXES YET, GONNA LEARN THAT ON THURSDAY.

UM, HAVEN'T TALKED TO, YOU KNOW, STREETS AND PUBLIC WORKS.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TAKING THE IDEAS THAT THE CITIZENS BRING WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY SPEAK.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR ANDREWS AND VICE MAYOR LITTLE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALSO, UH, VERY SPECIAL THANKS TONIGHT TO MY HUSBAND SEAN, MY SON ERIC, WHO YOU MET MY SONS WHO LIVE OUTTA TOWN, UH, FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL AS FOR MY IN-LAWS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH ME FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS NOW.

UH, LENDING THEIR SUPPORT AND MY IDEAS.

UM, I REALLY WANNA THANK ALL THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD, YOU KNOW, FROM THOSE THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR DECADES 'CAUSE WE'RE THAT OLD, UM, THE NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS ALSO, THOSE OF YOU THAT I'VE MET THROUGH VARIOUS CITY BOARDS AND PTO BOARDS AND, AND OTHER THINGS IN THE CITY, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE.

AND TO ALL THOSE BEFORE I MET FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SPRING.

UM, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE DIVERSE NATURE OF OUR CITY.

UM, MY FOCUS USED TO BE VERY SMALL.

IT'S GOTTEN MUCH LARGER, AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL.

AND WHETHER YOU SUPPORTED ME OR SUPPORTED SOMEONE ELSE, I RESPECT YOU.

AND I HOPE THAT I CAN HONOR THE TRUST THAT YOU'VE PLACED IN ME WITH YOUR VOTES BY DOING THE RIGHT THING, BEING DILIGENT IN WHAT I DO, REMEMBERING THAT I WORK FOR, AND THAT I REPRESENT YOU.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO HELP BRENTWOOD CONTINUE TO BE THE WONDERFUL CITY, UH, THAT IT IS AND MAKE IT A DESIRABLE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN TO WORK.

AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

YES, SIR.

SUMMER READING KICKOFF CELEBRATION IS FRIDAY, MAY 30TH FROM THREE TO 5:00 PM LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE.

UM, FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL WHO WERE NOT HERE BEFORE THIS MEETING AT FIVE 30, WE HAD OUR MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE AND IT WAS REALLY A SWEET SPECIAL TIME.

UM, AND WHAT I LOVE THE MOST ABOUT IT IS WE HAD, UH, THE NEXT GENERATION BECAUSE THE BHS CHOIR SANG, AND THE RAVENWOOD ROTC WAS PRESENT.

SO IT WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL TO GET THAT NEXT GENERATION INVOLVED.

AND SO I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE VETERANS WHO CAME OUT FOR THAT TONIGHT.

IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT TIME.

UM, WE'LL DO IT AGAIN PROBABLY AT VETERANS, UH, IN NOVEMBER FOR VETERANS DAY.

SO NOW THAT IT'S A NEW TRADITION, BUT FOR MANY MEMORIAL DAY MARKS THE START OF SUMMER AND IT GIVES YOU AN EXTRA DAY OFF FOR BARBECUE AND A DAY AT THE LAKE.

AND AS YOU ENJOY YOUR EXTRA TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, I ASK THAT YOU TAKE A MOMENT AND REFLECT ON THE SACRIFICES MADE SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE THAT FREEDOM.

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

AT OUR LAST LIBRARY BOARD SPACE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING AND ARCHITECTURAL COMPANY PRESENTED SOME CONCEPTUAL IDEAS FOR THE NEW TEEN SPACE IN THE LIBRARY.

THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET AS WE DECIDE ON AN ARCHITECTURAL COMPANY AND WE CONFIRM PROPOSAL DETAILS.

THE RENOVATION WORK CONTINUES AT THE FRIENDS GATHERING ROOM SO THAT WE CAN GET IT BACK OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK YOU'LL LOVE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING THERE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED LIBRARY BOARD MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 21ST AT 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY.

AND WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING THAT MONTHLY MEETING TO THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.

AND IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE LIBRARY WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND THE PLETHORA OF EVENTS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM A WATERCOLOR CLASS TO A PLANT AND SEED SWAP AND EVEN YOGA.

SO EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING THEY CAN DO THERE.

AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW BECAUSE THE EVER POPULAR

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THAT'S IT.

THANKS MAYOR.

UH, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS.

UM, CONGRATULATIONS BRIAN COLLINS.

SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.

AND WE'VE SAID THIS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING IS SECOND TO NONE.

IT'S REALLY GREAT.

WE DON'T MISS A BEAT.

AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE LOST.

THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN EVERY CITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO YOU, BRIAN, 'CAUSE YOU WERE PART OF THAT PROCESS AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA LEAD IT.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH.

UH, WHAT AN EXCEPTIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION WE HAD.

IT WAS WONDERFUL.

JUST, JUST FANTASTIC.

UM, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, BIG NEWS, BRENTWOOD WHATABURGER OPEN TODAY.

, I WENT THERE.

UM, IT, IT IS GOOD.

I'M JUST GONNA WARN YOU, THEY'VE, THEY'VE MADE THE INSIDE OF WHATABURGERS SMALLER.

THERE'S PROBABLY ONLY SIX OR SEVEN TABLES, AND SO IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH.

THEY HAD AN ARMY OF DRIVER DRIVE THROUGH ASSISTANCE OUT THERE, SO THEY HAVE PROMISED US WHEN, WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANOTHER, UH, PARK, UH, UH, TRAFFIC PROBLEM.

SO WE'LL SEE.

THEY CERTAINLY WERE TRYING TODAY, BUT TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY I ALSO LEARNED THEY'RE OPEN 24 7.

I I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA GO TO 'EM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN BRENTWOOD.

BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND OUT TODAY, UM, FROM THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.

UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD BEFORE THEM AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, PLANNED FOR A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL BEHIND JORDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OUT ALL SPLIT LOG ROAD.

UM, IT'S GONNA MOVE, IT IS GONNA MOVE A, IT'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD.

THE, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE TO COME TO US WITH THEIR APPROVAL TO SEEK THEIR APPROVAL.

THEY DO.

AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD TO LISTENING TO US.

AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE REALLY WORKED WELL TOGETHER AND, UH, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CASE OF THAT HAPPENING.

BUT THE PLANS LOOK GOOD.

WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE PIECE OF PROPERTY, THEY TOLD US I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY TOLD US WE'RE GONNA PUT THE, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE AND WE CAN PUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BACK THERE.

SO IT'S A WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN.

SO YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT.

BUT YOU ALSO KNOW, LOOK HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN AT BRENTWOOD, HOW LONG TO REMODEL THAT.

SO JUST GET READY FOR A LOT OF A, A LONG TIME OUT THAT WAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.

AND, UM, I DO TRULY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.

I SAY THAT TONIGHT AND THAT'S WHY WITHDREW MY NAME BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND, UM, UH, IT, IT, THIS IS A VERY TALENTED GROUP UP HERE AND I THINK WE'RE VERY CAPABLE WORKING TOGETHER.

IT WAS POINTED OUT EARLIER THAT THERE WERE SOME 300 ITEMS THAT CAME BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION AND WE ONLY DISAGREED ON SEVEN.

SO WE ARE WORKING KIND OF TOGETHER ON THAT NOW.

MAYBE WE CAN DO BETTER.

MY PROMISE IS I'LL CONTINUE ALWAYS TO TRY TO DO BETTER AND I'M GLAD TO SIT UP HERE AND, UH, DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THIS GREAT CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DOUG, BEFORE, ARE YOU VICE MAYOR? GIVE YOUR REPORTS.

I WANT TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER A QUESTION.

I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

I'M ASSUMING YOU DID THIS IN MISSOURI.

I DON'T KNOW THE QUESTION ABOUT OUR REASSESSMENT OF THE HOMES.

WE HAVE A REVENUE NEUTRAL POLICY THAT APPLIES WHEN THAT REASSESSMENT GOES OUT.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? SOMEWHAT, YES.

DO IT IN MISSOURI? MISSOURI? WELL, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE TENNESSEE LAW TO COMPARE, BUT IN MISSOURI THERE'S BASICALLY A FORMULA AND YOU CAN ACCEPT A CERTAIN AMOUNT WITHIN THE FORMULA.

COULD YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN IT AND WE'LL FILL IN WHAT WE KNOW WHERE, WHERE YOUR MAYOR AND THAT MAY NOT BE LACKING.

YEAH, I, I MAY, I MAY HAVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JAY EVANS, JUMP IN IF I GO ASTRAY HERE.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT, UH, YOU CAN HAVE A TAX RATE THAT STAYS THE SAME, BUT IF THE ASSESS VALUE OF PROPERTIES GOES UP, THEN THE TAX DOLLARS GO UP.

IF YOU LEAVE THE RATE THE SAME AND THAT HISTORICALLY YOU'VE LOWERED THE RATE AND NOT ACCEPTED THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FROM EXISTING PROPERTIES.

AND I THINK, IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH, RIGHT.

SO I THINK, I THINK WHAT WAS ASKED OF YOU HISTORICALLY, YOU HAVE DONE, YEAH, WE CAN'T MAKE MORE TAXES JUST BECAUSE YOUR VALUE WENT UP.

WE HAVE TO BRING THE TAX RATE DOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REVENUE WE GOT STAYS THE SAME.

IF WE WANT MORE TAXES, WE HAVE TO VOTE TO RAISE 'EM.

WE CAN'T SNEAK ONE THROUGH THE BACK DOOR LIKE THAT.

SO JUST, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.

SO, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS NOT A CUSTOM THAT I BELIEVE IS STATE LAW.

THAT'S RIGHT.

EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED HIM IF THEY DID IT IN HIS STATE.

I DID.

DID THEY

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AND IF THE AMOUNT EXCEEDS THAT AMOUNT IN THE FORMULA, THEN IT TAKES A VOTE OF THE CITIZENS.

BUT, BUT ALSO INTERESTING AND CORRECT, ME AND JAY, OR CHRIST, YOU MAY KNOW, I BELIEVE IT'S CALCULATED COUNTYWIDE.

SO SAY IF BRENTWOODS PROPERTY VALUES DO RELATIVELY BETTER THAN THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, I BELIEVE THE REASSESSMENT, THEN THE, THE EQUALIZATION IS DONE ON A COUNTYWIDE BASIS.

AND MOST OF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES DO IN FACT GO TO THE COUNTY.

I THINK ARE WE WHAT, 15 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR OR 20 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR COMES TO BRENTWOOD.

SO, UM, THERE, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF MATH TO THIS.

UH, WE CAN GET INTO IF , IF PEOPLE ARE, ARE INTO IT, BUT IT'S, UH, IT IS TECHNICAL, BUT BRENTWOOD HAS 30 PLUS YEARS WITHOUT RAISING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD TAX RATE, WHICH IS ENTIRELY INTENTIONAL.

SO ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

SO THAT VICE MAYOR LITTLE.

AND WHATEVER WE DO, IT'S YOUR MONEY WE'RE SPENDING AND IT'S YOUR LIVES AFFECTING.

FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS.

UM, I GET TO SIT UP HERE, BUT I'M YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.

THIS WAS YOUR VICTORY.

UM, YOUR VOICE WAS HEARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TWO YEARS SERVING WITH THIS COMMISSION AND DOING THE BETTER THINGS.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

I DON'T WANNA THANK MY WIFE .

SHE, UH, SHE'S THE ONE THAT KEEPS ME MOVING FORWARD AND ALLOWS ME TO SERVE.

UM, WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, THEY TELL YOU THE TWO WILL BECOME ONE.

AND WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, YOU DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED ALMOST 39 YEARS, YOU DO.

SO THANK YOU MARIE FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

SO I CAN SERVE, SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA GET CHOKED UP.

UM, ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE TWO LADIES TO THE LEFT OF ME WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO RUN.

IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO RUN FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

UM, YOUR FAMILY'S INVOLVED, YOUR FRIENDS ARE INVOLVED.

IT'S EXHAUSTING.

IT CAN BE BRUTAL, BUT IT'S ALSO A LOT OF FUN.

AND GETTING TO SEE ALL THE CITIZENS, IT'S JUST AN AMAZING THING.

UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE RUN THROUGH ELECTIONS.

I DO NOT THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE APPOINTED OR CAUCUSED.

I THINK PART OF PROVING THAT YOU CAN SERVE IS MAKING IT THROUGH THE ELECTION, HAVING SUPPORT, HAVING THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO I'M PROBABLY MORE PROUD OF THEIR ELECTION VICTORY THAN MY OWN.

UM, I'VE KNOWN BOTH OF THESE LADIES IN SEVERAL CAPACITIES AND, UM, I FEEL VERY BLESSED THAT THEY'RE UP HERE.

I THINK THEY HAVE THE PROPER SERVANT HEART AND I DO KNOW THEY LOVE BRENTWOOD.

UH, JANET'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

UH, KIM HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY SO MANY WAYS, UH, QUILTS FOR VALOR, UM, THROUGH BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, THROUGH HER FAMILY'S ACTIVITIES.

AND, UH, I WILL SAY THIS, I ALMOST GOT A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL.

I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EMOTIONAL EVENING 'CAUSE I WAS BLESSED TO SERVE WITH HER MOM FOR 14 YEARS.

UH, A GREAT, GREAT GREAT COMMISSIONER AND LIKE COMMISSIONER DON, VERY, VERY RESPONSIBLE AND CITY MANAGER MARK WALKER FOR SETTING THE FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE IS WHY YOU HAVEN'T HAD A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR 34 YEARS.

SO I FEEL VERY HONORED TO SERVE WITH ALL THE COMMISSIONERS UP HERE, BUT ESPECIALLY THE TWO WHO, WHO DID STEP UP AND, AND DECIDE THAT THEY WANTED TO, UH, SERVE BRENTWOOD AND SERVE PROPERLY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THE CITIZEN'S INPUT AND CONTINUING TO LISTEN TO YOU.

UM, HAVING BEEN RAISED IN A FAMILY BUSINESS THAT'S CUSTOMER CENTRIC, I LEARNED AT A YOUNG AGE ABOUT LISTENING TO CUSTOMERS AND FULFILLING THE NEEDS OF THE CUSTOMERS.

NOT PERFECTLY, BUT WITH EARNESTNESS AND DISCIPLINE AND FORTITUDE AND STEADFASTNESS.

AND I WAS BLESSED TO BE SURROUNDED BY BOTH MEN AND WOMEN IN MY FAMILY WHO HAD DONE THE SAME OCCUPATION FOR YEARS.

AND, AND I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A, A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE.

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.

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SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THE INPUT YOU'VE GIVEN ME THROUGH THE YEARS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

UM, IT WAS A GREAT CELEBRATION AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE VETERANS IN THE OFFICE, IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT FOR YOUR SERVICE BECAUSE IT DOES AFFECT YOUR LIFE AND IT DOES AFFECT YOUR FAMILY.

AND IT'S A HIGH PRICE THAT'S BEEN PAID FOR SEVERAL CENTURIES IN THIS COUNTRY SO THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

AND THANK YOU FOR EXERCISING THAT RIGHT TO VOTE.

UM, I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DUTY YOU DO AS A CITIZEN, UH, THAT YOU DO ON A REGULAR BASIS, IS TO INFORM YOURSELF, EDUCATE YOURSELF, AND BE INVOLVED IN THE ELECTION PROCESS AND VOTE.

SO.

THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BE MAYOR.

UM, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A BEAUTIFUL MAY IN TENNESSEE.

AND JUST THINK OF HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST GLORIOUS PLACES IN THE WORLD.

I'VE ALWAYS SAID YOU CAN SEE THE INFINITY OF GOD ON A HILLSIDE IN TENNESSEE IN MAY, BECAUSE THERE'S MORE SHADES OF GREEN THAN YOU COULD EVER COUNT OR WANT.

AND SO I KNOW Y'ALL ARE THANKFUL, AS I'M THANKFUL THAT WE DO LIVE IN ONE OF THE GREATEST PLACES ON EARTH, IF NOT THE GREATEST PLACE ON EARTH.

SO PLEASE ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL SPRING.

SO STARTING OUT, UH, APPARENTLY MY LAST TREE BOARD REPORT FOR A LITTLE WHILE, UM, TREE BOARD IS MAY 20TH COMING UP A WEEK FROM, UH, TOMORROW.

SO ANYONE INTERESTED IN THAT? UM, SO I PLANNED SOME COMMENTS ABOUT WHY I WOULD LIKE TO BE MAYOR AND I DID NOT GET TO SAY THEM.

SO IF Y'ALL BEAR WITH ME, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND JUST SHARE A A COUPLE THOUGHTS.

UH, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I MEAN, IT IS NOT OFTEN.

WE OPEN THE MIDDLE WALL AND, UH, THIS IS FANTASTIC.

AND I, AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR BEING ENGAGED, NOT JUST TONIGHT, BUT FOR, FOR MONTHS AND YEARS AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY.

WE'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY, VOLUNTEERS, AND, UM, AND THE COMMENTS I HAD ARE REALLY ORGANIZED AROUND, YOU KNOW, THREE, THREE GENERAL IDEAS, TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNITY AND CONSISTENCY.

NOW, TRANSPARENCY, I THINK IS PRETTY SELF-EVIDENT.

A NUMBER OF THE SPEAKERS WALKED RIGHT UP TO IT AS WE'RE TALKING TONIGHT, BECAUSE REALLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, WE'VE GOT A TIGHT COMMUNITY.

WE'VE GOT A CLOSE COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE GOT A COMMUNITY THAT INSISTS THAT THEIR LEADERS BE TRANSPARENT AND FORTHRIGHT IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WANNA REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO.

UH, WHEN I SAY COMMUNITY, UM, I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AND I THINK THERE'S MORE WAYS THAN WE CURRENTLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO HELP BUILD COMMUNITY HERE.

AND SOME OF IT MIGHT BE AS LITTLE AS HELPING OUR VARIOUS VOLUNTEER BOARDS GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, TRYING TO BUILD COMMUNITY AMONG THOSE BOARDS, BUT ALSO BETWEEN THOSE BOARDS.

BUT ALSO AS A FEW PEOPLE MENTIONED, I THINK MIKE WALKER IN PARTICULAR, UM, THE LARGER COMMUNITY.

SO I KNOW FOR YEARS PRE COVID, WE HAD A TRADITION OF THE COMMISSION REGULARLY MEETING WITH OUR STATE REPS, OUR SCHOOL BOARD REPS, OUR COUNTY REPS, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY NOT NECESSARILY HAVING A DEEP AGENDA, BUT HAVING GOOD RELATIONSHIPS AND HAVING THE TIME TO SPEND WITH EACH OTHER.

AND I THINK COVID TOOK A BITE OUTTA THAT TRADITION, BUT I THINK WE CAN GET BACK TO IT.

UM, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

UM, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR WAYS, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST WITH THE VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT REALLY CONTINUING TO INTEGRATE BRENTWOOD AS A PART OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE WE KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS, MAKING SURE WE KNOW THE ADJOINING MUNICIPALITIES, MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE A HUGE DEVELOPMENT GROW OUT OF THE TOP OF THE HILL WITHOUT HEARING ABOUT IT AHEAD OF TIME.

YOU KNOW, TRY TO HAVE THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE AROUND US SO WE HAVE A GOOD, FEEL, A GOOD RELATIONSHIP, AND HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO PROBLEM SOLVE ON A, ON A LARGE BASIS.

SO, UH, TRANSPARENCY COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO CONSISTENCY.

YOU KNOW, I AM COMMITTED TO KEEPING OUR TRADITIONAL WAY OF APPOINTING PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS OTHER APPOINTED POSITIONS.

UM, I'M COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR VOLUNTEERS, INTERESTED IN DOING THE WORK OF THE CITY, UH, AS OPPOSED TO SOME SORT OF POLITICAL ADVANTAGE.

UM, I'M COMMITTED TO THE CONSISTENCY IN OUR FINANCIAL PRACTICES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO RUN THE CITY IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO GO ANOTHER DECADE WITHOUT TAX INCREASES, BUT REALLY BEING CAREFUL WITH OUR MONEY AND DELIBERATE IN OUR PROCESS, AND REALLY KEEPING THE VALUES AND THE POLICIES THAT HAVE MADE BRENTWOOD A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE A FAMILY.

SO, UH,

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NOW THAT I'M MAYOR, UH, I WANT TO SAY IT OUT LOUD 'CAUSE I'D LIKE TO ASK VILLE TO HELP ME CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THOSE.

AND IT REALLY DOES TAKE A VILLAGE AND I'M LOOKING OUT THERE AND SEEING FOLKS LIKE, UH, WELL, MR. RED, ONE OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS OF BRENTWOOD, WHO IS VERY GOOD AT CALLING ME IF HE THINKS I'M OFF TRACK, WHICH I, UH, WHICH I APPRECIATE.

UM, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT A GOOD OPEN DOOR.

NOW, SOMETHING YOU'LL NOTICE IS I DIDN'T, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT RHYMES, I DIDN'T THROW ACCOUNTABILITY IN THERE.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE I THINK ACCOUNTABILITY IN BRENTWOOD IS HEALTHY.

AND I THINK WE JUST HAD A GREAT LESSON IN ACCOUNTABILITY OVER THIS PAST COUPLE MONTHS AND LAST WEEK IN PARTICULAR, I THINK, UH, THIS COMMISSION IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE.

AND I THINK PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT THAT ACCOUNTABILITY.

I THINK COMMISSIONERS FORGET ABOUT THAT TO THEIR OWN HAZARD.

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OVER 8,000 PEOPLE VOTING IN A BRENTWOOD ELECTION, WHICH TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT, UM, THAT IS CLOSE TO 25% OF THE ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN A PLACE WHERE TYPICAL ELECTIONS ARE 10, MAYBE 12% TURNOUT.

AND THAT IS ASTOUNDING.

BUT THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE EXERCISE IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND IT IS IN THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE CITIZENS HERE.

AND I THINK THAT IS OUR GREATEST ASSET.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR BEING PART OF THAT SHOWING HERE TONIGHT.

AND I WANT Y'ALL TO KEEP AT IT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE MENTIONED, I'VE NEVER VOTED IN A BRENTWOOD ELECTION BEFORE, BUT WE NEED PEOPLE TO TUNE IN.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TURNOUT FOR TURNOUT'S SAKE.

I'M NOT LOOKING FOR PEOPLE SHOWING UP AND GOOGLING IT IN AN ELECTION LINE , YOU KNOW? BUT WHAT WE HAVE IS GOOD TURNOUT OF ENGAGED VOTERS WHO KNOW THE ISSUES, KNOW THE PEOPLE, KNOW THE PERSONALITY, AND, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, KNOW THE CHARACTER.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT IS CRITICAL TO MAKING THIS WHOLE THING WORK AND KEEPING BROUGHT WITH THE SPECIAL PLACE.

IT IS.

SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TRUST YOU'VE PLACED IN ME, AND I'LL DO MY LEVEL BEST TO, TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISE AND IN THE TRUST THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE GIVEN ME.

SO THANK YOU.

SO UNLESS WE HAVE ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL COMM COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE GONNA

[ Consent Agenda]

MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BE ROUTINE AND WILL GENERALLY BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION, EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME.

SO THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE WITH CENTRAL SQUARE FOR ENTERPRISE CAD RMS CRIME MAPPING AND FIELD OPS SOFTWARE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL TO PAY INVOICE FOR REPAIRS TO ENGINE 51.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION LEFT OVER? I'LL SECOND.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TRAVIS.

ALL IN FAVOR, THE CONSENT AGENDA, SAY AYE.

BUSINESS, UH, NEW BUSINESS NUMBER ONE, ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH SIX AND ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 78 DASH FOUR 20 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SIGNS ALLOWED IN SERVICE INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICTS FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING.

ALL OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE HAVE CONSENT.

OLD BUSINESS, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS WE'D LIKE TO BRING UP? SO, NEW

[1. Ordinance 2025-06 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 78-420 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SIGNS ALLOWED IN SERVICE INSTITUTION DISTRICTS, for consideration on first reading]

SO, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE.

MM-HMM .

AND SECOND.

SECOND.

SO, SO MOTION BY, UH, VICE MAYOR, LITTLE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE, UH, CITY MANAGER GAGE.

UH, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS ON THAT? YES.

COMMISSION ASKED THAT WE DRAFT SOME LANGUAGE STAFF ASKED SOME LANGUAGE AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU.

UH, MAYOR, UH, JUST A KIND OF A QUICK HIGHLIGHT IS IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THIS AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE.

IT IS SIGNED SPECIFIC AND, AND, AND EVEN MORE SPECIFIC FIELD SIGNS AND SCOREBOARDS.

IT'S A PARODY, UH, MODIFICATION THAT, UH, I THINK YOU'VE TAKE, UH, TAKEN A LOOK AT BEFORE.

UH, YOU HAVE YOUR, IT WAS BROUGHT TO US, UH, BY BRENTWOOD ACADEMY.

AND, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE IS A DESIRE TO HAVE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DISPLAY SCOREBOARDS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE CURRENTLY USED BY BRENTWOOD AND RAVENWOOD HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND WE MENTIONED EARLIER, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE SCHOOLS, UH, WITH, WITH SOME DIFFERENT AUTHORITY BEHIND THEM, UH, DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF STAYING IN LINE WITH OUR CODE, EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

THIS IS A CASE WHERE THERE'S A SLIGHT VARIATION AND, UH, IT ALLOWED FOR, UH, BASICALLY, UH, LARGER, UH, UH, TYPES OF SCOREBOARD, UH, UH, SIGNS.

AND, UH, WHAT, UH, BRENTWOOD ACADEMY IS ASKING IS FOR A CHANGE IN OUR ZONING CODE THAT DOES AFFECT THEM DIRECTLY TO ALLOW PARITY SO THAT, UH, THEIR SIGNS CAN BE, UH, IN ESSENCE, UH, COULD BE THE SAME AS TO THE TWO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

UM, THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT, UH, WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY COMMISSION BEFORE, UH, THE

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IT'S A PRETTY GOOD, UH, IMAGE ON THE, ON THE WALL.

IT SORT OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.

UM, AGAIN, IT'S A, IT'S NOT A MAJOR CHANGE REALLY.

UH, JUST SOME, SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHANGE.

YOU'LL SEE THE LANGUAGE ON THERE, BUT, UH, GENERALLY THE, UH, UH, AMENDMENT INCREASES THE SIZE ALLOWANCE FOR THE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DISPLAY FROM 200 SQUARE FEET TO 710 SQUARE FEET.

THE OTHER FOUR MODIFICATIONS ARE THE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DISPLAY CAN BE USED ANYTIME FOR SCORE AND TIMEKEEPING ONLY.

SO THAT'S LIMITED.

A MAXIMUM OF 100 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING AREA WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE SCOREBOARD STRUCTURE.

THE SCOREBOARD AND ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DISPLAY MAY NOT EXCEED A HEIGHT OF 40 FEET, AND ONLY ONE, UH, SINGLE-SIDED ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DISPLAY WILL BE ALLOWED PER CAMPUS.

UM, IT DOES, UH, SO IT DELETES CERTAIN ASPECTS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ADS, IT'S A FAIRLY MINOR ADDITION.

IT DOES CREATE PARODY AND, UH, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE INTERIM PLANNING DIRECTOR TODD PETROWSKI CAN ANSWER SOMETHING THAT'S MAYBE MORE IN DEPTH THAN I CAN.

AND SO WE'LL TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU.

COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT.

UM, ALL THE RESIDENTS IN PROXIMITY WERE EDUCATED THROUGH LETTERS AND ACTUALLY WENT DOOR TO DOOR KNOCKING, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.

AND SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A, A GREAT COMMUNITY THING, AND IT'S GREAT FOR BRENTWOOD ACADEMY.

THEY HAVE A VERY LONG HISTORY OF A GREAT FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A, A GOOD THING FOR THE COMPLETE COM COMMUNITY.

SO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT, UH, WE, WE TOOK THIS SERIOUSLY AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

UM, THESE SCOREBOARDS ARE ALMOST INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM BILLBOARDS IN THE SENSE THAT A DIGITAL SCOREBOARD AND A DIGITAL BILLBOARD CAN BE SIMILAR.

AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENTS THE ATTORNEY KORN, AS WELL AS A TOSKY AND THE STAFF FOR HELPING US FIND A WAY THAT WE DID NOT UNLEASH DIGITAL BILLBOARDS UP AND DOWN FRANKLIN ROAD AND CONCORD ROAD, UH, BY DOING THIS.

SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT VERY CAREFULLY IN A WAY, BECAUSE ALSO, UH, AS I SEE, UH, A LOT OF MY RAVENWOOD FOOTBALL FAMILY OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, THESE DIGITAL BOARDS ARE WHAT IS GOING ON, AND IT'S GETTING VERY HARD TO FIND PARTS FOR THE OLD SCHOOL, UH, SCOREBOARDS.

SO FINDING A WAY TO ALLOW OUR SCHOOLS TO HAVE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY IN THE STADIUMS WITHOUT UNLEASHING THE BILLBOARDS IN BRENTWOOD.

SO I KIND OF HAD TO THREAD THE NEEDLE WITH THAT.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME, THE ATTENTION AND THE DILIGENCE IN DOING THAT.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VERY CAREFULLY CRAFTED PIECE OF, UH, OF, OF LANGUAGE.

AND, UH, AND THANK YOU.

AND WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT IN THE, UM, IN THE BRIEFINGS.

MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ADD PLEASE THANK YOU, TODD.

'CAUSE WE, WE DID GO THROUGH A WORK SESSION WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE DETAILS AND WORKING OUT, UM, ONE SCOREBOARD AT A SCHOOL.

THEY'RE NOT ALL GONNA HAVE A TON, YOU KNOW, THE BASEBALL FIELD AND EVERYBODY'S NOT GONNA GET ONE.

SO WE WERE VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S FOOTBALL, ONLY ONE-SIDED ONLY.

SO WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF DETAILS ON THIS.

SO THANK YOU TODD, FOR WORKING ON THAT.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION.

SO WE HAVE THE MOTION AS WE HAVE A VOTE.

ALL ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? MARK PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OF NEW BUSINESS IS AN ETHICS COMPLAINT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S CLUB PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, A TENNESSEE NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF BRENTWOOD CODE OF ORDINANCES.

SO THE NEXT ITEM

[2. Ethics complaint from The Governors Club Property Owners Association, a Tennessee nonprofit corporation, alleging violation of Brentwood Code of Ordinances Sec. 2-227, Sec. 2-233(b), Sec. 2-228, and Sec. 2-229 by Commissioner Mark Gorman]

SECTION TWO DASH 2 27, SECTION TWO DASH 2 33 B, SECTION TWO DASH 2 28, AND SECTION TWO DASH 2 29 BY COMMISSIONER MARK GORMAN.

AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS IN THE BRIEFING THE OTHER DAY.

WE HAVE A DECISION, I GUESS THIS COMMISSION CAN EITHER DECIDE IT WAS A VIOLATION, IT WAS NOT A VIOLATION, IT NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATION OR IS A MOOT POINT, UH, DUE TO, UH, COMMISSIONER GORMAN NO LONGER BEING A COMMISSIONER.

SO I GUESS WE NEED A, A MOTION TO ONE OF THOSE ENDS.

COMMISSIONER DUNN, I MOVE THAT SINCE MARK GORMAN IS NO LONGER A COMMISSIONER, THAT ANY CENSURE VIOLATION WOULD BE MOOT AND THAT WE TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS.

AND I'LL EXPLAIN LATER IN COMMENTS.

BUT THAT'S MY MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT MOTION.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.

SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DUNN.

AND COMMISSIONER DUNN WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT.

AN OFFICER WHO COULD INVESTIGATE THIS.

UH, THIS IS A VERY LENGTHY PERIOD OF VIOLATION, COVERS TWO YEARS.

NOW, I KNOW MR. CANTRELL SAYS THAT WE HAVE

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THAT'S OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

SHE HAS A FULL-TIME JOB.

IF WE INVESTIGATE IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY TO DO IT, UH, TO REVIEW THE MINUTES TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BY ATTENDANCE BY THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER, OUR MINUTES, IF YOU EVER READ THEM, SAY THE MOTION, AND THEN THE ACTION, ALL THIS DISCUSSION IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES.

YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THE VIDEOS.

SO EVERY VIDEO WOULD HAVE TO BE REVIEWED.

THAT'S A LOT OF HOURS.

SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES WHERE IT'S, IT, IT DISCUSSES INTERACTION WITH EMPLOYEES DO NOT EVEN WORK HERE ANYMORE.

THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE TRACKED DOWN, INTERVIEWED.

THAT IS EXPENSIVE.

I THINK THE ELECTION RESULTS WAS ENOUGH OF A CI THINK MR. GORMAN GOT THE, GOT THE IDEA OF WHAT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY FELT ABOUT THIS.

I FELT LIKE COMMISSIONER LITTLE'S CASE COULD HAVE BEEN DECIDED IN 10 MINUTES, ABSOLUTELY OPEN AND SHUT.

WE HAD NO REASON TO HIRE ANYBODY EXCEPT NOW TO CLEAR YOUR NAME SINCE THE BOARD WOULD NOT VOTE AT THAT TIME TO DISMISS IT.

THIS ONE, I THINK IS A, I THINK IS GOING TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM WITHOUT THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD SPENDING ANY MONEY HELPING IN THAT REGARD.

SO I SAY THE ONLY, EVEN IF WE RESEARCHED IT, GOT A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT SAID AND SAID, HEY, ALL OF THIS ACTUALLY DID HAPPEN, AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET.

BUT IF WE DID, ALL WE CAN DO AS THE CITY IS SAY, WE CENSOR YOU, IT HAS NO REPERCUSSIONS EXCEPT THAT ONE SENTENCE.

AND I, FOR ONE, DON'T WANNA SPEND ANOTHER DIME ON THAT.

SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S WHY I MADE THAT MOTION.

UM, CITY ATTORNEY COR, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A COMMENT.

IS THE MOTION PROPER AND IS THAT'S ALL THE DISCUSSION AT THE STAFF? YES.

AND I BELIEVE WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED THE OTHER DAY WAS DUE TO WHAT SET FORTH IN YOUR CODE, YOU, YOU MAY WANNA AT LEAST CALL IT SOME KIND OF DISPOSITION THAT COULD BE DISPOSED OF.

I KNOW YOU SAID TAKE NO ACTION, BUT I THINK THAT THAT WAS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED THE OTHER DAY, THAT IT WOULD BE DISPOSED OF WITH NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION OR WHATEVER WITH NO WAX.

YEAH.

HOW THAT, SO, AND AGAIN, I THINK IF YOUR DISCUSSION ON THE RECORD IS CLEAR, I I AM.

I THINK WE'RE, SO ARE WE OKAY WITH THE MOTION? YES, SIR.

AS STATED? YES.

MM-HMM .

UH, FURTHER COMMENTS.

UH, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, THAT THESE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONDUCT OF FORMER MAYOR, UH, GORMAN THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

AND WHILE I DON'T TAKE THESE LIGHTLY, I ALSO SEE THE PROPERLY INVESTIGATING, AS COMMISSIONER DUNN POINTED OUT, WE TAKE SIGNIFICANT TAXPAYER RESOURCES.

SO, LIKE SHE SAID, SEEING THAT MAYOR GORMAN IS NO LONGER, LONGER A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION, IT ALSO RENDERS THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION MOVED FROM OUR STANDPOINT.

BUT I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE VALIDITY OF THE CITIZEN CONCERNS, BUT STRICTLY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE US SET ASIDE, SET THIS ASIDE AND LET THE INVOLVED PARTIES, UM, TAKE ON THE INVESTIGATION PRIVATELY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SET THIS ASIDE.

UM, WE HAVE A SECOND.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? OKAY.

ALRIGHT, SET THAT ASIDE.

AND IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? YEP.