[ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Mayor Andrews Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Commissioner Donahue Oath of Office for Firefighter Welsey Pruitt Oath of Office for Police Officer Aaron Dunn Police Department Badge Pinning Ceremony for Lieutenant Lori Russ and Sergeant Seth Whitt]
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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET STARTED.
WELCOME TO THE, UH, THE FIRST MEETING THIS MONTH, OR ACTUALLY THE SECOND MEETING OF THE, UH, BRENTWOOD CITY COMMISSION.
LET'S RECOGNIZE WE HAVE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS PRESENT OTHER THAN ONE VACANCY TO BE, UH, FILLED IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, INVOCATION.
AND BY YOUR HEADS, DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND THE FREEDOM TO ALLOW US TO GATHER TOGETHER TODAY TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
PLEASE GRANT US THE WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT TO KNOW YOUR WILL AND TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WE CAN ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE.
AS WE REFLECT ON MEMORIAL DAY THIS WEEK, LET US REMEMBER ALL THOSE WHO SACRIFICED ALL FOR THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY.
WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVANTS AS THEY HELP KEEP US SAFE.
AND PLEASE LOOK AFTER THE VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO LOOK TO YOU FOR PROTECTION AND COMFORT.
LET US HEAR YOUR VOICE IN OUR LIVES AND WALK THE PATH YOU SET BEFORE US.
IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AND AMEN.
YOU STAY STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE SCOUTS FROM TROOP 22, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.
IF YOU COULD GO OVER TO THE MICROPHONE.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? UM, EVERYONE PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE SECOND ALLEGIANCE TO, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
COULD YOU INTRODUCE, USE THE MICROPHONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US, PLEASE.
UM, MY NAME IS CAROLINE HOWARD.
I AM FROM CHUPE 22 OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE.
I'LL BE BELIEVE WE BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH, UH, OATH OF OFFICE FOR, UH, FIRE AND SAFETY.
MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, YOU HEAR US TALK OFTEN ABOUT HOW OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR GREATEST ASSET AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE ADDING TO THOSE ASSETS TONIGHT WITH WESLEY PRUITT.
WESLEY, CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY FOR US, PLEASE? YEP.
THIS IS MY WIFE KYLIE, MY DAUGHTER DEMI.
I'VE GOT TWO BOYS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT THEY'RE AT HOME.
WES AND HIS FAMILY COME TO US FROM CALIFORNIA, UH, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO.
UH, FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WES ENLISTED IN THE ARMY.
UH, DURING THAT TIME HE WAS STATIONED IN FORT STEWART, GEORGIA AND FORT WAYNE WRIGHT, ALASKA.
WHEN HIS ACTIVE DUTY COMMITMENT ENDED IN 2017, HE RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY TRANSITIONED TO THE NATIONAL GUARD AND BEGAN WORKING FULL-TIME AS A PROJECT MANAGER FOR A NATIONWIDE COMMERCIAL FLOORING COMPANY.
THEN HE DECIDED THAT WASN'T COOL ENOUGH, SO HE DECIDED TO BE A FIREFIGHTER
HE WENT TO, UH, A FIRE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AT SANTA ANA COLLEGE, WHICH HAS GOT A, A VERY GOOD REPUTATION OF, OF AMONGST THE, UH, THE FIRE SERVICE COMMUNITY.
HE COMPLETED HIS, UM, EMT COURSE AND HIS BASIC FIREFIGHTER TRAINING, AND THEN WAS HIRED BY THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE COMPLETED YET ANOTHER 12 WEEK RECRUIT ACADEMY AFTER HE STARTED THERE IN JANUARY OF 23.
IN APRIL OF 25, HE, UM, HE COMES TO US IN BRENTWOOD.
HE'S BEEN MARRIED TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, KYLIE, SINCE 2010.
AND THEY RESIDE IN EAGLEVILLE WITH THEIR TWO SONS AND A DAUGHTER.
DO YOU DO KNUCKLES? HOW YOU GO? THANK YOU.
I WESLEY PRUITT, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS
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ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AS PRESCRIBED AS BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.AND THAT I'LL OBEY, OR EXCUSE ME, THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION, THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, THAT I WILL WITH ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OBSERVE ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO THE TEAM TWO.
YOU WANT OH, SO YOU CAN SAY HI
SHE'S LIKE LOOKING LIKE, OH, WE ALREADY CHECKED.
AND I BELIEVE NEXT WE HAVE CHIEF COLVIN.
WE HAVE, UH, ONE NEW OFFICER NOT TO POLICING, BUT TO THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR AN OATH OF OFFICE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO PROMOTIONS TONIGHT AS WELL.
THE THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT HAVE A COMBINED, UH, OVER 70 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH OFFICER AARON DUNN.
SO AARON WAS HIRED ON APRIL 28TH, WHICH WAS A GOOD DAY TO BE HIRED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD
HE SPENT 24 YEARS WITH TWO DIFFERENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS, GILBERT AND MESA.
UH, HE SERVED, UH, IN PATROL AS A PATROL OFFICER.
HE WAS ON THE SWAT TEAM AND HE WAS ALSO A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.
HE'S HERE TONIGHT WITH HIS WIFE, AMY.
UH, THEY DID NOT BRING THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN.
UH, AARON IS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND THE TRANSITION ACADEMY ON JULY THE SEVENTH, AND HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM.
UH, THEY LIVE IN SPRING HILL AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE AARON WITH THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE USED TO SAY WE HAVE, UH, WE USED SAY WE HAVE EENIE MINY MINY WON'T BE NO MO
BUT IT'S, UH, SO I AARON DUNN, I AARON DUNN, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER THAT'S PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD THAT'S PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.
AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION, THAT WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION.
IT WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
AND THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, THAT'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AND I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER.
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THANK YOU.SO, LORI, YOU WANNA JOIN ME NOW? THIS IS LORI'S SECTION, GIVE YOU A LITTLE, SO I'M, I'M GONNA LET HER INTRODUCE HER FAMILY.
MOST OF YOU KNOW MY HUSBAND JOHN.
THIS IS MY SON ISAIAH, MY DAUGHTER DONOVAN, HER NEW FIANCE BRADY.
MY SISTER TORI, MY STEPMOTHER JUDY AND MY DAD JERRY, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW STEP AND HIS TWO GIRLS, RACHEL ANSLEY, AND THEN A FEW OTHER PEOPLE IN THE BACKGROUND.
LORI IS BEING PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT IN OUR PATROL DIVISION.
UH, LORI STARTED HER LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER WITH WILLIAMS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BACK IN 1995.
AND THIS YEAR SHE WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 30 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, ALMOST 21 OF THOSE YEARS HAVE BEEN SPENT HERE IN BRENTWOOD.
SHE HAS SERVED IN MANY CAPACITIES, UH, FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN, CRISIS NEGOTIATOR, BIKE TEAM.
UH, SHE HAS BEEN A GREAT DETECTIVE FOR US AND THAT'S WHERE SHE SERVED PRIOR TO BEING PROMOTED.
UH, SHE HAS A BACHELOR'S OF SIGNS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR BETHEL UNIVERSITY.
SHE WENT ON TO RECENTLY GET HER MASTER'S FROM WALDORF UNIVERSITY.
AND TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UH, WE DON'T TYPICALLY PIN PEOPLE ANYMORE, AND I'M NOT GONNA START TONIGHT BECAUSE HER HUSBAND IS LIEUTENANT JOHN RUSS WITH BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE.
SO, I'D LIKE TO ASK JOHN TO DO THE HONORS, TRY LIEUTENANT LOT EASIER ON MY OWN.
LORI DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN DEAR FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME.
I TOLD HER I COULDN'T SAY ANYMORE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA CRY.
UH, AND I OWN APOLOGY TO LIEUTENANT JOHN RUSS BECAUSE I DIDN'T TELL HIM THAT HE WAS GONNA BE PINNING HER.
UH, I JUST SPRUNG THAT ON HIM.
I, SO SETH IS JOINED TONIGHT, UH, BY HIS PARENTS, JOHNNY AND BARBARA.
UH, JOHNNY HAS SPENT MORE THAN 30 YEARS WITH THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AS CORRECTIONAL OFFICER.
LIAM MCQUINN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, WENDY SETH CAME TO US AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN.
WE WERE ACTUALLY THERE AT THE SAME TIME FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
HE HAS SPENT 18 AND A HALF YEARS IN OUR PATROL DIVISION.
UH, HE DOES HAVE A, A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM, FROM UT MARTIN.
AND HE SERVES IN A LOT OF ROLES.
UH, HE'S A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, HE'S A CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN.
AGAIN, HE'S WORN MANY HATS AND HE'S BEEN A VERY CONSISTENT AND RELIABLE OFFICER FOR EVERYONE AROUND HIM.
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GUY AND FOR MANY YEARS IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD PUT IN FOR PROMOTION.UH, HE SPENT 18 AND A HALF YEARS ON PATROL.
AND THE PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WOULD COME UP AND WE'D HAVE A CONVERSATION.
AND HE WAS JUST IN A PLACE WHERE HE WAS FOCUSING ON HIS FAMILY AND RAISING HIS SONS.
AND HE SAID, WHEN WHEN I GET TO THE POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH AND I CAN TAKE ON ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, I'LL DO THAT.
SO HE PUT IN FOR, UH, THIS PROMOTION AND WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT HE DID, BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND, UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM.
AND SO SETH IS BEING PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, UH, IN THE PATROL DIVISION.
AGAIN, WE'LL DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SINCE HIS FATHER IS 30 PLUS YEARS, UH, IN CORRECTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO ASK JOHNNY TO COME FORWARD, UH, TO PIN SERGEANT WHIT CONGRAT.
LET'S CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED BY THE QUALITY OF OUR FOLKS.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE WITH US.
I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE THINNER CROWD FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, IT LOOKS LIKE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE WE STILL HAVE A FAIRLY SOLID CROWD FOR, UH, OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO, VERY GOOD.
SO, UH, OUR, UH, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, UH, ON THE AGENDA AFTER THAT IS WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.
[1. Public hearing on Ordinance 2025-01 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026 INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT]
THE FIRST IS PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE 20, UH, 2025 DASH OH ONE.AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026, INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY, WE'LL CLOSE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING,
[2. Public hearing on Ordinance 2025-02 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026]
OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH TWO IN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING, HEARING ENCLOSED?
[3. Public hearing for proposed five-year Capital Improvements program for Fiscal Years 2026-2030]
OUR THIRD PUBLIC HEARING IS PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 THROUGH 2030.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON THAT PUBLIC HEARING? ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THAT.
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AND I GUESS, UH, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, DO I NEED TO READ THE, UM, DISCLOSURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AS PART OF THAT? NO, SIR.[4. Approval or Correction of Minutes]
I GUESS OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES.MOTION BY VICE MAYOR LITTLE, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.
ANY COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SO WE HAVE THE CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES.
[ 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. ]
COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM INCLUDED IN 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 CITIZENS WHO WISH TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME AS SIMON SHEET HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
AND WE HAVE THREE CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP, BUT ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK MAY AND YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE SIGNED IN.
SO, MOVING TO THE SIGN IN SHEET, I BELIEVE TOM FREEMAN WAS OUR FIRST TO SIGN UP.
AND TOM, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, TOM FREEMAN.
I'M ALSO A VETERAN AND ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF HONOR OUR VETERANS.
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF COURSE OF YOUR ESTABLISHING A VETERAN'S MEMORIAL OR MONUMENT, AND ALSO THE APPOINTMENT OF CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND OTHERS TO THAT BODY SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ESTABLISHING A FITTING MONUMENT FOR THE VETERANS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALMOST 2000 VETERANS LIVING IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD TODAY.
SOME FROM THE VIETNAM ERA, A FEW AS WE KNOW.
'CAUSE I SAW MANY OF YOU AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO A WORLD WAR II VETERAN WHO IS NOW AN OCTOGENARIAN.
YOU WERE ALL AT HIS HOME WHEN WE DECORATED HIM WITH THE MEDALS HE DID NOT RECEIVE DURING WORLD WAR II.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR NEXT GROUP OF VETERANS, KOREAN WAR, VIETNAM, THEY'RE ALL FADING AWAY.
IT'S THE TWILIGHT FOR THOSE GENTLEMEN AND LADIES THAT SERVED.
AND I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT YOU HONOR THEM WITH SUCH A MEMORIAL OR TRIBUTE.
AND THIS AFTERNOON I WAS TALKING WITH THE STATE VETERANS COMMISSIONER, MAJOR GENERAL TOMMY BAKER.
I SERVED WITH HIM IN THE GUARD BEFORE LEAVING ACTIVE DUTY AND I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD SEND A NOTE TO YOU.
AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MAYOR, I'LL READ IT.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS WILL, I CANNOT BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR HONORING OUR VETERANS WITH THE MEMORIAL.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE VETERANS MEMORIAL DEDICATED ON OR NEAR OUR NATION'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY.
WE WOULD HAVE NO NATION HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE MINUTEMEN AT THE CONCORD BRIDGE AND THOSE WHO FOLLOWED IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS.
HONORING BRENTWOODS 2000 VETERANS IS A FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE DEDICATION, SERVICE, AND SACRIFICE OF ALL PATRIOTS WHO SERVE VERY RESPECTFULLY, MAJOR GENERAL TOMMY BAKER, RETIRED COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF TENNESSEE VETERAN AFFAIRS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS, SIR.
OUR NEXT SIGNUP IS, UH, CYNTHIA, UH, ANTE.
I PRONOUNCE THAT CYNTHIA AMAZINGLY ENOUGH.
MAYOR ANDREWS AND COMMISSIONERS.
I'M CYNTHIA ANTE, BRENTWOOD RESIDENT AND INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WHICH SOME HERE MAY RECALL.
CO-SPONSORED WITH BIKE WALK BRENTWOOD A FORUM ON APRIL TWO FOR THE COMMISSION CANDIDATES.
WE EXPLORED MANY OPTIONS FOR A FORUM VENUE, ANTICIPATING TWO TO 300 ATTENDEES.
SOME VENUES WERE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE AND SOME TURNED US DOWN OR DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST.
AS TIME GREW SHORT, WE WERE PLEASED AND RELIEVED THAT THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY HAD AVAILABILITY
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IN MEETING ROOM B.ROOM A WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO RENT AS IT IS DESIGNATED FOR USE BY CITY AGENCIES AND THE LIBRARY ONLY AS EXPECTED.
WE HAD ABOUT 200 PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THE FORUM, AND THE VOTERS WHO ARRIVED AFTER THE 110 PERSON CAPACITY OF ROOM B WAS MAXED OUT.
WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE HAD TO TURN THEM AWAY.
THE LEAGUE AND BIKE WALK BRENTWOOD TEAM WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED TOO.
WE WERE GRATEFUL THOUGH THAT ALL THE CANDIDATES AGREED TO APPEAR AS IT OFFERED THE VOTERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THEM ALL.
ADDRESSING THE SAME QUESTIONS ACROSS A RANGE OF ISSUES IN THE COMPANY OF EACH OTHER.
WE BELIEVE THE PURPOSE OF THE FORUM TO BETTER INFORM THE ELECTORATE WAS ACHIEVED NOT JUST FOR THE 110 IN THE ROOM AND THE DOZENS IN THE HALLWAY, BUT THE MORE THAN 1600 PEOPLE WHO VIEWED THE VIDEO ON OUR WEBSITE.
THE LEAGUE BELIEVES AN ACCURATELY INFORMED ELECTORATE IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING.
WE UNDERSTAND THE RULES FOR THE USE OF THE LIBRARY.
MEETING ROOMS ARE BEING REVIEWED, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL FU FUTURE FORUMS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE VOTERS.
THE LEAGUE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR EVEN MORE VOTER TURNOUT.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR COMMISSIONERS AND OUR MAYOR WHO'VE CHOSEN TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR NEXT PERSON WHO SIGNED UP IS RYAN REED.
I AM RYAN REED, 1607 ROBBIE COURT IN BRENT HAVEN OF 25 YEARS.
WELL, ACTUALLY I WAS BORN IN A HOSPITAL IN NASHVILLE.
BUT UM, I ALSO LIKE TO, UH, TO, TO SAY THAT MY WIFE IS HERE.
SHE'S, UH, WE'RE OUR 23RD WAY ANNIVERSARY IS SUNDAY.
AND SHE'S THE REASON WHY I GET UP AT 5:00 AM EVERY MORNING TO WORK OUT PURELY TO KEEP UP WITH HER BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ARE CLOSER IN AGE THAN IT LOOKS.
SO JUST LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW,
AND THIS IS NOT FOR ANY POLITICAL AMBITIONS.
SO IT'S NOT TO SEEK REELECTION.
IT'S, UH, IT IS TO FOSTER BETTER COMMUNICATION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS.
I'M GROUNDED IN A LOW EGO, STOIC BASE MINDSET THAT VALUES LISTENING, RESPECT, AND THOUGHTFUL COLLABORATION.
DIDN'T SAY THAT WORD CORRECTLY, BUT, UM, CURRENTLY I SERVE ON FOUR BOARDS AND SEVEN COMMUNITIES, UM, COMMITTEES, MOST OF WHICH MEET, UH, ON A REGULAR BASIS, MONTHLY, IF NOT BIMONTHLY.
AND MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN MEETING FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
THE, UM, THE ONES THAT I HAVE LEADERSHIP IN HAVE GROWN IN SIZE, PARTICIPATION, AND CONSTANTLY DELIVER RESULTS.
I TAKE PRIDE IN CREATING SPACE WHERE EVERYONE'S VOICE IS HEARD, EVERYONE'S TREATED EQUALLY, AND DECISIONS ARE MADE THROUGH RESPECTFUL, STRUCTURED DIALOGUE.
THIS IS A MINDSET AND EXPERIENCE THAT I WOULD BRING TO THE COMMISSION.
I BELIEVE WE'RE AT A MOMENT WHERE BRENTWOOD IS STRIVING FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION AND GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND ACTIONS MORE THAN INTENTIONS DEFINE HOW WE HONOR THOSE GOALS.
SHOULDN'T IT BE PUBLICLY KNOWN WHO HAS PUT THEIR NAMES FORWARD IN FOR THE OPEN SEAT? YOU KNOW, SHOULDN'T THE PUBLIC KNOW WHO HAS PUT THEIR NAME OUT THERE? YOU KNOW, SHOULDN'T THEY ACTUALLY PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE COMMISSION? SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE PUBLICLY KNOWN AS SECOND THING IS, IS WHAT, WHAT'S THE, WHY SHOULDN'T THERE BE SOME FOLLOW UP FROM THE COMMISSION TO SAY WHY? WHY WOULD YOU BE AN IMPACT? WHY WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO BE INSERTED IMMEDIATELY AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN? MAKE A DIFFERENCE? AND SO THOSE, THOSE ARE REALLY THE THE THINGS.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT AND, AND I GOVERN MYSELF, MY OWN THOUGHTS BEFORE I TRY TO GOVERN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND SO THESE ARE JUST SOME SIMPLE STOIC PRINCIPLE PRINCIPLES I HAVE IN MY OWN LIFE.
BUT IF I CAN SERVE, I'D BE MORE THAN HONORED.
BRENTWOOD, YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
ALRIGHT, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC.
OH, UM, MY NAME IS JEFF WATNEY.
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BUTLER DRIVE IN 12 OAKS.AND UM, I WAS NOT PLANNING TO SPEAK, BUT I'D HAD A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAD ASKED ME PREVIOUSLY IF I WOULD CONSIDER A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S CHIEF COLVIN.
I MET HIM TONIGHT PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
MY WIFE IS A BIG 9 1 1 AND FIRST RESPONDERS SHOW PERSON.
AND I THINK WHEN I WATCH WESLEY AND AARON AND SETH AND LORI, I'M REMINDED OF HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE TRUE FIRST RESPONDERS AT OUR DISPOSAL HERE IN BRENTWOOD.
SO WE WERE TALKING CHIEF ABOUT THE RECENT THING THAT I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT HAPPENED, WITHERSPOON AND THE COOPERATION BETWEEN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DID TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAME TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.
UH, THE BEST NEIGHBORS WE HAVE ARE THE ONES THAT WATCH OUT FOR US.
SO, AND I THINK I MAY BE THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS EITHER NOT A PART OF LORI'S FAMILY OR I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO SET IN THE FRONT TWO ROWS WHEN HER CLAN WAS HERE.
UM, I WANNA SPEAK TO TWO ISSUES JUST VERY QUICKLY AND I'LL TRY TO BE CONCISE.
THE FIRST IS RELATED TO THE TENNIS PROJECT THAT WE ALL KNOW AND THE SECOND'S RELATED TO THE COMMISSIONER'S SEAT.
AND THE REASON I WANNA SPEAK TO THOSE IS BECAUSE WE'VE JUST HAD AN ELECTION AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TALKED TO ME OR ASKED ME TO, TO RELAY WHAT I THINK IS A CONSENSUS OF THE 8,250 PEOPLE WHO VOTED WERE TWO THINGS.
ONE IS THAT THERE WAS A VAST MANDATE THAT WAS PRESENTED AND GIVEN TO THIS COMMISSION BY VIRTUE OF THAT VOTE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A GIFT.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN EARNED AND I THINK IT WAS EARNED THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO SEE THAT AS ANYTHING TO BE SHY ABOUT.
I THINK YOU NEED TO SEE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BRENTWOOD.
I TOLD COMMISSIONER TRAVIS WHEN HE AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK BEFORE THE MEETING, HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED HIS PREVIOUS COMMENTS IN THE MEETING COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON CONSENSUS.
AND HOW I THINK THAT THAT MANDATE IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE GRABBED BY THE HORNS AND LOOKED AT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BRENTWOOD.
SO AS IT RELATES TO THE TENNIS PROJECT, AND I SAY THIS WITH A WIFE OF, YOU KNOW, 38 YEARS WHO IS A BIG TENNIS PERSON, UM, AND SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED HERE FOR 25 YEARS AND GREW UP IN DONALDSON BEFORE I MOVED AWAY TO DISNEY AND CAME BACK THAT IF WE IN THE FUTURE COME BACK AND HAVE A BETTER PROPOSAL, BETTER PLACE, BETTER OPPORTUNITY, BETTER FUNDING, JUST BETTER, THEN I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE COMMISSION.
AND WE TRUST THE 8,250 OVERWHELMINGLY WHO VOTED YOU IN TRUST THIS COMMISSION TO BRING THAT BACK TO US.
AND IF THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE FOR A REFERENDUM, THEN SO BE IT.
WE KNOW THAT YOU'LL BRING THAT TO US IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW.
AND SO TO SPEND $50,000 ON A SPECIAL REFERENDUM WOULD BE, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE AN ILL-TIMED EXPENSE THAT IS UNNECESSARY AS IT RELATES TO THE TENNIS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMISSION SEAT, AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO THE MANDATE AND I WILL SAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMUNITY TRUSTS YOU TO APPOINT SOMEONE THAT YOU FEEL IS APPROPRIATE TO FILL THAT SEAT.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT NOT AS A POLITICAL STATEMENT, NOT AS SOMEONE WHO IS A POLITICAL APPOINTEE, BUT SOMEONE WHO CAN BE SEEN AS A PERSON THAT YOU'RE MAKING THE FIRST BIG DECISION ALONG WITH THE BUDGET FOR THIS COMMISSION.
AND FEEL FREE TO FORCEFULLY TAKE THAT AND TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION.
WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THE CANDIDATES, WHOMEVER HE OR SHE OR THEY MAY BE IS I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT WHETHER YOU CONSIDER, I DON'T WANNA SAY SAFEST OR EASIEST, BUT WHATEVER MIGHT BE A POTENTIAL PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER OR A PREVIOUS PERSON.
AND THAT MAY BE THE BEST OPTION IF THAT PERSON IS WILLING TO SERVE.
AND IN MY ESTIMATION, IF THAT PERSON IS WILLING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF BRENTWOOD IS TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S GOT, I'LL CALL IT A LONGER FUSE, BUT SOMEONE WHO'S GOT A GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE KIND OF CHANGE THAT WE CAN AND REPRESENT A BROAD RANGE OF AGE PERSPECTIVES FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED IN THAT SECOND BUCKET OF PEOPLE.
I UNDERSTAND AND KNOW FROM TALKING TO MANY OF YOU THAT THERE IS A LEARNING CURVE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TO THIS FROM DIFFERENT
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PERSPECTIVES.AND SO I CERTAINLY RESPECT THAT IF THERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED BRENTWOOD ON COMMISSIONS OR OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP IN AND DO THAT, THAT'S GREAT.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR HAT IN THE RING FOR THAT AND MAY HAVE A SHORTER LEARNING CURVE.
I'LL STILL STAND BY SAYING THAT I HOPE THAT THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO THROW THEIR HAT IN THE RING AND ALSO RUN IN 2027.
AND THEN THERE'S PEOPLE SUCH AS MYSELF, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT IN THE MARKET, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE COMMISSION EXPERIENCE THAT ARE BRIGHT, ENERGETIC PEOPLE WHO CAN GET UP TO THE LEARNING CURVE VERY QUICKLY, MAYBE MORE SO THAN YOU MIGHT THINK AND CAN SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WHETHER THAT'S IN AN APPOINTED SEAT OR IN A RACE IN 2027, I HOPE THOSE PEOPLE WILL BRING THEIR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO BEAR TO BEAR AS WELL.
SO I WOULD ONLY LEAVE YOU WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN A MANDATE AND WHETHER IT'S TENNIS OR WHETHER IT IS A FUTURE PROPOSAL OR WHETHER IT IS A COMMISSIONER SEAT THAT YOU CAN APPOINT, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE VOTED YOU IN FOR A REASON AND WE RESPECT AND TRUST THE DECISION YOU'LL MAKE.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL CLOSE
[ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor]
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO A REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER.I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT ON THIS EVENING.
THAT'S USUALLY, UH, CHRISTIAN'S JOB.
UH, SO DO YOU HAVE A LENGTHY REPORT FOR US TO UH, IT'S JUST A WIND OUTTA MY SALE.
YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT EITHER TONIGHT.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONERS AND TONIGHT WE'LL START WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER GOERS.
UM, I ATTENDED THE RAVENWOOD, UM, CELEBRATION THAT WAS FANTASTIC AND FABULOUS IN EVERY WAY.
AND WE HEARD LOTS OF POSITIVE COMMENTS AND, UM, I KEPT SAYING IT'S THE FIRST ONE AND THEY SAID, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A ONE TIME DEAL, AND THEN, UM, THEY SAID, WE WANT MORE.
AND SO YOU'VE SET YOURSELF UP FOR FUTURE, UM, CELEBRATIONS AND PARADES.
UM, APPARENTLY ANNUALLY THEY WANT, THEY WANT MORE.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU TO THE HISTORIC, UH, BOARD COMMITTEE AND, UM, EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED, UM, TO GET THAT, UM, JUST MAKE IT A SUCCESS.
AND, UM, ALSO EXCELLENT JOB TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INFORMING, UM, UH, IT WAS AMAZING TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE TO, OR INFORMATION TO GET THAT OUT AND HAVE THE PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THEN WORKING WITH EVERYBODY.
IT WAS A GREAT JOB TO GET THOSE, UM, HAVE PEOPLE BE AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND REALLY THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER DONAHUE? YES.
UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ALL THE SCOUTS, UH, AND ESPECIALLY THE BRAVE ONE WHO STOOD UP TO LEAD THE PLEDGE.
THEY'RE FROM TROOP 22 AT BRENTWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, AND I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HERE WERE EITHER SCOUTS OR SCOUT PARENTS.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, THE HISTORIC COMMITTEE ALSO FOR THE RAVENSWOOD CELEBRATION.
IT WAS, IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATED BEING ABLE TO GO INTO THE CABINS, UM, AND, AND TO LEARN SOME MORE HISTORY THERE.
AND THEN, UH, THE RESIDENTS ALSO THAT PARTICIPATED, UH, BROUGHT SOME MORE HISTORIC INFORMATION ABOUT CEMETERIES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN.
SO I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXCHANGE OF IDEAS.
WHILE THERE, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FORMATION OF THE VETERANS, UH, MEMORIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND I THANK ALL THOSE WHO ARE GONNA TURN THEIR NAMES TO APPLY FOR POSITION THERE.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO COME.
I WANNA THANK ALL THOSE WHO SEND EMAILS AND OTHERWISE COMMUNICATE WITH MYSELF AND THE REST OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I KNOW I RAN ON THE, THE PART OF MY PLATFORM WAS THAT I WOULD COMMUNICATE BACK AND HAVE OPEN EXCHANGE.
UH, WHAT I DIDN'T PUT ON THERE, UH, PURPOSELY WAS THAT I'M VERY TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED AT TIMES.
AND SO I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN NOT VIOLATE ANY SUNSHINE LAWS AND OTHER THINGS AND EMAIL YOU BACK, UH, OR SEND OUT NOTICES AND NOT HAVE TO USE MY CITY EMAIL ADDRESS.
SO I'M WORKING ON IT AND I PROMISE THAT I WILL, UH, LET YOU KNOW.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JUST THANK OUR TWO CHIEFS IN THE BACK THERE.
UM, YOU RUN WONDERFUL DEPARTMENTS.
UM, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO MEET THE TWO NEW OFFICERS TONIGHT AND TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THOSE THAT ARE BEING PROMOTED.
AND YOUR SYSTEMS ARE AMAZING, THE WAY THAT YOU CAN BRING PEOPLE ON BOARD AND, AND TRAIN THEM AND KEEP THEM HERE AND LET THEM MATURE IN THE DEPARTMENT AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITY.
THEY BRING SO MUCH EXPERIENCE, LIKE INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE AS THEY MOVE UP THROUGH THE RANKS.
UM, ALSO THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SPOKE TONIGHT AND WE WILL, UH, AS ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOUR
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COMMENTS.UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HAVE AN INFO MEETING ON THURSDAY MORNING.
UH, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY ON THE AGENDA.
UM, IMPRESSIVE CHIEFS, WHAT WE SAW TONIGHT WITH OUR NEW NEWBIES AND OUR PROMOTIONS.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S SITTING HERE IS VERY IMPRESSED.
IF YOU SIT UP HERE VERY LONG, YOU'RE IMPRESSED WITH BRO BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT IN BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE.
UM, MUCH LIKE COMMISSIONER DONAHUE, WE GOT A LOT OF EMAILS THIS WEEK, A LOT OF EMAILS, AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID I'LL GET BACK WITH PEOPLE.
SOMETIMES IT TAKES A DAY OR TWO AND SOMETIMES THE MESSAGES ARE SHORT COMING BACK.
I DON'T THINK I INTEND IT TO BE SHORT.
IT'S MY WAY OF LETTING YOU KNOW.
I HAVE READ IT, I'VE GOT IT IN THE FILE, I'M READING IT.
BUT I I I DON'T WRITE A BOOK BACK TO EVERYBODY.
I JUST WRITE SHORT SNIPPETS AND I HOPE THAT, UH, HELPS, BUT A LOT OF EMAILS AND THAT'S OKAY.
UM, WE LEARNED FROM THOSE EMAILS.
UH, THANK YOU RYAN REED FOR SAYING WHAT YOU SET UP HERE.
I DO THINK WHEN THEIR PROCESS IS DEFINED, UM, SOME WILL HAVE TO APPLY AND THEY'LL HAVE TO BE APPLICATIONS AND ALL.
THAT'S ALWAYS PUBLIC, SO WE WILL KNOW WHO APPLIES AND THERE'LL BE DOCUMENTATION OF THAT.
JUST QUICKLY, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH, UH, TUNNELS TO TOWER A GOLF TOURNAMENT THAT'S GONNA BE HELD AT BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB ON MONDAY.
UH, WHAT A GREAT ORGANIZATION TUNNELS THE TOWER.
AND, UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PROCLAMATION AND WHEN YOU, I'M GONNA READ IT, READ IT REAL QUICKLY.
THEY EXPECT TO RAISE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AT BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB FOR TUNNELS TO TOWER.
THAT'S AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR ONE DAY WORK.
NOW IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS OF PLANNING, BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY WORTH IT.
UM, BUT THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS SINCE THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001, THE TUMAH TOWERS FOUNDATION HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF FALLEN FIREFIGHTER STEVEN SILLER AND ALL THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY THAT DAY.
AND WHEREAS THE TOWER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION PROVIDES CRITICAL SUPPORT TO OUR NATION'S HEROES BY DELIVERING MORTGAGE FREE HOMES TO GOLD STAR AND FALLEN FIRST RESPONDER FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, AS WELL AS BUILDING SPECIALTY ADAPT SMART HOMES FOR CATASTROPHICALLY INJURED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND WHEREAS THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO DEEPLY COMMITTED TO ENDING VETERAN HOMELESSNESS AND ENSURING THE SACRIFICES OF OUR NATION'S HEROES ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN.
AND WHEREAS ON MONDAY, JUNE 2ND, THE TUNNEL OF TOWERS FOUNDATION WILL HOST A GOLF TOURNAMENT IN BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB WITH THE FUNDS RAISING FUNDS FOR AWARENESS AND SPORT OF THIS NOBLE MISSION.
THIS DEDICATION AND COMPASSION SHOWN BY THE TUNNELS OF TOWER FOUNDATION EXEMPLIFIES THE HIGHEST VALUES OF SERVICE SACRIFICE AND PATRIOTISM.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF TUNNELS, THE TOWER IS MINUTE.
IF WE RAISE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, MOST OF THAT GOES TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S SUCH A WORTHY CAUSE.
AND I DO AM VERY GLAD THAT THERE'S PROCLAMATION WAS ISSUED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND SIGNED BY MAYOR NELSON ANDREWS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MR. FREEMAN, UH, YOUR DEDICATION TO, TO KEEPING THEM MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE FOR US.
IT IS JUST SOMETHING TO BE ADMIRED.
I I CAN TELL IT'S MORE THAN JUST A HOBBY.
IT IT'S A REAL PASSION FOR YOU AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DO THAT.
MY HUSBAND AND I WATCH THE, UM, PBS MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT.
THEY, THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS WELL ON PBS AND WE BOTH HAD SOME TEARS.
IT WAS REALLY TOUCHING AND, AND I DO HOPE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL, IT'S THINGS LIKE THIS MONUMENT AND THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU ALL DO THAT WILL KEEP, THAT, THAT FERVOR FOR, UM, WHAT ARE THOSE WHO'VE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR US.
AND THAT IT'S, IT MEANS SOMETHING.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE JUST TAKE FOR GRANTED.
SOMEBODY DID GO OUT AND DO IT FOR US.
AND, UM, SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY AND I THINK THAT YOU'LL BE VERY PLEASED WITH WHATEVER THE CITY DOES WITH THIS AND THE AD HOC COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
THEY WANT IT TO BE REALLY, REALLY NICE.
NOW, UH, HOLLY, ARE WE READY FOR, WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL PICTURES OF THE RAVENSWOOD EVENT, WHICH I GOT SICK AND MISSED.
I LOOKED FORWARD TO IT FOR FIVE MONTHS AND THEN MISSED THE WHOLE THING.
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ME VIDEOS AND PICTURES DURING THE DAY.UM, IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE REENACTORS UP THERE AND UP IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER, JIMMY WILSON, WHOSE GREAT, GREAT SEVEN TIMES, I THINK GRANDFATHER BUILT RAVENSWOOD.
AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE IS STEVE SMITH.
HE AND HIS BROTHER REESE AND THEIR YOUNGER BROTHER, WHO HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY, GREW UP THERE.
UH, REESE AND MARCELLA SMITH BOUGHT THE HOME AND THEY WERE THE LAST TO LIVE THERE.
AND THEN OUR CHAIRMAN OF OUR HISTORIC COMMISSION WHO INTERVIEWED THEM AND THEY HAD SOME WONDERFUL STORIES OF, OF THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE.
AND STEVE HAS SOME GREAT STORIES OF, OF GROWING UP THERE.
AND, UH, OKAY, THE NEXT ONE, HOLLY, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE? THIS IS IT.
WELL MY GOSH, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE OVER PRODUCTION AROUND HERE.
WE HAD THE RAVENSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
WE HAD TROOP ONE, WE HAD LEADERSHIP BRENTWOOD, UH, PACK 10, YOUR YOUR SON'S LITTLE CUB SCOUT TRO.
AND WHAT I REALLY LIKED SO MANY OF OUR BOARDS PARTICIPATED, THEY HIGHLIGHTED WHAT THE DIFFERENT VOLUNTEERS IN THE CITY ACTUALLY DO TO HELP US, NOT JUST AT A ONCE A MONTH MEETING, BUT AT EVENTS AND THINGS.
AND THEY HAD TABLES AND TALK WITH PEOPLE.
AND THEY, ALL OF THESE BOARDS HAVE IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, CONTRIBUTED SOMETHING TO THAT PARK OUT THERE, EITHER THE HISTORIC MANION OR THE PARK ITSELF.
SO I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF 'EM.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY KARMA CATCHES UP WITH YOU.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID TO DESERVE MISSING THAT PARADE, BUT KARMA GOT ME THAT DAY.
SO, UM, I REALLY DID ENJOY THE VIDEOS THAT PEOPLE SENT ME.
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR MAYOR FOR DRIVING MR. WILSON IN YOUR CADILLAC RED 1968 WITH FINS CONVERT CADILLAC CONVERTIBLE.
SO IT WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR THEM.
AND I THINK WE SEE, ISN'T THAT YOU NELSON SITTING RIGHT THERE IN THAT CAR? RIGHT.
I WISH WE'D HAD A LONGER PICTURE.
OH, I ONE DID ONE HAVE ONE LAST THING.
I DON'T WANNA, UM, TALK ABOUT IT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE DISPOSITION OF COMMISSIONER LITTLE'S ETHICS COMPLAINT, WERE YOU GOING TO DISCUSS THAT? UH, NOT TONIGHT.
I THINK THAT'S ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, ONE MORE TIME.
I KNOW WE HAD THE THAT'S CORRECT.
WE GOT THE LETTER FOR THE ATTORNEY, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO COVER IT IN A BRIEFING AND THEN HAVE IT ON THE NEXT, THE NEXT COMMISSION.
SO THAT'LL BE COMING UP IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
WELL, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DUNN.
AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE FEELING BETTER.
I KNOW, UH, YOU HAD TO BE, UH, PRETTY FAR GONE TO NOT MAKE IT TO THAT, THAT AFFAIR.
SO IT WAS, UH, GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK AND AGAIN IN THE BIG RED, UH, SAN MATEO CADILLAC OUT THERE WAS A, IT WAS A REALLY, IT WAS A THRILL FOR ME.
ALRIGHT, VICE MAYOR LITTLE, AND I'LL START WITH THANKING HIM.
I GOT TO DRIVE THAT RED CADILLAC, UH, I THINK IT WAS IN 2015 WHEN MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS IN THE HOMECOMING COURT AND WE DID THE RAVENWOOD HOMECOMING PARADE.
IT'S GOT A GREAT SOUND SYSTEM.
WE WERE REALLY JAMMING OUT GOING THROUGH THE SOMERSET NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, BEING THAT YESTERDAY WAS MEMORIAL DAY, I JUST WANT OUR PRAYERS TO STAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH, ESPECIALLY THOSE GOLD STAR FAMILIES WHO HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR US TO HAVE OUR FREEDOMS. OUR RECENT ELECTION SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THEY PAID AND ARE USING OUR RIGHTS TO VOTE.
UH, AND WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY DO THAT.
AND AS IT WAS SAID AT THE FOUNDING OF OUR NATION, THE PRICE OF LIBERTY IS VIGILANCE.
AND SO JUST ALWAYS THINK OF THE PRICE THAT'S PAID.
AND EVEN THOSE WHO DO NOT GIVE THEIR LIFE IN BATTLE, A LOT OF TIMES THEIR LIFE FOR THE REST OF THEIR TIME HERE ON EARTH IS GREATLY AFFECTED BY WHAT THEY SEE IN BATTLE.
SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
I CONSTANTLY HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF OF THAT.
UM, I WANNA THANK OUR CITY MANAGERS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND, AND, AND ALL OF OUR STAFF DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR THE GREAT BUDGET MEETING ON MAY 15TH.
UH, OUR CITY DOES A GREAT JOB.
THAT'S PROBABLY OUR MOST IMPORTANT THING AT CITY LEADERS, IS CONTROLLING THE BUDGET, REMAINING
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PHYSICALLY CONSERVATIVE, KEEPING OURSELVES PHYSICALLY STRONG, BECAUSE ONLY BY DOING THAT DO WE STAY INDEPENDENT AS A SMALLER CITY, UH, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO ASK FOR THINGS WHEN HAVE OUR OWN INDEPENDENCE.AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU THAT, UH, IT'S ALWAYS AN EXCELLENT REVIEW OF THE, THE YEAR'S BUDGET AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET SEASON.
THAT'S WHY A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T HEAR US DOING A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT BUDGET, UH, ORDINANCES IS BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT SO MUCH OVER THE LAST YEAR, BUT ESPECIALLY THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
UM, TONIGHT WE WILL VOTE ON HOW THE COMMITTEE FOR THE VETERANS MONUMENT WILL BE FORMED AND, UH, UM, SOME OF THE GUIDELINES, SOME OF THE DEADLINES, UH, AND HOW DIFFERENT CITIZENS WILL BE, UH, CHOSEN FOR THAT, FOR THAT, UH, VETERANS MONUMENT, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND SOMETHING I THINK THAT THAT FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE GENERAL CHARACTER AND, AND ALL OF BRENTWOOD.
UM, OUR FIRST CONCERT, 'CAUSE WE WON'T MEET AGAIN BEFORE THAT IS, UH, JUNE 8TH.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE THE MONSTERS OF YACHT ROCK.
SO, UH, JUST COME OUT AND BE REAL MELLOW THAT NIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, SHOW YOU THE CONCERT AT CROCKETT PARK.
IF YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR SAILING GEAR, THEN THAT'S GREAT.
UM, I'M GONNA TOUCH LIGHTLY ON THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A CERTAIN COMMISSIONER WHO HAD A GRADUATE THIS WEEKEND.
BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATES, BOTH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, BRENT WOOD, RAVENWOOD, BRENTWOOD ACADEMY, AND ARE MANY, MANY COLLEGE GRADUATES WHO ARE FROM, FROM BRENTWOOD, WHO GRADUATED IN THE MONTH OF MAY.
AND I WOULD BE VERY REMISS IF I MISSED THIS, BUT USA HOCKEY WON A GOLD MEDAL IN THE WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 92 YEARS.
AND I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TWO BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS WHO WERE PART OF THAT TEAM, WON A STAFF MEMBER AND WON A PLAYER.
UH, PETE ROGERS, LONG, LONG TIME BRENTWOOD RESIDENT, UH, WAS ON THE STAFF AND WON HIS FIRST GOLD MEDAL, EVEN THOUGH HE'S BEEN TO EUROPE AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD MANY TIMES AS PART OF, UH, HOCKEY ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY FEDERATION, AND THEN MICHAEL MCCARRAN, WHO WILL BE MOVING TO BRENTWOOD THIS SUMMER.
SO, UH, WHO'S A KEY PIECE OF OUR NASHVILLE PREDATORS TEAM.
BUT I, I FELT LIKE I WOULD BE REMISS.
I WAS VERY, VERY EXCITED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, SUMMER CONCERT SERIES COMING UP.
THEY MENTIONED MONSTERS OF YA FEATURING, UH, ALSO A BRENTWOOD RESIDENT.
IN FACT, I THINK HIS MOM IS HERE RIGHT NOW, SO
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, MENTIONED, I THINK RYAN MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY.
AND OF COURSE THAT WAS A MESSAGE WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR IN THE ELECTION.
SO AS WE TRY TO GO THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY ABOUT THE THINGS GOING ON, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO THANK SARAH FOR BEING HERE FROM THE WILLIAMSON HERALD AND, AND THE COVERAGE, WHICH IS PART OF THAT.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT TO US SEEM VERY APPARENT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE AGENDAS, THEY'RE IN THE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WELL DOCUMENTED, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU HAVE TO READ BEHIND BETWEEN THE LINES A LITTLE BIT.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND HIT A FEW THINGS.
AND THESE ARE MAINLY BASED, UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING JANET MENTIONED THE VOLUME OF EMAILS WE'VE GOTTEN IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, BUT THROUGH THE ELECTION PROCESS AND ALSO THROUGH SOME OTHER THINGS WE HAVE GOTTEN, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, WOULD Y'ALL SAY A BOATLOAD? IS THAT THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR THE AMOUNT OF EMAIL WE'VE GOTTEN LATELY? WHICH IS GREAT.
AND AS COMMISSIONER TRAVIS SAID, WE TRY TO, UH, ANSWER IT ACCURATELY, BUT WITHOUT WRITING A BOOK.
BUT A COUPLE THINGS THAT CAME UP SEVERAL TIMES THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, BUT I THINK ARE WORTH MENTIONING AGAIN, ONE IS ON STORM WATER.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN LATELY AND THAT COMES UP.
AND SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS ABOUT STORMWATER AND STORMWATER HANDLING.
THERE'S ALSO SOME BIG PROJECTS GOING ON THAT ARE TANGENTIALLY RELATED TO THAT.
SO, UM, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THIS COMMISSION MOVING FORWARD IN THE, IN THE ASPECT OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SOME BIG PROJECTS OR MAKE SOME PROJECTS HAPPEN WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THE LARGEST IMPACT.
SO ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS THAT'S COMING UP THAT'LL BE MOST APPARENT, UM, IS THE STORM WATER EQUALIZATION TANK THAT'S BEING ADDED TO TOWER PARK OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
NOW, THIS HAS BEEN PART OF OUR LONG TERM MASTER PLAN SINCE 2016.
AND, UH, AS, UH, UM, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MENTIONED TO ME, IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT A STORM WATER TANK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A A, A STORM WATER EQUALIZATION TANK.
IT'S PART OF THE SEWER SYSTEM, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL AND IT HELPS US HANDLE STORM WATER INFLUX INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM GRACEFULLY WITHOUT HAVING ANY KIND OF OVERFLOWS.
AND IT'S A BIG PART OF OUR LONG TIME MASTER
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PLAN.UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THREE PROJECTS TONIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT CAME OUT OF OUR 2023 CITYWIDE DRAINAGE MASTER STUDY.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ITEM, UH, FOR REDUCING FLOODING AT, UH, OVER ON WILLIAMSBURG CO, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, AT THE, UM, IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA AT 7 1 1 3 PEACH COURT HAS COME UP SEVERAL TIMES, UH, ADDRESSING FLOODING ALONG WILLIAMSBURG CIRCLE AT 2 0 6 WILLIAMSBURG CIRCLE IN THAT GENERAL AREA OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALSO MITIGATING FLOODING AT, UH, 5,100 WILLIAMSBURG ROAD, NEAR THE FORMER YMCA, RIGHT NEARBY.
BUT THESE ARE ITEMS THAT SHOULD MAKE A, A, A BIG IMPACT AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IT MOVING FORWARD.
AND JUST IN GENERAL, I WANNA REMIND FOLKS THAT STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS DETENTION BASIN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, THEY REALLY, THEY NEED TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
YOU KNOW, NOT ALL OF THIS IS ON CITY PROPERTY.
A LOT OF IT IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND SO JUST THAT REMINDER OR THE REMINDER FOR THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS, UH, WITH THE HOAS AND ALSO THE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO BE SURE THEY'RE, UH, KEEPING THEIR CULVERTS CLEAR TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE OPERATING PROPERLY, TO KEEP THEIR DRAINAGE DITCHES OPERATING PROPERLY.
AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE STORM WATER HANDLING WORKING WELL.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TIMES LIKE LAST TUESDAY, I THINK WE GOT FIVE INCHES OF RAIN AND 12 OR 13 HOURS THAT IT PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THESE SYSTEMS. SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING WELL.
ANOTHER QUESTION THAT CAME UP QUITE A BIT LATELY IS, UH, THE LIGHT OF GRANNY WHITE NEAR BA.
UM, AND SO PEOPLE KNOW THERE IS IN FACT A TEMPORARY SIGNAL AT THE NEW INTER UH, SECTION THERE NEAR BRIGHTWOOD ACADEMY.
AND IT IS A TEMPORARY SIGNAL, UM, WHEN ORDERED.
WE THOUGHT THE FOR REAL FULLY OPERATIONAL SIGNAL WOULD BE IN BY MARCH.
UH, TURNS OUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DELAYS, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT IN THE WORLD LATELY, AND THAT TURNS OUT THAT, UM, SIGNALING EQUIPMENT IS PART OF IT.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THE FULLY OPERATIONAL, UM, FULLY FUNCTIONAL SIGNAL UP ON WHITE BY JULY OR AUGUST THE LATEST, BUT CERTAINLY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS NEXT YEAR.
BUT IT WAS INTENDED TO BE IN ALREADY.
BUT THERE, THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS COMING.
SO FOLKS FRUSTRATED WITH GRANNY WHITE, HOPEFULLY HELP IS ON THE WAY.
UM, COMM UH, COMMISSIONER GOWERS ALREADY MENTIONED BRENTWOOD POLICE, UH, AND ALSO JEFF MENTIONED IN HIS COMMENTS, BUT WANNA SAY AGAIN, GREAT COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN, UH, METRO NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND OF COURSE THE DEDICATED BRENTWOOD POLICE DETECTIVES AND, UH, AND RESIDENTS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO APPREHEND SOME FOLKS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN THE STORY, UH, UH, A SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS STOPPED NEAR CHATTANOOGA.
THREE MALE SUSPECTS, UH, PRESENTED COUNTERFEIT PERUVIAN IDS, THE SUBJECT, THE VEHICLE WAS SEARCHED.
THEY FOUND BURGLARY TOOLS, THEY FOUND CLOTHING MATCHING THOSE USED IN BRENTWOOD NASHVILLE BURGLARIES.
UH, THEY FOUND STOLEN WATCHES AND OTHER SUSPECTED STOLEN JEWELRY.
AND, UH, THEY IDENTIFIED THESE GENTLEMEN AS, UH, CHILEAN NATIONALS, UH, WANTED IN CALIFORNIA FOR 2023, UH, RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES.
SO, UH, MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A WORK IN PROCESS, BUT, UH, FANTASTIC WORK BY THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ALSO, IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY IN BRENTWOOD, BUT IT'S NEAR BRENTWOOD AND WE HAVE PART OF IT.
UM, MCEWEN DRIVE PHASE FOUR IS GOING ON.
SO PEOPLE OVER NEAR MCEWEN, AND I'VE GOTTEN SOME EMAILS ABOUT THIS AS WELL, ASKING ABOUT WHY THEY'RE TAKING THOSE TREES DOWN.
THIS IS A A $47 MILLION PROJECT, UH, GOING ON IN MCKEEN RIGHT NOW, OF WHICH, UH, 30 MILLION IS SECURED IN FEDERAL GRANTS.
UH, BRENTWOOD HAS A VERY SMALL PIECE OF IT IN AGREEMENT WITH FRANKLIN AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY, BUT, UM, THEY'RE CLEARING TREES, THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO DO THAT.
AND THIS IS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT TO MCEWEN.
I THINK OVER TIME IS GONNA MAKE A MAJOR IMPACT AS WE TRY TO IMPROVE ANOTHER EAST WEST CORRIDOR AS PART OF THE CITY.
SO THE LONG TERM GOAL THERE IS A NEW FOUR LANE ROAD WITH A 12 FOOT MULTIMODAL WALKWAY, UH, ON MCEWEN.
SO JUST HAVING THAT IN YOUR RADAR.
AND WHILE THIS WORK IS GOING ON, UM, I KNOW THE CITY OF FRANKLIN HAS BEEN STRONGLY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE ALTERNATE ROUTES IN AVOIDING QUE AND DRIVE BETWEEN WILSON PIKE AND OXFORD GLEN COAL SPRINGS, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
UM, THAT'LL BE REVIEWED ON THE JULY 5TH, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE JUNE 5TH COMMISSION BRIEFING.
AS WELL AS WE, UH, ARE TALKING ABOUT THE OPEN SEAT ON THE COMMISSION.
UM, WE'LL ALSO BE GETTING A, A, AN UPDATED BRIEFING BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND PLAN TO TALK ABOUT OPTIONS AT OUR JUNE 5TH COMMISSION BRIEFING.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? ALRIGHT,
[ Consent Agenda]
SO WE'LL MOVE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND IT'LL GENERALLY BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE
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REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME.
DO WE WISH TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALRIGHT, SO HANG WITH ME.
WE'VE GOT 12, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 36 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AS PUBLIC STREETS RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 37 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT WITH THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR TENNESSEE LAW ENFORCEMENT HIRING, TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT PROGRAM FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 38 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND ALTERATION TO THE OSRD DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE EASTMAN'S PRESERVED SUBDIVISION FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 39 RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING AND ALTERATION TO THE OSRD DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE ROSEBROOK SUBDIVISION FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 40 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND ALTERATION TO THE OSRD DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE ROSEBROOK SOUTH SUBDIVISION FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 41 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH INFLOW DESIGN GROUP LLC FOR ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE WATER DEVELOPMENT OR WATER DEPARTMENT FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 43.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH THE STAND.
A STRAND ASSOCIATES FOR ON-CALL, STORMWATER ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 44.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH RUMMEL K CLIPPER.
STORMWATER ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 45 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH KIMBERLY HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
FOR ON-CALL, STORMWATER ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ADOPTION.
ITEM 10 APPROVAL TO PURCHASE NILE ACCESS SERVICES RENEWAL.
ITEM 11, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE WINDOWS 11 LTSC LICENSES.
AND ITEM 12 APPROVAL TO PURCHASE VARONIS RENEWAL.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE THAT? A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
SO, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TRAVIS SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.
DO WE HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS? ALRIGHT,
[1. Ordinance 2025-01 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026 INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT, for consideration on first reading]
NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH ONE.AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026, INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING CITY MANAGER GAGE.
UM, SINCE, UH, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JAY EVANS, PUT ALL THE WORK INTO THIS, I'LL HAVE HIM ADDRESS THE SPECIFICS OF THIS AND THE, UH, THE FOLLOWING TWO BUDGET RELATED ITEMS. UH, BUT BEFORE HE DOES THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY BEFORE BECAUSE OF THE, THE INTERIM TIMEFRAME.
SO MOTION BY, UH, EXCUSE ME, I JUST THOUGHT WE HAD THE MOTION BEFORE WE SPOKE.
SO, UH, MOTION BY VICE MAYOR, LITTLE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.
BUT ANYWAY, BEFORE HE GETS INTO IT, I JUST WANT TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR, FOR JAY AND FOR KAREN HARPER, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND ALL THE STAFF THAT WERE INVOLVED, THEY HAD TO TAKE ON A LITTLE MORE, QUITE A BIT MORE WORK THAN NORMAL.
AND I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE HOURS THAT THEY ACTUALLY PUT INTO THIS, THAT TAKE AWAY FROM OTHER THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO AS WELL.
AND, UH, SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
AND, UH, NOW I HAVE A FEW MONTHS TO GET UP TO SPEED AND I CAN JOIN IN AND HELP OUT NEXT TIME.
BUT WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JAY EVANS.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS, AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY, YOU GAVE US A LOT OF YOUR TIME ON MAY 15TH, REVIEWING IN DEPTH THE BUDGET DOCUMENT.
YOU ALSO GAVE US TIME ON APRIL 10TH REVIEWING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE, THE AUDIENCE AND SOME OF OUR SCOUTS WHO ARE HERE, OUR BUDGET PROCESS IS KIND OF A TWO STEP PROCESS.
FIRST, WE TALK ABOUT THE VERY BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, INVEST IN NEXT YEAR AND ACTUALLY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THAT CULMINATES IN THE PRODUCTION OF THIS DOCUMENT, WHICH IS OUR C-I-C-I-P CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND THEN, UH, WE MOVE INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CIP WINDS UP GETTING FUNDED, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER OPERATING THAT WE DO IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET DOCUMENT.
AND SO THIS APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE IS RELATIVE TO THE BUDGET DOCUMENT AND ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'LL APPROPRIATE FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE TOTAL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND IN THIS ORDINANCE IS $121,427,977.
AND THAT COMPARES TO THE, UM, CAPITAL COMPONENT IN THAT DOCUMENT IS $55 MILLION OF THAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE OVERALL BUDGET, UH, IS WHAT WE SPEND ON, WHEN WE SAY CAPITAL, THAT'S THE, THE BIG EXPENSIVE THINGS.
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, LARGE PIECES OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, BUILDINGS, RENOVATION OF THIS, UH, CITY
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HALL BUILDING IS ACTUALLY UNDERWAY NOW.AND THAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL.
THE GENERAL FUND COMPONENT, WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, THEY KIND OF THINK OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THOSE ARE THE, IT'S POLICE, FIRE, UM, PARKS, RECREATION LIBRARY, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
AND THAT TOTALS 57,000,300, $2,400 IN REVENUE.
AND THEN THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE WILL APPROPRIATE ARE, UH, 57,244,504, LEAVING US A PROJECTED YEAR IN SURPLUS OF 57,896.
THAT IS NOT THE ACTUAL PROJECTED SURPLUS THAT WE WILL ACHIEVE.
WE'LL ACHIEVE A, A SURPLUS OF 10 TO $12 MILLION.
UH, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT MONEY IS IT BECOMES THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S CAPITAL.
SO WHEN WE BUDGET OUR CAPITAL DOLLARS, WE SPEND MONEY THAT'S ALREADY IN THE BANK, AND IT'S THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE, WHAT'S CALLED EXCESS REVENUES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
SO WHAT WE SPEND IN FISCAL YEAR 2026, WE HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER SEVERAL YEARS, OR AS A, A RESULT OF OUR VERY CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING IN 2025.
DO NOTE PLEASE THAT, UH, THE $244,000 IN EDUCATION FUNDING AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING, UM, THAT THE ALLOCATION FOR PARKS AND REC, UH, MID CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR THE WILLIAMS THING, FUNDING THAT WILL REQUIRE A SEPARATE MOTION, UH, AT OUR, UM, I'M SORRY, THE DATE IS JUNE 23RD, CITY COMMISSION MEETING, YOU'LL HAVE SEPARATE MOTIONS TO, UH, ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE THOSE.
'CAUSE WHEN STAFF PREPARES THIS DOCUMENT, WE LEAVE THAT ACTUALLY UNALLOCATED AND WE ALLOW COMMISSIONERS YOU TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I'LL JUST MAKE THE OBSERVATION AS, UH, WE'VE SAID BEFORE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS, AS IT IS A BIG DOCUMENT.
ALSO, AS OBSERVED, THE, UH, BUDGET DOCUMENT IS PREPARED OVER MONTHS, NOT WEEKS.
AND I HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE MAKE THE COMMENT THAT, HEY, WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION.
AND, UH, AS I'VE MENTIONED IN SOME, UH, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, SOME OTHER AREAS AS PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT AND THE BUDGET IS A PLAN, BUT IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT WE SPEND EVERYTHING IN THE BUDGET.
THE, WE CAN MAKE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
SO IF THERE ARE LESSONS THAT COME OUT OF THE, THE, UM, ELECTION OR OTHER, OTHER VENUES, WE CAN REVISIT CERTAIN ITEMS IN A, IN A GRACEFUL, ORGANIZED, PROFESSIONAL WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REFLECTING THE, UH, THE DESIRES OF THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY IN HOW WE SPEND THE MONEY.
AND IS THAT A, I GUESS, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, EVANS, IS THAT A FAIR WAY TO PUT IT? ABSOLUTELY, SIR.
SO IT IS, UH, WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CONSIDERATION THAT WE'VE, UH, GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THIS BUDGET.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE BUDGET? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[2. Ordinance 2025-02 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026, for consideration on first reading]
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH TWO.AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026 FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
ONCE AGAIN, MOTION BY VICE MAYOR, LITTLE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD NEWS ITEM, UH, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, AS THEY'VE HEARD ABOUT REAPPRAISAL AND THE IMPACT OF THE VALUE OF THEIR HOME.
SO TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER EVANS TO KIND OF TELL YOU THE GOOD NEWS HERE AND, AND I CAN FEEL THE ENVY THAT I GET TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONERS, EVERY YEAR YOU ARE CHARGED WITH ESTABL, THE ESTABLISHING THE TAX RATE, PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT WE'LL CHARGE OUR RESIDENTS FOR THE COMING YEAR.
AND, UH, THIS YEAR, 2025 CALENDAR YEAR 2025 IS A REAPPRAISAL YEAR IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
SO THE, UH, PROPERTY ASSESSOR GOES OUT AND THEY, THEY REAPPRAISE ALL THE PROPERTIES AND THEY DETERMINE, OKAY, WHAT WOULD YOUR EFFECTIVE TAX RATE BE? BECAUSE PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING TO GO UP, BUT IF YOU CHARGE THE TAX RATE THAT YOU NEED TO CHARGE TO ACHIEVE THE SAME REVENUE DOLLARS FROM PROPERTY TAXES AS YOU DID IN THE PRIOR YEAR, WHAT WOULD THAT TAX RATE BE? AND THAT TAX RATE FOR US IS 0.1925, AND THAT COMPARES TO THE 0.29 THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY.
AND SO, UH, FOR THE 35TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, YOUR STAFF IS PROPOSING TO YOU THAT WE DO NOT CHANGE THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE FOR OUR TAXPAYERS HERE IN BRENTWOOD.
UH, AS MENTIONED, THAT WILL BRING IN ROUGHLY THE SAME DOLLARS THAT ARE BROUGHT IN IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE LAST YEAR.
UM, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT BECAUSE WE'RE CHARGING THE SAME EFFECTIVE RATE THAT NO ONE WILL SEE A PROPERTY TAX
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INCREASE OR A CHANGE IN THE PROPERTY TAX BILL.UH, THE AVERAGE INCREASE FOR OUR RESIDENTS WAS 50.59% IN THE APPRAISED VALUE.
HOWEVER, AN INDIVIDUAL HOME COULD ACTUALLY APPRAISE LESS THAN THAT AVERAGE, OR IT COULD APPRAISE IT MORE THAN THAT AVERAGE.
AND SO THAT COULD OR WOULD EXPLAIN ANY NUANCES OR DIFFERENCES THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT SEE IN THEIR BILL VERSUS WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTING ACTING.
THIS IS THE, UH, FIRST OF COURSE PUBLIC HEARING AND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A, A READING ON JUNE 9TH, 2025, A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN FINAL ADOPTION IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 23RD.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS FOR MR. TRAVIS? JUST, JUST TO COMMENT, MAYOR, UM, I THINK IT'S AMAZING IN, IN THE 10 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, COMMISSIONER DUNN'S BEEN HERE A LOT LONGER, COMMISSIONER LITTLE, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD TO BYPASS MANY THINGS.
WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF EMPLOYEES AND WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF CITIZENS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF BOTH AS CITY COMMISSIONERS UP HERE.
WE CAN'T JUST TAKE CARE OF ONE, NOT TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER.
AND I THINK ABOUT THE HARD TIMES WE HAD DURING COVID, AND I THINK ABOUT THE SALARY INCREASES WE WERE ABLE TO DO, I THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE ABLE TO IMPROVE THIS BUILDING, WHICH REALLY IS A MORALE BOOSTER FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
AND I THINK ABOUT HOW WE'VE HAD IMPROVEMENTS BOTH FIRE AND POLICE DURING THIS TIME, AND I THINK WE'RE VERY GOOD WITH THE CITIZENS, WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO DO WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.
YOU JUST DON'T SEE THAT IN THIS DAY AND TIME.
AND I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT, UH, CITY MANAGER SAID, UH, KAREN HARPER AND HER TEAM JUST DO A GREAT JOB.
JAY EVANS, YOU, YOU HAD AN EXTRA LOAD THIS YEAR AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I THANK BOTH THE CITIZENS AND OUR EMPLOYEES OF BRENT WILL, WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THIS BUDGET.
ANYBODY ELSE? MY ONLY COMMENT IS I APPRECIATE THAT YOU READ IT TO US AND EXPLAIN IT MORE THAN ONCE BECAUSE I FINALLY GOT IT TONIGHT.
SO I, UM, THAT THE ADJUSTED TAX RATE IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS CITIZENS WE APPRECIATE THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND.
UM, BUT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE NUMBERS TONIGHT AND, AND EVERYTHING, UH, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING IT TO ME AND TO ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S HERE OR WATCHING, UH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL OUR CITY BUDGET STAFF IS.
AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, I I THINK BEING ABLE TO GO, YOU KNOW, 30 PLUS YEARS WITHOUT, UH, UH, RAISING THE, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IS AMAZING.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW BRENTWOOD HAS GONE A LONG TIME WITHOUT CHANGING THE TAX RATE.
AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY GROW OUR TAX BASE AS A CITY BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY DO COLLECT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SPEND MORE MONEY THAN WE DID 15 YEARS AGO.
BUT IT IS, UH, I THINK VERY MUCH A AN EFFECTIVE PLAN.
AND I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER DUNN AND MANY OF OUR PREDECESSORS FOR, UH, GETTING US ON THE RIGHT ROAD TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
I THINK I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
I HAD A GRANDMOTHER THAT WAS WIDOWED AT THE AGE OF 43.
MY GRANDFATHER CONTRACTED AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS AND PASSED AWAY FAIRLY QUICKLY.
SHE LIVED WELL INTO HER EIGHTIES, HER LARGEST EXPENSE WAS HER PROPERTY TAX EVERY YEAR.
SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ALMOST A SACRED DUTY TO ME TO TRY TO HOLD THE LINE ON THAT BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE, WHEN THEY'RE ON FIXED INCOMES, THEIR PROPERTY TAX BECAUSE THEIR HOUSE IS PAID FOR BECOMES THEIR LARGEST EXPENSE IN THE YEAR.
SO I AM PLEASED THAT I'VE WORKED WITH COMMISSIONERS WHO ALSO REALLY TAKE THAT TO HEART AND REALLY HAVE HELD THE LINE THROUGH THE YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO HOLD THE LINE BY BEING PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE AND BY BUDGETING WELL.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ON BECAUSE IN THIS LAST WEEK I PROBABLY GOT THREE OR FOUR EMAILS SPEAKING OF 'CAUSE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX.
BUT SPEAKING OF, WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE BRENTWOOD RATE HAS NOT GONE UP.
AND ONE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION, WHEN YOU GET YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL, THEY'RE NOW UNIFIED.
WE USED TO MAIL 'EM SEPARATE, BUT WE SAVED, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT, BUT IT, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BY UNIFYING AND, AND THE COUNTY SENDING THEM OUT.
BUT ABOUT 80% OF THAT BILL IS GOING TO THE COUNTY AND ABOUT 20% IS TO THE CITY.
IT IS A LINE ITEM ON THERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO KIND OF REALLY LOOK TO, TO SEE WHAT PARTS THE BRENTWOOD PART.
SO, BUT, BUT, BUT, UM, I ALWAYS THINK IT'S GOOD TO PUT SKIN ON POLICY DECISIONS AND WHEN YOU PICTURE SOMEONE ON A FIXED INCOME AND THAT PROPERTY TAX, THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO THEM.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU SAY THAT MM-HMM
UM, MR. EVANS, DID I HEAR YOU SAY WHY THE ACTUAL PROPERTY RATE
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IS I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION THAT.I MEAN, I I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT.
IN THE VERY BE IT'S 0.1925 VERSUS LAST YEAR IS 0.29.
WHEN PEOPLE RECEIVE THAT, THE, UH, COMMISSION, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO ASKED, BUT THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT COULD WE HAVE THAT REFLECT THAT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE AND WE BELIEVE THAT YOU, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT LANGUAGE ON THERE.
SO WE DID MAKE THAT, UH, CALL, UH, KAREN HARPER DID THAT FOR US.
AND WE THINK THAT PEOPLE IN, UH, BRENTWOOD WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND HOPEFULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS AND BE HAPPY WITH THAT.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON, UH, ORDINANCE 25 DASH OH TWO? ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[3. Ordinance 2025-07 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING MONTHLY SEWER AND WATER RATES, for consideration on first reading]
TO ITEM THREE, ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH SEVEN, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING MONTHLY SEWER AND WATER RAIDS FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING MAY FOR APPROVAL.SECOND MOVE FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER DUNN, SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.
LITTLE, UH, SAME MANAGER GAGE.
I HAVE MR. EVANS TAKE YOU THROUGH THAT.
UM, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO STAY THE SAME FOR OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE.
UH, FOR OUR WATER AND SEWER RATES.
WE HAVE NOT HELD THEM CONSTANT FOR 35 YEARS.
UM, IT, UH, THAT BUSINESS UNIT JUST KIND OF DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
UM, A, UM, UH, WATER AND SEWER RATES, THE UTILITY ITSELF HAS TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING AND THERE ARE NOT OTHER REVENUE STREAMS THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT, UH, YOUR WATER OR SEWER UTILITY.
AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT PERIODICALLY THAT WE REVIEW OUR RATES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE KEEPING UP WITH BOTH THE OPERATING AND THE CAPITAL COST IT TAKES TO RUN WATER AND SEWER.
WE HAVE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, CONSULTED WITH A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF WILL DAN FINANCIAL SERVICES.
THEY FIRST ENGAGED US IN 2015, AGAIN IN 2021, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY STARTING IN 2023, LOOKING AT, UH, THE COST OF OUR OPERATIONS, THE COST OF CAPITAL, WHICH ACTUALLY HAVE CHANGED SOMEWHAT BECAUSE AS OUR PRIORITIES CHANGE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONE BEING ON THE SEWER SIDE, WE DECIDED THAT WE, WE FELT WE HAD TO ACCELERATE THE INSTALLATION OF THAT SECOND EQUALIZATION TANK, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER $22 MILLION.
AND SO THAT HAS A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON YOUR FINANCIALS.
SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR RATES ARE GONNA BE, UM, SUFFICIENT TO HELP PAY THE COST OF, UM, ACCELERATING THAT PROJECT.
AND SO PREVIOUSLY WE HAD, UH, COMMISSIONERS PRESENTED TO YOU AND YOU ADOPTED PROPOSED RATE INCREASES THAT FOR 2026 WOULD'VE BEEN 2.5% IN WATER AND TWO AND A HALF PERCENT IN WASTEWATER.
THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU MAINTAINS THE TWO POINT A HALF PERCENT IN WATER AND INCREASES THE WASTEWATER TO 5% IN 2026.
AND AGAIN, IT'S SOLELY BECAUSE OF THE ADVANCING THAT, UH, VERY LARGE CAPITAL PROJECT FOR 27 THROUGH 20 20 30, UH, IN WATER.
IT WOULD AGAIN, OR, OR WOULD REMAIN 2.5% EACH YEAR.
AND THEN ON THE SEWER SIDE IT WOULD BE 5% EACH YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2030.
WHEN WE SEE THAT, WE CAN DROP THAT DOWN TO 2.5% FROM 5%.
THIS IS OF COURSE THE, UM, YOUR FIRST CONSIDERATION.
AND IF PAST, UH, COMMISSIONERS, WE WILL MUCH LIKE THE, UM, UH, THE BUDGET ORDINANCE AND THE TAX RATE ORDINANCE, WE WILL SEE THIS AGAIN ON, UH, JUNE 23RD.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
VERY GOOD COMMENTS, MR. DUNN QUESTION, BUT I I DO WANT TO JUST REITERATE ONE THING.
YOU SAID IT HAS TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING.
NOW RESIDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WARREN SEWER FUND, THERE ARE NO TAX DOLLARS ALLOWED TO SUPPORT THAT.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS WHEN IT SAYS IT HAS TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING.
THAT HAS GENERATED ENOUGH MONEY FROM USAGE AND THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SERVICE TO PAY FOR ITSELF.
AND IF WE DON'T DO THAT IN AN ATTEMPT TO PLACATE OUR RESIDENTS, THE THEY WILL DO IT FOR US.
THE THE WATER AND UTILITY FOLKS DOWN IN NASHVILLE THAT SUPPLY THE WATER, THEY WILL COME IN AND DO IT FOR US.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME ON THIS, THAT WE DON'T GET BEHIND, THAT WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT.
THE WATER THAT WE'RE GONNA GET AND THE, UM, EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO PURIFY THE WATER AND, AND THE PIPES AND ALL OF THAT.
NONE OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS CAN PAY FOR THAT BY LAW.
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SO YOU SAY, WHY IS WATER GOING UP? THAT'S WHY.UH, AND WE REALLY TRY TO STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME ON THAT.
AND I, I REMEMBER THE FIRST YEAR I SERVED, THE FIRST MEETING I WENT TO IN NASHVILLE WAS TO THAT WATER BOARD BECAUSE THEY WERE TELL LAYING DOWN THE LAW TO BRENTWOOD SAYING, YOU UP THE PRICE OR WE'RE GONNA DO IT FOR YOU.
AND MIKE WALKER, THAT WAS HIS FIRST YEAR TOO.
AND HE, HE GOT IN THERE AND FIXED THAT VERY QUICKLY.
SO I'M GLAD WE'VE ALWAYS STAYED AHEAD OF THE GAME.
OTHER COMMENTS? UH, COMMISSIONER DUN, I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR, UM, MR. EVANS, HOW STABLE IS THE RATE OR WHAT, IS THERE A, A PREDICTION OF HOW THE RATE THAT THE CITY IS CHARGED FROM THE UTILITY DISTRICTS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE WATER? HOW, HOW CAN YOU PLAN THAT? DO YOU HAVE A, ANY KIND OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO UP OR STAY STABLE OR? YES.
OUR, SO WE, UH, WE DON'T DRAW OUR OWN WATER OUT OF THE GROUND.
WE BUY IT FROM OTHERS AND WE DON'T TREAT OUR OWN EFFLUENT.
AND SO WE HAVE LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED WITH THOSE UTILITIES WHERE WE BUY WATER AND WE SELL OUR, WE, UH, WE PAY OTHERS TO TREAT OUR EFFLUENT.
AND SO THOSE LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS ALLOW OUR, OUR RATES ON THE OPERATION SIDE TO BE FAIRLY STABLE.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE'RE CONTINUALLY REVIEWING THOSE AND SEEING IF WE NEED TO ADJUST IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THANKFULLY THEY'RE LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, ONLY OTHER THING, MAYOR, JUST FOR YES SIR.
UH, WHEN WE ENTERED INTO THE AGREEMENT A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, WE ACTUALLY ARE BUYING MORE WATER THAN WE NEED.
YOU CAN'T BUY JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED.
AND THERE WAS QUITE A BIT WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT FIGURING OUT HOW MUCH WE NEED, HOW MUCH CUSHION WE NEEDED, AND THAT WAS A, A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO BUY MORE THAN WHAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO USE, BUT YOU DON'T WANNA BUY TOO MUCH MORE, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.
YEAH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHT BEHIND IT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ONE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[4. Resolution 2025-42 - A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A BRENTWOOD VETERANS MEMORIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE]
RIGHT.OUR NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 42 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A BRENTWOOD VETERANS MEMORIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL? I SECOND.
SO, MOTION BY VICE MAYOR, LITTLE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TRAVIS, CITY MANAGER GAGE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DIRECTION AND AND INTEREST IN THIS SO THAT STAFF COULD WORK ON IT.
I THINK YOU'RE ALL GONNA FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THIS WHEN IT'S FINISHED, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
BUT, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS, UH, UH, AN ACTION THAT, UH, PROVES A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD CREATE A, A, UH, BRENTWOOD VETERANS MEMORIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, THE, UH, COMMITTEE WOULD CONSIST OF EIGHT MEMBERS, UH, SIX RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD.
UH, ONE MEMBER WOULD BE FROM, FROM YOU, FROM THE CITY COMMISSION BODY AND THE OTHER BASED ON YOUR INPUT.
AND THE LAST DISCUSSION WOULD BE FROM THE HISTORIC COMMISSION.
UH, SO THAT MAKES UP YOUR EIGHT, UH, THE APPLICANTS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OBVIOUSLY THE HISTORIC COMMISSION MEMBER AND, AND CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, CANNOT BE SERVING ON ANOTHER BOARD, UH, AT THE TIME.
IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN BEING APPOINTED FOR THIS.
THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN MAY 28TH AND NOON ON JUNE 12TH.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THE SELECTION WILL BE BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON JUNE 23RD.
THE, UH, COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE AND HISTORIC COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE WOULD ALSO BE CHOSEN ON THAT DATE.
SO WHAT THE COMMITTEE WILL DO IS THEY'LL, UH, THEY'LL SOLICIT INPUT, UH, FROM LOCAL VETERANS, UH, VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANNA GET A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATION, AND INPUT.
UH, FOR, UH, THEY WILL GATHER AND ANALYZE THE INFORMATION FOR THE PROJECT, DEVELOP AND EVALUATE, UH, DESIGN PROPOSALS, UH, OPTIONS, UH, WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UH, LOOK AT SIMILAR PROJECTS THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE HAD, DEVELOP AND EVALUATE, UH, THE COST ESTIMATES AND PROJECT SCHEDULES.
LOOK AT POTENTIAL FUNDING STRATEGIES.
AND AT SOME POINT IF, IF YOU REQUEST THEY COULD GO OUT AND ASSIST WITH ANY FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, UH, THEY WILL HAVE A WRITTEN PROPOSAL FOR FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND POTENTIALLY MODIFY OR APPROVE AT SOME POINT.
THAT WOULD BE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT'LL BE APPROVED AND WE'LL PROVIDE THE DIRECTION FOR THIS.
UM, AND SO THEN THE, THE OTHER THING AS WELL IS THE, THE IDEA OF WILL IT INCLUDE NAMES OR NOT? I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THAT.
SO, UH, THAT'S A, A GOOD ITEM FOR THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE SOME INPUT ON IS THEY DISCUSS THAT TOPIC WITH VETERANS AS WELL.
UM, THE, UH, GOAL, UH, IDEALLY THE AGGRESSIVE GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE THE ENTIRE PROJECT DONE BY THE END OF 2026.
UH, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN, BUT WE KIND OF STUCK THAT OUT IN FRONT SO THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THAT.
UH, SO I THINK THAT GENERALLY COVERS THE, THE TASKS AND THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE TIMELINES.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND CERTAINLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
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GOOD.ALRIGHT, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION OR QUESTIONS OR, UH, IS THE APPLICATION INFORMATION ONLINE OR IT WILL BE ONLINE BY TOMORROW OR ON THE CITY WEBSITE? WE LOOK AT CHARLES ON THE TIMELINE, BUT ABSOLUTELY IT'LL BE ONLINE AND WE, WE ANTICIPATE TRYING TO, UH, GET THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC, UH, THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES.
UH, SO WEBPAGE WOULD BE ONE OR MANY OTHER WAYS.
SO VERY SOON IT IS A FORMAL APPLICATION, IS THAT CORRECT? NOT JUST A EMAIL SAYING I'D LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED.
IT'S GONNA BE THE TRADITIONAL APPLICATION PROCESS.
YEAH, IT SHOULD BE A, I I BELIEVE WE'RE USING A MODEL FROM, UM, OUR OTHER BOARDS IN THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY AT HIGH COMMITTEE AND OTHERS AS A SAMPLES FOR HOW TO DO IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JUST HAVE ONE.
OUR CITY HAS ALWAYS, UM, HAD A LOT OF VETERANS, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO SETTLED THIS COMMUNITY OVER 200 YEARS AGO SETTLED THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED LAND FOR ACTIONS THEY TOOK DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
THAT, THAT WILL BE CELEBRATING HERE IN ABOUT ANOTHER, UM, MONTH.
UH, OUR NATION'S INDEPENDENCE BIRTHDAY ARE 249TH AND OF COURSE NEXT YEAR WILL BE A BIG TWO 50, BUT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE HISTORY OF BRENTWOOD AND OF COURSE TENNESSEE BEING THE VOLUNTEER STATE, MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE SERVED.
SO I THINK THIS'LL BE A, A GREAT JEWEL IN, IN THE CROWN OF WHAT MAKES BRENTWOOD SPECIAL.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO ECHO THAT SENTIMENT AS WELL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ANY OPPOSED? ABSENT A UNANIMOUS.
[5. Appointment of City Commissioners to various board and committees]
SO MOVING ON, OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE APPOINTMENT OF CITY COMMISSIONERS TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.I DON'T KNOW IF UH, UH, CITY MANAGER GAGE, OR DIRECTOR KORN WANNA WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS? SURE.
I THINK HISTORICALLY WE'VE JUST GONE DOWN THE LIST AND DONE IT AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE THURSDAY INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING AND I THINK EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE FOR WHO WANTS TO BE ON WHICH BOARD OR COMMISSION.
SO, AND WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO READ DOWN MY NOTES JUST AS CONFIRMATION FOR, I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
CAN WE DO IT AS ONE ITEM? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S FINE.
SO THE NOTES I'M SHOWING IS, UH, JUST TO VERIFY, IS THAT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD COMMISSIONER OR VICE MAYOR? LITTLE ON THE PARK BOARD.
UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH AND GEZ UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER TRAVIS UH, TREE BOARD IS UH, OPEN, UH, PENDING, UH, ADDING ANOTHER COMMISSIONER TO THE, UH, COMMISSION, HISTORIC COMMISSION AND DONE.
AND THEN, UH, WOULD I GO THROUGH THE UH, METRO COMMISSIONS AND YOU CAN MAYOR ANDREWS IF YOU WANT BECAUSE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPOINTS THOSE TOP ONES.
IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO UM OKAY.
HAVE THOSE APPOINTMENTS MADE ON BEHALF.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT.
THE SLATE IS READ BY MAYOR ANDREWS CONCERNING THE BOARD'S.
SO MOTION BY VICE MAYOR, LITTLE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND THEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE ONES FOR THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT.
SO FOR THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT FOR METRO, UH, METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, UH, JASON GAGE, REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, I BELIEVE JASON GAGE, GREATER NASHVILLE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
I THINK WE HAD BOTH DEREK BASKIN AND SARAH TDY RAISE THEIR HAND.
CAN WE, DO WE NEED TO SELECT ONE OR CAN WE SAY EITHER IS I THINK IT'S PROBABLY OKAY AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU IF WE NEED TO ON THAT.
UH, COUNTY GROWTH COORDINATING COMMITTEE.
UH, NELSON ANDREWS PLANNING COMMISSION MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT.
BETSY CROSSLEY AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
SO I THINK FURTHER ON THAT, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
HOLLY, ARE WE ALL SET? VERY GOOD.
[6. Appointment of one (1) member from the Board of Commissioners to the Library Board to fill the unexpired term of Commissioner Susannah Macmillan]
SO THEN OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO THE LIBRARY BOARD TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF COMMISSIONER SUSANNA MCMILLAN.SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW, IS THIS A MOTION OR IS THIS I KNOW WE HAD COMMISSIONER DONAHUE RAISED HER HAND AND EXPRESSED INTEREST.
I THINK A MOTION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
'CAUSE IT IS A BOARD APPOINTMENT, SO OF VOTE DOES NEED TO HAPPEN.
CAN I MOVE TO APPOINT, UH, COMMISSIONER JANET DONAHUE TO THE LIBRARY BOARD? SURE.
CAN I SECOND ALL? ALRIGHT, WELL COMMISSIONER DON SECOND THAT UH, ANY DISCUSSION SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THIS? UH, I DO.
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FAVOR SAY AYE.YOU ARE NOW ON THE LIBRARY BOARD.
DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS, UH, ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION TONIGHT? ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, WELL THEN FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMISSION, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED.