* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. UH, [00:00:01] THE CROWD. I THINK, UH, [ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Donahue Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Commissioner Dunn Fire & Rescue Department Badge Pinning - Fire Chief Brian Collins, Deputy Fire Chief Derek Hyde, Battalion Chief Blane Newberry, and Lieutenant Derek Hershner] WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED. I'D LET YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. LET, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT AND WE'LL START OFF WITH AN INVOCATION FROM A COMMISSIONER DONAHUE AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BY COMMISSIONER DONN. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR CITY, FOR THE MERCY AND GRACE BESTOWED, PLEASE BLESS AND PROTECT ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE ALL MAY CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU, OUR FAMILIES, AND ONE ANOTHER. FOR THOSE TASKED WITH LEADERSHIP, THE SAFETY OF BRENTWOOD AND THOSE CARING FOR THE LIVING THINGS YOU HAVE CREATED. WE ASK FOR THE GIFTS OF WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE FACE THE FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. LASTLY SAID, ALRIGHT, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT IS, UH, FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT, BADGE PINNING, UH, CHIEF MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, APPRECIATE THE TIME TONIGHT. UM, PENDING ME TONIGHT WILL BE MY WIFE, ALLIE, IF YOU WANNA COME UP. SORRY. HOLD ON. I GOT IT. GOT IT. CAREFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THAT WAS CERTAINLY NOT NECESSARY, BUT, UM, JUST A FEW WORDS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REASON THAT, UH, THAT WE LIKE TO JOKINGLY REFER TO CHIEF COLVIN AS EY GOOEY. UM, THERE'S ALSO REASONS THAT THEY DON'T REFER TO ME THAT WAY. SO, UM, BUT THANK YOU TO THE, TO THE COMMISSIONER, UM, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR CONFIDENCE. UM, 23 PLUS YEARS HERE. AND, UM, COMMISSIONER DUNN, I THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE OUT OF THIS CROWD THAT'S GOT A LONGER TENURE THAN ME. UH, IF YOU RECALL, , WELL, IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE WERE SWORN IN IN 2002, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO RELOCATE THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING FROM THIS ROOM TO THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH, UH, SPACE HERE FOR THE 16 OF US THAT ALL GOT SWORN IN AT THE SAME TIME. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HELD ANOTHER COMMISSION MEETING IN ANOTHER LOCATION SINCE THEN, HONESTLY, I DUNNO, OF, UM, AND COMMISSIONER GOWERS, WE ACTUALLY HAD A, A FUNNY MEMORY OF YOUR MOM FROM THAT NIGHT. UM, AFTER WE WERE SWORN IN, SHE PROCLAIMED TO THE CROWD THAT SHE'D NEVER SEEN SUCH A GOOD LOOKING BUNCH OF POLICE OFFICERS. THAT'S RIGHT. SO, UM, BUT JUST A FEW BRIEF WORDS AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED. BUT, UH, MY CAREER HERE WAS ALMOST OVER BEFORE IT STARTED. UM, WHEN WE TESTED FOR THIS POSITION, AND THERE WAS A NUMBER OF US THAT TESTED, BUT THE FIRST TWO BRENTWOOD FIREFIGHTERS THAT I SAW WERE DANNY BENNETT AND JACK REYNOLDS. AND IF ANY OF YOU REMEMBER, DANNY BENNETT AND JACK REYNOLDS, THESE WERE GIANT MEN. THESE WERE MASSIVE INDIVIDUALS. AND AT THE TIME, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I WEIGHED ABOUT A BUCK 40 SOAKING WET. AND I THOUGHT, I'M IN THE WRONG PLACE. I'M NOT GONNA FIT IN HERE. BUT THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, I SAW NEIL MANANO AND GARY SWING, AND I THOUGHT, I'M GOOD . UM, SO THANKFULLY CHIEF KENNY LANE SAW FIT TO GIMME A JOB. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OTHERS THAT CAME BEFORE ME, THE, UM, ANDY KINGS AND SHANE RAYS, EVEN THE SCOTT ELLIS AND CHUCK HOODS, THEY ALL PUSHED US TO BE BETTER AT OUR JOB. UM, AND THEN THAT GROUP OF US THAT STARTED TOGETHER, WE KINDA CHALLENGED EACH OTHER ALSO. AND IT'S EVIDENT TODAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT MYSELF, CHIEF HYDE ADAMS, J PENDER, WE ALL CAME OUTTA THAT SAME GROUP. UH, SO I'M CHIEF GOSS PREPARED US WELL FOR OUR CURRENT ROLES, AND I'M THANKFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. AND HE'S, I'M THANKFUL THAT HE LET US DO THE WORK THAT WE WANTED TO DO. AND THEN THERE'S ALL THOSE THAT WE'VE HIRED SINCE I STARTED AND I'M IN AWE EVERY DAY OF THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE. UM, THERE'S ALMOST A MANDATE TO BE GOOD [00:05:01] AT YOUR JOB BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY EXPECT AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DESERVE. AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT EXTENDS BEYOND OUR, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT TO CITYWIDE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE STANDARDS SET PREVIOUSLY BY A MIKE WALKER AND A KIRK BEDNER, AND CERTAINLY NOW A A WITH JAY AND JASON. I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CONFIDENCE. UM, AND THEN TO THE OTHER CITY LEADERSHIP AND DEPARTMENT HEADS, I'VE, I'VE FOUND A SOLID GROUP OF FRIENDS THAT HONESTLY, I WASN'T EXPECTING TO HAVE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN A TREASURE, BUT IT WOULD BE A FAILURE TO, TO NOT MENTION THE HIGH PERFORMERS THAT I GET TO HANG OUT WITH AT HOME. UM, MY WIFE ALLY, SHE BREAKS ALL THE RECORDS, WINS ALL THE AWARDS AT, AT HER, AT HER WORK, TOP OF THE NATION, AND SHE DOES THAT WHILE SHE KEEPS OUR FAMILY GOING. UM, MY DAUGHTER ANNA, A RECENT MTSU GRAD, AND SHE'S GONNA CONTINUE HER FULL RIDE EDUCATION AS SHE TAKES HER TALENTS TO OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI OLE MISS IN THE PHD ECONOMICS PROGRAM. MY SON GAV, UM, WITH VERY LITTLE ING FROM ME, HE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED HIS ADVANCED EMT TRAINING AND IS ABOUT TO START HIS FIRE SERVICE CAREER. AND HE DOES THIS BETWEEN RUNNING 100 MILE ULTRA MARATHONS. THE YOUNGEST TWO COOPER ANDERSON. YOU GUYS ARE STRIVING FOR HONOR ROLL AND HIGH SCORES IN FORTNITE, BUT IF YOU'RE 10 AND 13, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. AND THEN MY SWEET MOM, BEVERLY, UM, FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE AND A CANCER SURVIVOR. SO FROM BEING AROUND THESE FOLKS AT WORK TO BEING AROUND THESE PEOPLE AT HOME, I'M A PRODUCT OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT I'M IN AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE CITY'S GIVEN ME, UM, OVER THE 23 YEARS. AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE'VE GOT COMING UP. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. SO THANK YOU. SO NEXT IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BRING UP, UM, DEREK HYDE. CHIEF HYDE IS GOING TO BE ASSUMING THE ROLE OF DEPUTY CHIEF. UM, AS I MENTIONED, HE WAS IN THE GROUP THAT WAS HIRED WHEN WE OPENED STATION FOUR. IN THE LAST 23 YEARS. HE'S SERVED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM, TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM, AND PERHAPS MOST CHALLENGING, HE'S BEEN OUR DEPARTMENT'S ACCREDITATION MANAGER. HE'S GOT AN ASSOCIATE'S IN FIRE SCIENCE AND A BACHELOR'S IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. AND HE ALSO SERVES AS A PEER ASSESSOR FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WANT TO BE ACCREDITED. HE'S ONE THAT COMES AND TELLS THEM IF THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT OR NOT. UM, HE'S A GRADUATE OF THE NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY'S EXECUTIVE FIRE OFFICER PROGRAM AND PINNING CHIEF HYDE TONIGHT WILL BE HIS WIFE. ABBY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. NEXT UP IS BLAINE NEWBERRY. COME ON UP. SIR. BLAINE IS TAKING THE BATTALION CHIEF, UH, POSITION THAT WAS VACATED WHEN CHIEF HYDE PROMOTED BLAINE HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 30 YEARS. IN THAT TIME, HE HAS MANAGED OUR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT PROGRAM. HE'S SERVED AS AN IN-SERVICE INSTRUCTOR, A COMPANY OFFICER MENTOR TO THOSE THAT WANT TO PROMOTE TO LIEUTENANT. HE'S ALSO AN ADVANCED ENT. HE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM A PSU. HE'S VERY WELL RESPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT, KNOWN FOR HIS CALM DEMEANOR, LEVEL-HEADED APPROACH. AND SOME OF YOU MAY ALSO RECALL THAT BLAINE'S BROTHER-IN-LAW IS RETIRED ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF TOMMY WALSH PENDING. THAT'S RIGHT. UH, PENDING CHIEF NEWBERRY TONIGHT IS HIS WIFE CHRISTIE. THANK YOU. [00:10:08] NEXT UP WE HAVE DEREK KERSCHNER. DEREK'S CAREER IN THE FIRE SERVICE STARTED IN OHIO IN 2011, AND THEN HE, LIKE MANY OTHERS, RELOCATED TO TENNESSEE. UH, IN 2017. HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN OUR DEPARTMENT'S HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND TECHNICAL RESCUE PROGRAMS. HE ALSO MANAGES OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND HONOR GUARD. HE'S A PARAMEDIC. HE'S GOT AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND HE'S AN EMS FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND IS VERY INVOLVED IN THE PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTER TRAINING PROCESS PENDING. DEREK TONIGHT IS HIS WIFE, JESS. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. ELECTION MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL SERVICE FOR YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, CHIEF COLLINS, AS Y'ALL ARE HEADING OUT, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM AND ALL OF Y'ALL'S FAMILY FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS REALLY APPRECIATED. ALL RIGHT, AS THEY'RE HEADING ON OUT, UH, WE HAVE FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING, SO WE'LL GO ON THROUGH THOSE. UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS ON REZONING ORDINANCES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED AS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CI CITIZENS, CITIZENS TO VOICE THEIR VIEWS AND SUPPORT. OPPOSITION OF REZONING HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY OTHER PARTIES. PERSON SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY DONOR APPLICANT FOR THE REZONING ARE ALLOWED OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK WHEN THE ORDINANCE IS CONSIDERED FOR PASSAGE ON FIRST AND SECOND READING AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONFINE THOSE REMARKS TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. SO, PUBLIC [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] HEARING NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 25 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 COMMUNICATION DISTRICT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC HEARING? NUMBER ONE? I SEE NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THAT HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER [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] TWO, PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 25 DASH OH TWO. AN ORDINANCE OF 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 ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC HEARING? NUMBER TWO, ACTUALLY NO ONE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. TWO. PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER THREE, [3. Public hearing for Ordinance 2025-06 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 78-420 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SIGNS ALLOWED IN SERVICE INSTITUTION DISTRICTS] PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 2025 DASH SIX AND ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2078 DASH FOUR 20 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SIGNS ALLOWED IN SERVICE INSTITUTION DISTRICTS. IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER THREE? ALL RIGHT, I SEE NO ONE WILL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING. [4. Public hearing for proposed five-year Capital Improvements program for Fiscal Years 2026-2030] NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 THROUGH 2030. IS ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC HEARING? NUMBER FOUR. ALRIGHT, SO NO ONE WILL CLOSE THAT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE [5. Approval or Correction of Minutes] AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES FOR MAY 27TH, 2025. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR LITTLE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. ALL IN FAVOR [00:15:01] SAY AYE. A OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW MOVE TO CITIZEN [ 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. NOW 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 RESTRICTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND COMM 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 IT WAS PROVIDED. UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE THAT SIGNED IN, BUT ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK MAY AND ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SIGN IN. SO IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION TONIGHT? NO. ONE. OH, PLEASE. UH, COMMISSIONERS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST, OH, A NAME AND ADDRESS. OH, I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS JEFF WATNEY. ADDRESS IS 95 49 BUTLER DRIVE, BRENTWOOD. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST CONSIDERATION FOR SUBMISSION OF AN OPEN RECORDS ACT AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE HOUSE BILL. I, I BELIEVE IT WAS ZERO ZERO. I'M NOT REMEMBERING IF IT WAS FIVE, ONE OR SIX ONE, BUT IT WAS THE ONE THAT RECENTLY CAME ABOUT WHERE WE FOUND THAT WE HAD CHANGED THE CHARTER OF BRENTWOOD, UH, IN A WAY THAT WE HADN'T DONE FOR EITHER EVER OR OVER 50 YEARS. AND I THINK THAT ON BEHALF OF MOST, IF NOT ALL THE CITIZENS THAT GOING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, THAT AN OPEN RECORDS ACT WOULD HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO THE POINT THAT WE DID. AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW WE AVOID GETTING TO THAT POINT IN THE FUTURE SO THAT WE NEVER FIND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION TO WHERE ANY STATE LEGISLATURE ACT MAY OR MAY NOT BE HAPPENING, UM, IN FULL TRANSPARENT DISCLOSURE SO THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE BOARD ARE AWARE OF IT EQUALLY AT THE SAME TIME. THAT'S IT. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO ASK SOMEONE ON CITY STAFF JUST TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON THE OPEN RECORDS PROCESS AND, AND HOW A CITIZEN MIGHT OBTAIN THE RECORDS THAT, UH, JEFF WAS ASKING ABOUT? I'D BE GLAD TO. UM, ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN GO TO, I WANT TO, AND THEN IT SAYS, GET CITY RECORDS, I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT SAYS. AND YOU CAN FILL OUT A RECORDS REQUEST THAT WAY AND IT'LL GO THROUGH OUR PORT, THROUGH OUR ONLINE PORTAL. AND ANY RECORDS THAT ARE FOUND, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THAT WAY. DOES THAT GIVE US AN OPEN RECORDS ACT ONLY AS IT RELATES TO INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO BRENTWOOD? OR HOW DO WE DO THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THOSE KINDS? SO WE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT TO THE STATE. IT'LL ONLY BE FOR BRENTWOOD. WE'RE ONLY, WE ONLY HOUSE BRENTWOOD RECORDS AND WE'RE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR BRENTWOOD RECORDS, SO. OKAY. AND SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT A COMMISSIONER OR A BOARD CAN SUBMIT IT, DOES IT HAVE TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL AS IT RELATES TO A CITIZEN IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THAT INFORMATION FOR CITY RECORDS? YOU CAN. ANY CITIZEN CAN DO THAT FOR CITY RECORDS. I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT THE STATE RECORDS. I'M NOT, YEAH, I'M, I'M SORRY. I'M NOT POSITIVE ABOUT THAT. MR. LEY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. UH, VERY GOOD. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO MAKE A CITIZEN COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON [ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor] TO REPORTS. UH, FIRST A REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I DO HAVE, UH, FOUR BRIEF ITEMS. UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, LAST WEEK THE, UH, CITY'S PAVING CONTRACTOR, FOUR STAR PAVING BEGAN, UH, THE THE CROCKETT ROAD REPAVING PROJECT. UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT ALREADY. UH, THAT PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A PORTION OF O'HARA DRIVE IN THE 12 OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, THEY HAVE, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THE ROAD REMAINS OPEN TO TRAFFIC, BUT, UH, IT WILL SLOW PEOPLE DOWN. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING, UH, MOTORISTS TO EXPECT DELAYS, UH, BE PATIENT WITH THOSE AND ENCOURAGED. UH, WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES WHEN THEY CAN. UH, AND, UH, ALSO PAVEMENT WILL PAVEMENT WORK WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK ON HOLLY TREE GAPS. SO RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO EXPECT, UH, DELAYS IN THAT AREA AS WELL. UH, UH, WHAT, WHAT I WILL SAY IS, IS THIS TIME OF YEAR, OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE A LOT OF PROJECTS, PROJECTS ARE PROGRESS. UH, WE WANT KEEP OUR EXCELLENT STREETS IN THE, IN THAT CONDITION. AND SO WE HOPE THAT DURING THE, AT LEAST DURING THE SUMMER, THAT ORANGE WILL BECOME EVERYONE'S FAVORITE COLOR . SO, UM, TO ADD TO THAT, WE HAVE THE, I ASK A QUESTION. UM, I'M SORRY. NO, THE CITIZENS COMMENTS ARE CLOSED. UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU AFTERWARDS IF YOU'D LIKE. UM, IN ADDITION, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE RAGSDALE ROAD PROJECT A, A MAJOR PROJECT. IT'S ONGOING, UH, THE PAVING FOR THE TEMPORARY SHIFT OF THE TRAVEL LANES SO THAT CONSTRUCTION CAN OCCUR IS COMPLETE. UH, SO AT THIS STAGE, WORK IS, IS PROGRESSING WELL. THE SOUTH, UH, SEGMENT, ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES WILL BE MOVED AROUND MID MID MONTH. THAT'S AS YOU, AS [00:20:01] YOU, UH, LOOK AT A PROJECT WHEN UTILITIES ARE MOVED, THEN YOU CAN GET INTO SOME OF THE MEDIA ASPECTS. SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT PROJECT. UH, THE MURRAY LANE ROUNDABOUT, THE CITY'S ROUNDABOUT PROJECT AT MURRAY LANE AND HOLLY TREE GAP RECENTLY WON AN AWARD, UH, FOR, UH, BARGE DESIGN SOLUTIONS. AND THE NATIONAL AWARD OF RECOGNITION CAME FROM THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES. AND THAT'S FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION WORK. UH, THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED AT AN EVENT IN WASHINGTON DC THAT OUR OWN DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, UH, DEREK BASKIN, ATTENDED AND ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. SO THAT'S A REALLY NICE THING TO HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE A GREAT PROJECT, OTHERS RECOGNIZE IT AS WELL. AND FINALLY, JUST A REMINDER, UH, WE WILL HERE SOON HAVE A VETERANS MEMORIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE, BUT WE NEED PEOPLE ON IT. AND SO THE DEADLINE FOR RESIDENTS TO APPLY FOR THAT COMMITTEE IS THIS THURSDAY AT NOON. UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SIX CITIZENS TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE. SO WE ENCOURAGE ANYONE INTERESTED TO, UH, APPLY, THEY CAN DO THAT ON OUR WEBPAGE. AND, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AND GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A, A REPORT, I'M SURE, IN GREAT DETAIL FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. SO DETAILED. THANK YOU, MAYOR ANDREWS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR. SO TONIGHT WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ATTENDING THE MEETING TONIGHT. UH, I THINK WE HAVE AN EXCITING AGENDA, ESPECIALLY ON THE CITIZEN PART. AND I THINK ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR THE BOARDS WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT APPLYING FOR THE BOARDS, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD STAY ENGAGED IN OUR CITY AND IN THE PROCESS OF HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE AND HELPING TO GROW OUR CITY. UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE ELECTION, AS EVERYONE KNOWS. AND I, I, I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT TONIGHT. UH, WE WILL APPOINT A FEW PEOPLE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THERE ARE OPENINGS ON SEVERAL OTHER BOARDS. WE HAVE A LIBRARY BOARD, UH, VOTE TONIGHT. AND I THINK THERE ARE TWO OTHER BOARDS WHICH ARE SEEKING MEMBERS. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO TO THE WEBSITE, UH, AND SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE VOLUNTEER BOARDS IN ADDITION TO THE ONES WITH CURRENT APPLICATIONS. THERE WILL BE OTHER ONES AS THE YEAR GOES ON. UH, LAST NIGHT WAS OUR FIRST CONCERT, AND I WILL NOT TALK ABOUT IT IN DETAIL 'CAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE I THINK, WANTS TO DO THAT ALSO. UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE LIBRARY BOARD, UH, WHICH IS THE BOARD I'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO. AND THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT AT THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY ANNUAL MEETING, OUR ONE AND ONLY COMMISSIONER ANN DUNN WAS AWARDED THE VERY FIRST FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY FRIEND OF THE YEAR AWARD. SO I THINK SHE DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT. AND THAT WAS IN RECOGNITION OF ALL THESE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT SHE'S MADE AS A FRIEND OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, A LIBRARY PATRON, AND AS A CITY COMMISSIONER. SO, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, COMMISSIONER DUNN. YOU'VE FORGOTTEN TO MENTION ALL MY OVERDUE FINES. I'VE PAID ALL THESE YEARS. , THAT'S CAPTAIN AFLOAT AND COFFEE HONEY. YES, THAT IS VERY TRUE. THAT'S VERY TRUE. THAT'S ONE THING I MISS ABOUT THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY FOUNDATION, BECAUSE FOR THOSE WHO WERE AROUND AT THAT TIME, IF YOU GAVE A DONATION TO A CERTAIN LEVEL, YOU HAD YOUR FINES FORGIVEN FOR A YEAR. SO FOR THOSE OF US WITH MANY CHILDREN WHO LOST LIBRARY BOOKS ON A FREQUENT BASIS, IT WAS A GREAT BENEFIT. I NEVER KNEW THAT , YOU WEREN'T TALKING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE. YOU'RE DARN RIGHT. I WASN'T PAID SUCK TIMES. TAKE THAT UP WITH, UH, MR. CHERYL. UM, ALSO ON MAY 29TH AT THE FRIENDS GENERAL MEETING, THE C THE LIBRARY, INDIRECTLY THE CITY OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND, HOWEVER YOU WANNA LOOK AT THAT, RECEIVED THE LARGEST SINGLE DONATION EVER FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, FOR WHICH EVERYONE IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL. IT WAS A $200,000 DONATION FROM THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY. $50,000 IS MY UNDERSTANDING, IS EARMARKED FOR THE RENOVATIONS THAT ARE ONGOING AND ALMOST COMPLETE OF THE FRIENDS GATHERING ROOM. AND THEN ANOTHER $150,000 IS GOING FOR THE REDESIGNED TEEN SPACE, WHICH IS MOVING TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE LIBRARY AND GIVING THEM THEIR OWN PRIVATE, SAFE AND USABLE FOR THE THINGS THEY WANNA DO SPACE. AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE ALSO BEING SUPPLEMENTED BY MONEY FROM THE 2017 JOHN P. HOLT, UM, BEQUEST. SO THAT'S, IT'S BEEN A VERY EXCITING WEEK AT THE LIBRARY ONGOING. THERE IS ALSO THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, WHICH HAS HAD ALMOST 400 CHILDREN SIGN UP SO FAR IN THE FIRST WEEK. BUT IT IS NOT JUST FOR THE CHILDREN. SO IF YOU ARE READING ON YOUR EBOOKS OR ON YOUR KINDLE OR WHATEVER YOUR MECHANISM IS AND YOU'RE AN ADULT, YOU SHOULD SIGN UP BECAUSE YOU TOO CAN GET PRIZES. AND I THINK THAT ANYBODY WHO SIGNS UP GETS A COUPON FOR A FREE COFFEE OR OTHER DRINK AT SCOOTER'S COFFEE, SCOOTER'S COFFEE. SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, READ A BOOK, GET A COFFEE, IT'S A GREAT DEAL. UM, AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. WE HAVE, UH, LIBRARY MEETINGS COMING UP. WE'LL HAVE APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS. THANK [00:25:01] YOU, MAYOR. UM, FIRST CONGRATULATIONS TO BRENTWOOD FIRE AND RESCUE. WHAT GREAT PEOPLE, I MEAN THIS, WHAT WE HAVE IN BOTH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS JUST INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. AND TONIGHT, YOU JUST SAW HOW THE SUCCESSION PLAN WORKS AND HOW PEOPLE ARE IN PLACE, AND IT WAS JUST SUCH AN HONOR TO BE PRESENT IN FRONT OF THOSE, THOSE FUN MEN AND WOMEN. UH, THE CONCERT IN THE PARK WAS GREAT LAST NIGHT. A LOT OF FUN. I THINK THE MAYOR PROBABLY HAD THE MOST FUN . UH, WE'LL LET HIM COMMENT SOME MORE ON THIS, UH, ON THAT PART OF IT. UM, I GOT A PHONE CALL TODAY FROM A CITIZEN WHO SAID THE ROCK WALL HAS STARTED ON MURRAY LANE. THEY'RE STARTING TO STACK STONE. AND HE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF INTEREST. UM, THAT WON'T BE A SOLID WALL THROUGH THERE. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND TRY TO MAKE THE WALL AS AS COMPLETE AS THEY CAN. BUT IT'S GONNA LOOK BEAUTIFUL, I THINK WHEN IT'S SAID AND DONE. AND WE'RE WELL ON THE WAY TO, TO REALLY IMPROVE IN THE LOOKS OF THAT. UM, AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, I MENTIONED THAT THE BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB HAD A, UH, GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR TUNNELS TO TOWER. UH, WHAT A GREAT ORGANIZATION. A 6% OF TUNNEL TO TOWERS MONEY THAT'S COLLECTED GOES TO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 94% GO DIRECTLY TO POLICE, FIRE AND MILITARY FAMILIES. I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLE. BRENTWOOD COUNTRY CLUB RAISED OVER $250,000 FOR THAT. WE ALSO HAD A VERY WONDERFUL GOLF TEAM, THE CAPTAIN SITTING AT THE VERY BACK OF THE ROOM BACK THERE, AND HE PLAYED REALLY WELL IN THAT GOLF TOURNAMENT. SO, UH, JIM, I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT TIME. IT WAS AN HONOR. WE, WE, THE, THE AREA WAS FILLED WITH FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE CARS, PEOPLE PARTICIPATING. LEE GREENWOOD SANG PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN. OH MY GOSH, HE'S 81, 82 YEARS OLD. BUT IF THAT DOESN'T BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES TO SEE EVERYBODY STANDING OUT THERE, TWO BLACK HAW HELICOPTER OR TWO HELICOPTERS FLEW OVER. THEY ACTUALLY GOT IT LOWERED FROM A THOUSAND FEET TO 500 FEET THAT CAME OVER THE GOLF COURSE. OH, IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE. AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THE SPORT SUPPORT THEY GOT FROM ALL BRENTWOOD CITIZENS. SO THIS IS A THANK YOU TO BRENTWOOD CITIZENS FOR, UH, PARTICIPATING IN, IN, IN THIS GREAT EVENT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, JUST FINALLY, I JUST WANNA COMMENT, UM, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT. WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE APPLY TO THE BOARDS. IT IS SO HARD TO SIT UP HERE. IT IS REALLY, REALLY HARD TO PICK THAT OUT. SO, UM, SOME PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE DISAPPOINTED. BUT TRY AGAIN. WE, WE GOT A LOT OF VACANCIES FROM TIME TO TIME. WE CAN USE YOU. DON'T BE DISCOURAGED. THERE'S GREAT APPLICANTS IN THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPLYING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR, UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK COMMISSIONER DUNN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, LAST SUNDAY, JUNE 1ST, THE BOWL SPRING ACADEMY HOSTED, UH, CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD FOR ITS ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH, THEY HAD A MARVELOUS TURNOUT. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE FIRST SUNDAY IN JULY, WE'LL HAVE AN EQUALLY GOOD ONE. WE HAVE DOCENTS THERE WHO WILL EXPLAIN THE HISTORY OF THE MOUNDS, THE NATIVE AMERICANS THAT OCCUPIED THE SITE FIRST, AND THEN THE, OF COURSE THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL AND SOMETHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT WE SPONSOR NOW. SO WE APPRECIATE THE DOCENTS ON THE HISTORIC COMMISSION FOR DOING THAT. AND WE APPRECIATE THOSE WHO TAKE THE TIME TO COME OUT. IT'S FREE. YOU CAN BRING YOUR CHILDREN, YOU CAN BRING YOUR, YOUR PARENTS, YOUR SPOUSE, JUST COME OUT FOR A NICE WALK ON THE TRAIL AND STOP BY THERE. UM, I DO WANT TO COMPLIMENT TWO OF OUR STAFF PEOPLE. UH, THIS HAS BEEN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. A LOT OF ACTIVITY, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC, LOTS OF EVENTS. AND WE HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS, KEISHA GOODING AND CHARLES BOOTH, WHO REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, NOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF HELP, DON'T GET ME WRONG. VARIOUS DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THE BOARD'S HELP, BUT THEY PULLED TOGETHER THESE EVENTS AND LIKE YESTERDAY THEY START AT 10 IN THE MORNING AND GO UNTIL EVERYTHING IS SHUT DOWN AND EVERYTHING'S CLEANED UP AT THE RAVENSWOOD EVENT. THEY WERE OUT THERE AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, JUST THAT DAY. DIDN'T EVEN COUNT ALL THE PRE-WORK. SO THEY ARE APPRECIATED. AND I JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT. AND I THOUGHT THE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE TOO. AND IF YOU LIKED THE BAND LAST NIGHT, WE CAN THANK ONE LADY IN OUR AUDIENCE, MISS SANDY SHIVELY, WHOSE SON IS IN THE BAND. AND WITHOUT HER WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE GROUP. SO THANK YOU SANDY. IT'S NICE TO HAVE A HOMEGROWN, UH, ENTERTAINER PERFORMING AT OUR CONCERT. GOOD FOR HAVING THEM. AND NELSON, YOU WERE IN THE BAND [00:30:01] WITH HIM AT ONE POINT, WEREN'T YOU? UH, WE WERE IN THE BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND PUT TOGETHER BACK IN THE DAY. THAT'S IT. AMONG OTHERS. HE HAD ONE OF THOSE GARAGE BANDS. OH, THAT TOO. YEAH, WE KNOW THAT. OKAY. SCOTT AND I HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF MUSIC TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS, BUT HE IS, UH, HE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL THAN I'VE EVER BEEN. JUST TRYING TO BOOST YOUR IMAGE HERE A LITTLE BIT. YOU WON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. OKAY. HEY, THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. OKAY, WELL THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DUNN. UH, COMMISSIONER GEZ. THANK YOU. UM, I, AND I SECOND THAT WITH THE, THE WORK, THE EFFORT THAT, UM, YOU GUYS DO TO, TO COVER ALL THESE EVENTS. UM, WE HAD AN EMPLOYEE, CITY EMPLOYEE PICNIC THAT WAS FANTASTIC. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL IS IN CHARGE OF THAT. I KNOW, I THINK APRIL AND BRITTANY AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND HOW THEY PUT EVERYTHING ON IT WAS, IT WAS FANTASTIC. AND IT SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF FUN, UM, THAT, THAT PEOPLE HAD. AND SO THANKS TO THAT AND A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO LISA MCDOWELL FOR HAVING THE, UM, REAL ID TRUCK THERE. I THINK IT WAS AT CAPACITY. AND WE HAD PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T GET IN. SO THERE'S A NEED FOR THAT. AND IT WAS AWESOME BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UM, PERSONALLY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER FOR SAVING ME A TRIP TO THE DMV TO GET THAT DONE. AND I THINK A FEW OTHERS OWE HER A HUGE THANK YOU AS WELL. SO, UM, THAT WAS FANTASTIC. UM, AND ALSO, UM, I WANTED TO READ THIS BECAUSE I'LL MESS IT UP IF I DON'T, BUT, UM, THE, THE LIBRARY HELD, UM, IN HONOR OF, UH, MISSY DILLINGHAM HER LIFE AND LEGACY, AND THIS IS, THEY, UM, THEY PRESENTED THIS SCULPTURE, AND THAT IS, UM, CINDY BILLINGSLEY, ONE OF HER, UM, DEAR FRIENDS. AND SHE IS ACTUALLY THE ARTIST WHO DID THE SCULPTURE AND HAS DONE ALL THE SCULPTURES IN THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY. UM, AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENING AND A FANTASTIC EVENT THAT THEY CAME. AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW MISSY, UM, CHANCES ARE YOU HAD AN, SHE HAD AN IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE IN SOME WAY BECAUSE SHE WAS THERE FOR I THINK 35 YEARS. UM, AND SHE WAS, UM, THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY, WHICH OF COURSE IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED. AND, UM, JUST HER LEGACY IS, IS IT WILL CONTINUE. SHE'S JUST DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. OH, 38 YEARS IT SAYS IN THE PICTURE, UM, I GUESS DOWN THERE. SO, UM, SO YEAH, JUST A FANTASTIC, AND THAT'S HER HUSBAND, UM, MISSY'S HUSBAND THERE. AND HER FAMILY CAME IN FROM, UM, I THINK INDIANA OR SOMEPLACE. SO IT WAS A REALLY GREAT HONOR TO, TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER, UM, THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE AND, UM, TO HAVE HER FRIEND, UM, PRESENT THAT SCULPTURE FOR THE LIBRARY. SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EVENING AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT THAT ON, BUT THEY DID A GREAT JOB. SO PASS THAT ALONG. SO ANYWAY, AND OTHERWISE THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. HEY, THANK YOU. UH, VICE MAYOR LITTLE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT CONCERT LAST NIGHT AT CROCKETT PARK AND IN FACT, THEY HAD LIKE A BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL REUNION WITH KIM AND NELSON HERE, AND SCOTT UP, UP ON STAGE BEFORE WE MADE ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO, UH, KIND OF ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE THOSE BRENTWOOD CONNECTIONS. UM, ALSO WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION PICNIC. UH, LAST WEDNESDAY I, UH, I WAS A LITTLE BIT LATE. I ONLY MADE IT LIKE THE LAST 30 MINUTES 'CAUSE OF WORK OBLIGATIONS, BUT IT WAS STILL GREAT AND THE WEATHER WAS JUST WONDERFUL. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THAT PICNIC CAN BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE WARM SIDE BEING AT, YOU KNOW, 11, 12, 1 IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY JUNE. SO, BUT, UH, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. AND ALSO AS WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, I WANNA THANK STAFF AGAIN FOR THE GREAT BUDGETING PROCESS THAT KEEPS BRENTWOOD FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT YET WE STILL PROVIDE EXCELLENT GOVERNMENT AND, AND, AND OUR GOVERNMENT RESPONDS VERY WELL TO THE CITIZENS, BUT IT STICKS WITH ITS CORE RESPONSIBILITIES. AND SO I'M ALWAYS AMAZED AT THE, THE BUDGET PROCESS AND HAVE BEEN NOW FOR 16 YEARS AS A COMMISSIONER. SO JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THAT AS WELL. AND THAT'S ALL MAYOR, AND THANK YOU. SO, UH, WE'VE SAID A A LOT, UH, OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON AND, YOU KNOW, JUST START MY COMMENTS OUT IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, ON OCCASION PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES BRENTWOOD BRENTWOOD? AND I THINK WE HEARD A LOT OF IT HERE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE EVENTS LIKE THE, UH, THE ONE AT SMITH PARK WITH THE HISTORIC BOARD. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE PICNIC, YOU KNOW, BUILDING IN, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICES LIKE IN THE REAL ID ALONG WITH THE FUND AND FELLOWSHIP OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CHARLES, HIS WHOLE TEAM, AND I THINK DAVE BUN MAY STILL BE AT THE PARK RIGHT NOW, , UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS OUT THERE LAST NIGHT GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP AND CLEANED UP. BUT YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, A FOR REAL TEAM EFFORT TO PULL ALL THESE THINGS OFF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A CONCERT IN THE PARK THAT MAY LOOK EASY. BUT AS I SAID, FROM THE SETUP TO THE CLEANUP TO ALL THE IMPACT ON, [00:35:01] YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND ON THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ON POLICE AND FIRE WHO ARE ALL THERE KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS, YOU KNOW, THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WHERE EVEN AS YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER LITTLE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LITTLE REUNION ON STAGE, BUT WE ALSO HAD A, YOU KNOW, A BRIEFING AS WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AS, UH, AS KEISHA WAS THERE SAYING, MAKE SURE TO MENTION THIS AND THIS, AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE POLICE OFFICERS THERE AND SAYING, AND MAKE SURE KIRK BEDNAR KEEPS HIS DOG OUT OF THE, UH, LOWER BOWL . AND IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A REALLY FUN AND, AND A GREAT FELLOWSHIP KIND OF THING. AND, UM, I'M AN EXAMPLE AFTER EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY ACTIVISM THAT PULLS TOGETHER THAT KIND OF DONATION. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, HAVING WORKED THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, UH, $200,000 DONATIONS WHEN YOU'RE SELLING BOOKS AT LIKE THREE TO FIVE BUCKS TO POP, THAT'S A LOT OF BOOKS, YOU KNOW? AND IT IS AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT. AND THE VOLUNTEERISM AND, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO IN TO JUST MAKING THIS COMMUNITY WHAT IT IS, IS, UM, IS INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. SO VERY, VERY GLAD TO BE PART OF IT. UM, AND SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS THIS WEEK ABOUT, UH, IT SEEMED TO BE A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WATERING GOING ON IN CROCKETT PARK. HAD ONE NEIGHBOR AFRAID THAT THE SYSTEM WAS MALFUNCTIONING. NO, IT WASN'T. THERE WAS ACTUALLY, THEY'RE SEEDING BERMUDA GRASS, WHICH APPARENTLY IS LIKE FORMING A RICE PATTY AT SOME LEVEL. SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PUT THE BERMUDA IN, YOU WATER IT IN PRETTY THOROUGHLY, AND THEN IT LIVES FOREVER WITHOUT FURTHER WATERING, UH, APPARENTLY. BUT, UM, SO, SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO NOTICE ALL THE WATERING AT CROCKETT PARK, THAT IS IN FACT INTENTIONAL. UM, MENTIONED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ABOUT MCEWEN. IF YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN MCEWEN BETWEEN, UH, COLD SPRINGS BOULEVARD AND WILSON PIKE, IT, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE A BATTLE ZONE AS THEY GO THROUGH THERE AND WIDENING THAT. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ENTIRELY INTENTIONAL. IT'S A VERY BIG DEAL TO GET THAT, THAT ROAD WIDENED OUT FOR PHASE FOUR. AND THIS IS A VERY BIG PROJECT. YOU KNOW, IT'S $30 MILLION OF FEDERAL MONEY AT ANOTHER BIG SWATH, I THINK 19 MILLION OR SO OF CITY OF FRANKLIN MONEY TO PULL IT ALL TOGETHER. AND SO THEY HAVE ASKED PEOPLE TO TRY TO GIVE IT A WIDE BER DURING CONSTRUCTION IF THEY CAN. SO THERE'S ALTERNATE ROUTES, BUT HOPEFULLY AS THAT OPENS UP, IT'LL GIVE ANOTHER SAFETY VOW FOR EAST AND EAST WEST ROUTE IN THAT AREA OF TOWN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, CONTINUING ON WITH PHASE FIVE AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST. UM, ALSO MENTIONED THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. UM, AND WE HAVE HAD, WE'VE HAD SOME CALLS, UM, AND GOT AN EMAIL JUST ABOUT KEEPING AN EYE ON, UH, SMITH PARK IN PARTICULAR. AND JUST AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, CHIEF COLVIN AND THE, AND THE GROUP HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB INVESTIGATING SOME DIFFERENT CRIME ISSUES IN THE AREA, BUT CONTINUING TO BE VIGILANT TO SEE ANYTHING THAT LOOKS OUTTA PLACE. AND SO REALLY APPRECIATES CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, WHO, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE PARKS AFTER HOURS OR THAT APPEARS TO NEED SOME SCRUTINY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HEADS UP. BUT ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST KNOW THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS. SO I DON'T WANNA INDUCE ANY ANXIETY, BUT I ALSO DO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S HELP FOR THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO BALANCE AND KEEP BRENT WITH A GOOD, SAFE COMMUNITY. AND SO, WITH ALL THAT, I THINK THAT'S MY LAST COMMENT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO [ Consent Agenda] THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO 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 OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. NOT SEEING ANY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, READ THE CONSENT AGENDA. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, ORDINANCE 25 DASH OH SEVEN AND ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE MONTHLY SEW AND WATER RATES FOR CONSIDERATION ON SECOND AND FINAL READING CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 46 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT WITH PRE HEALTH EMPLOYER SOLUTIONS LLC FOR NEAR SITE CLINIC SERVICES FOR ADOPTION CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE MIMECAST RENEWAL CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE PURE STORAGE RENEWAL. CONSENT TO AGENDA NUMBER ITEM NUMBER FIVE, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE THREAT LOCKER, CYBERSECURITY AND CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE ARCTIC WOLF MANAGED DETECTION AND RESPONSE. WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND MOVE TO APPROVE BY VICE MAYOR. LITTLE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TRAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAY AYE. ALRIGHT, PASSES UNANIMOUSLY [00:40:03] OLD BUSINESS, [1. Consideration of ethics complaint from Rebecca Martinez alleging violation of Brentwood Code of Ordinances Sec. 2-233(b) by Vice Mayor Rhea Little] OLD BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE, CONSIDERATION OF ETHICS COMPLAINT FROM REBECCA MARTINEZ ALLEGING VIOLATION OF BRENTWOOD CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION TWO DASH 2 33 B BY VICE MAYOR RAY LITTLE. SO DO WE NEED TO, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO GO AHEAD OR WOULD YOU FOR IT'S, IT'S, I'M, I'M FINE TO DO IT EITHER WAY. IF YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. WE HAVE A MOTION. ALRIGHT. I'D BE HAPPY TO. THANK YOU, MAYOR ANDREWS. UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AN ETHICS COMPLAINT WAS FILED BY MS. REBECCA MARTINEZ AGAINST, UM, THEN COMMISSIONER NOW ADVISED MAYOR LITTLE ON MARCH 31ST, 2025. AND AT THE APRIL 14TH MEETING, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO SEND THE, TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY DO AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE COMPLAINT TO DETERMINE WHAT NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN. UM, ATTORNEY GALVAN ASHWORTH WAS ENGAGED TO CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE COMPLAINT, AND SHE HAS NOW PROVIDED HER REPORT TO ME, WHICH I'VE PASSED ALONG TO YOU. UM, THE FINDINGS ARE NOW BEFORE YOU ALL FOR YOUR DISPOSITION AND HER FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS. UM, I'LL TRY, I'LL, I'LL JUST READ THE FOUR BULLET POINTS. SHE DID MAKE A REMINDER THAT, OF COURSE, AT THE CONCLUSION OF AN INVESTIGATION, THE ETHICS OFFICER MAY ISSUE HER WRITTEN FINDINGS, WHICH SHE DID. AND THEN IT GOES TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR, UM, TO EITHER FIND THAT THERE WAS NO VIOLATION, THAT THERE WAS A VIOLATION. AND AGAIN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE THIRD OPTION UNDER THE CODE IS TO SEND IT TO OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION, WHICH WAS WHAT WAS DONE. SO MS. ASHWORTH FOUND AS FOLLOWS. NUMBER ONE, COMMISSIONER LITTLE ANSWERED A CONSTITUENT EMAIL ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2024, AND MISTAKENLY REPLIED ALL INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUALLY TO THE CONSTITUENT AS INTENDED COMMISSIONER. LITTLE DID NOT NOTICE WHEN HE SENT THE EMAIL RESPONSE THAT OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAD BEEN COPIED ON THE ORIGINAL EMAIL AND HE DID NOT INTEND TO SEND THE EMAIL RESPONSE TO ANYONE OTHER THAN THAN THE CONSTITUENT. IMMEDIATELY UPON DISCOVERING HIS ERROR, COMMISSIONER LITTLE SOUGHT TO RECALL THE MESSAGE, AN EMAIL FEATURE IN MICROSOFT OUTLOOK AVAILABLE TO ALL USERS. SECOND COMMISSIONER LITTLE CONTACTED CITY OF BRENTWOOD TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR SARAH VAN WORMER THAT SAME DAY FOR ASSISTANCE IN USING THE MICROSOFT OUTLOOK TO RECALL THE MESSAGE AS HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO RECALL A MESSAGE, BUT WAS AWARE THAT THE EMAIL FEATURE WAS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, THE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR OR HER DESIGNEE IS AVAILABLE 24 7 TO ALL EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD FOR ASSISTANCE WITH TECHNOLOGY ISSUES. NUMBER THREE, DIRECTOR VAN WORMER ASSISTED COMMISSIONER LITTLE AS REQUESTED AND RECALLED THE EMAIL MESSAGE, WHICH EMAIL FEATURE THEN NOTIFIED THE RECIPIENTS THAT A MESSAGE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR INBOX BY THE ADMINISTRATOR. NUMBER FOUR, THE EMAIL MESSAGE AT ISSUE WAS NOT DELETED FROM THE SYSTEM. THE MESSAGE REMAINS ON THE SYSTEM AND HAS NOT BEEN DELETED. THERE WAS NEVER ANY ATTEMPT BY COMMISSIONER RAY LITTLE OR TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR SARAH VAN WORMER TO DELETE ANY EMAIL MESSAGE. FINALLY, COMMISSIONER RAY LITTLE DID NOT VIOLATE ARTICLE SIX, SECTION TWO DASH 2 33 B OF THE BRENTWOOD CODE OF ORDINANCES. HE DID NOT USE OR ATTEMPT TO USE HIS POSITION TO SECURE ANY PRIVILEGE OR EXEMPTION FOR HIMSELF OR OTHERS THAT IS NOT AUTHORIZED IN THIS ARTICLE OR BY THE CHARTER GENERAL LAW OR ORDINANCE OR POLICY OF THE CITY. USING THE MICROSOFT OUTLOOK EMAIL RECALL FUNCTION TO RECALL A MESSAGE MISTAKENLY SENT TO OTHERS IS A TOOL ALL USERS MAY USE THEMSELVES AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR, THE RECALL FUNCTION IS NOT A UNIQUE PRIVILEGE OR EXEMPTION IS AVAILABLE TO ALL AND IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED BY THE POLICY OF THE CITY AND THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL WHO ASSIST EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY OR NIGHT WITH TECHNOLOGY ISSUES AND REQUESTS SUCH AS THE ONE MADE BY COMMISSIONER LITTLE ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2024. AND WITH THOSE FINDINGS, MS. ASHWORTH GAVE A RECOMMENDATION. SHE SAID, ARTICLE SIX, SECTION TWO DASH 2 26 B PROVIDES AS FOLLOWS, THE INTERPRETATION THAT A REASONABLE PER REASONABLE PERSON IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD APPLY, SHALL BE USED IN INTERPRETING AND ENFORCING THIS CODE OF ETHICS AS A RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION. AND BASED UPON THE FINDINGS ABOVE, I RECOMMEND NO ACTION BE TAKEN AGAINST COMMISSIONER RAY LITTLE IN THIS MATTER. THE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE CLOSED AND THE ETHICS COMPLAINT DISMISSED AS THERE WAS NO VIOLATION OF ARTICLE SIX, SECTION TWO DASH 2 33 B. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT AGAINST, UM, VICE MAYOR LITTLE AS THERE WAS NO VIOLATION OF ARTICLE SIX. SECTION TWO DASH 2 3 3 B SECOND. OKAY. OKAY, SO, UH, MOTION SECOND. OKAY. SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARRE. ALRIGHT, SO DISCUSSION. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? YOU KNOW, VICE MAYOR LITTLE, [00:45:01] UH, IS EXCUSED FROM THE CONVERSATION AS THE SUBJECT. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR, YOU KNOW, ARRANGING TO HAVE THAT THIRD PARTY AND FOR PROVIDING US WITH THE VERY CONCISE, UM, INFORMATION AND SUMMARY, UH, AND, AND HER COMPLETE FINDINGS, BUT ALSO THE SUMMARY, WHICH WAS THE MOST HELPFUL AND FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH THE PROCESS ALL ALONG SINCE TODAY IS RATHER UNIQUE. THANK YOU. YEAH, AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE THE, THE OBSERVATION THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS EPISODE, WHICH REALLY WAS AN UNNECESSARY AND DIVISIVE DETOUR FROM THE BUSINESS OF THIS COMMISSION NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED TONIGHT. AND I, I HOPE WE CAN RESOLVE IT AND DISMISS THIS AS MOVED. AND I HOPE IT SERVES AS A CAUTIONARY TALE AGAINST WEAPONIZING ETHICS PROCESSES FOR POLITICAL THEATER. 'CAUSE I DO THINK BRENTWOOD DESERVES BETTER THAN THIS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD AT THAT THE NIGHT THIS WAS DONE MM-HMM . THERE WERE COMMISSIONERS PUSHING TO MAKE IT A CRIMINAL CHARGE, NOT JUST AN ETHICS CHARGE. SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. PASS IT UNANIMOUSLY. I MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SINCE I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO. ABSOLUTELY. BOTH ON THE MEETING IN APRIL AND TONIGHT. AND JUST TO VERIFY THAT COMMISSIONER LITTLE HAD, HE HAD RECUSED HIMSELF BEFORE THE MOTION, BUT HE CAN SPEAK NOW. IS THAT, I THINK THAT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO THE COMMISSION AT THIS POINT. OKAY. THE MAYOR. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THIS IS NOT A LITTLE THING. THIS WAS A HORRIBLE THING. THIS WAS A HORRIBLE THING ON MY FAMILY, MY WIFE, MY FRIENDS, MY BUSINESS. IT'S SOMETHING I'LL NEVER GET OVER. UM, HAD A LOT OF HARD THINGS IN LIFE. THIS IS JUST ONE OF 'EM. BUT I'M HOPING WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THIS NEVER HAPPENING AGAIN IN BRENTWOOD. THE LITTLE'S FAMILY HAS BEEN IN AND SERVED BRENTWOOD FOR OVER 225 YEARS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN FOR ITS NOBILITY AND INTEGRITY. AND FOR THIS POLITICAL SHOW TO BE DONE FOR POLITICAL GAIN AND POWER IS A TRAVESTY AND SHOULD NEVER, EVER, EVER HAPPEN IN A CITY LIKE BRENTWOOD. UM, THERE WERE FOUR COMMISSIONERS INVOLVED. TWO RECEIVED THEIR JUSTICE, I THINK ON MAY 6TH BY THE BRENTWOOD VOTERS. AND I DO REALIZE I'M BLESSED BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNFAIRLY AND UNJUSTLY ACCUSED OF THINGS FALSELY ACCUSED THAT NEVER RECEIVED JUSTICE. ANOTHER COMMISSIONER RESIGNED. WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMISSIONER WHO IS SITTING UP HERE WHO I THINK MAY UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS NOW BEING WATCHED VERY CLOSE BY THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD BECAUSE THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD SAID IN VERY LOUD TERMS, WE WILL NOT HAVE THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'M PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. UM, I'VE HAD QUESTIONS, HOW DID MS. MARTINEZ SKIT AN EMAIL THAT WAS ACCIDENTALLY SENT TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS BUT WAS NOT SENT TO ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER HAD TO HAVE SHARED IT WITH THEM. 'CAUSE I DO NOT THINK THE CONSTITUENT DID. WHY DID IT WAIT FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS? WHY DID MY ACCUSER NOT FACE ME? GENERALLY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO FACE YOUR ACCUSER IF YOU'RE BEING TRIED OR ACCUSED FOR SOMETHING. MY ACCUSER DID NOT EVEN SHOW UP THAT NIGHT. UM, ONE THING THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED WERE PART OF A CITIZENS' AD HOC COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO US HAVING A RACKET FACILITY. REBECCA MARTINEZ WAS THE CO-CHAIR OF THAT. MELISSA GINO, WHO IS AN AVID TENNIS PLAYER, HAD ALSO FILED AN ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST NELSON. BUT BECAUSE OF HOW THEY HAD FILED IT AND NOT USED MUNICIPAL CODES, OUR CITY ATTORNEY DID HER JOB 'CAUSE SHE IS THE ETHICS OFFICER FOR THE CITY AND DISMISSED IT. THIS WAS THE SAME PERSON WHEN MS. MARTINEZ DIDN'T SHOW UP, GOT UP AND READ [00:50:01] THE ENTIRE ETHICS COMPLAINT, WHICH WAS NOT NECESSARY 'CAUSE IT WAS ALREADY IN OUR MATERIALS AND CITIZENS COULD SEE IT THE WHOLE TIME. THE OTHER CO-CHAIR SAT IN THE CHAIR IN THE BACK ROW AND COACHED MS. CHINO BEFORE SHE CAME UP GARY LATIMER. SO THIS MAKES ME EVEN THINK THIS WAS AN ORCHESTRATED ATTACK AND WHY, WHY FOR SOMETHING THAT CITI WAS GONNA DO FOR AN AMENITY, POSSIBLY FOR A VERY SMALL GROUP, WHAT WAS THEIR MOTIVATIONS? WE MAY NEVER KNOW, BUT IT MAKES ME VERY SUSPECT OF ANYTHING ABOUT THAT PROJECT. NOW, I DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE LAW DOES UNUSUAL THINGS. I FELT LIKE THAT I HAD DONE THE RIGHT THING. I IMMEDIATELY, WHEN I MADE THE MISTAKE, DID WHAT I KNEW TO DO TO CORRECT THE MISTAKE. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW FOR SURE WHEN SOMETHING GOES THROUGH A LEGAL MATTER, IF YOU WILL BE ABSOLVED. I WAS, UM, TO DESTROY SOMEONE'S REPUTATION OR TO TRY TO FOR POWER. POLITICAL GAIN IS A HORRIBLE THING. IT HAPPENS SO MUCH IN OUR SOCIETY. I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW HORRIBLE THAT IS, BUT IT IS, AND IT SHOULD NEVER, EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. SO ONE THING I WANT TO COME FROM THIS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, IS FOR OUR ETHICS CODE TO BE REVISITED TO NO ONE SHOULD EVER BE ABLE TO DO THIS, ESPECIALLY THAT CLOSE TO AN ELECTION. IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT RIGHT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE VERY GOOD SERVANTS IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO DO NOT SERVE BECAUSE THEY FEAR THIS MORE THAN ANYTHING. I'M PRETTY TOUGH SKINNED, BUT THIS WAS BAD 2013 ELECTION. I HAD THE SAME TYPE OF THING COME AFTER ME, BUT NOT NEAR TO THIS EXTENT. I, I WILL FORGIVE BECAUSE I'M A FORGIVING PERSON AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO WORK WITH ALL CITIZENS IN THIS COMMUNITY, EVEN THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN 'CAUSE I STILL REPRESENT THEM. AND I TAKE THAT OATH VERY, VERY STRONGLY. UM, MY HOPE IS THAT BRENTWOOD MAKES SURE THIS TYPE OF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR IS NEVER, EVER AGAIN SEEN IN OUR CITY. AND THAT WAY, GOOD COMMUNITY SERVANTS WILL WANT TO SERVE ON THE BRENTWOOD CITY COMMISSION AND MAINTAIN BRENT WOOD'S EXCELLENCE. AND BRENT WOOD'S POSITION IS A PREMIER COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD. AND I WANT TO THANK AGAIN, THE CITIZENS OF BRENTWOOD, SO MANY WHO WERE SO SUPPORTIVE OF ME. UH, NOT JUST IN THE ELECTION, BUT IN SO MANY WAYS, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF MY FAMILY. THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY FOR DECADES AND CENTURIES. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED TO MAKE SURE THAT JUSTICE WAS HELD UP. AND THAT'S ALL MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW [1. Ordinance 2025-08 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2024-01, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2024 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, for consideration on first reading] BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE, ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH EIGHT. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2024 DASH OH ONE, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2024, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025 FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING. WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND MOTION BY VICE MAYOR LITTLE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TRAVIS, SAME MANAGER. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A, AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND THE CURRENT APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE HERE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. THIS IS A ROUTINE YEAR IN AMENDMENT THAT YOU PROB MOST OF YOU AT LEAST WOULD BE, ARE USED TO. AND WHAT IT SPECIFICALLY DOES IS IT AUTHORIZES RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS TO REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND TRANSFERS FROM FUND TO FUND. IT INCLUDES THE GENERAL FUND, THE DRUG FUND, THE POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FUND, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, CAPITAL PROJECTS, FUND FACILITIES, UH, MAINTENANCE FUND, WATER AND SEWER FUND AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICTS FUND. UH, IT REALLY COVERS TWO THINGS. THE ONE THING IT DOES IS, AS WE MENTIONED DURING SOME OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS IS PART OF THE SECRET SAUCE. SO, UH, THE WAY THAT BRENTWOOD BUDGETS FOR THE, A LOT OF THE MAJOR CAPITAL, CASH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IS THAT, UH, YOU'LL TAKE THE, YOU'LL BUDGET VERY CONSERVATIVELY. YOU'LL TAKE THAT DIFFERENCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. YOU'LL HAVE THAT AVAILABLE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. SO THAT WAY YOU [00:55:01] ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU HAVE IT AND IT KEEPS YOU FROM IN A POSITION OF OVERSPENDING. SO IT'S A VERY DISCIPLINED APPROACH AND WORKS VERY WELL. THE SECOND THING, UH, IT DOES IS, IS IT KEEPS YOU IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE, UH, STATE LAW THAT GOVERNS BUDGETING IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. UH, ANYTIME AN APPROPRIATION IS MORE THAN A BUDGETED AMOUNT, UH, YOU CAN'T DO THAT, RIGHT? SO THIS, WHAT THIS DOES IS IT CLEANS IT ALL UP FOR YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE, UH, SOME OF THESE CHANGES AREN'T ARBITRARY. UH, THEY'RE NOT NEW TO YOU. THEY WERE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THAT'S WHY IT MAKES SENSE NOT TO BUSY YOUR AGENDA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT TO KEEP YOU AWARE, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CONCURRENCE AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR COME BACK WITH THE ORDINANCE AND CLEAN IT ALL UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THE BUDGET HAS A BASICALLY OR THE END OF THE YEAR FINANCES HAVE A BOW ON THEM. SO, UH, JUST A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS THAT THE GENERAL FUND ADDS REVENUES OF, UH, JUST UNDER $12.2 MILLION. AND A GOOD PART OF THAT, MOST OF IT, UH, 9 MILLION IS LOCAL SALES TAX. UH, THE STATE SHARED, UH, SALES TAX IS 705,000 AND THE IN, UH, INTEREST INCOME IS 1.9. THE REST OF THE SOURCES ON THE REVENUE SIDE ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE, THE PRIMARY AMOUNTS. YOU HAVE, UH, APPROXIMATELY NEARLY 9,000 OR NOT $9,009 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, UH, 1.7, JUST OVER 1.7 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. AND, UH, JUST UNDER 800,000, UH, FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE FACILITIES MAINTENANCE FUND. SO THOSE ARE THE BIG CONTRIBUTIONS I MENTIONED THAT WILL, UH, ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE TO SPEND ON THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE NEEDED AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IN BRENTWOODS INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE ARE MANY, MANY MINOR, UH, ADJUSTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND AND AS WELL IN THE OTHER FUNDS. UH, I CAN, WE CAN COVER THOSE IF YOU'D LIKE. BUT GENERALLY THE, THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS THERE ARE NO SURPRISES TO WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN AND WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED. UH, YOU'LL FIND THAT THE FUNDS THAT IT, THAT WE TRACK, BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENSE SITE ARE ALL BALANCED, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE. AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. UH, WE HAVE KAREN HARPER, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, WHO KNOWS A LOT MORE ABOUT THE DETAIL OF THIS THAN I DO. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR KAREN, SHE CAN COME UP AND ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. IT'S MORE OF A LEGALITY THAN ANYTHING ELSE DUE TO A TYPO THAT'S IN OUR, UM, IN OUR ORDINANCE. UH, AND THAT IS THE APPROPRIATION INCREASE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS ACTIVITY. IN HERE IT SAYS $11 AND 540 CENTS FOR AN ACCRUED TERMINAL LEAVE. UM, AND THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE 11,540. AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEEDED TO HAVE THAT CORRECTED BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT. IS THAT A TYPO IN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF OR THE, OKAY. IT'S, IT'S IN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN THE OR IT'S IN OUR, UM, OUR NOTES IN THE REPORT. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SEE. IF IT'S IN THE, WE'LL CHECK THE ORDINANCE. IF IT'S NOT IN THE ORDINANCE, YOU'RE FINE WITH THE ORDINANCE. IF IT IS, THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT GUIDANCE WE HAVE FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. OKAY. YEAH. I DON'T HAVE A EXACT COPY OF THE ORDINANCE, SO I'M SORRY. IT'S IN DETAIL. THANK YOU. AND I ALREADY MADE A NOTE. I SEE THAT. CORRECT. IT'S CORRECT IN THE ORDINANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST A PERIOD INSTEAD OF A COMMENT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH IN THE MEMO. I JUST DIDN'T WANT DEPRIVE THAT PERSON'S. THANK YOU. NO, THAT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL. . THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE. I HAVE ONE COMMENT. MM-HMM . UH, LAST PEOPLE THINK WE'VE RUSHED THROUGH THIS. WE DO NOT, WE DO IT THIS MEETING, BUT WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS ON IT. WE'VE HAD ALL DAY WORKSHOPS ON IT MM-HMM . AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY WE'VE GONE THROUGH EVERY LINE OF IT. UM, AD NAUSEUM, SOMETIMES , BUT WE HAVE READ IT AND WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT. SO WE ARE NOT RUSHING IT TONIGHT BY JUST NOT GIVING A LOT OF LIP SERVICE TO IT LINE BY LINE TONIGHT. SO MM-HMM . YEAH, IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT OBSERVATION. 'CAUSE THIS IS A VERY EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS. YOU KNOW, THE, THE RUNS FOR MONTHS, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT MINUTES OR HOURS, BUT YOU KNOW, KAREN AND, AND JAY AND JASON AND THE WHOLE TEAM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU AND ALL THE DIRECTORS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT GOES, GOES INTO ALL THIS TO DO THESE BUDGETS, TO BRING THE BUDGETS IN WHERE WE HAVE THIS MONEY TO PUT TOWARDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CAN KEEP RUNNING VERY CONSERVATIVELY FINANCIALLY. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER TRAVIS? YES, MAYOR, I JUST, AGAIN, ECHOING WHAT COMMISSIONER DUNN SAID, AND I'VE SAY THIS SO MANY TIMES, PLEASE NOT TRYING JUST TO RUN IT IN THE GROUND, BUT I CAME FROM AN ORGANIZATION WHEN I WORKED CALLED GENERAL ELECTRIC. GENERAL ELECTRIC, THOUGHT THEY WERE THE BEST BUDGET PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. WHEN I SAT DOWN UP HERE, IT WAS, I WAS AMAZED. I WAS AMAZED AT HOW GOOD THIS GROUP IS AND HOW MUCH WORK KAREN HARPER AND HER PEOPLE DO. AND LIKE COMMISSIONER DUNN [01:00:01] SAID, WE SIT THROUGH A LOT OF MEETINGS, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE PULLING TEETH. IT'S REALLY PARTICIPATORY PEOPLE, UH, REALLY PUTTING INPUT AND LOOK WHAT WE GOT. LOOK WHAT WE HAVE. I MEAN, IT'S JUST MAGICAL. AGAIN, SOME OF THE SECRET SAUCE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, IT DOESN'T COME EASY, BUT IT IS VERY, VERY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH KAREN AND CITY STAFF FOR WHAT YOU DO. THERE FURTHER COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF ORDINANCE 25 DASH OH EIGHT. SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTAIN PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEW [2. Consideration of Process for Filling Commissioner Vacancy] BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION OF PROCESS FOR FILLING COMMISSIONER VACANCY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE FILL THE VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BY APPOINTING A REPLACEMENT RATHER THAN CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION WITH A PROCESS BEING AS FOLLOWS, ANYONE WISHING TO BE CONSIDERED MUST COMPLETE THE ONLINE APPLICATION AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE BY 11:59 PM ON JUNE 27TH, 2025. THE APPOINTMENT WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THE JULY 14TH, 2025 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING. COMMISSIONERS WILL VOTE BY BALLOT WITH EACH COMMISSIONER'S VOTE TO BE ANNOUNCED UPON COLLECTION OF THE BALLOTS. VERY GOOD. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DUNN. SORRY. NO, THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. UH, IT WAS KIND OF A SIMULTANEOUS ALMOST PROCESS, BUT I THINK SHE BEAT YOU TO IT SLIGHTLY. YEAH. SO, UH, ALRIGHT, SO DISCUSSION OF, UH, NEW BUSINESS TIME NUMBER TWO. OH SURE. WE TALK ABOUT THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND I'M PROBABLY IN THE MINORITY ON THIS, BUT I DO THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE A REFERENDUM OR A VOTE ON THIS. IT WAS VERY CLEAR AT THE LAST ELECTION THAT PEOPLE WANTED REFERENDUMS ON BIG, SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS. I THINK THIS IS A BIG SIGNIFICANT DECISION. SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS SUPPORTED THE REFERER IN THE PROCESS, AS WELL AS TELLING CITIZENS THEY DESERVE INPUT ON MAJOR DECISIONS. WHILE THE REMAINING TERM IS JUST UNDER TWO YEARS, THE INDIVIDUAL FILLING THIS SEAT WILL PLAY A CRU CRUCIAL ROLE IN HELPING TO MANAGE THE CITY, INCLUDING VOTING ON TWO BUDGETS THAT TOTAL WELL OVER $200 MILLION. IF IT WAS ONE YEAR OR LESS. I'D UNDERSTAND I CAN SUPPORT APPOINTING A PERSON IF IT WAS 12 MONTHS OR LESS, BUT WE'RE TALKING 18 TO 22 MONTHS HERE. AND I BELIEVE THOSE INTERESTED IN ROLE COULD EASILY BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED EFFECTIVELY AND SERVED A REMAINDER OF THE TERM. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT APPROVING A GENERAL POPULATION VOTE COMES WITH A COST ESTIMATED AROUND 35 TO $40,000. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE A STREAMLINED TIMELINE WITH FOUR TO FIVE DAYS OF EARLY VOTING FOLLOWED BY AN ELECTION DAY COULD ASSURE AN EFFICIENT PROCESS. THEREFORE, I'M GONNA SUPPORT AN ELECTED VACANT SEAT. I UNDERSTAND IF THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION DISAGREES WITH ME. I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT MAKING A BIG DEAL OUTTA THIS. THIS IS JUST MY POSITION. SO I JUST WANT THAT KNOWN. UNDERSTAND, I RESPECT COMMISSIONER TRAVIS'S RIGHT. TO HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT ON THIS AS WE ARE NOT ALL SUPPOSED TO WORK IN LOCKSTEP ALL THE TIME. AND I'M GLAD WE CAN DISCUSS IT, BUT I RECALL THE RESULTS ARE OUR LAST SPECIAL ELECTION. I WOULD PREFER APPOINTING SOMEONE. IT'S THAT SIMPLE FOR ME. OKAY. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. I, I DO KNOW THAT IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS APPOINTED, I MEAN, THIS, THIS LAST ELECTION WHEN COMMISSIONER SMITHSON PASSED AWAY WAS THE ONLY TIME WE'VE HAD A SPECIAL ELECTION. SO I THINK AS A BOARD WE'VE, WE'VE USUALLY APPOINTED. UM, AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS. MY MOM ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THEM INITIALLY. INITIALLY. MM-HMM . AND I GUESS, UH, STATE ATTORNEY COR AND KNOW YOU'VE BRIEFED US ON THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT BRIEFINGS IN TERMS OF PAST HISTORY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY BRIEF COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO MAKE ABOUT HOW THIS HAS WORKED. YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY FOR THE COMMISSION, I DON'T, AGAIN, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE, UM, IN, IN THE TWO INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS, BUT FOR THE, AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE TWO CHOICES OF APPOINTMENT OR GOING TO A SPECIAL ELECTION. UM, YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO WAIT THE 90 DAYS THAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY, BUT TO, AT, AT SUCH POINT THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD BE CHOSEN. CHOSEN, THEN YOU DO HAVE TO WAIT 75 TO 120 DAYS FOR THE, UM, ELECTION COMMISSION TO HAVE AN ELECTION WITHIN THAT TIME. SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME, BUT I, I THINK COMMISSIONER GARRIS IS RIGHT WITH THE MM-HMM . PAST PRACTICES OF APPOINTING, ALTHOUGH THANK, THANK GOODNESS WE HAVEN'T HAD MANY VACANCIES, BUT MM-HMM . SO, [01:05:01] YEAH. SO, SO IN THE PAST, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, OF ONE WHERE IT WAS AN, AN APPOINTMENT WAS PROBABLY NOT REALISTIC. RIGHT. WE'VE APPOINTED IN THE PAST, AND THAT'S MY KNOWLEDGE FROM WHAT I KNOW OF MY HISTORY, WHAT I'VE LEARNED SINCE, UH, COMMISSIONER DO. SO JUST A FEW POINTS. ONE IS, UM, I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS. AND, UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, UM, AFTER YOU HAD TO LEAVE TO ATTEND THE, THE TUNNEL OF THE TOWERS, UH, FUNDRAISER, WHICH, YOU KNOW, NOT KNOCKING AT ALL FOR THAT, THAT WAS GREAT THAT YOU WENT INTO THAT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, IS THAT WE'VE TAKEN THE USUAL APPLICATION THAT WE USE FOR CITY BOARDS AND WE'VE ADDED SOME SPECIFIC FEATURES. SO ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN APPLYING SHOULD TAKE A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT IT BECAUSE WE DO SPECIFICALLY TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW QUALIFIED ARE THEY TYPE THING, UH, TO, TO REALLY TELL US WHAT TALENTS AND, UH, EXPERIENCE, NOT NECESSARILY WITH GOVERNMENT, BUT WITH THE OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD THAT PEOPLE ARE BRINGING SO THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF ANYBODY THAT DOES APPLY. SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION THAN MAYBE WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE IF WE HADN'T MADE, MADE THOSE CHANGES. UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I FEEL COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THAT WE DO AN APPOINTMENT. THE OTHER IS ACTUALLY THOUGH FROM A TIME STANDPOINT, UM, AS MS. CORN POINTED OUT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A LONGER PROCESS IF WE HAVE AN ELECTION, UM, AND FROM SOME OF THE REPLIES THAT WE GOT DURING THE ELECTION, AND THEN IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SENT OUT ABOUT OTHER MATTERS, I GET KIND OF THE SENSE THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKE, JUST GET ON WITH IT KIND OF THING. FILL, FILL THE SEAT, UM, GET YOUR WHOLE BOARD AND MOVE ON WITH THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LITTLE, OR EXCUSE ME, VICE MAYOR. LITTLE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. UM, AND ACTUALLY A CORRECTION ON KEN'S, THE APPOINTED PERSON WILL ONLY VOTE ON ONE BUDGET UNLESS THEY RUN FOR REELECTION, BECAUSE THE REELECTION IN 2027 WILL BE BEFORE WE WILL VOTE ON A BUDGET. THEY WOULD HELP WITH THE MEETINGS OF THE BUDGET, BUT THEY WON'T VOTE ON THE BUDGET. 'CAUSE WE WON'T VOTE ON THE BUDGET TILL THE END OF JUNE OF 2027 ON THE SECOND READING. SO IT'LL VOTE ON ONE BUDGET, BUT IT WOULDN'T MATTER IF THEY VOTED ON TWO BUDGETS. I TRUST THIS COMMISSION TO FIND A GOOD, A GOOD APPOINTEE AND APPOINT THEM, AND I EXPECT THEY'LL BE A GOOD COMMISSIONER. WHETHER THEY JUST SERVE OUT THE ONE TERM OR THEY DECIDE TO, TO RUN FOR REELECTION AND CONTINUE TO SERVE, OR WOULD, WHEN COMMISSIONER SMITHSON PASSED AWAY, THERE WERE ALMOST THREE YEARS LEFT ON HER TERM, AND WE HAD A DIVIDED COMMISSION. I THINK THE RECENT ELECTION HAS PROBABLY ORDERED SOME OF THAT DIVISION OUT OF OUR, OUR SYSTEM, AND IT'S MORE LIKE OUR COMMISSION USED TO BE. BUT AT THAT TIME, I FELT THERE WOULD'VE BEEN NO WAY WE WOULD'VE EVER COME TO AGREEMENT ON AN APPOINTMENT. AND THE WAY THE LAW WAS WRITTEN, YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY DAYS TO APPOINT SOMEBODY. IN FACT, THE STATE REWROTE THE LAW TO ALLOW, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE SPECIAL ELECTION, 'CAUSE YOU DID HAVE TO WAIT, I BELIEVE IT WAS 90 DAYS, 90 DAYS BEFORE YOU COULD HAVE THE SPECIAL ELECTION, EVEN IF YOU KNEW THAT'S THE ROUTE YOU WERE GOING. UH, SO THAT TOOK EVEN LONGER THAN NORMAL. UM, THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOT FROM MANY, MANY, MANY CITIZENS IS THAT WE TRUST YOU. WE WOULD NOT HAVE PUT YOU UP THERE IF WE DIDN'T TRUST YOU. THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS WILL BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT. IT'LL BE HANDED HANDLED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BOARD PROCESS. AND SO THE CITIZENS CAN WEIGH IN AND THE PEOPLE APPLYING CAN CAN CALL US, EMAIL US, HOWEVER THEY WANT TO DO IT, AND WE WILL GET THEIR APPLICATIONS. AND I'M SURE THOSE APPLICATIONS WILL BE EXCELLENT. UM, BUT YEAH, I, I FEEL LIKE AT THIS POINT IN THIS JUNCTURE, WE WENT THROUGH A VERY HARD CONTENTIOUS ELECTION, AND I THINK THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD IS READY TO, TO, UH, TO MOVE ON AND THEY'LL BE ALL READY TO COME BACK OUT AGAIN AND VOTE IN 2027. BUT I THINK THEY HAVE COMPLETE FAITH IN US TO, TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT. SO I'M DEFINITELY FOR THIS METHOD. COMMISSIONER TRAVIS ONE, I DID WATCH THE REST OF THE MEETING AND PARTICIPATED IN LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION, AND I DO THINK THE APPLICATION IS MUCH IMPROVED. I THINK WE LEARNED SOMETHING ON THAT THAT COULD BE USED MAYBE IN OTHER AREAS TOO. SO I DID WATCH THAT THERE. I I'M SORRY, I FORGOT THAT THERE WAS THE ABILITY TO WATCH THE MEETING, SO YEAH, THAT, THAT'S FINE. I WAS NOT TRYING TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME AT ALL. KEN, SORRY. NO, I, NO, I PUT MY HEADPHONES ON SO I CAN HEAR IT. IT'S OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. NO, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION ON THE TABLE, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? I'M OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OTHER THAN COMMISSIONER TRAVIS. SO THE MOTION PASSES. [01:10:03] ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO [3. Appointment by Mayor of three (3) members to the Planning Commission] A NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER THREE, APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR OF THREE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UM, AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE CONSENSUS TO APPOINT BOTH, UM, OR REAPPOINT, UH, PRESTON BAIN, WHO IS HERE TONIGHT. PRESTON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, MICHAEL KAPLAN, BOTH, UH, RETURNING PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. UM, I'M GONNA ASK THAT, UH, IF I CAN HAVE A FEW WEEKS, GRACE TO, UH, APPOINT THE, THE THIRD MEMBER HERE ONCE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPOINTMENT [4. Appointment of two (2) members to the Library Board] OF TWO MEMBERS TO LIBRARY BOARD. SO I THINK EVERYONE WILL FIND THE BALLOTS IN FRONT OF THEM. EVERYONE CAN FILL THOSE OUT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, LET'S DO IT TOO. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR NORMAN ALBERTSON AND PATRICIA WEBB. OKAY. COMMISSIONER GARRIS VOTES FOR NORMAN ALBERTSON AND PATRICIA WEBB. COMMISSIONER DONAHUE VOTES FOR NORMAN ALBERTSON. PATRICIA WEBB, MAYOR ANDREWS VOTES FOR NORMAN ALBERTSON. PATRICIA WEBB, VICE MAYOR. LITTLE VOTES FOR CAROLINE ROYAL. EXCUSE ME, CAROLINE ROYALTY AND PATRICIA WEBB. COMMISSIONER TRAVIS VOTES FOR NORMAN ALBERTSON AND CAROLINE ROYALTY. 5 5 2. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE MR. ALBERTSON WITH FIVE, AND PATRICIA WEBB WITH FIVE. OKAY. AND MS. ROYALTY WITH TWO, BUT , YEAH. THANK YOU. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS FOR OUR NEW LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS. AS, UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT AS, UH, I THINK COMMISSIONER TRAVIS AND OTHERS HAVE OBSERVED BEFORE, WE DO HAVE A SORT OF A, I GUESS AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES WHEN IT COMES TO VOLUNTEERISM IN THE CITY. AND I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S APPLIED FOR THESE POSITIONS. YOUR SERVICE IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. AND, UH, FOR FOLKS THAT APPLIED AND DID NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT SELECTED THIS TIME, I HOPE BY ALL MEANS, YOU CONTINUE TO VOLUNTEER, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT IN HAND WITH THE, WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LIBRARY BOARD, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE LIBRARY BESIDES THE LIBRARY BOARD AND A LOT OF OTHER BOARDS IN THE CITY. SO I, I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO KEEP, KEEP INVOLVED AND FIND THEIR PASSION WITH THE CITY. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO NEW [5. Other new business] BUSINESS. UH, FIVE. WE'VE GOT, UH, NOTICES OF APPOINTMENTS FOR FUTURE APPOINTMENTS TO THREE DIFFERENT BOARDS. SO WE HAVE NOTICED A FUTURE APPOINTMENT FOR ONE MEMBER TO THE BRENTWOOD BOARD OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION APPEALS FOR INFORMATION, UH, NOTIFICATION TWO, NOTICE OF FUTURE APPOINTMENTS OF THREE MEMBERS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD FOR INFORMATION ONLY. AND NUMBER THREE, NOTICE OF FUTURE APPOINTMENTS OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE PARK BOARD FOR INFORMATION. SO THOSE WILL BE COMING UP. AND BACK TO THE EARLIER COMMENT, I HOPE PEOPLE APPLY IF YOU ARE, UH, SO INSPIRED AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU PART OF OUR TEAM. ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.