Jun 23, 2025 City Commission Meeting

ONE, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 25 DASH OH ONE.

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT IS, UH, THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO, PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER

[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]

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 ZERO ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE.

ALRIGHT, CLOSED 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]

NUMBER TWO, PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 2025 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 TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO? SO NO ONE WILL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

[3. Public hearing for proposed five-year Capital Improvements program for Fiscal Years 2026-2030]

NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 TO 2030.

IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER THREE, SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THAT.

ALRIGHT, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS.

OUR NEXT ORDER OF

[4. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE MINUTES? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.

SECOND.

SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.

LITTLE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

AND NOW MOVE INTO COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.

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

ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE FULL BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

CITIZENS WHO WISH TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN.

AT THIS TIME, UH, WE'VE NOT HAD A SIGN IN SHEET, BUT NO ONE IS REQUIRED TO SIGN IN TO SPEAK, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO APPROACH AND SPEAK ANYWAY, JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, UH, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'LL KEEP MOVING.

ALRIGHT,

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

WE'LL START WITH OUR REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER, JASON GAGE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, AS, UH, WE ALL KNOW IT TURNED HOT, SO IT'S A GOOD TIME TO CONTINUE TO REMIND FOLKS TO, UH, TRY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VOLUNTEERING, UH, VOLUNTARY ADDRESS BASED IRRIGATION, UH, PLAN.

SO, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT MOST, UH, AUTOMATED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE PROGRAMMED ON CERTAIN DAYS.

AND WHEN MOST OF 'EM ARE ON THOSE SAME DAYS, IT COULD CREATE A SPIKE IN USE OF THE WATER.

AND IT'S REALLY BEST FOR THE SYSTEM, UH, TO SPREAD THAT OUT.

UH, SO ONE EXAMPLE IS IT COULD BE A HOT TUESDAY MORNING AND MAYBE NOT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE IRRIGATING, AND YOU MAY USE 50 TO 75 GALLONS AN HOUR, BUT ON A MAYBE A WEDNESDAY, IT COULD BE 700 GALLONS OR MORE AN HOUR.

SO THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM DAY TO DAY, DEPENDING ON THE HEAT AND DEPENDING ON WHAT DAY PEOPLE SET THOSE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

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FOR.

UH, SO WHAT WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOLKS TO DO IS, AGAIN, VOLUNTARILY, UH, USE OUR PROGRAM, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS IF, UH, YOU HAVE AN ODD NUMBERED STREET ADDRESS, UH, YOU'LL IRRIGATE, UH, YOUR SYSTEMS, UH, SET YOUR SYSTEMS FOR MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS, IF IT'S AN EVEN NUMBER ADDRESS, UH, WATER THE LAWNS ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SATURDAYS.

SO IT'S A PRETTY EASY SYSTEM TO REMEMBER.

SPREADS IT OUT.

IT'S BETTER FOR EVERYTHING.

AND, AND, UH, UH, THE, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE NOW WITH THE HEAT, THE GRASS IS GONNA NEED THAT WATER.

SO SPREADING OUT IS REALLY A GOOD THING.

UH, JUST A QUICK REMINDER.

YES.

AM I RIGHT IN UNDERSTANDING THAT BY DOING THAT AND SPREADING OUT THE USE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP AVOID HAVING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF WATER RESTRICTIONS OR ANY OTHER THINGS THROUGH THE SUMMER ACROSS THE CITY? WE WILL, WE WILL.

AND AS, UH, MOST PEOPLE KNOW, WE PURCHASED OUR WATER FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES.

AND SO WHAT WE WOULD NOT WANNA DO IS, FIRST, FIRST JUST, JUST BEING, UH, UNDERSTANDING CONSERVATION.

IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT NOT TO OVERUSE WATER WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO GET IN A SITUATION WHERE IT MAY CAUSE US IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE TO PURCHASE MORE WATER THAN WE REALLY NEED JUST BECAUSE OF A SPIKE IN THE PEAK, WHEN IN FACT, THERE'S PLENTY OF WATER TO GO AROUND.

OH, VERY GOOD.

SO GOOD POINT.

UH, ON WEDNESDAY, THE CITY'S, UH, WEBSITE, REFRESHED WEBSITE WILL GO LIVE FOR MOST PEOPLE.

IT'LL LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR TO TODAY'S, UH, SITE.

UH, IT'S MORE OF A BACKEND UPGRADE.

THERE'LL BE SOME FUNCTIONALITY AND USABILITY THAT'LL BE BETTER.

BUT JUST, UH, IF IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, EVERYONE WILL WILL KNOW WHY IT LOOKS DIFFERENT.

IT'S NOT THEM DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN STAY ON THE SAME CHANNEL.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE CHANNELS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S BRENT FEST CELEBRATION, IT'S RETURNING TO CROCKETT PARK FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM THIS SATURDAY.

UH, IT'S PART OF THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, BUT ALSO INCLUDES INFLATABLES FOR CHILDREN AND A BEER GARDEN FOR ADULTS.

THE, UH, 1980S TRIBUTE BAND, RUBIK GROOVE IS BACK TO PERFORM.

AND I SHOULD SAY, WHO DOESN'T LIKE 1980S MUSIC? RIGHT.

UM, AND THE, THE LAST TWO CONCERTS HAVE BEEN TERRIFIC.

I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT.

IT'S GONNA BE A TERRIFIC NIGHT.

SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET OUT AND GO TO THAT.

UH, WE DO WANNA REMIND FOLKS AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY, THAT, UH, UH, THE POSSESSION OF CONSUMER GRADE FIREWORKS OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING SPARKLERS, ARE PROHIBITED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

SO OUR, UH, A FIRE AND RESCUE FOLKS WILL BE DOING PATROLS AROUND THE CITY, UH, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE 4TH OF JULY FROM THE SECOND TO THE FIFTH, IF, UH, FOLKS ARE FOUND USING FIREWORKS, THE FIREWORKS CAN BE TAKEN.

AND SO THAT'S YOUR MONEY THAT THAT USED WAS USED TO BUY AND BEING TAKEN IN ESSENCE.

AND FINES COULD BE ISSUED AS WELL.

SO WE JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE OF THE LAW THERE.

UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WE REALLY WANT EVERYONE TO ENJOY A PLEASANT, SAFE INDEPENDENCE DAY.

SO, UH, WE ASK THEM TO ENJOY OUR, OUR BRENTWOOD PROFESSIONAL FIREWORKS SHOW AT 9:00 PM AT CROCKETT PARK ON JULY 4TH.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT.

IT'S, IT'S FUN FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

IT'S SAFE, ENJOYABLE, WE'RE HOPING FOR GREAT WEATHER.

AND, UH, JUST INVITE PEOPLE TO SHOW UP FOR IT.

THAT'S, THAT'S MY REPORT.

OUTSTANDING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE A REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

WE MOST CERTAINLY DO NOT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR .

THREE TOWERS ON TWO ACRES OF LAND, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND BRENTWOOD AND YOU SEE, WE GOT ONE ACRES ZONING.

ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE REPORTS AND COMMENTS, UM, FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR AND, UH, THIS WEEK, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS, WE'LL START WITH YOU.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, UM, WE HAD A VERY INTERESTING, UM, MEETING, PART OF THE MEETING AT OUR INFO MEETING, TRYING TO LOOK AT NEW SIGNAGE FOR BRENTWOOD FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD.

SOUNDS SIMPLE, RIGHT? NO, IT'S NOT SIMPLE.

EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY HAS LITTLE IDEAS, WHICH ARE ALL GREAT.

AND WE WORKED, WE WORKED, WE TALKED ABOUT 'EM.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BRING TDOT INTO THIS SITUATION TOO, BECAUSE THE SIGNS HAVE TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS BEING, UH, BREAKAWAY.

AND IT WAS VERY, VERY ENLIGHTENING.

UH, CHARLES BOOTH WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS.

I APPRECIATE THAT CHARLES.

AND I THOUGHT THE, I THOUGHT THE PRESENTATION WAS VERY, VERY, UH, PROFESSIONAL.

AND I THINK WE ALL GOT A LOT OF GOOD INPUT, AND I THINK WE'RE REALLY, UH, MOVING TOWARD FINALIZATION ON THIS, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

UM, I TOO WANTED TO MENTION THE FIREWORKS BAND.

I HAD A RESIDENT WRITE ME TODAY AND SAID, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR DRIVES THIS DOG CRAZY THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AND PLUS, WITH ALL THE HEAT, IT'S GONNA BE DRY UNLESS WE GET A LOT OF, A LOT OF RAIN.

SO REMEMBER, NO FIREWORKS AND BRENTWOOD GO TO GO TO THE CELEBRATION AT, AT EDDIE ARNOLD AMPHITHEATER INSTEAD.

UM, THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK HELPS EMPHASIZE TO ME THAT WE'RE A LITTLE MORE SPECIAL THAN OTHER PLACES AROUND HERE.

UM, THIS WAS RECENTLY, UH, APPROVED BY, UH, NASHVILLE.

AND, UM, THEY'VE APPROVED TO PUT THREE TOWERS ON TWO ACRES OF LAND ON THOSE.

IN THOSE THREE TOWERS, THERE'S GONNA BE 239 LUXURY CONDOS, 245 HOTEL ROOMS, AND 480 APARTMENTS, RENTAL APARTMENTS.

UM, THAT'S JUST THE, WHAT THAT'LL DO TO TRAFFIC IN THE AREA IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

UM, BUT

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JUST THINK OF THREE OF THOSE AND THINK OF THE TOWERS AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THANK GOODNESS, AND GOD BLESS.

BRENTWOOD.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MAYOR.

I THANK COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER DUNN.

UH, THE HISTORIC BOARD IS NOT MEETING THIS MONTH.

WE ALWAYS TAKE JUNE OFF, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TRIPS AND VACATIONS PLANNED.

BUT NEXT, UM, SATURDAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK, WE WILL BE HAVING THE RIBBON CUTTING AT BRENT VALE.

UH, THAT MANY OF YOU REMEMBER, THE CABIN WAS RELOCATED TO CROCKETT PARK FROM OLD SMYRNA ROAD.

AND OVER THE YEARS, IT'S JUST, IT DETERIORATED SO MUCH.

IT WAS ROTTING, HAD TERMITES AND THINGS.

SO, UH, WE TORE IT DOWN, HAD THE WOODCUT REPURPOSED IT, AND REBUILT A LOVELY SHELTER OUT THERE, UH, AT FOUR O'CLOCK THIS COMING SATURDAY, WHICH IS ONE HOUR BEFORE BRENT FEST STARTS.

SO WE HOPE YOU'LL, YOU'LL PIGGYBACK THE TWO EVENTS.

COME TO OUR RIBBON CUTTING, AND THEN GO TO BRENT FEST, WHICH IS, UH, FOR CONCERT GOERS.

THIS IS THE SATURDAY CONCERT.

DON'T GET CONFUSED WITH SUNDAYS.

IT'S THIS SATURDAY.

SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

AND ON SUNDAY, JULY 6TH, WHICH IS THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH, THE BRENTWOOD, UH, BOWLING SPRING ACADEMY, THE BRENTWOOD HISTORIC COMMISSION WILL BE PROVIDING DOCENTS OVER THERE.

IF YOU'RE IN TOWN AND IT'S NICE WEATHER AND YOU'RE OUT WALKING, WE HOPE YOU'LL COME VISIT THERE.

IT'S OPEN TWO TO FOUR ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

UM, WELL TO, TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE BRENT VALE AND THE, THE, UM, THE BRENT FEST.

UM, AND ONE THING I, AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE TIME, THE FOOD TRUCKS START AT FIVE, BUT THE BAND STARTS AT SIX ON THAT SATURDAY.

SO, UM, SO GET THERE EARLY AND HAVE GREAT FOOD, AND THEN SIT DOWN FOR THE BAND AND, OR STAND UP AND DANCE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

UM, AND THEN, UM, SO THAT'S ON SATURDAY.

AND THEN FRIDAY WE'RE HAVING THE RED WHITE AND BOOM, THE DOWNTOWN BAND FOR THE JULY 4TH, UM, EXTRAVAGANZA, AND THAT'S SEVEN TO 10.

SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON BETWEEN THE RUBEN CUTTING, THEN THE TWO CONCERTS, AND THEN THE DOCENTS AND, UM, BOILING SPRINGS.

SO, UM, IT SHOULD BE A BIG WEEK FOR, AND IT'S THE HOTTEST WEEK OF THE YEAR FOR ALL OF 'EM.

WELL, HYDRATE, HYDRATE.

UM, AND ALSO, UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, THANK HOLLY FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH ALL THESE APPLICATIONS BETWEEN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THE SEAT.

UM, SHE HAS BEEN, UM, OVERFLOWING WITH EMAILS AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR HER, UM, EFFORT TO KEEP US UP TO SPEED WITH ALL OF THAT.

AND THEN, UM, ALSO, UM, JUST A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO MAYOR AND HIS TV INTERVIEW FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

THAT WAS, UM, , THAT WAS A GREAT SHOUT OUT AND A A WELL DONE, UM, GOOD PR FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THE LAST THING IS, UM, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO POLICE, UH, BRENTWOOD POLICE CANINE PAX AND OFFICER TREY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY HIS LAST NAME.

I JUST KNOW OFFICER TR I KNOW PAX BECAUSE OF OFFICER TRE, BUT, UM, THEY, UM, ATTENDED THE UNITED STATES POLICE CANINE ASSOCIATION, UM, I GUESS COMPETITION.

AND THEY ACTUALLY, UM, DID THEY COME IN THIRD OR THIRD? YEAH, THIRD.

AND IT'S, UM, THERE ARE FOUR THINGS.

THEY, UM, JUDGE THEM ON ARTICLE SEARCH OBEDIENCE BOX, AND SUSPECT SEARCH AND CRIMINAL APPREHENSION.

AND APPARENTLY THEY, UM, ARE OUTSTANDING.

AND SO I'VE, I'VE SAW THEM AT THE POLICE, UM, CITIZENS ACADEMY, AND IT WAS QUITE A SIGHT TO SEE, BUT, UM, IT'S FOUR DAYS THAT THEY WERE OUT THERE IN THIS HEAT WITH, UM, ALL THE OTHER HANDLERS AND THEIR, UM, OFFICERS AND IT WAS A GRUELING EVENT AND THEY, UM, THEY DID REALLY WELL.

SO, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

THE COMMISSIONER DONAHUE? YES.

I'D LIKE TO, UH, START WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD.

THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING IS THIS WEDNESDAY, UH, AS OPPOSED TO LAST WEEK WEDNESDAY.

AND I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT IT'S WANDA GRAHAM'S, UH, LAST MEETING ON THE BOARD BECAUSE SHE'S TERMED OUT.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A, DID I HAVE THAT RIGHT? THE, THE STA SARAH JOHNSON.

OH, SARAH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

SARAH'S, UH, LAST TERM BECAUSE OF THE TERM LIMITS THAT THE STATE HAS PUT ON LIBRARY BOARDS, AND I'M SURE THERE'S A GREAT STORY THERE SOMEWHERE IN OUR STATE.

UM, THE, UH, THE SUMMER READING PROGRAMS GOING ON, THERE ARE, UH, EVERY WEEK THERE'S AT LEAST ONE EVENT RELATED TO THAT, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON.

UM, THE SPACE COMMITTEE

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IS NARROWING DOWN FURNITURE OPTIONS, UH, AND THE MOVING AHEAD, I GUESS, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WITH THE NEW TEEN CENTER AND FINISHING UP THE, UH, GATHER AREA, THE FRIENDS GATHER AREA.

UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE FIRST TWO CONCERTS, UH, SUCH WONDERFUL, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS.

KEISHA, CHARLES, UH, THE PARK STAFF OVERALL.

ALSO ANTHONY AND JACK, IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THEM ON SUNDAY NIGHT, THEY ARE THE TWO BICYCLE EMT GUYS THAT WERE SWEATING A LOT.

AND, UH, THEY'RE KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE.

AND ALSO THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE THERE WITH US.

AND, UH, LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE CITIZENS FOR THE INTEREST THEY'VE SHOWN IN THE AD HOC VETERANS MONUMENT COMMITTEE.

SO WE HAD, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO STAY WITH SIX.

I'VE ALREADY ASKED IF WE COULD ADD MORE.

UH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE EVERYBODY, UH, GET ON, UH, TO THAT COMMITTEE.

BUT FOR THOSE THAT DON'T GET ELECTED TONIGHT, I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO STAY INVOLVED AND TO VOLUNTEER WHEN THAT COMMITTEE STARTS TO ASK FOR HELP.

UH, AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE A GREAT PROJECT GIVEN ALL THE INTEREST WE ALREADY HAVE.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

UH, VICE MAYOR LITTLE JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO THINK AS WE APPROACH THE 249TH BIRTHDAY OF OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THAT, UM, HOW YOU WILL CELEBRATE.

HOPEFULLY YOU'LL COME TO RED, WHITE AND BOOM, BUT, BUT ALSO HOW YOU CAN GIVE BACK TO OTHERS BECAUSE OF THE BLESSINGS WE HAVE BY, BY THE LIBERTIES THAT WE POSSESS, BY THE SACRIFICES THAT MANY HAVE MADE BEFORE US.

SO JUST BE THOUGHTFUL OF THAT AS WE'RE APPROACHING JULY 4TH.

AND DESTIN'S ALWAYS WITH ME IN MY HEART AND MIND AS HE IS WITH MS. MINNIE, BRENTWOOD CITIZENS FOR THE SACRIFICE HE MADE FIVE YEARS AGO, AS OF LAST FRIDAY ON THE 18TH.

AND SO I WANNA HONOR HIS MEMORY.

AND, AND I JUST WOULD LIKE US ALL JUST TO PAUSE IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

YOU MAY WANT TO SAY A PRAYER FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO DO PROTECT US 24 7 365.

BUT IF YOU WILL, LET'S PAUSE JUST FOR A MOMENT AND REFLECT.

WITH THE VARIOUS CARRIERS AND TRACKING DOWN, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT IT.

THAT'S ALL, MAYOR.

UH, THANK YOU.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING OFFICER LEG, GAZA, YOU KNOW, REPEAT ALL OF IT, BUT WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS EARLY ON IN MY CAREER AS A COMMISSIONER AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE WAY THE COMMUNITY CAME AROUND THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT, UM, I, I SINCERELY HOPE THAT'S A ONE-OFF.

AND, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO HONOR HIS MEMORY AND, AND REMEMBER THAT.

AND AS YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE A, A REMINDER OF, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR ARMED FORCES AND THE JOB THEY DO AND THE PROFESSIONALISM THEY CARRY THROUGH IT.

SO JUST, UH, I HOPE EVERYONE KEEPS ALL THOSE FOLKS AND ALL OF OUR LEADERS IN, IN YOUR HEART AND YOUR PRAYERS AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL PRAY FOR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS, AS WE NAVIGATE UNCERTAIN TIMES AS A NATION.

SO, UH, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THOSE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, BOTH HERE AND THERE.

UM, AS WE MENTIONED, I WAS GONNA MENTION WATER USE, BUT, UH, UH, JASON BEAT ME TO IT.

BUT, UH, THAT IS A BIG DEAL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, A FRIEND OF MINE, UH, GRANT HAMMOND, UH, MADE THE COMMENT THIS WEEKEND THAT APPARENTLY WE ARE HALFWAY TO BEING CONSIDERED AN ACTUAL RAINFOREST.

RAIN IS DEFINED BY, BY ANNUAL, BY ANNUAL, UH, UH, RAINFALL.

UH, HOPEFULLY WE BREAK THE TREND AND DON'T, UH, DON'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO OFFICIAL RAINFOREST STATUS, BUT HARD, HARD AS IT IS TO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE RAIN WE'VE BEEN GETTING, IT WILL DRY UP.

SO I HOPE PEOPLE DO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR WATER USED AND, UH, AND PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR IRRIGATION, UH, BOTH HOME AND COMMERCIAL JUST TO HELP EVEN OUT THE DEMANDS ON, UH, AND CHRIS MILTON AND HIS CREW OVER AT WATER AND SEWER.

SO, UH, WITH B FEST COMING UP AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, REMINDER AGAIN, SUNDAY NIGHT ABOUT ALL THE WORK FOR THE STAFF.

I MEAN, CHARLES, YOU AND KEISHA AND YOUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, DAVE BUN AND, AND HIS WHOLE STAFF, YOU KNOW, CHIEF COLLINS, CHIEF, UH, COL, I MEAN, ALL THE FOLKS OUT THERE, THERE'S A HUGE CREW OF PEOPLE WORKING THOSE EVENTS, AND THEY WOULD DO IT SO WELL THAT IT'S, I THINK, TRANSPARENT TO ALL THE CITIZENS.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME AS IF IT JUST ORGANICALLY COMES UP ALL BY ITSELF.

AND I DO THINK PEOPLE JUST HAD A BLAST.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BANDS IS HERE, HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING, UM, REALLY, REALLY GOOD STUFF.

BUT THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FOLKS THAT COME OUT THERE AND GIVE PART OF THEIR WEEKENDS AND THEIR SUNDAY NIGHTS TO BE THERE TO REALLY PULL THAT OFF.

UM, 'CAUSE IT TAKES A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

UM, TO THE, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, SOMETHING I WANNA MENTION, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED SOME ABOUT CELL PHONE COVERAGE AND WHATNOT.

AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE, UH, TALKING TO THE FOLKS, UM, WELL, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO START CONVERSATIONS

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AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, ROGERS ANDERSON IS FAMOUSLY MADE FUN OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HE CALLS THE CONCORD ROAD DEAD SPOT.

YOU KNOW, I USUALLY CALL IT THE WILSON PIKE DEAD SPOT, BUT REALLY, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT IS QUITE A BIT ON THE EAST SIDE OF BRENTWOOD.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO DIG IN, FIND OUT ALL THE INS AND OUTS.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE CELL PHONE IS NOT, OR THE CELL PHONE COVERAGE IS NOT A PUBLIC UTILITY.

IT IS A SERIES OF PRIVATE COMPANIES AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT TO IT.

YOU KNOW, THE TOWERS ARE NOT OWNED BY THE CARRIERS, AND THE CARRIERS HAVE TO COLLABORATE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF LEGISLATION AND, UM, REALLY REGULATION OVER THE BANDWIDTH.

AND AT TIMES THERE ARE SOME EMOTIONS ABOUT THAT.

IN FACT, I REMEMBER WHEN WE OPENED UP THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND I HAD SOME CALLS ABOUT THE, THE NEW ANTENNA ON THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS WHEN THE, THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS WAS LITERALLY IN THE SHADOW OF THE WSM ANTENNA.

YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, UM, BUT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE CAN BE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT KIND STUFF, BUT REALLY, I'VE, I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT CELL PHONE COVERAGE, UH, PARTICULARLY IN EAST BRENTWOOD.

SO TRY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

AND ALONG THOSE LINES, IT IS FUNNY, AND I'VE, I'VE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS ASK ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT BEING MAYOR? AND AS I KNOW, ANN AND, AND RAY CAN BOTH TELL YOU NOT MUCH IN SOME WAYS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL, WE'RE, WE'RE COMMISSIONERS JUST LIKE ALL OF US.

AND WE ALL HAVE THE SAME RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT YOUR PHONE DOES RING MORE BECAUSE THERE ARE A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE TOP, YOU KNOW? SO THEY THINK, SO THEY, SO THEY CALL THE MAYOR, MAYOR, YES MA'AM.

YOU DO GET TO MARRY PEOPLE.

OH, THERE YOU GO.

YES, YES.

WHEN I WAS, THE FIRST TIME I WAS SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF BROWNIES ONCE, AND THEY ASKED ME THAT VERY QUESTION, WHAT CAN A MAYOR DO? AND I SAID, WELL, I GET TO MARRY PEOPLE.

AND ONE LITTLE GIRL SAID, WELL, HOW MANY MEN HAVE YOU MARRIED? .

OH, THAT'S FUNNY.

SO I LEARNED TO PHRASE MY WORDS VERY CAREFULLY AFTER THAT.

WELL, WE'LL SEE.

UH, MAYBE, MAYBE I'LL GET TO USE THAT.

UH, I, I'VE HEARING SEVERAL AND SO DID, I THINK YOU'VE MARRIED SOME RAY AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER MAYOR SMITH.

WELL, I'LL WAIT FOR THAT PHONE CALL.

I'VE NOT HAD THAT PARTICULAR ONE YET.

CITY HALL'S A PRIME SPOT, , BUT YOU KNOW, AS, AS Y'ALL CAN GUESS, A FAIR AMOUNT OF THE PHONE CALLS, YOU KNOW, YOU GET, UM, YOU KNOW, CONGESTION.

AND YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY KIND OF BOILS DOWN FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IS THE MARROW MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN COMES UP.

YOU KNOW, GROWTH OF COURSE COMES UP, UH, BIKING, PEDESTRIAN ROUTES, AND THE GREENWAY TRAILS COME UP, ESPECIALLY LATELY.

UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PARTICULAR IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SOMEONE'S TAKEN DOWN A RELATIVELY SMALL HOUSE AND PUT UP A SOMEWHAT BIGGER HOUSE, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

UM, SCHOOLS AND HOW WE SUPPORT 'EM, WHICH WE'RE CERTAINLY TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

UM, COMMUNITY RECREATION AT TIMES, AND OF COURSE OUR GREEN SPACE AND PARKS.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST AS, AS MY PHONE'S RINGING AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS, IT JUST IS A REMINDER AGAIN THAT IT WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO I THINK, THAT WE UPDATED THE 2020 PLAN TO BE THE 2030 PLAN.

AND I REALLY THINK THAT AS A COMMISSION, WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT UPDATING IT TO 2040 PLAN.

SO I JUST MENTIONED THAT, THAT, UH, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS KIND OF PUT ON YOUR RADAR AND IT'S SOMETHING, UM, IN PARTICULARLY RIGHT NOW AS WE HAVE A KIND OF FRESH COMMISSION AND ALSO, UH, A FRESH CITY MANAGER, IT MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD TIME AS WE ENGAGE THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY DO A GOOD JOB.

YOU KNOW, FIND OUT FROM THE FOLKS THAT WENT THROUGH THE 2020 AND 2030 WE'RE REALLY WORKED ABOUT THAT AND LEADING INTO THIS PROCESS TO SEE IF WE CAN'T COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT REALLY GIVES US A GOOD, A GOOD ROADMAP GOING FORWARD AS A COMMUNITY.

ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WELL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

UH, THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS.

AND SO FROM THERE WE'LL MOVE

[ Consent Agenda]

SO ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE A CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL GENERALLY BE ENACTED IN 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 WISH TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE'LL READ THIS INTO THE RECORD CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH SIX, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 78 DASH FOUR 20 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SIGNS ALLOWED IN SERVICE INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICTS FOR CONSIDERATION ON SECOND AND FINAL READING CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, ORDINANCE 20 25 0 8, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2024 DASH ONE, THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2024, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025 FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND SECOND AND FINAL READING CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ONE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 DASH 2030 FOR

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ADOPTION CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH OH SEVEN A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE NON-ROUTINE WORK PLAN FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, WHICH RUNS JULY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026.

FOR ADOPTION CONSENT.

AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 48.

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CLASSIFICATION AND PAY PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 FOR ADOPTION CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 49 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN ALTERATION TO THE OSRD DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE ARCADIA SUBDIVISION FOR ADOPTION CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 50 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH CUMBERLAND PIPELINE, LLC FOR WILSON PIKE WATERLINE PROJECT FOR ADOPTION CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 51 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ANNUAL PROCUREMENT OF MATERIALS AND SERVICES AND AMOUNTS EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING $25,000 FROM DESIGNATED VENDORS FOR ADOPTION CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE MOTOROLA ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FOR 700 MEGAHERTZ RADIO SYSTEMS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE MIMECAST AND CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE TRUCK FOR WATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TRAVIS? I SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARRE.

OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS PASSES.

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 second and final reading]

MOVING ON TO OLD BUSINESS ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH ONE.

AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026, INCLUDING A BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT FOR CONSIDERATION ON SECOND AND FINAL READING.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE AMENDMENTS TO MAKE TO THIS.

UH, DO WE NEED THE, UH, THE MOTION BEFORE THE AMENDMENTS? THAT'S OKAY.

SO PRIMARY MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE.

WE'D APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.

SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.

LITTLE.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE DO THE AMENDMENTS? ALRIGHT, SO AMENDMENTS MAYOR, I BELIEVE I START WITH THE EDUCATION PORTION OF THIS BILL AND I MOVE TO AMEND THE APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE TO ALLOCATE THE EDUCATIONAL FUNDING AS FOLLOWS, $62,400 EACH FOR BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND RAVENS RAVENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

$15,600 EACH FOR BRENTWOOD SUNSET AND WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND $10,400 EACH FOR CROCKETT, EDMONDSON JORDAN, KEN ROSE, LIPSCOMB, SALE SCALES AND SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE UH, UH, OR WE HAVE THE MOTION? I'LL SECOND THE SECOND.

I SECOND MY VICE MAYOR.

LITTLE IN DISCUSSION.

JUST, UH, THE SUNSET ONE IS, OR IS IT, IS THAT THAT ONE'S SUBJECT TO, UH, THE ENROLLMENT SINCE IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMIT.

SO THAT COULD BE ADJUSTED ONCE WE GET ENROLLMENT WHEN SCHOOL STARTS.

BECAUSE THAT FLUCTUATES SO MUCH BETWEEN NOW AND THE FIRST DAY OF THIRD DAY OF SCHOOL EVEN.

YOU CAN, AND, AND REALLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL SUBJECT TO THE, UH, THE ENROLLMENT, YOU KNOW, FOR IN TERMS OF WELL, NOT THE ONES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

WELL, I, I THINK IF THEY HAD AN ENROLLMENT THAT WAS LIKE THAT.

'CAUSE I THINK, DON'T WE LOOK AT THE CENSUS FOR ALL OF THEM? NO.

NO.

I WAS THINKING THE SUNSET WAS JUST THE ONLY ONE WHERE IT SEEMED TO COME UP.

I DON'T THINK SO.

IT'S BECAUSE SUNSET'S THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS SHARED STUDENTS.

YEAH, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S OUTSIDE.

I WAS THINKING THE THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT WAS TRUE OF ALL THESE, BUT THERE'S JUST THE ONLY SINCE THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE WHERE IT WAS AN ISSUE.

WELL, BUT NOW WITH OPEN ENROLLMENT, WOULD THAT MATTER? OH, I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE O WE HAVE OPEN ENROLLMENT NOW I WILL SAY THAT THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONTEMPLATED HISTORICALLY AS PART OF IT.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD, NO.

THEN MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER OR DISCUSS.

YEAH, WE, WE MAYBE WE'LL CONSIDER CONSIDERING IT LATER.

, WELL IT'S, I THINK IT'S 50% AND ODDS ARE EVERY SCHOOL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BRENTWOOD IS GONNA HAVE 50% MAXIMUM MINIMUM.

SO IT'S REALLY NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S A MOOT POINT TO THE I AGREE TO, UM, CONSIDER THOSE.

I AGREE.

ON THE, ON THE AMENDMENT TO, UH, FUND SCHOOLS? ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION

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ANY OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? I PASSES.

AND THEN RECREATION PROGRAMS. I HAVE, UM, I MOVE TO AMEND THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO ALLOT THE RECREATION PROGRAM'S FUNDING FUNDING AS FOLLOWS, 21,000 FOR BRENTWOOD BALL CLUB.

18,000 FOR BRENTWOOD BLAZE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE IN DISCUSSION.

MARC THAT NO.

THEY OPPOSED UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY PASSES OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS. I MOVE TO AMEND THE APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE TO ALLOCATE $50,000 FOR THE 50 FORWARD MARTIN CENTER.

ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SO SECOND.

MY COMMISSIONER TRAVIS.

ANY DISCUSSION? JUST ONE POINT MAYOR.

A LOT OF DISCUSSION WENT ON AT THE MEETING ON THURSDAY JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HEAR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.

IF CITIZENS ARE WATCHING OUR PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, THERE WAS GREAT DISCUSSION ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S INPUT ON THURSDAY.

SO MM-HMM .

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THERE, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? PASS UNANIMOUSLY.

I MOVE TO AMEND THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO ALLOCATE $13,000 FOR THE BRENTWOOD YMCA.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GEZ.

ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? SO HISTORICALLY THE MONEY HAS BEEN USED FOR THE, UH, FULL CIRCLE PROGRAM.

IT'S NOT SPECIFIC IN THEIR APPLICATION IN TERMS OF RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'VE IMPOSED OR THAT THEY'VE SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN.

UH, BUT IT HAS BEEN UNDERSTOOD THAT IT GOES FOR THE FULL CIRCLE PROGRAM AND MM-HMM .

UM, AT THE TIME OF THE, UH, WHEN THEY ACCEPT IT, THEY'LL MAKE THAT CLEAR.

AND FURTHER DISCUSSION.

OPPOSED? I PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT THEN.

WE HAVE AMENDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTERS.

I MOVE TO AMEND THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO ALLOCATE $10,000 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT WILLIAMSON INC.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND THAT A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER DUNN.

A DISCUSSION? I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO, UM, IF WE, THAT MONEY IS SET ASIDE, IF WE DON'T FUND THE FULL AMOUNT IT GOES, HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO WE'VE GOT IN THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION $20,000 SET ASIDE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE APPROPRIATING 10,000 OF THAT, WHICH WILL LEAVE $10,000 UNAPPROPRIATED.

AND IF IT SITS IN THE BUDGET ALL THE WAY TILL NEXT YEAR, WE'LL PROBABLY SWEEP THAT INTO THE, UM, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN OR OTHER BUDGET THINGS AT THE END OF THE YEAR IF IT'S NOT SPENT.

AND I GUESS FROM CITY STAFF TO, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT? I THINK THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, INITIALLY IT, IT JUST BECOMES UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF THE BUDGET YEAR, YOU'LL SEE HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON ALL OTHER EXPENDITURES.

BUT IN ESSENCE IT CREATES, UH, 10,000 ADDITIONAL NET FUND BALANCE AND YOU HAVE FULL DISCRETION AT THAT POINT HOW YOU'D LIKE TO USE IT OR NOT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.

OPPOSED? I PASS THE UNANIMOUSLY AND I MOVE TO AMEND THE APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE TO ALLOCATE $3,250 FOR THE MID CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY.

ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR LITTLE, UH, SECOND BY MAYOR ANDREWS.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO I GUESS THAT TAKES US BACK TO OUR FULL, UM, UH, I GUESS, UH, ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH ONE.

SO WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION, SO I GUESS WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR MOTION.

SO NOW THE MAIN MOTION IS AMENDED IS WHAT YOU'LL BE VOTING ON.

SO, OR IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.

SO ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN ORDINANCE AS AMENDED, WELL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS.

I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

OLD BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER TWO.

[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 second and final reading]

ORDINANCE 2025 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,

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AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026 FOR CONSIDERATION ON SECOND AND FINAL READING.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION, MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER DUNN, SECOND.

COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT IN THE FIRST COUPLE READINGS.

UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS AND FURTHER COMMENTS BY CITY STAFF? I HAVE ONE COMMENT.

SURE.

AND WATCHING THE NEWS, I'M COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS THAT WE'RE NOT RAISING OUR PROPERTY TAX THE WAY SOME, SEVERAL CITIES ARE HAVING TO AROUND US.

SO WE SHOULD BE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT, I THINK.

WELL, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE BENEFIT TREMENDOUSLY FROM, UH, SOME PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS AND GOOD FORESIGHT AND UH, AND A GOOD STRUCTURE FOR OUR WELL AND, AND THE WELL.

AND IT WAS THE KIND OF GROWTH WE'VE HAD HAS BEEN, UH, REVENUE GENERATING IS, HASN'T EATEN UP ALL OUR MONEY EITHER.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.

AND GO AHEAD.

OH, I, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A COMMENT AND I THINK YOU MAKE A GREAT OBSERVATION BECAUSE I THINK SOME PEOPLE DON'T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TAX RATE AND THE TAX BASE.

AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD THE TAX RATE STEADY BECAUSE BRENTWOODS TAX BASE HAS GROWN PRETTY CONSISTENTLY.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW THE TAX REVENUES WITH THE COMMUNITY FAIRLY EFFECTIVELY.

ALTHOUGH, AS I THINK WE'VE HAD OBSERVED SEVERAL TIMES THAT OUR PROPORTION OF RESOURCES HAS GOTTEN VERY SKEWED TOWARDS SALES TAX, WHICH IS NOW LIKE HALF OF OUR TOTAL TAX REVENUES WERE, IT USED TO BE CLOSER TO A THIRD.

BUT BY GROWING THAT SALES TAX BASE, WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD THE RATE AND THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

VICE MAYOR, JUST A REMINDER, EVERYBODY, THIS IS 35TH YEAR, I'VE ONLY GOT TO VOTE FOR IT 16 TIMES, BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PAST COMMISSIONERS AND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS NOW FOR WORKING ON THE BUDGET HARD TAKING IT SERIOUS.

UH, BUT, BUT ALSO OUR STAFF, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, KAREN HARPER, UM, AND OUR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY GETTING THE, THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS.

UM, USING THEM WISELY AND APPROPRIATELY.

SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A THING TO CELEBRATE, SO.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S A GREAT OBSERVATION.

ALRIGHT, SO ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION ON THAT? ALRIGHT.

[3. Appointment by Mayor of One (1) Member to the Planning Commission]

BUSINESS.

UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, APPOINTMENT BY MAYOR OF ONE MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, TO WHICH WE'RE GONNA APPOINT CONNIE WISENER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

OF SIX MEMBERS, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE.

ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS? ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO NEW BUSINESS APPOINTMENT

[1. Appointment of Six (6) Members to the Veterans Memorial Ad Hoc Committee]

SO WE ALL HAVE, UH, BALLOTS IN FRONT OF US.

THAT WAS QUITE A STACK OF BALLOTS.

DID SOMEONE, SOMEONE DID.

YES.

SOMEBODY, YEAH.

JIM, SHE DID SOMEONE WITHDRAW? THERE'S A NAME MESSAGE.

YES, HE DID.

JIM JAMES SOLO WITH LAST WEEKEND DUE TO SCHEDULING COMPLEX JAMES.

OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.

SO I GUESS WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR KRISTEN TO PICK UP THE BALLOTS, IF WE JUST INDICATE GOOD.

MIGHT NEED AN ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THIS ONE.

THIS IS HARD.

IT'S HARD.

AND, AND, AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS, I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED NAMES.

THIS, THIS IS A TOUGH DECISION BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE, I THINK EVERYONE THAT SUBMITTED HAD GREAT, GREAT REASONS FOR IT AND, UH, IT MAKES THE DECISION TOUGH.

A LOLLIPOP.

DID I MISSED THAT EMAIL? I DIDN'T SEE, I DIDN'T, NONE OF US GET THREE OF US DIDN'T KNOW EMAIL.

YEAH, IT WAS LIKE OVER

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THE WEEKEND.

THOMAS FREEMAN, JEFF GWALTNEY, CHARLES HAWKINS, MELISSA LINCOLN H****R, AND JAMES LUNDQUIST.

WELL I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT.

I, YEAH, MAYBE JUST WENT.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

I HOPE I DIDN'T OVERLOOK SOMETHING I SHOULD FORWARDED.

UM, I WAS THINKING IT WENT TO EVERYBODY.

I DON'T RECALL UNLESS YOU READY? OKAY.

BE KIND TO ME.

VICE MAYOR LITTLE VOTES FOR THOMAS CARR JR.

READY? MM-HMM .

MAYOR ANDREWS VOTES FOR THOMAS CARR JR.

THOMAS FREEMAN, JEFF GWALTNEY, LENORA KOWSKI, MELISSA LINCOLN HOER AND JAMES LUNDQUIST.

COMMISSIONER DONAHUE VOTES FOR THOMAS CARR JR.

THOMAS FREEMAN, LENORA KOWSKI, MELISSA LINCOLN H****R, JAMES LUNDQUIST AND ERIC ZIMMERMAN.

COMMISSIONER DUNN VOTES FOR THOMAS CARR JR.

THOMAS FREEMAN.

JEFF GWALTNEY, LENORA KOWSKI, MELISSA LINCOLN H****R AND JAMES LUNDQUIST.

COMMISSIONER GARRIS VOTES FOR THOMAS CARR JR.

THOMAS FREEMAN.

JEFF GWALTNEY, LENORA KOWSKI, MELISSA LINCOLN H****R AND JAMES LUNDQUIST.

AND COMMISSIONER TRAVIS VOTES FOR THOMAS FREEMAN.

JEFF GWALTNEY, CHARLES HAWKINS, MELISSA LINCOLN H****R, JAMES LUNDQUIST AND JARED PETERS.

2, 3, 4, 5.

AND WE'RE POINTING SIX.

YES, THERE ARE SIX.

SO PART OF IT'S SIMPLE .

SO I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SUMMARIZE THE TOTALS HERE.

WE HAVE, UM, ACTUALLY IT MAY ALL BE SIMPLE HERE WE HAVE, UH, THE TOP VOTE GETTERS.

LEMME MAKE SURE I COVER ALL EVERYONE HERE.

THE MATH IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOUR VOTES TO BE SELECTED.

IS THAT CORRECT? SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE NO, NO, BUT I MEAN YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOUR.

ANY, ANY CANDIDATE HAS TO HAVE FOUR VOTES TO BE SELECTED.

IS THAT RIGHT? I THINK SO.

I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THAT'S THE WAY IT FALLS ANYWAY.

YEAH, THAT'S, WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE.

AGAIN, WITH SIX VOTES TO MAKE OR SIX PEOPLE.

SO THE TOP VOTE GETTERS ARE THOMAS FREEMAN HAS SIX.

SO THOMAS FREEMAN, UH, MELISSA LINCOLN, HOER SIX, UH, JAMES LUNDQUIST HAS SIX.

AND THEN WE GO TO, UH, THOMAS CARR JR HAS FIVE.

JEFF NEY HAS FIVE.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, UH, LENORA KOWSKI FOUR.

I THINK PLAYED THAT SIX INDIVIDUALS.

YEAH, THAT IS WE DID SO YEAH.

NICE.

COULD HAVE USED AN ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THIS ONE.

IT WASN'T IN THE BUDGET.

NO .

WELL, ONCE AGAIN, I MEAN, I THINK ANY ONE OF THE FOLKS AND REALLY THANK EVERYBODY WHO APPLIED 'CAUSE I THINK ANYONE CAN SERVE WELL.

AND I REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE FOLKS THAT APPLIED AND WEREN'T SELECTED TO STAY INVOLVED.

'CAUSE I THINK THERE'D BE A, A LOT OF WORK TO DO WITH THE FUNDRAISING AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT.

SO I, I DON'T THINK IT'S A IN OR OUT KIND OF PROPOSITION, BUT WE HAD TO LIMIT THE SIZE OF THE ACTUAL COMMITTEE AT SOME LEVEL.

SO I THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, WHETHER THOMAS CARR, THOMAS FREEMAN, JEFF WOLNEY, LENORA KOWSKI, MELISSA LINCOLN HOLDER, AND JAMES LUNDQUIST.

AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME AND, AND TALENTS TO THIS MAYOR.

YES SIR.

JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GONNA NOTIFY THESE WINNERS AND NON WINNERS VIA EMAIL.

CORRECT.

I THINK WE'VE GOT A PROCESS FOR THAT.

MARY, QUESTION? YES, SIR.

THERE IN A QUICK EDITORIAL, JUST SORT OF, UH, REPEATING WHAT CAME OUT OF THE CONVERSATION AT THE LAST, UH, CITY COMMISSION BRIEFING WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMITTEE.

THE, THE COMMITTEE IS TITLED RIGHT NOW AS THE BRENTWOOD VETERANS MEMORIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE.

AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE INTENT OF IT IS TO HONOR MORE THAN JUST THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN THE WAR.

IT'S TO HONOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED.

AND SO WE WILL BRING AN ACTION BACK FOR FORMAL TO FORMALIZE THE, THE

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TITLE.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE, THE AGREED TITLE WOULD BE THE BRENTWOOD VETERANS, UH, MONUMENT AD HOC COMMITTEE.

IF THAT SOUNDS CORRECT, NOT LET US KNOW, BUT WE'LL BRING BACK AN ACTION FOR YOU TO JUST FORMALIZE THAT CHANGE.

WE'RE GOOD.

I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT BACK UP 'CAUSE IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO BE SPECIFIC AND YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE SUBTLE BUT IMPORTANT, POTENTIALLY POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT DETAILS.

SO ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT? I'VE THOUGHT WE'RE CHOOSING A CITY COMMISSIONER TO BE ON THE BOARD.

WE ARE.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

WE ARE CHOOSING A CITY COMMISSIONER TO BE ON THE BOARD.

VERY GOOD TONIGHT.

WE ARE, UM, I'M NOT VOLUNTEERING .

NO, BECAUSE, BUT YOU MISSED THE BRIEFING AND WE NOMINATED YOU.

NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE.

NO NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO ARE SIMILAR ENOUGH.

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, AN EXPERIENCED HAND ON THE WHEEL TO CATCH ME.

SO, UH,

[2. Appointment of One (1) Member from the Board of Commissioners to the Veterans Memorial Ad Hoc Committee]

UM, UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE INTERESTED IN SERVING THAT ROLE? ALRIGHT, I BELIEVE YES.

VICE MAYOR LITTLE IS INTERESTED IN SERVING THAT ROLE.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, SO, UH, ANY IF YOU HAVE A MOTION, I MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR LITTLE AS THE CITY COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATIVE ON THE AD HOC MEMORIAL MONUMENT COMMITTEE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.

ALRIGHT, SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARRE.

UH, COMMISSIONER LITTLE.

I, I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOURSELF, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT ALL IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.

YOU CAN, SO I EXPECT YOU TO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU WERE UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED TO THE, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE? NO, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT ASHLEY ANO YES.

IS THE HISTORIC BOARD'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THIS COMMITTEE.

AND ALSO OUR MC FOR THE, THE DEDICATION ON SATURDAY.

YES, YES.

SO I CERTAINLY WANNA RECOGNIZE ASHLEY FOR HIS, UH, SERVICE.

YES, SIR.

BRENTWOODS HISTORY, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY PATRIOTIC COMMUNITY.

UM, IT'S WHY YOU HAVE ROADS CALLED CONCORD.

UM, AND SO IT'S, UM, UH, IT'S A DISTINCT HONOR TO, TO BE ALLOWED TO DO THIS.

BUT I LOOK FOR A VERY SPECIAL MONUMENT FOR ALL THOSE WHO'VE SERVED AND THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND BATTLE AS WELL.

BUT, BUT THE, THE VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED THROUGH THE YEARS.

SO WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY RESIDENTS WHO, WHO FIT THAT CATEGORY AND MANY, MANY WHO WERE BORN AND RAISED IN BRENTWOOD.

SO IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE SELECTED.

BRILLIANT.

WELL, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU OFFERING TO SERVE.

ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT.

LEMME TRY THIS AGAIN.

ALL IN FAVOR? SO ADJOURNED.