Nov 10, 2025 City Commission Meeting

[ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Pippin Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Commissioner Travis]

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I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD COMMISSION ROLL CALL.

LIKE TO OBSERVE THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT OTHER THAN COMMISSIONER DONAHUE, WHO IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.

UH, WE CERTAINLY HOPE SHE FEELS BETTER SOON AND WE SEE HER HOPEFULLY TOMORROW WITH THE VETERANS DAY.

UH, TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER PIPPIN AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COMMISSIONER TRAVIS.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? THANK YOU LORD FOR THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE TO MEET HERE TONIGHT AND CONDUCT OUR CITY'S BUSINESS.

WE THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL CIVIL SERVANTS.

WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE, AND ASK THAT YOU CONTINUALLY BLESS THEM AND GENEROUSLY GIVE TO EACH OF THEM WISE AND DISCERNING HEARTS.

TO SKILLFULLY GOVERN AND REPRESENT ALL, REPRESENT ALL THE CITIZENS IN OUR CITY.

LORD, PLEASE GIVE OUR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND ALL THE CITY LEADERS, STAFF, AND THIS CITY COMMISSION YOUR WISDOM SO THAT WE MAY SERVE WITH DIGNITY AND HONOR, GOVERN FAIRLY AND CREATIVELY, DIS DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG, SOLVE DIFFICULT PROBLEMS AND BRING ORDER, STABILITY, PEACE, AND PROSPERITY TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL THE OTHER LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR TEACHERS, SCOUTMASTERS AND COACHES, AND THOSE WHO PLAY SUCH A VITAL ROLE IN HELPING TO EQUIP THE FUTURE LEADERS OF OUR GREAT CITY.

AND WE THANK YOU LORD FOR THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE RESCUE, AND EMTS.

ADDITIONALLY, LORD, WE ASK A SPECIAL BLESSING ON THE FAMILY OF ALAN WILLIAMS, THE YOUNG LIFE FLIGHT MEDIC WHO PERISHED IN A RESCUE HELICOPTER THIS PAST WEEKEND.

ALAN IS CONNECTED TO THIS COMMUNITY AND LEAVES A WIFE, JENNIFER, AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

WE ALSO PRAY FOR THE TWO OTHERS IN YOU INJURED IN THAT CRASH.

THESE AMAZING FOLKS ARE HEROES TO US, LORD.

AND WE ASK YOUR PROTECTION AND BLESSINGS OVER THEM AS THEY CONTINUE TO DEDICATE THEIR VERY LIVES TO KEEP US SAFE.

AND FINALLY, LORD, KEEP US ALL EVER MINDFUL OF THE NEED FOR YOUR HOLY PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES AND IN THE LIVES OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, BECAUSE THAT INDEED IS OUR ETERNAL TREASURE.

WE THANK YOU LORD FOR OUR LIVES AND FOR ALL THESE THINGS.

AND IT'S IN YOUR HALLOWED NAME THAT WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE SAY, 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.

AND NEXT ON THE

[2. Approval or Correction of Minutes]

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND, WE APPROVE.

COMMISSIONER TRAVIS, SECOND.

COMMISSIONER PIPPEN.

UH, ANY COMMENTS OR CONVERSATION? ALRIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? ABSTAIN.

ALRIGHT, PASSES.

MOVE ON TO A REPORT

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

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY REPORT IS MORE OF A REMINDER OF EVENTS TO COME.

SO I WILL GET STARTED, UH, STARTING TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 11TH AT 11:00 AM SO IF YOU CAN REMEMBER 11, YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE HERE.

UH, THE WE'LL HOST THE VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT BRENTWOOD POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

UH, THE WINDOWS AND ROOM OVERLOOKED THE SITE WHERE THE PROPOSED VETERANS MONUMENT WILL ONE DAY STAND.

SO WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY.

UH, AND THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION AFTER THE CEREMONY.

UH, AT 8:00 AM ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WE'LL HONOR OUR STAFF'S DEDICATION DURING THE ANNUAL EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS BREAKFAST AT THE LIBRARY, AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEES HAVE REACHED CERTAIN LONGEVITY MILESTONES AT THAT TIME.

AT 9:00 AM ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, I HOPE EVERYONE WILL COME BACK TO THE LIBRARY FOR THE, UH, CITY BRENTWOODS ANNUAL ADDRESS BY THE MAYOR.

WE'RE PARTNERING WITH WILLIAMSON INC.

ON THIS EVENT FEATURE.

OF COURSE, MAYOR ANDREWS SPEAKING ABOUT HOW THE CITY'S DOING AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO GUIDE THIS COMMUNITY INTO THE FUTURE.

UH, FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T MAKE IT, WILLIAMSON INC IS PLANNING TO VIDEO THE TALK.

SO, UH, WE'LL THAT'LL BE POSTED ON A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT SO OTHERS CAN SEE IT LATER.

AND FINALLY, A SAVE THE DATE IN LESS THAN A MONTH ON DECEMBER 1ST, WE WILL HOST THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING AT THE LIBRARY AGAIN.

UH, THAT EVENT STARTS AT 5:30 PM UH, LAST YEAR'S EVENT DID INCLUDE SNOW, SO THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW COULD MAKE IT A VERY MAGICAL UH, UH, KIND OF BEGINNING TO THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TIME.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN AT THIS POPULAR EVENT.

AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT.

I'M FINISHED .

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

UH, REPORTS AND, UH, COMMENTS BY THE COMMISSIONERS.

UH, TONIGHT WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER PIPPEN REPORTS.

NO, UH, THE

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THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

UH, COMMISSIONER DUNN.

THANK YOU.

UH, THE HISTORIC BOARD WILL MEET ON THE 21ST AT NINE 30 HERE AT CITY HALL.

IT'S OUR LAST OFFICIAL BUSINESS MEETING OF THE YEAR, BUT WE WILL BE HOSTING A LITTLE HOLIDAY BRUNCH, UH, IN DECEMBER, DECEMBER 5TH.

AND YOU ALL ARE GONNA BE INVITED AT RAVENSWOOD.

SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT FINE, I KNOW YOU'RE SWAMPED WITH ACTIVITIES IN DECEMBER, BUT JUST KIND OF PUT, MARK THAT IN AS A POTENTIAL, UH, EVENT.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE COME TO AND ENJOY ALL THE, IT'LL BE DECORATED REALLY PRETTY OUT THERE.

UH, AND THIS IS SOME GOOD NEWS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO WE PURCHASED 500.

THE BRENTWOOD, I REMEMBER BOOKS.

WE ONLY HAVE EIGHT LEFT .

WE HAVE SOLD THEM EVERYWHERE YOU COULD POSSIBLY SELL THEM.

AND WE HAD NO ELECTRONIC MEANS OF SELLING THEM.

PEOPLE HAD TO WRITE A CHECK OR GIVE US $50 IN CASH AND PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARRY CHECK.

CHECKBOOKS ARE NECESSARILY CASH.

SO IT WAS HARD SLEDDING, AS THEY SAY, TO DO IT.

AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF OURSELVES FOR THAT.

SO THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT LEFT IF YOU NEED A COPY.

SO CHARLES HAS POSSESSION OF 'EM AND I'M SURE HE GOT TO SELL ONE TO YOU.

SO THAT'S TO BE GREAT.

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, THEY, THEY, IT'S A WONDERFUL BOOK, REALLY THAT FANTASTIC.

AND, AND WE KIND OF, IT WAS SORT OF CELEBRATING.

BRENT WAS 50TH TOO.

MM-HMM.

YOU KNOW, THE TIMING OF THE, THE, UH, THE BOOK BEING, UH, AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.

SO IT, IT, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOYED IT, BUT WE ARE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

OH, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE ONE OF THE ANDREWS HOUSE.

YEAH.

MAYBE TWO .

ALRIGHT.

COMMISSIONER GURES.

YEAH, I'M SORRY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, SO THE PARKS, UM, BOARD WILL MEET RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING ON THE FIRST.

UM, AND SO THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING IS FIVE 30 AND WE'LL FOLLOW, UM, WAIT, THE PARK BOARD MEET AF AFTER? YES.

I HAD IT MIXED UP AFTER THE LIGHTING.

SO, UM, SO WE'LL BE THERE FOR THAT.

UM, WE ALSO ARE EXCITED BECAUSE DECEMBER 13TH IS THE GRAND OPENING IN RIBBON CUTTING FOR WENDY HILL PARK.

AND THAT'LL BE A WONDERFUL EVENT.

HOPEFULLY, EXCUSE ME, THE WEATHER WILL COOPERATE.

UM, WE HAVE THE SIDEWALKS POURED, UM, OR SO I WAS TOLD THEY'RE BEING POURED AND OR HAVE BEEN POURED THIS PAST WEEK AND THAT'S EXCITING.

UM, ALSO ON THE 13TH IS THE LUMINARIES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, SO, UM, THAT'S A GOOD, A FUN DAY FOR, UM, EVERYONE.

AND, UM, WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE E-BIKE, UM, SITUATION.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, SOME GOOD WAYS TO HELP EDUCATE, UM, PARENTS AND KIDS AND RIDERS IN GENERAL, ALONG WITH THE WALKERS AND EVERYONE INVOLVED THAT ARE USING OUR, OUR WALKWAYS.

UM, SO WE CAN ALL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, RESPECTFUL AND, UM, COURTEOUS TO EACH OTHER AS WE'RE OUT ON PATHWAYS.

SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND SOME SOLUTIONS TO HELP HELP EVERYONE.

AND, UM, MORNING WITH THIS MORNING AT THE LIBRARY WAS SANTA.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS MENTIONED IF IN THE CITY REPORT WAS THAT MENTIONED YET? MORNING WAS SANTA.

I THINK IT'S DECEMBER 1ST.

IS THAT RIGHT? SIXTH.

SIXTH.

OKAY.

SORRY.

SO, SO, OKAY.

SO PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS TOO 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

SO THAT'S ALL FOR THE PARKS.

UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO DO JANET'S? ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

JANET, UM, ALSO SENT ME THE, THE LIBRARY INFORMATION.

I'M GONNA READ IT BECAUSE I'LL MESS IT UP FOR SURE IF I, I DON'T.

UM, OCTOBER DATA, 22,000 VISITORS, 18,000 BOOKS CHECKED IN.

51,000 MATERIALS CHECKED OUT.

APPROXIMATELY 5,300 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN PROGRAMS WITH 564 RESERVATIONS MADE FOR FALL CONFERENCE ROOMS. UM, THE TEEN SPACE WILL BE MOVED INTO THE QUIET ROOM, THE CURRENT QUIET ROOM, UM, TO GIVE TEENS MORE SPACE TO STUDY TO HELP FOR THEIR, UH, THIS TIME DURING FINALS.

UM, LET'S SEE.

FOR, LET'S SEE.

UM, THE REQUEST OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEEN SPACE TRANSFORMATION DESIGN CONCEPT HAS BEEN ISSUED AND THE INFORMATION FROM INTERESTED DESIGNERS DESIGNING IN FIRMS IS DUE, UH, THE 26TH.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL AND SCHEDULED.

SO, UM, THE CURRENT TEAM SPACE WILL BE RENOVATED INTO THE QUIET ROOM.

THOSE NEEDED, UM, A QUIET SPACE UNTIL THEN SHOULD CONSIDER USING THE BRENTWOOD ROOM AND THE LIBRARY STAFF IS WORKING TO OBTAIN

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AND MOST IMPORTANT, A FEW INDIVIDUAL TICKETS REMAIN FOR THE READING OF THE POLAR EXPRESS.

PLEASE MAKE 10, UH, PLANS TO ATTEND THE FESTIVAL, UM, DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ON DECEMBER 1ST.

AND, UM, AGAIN FOR THE TREE LIGHTING, CAROLING, HOT CHOCOLATE AND POLAR EXPRESS, UM, PRESENTED BY THE LIBRARY STAFF.

AND THE NEXT LIBRARY BOARD MEETING IS THE 19TH, UM, AT FOUR 30.

AND FINALLY, UM, THE CARPET , THIS IS THE CARPET THAT, UM, HAS BEEN PICKED OUT AND WE WERE GONNA SHOW IT BECAUSE IT'S SO FANTASTIC.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DIRECTIONAL, BUT IT'S TREES, LEAVES VERY, UM, GREAT FOR A STEADY SPACE IN THE LIBRARY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO DID I COVER IT? OKAY.

.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S EVERYTHING FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

THANK AND THANK YOU.

UH, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, LAST WEEK THE PLANNING COMMISSION COVERED AND APPROVED BASEBALL LIGHTS AT BRENTWOOD ACADEMY FIELD.

UH, THERE WAS MUCH DISCUSSION AND THERE WAS REALLY GREAT INPUT AND DIRECTION GIVEN BY THE PLANNING AND CODES DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS CITY ATTORNEY.

AND, UM, WHILE THERE WAS SOME OBJECTIONS, MOST OF THE OBJECTIONS WERE NOISE OBJECTIONS WERE REALLY DIDN'T APPLY TO THE BASEBALL LIGHTS, SO IT WAS APPROVED.

THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE NOVEMBER 25TH, UH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH.

AND, AND I'M SORRY, THAT'S TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH AND THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 1ST.

UM, I WANTED TO ALSO JUST MENTION IF I COULD, UM, WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT IN THE LAST TWO INFO MEETINGS ON THURSDAY.

THEY'VE GONE LONG.

THEY'RE WE'RE COVERING A LOT OF STUFF, GOOD STUFF, NOT COMPLAINING, WE NEED TO COVER IT.

WE COVERED E-BIKES, TRAFFIC, CALMING AND WIFI WITHIN THE CITY.

YOU DON'T THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY HOT TOPICS, BUT IT, THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS AND I COMMEND THE COMMISSION FOR TAKING HOLD OF THESE AND HAVING GREAT DISCUSSIONS AND MOVING FORWARD.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN RUSH FORWARD.

YOU DO HAVE TO DO THE PROPER RESEARCH.

SO THANK YOU CITY STAFF FOR BACKING US UP ON THAT AND PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO US.

SPEAKING OF CITY STAFF, CONGRATULATIONS TO TWO NEWLY PROMOTED FIRE TRUCK ENGINEERS.

UH, MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IF YOU WATCH NASHVILLE 9 1 1, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE TRAINED ON ANYTHING.

THEY RECRUITED SOMEBODY ONE WEEK LATER, HE WAS A FIREMAN.

OUR, OUR FIREFIGHTERS DON'T COME IN TRAINED TO DRIVE A GREAT BIG EXPENSIVE FIRE TRUCK.

THEY HAVE TO EARN THAT, RIGHT? AND TRAVIS PATTON AND ANTHONY, ANTHONY SIMS BOTH DID THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM CHIEF COLLINS.

AND I THOUGHT TOO, TONIGHT WE OUGHT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO SOME UNSUNG HEROES, AND THAT'S THE TWO MEN IN THE CORNER BACK HERE THAT DO OUR AUDIO VISUAL.

THEY'RE BACK THERE DOING A GREAT JOB SO THAT THIS CAN BE RECORDED SO THAT WE CAN SHOW THIS ACROSS THE CITY.

SO MY WIFE CAN BE SITTING AT HOME WATCHING THIS AND MAKE SURE I'M AT THE MEETING.

BUT, UH, THANK YOU GUYS.

YOUR EFFORTS ARE APPRECIATED AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RECOGNIZED.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MAYOR, UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

UH, SO, UM, UH, A FORMER MAYOR WITH MORE EXPERIENCE MARRYING THAN I HAVE, UH, POINTED OUT THAT I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.

SO BEFORE WE WRAP UP, THE COMMISSIONER, OR I SHOULD SAY THE VICE MAYOR OF THE MAYOR COMMENTS, UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION? SHAKING HEADS FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE? I, UH, ALMOST ENTIRELY ON STAFF.

ANY NON-STAFF MEMBERS WANT TO SPEAK .

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WITH THAT I'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, VICE MAYOR.

LITTLE THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, SINCE THE STATE PASSED A LAW THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT I WAS, I WAS ABSOLUTELY DOUBLY CONCERNED, BUT, UH, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT FIRST.

UM, THANK YOU JASON, FOR MENTIONING ABOUT THE VETERAN'S DAY, THE PROGRAM AND, AND HOPE THAT, UH, MANY AND BRENTWOOD WILL JOIN US AT THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

AND, AND WE HAVE MOVED IT INDOORS BECAUSE OF THE, THE COLD TEMPERATURES ARE STILL PREDICTING IN THE MORNING, EVEN THOUGH I THINK THE AFTERNOON'S GONNA BE A LITTLE NICER.

UM, IT IS HOPE THAT ALL OF BRENTWOOD WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS VETERAN'S MONUMENT, UH, THROUGH DONATIONS.

AND YOU CAN ALREADY DONATE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

UM, IT IS MY HOPE THAT THE PATRIOTISM THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN SHOWN IN BRENTWOOD WILL SHINE THROUGH ON THIS SO THAT WE CAN HONOR THOSE WHO'VE SERVED IN THE PAST SERVE NOW, BUT MOST IMPORTANT, THOSE WHO WILL SERVE IN

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SO, UH, UM, IF YOU CAN'T JOIN US TOMORROW, DO KEEP UP AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS, UH, BUILDING AND ESTABLISHING THIS MONUMENT AS AN HONOR TO THOSE WHO, WHO PROTECT AND DEFEND OUR, OUR FREEDOM.

SO THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD.

AND THANK YOU.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MAYOR LITTLE LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK THIS, UM, THIS VETERANS DAY MONUMENT, I'VE BEEN SURPRISED AND IMPRESSED ALREADY ABOUT, ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT DONATING TO IT.

AND, UM, AS WE GET THAT GOING, UH, LIKE YOU SAID, I REALLY HOPE WE'RE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT DONATIONS TOWARDS IT.

AND I HOPE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO SOME EXTENT I THINK THE EARLY DONATIONS WILL ALSO HELP US GAUGE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AS WE MOVE THROUGH DESIGN AND EXACTLY.

YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED, UH, WHILE THE, UM, THE BRENTWOOD THAT I KNEW IS A, A FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS PRESENT, IF YOU ALSO HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE, ESPECIALLY A VETERAN, YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO TO RECOGNIZE 'EM OVER THE HOLIDAYS, MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, MEMORIAL, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS, UH, THROUGH THIS MONUMENT MM-HMM .

SO AS, UM, AS WE MENTIONED, A LOT OF THINGS COMING ON UP, UH, AS WE'RE SEEING EARLIER, I THINK MY TEAM AT THE, AT THE, AT THE BUSINESS THINKS I HAVE THIS WEEK OFF BECAUSE OF ALL THE STUFF WE'RE DOING, BUT, UM, BUT IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE JUST THE SPIRIT OF THE CITIES AS REMOVING IN THE HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW, DOING THE VETERANS DAY PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND, UH, ESPECIALLY OUR TEAM AT THE CITY WHERE THE RECOGNITION BREAKFAST AND DINNER SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.

I MEAN, THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE, FAVORITE EVENTS OF THE YEAR.

UM, UH, LESS SO, BUT, UM, STILL IMPORTANT, UH, THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS ON THURSDAY.

SO WE'RE DOING THAT THURSDAY MORNING.

UM, REALLY, UH, UH, APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS ON THINGS TO BE SURE TO COVER, YOU KNOW, CHARLES BOOTH WHO'S HERE WILL BE DOING IT IN KIND OF A, A FIRESIDE CHAT SORT OF FORMAT.

SO WE'RE, UH, COORDINATING TO SOME EXTENT, BUT TRYING NOT TO RING THE SPONTANEITY OUT OF IT.

UH, SO SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN DOING IT.

BUT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS AS YOU GUESS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IS THE 2040 PLAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WITH THE CITY AS WE'RE COMING INTO IT, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR CITY'S ALWAYS BEEN REALLY GOOD AT LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD AND PLANNING AHEAD.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.

AND I WANNA ENCOURAGE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALSO, UM, AS YOU ALL CAN TALK ABOUT THE FOLKS YOU KNOW, THAT ON OUR VARIOUS CITY BOARDS THAT YOU ALL WORK ON.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, UM, IF WE JUST WENT UP AND DOWN THE STREETS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT HE WANT US TO DO, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY KEEP IT JUST LIKE IT IS.

BUT JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE, UH, IF WE STILL HAD OUR HOUSES, YOU KNOW, DECORATED FOR 1978 AND, YOU KNOW, HAD THE, THE, THE GREEN SHAG CARPET AND UH, YOU KNOW, OR IF ANY OF US STILL HAD IT, I GUESS THE PIPPEN HOUSE MAY STILL HAVE THE, UH, MAYBE YOU GOT IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE ALL HAD SOMEONE IN OUR LIFE I THINK THAT HAD, UH, THEIR, THEIR PERSONAL STYLE KIND OF FROZEN IN TIME FOR A YEAR THAT THEY HAD A PARTICULARLY GOOD YEAR.

AND AFTER A WHILE IT STARTS TO KINDA SHOW.

SO, UM, AND SO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT, WHERE WE CERTAINLY WANT TO KEEP THE ELEMENTS THAT MAKE BRENTWOOD UNIQUE AND SPECIAL, BUT SOMETIMES TO STAY THE SAME, YOU DO HAVE TO EVOLVE SOMEWHAT.

SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING BACK, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE 2040 PLAN, WE'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO READ THE PREVIOUS PLANS AND THINK ABOUT 'EM, BUT NOT IN, IN THE WAY OF HOW DO WE KEEP ANYTHING FROM EVER CHANGING, BUT HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE KEEP WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT AND THEN MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE CITY AND, AND MAKE THE UPDATES TO KEEP IT RELEVANT AND TO KEEP THE SPIRIT OF THE CITY ALIVE MOVING FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, BRENTWOODS EVOLVED A LOT IN THE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY.

SO I HOPE WE CAN USE THIS OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR TO KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY.

SO THAT'S A, A MESSAGE I HOPE TO CARRY THROUGH ON THURSDAY.

UM, APPRECIATE ALL OF Y'ALL'S HELP IN THAT.

BUT ALSO AS WE INTERACT WITH THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WE ALL INTERACT WITH, WE CAN KEEP ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED AND MAKE SURE WE REALLY CAPTURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY HAS GOING ON.

UM, SO THAT'S COMING UP THIS WEEK.

UM, ASIDE FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, BIG STORMS THIS WEEK, I DO WANNA SAY I SAW SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS OUT AROUND THE CITY.

I WOULD'VE CITIZENS OUT WITH CHAINSAWS AND UH, AND, AND GROUPS, YOU KNOW, CLEARING STUFF OUTTA STREETS AND DOING DIFFERENT STUFF.

AND I DO THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT THING ABOUT OUR CITY IS, IS JUST ALL THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, DO THAT TO HELP DALE AND HIS TEAM FOCUS ON THE GREAT BIG THINGS THAT HAPPENED.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY GLAD TO SEE US COME THROUGH SOME STORMS AND DO ALL RIGHT.

UH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE WANT TO COVER IN THE COMMENTS COMMISSIONER? I WANT TO TIE IN TO OUR VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION COMING

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YES, SIR.

WITH A PUBLIC SHOUT OUT OF GRATEFULNESS TO THE EXCHANGE CLUB.

OH YES.

FOR OUR, THE FLAGS, IT'S SO HEARTWARMING TO ME EVERY TIME WE PUT THOSE OUT AND, AND THEY'VE BEEN SO, UH, DILIGENT ABOUT DOING THOSE AND IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

I KNOW IT MEANS A LOT TO OTHER PEOPLE TOO, SO THANK YOU EXCHANGE CLUB FOR THAT.

AND DOESN'T THE EXCHANGE CLUB ALSO WORK WITH THE, THE LOCAL BANDS AND SOME OTHERS FOR SOME THEIR FUNDRAISERS? YES.

SO THERE ARE FLAGS ALL OVER THE CITY.

ALL OVER THE CITY.

IT'S NOT JUST A DISPLAY BUT ALSO AN IMPORTANT FUNDRAISER FOR THESE STUDENT GROUPS.

CORRECT.

AND THEY WERE LAST NIGHT AS THAT FREEZING, FREEZING COLD WIND BLOWING IN .

THEY WERE PICKING 'EM UP RIGHT BEFORE SUNDOWN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

YEAH.

MM-HMM .

AS WE WERE HAVING TO, TO HEAD OUT.

AND I WAS LIKE, WOO, THAT'S A COLD JOB THIS AFTERNOON.

SO, YEP.

THAT'S A LOT.

CAN I SAY THAT? ABSOLUTELY.

AND ALSO THANKS TO UM, DALE FOR WORKING SO HARD TO GET OUR STREET SWEEPER BACK IN PLAY BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG DEAL AND I KNOW YOU WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHERE WITH, UM, THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND ALL OF THAT TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND I HAD SOMEBODY COMMENT ON IT, ACTUALLY THEY NOTICED, THEY SAID WE HAD NOT SEEN IT IN A WHILE AND SOUGHT BACK IN MOTION OR ACTION.

SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT GOING.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE DOING ROUND TWO.

UH, ANN OR KEN, DO Y'ALL HAVE A, SORRY.

ALRIGHT, JUST, JUST CHECKING.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE THE COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT

[ 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.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT INTO THE RECORD.

WELL, I GUESS, DO WE NEED A MOTION? WE READ IT FIRST IN THE MOTION, RIGHT? SO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 74 OR RESOLUTION, ADOPTING A REVISED SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT FEES, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 79 RESOLUTION, ADOPTING A REVISED EDUCATION CONTRIBUTIONS POLICY FOR USE IN THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF ANNUAL BUDGETARY REQUESTS FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY SCHOOLS.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 80 A RESOLUTION APPROVING EXTENSION OF SEWER SERVICE TO 1 0 0 4 HOLLY TREE GAP ROAD CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 81 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH TRINITY FLOORING FOR PURCHASE OF CARPET FOR THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY FOR ADOPTION CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, APPROVAL TO PAY FINAL INVOICE TO MARRIOTT COOL SPRINGS FOR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION DINNER CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, APPROVAL TO A PURCHASE AUTOMATICS RENEWAL CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE A PICKUP TRUCK FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

CONSENT AGENDA NUMBER EIGHT, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE A PICKUP TRUCK FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE SEVEN VEHICLES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION HERE REAL QUICK IF I MAY? OH YES.

ON UH, CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION 20 25 81.

MM-HMM .

WE DO NEED YOU TO CHANGE THE, UH, AGREEMENT, UH, UH, INSTEAD OF WITH TRINITY FLOORING TO TAR.

ALL RIGHT.

THE NEW EDITION.

I NEED TO TAKE THAT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA THEN.

OH NO, IT'S ACTUALLY THE RIGHT WAY IN THE NEW ONE.

I READ THE ONE FROM THE BRIEFING, BUT THE ONE ACTUALLY IN THE RECORD.

OH, OKAY.

BECAUSE I WAS READING THE WRONG EDITION THAT I READ VERSION ONE TO VERSION TWO.

THANKS FOR CATCHING THAT.

SO, RESOLUTION 20 RES CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.

AND ON THE PUBLISHED THING IS RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 81 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED AN AGREEMENT WITH TARGET FOR PURCHASE OF CARPET FOR CHILDREN'S LIBRARY FOR ADOPTION.

THANK YOU.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE, HAVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE.

THAT WAS COMMISSIONER PIPPEN OR OKAY.

AND THEN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER EZ.

ANY, WELL WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS, SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

PASSES BY CONSENT.

ALRIGHT.

OLD BUSINESS.

DO WE HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD? SO NEW BUSINESS ITEM

[1. Ordinance 2025-09 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY REVISING CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE III, SECTIONS 14-72(a) REGARDING SQUARE FOOTAGE CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR CALCULATION OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES, for consideration on first reading]

ARTICLE THREE SECTIONS 14 TO 72 A REGARDING SQUARE FOOTAGE, CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR CALCULATION OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE? MOVE TO APPROVE.

UH, VICE LITTLE.

I'LL SECOND.

ALRIGHT, SO DISCUSSION.

LET'S SAY, UH, WE DID, UH, THIS IS, UH, AN ORDINANCE

[00:25:01]

IT IS A MINOR INCREASE IN THE FEES, UH, TO KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF INFLATION.

SO, UM, SO WE'LL SAY THAT I, I AM IN FAVOR OF IT.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT IT.

MM-HMM .

UM, WILL THIS REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARING? I DON'T KNOW.

IT WILL NOT HAVE, HAVE THE LOCAL, UH, CONTRACTORS AND ALL BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS 'CAUSE THEY MIGHT WANT TO COME SPEAK TO IT OR THEY MIGHT BE HAPPY.

I DON'T KNOW PER, BUT GIVEN WHAT MIGHT BE GOING ON IN THE COUNTY, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO SLIDE ANYTHING UNDER THE RUG AT ALL.

SO, UH, HAVE THEY BEEN CONTACTED? I'LL TO CHECK WITH MR. PETROWSKI SAYS NO, BUT I, LET ME SAY THIS BECAUSE IT'S INDEXED TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, UH, VALUATION TABLE AND THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL IS THE AUTHOR OF ALL THE FAMILY OF CODES IN MOST ALL THE CITIES IN THE COUNTRY USE THAT.

THEY WOULD BE USED TO THIS, UH, THIS APPROACH, WHICH YOU USE ANNUALLY.

AND SO, UH, 3% I DON'T THINK WILL GET THEIR ATTENTION WHATSOEVER IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT ANY SURPRISES.

I MEAN, I JUST HAVE ALWAYS OPERATED THAT WAY.

WE HAVE TO HAVE HAD A GREAT COMMUNICATION OVER THE YEARS WITH THE BUILDERS AND I, I THINK THAT'S ONE REASON WHY THEY COOPERATE FAIRLY WELL WITH US.

THAT IS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP FOR SURE.

YEAH.

SO HOPEFULLY THE, THE NEWS WILL GET OUT, BUT, UH, I, I THINK IF WE COULD MAKE AN, AN ATTEMPT TO CONTACT, UH, SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO WE WOULD, THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION OR THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION AND JUST GET THE WORD OUT AND AS YOU SAY, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A PROBLEM.

TODD, YOU KIND OF LIKENESS HERE.

THIS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT APPROACHING THE MICROPHONE.

WELL, COMMISSIONERS, UM, THIS IS A $5 INCREASE TO HABITABLE AREA.

OUR LAST INCREASE WAS IN 2023.

SO IT'S, IT'S VERY DOLLARS PER FOOT.

YES.

WOW.

IT GOES FROM $165 TO $170 PER SQUARE FOOT OF HABITABLE SPACE.

AND, BUT THAT COULD BE CONSIDERABLE.

I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO BE, I DON'T WANNA SOUND LIKE A HARD NOSE ON THIS, BUT I THINK IN TODAY'S WORLD, EVERYTHING THAT GOES UP IN PRICE, PEOPLE WANNA KNOW ABOUT IT 'CAUSE THEY'RE GETTING HIT FROM ALL SIDES.

AND ESPECIALLY THAT NEW, UH, THOSE NEW FEES BEING LEVIED BY THE COUNTY TONIGHT.

AND I REALIZE THAT THIS IS, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL BE COMMERCIAL OR, OR UH, RESIDENTIAL, THAT THIS WILL APPLY TO BOTH, I PRESUME.

YES.

SO I WAS GONNA SAY SINCE YEAH MAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE FIRST READING.

JUST WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE AND GET TOMORROW AND GET THIS OUT TO THEM.

IT'S THE FIRST READING, SO YOU'LL STILL TAKE UP THE SECOND READING.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

YEP.

VERY GOOD.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE MOTION ON THE TABLE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALRIGHT.

UNANIMOUS OF THE, THE COMMISSIONERS PRESENT ALL, SO ON

[2. Other new business]

ALRIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT? ONE QUESTION THERE .

SURE.

IS THAT TO, FOR, UH, FOR SOMEONE WHO IS STEPPING DOWN AT THE END OF A TERM? OR IS IT FOR COMPLETING A NEW TERM? I MEAN, FINISHING A TERM? YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I BELIEVE IT'S FINISHING A TERM, BUT, UH, TODD, DO YOU KNOW THAT'S CORRECT? IT IT WOULD BE, UH, FINISHING LISA ROTHMAN'S TERM.

OH, OKAY.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD.

ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS BEFORE, UH, THE COMMISSION TONIGHT? NO.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? WE SETTLE .

MOVE TO ADJOURN.

MOVE TO ADJOURN BY VICE MAYOR.

LITTLE DO I HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

SECOND.

MY COMMISSIONER GUERRA.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ADJOURNED.