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[ Agenda for the Emergency Communications District Meeting Monday, April 27, 2026 - 6:30 pm Brentwood City Hall]
TO ORDER TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT.SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ROLL CALL.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, COMMISSIONER DUNN GARRIS, UH, PIPPEN AND TRAVIS HERE, AND AS WELL AS MAYOR ANDREWS, UH, VICE MAYOR.
UH, LITTLE IS NOT PRESENT, AND COMMISSIONER DONAHUE IS, UH, ARRIVING SHORTLY.
SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
MAYOR, UH, MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PIPPIN.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED DURING THE DESIGNATED TIME ON THE AGENDA.
UPON BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR AND A PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK, SHALL STATE HIS OR HER NAME ASSIGNED SHEET IS AVAILABLE.
UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN IN TO SPEAK.
SO WE'LL START OUT WITH THE REPORT, UH, OUR ECD QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.
ARE YOU READY JASON? IS THAT YOU? IT'S ME.
SO, UH, REAL SHORT REPORT, PRETTY TYPICAL OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY.
UH, BUT, UH, YEAR TO DATE REVENUES COLLECTED AS OF MARCH 31ST WERE, UH, UH, $1,634,988.
THE YEAR TO DATE EXPENSES ARE, ARE RUNNING ABOUT 1,358,857 OR 71% OF THE BUDGET.
JUST TO COMPARE FROM THE, UH, SAME TIME LAST YEAR, REVENUES, UH, WERE ABOUT 92%, UH, JUST A TOUCH HIGHER AND EXPENSES WERE, UH, ABOUT 70% OF BUDGET PRETTY WELL IN LINE WITH WHERE THEY ARE THIS YEAR.
UH, A LITTLE BIT OF DECREASE IN REVENUES, ABOUT 90, A LITTLE OVER $94,000, UH, BETWEEN THIS TIME, UH, UH, LAST YEAR AND TODAY, UH, DUE TO LESS, UH, UH, MOSTLY LESS INTEREST EARNINGS.
THAT'S BEEN A KIND OF A, ACROSS THE BOARD ISSUE.
UH, NOTHING TOO TERRIBLY SURPRISING.
UH, THE EXPENSES ABOUT $50,000 DIFFERENCE AND IT REALLY IS MOSTLY RELATED TO, UH, SOME SALARY INCREASES AS YOU EXPECT FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
THESE ARE, THIS IS A SOFTWARE LICENSING BASICALLY.
AND THEN, UH, THERE, THERE'S NO, WHAT WE CALL COMPUTER HARDWARE NON-CAPITAL.
LAST YEAR, THERE IS THIS YEAR.
SO EVERYTHING'S TRACKING AS YOU'D EXPECT IT TO.
AND, UM, CITY ATTORNEY HORN, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT OR IS THAT JUST, UH, APPROVED AS PRESENTED ESSENTIALLY? I THINK IT'S JUST APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'LL ALRIGHT.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANTED TO VOTE TO ACCEPT IT, YOU CAN, BUT I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER IF, IF NOT REQUIRED.
WE'LL, UH, I MEAN, I THINK NO DENIAL.
I WAS GONNA COUNT AS AN ACCEPTANCE TODAY.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THAT WE'LL MOVE UNDER A REPORT FROM OUR ECD SUPERVISOR.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
SO IT BRINGS ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR TWO NEWEST DISPATCHERS.
AND I'LL START WITH THE FIRST ONE WHO IS, COME ON UP HERE.
I'M NOT GONNA, I'M PROBABLY GONNA BUTCHER HER NAME, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO SAY IT ANYWAY.
IT'S JKA PATMORE, BUT SHE GOES BY JELLY, SO IT MAKES IT REALLY SIMPLE.
WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE ME TO? YES, I WOULD.
WELL, I HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN HERE, SO IS THAT CHEATING IF I READ IT OFF MY NO, I EXPECTED THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD DO.
J-E-L-U-I-S-H-K-A AND PAT MOORE IS HER LAST NAME.
AND YOU TOLD BY WHAT NAME? JELLY.
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT DURING, UH, TELECOMMUNICATOR WEEK WE HAD A, A JAR FULL OF JELLY BEANS AND YOU HAD TO COUNT HOW MANY THERE WERE.
AND GUESS WHO MEANT WHO WON
UM, OKAY, SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT MISS JELLY.
SO SHE JOINED THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A DISPATCHER ON MARCH 16TH, 2026.
PUERTO RICO, BUT SHE'S BEEN RAISED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE HER WHOLE LIFE AND SHE DOES SPEAK SPANISH.
SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT TOO.
UH, SHE GRADUATED IN 2022 WITH BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX.
UH, JELLY ENJOYS READING, LISTENING TO MUSIC AND BAKING.
SHE ALSO ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HER HUSBAND, JARRET.
THEY'RE, HE'S PROBABLY EIGHT MONTHS OLD NOW.
UH, JERICHO AND THEIR TWO DOGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DOGS' NAMES ARE, BUT THIS IS JELLY.
AND NEXT WE HAVE MS. KATIE OAKLEY.
UM, SO KATE WAS ORIGINALLY FROM THE STATE OF NEBRASKA FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS.
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LIVED IN BANGOR, MAINE.MOVING TO TENNESSEE WAS A LONGTIME DREAM FOR BOTH OF THEM.
AND EVERY TIME THEY VISITED THEY FELL MORE IN LOVE WITH IT.
UH, IN OCTOBER, THEY THREW CAUTION TO THE WIND AND MADE THE MOVE AND HAVE NOT REGRETTED TRADING THEIR SNOW SHOVELS FOR SUNSHINE AND SWEET TEA.
UH, KATE HAS BEEN IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSION SINCE 2003 AND SHE'S WORN MANY HATS IN THE FIELD.
SHE ENJOYS ALL OF THEM EXCEPT MAYBE BEING A JAILER.
UM, SHE AND ROSE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 15 YEARS.
THEY HAVE TWO DOGS, FOZZIE, WHO IS A 7-YEAR-OLD YORKIE, AND ROLF IS A 4-YEAR-OLD OODLE.
THIS IS A MIX BETWEEN A WHEATON AND A POODLE.
SHE SAYS, UM, IN HER SPARE TIME SHE ENJOYS LEGOS, VIDEO GAMES, GOLF, BOWLING DARTS, AND HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS AROUND THE FIRE PIT AND LAUGHING.
SHE'S GOT A VERY GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR.
ANYWAY, SO SHE JUST STARTED, UM, THE SECOND DAY OF PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR WEEK.
SO SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR TWO WEEKS AND SHE'S ALREADY ANSWERING THE PHONES, SO THIS IS GOOD.
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE BOTH OF THESE LADIES WITH US.
SO WE ONLY HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE POSITION OPEN AND, UM, WE DID OFFER THE POSITION TO A YOUNG LADY.
UM, HOWEVER, WHEN SHE TURNED HER NOTICE IN TO HER CURRENT EMPLOYER, THEY DECIDED TO MAKE HER A MANAGER.
SO SHE'S NOT COMING WITH US, SO I'M DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT, BUT HAPPY FOR HER.
UM, YES, SO PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR WEEK WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.
AND, UH, WE CELEBRATED WITH GAMES THEME DAYS, UM, PRIZES, AND YOU NAME IT.
THERE WAS SO MUCH FOOD IN DISPATCH, IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
AND AS A WRAPPING UP THE REPORT, UH, JUST TO JUMP FORWARD JUST A LITTLE BIT, I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GONNA RUN FOR THE DOOR AFTER THE ECD MEETING, IF WE COULD HANG AROUND, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS PREPARING SOME COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, I MEAN JUST, YOU KNOW, AS, AS LOOKING INTO IT, AND I BUMPED INTO THE COMMENT THAT THE, THE ECD ARE REALLY THE FIRST, FIRST RESPONDERS IS THE ONE THAT'S TO TAKE THAT INITIAL CONTACT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING HAPPENS.
AND I THINK THAT IS JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT AND I THINK IT'S JUST THAT REMINDER OF HOW CRITICAL IT IS WHAT Y'ALL DO.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MEAN, KATE AND JELLY IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON OUR TEAM.
IT'S A GREAT TEAM THAT YOU'RE JOINING.
AND JUST THANK YOU FOR, FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU DON'T BY ANY CHANCE TO GO BY THE NAME PEANUT BUTTER? DO YOU
ALL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? JUST, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I REALLY WELCOME YOU.
I KNOW WE ALL DO BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN POSITIONS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED AND I THINK IT'S REALLY NICE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS SPANISH FLUENTLY BECAUSE TODAY THERE ARE SO MANY, UH, HISPANIC PEOPLE IN THE AREA OR PASSING THROUGH THAT MIGHT NEED OUR SERVICES.
AND IT'S NICE THAT SOMEONE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MY BEST FRIEND'S MOM WAS OUR SPANISH TEACHER AT SCHOOL AND SHE WAS MY SPANISH TEACHER.
I SAID SHE WAS ALWAYS ON CALL IF ANYTHING HAPPENED BECAUSE SO FEW PEOPLE SPOKE SPANISH OTHER THAN SPANISH PEOPLE.
UH, SO IT, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
UH, KATIE, I I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T CALL 9 1 1 WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL.
SO IT'S REALLY NICE THAT YOU, THAT YOU CAN HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR AND DO THIS JOB.
I, I THINK TOO, IF YOU NOTICE TONIGHT WE WERE HAPPY TO CLAP FOR BOTH OF YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT AND I DO THINK THAT'S HOW THIS COMMISSION STANDS BEHIND THE DEPARTMENTS AND ESPECIALLY ECD.
WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THE GOOD JOB THAT YOU DO AND WE'RE GLAD WE CAN EXPRESS THAT AND DO THAT HERE WHILE YOU'RE HERE.
SO OUR NEW BUSINESS TONIGHT, UH, NUMBER ONE RESOLUTION, ECD 2026 DASH OH ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH BAKER TILLY, US LLP FOR FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE AUDIT SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026 FOR ADOPTION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE? WE APPROVE COMMISSIONER TRAVIS SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER DONAHUE.
MAKE THE, UM, OBSERVATION THAT IT'S THE, A NEW
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NAME, SAME COMPANY.SO THIS IS OUR, OUR SAME GROUP THAT HAS DONE THIS BEFORE.
EXPERIENCE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH 'EM AND OUR FINANCIAL STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED IT.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS BEFORE THE ECD TONIGHT? HEY BUDDY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE TO ADJOURN.
SO ADJOURN OR ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.