* 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. [00:00:02] A CALL TO [ Call to Order by Mayor Roll Call Invocation by Commissioner Gawrys Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Vice Mayor Little Police Department Badge Pinning Ceremony - Dan Odendahl] ORDER TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE BRENTWOOD BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. NOTICE THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE IN ATTENDANCE OTHER THAN ANN DUNN, WHO SENDS HER BEST. SHE IS, UH, HAS AN EXTENDED MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, UH, FAMILY FUNCTION. SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL START WITH THE INVOCATION FOR COMMISSIONER GARRIS AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY VICE MAYORAL LEVEL. OUR DEAR LORD, WE COME TO THE AND GIVE THANKS FOR MANY BLESSINGS, ESPECIALLY THE BLESSING OF LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY AND FOR OUR FREEDOMS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS MEMORIAL DAY, UH, TO REFLECT AND HONOR THOSE THAT HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE TO DEFEND AND PROTECT THIS COUNTRY AND EACH OF OUR FREEDOMS. UM, WE, UM, ASK E TO PLEASE, UM, HELP US RECOGNIZE THAT AND LIVE WORTHY OF THAT GIFT. WE ALSO ASK E TO HELP PROTECT THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR AMAZING POLICE AND FIRE, UM, DEPARTMENTS. AND PLEASE WATCH OVER EACH OF THEIR FAMILIES, UH, BLESS THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE AND OUT OF HARM'S WAY. WE ALSO ASK THEE TO HELP GUIDE US AS WE GOVERN. PLEASE HELP US TO PERCEIVE AND PURSUE THAT WHICH IS RIGHT AND TO SERVE OUR CITY, UM, AT THE WILL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST STATE. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. IF YOU WILL, BEFORE WE DO THE PLEDGE, LET'S JUST GIVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIFE FOR THIS NATION SINCE 1775, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 13 WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY IN THE PRESENT CONFLICT IN IRAN. IF YOU WILL, PLEASE BY YOUR HEADS NOW, IF YOU WILL FACE THE FLAG AND WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE. 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. HEY, THANK YOU. AND TONIGHT, I BELIEVE WE WERE STARTING OUT WITH THE, UH, BADGE PINNING FOR DAN ODENTHAL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. SO IT IS MY HONOR TO HAVE DAN AND TORI UP HERE. I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DAN. HE GREW UP IN A TOWN, UH, KINGSTON, NEW YORK, WHICH IS ABOUT TWO HOURS NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY. AND IN 2013, HE JOINED THE NEW YORK STATE AIR NATIONAL GUARD. HE SERVED AS A SENIOR AIRMAN OF THE HUNDRED AND FIFTH BASE DEFENSE SQUADRON IN, UH, 2016 TO 2017. UH, HE DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE. AFTER HE FINISHED HIS DEPLOYMENT, UH, HE RETURNED AND WENT THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY, AND DAN THEN WORKED FOR, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, HE WORKED FULL-TIME FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER. HE WORKED PART-TIME AS A POLICE OFFICER. WHEN HE FINISHED HIS SERVICE, HE THEN BECAME A FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICER AND A PART-TIME POLICE OFFICER, . AND, UH, AND I THINK AS A, AS AN OFFICER, HE WAS IN, UH, S SHANDAKEN NEW YORK, AND I THINK HE WAS OUTNUMBERED BY BEARS UP THERE, . SO IT'S A VERY REMOTE AREA. UH, BUT HE AND TORY CAME, UH, TO TENNESSEE IN 2023 AND, UH, FOUND THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HE HAS SERVED US SINCE THEN. DAN HAS BEEN ON OUR HONOR GUARD. DAN IS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER MEMBER OF OUR TACTICAL RESPONSE TEAM. HE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WEARING MANY HATS. HE'S VERY WELL TRAINED. HE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR US, AND, UH, WE ARE PROUD TO PROMOTE HIM TO PATROL SERGEANT. AND HE'S GOING TO BE PINNED TONIGHT BY HIS WIFE. TORI, CONGRATULATIONS. HEY, DAN. CONGRATULATIONS. I WISH YOU ALL A LOT. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU TOO. CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT. TONIGHT OUR FIRST ORDER [1. Public hearing on Ordinance 2026-02 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2026 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027 INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT] OF BUSINESS IS WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS. OUR FIRST IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 2026 DASH OH TWO, AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2026, [00:05:02] AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2027, INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE. SECOND IS [2. Public hearing on Ordinance 2026-03 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2026 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027] PUBLIC HEARING. NUMBER TWO, A PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 2026 DASH OH THREE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2026, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2027. DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK AT OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING. NUMBER THREE, [3. Public hearing for proposed five-year Capital Improvements program for Fiscal Years 2027-2031] A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2027 THROUGH 2031. WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC HEARING. NUMBER THREE, SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THAT. SO OUR NEXT ORDER OF [4. Approval or Correction of Minutes] BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? APPROVE. MOTION. COMMISSIONER PIPPIN. SECOND. COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COMMENTS, UH, THIS COMING NEXT. SO, COMMENTS [ 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. ] FROM CITIZENS INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM INCLUDING IN THE CONSENT OR THE REGULAR AGENDA, OR IN ANY OTHER MATTER REGARDING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND CITIZENS WHO WISH TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. AND WE HAVE WANDA GRAHAM ON THE SIGNUP SHEET. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW YOU WELL, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS WANDA BRUCE GRAHAM, AND I LIVE AT FOUR 14 ENCLAVE COURT IN BRENTWOOD SHADOW CREEK SUBDIVISION WITH MY HUSBAND OF 41 YEARS MASTER SERGEANT USMC, RETIRED WILLIAM BILL GRAHAM. I AM A RETIRED ARMY LIEUTENANT COLONEL WHO HAS LIVED IN OUR AMAZING CITY FOR THE PAST, COMING UP ON 23 YEARS THIS SEPTEMBER SINCE MY RETIREMENT, THE SECOND STOP AFTER GOING TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMPLEX FOR TAX PROPERTY INFORMATION. REGISTERING TO VOTE AND VEHICLE TAGS WAS A STOP AT THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY FOR OUR LIBRARY CARDS. BILL AND I ARE LIFETIME MEMBERS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, AND I SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS BEFORE BEING APPOINTED TO THE LIBRARY BOARD SIX YEARS AGO. I'M A VERY ACTIVE VOLUNTEER WITH THE FRIENDS AND THE LIBRARY. WHY THE BACKGROUND? AS YOU ALL KNOW ME AS THE OUTGOING CHAIR OF THE LIBRARY BOARD, IT IS TO SAY THAT THE JOHN P. HOLT BRENTWOOD LIBRARY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND WHILE I DO NOT KNOW ALL OF THE WONDERFUL CITIZENS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, I DO KNOW TWO WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND APPOINTMENT BY OUR CITY COMMISSION. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECOMMEND YOU REAPPOINT MS. CHERYL WALCO VICE CHAIR OF OUR BOARD TO ANOTHER THREE YEAR TERM. SHE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT TO ME AS CHAIR AND A VERY ACTIVE AND VITAL CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD AS VICE CHAIR POLICY COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR. AND SHE PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL INPUT AT ALL OF OUR SPACE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS. CHERYL IS A BOARD MEMBER I'VE ALWAYS COUNTED ON TO ALSO VOLUNTEER FOR A VARIETY OF FRIENDS AND LIBRARY SPECIAL EVENTS. IN ADDITION, WITH TWO ONGOING PROJECTS, OUR LIBRARY QUIET ROOM AND OUR UPCOMING MAJOR RENOVATION TO OUR TEEN ROOM, CHERYL'S INSIGHT, CONTRIBUTIONS AND INSTITUTIONAL LINE KNOWLEDGE OF THESE PROJECTS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR BOARD WELL. I ALSO RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT OF ANOTHER STELLAR MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, MS. CINDY FRANKLIN. MS. FRANKLIN, THROUGH HER ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, IS QUITE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF OUR CURRENT EFFORTS AND ONGOING PLANS TO CREATE OUR WOW TEEN SPACE. HER PAST CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONTINUED ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT AT THE LIBRARY MAKE HER AN ABSOLUTELY EXCEPTIONAL CHOICE TO JOIN OUR AMAZING LIBRARY BOARD. WE'RE ALL, WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH WILLING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO SERVE OUR CITY. WHEN OUR BOARD IN 2022 CREATED THE HANDOUT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ON THE JOHN P. HOLT BRENTWOOD LIBRARY BOARD? WE HAD VICE CHAIR CHERYL WALCO AND MS. CINDY FRANKLIN IN MINE. THEY HAVE [00:10:01] BELIEF IN THE VALUE OF THE LIBRARY, INTEREST AND KNOWLEDGE OF LIBRARY SERVICES OR ACTIVE USERS OF LIBRARY SERVICES. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMIT TIME AND ENERGY TO SERVE THE LIBRARY, WILLINGNESS TO PREPARE HEAD OF MEETINGS, AND THEY HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION AND DECISION MAKING SKILLS AND ARE BOTH PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE EXCEPTIONAL STRATEGIC THINKING AND PLANNING SKILLS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THE OUTGOING BOARD CHAIR TO RECOMMEND VICE CHAIR CHERYL WALCO FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND CONTINUED SERVICE AND TO RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT OF MS. CINDY FRANKLIN TO THE JOHN P HOPE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT YOUR JUNE 8TH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING. AND I MIGHT ALSO ADD HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SUMMER READING ON FRIDAY, MAY 29TH FROM THREE TO 5:00 PM AT THE LIBRARY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU WANDA. AND, UH, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AS, AS SINCERELY AND AS, UH, ENTHUSIASTICALLY AS I POSSIBLY CAN FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY, YOUR SERVICE, TO THE ELECTION COMMISSION, AND ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS. AND LIKE EVERY OTHER GOOD THING GOING ON IN BRENTWOOD, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON. YOU'RE PART OF IT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, BUT IT CERTAINLY CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT WITH ME, SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, DO HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS NEXT ON OUR [ Report from City Manager Report from the City Attorney Reports and comments by Commissioners and Mayor] AGENDA, OUR REPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, JASON GAGE. GOOD EVENING. UH, HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS. UH, FIRST ITEM IS A REMINDER OF NIGHT PAVING WORK AT MARYLAND FARMS. I'LL REPEAT THAT NIGHT PAVING WORK AT MARYLAND FARMS. UH, WE WANT BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS AND METERS TO BE AWARE, UH, OF UPCOMING NIGHTTIME PAVING HERE, UH, ON MARYLAND WAY OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. SO FROM TONIGHT UNTIL SATURDAY, MAY 30TH FROM 8:00 PM TO 5:00 PM OUR CONTRACT WILL BE MILLING THE ROADWAY. AND THEN ON SUNDAY, THEY'LL COMMENCE PAVING AND RETRIP THE ROAD DURING THE, THE SAME EVENING HOURS. SO ALL THE ACTIVITY WILL BE IN THE EVENING. THE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH, BUT THIS WEEK'S RAINY WEATHER MAY DELAY THAT. WE'LL SEE, UH, HOW THE, HOW THE WEATHER GOES. UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE FINE, BUT WE'LL SEE. UH, ONE LANE. TRAFFIC WILL OPEN AT ALL TIME WILL BE OPEN AT ALL TIMES, BUT DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT DELAYS IN THE EVENINGS, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THAT THEY CAN PLAN AROUND THAT. UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY ORANGE IS THEIR FAVORITE COLOR AND, UH, WHEN WE TAKE IT AWAY, IT'LL BE A LOT BETTER. UH, THE SECOND ITEM IS, UH, THE, AGAIN, THIS IS MY SECOND, UH, CYCLE ON THIS, UH, FORTUNATELY SUMMER CONCERT START THIS SUNDAY AND I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE SUMMER CONCERT SEASON LAST YEAR. SO OUR POPULAR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND WITH THE ONE OF BEATLES, UH, ON SUNDAY, MAY 31ST FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT CROCKETT PARK. AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A, A GREAT ONE. THE BAND IS BACKED BY POPULAR DEMAND, UH, PERFORMING BEATLES CLASSICS AND OTHER HITS FROM THAT ERA. UH, WE'LL HAVE OF COURSE FOOD TRUCKS, BEER GARDEN BEGINNING AT FIVE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE AT EACH CONCERT ON OUR WEBSITE. UH, WE ASK PEOPLE TO CHECK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES FOR ANY DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER. UH, BUT WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED TO, UH, OPEN UP ANOTHER CONCERT SEASON. SO THAT'S MY REPORT. BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. PRETTY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER? WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR DETAILED REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU. I HAD A REALLY LONG ONE, BUT AN INTEREST OF GETTING US OUT HERE BEFORE THE PAVING GOES AT WHOLE NEXT MEETING, SO THANK YOU. GOOD CALL. I WILL, I WILL. THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOLLOWING UP ON THE EARLY VOTING REQUIREMENTS. OH, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. AS HAS BEEN REQUIRED. AND SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALRIGHT, REPORTS FROM AND COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR. SO, UH, YES, WE HAVEN'T, KEN, WE STARTED WITH YOU LATELY. NO. DO YOU MIND LEADING THIS OFF? I'M READY. ALRIGHT. COMMISSIONER TRAVIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PROMOTER PROMOTION TONIGHT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. DENAL IS A GREAT, GREAT MAN. KNOW HIM. I'VE MET HIM SEVERAL TIMES OUT THERE, NOT BY THE TICKET, BUT JUST, JUST SEEING HIM. IT JUST SHOWS THE, THE, THE CREAM THAT WE HAVE THAT RISE TO THE TOP WITHIN BOTH OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. I JUST, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH THE QUALITY PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE. IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY SPECTACULAR. UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MEET THURSDAY, 8:00 AM RIGHT NEXT DOOR FOR THE INFO MEETING. AND THE REGULAR MEETING WILL BE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 PM UH, MOST MATTERS ARE ROUTINE. UH, AS I SAID BEFORE, I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I THINK THINGS ARE GOING WELL BECAUSE, UH, PLANNING AND CODES IS PRETTY MUCH LAID OUT WHAT THE, THE RULES AND REGS ARE. AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING THOSE AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT. UM, WANDA, BRUCE GRAHAM, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT YOU LOOK AT AND YOU SAY, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I MET HER, AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU. AND, UM, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. IT WAS ONE THAT I [00:15:01] WAS JUST IMPRESSED WITH YOU AND BILL AND HOW INVOLVED YOU WERE. AND THIS WAS 20 PLUS YEARS AGO AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU WORKED IN, YOU'VE DONE SUCH AMAZING WORK. I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR A JOB WELL DONE. AND, UM, THAT'S GREAT. UH, I DID MISS LAST MEETING. FIRST MEETING. I'VE MISSED A LONG TIME. UH, IT WAS IN A COUNTRY THAT DID HAVE HAVE A RED, WHITE AND BLUE FLAG, BUT IT WAS NORWAY AND ICELAND. BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE CITY COMMISSION BECAUSE, UM, LIFE COMES UP SOMETIMES AND YOU HAVE TO MISS THINGS. UM, TOUR TOUR COMPANIES WON'T NECESSARILY PLAN THE TOUR OF NORWAY AROUND MY SCHEDULE . SO I HAD TO, I HAD TO MISS. WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE THAT. BUT I HAVE SUCH CONFIDENCE IN WHAT THE RISK THE COMMISSION'S DONE. I'VE WATCHED THE TAPE. EVERYTHING IS GOOD. AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR A JOB WELL DONE WHILE IT WAS GONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I LOOK FORWARD TO SUN SUNDAY NIGHT AND THE WON OF BEATTLES. VERY GOOD. COMMISSIONER PIPPEN. YES, SIR. UH, I GOT THE TREE BOARD REPORT WE MET ON MAY 19TH OVER IN THE ANNEX ROOM. UH, ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS THE ARBOR DAY WRAP UP, WHICH INCLUDED A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, ITEMS LIKE GETTING A HANDLE ON THE TIMELINE, UH, FOR THE TREE ORDERING FOR NEXT YEAR'S EVENT. WE HAD A LITTLE HICCUP, BUT WE SURVIVED THAT THIS YEAR WITH A FOCUS ON QUANTITY AND TYPE OF TREES TO GET FOR THAT EVENT. WE WERE VERY PLEASED, OF COURSE, WITH THE TURNOUT, UH, FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT. SO THERE WAS FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC FOR THIS EVENT AND THE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS DIALOGUE ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE THE LOGISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, SUCH AS VENDORS SET UP ARBOR DAY PROGRAMS AND ET CETERA. SO I KNOW ALMOST EVERY FACE I SEE IN THIS ROOM I SAW AT ARBOR DAY, SO THAT'S GOOD. WE ALSO DISCUSSED, UH, OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS, INCLUDING A PLANT HEALTHCARE TALK WITH BLUE CURRY, THE ARBORIST FROM BARLETT, UH, TREE EXPERTS, WHO'S THERE WITH US ON THE, UH, TREE BOARD MEETINGS. UH, THE ORIGINAL DATE FOR THIS EVENT HAD WAS JUNE 13TH, BUT THAT WAS CHANGED, UH, TO THE 20TH DUE TO A SCHEDULING ISSUE AND WILL TAKE, UH, UH, TAKE PLACE AT 10:00 AM ON THAT DAY. WE ALSO HAD A GREAT CHAT ABOUT THE DEERWOOD ARBORETUM WALK AND TALK EVENT AND SHARED IDEAS ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO ADVERTISE THAT, UH, SUCH AS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, HOAS SCHOOLS, ET CETERA. AND JUST STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO ON THAT. WE WERE ALSO INFORMED THAT WKRN CHANNEL TWO WANTS TO DO A VIDEO PIECE WITH THE TREE BOARD. WE'RE STARS NOW, APPARENTLY AT SOME TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT THE FULL DETAILS HAVE NOT YET BEEN SETTLED ON. HOPEFULLY THE RAIN WILL GO AWAY IN ENOUGH TIME. WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMER TAN, SO WE'LL LOOK A LITTLE BETTER ON CAMERA, BUT WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT. UH, ALSO THE BOARD ALONG WITH ASSISTANT, UH, CITY MANAGER, UM, JAY EVANS AND PARKS DIRECTOR DAVE BUNT ALL, WE ALL TOOK A FIELD TRIP TO VISIT A CITY OWNED BUFFER PROPERTY LOCATED BETWEEN BRENT HAVEN SUBDIVISION IN THE WESTGATE COMMONS COMMERCIAL AREA. AND, UH, IT WAS A FACT FINDING MISSION TO EVALUATE AND CLARIFY THE USE OF THAT PROPERTY. UH, I CAN'T REALLY COMMENT FURTHER ON THAT AS IT'S CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH, UH, PROPER CHANNELS, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS WE NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF. THAT MEANS, OF COURSE IT STARTS WITH CITY STAFF AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR A LOT MORE AS THIS PROCESS EVOLVES. UH, FINALLY, THIS MAY BE A PAST TENSE REPORT. AL'S HILL NATURE SANCTUARY. IT'S HAVING A TREE IDENTIFICATION EVENT ON SATURDAY, MAY THE 30TH. THAT'S THIS COMING SATURDAY FROM ONE TO 3:00 PM THIS IS A FEE, UH, EVENT. IT'S $20. PARTICIPANTS WILL NEED TO HAVE REGISTERED IN ADVANCE ON THE ALLE L WEBSITE, BUT WHEN I CALLED THEM LIKE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, UH, THOSE SPOTS WERE GOING VERY FAST WITH ONLY TWO REMAINING. SO MAYBE YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE. SO, UM, IT'S A GREAT PLACE IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE. THAT'S IT FOR THE TREE REPORT, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, JUDGE MAREZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, WE HAVE OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 1ST IN THE NX ROOM AT FIVE 30. UM, THAT WE'LL BE, UH, MAKING PLANS FOR THE PARK ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMING UP. UM, I, UM, I WROTE THIS DOWN SO I WOULD SAY IT PROPERLY. SO, UM, ABOUT E-BIKE SCHOOLS OUT, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED ALL THE ACTIVITY ON THE ROADS FROM E-BIKE SCOOTERS AND SO FORTH. UM, AND JUST A REMINDER THAT PARENTS, YOU HOLD THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN HOW TO USE E-BIKES SAFELY AND RESPECTFULLY AND PROPERLY. THIS INCLUDES UNDERSTANDING THE RULES OF THE ROAD RIDING COURTEOUSLY AROUND OTHERS, AND RECOGNIZING THE REAL RISKS INVOLVED, SUCH AS COLLISIONS, INJURIES, AND OR HARMING PEDESTRIANS OR OTHER RIDERS ALSO TO WEAR THE CORRECT [00:20:01] HELMETS. UM, SO, UM, I, I KNOW WE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE CAN'T POLICE EVERYTHING WE WANT TO ASK FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT I DID FAIL TO MENTION IT STARTS WITH THE PARENTS. SO, UM, JUST A GENTLE REMINDER AS WE ARE NOW OUT 24 7 WITH KIDS ALL AROUND, UM, SINCE SCHOOL'S OUT. SO, UM, PLEASE BE AWARE AND SLOW DOWN AND BE COURTEOUS TO EACH OTHER ON THE TRAILS AND GREENWAY. UM, ALSO I HAD A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE, UM, HELPING TO DO THE PUSH IN FOR THE FIRE TRUCK. UM, AND PERSONALLY IT WAS A REALLY, UM, JUST SIDE NOTE WITH MY MOM. SHE WAS ALWAYS SO EXCITED ABOUT HAVING NEW FIRETRUCK BECAUSE APPARENTLY, UM, IT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR A CITY TO GET NEW FIRE TRUCKS. THEY'RE NOT CHEAP. AND, UM, SO IT WAS JUST REALLY NEAT TO BE THERE AND HAVE, I, I JUST HAD A FULL EXPERIENCE OF APPRECIATION FOR WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE YEARS AND, UM, IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO BE THERE AND IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE TO, UM, TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO, TO HAVE THAT TRE AND ALL THE ACCESSORIES AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSING THROUGH ON 65. AND, UM, IT'S JUST, IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE THERE TO WITNESS THAT. SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND MISS WANDA, IT'S, I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT TAKEN OFF TO THE BAHAMAS AND WE WON'T SEE YOU AGAIN FOR A WHILE, THAT YOU'LL STILL BE HERE DOING YOUR THING, JUST NOT ON THE BOARD. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR THIS CITY AND THE COUNTY AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO, AND, UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. THANK YOU NOW. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER UE. THANK YOU. UM, IN THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER DUNN, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING THE AMERICA 250 YEAR, UH, ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN ALL DO AS CITIZENS IS TO DECORATE OUR AREAS, OUR YARDS, OUR HOMES, OUR SUBDIVISIONS, JUST TO MAKE EVERYBODY THINK ABOUT IT MORE, TO STOP, TO PAUSE AND, UM, TO PARTICIPATE THAT WAY. ALSO, AT, UM, THE RED WHITE AND BOOM EVENT ON JULY 4TH, THERE WILL BE READINGS AND, UH, FIFE AND DRUM CORPS AT THE BRENT VALE. I DUNNO IF I HAVE THE RIGHT NAME FOR IT, BUT THE BRENT VALE CABIN, UH, PAVILION. YEAH. SO, UH, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THAT AND, AND PARTICIPATE. I THINK THAT STARTS IN THE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE THE, UH, ACTIVITIES ON THE MAIN STAGE TO JUST KEEP SOME MORE PRAISE ON MS. GRAHAM. UM, CHAIR GRAHAM THERE. UH, I TOO WANT TO THANK YOU. UM, IT'S BEEN GREAT THIS PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS BEING ON THE BOARD WITH YOU, BUT WE GO WAY BACK TO THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, BUT YOU ALSO WERE MY INTRODUCTION TO BRENTWOOD POLITICS BECAUSE EVERY TIME I VOTED, YOU WERE THERE ENCOURAGING ME TO SIGN UP AND BE A VOLUNTEER AT THE POLLS. AND SO I DID. AND I DON'T REGRET THAT AT ALL. AND, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE A WONDERFUL PERSON, YOU'RE A GREAT MENTOR AND YOU'RE REALLY A ROLE MODEL FOR A LOT OF US HERE IN BRENTWOOD, AND I'M SURE OTHER PLACES TOO. BUT WE ESPECIALLY CLAIM YOU. UM, MOVING ON TO LIBRARY, UH, DIRECTOR BULL AS BULLY HAS, UM, BEEN NOMINATED AND VOTED AS THE SECRETARY OF THE PUBLIC PUBLIC LIBRARY ROUND TABLE FOR THE TENNESSEE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON YOUR NEW ROLE. WE, RECOGNIZING EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES HOW WONDERFUL YOU ARE. UH, THE QUIET ROOM, WHICH YOU JUST HEARD MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HOPE THAT WILL BE OPEN IN JUNE. UM, THE FINAL TOUCHES ARE BEING PUT ON. SO, UM, IF IT, YOU KNOW, THE HUMIDITY GOES DOWN AND THE PAINT DRIES AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS HAPPEN, WE HOPE IT TO BE OPEN BEFORE THE END OF JUNE IN THERE. THE, UH, TEEN STUDY ROOM IS MOVING ALONG. WE HAVEN'T MADE ANYTHING OFFICIAL YET, BUT WE, AT OUR LAST MEETING OF THE BOARD LAST WEDNESDAY, UM, PICKED THE DIRECTION WE WANT THE PLANS TO BE. SO WE'RE HOPING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, TO OUR MEETING OF THE SPACE PLANNING COMMITTEE, IS THAT THE CORRECT TERM? AS OPPOSED TO THE TEAM ROOM COMMITTEE SPACE PLANNING COMMITTEE ON JUNE 10TH, WE WILL HAVE KIND OF MORE DETAILED CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS OF THE THEME THAT'S BEEN PICKED. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO MOVING ON WITH THAT. UM, ALSO WITH THE LIBRARY ON FRIDAY, MAY 29TH FROM THREE TO FIVE IS THE KICKOFF. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS THE KICKOFF SHEET. IT'S A VERY DINOSAUR THEMED SUMMER READING PROGRAM. UH, AND THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW IS RAIN OR SHINE, THE KICKOFF IS GONNA OCCUR. THEY MAY HAVE TO CUT BACK ON THE SIZE OF THE INFLATABLE GAME SINCE THE MEETING, IT'LL MOVE INTO THE MEETING ROOMS, BUT THE SNOW CONE VENDOR WILL STILL BE THERE AND THERE WILL STILL BE GAMES AND PRIZES AND EVERYTHING, UH, FOR THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM. LISTEN UP HERE BECAUSE YOU, UH, ALL NEED TO SIGN UP FOR THE CHALLENGE AND YOU ARE CHALLENGED TO READ 6,000 MINUTES BETWEEN THE DAY YOU SIGNED UP AND, UH, WHEN IT ENDS IN AUGUST. SO, AND YOU CAN GET A PRIZE FOR 2000, 4,000, 6,000 MINUTES. AND IF YOU, IF YOU FOR WHATEVER REASON, AREN'T A READER AND YOU'RE A LISTENER, THAT COUNTS TOO. AND, UH, THE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AGES ZERO ON UP THERE SO THE LITTLE, LITTLE LISTENERS, UM, CAN GET PRIZES, UH, AND THE CHILDREN'S, THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS DEPENDING [00:25:01] ON THEIR AGE AND THE TEENS HAVE THEIR OWN. UH, SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO THAT. UM, AND, UH, TO MOVE ON TO THE, UM, E-BIKE ISSUE, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR SHARE THE PATH PROGRAM, GETTING MORE WIDELY, WIDELY KNOWN. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WE CAN DO THAT. I MEAN, I SEE IT ON FACEBOOK AND ON THE CITY WEBSITE, BUT, UM, I THINK WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF, UH, EDUCATION GO AS BECAME EVIDENT TO ME THIS AFTERNOON AT WINDY HILL PARK. UM, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE SIGNS UP, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, AT ALL THE ENTRANCES TO ALL THE PARKS AND SOMEHOW BEING ABLE TO SATURATE THE MEDIA A LITTLE BIT BETTER. UH, THE YOUNG PERSON ON THE MOTORCYCLE IN THE PARK TODAY, NOT WEARING THE CORRECT HELMET, BOTH ON AND OFF, UH, TURNS OUT HE GOES TO ONE OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND SO HE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T, HE WASN'T AWARE. SO I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY SCHOOLS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO MAKE THEIR STUDENTS MORE AWARE, BUT WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS MM-HMM . SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT ALSO AND HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THAT MESSAGE OUT. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. IT REALLY IS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. UH, VICE MAYOR LITTLE. ALRIGHT. WANDA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY BOARD AND, AND BRENTWOOD IN GENERAL, BUT ALSO TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND YOUR SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING, UH, ON THE ELECTION COMMISSION AND CHAIR AND, AND WORKING THROUGH THAT. AND WE HAVE SUCH GOOD INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS HERE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE HAVE FAITH IN THEIR VOTE, UH, ESPECIALLY IN OUR BLESSING OF LIVING IN A NATION THAT, THAT DOES ALLOW US CHOICE IN, IN WHO REPRESENTS US. SO THANK YOU. AND, UM, I HATE THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE A CHAIR, AND SO I'M GONNA DO MY LITTLE POLITICAL STATEMENT THERE. AGAIN, STATE LEGISLATOR GOT INTO LOCAL POLITICS TO SOLVE ONE PROBLEM IN ONE PART OF THE STATE. AND IT HURTS US BECAUSE WE HAVE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO SERVE, WHO HAVE GREAT EXPERIENCE, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO OFF THE BOARD BECAUSE OF A TERM LIMIT THAT WAS SET, UH, 'CAUSE OF A PROBLEM SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE. SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I KNOW YOU'RE STILL BE JUST AS ACTIVE WITH THE LIBRARY AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. SO THANK YOU. UM, VETERANS MONUMENT COMMITTEE, THERE'S MANY STAGES TO DOING A GREAT ENDEAVOR LIKE A VETERANS MONUMENT. AND, UH, THE DESIGN WAS, WAS THE FIRST, UH, STEP, UH, TOWARDS VICTORY, YOU MIGHT SAY. AND, UM, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT AND I THINK WE HAVE A WONDERFUL DESIGN THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE VERY PROUD OF. AND SO NOW WE'RE STARTING INTO FUNDRAISING AND, AND I JUST FEEL THAT THE PATRIOTISM OF THE BRENTWOODS POPULATION WILL SHINE THROUGH WITH BOTH SMALL AND LARGE GIFTS. AND SO, UH, PLEASE BE WATCHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE BRENTWOOD WEBSITE. WE'LL BE GETTING OUT MORE AND MORE INTO THE COMMUNITY. UM, ONE THING AT THE CONCERTS WHICH HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AND ARE GREAT, AND I'VE GONE TO FOR DECADES, LONG BEFORE I WAS A COMMISSIONER, THAT'S SOMETHING OUR FAMILY KIND OF HAS ALWAYS HAD A TRADITION OF GOING TO THE CONCERTS. THE VETERANS MONUMENT COMMITTEE WILL HAVE A TABLE AT THE FRONT OF THE STAGE, UH, AND SO YOU CAN COME UP AND GET INFORMATION, UH, LEARN HOW YOU CAN GIVE, LEARN HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED. AND SO, UH, I THINK THIS YEAR BEING THE 250TH IS JUST VERY APPROPRIATE TO BE ALSO STRIVING TO RAISE MONEY TO HONOR VETERANS, THOSE IN THE PAST, THOSE WHO NOW SERVE AND, AND HOPEFULLY TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION. 'CAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS JUST ONE GENERATION AWAY FROM LOSING OUR LIBERTIES. SO, UM, THE PRICE OF, OF, OF, OF LIBERTY IS, IS VIGILANCE. AND SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A INSPIRATION TO THAT YOUNGER GENERATION COMING ALONG TO WANT TO SERVE. AND I WILL SAY THIS, EVEN OUR OWN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT JAY EVANS SON IS IN THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. WE HAVE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR SERVICE ACADEMIES FROM BRENTWOOD, AND THAT GOES BACK TO WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO, UM, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY PATRIOTIC COMMUNITY AND I I KNOW IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE. AND HAPPY 250TH AMERICA. THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY VICE MAYOR. AND AS YOU SAID, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR MEMORIAL DAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY, VERY SOLEMN DAY THAT I KNOW WE CELEBRATE A LOT OF TIMES WITH, WITH FOOD AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, BUT JUST REMEMBERING THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THOSE BLESSINGS BECAUSE, UH, THE INCREDIBLE SACRIFICE OF MANY OTHERS. SO, UH, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THAT. UM, YOU MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH A PUSH IN FROM THE FIRE TRUCK, WE HAD A CHANCE TO, IN FACT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS WE'VE DONE LATELY. THERE'VE JUST BEEN REMINDERS OF WHAT A GREAT COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN, YOU KNOW, SENIOR WHOLE DEPARTMENT OUT THERE, CHIEF, [00:30:01] YOU KNOW, GETTING TO DO THE TECH TEAM CHALLENGE AND SEE THOSE GUYS WITH, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, THE HISTORIC, THE HISTORIC BOARD HAD A, THE MARKETING OF A REVOLUTIONARY, UM, CEMETERY WHERE WE HAVE A, A CITIZEN BURIED FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. I MEAN, WE HAVE JUST SUCH AN INCREDIBLE CITY WITH A, A GREAT HISTORY BEHIND IT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A FAIRLY YOUNG CITY AT 50, UH, 50 SOME ODD YEARS OLD. SO, VERY GOOD STUFF. AND I THANK YOU TOO FOR YOUR, UM, COMMENT ABOUT THE E-BIKES. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY DAY I GET CALLS OR COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD NEAR MISSES ON OUR TRAILS AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THEY'RE NEAR MISSES AND NOT HOSPITAL VISITS ARE WORSE. AND I HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE THAN THE NEAR MISS TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. UM, I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE REALIZE THE, THE SERIOUSNESS OF THESE VEHICLES AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN E-BIKE AND A PEDAL BIKE FOR A, FOR A YOUNG PERSON. ALRIGHT, GOING ON. UM, SOMETHING I WANT TO COMMENT ON IS, UM, SOMETHING I REALLY NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE TALKING ABOUT FRANKLY, BUT THE UNAUTHORIZED ARBORETUM ON CITY OWNED GREEN SPACE, UM, OF ALL THINGS. I MEAN, FOR BURWOOD TO HAVE A A A ROGUE ARBORETUM , I MEAN, WHAT, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO BRING IT UP HERE JUST TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSION HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A, A HISTORY ON IT. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE KNOW AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS THAT THE, UM, BRENTWOOD PARK BOARD AND TREE BOARD, UM, WE'RE MADE AWARE THAT RYAN REED, A BRENTWOOD RESIDENT, HAS KIND OF SPEARHEADED AN EFFORT TO PUT AN ARBORETUM ON 16 ACRES OF CITY OWNED GREENWAY PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION OR COORDINATION. UM, WHICH IS KIND OF SURPRISING, UM, IN FACT, SINCE BRIAN HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF BOTH THE PARK BOARD AND THE TREE BOARD, UM, HOW HE WOULDN'T THINK TO, UH, GO THROUGH PROPER CHANNELS IS, IS MYSTIFYING, UM, AT BEST. BUT JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO IT AND TRYING TO GET SOME BACKSTORY. I MEAN, THIS, THIS LAND IS DESIGNATED AS A PROTECTED NATURAL BUFFER ALREADY, BUT THESE UNAUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS, UM, NOW REQUIRE US TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE BRING THE AREA UP TO REQUIRED STANDARDS OR IF WE RETURN IT TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION. SO I GUESS THE ACTIONS OF FORCED A DECISION ON OUR PART, UM, WHICH I WOULDN'T THINK WOULD BE THE WAY. SO THE BACKSTORY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE, YOU KNOW, THIS LAND WAS DEDICATED IN 1995, UH, AS A PERMANENT GREENWAY BUFFER BETWEEN BRENTHAVEN WESTGATE COMMONS. YOU KNOW, IT IS ZONED FOR THAT. IT'S REQUIRED TO BE A GREENWAY BUFFER. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ANY IMPROVEMENTS ON IT. UM, INTERESTINGLY AROUND 2021, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOUND OUT THAT RYAN REED, UH, WHO LIVES ADJACENT TO THIS GREENWAY, HAD INSTALLED EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND A FIRE PIT PIT ON THE LAND. AND IN 21, HE WAS REQUIRED TO REMOVE THAT. A COUPLE YEARS LATER, AROUND 2023, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOUND THAT MR. REED HAD CREATED A SCALED DOWN GOLF COURSE ON THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY, AND HE WAS REQUIRED TO REMOVE THAT AS WELL. AND ONCE AGAIN, ASKED NOT TO MAKE FURTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE CITY PROPERTY. SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK, HOW DID HE GET AN ARBORETUM THERE WITHOUT US NOTICING, WELL, THE ARBORETUM'S IN THE WOODS AND THE CITY MOWS THE GRASS, WHICH IS NOT IN THE WOODS. AND WE ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE IT'S AN UNIMPROVED NATURAL BUFFER, IT'S ONLY MOWED INTERMITTENTLY, YOU KNOW, ABOUT ONCE A MONTH DURING THE GROWING SEASON. SO IT'S NOT REALLY INSPECTED AND, AND FRANKLY IT'S HAS NEVER PRESENTED A PROBLEM TILL RECENTLY. SO I GUESS WHAT I'D SAY IS WHERE, WHERE I'M AT THIS, I MEAN, IF THE RESIDENTS OF BRENTWOOD WANT A THIRD ARBORETUM, 'CAUSE WE HAVE A VERY NICE ARBORETUM, A DEERWOOD, WE HAVE A VERY NICE ARBORETUM AT THE LIBRARY, AND IF FOLKS WANT A THIRD ARBORETUM, BY ALL MEANS, I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE. YOU KNOW, WORD'S WELCOME AND, AND THAT IT'S DONE PROPERLY WITH, WITH FORETHOUGHT. UM, BECAUSE ANYTHING WE DO THAT'S PUBLIC SPACE NEEDS TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND NEEDS TO BE PLANNED FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY AND NOT DEVELOPED INFORMALLY, YOU KNOW, OR FOR USE BY JUST A LIMITED GROUP. SO, UH, I GUESS I'M, I'M MENTIONING IT HERE, ABOUT TO BRING THE WHOLE COMMISSION KIND UP TO SPEED ON WHAT, WHAT I'VE LEARNED, JUST TRYING TO LOOK INTO IT, BUT ALSO TO REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET SOME PUBLIC FEEDBACK, BECAUSE IF THE PUBLIC REALLY WANTS US TO HAVE A THIRD ARBORETUM, THEN THAT ALSO BEGS THE QUESTION, IS THIS THE RIGHT SPOT FOR IT? UM, BECAUSE IT, THE THIRD ARBORETUM MAY BE A, A, A GREAT THING FOR THE CITY, EVEN IF IT'S NOT HERE. BUT IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CITIZENS DO WANT A THIRD ARBORETUM AND THEY DO WANT [00:35:01] IT THERE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IN TERMS OF BUDGET AND IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER THINGS WOULD BE REQUIRED. UM, AND IF THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY RETURN THAT TO ITS PREVIOUS STATE. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE TREES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I, I WALKED AROUND THIS AREA THE OTHER DAY AND I THINK THOSE TREES WAY PREDATE THIS PROJECT. THE TREES I SPOTTED WERE GOOD SIZED TREES. SO MY GUESS IS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED EXISTING TREES AND TAGGED THEM AS OPPOSED TO INSTALLED NEW TREES TO QUALIFY AS AN ARBORETUM. UH, THERE MAY BE SOME NEW TREES. I, I DIDN'T HAPPEN TO NOTICE THOSE. I DIDN'T DO A, A FULL THOUGHT, BUT, BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO RETURN THIS AREA TO HIS PREVIOUS STATE, THE TREES WOULD REMAIN. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MAYBE A COUPLE FEATURES THAT COULD REMAIN. WE'D HAVE TO LEAN ON THE STAFF TO INVESTIGATE. BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE OLD, OLD CLICHE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN I WAS A KID, I PRAYED FOR A BIKE AND THEN I REALIZED THAT GOD DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. SO I STOLE A BIKE AND THEN PRAYED FOR FORGIVENESS. , YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, THAT'S NOT REALLY HOW BRENTWOOD RUNS , YOU KNOW? SO, SO I DO HOPE WE, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS BOTH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET THIS RIGHT, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING TO EDUCATE FOLKS ON, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GOOD PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS IN THE STATE OF BRENTWOOD AND WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FOLLOW IT. SO THAT IS MY REPORT. UH, ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, MAYOR, I HAVE ONE THING SURE THAT I FORGOT BECAUSE I WAS ABSENT FROM LAST MEETING. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I VOCALLY SUPPORTED KRISTEN KORN AND THE ETHICS. UH, I TOTALLY SUPPORT HER AND WHAT SHE DOES. THERE'S NOT A MORE ETHICAL PERSON THAT I KNOW, AND I TOLD HER THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WENT ON RECORD. I ALSO FEEL STRONGLY THAT OUR, UH, CITY MANAGER INVESTIGATED PROPERLY. AND I ALSO THINK JASON DEAL, IF YOU GO BACK, HE DID THE RIGHT THINGS TOO. HE'S, HE'S A MEMBER OF AN ENGINEERING ORGANIZATION THAT POLICES ITSELF. AND IF THERE WOULD'VE BEEN ANYTHING, IF THERE WOULD'VE BEEN SOME SMOKE AND THEY'D HAVE KNOWN IT. SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD. I THINK THE RIGHT THING WAS DONE, AND I TOTALLY SUPPORT YOU IN THIS. YEAH, THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. UM, I JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP ON, UH, TWO THINGS. ONE IS THIS, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY TO SIGN UP FOR SUMMER READING. YOU CAN JUST DO IT THROUGH THE APP OR YOU CAN DO IT AT, UH, ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A STA A SITE CALLED BEAN STACK. AND THEN THAT'S ALSO WHERE YOU LOG. SO GONE ARE THE DAYS OF HAVING TO KEEP TRACK OF THE YELLOW PIECE OF PAPER AND WRITING ALL YOUR BOOK TITLES AND EVERYTHING DOWN. UM, YOU CAN DO THAT ONLINE. AND THEN IN TERMS OF, UM, THE E-BIKES, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING A VETERAN'S MONUMENT TABLE, UH, AT THE SUMMER CONCERTS, AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING AT THE CONCERTS OR ESPECIALLY FOR THE TWO BIG ONES ON, UH, THE, UH, BRENT FEST AND THE, THE 4TH OF JULY THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAS NOT, NOT JUST THE SIGNAGE WE'RE GONNA USE, BUT SOME PICTURES OR SOME MODELS OR, UH, WHATEVER, SO THAT PEOPLE REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS WALK AROUND BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE GOING TO THE PLAYGROUND OR WHATEVER. AND SO IF WE HAD SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TOP OF THE HILL OR SOMEWHERE SO THAT PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT SEE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, OR SEEING IT, AND I THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT, UM, I HAD DIFFICULTY EXPLAINING TO THIS YOUNG MAN TODAY WAS THE E-BIKE RULES ABOUT ON THE STREET. AND SO I THINK I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT 'EM AND WAS LIKE, I STILL DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE DEFINITION OF PATHS BESIDE THE ROADWAY. LIKE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE LINES? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS? SO IF WE COULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT IN OUR PUBLIC MATERIALS, UM, IT'S A LITTLE MORE CLEAR MAYBE WITH SOME PICTURES, BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S DEFINITION OF THE ROADWAY BIKE PATH IS, MIGHT BE DIFFERENT FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S SO THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO RIDE CORRECTLY, UM, OR YOU, THE POLICE ARE DOING SOME CORRECTION, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT A QUESTION. ACTUALLY, THE, THIS ONE WAS A SHORTER BRIEFING, BUT WHEN WE READ OUR BRIEFINGS AND THERE'RE THREE OR FOUR OR 500 PAGES, DOES THAT COUNT TOWARDS THE 6,000 HOURS? THAT'S GOOD QUESTION. , I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, BECAUSE, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT WANT YOU TO HAVE, THEY MIGHT WANT YOU TO HAVE FICTION, NONFICTION, AND FANTASY AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE. PUT, I THINK OUR BRIEFINGS GET US PRETTY CLOSE, RIGHT, EXACTLY. PROBABLY MID TIER RIGHT THERE. I THINK IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO READ FOR WORK, IT DOESN'T COUNT. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, UH, ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS? UH, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, MOVING THE GAVEL. THIS ONE CLOSED. ALRIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO THE, [ Consent Agenda] UH, CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE, WILL GENERALLY BE ENACTED IN ONE MOTION EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE, THERE WILL BE NO MORE [00:40:01] OR NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME IF WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. ALRIGHT, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 50 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AGREEMENT WITH OCLC INC FOR A CATALOGING AND METADATA SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE JOHN P. HOLT BRENTWOOD LIBRARY FOR ADOPTION CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 51 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS SYSTEMS, USA FOR FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCE SOFTWARE FOR ADOPTION CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 52. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR FOR MIMECAST SUPPORT PERIMETER DEFENSE PLAN AND D MARK ANALYZER FOR ADOPTION CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE A GRADE ALLL FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE A THREAT LOCKER CYBERSECURITY. YOU HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE TO APPROVE. MOVE APPROVE. COMMISSIONER UE. SECOND. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER TRAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. CONSENT TO AGENDA TO PASSES. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS? SEE NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON [1. Ordinance 2026-02 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2026 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027 INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT, for consideration on first reading] TO NEW BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, ORDINANCE 2026 DASH OH TWO. AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2026, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2027, INCLUDING BUDGET FOR BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT. FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING, SEE MANAGER G. YES, THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, STAFF KNOWS THAT, UH, OH, MOTION, EXCUSE ME, A MOTION FIRST MAY MOVE FOR APPROVE. COMMISSIONER GURE, SECOND. COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. ALRIGHT, SEE MANAGER. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, STAFF KNOWS THAT, UH, YOU EXPECT A, UH, SAFE COMMUNITY, A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, NICE PARKS, UH, GREAT SERVICES, AND WE THINK THAT WITH THIS BUDGET, THAT YOU'LL HAVE THAT AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT , I'LL GO AHEAD AND HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE. SO WE HAVE THIS APPROPRIATION ORDINANCES FOR YOUR, UH, UH, APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WHICH BEGINS JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR AND RUNS THROUGH JUNE 20TH OF NEXT YEAR. SO WE HAVE TO, TO SOME DEGREE, BE SOOTHSAYERS AND BE ABLE TO PREDICT THE FUTURE, BOTH FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE AND, UH, UH, WHAT HAPPENS TO US PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE RELY A LITTLE MORE ON ACTUAL QUANTIFIABLE DATA AND WE THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD BUDGET FOR YOU. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET WAS SUBMITTED TO YOU IN A PACKAGE FORMAT ON MAY 7TH, AND YOU HAD YOUR BUDGET WORK SESSION ON MAY 14TH, WHERE WE TOOK SOME TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS. SO I DON'T PLAN ON TAKING YOU THROUGH ALL THE DETAIL THIS EVENING. SO I WILL GET INTO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, THOUGH, AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CORE PRINCIPLES WE HAVE FOR THE BUDGET OR A LONG RANGE PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE, THE MAKING SURE WE FUND THE C, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ITEMS IN EACH BUDGET FOR THE THAT YEAR. UH, WE WANNA BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE AAA BOND RATING, WHICH IS A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL AND EXTREMELY RARE FOR A CITY TO HAVE. I I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH. UM, THAT INCLUDES A FUND BALANCE. IT'S ABOUT DOUBLE OF WHAT MOST CITIES ARE, A TARGET OF ABOUT 40%. OUR FUND BALANCE IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT BECAUSE OF GOOD CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO BUDGETING AND SPENDING. BUT, UH, OUR ACTUAL TARGET, IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE, PRETTY CLOSE TO DOUBLE WHAT MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE. AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING BECAUSE WHEN YOU NEED IT, YOU NEED IT, RIGHT? WHEN THINGS GO BAD AND YOU NEED THAT, SUCH AS AN ICE STORM, YOU HAVE IT. AND IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE ON HAVING FLEXIBILITY. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. UH, AGAIN, COST EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY, UH, WANTING TO INVEST WHERE WE NEED TO, BUT NOT OVERBURDEN THE TAXPAYERS TO HAVE QUALITY SERVICES. UH, AND, AND, AND TALENT'S A BIG PART OF THAT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. SO QUALITY EMPLOYEES IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE KNOW OUR EMPLOYEES AREN'T JUST A NUMBER. IT IS TALENT AND THERE'S A COMPETITION FOR TALENT AND, UH, WE WANNA DO WELL IN THAT COMPETITION. SO KIND OF A, A QUICK OVERVIEW TOO. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO THINK ABOUT WAS THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. AND THE ECONOMY'S DOING FINE. IT'S, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS WITH, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND, UH, WITH THE OIL, UH, PETROLEUM PRICES AND SO FORTH, THAT, THAT MAY CREATE SOME CHALLENGES FOR US, BUT WE TRY TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND PLAN THOSE THINGS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK, UH, RIGHT NOW ECONOMY'S HOLDING ON PRETTY WELL AND AS, AS A WHOLE IS FAIRLY PREDICTABLE, SO THAT'S GOOD. UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF REVENUE AS WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET. UM, LET'S SEE HERE OF, MAKE SURE I GET THE RIGHT NUMBER. I WAS LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND NUMBER HERE. UM, WELL HOLD ON A MINUTE. I DON'T THINK I ACTUALLY HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, WHICH IS REALLY STRANGE. SO I WILL FIND IT FOR YOU REAL QUICK BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BEFORE, I KNOW THE GENERAL FUND IS THE BIGGEST IMPACT, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW THE TOTAL NUMBER THAT WE HAVE. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN MY NARRATIVE, SO I'LL FIND THAT FOR YOU HERE REAL QUICKLY. UM, [00:45:01] THE TOTAL NUMBER FOR THE 2027 BUDGETED EXPENDITURES IS, UH, $109,882,982. AND, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT $11.5 MILLION LOWER THAN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE FLUCTUATIONS IN YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SOME YEARS YOU HAVE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT LINE UP AND OVERLAP. SOME YEARS YOU DON'T, UH, THINGS SUCH AS FIRE TRUCKS AND SO FORTH. SO THAT CAN AFFECT THAT NUMBER. SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY REASON THAT IT'S, UH, A LITTLE BIT LOWER. AND THEN WE HAVE SPENT SOME TIME TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SALES TAX CHALLENGE JUST BASED ON ONLINE COLLECTION. WE HAVE A HANDLE ON THAT CHANGE, UH, FROM THE STATE AND HOW IT'S COLLECTED. WE'RE ABLE TO BUDGET FROM THAT. SO IT'S NOT SUCH A SIGNIFICANT WORRY FOR US, BUT IT DID HAVE A LITTLE IMPACT ON ONLINE SALES TAX COLLECTION, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE UP FOR THAT. SO, UH, A GOOD BUDGET THAT MEETS, I THINK IT MEETS ALL THE GOALS. UH, SO GETTING INTO SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT DETAIL, THE GENERAL FUND IN PARTICULAR, UH, TOTAL REVENUES ARE BUDGETED TO BE ABOUT, UH, 59,422,000. I'M GONNA ROUND THIS A LITTLE BIT. IT'S UP ABOUT 3.7%. AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK, UH, LOOK AT THAT FROM, UH, MANY PERSPECTIVES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT AGAIN, TRIES TO RETAIN OUR TALENT, PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES. SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. UH, THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX IS EXPECTED. WE'RE, WE'RE PROJECTING IT TO GO UP ABOUT 2.5%, UH, FROM WHERE WE'RE GONNA FINISH THIS YEAR AND WHERE WE'RE FINISHING THIS YEAR AND WHERE WE WANTED TO BE. BUT THAT'S OKAY. AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE, WE'VE MADE UP FOR THAT AND WE CAN PROJECT FROM THAT. WE'RE STILL TAKING A CONSERVATIVE PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THE STATE SHARED SALES TAX, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 3.8% NOW. WHETHER THAT HOLDS OR NOT, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT, UH, WE DO WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE, UH, FROM A GENERAL FUND PERSPECTIVE ON OUR SALES TAX. AND IF WE'RE WRONG, WHICH I WOULD RATHER BE WRONG, UH, ESTIMATING A LITTLE BIT LOW, THOSE EXTRA DOLLARS WILL, UH, END UP GOING INTO YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO IT'S NOT A BAD THING AT ALL. UM, A LOT OF THE OTHER REVENUES, I WON'T GET INTO THEM, BUT MOST OF 'EM ARE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 1% TO ABOUT 3.5%. WE DO HAVE, UH, UH, SHOW AN INCREASE IN HOTEL MOTEL TAX, WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE ACTED ON LATER. SO IT'S JUST A BUDGET, UH, ITEM RIGHT NOW OF 25% BECAUSE THE BUDGET DOES RECOMMEND GOING FROM 4% TO 5%, BUT WE HAVE SOME OTHER WORK TO DO THAT'LL BE PUT IN FRONT OF YOU LATER. UH, TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND GENERAL FUND, AGAIN, A BALANCED BUDGET, UH, JUST UNDER $59,400,000, ABOUT 3.8%, UH, 7.7, UH, PERCENT OF THAT, OR ALMOST 4.6 MILLION IS ESTIMATED TO GO INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AT THE END OF THE YEAR. NOW WE THINK THAT'S BY FAR THE LOWEST ESTIMATE. IT COULD BE MORE THAN THAT. AND IT DEPENDS WHAT THE YEAR END LOOKS LIKE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. UH, IT RECOMMENDS 4%, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR THIS YEAR. UH, USUALLY WE DO SPLIT THAT, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WITH PERFORMANCE AND ACROSS THE BOARD. BUT RIGHT NOW INFLATION IS FINDING ITS WAY UP TO ABOUT 3.8%. AND IF NOTHING CHANGES, IT COULD VERY WELL BE CLOSE TO 4% WHEN WE GET TO JULY. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND RECOMMENDED 4% ACROSS THE BOARD. THERE ARE NO NEW POSITIONS IN THE BASE BUDGET, BUT WE DO HAVE A SALARY RESERVE THAT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE SPENT UNLESS WE HAVE A FEW OTHER, UH, REVENUE ITEMS THAT WE, WE BROUGHT IN FRONT OF YOU FOR APPROVAL AND WE HAVE SOME HOMEWORK TO DO FIRST, BUT THAT SALARY RESERVE IS FOR $980,000. AND A COUPLE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES IS TO BE COMPETITIVE FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THEIR PAY PLAN. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT THIS YEAR RATHER THAN WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR. AND, AND, AND THAT IS TO REALLY, IT GOES BACK TO RETAINING OUR TALENT WHEN, UH, THO THERE ARE, THERE ARE JURISDICTIONS AROUND US THAT ARE VERY COMPETITIVE WITH WANTING TO DO THE SAME THING. AND SO WE WANNA BE COMPETITIVE AS WELL, AND WE DON'T WANNA GET TOO FAR BEHIND. SO THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF IT. SAME THING FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOLKS THAT PROVIDE EMS SERVICES AND GET A SUPPLEMENT FOR THAT. WE WANNA BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE SUPPLEMENT. SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED INCREASE FOR THE EMS SUPPLEMENT FOR SOME OF OUR FIRE PERSONNEL. THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST PIECES. WE DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A NEW, UH, POSITION, AND IT'S AN ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL POSITION. IT'S BOTH TO ADDRESS THE WORKLOAD AND IT'S ALSO TO BE THINKING ABOUT SUCCESSION PLANNING. WE HAVE A GREAT FIRE MARSHAL AND WE WANT TO KEEP HAVING GREAT FIRE MARSHALS AND IT TAKES SOME OVERLAP TIME AND TRAINING TO DO THAT. WE HAVE SOME UPGRADED POSITIONS AS WELL, AN HR POSITION, UH, PLANNING AND CODES POSITION AND, UH, UH, A CONVERSION OF A, UH, MAINTENANCE WORKER TO A TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TECH, WHICH IS A BIG, UH, ITEM FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR US, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY DIFFICULT TYPE JOB AND THERE AREN'T A LOT OF FOLKS THAT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. SO IT TAKES A WHILE TO TRAIN SOMEBODY UP INTO THAT. AND SO THOSE, AS I MENTIONED, ARE INTO CONTINGENCY AND THOSE ARE NOT CURRENTLY PLACED WHERE THEY WOULD NORMALLY BE IN THE BUDGET. AND WHEN WE DO OUR HOMEWORK ON THE REVENUE, UH, PIECES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT, BRING THAT TO YOU, MAKE SURE WE CAN CHECK THE PROPER BOXES AND YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT. AT THAT POINT, THOSE WOULD BE RELEASED AND WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE. WE HOPE THAT HAPPENS HERE PRETTY SOON, HOPEFULLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER. UM, IN THE WATER SEWER FUND, TOTAL REVENUES OF ABOUT 23.4 MILLION, ABOUT 2.6% OVERALL. THE, UH, UH, RATES FOR WATER ARE AND, AND SEWER BOTH, UH, ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR RATE [00:50:01] PLAN. UH, THAT WAS, UH, UH, PREPARED IN THE MOST RECENT ONE IN 2024. IT'S 2.5% ON THE WATER SIDE AND 5% ON THE SEWER SIDE. TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THAT AT 22.9 MILLION. UH, AGAIN, BALANCING THAT BUDGET AS WELL. UH, A GOOD PART OF THAT GOES TO OUR PURCHASE OF WATER, TO THE TREATMENT OF OUR, OUR SEWAGE. UH, AND, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT SIX AND A HALF MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT. AS WE, UH, TRANSITION INTO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WE SHOW, UH, TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF JUST SHORT OF 19 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, THE CYCLICAL TIMING OF SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. UH, THE GENERAL, GENERAL FUND TRANSFER, AGAIN, WILL BE JUST UNDER 4.8 MINIMALLY WITH THAT. SOME OF THE BIG PROJECTS THAT WE TALK ABOUT A LOT, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT AND LOSE TRACK OF BECAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE. INCLUDE MCEWEN, UH, DRIVE EXTENSION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AND THAT'S GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO US TO GET TO THAT PROJECT. UH, SPLIT LOG ROAD, PHASE THREE. A UH, CROCKETT PARK PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT IS A PRETTY BIG ONE ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S AGENDA AS WELL. AND SO WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITY, BUT MOSTLY TRANSPORTATION, UH, THERE ON THE, UH, WATER SEWER SIDE ON THE PROJECTS. OBVIOUSLY NOT THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE STILL REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT NEXT YEAR OR PERHAPS, UH, SOON THEREAFTER, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE, THE SECOND EQUALIZATION TANK AND THE IMPACT OF THAT. AS WELL AS BEING AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR WATER AND SOURCE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. AND, UH, OUR EQUIPMENT, UH, REPLACEMENT FUND, TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE JUST OVER 5.4 MILLION. THAT'S UP. WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT 3 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND GOING IN FOR THAT AND USING SOME OF THE BALANCE. WE'RE, WE'RE IN GOOD POSITION WITH SOME OF THESE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT BALANCES THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY SOLELY ON THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD UP THE BALANCE OF SAVING FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS FOR SOME TIME. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. UH, A COUPLE OTHER QUICK HIGHLIGHTS. THE INSURANCE FUND INSURANCE IS IMPORTANT. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT A LOT. IT'S KIND OF BORING, BUT IT'S, UH, ABOUT $6 MILLION. IT'S UP ABOUT 5.5%. IT'S A LITTLE HIGHER THAN INFLATION, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING IN THE INSURANCE MARKET, IT'S PRETTY GOOD. WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE AND IT'S DONE WELL. UH, AND THIS TALK IS TALKING ABOUT OUR HEALTH INSURANCE, PRIMARILY OUR HEALTH INSURANCE WORKERS' COMPENSATION IS IN THERE, BUT IT'S NOT A BIG PIECE. UH, AN ITEM THAT WE ARE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO. IT'S NOT A HUGE PIECE, BUT OUR FUEL FUND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE BUDGETING ABOUT A 56% INCREASE RIGHT NOW. WE WANT TO BE READY, UH, TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT FUEL, UH, UH, UH, COST OF, OF FUEL AND WHERE THAT MIGHT GO. AND IF IT GOES DOWN IN THE FUTURE, GREAT, WE'LL HAVE A SAVINGS THERE, BUT IF NOT, WE WANNA BE PREPARED FOR THAT AND, UH, AND, AND NOT CREATE AN IMPACT OF AN UP AND DOWN, UH, REALLY THE UP AND DOWN IMPACT TO OUR DEPARTMENTS AS THEY BUY FUEL. AND SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTS TO THE BUDGET. UM, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO YOUR GOALS WITH THE BUDGET, THE, THE LONG TERM GOALS, JUST OF OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING. WE THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD BUDGET FOR YOU LONG TERM. LIKE EVERY CITY WE GOT. WE HAVE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO OUR TREND ON OUR EXPENSES AND OUR REVENUES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO KEEP YOU IN A REALLY STRONG POSITION THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF. GREAT SERVICES, GREAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, GREAT ROADS, GREAT PARKS, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE. SO BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WELL, I THINK YOU JUST DID A, A VERY THOROUGH JOB SUMMING UP, UH, TWO ALMOST FULL DAY MEETINGS AS WELL AS MANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, UH, IN THE MEANTIME. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS BUDGET FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, UH, THIS YEAR. SO, UH, COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS. GREAT JOB. I WOULD DO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF, UM, 'CAUSE IT IS A YEAR-ROUND THING, BUT ALSO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS THAT TAKE IT SERIOUS. AND THIS YEAR WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHY WE HAVE A RESERVE FUND. WHEN THE ICE STORM HIT AND IT ENDED UP BEING ABOUT SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL AND, AND OTHER EXPENSES. UH, THERE WAS NO QUESTION WE HAD THE MONEY IN THE BANK, WE COULD GO AFTER IT. NOW SOME OF THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE REFUNDED BY FEMA, BUT THAT SOMETIMES CAN TAKE MANY MONTHS OR EVEN INTO YEARS. UM, THE BLESSING OF OUR STAFF IS THEY SET IT UP TO WHERE FROM DAY ONE WE WERE GETTING AND GATHERING ALL THE INFORMATION PROPERLY TO SUBMIT THAT TO FEMA. AND THAT COULD BE FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL GET REIMBURSED BECAUSE WE DID IT THE RIGHT WAY FROM THE BEGINNING. BUT WHAT ALLOWS THAT IS WISE BUDGETING. SO THANK YOU, UH, STAFF AND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. SO MAYOR, MR. TRAVIS, UM, I NOTICED WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO JUMPED FROM THE SKILLET INTO THE FIRE. JULIE WILSON SITTING OUT THERE. YEAH. UM, AS, AS VICE MAYOR LITTLE SAID, THIS IS, AND, AND MAYOR ANDREWS, THIS, THIS BUDGET PROCESS GOES ON ALL YEAR. THERE'S A LOT OF MEETINGS THAT WE WOULD LEAVE HERE AND WE COULD LOOK IN, AND JULIE WAS STILL IN HER OFFICE, SO SHE'S NOW CHANGED FROM IN HER OFFICE TO SITTING IN HERE WITH US. SO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF. THE, UH, IT IS MOST APPRECIATED. IT'S A GOOD BUDGET AND IT'S MOST APPRECIATED. COMMISSIONER, I'D BE REMISS THIS, AS YOU KNOW, AS, AS YOU'RE ALLUDING TO THIS, IT'S A HUGE TEAM PROJECT. THE [00:55:01] FINANCE DEPARTMENT, JULIE AND HER STAFF PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO IT. OUR OFFICE, JAY EVANS, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PUTS A GREAT DEAL OF TIME INTO IT. WE HAVE A NEW BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR WHO ALSO PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO IT. SO, UH, IT'S A BIG TEAM EFFORT AND, AND THAT DOESN'T COUNT THE DEPARTMENTS WHO DO THEIR PART TO GET US WARMED UP, RIGHT? MAKING THE REQUESTS, LOOKING AT THEIR NEEDS AND SO FORTH. SO, BIG GROUP EFFORT AND, UH, VERY PROUD OF EVERYONE'S, UH, UH, EFFORTS INTO THIS . SO, I, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE RESERVE SALARY RESERVE. MM-HMM . DOES THAT ALSO, I MEAN, ARE, ARE THOSE FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR JUST ALREADY SPECIFIED TO, TO WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO? OR IF A NEED COMES UP, LIKE, UM, IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT SUCH AS THE LIBRARY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN ADVERTISING FOR SOMEONE FOR A WHILE, UH, BUT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL THAT SPOT, THAT IF THEY FIND SOMEBODY THAT A SPOT LIKE THAT CAN BE FILLED FROM THOSE FUNDS OR DOES IT COME FROM ELSEWHERE? HOW DOES THAT NEED IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS OTHER THAN POLICE AND FIRE, UH, GET FILLED? YEAH. UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S, THERE'S A, THE AMOUNT IS A SINGLE LUMP SUM HOLDING AMOUNT IN THERE. SO ON THE PRESUMPTION, BASED ON THE GUIDANCE THAT, UH, IN THE, THE PRESENTATION, THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE LIST OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE SPENT ON, ONCE WE CAN CHECK THE BOXES ON THE REVENUE THAT FULLY SUPPORTS THAT, UH, THEN WE WOULD COME BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE ALLOCATION INTO THAT. SO TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT PAY PLAN AND ALL THE OTHER ITEMS, THE, THE, UH, FIRE EMS SUPPLEMENT AND THE OTHER ITEMS, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING OFF OF THE ASSUMPTION, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS. NOW, IF, IF, IF YOUR PRIORITIES CHANGING TO TELL US THAT CERTAINLY, AND YOU HAVE A FULL CONSENSUS TO DO THAT, IT COULD CHANGE. THERE'S NO QUESTION. IT COULD BECAUSE IT'S JUST A LUMP SUM RIGHT NOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. WELL, SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO, TO READ FROM THE BUDGET MESSAGE, AND THIS IS JUST FOR EMPHASIS. I KNOW WE ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE BUDGET MESSAGE AND SOME OF YOU ALL HERE HELPED WRITE THE BUDGET MESSAGE. BUT, UM, BUT IN THERE, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE SPOT THAT SAYS, REVENUES HAVE CONTINUED TO DECLINE WITH LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX. THE LARGEST SOURCE OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE ENDING FISCAL YEAR 2025, DOWN 1.2% AND PROJECTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 DOWN 3.6%, THIS COMPARES TO GROWTH RATES OF 3.2% AND 3.3% FOR FISCAL YEARS 23 AND 24 RESPECTIVELY. WORKING WITH THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE STAFF IDENTIFIED A CORRECTION THAT WAS MADE IN THE WAY THE INTERNET SALES TAX IS REMITTED TO THE CITY, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. THANKFULLY, THE LOCAL SALES TAX CONTINUE OR SALES TAX RESULTS DO NOT CARRY OVER TO THE BROADER STATE SHARED SALES TAX DISTRIBUTIONS, WHICH ARE UP 3.4% YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. BUT BECAUSE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX IS 46% OF THE, OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES, THIS TREND WARRANTS CAUTION THE FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2026, TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE COLLECTIONS ARE PROJECTED TO EXCEED ORIGINAL BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY APPROXIMATELY 7.9 MILLION COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 2025. EXCESS REVENUES COMPARED 7.9 MILLION COMPARED TO BEFORE THERE ARE 12 MILLION. BECAUSE EXCESS REVENUES ARE PRIMARY FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, THE CITY MUST CAREFULLY ASSESS ITS REVENUE PROFILE TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR NEEDED FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS. SO I, I SAY THAT FOR EMPHASIS JUST BECAUSE AS WE ARE WORKING ON OUR BRENTWOOD 2040 PROGRAM AND AS THE COMMISSION IS, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE SUCCESS WE'VE HAD, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW VULNERABLE WE ARE TO SALES TAX. AND AS JAY HAS MENTIONED, AND JUST BEING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE RELY ON THIS, OF COURSE, THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION IS TO MAKE SURE OUR SALES TAX STAYS HEALTHY. AND YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE SAID MANY TIMES IN THIS COMMISSION, REGULARLY RECOGNIZES, YOU KNOW, ONLY 5% OF LAND IN BRENTWOOD IS OWNED FOR COMMERCIAL, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER REMINDER HOW CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THE HEALTH OF THAT 5% OF OUR COMMUNITY IS, AND 5% IN TERMS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, NOT IN TERMS OF IMPORTANCE OR PROFILE. SO, UM, ANYWAY, JUST JUST MENTIONING THAT. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND THE 2024 DAY PLANNING THAT WE JUST KEEP IN MIND THE IMPACT, UH, OVERALL, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH AS A CITY. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MEAN, JULIE, YOU KNOW, JASON, THE ENTIRE STAFF, JAY'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. UM, TREMENDOUS WORK BY MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE PUT THIS TOGETHER AND, AND LIKE WE SAID, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT IT AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL NOT SUGARCOATING IT, BUT BRINGING IT TO US, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, THE VICTORIES AND THE RISKS AND THE SUCCESSES AND THE, UH, THE CONCERNS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. ANY [01:00:01] OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? ALL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALL PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT. NEW BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER TWO, [2. Ordinance 2026-03 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2026 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027, for consideration on first reading] ORDINANCE 2026 DASH OH THREE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2026, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2027 FOR CONSIDERATION ON FIRST READING. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL? I'LL SECOND MOVE FOR APPROVAL. VICE MAYOR, LITTLE, UH, SECOND COMMISSIONER, UH, UM, TRAVIS THIS AGAIN, RIGHT? NOT STEVE? YEAH, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS. ALRIGHT, SO IT'S ON THE TABLE. UH, CITY MANAGER GAGE. YEAH, THIS IS A QUICK ONE. UH, THE, UH, THIS RECOMMENDS AND INCLUDES THE 19, UH, CENTS PER HUNDRED DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUATION PROPERTY TAX THE SAME AS WHAT IT WAS, UH, LAST YEAR. SO NO INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX. AND, AND IT GOES BACK, MAYOR, TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE. UH, AND, AND, AND, AND LET ME SAY THAT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY LOW NUMBER. AND, AND, AND IT'S A BLESSING REALLY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO HAVE THAT LOW OF A PROPERTY TAX RATE. AND WE RECOGNIZE OUR VALUES ARE HIGHER HERE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE HIGHER VALUES, YOU DO, YOU DO EXPECT YOUR TAX RATE TO BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT WE ARE LOWER THAN ALL OF THE, OR PRACTICALLY ALL BUT MAYBE ONE COMPETING CITY AROUND US AND SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER. AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, THIS IS A 36 YEAR IN A ROW OF NOT SEEING AN, AN INCREASE IN THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, WHICH IS WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR EXISTING PROPERTIES AND, UH, AND, AND, AND WE'RE SHOWING NO INCREASE FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. SO THE ONLY INCREASE YOU'RE TAKING ARE NEW PROPERTIES GENERALLY. AND SO THAT'S INCREDIBLE. UM, AND, UH, BUT LONG TERM FUTURE AS YOU RELY ON ALL YOUR REVENUES AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE SALES TAX, SO TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT PROPERTY TAX REALLY LOW LIKE THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF OUR, OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL, SALES TAX IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THAT PART OF THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE VERY, VERY HEALTHY LONG TERM. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND HOW THAT SECRET SAUCE IS MIXED. OH, VERY GOOD. SO, UM, YEAH, SO, UH, HOW LONG CAN WE KEEP THE SALES TAX, THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE? THE SAME, EXCUSE ME, FOR PROPERTY TAX? WELL, I MEAN APPARENTLY 36 YEARS CAN, CAN WE DO IT FOR A HUNDRED? I DON'T KNOW, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, BUT SO FAR SO GOOD. BUT I THINK IT TAKES A LOT OF DILIGENCE AND A LOT OF ATTENTION AND THOUGHT TO, UH, TO DO THIS. ALRIGHT, COMMENTS? I, I JUST HAD A QUESTION AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN COVERED, BUT I WAS NOT AT THAT, UH, ONE OF THE BUDGET MEETINGS. IS THERE A RESTRICTION EITHER IN OUR STATUTES OR IN STATE LAW OR IN THE COUNTY, UH, FOR WHAT WE CAN USE THE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAX TO, TO COVER? OH, I'LL, WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BUT I'LL NEED TO DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY. SHE KNOWS THE, UH, LAW A LITTLE DEEPER THAN I DO ON THAT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A RESTRICTION FOR PROPERTY TAX IN TENNESSEE. I DON'T, I'M LOOKING AT JULIE TOO. I DON'T BELIEVE SO, UNLESS THEY RIGHT. YEAH. UNLESS YOU WOULD CREATE YOURSELF A RESTRICTION. NO. ALL RIGHT. OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST ONE COMMENT. RIGHT. ACTIONS DONE REPEATEDLY CREATE RIGHT RESULTS. AND THE REASON THE TAX RATE IS LOW IS BECAUSE WE BUDGET AS A CITY SO WELL, SO, UM, AND ARE WISE ABOUT OUR EXPENDITURES. SO YEAH, THERE'S A, A STORY I'VE TOLD MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE BEING ON THE COMMISSION, I THOUGHT THAT SETTING THE BUDGET WAS A MATTER OF, UM, TAKING AND CIRCLING THE GOOD IDEAS AND CROSSING OUT THE BAD IDEAS AND THEY HAD A BUDGET, RIGHT? BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, TO TO PARAPHRASE, PARAPHRASE, BILL HAS WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE, I THINK THE HARDEST THING WE DO SOMETIMES IS AGREEING THAT SOMETHING'S A GOOD IDEA AND STILL NOT FUNDING IT. 'CAUSE IF WE FUNDED EVERY GOOD IDEA, WE WOULD NOT BE IN THIS FINANCIAL CONDITION. SO THAT PROCESS OF PRIORITIZING THE IDEAS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO OUR, OUR CITIZENS AND OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND PRIORITIZING AND SPENDING WISELY, I THINK IS A BIG DEAL. SO THANKS EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PART OF THAT. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SEEING NONE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT? SEEING NONE. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY TO GO TO THE CONCERT ON, ON SUNDAY NIGHT. ALRIGHT. SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVE COMMISSIONER PPEN SECOND GARRIS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ADJOURNED. HEY, THANKS Y'ALL. * 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.