* 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. [ Agenda for the Emergency Communications District Meeting  Monday, November 9, 2026 - 6:30 pm Brentwood City Hall] [00:00:04] ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL FOR ORDER TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT FOR NOVEMBER 9TH, 2026. I'D LIKE TO OBSERVE THAT, UH, ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE NOW HERE. FIRST, UH, ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE MR. TRAVIS. SECOND COMMISSIONER DONAHUE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. SO COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS. PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED DURING THE DESIGNATED TIME ON THE AGENDA. UPON BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR, ANY PEOPLE OR ANY PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK SHALL STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS THE BOARD. UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK PUBLICLY? I DON'T SEE ANYONE, SO WE'LL CLOSE THE, UH, COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS. SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REPORT AND, UH, OUR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT. I'LL, UH, COVER THAT REAL QUICK. UH, WE HAD, UH, YEAR TO DATE REVENUES COLLECTED THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER ARE $812,187 OR 39% OF THE BUDGET. COMPARE THAT TO THE PRIOR YEAR, IT WAS ALSO 39% OF THE BUDGET. SO WE'RE, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, WE'RE RUNNING ALONG THE SAME. ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, UH, WE'RE AT $580,610 OR 30% OF THE BUDGET. UM, AND, UH, IT'S FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, UH, LAST YEAR WE WERE AT ABOUT 29%. AND, UH, THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MORE EX - UH, MORE SPENDING THIS YEAR IS NOT REALLY. IT'S REALLY, UH, A RECORDING INTERNAL CHARGES FOR RENT EXPENSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FULLY RATHER THAN MONTHLY. SO WE JUST RECORD IT ALL EARLY RATHER THAN SPREAD IT OUT. AND SO IT SHOWS UP AS A BIGGER NUMBER EARLY. IT, IT AMORTIZES ITS WAY OUT TO THE END OF THE YEAR, SO IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SAME. SO OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHY DID, UH, WE, WE CHANGE THAT? I MEAN, NOT THAT IT'S REALLY MATERIAL, BUT I MEAN, I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES YOU TRY TO MATCH THE, THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENSE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THE ANNUAL RENT, WAS THERE AN ADVANTAGE TO THAT OR? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I CAN'T SAY THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF, JULIE, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT TONIGHT. I CAN. IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, PLEASE. WE JUST DECIDED, UM, WITH OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS, THE WAY WE WERE DOING IT WAS VERY MANUAL AND EVERY MONTH IT INVOLVED, UM, MULTIPLE JOURNAL ENTRIES AND WE FELT THE BENEFIT WASN'T WORTH ALL THAT EXTRA WORK. SO WE'VE MADE THOSE CHANGES, A FEW THINGS WITH LIKE ANNUAL EXPENSES, OTHER THAN DEPRECIATION IS ABOUT THE ONLY ONE BECAUSE THE CURRENT ASSETS, CAPITAL ASSETS CAN CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MM-HMM. BUT RENT AND SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT STAY STATIC, WE'VE JUST DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND DO EVERYTHING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. BECAUSE BEFORE THEY WOULD TRANSFER ALL THE FUND FOR RENT, RECORD PREPAID RENT, AND THEN REVERSE THAT EVERY MONTH. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH EVERY MONTH AND WE JUST FELT LIKE THAT WASN'T NECESSARY. YEAH. SO YOU JUST REALLY SIMPLIFIED THE WORK. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. YEP.THAT MAKES SENSE. VERY GOOD. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THAT'S IT. VERY GOOD. SO DO WE NEED TO, UH, ACCEPT THE, UH, QUARTERLY REPORT? UH, OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE WE ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT. I SECOND. A SECOND. COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. BRINGS US TO OUR STATUS REPORT FROM OUR ECD SUPERVISOR. HEY, KATHLEEN. HI. LONG TIME NO SEE WITH ALL OF YOU. I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN ALL OF YOU MORE THIS WEEK THAN I TYPICALLY DO IN A WHOLE YEAR, BUT IT'S ALL GOOD. IT'S ALL GOOD. SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT, UM, TWO OF OUR DISPATCHERS THAT WERE IN TRAINING HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM TRAINING, UM, AND THEY ARE BOTH RELEASED FROM THE PROBATIONARY, THE SIX MONTH PROBATIONARY PERIOD AS WELL. SO THAT BROUGHT OUR STAFFING UP TO 11 DISPATCHERS. AND THEN WE HIRED MR. NATHAN BENNETT. HERE'S NATHAN. I WANNA INTRODUCE, UH, NATHAN TO YOU ALL. SO, UH, NATHAN JOINED THE TEAM ON AUGUST 31ST. HE'S A GRADUATE OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY IN VIRGINIA WHERE HE EARNS HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. UM, HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE FORMER BRENTWOOD RESIDENTS. UH, THEY CURRENTLY LIVE IN NOLANSVILLE. UM, AND NATHAN HAS A VARIETY OF INTERESTS. WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT HIS INTERESTS WERE, HE SAID, "OH, I JUST, I LIKE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE OUTDOORSY." SO HE ENJOYS HIKING, READING MOVIES AND GAMING. UM, SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, THIS IS MR. NATHAN BENNETT. HE HAS BEEN HERE FOR TWO MONTHS AND HE JUST HAD HIS FIRST BIANNUAL OR BIMONTHLY EVALUATION. HE'S DOING REALLY WELL. HE STARTED ANSWERING 911 CALLS, UM, PROBABLY A WEEK OR TWO AGO AND IS DOING REALLY WELL. SO, UM, HE HAS A GREAT VOICE. HE'S FRIENDLY. HE'S VERY CUSTOMER SERVICE ORIENTED, SO WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE HIM. AND POLICE MAY NOT [00:05:01] HAVE HIM EVEN THOUGH HE HAS A CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREE. SEE THAT, THAT MAN SMILING BACK THERE, PAY NO ATTENTION TO HIM. NOW NATHAN'S ON JIM'S RADAR, SO... SO, UH, ANYWAY, SO, UM, THAT'S THE STORY WITH NATHAN, NATHAN. AND, UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE BANQUET AND THE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION, UH, SERVICE AWARD BREAKFAST. UH, WE HAD TWO DISPATCHERS THAT WERE NOTED, ONE FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, LAUREL KOZINSKI, AND THEN, UH, PETER DIAMOND, WHO ALSO CELEBRATED HIS 10-YEAR WORK ANNIVERSARY. SO WE HAVE SOME TENURE THERE, AND HOPEFULLY NATHAN WILL BE UP HERE ONE DAY 25 YEARS FROM NOW BEING INTRODUCED AS, UH, GETTING HIS 25-YEAR SERVICE AWARD. UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. OH, GO AHEAD. I GOT ONE THING. WOULD YOU SEND NATHAN THROUGH THIS LINE SO WE CAN ALL SHAKE HIS HAND? I SURE WILL. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. NICE TO MEET YOU. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OF COURSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU ONE OF YOUR PARENTS NEXT. PATRICK AND CYNTHIA. YEAH, I'M TRYING TO THINK. MARY ANDREWS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DID. SO, UH, 11 DISPATCHERS TOTAL, SO DOES THAT MEAN - 12. OR 12. 12. SO, SO NOW WE'RE FULLY STAFFED? YES, SIR. OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU. YES, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? THUMBS UP. NO. ALL RIGHT. AND, UH, IS CITY ATTORNEY CORN, DO WE NEED TO MOVE TO ACCEPT THE REPORT? UH, NO. OKAY. I THINK YOU TYPICALLY JUST HEAR IT, SO... VERY GOOD. YOU CAN IF YOU REALLY FEEL INCLINED TO, BUT... I THINK WE'RE ALL SET. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? UH, WE'VE GOT THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT QUARTERLY MEETING. SO, UH, CHECKING THAT BOX RIGHT NOW. ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? NO. ANYBODY? SO WE MOVE TO ADJOURN AND VISIT WITH THE BOY SCOUTS. SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. MOVE TO ADJOURN. COMMISSIONER PIPPEN, SECOND. COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. CLOSED. * 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.