[0:00] All right.
[0:05] [laughter]
[0:08] » I was already
[0:17] county.
[0:22] » Mr. King, would you give our invitation?
>> I will. Let us pray. Lord, we come to
[0:26] you tonight. We just want to give you
thanks for the many blessings that you
[0:29] give us. We thank you for this
opportunity that you allow us to come
[0:31] together to do the business of this
county. We pray, Father, that you would
[0:35] just keep your hand upon us, each and
every one here as we do that tonight.
[0:38] That we would find ourselves doing it in
honor and glory to you. Father, we thank
[0:42] you for this land that you've allowed us
to live in. We pray that you would just
[0:46] continue to bless this land, bless our
people, Lord. Let us just remember you
[0:50] and all things that we do and say. And
we ask this in Jesus name. Amen.
[0:55] Commissioner Frost, would you please
um
[0:59] » I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic
[1:05] for which it stands. One nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:12] justice for all.
[1:23] I don't know.
[1:51] That ain't working.
[2:38] Well, they
run
[2:43] all the way through there. So,
[2:56] It's only about 28
[3:11] [clears throat]
[3:14] creek.
[3:25] call, please.
[3:30] » If you're here uh tonight, please press
present on your tablets.
[3:51] Next is the approval of the agenda. I
have a motion by Commissioner Bane and a
[3:56] second by Commissioner Arnold.
All in favor say I.
[4:02] » Anyone opposed?
Number two is a citizens forum and we
[4:07] did not have anybody sign up to speak
tonight. Number three is the
[4:11] commissioner's quum.
Commissioners, any commissioner want to
[4:15] talk tonight.
[4:20] Number four is a county mayor, attorney,
and finance advisor or proclamations. I
[4:25] think the mayor has something he wants
to read.
[4:29] Uh I just want to thank all the
commissioners that are leaving us for
[4:32] their service for the last four years.
We really appreciate your dedication to
[4:36] Bon County and the job that you've uh
done. Um, we do have something that I
[4:41] was wanting to read.
U,
[4:48] I would like for Jeff Murphy to stand up
if you don't mind.
[4:55] So, I'd like to recognize uh,
Commissioner Jeff Murphy. He has been
[4:58] appointed by Governor Bill Lee to serve
on the Tennessee Board of Funeral
[5:02] Directors and Inbombers. That That's a
big deal. Um, the board regulated
[5:12] This board regulates the death care
profession in our state. This is a
[5:16] significant honor for Jeff and Forbidden
County, reflecting his experience,
[5:20] knowledge, and leadership found within
our community. Governor Lee noted in his
[5:25] appointment letter that among many
nominees, Jeff's qualifications and
[5:29] professional characteristics were
exceptional and expressed confidence in
[5:34] his positive impact for this board. this
appointment also something that we can
[5:39] be proud of as a commission and a county
and I just congratulate you on that and
[5:45] thank you for being willing to serve. I
I understand you got a call from the
[5:49] governor about this.
>> Yeah,
[5:53] pretty pretty humbling and overwhelming.
I appreciate
[5:58] » we're really proud of you and and and
want to celebrate with you. Thank you.
[6:04] We need you to be the last. [applause]
[6:13] » Mr. King, do you have anything to say to
the commission?
[6:16] » Okay.
Number five is the airport grant
[6:20] presentation.
[6:36] Tonight I wanted to present um on our
next uh large project at the airport and
[6:42] that's going to be our perimeter fence
grant. U that's something that uh all
[6:47] commission members should have been
seeing on their minutes for a while
[6:50] since we've worked through phase one and
phase two. We've now been awarded and
[6:56] working on the construction portion of
it.
[7:00] Second. So, as we see increased traffic,
we're also seeing considerable increase
[7:08] in the size of traffic that we're
having. So, it's imperative that we take
[7:13] these measures to make sure that we can
secure our runway and taxi way to make
[7:17] sure that everyone sees safe travels.
So, in May of 2025, we conducted a
[7:25] wildlife hazard site study. Um that's
where we did
[7:30] um surveillance for two and a half weeks
looking at the um biggest threats to our
[7:36] runway and taxiway and to the grounds
themselves.
[7:40] So um you can see a list the of um the
the traffic that we captured on camera
[7:48] and um an abundance of white tail deer
cattle is a great threat for us. Um we
[7:55] see in that 2 and 1/2 weeks occasional
coyote, armadillo.
[8:00] Um the domestic dog we see quite
frequently.
[8:06] These are just some shots that we
captured. It shows [clears throat]
[8:11] some of the the areas the AOA. So we're
talking about the aircraft operations
[8:15] area. How detrimental that could be with
that wildlife moving, especially at
[8:19] night when our pilots cannot see it. Uh
we see a lot of activity during the day,
[8:24] but um there's far more activity at
night. Um we have um we have had cattle
[8:30] free on airport property. Um that's not
thankfully a common occurrence, but we
[8:35] have had that happen. Um as you can see
in some of these photos, um especially
[8:41] one or two slides back, you can see that
um the fencing that we have currently is
[8:46] not mitigating much at all. We have a
lot of openings. Um the picture on the
[8:52] left is on our property line that's not
mitigating anything. That's a lot of our
[8:57] fence row that we currently have four
strand bob wire. That particular
[9:01] location is located on the east side.
[clears throat]
[9:05] Our property line for the east side is
well within the trees. Uh there's not
[9:09] been a lot of maintenance in that area
over the years. So we have lost those
[9:14] property lines and lost the fencing in
that area. Um, even though it was just
[9:18] barb wire, there was no wildlife
mitigation. You can see several openings
[9:24] um where the biologist is crawling under
the fence. Um, our dog the dogs are
[9:29] crossing through that area. And then on
the left on the right side where the
[9:34] fence posts were just put back up and
left giant openings.
[9:41] This is the analysis of the two and a
half weeks. As you can see, um, on the
[9:44] east side where all the pink hoops are,
that's where a lot of our deer traffic
[9:49] comes from. Um, as my lineman and I are
trying to mitigate this, that's where we
[9:55] do see the traffic coming from. That
tree line is full of tree stands, um,
[10:01] deer [clears throat] trails, and they
are crossing the runway and taxiway. We
[10:06] do see a lot of burrowing. The the half
moon shapes are where burrows are
[10:11] underneath the fence row.
So [clears throat] we do see quite a bit
[10:14] of that as well.
[10:21] So the project will be done in two
phases. Uh the bottom portion that you
[10:25] see in light green is the east side.
That's the side that we will start with
[10:30] seeing as that is the area needing the
the most mitigation.
[10:35] Um we will capture the end of the runway
uh during this first phase as well. Uh
[10:41] you can see how the light green line is
removed off of the existing property
[10:47] line. In a lot of the area, actually
most of the area on the east side, we
[10:52] are leaving the original fence in place
because as I mentioned, it is well
[10:57] within the trees. We do not have the
funds and would never get funding to
[11:02] approve cleaning that property line back
up like it used to be. So, we have
[11:07] offset that fence off of the property
line because our goal is not to secure
[11:12] the airport property so much as it is to
secure the runway and taxi way. So, a
[11:18] couple of the inlets uh that you see
that they have just been capped off
[11:23] straight across that is to save funds um
and and also um it is an area that would
[11:30] be difficult to maintain behind the new
fence. So, it was advantageous just to
[11:35] move that out. Um um set that fence out.
Saved quite a bit of funds and quite a
[11:41] bit of work.
[11:45] This is the engineered diagram of what
we're looking uh what we'll be
[11:50] installing. The top is 20 foot gates.
Those will allow easy access for in and
[11:57] out with the the maintenance tractor and
batwing mower. It'll be an 8 foot tall
[12:01] fence with a a one- foot outrigger to
prevent the deer from jumping over. Um
[12:07] the ditch crossings, as you can see, um
on the right, will have the strand bob
[12:12] wire. Right now, our ditch crossings
have nothing
[12:16] mitigating the wildlife from going
underneath the fence. um it will create
[12:21] uh some maintenance uh to um maintain
those and keep those drainage ditches
[12:26] open but um obviously mitigating the
wildlife is far more important.
[12:33] Um the east side will also include um
mitigating the burrowing underneath. Uh
[12:40] this will be done with a dig defense.
So, the dig defense will be entwined
[12:45] into the chain link and then drove into
the ground approximately a foot and a
[12:49] half. This will keep the deer and the
coyote uh from burrowing under and
[12:54] entering the airport property. We will
only install that on the east side seeen
[12:59] as we don't have that traffic uh so much
on the west side.
[13:05] And this is the funding breakdown. Um we
we were able to secure this grant at a
[13:10] 2.5% local share. We did qualify um
Mayor Ward and I presented to TAC uh
[13:17] several months ago. TAC is the Tennessee
Aviation Commission um on this grant on
[13:23] the construction phase. We did qualify
for tier 2 funding which meant that we
[13:28] got a considerable amount more in state
funding than we would on a typical
[13:32] project. uh state funding only um is
required to match local share of two and
[13:37] a half percent. But we do qualify for
tier 2 which brought the state funding
[13:41] up considerably and allowed us to fence
in the entire um airport property in one
[13:48] year rather than having to split this
into a two or three-year project. So
[13:53] federal funding came in at 48.1 with
state funding 49.8 and the local share
[13:58] at 2.5%. So, a total of a $850,000
project for a local share of 17,500.
[14:08] [snorts]
>> Yeah. Does anyone have any questions?
[14:13] [clears throat]
>> Can can local fencing companies like CT
[14:17] fencing
they bid on this or is this got to have
[14:21] a a particular license or
>> It doesn't need a particular license.
[14:25] This went to bid. It was placed in the
paper and advertised and went to did. I
[14:30] don't know if they bid on the project or
not. Um but um it was awarded to um it's
[14:37] not a company in Camden obviously, but
um it it was a localized a local
[14:42] company.
>> We had eight or 10 people to bid on
[14:46] that.
>> We did. We had a really good turnout. Um
[14:50] we had a really good turnout. Um, and we
were very fortunate that that quote fell
[14:54] within our grant guidelines to allow us
to to capture the entire property
[14:58] because the last thing that we wanted to
do was just focus on the east side and
[15:03] do the ends of the runway because that
would have been a capture effect. Uh,
[15:07] any wildlife that we had come from the
west side would have been captured on
[15:12] that east side. So, we would have
constantly been mitigating trying to get
[15:15] them out of that. Uh, and it would have
been a back and forth. So, um, we were
[15:21] fortunate to have that come in at a a
price that fit within our awarded grant.
[15:28] » I have a question. Have we talked to
TWWR, US Fish and Wildlife Service about
[15:34] mitigating goose problems all over the
country obviously and had a lot of
[15:39] encounters, bird strikes. So, have we
got a plan in place to mitate?
[15:44] » Well, um, they've talked about giving me
a cannon. Uh I don't I don't think
[15:50] that's a good option for my neighbors.
Um um we have a a great rapport with our
[15:58] neighbors. Um we are looking at we were
advised by the biologist during this
[16:04] wildlife height uh site visit study to
have a lot of coverage. So they said
[16:10] that that was the most advantageous way
to mitigate geese that they will
[16:13] acclimate to anything. They also
acclimate to the um they will acclimate
[16:19] to the canyon even. So our issue is the
ponds. Uh we have a pond at the north
[16:28] end of the runway. 22 is our busiest
runway. Uh and we have a large pond at
[16:32] the north end. So when we when we have a
a radio call come in over the unicom and
[16:40] we have high um goose population, my
lineman goes to the south end, I go to
[16:46] the north end and we flush them off the
runway. We have to be very cautious when
[16:52] we do that because you cannot you you do
not flush uh when an aircraft is near
[16:58] approach. Um you would never want to do
that. So you have to be uh diligent in
[17:05] making sure that we're having the safest
facility that we can have. But until
[17:09] something is done with those ponds,
this will be I think a continuing
[17:13] problem. Uh TWW talked about trapping
them. But um they said no matter how far
[17:19] they took them away.
So we we have worked on trying to
[17:24] mitigate those as best we can, but the
the issue is cons.
[17:30] Will the fence cover 100% of the
perimeter? I know
[17:34] » it will. Would you go back, please?
>> I know at one time they talked about
[17:38] some wet land.
>> Well, the wetland discussion was a
[17:43] little confusing to me, but um down into
the tree line where the where you have
[17:49] the two parcels that the c it's captain
green down in that back area, there's a
[17:55] little bit of a wet um where the
drainage pools. That's because of poor
[18:00] ditching, but we don't have the funding
to go cleaning up ditches. So, what
[18:05] we've done again is just pull that out
of that wetter area. It's not designated
[18:10] a wetland um because it's not protected
and obviously if it was designated
[18:15] wetland, it would be. So, uh we pulled
that fence out. This uh this fence is
[18:20] offset, like I said, it's offset off of
our original fence because um Yes. And
[18:27] so that way we can also still get behind
it and keep it all well maintained.
[18:34] » You're welcome. And the red area um that
fence will be removed entirely because
[18:42] it is not overgrown. There's not been a
lack of maintenance in that area. So um
[18:47] just to not have the old fence and the
new fence and an area that is most
[18:52] visual um that the red fence will be
removed. Now, um up around the terminal
[18:58] building, um just a short distance
kind of on the entry drive, um I did not
[19:06] um um I'm not having that fence removed.
I'm just having it rem meshed because it
[19:12] saves funds and our fence posts are
fine. So, we're just remshing it and
[19:18] making sure that that mesh goes down to
ground level and doesn't leave those
[19:21] openings. But those fence posts will
remain
[19:27] » [clears throat]
>> the north end of this runway where the
[19:31] red line is at.
>> Does the airport own that property up to
[19:36] airport road?
>> But the red line the airport owns
[19:41] everything that you see is airport
property. The the even even the two
[19:47] parcels that um we obtained last year,
you can see those are also included. Um,
[19:53] Mayor Ward and I also had those captured
in this new project. So, uh, all all
[19:58] that you see is airport property and it
was surveyed.
[20:02] » Okay, another question.
>> Going down airport road. I'm familiar
[20:07] with that pretty good, but there's a
pond right off of our boat, couple
[20:13] hundred yards,
>> and I'm thinking that built up a right
[20:19] or wrong.
I I have no paperwork on that.
[20:23] » It's the Broadway north side.
>> It is. I've I've had several people tell
[20:27] me that, but um I'm assuming he did
because it is on his property.
[20:32] » Well, if that's the case, then airport
property does not come to airport road.
[20:39] » Well,
it actually does. You can see a little
[20:43] bit of the pond in the photo under that
top white square. You can see the edge
[20:48] of it.
Um, but we go to Airport Road where you
[20:53] see the red line turn and go northwest
just a bit.
[20:59] » Yeah, that that is Airport Road frontage
right there.
[21:03] » That's the RPZ, the runway protection
zone.
[21:20] I can use a shotgun. Um, we've been
allowed, I mean, we've been told that we
[21:26] can use a shotgun to mitigate them. Um,
we have not chosen to go that route.
[21:32] We're just doing the best we can to be
as um, accommodating to our neighbors as
[21:38] we can be, but also have the safest
facility that we can have.
[21:42] » I haven't I haven't seen
[21:46] This is not a new problem. They were
there when I came.
[21:52] » Yeah, this is not new.
>> Anyone else?
[22:01] » Thank you.
[22:05] » Number six is the approval of our
minutes from the last meeting. I need a
[22:09] motion and a second, please.
Have a motion by Commissioner Horton and
[22:15] a second by Commissioner Arnold. All in
favor say I.
[22:18] » Anyone oppose.
[22:22] Number seven is the report of the public
utilities.
[22:26] We have a motion by Commissioner Arnold
and a second by Commissioner Douglas.
[22:31] All in favor say I.
>> Any oppose it.
[22:36] Number eight is our first resolution.
And it is by the director of schools,
[22:40] Mark Florence, to budget funds in the
amount of 51,267.82
[22:46] from a public s school construction and
maintenance grant received at the end of
[22:51] last fiscal year. Have a motion, a
second by Arnold and Horton.
[22:58] Any questions?
[23:01] Okay, I see none. So, everyone, please
vote.
[23:13] motion.
[23:16] Number nine is a resolution by director
of schools Mark Florence to move funds
[23:20] in the amount of $9,300 within the
school's budget. I have a motion by
[23:26] Commissioner Fowler and a second by
Commissioner Key. Any questions?
[23:33] There are none. So, please vote. Anyone
[23:40] change their vote?
Motion carries. 17.
[23:45] Number 10 is a resolution by director of
schools Mark Florence to budget funds
[23:49] received from the West Tennessee
Healthcare in the amount of $47,440
[23:55] to property line items in the school's
budget for expenditure. Have a motion by
[24:00] Commissioner Fowler and a second by
Commissioner Price. Any questions about
[24:04] it?
[24:07] Ra. So please vote.
[24:26] Anyone
[24:36] want to change your vote?
[24:42] Number 11 is a resolution by director of
schools Mark Florence to budget funds in
[24:46] the amount of $81255
received from the state for early
[24:51] childhood education
voluntary prek to the school's budget.
[24:58] Excuse me. Motion by Commissioner Arnold
and a second by Horton. Any questions?
[25:06] There are none. Please vote.
[25:16] » [clears throat]
[25:22] » to change your vote.
Motion carries 17.
[25:28] » Number 12 is a resolution by the
director of schools, Mark Florence, to
[25:32] appropriate and budget funds in the
amount of $217.
[25:37] $217.
[25:41] 200,17
[25:45] » $217,500.
>> Thank you. [laughter]
[25:49] I had a moment there. Um to the school's
nutrition budget.
[25:55] Have a motion by Fowler and a second by
Douglas.
[25:58] Any questions?
[26:02] Okay, there are none. So, please vote.
[26:14] motion car.
[26:18] Number 13 is a resolution by the sheriff
to appropriate and budget funds in the
[26:23] amount of $21,783.33
[26:28] to the proper expenditure line items
within the sheriff's budget to fund an
[26:33] in to fund installing a video
workstation for the sheriff's office due
[26:38] to the expiration of BBMS maintenance
coverage and licensing fees up to date
[26:44] with the securities technology.
[26:49] We have a motion and a second by
Commissioner Bane and F.
[26:54] Any questions for the sheriff?
[27:00] Okay, there are none. So, please vote.
[27:09] Motion carries.
[27:12] Number 14 is a resolution by the sheriff
to budget funds in the amount of $150
[27:18] received from the sex offenders registry
to appropriate line items in the
[27:22] sheriff's budget for expenditure.
Motion by Arnold and second by Fowler.
[27:30] Any questions?
[27:34] There are none. So please vote.
[27:45] to change.
[27:50] » Number 15 is a resolution by Sheriff
Christopher to budget funds in the
[27:54] amount of $12,500
received from TLA cost sharing grant to
[28:00] an expenditure line item to allow for
proper expenditure. This resolution is
[28:06] um needing a an amendment
and it's uh the wording in the
[28:12] resolution.
If you'll notice where it said
[28:17] u from TLEA cost sharing grant, we need
to amend this and change it to the TLEA
[28:24] retention and recruitment grant.
[28:30] by Arnold and second by
[clears throat]
[28:55] » the amendment.
>> Okay. before the amendment. Please vote.
[28:58] If you're not, vote.
[clears throat]
[29:16] [snorts]
>> Now we will vote on the resolution as we
[29:19] just amended it.
Any questions?
[29:25] Okay. Anyone?
[29:49] Number 16 is a resolution by the sheriff
to budget funds in the amount of 1,3245
[29:57] received from insurance payments on
damaged sheriff department vehicles to
[30:01] an expenditure line item to allow for
proper expenditure.
[30:06] Have a motion by Commissioner Bane and a
second by Milton. Any questions?
[30:13] Okay, please vote. Anyone?
[30:23] Motion carrying. 17.
>> Number 17 is a resolution
[30:29] by Sheriff Christopher to budget funds
in the amount of $375
[30:34] received from miscellaneous sources to
proper line items for expenditure.
[30:39] Have a motion by Commissioner Horton and
Melton.
[30:44] Any questions?
[30:49] There are none. So, everyone please
vote.
[31:00] Number 18 is a resolution by Sheriff
Tristopher to budget funds in the amount
[31:05] of $200 received from damages recovered
from individuals.
[31:14] Any questions?
We have a motion by Commissioner Douglas
[31:18] and a second by Horton.
Okay, there are no questions. Everyone,
[31:22] please vote.
[31:28] Vote.
Motion carries. 17.
[31:32] Number 19 is a resolution by Sheriff Ken
Christopher to budget funds in the
[31:36] amount of $775
received from miscellaneous sources to
[31:40] proper line items for expenditure.
We have a motion by Commissioner Price
[31:46] and a second by Commissioner Bane. Any
questions?
[31:52] Are none? So, please vote.
[32:09] Miss Davy
[32:22] carries 17.
Number 20 is a resolution appointing
[32:27] Angie Hearn as commissioner for the
North Utility District of Decar and
[32:32] Bittton County, Tennessee to serve a
4-year term expiring April 23rd. Have a
[32:38] motion by Arnold and a second by Murphy.
Any questions about the appointment?
[32:45] Okay, there are none. So, please vote.
[32:54] Vote. Motion carries. 17.
>> Number 21 is a resolution by Mayor Mark
[33:00] Ward to reappoint Mr. Ray Wilson to the
Bent County Electric System Board for a
[33:05] 4-year term. I have a motion by
Commissioner Melton and a second by
[33:09] Commissioner Nry.
Any questions?
[33:14] There are none. So, please vote.
[33:23] motion carry 17.
>> Number 22 is a resolution by Mayor Mark
[33:28] Ford to budget funds received from the
airport grants in the amount of $257
[33:35] $257,86951
[33:39] to the airport's budget.
Have a motion by Arnold and a second by
[33:44] Holland.
Any questions?
[33:49] There are none. So everyone please vote.
[33:58] Motion carries.
[34:03] Number 23 is a resolution by Mayor Ward
to appoint Heather Drexler to the Benton
[34:09] County Animal Shelter Board for
three-year term. Motion by Fowler and a
[34:13] second by Arnold.
Any questions?
[34:20] There are none. So please vote.
[34:30] You can change your vote.
Motion carries 17.
[34:39] Number 24 is a resolution authorizing
the return of unexpended school resource
[34:45] officers SRO grant funds in the amount
of $30,117.76
[34:53] to the state of Tennessee by
appropriating funds for the same
[34:58] motion by Fowler and a second by Melton.
Anyone have any questions about this?
[35:07] Okay, there are none. So, please vote.
[35:15] Anyone?
Motion carries. 17.
[35:22] Number 25 is a resolution by mayor board
to declare one county owned vehicle in
[35:28] possession of the animal shelter as
surplus property for the purpose of
[35:32] public sale. Motion by Commissioner
Fowler and a second by Commissioner
[35:36] Horton.
>> Anyone have any questions?
[35:42] » Mr. Price, you're recognized.
>> Um, yes. I was want to know we at one
[35:47] time we had discussed getting them a
transport thing
[35:52] and I didn't know if there been any
further discussion. I hadn't heard any
[35:56] for them so they can transport animals
their locations. I know they really
[36:02] worked hard and taking place in
different places with animals.
[36:06] So I didn't know we have we got any
options on that opinion?
[36:11] » Um no we're looking into getting a grant
for that a transport van but this past
[36:16] year we did get them a truck and have it
outfitted and uh Tad Fuller donated an
[36:22] air conditioner to the back of the truck
that feeds in and keeps the animals cool
[36:27] that we're transporting. So that's met
the need right now. They still need a a
[36:31] transport van. So when I'm able to
acquire a grant for that, I'll be asking
[36:35] y'all to allow me to do that.
>> Anyone else?
[36:43] Okay, everyone please vote.
[clears throat]
[36:54] hear that he has number 26 is a
resolution
[36:59] by Mayor Ward to budget funds in the
amount of $1,582
[37:04] received from courtroom security fees to
proper expenditure line items within the
[37:10] sheriff's budget in order to fund
required training for bailis and
[37:14] courtroom security.
A motion by Commissioner Melton and a
[37:18] second by Bane.
Any questions for the sheriff?
[37:25] There are none. So please vote.
[snorts]
[37:40] Anyone
[37:44] car 17.
Number 27 is a resolution by Mayor Ward
[37:49] to appoint Sam Jones to the Benton
County Civil Service Board for a 4-year
[37:54] term beginning September 1, 2026 and
ending September 1, 2030. A motion by
[38:00] Commissioner Mountain and a second by
Commissioner Keane.
[38:05] Questions?
>> Who are we replacing?
[38:08] » Actually, we're replacing Mr. Jones.
>> Okay. uh he stepped down uh about a year
[38:13] ago, maybe longer than that, and I had
never put anybody else on there. He was
[38:18] such an asset and the sheriff agreed
that uh we we would like to have him
[38:22] back on there. So, I talked to him and
he said that he would serve another
[38:25] term.
>> Any other questions?
[38:30] » Thank everyone, please.
>> Do we need to This doesn't actually say
[38:36] four years. It says four.
[38:43] down in the whereas it says for your
turn.
[38:45] » Okay.
>> So, I think we're okay.
[38:47] » Okay. I just want to make sure.
[38:51] » Yeah. Are you all okay with that?
>> Yeah.
[38:57] » Okay. Um, everyone please vote.
[39:11] Motion carries 178
[39:16] is a resolution
[39:19] by Mayor Mark Ward to increase the
compensation for the Benton County
[39:23] Commissioners for attendance at
scheduled commission meetings and
[39:27] standing committees.
[39:40] I mean, it was in the packet.
[39:47] » You want to hand it to
[40:03] » [snorts]
[40:27] » and the budget committee voted on it. So
it was in it was in the agenda.
[40:37] » Okay.
>> Okay.
[40:40] » As long as your procedure was correct.
>> Yeah. It it was on the agenda and the
[40:45] budget committee. It went through budget
committee and everything. So it's we
[40:48] don't have to suspend the rules. But
okay, the floor is open if there are any
[40:52] discussions about this
resolution.
[40:57] Do we have any?
[41:00] Okay,
there are none. So, everyone please
[41:04] vote.
[41:14] » [laughter]
[41:25] » Next on the agenda is the appointment of
notaries.
[41:29] We have Tammy Sher, Michelle Wright,
Karen Scott, Hunter Collinssworth, and
[41:35] Kayla Joe Smothers. Need a motion and a
second. We have a motion by Kenneth
[41:41] Miller and a second by Arnold.
Everyone vote, please.
[41:48] Everyone voice vote, please. If in favor
say I. I.
[41:51] » Anyone opposed?
[41:55] Okay, now we're down to any other
business.
[41:59] Does anybody have any other business?
Commissioner Mark, you're recognized.
[42:04] [snorts]
[42:07] [clears throat]
[42:09] » Um, Madam Chair, you were pleased to
appoint about a year ago the private act
[42:15] committee to look into the Benton County
private act of 1939 and report
[42:20] recommendations to the full body. Uh,
the committee did that. Uh the chair was
[42:26] pleased to appoint commissioners Kenneth
Miller, uh Phil Melton, Keith Arnold,
[42:31] Terry Keane, and myself to this
committee, and we were all honored to
[42:35] serve on it. Uh we met numerous times
over the course of a year. Amendments
[42:39] were recommended and adopted by the full
commission. The private act is amended,
[42:43] was sponsored in the Tennessee House by
Representative Jay Rei, where it passed
[42:48] and it was sponsored in the state senate
by Senator J. John Stevens. passed there
[42:54] and it was signed into law by the
governor. Um certain formatting changes
[42:58] were made by the legal department of the
state legislature. The private act then
[43:03] was as amended was adopted by the
resolution of the event county
[43:07] commission. Uh now, madam chair, as
chairman of the private act committee, I
[43:12] report that our work has been completed
and I would like to publicly and
[43:16] formally thank the members of the
committee for their work and studious
[43:19] deliberations resulted in important
needed updates to many of our financial
[43:25] laws of the private act. With no further
duties left our charge, I respectfully
[43:30] move that the private act committee of
Benton County Commission be discharged
[43:33] and dissolved effective immediately.
>> But may I speak?
[43:37] » Yes.
>> Uh Mr. Murphy, I think something come up
[43:39] during the budget last a few weeks ago
that maybe we need to revisit that and
[43:45] make some other changes to that private
act and we also have a private act
[43:50] that's needing to be passed a change to
it on the severance tax. So, would that
[43:55] committee be open to continuing this
year to take care of those two issues?
[44:02] Uh, I would love that if you would. I
think y'all did an outstanding job on
[44:06] what we did, but I think your work's not
finished yet.
[44:10] » Well, our work not being completed, I'll
withdraw my motion and we'll go back to
[44:14] the drawing board with my abled body
fellow committee members. I
[44:18] » I think that we do need to make a few
more amendments to the original private
[44:23] act, but we definitely need to follow up
because we did send the private act uh
[44:28] change on the severance tax to them,
>> but they're not going to take it up
[44:31] until this session. So, I think we'll
probably have to that and resend it to
[44:35] them just as it was a new one since it
uh it didn't make that. But I would
[44:40] really appreciate it if y'all would.
>> All right, I'll draw my motion.
[44:44] » All right. Thank you. I appreciate each
one of y'all that will keep serving.
[44:49] » Mr. Murphy,
>> before you sat down, were you going to
[44:54] say something to the commission about
the um Savannah Grace
[45:00] organization?
U Madam Chair, I think we'll have a uh a
[45:06] resolution to bring to the full
commission next month.
[45:09] » Okay.
>> All right. Thank you.
[45:13] » I'll be glad to talk speak if you like
to.
[45:17] » Well, you can and then that way um
everyone will know when they get the
[45:21] resolution, they'll know what it's all
about.
[45:23] » All right. Um, Savannah's Grace is a all
abilities daycare and um Amy Kates
[45:31] founded that and it's named in honor of
her daughter Savannah and the the
[45:36] commission uh traditionally has funded a
lot of nonprofits and this one was
[45:42] brought to our attention after the
budget was well underway and uh we um
[45:49] the budget committee has uh kind of
informally said we'll take up next
[45:54] month. But what we propose to do is to
add them to the list of nonprofits that
[46:00] we support and try to get them some
funding. They have bought a property and
[46:06] they're remodeling now a home, a house
that will be their uh base of operations
[46:13] and but we'll be bringing a little more
information to the commission next
[46:19] month.
>> Okay. Thank you.
[46:21] » Thank you. Anyone
else have any other business you want to
[46:26] say? Anyone want to speak?
Um, I have one thing and I'm mention it
[46:34] now because it happens before our
September meeting. Um, some of you are
[46:40] aware of the regional meetings that we
have every fall. Last year we had it
[46:44] here in Camden at the Apex Bank
building. This year the meeting will be
[46:50] held in Weekley County in Martin at the
Martin Gateway Center. It's on September
[46:56] the 17th at 5:30.
And if you attend that meeting,
[47:02] especially the new commissioners, you
will get two hours worth credit toward
[47:08] your annual training credit hours that
you're supposed to have. So, and anybody
[47:13] that shows up, even uh the ones that are
already elected and have already done
[47:18] your training, you still get the two
hours. You get a meal. Also, there'll be
[47:22] people there from CATAZ and Mr. Charlie
Curtis, our county commissioner
[47:27] executive. He will be there to talk to
us, too. So, it's a good meeting to go
[47:32] to where you always get a good meal and
learn some information. So that you is
[47:37] on September the 17th at uh the Martin
Gateway Center. If any of you have the
[47:44] email from Mr. Curtis, if you don't have
it, you need to sign up for it because
[47:49] that's where he puts out all his
information to us. So if you are not
[47:54] signed up for TCCA
um with Mr. Curtis, you need to do that.
[48:01] So, but um the the only other thing I
have is I would like to to say a special
[48:07] thank you to Debbie Bane and Kenneth
Miller, Sunny Hall, Dwayne Fowler, Marty
[48:13] Douglas, Frank Lashley Jr. and tell
thank you for your service and we
[48:18] appreciate that you have served. I know
sometimes it's not easy, but um it's not
[48:24] easy to be a public servant sometimes.
But we do thank you and I'm sure the
[48:28] citizens thank you for the four years
that you have given us and we will miss
[48:32] you.
[48:50] any of you guys like to say anything or
Debbie, would you like to say anything?
[48:58] » Okay,
>> I appreciate [laughter]
[49:03] Thank you for all that y'all help me do.
It's been good working with all of you.
[49:08] » Thank you.
>> Okay, that's all we have. You need a
[49:13] motion to adjurnn.
Motion by Arnold, second by Fer. All in
[49:19] favor say I.
>> We are journed.
[49:45] How you doing everybody?