ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE. I'D LIKE TO ROLL CALL. UH, NOTE THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE AN INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER GARRA AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY OUR VISITING SCOUTS, WHO YOU'LL SEE ON THE, UH, SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROOM SINCE THE ENTIRE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROOM. . SO, UH, PHIL, PLEASE STAND. OKAY. UM, BEFORE OUR PRAYER, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL THE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE EXPLOSION AND DEVASTATION IN HUMPHREY COUNTY. OUR DEAR HOLY FATHER, WE COME TO THEE AND GIVE THANKS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN AND OUR FREEDOMS. WE'RE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE TO MAKE THIS, UM, PLACE SO, SO AMAZING. AND AT THIS TIME, LORD, WE ASK THEY TO BLESS OUR AMAZING FIRST RESPONDERS, TO PROTECT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, KEEP THEM SAFE, AND BLESS THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY'RE AWAY PROTECTING AND SERVING, UM, OUR RESIDENTS. AND AT THIS TIME, DEAR LORD, WE ASK A SPECIAL BLESSING ON THOSE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IN HUMPHREY COUNTY WHO ARE TOUCHED AND AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY, UH, THIS PAST WEEK. PLEASE BLESS THEM. GIVE THEM STRENGTH TO MANAGE SUCH HEARTACHE AND COMFORT THEM. HELP THEM FEEL OUR PRAYERS AND HELP THEM FIND PEACE AND, UH, THE STRENGTH TO PUT THEIR LIVES AND COMMUNITY BACK TOGETHER. AND, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT LOST FAMILY MEMBERS, UM, HELP THEM HEAL AS A COMMUNITY. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. IF THE SCOUT TROOP WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, MAY I HAVE YOUR OF THE ENTIRE TROOP, PLEASE. COME ON UP. ALRIGHT. SO IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE STAND. FACE THE FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. UNITED OF AMERICA, INTO THE REPUBLIC ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. HEY, THANK YOU. AND IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO, UH, WE HAVE A MICROPHONE RIGHT HERE NEXT TO THE PODIUM. IF Y'ALL LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES, UH, YOU CAN GO IN WHATEVER ORDER YOU PREFER, BUT WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU. MY NAME IS TREY GLENN AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. GUYS, TREY, WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN THEN. EVERYBODY JUST ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME AND THEN FOLLOW INTO THE SEATS. OKAY. MY NAME IS SAM MCMICHAEL AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD MIDDLE SAM. I'M COLEMAN ELLE AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD HIGH. MY NAME IS ARTHUR YOUNG AND I ALSO GO TO BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. I'M AUGUST HENDERSON AND I GO TO SCALES ELEMENTARY. UM, I'M SAM STREET AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. I'M DALLAS FRENCH, AND I GO TO LIPSCOMB ACADEMY. I'M LEAH MCMICHAEL AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD HIGH. I'M ANDREW WIGS AND I ATTEND BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. I'M ANDY GLASSCOCK AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. I'M JAMES HUFF AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M BEN KAMISH AND I ALSO GO TO BRENTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M ROBERT GREG ERY, AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM ETHAN WEAVER, AND I ALSO GO TO BRENTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M DALTON FLIP AND I ALSO GO TO BRENTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M EMMIT STEVENSON AND I GO TO SKILLS ELEMENTARY. I'M AUGIE WILHELM AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. I'M ERIC MATHEY AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD HIGH. I'M CHARLES ER AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M JEREMY KALINOWSKI AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. I HAVE EVERSON VISER, AND I GO TO BRENTWOOD MIDDLE. WELL, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, SPENDING THE TIME WITH THE COMMISSION. I KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONER DONAHUE AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE VISIT PRIOR TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT. UH, YOU ASKED EXCELLENT QUESTIONS AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY THE QUALITY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS SCOUTING ORGANIZATION. I DON'T IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD. UH, YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND FOR BEING INTERESTED IN OUR CITY. AND I'D LIKE Y'ALL TO JUST REMEMBER WHAT I SAID ABOUT JUST GOING OUT THERE AND, AND I KNOW ONE, YOU HAVE A A GOOD VOLUNTEER ALREADY IN YOUR GROUP, BUT, UH, BE INSPIRED, FOLLOW HIS LEADERSHIP AND GET OUT, VOLUNTEER AND GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S YOUR SCHOOL, THE LIBRARY, OR EVEN LARGER GROUPS. WHAT TAKES US ONTO OUR NEXT SECTION OF THE MEETING, WE
HAVE SOME PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT, AND TONIGHT IS MY HONOR TO, UH, RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR, UH, INCREDIBLE INSTITUTIONS HERE IN, IN BRENTWOOD, NOT JUST THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, BUT THE FRIENDS OF BRENTWOOD LIBRARY. SO I THINK WE HAVE QUITE A FEW FRIENDS HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM. AND I DUNNO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, SHARE WITH US ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. HELLO, MY NAME IS TRICIA ALLISON. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY, AND I BROUGHT GIFTS FOR Y'ALL. OH, WOW. HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEY, THANK YOU. OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. IN YOUR HAND, YOU ALSO HAVE LIKE OUR ONE PAGER WITH A LOT OF OUR INFORMATION ON IT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR ANNUAL REPORT TO YOU GUYS, SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE YEAR. AND WE ALSO PROVIDED A DOCUMENT THAT HAS ALL THE MONIES WE HAVE DONATED TO THE LIBRARY FROM 2020 TO 2025, KIND OF BROKEN OUT. IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT THE FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY. TOMORROW THE FRIENDS CELEBRATE OUR 49TH YEAR OF SERVICE TO THE JOHN P. HOLT BRENTWOOD LIBRARY. OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED APPROXIMATELY $1.8 MILLION TO THE LIBRARY IN MAY THIS YEAR, FRIENDS CONTRIBUTED THE SINGLE LARGEST DONATION IN OUR HISTORY, A GIFT OF $200,000 TO THE LIBRARY, ALONG WITH THE FUNDING FROM THE 2017 JOHN P HOL. BEHOLD JOHN P. HOLT BEQUEST. THE FRIENDS DONATION HAS HELPED WITH THE FRIENDS GATHERING ROOM REFRESH AND THE RENOVATIONS THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE TEEN SPACE. THIS YEAR, FRIENDS HAS VOLUNTEERED OVER 6,000 HOURS BASED ON A MINIMUM PAY RATE OF LIBRARY EMPLOYEES OF $17 AND 32 CENTS. WE HAVE SAVED THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. FRIENDS IS A REALLY FUN ORGANIZATION TO VOLUNTEER WITH, ARE THE CUB SCOUTS ON HERE. IT'S A REALLY FUN ORGANIZATION TO VOLUNTEER WITH IF YOU NEED SERVICE HOURS. UM, , IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GROUP WHO LOVES LIBRARIES AND LOVES BOOKS, PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE@BUTN.ORG. WE HAVE MANY DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS THAT COME IN WEEKLY AND MANY THAT COME IN QUARTERLY TO HELP US WITH OUR BOOK SALES. SO FAR IN 2025, OUR BOOK SALES HAVE RAISED OVER $58,000. AT OUR JULY BOOK SALE ALONE, WE RAISED A RECORD BREAKING $24,780. WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE GENEROUS DONATIONS OF BOOKS, PUZZLES, AND GAIN FROM OUR COMMUNITY. WITH THOSE DONATIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. WITH ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY BOOKS AT A LOW COST, WE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THIS OCTOBER'S BOOK SALE STARTING THIS FRIDAY THE 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH. WE HAVE AN AMAZING SELECTION OF BOOKS WHERE YOU'LL BE SURE TO FIND YOUR NEXT READ OR A HOLIDAY GIFT FOR SOMEONE ON YOUR LIST. OUR EBAY AND AMAZON STORES CONTINUE TO THRIVE. THE FRIENDS ONLINE BOOKSTORE IS ON PACE TO EARN $70,000 THIS YEAR WITH OVER 2,700 ITEMS SHIPPED. AND I WANTED TO MENTION A FEW MORE GOOD THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. TACULAR IS OUR FUND FAMILY FUND FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT PUT ON BY THE FRIENDS. IT IS HELD OCTOBER 25TH FROM THREE TO FIVE. LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 900 PARTICIPANTS AT THIS EVENT. CHILDREN GET TO TRICK OR TREAT AT 15 DIFFERENT STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY, AND EVERY CHILD WILL GO HOME WITH A BAG OF GOODIES AND A BOOK. FRIENDS WINTER WONDERLAND HOLIDAY TREES WILL BE ON DISPLAY STARTING NOVEMBER 19TH. THIS IS A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE LIBRARY, LIBRARY THAT HAS BEEN SO WELL RECEIVED. WE DECIDED TO ADD ANOTHER 12 FOOT TREE TO THE DISPLAY. THE FRIENDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE PROVIDING HOT COCOA TO FOR THE ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY ON DECEMBER 1ST. WE KNOW THAT THE LIBRARY IS THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE HOW HARD OUR LIBRARIANS WORK EACH DAY TO PUT ON PROGRAMS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KEEP UP THE COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND TO ASSIST PATRONS. THE LIBRARY IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A BUILDING. LIBRARIES GROW COMMUNITIES. WE CANNOT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT SUPPORT OF EACH OF OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS AND THE GENEROUS BACKING OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOGNITION AND STAY TUNED FOR 2026 AS WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY AND ITS MISSION. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
AND TELL YOU JUST, UH, JUST THE VOLUNTEERS RIGHT HERE. I MEAN, IF Y'ALL REALIZE, I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR, FOR A LOT OVER THE PAST, UH, WELL, FIVE OR SIX YEARS. AND BY THE NUMBERS YOU JUST SHARED, OF THE, OF THE 1.8 MILLION THAT YOU'VE RAISED OVER 49 YEARS, ABOUT 30% OF THAT IS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. YEAH. AND THAT IS AMAZING. WE HOPE YOU CONTINUE AND YOU REALLY RAISED THE BAR, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. SO AS YOU KNOW, IT IS MY HONOR TO, UH, READ A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS. UM, SO WE'LL START OUT WITH PROCLAMATION NUMBER ONE, WHEREAS FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY CELEBRATES ITS 49TH ANNIVERSARY AND HAS RAISED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, PRETTY CLOSE TO $2 MILLION , UH, FOR THE JOHN P. HOLT BRENTWOOD LIBRARY TO MOVE FROM GOOD TO GREAT, PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING, MUCH NEEDED EQUIPMENT FUNDING FOR THE CHILDREN'S SUMMER, READING ARTISTIC EXHIBITS, EXTERIOR SCULPTURE AND SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WHEREAS THE WORK OF THE FRIENDS OF THE BROADWOOD LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS ON AN ONGOING BASIS THAT OUR LIBRARY IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL TO ENGAGE IN THE JOY OF LIFE LEARNING OR LIFELONG LEARNING, AND CONNECT WITH THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS OF OTHERS FROM AGES PAST TO THE PRESENT. WHEREAS FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF WELL-FUNDED LIBRARIES AND ADVOCATE TO ENSURE THAT OUR LIBRARY RECEIVES THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO PROVIDE A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES TO ALL AGES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, ALONG WITH EXPERT ASSISTANCE IN RESEARCH, READERS ADVISORY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES. AND WHEREAS THE FRIEND'S GIFT OF THEIR TIME AND COMMITMENT THAT JOHN P. HOLT BRENTWOOD LIBRARY SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL IN HOW VOLUNTEERISM LEADS TO POSITIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I NELSON ANDREWS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, PROCLAIM OCTOBER 14TH, 2025 AS FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY DAY IN BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE. AND URGE EVERYONE TO JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, HIS 49TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. AND THANK THEM FOR ALL YOU DO TO ENHANCE OUR LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. SO IN PROCLAMATION NUMBER TWO, WHEREAS FRIENDS IN THE LIBRARY RAISE MONEY, THAT ENABLES OUR LIBRARY TO MOVE FROM GOOD TO GREAT, PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING, FUNDING FOR THE CHILDREN'S SUMMER, READING TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, HOTSPOTS, TELESCOPES AND MUCH MORE. AND WHEREAS THE WORK OF THE FRIENDS HIGHLIGHT ON AN ONGOING BASIS THAT LIBRARY IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL TO ENGAGE IN THE JOY OF LIFELONG LEARNING AND CONNECT WITH THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS OF OTHERS FROM AGES PAST TO THE PRESENT. AND WHEREAS THE FRIENDS UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF A WELL-FUNDED LIBRARIES AND ADVOCATE TO ENSURE THEIR LIBRARY RECEIVES THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO PROVIDE A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES TO ALL AGES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, EXPERT ASSISTANCE IN RESEARCH, READERS, ADVISORY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES. AND WHEREAS THE FRIEND'S GIFT OF THEIR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO THE LIBRARY SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL AND HOW VOLUNTEERISM LEADS TO POSITIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, I DO JOIN WITH THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH, 2025, AS FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY'S WEEK IN THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY DO TO ENHANCE OUR LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, TAKE YOUR OFFICIAL PROCLAMATIONS? COULD WE DO A QUICK PICTURE WITH YOU? WE WOULD LOVE TO DO A QUICK PICTURE WITH HER. AND WOULD YOU LIKE US DOWN WITH YOU THERE? OR LIKE MORE UP THERE OR HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT. LET'S, LET'S LOOK ONE DOWN. STAND UP. YOU STAND. OH, THERE YOU GO. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME AND NORMALLY WE JUSTLING IT AND IT FLIES EVERYWHERE.
THANK YOU. HE'S FRIENDS WITH FRIENDS. ALL RIGHT. ON THREE, ONE. WAIT, WAIT. 1, 2, 3. GOT IT. ONE MORE. ONE. THREE AND ONE MORE. 1, 2, 3. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OH, SORRY. YES SIR. THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, UH, EPITOMIZED THE GREAT VOLUNTEER SPIRIT THROUGH THE DECADES AND EVEN CENTURIES SINCE PEOPLE HAVE LIVED HERE IN BRENTWOOD. AND SO I APPRECIATE IT. LITERACY IS THE ONE OF THE GREATEST WALLS AGAINST TYRANNY AND ONE OF THE GREATEST GUARDRAILS FOR OUR LIBERTIES AND FREEDOM. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT OUR LIBRARY HOLDS AND, AND IN THE GENERAL SPIRIT OF BRENTWOOD, THOSE WHO LOVE CERTAIN THINGS, YOU KNOW, PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS, I GUESS YOU MIGHT SAY. AND SO APPRECIATE THAT. AND KIND OF TO PARAPHRASE IN SPIRIT, WHAT, UH, FORMER PRESIDENT SAID IS THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR CITY CAN DO FOR ME. ASK INSTEAD WHAT CAN I DO FOR MY CITY? SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK, SO THANK YOU. AND I THINK MY VINYL ALBUMS THAT I BROUGHT UP THERE MAYBE EARNED A LITTLE BIT OF THIS MONEY. SO , I THINK US MAYOR. ALRIGHT. AND WHAT ECHO A SENTIMENT, WHAT Y'ALL DO IS TRULY IMPORTANT IN SO MANY WAYS. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME, EFFORT, AND LOVE THAT YOU PUT INTO IT. ALRIGHT, IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO MOVE NOW TO THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR FIREFIGHTER DEVIN TUCKER. UH, CHIEF MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO FIREFIGHTER DEVIN TUCKER. HEY, HOW ARE YOU? DEVIN IS A NATIVE, UH, OF COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA, UH, WHERE HE GOT EXPOSED TO THE FIRE SERVICE AT A YOUNG AGE. HIS MOM USED TO VOLUNTEER WITH B COUNTY FIRE IN FLORIDA. UH, HE RELOCATED THEN TO THE CHATTANOOGA AREA WHERE HE EXPLORED MECHANICS AND, UM, ENGINEERING BEFORE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WORK FOR BRADLEY COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT. UH, HE WAS THERE FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE HE DECIDED TO COME TO US. HE'S, HIS HAS HIS FIREFIGHTER TWO CERTIFICATION AND HIS EMT BASIC CERTIFICATION. UM, DEVIN CARE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO GUESTS. YEAH, THIS IS MY WIFE SOFI AND MY DAUGHTER VITA. SURE. YOU HEARD ME? YEP. FANTASTIC. COME DOWN OVER HERE. COME RIGHT HERE. I'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF PERSONALITY RIGHT THERE. THAT'S EXCELLENT. ALRIGHT, READY? I DEON TUCKER, I DEON TUCKER, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER, FOR THE DUTIES OF FIREFIGHTER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. AND I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION. IT WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND WILL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE THAT WILL ALL, AND I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, AND I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. AND I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AS A FIREFIGHTER, THE DUTY AS A FIREFIGHTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COME HERE MAMA DIDN'T SO I GET AWAY. CONGRATULATIONS,
YOU, CONGRATULATIONS COMING WELL AND NOT TO BE OUT DONE. WE ALSO HAVE THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR POLICE OFFICER LAUREN ROYCE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. UH, THIS IS LAUREN RICE. SHE RECENTLY JOINED US IN APRIL. UH, SHE GRADUATED FROM THE TENNESSEE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY IN SEPTEMBER. SHE'S ORIGINALLY FROM FORT WORTH, DALLAS AND LATER MOVED TO UPSTATE NEW YORK WHERE SHE GRAD, GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SHE THEN ATTENDED, UH, TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FINANCE AND A MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY. UH, SHE IS RECENTLY MARRIED. THIS IS HER, UH, HUSBAND NATE. AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE HER JOIN OUR TEAM. WELCOME. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. READY? YES, SIR. ALRIGHT. AYE. LAUREN RICE AYE. LAUREN ROYCE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT I POSSESS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, FOR THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. AND THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION. IT'LL OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND WILL OBEY, OBEY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. AND THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, AND THAT I WILL IN ALL RESPECTS, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, OBSERVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICER. HEY, WELCOME. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES. HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THOSE AND HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. MAYOR, HAVE VERY BRIEFNESS. SECOND, A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER DUNN A MOTION OR A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PIPPEN. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, SO NOW FOR A SECOND TIME TONIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS. UM, I'M GUESSING WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. UH, CHIEF RAN OFF WITH OUR NEW, UH, OFFICERS, BUT, UH, INDIVIDUALS MAY COMMENT ON ANY ITEM INCLUDED ON THE CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA OR ANY OTHER MANNER, UH, MATTER REGARDING THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD. ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CITIZENS WHO WISH TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD MAKE THAT KNOWN TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. UH, WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE 'EM AND SIGN UP ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, UH, IS MAY APPROACH THE, UM, THE PODIUM, UH, IS NOT REQUIRED TO SIGN IN. SO IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALRIGHT, JARED, STEVE, I SEE YOU BACK THERE. ALL RIGHT. HE'S THINKING ABOUT IT. ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, IF NO ONE IS, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE CITIZENS COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO A REPORT FROM, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, OR IN THIS CASE, OUR EMERGENCY BACKUP CITY MANAGER. . THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DO HAVE A FEW BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR YOU. UH, THIS BEING OCTOBER, WE DO HAVE OUR FALL CLEANUP HAPPENING. SO IF RESIDENTS HAVE HAD LARGER ITEMS THAT THEY CAN'T GET RID OF WITH THEIR NORMAL, UM, HOUSEHOLD WASTE, THEN UH, THEY CAN TAKE THEM TO, UH, ONE OF TWO LOCATIONS ON THE FIRST WEEKEND THIS SATURDAY, UH, IT, WE WILL BE AT A GRANNY WHITE PARK ON THE 18TH. WE WILL BE AT TOWER PARK ON THE 25TH, AND AGAIN, BACK AT GRANNY WHITE PARK ON NOVEMBER 1ST. BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 AM AND 4:00 PM RESIDENTS CAN BRING
APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, SOME COMPUTER WASTE. WE RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE GO AND LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE. WE'VE GOT A FULL LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT BRING THERE. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T ACCEPT. UM, BUT THERE'S A COMPLETE LIST AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AND WE ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO COME BY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FREE PROGRAM. VERY GOOD. DO ALSO HAVE A VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY. I WANNA ANNOUNCE THAT TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT ON NOVEMBER 11TH AT 11:00 AM OVER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS LOCATED AT NINE 10 HERITAGE WAY, WE WILL HAVE A CEREMONY OVER THERE IN CELEBRATION OF VETERANS DAY. THE REASON WE HAVE CHOSEN THAT LOCATION IS BECAUSE THAT WILL BE WHERE OUR VETERANS MONUMENT IS GOING TO BE LOCATED. AND SO IT'S VERY FITTING TO, UM, UH, HAVE THIS NEXT CELEBRATION OF OUR VETERANS AT THAT LOCATION. ALSO, THIS IS NOT A CITY OF BRENTWOOD PROJECT, BUT IT DOES AFFECT OUR RESIDENTS. MCEWEN DRIVE IS GOING TO BE CLOSED ON OCTOBER 17TH FROM 7:00 PM TO 6:00 AM MM-HMM . IT'S THE CITY OF FRANKLIN PROJECT, BUT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS DRIVE THAT ROUTE. SO WE'D RECOMMEND THEY MAKE OTHER PLANS ON OCTOBER 17TH BETWEEN SEVEN P AND SIX A FOR MCEWEN DRIVE. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, BECAUSE OUR SCOUTS ARE HERE, AND I'VE SPOKE TO OUR SCOUTMASTER BRIEFLY, UM, I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT A, A NEAT PROJECT THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD, UH, HAS GOING. AND WE JUST MET TONIGHT, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, IT'S OUR DRAINS TO RIVER CURB MARKER PROJECT. AND SO WE HAVE CAST ALUMINUM MEDALLIONS. THEY'RE SMALL ROUND MEDALLIONS THAT GO AT THE CURB, AN INLET WHERE, UH, STORMWATER WOULD RUN OFF INTO THE INLET. THAT'S A LOCATION THAT WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO PUT ANYTHING DOWN THERE THAT SHOULDN'T BE DOWN THERE. ONLY RAINWATER SHOULD BE DOWN THERE, BUT OCCASIONALLY SOMEBODY MIGHT GET THE IDEA TO EMPTY SOMETHING OUT. IT'S A CONVENIENT SPOT FOR THEM. WELL, WE DON'T WANT 'EM TO DO THAT 'CAUSE IT DRAINS TO OUR CREEKS AND RIVERS. AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE THESE CURB MARKERS OUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THE FIRST ONES THAT WE'RE TARGETING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS CLOSEST TO THE RIVER. BUT HONESTLY, ALL OF BRENTWOOD NEEDS THESE MARKERS AT EVERY CURB INLET. AND SO ON OUR WEBSITE, UNDER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD, WE HAVE A SECTION FOR THE CURB MARKER PROJECT. THERE'S A LINK TO WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE THE MEDALLIONS. UM, THE IDEA IS THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD, WOULD FUNDRAISE THEIR OWN SMALL PROJECT, BUY THE MEDALLIONS. WE'VE GOT THE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THEY CAN HAVE THEM INSTALLED. IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. UM, BUT WE WANTED OUR RESIDENTS REALLY TO HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. AND FOR THOSE WHO GO OUT IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY AND PUT THOSE MARKERS DOWN, THEY THINK ABOUT AND CAN TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THOSE INLETS CLEAN. SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT, BUT I FIGURED SINCE WE HAVE THE, THE TELEVISION AND THE, AND THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. SO THAT'S ALL I WANT, MAYOR. GOOD. OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT OUR REPORT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR ANDREWS. I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT TONIGHT. VERY GOOD. WELL, NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS. YES, CORRECT, . ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR. SO TONIGHT WE'LL START WITH JANET ALLISON, CAN WE HAVE THE SLIDES PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. SO A JOINT CITY LIBRARY, PARKS AND ROTARY PROJECT WAS IN THE YEAR 2000 WHEN A TIME CAPSULE WAS BURIED AT THE LIBRARY. UH, THERE WAS A MARKER PLACED THERE. THERE WAS ALSO A TREE PLACED AT OR PLANTED AT THE SAME TIME. AND THAT WAS UNEARTHED ON OCTOBER 5TH IN THE AFTERNOON. AND AS YOU'LL SEE FROM THE PICTURES, UM, MAYOR ANDREWS WAS INVOLVED THERE, AS WAS FORMER CITY MANAGER, KIRK BEDNAR, WHO, UH, WAS INVOLVED WITH THE ROTARY IN IMPLANTING IT. UH, CHARLES BOOTH, OUR CITY COMMUNICATIONS PR MAN OF ALL TRADES, UH, WAS INVOLVED. AND OUR WORK WAS OVERSEEN BY REYNOLDS BOOTH, UH, CHARLES' SUN, WHO MADE SURE EVERYBODY WAS ON TASK. UM, AND, UH, THE GENTLEMAN AT THE SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE GENTLEMAN IN THE YELLOW SHIRT, HIS NAME IS JOSH, WHO I THINK WORKS FOR PUBLIC WORKS OR PARKS PARKLEY WORKS, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT HIM IN A MINUTE. SO AS WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY SUCCESSFULLY DUG UP, UH, AS COMMISSIONER DUNN AND JILLIAN, IS THAT RIGHT? UH, GILA. GILA, UH, THERE ASSISTED BY PLANNING COMMISSIONER PRESTON BAIN. UH, WERE WAITING. COMMISSIONER BAIN, UH, WAS INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING ON THIS PROJECT. HE WAS, UH, INVOLVED WITH ROTARY WHEN THEY PLACED IT. HE'S A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BRENTWOOD. UH, AND NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTED TO THAT PROJECT, BUT WAS ABLE TO GIVE US SOME MORE HISTORY OF BRENTWOOD AT THAT TIME. AND THEN, UM, THE, THE BOX WAS DUG UP, UH, AND IT, REMEMBER SCOUTS I WAS TALKING ABOUT, HOW WOULD YOU SAVE THESE KIND OF THINGS? WELL, THEY PLACED IT IN A STEEL BOX, BUT EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT INSIDE WAS ANOTHER CONTAINER. AND IT TURNED OUT IT WASN'T. IT ALSO TURNED OUT THAT WE COULDN'T OPEN THE BOX BECAUSE THE SCREWS HAD RUSTED SHUT. SO JOSH, UH, ACTUALLY HAD A POWER TOOL. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT HE DID WITH
IT, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS GRINDER, GRINDING DOWN THE BOLTS, UM, AND THEN WAS ABLE TO PRY IT OPEN. UH, AND SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, THEN EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, UH, A LOT OF THE PAPER PRODUCTS WERE A LITTLE BIT MUSTY. UH, ALL BUT A FEW OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE NO LONGER, UH, RECOGNIZABLE. THE, THE INKS HAD HAD, UH, GOTTEN WET AND MELTED DOWN THE, OR DISSOLVED DOWN THE, UH, PICTURES. UH, THERE WERE SOME OTHER THOUGH, UH, THINGS THAT WERE PRESERVED AND SOME THINGS WERE IN A, UH, THOSE WHITE POLY ENVELOPES, WHICH HELPED A LITTLE BIT. UH, MOST OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED AND HAD THINGS IN THERE FROM, UH, PHOTOS TO, UH, ESSAYS AND THINGS ALONG THAT NATURE. UH, KEN ROSE WAS A BRAND NEW SCHOOL AT THE TIME. THEY DONATED THEIR CARDINAL THERE, UH, THAT MADE IT, UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UH, RAVENWOOD DID NOT EXIST AT THAT TIME. SO THERE WAS NOTHING FROM RAVENWOOD HIGH, NOT INTENTIONALLY. UM, AND, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. UH, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE CITY. UH, IN THE TOP RIGHT PICTURE, YOU'LL SEE THE, ON THE FAR RIGHT IS ROB HEIMER. HE'S CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF THE ROTARY CLUB. LARRY BOYD WAS PRESIDENT AT THE TIME IT WAS PLACED. UH, AND THERESA BEARD IS, UH, BOTH INVOLVED THEN AND NOW IN UNEARTHING IT. BUT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD MOMENT, AND IT MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD, WHAT'S WORTH SAVING, WHAT'S NOT, UH, AND ALSO HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE THAT? BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE NO THUMB DRIVES OR HARD DRIVES OR ANYTHING FOR YOUR COMPUTER. THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED FLOPPY DISCS. AND IF PEOPLE HAD PLACED 'EM ON FLOPPY DISCS, THE DISCS PROBABLY WOULD BE FINE, BUT NOBODY'S COMPUTER COULD READ THEM. UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING FOR YOU GUYS TO, UH, TO THINK ABOUT. BUT THE WRITTEN WORD IS PROBABLY THE BEST. AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WILL SEE THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT CITIES HAVE NOW ARE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT CITIES HAD, UH, 20 YEARS AGO. UM, WHERE THE WALGREENS IS ON THE CORNER OF FRANKLIN AND MARYLAND FARMS WAY. THERE USED TO BE A HOTEL. UH, THERE IS, UH, THE MAYOR AT THE TIME WAS ACTUALLY MAYOR SMITHSON, UH, COMMISSIONER GOWER'S MOTHER. UM, COMMISSIONER DUNN, I THINK, WAS INVOLVED AT THAT TIME TOO. AND INITIALLY WAS TALKING ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION. AND WE SHOULD START NOW, UH, NOT WAIT TILL WE RUN OUTTA WATER IN THE SUMMER. UH, AND THEN ALSO ISSUES CONCERNING, UH, STREETS AND TRAFFIC AND, UM, POLICE OFFICERS, INCLUDING OUR FIRST CANINE. SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER DUNN, I NOTICED ONE OF THE JOURNALS HAD AN ARTICLE, THIS WILL BE OF INTEREST TO YOU LIBRARY FOLKS. UH, THE HIRING OF CHUCK CHERYL TOOK PLACE THAT MONTH. HE WAS THE NEW LIBRARY DIRECTOR WHO WENT ON TO BE THE TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARIAN AND IS THE QUESTIONER FOR OUR HISTORY BOWL EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR. EXCUSE ME, NOT EVERY MONTH. BUT, UM, IT, IT, I'D FORGOTTEN THAT THAT WAS WHEN WE HIRED HIM. I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, THAT HE WAS THERE. BUT, UH, I TOLD HIM HE HADN'T CHANGED MUCH IN THE PICTURE, SO HE WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THAT. UM, MY OTHER COMMENT. SO THAT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. UM, AND ONE, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE REPLICATED IN THE FUTURE, UH, TO GO ON TO LIBRARY. I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH REPORT BECAUSE, UH, THE FRIENDS AND, AND TRISHA WERE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE MOST OF THAT. I DO WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO STOP BY THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE THIS WEEK. UM, SET UP IS WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, SALES STARTS TO THE PUBLIC FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WANNA SHOW UP ON SUNDAY AT FIVE 30, RIGHT? SCOUTS TO HELP TAKE DOWN, UH, THE BOOK SALE THERE AND GET YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS. UM, THERE IS A YOUNG MAN THAT APPARENTLY, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU VOLUNTEERED? UH, AT LEAST 10, AT LEAST 10 TIMES ALREADY. WITH, WITH TAKING DOWN, UH, WITH TAKE, WITH TAKE DOWN. UM, OTH OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS, UH, AT THE LIBRARY. UM, OAKLAND SCOTT GAVE US, UH, SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE GENEALOGY. SO RIGHT ALONG WITH THE, UH, WITH THE TIME CAPSULE, UH, GENEALOGY'S IMPORTANT, THERE ARE MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT OUR LIBRARY, UH, AND FREE TO THE PATRONS. UH, THEY ARE WORKING, DOING SOME PRELIMINARY WORK ON HOMEBOUND DELIVERY OF, OF BOOKS AND MATERIALS FOR PEOPLE. UH, CIRCULATION KEEPS INCREASING. THEY HAD, UM, OVER 3,500 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN EITHER CHILD, TEEN, OR ADULT PROGRAMS IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER ALONE. SO PRETTY AMAZING STATISTICS. 709 VOLUNTEER HOURS IN SEPTEMBER. EVERYTHING FROM FRIENDS OF THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY TO CASUAL PEOPLE TO TEENS. AND ACTUALLY THERE ARE SOME, UH, SPECIAL STUDENTS FROM BRENTWOOD HIDE THAT COME AND VOLUNTEER ON A SCHEDULED BASIS. AND THAT WAS ABOUT $12,000 WORTH OF LABOR, UH, IF WE PAID FOR THAT. AND OVER 20,000 PEOPLE A MONTH ARE USING THE LIBRARY. UM, AND THAT'S, I HAVE VERY GOOD, UH, COMMISSIONER TRAVIS. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRE END POLICE, MORE GREAT PEOPLE, UM, FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT UP HERE TO SEE ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS LINED UP IN THE BACK, IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE. WE GOT A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AGAIN, FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT, SEEING THESE SMILING FACES OF THE SCOUTS IS REALLY
INCREDIBLE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION. THEY'RE OUT THERE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING, THEY'RE THAT YOU SHOULD BE PLEASED WITH THIS. NOT ALL, NOT ALL TROOPS DO THAT. YOU GUYS ARE BEING VERY, VERY WELL BEHAVED. AND I JUST THINK IT SAYS SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT ALSO SAYS SO MUCH FOR OUR LEADERS. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, I'M SURE FOR YOU GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EVERY MINUTE YOU INVEST, IT'S PAID BACK TENFOLD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND LIBRARY. WOW. WOW. WHAT MORE TO SAY? IT'S JUST TREMENDOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOVE IT. LOVE IT, LOVE IT. UH, FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION SIDE, JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING HERE. UM, WE HAD COME UP LAST WEEK THAT BRENTWOOD ACADEMY WANTED TO PUT LIGHTS ON THE BASEBALL FIELD AND BUILD A DUGOUT. AND THERE WAS, UM, QUITE A BIT OF, UH, PARTICIPATION AT THE MEETING BY SOME NEIGHBORS WHO WERE, UH, CONCERNED WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON. UM, I MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY DEFER THE LIGHTS JUST SO THEY COULD HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS. MY SUGGESTION WAS JUST BE NEIGHBORLY. JUST BE NEIGHBORLY AND MEET WITH THEM. LET'S SEE WHAT IT ALL, IT ALL IS, BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE WE HAD TWO SIDES THERE AND THEY WEREN'T GETTING TOGETHER. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT. I GOT A NOTE TODAY THAT SAYS, UM, BRENTWOOD ACADEMY HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH RIVER OAKS, HOA, AND THEY'VE AGREED TO INCLUDE BRENTWOOD ACADEMY ON AN AGENDA FOR THEIR UPCOMING MEETING SCHEDULE ON OCTOBER 23RD. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE AN OPEN AND CONSTRUCTION DISCUSSION SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND NEIGHBORHOOD PERSPECTIVE, SHARE UPDATES, AND WORK COLLAB COLLABORATIVELY TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS. THAT'S WHAT WE ASK THEM TO DO. JUST BE NEIGHBORLY AND BRENTWOOD. BRENTWOOD ACADEMY IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IF THEY CAN WORK WITH THOSE, IT'S A LOT EASIER AND A LOT BETTER FOR THAT TO BE WORKED OUT THAT WAY THAN AN EDICT HAVING TO COME FROM THE BENCH UP HERE. SO I'M VERY HAPPY AND HOPEFUL FOR THAT. AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER PIPPEN. YEAH, THE TREE BOARD. NOTHING TO REPORT FROM HERE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A MEETING PENDING ON THE 21ST. SO I HAVE NOTHING NEW TO ADD SINCE THE ARBORETUM TAGGING PROJECT THAT WE DID, WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN, ACTUALLY. BUT NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. UH, COMMISSIONER DUNN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THE HISTORIC BOARD, PARDON ME. WE'LL MEET THIS COMING FRIDAY AT NINE 30 HERE IN THIS BUILDING. UH, OCTOBER 25TH IS THE DATE FOR OUR KICKOFF CELEBRATION. UH, WELL WE ARE CELEBRATING, BUT IT'LL BE SORT OF SOLEMN BECAUSE WE'RE HONORING, UH, REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS WHO SUR WHO ARE FROM WILLIAMSON, FROM BRENTWOOD, SPECIFICALLY, UH, DURING THE TWO, 250TH YEAR. AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED QUITE A FEW ALREADY. AND THE FIRST ONE WILL BE RECOGNIZED WITH THE MARKER AT THE FA AT HIS GRAVE SITE. AND IT'S ON THE PROPERTY OF THE LIBRARY AT 1:00 PM THAT DAY. AND OUR, UH, EVENT SHOULD NOT LAST 45 MINUTES OR SO. SO WE'LL BE HAVING OUR HISTORIC EVENT. AND THEN AT THREE O'CLOCK YOU CAN COME TO THE, THE KIDS CAN ALL COME TO THE FUN LIBRARY EVENT. SO THE LIBRARY'S GONNA BE A BIG BUSY PLACE THAT DAY. UH, I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT THE FRIENDS FOR A SECOND. UM, THEY NAMED ME THEIR NEW BFF THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, AT THEIR MEETING . SO I, I LIKE THEM OF COURSE, BUT PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER WITH FRIENDS IN THE LIBRARY ARE PEOPLE WHO LOVE BOOKS. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IF YOU LOVE BOOKS, YOU LOVE A LIBRARY, YOU LOVE THE KNOWLEDGE, AND IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE. AND YOU ARE ALWAYS SO SMILING AND HAPPY. AND DURING YOUR BOOK SALES, NOBODY LOOKS WORN OUT, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU ARE. UH, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND AS A FORMER ENGLISH TEACHER, I REALLY APPRECIATE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE VALUE OF A LIBRARY TO THE COMMUNITY. AND YOU'VE DONE MORE THAN YOUR PART. AND THE YOU SCOUTS, I KNOW EVERY ONE OF YOU IN YOUR MIND HAS SOME IDEA OF WHAT YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU'RE AN ADULT. SOME DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY. SOME HAVE WILD DREAMS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE THE FACE OF, OF MOVIES OR MUSIC OR WHATEVER. SOME OF YOU WANT TO BE INVENTORS. SOME OF YOU WANT TO BE TECH GIANTS IN THE TECH INDUSTRY. WHATEVER IN YOUR MIND, FAST FORWARD 15 YEARS AND YOU WILL BE THE GENERATION LEADING US, THEN YOU'LL BE MAKING DECISIONS AND SHAPING THIS COUNTRY. YOU ARE OUR FUTURE. AND
THAT'S A BIG BURDEN. AND YOU'VE STARTED OFF WELL BY BEING SCOUTS AND, AND LEARNING HOW TO WORK AS A TEAM, LEARN SKILLS, LEARN THE LOVE OF YOUR COUNTRY. AND IT JUST MAKES MY HEART FEEL SO GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU YOUNG MEN OUT THERE PURSUING THIS AND STICKING WITH IT. 'CAUSE WE ALL DEPEND ON YOU. I MEAN, ONE DAY WE'RE GONNA PASS THIS MANTLE ALONG TO OTHER PEOPLE. THE STATE LEADERS WILL, BUSINESS LEADERS WILL, UH, NATIONAL LEADERS WILL, AND YOU'LL BE READY TO STEP IN THOSE ROLES AND DO RIGHT BY YOUR COMMUNITIES AND YOUR FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR GOING TO THOSE MEETINGS. AND I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT HOMEWORK AND YOU, YOU'RE BUSY, BUT YOU GO AND YOUR LEADERS, THEY'VE GOT BUSY LIVES TOO, BUT THEY CARE ABOUT THE THINGS I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT AND THEY'RE THERE FOR YOU. SO BOYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ADMIRE YOU. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. TRY TO STICK WITH IT AS LONG AS YOU CAN. AND THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY TO YOU. I HAVE TWO LITTLE GRANDSONS THAT ARE IN SCOUTS, AND I I TELL THEM THAT ALL THE TIME AND I HOPE THEY'LL LISTEN AND STICK WITH IT, YOU KNOW? BUT IF THEY DON'T, UM, THAT, THAT'S SO TO THEM. BUT I, HOPEFULLY THEIR LEADERS WILL BE THE KIND OF LEADERS THAT WILL INSPIRE 'EM TO WANT TO DO IT. SO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARRIS. THANK YOU. UM, I SECOND WHAT ANNE SAID ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND THE SCOUTS, AND I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. I HAVE AN EAGLE SCOUT AND A LIFE SCOUT, AND I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT AND WORK AND TO BALANCE YOUR SOCIAL LIFE AND SCHOOL AND, AND SCOUTING AND SPORTS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF. I HAVE A GREAT RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO. UM, SO, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, SO, AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS THE PARKS GO, UM, WE ARE EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAVE A DATE. WE HAVE, THE BATHROOMS ARE DONE FOR WENDY HILL PARK. THAT'S EXCITING. UM, WE HAVE, UM, LESS THAN 20% OF THE CONCRETE TO BE DONE. SO THAT'S EXCITING BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF TOWARDS THE END. THE PLAYGROUND IS INSTALLED. JANET TEXTED, SHE SAID, I SAW THE PLAYGROUND GOING IN . I WAS LIKE, YAY. AND SO, UM, FIRSTHAND REPORTS, UM, FROM COMMISSIONER DONAHUE, UM, THE GATES AND SIGNAGE ARE DONE, THE PERIMETER CRUSH AND RUN. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. IT'S 90% COMPLETE. AND THE TARGET OPENING, UH, GRAND KICKOFF RIBBON CUTTING IS DECEMBER 13TH. TENTATIVELY. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON, UM, SOME, SOME THINGS TO CONFIRM THAT, BUT OTHERWISE, UM, EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR THAT. SO WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THEIR HARD WORK IN DOING THAT, UM, GETTING THAT DONE. AND SO, UM, AND OTHERWISE I THINK WE'RE, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UH, VICE MAYOR, LITTLE YEAH, THANK YOU SCOUTS. AND THANK YOU FOR THE DEDICATION IT TAKES TO EARN THOSE MERIT BADGES AND DO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND, AND JUST ALL THE MANY THINGS YOU LEARNED. SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS EVENING. AND Y'ALL PROBABLY DID A MUCH BETTER JOB OF THE PLEDGE THAN I WOULD'VE TONIGHT. SO , UM, EAB MATT AS THE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JAY EVANS MENTIONED. AND, UH, THE DRAIN MARKERS ARE, UH, ARE SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO SEE ALL OVER OUR COMMUNITY, JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW NOT TO DUMP THINGS IN THE DRAIN THAT GOES INTO THE CREEKS AND, UH, UH, UH, RIVERS. AND, UM, BUT WE ALSO, UH, NEXT TUESDAY AND ANYBODY WOULD BE WELCOME TO COME, BUT WE'LL BE PLANTING, UH, MORE MILKWEED SEED FOR OUR POLLINATOR GARDEN AT SMITH PARK. UM, POLLINATORS HAVE KIND OF NOT DONE REAL WELL THE LAST FIVE OR 10 YEARS. AND SO THIS IS A WAY TO ENHANCE. I KNOW AT OUR HOUSE WE HAVE A CERTAIN SECTION OF OUR LANDSCAPING THAT'S BASICALLY A POLLINATOR GARDEN, UM, FOR THE HONEYBEES AND THE BUTTERFLIES. AND, AND WITHOUT POLLINATION, WE DON'T EAT. SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING. UM, THAT'LL BE OCTOBER 21ST AT 5:30 PM SMITH PARK. IF YOU PARK IN THE NORTH PARKING LOT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MANSION TO THE RIGHT OF THE MANSION AND YOU SIMPLY WALK UP THE, THE LARGE TRAIL THAT MAY ONE DAY BE A ROAD TO THE BACK 80, UH, RIGHT THERE ON THIS SIDE IS WHERE, WHERE WE'LL BE SPREADING SEED AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME. UM, AND ALSO MARCH 7TH, WE, UH, ARE GONNA HAVE A WEED WRANGLING IN A CROCKETT PARK. AND THE CITY HAS PURCHASED THE, THE EXCAVATORS. IS THAT CORRECT? EXTRACT EXTRACTORS. UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TAKE OUT, UM, NON-NATIVE PLANTS AND INVASIVE SPECIES THAT KIND OF CROWD OUT THE,
UH, YOU HAVE TO DO IT SUCH A WAY THAT THE, THE CREEK AND RIVERBANK STAY STABLE, BUT THAT'LL BE MARCH 7TH, IF ANY OF Y'ALL INTERESTED IN DOING THAT. UH, ON OCTOBER 4TH AND WENT TO VET FEST, VERY NEAT EVENT, UH, RIGHT THERE AT GRANNY WHITE PARK. THEY HAD LIVE MUSIC AND A STAGE AND MANY, MANY VETERAN, UH, THEMED, UH, EXHIBITS AND, AND TENTS AND VOLUNTEERS. AND, AND, UH, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. HAD FOOD AND ALL. IT WENT FROM LIKE 10 IN THE MORNING TILL FOUR. UH, MY SCHEDULE DIDN'T ALLOW ME TO STAY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, BUT, BUT IT'S VERY NEAT AND, UH, KIND OF NEAT LEADING UP TO OUR VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. UM, AND UH, IN CASE YOU NOTICE THE TIME, HE SAID 11:00 AM THE REASON IT IS AT 11:00 AM IS 'CAUSE 11:00 AM ON THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH, WORLD WAR I ENDED AND THEY SIGNED THE ARMES. AND THAT'S WHAT VETERANS DAY ACTUALLY BEGAN AS A CELEBRATION OF THAT. AND THEN A WAY TO RECOGNIZE VETERANS. UH, AND SO, UH, THAT SHOULD BE A GREAT EVENT AND IT WILL BE RIGHT THERE WHERE OUR VETERANS MONUMENT WILL BE, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. SO, UH, Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO THAT. AND AS ALWAYS, AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO ENJOY THE BLESSING OF TENNESSEE AND AUTUMN. ALWAYS THINK IT'S OUR CREATOR SHOWING OFF, UH, THE INFINITE ARRAY OF COLORS THAT YOU SEE ON THE TENNESSEE HILLSIDE. AND SO ENJOY THAT. ENJOY THE COOLER WEATHER, THAT'S ALL, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. AND, UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK SCOUT TROOP 93 FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. UH, Y'ALL DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF THE, UH, THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, SCOUTING IS A WORTHWHILE ACTIVITY. IT'S, UH, NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT IT IS ALWAYS WORTH IT. SO, UM, HANGING IN THERE AND, AND, AND GET ALL YOU CAN OUTTA THAT. UM, AND I GUESS THE ADVANTAGE OF GOING LAST IS, UH, Y'ALL HAVE CHECKED OFF JUST ABOUT MY ENTIRE LIST, . SO, UH, VERY GOOD. UH, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DECEMBER 13TH OPENING OF, UH, OF WINDY HILL. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE. UM, I MENTIONED BEFORE, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TAKE OCCASIONALLY OCCASIONAL UNAUTHORIZED BIKE TOURS OF THE FACILITY WHILE STAYING OFF THE CONCRETE, BUT UH, IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO SEE THAT COME, COME TOGETHER. I DO WANNA, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, JUST RECOGNIZE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL THIS STUFF THEY DO. UM, 'CAUSE IT IS AN INCREDIBLE RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND JUST TO OBSERVE THE LIEUTENANT JASON, UM, PIERCE IS OVER IN HAMILTON COUNTY RIGHT NOW, I GUESS LEADING THE COMMUNICATIONS EFFORT FOR THAT AS PART OF, UM, THE EC IS THAT, OR TEMA, EXCUSE ME. UM, WE BROUGHT HIM OUT THERE. UM, AND JUST THE ROLE, YOU KNOW, THE ROLE THAT WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PLAY, YOU KNOW, WHERE BRENTWOOD HAS AN OUTSTANDING, UM, FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT AND THAT OUTSTANDING POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS. AND, YOU KNOW, OVER JUST MY TIME IN THE COMMISSION, THERE'VE BEEN A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BUT REMEMBERING LIKE WHEN THEY HAD THE TORNADOES IN 2000, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS GONNA BE THE BIG STORY OF THE YEAR 2000 OR 2020 RATHER. AND UM, THE TORNADO CAME THROUGH MOUNT JULIET AND WE SENT PUBLIC WORKS UP THERE TO HELP THEM WITH THE CLEANUP. UM, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED BEING ABLE TO HELP WITH, UH, STUFF IN, IN HAMILTON COUNTY. THERE'VE BEEN A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT OUR TEAMS HAVE COME OUT OF BRENTWOOD, EITHER HELP WITH, UH, PERSONNEL TRAINING EQUIPMENT OR OTHER SUPPORT FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE RESOURCES HERE TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST OTHERS IN NEED. SO, UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF Y'ALL FOR BEING WILLING TO DO THAT AND HAVING, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY. SO REALLY I THINK Y'ALL CHECKED OFF EVERYTHING ELSE I HAD TO SAY. SO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON. ANYTHING ELSE WHILE COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL GENERALLY BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION EXCEPT FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION WITH THEM AT THIS TIME. ARE THERE ANYTHING WE WANNA REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO. ALRIGHT. SO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 70 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE VETERANS MONUMENT TRUST ACCOUNT WITHIN THE DONATIONS HELD IN THE TRUST FUND FOR ADOPTION CONSENT APPROVAL. OH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, SORRY. UH, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 73. A RESOLUTION APPROVING FINANCIAL LEASE AGREEMENT OF FIVE BODY-WORN CAMERAS WITH AXION ENTERPRISE INC. FOR ADOPTION. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION NOW I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. MOTION COMMISSIONER. YOU HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. UH, COMMISSIONER GURA. I THINK YOU GET THE LAST SECOND. COMMISSIONER. ALRIGHT. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. PASS THE UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT. ANY OLD BUSINESS? SEE NONE. ANY NEW BUSINESS.
ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE TO ADJOURN. MOTION COMMISSION DOWN HERE SECOND. COMMISSIONER PITMAN. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ADJOURN. NOW LET'S GO PIZZA, RIGHT? YEAH.