[0:00] Sorry, we're running a little bit late.
Our study session pushed a little longer
[0:04] than we had expected. Um, with that
being said, thank you all for being
[0:08] here. Uh, at this time, I'd like to call
this meeting to order. And, uh, Miss Pam
[0:14] H, if you don't mind, would you please
lead us in a word of prayer?
[0:18] » Dear heavenly father, Lord, I just count
it an honor to be in this uh, community
[0:22] tonight with these group of people. And
Lord, as as I pray, God, you said in
[0:26] your word, Lord, to pray for those in
authority over us. And God, I pray,
[0:30] Lord, that as these council members and
these city uh members come together,
[0:35] Lord, that Lord, that you can give us
wisdom and knowledge to make the great
[0:38] decisions for this community. And and
Lord, that you would guide and direct
[0:42] our leaders, Lord, to make all the right
decisions. And God, not just for oursel,
[0:46] but God, for the community of whole. And
Lord, I just thank you, God, for
[0:50] allowing me to be a small part in this
community and to be a part of what's
[0:54] going to take place here in the future.
And I just give you all the praise and
[0:57] all the glory and honor in your holy
name. Amen.
[1:01] » Amen. Thank you so much, Pam, for your
time.
[1:05] All right. At this time, if everyone
here would please join us in the pledge
[1:08] of allegiance.
[1:22] United States of America and to the
republic for it stands one nation under
[1:28] God indivisible with liberty and justice
for all.
[1:37] » Madame recorder would you please call
roll.
[1:39] » Mayor Tenan
>> here.
[1:41] » Vice Mayor Duncan
>> here. Commissioner Anderson
[1:43] » here.
>> Commissioner Gilmore
[1:45] » here.
>> Commissioner Walker
[1:47] » here.
>> Thank you, Madam Recorder.
[1:49] Commissioners, before you, you have the
reading of the May 14th, 2026 regular
[1:53] meeting of the board of commissioners by
the recorder for approval or correction.
[1:57] Is there any additions or corrections?
Hearing none, we'll move on to a vote.
[2:03] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[2:05] » All oppose.
>> Minutes are approved as written with a
[2:08] 5-0 vote.
At this time, we're going to open up the
[2:11] podium for citizen comments. And if you
would like to speak, please state your
[2:15] name, address, and hold your comments to
three minutes.
[2:33] Good evening, mayor, commissioners.
My name is Thomas Kanig. I live at 130
[2:39] West 12 Crossing in Gletville. Um I'm
here actually uh as a
[2:45] loving citizen of this beautiful city,
but also as a small business owner. Um
[2:50] my business is a uh is a food truck uh
food trailer in fact and uh and I'm here
[2:56] to talk about the ordinance uh 261148
and the impact that it might have on my
[3:01] business. Um,
so as as most small companies, small
[3:06] businesses, you know, I'm starting off
trying to get into the business. We
[3:09] started off about three years ago. We
opened up a basically just a small
[3:13] pop-up business where we serve the
community through the farmers market.
[3:17] And we have been part of the farmers
market for the last three years. About,
[3:21] you know, year ago, we decided to get
invested in a trailer because we
[3:25] understood that the people of
Goodletzville actually had a pretty good
[3:28] appetite for for for different culinary
delights. uh including my my Thai food
[3:34] and uh and and we set up our shop. Uh
actually we're over at 31 West Liquor uh
[3:40] parking lot and we've been operating out
of that, you know, uh we're not at major
[3:44] events. Um it takes a tremendous amount
of work. I mean, I know probably
[3:49] everybody understands what it takes to
to run a business um and to operate a
[3:53] business. Um we work probably 14 hours a
day on days we're open. the days we're
[3:57] closed, we're working probably eight to
10 hours a day to get ready for the next
[4:01] week. Um, and it takes all of our effort
to to try to keep this business and
[4:05] going and try to try to drive this
business and grow this business for the
[4:08] community. Um, we have on Google, we
have a 4.9 rating uh for our business.
[4:14] Um, people really enjoy our our food. We
enjoy serving our, you know, our
[4:18] community. Um, this ordinance in fact
though will will probably put us out of
[4:22] business unfortunately.
um we we just can't we just can't rely
[4:28] on on on having our business run once or
twice a week or or even once a week, you
[4:33] know, at a at an event. You know, we're
we're also part of the you know, still
[4:36] part of the farmers market. Um you know,
we we get involved in other
[4:40] opportunities where we can, but we can't
we can't run our business on that. We
[4:43] can't we can't support our family on
that. Um, we need to have a 24, you
[4:48] know, we we need to have an opportunity
to to operate our our business, you
[4:52] know, in in a reasonable manner. You
know, five days a week, you know,
[4:55] reasonable hours. Um, you know, right
now we work from 2 o'clock in the
[4:58] afternoon to 8 o'clock in the evening.
That's it. Um, and uh and we do it five
[5:03] days a week. And uh and those don't
count that doesn't count days like the
[5:07] farmers market. So, we don't we don't
open on farmers market day because we're
[5:11] open at the farmers market. And we have
other events like um we have one another
[5:14] event in in Hendersonville at the cruise
in but these these events are not you
[5:19] know able to sustain our business. And
so by by having us you know not able to
[5:25] ser you know to support ourselves and
and serve our our community you know on
[5:30] a on a repetitive nature. Um it takes a
really long time also to build a
[5:35] customer base and to have a to have
customers come to you. um if we have to
[5:40] move every single day, it it would be
impossible to maintain a customer base,
[5:45] right? And and we wouldn't be able to
find enough places in Goodletville. We'd
[5:49] have to move outside of Good Litville
and and continue to find other places,
[5:52] all which cost us a tremendous amount of
time and effort and money to do that.
[5:57] So, I'm I'm here to ask you to to
consider the fact that, you know, this
[6:00] these small businesses um you know,
we're working really hard. We're serving
[6:04] the community the best we can. We'd like
to work with you if there's some issue
[6:08] that you know that we can help you
resolve some way to you know to to
[6:13] ensure that you know we're you know uh m
you know mixing in with the rest of the
[6:19] community and and and you know have a
safe and and and secure and and good
[6:23] environment then we're more than willing
to work with you in any way we can. But
[6:27] but just shutting us down is is going to
end our business and we we won't we
[6:32] won't be able to sustain well we won't
be able to sustain in Goodletville for
[6:35] sure and we'll have to find another
place to go even if we're able to
[6:38] sustain long enough to be able to move
to another location. So I I ask and you
[6:43] know that hope that you all consider
that as as you think about you know the
[6:48] impact to us the the food vendor
themselves and and our customer base.
[6:53] Thank you.
>> Thank you sir. Appreciate your comments.
[6:58] Anyone else?
[7:11] Hello, I am Calie. My address is 219
Swift Drive. Um, I have been a uh
[7:18] resident of Gitzville since the early or
late 2000s. Uh, and I am here to speak
[7:25] against the food truck ban because I
believe the people of Gitzville should
[7:30] get the choice to decide if they want to
support food truck businesses on private
[7:35] property and not the government. I have
been on both sides of the food counter
[7:40] starting in the mid 2000s with my first
service job here as a waitress at Pizza
[7:45] Hut. Nine years later, I became a small
business owner myself when I became an
[7:51] owner operator of my own restaurant in
East Nashville. I've retired from
[7:55] restaurants, but I maintain a passion
for local family-owned and operated
[7:58] businesses, including places like Roman
Pharmacy, Chef's Market, and others. I
[8:05] patron these businesses exclusively here
in Goodletsville. When Ponipas food
[8:10] truck appeared in the 31W Liquors
parking lot, I was extremely happy and
[8:16] heartened to see this empty space now
cheerfully occupied with a local
[8:20] business serving the community. I can
sincerely say that it makes me feel good
[8:25] about my community every time I drive by
and see people outside the food truck.
[8:30] It makes the town feel alive and like
home and was a welcome change in the
[8:35] landscape from the strip of corporate
businesses and auto stores. Many other
[8:40] towns and cities embraces small
businesses incorporating food trucks
[8:44] into the fabric of their community.
Developing food truck parks with patios,
[8:48] picnic tables, and shade structure shade
structures for the citizens.
[8:52] transforming a plot of concrete into a
space that supports locals and generates
[8:57] revenue, but most importantly brings
members of the community together, which
[9:01] in my opinion, which in my opinion is a
pretty incredible return on what was
[9:06] formerly an empty defunct parking lot.
If anyone is worried about parking space
[9:12] in Goodletsville, I can assure you that
there is no shortage of parking space.
[9:18] From the great parking lot planes of the
long hollow dollar general store
[9:22] merchandising center to the dollar
general on Main Street, the HG Hill
[9:26] Center, the mall parking lot, BJ's
parking lot, former Jo-Ann's guitar
[9:31] center, there are acres and acres of
parking lots available. Gulisville is
[9:36] rich in miles of parking lots and with a
tiny imagination, tiny bit of
[9:40] imagination and support from the city
and local businesses, we can transform
[9:45] these spaces into attractive local hubs
that the citizens and visitors of
[9:49] Goodletville can actually enjoy. Like
every other business in Goodletville,
[9:53] please allow the people of Gillisville
to decide if they want to support local
[9:56] businesses rather than banning them
outright. Thank you.
[9:59] » Thank you.
[10:16] Hi, my name is Danny Rhodess. I live at
999
[10:20] Hit Lane. Uh, I also just want to speak
briefly about um u supporting food
[10:27] trucks in our community and not banning
them. I've lived in Middle Tennessee,
[10:32] this this area for 30 years. Um, first
20 of those in East Nashville. I saw the
[10:37] rise of food trucks uh in East
Nashville, and they were only supportive
[10:43] of the community that grew there, that
built there. Um, the the people that
[10:47] were small business owners I've become
friends with. Um, they have only been
[10:51] supportive as well of the community. And
uh we find that many of uh many of the
[10:57] successful food trucks end up planting
and and opening brick and mortars in the
[11:02] community where they've had food trucks
which turn around supporting the local
[11:06] community where they are. So, I would
love to see more creative uh discussions
[11:12] about whatever the issue is around
potentially banning food trucks. Uh and
[11:17] we and we operate um in a more
democratic position in that rather than
[11:23] um just a straight ban.
So, and if you have not been to Panapas,
[11:28] it's delicious. I we our family loves uh
potai and we go there very frequently.
[11:35] We also go to panapas. It's not a
competition. It's not a zero- sum game.
[11:40] Uh we as a community can support both
food trucks and local brickandmortar
[11:44] stores uh and restaurants. Uh doesn't
have to be one or the other.
[11:50] » Please consider uh not passing this ban.
Thank you.
[11:53] » Thank you, Dan. Appreciate it.
[12:06] Anyone
else? I see somebody trying to get up.
[12:15] Ma'am, you'll need to state your name
and address and phone number. And I'm
[12:20] » I think y'all will know it, but I'll
tell you anyway. Kim Sutton, 3280 Patton
[12:24] Branch, Goodletsville, Tennessee. Um,
I'm here to talk about an opening within
[12:32] the city. Um, I understand we have a
city manager retiring soon. Uh, that I'm
[12:39] extremely sad about, but totally
understand. Um,
[12:45] we have a position open and that is a
position that I know that the commission
[12:51] is the only one that has an opportunity
to determine who our new city manager
[12:57] is. Um it is an important position. Uh
for many many years the city manager has
[13:05] come from within the city. Um it served
us well. Uh there's a few of us here
[13:13] that know city managers better than
most. Um Vicky Wilson especially. Um and
[13:22] Jan,
excuse me. Um,
[13:26] we could go and I don't know what your
process is. We can go without
[13:33] go out of the city and hire a commission
and bring in advisors and spend a lot of
[13:40] money and all that kind of stuff. I
don't think we need to look any further
[13:45] than what we've got inside our city.
We've had a lady within the city that
[13:50] has been here since 2012.
She's been the assistant city manager
[13:56] and in my humble opinion
as well as many citizens of the city of
[14:01] Goodletsville
and people that have been here and know
[14:06] what it takes to be a city manager. We
went way outside the city limits and
[14:12] hired one city manager and he's sitting
right over there and has been here for
[14:17] many years. We went to the city of White
House to get him and that's about as far
[14:23] as we've needed to go. Now, we've got a
a wonderful lady that has served this
[14:30] city in many capacities, but especially
financially and as far as our employees
[14:37] of the city, they respect her with all
their heart and soul. and they know that
[14:43] she will make sure that the city
maintains the consistent
[14:50] budgeting which I know is tough in
today's market but she's got a strong
[14:56] financial background. She's done great
as far as the city finances are
[15:00] concerned. She's done that for many
years.
[15:04] Excuse me. You guys know what it takes
to be a city manager. You know what it
[15:10] takes to be a commissioner.
I don't think there's any reason in this
[15:14] world for the city of Gitzville to go. I
understand transparency, but we're
[15:20] transparent in the city of Gitzville and
always have been. We don't have the
[15:25] issues that Nashville has. Even
Hendersonville,
[15:29] look how bringing somebody in from
California has served them. Listen to
[15:34] the news. We don't have to go outside
the city of Gulletville. We've got a
[15:39] more than qualified city manager sitting
right over there in that seat. And I
[15:47] appeal to you guys and gals that I think
our city manager has already been
[15:55] selected by the citizens and the
employees of the city of Gulletsville.
[16:00] and I strongly recommend that you
consider and appoint Julie High as our
[16:08] new city manager.
Thank you.
[16:11] » Thank you, Miss Sutton. And if you would
have been here during the uh study
[16:15] session, you would have probably heard
all the good comments you can hear on
[16:18] one person.
She's we all agree with you. She's
[16:22] phenomenal.
And um I would like to welcome Miss
[16:26] Dicki here tonight. her husband was uh
the one that allowed me a position on
[16:31] the fire department when I first started
with the city a little over 30 years
[16:34] ago. And uh Mr. David is one of the
finest men we've I agreed that we've
[16:39] ever had working in this city as a city
manager.
[16:43] One of the finest men I've ever worked
under in my life as any job or any
[16:47] career. He was the most fair and
understanding guy we ever had. So I'd
[16:53] like to say something about Mr. David
Wilson. finest man that's ever been
[16:56] here. Okay. Is there any more city
citizens that would like to speak?
[17:06] All right. Hear none. I'm going to close
this portion of the public hearing.
[17:09] We're going to go ahead and move on to
our regular meeting. Uh Mr. Ellis, we
[17:13] are going to go on to
comments from the city manager.
[17:19] » Uh yes, sir. Mr. mayor to this evening
and commissioners. Um I do not have
[17:24] anything specifically but it also is
bringing to an end our city branding
[17:30] project that has been ongoing since um
September October era. So we'll see a
[17:37] presentation this evening. I'm going to
ask Miss Kimberly Lynn um to come
[17:42] forward and recognize um Kevin who will
be presenting the final results of the
[17:48] of the branding work. Sure. So, as you
all remember, in the late fall, the city
[17:53] hired Chandler Thinks to conduct a
community branding project for the city.
[17:59] And um I wanted tonight to introduce
Kevin, he's going to give us an overview
[18:04] of the community branding program. And
although Mr. Ellis says that we're at
[18:07] the end of that, they might be at the
end of their role, we're at the
[18:11] beginning of our work um as we move
forward. But I will introduce Kevin and
[18:15] he will share with you the overview of
the program.
[18:23] First off, thank you commissioners,
mayor, vice mayor for having allowed me
[18:27] to come in tonight and do this. This is
the fun part. We've done a ton of work.
[18:31] Also, I want to thank everybody else in
the room. If you were part of the
[18:34] process, some of you may have been. We
did, as you'll see in a minute, we did
[18:37] lots of groups and things. Thank you.
So, first off, um just a quick overview
[18:44] of the project goals. The primary goals
were for a branding project, any
[18:48] branding project really, is to provide
uniformity. You know, when you're
[18:50] talking, you don't want to talk all over
the place. It also is to uh to give the
[18:55] community identity and instill pride. Um
it also helps community and economic
[19:01] development motion. It offers
flexibility. You want to the brand needs
[19:04] to provide flexibility for the community
and it also needs to be endorsed by the
[19:09] community. And that's the reason this
process is so important and we try to
[19:12] involve the the community. Does it need
to be endorsed endorsed by the
[19:17] residents?
Our process, as you guys have gone
[19:22] through this before, we've presented
this to you before. It's all about we
[19:25] explore, which is the whole research
part that we started with. We came up
[19:28] here and visited your community. We
evaluate, we create a strategy, and then
[19:33] we uh express that, create themes, and
then there's the plan. Most of tonight's
[19:38] discussion will be about the last two,
the expressing, the theme, and the plan,
[19:42] and engagement.
Quickly again this this process starts
[19:47] with re research as you know and you all
of y'all were part of a research
[19:51] presentation went very in depth. I'm
just going to give a quick overview just
[19:55] to remind us there were over a thousand
people involved or thousand participants
[19:59] involved in this research. The first
thing we did is the team came up and we
[20:03] did a tour of good. We really tried to
get to know good um
[20:09] oh sorry might not talk.
Um, we did a tour of uh, Goodletsville,
[20:17] so we get to know it. I'm actually from
Nashville. I grew up here and Goodville,
[20:22] even though I knew about it, I didn't
know a lot about it. So, we got to go up
[20:25] here and learn a lot more. Then we did
21. Can everybody hear me now?
[20:31] Okay. Can you hear me there? Okay, I'll
get a little closer. So, then we did uh,
[20:36] 20 Sorry, I like to move around a lot.
uh we did 201 interviews uh with
[20:41] stakeholders and elected officials. It's
important to to talk to the every
[20:46] community has very influential people.
We need to talk to them directly. So did
[20:49] oneonone interviews. Then we did four
focus groups with 37 people in total and
[20:54] those included people from the
community, stakeholders,
[20:59] different interested parties within
community. Then we did one listening and
[21:03] learning session here in this room where
a lot I think we had 49 attendees which
[21:07] is I've done a lot of these. That's a
pretty good attendance for a city the
[21:11] size of Goodville.
Then we did a community survey that we
[21:14] had 467
responses
[21:19] and we looked for 350 responses to be
statistically
[21:24] uh accurate plus or minus 5%. So we
exceeded that. The community survey, as
[21:29] you know, is where we get out there and
we talked to people. We asked people
[21:32] within the community what they thought.
Then we wanted to ask what your
[21:36] neighbors thought and that we did an
outside perception study. We had 481
[21:41] responses to that. And that's obviously
the Nashville area and everything around
[21:45] your community because you know what
your neighbors say matters. You know, if
[21:49] I'm on your street, your neighbors, what
they talk about you is important.
[21:54] Then we did a digital audit. You know,
we live in a world of we live in a
[21:58] digital world. So, it's important what's
out there on websites as social media.
[22:02] What's your website look like? What's
your social media look like? What does
[22:05] what is search saying about you? And uh
then also reviews of your restaurants
[22:10] and hotels etc. So, that was that was
kind of a very quick overview of a very
[22:15] deep process.
And what came out of that process is
[22:19] what we like to call brand truths. And
they are kind of the the research
[22:23] distilled down into kind of the
immutable facts about Goodville. And
[22:28] here I'll just go through these quickly.
I know you've seen these before, but I
[22:31] think it's good to recap them.
Goodville's strongest strongest
[22:35] association is around its proximity to
Nashville. It's unavoidable. You can't
[22:39] avoid that. So that's it strongest
association. The access to Nashville's
[22:44] energy juxtaposed with Goodletzville's
small town culture is a driver for
[22:48] resident quality of life. I've got
Nashville right there, but I get to come
[22:52] home to the nice peaceful Goodletsville.
But right now, another and brand truths
[22:58] aren't always positive. Goodletsville
has a fractured identity. It's a result
[23:03] of not having a clear sense of place
outside your park, which is beautiful.
[23:08] Highly visible road construction repair.
That's not anyone's fault. It's just a
[23:12] fact, right? But it it it affects your
identity. And the troubled associations
[23:18] with Rivergate, you know, again, these
are this isn't anything we're making up.
[23:22] This is facts and a result of being
blended in or overrun by Nashville. You
[23:27] know, it's you kind of got to raise your
hand over here because we're different.
[23:31] We're not Nashville. But the good news
is the future river, you have some good
[23:36] news. The futuregate plans are going to
have a real impact. the the construction
[23:40] projects do end. Sometimes we think
they're never going to end, but they do
[23:43] end. And there's more development. Um,
and more developments are an opportunity
[23:48] for to be intentional with your image
because you're it's not like you've
[23:52] already got everything built and it's
finished. You your things are changing.
[23:56] You have you can be really intentional
with all this. So those are our brand
[24:00] truths and from that we develop a brand
strategy if you remember back to the
[24:05] process and that strategy is good must
claim and protect its small town
[24:10] character. That's very important while
embracing the perks of Nashville.
[24:14] Remember back to the brand truth that's
an important thing. More importantly it
[24:17] needs to create a foundation for its own
identity and in voice and sense of
[24:22] place. We need to be intentional with
every single project and how it shapes
[24:27] our identity for Goodville that reflects
the small town character. We got to keep
[24:30] that in mind. And we need to
overcommunicate with our residents
[24:34] because again there's a lot of change
happening here and in Nashville. We have
[24:38] to overcommunicate so everybody feels
part of it because we can't do this
[24:42] alone.
So
[24:46] one of the key tenets of our process and
we think branding in general is telling
[24:51] our story is and that's because that's
really what it's about. You know it's
[24:55] not really about a logo. It's not about
anything you do. It's really about the
[24:58] story because a story can be owned by
everyone and told.
[25:02] So what a story in is a foundational
element. It kind of is encapsulates who
[25:07] we are. It provides familiarity and it's
what you care about in a story. It's
[25:12] every we try to put everything in a
story that you care about. It's always
[25:15] familiar. Even when someone tells it, it
may not be exactly the same, but it's
[25:19] familiar and it also establishes a voice
and tone uh and pacing for how we talk
[25:26] about ourselves. So, we we crafted a a
huge brand story. I'm not going to read
[25:31] it to you and just an excerpt of it is
welcome to Goodletville. Here, mornings
[25:36] begin on quiet streets and treeine
neighborhoods where congestion, traffic
[25:41] jams, and stress take a backseat to a
more relaxed rhythm and space to spread
[25:47] out and grow. Friendly faces and
familiar routines set the mood for the
[25:52] day. The city's parks, cafes,
gymnasiums, grocery stores, and
[25:56] community events are the places where
meaningful moments happen that make one
[26:00] feel grounded. That's just an excerpt of
the brand story. It's very long and goes
[26:06] into all the aspects of Gulitzville. So,
we actually put together a little video
[26:11] actually using assets. We worked with
Kimberly and put together a video and we
[26:16] used the um brand story to you'll hear a
lot of the words from the brand story in
[26:22] the script. So, I'll just play it here.
Hopefully,
[26:36] feel connected and are part of its
story. A lot of cities have great
[26:40] histories, scenic natural beauty, and
friendly people. But Goodletzville isn't
[26:46] just another city. It's a community, a
place where you can breathe and connect
[26:52] a little deeper while building a more
balanced life. Here, mornings begin on
[26:58] quiet streets and treeline neighborhoods
where congestion and stress take a
[27:03] backseat to a more relaxed rhythm and
space to spread out and grow. Friendly
[27:09] faces and familiar routines set the mood
for the day. The city's parks, cafes,
[27:14] gymnasiums, and community events are the
places where meaningful moments happen
[27:19] that make one feel grounded.
In Goodletsville, you can slow down and
[27:25] engage, contribute, create, and have a
voice. An approachable city government
[27:31] means access to civic leaders and
involvement in meaningful issues,
[27:35] something that makes this place special
and unique. Here, families find an
[27:40] environment in which to thrive.
Companies find room to expand, and
[27:45] residents time to live. Abundant green
spaces and expansive parks, historic
[27:52] sites, retail, dining, recreation, and
youth sports are never more than a few
[27:58] minutes away. But Goodletville is also
Nashville's front porch, offering the
[28:03] best of small town living, balanced with
easy access to Music City's booming
[28:09] economic energy, sports, and
entertainment options
[28:13] along with greater affordability and
visionary future plans. Goodletsville's
[28:19] appeal for businesses pursuing new
opportunity, families looking to
[28:23] relocate and those just seeking respit
from the big city will only keep
[28:28] growing.
Maybe when a place gifts you with a
[28:33] sense of belonging and provides you with
a wellbalanced life and the time to live
[28:39] it, that's when you know you're home.
[28:46] Goodletsville. Time to live.
[28:52] » So, as you can see that if you you read
the brand story, that would feel very
[28:56] familiar. It's we obviously cut it down
a little bit to get it to a nice
[29:00] twominute video. Whoops. So, then we
want to create some messaging. You know,
[29:06] how do we talk about ourselves? You
know, brand stories got a million words
[29:09] in it. How can we talk about ourselves a
little tighter? So, we wanted to create
[29:13] some examples of some ads that uh had
headlines and feel like a full page ad.
[29:19] I know you're not going to run a bunch
of full page ads, but it gives us a good
[29:22] context to see how the the the the voice
of Goodletsville works as well as the
[29:29] color palette and logos and all that,
how it works together. So, here's some
[29:33] examples of some messaging.
If you'd like more time to play, maybe
[29:38] it's time to make a move.
goes, Tennessee. Time to live.
[29:46] If you'd like more time to explore,
maybe it's time to make the move. And
[29:51] here we're, you know, looking at
shopping. You know,
[29:55] if you'd like more time to connect,
maybe it's time to make the move. If you
[29:59] live in Nashville and you never have
time to play with your kids, maybe you
[30:02] need to move to Goodlessville.
If you'd like if you'd like to have more
[30:07] free time, maybe it's time to make the
move.
[30:12] And then also, we live in a digital
world. This is how that same message
[30:16] could work in a small digital ad.
[30:20] And here's the logo, which y'all seen
lots of times. I mean, a logo is
[30:24] important. You can't hide it. It's
important to a new brand, but it's not
[30:27] the whole thing. And I'm going to You
always like to people always ask, you
[30:31] know, what does all that mean? So, we
kind of put together this this kind of
[30:35] description of what it means. The logo
icon reflects the character of
[30:38] Goodletzville through its soft curves
and flowing firms in flowing form a
[30:43] forms inspired by the community's
rolling hills, open landscapes, and
[30:47] welcoming pace of life. The rising sun
symbolizes optimism, growth, and a
[30:52] bright future for this city and the
people who call it home. The typography
[30:57] complements the icon with a clean
contemporary style that is both highly
[31:00] legible and approachable. Together the
icon and type create a modern identity
[31:04] that celebrates Goodulful's strong sense
of community, natural beauty and
[31:08] continued progress. So that's the reason
for the logo. If someone asked you, you
[31:12] know, logos, everybody likes to have an
opinion about a logo. But we try to base
[31:17] it in if you think it reflects the
story, reflects the brand truce. That's
[31:21] all part of this. And you you've seen
throughout here, time to live is kind of
[31:27] our tagline. And it's it kind of says
two things. you know, we need time to
[31:31] live our lives or it's time to live, you
know, so you can read that line a couple
[31:37] different ways.
It's also important that a logo,
[31:41] especially for municipality, be very
useful. So, we wanted to create a
[31:45] alternate logo to use in different
environments, a very horizontal logo.
[31:48] So, there it is. As you see at the
bottom of the PowerPoint,
[31:52] we also developed a color palette. This
might not represent it exactly on the
[31:56] projection, but you need a color palette
that's reflective of the brand story and
[32:01] what it feels like to be here so that
when you're choosing colors for your
[32:05] community, they all kind of work
together. So, this is a color palette we
[32:08] recommended and you've seen throughout
all the examples we've shown you. Here's
[32:13] the icon that could be used by itself.
And, you know, again, the world, the
[32:16] digital world we live in, here's some
social icons to the right. you know how
[32:20] they would be used and those little
holes on Facebook and Instagram and
[32:24] places like that
and then how we use it in it's important
[32:28] that it work with departments. We all
need to the city needs to get credit for
[32:31] what it does. So the departments need to
feel like we belong. So here's how we
[32:36] would handle that.
And then here I'm just going to go
[32:40] through uh some more brand
recommendations kind of what the
[32:44] different components of how the brand
can be can work its way into a city are.
[32:50] We have brand integration. We have
packaging the branding effort. We need
[32:54] to share and engage with others about
that effort. We need to create a sense
[32:58] of place. We need to extend the brand in
the community and we need to measure it.
[33:02] You know we live in a world where we
need does it work? Did it work? You know
[33:05] that's important thing to know. So,
here's some examples of that. Um, here's
[33:11] I like to call these touch points. We
need to touch all these different
[33:14] places. You know, voicemails. You think
about, okay, if we we have a voicemail
[33:18] message, how can I incorporate the brand
into that? How do we talk in
[33:21] Goodletsville? Let's make sure that's
reflected in that, you know, in emails,
[33:26] and presentations on physical vehicles,
exhibits, etc.
[33:31] And that's just organiza organizing all
your tools that you communicate with.
[33:36] Then we have a brand standards guide.
And that brand standards guide and I
[33:39] like to I actually like because I think
a brand standards guide is a very
[33:43] important part of a brand because it
provides rules. And I've got some I
[33:48] wanted to read here.
The goal for graphic standards is very
[33:53] simple. When residents see the good
brand, they should immediately know the
[33:57] message is official city communication.
To avoid confusion, the branch should be
[34:02] reserved for official municipal
municipal communication should not be
[34:06] used for personal communications by
staff and political or personal
[34:10] communications by elected officials or
outside organizations. It's important
[34:14] that when the brand is being used, it's
official communications from the city
[34:19] and to that the right the goodful
tourism department is going to serve as
[34:23] a primary point of contact for you know
how the brand is used. If you have
[34:27] questions, can I use it here? Or
approvals of things, it's important that
[34:31] that come through one party, but right
now that's the the tourism department is
[34:35] going to kind of be the keeper of these
standards. In here, you'll see what type
[34:39] faces to use, what colors to use, how
the logo can be used. It's it's about a
[34:44] 15page document.
Then we need to embred the band on stuff
[34:49] like business cards, letterheads,
envelopes, city vehicles, email
[34:53] signatures, etc. Here's an example of
the business card, how it could look and
[34:57] a email signature.
[35:02] Here's a PowerPoint, how the PowerPoint
could work and and you see we're using
[35:06] it right here today in this
presentation.
[35:10] Now, we do a lot of social media these
days and the city when it's talking to
[35:15] its residents, important that it's
concise and recognizable. When the
[35:19] city's saying something, sometimes it's
important. You know, we've we went all
[35:23] of us went through COVID. There was a
lot of official communications that went
[35:26] out and the city had to suddenly was
thrust into that and the residents need
[35:30] to pay attention. So, it doesn't need to
feel like the local bake sale. It needs
[35:34] to feel like an important communication.
So, here's an example. To the left is
[35:38] picked up from your social media as it
is today. To the right would be a
[35:41] recommendation of how we might approach
it.
[35:44] Here's another one. On the left is
again, it's not necessarily that it was
[35:48] being done wrong. We just feel like we
can tighten it up a little bit and make
[35:52] it a little bit cleaner.
Here's another one where parks and
[35:56] wreck, you know, they do stuff, you
know, you can play with the colors
[35:59] because we have this color palette. You
know, it doesn't all you can start
[36:02] departments can kind of own a color. I
mean, parks is one of those departments
[36:05] that does a lot of communications.
Here's some signage. I actually took
[36:10] these from existing signs that y'all
have. And all we did was replace the
[36:14] logo with the new brand. and it really
changes the feel of it because it's more
[36:18] consistent and easier to see.
Here's a name badge
[36:23] for how that might look. And then the
the map when you come in out front, this
[36:28] is it needs to live everywhere so that
it's very consistent to your residents.
[36:34] You know, signs going into offices seems
simple, but it shows consistency and uh
[36:41] repetition. So,
city vehicles, here's a couple different
[36:45] options. One's a little bit fancier, the
one on the left. The one on the right's
[36:50] a little bit more nononsense because
that maybe for a public services thing,
[36:54] but when a resident sees it driving down
the road, they need to go, "Oh, there's
[36:58] a city taking care of us." Now, the flip
side is that everybody has to behave,
[37:01] you know, in their city vehicle. But it
is important because residents need to
[37:05] know what you're doing because you do a
lot.
[37:09] Gateway signage. I have a firm believing
belief that we don't have to tear
[37:14] everything down. Sometimes you can use
existing structures and that's the
[37:18] fiscally responsible thing to do. Here's
an example where we could take your
[37:21] existing sign, update it, do a little
paint, suddenly it's fitting with the
[37:26] brand and we don't have to spend a
gazillion dollars to put a new sign up.
[37:29] Doesn't mean you can't put a new sign
up. It's just here's a way we could do
[37:32] it without doing that.
[37:36] Now, goodful branding application, we
have to audit and organize all your
[37:39] tools. we talked about. Embed the brand,
protect the logo through through proper
[37:43] legal channels. You know, make sure you
know you deal with your legal department
[37:46] to make sure we've got it protected,
create brand merchandise. Let's do some
[37:50] cups, some shirts, things like that. Um,
give the city website a facelift
[37:57] and brand city programs with the new
brand. And then also create storytelling
[38:02] opportunities in your public spaces. And
then, this all seems overwhelming. You
[38:06] need to prioritize the the um your
action and remember because sometimes
[38:11] people get caught in this trap. It's not
about the logo and the tagline. You just
[38:15] run around stick the logo on everything.
You haven't integrated the brand.
[38:20] Then we need to package the branding
effort. Create a one-pager of the
[38:23] goodsful brand story so you can share it
with someone. Uh development a goodful
[38:28] branding 101 for maybe new staff hires
etc. So they understand you know the
[38:32] brand. develop a Q&A if you want to hand
that out at or put it on your website as
[38:38] a for the residents. Um, you could also
build a separate little landing page for
[38:43] your website to just kind of help with
the with the communicate about the
[38:48] branding process and then begin the
process of turning your social media
[38:53] over. Make sure it's reflective of the
brand and then create a a video which
[38:58] we've already done.
Then we need to share it, engage with
[39:02] others. It's important that the
employees that work for the city
[39:06] understand the brand so that when
they're talking, they say the right
[39:09] stuff because if you don't communicate
with them, they'll they don't, you know,
[39:13] you can't blame them for saying the
wrong things. Um, and then again, that's
[39:17] any internal marketing efforts just to
make sure that we're on the same page.
[39:21] And then y'all have already started this
process. Just put it to work. It doesn't
[39:24] need to be unveiled or revealed. It just
needs to be put to work, which you've
[39:28] already kind of started.
Then we create create a sense of place.
[39:33] Here's some examples of some of your way
finding. And this goes back to my
[39:36] comment about fiscal responsibility. I
know recently y'all did some branding,
[39:40] some new wayfinding. This is using I
using the exact metal up there. It's
[39:45] just putting a new piece of vinyl on it.
That would be be a very inexpensive way
[39:50] of updating the wayfinding without a big
upheaval and a new and then on your on
[39:55] all of your street signs, you have a
little logo that you really can't see.
[40:00] So maybe we just put the icon on there
if we want to do that. So
[40:06] here's another example of how we can
take an existing park sign and change
[40:11] the paint color what's in the
typography, put the icon on it, and
[40:15] guess what? It's in the new brand. You
know, we don't have to be super
[40:18] regimented and strip the thing apart and
start over because there's money
[40:23] invested. That's a nice sign.
We can create poll banners. You know,
[40:29] time to live is great, but we can also
time to dine or time to shop, time to
[40:34] play. These are all ways that we can
take that tagline and expand it and
[40:38] maybe use it in pole banners, etc.
Then we expand the brand into the
[40:42] community and uh like the brand can be a
platform for economic development, for
[40:47] tourism, recruitment, arts, relocation.
It can act as a basis for all of that.
[40:54] Now, we need to measure it. And what's
great is this process that we've gone
[40:58] through has already provided a pretty
good baseline because we've done a
[41:02] community survey. We've done the
surrounding area survey. So we know what
[41:07] people thought then. In a few years, you
do that same survey again and you can
[41:12] see if we've moved the needle.
So we we create benchmarks and there are
[41:17] other ways to do it. Here's just some
ways we can measure it. We can look at
[41:20] the number of organizations committed to
the branding effort for Goodletville.
[41:23] That's if we look at that number does it
change number of news articles and blog
[41:27] post and influencer con uh content
referencing the new brand um direct
[41:34] number of new branding themed related
projects
[41:37] um number of businesses actually using
the branding materials in their own
[41:41] marketing meaning the story they're not
going to stick their logo on things but
[41:44] the the story of Goodlets full everybody
owns the residents own it they can use
[41:48] it uh we have an example I'm going to
get this wrong in
[41:54] I'm going to use a different there was a
a a community we worked in where there
[41:57] was a local coffee maker that actually
called our client and said can I use the
[42:04] brand in a coffee they there was a
tagline about the deepness of a canyon
[42:09] and they wanted to do a a deep roast
coffee so and it so that was a way they
[42:13] they didn't use a logo but they
incorporated the brand um we're going to
[42:16] track the use of hashtags that's another
way of doing it um you can look at how
[42:22] if there's new business has our brand
and this is not stuff that happens
[42:25] quickly that you can look if we have new
investment job growth u measure new real
[42:29] estate projects housing etc that's
indirectly related to the brand but if
[42:35] you think about cities that have strong
brands or and do a good job with this
[42:39] they tend to be the ones on the rise
like you guys are so this was a
[42:43] welltimed thing most importantly and
this is what I leave you with this
[42:48] process takes time this is not something
that six months from now is going to be
[42:53] tada. It's all great. Everything is
different. It's going to take some time.
[42:57] And remember that storytelling is
everything. And it's all about pride.
[43:02] It's the pride the employees for the
city have. It's the pride that your
[43:05] residents have. And that's what branding
is about. And with that, I'll thank you.
[43:14] » Thank you so much.
I thank everyone that met with uh Miss
[43:20] High and Kimberly at all was e ecstatic
with what it brought to us.
[43:32] Mr. Ellis, do you have any more
comments?
[43:34] » Uh no sir, not this evening.
>> Commissioners,
[43:38] any commissioner comments before we get
started?
[43:43] Hearing none, we'll move on to our
consent agenda items.
[43:48] » Um, yes, Mr. Mayor. I'll make a motion
to move items F, G, H, I, J, and K to
[43:57] the consent agenda.
>> Thank you, Commissioner.
[44:01] » Which one? I couldn't hear.
>> Um, I'll repeat them for you. It is.
[44:07] » I'll say
>> F, G, H, I, J, and K. It's going to be
[44:13] the consent. We have a motion. And you
have a second. Is there any discussion
[44:18] on this item?
Hearing none. These consent agenda items
[44:22] pass. Well, let's take a vote on all in
favor say I.
[44:25] » I.
>> All oppose.
[44:27] That passes. The consent agenda items
pass with a 5 vote. Okay. Moving on to
[44:34] unfinished business. Mr. Ellis, would
you consider ordinance 26-1142,
[44:39] please?
>> Mr. uh Mayor, I think we'll have to
[44:43] » we moved it to the consent, but I don't
think we have voted on it yet.
[44:47] » Oh,
>> the items. Um,
[44:49] » we approved to move them to a consent.
Now, we need to
[44:52] » we need to hear them and then vote on
them.
[44:54] » If you don't mind, I'll read what those
are and then take them.
[44:57] » I thought you didn't have to read them,
but yeah, go ahead. I'm sorry. You're
[44:59] right. We didn't read the number.
>> It's just in general nature. Um,
[45:03] resolution 261336,
resolution of the board,
[45:08] » uh, to approve a contract amendment with
Kerodino Engineering for Construction
[45:12] Engineering Inspection Services.
Uh resolution 261337
[45:18] um resolution of the board approving an
interlocal agreement between the city of
[45:23] Goulsville and Metro Nashville in
regards to
[45:28] um building safety inspections and in
the Rivergate redevelopment project. Uh
[45:35] resolution 261338, a resolution
declaring certain property surplus to
[45:40] the needs of the city. Resolution
261339.
[45:44] resolution of the board of commissioners
approving a contract with Stansel
[45:48] Electric uh for phase three traffic
synchronization improvements.
[45:54] Um, item J, resolution 261340, a
resolution of the board of
[45:59] commissioners, the city of Gillisville,
approving a grant agreement
[46:03] uh between the city of Gillisville and
the state of Tennessee Department of
[46:06] Military, Tennessee
uh emergency management agency and
[46:12] resolution 261341, a resolution of the
city of Goulful adopting and
[46:18] participating in the 2026 Metropolitan
Nashville, Davidson County uh
[46:23] multi-hazard mitigation plan. Um, Mr.
Mayor, um, based on it being moved to
[46:30] consent, um, I think I probably need a
motion for approval.
[46:35] » I'll make the motion to approve the
consent agenda.
[46:38] » Thank you. Do I have a second?
>> I'll second.
[46:40] » Thank you. Uh, any discussion
hearing? No, we move on to a vote. All
[46:44] in favor say I. I.
>> All oppose. Sorry about that, uh, Tim. I
[46:49] thought that we did not have to read all
that, but I'm glad you did.
[46:52] » All good.
[46:55] Mr. Mayor, my apologies.
Two of the items can't be considered on
[47:01] consent because of the monetary amount
related to those.
[47:06] » Item F and I and I
>> and
[47:12] I. Okay. Uh they will have to be
considered individually because of the
[47:17] monetary limits that we have in place.
>> Appropriate to make a motion to amend
[47:24] the consent agenda or remove items F and
I.
[47:28] do that. Okay.
>> Go forward.
[47:31] » All in favor? I'll second that.
[47:37] » F and I
>> has been removed.
[47:42] » Do we need to vote on that? Uh Russell,
>> yes.
[47:46] » All in favor say I.
>> All oppose.
[47:52] Item F and I have been removed and we'll
bring them back up when we get to new
[47:57] business.
[48:01] Okay. Now, Mr. Ellis, would you consider
ordinance 26-142,
[48:06] please?
>> Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor, commissioners, is
[48:08] an ordinance uh of the city of
Gulisville Board of Commissioners
[48:11] amending the fiscal year 2025 2022
budget passed by ordinance 25112.
[48:19] Um, Mr. Mayor, commissioners, this has
is solely in relations to the response
[48:24] to Wintertorm Fern, the ice storm. This
is second reading. Staff recommends
[48:29] approval.
>> Thank you, Mr. Ellis. Do we have a
[48:31] motion to consider?
>> Thank you. Do we have a second?
[48:34] » Second.
>> Thank you. Is there any discussion on
[48:36] this item?
Hearing none, we'll move on to a vote.
[48:40] All in favor say I. I.
>> All oppose.
[48:43] Ordinance passes with a 50 vote.
[48:50] Uh, Mr. Ellis, consider ordinance
26-1145,
[48:54] please.
>> Uh, yes, sir, Mr. Mayor. Uh, commission
[48:57] uh and commissioners. Ordinance 261 1145
is an ordinance of the city of
[49:02] Gillsville adopting the annual budget
and tax rate for the fiscal year
[49:06] beginning July 1, 2026 and ending on
June 30, 2027.
[49:11] This is second reading uh requires a
public hearing. Staff recommends
[49:16] approval. Thank you, Mr. Ell. Do we have
a motion to consider?
[49:20] » Thank you. Do we have a second?
>> I'll second.
[49:22] » Second. Thank you. All right. This
requires a public hearing, so I'm going
[49:26] to open up the podium for a public
hearing. And if anyone would like to
[49:29] speak on this, please make your way to
the podium.
[49:35] Seeing no one make their way to the
podium, we'll close this portion of the
[49:39] public hearing and move on to
commissioner comments.
[49:43] Hearing none, we'll move on to a vote.
All in favor say I.
[49:46] » I.
>> All oppose.
[49:48] Ordinance passes with a 5-0 vote.
[49:58] Moving on to new business. Mr. Ellis,
would you consider ordinance 26-1146,
[50:04] please?
>> Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor and Commissioner is
[50:07] Ordinance 261146, an ordinance calling
for a referendum for the purpose of
[50:12] increasing investment in the city
services such as parks, roads, public
[50:16] safety by maximizing the local option
sales tax by a half penny per dollar in
[50:22] the city of Goulisville, Tennessee,
hereby known as the Goulisville
[50:24] Investment Act. Um, Mr. Mayor and
Commissioners, this is on first reading.
[50:29] Staff recommends approval. As a followup
to our discussion in the study session,
[50:34] there are still several moving pieces to
this
[50:38] um in which if this passes this evening,
we would require having a special called
[50:45] meeting in order to have this approved
in time for um election this fall. Um
[50:52] staff recommends approval.
>> Thank you, Mr. Ellis. Do we have a
[50:55] motion?
>> So move.
[50:57] » Thank you. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[50:59] » Thank you. Is there any discussion on
this item?
[51:04] Hearing none, we'll move on to a vote.
All in favor say I.
[51:06] » I.
>> All oppose. Ordinance passes with a 5-0
[51:10] vote.
Mr. Ellis, consider ordinance 26-1147,
[51:17] please.
>> Yes, sir. Mr. Mary commissioners, an
[51:19] ordinance um of the board of
commissioners, city of Goulsville,
[51:23] Tennessee, amending the Goulsville
municipal code title 2, chapter 2 by
[51:27] deleting chapter 2 in its entirety and
replacing it with a new chapter 2
[51:30] entitled requirements and appointments
of board and commission members. Um Mr.
[51:36] Mayor and commissioners, this is on
first reading. Um, this item solely has
[51:42] to do with appointed boards and
um, pretty much takes everything that
[51:47] has been approved by the board in the
last um, 12 to 18 months and puts it in
[51:54] one section of the code. Staff
recommends approval.
[51:58] » Thank you, Mr. Ellis. Do we have a
motion to consider?
[52:03] » Thank you. Do we have a second?
>> Second.
[52:05] » Thank you very much. Is there any
discussion on this? Adam,
[52:08] » a quick question on my part. Um, I think
I know the answer, but just to confirm,
[52:12] if a member is considered voluntarily to
vacate their membership, they could be
[52:17] reappointed if they they went through
that process, right? Is my
[52:20] understanding.
>> Yes, sir. That is correct.
[52:23] » Okay. And then
who would be the one to sort of keep an
[52:29] eye on I guess attendance is the main
goal here? Um, whose role is that to
[52:35] monitor? Just so I'm clear.
>> The new the new city manager.
[52:40] » All right.
>> Um, we we would assign staff to monitor
[52:44] that.
>> Okay. Thank you. That's all I have.
[52:47] » Any more discussion?
>> Hearing none, we'll move on to a vote.
[52:51] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[52:53] » All oppose. Ordinance passes with a 5-0
vote.
[52:58] Mr. Ellis, consider ordinance 26-1148,
please.
[53:02] » Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor Commissioners is an
ordinance of the board of commissioner,
[53:05] city of Goulful, amending the Gulf
Municipal Code, Title 9, Chapter 5,
[53:10] Section 504, subsection D by deleting
subsection, excuse me, subsection D in
[53:17] its entirety and replacing it with a new
subsection D entitled and functions of
[53:22] food truck operations. Mr. Mayor,
commissioners, this is uh before you on
[53:27] first reading. Um, I'll be more than
willing to answer any questions anyone
[53:33] might have.
>> Thank you, Mr. Ellis. Do I have a motion
[53:35] to consider?
>> So move.
[53:37] » I have a second.
>> Second.
[53:39] » Thank you so much. Commissioner comments
>> or questions?
[53:43] » I think I would like to defer this. I
know we've had a lot of people come in
[53:48] here today to speak about this and I
think we need to do some more due
[53:51] diligence about this. I've looked at
some other cities and there's some other
[53:54] ideas um that I would like to look at
and do a little bit more of my history
[54:00] and uh
just I'm not comfortable with this one
[54:04] right now. So I I would like to defer
it. I don't care if we defer it to next
[54:08] month. I'm open to options but like to
get everybody's thoughts.
[54:12] » So the vice mayor's mot made a motion to
defer.
[54:17] » I'll make a motion to defer. We have a
second.
[54:22] » Any other?
>> Well, I think we're just motioned and
[54:25] seconded on the deferral. So, are we on
discussion on the deferral?
[54:28] » Yeah, I'm going to Yeah, I'm open up for
discussion now.
[54:31] » Okay. Um I'm I'm curious your thoughts,
Vice Mayor. Is I mean, if we defer it,
[54:36] we're we're considering the same
language. So, would it not be better to
[54:40] » either deny the
time, but I want to get it on the
[54:44] discussion up. So, I'm hoping to I'm
happy to amend the language
[54:50] whenever we defer this to um which
probably will be the case, but I still
[54:56] um
would like to do more due diligence
[55:01] about this.
>> Yeah, that's just where I am right now.
[55:04] » Yeah, I hear you. I guess where I am is
I guess I'd rather give to the
[55:08] community, you know, confirmation that
this exact language is not going to be
[55:11] passed tonight and then we come back at
a later time at that point so that the
[55:15] community can walk away tonight knowing
that this exact moment and these
[55:19] business owners, they're not going to be
they don't need to worry about this
[55:21] language at this respect. That's kind of
where I am.
[55:24] » I respect that completely. But if I keep
it on, then I can discuss it next week,
[55:28] next month if we're here, deny it
completely and amend it. If I'd feel
[55:32] like if it's not on the agenda, we will
not address it.
[55:35] Right. But it could be on the agenda for
July.
[55:37] » I mean, like I say, if we there's other
stuff that needs to be discussed, not
[55:42] just what's here to look at.
>> May I make recommendation be deferred to
[55:46] uh the August meeting?
>> I mean, are we're looking at a date of
[55:51] how far out to them.
>> Okay, this is fine. They defer it to
[55:57] August meeting.
>> Yeah, they they can still operate in the
[56:00] meantime, so it's not really holding
them up.
[56:02] » Yeah, I mean, it doesn't matter to me. I
I respect your
[56:05] » No, I just as well. No, I I would um I
would
[56:09] » I want to keep it on the agenda so we
can bring something else to talk about.
[56:12] » Yeah. I mean, I guess
>> um
[56:16] I just don't want it kind of hanging
over business owners heads that
[56:20] » they're going to be impacted by this by
this language in August, whether it's
[56:22] next month or August or September. Um
and we could bring up, you know, if it's
[56:26] August, then that gives us plenty of
time to present a new new model of the
[56:30] language. Um that's just maybe where I
at but
[56:34] » I think we're kind of speaking the same
thing.
[56:35] » I think at the end we want the right the
right result here for everyone, right? I
[56:40] just I've had a lot of concern from
business owners and you know concern
[56:42] from the community as well and I just I
don't want to just make it look like
[56:46] we're kicking the can down the road and
that we're actually
[56:49] » putting an end to this exact language at
this moment and then we can bring back
[56:52] something new that's just
>> Mr. Well, there's nothing that prevents
[56:57] the mo the ordinance from being the
recommendation from staff from being
[57:01] amended between now and
[57:06] » use your microphone, please.
>> It's the green light doesn't come on,
[57:10] but I believe it's working. Um
[57:16] I I mean let me go back and talk about
where where this is currently and and
[57:21] let me first publicly apologize to
Commissioner Walker because he had asked
[57:25] for this number until I was sitting here
tonight. I realized I had not given it
[57:29] to him. Currently we only have two food
trucks that have gone through the
[57:34] process to get licensed and permitted
in accordance to what our regulations
[57:40] are. one was a gentleman that was here
and then then another. Um the problem,
[57:46] one of the problems that we're having is
we're having far more than two people
[57:52] operating food trucks and
policing. That regulation
[57:59] is increasingly becoming an issue when
we also have restaurants in some cases
[58:06] that are having to do everything that
they supposed to. It's it's not about
[58:11] brick and mortar. This is in my
J point this is about
[58:18] what is what is um
best to reg easier to regulate I guess
[58:25] the simplest way to say it and I know
that some have had questions about times
[58:31] and where they're operating and times
that they're set up and different things
[58:36] of that nature. So, I I do agree with
vice mayor that I think this needs a
[58:42] little bit more time to figure out. Um
my recommendation for August, I
[58:48] apparently couldn't hear everything that
was being said. Um we can have some
[58:54] adjustments to it before then. It's just
whatever this board would like.
[59:00] » Thank you, Mr. Ellis. Any more
questions? We'll move on to
[59:04] » I guess I'll just say I'm not going to
vote to defer it. I'd rather vote on the
[59:07] matter tonight um so that the community
is clear that this language will not be
[59:11] moving forward, but um I may be
outnumbered on that. So, the vote will
[59:15] speak for itself, but all due respect,
sounds like we're on the same page of
[59:19] getting to a better resolution at the
end of this.
[59:22] » All right. So, we're going to move on to
a vote.
[59:24] » Mr. Mayor, and just for clarification,
Mr. Ellis, this is not a ban on food
[59:29] trucks.
>> No, sir. This uh what this is doing is
[59:33] limiting
um food trucks pretty much to operations
[59:39] at special events.
Um
[59:43] and are there like uh events where
they would like for a food truck? Food
[59:49] truck food trucks still allows them to
have a permitted food truck rally. This
[59:57] limits those that just pull off the road
and and sets up on private property. Uh
[1:00:04] if you all remember
earlier,
[1:00:08] uh some last year we approved a change
to the code to where food truck could
[1:00:14] not become permanent residence. Um in
other words, it cannot sit there
[1:00:19] constantly. U because that's to me my
personal definition that's not a food
[1:00:24] truck. that is circumventing what was
the intent but
[1:00:31] um
you know that's as but no it does not
[1:00:35] limit that and most of the activity in
the city is at special events that's the
[1:00:41] reason why we left it like it was
>> thank you I just ask you for
[1:00:44] clarification from some of the uh public
comments
[1:00:50] » all right
>> just to be clear too in case there's any
[1:00:52] question I've never called this a ban
it's a restriction on food trucks. So,
[1:00:56] your single oneoff uh food trucks, food
trailers would not be able to operate
[1:01:00] under this current language. You and
like Mr. Ella said, they'd only be
[1:01:03] allowed at uh holiday function, sporting
events, you know, as it says in the in
[1:01:08] the language. So, I just I don't want
the ban language to come back on on me
[1:01:12] because I never I never said it was one.
[1:01:20] » All right. Any more comments?
We've had a motion and a second to
[1:01:26] defer. All in favor say I.
>> I.
[1:01:28] » All oppose. No.
>> Ordinance passes with a fun 41 vote.
[1:01:34] » Motion to defer.
>> Ordinance passes.
[1:01:38] » Ordinance does not pass.
>> The motion to defer passes.
[1:01:40] » Oh, the mo Yeah. Okay. Motion to defer
pass. Yes.
[1:01:43] » Oh, good.
[1:01:46] » All right. Mr. Ellis, consider ordinance
26-1149.
[1:01:51] » Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor Commissioners, an
ordinance to amend the official zoning
[1:01:54] map of Gulletville adopted per ordinance
15851 by changing the zoning of
[1:02:00] properties on Rivergate Parkway and uh
Wade Circle from CSL Commercial Services
[1:02:06] Limited to RC2
PUD Regional Center Plan Unit
[1:02:12] development low intensity. Uh Mr. Mayor,
commissioners, this passed the um
[1:02:20] planning commission unanimously. Staff
recommends approval on first reading.
[1:02:25] » Thank you, Mr. Ellis. Do I have a motion
to consider? So moved. Thank you. Do we
[1:02:28] have a second?
>> Second.
[1:02:30] » Second.
>> Thank you. Is there any discussion on
[1:02:32] this item?
[1:02:38] » Hearing none, we'll move on to a vote.
All in favor say I. I.
[1:02:41] » All oppose. Ordinance passes with a 50
vote.
[1:02:47] Uh, Mr. Ellis, consider ordinance
26-1150,
[1:02:51] please.
>> Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor, commissioners, is
[1:02:53] an ordinance to amend the zoning
ordinance to define provisions for fence
[1:02:57] regulations.
Mr. Mayor, commissioners, this past um
[1:03:02] planning commission unanimously. This is
before you on first reading. Mr. Shan
[1:03:06] Falser, Mr. Russell Freeman are here to
answer any questions you might have. Uh
[1:03:11] staff recommends approval.
>> Thank you, Mr. Ellis. Do we have a
[1:03:14] motion to consider?
>> So moved.
[1:03:16] » Thank you. We have a second.
>> Second.
[1:03:20] » Thank you. Any discussion on this item
[1:03:27] hearing? None. We'll move on to a vote.
All in favor say I.
[1:03:30] » I.
>> All oppose.
[1:03:33] » Ordinance passes with a 5-0 vote.
Mr. Ellis, consider resolution 26-1336,
[1:03:41] please.
>> Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor, commissioners, um,
[1:03:45] it's a resolution of the board of
commissioners, city of Gulisville,
[1:03:48] approving a contract amendment with
Keradino Engineering for construction
[1:03:52] engineering inspection services related
to phase three traffic signalization
[1:03:57] improvements project funded through a
congestion mitigation and air quality
[1:04:01] grant fund grant program. Um, staff
recommends approval. Thank you, Mr.
[1:04:07] Ellis. Do we have a motion to consider?
>> So move.
[1:04:10] » Thank you. I have a second.
>> Second.
[1:04:13] » Thank you. Any discussion on this item
or questions?
[1:04:18] Hearing none, we'll move on to a vote.
All in favor say I.
[1:04:21] » I.
>> All oppose. Resolution passes with a 5-0
[1:04:25] vote.
>> Uh, next two are consent agenda items.
[1:04:30] We're going to move on to
resolution 26-1339.
[1:04:35] Mr. Charles.
>> Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor, commissioners, a
[1:04:38] resolution of the board of commissioner,
city of Gillisville, approving a
[1:04:41] contract with Stansel Electric Company
Incorporated for the construction of
[1:04:45] phase three traffic signalization
improvements funded by funded through
[1:04:49] congestion mitigation and air quality
grant in the amount of 2,477,765.
[1:04:58] Uh this was actually as far as the CMAC
grant uh came in about $300,000
[1:05:05] under uh what was projected. So staff
recommends approve.
[1:05:10] » Thank you, Mr. Ellis. Do we have a
motion to consider?
[1:05:13] » So move.
>> Thank you. Have a second.
[1:05:17] » Second.
>> Thank you. Is there any discussion on
[1:05:20] this item?
[1:05:23] » Hearing none, we'll move on to a vote.
All in favor say I. I. All oppose.
[1:05:28] Resolution passes with a 5-0 vote.
The other two are going to be consent
[1:05:33] agenda items. And we move on to
item I
[1:05:41] » L
>> L H I J K L. I can't have my glasses.
[1:05:46] » Okay.
>> I did forget my specs tonight, by the
[1:05:48] way. I couldn't. All right. Uh, Mr.
Ellis, do you want to talk about this or
[1:05:52] do you want me to handle it? I'll
introduce it and then let you all handle
[1:05:56] it. Uh consider and possibly take action
on the method for selection and
[1:06:02] appointment for the position
of city manager to assume
[1:06:08] on August 1st, 2026.
>> Thank you, Mr. Ellis. I would like to
[1:06:14] start by saying we had a very good study
session on this. We have researched it.
[1:06:20] We have talked to countless people about
this.
[1:06:23] With this being said, I see no need to
post a position for the city manager
[1:06:28] position and or recruitment for that
position. At this time, I will make a
[1:06:33] moist a motion to appoint Miss Julie
High starting October the 1st with the
[1:06:40] equivalent salary as the city manager
now, Mr. Tim Ellis.
[1:06:47] Um, at that date, she will be our new
city manager on October 1st. That is my
[1:06:54] motion.
[1:06:58] » I will second it.
>> I'll I'll put it.
[1:07:04] » Your third,
>> I guess.
[1:07:08] » Okay. Um, is there any question? Does
anybody have any questions or comments?
[1:07:13] » Um, just to make a quick comment. I'm
going to be a yes on this because as I
[1:07:17] said earlier, uh it's very important
that the city manager, the incoming city
[1:07:20] manager have unanimous support by this
board. Um and I think that the incoming
[1:07:24] city manager deserves unanimous support
from this board as does the community.
[1:07:28] Um do want our record. Um while I'm
supporting this motion, I'm supporting
[1:07:31] Miss High as our next city manager. I'm
very excited for her. Um I wasn't
[1:07:35] expecting this to be on our agenda
tonight and how this went about. I would
[1:07:38] have loved to have a little bit more
public uh involvement. it would have
[1:07:41] made it a bigger bigger thing for the
public to be aware that this was that
[1:07:45] this really critical vote was happening
tonight. Um and I think it comes down to
[1:07:50] the wording of how it was put on our
agenda. So, uh let that be what it is.
[1:07:53] I'm still excited to support her and
let's do it.
[1:07:57] » All right. So, I I do want to point out
one thing. I mean, I sent out the
[1:08:02] verbiage to this
early last week and asked for any
[1:08:09] feedback. did not receive any and
interpretation to it and so forth. I
[1:08:14] mean, I I'm not sure about, but
I I see input from the city commission
[1:08:22] on what that verbiage was. Um, I just
want to point that out.
[1:08:26] » Thank you, Mr. Ellis. I don't think we
will second guess, second question
[1:08:30] anything. I think every city employee
has spoke their mind. Uh, several
[1:08:35] citizens have called me and said, "We
trust your judgment. We have never once
[1:08:40] second-guessed Miss Julie High's
abilities.
[1:08:44] I told her the night that Mr. Ellis
said that he was leaving that I would
[1:08:50] hope that we'd have the opportunity to
hire. I'll talked to her as soon as he
[1:08:53] said that. With that being said, I would
like to take a vote. All in favor and
[1:08:59] making Julie High our next city manager
starting October the 1st with the
[1:09:04] equivalent salary of the city manager
today, Mr. Tim Millis.
[1:09:10] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[1:09:12] » All oppose.
Miss Julie High, you will be our new
[1:09:17] city manager starting October 1st.
[1:09:31] I don't think there's anybody that could
be any happier than this board.
[1:09:38] Um,
you've been phenomenal from day one. Um,
[1:09:44] handling our financial stuff, being an
assistant city manager. Never once have
[1:09:50] we second guessed anything you've ever
done. So looking forward, and I think
[1:09:54] I'm not the only one that wants to
speak, so I'm going to be quiet and say
[1:09:58] thank you so much, Julie, for even
telling me you would take this job. From
[1:10:02] the bottom of my heart, we are so happy.
Thank you.
[1:10:07] I said a lot during the work session, so
I don't want to take much time from
[1:10:11] anybody else. Um, congratulations. It's
welld deserved. I look very much forward
[1:10:17] to working with you in the future.
[1:10:23] » Yeah, I'll jump in. I made a lot of
comments earlier as well. I'm very
[1:10:26] excited for you. Congratulations, Miss
High. I think you'll be an excellent
[1:10:29] leader for our community. Um, I'm
excited to see what you'll do going
[1:10:32] forward and I think our community will
be better uh better off in the future
[1:10:36] too with you at the at the helm. So,
thank you for your interest and your u
[1:10:40] dedication and your passion for um even
being willing to serve in this role and
[1:10:45] I'm just excited and congratulations.
[1:10:52] » Miss Julie, me and me and Jimmy D said
we're good. Everything's been said
[1:10:56] already
now. Thank you. Thank you so much uh for
[1:11:01] all you do. We look forward to working
with you. You're uh the employees of
[1:11:05] this city think very highly of you. So,
thank you for taking this position.
[1:11:11] » Okay,
>> Mr. Mayor, without Mr. Ellis,
[1:11:15] » I'd like to end not end that's your
call. Um I appreciate you all and I
[1:11:22] appreciate the decision that's been
made. Um, Julie and I are two different
[1:11:28] people. You're going to enjoy working
with her and her vision.
[1:11:33] Hey, not not not funny.
Um,
[1:11:38] » is this a roast?
>> But she Huh.
[1:11:42] Yeah, they know we're two different
people. Um, but you could not have made
[1:11:48] a better decision no matter where you
went. And I appreciate you all and
[1:11:52] Julie. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Ellis. We've appreciated
[1:11:57] you more than you'll ever know, too.
We've been fortunate to have, as far as
[1:12:01] I'm concerned, the best city managers
the last 40 years of 40 years of any of
[1:12:07] any city in the state of Tennessee. Uh
we've been blessed and fixing to start a
[1:12:12] wonderful new chapter, I'm sure. If
there's no more comments, do I have a
[1:12:18] motion to adjurnn?
[1:12:23] I move to adjourn. Do I have a second?
>> I'll second and third that.
[1:12:26] » All in favor say I. I.
>> No oppose.
[1:12:30] » Go for it.
>> This meeting is adjourned.