[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.

Board of Commissioners Meeting June 11, 2026

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