[0:12] This time we'll call the city of Dixon city council meeting for Tuesday

[0:15] September the 1st 2026 to order. Secretary would call the role please.

[0:19] » Councilman Hay >> here.

[0:21] » Councilman Outlaw >> here.

[0:22] » Councilman Janet >> here.

[0:25] » Councilman Faber >> here.

[0:27] » Vice Mayor Epley >> here. Councilman Reynolds

[0:30] » here. >> Councilwoman,

[0:33] Councilman Perkins >> here.

[0:37] » Okay, we have seven present. So, at this time, I'd ask Councilman Perkins to have

[0:40] the uh invocation, please. >> Let us pray.

[0:45] Dear Lord, we look to you for hope, joy, and peace. We pray for your protection,

[0:50] our protection over our military, city, family, and friends. Lord, I ask you to

[0:56] put your healing hand on the sick and the shut in and bring them back to

[1:01] health. I ask this in your holy name. Amen.

[1:05] » Amen. >> This time I'd ask everyone to stand for

[1:07] the pledge of allegiance

[1:15] to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it

[1:20] stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice

[1:26] for all.

[1:29] [clears throat]

[1:32] Our

[1:37] first item tonight is we do have uh a beer board session

[1:44] [clears throat] and we have before us a resolution to approve a class one on

[1:48] premise beer permit for feedback LLC located at 102 West College Street by

[1:53] the applicant, Mr. James Tickle. This is a new permit. Mr. Tickle, if you would

[1:58] just come to either side [cough]

[2:01] [clears throat]

[2:08] and just state your name and your address for us.

[2:10] » James Tickle, uh, 102 West College Street.

[2:13] » Are there any questions for Mr. Tickle? Any questions from the beer board for

[2:18] Mr. Tickle? This is the old McCary studio building, right?

[2:22] » Yes, sir. >> Is this a new He applied for a new

[2:26] permit? >> New permit. Yes.

[2:29] Yes, sir. Uh,

[2:33] as far as your employees, what is the procedure you have for them

[2:39] checking for underage drinks? >> We call it at the door and at the bar,

[2:43] everybody.

[2:48] » Any other questions for Mr. T? >> Okay. Okay. Do I have a motion for

[2:53] approval of resolution 202667?

[2:58] » So move. >> Have a motion by Mr. Perkins. Do I have

[3:00] a second? >> Second.

[3:02] » Second by Mr. Epley. Any questions?

[3:08] Hearing none. I since you're ready to vote. You may cast your vote

[3:15] and reveal. And the motion carries 6 to 0 to one.

[3:21] Okay. They'll have everything for you here in tomorrow, Mr. Eckle.

[3:24] » Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. Now,

[3:27] [clears throat and cough]

[3:34] » our next item is we have one public hearing tonight. It's on ordinance 1590.

[3:39] It's a request [clears throat] to reszone

[3:42] 42.2 2 acres of property located on Highway 46 South, map 129, parcel 88

[3:48] from B3 Highway commercial to R3 Highdensity Residential for a single

[3:52] family town home development and to reszone a portion of the property

[3:56] approximately 3 acres located to Highway 46 South and Nails Creek Road, map 135,

[4:02] parcel 101, from R3 Highdensity Residential to B3 Highway commercial,

[4:07] Mr. William Hostettler. And this was uh recommended by the

[4:11] planning commission. Correct. Correct. Uh Mr. Hostetler.

[4:22] And if you would just state your name for us, please.

[4:24] » Uh Bill Hostetler [clears throat]

[4:29] » or William. >> Did you want to speak on the resoning

[4:32] request? >> Well, on the Let me back up. There's

[4:36] three acres I'm I'm taking from R3 to commercial, but I'm also giving up about

[4:42] three acres of commercial on that. That was to straighten out a creek line where

[4:47] it was cutting off the 3 acres of commercial. I would have to build a

[4:50] bridge to it over a blue line stream. So, so that was just a trying to

[4:56] straighten out so I could use the land properly. The other piece is 42 acres

[5:01] that was left over after HCA and Nashville Tech did the new school

[5:08] and it has no highway frontage anymore and it's basically off an easement and I

[5:13] wanted to add it to the rest of my property out there that's own

[5:16] residential. So I'm here for any questions.

[5:20] » Any questions for Mr. Host? Have this property been readed on before

[5:27] the 42 acres? probably at some time but not since I've

[5:32] owned it for the last year. >> Any other questions for Mr. High?

[5:39] » Okay. Thank you, Mr. High. >> Thank you. [clears throat and cough]

[5:43] Excuse me. Is there anyone else here to speak for the resoning request?

[5:47] Anyone else to speak for the resoning request?

[5:51] Is there anyone here to speak against the resoning request? Anyone to speak

[5:57] against? Okay, with no one else here to speak for

[6:00] or against the resoning request, that concludes our public hearing tonight.

[6:06] » Our next item is do have a motion for approval of the August 3rd, 2026 city

[6:10] council regular session minutes. >> So move.

[6:13] » Have a motion, Mr. Reynolds. Do I have a second?

[6:15] » Second. >> Second, Mr. Chandler. Oh, I'm sorry, Mr.

[6:19] Outlaw.

[6:27] Questions, corrections? Questions or corrections?

[6:34] Hearing none, you may cast your vote and review.

[6:41] And a motion carries seven to zero. Uh there's no public comments on agenda

[6:47] items tonight, so we'll move to old business.

[6:57] First item in old business. This is second and final reading of ordinance

[7:01] number 1588. This is an ordinance to abandon any

[7:04] rights and claims to the remaining portion of an unopened alley that runs

[7:08] behind 116 Pond Road. Mr. Travis, uh, Mayor Council, this is one we

[7:14] discussed in our last meeting over on a pond. that uh separates the Oakley

[7:19] property from Hinsley Park. Uh we looked at it uh internally and we don't see any

[7:24] reason not to approve. So we lived up to you to approve the request.

[7:30] Questions for Mr. Travis. If not, do I have a motion for approval

[7:35] on second and final reading? >> So move.

[7:38] » Motion Mr. Chandler. I have a second. >> Second.

[7:41] » Second, Mr. Sanders. [clears throat]

[7:44] Questions? Hear none. You may cast your vote

[7:51] and reveal. Thank you.

[7:54] » And motion carry 7 to zero. Thank you. [clears throat]

[8:04] Next item is second and final reading, ordinance number 1589. This is an

[8:09] ordinance to abandon any rights and claims to an unopened alley that runs

[8:13] between West College Street and West End Avenue.

[8:17] » Uh same as the last item we talked about at our last meeting. Uh staff reviewed

[8:21] and we see no reason not to approve. So it's up to the council. We'd uh make a

[8:25] motion to approve. >> Any questions for Mr. Travis?

[8:31] » If not, do I have a motion for approval on second and final?

[8:35] » I'll make the motion. >> Motion Mr. Sanders. Do I have a second?

[8:38] » Second. >> Second. Mr. Chandler,

[8:41] » any questions? >> Yes. Um,

[8:45] previously, Mr. Travis, you stated that there was a

[8:50] abandonment of the city responsibility to alleys.

[8:56] » Mhm. With the parking issues downtown, I would like to

[9:03] revisit some of these to see if we keep closing these alleys and there's nowhere

[9:08] to park on the street, how are we going to address these parking issues?

[9:14] Uh that's that's be that's the planning commission usually sees these so they

[9:18] address those. So we just go off their recommendation. Uh but we can definitely

[9:23] we can definitely look into that if if it's alley that we see as being used for

[9:28] uh parking or something like that. You know, we usually try to say, you know,

[9:31] we see a reason for it, but this one didn't didn't serve that,

[9:34] » right? I know this one doesn't, but I'm just speaking for in the future.

[9:37] » There there has been some requests that have came in. Of course, if if we see

[9:41] inside that they're not feasible, we don't even bring them down to you. Uh

[9:46] usually, you know, we just tell the applicant that we don't see them

[9:48] feasible. we're using that alley or that alley is, you know, protected uh

[9:52] easement to somebody's property or things like that. So, there are quite a

[9:55] few of them that you that you don't see that come in. So,

[9:59] » thank you. >> Yes, sir.

[10:00] » Any other questions? If not, you may cast your vote

[10:08] and reveal. And the motion carries seven to Z. Thank you.

[10:20] This time we'll move to new business. Our first item tonight under two bit

[10:23] under new business is we have a recognition that we'd like to make

[10:27] tonight and uh we'd like to recognize Mr. Bob Evans

[10:33] Walcott Jr. tonight. Um Bob is married to former Christy Tuck Walcott. Bob

[10:40] graduated from Dixon County High School in the class of 1979.

[10:45] He spent one semester at Wake Forest on an Arnold Arnold Palmer scholarship and

[10:49] then he moved on to Georgia where he was a three-time all SEC 1984 All-American.

[10:56] Uh Bob now is the is a PGA professional and owner of Greystone Golf Club here in

[11:02] Dixon, Tennessee. Bob is the son of the late Dr. Bob E. Walcott, Senior, and

[11:08] Miss Betty Mrs. Betty Lou Nicks Walcott, favorably known uh to most as Boopers.

[11:15] Uh Miss Walcott was the was a founding board member of the American Junior Golf

[11:21] Association. Uh

[11:25] that was really the tie to and and and a lot of the roots of Bob's uh junior path

[11:31] in golf. Bob has two sisters, Judy Le, uh the wife of former councilman and

[11:37] vice mayor Mike Le and Miss Betty Nick Smith,

[11:43] whose husband Jerry is our city attorney.

[11:47] Bob has two sons, Ben Sier, Ben Walcott. Ben's a graduate of Dixon County High

[11:52] School. He was an allsec golf allse golfer at Old Miss. Uh Bob Ben helps his

[11:58] dad run Greystone and and Ben is a 2025 Tennessee PGA. He was the 10 2025

[12:04] Tennessee PGA assistant player of the year as long as the assistant

[12:08] professional championship winner. Bob has two twin boys uh Ker Nicks

[12:14] Walcott who who's here with us tonight who played football at UT Martin. He was

[12:18] a Dixon County High School graduate and uh

[12:22] uh Collier is works for Hore Construction and will be working on the

[12:26] new city center. Uh Carter's twin Hunter Evans Walcott is

[12:31] a Dixon County High School graduate. He was an allse golfer at Tennessee where

[12:36] he earned his finance degree and his master's degree in 2022.

[12:41] Hunter turned pro in 2022 and won the the 2023 Tennessee Open at Greystone.

[12:47] And uh he he actually won this 40 years after his father also won the Tennessee

[12:53] Open. They were the first fatherson pair to win that championship.

[13:01] Uh Hunter won his first uh tournament on the PGA Tour of Americas in 2025. It was

[13:07] the Diners Club Peru Open.

[13:12] Bob grew up at playing golf, started playing golf at Dixon Country Club, uh

[13:18] which was a 9-hole course, which is now Hinsley Park. Uh, and I think he started

[13:23] playing golf probably around six or seven years old. Uh,

[13:29] the uh, he and not not he and I walked the Dixon Country Club fairways many

[13:35] years together as young golfers. U, Bob, his first American Junior Golf

[13:41] Association. He was the first AGA all on the first all-American team

[13:47] there. He had multiple state junior titles. Uh in 1979 he he was the PGA

[13:54] Junior on the PGA Junior Cup team that went to Venezuela to beat Europe and

[13:59] South America there. In 1979 he was also the southern at the Southern amateur at

[14:04] Pinehurst Country Club in North Carolina where he was he was an 18-year-old

[14:08] surprise 36 hole medalist. Bob won the Tennessee AM he was the Tennessee

[14:13] amateur champion in 1981 and 83. He won the Tennessee Open in 1983 and he was

[14:20] only the second player after Mason Rudolph to win the amateur and the Open

[14:24] in the same year at age 22.

[14:28] Bob turned pro in 1984 where he won his first tournament on the

[14:34] TPS mini tour, the Missouri Open the next week. He was also the a two-time

[14:40] state Arkansas two-time Arkansas State Open champion.

[14:45] Bob earned his PGA Tour card in at Q school in the fall of 1998 and he spent

[14:51] his first season uh in 1989 on the PGA tour and he opened at Pebble Beach in in

[14:58] California. [snorts] After Bob's pro career, he came home to

[15:03] Greystone Golf Club in 1997 and then he later moved was named the

[15:09] general manager and director of golf at Tuna National in Mississippi. He then

[15:14] bought Greystone which is a Mark McCumber design and came back uh to he's

[15:20] now back with us to um and runs Greystone on a daily basis now. U

[15:26] and Greystone has been the I think a 10 time host of the Tennessee State Open.

[15:35] Ben shared this with me which I did not know but uh he said Bob's operating rule

[15:40] of Greystone was for it to be a family course where juniors were welcome where

[15:45] parents can call Greystone home for their kids as a safe environment to

[15:49] trust a safe responsible professional staff with a great venue and a vehicle

[15:54] for success. Dixon, Dixon's recent run of college and

[15:59] pro talent, Bob's sons. Uh, and then players like Jackson Harrington and Cam

[16:04] Tankersley trace their their their careers and their culture back to the

[16:09] culture of Greystone.

[16:15] Bob has played with or against names like Jack Nicholas, Tom Watson, Mason

[16:20] Rudolph, and the late Lou Graham. Bob Walcott is Tennessee's golf

[16:26] Tennessee golf's hometown loop. A junior star,

[16:32] a dual 1983 state champion, a tour regular who almost won twice, then the

[16:37] guy who bought the course, watched his sons finish first and second on it 40

[16:42] years later, and this spring was named to the Tennessee

[16:47] Golf Hall of Fame to kind of bring his golf career full circle.

[16:54] I had the pleasure of following Bob's career. Uh played many rounds of golf as

[16:59] uh young kids at Dixon Country Club. Uh Bob and I actually played Sam Davis

[17:06] League baseball over at the old Dixon Elementary School where he always

[17:09] accused me of having Tommy Springer throw at him. He may have gotten hit

[17:14] more than any player in the Sam Davis league. Uh,

[17:20] [laughter] >> uh, it's my honor tonight

[17:24] to present Bob Evans Walcott, Dixon's first Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame member

[17:32] and my good friend with a proclamation and a key to the city of Dixon. All

[17:37] right. [applause]

[17:45] » [applause]

[18:11] » We have a procl clamation from Bob tonight

[18:15] honoring Bob Walcott. Whereas Bob Walcott, a native to Dixon, Tennessee,

[18:19] has been selected as a 2026 inductee into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame,

[18:24] joining the ranks of the state's most distinguished contributors to the game

[18:27] of golf. Whereas Mr. Walcott rose to prominence as one of Tennessee's top

[18:32] junior golfers, earned all SEC and all-America honors at the University of

[18:36] Georgia, and in 1983 became only the second golfer in history to win both the

[18:42] Tennessee State Open and the Tennessee State Amateur in the same year. Whereas

[18:47] he completed competed professionally on the PGA Tour from 1990 to 1997,

[18:52] representing Tennessee with distinction and achieving numerous notable finishes.

[18:57] Whereas Mr. Walcott has continued to serve the game as a leader, mentor, and

[19:02] owner of Greystone Golf Club in Dixon, positively in impacting generations of

[19:07] golfers and bringing pride to his hometown. Now, therefore, be it

[19:11] proclaimed by that the mayor and city council of the city of Dixon, Tennessee,

[19:15] do hereby honor Bob Walcott for his outstanding career and congratulate him

[19:20] on his induction into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame.

[19:27] » [applause]

[19:35] » Thank you. Thanks so much. Thank you.

[19:40] [applause]

[19:43] » Thank you so much, Mayor. Thank you, council. Uh, appreciate everybody.

[19:49] My family's proudly.

[19:56] One question for you guys in here. Everybody works so hard as the council,

[20:00] but what in the world does the vice mayor do? [laughter]

[20:05] I've tried to figure that out, but I appreciate y'all. What an honor. Thank

[20:09] you so much.

[20:13] [applause]

[20:21] Congratulations.

[20:34] Yes sir.

[20:49] » Woo. Yeah.

[21:04] » Okay. Our second item is we were we didn't get to do this earlier because

[21:10] it was kind of in between meetings and he was this this happened before we had

[21:15] a meeting. So, but we did want to recognize tonight

[21:19] uh Captain Michael Osman of the City of Dixon Fire Department for recently being

[21:25] named the Tennessee Fire Public Educator of the Year.

[21:30] Captain Osman joined the city of Dixon in April of 2021 and has become an

[21:34] important part of our fire department's public education and community risk

[21:39] reduction efforts. He has a remarkable remarkable ability to communi

[21:43] communicate fire and life safety information to people of all ages from

[21:47] young children to senior adults in a way that is engaging, understandable, and

[21:51] memorable. Under his leadership, the department has continued to expand its

[21:55] public education efforts through school programs, car seat inspections and

[21:59] installations, smoke alarm programs, fire extinguisher training, station

[22:03] tours, senior citizen safety programs, career days, and numerous community

[22:07] events. Captain Osman was also instrumental in bringing the safe haven

[22:12] baby box to fire station 1 and has coordinated the city's weather alert

[22:16] program alert weather alert radio program and

[22:20] the 911 yard marker program. In addition to his public education

[22:24] responsibilities, Captain Osman now serves as the city's fire marshal and as

[22:29] captain and director of the city of Dixon office of emergency management.

[22:32] Even with these additional duties, he continues to remain actively involved in

[22:36] public education and community safety. Captain Osman's professionalism,

[22:41] enthusiasm, and commitment to serving others have made a significant impact on

[22:45] our community. His selection is Tennessee Fire Public Educator of the

[22:49] Year is a well-deserved recognition of the work he has done for the citizens of

[22:53] our our city here in Dixon. So, on behalf of the city of Dixon and the and

[22:59] the council and I, I want to congratulate Captain Michael Osman on

[23:03] this outstanding achievement and thank him for the dedication and

[23:06] professionalism he brings to our community every day. If you would stand,

[23:10] Mike [applause]

[23:23] [applause]

[23:25] you like to say? >> I will.

[23:30] [laughter]

[23:32] » I won't turn down the opportunity. Um I don't like the I don't like the term

[23:39] outsider, but I didn't start my career here in Dixon. However, um the fire

[23:44] department made this a a quick and easy home transition for me. So, uh, the

[23:49] support from Chief Greer, uh, and, uh, Chief Cesler at the time, now Chief Ham,

[23:54] and of course the support from all of you guys have have helped make that

[23:57] happen. It's real easy when you have a great community and and full of support.

[24:01] So, thank you all for the opportunity. Thank you. Congratulations. [applause]

[24:10] Okay, next item, new business item number three. This is resolution number

[24:14] 202664. This is a resolution authorizing the

[24:17] city of Dixon to participate in the property conservation matching grant

[24:21] program. Mr. Travis, >> uh, as the mayor said, this is a this is

[24:25] a 50/50 grant uh, for $10,000 from our PEP, which is our property insurance

[24:31] carrier. This is our loss prevention. Uh, we're applying uh for a camera

[24:36] system at Buckner Park at the phase one. Uh, so we can have security over that

[24:41] area. So if there's damage or [snorts] something, maybe we can see who who did

[24:43] it. So uh, If you see fit, we would like to get a motion to approve this

[24:47] resolution. >> Okay. You've heard the recommendation

[24:49] from Mr. Travis. Do I have a motion for resolution 202664?

[24:54] » So move. >> I have a motion for approval by Mr.

[24:57] Epley. Do I have a second? >> Second.

[24:59] » Second by Mr. Chandler, questions.

[25:07] You're done. You may cast your vote and reveal

[25:13] and motion carries. Thank you.

[25:21] Next item, resolution 202665. This is a resolution to approve and

[25:25] authorize the mayor of the city of Dixon, Tennessee to sign an individual

[25:29] project order with Kimley Horn and Associates for Landscape Design Services

[25:32] for fall fireh hall number two under the master service agreement for continuing

[25:37] services. Mr. Travis, >> as the mayor stated, this would be for

[25:40] our fire station 2 project. Uh this would be to get Kimley Horn to do the

[25:44] landscape on it, which is a requirement from our codes department. So for us to

[25:47] meet our requirements, we need to approve this. Uh the cost is $7,000.

[25:52] Uh it's pretty bare minimum there for that that service. Uh we'd ask for

[25:58] motion to approve that resolution. >> Again, you've heard the recommendation

[26:02] from Mr. Travis to have a motion for approval of 20265.

[26:06] » So move. >> Motion, Mr. Outlaw. Do I have a second?

[26:11] » Second. Second, Mr. Reynolds. Questions

[26:17] hearing? None. You may cast your vote and reveal

[26:23] and motion carries. Thank you. Next item is resolution 202666. This is a

[26:28] resolution to approve and authorize the mayor of the city of Dixon, Tennessee to

[26:32] sign an individual project order with Kimley Horn and Associates to provide an

[26:36] operational assessment at the intersection of Beasley Drive and

[26:40] Furnish Holler Road and West Walnut Street under the master agreement for

[26:43] continuing services. Mr. Travis, >> we uh briefly discussed this at our

[26:47] finance meeting a couple weeks ago. Uh our third world representation has been

[26:52] getting some complaints about that intersection

[26:55] uh the dangers of it. So, this would be to allow Kimley Horn to do an assessment

[26:59] on that intersection and give us a an estimate on the cost and and that items

[27:06] to take action to to maybe make that intersection a little safer. Uh the

[27:11] original estimate was 18,200. Uh we've actually asked them to remove the crash

[27:16] data service. We're going to supply that to them ourselves. So, that drops it

[27:19] down to 14,900 for the assessment. Uh we ask for a res a motion to approve the

[27:25] resolution. Again, you've heard the recommendation from Mr. Travis to have a

[27:29] motion for approval. >> So move

[27:33] » motion by Mr. Perkins. Do I have a second?

[27:36] » Second. >> Second, Mr. Sanders.

[27:40] Questions? >> I do have a question. Uh, could you

[27:43] explain the rough order magnitude cost estimate and potential coordination with

[27:48] the BO grant project to widen Beasley Beasley Drive?

[27:55] The you talking about the build grant that we were originally talking about

[27:57] doing? >> Yeah. This

[28:05] » Oh, okay. Uh that was a grant we applied for two years ago. We had the the Kimley

[28:11] Horn came in and did that study. Uh the federal government was putting out a

[28:16] grant at that time. I think it might have been a different name. Uh but we

[28:19] had applied for that. Uh we were turned down. Uh so this would be reaffirming

[28:25] that information from that first study to add to that grant application.

[28:30] » So it says something about the cost estimate. Do you have any idea what that

[28:34] is? >> Uh I feel like it's going to be pretty

[28:37] expensive. Uh there's going to be some uh significant realignment to be done

[28:40] there. Uh probably be some property have to be acquired uh to make that a true

[28:46] signaled intersection. Uh there's some conflicts with some driveways for the

[28:50] tens plants that will have to be addressed. So uh I feel like it'll

[28:53] probably be an expensive uh project.

[29:01] Other questions?

[29:04] Hearing none. I sent you ready to vote. You may cast your vote

[29:12] and reveal. And motion carries. Thank you.

[29:19] Next item, resolution 202668. This is a resolution to approve and authorize the

[29:23] mayor to sign a standard form of agreement between the owner and

[29:27] construction manager as constructor for the war memorial building revitalization

[29:30] project. Mr. Trump, >> uh we've had some issues with the uh war

[29:35] memorial building with some moisture. Uh we kept fighting some roof drains that

[29:40] were tied into some public lines that were stopped up and backed up. We've

[29:44] tried to address those the best we could. We've got some water infiltration

[29:47] around the foundation. Uh this would be to bring on Construction uh as the

[29:53] construction manager for this project. Uh they they provided uh some cost

[29:58] savings since they're already going to be right there in the area working and

[30:01] they can just bounce back and forth between the two projects. Uh there's

[30:04] going to be some HVAC and mechanical work to be done as I mentioned, some

[30:08] excavation work, some ground range. So, uh, this is just to prove poor as the

[30:14] construction manager at risk. Uh, we don't have any guaranteed maximum cost.

[30:18] Now, we've estimated that project at around a million dollars, but uh, after

[30:22] we've got further into it, we feel like it could possibly exceed that.

[30:27] We'd ask for a motion to approve the resolution. Again, you've heard the

[30:30] recommendation from Mr. Travis to have a motion for approval of 20268.

[30:38] » So, move. >> Motion, Mr. Perkins, do I have a second?

[30:42] » Second. >> Second, Mr. Epley.

[30:46] Questions? >> Yeah. Is this going to be a budgeted

[30:48] item? >> Uh, it wasn't. It will be before we

[30:53] spend the money. Before we spend the money, we'll be back with you all to to

[30:56] approve it. This was one of the projects, you know,

[30:59] we we really didn't have an idea of what the the cost was going to be, so we

[31:04] didn't want to just throw an arbitrary number in there to to guess at it.

[31:08] Is this something that possibly could be lumped in with the bond fund?

[31:13] » It absolutely could be >> just to kind of date that project

[31:18] congruently. >> And that was some of our thought with

[31:20] HOR being the the same constructor on it is is these two tied together. We've

[31:24] we've explored tons of options in the design of of sharing HVAC systems. Uh we

[31:32] looked at possibly putting a a chiller up there. Uh some of the problem with

[31:35] that building is, you know, it was built in

[31:38] » 34, I believe. >> 34. Uh they wasn't designed to have air

[31:41] conditioning in. So, uh when you start conditioning the inside of it, it makes

[31:45] places sweat that don't want to sweat. We went in and added some drywall and

[31:48] that added another layer. So, uh we were hoping that tying these two projects

[31:53] together uh could have some cost savings and that's that's why we went with CH we

[31:59] wanted to choose uh as the contractor on here. [clears throat] So

[32:02] to answer your question, yes, this could be part of that that bond issue.

[32:07] Other questions? Not you may cast your vote

[32:14] and reveal and motion carries. Thank you.

[32:18] » Thank you.

[32:23] » Next item is resolution 202669. This is a resolution to approve and

[32:27] authorize the mayor to sign change order number one to the guaranteed maximum

[32:30] price contract with construction for the city center project. Mr. Travis,

[32:36] » this is uh to start off, this is not a change order as you're as you're used to

[32:40] seeing. This is a a contract language change is all we're doing here. We're

[32:44] not changing uh the amount of any money or any timelines. Uh this is with hor

[32:48] construction. This is the the GMP that they produced was off of DD for the

[32:54] civil site. uh we have now finished the civil site design and they had the

[32:58] intended for construction documents. So that's all this is doing is changing the

[33:01] wording in the contract to say that they will construct that off of those IFC

[33:07] documents. So there there's no changing the money, no changing the timeline.

[33:12] It's just updating some information in the contract that we can hold or

[33:16] accountable to. >> So it's a verbiage change.

[33:19] » Correct. >> Okay. You've heard again the

[33:22] recommendation from staff to have a motion for approval of 202669.

[33:27] » So move >> motion Mr. Reynolds. I have a second.

[33:31] » Second. >> Second. Mr. Epley. Questions.

[33:38] Any questions? Not. You may cast your vote and reveal. I'm sorry. Got ahead of

[33:44] you. Motion carries. Thank you.

[33:49] Next item is resolution 202670.

[33:55] This is a resolution to approve and authorize the mayor to sign a proposal

[33:58] from ECS Southeast LLC to provide construction materials, testing, and

[34:03] special inspections for the city center project. Mr. Travis,

[34:07] » this is a contract from ECS, which is our on call, one of our on call

[34:11] contractors there provides professional services. This is for third party

[34:15] inspections on all the city center project which means uh they'll be

[34:18] protecting our interest uh to make sure the contractor does as the plan say

[34:22] they'll be inspecting civil sides waterproofing tons of different things

[34:26] along the process materials testing concrete strength things like that. So

[34:30] uh the contract is for $257,847.50.

[34:35] Uh if the council sees fit we'd ask for a resolution to approve.

[34:39] » Okay. Again you've heard the recommendation from Mr. Travis to have a

[34:42] motion for approval of 202670. >> So move

[34:46] » motion. Mr. Perkins to have a second. >> Second.

[34:50] » Second. Mr. Reynolds. Questions, comments.

[34:55] » This will be contracted by the city, not part of the other agreement.

[35:00] » Correct.

[35:05] » Any other questions? Not. You may cast your vote.

[35:23] and reveal and the motion carries. Thank you.

[35:26] » Thank you. [clears throat]

[35:30] » Next item, item nine. This is resolution 202671.

[35:33] This is a resolution to approve repairs to fire station number three for damage

[35:38] caused by the ice ice storm fern. Mr. Travis,

[35:42] » as mayor said, this was back from the ice storm back in January. We had some

[35:45] damage to station three. If you drive back there, you can see some of the uh

[35:49] mechanical vents and things sticking out of the roof. Some of the gutters and

[35:52] fascia board was damaged with the ice dams. Uh we we tried to wait out FEMA.

[35:57] Uh we thought there might be some money from FEMA on it. uh wound out wound up

[36:02] that that wasn't going to be the case. Uh the hurdles we had to jump through to

[36:05] get a minimum amount of money was going to cost us more than we were able to do.

[36:08] So we turned it into our insurance company. Uh we put it out for bids. ANS

[36:12] [snorts] Contracting was the only one to turn in a bid. Uh their bid was 34,251.

[36:17] Uh insurance is going to send us 23,84724

[36:23] 874. >> Yes. 87424. Uh and that leaves us paying

[36:28] a balance of 10,37676

[36:32] uh to complete the repairs. We'd ask for a motion to approve. Okay. You've heard

[36:36] the request from 202671. Do I have a motion for approval?

[36:41] » So move. >> Motion Mr. Reynolds. Do I have a second?

[36:43] » Second. >> Second. Mr. Epley.

[36:47] Questions.

[36:51] Hearing none. You may cast your vote and reveal

[36:58] and motion carries. Thank you.

[37:11] Next item is first reading of orders number 1590. This is a request to

[37:15] reszone 42.2 2 acres of property located [clears throat] on Highway 46 South, map

[37:20] 129, parcel 88 from B3 Highway commercial to R3 High Density

[37:25] Residential for a single family town home development and re and to reszone a

[37:28] portion of property approximately 3 acres located at Highway 46 South Nails

[37:33] Creek Road, map 135, partial 101, from R3 Highdensity Residential to B3 Highway

[37:39] commercial by Mr. William Hostetler. Do I have a motion for approval of 1590 on

[37:44] first reading? So move

[37:47] » motion Mr. Perkins. Do I have a second? >> Second.

[37:50] » Second by Mr. Sanders. Questions.

[37:56] » Question. If there's no questions, you may cast

[37:59] your vote

[38:03] and review. And the motion carry 7 to Z.

[38:07] » Thank you. >> Next item. Uh, Councilman Chandler,

[38:11] request for uh, street light.

[38:16] » Yes. Um, Mr. Hamilton lives on the corner of

[38:24] Cedar Creek, Cedar Street and uh, Silvis.

[38:31] There's a pole in the alley right there. It's a fairly new pole. He's Mr.

[38:36] Hamilton's having items missing out of his yard and people walk that alley at

[38:43] night and he's requested that we put a light on that pole to try to

[38:48] curb some of the disappearances. So, I would bring forth a motion to put

[38:55] a street light there.

[38:59] Okay, you've heard the uh request and motion by Mr. Chandler. Do I have a

[39:04] second? Second. Second. Mr. Perkins.

[39:11] » Any questions, comments? >> We We don't have We don't have to vote

[39:14] on this. We'll just We'll just send it over to Mr. Gillespie and he'll give us

[39:18] a estimate and >> Oh, we wait on That's right. We wait on

[39:20] the estimate to come back. >> Thank we'll pass that poll number.

[39:25] » I saw Kimmy typing. So, I thought she was typing in the

[39:29] [laughter] >> She was going to go with it.

[39:32] [clears throat] >> Was the poll number correct? I guess

[39:35] that I gave >> uh I didn't go look at it, but we'll

[39:38] we'll verify. It was the only one that was there.

[39:40] » Yeah, we'll verify. >> Okay, Mr. Gl's got that.

[39:46] Okay. I have no appointments to make tonight.

[39:53] Uh we will schedule the finance and management committee meeting for Monday,

[39:56] September the 21st, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in in this chambers. The agenda dead

[40:02] deadline is noon on September the 16th, 2026.

[40:11] The next city council regular session meeting will be on Monday, October the

[40:15] 5th, 2026 at 7:00 in this chambers. The agenda deadline will be noon on

[40:21] September the 30th, 2026.

[40:26] Any

[40:29] other business? Wish I did want to I'm sorry we didn't

[40:33] get on the agenda, but I wanted to give an update on the bonds. Uh at our at our

[40:38] meeting in August when we approved that uh we thought there could be a petition,

[40:42] so we thought we might have some uh push back and a vote on that. So, we didn't

[40:46] want to press things forward until we got that through that 20-day adjustation

[40:50] period. So, now that that's passed, we're back along on task and we're

[40:54] moving along. We expect to be in the market on September 29th. Uh that would

[40:58] put us getting money somewhere around uh 14th 15th of October. Uh so Miss Graham

[41:04] is back on task. I have a call with the rating agency next week uh to get our

[41:08] rating. Uh so we'll be moving forward on that. Uh she actually said it wound up

[41:14] working out for the better uh in her opinion because usually the market's

[41:17] kind of dead uh for these two weeks around Labor Day, but she said that it

[41:22] was actually very busy last week. I think they sold over 30 billion uh which

[41:26] you know makes ours not as appetizing. So uh she said this might actually work

[41:31] in our favor. She said although rates have been trending up uh she thinks this

[41:36] could still possibly work in our favor if if things in the Middle East do

[41:39] things safe. So all but I just want to give you an update let you know where

[41:42] we're at. That changed that timeline a little bit. So we'll keep you updated as

[41:46] we know more information.

[41:50] » Any other business? I do have uh three items I'd like to

[41:55] bring to your attention. Uh first, I think you had a copy on your desk of the

[41:59] groundbreaking ceremony at 9:00 a.m. on September the 11th, 2026. This will be

[42:05] uh there in front of the uh police department, the old municipal building

[42:09] there at 202 South Main Street. So, uh you should have a copy of that

[42:14] announcement that that's gone out today. I think you got it in emails also.

[42:18] Um, also we're going to have a photographer there on September the 8th

[42:26] at 6:30 p.m. for some photos of the council and uh department heads uh there

[42:34] at the old municipal building. So, we would like for everyone to be there on

[42:38] September the 8th at 6:30 uh that's a Tuesday and um a week from

[42:45] today. And um we'll have a photographer there to take some pictures there in in

[42:51] front of the uh old municipal building and um the u to to get ready for the

[42:58] groundbreaking ceremony. Um some sad news that I' I'd like to pass

[43:04] on to you if you haven't heard. Um Mr. Brent Lee, who many of you knew, who

[43:09] worked in our public works department for actually 40 years and three months.

[43:14] Uh very longtime employee here at the city of Dixon and public works. Uh he

[43:20] was a local umpire in at in high school, softball, Dixie youth,

[43:28] u refereed basketball, I think in middle at the middle school and the high school

[43:33] and uh just a a really good guy. uh he passed away yesterday uh on August 31st

[43:41] and u our thoughts and prayers act go out to the Lee family during this time

[43:46] uh but we wanted to if you haven't heard that we did want to let everybody to

[43:48] know to keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Uh there have not been any

[43:52] arrangements made at this time and we're we're not sure if they're they're what

[43:57] kind of arrangements they may have but once we have those we will let you know.

[44:01] Uh but but mo most of you knew uh Brent most time he was on the tractor uh

[44:07] mowing rideways. So good guy. All right, that's all I have tonight. We

[44:14] do have one com one public comment during the open period uh for Miss

[44:18] Cynthia Hernandez. Uh, Mr. Hernandez, if you would come

[44:22] forward

[44:59] and if you would just state your name and address for us, please.

[45:06] » Good evening. My name is Cynthia Hernandez and my address is 300 Kevin

[45:10] Drive, Dixon, Tennessee 37055.

[45:22] Um,

[45:26] I've been uh really busy for the last not quite 48 hours. I put a petition

[45:35] together um Sunday night at 11:00 p.m. and that posted it on social media. Um,

[45:43] I wanted to just say I came here to speak today for the historic tree on the

[45:47] grounds of the War Memorial Building. Um, this will be my fourth time speaking

[45:52] on behalf of the trees in Dixon County. Um, I started this petition. It it

[45:57] received over a 100 signatures, which I can share with y'all. Um, I had a little

[46:02] trouble getting your emails off the website, so I texted you before this

[46:06] meeting a couple things if you want to check your phone. Um,

[46:11] I thought I had more time because the first Monday falls on Labor Day and I

[46:16] just assumed that the meeting would be on Tuesday. So, I kind of ran out of

[46:20] time. Um, and everything's being rushed today. I've been all over the place. I

[46:25] talked to a historian in uh Charlotte, Tennessee, and he let me know that um

[46:33] Dixon um the location used to be a courthouse

[46:39] before it was the war memorial, which was really cool. I love history. So, um,

[46:45] another historian told me that this tree was a resting place and gathering place

[46:50] for our World War veterans and it, he referred to it as holy ground.

[46:56] Um, it is a historical living monument, literally as old as the city of Dixon.

[47:03] And, um, my petition did gain a lot of attention from here to Alaska. Over

[47:08] 10,000 people viewed it, 84 shares. Um, I do love Dixon and I'm a friend and not

[47:16] a foe. I just want you to know that. Um, I'm not trying to cause trouble. I'm

[47:22] just trying to preserve one tree. Um, this tree I had a arborist come out

[47:28] today per the request of Mr. Reynolds and I've got uh pictures of him making

[47:33] his assessments. Um, Mr. Dr. Josiah Lockard at Josiah Lockard

[47:39] and Associates came out and he did a groundbased visual assessment and a

[47:43] sound assessment with a mallet and he said that the treerees in good

[47:48] condition. It's measured 81 in in diameter. We also measured all the other

[47:54] trees on the property and I know these numbers aren't really going to mean much

[47:58] to you right now. Um but 348 inches around does equal some value in in the

[48:07] under the ground as far as storm water and as well as canopy cover

[48:12] um which cools our city. This one tree I estimated um there's a a

[48:20] a tool called eye eye tree and um I put all the measurements in and it's

[48:27] according to how far away it is from the building 55 ft approximately and found

[48:32] out that the storm water value of this one tree it it collects rainfall

[48:39] evaporation transpiration and it's annually

[48:45] 82 gallons over 802 gallons per year. Um so

[48:55] um I want to help the city retain canopy

[48:58] coverage. According to Google 30 we currently have

[49:03] 30 to 35% canopy coverage here and I'd love to

[49:08] just keep it at that level. I would love for Dixon to be example an example for

[49:13] the rest of the state. Um, and I was looking at the site

[49:17] assessment today and it looked like really this tree probably could be

[49:22] saved. Um, I sent y'all a picture. And um, the parking lot kind of in starts

[49:29] like like if you just went from the back of the war memorial building out just a

[49:35] couple feet maybe just six parking spots and maybe moved them over. There's like

[49:41] a special entrance for these 12 parking spots approximately and maybe just move

[49:47] them over just a little bit. I really do think that the tree could be saved. Um,

[49:54] [snorts] and I'm not sure if y'all can make that happen, but it it would be

[49:59] really amazing if you could. And um, so first I would just ask that you

[50:05] reconsider and um, preserve this tree.

[50:10] um to protect it, it would cost a couple thousand just to put a a nice fence

[50:15] around it during construction so that it wouldn't get the roots wouldn't get

[50:19] trample trampled on. Um and then it like the storm water

[50:26] benefits, it would save the money, city money actually, I do believe. Um I would

[50:32] love to see this tree put on the historic register because it is a living

[50:38] monument. It's like a It's a landscape. Um, so many comments about this on on

[50:45] Facebook. Um, and if it so happens that I I can't save

[50:52] the tree, um, I'd love to be able to collect the acorns because this is like

[50:57] a historical tree. And as well, um, I talked to someone in Charlotte today who

[51:04] the, uh, Christmas tree got chopped down not too long ago and these ornaments

[51:10] were made from it. So, um, I did have an idea. Um, and that would be to create a

[51:20] tree bank. and from the developers that tear down the trees. Um there could be

[51:26] uh some money put into a tree bank and

[51:34] I would love to have a strong working tree board that that worked on projects

[51:39] like this and I'd love to be able to create an

[51:44] ordinance to protect these historic trees.

[51:47] Um, that's all I got.

[51:54] » Okay. Thank you, Mr. Hernandez. >> Thank you.

[52:00] » That was the only public comment tonight during the open period. So, there's no

[52:04] other business. We will adjourn at this time.

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