[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.