[0:00] Let's pray. Dear heavenly father, we're
so thankful to live in a country where
[0:04] we can conduct business in a free and
manner. We ask that you bless this these
[0:10] uh proceedings tonight. Bless every man
and woman that's willing to give their
[0:14] time to uh to discuss this and to be our
representatives here at the town of
[0:18] Jasper. We uh pray for every citizen
here, everyone, their families. Just ask
[0:23] blessing upon everyone and these things
we ask in your name. Amen.
[0:28] » Amen.
algiance to the flag of the United
[0:32] States of America and to the republic
for which it stands. One nation under
[0:38] God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[0:47] » We will call the uh we call the meeting
to order for August 11, 2025.
[0:53] We will start
>> agenda item number four, the approval of
[0:57] the minutes in your pack.
[1:12] » What you got?
>> Oh yeah. Motion was made by Oh, she put
[1:19] both ferries approve beard permit.
>> I think they said at the same time she
[1:24] did. I think they did that. She did
that.
[1:28] » I have a motion. Second. Second. All in
favor?
[1:33] » Any oppose?
>> All right. Number five, we have a
[1:37] termination request for Officer Sliden.
He is descertified now, right? Need a
[1:44] motion without a second.
[1:47] Make a motion.
>> Have a motion.
[1:50] Second. All in favor?
>> Any opposed?
[1:55] » All right. Number six, a request to
replace the post. Post that out so we
[1:59] can get some replacement.
[2:03] » Okay. Have a motion.
>> Second. All in favor?
[2:06] » Any oppos?
>> All right.
[2:12] Number seven is surplus of the mobile
classroom. Over at the old elementary
[2:15] school when we got that property, there
was a like a modular unit off to the
[2:19] side that came with the property. U I
think they used it for it was classroom
[2:23] at one time and then they they used it
for their magnet shop. We want to
[2:26] surplus that and then put it out for B.
If anybody's interested in buying it,
[2:30] we'd like to do that. So I need the
motion to surplus and also put it out
[2:33] for
[2:37] » two
[2:44] 30-day window
30 days to put in a seal here.
[2:49] » We'll get a date out there for that.
>> All right. Number eight, old elementary
[2:53] school uh remediation proposal. Uh
what what it is is uh we have a OG is
[3:01] one of the engineers that are on
retainer for us. So I'm going to reach
[3:03] out to them. Just want to kind of let
y'all know we don't need to vote for
[3:06] that to reach out to them since they're
professional services and get them to do
[3:09] a request for proposal so we can see
about getting the uh what's in there
[3:13] remediated. I think there's some floor
tile spec and some things like that we
[3:17] like to just get them to look at put out
for proposal. Uh so I'll give a call
[3:21] tomorrow. want to put you on the loop so
we can start the process of trying to
[3:25] get that eyesore going.
[3:30] » Oh, let me go back. Let's vote on that
one first.
[3:35] Number seven, we have a second. All in
favor? And you now we'll go to number
[3:41] just letting y'all know.
>> So number eight is the old elementary
[3:46] schools. We're talking about getting a
company to come in and if it's got
[3:50] asuses in the floor tile or in the
ceiling or anything, we need them to
[3:53] look at it, make sure they remove that
before we tear the building down. We
[3:56] want to be environmental conscious about
that. In order to get a permit, I think
[4:00] you have to have signed off on anyway.
Correct.
[4:03] » Yes, sir.
>> So, we will reach out to them and see
[4:06] their services and see what what kind of
funds we're looking at for that.
[4:10] » All right. Any questions on that?
>> Yes, sir.
[4:13] » We'll move on to number nine. You got
the
[4:18] You don't.
[4:26] » All right, Mr. Kristoff.
Topic is police.
[4:32] » Is your is your request covering a
termination or is it the open position?
[4:38] » Police.
>> Is it about the termination or the
[4:41] police? It's on the agenda.
>> Police for termination or police for
[4:44] open position? police
on June 9th, Mayor Turner was attorney
[4:53] record
violated former TCA statute. I made a
[4:58] report to Chief Mason. Chief Mason
submitted the police report to General
[5:02] H's office. DA Steve told me not
prosecute the charges because it was me
[5:09] making the complaint. I felt that DA's
drain was refusing to protect and serve
[5:14] me because he's prejudiced against me.
When I picked up the police report from
[5:19] Jasper City Hall, Mayor Turner beat on
the window and apparent uncontrolled
[5:26] threatening anger and screamed at me.
Crystal in circuit court said the strain
[5:32] told her he will not prosecute so she
cannot issue criminal summons. Once
[5:38] again, I felt the a strain was unwilling
to serve him because he prejudiced
[5:43] against me. I returned to city hall and
asked to use the restroom. Then the
[5:48] mason denied me access saying the
restroom without order. I felt like a
[5:54] black man in the old south. He refused
permission to use the restroom city
[5:59] hall.
>> I understood how felt.
[6:04] I
>> bet you do.
[6:08] has convinced Mayor Turner Hall to spend
my tax to harm me by trying to revoke my
[6:15] expungement and apparent act of
retaliation.
[6:18] City council also seek to ban me from
entering my city hall
[6:25] which make it impossible for me to live
normally in my hometown. Several
[6:30] attorneys have refused to represent me
against attorney Ring fear they will
[6:36] have future cases in judge range court
and I want to lose cases and money to
[6:43] say it's all about the money. This goes
back to my original complaint that Mark
[6:47] Bra should not serve simultaneously at
Jasper City Attorney Cast General
[6:53] Sessions Court judge because it destroys
the integrity of our court and Jasper
[6:59] city hall. It violates the judicial code
of conduct creatantly
[7:06] wrong even if attorney Reigns argues
it's legal. Is this a policeman?
[7:12] » Special Agent Earl was sent to
intimidate me at my home.
[7:16] » Rather than be intimidated, I offered my
friendship to agent Earl. I listened to
[7:22] his story of challenger police
corruption against his wife. I told him
[7:27] about Jasper and Mar County officers
arresting me on false charges coming
[7:33] into my home without a warrant, taking
eyes off me to see my wife getting out
[7:38] of the shower and terrorize her. I felt
they wanted me to fight her flight in
[7:44] case they could shoot and kill. All
right, that's three minutes. Mr. Chris,
[7:48] have a seat.
[7:53] » All right, we'll move into mayor reports
now.
[7:56] I'll change it up just a little bit.
Talk about a couple other things, but
[8:01] I'll go into what you're talking about.
Uh, Mr. Kristoff, I'm telling you, I
[8:04] said it once before. I'll say it again.
You have lies. You don't know the truth.
[8:08] If it hit you in the face, u, you you're
crazy enough to CC me in the emails that
[8:13] you send Chief Mason. I mean, you come
you go to the courthouse, you try to
[8:17] have me and Mr. Reigns arrested multiple
times
[8:21] on false charges that were televised,
recorded. So it truly it it proves that
[8:28] your story was false. It proves that
you're lying. Uh and then uh you come
[8:34] you come down here and you say so listen
to this. So this is an email that you
[8:38] sent Chief Mason.
It says, "Dear Chief Mason, after
[8:42] picking up my police report to city hall
today, I walked outside, turned toward
[8:45] the Redorn restaurant to walk to the
justice center. As I walked past the
[8:49] city hall window, I heard a loud banging
that startled me. I looked up at the
[8:52] window of city hall and the verb mayor
turner inside banging on the glass
[8:56] violently with his hands screaming I
want to talk to you. Nobody wants to
[9:00] talk to you trust me. Uh in a
threatening violent voice. I thought it
[9:05] was best to distance myself from him
because I felt I would become uh he
[9:09] would become physically violent towards
me. I want to file a police report
[9:13] against Mayor Turner's aggressive
violent behavior toward me. After I
[9:16] conducted my business in the justice
center, I walked back to my vehicle and
[9:20] went into city hall and asked Lyndon
Mason if I could use the restroom. If
[9:23] you were so threatened, why would you
come back to use the restroom? That just
[9:26] makes no sense to me at all. Uh, Miss
Mason told me the restroom was out of
[9:30] order. Uh, so I left. Had to walk back
to the justice center to use the
[9:34] restroom before driving home. Please
tell me if the restroom was out of
[9:37] order, blah blah blah. I called Mar
County Dispatch to ask to speak to you,
[9:40] but uh, we did not connect before I had
to leave at 3:45. So it looks to me like
[9:45] you must have sat in the parking lot at
3:45. Um
[9:49] I mean you're you're notorious for
report after report after report. Then
[9:54] then you post this email uh because guys
I'll talk about homeland security here
[9:58] in a minute because they made some they
made some security suggestions that we
[10:02] need to do to the building. So y'all see
that stuff coming soon. Um, so you send
[10:07] this email out that says to 144 people
to the good old uh the good old boys
[10:12] sent Marian County investigator Beth
Rosston and Tennessee officer of
[10:15] homeland security special agent uh
Darren Earl to my home today to
[10:19] investigate if I'm a threat to anyone
because I speak at Jasper City Mar
[10:23] County Commission meeting. I respect
both investigator Rost and Special Agent
[10:28] Earl. I feel I am on good terms with
both. However, this is a dangerous act
[10:32] by the good old boys in power to target
me for false suspicion.
[10:36] My neighbors tell me if you stir things
up, this that retaliator hurts you. The
[10:41] news article brings to light the danger
of local politics in Marian County.
[10:45] You're nuts. Uh not only that, you you
you say somebody tried to hit you on a
[10:52] Squatchy Mountain Road. So you call the
county, you get a report for Squatchy
[10:55] Mountain Road, a forestry truck, you
say, try to run you over. So then a few
[10:59] days later, the same truck comes down
the road. You stop them. They stop. You
[11:03] get your tag number and and I think if
they were going to hit you, they
[11:08] wouldn't stop and give you a tag number.
Uh but then you meet with Miss Roston
[11:12] and you say, "Myself along with the Jack
Fire Department has partnered up with
[11:16] the forestry to try to have you killed."
I mean, I apologize to everybody in the
[11:21] crowd, but what we call that in the
south is batshit crazy. That's what I'm
[11:24] calling.
Uh it's just it's it's outrageous that
[11:29] you're sending these emails to our staff
down here when you send one very badly.
[11:33] Your kind voice always makes you feel
good when I call. I mean, that's not the
[11:36] kind of thing you email to a person that
works for customer service.
[11:40] » May I ask you something?
>> Sure, absolutely.
[11:42] » Mr. Kristoff, you have every right to
post anything you choose on social
[11:46] media. You have that right. Um,
however, there are consequences to your
[11:50] actions. Um, that is where it becomes
not your right. So, the last month I was
[11:57] notified that you wanted to have a cage
fight with Mr. Reigns as well as Sheriff
[12:02] Boette. Um, and I I do believe that
you're disabled. I believe that that's
[12:07] correct is what you have said that
you're disabled. So, I thought that was
[12:10] a bit ironic. Um, also I would like to
encourage you because you do refer to
[12:16] your neighbors numerous times in your
post. I would like for you to personally
[12:20] invite your neighbors because I would
love to hear them speak at the city
[12:23] meeting. Um, and that's all I have to
say.
[12:27] you you won't get a neighbor.
We put that out to I know this is
[12:32] televised on on the river. We put that
out there. If you're a neighbor and
[12:36] you're on his come on down here and talk
to us, tell us what we're doing.
[12:38] » Absolutely. We're corrupt. I promise
you. I would like to be the first.
[12:41] » He likes to call us corrupt. But the
thing is is we get an audit every year
[12:44] from an auditor. And the good thing is
is the auditors get audited by the
[12:48] controller. So last year our audit the
auditors come in and they controller
[12:53] comes in and they randomly pick. We got
we got lucky and got picked. We were one
[12:56] of the ones at the top shoulder pick. So
they a what the auditors audit and they
[12:59] also audit you at the same time. We have
zero findings. Zero.
[13:03] » I don't like being called crook. I I can
be called many things and I'm certain
[13:06] that I have been called a but a crook is
not one of them. And I would like to
[13:10] speak for my fellow representatives on
this board. I do not consider them a
[13:14] crook. This is just an uninch person.
And I do offer free service to you. We
[13:18] have a great mental health service
called Johnson Mental Health. And
[13:21] there's also up the road if you don't
find them reasonable uh pockets of
[13:24] being. I offer my service a free one-way
ride for you.
[13:30] All right, guys. We'll move on to
reports.
[13:33] Start with
>> library.
[13:47] You want me total circulation for July
4,41?
[13:53] Uh online circulation 1653 computer
users 127 wireless users 30 new cards
[14:00] issued 31 people count 2767
record permissions 11
[14:07] let's see
overall numbers for the year overall
[14:12] total number for library used library in
July 7394 adult 277 children total 9,471
[14:21] » our library is a happening close. Let me
get the other side here.
[14:30] Then book clubs, senior citizens group
meetings,
[14:34] uh quilting group meeting, onsite or 101
student tutorials and the summer reading
[14:38] program 214 participated in July.
>> That's awesome.
[14:42] » That is great. Let's move on to
[14:48] » parks and animal and what's your streets
and sanitation do?
[14:51] » Yes, sir. Hey, thank y'all so much. And
uh on as far as streets, it was a normal
[14:56] month. We repaired and patched uh on
Industrial, Montrosa, Router Switch,
[15:00] Morgan, and Riverview. We continue
mowing and road upkeep, clean up down
[15:05] trees on Montrosa, Industrial, and
Brower switch. U you see in the back
[15:10] parking lot, we added several different
parking spots. Uh we had a group come in
[15:13] and stripped and it's really helped us
on parking in back behind city hall
[15:17] between there and the jail on Oak Street
park. So the biggest thing is the Jackal
[15:22] and Jambbury coming up on October 25th
from 4 to 8 and the haunted trail will
[15:26] be on October 28th and 29th and Miss Amy
I seen her in here and her group will be
[15:31] helping out the interact club and it'll
be a great fundraisers for them. Really
[15:35] looking forward to both activities.
Then uh I really want to get on our
[15:40] numbers and fall signups ended on
Saturday and uh this year I won't read
[15:45] all the totals but 680 kids are signed
up in fall sports. So, kind of 680 I
[15:51] think it's almost double what we had in
the spring
[15:55] » and it's uh and uh I mean this is
awesome. I mean it's going to be real
[16:00] busy. Uh 82 players in flag football,
>> 84 in T-ball. We're going starting to
[16:06] get the co kids I guess.
>> Uh 302 in baseball and 212 in softball.
[16:12] So 680 kids.
>> That's great. But that just goes to show
[16:16] you our park is our diamond,
>> you know. It's our shining star.
[16:21] » Absolutely. So, we look forward to that.
Uh kind of we kind of look forward to
[16:24] it.
>> Thanks all.
[16:28] » Thank you.
>> I think I seen you back.
[16:34] You want to do that?
>> Yeah, sure. Um we had a total of eight
[16:36] calls. Um two were cancelled while we're
in route. So, um, I want to appreciate
[16:41] the community for being safe with all
the fires. I know it's kind of at the
[16:46] end of the, uh, the burning season, so
uh, just have everybody just be careful
[16:50] with open flames. Um, we have, uh,
airflow, uh, testing tomorrow on for our
[16:56] SCBA stuff, so we'll get those certified
again this year.
[17:01] » Perfect.
>> Thank you,
[17:02] » thank you,
>> Chief, sir. For the month of July, we
[17:07] had 243 CAD entries. We had uh 16
violations. We had four crashes on the
[17:14] roadway and had six crashes on private
property.
[17:18] » I mean speed tickets or speed tra.
>> Zero. Wow.
[17:26] » No speed.
>> Can you explain to me what is the
[17:29] private property for
>> gloves?
[17:34] No,
>> I think anything that's a parking lot
[17:39] like Circle K, Kangaroo, Speedway, my
house. Most
[17:44] » most of them at Lowe's.
>> Okay. I was thinking in my driveway
[17:49] probably, but
>> that's private property. Yeah,
[17:54] » in we move on to general in general
business. We uh our pavilion that we
[18:00] have talked about and talked about
talked about and then we voted to put it
[18:03] out for bid. Then the state come back
and
[18:06] the young lady that was over that is no
longer with the department that was over
[18:10] that. But in your packet you have the
certified letter from the state or it is
[18:15] okay to go out for bid. So we will be
putting that out for bid. We've already
[18:18] voted to put it out for bid. So that's
done. U talked to the architects today.
[18:24] They uh looking at a 30-day window. He's
going to get me a hard date tomorrow
[18:28] weekend. So probably 31 days from from
today. Uh, so that'll be going out for
[18:34] build. There's
>> websites they're going to put it on and
[18:37] it'll be advertising the paper. Yeah.
333 day build is what it what it came
[18:42] to.
>> So So that's some good news. Finally
[18:46] finally coming to fruition there.
>> Maybe by next summer we'll have it.
[18:51] » Anything else in general?
[18:58] » Good deal. I have a motion.
>> I have I have two things. You don't
[19:03] mind?
>> Yeah, absolutely.
[19:04] » Jasper Middle School football season is
in, so please support Jasper Middle
[19:09] School and also it's Marian County High
School uh Lady Warrior volleyball
[19:15] season. So, please
help out with supporting the volleyball
[19:19] team.
>> Thank you. Good luck,
[19:21] » coach. Yes, sir.
>> I got a question, too. you start to talk
[19:24] about homeland security things that were
going to have to be done to the city
[19:27] hall, but you never did tell us what
you're
[19:29] » I I can't tell you what they are because
of their security issues or security,
[19:33] » but stuff's going to have to be done.
>> Stuff's going to have to be we want to
[19:37] talk about
>> we we're there stuff that was
[19:39] recommended for us. Uh you want to talk
people want to talk about wasting
[19:43] taxpayer dollar their taxpayer dollars.
Wasting my taxpayer dollars. This one
[19:47] individual's cost us more money than
you. I'm just saying it's it's
[19:51] ridiculous what it's came to. I mean,
when you come to the back of the
[19:54] building and you video record the back
of the building, there's things we got
[19:57] to put in place now.
[20:00] » Thank you.
>> Yes.
[20:04] Make a motion to
>> I'll make a motion. All
[20:13] » right. We move to our
>> order meeting if you'd like to. So,
[20:18] we'll call to order the uh August 11,
2025 water board meeting. In your
[20:23] packet, you have your minutes.
[20:28] » I'll make a motion we approve this.
>> Have a motion.
[20:31] » Second. Second. All in favor say I.
>> All right. Now, we have our approval of
[20:38] adjustments. So, the adjustments is
$1,3844.
[20:52] I'll make
>> a motion.
[20:56] » Second.
>> Second. All in favor? Any opposed?
[21:01] The water and sewer report. I'm actually
feel good about reading this. Water
[21:05] treatment plant finished water 45,124.
Filled water 33,575.
[21:11] Uh water plant usage 2.57 flushing. 213.
So total accounted for water 36.362
[21:19] million sprint percent loss 19.4. Wow.
>> That is the lowest I've ever seen it.
[21:28] Things are starting to go the right
direction. The lowest I've ever seen.
[21:31] » Wastewater plant influent total
15.206
[21:37] total 6.074.
Total rainfall 2.89. And we had three BL
[21:43] we had a one you failed two. You had the
one weekly. So there's three BOD
[21:46] violations. That's with the temperature
changing, the tanks turning. You're
[21:50] going to get those. That's why you're
allowed 74 a year.
[21:54] » Any questions on that?
>> That is great.
[21:57] » Yeah. I don't have any general business
for water.
[22:01] » I'm sorry. What did you show? Rain.
>> Uh 2.89. That's a plant down there,
[22:10] » but I've seen that thing be an inch off
from the water plant. That's just
[22:15] Listen, I been at my house and not a
drop and I'll come under the red light.
[22:24] » Summertime rain.
[22:29] » I have a question back here. Hey, you
know, with the amount of growth that
[22:33] we're having now with the homes and
businesses and stuff like that, is there
[22:37] any plans, long distance plans for
either improvements or a new water
[22:42] plant? We have uh we actually the
engineers put us put a plan together. We
[22:46] did a we've actually been working on it
for a year. We've already applied for a
[22:50] uh state uh revolving loan for that for
upgrades to the water plant. U yes and
[22:56] our think our rank is like they gave us
a number but we're like four from
[23:00] hitting it but we actually got a funny
you said that we got a letter this week
[23:04] saying that four people didn't take the
money then it moves us up. So we're
[23:08] we're actually engineers are working on
it. We're looking at that. looking at
[23:11] upgrading maybe the filter mater filter
media for the PAS and PAS and those kind
[23:17] of things. We're lucky this spring
doesn't have the number so low. What
[23:21] that means is the forever chemicals like
from the Scotch Guard or Teflon.
[23:25] » Uh we're we're real real lucky with that
spring over there with those numbers.
[23:31] But we're trying to plan ahead. We're
trying to be proactive right here. We
[23:35] haven't had an upgrade since 82 82 and I
think 88 they did something.
[23:44] But it's it's a good 82 because it's
still running great.
[23:47] » Exactly.
[23:52] » Looks like a 1974 Russian chot
[24:00] second. flavor.
>> What?
[24:02] » Burger.