[0:01] All of our members are present tonight.

[0:04] At this time, we want to stand for the prayer and the pledge.

[0:08] I've asked Danny to do the prayer and Kenny Morrow to do the pledge.

[0:12] If you will, bow with me.

[0:13] Father God, we are eternally grateful for many blessings in this life, Father.

[0:18] Father, we thank you for all that you do for us,

[0:21] for the things that we take for granted each and every day,

[0:25] for the very air that we breathe, Father. And Father, we thank you for your Son.

[0:30] We thank you for what he did for us on the cross so many years ago.

[0:35] Father, I pray that you just bless this county, that you bless the people,

[0:39] and I pray, Father, that you would bless us with an abundance of wisdom, Father,

[0:44] as we do the people's business.

[0:46] I pray, Father, for those who have lost loved ones,

[0:50] for those who are going through troubled times.

[0:53] I pray that they would reach for you and that they would be able to find peace in

[0:58] you, Father. Father, be with us tonight.

[1:00] Help us, guide us, guard and direct us until we can meet again.

[1:04] For it is in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

[1:07] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[1:12] United States of America and to the Republic

[1:12] for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible,

[1:16] with liberty and justice for all.

[1:22] Thank you, gentlemen.

[1:24] Uh, we need a motion to approve the agenda, but we need— I need to add to it.

[1:30] Uh, so let me just tell you,

[1:32] you can do it as amended after I tell you how to amend it.

[1:36] But, uh, Doug Luconin has asked that under the Highway Department Section 7 We add

[1:43] an oil and chip job in Mount Pleasant.

[1:45] They have asked our highway department to do it for their wastewater treatment plant

[1:52] road, and so we need to amend ours to send that to budget.

[1:56] And I think, Doug, will you have a price or anything for that by budget meeting?

[2:02] This will be billed back, and we'll be using our oil and chip team,

[2:07] so We won't need a budget amendment.

[2:09] This is just an agreement to help them be able to work on those properties.

[2:15] So we got a template resolution from the folks at Mount Pleasant that works in

[2:20] folks at Mount Pleasant that works in other

[2:21] counties for us to be allowed to do this kind of work.

[2:24] Okay.

[2:26] All right.

[2:26] So anybody got a motion for me as amended? Mr.

[2:30] Stovall, seconded by Commissioner Maura.

[2:33] That being said, does anybody Anybody else got any comments on the agenda?

[2:39] Seeing none, all in favor say aye.

[2:41] Aye.

[2:42] Any opposed? All right, we do have an agenda at this time.

[2:47] Has anybody signed up for public comment back there? Thank you very much.

[2:52] I'll pass on the public comment statement.

[2:56] The next item on the agenda is, uh, Sheriff Rowland, the Sheriff's Department,

[3:02] and your monthly report. Oh, I'm sorry, I missed the minutes.

[3:07] The minutes have been presented.

[3:09] If anybody's got any changes that need to be made, speak now.

[3:14] Seeing none, we'll accept the minutes from July 2026. Chair Rowland.

[3:19] Good afternoon, everyone. Uh, we have sent out our monthly report.

[3:24] There is one correction needs to be made on the first page.

[3:28] It's under the warrants beside the misdemeanor as far as unserved misdemeanor

[3:34] warrants. For whatever reason, it calculated it as 1,000.

[3:38] It should be 2,142 is what it should be.

[3:41] But other than that, I'd be happy to answer any questions.

[3:45] Anyone? Not seeing any lights. I think we're good, Sheriff.

[3:51] All right, that's all I have.

[3:53] You're not asking for anything at this point?

[3:58] I am, but I figured that everybody except Commissioner Grooms—

[4:02] he was out last night— we did get our bids,

[4:05] got the final plans drawn on the evidence and records building.

[4:10] We did get our— put it out for a competitive bid, received a bid,

[4:14] and the total on that over the $1.5 million that we had was $1.2 million.

[4:20] And that's the one that's going to be in the But that's going from a 1-level to a

[4:25] 2-story, 10,000-square-foot building. The total price is under the $2.5 million.

[4:31] Tell them how much it is a square foot.

[4:33] I'm sorry? Tell them how much it is a square foot.

[4:37] I had that number figured, but it's what, $250?

[4:41] $270.

[4:42] $270, yes. $270 a square foot.

[4:45] Pretty much across the national average,

[4:48] I think it's more around $500 a square foot.

[4:52] Mm-hmm.

[4:52] So we had a great competitive bid process, put that out,

[4:57] had 11 contractors show up for the pre-bid, had 9 of the 11 submit bids.

[5:04] And between the 9, it ranged from $2.3 to $2.7, so it was within $400,000.

[5:11] So kudos to Mr. George Neuberger for drawing such good detailed plans to put

[5:18] drawing such good detailed plans to put out

[5:18] that we were comparing apples to apples.

[5:21] So we look forward to getting that on the budget, Mr.

[5:26] Sumner, and getting that to the full commission.

[5:31] And just to clarify, was it $120,000 was the options or alternatives?

[5:36] Yes, between the two.

[5:38] So option 1, And just for clarification, the $2.3—

[5:43] $2.314 for the building of the building, that's for that.

[5:48] And then the option 1 and 2, which was just over $100,000,

[5:54] that's for a generator and for solar backup,

[5:58] which the solar backup is where Columbia— we're under the city codes.

[6:05] Yes.

[6:06] we may ask for the solar to be pulled away from it, uh, and if that be the case,

[6:11] you know, we'd put that towards any FFE and all that.

[6:15] But, uh, uh, anyway, so it's still under the, the 2.5.

[6:19] So that's where the 1.2 ask on addition. Is that pretty clear?

[6:24] Commissioner Grooms, you had a question?

[6:26] Yeah, I was just going to ask you, how, how did— how'd you do on the rodeo?

[6:29] How'd the kids do?

[6:30] It was great. Uh, had, uh, Of course, with the threat of the weather, it was—

[6:35] it turned out great. The weather ended up being phenomenal, actually.

[6:40] It wasn't very hot for July like it's been in years past,

[6:44] but we were down on our crowd a little bit on Saturday night just because it was

[6:49] supposed to be a rainout, and it was perfect. But we still profited quite a

[6:54] perfect. But we still profited quite a bit.

[6:54] I haven't got the absolute final numbers because, you know,

[6:58] you still have bills to be paid and some sponsorship still coming in.

[7:03] So, but the kids are going to have a great Christmas and Thanksgiving.

[7:08] And so thank you all for being a part of that.

[7:11] Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[7:13] Yes, sir. Commissioner Burkhalter.

[7:14] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[7:16] Sheriff, the contractor that received the bid, where is he from?

[7:20] All right.

[7:20] So the, the parent company is out of Louisiana.

[7:24] They have a satellite office out of Franklin.

[7:27] They've been there for a little over 5 years.

[7:30] And, you know, we had several from right here that have done business for decades

[7:36] that put in, you know, some that we're more familiar with.

[7:40] But we, during the bid process,

[7:43] we asked for 3 references on 3 different jobs that were equal to or greater than

[7:49] what we were the project that we have at hand for them to submit with their bid

[7:54] packets. All of that was done,

[7:56] and there was no reason not to go potentially with the low bid.

[8:01] Yeah, and you're right, out of those 9 bids, they were very competitive,

[8:06] all of them.

[8:07] Mr. Neuberger, myself, Captain Stanford,

[8:09] we were all blown away with the response of the people that, you know,

[8:14] were eager to take this project on.

[8:16] And then, uh, the response that we had with bidding this project.

[8:19] So we're looking forward to it. It's been a long time coming.

[8:23] So thank you all for your patience and willing to work with us,

[8:27] but we're trying to be good stewards, uh, like all of us try to be. So.

[8:31] Don't see any more lights. Is this all you got, Mr. Burkhalter?

[8:35] Okay. Thank you. All right.

[8:37] Thank you for your time.

[8:37] Good luck, uh, Thursday.

[8:40] So yeah.

[8:45] Yes.

[8:45] All right, next, Highway Department, Ken McKee.

[8:47] Good afternoon, Chairman.

[8:54] Uh, the first thing on the Highway Department list is a resolution to accept

[9:00] Department list is a resolution to accept 3

[9:00] streets. This is a subdivision that's, uh,

[9:03] been completed and the end of its maintenance agreement.

[9:07] Mr. Dobies, do we need to do these separately or Do them all

[9:13] together? We've got Henley Way, is that Suther Street,

[9:18] and Frey Lane. Just do them all together?

[9:22] Need a motion to accept those 3 streets.

[9:26] Motion by Commissioner Burkhalter,

[9:30] seconded by Commissioner Stovall.

[9:33] Sorry, Mr. Chairman.

[9:36] I apologize. I meant to do them separate.

[9:38] I think we had done them separate last time.

[9:40] Okay.

[9:40] My mistake, yep.

[9:41] Okay. And we will send them to the consent agenda. That's right.

[9:47] So let's do them separately. Uh, one on Henley Way.

[9:51] Motion was by, uh, Stovall, seconded by Burkhalter.

[9:56] All in favor say aye.

[9:58] Aye.

[9:59] Any opposed? All right, that one passes to budget.

[10:05] Uh, Suther Street, motion by Burkhalter, seconded by Hestla.

[10:11] All in favor say aye.

[10:13] Aye.

[10:13] Any opposed? All right.

[10:16] And then Frey Lane, F-R-E-Y Lane, motion by Hestla,

[10:22] seconded by Stovall. All in favor say aye.

[10:27] Aye.

[10:28] Any opposed? All right, all 3 of those Mr.

[10:32] McKee? Thank you.

[10:34] I'm sorry?

[10:36] Point of information, what, what district were those in?

[10:39] Do you know?

[10:40] Uh, it's off of John Sharp Road.

[10:42] Okay.

[10:43] Sharp Manor.

[10:43] That's 5. Thank you.

[10:45] Is that you, Scott?

[10:47] Okay.

[10:48] All right, uh, letter B, state aid project.

[10:52] Uh, this is just for information only.

[10:54] I'm required to report to the legislative body The roads we're going to work on with

[10:59] state aid money. And so this is the list of where we're going to work.

[11:04] It's Leapers Creek Road.

[11:05] And it'd be District 6, right?

[11:09] Okay.

[11:11] All right. Uh, letter C, speed limit for Scott Hollow Road.

[11:14] I have a resolution to post the speed limit on

[11:18] Scott Hollow, like a resolution to approve that.

[11:22] So We can pass that on to the full commission on the consent agenda.

[11:28] I need a motion for the speed limit. Mr. Stovall, seconded by Commissioner Hestla.

[11:35] And what are you setting it to, the speed limit?

[11:43] Okay, what district is that?

[11:44] That's District 9.

[11:46] Yes, 45.

[11:50] Okay.

[11:51] All right, to 45 miles per hour. All in favor say aye.

[11:56] Aye.

[11:56] Any opposed? That passes to full commission.

[12:00] And the resolution to rename a section of Old Zion Road in honor of Dr. C.D. George.

[12:06] That's Kenny Morrow. You want to talk about that, Kenny?

[12:11] Yeah, we received a communication from Dr.

[12:14] George's daughter, and the family was requesting that.

[12:17] I have 10— or 5 testimonial letters in favor of it, and I've got maps on it.

[12:23] The map is— it's less than a mile of road, but it adjoins his— Dr.

[12:27] George's original farm, goes in front of Dr. George's original farm.

[12:32] Community seems strongly in favor of it, and he spent a lot of time—

[12:37] he lived to be 96, He's spent a lot of time in service to the community,

[12:42] and we felt like it was a deserved thing.

[12:45] Okay.

[12:46] So you make that as a motion, Commissioner Morrow?

[12:48] I will make that as a motion.

[12:49] Need a second. Commissioner Hestla, a second?

[12:52] District 7.

[12:54] District 7. Any comments? Seeing none, all in favor say aye.

[13:01] Aye.

[13:02] Any opposed?

[13:03] Consent.

[13:04] Yeah, to consent to the full. Commission.

[13:07] Yep.

[13:08] All right, now we got the one that Doug mentioned, correct?

[13:11] Uh, the addition.

[13:14] Yeah.

[13:14] For Mount Pleasant City.

[13:15] Right. I need a resolution to approve an interlocal agreement with the City

[13:19] of Mount Pleasant so the highway department can oil and chip a road for

[13:23] department can oil and chip a road for them.

[13:23] And that road is on their wastewater treatment driveway, correct?

[13:27] It's not a public road. It's just their city property.

[13:30] Okay.

[13:31] Motion for that. Commissioner Stovall, seconded by Commissioner Maura.

[13:36] All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed?

[13:41] No.

[13:41] All right, Doug, it goes to full commission, right? Or budget? Budget.

[13:46] commission, right? Or budget? Budget. Okay.

[13:46] It'll have a long-term impact of billing back and forth with the city.

[13:51] I sent a template resolution that Giles County has with their cities to,

[13:56] to Mark. So we just need to swap some things out and kind of move forward on

[14:01] that process.

[14:02] Okay. All right.

[14:03] Is that all, Ken?

[14:05] That's all I've got.

[14:06] Any questions? Seeing none, you're good.

[14:08] Thank you.

[14:09] All right. Number 8, Emergency Management. Jeff Hardy.

[14:13] Good evening, y'all.

[14:21] We circulated our monthly report.

[14:23] Be glad to answer any questions Any questions regarding that?

[14:26] See no questions.

[14:29] That's all I got. No asks, no resolutions.

[14:32] We do have a couple points of information if you

[14:37] want them.

[14:37] Sure.

[14:38] We've got 2 exercises coming up, one September 15th, the other will be October

[14:43] September 15th, the other will be October 15th.

[14:43] Those are exercises that we do to exercise Emergency Operations Center with our

[14:49] emergency service partners and some of our county departments.

[14:53] So we've got those 2 planned.

[14:55] Those are both pretty large events that we'll be hosting with our local respective

[15:00] departments. So just for information on that project.

[15:04] Will you be doing those on public streets or is that on—

[15:07] No, sir. Those are tabletop exercises.

[15:10] So that will be in the EOC and then at our backup EOC.

[15:14] It's nothing we need to really warn the community of?

[15:16] No, sir. Nothing out in the public. out practicing in the street.

[15:21] Not this one anyways.

[15:22] Okay.

[15:23] As far as the radio project, Project Guardian, it is still ongoing.

[15:28] We've been working with Mark Dobies and Robert Caladero on some property concerns,

[15:34] issues, things, but that's still moving pretty quick, pretty forward.

[15:39] We hope to start the installation of actual radios this Fall,

[15:43] wintertime into the fire trucks and ambulances and police cars and such.

[15:48] So that will start taking place.

[15:50] So we'll, we'll see that all of the work that's been done up to now has been behind

[15:56] the scenes and a lot going into it. So we're finalizing all of that.

[16:01] That's still moving forward.

[16:03] We should, fingers crossed,

[16:05] be on the system or the system be up and functioning first part of the year.

[16:11] Okay.

[16:12] of '27. We'll still be using the old system and the new system for several

[16:18] months, working out any kinks or bugs,

[16:21] with final takeover and move over mid-2027.

[16:24] So we're still— it's been a long process. 18 months, Sheriff, right?

[16:29] 18 months.

[16:31] And so that's an ongoing joke for us. But yeah, it's coming. It's coming quick.

[16:37] So that's— thank you guys. Thank you all for that investment.

[16:41] Thank you for providing for our first responders and our safety.

[16:46] It goes a long ways and it goes noticed. So thank you.

[16:50] Thank you. Mayor Button, you got a comment?

[16:52] Yes.

[16:54] Just to mention that you might watch for those emails about those tabletop

[16:57] those emails about those tabletop exercises

[16:58] because they are extremely helpful in case of an emergency.

[17:02] The city mayor and I went to one about 2 months before we actually had the tornado

[17:06] here. And it was very helpful in those circumstances.

[17:09] So if anyone could go, I advise you to do that.

[17:12] Thank you.

[17:13] Can we get a CTAS hour?

[17:14] Probably not.

[17:16] All right, Commissioner Stovall.

[17:19] Yes, sir.

[17:20] Jeff, how's the tornado sirens working?

[17:22] Is all the bugs out of that yet?

[17:24] Yes, sir. 99% of the time, right?

[17:26] There's always going to be a bug with electronics somewhere,

[17:30] but the system is up and running. It works really well hand in hand with the city.

[17:35] And so this last month we had to cancel just due to forecasted weather.

[17:40] It's that time of year.

[17:42] But we, even when those months where we have to cancel the audible test,

[17:46] we are able to electronically poll every siren to see if there's any issues.

[17:51] So we can do that remotely from the 911 center, from our office.

[17:56] I can even do it from my cell phone.

[17:58] So I can see at a moment's notice if there's an issue.

[18:02] with any of the sirens, and they're all up and functioning and working as,

[18:07] as they should.

[18:08] Thank you, sir.

[18:09] Yes, sir.

[18:09] That's all I have. All right. Commissioner Groh.

[18:12] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Jeff, who all is going to be on the new, new radio system?

[18:18] So it will be our office, Murray County Fire, Sheriff's Department,

[18:23] Ambulance Service, Murray County Public Schools, Mount Pleasant Police,

[18:27] Mount Pleasant Fire right now.

[18:29] We're still talking with and working with the city to get city police, city fire,

[18:35] Columbia Police and Fire on board with that.

[18:38] Spring Hill is on a similar system,

[18:40] but they're in bed with Williamson County right now.

[18:43] That's a good way to put it.

[18:47] That's the most politically correct way I could say it.

[18:52] Yeah. I had another question. Where is the new siren located?

[18:57] Located in Mount Pleasant?

[19:00] There's 2 of them. There's one located right behind City Hall.

[19:03] I know that.

[19:04] And then the other one is right behind the high school,

[19:08] right in between the high school and the middle school.

[19:11] It's right next to the ball field.

[19:13] Good deal. Thank you. Thank you.

[19:15] Yes, sir.

[19:15] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[19:17] Jeff, that's all the lights. Thank you so much.

[19:19] Thank you all very much.

[19:20] Next on the agenda is Murray County Fire Chief Brew.

[19:31] Good evening. We sent out our report if you have any questions on that.

[19:34] Don't see any.

[19:37] Chief Schatz has a presentation to bring the data, you know,

[19:40] show you what we actually do, not just the numbers.

[19:44] So if you don't have any questions, we'll just move on to that.

[19:47] Go ahead.

[19:53] Just a few short slides. Just kidding, there's several.

[19:57] But busy July, but it was very productive.

[20:00] Some high-profile calls that we had that we'll talk through.

[20:04] So just numbers, total incidents for July, it was 241.

[20:08] That monthly report didn't reflect all of them.

[20:12] We still have some that were like quality controlling,

[20:15] so they don't all push through to you. But 241 was our total call volume.

[20:21] About year to date, there's about 25% year over year. So, um, all right.

[20:26] July 1st, uh, it was actually the second call we had at this farm.

[20:31] Uh, rough, rough, uh, week for a farmer on Polk Lane.

[20:35] But first it was a tractor, and then about, you know, less than a week later,

[20:40] about, you know, less than a week later, um,

[20:41] Had a hay bale fire there.

[20:42] Big Beaver Road had an ATV fire well off the roadway at a kids camp.

[20:47] Another hay bale fire off Luke Mosier Road.

[20:51] They did a great job getting the hay bales out away from like the barn structure and

[20:57] then burning them off out in a gravel area so that they didn't continue to smolder.

[21:03] So they spent several hours out there dealing with that for that farmer.

[21:08] Are those being caused by lightning or what?

[21:11] Uh, I don't know. So the first one was a hay baler,

[21:14] a bearing in a hay baler going out.

[21:16] Uh, this guy had silage or something stored in front of those hay bales in that

[21:20] little concrete area.

[21:23] Heat off it. Yeah.

[21:24] We had to move all that before we got to the hay bales.

[21:26] So, uh, Chief Brute attended a blue car training in, uh, Georgia.

[21:31] Uh, this is a big deal.

[21:32] It's a week-long training for him to spend, uh,

[21:35] down there on behalf of our department.

[21:37] It's a big, big investment to where he can bring that training back and specifically

[21:42] teach our leadership, our officers, our line officers.

[21:46] It's a specific command structure so that we can just do better at commanding

[21:51] incidents. So appreciate him doing that. July 3rd, we had several calls come out.

[21:56] We supported the Highway Department just because of the amount of trees down that

[22:01] all happened at once.

[22:02] We had a few electrical incidents where weatherheads were pulled off of houses

[22:07] weatherheads were pulled off of houses from

[22:07] trees down and such as that.

[22:09] But, um, you know, it was a holiday weekend and they had, I think,

[22:13] several crews out, but just, it's obviously it's a big county.

[22:16] And so we supported them in helping remove some trees.

[22:20] Uh, July 4th, um, several calls throughout July 4th.

[22:23] Um, that night we had a car fire that was catching a second car on fire.

[22:27] Luckily, an alert passerby found it until we were almost done putting the car out.

[22:33] The homeowners didn't even know.

[22:35] So.

[22:35] July 6th, another car fire happened on Old Highway 99.

[22:39] It was actually a lot closer to the barn than what it looks,

[22:43] but luckily the barn was metal, so it didn't catch that barn on fire.

[22:47] But immediate response actually from Engine 30 at that Lecia station.

[22:52] There was a volunteer hanging out that day, so less than a mile down the road,

[22:57] so that worked out real well.

[22:59] One of our firefighters, Jacob Robinson, helped secure a TC Energy grant.

[23:04] That picture is, some of you don't know, we have a major pumping,

[23:09] gas pumping station in the Hampshire community.

[23:12] It's in the middle of nowhere and it is a high-pressure gas pipeline,

[23:17] supplies the Northeast with natural gas.

[23:19] But he got a grant for $11,392 to help us buy gas monitors.

[23:23] And that all came about because they were out doing pre-plans on all of our

[23:28] commercial facilities.

[23:30] Yeah.

[23:31] and made some good relationships out there,

[23:33] and it turned into a grant that we wouldn't have gotten otherwise.

[23:38] So it more than paid for our pre-plan software that we had purchased.

[23:42] So hard work pays off.

[23:43] July 10th, they did a great job stopping a tractor-trailer fire on the interstate.

[23:49] It was burning through the floor when they got there, but again,

[23:53] that immediate response from headquarters stopped this.

[23:56] It was full of furniture,

[23:58] so they were able to stop that from becoming a much bigger issue.

[24:02] issue in the middle of the night.

[24:04] July 10th, we had a man— what we call a man-in-machine call.

[24:08] We have a— one of our firemen is Italian,

[24:10] and he has a very close relationship with his family and frequents the business.

[24:15] They called him, told him what was going on.

[24:18] You know, I told him, hey, it's in the city, just call 911, you know,

[24:23] the city will go over there. They didn't want to call 911.

[24:26] They—

[24:26] and then, uh, so along about an hour went by, they called back,

[24:30] his arm was still in there, and we're like, Jake, will you just come over here?

[24:34] And so, uh, it— I made a judgment call, said, you know, okay,

[24:37] we'll go over there if he doesn't want to call.

[24:40] We'll go over there and see what we can do.

[24:42] It's a little bit more involved than what I thought.

[24:45] I thought we could just kind of drive some wedges in and get his arm out, uh, but,

[24:50] uh, we ended up having to use heavy hydraulic tools and break their machine

[24:54] hydraulic tools and break their machine Because

[24:54] it was going numb. But good picture there with him after we got him out.

[24:58] Had some bruising, but he was, he was good to go and told us, you know,

[25:02] we could share the pictures and stuff like that if you want to go.

[25:06] But yeah, we were able to raise $1,000—

[25:08] $1,675 on GoFundMe to help them replace their machine that we had to destroy to

[25:12] their machine that we had to destroy to get

[25:12] his arm out. So felt good about that.

[25:14] Awesome.

[25:16] Another severe storm, just supporting the Highway Department,

[25:20] just due to the amount of trees down all across the county.

[25:24] Another significant storm on July 11th,

[25:27] mainly handled trees down in like the Mount Pleasant area.

[25:31] Arrow Lake is kind of where we mostly supported them.

[25:34] I attended the National Fire Academy the week of July 13th and reviewed federal

[25:40] grants for the fire service.

[25:42] And what that did is it gave me like the behind-the-scenes look at how they grade

[25:47] grants, what they're looking for.

[25:49] And so they paid for the trip and everything up there, and competitive

[25:54] everything up there, and competitive selection.

[25:54] There's about 100 of us selected from across the US,

[25:58] and they flew us in there for a week. We reviewed grants.

[26:02] And so I was able to review grants from all across the United States, and it just—

[26:07] it was—

[26:08] It was— In essence, a week of grant training for me.

[26:11] So I know specifically what they're looking for.

[26:14] And so hopefully it will make us much more competitive in the future.

[26:18] July 17th had significant burn injuries.

[26:20] Some construction site workers were lighting a burn pile.

[26:24] I think they had confusion on what kind of fuel was in the can because it was a

[26:28] yellow can. Unfortunately,

[26:30] I think it was gasoline and they thought it was like a diesel product.

[26:34] Had a flash fire occur. And one with significant burns.

[26:38] The other one was transported by ground, but one was airlifted there.

[26:42] We had a major water supply drill up in Spring Hill on July, I think it was 17th,

[26:47] but they spent, one of our chief officers helped train the Spring Hill drivers on

[26:52] major water supply operations, so it was just a good collaborative effort.

[26:56] So that when we have these big incidents that it's not the first time that we've

[27:01] ever done it. And that you can see there of all of our equipment,

[27:05] ours is on the right, Spring Hills is there on the left,

[27:08] and it also goes to our ISO points.

[27:10] So when we're graded by ISO,

[27:12] we have to do multi-mutual aid training and stuff like that.

[27:16] So this was just a good thing for that when we get graded.

[27:19] Probably most significant incident of the month was technical rescue at Santa Fe

[27:24] Unit School. Uh, we were dispatched to a person fallen and unconscious.

[27:28] That was about all the information we were given.

[27:31] Um, there was a language, a slight language barrier, and I think maybe,

[27:36] I don't know if cell phone service played into it or not, but, um,

[27:40] so when our first people got there, uh,

[27:42] a gentleman from the Santa Fe District got there, said, hey,

[27:46] we're gonna need a Stokes basket and rope, but his radio was kind of broken,

[27:50] so we didn't exactly know what we had.

[27:53] Pulled up, figures out it's a confined space rescue in a, in a In essence,

[27:57] it's a septic tank is what that is for the school.

[28:00] A new one, luckily, not an existing one. So that was a small blessing.

[28:04] But a man critically injured in the bottom of the tank.

[28:08] I think that's the last— or there's one more.

[28:10] But so you can see there at the bottom of the tank where he was,

[28:14] he was 20 feet down, unconscious, severely injured.

[28:17] He unfortunately fell from the very top.

[28:20] But The ladder truck played a pivotal role just being able to maneuver in there.

[28:25] There was some significant concrete barriers to maneuver around and be able to

[28:29] barriers to maneuver around and be able to set

[28:30] it up there for a high point.

[28:31] But I just couldn't be prouder of our Special Operations Division,

[28:35] our Special Operations Chief.

[28:37] He's a full-time fireman in Nashville, and he pours his life,

[28:41] heart and soul into our department training our people for exact scenarios

[28:45] training our people for exact scenarios like

[28:46] this. And so he wasn't— he was on shift that day, so he wasn't there.

[28:50] Uh, but it went very smoothly, um,

[28:52] because of all that training that he poured into them.

[28:55] So I just, I couldn't be prouder of everybody, uh, and,

[28:58] and the effort that they pulled off. Uh, EMS was down there providing care.

[29:03] Um, the poor paramedic, I think she's even part-time there.

[29:07] Uh, this was, she was also the paramedic on our big, uh,

[29:10] dirt rescue that we had in Hampshire a couple years ago that we got the award for

[29:15] when that Dirt collapsed on that backhoe.

[29:17] So, uh, we have to figure out when she's working so we know what's coming.

[29:22] But, um, everybody did a good job.

[29:24] Uh, Greens Mill Road, uh, had a lithium-ion battery failure.

[29:28] I just wanted to share this. We received auto aid from Spring Hill.

[29:32] They, they arrived first.

[29:33] Their engine company and the chief officer arrived prior to us.

[29:37] It's exactly how it's supposed to work. They're the closest fire station.

[29:41] It all worked exactly like it should. They mitigated the incident.

[29:45] We were able to cut a bunch of our units that were responding loose and cancel

[29:50] that were responding loose and cancel them.

[29:50] And so they were able to handle the incident.

[29:53] But just wanted to showcase this because, you know,

[29:56] when you're talking to community members,

[29:59] make sure that they're buying stuff that's UL listed,

[30:02] chargers that are made by the manufacturer and not just something cheap off of

[30:07] Amazon, because that's what's causing these battery pack failures are cheap

[30:11] these battery pack failures are cheap chargers

[30:12] that don't—

[30:12] Okay.

[30:13] that aren't made by the manufacturer of the battery storage device.

[30:17] So speaking specifically to how we were canceled off of that,

[30:20] our units were returned to service,

[30:22] made it back into Columbia when unfortunately this accident was

[30:26] unfortunately this accident was dispatched,

[30:27] but otherwise they would have been tied up on Greens Mill.

[30:30] So just how well that auto aid works out,

[30:32] they would have been committed up on Greens Mill.

[30:35] So they were already back and were able to immediately respond to that accident.

[30:40] Unfortunately, it was fatal. Down near the Giles County line.

[30:43] Beard Road, deep in the Bethel community, almost to the Hickman County line.

[30:48] Again, we had immediate response from our Bethel station.

[30:51] So just a testimony to our live-in program.

[30:53] We have a live-in member up there and they immediately responded, the engine.

[30:58] One of our chief officers also immediately responded from that district and arrived.

[31:03] There's a new home under construction found on fire by the construction workers

[31:07] found on fire by the construction workers that

[31:07] morning. I think it had been smoldering a good bit of the night in the basement.

[31:12] And unfortunately, when they got there, opened the doors, it just,

[31:16] it just kind of took off.

[31:17] So, uh, really proud of all the efforts that, uh, everybody did.

[31:21] Uh, it was a very dangerous fire. It had a full basement walking around the home.

[31:26] You could not tell it had a basement. There was no windows.

[31:29] There was no walkout basement.

[31:31] They immediately, when they got there,

[31:33] they started to try to go in to mitigate the fire. Force started to let loose.

[31:37] Again, one of our chief officers, he's, uh, you know,

[31:40] almost a 30-year guy at Nashville, very seasoned, you know,

[31:44] was able to recognize those conditions, back— backed everybody out, went,

[31:48] went defensive. Um, and, uh, we just cut it off from that left side there.

[31:52] So, um, but they were— everybody was working in, in pouring down rain

[31:56] working in, in pouring down rain conditions.

[31:57] This driveway was over a mile off the roadway, very steep, uh, through a creek.

[32:01] It was, it was very difficult to get to.

[32:04] Yeah.

[32:04] But just hats off to the hard work of the volunteers.

[32:07] We had tankers come from as far away as Culebra to help support the water supply

[32:11] operation, and we didn't run out of water.

[32:13] So we were able to keep staying water the entire time.

[32:16] And initially they were flowing two 2.5-inch hand lines,

[32:19] which is our bigger hand line.

[32:20] So they're flowing a lot of water to initially knock down the fire,

[32:24] and they didn't run out.

[32:25] So in the rural water supply, that's a big deal,

[32:27] and I just couldn't be prouder of all their hard work.

[32:30] Luke Mosier had a scene flight.

[32:32] A gentleman was trampled by some cows while they were trying to load them.

[32:36] Same as the hay bale place.

[32:38] Same as the hay bale place, another unlucky farmer.

[32:41] July 28th, had a scene flight on Highway 43 and Highway 20,

[32:45] another motorcycle accident. Person was critically injured.

[32:49] July 30th, we supported Columbia Fire Department again with our automatic aid

[32:55] response. Um, they did a good job.

[32:57] They got it as a fire alarm activation, so they arrived, found the building on fire.

[33:03] It was upgraded to a structure fire.

[33:05] Myself, Chief Periut, and some other members were there.

[33:09] We did not— most of the department, we didn't operate for very long.

[33:15] We—

[33:16] they did one cycle inside,

[33:17] and then we helped cover the city while they operated till almost, I think, 3 AM.

[33:22] Chief Periut was there till, I think, AM helping support their incident commander.

[33:28] But again, on these large commercial buildings where they're very dangerous,

[33:32] there's just added complexity.

[33:34] So having an additional chief officer to help support their chief on scene just

[33:39] makes everyone safer. So just automatic aids working really well.

[33:43] Cardiac arrest, Tanyard Hollow, Lacey Way, Foster Chapel Road, Albert Matthews Road.

[33:49] Uh, specifically on Lacey Way and Foster Chapel Road, uh,

[33:52] our members were able to get there, insert an airway device, which you see there,

[33:57] put them on AED and put them on a, like a chest compression device that we have, uh,

[34:03] prior to EMS arrival. So I was very proud of them on, on those 2.

[34:07] Uh, the Albert Matthews call was something EMS just went to initially on their own,

[34:12] uh, and it turned into a cardiac arrest once they got there.

[34:16] The person went into cardiac arrest.

[34:18] Um, and then, uh, one of our members, Zach Ray, uh,

[34:21] he traveled across all of our stations, all of our staff vehicles,

[34:25] got about 25 AEDs is what we have across the department,

[34:29] took them all to Murray Regional.

[34:31] Their biomed, uh, division, uh,

[34:33] updates all of our AEDs yearly and make sure they're all, uh, compliant,

[34:37] ready to go. So it's just a— it takes a ton of man hours, a ton of driving around.

[34:42] So.

[34:42] He accomplished that in July and just really appreciate everything he does

[34:48] really appreciate everything he does there.

[34:48] Our boat is done. So we are going next week to inspect it and get training on it.

[34:54] They're going to teach us how to maintenance it, all those kind of things.

[34:59] Hopefully dodge the wildfires that are going on out there.

[35:03] But this is specifically the boat.

[35:05] They're out there testing it and breaking the engine in,

[35:09] doing the break-in engine hours on it. So we'll be out there to do that.

[35:14] And have it this month.

[35:16] So, uh, you can hit, uh, from current slide, from current slide, I think.

[35:21] But any questions on our monthly report?

[35:24] I got, I got a question for you.

[35:26] You said you had— you responded to something on Greens Mill Road,

[35:30] but Spring Hill was closer.

[35:32] In that situation, is that homeowner Responsible financially to Spring Hill at

[35:36] Responsible financially to Spring Hill at all?

[35:37] No, that's good for me to know. Cause I live like an 8th of a mile out of the

[35:41] live like an 8th of a mile out of the city.

[35:42] You're in the Columbia Auto Aid district.

[35:44] So you're in the urban growth boundary for the city of Columbia.

[35:48] So because of the, cause we go and we provide to them and they provide to us,

[35:53] you know, that's, you're, you're covered in that area specifically.

[35:57] Um, uh, so yeah, it works out great.

[35:59] Okay.

[36:00] Uh, Commissioner Hestla.

[36:03] Thank you, Chair. Good job. Good job with all of it. We just appreciate you so much.

[36:09] Who did you get to respond to the Santa Fe accident?

[36:14] Because I know that station is so small.

[36:17] Which one? The rescue?

[36:20] Yeah, when the guy fell.

[36:21] So the engine came— an engine came from Bethel Station because, again,

[36:25] we have a live-in member there.

[36:27] And so they were actually responding in the engine immediately.

[36:30] Uh, our ladder truck comes from headquarters.

[36:33] Um, and, um, then like we had volunteers from the Santa Fe community.

[36:37] Uh, they were actually the initial responders and like, hey,

[36:40] this is actually more than just a fall.

[36:42] So that put— because our ladder truck wouldn't respond initially.

[36:46] So once they got there and said, hey, we have a rope rescue, then it got upgraded.

[36:50] And luckily there was, uh,

[36:51] still people back at the station because we just thought it was a medical call at

[36:56] first.

[36:56] Mm-hmm.

[36:57] And so they were— they brought additional resources.

[37:00] So when the new place in Santa Fe is built,

[37:03] what will you have there?

[37:06] Will anything be able to respond to something more quickly?

[37:11] We have an engine and a brush truck.

[37:12] We have an engine and a brush truck currently assigned to the Santa Fe

[37:16] currently assigned to the Santa Fe Station.

[37:16] Okay. Okay. And also saw— I read the report.

[37:20] It's fascinating. Most of your calls are medical

[37:25] instead of fire.

[37:27] Well, and the report's a little deceiving too,

[37:30] because a large portion of those fall— it says medical,

[37:33] but it's motor vehicle accidents because they fall under that medical designation.

[37:38] But yeah, there are a lot.

[37:40] Um, and they have, outside of just those, we had some severe allergic reactions,

[37:44] like anaphylactic reactions, uh, in July.

[37:47] Um, and just, there's— I highlight the cardiac arrest,

[37:50] but they are really making a big difference.

[37:53] Yeah.

[37:53] Um, and then just moving, helping EMS move people in and out.

[37:56] I mean, people are, you know, between stairs and just, you know,

[38:00] when we're having to move people in and out of these houses,

[38:03] it just makes it way more efficient.

[38:05] And, you know, to have 4 people there instead of just 2.

[38:08] So they're doing it, even if it's not a life-threatening call,

[38:11] just helping them move people in and out of a house is,

[38:14] is really helping them a lot.

[38:16] And what is, what is the good intent Category?

[38:19] Is that just, oh, well, Granny might be having an episode?

[38:23] Sometimes, like, you'll have a neighbor call in that they think that their

[38:27] neighbor's burning something or that they shouldn't be.

[38:30] Or, you know, you have a person driving down the road and they see a, some of it,

[38:34] a burn pile. And, you know, it could be all those kinds of things.

[38:37] They, yeah, just, it's not an actual emergency.

[38:40] But we have to, we still have to go check it out.

[38:42] To check it out because somebody called it in thinking it might—

[38:45] Those calls seem to be up. Well, yeah, a little different population.

[38:49] Well, thank you so much. Thank you, Chair.

[38:51] Yes, ma'am. Commissioner Evans.

[38:54] Thank you, Chairman.

[38:56] I—

[38:56] this will be my last safety meeting to attend, and I just wanted to say,

[39:01] I kept hearing Mr. Schatz say how proud he was of his people. Uh, Mr.

[39:05] Schatz was one of my first—

[39:07] what year did you graduate? 2004.

[39:09] Was one of my first students as a teacher, and Here 25 years later,

[39:13] you talking about proud of somebody and what they've done for the county?

[39:18] So I just wanted to take that opportunity to say he was good then, he's better now.

[39:24] Thank you, Sheriff, for what you do.

[39:26] Thank you, Commissioner Evans, for that.

[39:29] Don't see any more. Okay,

[39:31] you got anything else on your agenda?

[39:34] Just this last part about the Sanofi land purchase.

[39:38] Uh, we did receive the appraisal back.

[39:40] It met the value of what Uh, the contract price was, um, as stated before,

[39:45] it's the only parcel with a large enough water line for a fire station in Santa Fe.

[39:51] Uh, the lot is flat and will help us save money on the site work costs compared to

[39:56] the rest of the properties on Santa Fe Pike.

[39:59] If you drive Santa Fe Pike, one side of the road is a very deep ditch, most of it,

[40:05] and the other side is a hillside.

[40:07] So it makes most of the parcels up and down that road Maybe not, not buildable,

[40:12] but challenging and added cost.

[40:14] Specifically yesterday,

[40:16] we had a motor vehicle accident on Snow Creek as a box truck,

[40:20] Lowe's delivery truck full of appliances,

[40:22] rollover on Snow Creek between Santa Fe and Theta.

[40:26] And it took 35 minutes for an ambulance to arrive on scene.

[40:30] The north truck was on a call out of Neapolis. That's the closest unit to that

[40:35] Neapolis. That's the closest unit to that area.

[40:35] So they're already on a call on Carter's Creek Pike.

[40:39] And so it took 35 minutes to get an ambulance up there.

[40:42] On that technical rescue call,

[40:44] it took 22 minutes to get an ambulance on scene of a critically injured person.

[40:50] So I just wanted to point those things out. And then just the cost of waiting.

[40:55] You know, we've been diligently looking at property in Santa Fe for several years.

[41:00] I know that— I know that you all know that, Ms. Hestla.

[41:04] Yes.

[41:04] But, uh, we have, we have beat the bushes.

[41:07] Um, I couldn't really ask for a better location.

[41:10] If I, if you gave me the, just a place to put it, I'd probably pick this location.

[41:15] So it just, I couldn't ask for a better location as far as buildability, location.

[41:21] It's close to the school.

[41:22] Um, and we just know what, like what property prices are doing.

[41:26] You know, if you drive around that San Fe community,

[41:30] it's not ranch-style homes being built.

[41:32] You know, we are seeing 3,000, 4,000,

[41:35] up to 26,000 square foot home being built in Santa Fe right now.

[41:39] Uh, so, uh, property values are only doing one thing in the Santa Fe community,

[41:44] as with the rest of the county, but specifically in that area,

[41:48] we're seeing some major investment in that area.

[41:51] Uh, and this is just a picture I took yesterday after that call on my way back

[41:56] yesterday after that call on my way back to

[41:56] town, just so you had a good picture of the site. That home is included.

[42:01] And then to the right is the actual site that would be purchased.

[42:05] And again, it's 3 acres.

[42:06] And you think that house is renovatable enough that you could make living quarters

[42:11] out of that for the station?

[42:13] So it's been unoccupied for several years.

[42:16] And when the— so the architect,

[42:18] we sent it to our architect that's doing the 431 station, um,

[42:22] and like had them lay the station over.

[42:24] So it would be very difficult to build like a garage and then like go back and,

[42:30] okay, tear that down and build there.

[42:32] Because again, you kind of—

[42:34] you want the living quarters to be to the right because the, the— it's not—

[42:39] the land's not in the floodplain, but that you would want it to be as far—

[42:44] you would want the living quarters to be as far away from the floodplain as

[42:50] possible.

[42:50] Okay.

[42:51] And so you would do that all to the right and the bays would be to the left.

[42:56] In case, you know, a 1,000-year flood or anything like that,

[43:01] you would want it to be as far away as possible. You would build the site up too.

[43:06] But the— I don't know the condition of the home or the renovation that would be

[43:12] required. And then to build a garage to the right,

[43:16] we're kind of shooting ourselves in the foot long-term. To build the station.

[43:21] And we kind of have, you know,

[43:23] what we like and what functions well with Carter's Creek, Hampshire,

[43:28] soon to be the 431 station.

[43:30] You know, Chief Periut and others have put a ton of work into it.

[43:35] So we know it works. And with, as far as our fire stations go, so.

[43:39] Are you looking for action tonight?

[43:44] Uh, yes, sir. Um, the contract does expire at the end of this month.

[43:48] Um, again, uh, we put it under contract to start all this due diligence,

[43:53] to get an appraisal, make sure it's of value and all those kind of things.

[43:58] Um, so it does expire this month.

[44:00] So, uh, we do need, uh, to move forward if it's, uh, you know,

[44:04] something you're wishing to.

[44:06] But again, it's— it is—

[44:07] we have beat the bushes and we are missing a tremendous opportunity if we pass this

[44:12] up, because it's— we only have one road we can build on and drive up and down that

[44:18] road and find something different or find something better.

[44:21] It's, it's a, it's, it's a good— it's great. It's not good.

[44:25] It's great.

[44:26] So, uh, and the, the purchase price is $489,000.

[44:31] $489,000?

[44:34] Yes, sir.

[44:36] We get a motion for discussion?

[44:39] Commissioner Stovall, seconded by Commissioner Hestla.

[44:45] Does anybody want to talk about it? All right, Mr. Burkhalter.

[44:51] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[44:54] Um, could I get Doug to come up?

[44:58] Doug, the $489,000, where could we possibly

[45:03] pull that from to make that happen?

[45:08] From last night's meeting, we plan on, so far as it went through that committee,

[45:14] doing the park project out of the 151 fund.

[45:17] I would, if you all want to do this,

[45:19] I would tie this money to it as well and do that out of the reserves of the 151

[45:25] fund.

[45:26] Okay.

[45:27] Refresh me again on the reserves in that, in that fund.

[45:30] So as of May—

[45:33] Unrestricted, I'm talking about.

[45:35] So it's all technically restricted for use of debt service with the exception of

[45:40] interest revenue, and our interest revenue has been strong over the last 3 years.

[45:45] We had $6.5 million this past year, $11 million the year before that,

[45:49] and almost $4.5 million the year before that.

[45:52] Yes.

[45:53] And so, by resolution and with some work at the— with the state through Stephens,

[45:58] we would go ahead and draw up an agreement that the state would approve for us to

[46:04] allow use of those reserve funds, specifically pointing to the interest

[46:09] specifically pointing to the interest revenue,

[46:09] because the property tax funds and all the other dedicated funds that are in there

[46:15] for payment of debt have to stay in there and can't be used as part of that reserve.

[46:21] So really, I'm just pointing to the interest revenue.

[46:25] If you added those funds up together,

[46:27] you'd be sitting around $22 million that you could use in this same manner.

[46:33] Okay, and what they— what was approved last night was $7.6—

[46:38] is that correct?

[46:39] $7.642-something, yeah.

[46:41] Okay, and if you put this with it, you're looking around $8 million?

[46:44] Yeah, it'd be just above $8 million. Uh, I'd be closer to $8.1.

[46:48] $8.1 million. Okay. And then you say the interest that you've earned over the

[46:55] last 3 years is close to $22 million.

[46:58] It's, it's, it's sufficient to cover that.

[47:01] Yes. And, and would this reduce our debt capacity?

[47:05] Yes, it would, but not very much, uh, because it's more tied to revenue in,

[47:10] expenditure out. And if we have deficits,

[47:13] that's what that fund balance is there for,

[47:16] and the fund balance is strong because we had surpassed our interest revenue

[47:21] projections for the last couple of years.

[47:24] Okay.

[47:26] Okay. Thank you, David.

[47:27] Yeah.

[47:27] Is that all, Commissioner Burton?

[47:30] No, I wanted to ask Mr. Ritchie.

[47:31] Oh. Okay.

[47:34] If this land is purchased,

[47:35] what can What kind of timeline are you looking about before

[47:39] you're actually going to be building on it?

[47:42] We would try to approach it through the normal budget process, I think,

[47:47] is what this commission has asked for in the past,

[47:50] instead of like mid-year budget asks.

[47:53] So we would approach this in the— through the normal budget process,

[47:57] because I think that that's what's requested.

[48:00] Not middle, middle of the year budget ask.

[48:03] So, I mean, that's, that's what we would try to do through the normal budget

[48:08] process.

[48:09] Okay. Because you still have the property there at 431 that you haven't built

[48:15] anything on that.

[48:17] So it is, uh, spoke with the architect today for an update on that.

[48:21] Um, they are this week, it will go, it'll be, uh, I think they, the terminology is,

[48:27] uh, Be sent out for pre-bid notification.

[48:30] That's, I think, like a— and then there'll be a pre-bid meeting,

[48:34] I think tentatively scheduled for the middle of August, I think like August

[48:39] middle of August, I think like August 17th,

[48:40] tentatively. And then all the contractors that come to that pre-bid meeting are

[48:45] eligible to bid. And then I think they intend a 4 to 5 week process,

[48:50] whatever purchasing looks at there, for bids to come back.

[48:54] So—

[48:54] Okay. We would look at bids coming back in the middle of September for the 431

[48:59] station.

[49:00] Okay.

[49:01] Middle to late.

[49:01] And when this— if this property is purchased and you build,

[49:06] you get ready to build a station there,

[49:09] is it going to be very similar to what you're building now?

[49:14] I would say as long as it fits, which he tentatively—

[49:18] the architect has tentatively fit it on there to make sure it fits.

[49:22] The survey and everything.

[49:24] You have to change driveway, you know, things, just normal stuff.

[49:29] But as far as the structure, yes,

[49:31] it would be the exact same footprint of what we're doing at the 431 station.

[49:36] Okay.

[49:38] Identical.

[49:39] How would it look compared to the, say, the Hampshire station,

[49:44] the Carter Creek station?

[49:46] Pretty much. You won't be able to really tell a difference.

[49:49] Okay.

[49:50] Yep.

[49:50] They'll all basically—

[49:52] the seller has requested that we try to face the bays towards the road

[49:57] versus teeing them off the back, but that's not like a— that's also,

[50:02] he said he would be fine with it if we had to do that. So yeah.

[50:06] Our design's flexible enough to move that bay wherever we need to move it. Okay.

[50:12] But as far as square foot, wouldn't change.

[50:14] Okay. And, and equipment that you have now at the Santa Fe,

[50:17] what do you tell me the equipment you've got there at the Santa Fe?

[50:20] We have an engine and a brush truck.

[50:22] And again, we're trying to add a tanker to be at every station eventually.

[50:27] Um, so we, but we couldn't put a tanker at the current station if we wanted to.

[50:32] Um, so that would give us the opportunity in the future, uh,

[50:36] to either roll a tanker out of the You know, headquarters station and replace it,

[50:42] and we disperse equipment around so it's all getting the same mileage.

[50:46] So, Mr.

[50:50] Doby, I believe I remember in the last meeting we were talking about the old

[50:54] station there in Santa Fe.

[50:56] If that station, it goes back to the owner, is that correct?

[50:59] That was the information I was provided, yes.

[51:01] Okay. Okay. All right.

[51:03] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[51:04] Yes, sir. Commissioner Kusiawinski.

[51:07] Thank you, Chairman. Uh, just real quick question on that property out there.

[51:11] I was out there this past weekend.

[51:13] Uh, looks like right next door to it they're starting to subdivide that, uh,

[51:17] that farm off. Is, is that part of the same owner who's doing that, or—

[51:21] I believe so. He's also going to build his own house there, but part of it,

[51:26] part of it's being sold.

[51:28] Okay. The price on, on this land, is it Somewhat comparable.

[51:32] Obviously, there's a little bit more structure on here,

[51:35] but is it pretty comparable to what he's asking on those other lots as well? Yeah.

[51:40] Yes, sir.

[51:41] Thank you. Thank you, Chairman.

[51:42] Yes, Commissioner Grody.

[51:44] Thank you, Chairman.

[51:45] I would just like to go on record by saying we do a lot of things.

[51:50] We approve a lot of money being spent,

[51:53] and I'm 1,000% for children and baseball fields.

[51:56] But when I think about nighttime and I think about winter and I think about the

[52:02] times that children aren't playing baseball, that we spent, you know,

[52:07] $7.8 million for a baseball field and a maintenance building,

[52:11] I just think that this is— these are lives and we need a fire station.

[52:16] How long has that fire station been the fire station of Santa Fe?

[52:21] Do you know how many years?

[52:23] I believe the '70s. Yes, ma'am.

[52:25] And speaking specifically, you brought up winter, that,

[52:28] that station is inoperable during the winter. Right.

[52:31] Once we get snow or ice, we cannot get that truck out of that station.

[52:35] I don't think there's a way in the world you could get a better location.

[52:40] So if we don't take it, we're going to really regret it.

[52:44] So I just want to be on record saying that.

[52:47] Is that all, Commissioner?

[52:49] Okay.

[52:50] Commissioner Privitti.

[52:50] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just ditto to what Ms. Grover and I just said.

[52:54] I mean, this is the best fire department in the state right here,

[52:58] and I believe that if he says that this is where it needs to be and this is what we

[53:03] need, that that's the absolute— that's the truth.

[53:05] And support this if it goes through,

[53:07] and we'll support it all the way if it goes through.

[53:10] This is something that will save lives.

[53:13] Even if it saves one life, One, it was worth every penny of it.

[53:18] And granted, it'll take time to get a station out there,

[53:20] but you got to break some eggs to make an omelet. You got to start somewhere.

[53:24] So I definitely support this if it happens.

[53:26] Thank you, Chair, and thank you for what y'all do.

[53:28] Commissioner Hessler.

[53:31] Thank you, Chair. I'm 100% in support of this.

[53:34] It's my district, so I know exactly where this is. It's right on the main drag.

[53:41] You can get in and out in a snap.

[53:43] And just going over the minutes from last month's meeting.

[53:48] I was not able to be here,

[53:50] but reading the minutes and how you stated that using or trying to use the current

[53:56] station and finagle a truck out, it would take 20 minutes to get to the school.

[54:03] It's just right down the street.

[54:05] For EMS specifically, because, you know, they're coming from town. But yes.

[54:10] Which is ridiculous.

[54:11] You know, because the school— I mean, Santa Fe is so little,

[54:14] and all these things are just right in there together.

[54:17] And to take that long to get to a school when this would take 2 minutes, you know,

[54:21] just right down the street. So I'm definitely in support of this.

[54:25] I think you've done a great job looking around. You've done your due diligence.

[54:29] And this makes perfect sense right in the middle of town. So my vote's yes.

[54:33] Thank you.

[54:33] All right. Commissioner Groves?

[54:35] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[54:37] I support you on this too, Richie, but my question was, uh,

[54:42] I don't know if you can tell me or not,

[54:45] but how often do you arrive on scene at like a medical call or,

[54:50] or motor vehicle accident before an actual ambulance shows up?

[54:54] Um, 90% of the time.

[55:11] Wow.

[55:12] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[55:15] On behalf of the citizens of this county,

[55:19] thank you. 90% of the time.

[55:22] 90% of the time.

[55:24] I'm kind of at a loss for words on that, so I'll talk to you some more about it,

[55:29] but Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[55:30] Yes, sir. Seeing no more lights, let's take a vote.

[55:34] We'll move this to budget if it passes. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed?

[55:41] Nobody opposed. We move it to budget.

[55:43] Thank you.

[55:44] Yes, sir. Is that all you had?

[55:46] Yes, sir.

[55:47] Okay. Uh, we have nothing under old business,

[55:51] nothing under new business.

[55:53] Has anybody come in and signed up?

[55:59] No, sir.

[55:59] Okay, thank you for that. We do have a couple announcements.

[56:04] Announcements that all 5 members of this Safety Committee's term will be expiring

[56:10] Safety Committee's term will be expiring at

[56:10] the end of August, and the new commission will appoint new committee members next

[56:16] month. Another announcement that one member's term is expiring on the Civil

[56:21] member's term is expiring on the Civil Service

[56:22] Board. That is Ms. Berry Boyd. And so that is an announcement.

[56:26] Next month, I guess, Mayor, we'll have a recommendation.

[56:31] Okay.

[56:32] And I just read an email that Murray Regional Hospital Board of Trustees

[56:37] Regional Hospital Board of Trustees meeting is

[56:38] going to happen on August 27th at 6:30. And Commissioner Peretti, you got a

[56:43] And Commissioner Peretti, you got a comment?

[56:43] I do. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[56:45] Rather than say it every time they spoke,

[56:47] I figured I would just do it once at the end.

[56:50] This is the last meeting for this commission, for this group.

[56:53] And so, and so to Ken and Bucky and Jeff and Jose and Richie, all of you guys,

[56:58] thank you for everything that you do for this county.

[57:00] Y'all are the best that there is. It's been an honor to serve and work with you.

[57:05] I've known most of you long before I ever became a commissioner,

[57:09] and I'll continue to see you long afterwards. Excuse me, sir.

[57:12] Anyway, thank you guys for what you do. You are indeed the best in the county.

[57:16] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[57:18] Yeah. Can I get a motion to adjourn from the committee? Stove admin in 10 minutes.

[57:23] The meeting is adjourned.

Regular August Safety Meeting

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