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All of our members are present tonight.

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At this time, we want to stand for the
prayer and the pledge.

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I've asked Danny to do the prayer and
Kenny Morrow to do the pledge.

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If you will, bow with me.

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Father God, we are eternally grateful for
many blessings in this life, Father.

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Father, we thank you for all that you do
for us,

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for the things that we take for granted
each and every day,

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for the very air that we breathe, Father.
And Father, we thank you for your Son.

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We thank you for what he did for us on the
cross so many years ago.

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Father, I pray that you just bless this
county, that you bless the people,

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and I pray, Father, that you would bless
us with an abundance of wisdom, Father,

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as we do the people's business.

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I pray, Father, for those who have lost
loved ones,

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for those who are going through troubled
times.

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I pray that they would reach for you and
that they would be able to find peace in

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you, Father. Father, be with us tonight.

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Help us, guide us, guard and direct us
until we can meet again.

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For it is in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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United States of America and to the
Republic

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for which it stands, one nation under God,
indivisible,

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with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you, gentlemen.

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Uh, we need a motion to approve the
agenda, but we need— I need to add to it.

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Uh, so let me just tell you,

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you can do it as amended after I tell you
how to amend it.

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But, uh, Doug Luconin has asked that under
the Highway Department Section 7 We add

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an oil and chip job in Mount Pleasant.

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They have asked our highway department to
do it for their wastewater treatment plant

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road, and so we need to amend ours to send
that to budget.

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And I think, Doug, will you have a price
or anything for that by budget meeting?

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This will be billed back, and we'll be
using our oil and chip team,

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so We won't need a budget amendment.

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This is just an agreement to help them be
able to work on those properties.

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So we got a template resolution from the
folks at Mount Pleasant that works in

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folks at Mount Pleasant that works in
other

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counties for us to be allowed to do this
kind of work.

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Okay.

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All right.

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So anybody got a motion for me as amended?
Mr.

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Stovall, seconded by Commissioner Maura.

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That being said, does anybody Anybody else
got any comments on the agenda?

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Seeing none, all in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed? All right, we do have an
agenda at this time.

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Has anybody signed up for public comment
back there? Thank you very much.

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I'll pass on the public comment statement.

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The next item on the agenda is, uh,
Sheriff Rowland, the Sheriff's Department,

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and your monthly report. Oh, I'm sorry, I
missed the minutes.

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The minutes have been presented.

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If anybody's got any changes that need to
be made, speak now.

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Seeing none, we'll accept the minutes from
July 2026. Chair Rowland.

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Good afternoon, everyone. Uh, we have sent
out our monthly report.

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There is one correction needs to be made
on the first page.

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It's under the warrants beside the
misdemeanor as far as unserved misdemeanor

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warrants. For whatever reason, it
calculated it as 1,000.

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It should be 2,142 is what it should be.

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But other than that, I'd be happy to
answer any questions.

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Anyone? Not seeing any lights. I think
we're good, Sheriff.

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All right, that's all I have.

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You're not asking for anything at this
point?

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I am, but I figured that everybody except
Commissioner Grooms—

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he was out last night— we did get our
bids,

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got the final plans drawn on the evidence
and records building.

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We did get our— put it out for a
competitive bid, received a bid,

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and the total on that over the $1.5
million that we had was $1.2 million.

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And that's the one that's going to be in
the But that's going from a 1-level to a

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2-story, 10,000-square-foot building. The
total price is under the $2.5 million.

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Tell them how much it is a square foot.

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I'm sorry? Tell them how much it is a
square foot.

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I had that number figured, but it's what,
$250?

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$270.

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$270, yes. $270 a square foot.

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Pretty much across the national average,

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I think it's more around $500 a square
foot.

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Mm-hmm.

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So we had a great competitive bid process,
put that out,

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had 11 contractors show up for the
pre-bid, had 9 of the 11 submit bids.

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And between the 9, it ranged from $2.3 to
$2.7, so it was within $400,000.

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So kudos to Mr. George Neuberger for
drawing such good detailed plans to put

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drawing such good detailed plans to put
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that we were comparing apples to apples.

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So we look forward to getting that on the
budget, Mr.

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Sumner, and getting that to the full
commission.

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And just to clarify, was it $120,000 was
the options or alternatives?

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Yes, between the two.

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So option 1, And just for clarification,
the $2.3—

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$2.314 for the building of the building,
that's for that.

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And then the option 1 and 2, which was
just over $100,000,

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that's for a generator and for solar
backup,

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which the solar backup is where Columbia—
we're under the city codes.

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Yes.

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we may ask for the solar to be pulled away
from it, uh, and if that be the case,

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you know, we'd put that towards any FFE
and all that.

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But, uh, uh, anyway, so it's still under
the, the 2.5.

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So that's where the 1.2 ask on addition.
Is that pretty clear?

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Commissioner Grooms, you had a question?

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Yeah, I was just going to ask you, how,
how did— how'd you do on the rodeo?

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How'd the kids do?

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It was great. Uh, had, uh, Of course, with
the threat of the weather, it was—

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it turned out great. The weather ended up
being phenomenal, actually.

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It wasn't very hot for July like it's been
in years past,

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but we were down on our crowd a little bit
on Saturday night just because it was

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supposed to be a rainout, and it was
perfect. But we still profited quite a

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perfect. But we still profited quite a
bit.

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I haven't got the absolute final numbers
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you still have bills to be paid and some
sponsorship still coming in.

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So, but the kids are going to have a great
Christmas and Thanksgiving.

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And so thank you all for being a part of
that.

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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Yes, sir. Commissioner Burkhalter.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Sheriff, the contractor that received the
bid, where is he from?

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All right.

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So the, the parent company is out of
Louisiana.

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They have a satellite office out of
Franklin.

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They've been there for a little over 5
years.

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And, you know, we had several from right
here that have done business for decades

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that put in, you know, some that we're
more familiar with.

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But we, during the bid process,

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we asked for 3 references on 3 different
jobs that were equal to or greater than

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what we were the project that we have at
hand for them to submit with their bid

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packets. All of that was done,

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and there was no reason not to go
potentially with the low bid.

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Yeah, and you're right, out of those 9
bids, they were very competitive,

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all of them.

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Mr. Neuberger, myself, Captain Stanford,

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we were all blown away with the response
of the people that, you know,

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were eager to take this project on.

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And then, uh, the response that we had
with bidding this project.

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So we're looking forward to it. It's been
a long time coming.

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So thank you all for your patience and
willing to work with us,

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but we're trying to be good stewards, uh,
like all of us try to be. So.

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Don't see any more lights. Is this all you
got, Mr. Burkhalter?

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Okay. Thank you. All right.

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Thank you for your time.

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Good luck, uh, Thursday.

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So yeah.

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Yes.

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All right, next, Highway Department, Ken
McKee.

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Good afternoon, Chairman.

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Uh, the first thing on the Highway
Department list is a resolution to accept

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Department list is a resolution to accept
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streets. This is a subdivision that's, uh,

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been completed and the end of its
maintenance agreement.

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Mr. Dobies, do we need to do these
separately or Do them all

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together? We've got Henley Way, is that
Suther Street,

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and Frey Lane. Just do them all together?

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Need a motion to accept those 3 streets.

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Motion by Commissioner Burkhalter,

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seconded by Commissioner Stovall.

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Sorry, Mr. Chairman.

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I apologize. I meant to do them separate.

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I think we had done them separate last
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Okay.

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My mistake, yep.

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Okay. And we will send them to the consent
agenda. That's right.

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So let's do them separately. Uh, one on
Henley Way.

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Motion was by, uh, Stovall, seconded by
Burkhalter.

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed? All right, that one passes to
budget.

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Uh, Suther Street, motion by Burkhalter,
seconded by Hestla.

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed? All right.

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And then Frey Lane, F-R-E-Y Lane, motion
by Hestla,

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seconded by Stovall. All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed? All right, all 3 of those Mr.

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McKee? Thank you.

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I'm sorry?

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Point of information, what, what district
were those in?

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Do you know?

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Uh, it's off of John Sharp Road.

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Okay.

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Sharp Manor.

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That's 5. Thank you.

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Is that you, Scott?

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Okay.

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All right, uh, letter B, state aid
project.

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Uh, this is just for information only.

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I'm required to report to the legislative
body The roads we're going to work on with

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state aid money. And so this is the list
of where we're going to work.

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It's Leapers Creek Road.

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And it'd be District 6, right?

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Okay.

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All right. Uh, letter C, speed limit for
Scott Hollow Road.

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I have a resolution to post the speed
limit on

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Scott Hollow, like a resolution to approve
that.

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So We can pass that on to the full
commission on the consent agenda.

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I need a motion for the speed limit. Mr.
Stovall, seconded by Commissioner Hestla.

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And what are you setting it to, the speed
limit?

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Okay, what district is that?

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That's District 9.

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Yes, 45.

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Okay.

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All right, to 45 miles per hour. All in
favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed? That passes to full
commission.

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And the resolution to rename a section of
Old Zion Road in honor of Dr. C.D. George.

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That's Kenny Morrow. You want to talk
about that, Kenny?

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Yeah, we received a communication from Dr.

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George's daughter, and the family was
requesting that.

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

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The map is— it's less than a mile of road,
but it adjoins his— Dr.

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George's original farm, goes in front of
Dr. George's original farm.

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Community seems strongly in favor of it,
and he spent a lot of time—

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he lived to be 96, He's spent a lot of
time in service to the community,

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and we felt like it was a deserved thing.

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Okay.

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So you make that as a motion, Commissioner
Morrow?

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I will make that as a motion.

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Need a second. Commissioner Hestla, a
second?

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District 7.

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District 7. Any comments? Seeing none, all
in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed?

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Consent.

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Yeah, to consent to the full. Commission.

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Yep.

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All right, now we got the one that Doug
mentioned, correct?

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Uh, the addition.

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Yeah.

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For Mount Pleasant City.

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Right. I need a resolution to approve an
interlocal agreement with the City

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of Mount Pleasant so the highway
department can oil and chip a road for

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department can oil and chip a road for
them.

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And that road is on their wastewater
treatment driveway, correct?

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It's not a public road. It's just their
city property.

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Okay.

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Motion for that. Commissioner Stovall,
seconded by Commissioner Maura.

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All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed?

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No.

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All right, Doug, it goes to full
commission, right? Or budget? Budget.

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commission, right? Or budget? Budget.
Okay.

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It'll have a long-term impact of billing
back and forth with the city.

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I sent a template resolution that Giles
County has with their cities to,

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to Mark. So we just need to swap some
things out and kind of move forward on

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that process.

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Okay. All right.

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Is that all, Ken?

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That's all I've got.

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Any questions? Seeing none, you're good.

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Thank you.

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All right. Number 8, Emergency Management.
Jeff Hardy.

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Good evening, y'all.

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We circulated our monthly report.

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Be glad to answer any questions Any
questions regarding that?

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See no questions.

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That's all I got. No asks, no resolutions.

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We do have a couple points of information
if you

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want them.

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Sure.

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We've got 2 exercises coming up, one
September 15th, the other will be October

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September 15th, the other will be October
15th.

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Those are exercises that we do to exercise
Emergency Operations Center with our

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emergency service partners and some of our
county departments.

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So we've got those 2 planned.

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Those are both pretty large events that
we'll be hosting with our local respective

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departments. So just for information on
that project.

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Will you be doing those on public streets
or is that on—

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No, sir. Those are tabletop exercises.

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So that will be in the EOC and then at our
backup EOC.

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It's nothing we need to really warn the
community of?

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No, sir. Nothing out in the public. out
practicing in the street.

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Not this one anyways.

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Okay.

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As far as the radio project, Project
Guardian, it is still ongoing.

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We've been working with Mark Dobies and
Robert Caladero on some property concerns,

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issues, things, but that's still moving
pretty quick, pretty forward.

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We hope to start the installation of
actual radios this Fall,

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wintertime into the fire trucks and
ambulances and police cars and such.

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So that will start taking place.

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So we'll, we'll see that all of the work
that's been done up to now has been behind

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the scenes and a lot going into it. So
we're finalizing all of that.

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That's still moving forward.

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We should, fingers crossed,

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be on the system or the system be up and
functioning first part of the year.

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Okay.

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of '27. We'll still be using the old
system and the new system for several

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months, working out any kinks or bugs,

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with final takeover and move over
mid-2027.

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So we're still— it's been a long process.
18 months, Sheriff, right?

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18 months.

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And so that's an ongoing joke for us. But
yeah, it's coming. It's coming quick.

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So that's— thank you guys. Thank you all
for that investment.

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Thank you for providing for our first
responders and our safety.

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It goes a long ways and it goes noticed.
So thank you.

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Thank you. Mayor Button, you got a
comment?

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Yes.

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Just to mention that you might watch for
those emails about those tabletop

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those emails about those tabletop
exercises

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because they are extremely helpful in case
of an emergency.

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The city mayor and I went to one about 2
months before we actually had the tornado

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here. And it was very helpful in those
circumstances.

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So if anyone could go, I advise you to do
that.

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Thank you.

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Can we get a CTAS hour?

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Probably not.

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All right, Commissioner Stovall.

302
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Yes, sir.

303
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Jeff, how's the tornado sirens working?

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Is all the bugs out of that yet?

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Yes, sir. 99% of the time, right?

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There's always going to be a bug with
electronics somewhere,

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but the system is up and running. It works
really well hand in hand with the city.

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And so this last month we had to cancel
just due to forecasted weather.

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It's that time of year.

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But we, even when those months where we
have to cancel the audible test,

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we are able to electronically poll every
siren to see if there's any issues.

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So we can do that remotely from the 911
center, from our office.

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I can even do it from my cell phone.

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So I can see at a moment's notice if
there's an issue.

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with any of the sirens, and they're all up
and functioning and working as,

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as they should.

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Thank you, sir.

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Yes, sir.

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That's all I have. All right. Commissioner
Groh.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Jeff, who all is
going to be on the new, new radio system?

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So it will be our office, Murray County
Fire, Sheriff's Department,

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Ambulance Service, Murray County Public
Schools, Mount Pleasant Police,

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Mount Pleasant Fire right now.

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We're still talking with and working with
the city to get city police, city fire,

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Columbia Police and Fire on board with
that.

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Spring Hill is on a similar system,

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but they're in bed with Williamson County
right now.

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That's a good way to put it.

329
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That's the most politically correct way I
could say it.

330
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Yeah. I had another question. Where is the
new siren located?

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Located in Mount Pleasant?

332
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There's 2 of them. There's one located
right behind City Hall.

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I know that.

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And then the other one is right behind the
high school,

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right in between the high school and the
middle school.

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It's right next to the ball field.

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Good deal. Thank you. Thank you.

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Yes, sir.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Jeff, that's all the lights. Thank you so
much.

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Thank you all very much.

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Next on the agenda is Murray County Fire
Chief Brew.

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Good evening. We sent out our report if
you have any questions on that.

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Don't see any.

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Chief Schatz has a presentation to bring
the data, you know,

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show you what we actually do, not just the
numbers.

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00:19:44,057 --> 00:19:47,942
So if you don't have any questions, we'll
just move on to that.

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Go ahead.

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Just a few short slides. Just kidding,
there's several.

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But busy July, but it was very productive.

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Some high-profile calls that we had that
we'll talk through.

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So just numbers, total incidents for July,
it was 241.

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That monthly report didn't reflect all of
them.

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We still have some that were like quality
controlling,

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so they don't all push through to you. But
241 was our total call volume.

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About year to date, there's about 25% year
over year. So, um, all right.

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July 1st, uh, it was actually the second
call we had at this farm.

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Uh, rough, rough, uh, week for a farmer on
Polk Lane.

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But first it was a tractor, and then
about, you know, less than a week later,

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about, you know, less than a week later,
um,

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Had a hay bale fire there.

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00:20:42,934 --> 00:20:47,885
Big Beaver Road had an ATV fire well off
the roadway at a kids camp.

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Another hay bale fire off Luke Mosier
Road.

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They did a great job getting the hay bales
out away from like the barn structure and

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then burning them off out in a gravel area
so that they didn't continue to smolder.

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So they spent several hours out there
dealing with that for that farmer.

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Are those being caused by lightning or
what?

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Uh, I don't know. So the first one was a
hay baler,

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a bearing in a hay baler going out.

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Uh, this guy had silage or something
stored in front of those hay bales in that

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little concrete area.

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Heat off it. Yeah.

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We had to move all that before we got to
the hay bales.

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So, uh, Chief Brute attended a blue car
training in, uh, Georgia.

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Uh, this is a big deal.

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It's a week-long training for him to
spend, uh,

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down there on behalf of our department.

378
00:21:37,736 --> 00:21:42,921
It's a big, big investment to where he can
bring that training back and specifically

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teach our leadership, our officers, our
line officers.

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It's a specific command structure so that
we can just do better at commanding

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incidents. So appreciate him doing that.
July 3rd, we had several calls come out.

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We supported the Highway Department just
because of the amount of trees down that

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all happened at once.

384
00:22:02,306 --> 00:22:07,121
We had a few electrical incidents where
weatherheads were pulled off of houses

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weatherheads were pulled off of houses
from

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trees down and such as that.

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But, um, you know, it was a holiday
weekend and they had, I think,

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several crews out, but just, it's
obviously it's a big county.

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And so we supported them in helping remove
some trees.

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00:22:20,332 --> 00:22:23,542
Uh, July 4th, um, several calls throughout
July 4th.

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Um, that night we had a car fire that was
catching a second car on fire.

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00:22:27,987 --> 00:22:33,050
Luckily, an alert passerby found it until
we were almost done putting the car out.

393
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The homeowners didn't even know.

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So.

395
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July 6th, another car fire happened on Old
Highway 99.

396
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It was actually a lot closer to the barn
than what it looks,

397
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but luckily the barn was metal, so it
didn't catch that barn on fire.

398
00:22:47,855 --> 00:22:52,545
But immediate response actually from
Engine 30 at that Lecia station.

399
00:22:52,545 --> 00:22:57,847
There was a volunteer hanging out that
day, so less than a mile down the road,

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00:22:57,847 --> 00:22:59,819
so that worked out real well.

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00:22:59,819 --> 00:23:04,781
One of our firefighters, Jacob Robinson,
helped secure a TC Energy grant.

402
00:23:04,781 --> 00:23:09,199
That picture is, some of you don't know,
we have a major pumping,

403
00:23:09,199 --> 00:23:12,394
gas pumping station in the Hampshire
community.

404
00:23:12,394 --> 00:23:17,085
It's in the middle of nowhere and it is a
high-pressure gas pipeline,

405
00:23:17,085 --> 00:23:19,804
supplies the Northeast with natural gas.

406
00:23:19,804 --> 00:23:23,814
But he got a grant for $11,392 to help us
buy gas monitors.

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00:23:23,814 --> 00:23:28,913
And that all came about because they were
out doing pre-plans on all of our

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00:23:28,913 --> 00:23:30,408
commercial facilities.

409
00:23:30,408 --> 00:23:30,585
Yeah.

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00:23:31,178 --> 00:23:33,902
and made some good relationships out
there,

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00:23:33,902 --> 00:23:38,084
and it turned into a grant that we
wouldn't have gotten otherwise.

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So it more than paid for our pre-plan
software that we had purchased.

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00:23:42,456 --> 00:23:43,850
So hard work pays off.

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00:23:43,850 --> 00:23:49,045
July 10th, they did a great job stopping a
tractor-trailer fire on the interstate.

415
00:23:49,045 --> 00:23:53,100
It was burning through the floor when they
got there, but again,

416
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that immediate response from headquarters
stopped this.

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00:23:56,585 --> 00:23:58,169
It was full of furniture,

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00:23:58,169 --> 00:24:02,287
so they were able to stop that from
becoming a much bigger issue.

419
00:24:02,287 --> 00:24:04,378
issue in the middle of the night.

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00:24:04,378 --> 00:24:08,179
July 10th, we had a man— what we call a
man-in-machine call.

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00:24:08,179 --> 00:24:10,777
We have a— one of our firemen is Italian,

422
00:24:10,777 --> 00:24:15,846
and he has a very close relationship with
his family and frequents the business.

423
00:24:15,846 --> 00:24:18,633
They called him, told him what was going
on.

424
00:24:18,633 --> 00:24:23,005
You know, I told him, hey, it's in the
city, just call 911, you know,

425
00:24:23,005 --> 00:24:26,680
the city will go over there. They didn't
want to call 911.

426
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:26,820
They—

427
00:24:26,820 --> 00:24:30,261
and then, uh, so along about an hour went
by, they called back,

428
00:24:30,261 --> 00:24:34,577
his arm was still in there, and we're
like, Jake, will you just come over here?

429
00:24:34,577 --> 00:24:37,909
And so, uh, it— I made a judgment call,
said, you know, okay,

430
00:24:37,909 --> 00:24:40,476
we'll go over there if he doesn't want to
call.

431
00:24:40,476 --> 00:24:42,825
We'll go over there and see what we can
do.

432
00:24:42,825 --> 00:24:45,665
It's a little bit more involved than what
I thought.

433
00:24:45,665 --> 00:24:50,145
I thought we could just kind of drive some
wedges in and get his arm out, uh, but,

434
00:24:50,145 --> 00:24:54,241
uh, we ended up having to use heavy
hydraulic tools and break their machine

435
00:24:54,241 --> 00:24:54,624
hydraulic tools and break their machine
Because

436
00:24:54,624 --> 00:24:58,557
it was going numb. But good picture there
with him after we got him out.

437
00:24:58,557 --> 00:25:02,435
Had some bruising, but he was, he was good
to go and told us, you know,

438
00:25:02,435 --> 00:25:06,040
we could share the pictures and stuff like
that if you want to go.

439
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,171
But yeah, we were able to raise $1,000—

440
00:25:08,171 --> 00:25:12,486
$1,675 on GoFundMe to help them replace
their machine that we had to destroy to

441
00:25:12,486 --> 00:25:12,650
their machine that we had to destroy to
get

442
00:25:12,650 --> 00:25:14,671
his arm out. So felt good about that.

443
00:25:14,671 --> 00:25:15,255
Awesome.

444
00:25:16,778 --> 00:25:20,860
Another severe storm, just supporting the
Highway Department,

445
00:25:20,860 --> 00:25:24,807
just due to the amount of trees down all
across the county.

446
00:25:24,807 --> 00:25:27,417
Another significant storm on July 11th,

447
00:25:27,417 --> 00:25:31,298
mainly handled trees down in like the
Mount Pleasant area.

448
00:25:31,298 --> 00:25:34,844
Arrow Lake is kind of where we mostly
supported them.

449
00:25:34,844 --> 00:25:40,130
I attended the National Fire Academy the
week of July 13th and reviewed federal

450
00:25:40,130 --> 00:25:42,003
grants for the fire service.

451
00:25:42,003 --> 00:25:47,423
And what that did is it gave me like the
behind-the-scenes look at how they grade

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00:25:47,423 --> 00:25:49,631
grants, what they're looking for.

453
00:25:49,631 --> 00:25:54,315
And so they paid for the trip and
everything up there, and competitive

454
00:25:54,315 --> 00:25:54,984
everything up there, and competitive
selection.

455
00:25:54,984 --> 00:25:58,463
There's about 100 of us selected from
across the US,

456
00:25:58,463 --> 00:26:02,277
and they flew us in there for a week. We
reviewed grants.

457
00:26:02,277 --> 00:26:07,764
And so I was able to review grants from
all across the United States, and it just—

458
00:26:07,764 --> 00:26:08,007
it was—

459
00:26:08,007 --> 00:26:11,162
It was— In essence, a week of grant
training for me.

460
00:26:11,162 --> 00:26:14,074
So I know specifically what they're
looking for.

461
00:26:14,074 --> 00:26:18,260
And so hopefully it will make us much more
competitive in the future.

462
00:26:18,260 --> 00:26:20,687
July 17th had significant burn injuries.

463
00:26:20,687 --> 00:26:24,145
Some construction site workers were
lighting a burn pile.

464
00:26:24,145 --> 00:26:28,938
I think they had confusion on what kind of
fuel was in the can because it was a

465
00:26:28,938 --> 00:26:30,516
yellow can. Unfortunately,

466
00:26:30,516 --> 00:26:34,763
I think it was gasoline and they thought
it was like a diesel product.

467
00:26:34,763 --> 00:26:38,099
Had a flash fire occur. And one with
significant burns.

468
00:26:38,099 --> 00:26:42,286
The other one was transported by ground,
but one was airlifted there.

469
00:26:42,286 --> 00:26:47,200
We had a major water supply drill up in
Spring Hill on July, I think it was 17th,

470
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:52,114
but they spent, one of our chief officers
helped train the Spring Hill drivers on

471
00:26:52,114 --> 00:26:56,604
major water supply operations, so it was
just a good collaborative effort.

472
00:26:56,604 --> 00:27:01,458
So that when we have these big incidents
that it's not the first time that we've

473
00:27:01,458 --> 00:27:05,401
ever done it. And that you can see there
of all of our equipment,

474
00:27:05,401 --> 00:27:08,799
ours is on the right, Spring Hills is
there on the left,

475
00:27:08,799 --> 00:27:10,922
and it also goes to our ISO points.

476
00:27:10,922 --> 00:27:12,621
So when we're graded by ISO,

477
00:27:12,621 --> 00:27:16,261
we have to do multi-mutual aid training
and stuff like that.

478
00:27:16,261 --> 00:27:19,780
So this was just a good thing for that
when we get graded.

479
00:27:19,780 --> 00:27:24,634
Probably most significant incident of the
month was technical rescue at Santa Fe

480
00:27:24,634 --> 00:27:28,941
Unit School. Uh, we were dispatched to a
person fallen and unconscious.

481
00:27:28,941 --> 00:27:31,914
That was about all the information we were
given.

482
00:27:31,914 --> 00:27:36,222
Um, there was a language, a slight
language barrier, and I think maybe,

483
00:27:36,222 --> 00:27:40,226
I don't know if cell phone service played
into it or not, but, um,

484
00:27:40,226 --> 00:27:42,592
so when our first people got there, uh,

485
00:27:42,592 --> 00:27:46,232
a gentleman from the Santa Fe District got
there, said, hey,

486
00:27:46,232 --> 00:27:50,843
we're gonna need a Stokes basket and rope,
but his radio was kind of broken,

487
00:27:50,843 --> 00:27:53,149
so we didn't exactly know what we had.

488
00:27:53,149 --> 00:27:57,638
Pulled up, figures out it's a confined
space rescue in a, in a In essence,

489
00:27:57,638 --> 00:28:00,672
it's a septic tank is what that is for the
school.

490
00:28:00,672 --> 00:28:04,919
A new one, luckily, not an existing one.
So that was a small blessing.

491
00:28:04,919 --> 00:28:08,256
But a man critically injured in the bottom
of the tank.

492
00:28:08,256 --> 00:28:10,986
I think that's the last— or there's one
more.

493
00:28:10,986 --> 00:28:14,869
But so you can see there at the bottom of
the tank where he was,

494
00:28:14,869 --> 00:28:17,963
he was 20 feet down, unconscious, severely
injured.

495
00:28:17,963 --> 00:28:20,390
He unfortunately fell from the very top.

496
00:28:20,390 --> 00:28:25,243
But The ladder truck played a pivotal role
just being able to maneuver in there.

497
00:28:25,243 --> 00:28:29,976
There was some significant concrete
barriers to maneuver around and be able to

498
00:28:29,976 --> 00:28:30,158
barriers to maneuver around and be able to
set

499
00:28:30,158 --> 00:28:31,917
it up there for a high point.

500
00:28:31,917 --> 00:28:35,921
But I just couldn't be prouder of our
Special Operations Division,

501
00:28:35,921 --> 00:28:37,681
our Special Operations Chief.

502
00:28:37,681 --> 00:28:41,382
He's a full-time fireman in Nashville, and
he pours his life,

503
00:28:41,382 --> 00:28:45,871
heart and soul into our department
training our people for exact scenarios

504
00:28:45,871 --> 00:28:46,114
training our people for exact scenarios
like

505
00:28:46,114 --> 00:28:50,300
this. And so he wasn't— he was on shift
that day, so he wasn't there.

506
00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:52,363
Uh, but it went very smoothly, um,

507
00:28:52,363 --> 00:28:55,639
because of all that training that he
poured into them.

508
00:28:55,639 --> 00:28:58,976
So I just, I couldn't be prouder of
everybody, uh, and,

509
00:28:58,976 --> 00:29:03,526
and the effort that they pulled off. Uh,
EMS was down there providing care.

510
00:29:03,526 --> 00:29:07,106
Um, the poor paramedic, I think she's even
part-time there.

511
00:29:07,106 --> 00:29:10,503
Uh, this was, she was also the paramedic
on our big, uh,

512
00:29:10,503 --> 00:29:15,418
dirt rescue that we had in Hampshire a
couple years ago that we got the award for

513
00:29:15,418 --> 00:29:17,905
when that Dirt collapsed on that backhoe.

514
00:29:17,905 --> 00:29:22,395
So, uh, we have to figure out when she's
working so we know what's coming.

515
00:29:22,395 --> 00:29:24,457
But, um, everybody did a good job.

516
00:29:24,457 --> 00:29:28,098
Uh, Greens Mill Road, uh, had a
lithium-ion battery failure.

517
00:29:28,098 --> 00:29:32,163
I just wanted to share this. We received
auto aid from Spring Hill.

518
00:29:32,163 --> 00:29:33,679
They, they arrived first.

519
00:29:33,679 --> 00:29:37,502
Their engine company and the chief officer
arrived prior to us.

520
00:29:37,502 --> 00:29:41,930
It's exactly how it's supposed to work.
They're the closest fire station.

521
00:29:41,930 --> 00:29:45,935
It all worked exactly like it should. They
mitigated the incident.

522
00:29:45,935 --> 00:29:50,667
We were able to cut a bunch of our units
that were responding loose and cancel

523
00:29:50,667 --> 00:29:50,970
that were responding loose and cancel
them.

524
00:29:50,970 --> 00:29:53,701
And so they were able to handle the
incident.

525
00:29:53,701 --> 00:29:56,795
But just wanted to showcase this because,
you know,

526
00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:59,282
when you're talking to community members,

527
00:29:59,282 --> 00:30:02,498
make sure that they're buying stuff that's
UL listed,

528
00:30:02,498 --> 00:30:07,230
chargers that are made by the manufacturer
and not just something cheap off of

529
00:30:07,230 --> 00:30:11,780
Amazon, because that's what's causing
these battery pack failures are cheap

530
00:30:11,780 --> 00:30:12,266
these battery pack failures are cheap
chargers

531
00:30:12,266 --> 00:30:12,933
that don't—

532
00:30:12,933 --> 00:30:13,014
Okay.

533
00:30:13,364 --> 00:30:17,220
that aren't made by the manufacturer of
the battery storage device.

534
00:30:17,220 --> 00:30:20,732
So speaking specifically to how we were
canceled off of that,

535
00:30:20,732 --> 00:30:22,746
our units were returned to service,

536
00:30:22,746 --> 00:30:26,372
made it back into Columbia when
unfortunately this accident was

537
00:30:26,372 --> 00:30:27,005
unfortunately this accident was
dispatched,

538
00:30:27,005 --> 00:30:30,344
but otherwise they would have been tied up
on Greens Mill.

539
00:30:30,344 --> 00:30:32,704
So just how well that auto aid works out,

540
00:30:32,704 --> 00:30:35,524
they would have been committed up on
Greens Mill.

541
00:30:35,524 --> 00:30:40,129
So they were already back and were able to
immediately respond to that accident.

542
00:30:40,129 --> 00:30:43,640
Unfortunately, it was fatal. Down near the
Giles County line.

543
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:48,014
Beard Road, deep in the Bethel community,
almost to the Hickman County line.

544
00:30:48,014 --> 00:30:51,295
Again, we had immediate response from our
Bethel station.

545
00:30:51,295 --> 00:30:53,770
So just a testimony to our live-in
program.

546
00:30:53,770 --> 00:30:58,202
We have a live-in member up there and they
immediately responded, the engine.

547
00:30:58,202 --> 00:31:03,037
One of our chief officers also immediately
responded from that district and arrived.

548
00:31:03,037 --> 00:31:07,585
There's a new home under construction
found on fire by the construction workers

549
00:31:07,585 --> 00:31:07,815
found on fire by the construction workers
that

550
00:31:07,815 --> 00:31:12,419
morning. I think it had been smoldering a
good bit of the night in the basement.

551
00:31:12,419 --> 00:31:16,218
And unfortunately, when they got there,
opened the doors, it just,

552
00:31:16,218 --> 00:31:17,657
it just kind of took off.

553
00:31:17,657 --> 00:31:21,341
So, uh, really proud of all the efforts
that, uh, everybody did.

554
00:31:21,341 --> 00:31:26,003
Uh, it was a very dangerous fire. It had a
full basement walking around the home.

555
00:31:26,003 --> 00:31:29,399
You could not tell it had a basement.
There was no windows.

556
00:31:29,399 --> 00:31:31,126
There was no walkout basement.

557
00:31:31,126 --> 00:31:33,313
They immediately, when they got there,

558
00:31:33,313 --> 00:31:37,803
they started to try to go in to mitigate
the fire. Force started to let loose.

559
00:31:37,803 --> 00:31:40,854
Again, one of our chief officers, he's,
uh, you know,

560
00:31:40,854 --> 00:31:44,250
almost a 30-year guy at Nashville, very
seasoned, you know,

561
00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:48,451
was able to recognize those conditions,
back— backed everybody out, went,

562
00:31:48,451 --> 00:31:52,711
went defensive. Um, and, uh, we just cut
it off from that left side there.

563
00:31:52,711 --> 00:31:56,682
So, um, but they were— everybody was
working in, in pouring down rain

564
00:31:56,682 --> 00:31:57,315
working in, in pouring down rain
conditions.

565
00:31:57,315 --> 00:32:01,863
This driveway was over a mile off the
roadway, very steep, uh, through a creek.

566
00:32:01,863 --> 00:32:04,165
It was, it was very difficult to get to.

567
00:32:04,165 --> 00:32:04,326
Yeah.

568
00:32:04,766 --> 00:32:07,470
But just hats off to the hard work of the
volunteers.

569
00:32:07,470 --> 00:32:11,552
We had tankers come from as far away as
Culebra to help support the water supply

570
00:32:11,552 --> 00:32:13,695
operation, and we didn't run out of water.

571
00:32:13,695 --> 00:32:16,451
So we were able to keep staying water the
entire time.

572
00:32:16,451 --> 00:32:19,308
And initially they were flowing two
2.5-inch hand lines,

573
00:32:19,308 --> 00:32:20,839
which is our bigger hand line.

574
00:32:20,839 --> 00:32:24,257
So they're flowing a lot of water to
initially knock down the fire,

575
00:32:24,257 --> 00:32:25,482
and they didn't run out.

576
00:32:25,482 --> 00:32:27,931
So in the rural water supply, that's a big
deal,

577
00:32:27,931 --> 00:32:30,686
and I just couldn't be prouder of all
their hard work.

578
00:32:30,686 --> 00:32:32,268
Luke Mosier had a scene flight.

579
00:32:32,268 --> 00:32:36,044
A gentleman was trampled by some cows
while they were trying to load them.

580
00:32:36,044 --> 00:32:38,299
Same as the hay bale place.

581
00:32:38,299 --> 00:32:41,829
Same as the hay bale place, another
unlucky farmer.

582
00:32:41,829 --> 00:32:45,913
July 28th, had a scene flight on Highway
43 and Highway 20,

583
00:32:45,913 --> 00:32:49,996
another motorcycle accident. Person was
critically injured.

584
00:32:49,996 --> 00:32:55,326
July 30th, we supported Columbia Fire
Department again with our automatic aid

585
00:32:55,326 --> 00:32:57,679
response. Um, they did a good job.

586
00:32:57,679 --> 00:33:03,493
They got it as a fire alarm activation, so
they arrived, found the building on fire.

587
00:33:03,493 --> 00:33:05,984
It was upgraded to a structure fire.

588
00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:09,860
Myself, Chief Periut, and some other
members were there.

589
00:33:09,860 --> 00:33:14,567
We did not— most of the department, we
didn't operate for very long.

590
00:33:15,706 --> 00:33:15,915
We—

591
00:33:16,284 --> 00:33:17,915
they did one cycle inside,

592
00:33:17,915 --> 00:33:22,996
and then we helped cover the city while
they operated till almost, I think, 3 AM.

593
00:33:22,996 --> 00:33:28,140
Chief Periut was there till, I think, AM
helping support their incident commander.

594
00:33:28,140 --> 00:33:32,908
But again, on these large commercial
buildings where they're very dangerous,

595
00:33:32,908 --> 00:33:34,790
there's just added complexity.

596
00:33:34,790 --> 00:33:39,746
So having an additional chief officer to
help support their chief on scene just

597
00:33:39,746 --> 00:33:43,823
makes everyone safer. So just automatic
aids working really well.

598
00:33:43,823 --> 00:33:49,093
Cardiac arrest, Tanyard Hollow, Lacey Way,
Foster Chapel Road, Albert Matthews Road.

599
00:33:49,093 --> 00:33:52,668
Uh, specifically on Lacey Way and Foster
Chapel Road, uh,

600
00:33:52,668 --> 00:33:57,750
our members were able to get there, insert
an airway device, which you see there,

601
00:33:57,750 --> 00:34:03,019
put them on AED and put them on a, like a
chest compression device that we have, uh,

602
00:34:03,019 --> 00:34:07,097
prior to EMS arrival. So I was very proud
of them on, on those 2.

603
00:34:07,097 --> 00:34:12,304
Uh, the Albert Matthews call was something
EMS just went to initially on their own,

604
00:34:12,304 --> 00:34:16,067
uh, and it turned into a cardiac arrest
once they got there.

605
00:34:16,067 --> 00:34:18,326
The person went into cardiac arrest.

606
00:34:18,326 --> 00:34:21,525
Um, and then, uh, one of our members, Zach
Ray, uh,

607
00:34:21,525 --> 00:34:25,665
he traveled across all of our stations,
all of our staff vehicles,

608
00:34:25,665 --> 00:34:29,178
got about 25 AEDs is what we have across
the department,

609
00:34:29,178 --> 00:34:31,249
took them all to Murray Regional.

610
00:34:31,249 --> 00:34:33,193
Their biomed, uh, division, uh,

611
00:34:33,193 --> 00:34:37,710
updates all of our AEDs yearly and make
sure they're all, uh, compliant,

612
00:34:37,710 --> 00:34:42,854
ready to go. So it's just a— it takes a
ton of man hours, a ton of driving around.

613
00:34:42,903 --> 00:34:42,935
So.

614
00:34:42,935 --> 00:34:48,132
He accomplished that in July and just
really appreciate everything he does

615
00:34:48,132 --> 00:34:48,553
really appreciate everything he does
there.

616
00:34:48,553 --> 00:34:54,242
Our boat is done. So we are going next
week to inspect it and get training on it.

617
00:34:54,242 --> 00:34:59,438
They're going to teach us how to
maintenance it, all those kind of things.

618
00:34:59,438 --> 00:35:03,511
Hopefully dodge the wildfires that are
going on out there.

619
00:35:03,511 --> 00:35:05,899
But this is specifically the boat.

620
00:35:05,899 --> 00:35:09,832
They're out there testing it and breaking
the engine in,

621
00:35:09,832 --> 00:35:14,888
doing the break-in engine hours on it. So
we'll be out there to do that.

622
00:35:14,888 --> 00:35:16,503
And have it this month.

623
00:35:16,503 --> 00:35:21,630
So, uh, you can hit, uh, from current
slide, from current slide, I think.

624
00:35:21,630 --> 00:35:24,439
But any questions on our monthly report?

625
00:35:24,439 --> 00:35:26,412
I got, I got a question for you.

626
00:35:26,412 --> 00:35:30,421
You said you had— you responded to
something on Greens Mill Road,

627
00:35:30,421 --> 00:35:32,086
but Spring Hill was closer.

628
00:35:32,086 --> 00:35:36,896
In that situation, is that homeowner
Responsible financially to Spring Hill at

629
00:35:36,896 --> 00:35:37,142
Responsible financially to Spring Hill at
all?

630
00:35:37,142 --> 00:35:41,891
No, that's good for me to know. Cause I
live like an 8th of a mile out of the

631
00:35:41,891 --> 00:35:42,199
live like an 8th of a mile out of the
city.

632
00:35:42,199 --> 00:35:44,687
You're in the Columbia Auto Aid district.

633
00:35:44,687 --> 00:35:48,570
So you're in the urban growth boundary for
the city of Columbia.

634
00:35:48,570 --> 00:35:53,242
So because of the, cause we go and we
provide to them and they provide to us,

635
00:35:53,242 --> 00:35:57,308
you know, that's, you're, you're covered
in that area specifically.

636
00:35:57,308 --> 00:35:59,492
Um, uh, so yeah, it works out great.

637
00:35:59,653 --> 00:35:59,733
Okay.

638
00:36:00,584 --> 00:36:03,023
Uh, Commissioner Hestla.

639
00:36:03,023 --> 00:36:09,953
Thank you, Chair. Good job. Good job with
all of it. We just appreciate you so much.

640
00:36:09,953 --> 00:36:14,244
Who did you get to respond to the Santa Fe
accident?

641
00:36:14,244 --> 00:36:17,544
Because I know that station is so small.

642
00:36:17,544 --> 00:36:20,604
Which one? The rescue?

643
00:36:20,604 --> 00:36:21,841
Yeah, when the guy fell.

644
00:36:21,841 --> 00:36:25,677
So the engine came— an engine came from
Bethel Station because, again,

645
00:36:25,677 --> 00:36:27,376
we have a live-in member there.

646
00:36:27,376 --> 00:36:30,829
And so they were actually responding in
the engine immediately.

647
00:36:30,829 --> 00:36:33,295
Uh, our ladder truck comes from
headquarters.

648
00:36:33,295 --> 00:36:37,076
Um, and, um, then like we had volunteers
from the Santa Fe community.

649
00:36:37,076 --> 00:36:40,364
Uh, they were actually the initial
responders and like, hey,

650
00:36:40,364 --> 00:36:42,501
this is actually more than just a fall.

651
00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:46,064
So that put— because our ladder truck
wouldn't respond initially.

652
00:36:46,064 --> 00:36:50,557
So once they got there and said, hey, we
have a rope rescue, then it got upgraded.

653
00:36:50,557 --> 00:36:51,982
And luckily there was, uh,

654
00:36:51,982 --> 00:36:56,421
still people back at the station because
we just thought it was a medical call at

655
00:36:56,421 --> 00:36:56,750
first.

656
00:36:56,750 --> 00:36:56,978
Mm-hmm.

657
00:36:57,944 --> 00:37:00,238
And so they were— they brought additional
resources.

658
00:37:00,238 --> 00:37:03,933
So when the new place in Santa Fe is
built,

659
00:37:03,933 --> 00:37:06,081
what will you have there?

660
00:37:06,081 --> 00:37:11,151
Will anything be able to respond to
something more quickly?

661
00:37:11,151 --> 00:37:12,900
We have an engine and a brush truck.

662
00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:16,299
We have an engine and a brush truck
currently assigned to the Santa Fe

663
00:37:16,299 --> 00:37:16,688
currently assigned to the Santa Fe
Station.

664
00:37:16,688 --> 00:37:20,886
Okay. Okay. And also saw— I read the
report.

665
00:37:20,886 --> 00:37:25,465
It's fascinating. Most of your calls are
medical

666
00:37:25,465 --> 00:37:26,991
instead of fire.

667
00:37:27,495 --> 00:37:30,260
Well, and the report's a little deceiving
too,

668
00:37:30,260 --> 00:37:33,565
because a large portion of those fall— it
says medical,

669
00:37:33,565 --> 00:37:38,493
but it's motor vehicle accidents because
they fall under that medical designation.

670
00:37:38,493 --> 00:37:40,056
But yeah, there are a lot.

671
00:37:40,056 --> 00:37:44,864
Um, and they have, outside of just those,
we had some severe allergic reactions,

672
00:37:44,864 --> 00:37:47,328
like anaphylactic reactions, uh, in July.

673
00:37:47,328 --> 00:37:50,574
Um, and just, there's— I highlight the
cardiac arrest,

674
00:37:50,574 --> 00:37:53,218
but they are really making a big
difference.

675
00:37:53,218 --> 00:37:53,315
Yeah.

676
00:37:53,576 --> 00:37:56,864
Um, and then just moving, helping EMS move
people in and out.

677
00:37:56,864 --> 00:38:00,314
I mean, people are, you know, between
stairs and just, you know,

678
00:38:00,314 --> 00:38:03,549
when we're having to move people in and
out of these houses,

679
00:38:03,549 --> 00:38:05,489
it just makes it way more efficient.

680
00:38:05,489 --> 00:38:08,508
And, you know, to have 4 people there
instead of just 2.

681
00:38:08,508 --> 00:38:11,850
So they're doing it, even if it's not a
life-threatening call,

682
00:38:11,850 --> 00:38:14,815
just helping them move people in and out
of a house is,

683
00:38:14,815 --> 00:38:16,378
is really helping them a lot.

684
00:38:16,378 --> 00:38:19,546
And what is, what is the good intent
Category?

685
00:38:19,546 --> 00:38:23,540
Is that just, oh, well, Granny might be
having an episode?

686
00:38:23,540 --> 00:38:27,353
Sometimes, like, you'll have a neighbor
call in that they think that their

687
00:38:27,353 --> 00:38:30,187
neighbor's burning something or that they
shouldn't be.

688
00:38:30,187 --> 00:38:34,360
Or, you know, you have a person driving
down the road and they see a, some of it,

689
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,761
a burn pile. And, you know, it could be
all those kinds of things.

690
00:38:37,761 --> 00:38:40,182
They, yeah, just, it's not an actual
emergency.

691
00:38:40,182 --> 00:38:42,707
But we have to, we still have to go check
it out.

692
00:38:42,707 --> 00:38:45,388
To check it out because somebody called it
in thinking it might—

693
00:38:45,388 --> 00:38:49,043
Those calls seem to be up. Well, yeah, a
little different population.

694
00:38:49,043 --> 00:38:51,351
Well, thank you so much. Thank you, Chair.

695
00:38:51,351 --> 00:38:54,091
Yes, ma'am. Commissioner Evans.

696
00:38:54,091 --> 00:38:55,966
Thank you, Chairman.

697
00:38:56,190 --> 00:38:56,286
I—

698
00:38:56,991 --> 00:39:01,318
this will be my last safety meeting to
attend, and I just wanted to say,

699
00:39:01,318 --> 00:39:05,464
I kept hearing Mr. Schatz say how proud he
was of his people. Uh, Mr.

700
00:39:05,464 --> 00:39:07,087
Schatz was one of my first—

701
00:39:07,087 --> 00:39:09,218
what year did you graduate? 2004.

702
00:39:09,218 --> 00:39:13,696
Was one of my first students as a teacher,
and Here 25 years later,

703
00:39:13,696 --> 00:39:18,575
you talking about proud of somebody and
what they've done for the county?

704
00:39:18,575 --> 00:39:24,123
So I just wanted to take that opportunity
to say he was good then, he's better now.

705
00:39:24,123 --> 00:39:26,529
Thank you, Sheriff, for what you do.

706
00:39:26,529 --> 00:39:29,818
Thank you, Commissioner Evans, for that.

707
00:39:29,818 --> 00:39:31,873
Don't see any more. Okay,

708
00:39:31,873 --> 00:39:34,915
you got anything else on your agenda?

709
00:39:34,915 --> 00:39:38,304
Just this last part about the Sanofi land
purchase.

710
00:39:38,304 --> 00:39:40,829
Uh, we did receive the appraisal back.

711
00:39:40,829 --> 00:39:45,747
It met the value of what Uh, the contract
price was, um, as stated before,

712
00:39:45,747 --> 00:39:51,263
it's the only parcel with a large enough
water line for a fire station in Santa Fe.

713
00:39:51,263 --> 00:39:56,712
Uh, the lot is flat and will help us save
money on the site work costs compared to

714
00:39:56,712 --> 00:39:59,636
the rest of the properties on Santa Fe
Pike.

715
00:39:59,636 --> 00:40:05,085
If you drive Santa Fe Pike, one side of
the road is a very deep ditch, most of it,

716
00:40:05,085 --> 00:40:07,278
and the other side is a hillside.

717
00:40:07,278 --> 00:40:12,528
So it makes most of the parcels up and
down that road Maybe not, not buildable,

718
00:40:12,528 --> 00:40:14,588
but challenging and added cost.

719
00:40:14,588 --> 00:40:16,117
Specifically yesterday,

720
00:40:16,117 --> 00:40:20,170
we had a motor vehicle accident on Snow
Creek as a box truck,

721
00:40:20,170 --> 00:40:22,895
Lowe's delivery truck full of appliances,

722
00:40:22,895 --> 00:40:26,218
rollover on Snow Creek between Santa Fe
and Theta.

723
00:40:26,218 --> 00:40:30,139
And it took 35 minutes for an ambulance to
arrive on scene.

724
00:40:30,139 --> 00:40:35,322
The north truck was on a call out of
Neapolis. That's the closest unit to that

725
00:40:35,322 --> 00:40:35,654
Neapolis. That's the closest unit to that
area.

726
00:40:35,654 --> 00:40:39,110
So they're already on a call on Carter's
Creek Pike.

727
00:40:39,110 --> 00:40:42,765
And so it took 35 minutes to get an
ambulance up there.

728
00:40:42,765 --> 00:40:44,758
On that technical rescue call,

729
00:40:44,758 --> 00:40:50,008
it took 22 minutes to get an ambulance on
scene of a critically injured person.

730
00:40:50,008 --> 00:40:55,192
So I just wanted to point those things
out. And then just the cost of waiting.

731
00:40:55,192 --> 00:41:00,641
You know, we've been diligently looking at
property in Santa Fe for several years.

732
00:41:00,641 --> 00:41:04,296
I know that— I know that you all know
that, Ms. Hestla.

733
00:41:04,296 --> 00:41:04,409
Yes.

734
00:41:04,772 --> 00:41:07,475
But, uh, we have, we have beat the bushes.

735
00:41:07,475 --> 00:41:10,564
Um, I couldn't really ask for a better
location.

736
00:41:10,564 --> 00:41:15,842
If I, if you gave me the, just a place to
put it, I'd probably pick this location.

737
00:41:15,842 --> 00:41:21,119
So it just, I couldn't ask for a better
location as far as buildability, location.

738
00:41:21,119 --> 00:41:22,728
It's close to the school.

739
00:41:22,728 --> 00:41:26,782
Um, and we just know what, like what
property prices are doing.

740
00:41:26,782 --> 00:41:30,129
You know, if you drive around that San Fe
community,

741
00:41:30,129 --> 00:41:32,639
it's not ranch-style homes being built.

742
00:41:32,639 --> 00:41:35,020
You know, we are seeing 3,000, 4,000,

743
00:41:35,020 --> 00:41:39,139
up to 26,000 square foot home being built
in Santa Fe right now.

744
00:41:39,139 --> 00:41:44,223
Uh, so, uh, property values are only doing
one thing in the Santa Fe community,

745
00:41:44,223 --> 00:41:48,214
as with the rest of the county, but
specifically in that area,

746
00:41:48,214 --> 00:41:51,303
we're seeing some major investment in that
area.

747
00:41:51,303 --> 00:41:56,323
Uh, and this is just a picture I took
yesterday after that call on my way back

748
00:41:56,323 --> 00:41:56,451
yesterday after that call on my way back
to

749
00:41:56,451 --> 00:42:01,085
town, just so you had a good picture of
the site. That home is included.

750
00:42:01,085 --> 00:42:05,268
And then to the right is the actual site
that would be purchased.

751
00:42:05,268 --> 00:42:06,813
And again, it's 3 acres.

752
00:42:06,813 --> 00:42:11,541
And you think that house is renovatable
enough that you could make living quarters

753
00:42:11,541 --> 00:42:13,155
out of that for the station?

754
00:42:13,155 --> 00:42:16,022
So it's been unoccupied for several years.

755
00:42:16,022 --> 00:42:18,139
And when the— so the architect,

756
00:42:18,139 --> 00:42:22,303
we sent it to our architect that's doing
the 431 station, um,

757
00:42:22,303 --> 00:42:24,966
and like had them lay the station over.

758
00:42:24,966 --> 00:42:30,359
So it would be very difficult to build
like a garage and then like go back and,

759
00:42:30,359 --> 00:42:32,885
okay, tear that down and build there.

760
00:42:32,885 --> 00:42:34,729
Because again, you kind of—

761
00:42:34,729 --> 00:42:39,849
you want the living quarters to be to the
right because the, the— it's not—

762
00:42:39,849 --> 00:42:44,901
the land's not in the floodplain, but that
you would want it to be as far—

763
00:42:44,901 --> 00:42:50,022
you would want the living quarters to be
as far away from the floodplain as

764
00:42:50,022 --> 00:42:50,636
possible.

765
00:42:50,636 --> 00:42:50,764
Okay.

766
00:42:51,384 --> 00:42:56,807
And so you would do that all to the right
and the bays would be to the left.

767
00:42:56,807 --> 00:43:01,088
In case, you know, a 1,000-year flood or
anything like that,

768
00:43:01,088 --> 00:43:06,867
you would want it to be as far away as
possible. You would build the site up too.

769
00:43:06,867 --> 00:43:12,504
But the— I don't know the condition of the
home or the renovation that would be

770
00:43:12,504 --> 00:43:16,071
required. And then to build a garage to
the right,

771
00:43:16,071 --> 00:43:21,565
we're kind of shooting ourselves in the
foot long-term. To build the station.

772
00:43:21,565 --> 00:43:23,706
And we kind of have, you know,

773
00:43:23,706 --> 00:43:28,558
what we like and what functions well with
Carter's Creek, Hampshire,

774
00:43:28,558 --> 00:43:30,484
soon to be the 431 station.

775
00:43:30,484 --> 00:43:35,122
You know, Chief Periut and others have put
a ton of work into it.

776
00:43:35,122 --> 00:43:39,831
So we know it works. And with, as far as
our fire stations go, so.

777
00:43:39,831 --> 00:43:44,623
Are you looking for action tonight?

778
00:43:44,623 --> 00:43:48,974
Uh, yes, sir. Um, the contract does expire
at the end of this month.

779
00:43:48,974 --> 00:43:53,581
Um, again, uh, we put it under contract to
start all this due diligence,

780
00:43:53,581 --> 00:43:58,315
to get an appraisal, make sure it's of
value and all those kind of things.

781
00:43:58,315 --> 00:44:00,427
Um, so it does expire this month.

782
00:44:00,427 --> 00:44:04,394
So, uh, we do need, uh, to move forward if
it's, uh, you know,

783
00:44:04,394 --> 00:44:06,185
something you're wishing to.

784
00:44:06,185 --> 00:44:07,657
But again, it's— it is—

785
00:44:07,657 --> 00:44:12,967
we have beat the bushes and we are missing
a tremendous opportunity if we pass this

786
00:44:12,967 --> 00:44:18,214
up, because it's— we only have one road we
can build on and drive up and down that

787
00:44:18,214 --> 00:44:21,989
road and find something different or find
something better.

788
00:44:21,989 --> 00:44:25,764
It's, it's a, it's, it's a good— it's
great. It's not good.

789
00:44:25,812 --> 00:44:26,282
It's great.

790
00:44:26,379 --> 00:44:31,714
So, uh, and the, the purchase price is
$489,000.

791
00:44:31,714 --> 00:44:34,766
$489,000?

792
00:44:34,766 --> 00:44:35,263
Yes, sir.

793
00:44:36,538 --> 00:44:39,737
We get a motion for discussion?

794
00:44:39,737 --> 00:44:45,309
Commissioner Stovall, seconded by
Commissioner Hestla.

795
00:44:45,309 --> 00:44:51,706
Does anybody want to talk about it? All
right, Mr. Burkhalter.

796
00:44:51,706 --> 00:44:54,652
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

797
00:44:54,652 --> 00:44:58,579
Um, could I get Doug to come up?

798
00:44:58,579 --> 00:45:03,857
Doug, the $489,000, where could we
possibly

799
00:45:03,857 --> 00:45:08,153
pull that from to make that happen?

800
00:45:08,153 --> 00:45:14,091
From last night's meeting, we plan on, so
far as it went through that committee,

801
00:45:14,091 --> 00:45:17,283
doing the park project out of the 151
fund.

802
00:45:17,283 --> 00:45:19,956
I would, if you all want to do this,

803
00:45:19,956 --> 00:45:25,820
I would tie this money to it as well and
do that out of the reserves of the 151

804
00:45:25,820 --> 00:45:26,191
fund.

805
00:45:26,191 --> 00:45:26,991
Okay.

806
00:45:27,642 --> 00:45:30,527
Refresh me again on the reserves in that,
in that fund.

807
00:45:30,527 --> 00:45:33,491
So as of May—

808
00:45:33,491 --> 00:45:35,126
Unrestricted, I'm talking about.

809
00:45:35,126 --> 00:45:40,184
So it's all technically restricted for use
of debt service with the exception of

810
00:45:40,184 --> 00:45:45,305
interest revenue, and our interest revenue
has been strong over the last 3 years.

811
00:45:45,305 --> 00:45:49,668
We had $6.5 million this past year, $11
million the year before that,

812
00:45:49,668 --> 00:45:52,513
and almost $4.5 million the year before
that.

813
00:45:52,962 --> 00:45:53,026
Yes.

814
00:45:53,026 --> 00:45:58,691
And so, by resolution and with some work
at the— with the state through Stephens,

815
00:45:58,691 --> 00:46:04,356
we would go ahead and draw up an agreement
that the state would approve for us to

816
00:46:04,356 --> 00:46:09,322
allow use of those reserve funds,
specifically pointing to the interest

817
00:46:09,322 --> 00:46:09,882
specifically pointing to the interest
revenue,

818
00:46:09,882 --> 00:46:15,617
because the property tax funds and all the
other dedicated funds that are in there

819
00:46:15,617 --> 00:46:21,492
for payment of debt have to stay in there
and can't be used as part of that reserve.

820
00:46:21,492 --> 00:46:25,199
So really, I'm just pointing to the
interest revenue.

821
00:46:25,199 --> 00:46:27,786
If you added those funds up together,

822
00:46:27,786 --> 00:46:33,032
you'd be sitting around $22 million that
you could use in this same manner.

823
00:46:33,032 --> 00:46:38,874
Okay, and what they— what was approved
last night was $7.6—

824
00:46:38,874 --> 00:46:39,276
is that correct?

825
00:46:39,276 --> 00:46:41,185
$7.642-something, yeah.

826
00:46:41,185 --> 00:46:44,299
Okay, and if you put this with it, you're
looking around $8 million?

827
00:46:44,540 --> 00:46:48,868
Yeah, it'd be just above $8 million. Uh,
I'd be closer to $8.1.

828
00:46:48,868 --> 00:46:55,332
$8.1 million. Okay. And then you say the
interest that you've earned over the

829
00:46:55,332 --> 00:46:58,438
last 3 years is close to $22 million.

830
00:46:58,438 --> 00:47:01,964
It's, it's, it's sufficient to cover that.

831
00:47:01,964 --> 00:47:05,364
Yes. And, and would this reduce our debt
capacity?

832
00:47:05,364 --> 00:47:10,463
Yes, it would, but not very much, uh,
because it's more tied to revenue in,

833
00:47:10,463 --> 00:47:13,250
expenditure out. And if we have deficits,

834
00:47:13,250 --> 00:47:16,174
that's what that fund balance is there
for,

835
00:47:16,174 --> 00:47:21,341
and the fund balance is strong because we
had surpassed our interest revenue

836
00:47:21,341 --> 00:47:24,129
projections for the last couple of years.

837
00:47:24,129 --> 00:47:24,978
Okay.

838
00:47:26,084 --> 00:47:27,462
Okay. Thank you, David.

839
00:47:27,462 --> 00:47:27,750
Yeah.

840
00:47:27,750 --> 00:47:30,426
Is that all, Commissioner Burton?

841
00:47:30,426 --> 00:47:31,821
No, I wanted to ask Mr. Ritchie.

842
00:47:31,821 --> 00:47:33,615
Oh. Okay.

843
00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:35,905
If this land is purchased,

844
00:47:35,905 --> 00:47:39,684
what can What kind of timeline are you
looking about before

845
00:47:39,684 --> 00:47:42,438
you're actually going to be building on
it?

846
00:47:42,438 --> 00:47:47,241
We would try to approach it through the
normal budget process, I think,

847
00:47:47,241 --> 00:47:50,623
is what this commission has asked for in
the past,

848
00:47:50,623 --> 00:47:53,125
instead of like mid-year budget asks.

849
00:47:53,125 --> 00:47:57,725
So we would approach this in the— through
the normal budget process,

850
00:47:57,725 --> 00:48:00,769
because I think that that's what's
requested.

851
00:48:00,769 --> 00:48:03,610
Not middle, middle of the year budget ask.

852
00:48:03,610 --> 00:48:08,751
So, I mean, that's, that's what we would
try to do through the normal budget

853
00:48:08,751 --> 00:48:09,292
process.

854
00:48:09,292 --> 00:48:15,648
Okay. Because you still have the property
there at 431 that you haven't built

855
00:48:15,648 --> 00:48:17,051
anything on that.

856
00:48:17,051 --> 00:48:21,680
So it is, uh, spoke with the architect
today for an update on that.

857
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:27,415
Um, they are this week, it will go, it'll
be, uh, I think they, the terminology is,

858
00:48:27,415 --> 00:48:30,248
uh, Be sent out for pre-bid notification.

859
00:48:30,248 --> 00:48:34,670
That's, I think, like a— and then there'll
be a pre-bid meeting,

860
00:48:34,670 --> 00:48:39,852
I think tentatively scheduled for the
middle of August, I think like August

861
00:48:39,852 --> 00:48:40,197
middle of August, I think like August
17th,

862
00:48:40,197 --> 00:48:45,655
tentatively. And then all the contractors
that come to that pre-bid meeting are

863
00:48:45,655 --> 00:48:50,354
eligible to bid. And then I think they
intend a 4 to 5 week process,

864
00:48:50,354 --> 00:48:54,361
whatever purchasing looks at there, for
bids to come back.

865
00:48:54,474 --> 00:48:54,667
So—

866
00:48:54,667 --> 00:48:59,613
Okay. We would look at bids coming back in
the middle of September for the 431

867
00:48:59,613 --> 00:49:00,120
station.

868
00:49:00,409 --> 00:49:00,666
Okay.

869
00:49:01,116 --> 00:49:01,565
Middle to late.

870
00:49:01,565 --> 00:49:06,566
And when this— if this property is
purchased and you build,

871
00:49:06,566 --> 00:49:09,873
you get ready to build a station there,

872
00:49:09,873 --> 00:49:14,874
is it going to be very similar to what
you're building now?

873
00:49:14,874 --> 00:49:18,450
I would say as long as it fits, which he
tentatively—

874
00:49:18,450 --> 00:49:22,970
the architect has tentatively fit it on
there to make sure it fits.

875
00:49:22,970 --> 00:49:24,724
The survey and everything.

876
00:49:24,724 --> 00:49:29,109
You have to change driveway, you know,
things, just normal stuff.

877
00:49:29,109 --> 00:49:31,336
But as far as the structure, yes,

878
00:49:31,336 --> 00:49:36,463
it would be the exact same footprint of
what we're doing at the 431 station.

879
00:49:36,463 --> 00:49:38,338
Okay.

880
00:49:38,338 --> 00:49:39,645
Identical.

881
00:49:39,645 --> 00:49:44,475
How would it look compared to the, say,
the Hampshire station,

882
00:49:44,475 --> 00:49:46,423
the Carter Creek station?

883
00:49:46,423 --> 00:49:49,448
Pretty much. You won't be able to really
tell a difference.

884
00:49:49,561 --> 00:49:49,803
Okay.

885
00:49:50,045 --> 00:49:50,190
Yep.

886
00:49:50,433 --> 00:49:52,047
They'll all basically—

887
00:49:52,047 --> 00:49:57,184
the seller has requested that we try to
face the bays towards the road

888
00:49:57,184 --> 00:50:02,175
versus teeing them off the back, but
that's not like a— that's also,

889
00:50:02,175 --> 00:50:06,798
he said he would be fine with it if we had
to do that. So yeah.

890
00:50:06,798 --> 00:50:12,026
Our design's flexible enough to move that
bay wherever we need to move it. Okay.

891
00:50:12,332 --> 00:50:13,752
But as far as square foot, wouldn't
change.

892
00:50:14,046 --> 00:50:17,078
Okay. And, and equipment that you have now
at the Santa Fe,

893
00:50:17,078 --> 00:50:20,521
what do you tell me the equipment you've
got there at the Santa Fe?

894
00:50:20,521 --> 00:50:22,874
We have an engine and a brush truck.

895
00:50:22,874 --> 00:50:27,711
And again, we're trying to add a tanker to
be at every station eventually.

896
00:50:27,711 --> 00:50:32,875
Um, so we, but we couldn't put a tanker at
the current station if we wanted to.

897
00:50:32,875 --> 00:50:36,798
Um, so that would give us the opportunity
in the future, uh,

898
00:50:36,798 --> 00:50:42,092
to either roll a tanker out of the You
know, headquarters station and replace it,

899
00:50:42,092 --> 00:50:46,668
and we disperse equipment around so it's
all getting the same mileage.

900
00:50:46,668 --> 00:50:50,108
So, Mr.

901
00:50:50,172 --> 00:50:54,665
Doby, I believe I remember in the last
meeting we were talking about the old

902
00:50:54,665 --> 00:50:56,202
station there in Santa Fe.

903
00:50:56,202 --> 00:50:59,749
If that station, it goes back to the
owner, is that correct?

904
00:50:59,749 --> 00:51:01,806
That was the information I was provided,
yes.

905
00:51:01,806 --> 00:51:03,477
Okay. Okay. All right.

906
00:51:03,605 --> 00:51:04,216
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

907
00:51:04,216 --> 00:51:07,227
Yes, sir. Commissioner Kusiawinski.

908
00:51:07,227 --> 00:51:11,552
Thank you, Chairman. Uh, just real quick
question on that property out there.

909
00:51:11,552 --> 00:51:13,462
I was out there this past weekend.

910
00:51:13,462 --> 00:51:17,732
Uh, looks like right next door to it
they're starting to subdivide that, uh,

911
00:51:17,732 --> 00:51:21,720
that farm off. Is, is that part of the
same owner who's doing that, or—

912
00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:26,990
I believe so. He's also going to build his
own house there, but part of it,

913
00:51:26,990 --> 00:51:28,677
part of it's being sold.

914
00:51:28,677 --> 00:51:32,336
Okay. The price on, on this land, is it
Somewhat comparable.

915
00:51:32,336 --> 00:51:35,691
Obviously, there's a little bit more
structure on here,

916
00:51:35,691 --> 00:51:40,692
but is it pretty comparable to what he's
asking on those other lots as well? Yeah.

917
00:51:40,692 --> 00:51:41,028
Yes, sir.

918
00:51:41,028 --> 00:51:42,920
Thank you. Thank you, Chairman.

919
00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:44,314
Yes, Commissioner Grody.

920
00:51:44,314 --> 00:51:45,761
Thank you, Chairman.

921
00:51:45,761 --> 00:51:50,537
I would just like to go on record by
saying we do a lot of things.

922
00:51:50,537 --> 00:51:53,287
We approve a lot of money being spent,

923
00:51:53,287 --> 00:51:56,760
and I'm 1,000% for children and baseball
fields.

924
00:51:56,760 --> 00:52:02,477
But when I think about nighttime and I
think about winter and I think about the

925
00:52:02,477 --> 00:52:07,470
times that children aren't playing
baseball, that we spent, you know,

926
00:52:07,470 --> 00:52:11,884
$7.8 million for a baseball field and a
maintenance building,

927
00:52:11,884 --> 00:52:16,950
I just think that this is— these are lives
and we need a fire station.

928
00:52:16,950 --> 00:52:21,653
How long has that fire station been the
fire station of Santa Fe?

929
00:52:21,653 --> 00:52:23,607
Do you know how many years?

930
00:52:23,607 --> 00:52:25,353
I believe the '70s. Yes, ma'am.

931
00:52:25,353 --> 00:52:28,449
And speaking specifically, you brought up
winter, that,

932
00:52:28,449 --> 00:52:31,377
that station is inoperable during the
winter. Right.

933
00:52:31,377 --> 00:52:35,319
Once we get snow or ice, we cannot get
that truck out of that station.

934
00:52:35,319 --> 00:52:40,491
I don't think there's a way in the world
you could get a better location.

935
00:52:40,491 --> 00:52:44,459
So if we don't take it, we're going to
really regret it.

936
00:52:44,459 --> 00:52:47,506
So I just want to be on record saying
that.

937
00:52:47,506 --> 00:52:49,175
Is that all, Commissioner?

938
00:52:49,770 --> 00:52:49,818
Okay.

939
00:52:50,139 --> 00:52:50,813
Commissioner Privitti.

940
00:52:50,813 --> 00:52:54,819
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just ditto to
what Ms. Grover and I just said.

941
00:52:54,819 --> 00:52:58,486
I mean, this is the best fire department
in the state right here,

942
00:52:58,486 --> 00:53:03,170
and I believe that if he says that this is
where it needs to be and this is what we

943
00:53:03,170 --> 00:53:05,934
need, that that's the absolute— that's the
truth.

944
00:53:05,934 --> 00:53:07,966
And support this if it goes through,

945
00:53:07,966 --> 00:53:10,900
and we'll support it all the way if it
goes through.

946
00:53:10,900 --> 00:53:13,100
This is something that will save lives.

947
00:53:13,164 --> 00:53:17,876
Even if it saves one life, One, it was
worth every penny of it.

948
00:53:18,246 --> 00:53:20,770
And granted, it'll take time to get a
station out there,

949
00:53:20,770 --> 00:53:24,240
but you got to break some eggs to make an
omelet. You got to start somewhere.

950
00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:26,178
So I definitely support this if it
happens.

951
00:53:26,178 --> 00:53:28,432
Thank you, Chair, and thank you for what
y'all do.

952
00:53:28,432 --> 00:53:31,284
Commissioner Hessler.

953
00:53:31,284 --> 00:53:34,924
Thank you, Chair. I'm 100% in support of
this.

954
00:53:34,924 --> 00:53:41,175
It's my district, so I know exactly where
this is. It's right on the main drag.

955
00:53:41,175 --> 00:53:43,787
You can get in and out in a snap.

956
00:53:43,787 --> 00:53:48,376
And just going over the minutes from last
month's meeting.

957
00:53:48,376 --> 00:53:50,434
I was not able to be here,

958
00:53:50,434 --> 00:53:56,922
but reading the minutes and how you stated
that using or trying to use the current

959
00:53:56,922 --> 00:54:03,174
station and finagle a truck out, it would
take 20 minutes to get to the school.

960
00:54:03,174 --> 00:54:05,706
It's just right down the street.

961
00:54:05,706 --> 00:54:10,220
For EMS specifically, because, you know,
they're coming from town. But yes.

962
00:54:10,220 --> 00:54:11,273
Which is ridiculous.

963
00:54:11,273 --> 00:54:14,433
You know, because the school— I mean,
Santa Fe is so little,

964
00:54:14,433 --> 00:54:17,276
and all these things are just right in
there together.

965
00:54:17,276 --> 00:54:21,594
And to take that long to get to a school
when this would take 2 minutes, you know,

966
00:54:21,594 --> 00:54:25,017
just right down the street. So I'm
definitely in support of this.

967
00:54:25,017 --> 00:54:29,177
I think you've done a great job looking
around. You've done your due diligence.

968
00:54:29,177 --> 00:54:33,126
And this makes perfect sense right in the
middle of town. So my vote's yes.

969
00:54:33,126 --> 00:54:33,543
Thank you.

970
00:54:33,543 --> 00:54:35,821
All right. Commissioner Groves?

971
00:54:35,821 --> 00:54:37,683
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

972
00:54:37,683 --> 00:54:42,259
I support you on this too, Richie, but my
question was, uh,

973
00:54:42,259 --> 00:54:45,284
I don't know if you can tell me or not,

974
00:54:45,284 --> 00:54:50,171
but how often do you arrive on scene at
like a medical call or,

975
00:54:50,171 --> 00:54:54,980
or motor vehicle accident before an actual
ambulance shows up?

976
00:54:54,980 --> 00:55:08,830
Um, 90% of the time.

977
00:55:11,830 --> 00:55:11,894
Wow.

978
00:55:12,169 --> 00:55:15,365
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

979
00:55:15,365 --> 00:55:19,460
On behalf of the citizens of this county,

980
00:55:19,460 --> 00:55:22,156
thank you. 90% of the time.

981
00:55:22,156 --> 00:55:23,918
90% of the time.

982
00:55:24,662 --> 00:55:29,335
I'm kind of at a loss for words on that,
so I'll talk to you some more about it,

983
00:55:29,335 --> 00:55:30,971
but Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

984
00:55:30,971 --> 00:55:34,886
Yes, sir. Seeing no more lights, let's
take a vote.

985
00:55:34,886 --> 00:55:41,028
We'll move this to budget if it passes.
All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed?

986
00:55:41,028 --> 00:55:43,868
Nobody opposed. We move it to budget.

987
00:55:43,868 --> 00:55:44,269
Thank you.

988
00:55:44,269 --> 00:55:46,566
Yes, sir. Is that all you had?

989
00:55:46,566 --> 00:55:47,514
Yes, sir.

990
00:55:47,514 --> 00:55:51,284
Okay. Uh, we have nothing under old
business,

991
00:55:51,284 --> 00:55:53,546
nothing under new business.

992
00:55:53,546 --> 00:55:56,620
Has anybody come in and signed up?

993
00:55:59,620 --> 00:55:59,781
No, sir.

994
00:55:59,781 --> 00:56:04,173
Okay, thank you for that. We do have a
couple announcements.

995
00:56:04,173 --> 00:56:10,103
Announcements that all 5 members of this
Safety Committee's term will be expiring

996
00:56:10,103 --> 00:56:10,249
Safety Committee's term will be expiring
at

997
00:56:10,249 --> 00:56:16,179
the end of August, and the new commission
will appoint new committee members next

998
00:56:16,179 --> 00:56:21,669
month. Another announcement that one
member's term is expiring on the Civil

999
00:56:21,669 --> 00:56:22,182
member's term is expiring on the Civil
Service

1000
00:56:22,182 --> 00:56:26,721
Board. That is Ms. Berry Boyd. And so that
is an announcement.

1001
00:56:26,721 --> 00:56:30,820
Next month, I guess, Mayor, we'll have a
recommendation.

1002
00:56:31,599 --> 00:56:31,826
Okay.

1003
00:56:32,864 --> 00:56:37,640
And I just read an email that Murray
Regional Hospital Board of Trustees

1004
00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:38,303
Regional Hospital Board of Trustees
meeting is

1005
00:56:38,303 --> 00:56:43,278
going to happen on August 27th at 6:30.
And Commissioner Peretti, you got a

1006
00:56:43,278 --> 00:56:43,809
And Commissioner Peretti, you got a
comment?

1007
00:56:43,809 --> 00:56:45,483
I do. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

1008
00:56:45,483 --> 00:56:47,771
Rather than say it every time they spoke,

1009
00:56:47,771 --> 00:56:50,283
I figured I would just do it once at the
end.

1010
00:56:50,283 --> 00:56:53,687
This is the last meeting for this
commission, for this group.

1011
00:56:53,687 --> 00:56:58,040
And so, and so to Ken and Bucky and Jeff
and Jose and Richie, all of you guys,

1012
00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:00,998
thank you for everything that you do for
this county.

1013
00:57:00,998 --> 00:57:05,463
Y'all are the best that there is. It's
been an honor to serve and work with you.

1014
00:57:05,463 --> 00:57:09,035
I've known most of you long before I ever
became a commissioner,

1015
00:57:09,035 --> 00:57:12,439
and I'll continue to see you long
afterwards. Excuse me, sir.

1016
00:57:12,439 --> 00:57:16,793
Anyway, thank you guys for what you do.
You are indeed the best in the county.

1017
00:57:16,793 --> 00:57:18,132
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

1018
00:57:18,132 --> 00:57:23,700
Yeah. Can I get a motion to adjourn from
the committee? Stove admin in 10 minutes.

1019
00:57:23,700 --> 00:57:25,398
The meeting is adjourned.