[0:01] All of our members are present tonight.
[0:04] At this time, we want to stand for the
prayer and the pledge.
[0:08] I've asked Danny to do the prayer and
Kenny Morrow to do the pledge.
[0:12] If you will, bow with me.
[0:13] Father God, we are eternally grateful for
many blessings in this life, Father.
[0:18] Father, we thank you for all that you do
for us,
[0:21] for the things that we take for granted
each and every day,
[0:25] for the very air that we breathe, Father.
And Father, we thank you for your Son.
[0:30] We thank you for what he did for us on the
cross so many years ago.
[0:35] Father, I pray that you just bless this
county, that you bless the people,
[0:39] and I pray, Father, that you would bless
us with an abundance of wisdom, Father,
[0:44] as we do the people's business.
[0:46] I pray, Father, for those who have lost
loved ones,
[0:50] for those who are going through troubled
times.
[0:53] I pray that they would reach for you and
that they would be able to find peace in
[0:58] you, Father. Father, be with us tonight.
[1:00] Help us, guide us, guard and direct us
until we can meet again.
[1:04] For it is in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
[1:07] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[1:12] United States of America and to the
Republic
[1:12] for which it stands, one nation under God,
indivisible,
[1:16] with liberty and justice for all.
[1:22] Thank you, gentlemen.
[1:24] Uh, we need a motion to approve the
agenda, but we need— I need to add to it.
[1:30] Uh, so let me just tell you,
[1:32] you can do it as amended after I tell you
how to amend it.
[1:36] But, uh, Doug Luconin has asked that under
the Highway Department Section 7 We add
[1:43] an oil and chip job in Mount Pleasant.
[1:45] They have asked our highway department to
do it for their wastewater treatment plant
[1:52] road, and so we need to amend ours to send
that to budget.
[1:56] And I think, Doug, will you have a price
or anything for that by budget meeting?
[2:02] This will be billed back, and we'll be
using our oil and chip team,
[2:07] so We won't need a budget amendment.
[2:09] This is just an agreement to help them be
able to work on those properties.
[2:15] So we got a template resolution from the
folks at Mount Pleasant that works in
[2:20] folks at Mount Pleasant that works in
other
[2:21] counties for us to be allowed to do this
kind of work.
[2:24] Okay.
[2:26] All right.
[2:26] So anybody got a motion for me as amended?
Mr.
[2:30] Stovall, seconded by Commissioner Maura.
[2:33] That being said, does anybody Anybody else
got any comments on the agenda?
[2:39] Seeing none, all in favor say aye.
[2:41] Aye.
[2:42] Any opposed? All right, we do have an
agenda at this time.
[2:47] Has anybody signed up for public comment
back there? Thank you very much.
[2:52] I'll pass on the public comment statement.
[2:56] The next item on the agenda is, uh,
Sheriff Rowland, the Sheriff's Department,
[3:02] and your monthly report. Oh, I'm sorry, I
missed the minutes.
[3:07] The minutes have been presented.
[3:09] If anybody's got any changes that need to
be made, speak now.
[3:14] Seeing none, we'll accept the minutes from
July 2026. Chair Rowland.
[3:19] Good afternoon, everyone. Uh, we have sent
out our monthly report.
[3:24] There is one correction needs to be made
on the first page.
[3:28] It's under the warrants beside the
misdemeanor as far as unserved misdemeanor
[3:34] warrants. For whatever reason, it
calculated it as 1,000.
[3:38] It should be 2,142 is what it should be.
[3:41] But other than that, I'd be happy to
answer any questions.
[3:45] Anyone? Not seeing any lights. I think
we're good, Sheriff.
[3:51] All right, that's all I have.
[3:53] You're not asking for anything at this
point?
[3:58] I am, but I figured that everybody except
Commissioner Grooms—
[4:02] he was out last night— we did get our
bids,
[4:05] got the final plans drawn on the evidence
and records building.
[4:10] We did get our— put it out for a
competitive bid, received a bid,
[4:14] and the total on that over the $1.5
million that we had was $1.2 million.
[4:20] And that's the one that's going to be in
the But that's going from a 1-level to a
[4:25] 2-story, 10,000-square-foot building. The
total price is under the $2.5 million.
[4:31] Tell them how much it is a square foot.
[4:33] I'm sorry? Tell them how much it is a
square foot.
[4:37] I had that number figured, but it's what,
$250?
[4:41] $270.
[4:42] $270, yes. $270 a square foot.
[4:45] Pretty much across the national average,
[4:48] I think it's more around $500 a square
foot.
[4:52] Mm-hmm.
[4:52] So we had a great competitive bid process,
put that out,
[4:57] had 11 contractors show up for the
pre-bid, had 9 of the 11 submit bids.
[5:04] And between the 9, it ranged from $2.3 to
$2.7, so it was within $400,000.
[5:11] So kudos to Mr. George Neuberger for
drawing such good detailed plans to put
[5:18] drawing such good detailed plans to put
out
[5:18] that we were comparing apples to apples.
[5:21] So we look forward to getting that on the
budget, Mr.
[5:26] Sumner, and getting that to the full
commission.
[5:31] And just to clarify, was it $120,000 was
the options or alternatives?
[5:36] Yes, between the two.
[5:38] So option 1, And just for clarification,
the $2.3—
[5:43] $2.314 for the building of the building,
that's for that.
[5:48] And then the option 1 and 2, which was
just over $100,000,
[5:54] that's for a generator and for solar
backup,
[5:58] which the solar backup is where Columbia—
we're under the city codes.
[6:05] Yes.
[6:06] we may ask for the solar to be pulled away
from it, uh, and if that be the case,
[6:11] you know, we'd put that towards any FFE
and all that.
[6:15] But, uh, uh, anyway, so it's still under
the, the 2.5.
[6:19] So that's where the 1.2 ask on addition.
Is that pretty clear?
[6:24] Commissioner Grooms, you had a question?
[6:26] Yeah, I was just going to ask you, how,
how did— how'd you do on the rodeo?
[6:29] How'd the kids do?
[6:30] It was great. Uh, had, uh, Of course, with
the threat of the weather, it was—
[6:35] it turned out great. The weather ended up
being phenomenal, actually.
[6:40] It wasn't very hot for July like it's been
in years past,
[6:44] but we were down on our crowd a little bit
on Saturday night just because it was
[6:49] supposed to be a rainout, and it was
perfect. But we still profited quite a
[6:54] perfect. But we still profited quite a
bit.
[6:54] I haven't got the absolute final numbers
because, you know,
[6:58] you still have bills to be paid and some
sponsorship still coming in.
[7:03] So, but the kids are going to have a great
Christmas and Thanksgiving.
[7:08] And so thank you all for being a part of
that.
[7:11] Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[7:13] Yes, sir. Commissioner Burkhalter.
[7:14] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[7:16] Sheriff, the contractor that received the
bid, where is he from?
[7:20] All right.
[7:20] So the, the parent company is out of
Louisiana.
[7:24] They have a satellite office out of
Franklin.
[7:27] They've been there for a little over 5
years.
[7:30] And, you know, we had several from right
here that have done business for decades
[7:36] that put in, you know, some that we're
more familiar with.
[7:40] But we, during the bid process,
[7:43] we asked for 3 references on 3 different
jobs that were equal to or greater than
[7:49] what we were the project that we have at
hand for them to submit with their bid
[7:54] packets. All of that was done,
[7:56] and there was no reason not to go
potentially with the low bid.
[8:01] Yeah, and you're right, out of those 9
bids, they were very competitive,
[8:06] all of them.
[8:07] Mr. Neuberger, myself, Captain Stanford,
[8:09] we were all blown away with the response
of the people that, you know,
[8:14] were eager to take this project on.
[8:16] And then, uh, the response that we had
with bidding this project.
[8:19] So we're looking forward to it. It's been
a long time coming.
[8:23] So thank you all for your patience and
willing to work with us,
[8:27] but we're trying to be good stewards, uh,
like all of us try to be. So.
[8:31] Don't see any more lights. Is this all you
got, Mr. Burkhalter?
[8:35] Okay. Thank you. All right.
[8:37] Thank you for your time.
[8:37] Good luck, uh, Thursday.
[8:40] So yeah.
[8:45] Yes.
[8:45] All right, next, Highway Department, Ken
McKee.
[8:47] Good afternoon, Chairman.
[8:54] Uh, the first thing on the Highway
Department list is a resolution to accept
[9:00] Department list is a resolution to accept
3
[9:00] streets. This is a subdivision that's, uh,
[9:03] been completed and the end of its
maintenance agreement.
[9:07] Mr. Dobies, do we need to do these
separately or Do them all
[9:13] together? We've got Henley Way, is that
Suther Street,
[9:18] and Frey Lane. Just do them all together?
[9:22] Need a motion to accept those 3 streets.
[9:26] Motion by Commissioner Burkhalter,
[9:30] seconded by Commissioner Stovall.
[9:33] Sorry, Mr. Chairman.
[9:36] I apologize. I meant to do them separate.
[9:38] I think we had done them separate last
time.
[9:40] Okay.
[9:40] My mistake, yep.
[9:41] Okay. And we will send them to the consent
agenda. That's right.
[9:47] So let's do them separately. Uh, one on
Henley Way.
[9:51] Motion was by, uh, Stovall, seconded by
Burkhalter.
[9:56] All in favor say aye.
[9:58] Aye.
[9:59] Any opposed? All right, that one passes to
budget.
[10:05] Uh, Suther Street, motion by Burkhalter,
seconded by Hestla.
[10:11] All in favor say aye.
[10:13] Aye.
[10:13] Any opposed? All right.
[10:16] And then Frey Lane, F-R-E-Y Lane, motion
by Hestla,
[10:22] seconded by Stovall. All in favor say aye.
[10:27] Aye.
[10:28] Any opposed? All right, all 3 of those Mr.
[10:32] McKee? Thank you.
[10:34] I'm sorry?
[10:36] Point of information, what, what district
were those in?
[10:39] Do you know?
[10:40] Uh, it's off of John Sharp Road.
[10:42] Okay.
[10:43] Sharp Manor.
[10:43] That's 5. Thank you.
[10:45] Is that you, Scott?
[10:47] Okay.
[10:48] All right, uh, letter B, state aid
project.
[10:52] Uh, this is just for information only.
[10:54] I'm required to report to the legislative
body The roads we're going to work on with
[10:59] state aid money. And so this is the list
of where we're going to work.
[11:04] It's Leapers Creek Road.
[11:05] And it'd be District 6, right?
[11:09] Okay.
[11:11] All right. Uh, letter C, speed limit for
Scott Hollow Road.
[11:14] I have a resolution to post the speed
limit on
[11:18] Scott Hollow, like a resolution to approve
that.
[11:22] So We can pass that on to the full
commission on the consent agenda.
[11:28] I need a motion for the speed limit. Mr.
Stovall, seconded by Commissioner Hestla.
[11:35] And what are you setting it to, the speed
limit?
[11:43] Okay, what district is that?
[11:44] That's District 9.
[11:46] Yes, 45.
[11:50] Okay.
[11:51] All right, to 45 miles per hour. All in
favor say aye.
[11:56] Aye.
[11:56] Any opposed? That passes to full
commission.
[12:00] And the resolution to rename a section of
Old Zion Road in honor of Dr. C.D. George.
[12:06] That's Kenny Morrow. You want to talk
about that, Kenny?
[12:11] Yeah, we received a communication from Dr.
[12:14] George's daughter, and the family was
requesting that.
[12:17] I have 10— or 5 testimonial letters in
favor of it, and I've got maps on it.
[12:23] The map is— it's less than a mile of road,
but it adjoins his— Dr.
[12:27] George's original farm, goes in front of
Dr. George's original farm.
[12:32] Community seems strongly in favor of it,
and he spent a lot of time—
[12:37] he lived to be 96, He's spent a lot of
time in service to the community,
[12:42] and we felt like it was a deserved thing.
[12:45] Okay.
[12:46] So you make that as a motion, Commissioner
Morrow?
[12:48] I will make that as a motion.
[12:49] Need a second. Commissioner Hestla, a
second?
[12:52] District 7.
[12:54] District 7. Any comments? Seeing none, all
in favor say aye.
[13:01] Aye.
[13:02] Any opposed?
[13:03] Consent.
[13:04] Yeah, to consent to the full. Commission.
[13:07] Yep.
[13:08] All right, now we got the one that Doug
mentioned, correct?
[13:11] Uh, the addition.
[13:14] Yeah.
[13:14] For Mount Pleasant City.
[13:15] Right. I need a resolution to approve an
interlocal agreement with the City
[13:19] of Mount Pleasant so the highway
department can oil and chip a road for
[13:23] department can oil and chip a road for
them.
[13:23] And that road is on their wastewater
treatment driveway, correct?
[13:27] It's not a public road. It's just their
city property.
[13:30] Okay.
[13:31] Motion for that. Commissioner Stovall,
seconded by Commissioner Maura.
[13:36] All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed?
[13:41] No.
[13:41] All right, Doug, it goes to full
commission, right? Or budget? Budget.
[13:46] commission, right? Or budget? Budget.
Okay.
[13:46] It'll have a long-term impact of billing
back and forth with the city.
[13:51] I sent a template resolution that Giles
County has with their cities to,
[13:56] to Mark. So we just need to swap some
things out and kind of move forward on
[14:01] that process.
[14:02] Okay. All right.
[14:03] Is that all, Ken?
[14:05] That's all I've got.
[14:06] Any questions? Seeing none, you're good.
[14:08] Thank you.
[14:09] All right. Number 8, Emergency Management.
Jeff Hardy.
[14:13] Good evening, y'all.
[14:21] We circulated our monthly report.
[14:23] Be glad to answer any questions Any
questions regarding that?
[14:26] See no questions.
[14:29] That's all I got. No asks, no resolutions.
[14:32] We do have a couple points of information
if you
[14:37] want them.
[14:37] Sure.
[14:38] We've got 2 exercises coming up, one
September 15th, the other will be October
[14:43] September 15th, the other will be October
15th.
[14:43] Those are exercises that we do to exercise
Emergency Operations Center with our
[14:49] emergency service partners and some of our
county departments.
[14:53] So we've got those 2 planned.
[14:55] Those are both pretty large events that
we'll be hosting with our local respective
[15:00] departments. So just for information on
that project.
[15:04] Will you be doing those on public streets
or is that on—
[15:07] No, sir. Those are tabletop exercises.
[15:10] So that will be in the EOC and then at our
backup EOC.
[15:14] It's nothing we need to really warn the
community of?
[15:16] No, sir. Nothing out in the public. out
practicing in the street.
[15:21] Not this one anyways.
[15:22] Okay.
[15:23] As far as the radio project, Project
Guardian, it is still ongoing.
[15:28] We've been working with Mark Dobies and
Robert Caladero on some property concerns,
[15:34] issues, things, but that's still moving
pretty quick, pretty forward.
[15:39] We hope to start the installation of
actual radios this Fall,
[15:43] wintertime into the fire trucks and
ambulances and police cars and such.
[15:48] So that will start taking place.
[15:50] So we'll, we'll see that all of the work
that's been done up to now has been behind
[15:56] the scenes and a lot going into it. So
we're finalizing all of that.
[16:01] That's still moving forward.
[16:03] We should, fingers crossed,
[16:05] be on the system or the system be up and
functioning first part of the year.
[16:11] Okay.
[16:12] of '27. We'll still be using the old
system and the new system for several
[16:18] months, working out any kinks or bugs,
[16:21] with final takeover and move over
mid-2027.
[16:24] So we're still— it's been a long process.
18 months, Sheriff, right?
[16:29] 18 months.
[16:31] And so that's an ongoing joke for us. But
yeah, it's coming. It's coming quick.
[16:37] So that's— thank you guys. Thank you all
for that investment.
[16:41] Thank you for providing for our first
responders and our safety.
[16:46] It goes a long ways and it goes noticed.
So thank you.
[16:50] Thank you. Mayor Button, you got a
comment?
[16:52] Yes.
[16:54] Just to mention that you might watch for
those emails about those tabletop
[16:57] those emails about those tabletop
exercises
[16:58] because they are extremely helpful in case
of an emergency.
[17:02] The city mayor and I went to one about 2
months before we actually had the tornado
[17:06] here. And it was very helpful in those
circumstances.
[17:09] So if anyone could go, I advise you to do
that.
[17:12] Thank you.
[17:13] Can we get a CTAS hour?
[17:14] Probably not.
[17:16] All right, Commissioner Stovall.
[17:19] Yes, sir.
[17:20] Jeff, how's the tornado sirens working?
[17:22] Is all the bugs out of that yet?
[17:24] Yes, sir. 99% of the time, right?
[17:26] There's always going to be a bug with
electronics somewhere,
[17:30] but the system is up and running. It works
really well hand in hand with the city.
[17:35] And so this last month we had to cancel
just due to forecasted weather.
[17:40] It's that time of year.
[17:42] But we, even when those months where we
have to cancel the audible test,
[17:46] we are able to electronically poll every
siren to see if there's any issues.
[17:51] So we can do that remotely from the 911
center, from our office.
[17:56] I can even do it from my cell phone.
[17:58] So I can see at a moment's notice if
there's an issue.
[18:02] with any of the sirens, and they're all up
and functioning and working as,
[18:07] as they should.
[18:08] Thank you, sir.
[18:09] Yes, sir.
[18:09] That's all I have. All right. Commissioner
Groh.
[18:12] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Jeff, who all is
going to be on the new, new radio system?
[18:18] So it will be our office, Murray County
Fire, Sheriff's Department,
[18:23] Ambulance Service, Murray County Public
Schools, Mount Pleasant Police,
[18:27] Mount Pleasant Fire right now.
[18:29] We're still talking with and working with
the city to get city police, city fire,
[18:35] Columbia Police and Fire on board with
that.
[18:38] Spring Hill is on a similar system,
[18:40] but they're in bed with Williamson County
right now.
[18:43] That's a good way to put it.
[18:47] That's the most politically correct way I
could say it.
[18:52] Yeah. I had another question. Where is the
new siren located?
[18:57] Located in Mount Pleasant?
[19:00] There's 2 of them. There's one located
right behind City Hall.
[19:03] I know that.
[19:04] And then the other one is right behind the
high school,
[19:08] right in between the high school and the
middle school.
[19:11] It's right next to the ball field.
[19:13] Good deal. Thank you. Thank you.
[19:15] Yes, sir.
[19:15] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[19:17] Jeff, that's all the lights. Thank you so
much.
[19:19] Thank you all very much.
[19:20] Next on the agenda is Murray County Fire
Chief Brew.
[19:31] Good evening. We sent out our report if
you have any questions on that.
[19:34] Don't see any.
[19:37] Chief Schatz has a presentation to bring
the data, you know,
[19:40] show you what we actually do, not just the
numbers.
[19:44] So if you don't have any questions, we'll
just move on to that.
[19:47] Go ahead.
[19:53] Just a few short slides. Just kidding,
there's several.
[19:57] But busy July, but it was very productive.
[20:00] Some high-profile calls that we had that
we'll talk through.
[20:04] So just numbers, total incidents for July,
it was 241.
[20:08] That monthly report didn't reflect all of
them.
[20:12] We still have some that were like quality
controlling,
[20:15] so they don't all push through to you. But
241 was our total call volume.
[20:21] About year to date, there's about 25% year
over year. So, um, all right.
[20:26] July 1st, uh, it was actually the second
call we had at this farm.
[20:31] Uh, rough, rough, uh, week for a farmer on
Polk Lane.
[20:35] But first it was a tractor, and then
about, you know, less than a week later,
[20:40] about, you know, less than a week later,
um,
[20:41] Had a hay bale fire there.
[20:42] Big Beaver Road had an ATV fire well off
the roadway at a kids camp.
[20:47] Another hay bale fire off Luke Mosier
Road.
[20:51] They did a great job getting the hay bales
out away from like the barn structure and
[20:57] then burning them off out in a gravel area
so that they didn't continue to smolder.
[21:03] So they spent several hours out there
dealing with that for that farmer.
[21:08] Are those being caused by lightning or
what?
[21:11] Uh, I don't know. So the first one was a
hay baler,
[21:14] a bearing in a hay baler going out.
[21:16] Uh, this guy had silage or something
stored in front of those hay bales in that
[21:20] little concrete area.
[21:23] Heat off it. Yeah.
[21:24] We had to move all that before we got to
the hay bales.
[21:26] So, uh, Chief Brute attended a blue car
training in, uh, Georgia.
[21:31] Uh, this is a big deal.
[21:32] It's a week-long training for him to
spend, uh,
[21:35] down there on behalf of our department.
[21:37] It's a big, big investment to where he can
bring that training back and specifically
[21:42] teach our leadership, our officers, our
line officers.
[21:46] It's a specific command structure so that
we can just do better at commanding
[21:51] incidents. So appreciate him doing that.
July 3rd, we had several calls come out.
[21:56] We supported the Highway Department just
because of the amount of trees down that
[22:01] all happened at once.
[22:02] We had a few electrical incidents where
weatherheads were pulled off of houses
[22:07] weatherheads were pulled off of houses
from
[22:07] trees down and such as that.
[22:09] But, um, you know, it was a holiday
weekend and they had, I think,
[22:13] several crews out, but just, it's
obviously it's a big county.
[22:16] And so we supported them in helping remove
some trees.
[22:20] Uh, July 4th, um, several calls throughout
July 4th.
[22:23] Um, that night we had a car fire that was
catching a second car on fire.
[22:27] Luckily, an alert passerby found it until
we were almost done putting the car out.
[22:33] The homeowners didn't even know.
[22:35] So.
[22:35] July 6th, another car fire happened on Old
Highway 99.
[22:39] It was actually a lot closer to the barn
than what it looks,
[22:43] but luckily the barn was metal, so it
didn't catch that barn on fire.
[22:47] But immediate response actually from
Engine 30 at that Lecia station.
[22:52] There was a volunteer hanging out that
day, so less than a mile down the road,
[22:57] so that worked out real well.
[22:59] One of our firefighters, Jacob Robinson,
helped secure a TC Energy grant.
[23:04] That picture is, some of you don't know,
we have a major pumping,
[23:09] gas pumping station in the Hampshire
community.
[23:12] It's in the middle of nowhere and it is a
high-pressure gas pipeline,
[23:17] supplies the Northeast with natural gas.
[23:19] But he got a grant for $11,392 to help us
buy gas monitors.
[23:23] And that all came about because they were
out doing pre-plans on all of our
[23:28] commercial facilities.
[23:30] Yeah.
[23:31] and made some good relationships out
there,
[23:33] and it turned into a grant that we
wouldn't have gotten otherwise.
[23:38] So it more than paid for our pre-plan
software that we had purchased.
[23:42] So hard work pays off.
[23:43] July 10th, they did a great job stopping a
tractor-trailer fire on the interstate.
[23:49] It was burning through the floor when they
got there, but again,
[23:53] that immediate response from headquarters
stopped this.
[23:56] It was full of furniture,
[23:58] so they were able to stop that from
becoming a much bigger issue.
[24:02] issue in the middle of the night.
[24:04] July 10th, we had a man— what we call a
man-in-machine call.
[24:08] We have a— one of our firemen is Italian,
[24:10] and he has a very close relationship with
his family and frequents the business.
[24:15] They called him, told him what was going
on.
[24:18] You know, I told him, hey, it's in the
city, just call 911, you know,
[24:23] the city will go over there. They didn't
want to call 911.
[24:26] They—
[24:26] and then, uh, so along about an hour went
by, they called back,
[24:30] his arm was still in there, and we're
like, Jake, will you just come over here?
[24:34] And so, uh, it— I made a judgment call,
said, you know, okay,
[24:37] we'll go over there if he doesn't want to
call.
[24:40] We'll go over there and see what we can
do.
[24:42] It's a little bit more involved than what
I thought.
[24:45] I thought we could just kind of drive some
wedges in and get his arm out, uh, but,
[24:50] uh, we ended up having to use heavy
hydraulic tools and break their machine
[24:54] hydraulic tools and break their machine
Because
[24:54] it was going numb. But good picture there
with him after we got him out.
[24:58] Had some bruising, but he was, he was good
to go and told us, you know,
[25:02] we could share the pictures and stuff like
that if you want to go.
[25:06] But yeah, we were able to raise $1,000—
[25:08] $1,675 on GoFundMe to help them replace
their machine that we had to destroy to
[25:12] their machine that we had to destroy to
get
[25:12] his arm out. So felt good about that.
[25:14] Awesome.
[25:16] Another severe storm, just supporting the
Highway Department,
[25:20] just due to the amount of trees down all
across the county.
[25:24] Another significant storm on July 11th,
[25:27] mainly handled trees down in like the
Mount Pleasant area.
[25:31] Arrow Lake is kind of where we mostly
supported them.
[25:34] I attended the National Fire Academy the
week of July 13th and reviewed federal
[25:40] grants for the fire service.
[25:42] And what that did is it gave me like the
behind-the-scenes look at how they grade
[25:47] grants, what they're looking for.
[25:49] And so they paid for the trip and
everything up there, and competitive
[25:54] everything up there, and competitive
selection.
[25:54] There's about 100 of us selected from
across the US,
[25:58] and they flew us in there for a week. We
reviewed grants.
[26:02] And so I was able to review grants from
all across the United States, and it just—
[26:07] it was—
[26:08] It was— In essence, a week of grant
training for me.
[26:11] So I know specifically what they're
looking for.
[26:14] And so hopefully it will make us much more
competitive in the future.
[26:18] July 17th had significant burn injuries.
[26:20] Some construction site workers were
lighting a burn pile.
[26:24] I think they had confusion on what kind of
fuel was in the can because it was a
[26:28] yellow can. Unfortunately,
[26:30] I think it was gasoline and they thought
it was like a diesel product.
[26:34] Had a flash fire occur. And one with
significant burns.
[26:38] The other one was transported by ground,
but one was airlifted there.
[26:42] We had a major water supply drill up in
Spring Hill on July, I think it was 17th,
[26:47] but they spent, one of our chief officers
helped train the Spring Hill drivers on
[26:52] major water supply operations, so it was
just a good collaborative effort.
[26:56] So that when we have these big incidents
that it's not the first time that we've
[27:01] ever done it. And that you can see there
of all of our equipment,
[27:05] ours is on the right, Spring Hills is
there on the left,
[27:08] and it also goes to our ISO points.
[27:10] So when we're graded by ISO,
[27:12] we have to do multi-mutual aid training
and stuff like that.
[27:16] So this was just a good thing for that
when we get graded.
[27:19] Probably most significant incident of the
month was technical rescue at Santa Fe
[27:24] Unit School. Uh, we were dispatched to a
person fallen and unconscious.
[27:28] That was about all the information we were
given.
[27:31] Um, there was a language, a slight
language barrier, and I think maybe,
[27:36] I don't know if cell phone service played
into it or not, but, um,
[27:40] so when our first people got there, uh,
[27:42] a gentleman from the Santa Fe District got
there, said, hey,
[27:46] we're gonna need a Stokes basket and rope,
but his radio was kind of broken,
[27:50] so we didn't exactly know what we had.
[27:53] Pulled up, figures out it's a confined
space rescue in a, in a In essence,
[27:57] it's a septic tank is what that is for the
school.
[28:00] A new one, luckily, not an existing one.
So that was a small blessing.
[28:04] But a man critically injured in the bottom
of the tank.
[28:08] I think that's the last— or there's one
more.
[28:10] But so you can see there at the bottom of
the tank where he was,
[28:14] he was 20 feet down, unconscious, severely
injured.
[28:17] He unfortunately fell from the very top.
[28:20] But The ladder truck played a pivotal role
just being able to maneuver in there.
[28:25] There was some significant concrete
barriers to maneuver around and be able to
[28:29] barriers to maneuver around and be able to
set
[28:30] it up there for a high point.
[28:31] But I just couldn't be prouder of our
Special Operations Division,
[28:35] our Special Operations Chief.
[28:37] He's a full-time fireman in Nashville, and
he pours his life,
[28:41] heart and soul into our department
training our people for exact scenarios
[28:45] training our people for exact scenarios
like
[28:46] this. And so he wasn't— he was on shift
that day, so he wasn't there.
[28:50] Uh, but it went very smoothly, um,
[28:52] because of all that training that he
poured into them.
[28:55] So I just, I couldn't be prouder of
everybody, uh, and,
[28:58] and the effort that they pulled off. Uh,
EMS was down there providing care.
[29:03] Um, the poor paramedic, I think she's even
part-time there.
[29:07] Uh, this was, she was also the paramedic
on our big, uh,
[29:10] dirt rescue that we had in Hampshire a
couple years ago that we got the award for
[29:15] when that Dirt collapsed on that backhoe.
[29:17] So, uh, we have to figure out when she's
working so we know what's coming.
[29:22] But, um, everybody did a good job.
[29:24] Uh, Greens Mill Road, uh, had a
lithium-ion battery failure.
[29:28] I just wanted to share this. We received
auto aid from Spring Hill.
[29:32] They, they arrived first.
[29:33] Their engine company and the chief officer
arrived prior to us.
[29:37] It's exactly how it's supposed to work.
They're the closest fire station.
[29:41] It all worked exactly like it should. They
mitigated the incident.
[29:45] We were able to cut a bunch of our units
that were responding loose and cancel
[29:50] that were responding loose and cancel
them.
[29:50] And so they were able to handle the
incident.
[29:53] But just wanted to showcase this because,
you know,
[29:56] when you're talking to community members,
[29:59] make sure that they're buying stuff that's
UL listed,
[30:02] chargers that are made by the manufacturer
and not just something cheap off of
[30:07] Amazon, because that's what's causing
these battery pack failures are cheap
[30:11] these battery pack failures are cheap
chargers
[30:12] that don't—
[30:12] Okay.
[30:13] that aren't made by the manufacturer of
the battery storage device.
[30:17] So speaking specifically to how we were
canceled off of that,
[30:20] our units were returned to service,
[30:22] made it back into Columbia when
unfortunately this accident was
[30:26] unfortunately this accident was
dispatched,
[30:27] but otherwise they would have been tied up
on Greens Mill.
[30:30] So just how well that auto aid works out,
[30:32] they would have been committed up on
Greens Mill.
[30:35] So they were already back and were able to
immediately respond to that accident.
[30:40] Unfortunately, it was fatal. Down near the
Giles County line.
[30:43] Beard Road, deep in the Bethel community,
almost to the Hickman County line.
[30:48] Again, we had immediate response from our
Bethel station.
[30:51] So just a testimony to our live-in
program.
[30:53] We have a live-in member up there and they
immediately responded, the engine.
[30:58] One of our chief officers also immediately
responded from that district and arrived.
[31:03] There's a new home under construction
found on fire by the construction workers
[31:07] found on fire by the construction workers
that
[31:07] morning. I think it had been smoldering a
good bit of the night in the basement.
[31:12] And unfortunately, when they got there,
opened the doors, it just,
[31:16] it just kind of took off.
[31:17] So, uh, really proud of all the efforts
that, uh, everybody did.
[31:21] Uh, it was a very dangerous fire. It had a
full basement walking around the home.
[31:26] You could not tell it had a basement.
There was no windows.
[31:29] There was no walkout basement.
[31:31] They immediately, when they got there,
[31:33] they started to try to go in to mitigate
the fire. Force started to let loose.
[31:37] Again, one of our chief officers, he's,
uh, you know,
[31:40] almost a 30-year guy at Nashville, very
seasoned, you know,
[31:44] was able to recognize those conditions,
back— backed everybody out, went,
[31:48] went defensive. Um, and, uh, we just cut
it off from that left side there.
[31:52] So, um, but they were— everybody was
working in, in pouring down rain
[31:56] working in, in pouring down rain
conditions.
[31:57] This driveway was over a mile off the
roadway, very steep, uh, through a creek.
[32:01] It was, it was very difficult to get to.
[32:04] Yeah.
[32:04] But just hats off to the hard work of the
volunteers.
[32:07] We had tankers come from as far away as
Culebra to help support the water supply
[32:11] operation, and we didn't run out of water.
[32:13] So we were able to keep staying water the
entire time.
[32:16] And initially they were flowing two
2.5-inch hand lines,
[32:19] which is our bigger hand line.
[32:20] So they're flowing a lot of water to
initially knock down the fire,
[32:24] and they didn't run out.
[32:25] So in the rural water supply, that's a big
deal,
[32:27] and I just couldn't be prouder of all
their hard work.
[32:30] Luke Mosier had a scene flight.
[32:32] A gentleman was trampled by some cows
while they were trying to load them.
[32:36] Same as the hay bale place.
[32:38] Same as the hay bale place, another
unlucky farmer.
[32:41] July 28th, had a scene flight on Highway
43 and Highway 20,
[32:45] another motorcycle accident. Person was
critically injured.
[32:49] July 30th, we supported Columbia Fire
Department again with our automatic aid
[32:55] response. Um, they did a good job.
[32:57] They got it as a fire alarm activation, so
they arrived, found the building on fire.
[33:03] It was upgraded to a structure fire.
[33:05] Myself, Chief Periut, and some other
members were there.
[33:09] We did not— most of the department, we
didn't operate for very long.
[33:15] We—
[33:16] they did one cycle inside,
[33:17] and then we helped cover the city while
they operated till almost, I think, 3 AM.
[33:22] Chief Periut was there till, I think, AM
helping support their incident commander.
[33:28] But again, on these large commercial
buildings where they're very dangerous,
[33:32] there's just added complexity.
[33:34] So having an additional chief officer to
help support their chief on scene just
[33:39] makes everyone safer. So just automatic
aids working really well.
[33:43] Cardiac arrest, Tanyard Hollow, Lacey Way,
Foster Chapel Road, Albert Matthews Road.
[33:49] Uh, specifically on Lacey Way and Foster
Chapel Road, uh,
[33:52] our members were able to get there, insert
an airway device, which you see there,
[33:57] put them on AED and put them on a, like a
chest compression device that we have, uh,
[34:03] prior to EMS arrival. So I was very proud
of them on, on those 2.
[34:07] Uh, the Albert Matthews call was something
EMS just went to initially on their own,
[34:12] uh, and it turned into a cardiac arrest
once they got there.
[34:16] The person went into cardiac arrest.
[34:18] Um, and then, uh, one of our members, Zach
Ray, uh,
[34:21] he traveled across all of our stations,
all of our staff vehicles,
[34:25] got about 25 AEDs is what we have across
the department,
[34:29] took them all to Murray Regional.
[34:31] Their biomed, uh, division, uh,
[34:33] updates all of our AEDs yearly and make
sure they're all, uh, compliant,
[34:37] ready to go. So it's just a— it takes a
ton of man hours, a ton of driving around.
[34:42] So.
[34:42] He accomplished that in July and just
really appreciate everything he does
[34:48] really appreciate everything he does
there.
[34:48] Our boat is done. So we are going next
week to inspect it and get training on it.
[34:54] They're going to teach us how to
maintenance it, all those kind of things.
[34:59] Hopefully dodge the wildfires that are
going on out there.
[35:03] But this is specifically the boat.
[35:05] They're out there testing it and breaking
the engine in,
[35:09] doing the break-in engine hours on it. So
we'll be out there to do that.
[35:14] And have it this month.
[35:16] So, uh, you can hit, uh, from current
slide, from current slide, I think.
[35:21] But any questions on our monthly report?
[35:24] I got, I got a question for you.
[35:26] You said you had— you responded to
something on Greens Mill Road,
[35:30] but Spring Hill was closer.
[35:32] In that situation, is that homeowner
Responsible financially to Spring Hill at
[35:36] Responsible financially to Spring Hill at
all?
[35:37] No, that's good for me to know. Cause I
live like an 8th of a mile out of the
[35:41] live like an 8th of a mile out of the
city.
[35:42] You're in the Columbia Auto Aid district.
[35:44] So you're in the urban growth boundary for
the city of Columbia.
[35:48] So because of the, cause we go and we
provide to them and they provide to us,
[35:53] you know, that's, you're, you're covered
in that area specifically.
[35:57] Um, uh, so yeah, it works out great.
[35:59] Okay.
[36:00] Uh, Commissioner Hestla.
[36:03] Thank you, Chair. Good job. Good job with
all of it. We just appreciate you so much.
[36:09] Who did you get to respond to the Santa Fe
accident?
[36:14] Because I know that station is so small.
[36:17] Which one? The rescue?
[36:20] Yeah, when the guy fell.
[36:21] So the engine came— an engine came from
Bethel Station because, again,
[36:25] we have a live-in member there.
[36:27] And so they were actually responding in
the engine immediately.
[36:30] Uh, our ladder truck comes from
headquarters.
[36:33] Um, and, um, then like we had volunteers
from the Santa Fe community.
[36:37] Uh, they were actually the initial
responders and like, hey,
[36:40] this is actually more than just a fall.
[36:42] So that put— because our ladder truck
wouldn't respond initially.
[36:46] So once they got there and said, hey, we
have a rope rescue, then it got upgraded.
[36:50] And luckily there was, uh,
[36:51] still people back at the station because
we just thought it was a medical call at
[36:56] first.
[36:56] Mm-hmm.
[36:57] And so they were— they brought additional
resources.
[37:00] So when the new place in Santa Fe is
built,
[37:03] what will you have there?
[37:06] Will anything be able to respond to
something more quickly?
[37:11] We have an engine and a brush truck.
[37:12] We have an engine and a brush truck
currently assigned to the Santa Fe
[37:16] currently assigned to the Santa Fe
Station.
[37:16] Okay. Okay. And also saw— I read the
report.
[37:20] It's fascinating. Most of your calls are
medical
[37:25] instead of fire.
[37:27] Well, and the report's a little deceiving
too,
[37:30] because a large portion of those fall— it
says medical,
[37:33] but it's motor vehicle accidents because
they fall under that medical designation.
[37:38] But yeah, there are a lot.
[37:40] Um, and they have, outside of just those,
we had some severe allergic reactions,
[37:44] like anaphylactic reactions, uh, in July.
[37:47] Um, and just, there's— I highlight the
cardiac arrest,
[37:50] but they are really making a big
difference.
[37:53] Yeah.
[37:53] Um, and then just moving, helping EMS move
people in and out.
[37:56] I mean, people are, you know, between
stairs and just, you know,
[38:00] when we're having to move people in and
out of these houses,
[38:03] it just makes it way more efficient.
[38:05] And, you know, to have 4 people there
instead of just 2.
[38:08] So they're doing it, even if it's not a
life-threatening call,
[38:11] just helping them move people in and out
of a house is,
[38:14] is really helping them a lot.
[38:16] And what is, what is the good intent
Category?
[38:19] Is that just, oh, well, Granny might be
having an episode?
[38:23] Sometimes, like, you'll have a neighbor
call in that they think that their
[38:27] neighbor's burning something or that they
shouldn't be.
[38:30] Or, you know, you have a person driving
down the road and they see a, some of it,
[38:34] a burn pile. And, you know, it could be
all those kinds of things.
[38:37] They, yeah, just, it's not an actual
emergency.
[38:40] But we have to, we still have to go check
it out.
[38:42] To check it out because somebody called it
in thinking it might—
[38:45] Those calls seem to be up. Well, yeah, a
little different population.
[38:49] Well, thank you so much. Thank you, Chair.
[38:51] Yes, ma'am. Commissioner Evans.
[38:54] Thank you, Chairman.
[38:56] I—
[38:56] this will be my last safety meeting to
attend, and I just wanted to say,
[39:01] I kept hearing Mr. Schatz say how proud he
was of his people. Uh, Mr.
[39:05] Schatz was one of my first—
[39:07] what year did you graduate? 2004.
[39:09] Was one of my first students as a teacher,
and Here 25 years later,
[39:13] you talking about proud of somebody and
what they've done for the county?
[39:18] So I just wanted to take that opportunity
to say he was good then, he's better now.
[39:24] Thank you, Sheriff, for what you do.
[39:26] Thank you, Commissioner Evans, for that.
[39:29] Don't see any more. Okay,
[39:31] you got anything else on your agenda?
[39:34] Just this last part about the Sanofi land
purchase.
[39:38] Uh, we did receive the appraisal back.
[39:40] It met the value of what Uh, the contract
price was, um, as stated before,
[39:45] it's the only parcel with a large enough
water line for a fire station in Santa Fe.
[39:51] Uh, the lot is flat and will help us save
money on the site work costs compared to
[39:56] the rest of the properties on Santa Fe
Pike.
[39:59] If you drive Santa Fe Pike, one side of
the road is a very deep ditch, most of it,
[40:05] and the other side is a hillside.
[40:07] So it makes most of the parcels up and
down that road Maybe not, not buildable,
[40:12] but challenging and added cost.
[40:14] Specifically yesterday,
[40:16] we had a motor vehicle accident on Snow
Creek as a box truck,
[40:20] Lowe's delivery truck full of appliances,
[40:22] rollover on Snow Creek between Santa Fe
and Theta.
[40:26] And it took 35 minutes for an ambulance to
arrive on scene.
[40:30] The north truck was on a call out of
Neapolis. That's the closest unit to that
[40:35] Neapolis. That's the closest unit to that
area.
[40:35] So they're already on a call on Carter's
Creek Pike.
[40:39] And so it took 35 minutes to get an
ambulance up there.
[40:42] On that technical rescue call,
[40:44] it took 22 minutes to get an ambulance on
scene of a critically injured person.
[40:50] So I just wanted to point those things
out. And then just the cost of waiting.
[40:55] You know, we've been diligently looking at
property in Santa Fe for several years.
[41:00] I know that— I know that you all know
that, Ms. Hestla.
[41:04] Yes.
[41:04] But, uh, we have, we have beat the bushes.
[41:07] Um, I couldn't really ask for a better
location.
[41:10] If I, if you gave me the, just a place to
put it, I'd probably pick this location.
[41:15] So it just, I couldn't ask for a better
location as far as buildability, location.
[41:21] It's close to the school.
[41:22] Um, and we just know what, like what
property prices are doing.
[41:26] You know, if you drive around that San Fe
community,
[41:30] it's not ranch-style homes being built.
[41:32] You know, we are seeing 3,000, 4,000,
[41:35] up to 26,000 square foot home being built
in Santa Fe right now.
[41:39] Uh, so, uh, property values are only doing
one thing in the Santa Fe community,
[41:44] as with the rest of the county, but
specifically in that area,
[41:48] we're seeing some major investment in that
area.
[41:51] Uh, and this is just a picture I took
yesterday after that call on my way back
[41:56] yesterday after that call on my way back
to
[41:56] town, just so you had a good picture of
the site. That home is included.
[42:01] And then to the right is the actual site
that would be purchased.
[42:05] And again, it's 3 acres.
[42:06] And you think that house is renovatable
enough that you could make living quarters
[42:11] out of that for the station?
[42:13] So it's been unoccupied for several years.
[42:16] And when the— so the architect,
[42:18] we sent it to our architect that's doing
the 431 station, um,
[42:22] and like had them lay the station over.
[42:24] So it would be very difficult to build
like a garage and then like go back and,
[42:30] okay, tear that down and build there.
[42:32] Because again, you kind of—
[42:34] you want the living quarters to be to the
right because the, the— it's not—
[42:39] the land's not in the floodplain, but that
you would want it to be as far—
[42:44] you would want the living quarters to be
as far away from the floodplain as
[42:50] possible.
[42:50] Okay.
[42:51] And so you would do that all to the right
and the bays would be to the left.
[42:56] In case, you know, a 1,000-year flood or
anything like that,
[43:01] you would want it to be as far away as
possible. You would build the site up too.
[43:06] But the— I don't know the condition of the
home or the renovation that would be
[43:12] required. And then to build a garage to
the right,
[43:16] we're kind of shooting ourselves in the
foot long-term. To build the station.
[43:21] And we kind of have, you know,
[43:23] what we like and what functions well with
Carter's Creek, Hampshire,
[43:28] soon to be the 431 station.
[43:30] You know, Chief Periut and others have put
a ton of work into it.
[43:35] So we know it works. And with, as far as
our fire stations go, so.
[43:39] Are you looking for action tonight?
[43:44] Uh, yes, sir. Um, the contract does expire
at the end of this month.
[43:48] Um, again, uh, we put it under contract to
start all this due diligence,
[43:53] to get an appraisal, make sure it's of
value and all those kind of things.
[43:58] Um, so it does expire this month.
[44:00] So, uh, we do need, uh, to move forward if
it's, uh, you know,
[44:04] something you're wishing to.
[44:06] But again, it's— it is—
[44:07] we have beat the bushes and we are missing
a tremendous opportunity if we pass this
[44:12] up, because it's— we only have one road we
can build on and drive up and down that
[44:18] road and find something different or find
something better.
[44:21] It's, it's a, it's, it's a good— it's
great. It's not good.
[44:25] It's great.
[44:26] So, uh, and the, the purchase price is
$489,000.
[44:31] $489,000?
[44:34] Yes, sir.
[44:36] We get a motion for discussion?
[44:39] Commissioner Stovall, seconded by
Commissioner Hestla.
[44:45] Does anybody want to talk about it? All
right, Mr. Burkhalter.
[44:51] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[44:54] Um, could I get Doug to come up?
[44:58] Doug, the $489,000, where could we
possibly
[45:03] pull that from to make that happen?
[45:08] From last night's meeting, we plan on, so
far as it went through that committee,
[45:14] doing the park project out of the 151
fund.
[45:17] I would, if you all want to do this,
[45:19] I would tie this money to it as well and
do that out of the reserves of the 151
[45:25] fund.
[45:26] Okay.
[45:27] Refresh me again on the reserves in that,
in that fund.
[45:30] So as of May—
[45:33] Unrestricted, I'm talking about.
[45:35] So it's all technically restricted for use
of debt service with the exception of
[45:40] interest revenue, and our interest revenue
has been strong over the last 3 years.
[45:45] We had $6.5 million this past year, $11
million the year before that,
[45:49] and almost $4.5 million the year before
that.
[45:52] Yes.
[45:53] And so, by resolution and with some work
at the— with the state through Stephens,
[45:58] we would go ahead and draw up an agreement
that the state would approve for us to
[46:04] allow use of those reserve funds,
specifically pointing to the interest
[46:09] specifically pointing to the interest
revenue,
[46:09] because the property tax funds and all the
other dedicated funds that are in there
[46:15] for payment of debt have to stay in there
and can't be used as part of that reserve.
[46:21] So really, I'm just pointing to the
interest revenue.
[46:25] If you added those funds up together,
[46:27] you'd be sitting around $22 million that
you could use in this same manner.
[46:33] Okay, and what they— what was approved
last night was $7.6—
[46:38] is that correct?
[46:39] $7.642-something, yeah.
[46:41] Okay, and if you put this with it, you're
looking around $8 million?
[46:44] Yeah, it'd be just above $8 million. Uh,
I'd be closer to $8.1.
[46:48] $8.1 million. Okay. And then you say the
interest that you've earned over the
[46:55] last 3 years is close to $22 million.
[46:58] It's, it's, it's sufficient to cover that.
[47:01] Yes. And, and would this reduce our debt
capacity?
[47:05] Yes, it would, but not very much, uh,
because it's more tied to revenue in,
[47:10] expenditure out. And if we have deficits,
[47:13] that's what that fund balance is there
for,
[47:16] and the fund balance is strong because we
had surpassed our interest revenue
[47:21] projections for the last couple of years.
[47:24] Okay.
[47:26] Okay. Thank you, David.
[47:27] Yeah.
[47:27] Is that all, Commissioner Burton?
[47:30] No, I wanted to ask Mr. Ritchie.
[47:31] Oh. Okay.
[47:34] If this land is purchased,
[47:35] what can What kind of timeline are you
looking about before
[47:39] you're actually going to be building on
it?
[47:42] We would try to approach it through the
normal budget process, I think,
[47:47] is what this commission has asked for in
the past,
[47:50] instead of like mid-year budget asks.
[47:53] So we would approach this in the— through
the normal budget process,
[47:57] because I think that that's what's
requested.
[48:00] Not middle, middle of the year budget ask.
[48:03] So, I mean, that's, that's what we would
try to do through the normal budget
[48:08] process.
[48:09] Okay. Because you still have the property
there at 431 that you haven't built
[48:15] anything on that.
[48:17] So it is, uh, spoke with the architect
today for an update on that.
[48:21] Um, they are this week, it will go, it'll
be, uh, I think they, the terminology is,
[48:27] uh, Be sent out for pre-bid notification.
[48:30] That's, I think, like a— and then there'll
be a pre-bid meeting,
[48:34] I think tentatively scheduled for the
middle of August, I think like August
[48:39] middle of August, I think like August
17th,
[48:40] tentatively. And then all the contractors
that come to that pre-bid meeting are
[48:45] eligible to bid. And then I think they
intend a 4 to 5 week process,
[48:50] whatever purchasing looks at there, for
bids to come back.
[48:54] So—
[48:54] Okay. We would look at bids coming back in
the middle of September for the 431
[48:59] station.
[49:00] Okay.
[49:01] Middle to late.
[49:01] And when this— if this property is
purchased and you build,
[49:06] you get ready to build a station there,
[49:09] is it going to be very similar to what
you're building now?
[49:14] I would say as long as it fits, which he
tentatively—
[49:18] the architect has tentatively fit it on
there to make sure it fits.
[49:22] The survey and everything.
[49:24] You have to change driveway, you know,
things, just normal stuff.
[49:29] But as far as the structure, yes,
[49:31] it would be the exact same footprint of
what we're doing at the 431 station.
[49:36] Okay.
[49:38] Identical.
[49:39] How would it look compared to the, say,
the Hampshire station,
[49:44] the Carter Creek station?
[49:46] Pretty much. You won't be able to really
tell a difference.
[49:49] Okay.
[49:50] Yep.
[49:50] They'll all basically—
[49:52] the seller has requested that we try to
face the bays towards the road
[49:57] versus teeing them off the back, but
that's not like a— that's also,
[50:02] he said he would be fine with it if we had
to do that. So yeah.
[50:06] Our design's flexible enough to move that
bay wherever we need to move it. Okay.
[50:12] But as far as square foot, wouldn't
change.
[50:14] Okay. And, and equipment that you have now
at the Santa Fe,
[50:17] what do you tell me the equipment you've
got there at the Santa Fe?
[50:20] We have an engine and a brush truck.
[50:22] And again, we're trying to add a tanker to
be at every station eventually.
[50:27] Um, so we, but we couldn't put a tanker at
the current station if we wanted to.
[50:32] Um, so that would give us the opportunity
in the future, uh,
[50:36] to either roll a tanker out of the You
know, headquarters station and replace it,
[50:42] and we disperse equipment around so it's
all getting the same mileage.
[50:46] So, Mr.
[50:50] Doby, I believe I remember in the last
meeting we were talking about the old
[50:54] station there in Santa Fe.
[50:56] If that station, it goes back to the
owner, is that correct?
[50:59] That was the information I was provided,
yes.
[51:01] Okay. Okay. All right.
[51:03] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[51:04] Yes, sir. Commissioner Kusiawinski.
[51:07] Thank you, Chairman. Uh, just real quick
question on that property out there.
[51:11] I was out there this past weekend.
[51:13] Uh, looks like right next door to it
they're starting to subdivide that, uh,
[51:17] that farm off. Is, is that part of the
same owner who's doing that, or—
[51:21] I believe so. He's also going to build his
own house there, but part of it,
[51:26] part of it's being sold.
[51:28] Okay. The price on, on this land, is it
Somewhat comparable.
[51:32] Obviously, there's a little bit more
structure on here,
[51:35] but is it pretty comparable to what he's
asking on those other lots as well? Yeah.
[51:40] Yes, sir.
[51:41] Thank you. Thank you, Chairman.
[51:42] Yes, Commissioner Grody.
[51:44] Thank you, Chairman.
[51:45] I would just like to go on record by
saying we do a lot of things.
[51:50] We approve a lot of money being spent,
[51:53] and I'm 1,000% for children and baseball
fields.
[51:56] But when I think about nighttime and I
think about winter and I think about the
[52:02] times that children aren't playing
baseball, that we spent, you know,
[52:07] $7.8 million for a baseball field and a
maintenance building,
[52:11] I just think that this is— these are lives
and we need a fire station.
[52:16] How long has that fire station been the
fire station of Santa Fe?
[52:21] Do you know how many years?
[52:23] I believe the '70s. Yes, ma'am.
[52:25] And speaking specifically, you brought up
winter, that,
[52:28] that station is inoperable during the
winter. Right.
[52:31] Once we get snow or ice, we cannot get
that truck out of that station.
[52:35] I don't think there's a way in the world
you could get a better location.
[52:40] So if we don't take it, we're going to
really regret it.
[52:44] So I just want to be on record saying
that.
[52:47] Is that all, Commissioner?
[52:49] Okay.
[52:50] Commissioner Privitti.
[52:50] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just ditto to
what Ms. Grover and I just said.
[52:54] I mean, this is the best fire department
in the state right here,
[52:58] and I believe that if he says that this is
where it needs to be and this is what we
[53:03] need, that that's the absolute— that's the
truth.
[53:05] And support this if it goes through,
[53:07] and we'll support it all the way if it
goes through.
[53:10] This is something that will save lives.
[53:13] Even if it saves one life, One, it was
worth every penny of it.
[53:18] And granted, it'll take time to get a
station out there,
[53:20] but you got to break some eggs to make an
omelet. You got to start somewhere.
[53:24] So I definitely support this if it
happens.
[53:26] Thank you, Chair, and thank you for what
y'all do.
[53:28] Commissioner Hessler.
[53:31] Thank you, Chair. I'm 100% in support of
this.
[53:34] It's my district, so I know exactly where
this is. It's right on the main drag.
[53:41] You can get in and out in a snap.
[53:43] And just going over the minutes from last
month's meeting.
[53:48] I was not able to be here,
[53:50] but reading the minutes and how you stated
that using or trying to use the current
[53:56] station and finagle a truck out, it would
take 20 minutes to get to the school.
[54:03] It's just right down the street.
[54:05] For EMS specifically, because, you know,
they're coming from town. But yes.
[54:10] Which is ridiculous.
[54:11] You know, because the school— I mean,
Santa Fe is so little,
[54:14] and all these things are just right in
there together.
[54:17] And to take that long to get to a school
when this would take 2 minutes, you know,
[54:21] just right down the street. So I'm
definitely in support of this.
[54:25] I think you've done a great job looking
around. You've done your due diligence.
[54:29] And this makes perfect sense right in the
middle of town. So my vote's yes.
[54:33] Thank you.
[54:33] All right. Commissioner Groves?
[54:35] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[54:37] I support you on this too, Richie, but my
question was, uh,
[54:42] I don't know if you can tell me or not,
[54:45] but how often do you arrive on scene at
like a medical call or,
[54:50] or motor vehicle accident before an actual
ambulance shows up?
[54:54] Um, 90% of the time.
[55:11] Wow.
[55:12] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
[55:15] On behalf of the citizens of this county,
[55:19] thank you. 90% of the time.
[55:22] 90% of the time.
[55:24] I'm kind of at a loss for words on that,
so I'll talk to you some more about it,
[55:29] but Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[55:30] Yes, sir. Seeing no more lights, let's
take a vote.
[55:34] We'll move this to budget if it passes.
All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed?
[55:41] Nobody opposed. We move it to budget.
[55:43] Thank you.
[55:44] Yes, sir. Is that all you had?
[55:46] Yes, sir.
[55:47] Okay. Uh, we have nothing under old
business,
[55:51] nothing under new business.
[55:53] Has anybody come in and signed up?
[55:59] No, sir.
[55:59] Okay, thank you for that. We do have a
couple announcements.
[56:04] Announcements that all 5 members of this
Safety Committee's term will be expiring
[56:10] Safety Committee's term will be expiring
at
[56:10] the end of August, and the new commission
will appoint new committee members next
[56:16] month. Another announcement that one
member's term is expiring on the Civil
[56:21] member's term is expiring on the Civil
Service
[56:22] Board. That is Ms. Berry Boyd. And so that
is an announcement.
[56:26] Next month, I guess, Mayor, we'll have a
recommendation.
[56:31] Okay.
[56:32] And I just read an email that Murray
Regional Hospital Board of Trustees
[56:37] Regional Hospital Board of Trustees
meeting is
[56:38] going to happen on August 27th at 6:30.
And Commissioner Peretti, you got a
[56:43] And Commissioner Peretti, you got a
comment?
[56:43] I do. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[56:45] Rather than say it every time they spoke,
[56:47] I figured I would just do it once at the
end.
[56:50] This is the last meeting for this
commission, for this group.
[56:53] And so, and so to Ken and Bucky and Jeff
and Jose and Richie, all of you guys,
[56:58] thank you for everything that you do for
this county.
[57:00] Y'all are the best that there is. It's
been an honor to serve and work with you.
[57:05] I've known most of you long before I ever
became a commissioner,
[57:09] and I'll continue to see you long
afterwards. Excuse me, sir.
[57:12] Anyway, thank you guys for what you do.
You are indeed the best in the county.
[57:16] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[57:18] Yeah. Can I get a motion to adjourn from
the committee? Stove admin in 10 minutes.
[57:23] The meeting is adjourned.