[0:01] All right, it's a little after 6:30. We
had to make a few adjustments.
[0:04] We're getting a little started, but a
little bit behind, but that's all right.
[0:09] We're getting there.
[0:10] First item of business is the prayer and
pledge, and Mr.—
[0:13] Commissioner Howard is going to do the
prayer, and Mr.
[0:16] Burkhalter is going to lead us in the
pledge.
[0:18] Please stand with me.
[0:20] Dear Heavenly Father, we come to you
tonight just grateful,
[0:24] grateful to get to serve in a community.
[0:27] For about half of us that's wrapping up
tonight, Lord,
[0:31] and I know I speak for the rest of us in
just saying, Lord,
[0:35] we're thankful and grateful that we got to
do that here in this community.
[0:41] Lord, we're thankful for you.
[0:43] We're thankful that you sent your Son
Jesus to die for us on the cross, Lord.
[0:49] And Lord, just be with our community.
[0:52] Be with the new Commissioner, as they come
on, Lord,
[0:55] help them to always remember who it is
that they're representing, Lord.
[1:01] And Lord, also help them to know that
we're a community of believers and faith.
[1:07] And Lord, that those things do guide us in
the decisions that we make.
[1:13] Lord, we're, we're just—
[1:17] as we're wrapping up here, Lord, help us
to have a good meeting tonight.
[1:21] Help us to stay on subject and focused to
do the business of the people in Murray
[1:26] County. And Lord, please forgive us where
we failed you, where we've sinned.
[1:30] In your Son Jesus' name we pray.
[1:32] Amen.
[1:32] Amen.
[1:33] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[1:40] United States of America and to the
Republic
[1:41] for which it stands, one nation under God,
indivisible,
[1:46] with liberty and justice for all.
[1:52] All right, all right, uh, y'all just bear
with me tonight. I know Mr.
[1:57] Grooms is normally here, but we'll get
through this. Um, Mr.
[2:02] Joey will have the roll call if you'd call
roll, please, sir. All right.
[2:08] Strand?
[2:09] Here.
[2:10] Huffman?
[2:11] Here.
[2:12] Hollinsworth?
[2:13] Here.
[2:13] Previti?
[2:14] Here.
[2:15] Stovall.
[2:16] Present.
[2:17] Green.
[2:18] Here.
[2:19] Kuzawinski.
[2:19] Here.
[2:20] Sumners.
[2:21] Here.
[2:22] Nutt.
[2:22] Here.
[2:23] Grodi.
[2:24] Here.
[2:25] Hestla.
[2:25] Here.
[2:26] Miller.
[2:27] Here.
[2:28] Morrow.
[2:28] Here.
[2:29] Howard.
[2:30] Present.
[2:31] Burkhalter.
[2:32] Here.
[2:32] Hestla.
[2:33] Here. Markham. Here.
[2:36] Grooms.
[2:38] Here.
[2:39] Grodi.
[2:39] Here. Hestla. Here. Miller. Here. Morrow.
Here. Howard. Present. Burkhalter. Here.
[2:39] Hestla. Here. Miller. Here. Morrow. Here.
Here.
[2:39] Grooms.
[2:39] Present. Grodi. Here.
[2:44] Mr. Chairman, we have 20 present, 1
absent.
[2:47] All right. So our majority is 14, and
supermajority is—
[2:56] I forgot.
[2:56] It's the same.
[2:59] 12 and 14. I'm sorry. We're still minus 1.
So we're still— we're 11.
[3:03] We're still short 1. So we're 11 and 14. I
forgot to do that math.
[3:07] All right, all right. Uh, next item on the
agenda is approval of the agenda.
[3:12] Um, I have a motion from Mr. Previti, a
second by Mr. Burkhalter.
[3:16] Um, all those in favor of the agenda? Any
debate? Any discussion? Any changes?
[3:21] I know, throw something at me.
[3:23] Ready?
[3:24] All right, when they're ready.
[3:36] Please vote.
[3:37] Please vote.
[3:37] I wrote it up that way so you know
[3:44] what to say. Gotcha. All right.
[3:49] Are you logged in? Are you logged
[3:56] in?
[3:56] Oh, you know what? Dang,
[3:58] I'm used to being on the other side of
this fence.
[4:02] Y'all gonna have to get— I'm sorry.
[4:08] Oh, okay.
[4:09] Sure, that won't be the first time, the
only time that happens.
[4:12] All right, so 21 ayes, correct?
[4:14] 20.
[4:14] 20 ayes, I'm sorry. All right, let the
record show there are 20 ayes.
[4:19] All right, there's your results.
[4:21] All right, item number 8.2601, approval of
the minutes for the July 20th Uh, 26,
[4:26] full commission. Are there any
corrections, additions, deletions, or
[4:31] corrections, additions, deletions, or
alterations?
[4:31] No.
[4:33] Hearing none, they stand approved as
circulated or read. Public comments.
[4:38] Persons desiring to provide public comment
on any county business matter item must
[4:43] complete and return a public form,
[4:46] form which will be available in person
immediately prior to the scheduled
[4:50] immediately prior to the scheduled
meeting.
[4:51] Please be advised that comments shall be
limited to 3 minutes per speaker,
[4:56] with each asked to state their name,
district.
[4:59] The allotted time for the comment period
shall be limited to a collective of 30
[5:04] minutes unless extended at the discretion
of the chairperson.
[5:08] Likewise, all comments should be addressed
to the body rather than any one member,
[5:13] and there will be no rebuttal following
this period.
[5:16] And we've got 2 people signed up.
[5:19] I don't know if it's an agenda item.
[5:20] Or is it an agenda item? Um, Chris
Grambling, is it an agenda or will it be—
[5:25] Just county business.
[5:27] So it'll be at the end, not, not a
specific—
[5:31] He can speak now.
[5:32] You're going to speak at the beginning?
Okay, okay, it's up to him.
[5:36] Okay, so if he wants to come on up now and
get it, you'll have 3 minutes.
[5:42] State your name and district, please.
[5:45] Hi everyone, my name is Chris Gramling.
I'm in District 9.
[5:50] I'm just following up on some comments
that I had made recently.
[5:55] I'd made several comments about retention
of data on the county systems and how that
[6:01] interacts with the ethics issues and the
ethics policy.
[6:06] I haven't heard anything from anyone,
[6:09] so I started looking into the system and
what's going on here.
[6:14] You guys have a mail system. It's called
Microsoft 365.
[6:18] Your email and various digital services
are hosted in the so-called cloud.
[6:24] And I realized— because this is what I do
for a living—
[6:28] I realized that y'all should have a—
[6:31] there's a system called Microsoft Purview
that is exactly what I've been talking
[6:37] about. It's an e-discovery system.
[6:40] Yeah.
[6:41] So that when we have an issue with someone
who's the subject of an ethics
[6:47] complaint, Purview would be a way to query
all of the data in that person's
[6:53] mailbox and the entire county's mailboxes
as a whole to find the targeted
[6:59] information. And that removes the hazard
of the fox guarding the henhouse
[7:05] situation that I—
[7:07] Hold on just a second.
[7:08] We do have one concern, and we'll pause it
so you'll finish your time.
[7:14] But just when you're talking about
governmental hardware, software,
[7:20] the public doesn't need to know.
[7:22] It's public information.
[7:24] Some of it is, but some—
[7:25] It's all public information.
[7:27] Okay. Just make sure that it all is public
information because we don't want to
[7:31] divulge any—
[7:32] I won't.
[7:34] I wouldn't do that.
[7:34] Okay.
[7:35] Just checking to make sure. Just want to
let you know. Appreciate it. Thanks, sir.
[7:39] Continue.
[7:39] I'm sorry.
[7:39] Thank you.
[7:40] That's okay.
[7:42] So leveraging this system to which you
already have some sort of access would
[7:47] circumvent this problem of the target or
the subject of an ethics complaint being
[7:53] the same person that furnished or produced
the fulfillment of the public records
[7:58] request. So I want to know, Are we using
this? And if not, why are we not using it?
[8:04] Are we paying for something that we're not
even using? So that's a huge concern.
[8:09] If anyone has questions, I know that
that's technical.
[8:13] I'm happy to talk about it after the
meeting.
[8:16] And I've also put in a public records
request.
[8:19] It's been emailed and I have a paper copy.
May I drop this off to somebody?
[8:24] I'll take it. Or the sheriff will take it.
Thank you, sir.
[8:31] All right, thank you, sir. Um, all right,
we've got one more.
[8:38] Teresa Sparks, name and district, and you
have 3 minutes.
[8:45] Thank you.
[8:46] Teresa Sparks, District 9.
[8:48] Uh, thank you for your service, and as
this term comes to an end,
[8:52] I think it's worth asking a very simple
question: how did we do?
[8:57] Did our high school graduate— graduation
rate improve? Did unemployment improve?
[9:03] Did infrastructure keep pace with growth?
[9:06] And how much farmland did we lose over
this term?
[9:09] These are questions we should be able to
answer.
[9:13] Without a strategic plan and measurable
goals,
[9:16] it's difficult for commissioners or
citizens to objectively evaluate our
[9:21] citizens to objectively evaluate our
progress.
[9:22] So as we close out one term and prepare to
begin another,
[9:26] I would respectfully ask this commission
and the next to focus on 3 things.
[9:31] First, establish a countywide strategic
plan with measurable goals.
[9:36] A budget isn't a strategic plan. Tax
revenue isn't a strategic plan.
[9:41] A strategic plan defines what kind of
county we want Maury County,
[9:46] Maury County to be. And establishes
measurable goals to determine whether
[9:51] measurable goals to determine whether
we're
[9:52] getting there. Economic, education,
infrastructure, all along those lines.
[9:57] Choose the metrics, publish them, and
measure them annually.
[10:01] Second, prioritize the completion of the
comprehensive land use plan.
[10:06] If the strategic plan defines what we want
Murray County to look like and to become,
[10:12] The comprehensive land use plan is what
that vision looks like on the ground with
[10:18] our land. Where should we invest
infrastructure? Where should development
[10:24] infrastructure? Where should development
be?
[10:24] And more importantly, what are we
committed to protect?
[10:28] These decisions should not be made one
subdivision at a time,
[10:32] one rezoning at a time, and without the
larger vision guiding them.
[10:37] Third, let's establish a North Star.
[10:40] Thank you.
[10:40] Let's say farmland preservation is going
to be the lens through which we look and
[10:46] make decisions, because right now we have
a fundamental contradiction in this
[10:51] county. It is easier to break up farms
than it is to protect one.
[10:55] We have witnessed this firsthand on Double
Branch Road, East Sheepneck Road,
[11:01] Old Zion Road, to name a few.
[11:03] A landowner who voluntarily wants to place
a farm into an AP district must go
[11:08] through a rigorous public process,
[11:10] yet agricultural land can be divided and
permanently fragmented with far less
[11:15] scrutiny. We should ask, what are we
trying to preserve?
[11:19] Establish a measurable goal— acres of
farmland preserved,
[11:23] percentage of Murray County that remains
agricultural,
[11:27] the annual rate of farmland conversion.
[11:29] Choose it, measure it, publish it, and use
it to guide our decisions.
[11:34] Thank you.
[11:35] This should be a strategic plan that
defines success,
[11:39] and we should be able to measure and be
committed to preserving farmland that
[11:44] committed to preserving farmland that
makes
[11:45] Murray County Murray County. Thank you.
[11:48] Thank you, ma'am. I believe that concludes
all of our public comments.
[11:53] All right, uh, item 02 is a report of the
county mayor, and she is not here tonight,
[11:58] so 8603— 82603, approval of application
for notary publics.
[12:03] And I do want to make a prior— at the
admin committee, uh, there was a— Mr.
[12:08] Bridenbaugh did explain his situation,
[12:10] and he just wanted to make sure it was in
the records for tonight's meeting so he
[12:16] didn't have to go through that whole, uh,
reading again.
[12:20] But just wanted to make that, uh, at this
time so it was on the records.
[12:25] Other than that, I'll take a—
[12:27] Yes.
[12:27] Yes, sir.
[12:28] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[12:29] The admin committee met and we had the new
and renewal applications for notary
[12:33] public brought to the committee. They all
passed.
[12:36] I bring that to this committee in the form
of a motion.
[12:39] I have a motion from Mr. Previti. Do I
have a second? Second from Mr. Mc—
[12:46] Brian—
[12:46] Mr. Markham.
[12:47] Yeah, I'm sorry.
[12:49] Any debate, discussion? All those in favor
will vote when she tells you to.
[12:54] Please vote.
[12:55] And I will remember to do that this time.
[13:06] Sorry.
[13:06] 20 yes.
[13:08] We have 20 ayes and no opposed. Let that
record show it passes unanimously.
[13:14] Uh, report of the committees. Um, let's
see, first is Admin Committee. Mr.
[13:19] Previti.
[13:20] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Admin
Committee met on August 4th, sir.
[13:23] We conducted routine business,
[13:25] and I'll be happy to answer any questions
if there are any.
[13:27] Are there any questions?
[13:29] All right.
[13:31] Budget Committee, Mr. Sumners.
[13:32] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We met on August
10th and conducted routine business.
[13:38] If there are any questions, I'll answer
them at this time. Hearing none.
[13:41] Financial Management, that would be me.
[13:44] We met just prior to this meeting at 5:00,
conducted routine Business.
[13:47] If there are any questions, I'd be happy
to answer them. Oops, I'm sorry.
[13:51] Building Committee, Mr. Peretti.
[13:53] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Building
Committee met on Monday, August 3rd.
[13:56] We conducted routine business,
[13:58] and I'll be happy to answer any questions
if there are any.
[14:00] Hearing none. Health and Environment, Mr.
Stovall.
[14:04] Yeah, Health and Environment and Education
Committee met on August 3rd as well,
[14:07] and we conducted regular routine business.
[14:09] And if anyone has any questions, I'd be
glad to answer them.
[14:12] Necessary.
[14:13] Thank you, sir. Uh, Safety, Mr. Markham.
[14:16] Safety Committee met on August 4th.
[14:18] We moved some things forward to tonight's
full agenda,
[14:21] and we'll be voting on them shortly.
[14:23] All right, thank you, sir. Uh, Audit
Committee, Mr. Mora.
[14:28] Audit Committee met twice for the season,
once I think in June,
[14:32] once in July, concluded business for the
year,
[14:35] and we'll meet again next year.
[14:36] Thank you, sir. Mr. Kuzawinski, Ethics.
[14:40] The Ethics Committee did not meet since
the last meeting, so thanks, sir.
[14:44] Thanks, sir. All right, item 8, 2605,
[14:48] report of Murray Alliance. Mr. Evans.
[14:51] That sounds weird. I'm sorry.
[14:54] Thank you, Mr. Evans.
[14:58] Chairman, members of commission, thank you
all.
[15:00] Before I get started,
[15:02] I do want to just take a moment I know
several of you won't be returning after
[15:06] several of you won't be returning after
this
[15:06] meeting, so I just did want to take a
moment to say thank you all for your
[15:11] moment to say thank you all for your
service
[15:11] to not just this body and this community,
[15:13] but the support of our organization as
well over your time.
[15:17] And then for those who are continuing on,
[15:19] we look forward to continuing to work with
you.
[15:22] All right, you guys did receive a copy of
the report. I'll start on the second page.
[15:27] It is our August economic development
dashboard.
[15:29] You'll see at the top our current active
project pipeline.
[15:33] We're tracking 13 active projects, just
over 300 new jobs,
[15:36] and $2 billion of capital investment in
there.
[15:39] The breakdown, 54% are new companies
looking to locate,
[15:42] 46% are existing industries looking to
expand.
[15:45] These numbers are down a little bit this
year,
[15:47] so I did want to kind of talk through
that.
[15:50] And this is not specific to Murray County.
[15:52] So we have kind of 3 stages of the
project.
[15:55] We have leads, and that is where we are
contacted,
[15:58] whether it's through the State Economic
Community Development Department,
[16:02] through TVA, through various sources of
companies that are interested in looking
[16:06] somewhere, and the state of Tennessee is
on their map.
[16:09] Then we transition those to where we would
submit a request for information or
[16:14] request for proposal.
[16:15] So our leads are down by about 30% from
where we were this last year.
[16:19] And so what that's saying is the pond just
doesn't have quite as many fish in it
[16:24] that we have the opportunity to—
[16:26] Right.
[16:26] to go out. However, when it comes to the
conversion rate of those that we're
[16:31] responding to, where we had 44 leads this
year,
[16:34] we've responded to approximately 17 of
those.
[16:36] So it's about a 45% conversion rate,
[16:38] which has been on trend with the last few
years.
[16:41] So all that to say that, you know, the
national economy is, you know,
[16:46] has some things going on which is
impacting our opportunities.
[16:49] However, we're still working very hard to
be successful. as a community.
[16:54] Fortunately, we have a lot of momentum
that has been built over the years,
[16:58] so some of these slower years aren't as
alarming to us.
[17:02] But as we do continue to work that
pipeline, we are focusing on higher wages,
[17:06] diversified industry, and good stewards of
the community's resources and utilities.
[17:12] Only other item I will hit on here is the
unemployment rate.
[17:15] The latest numbers we have are from June
at 4.4%.
[17:18] That did come down to where we were
earlier this year in April at 6 plus
[17:23] earlier this year in April at 6 plus
percent as
[17:23] we saw some anomalies with what was going
on with General Motors,
[17:27] and we'll talk a little bit about them
here in just a minute.
[17:31] But staying with the trend of our
pipeline, I did want to just close out
[17:35] pipeline, I did want to just close out
with some—
[17:36] a few announcements and updates on recent
announcements that we have had this year
[17:41] so far. And the most recent you'll see on
the next slide is Medacta International.
[17:46] This is a Swiss-based medical device
manufacturer that develops and produces
[17:51] innovative orthopedic implants, surgical
technologies,
[17:54] and robotics that's used in joint
replacement.
[17:57] So our friends at TOA just down the road,
think about the,
[18:00] the types of equipment they use and
hardware that they would do joint
[18:04] hardware that they would do joint
replacements
[18:05] with. This is a family-founded and
family-led company that is of Swiss
[18:09] family-led company that is of Swiss
nationality.
[18:10] They have purchased a facility or a
property in Spring Hill off on the Spring
[18:15] property in Spring Hill off on the Spring
Hill
[18:15] Commerce Center that the city developed a
few years ago,
[18:19] which is right off Jim Warren Parkway,
just east of I-65.
[18:22] Medacta will invest $85 million, create
200-plus jobs,
[18:25] and this facility will serve as the
company's North American headquarters as
[18:30] company's North American headquarters as
well as
[18:30] their first manufacturing facility in the
community.
[18:34] So these are the types of projects that
we're wanting to see.
[18:37] Through that corporate headquarters,
[18:40] we're seeing diversification and we're
also seeing higher wage opportunities.
[18:44] Going on to the next announcement, this is
an expansion.
[18:48] So DocuMotion Research, located in the
Murray County—
[18:51] previous Murray County Industrial Park off
of Oakland Parkway,
[18:55] is adding approximately 40,000 square feet
and 48 jobs.
[18:58] And just a reminder for what they do,
[19:00] they create point-of-sale labels that are
print And you immediately stick them on.
[19:05] You don't have to pull them off.
[19:07] So when you go to Chick-fil-A and say no
pickles on your sandwich and they put that
[19:12] special sticker on there, those are made
here in Columbia, Tennessee.
[19:17] The next one, for Mount Pleasant, High
Grade Components,
[19:20] another existing industry that is
expanding.
[19:24] They—
[19:25] excuse me— manufacture metal door frames
that are used for like sliding doors and
[19:29] things like that. They were in a small
facility.
[19:32] Behind the Mount Pleasant Airport, and
they have—
[19:35] or are moving into the former IB Tech
building,
[19:38] which is right there on Main Street for
those who are familiar there.
[19:41] So a great reuse of a property that was
previously vacated.
[19:45] And then General Motors, just to talk a
little bit about this.
[19:48] I do want to— we were not involved in this
project.
[19:51] This is just an announcement of additional
capital and new projects,
[19:55] but it is impactful to our largest
employer. So just wanted to talk through
[19:59] employer. So just wanted to talk through
that.
[20:00] They announced a few months ago they're
investing $275 million additional dollars
[20:04] into their facility, both across their
assembly plant and also their engine
[20:09] assembly plant and also their engine
plant.
[20:09] They announced— at the time of the
announcement that they were bringing on a
[20:13] announcement that they were bringing on a
5th
[20:13] vehicle that has since been named the
Cadillac XT6.
[20:16] They will be bringing that production here
along with the Chevrolet Blazer.
[20:21] So that will give us 3 gasoline-powered—
not engines,
[20:24] but gasoline-powered vehicles that are
here.
[20:26] You've got the Cadillac XT5, the XT6, and
the Blazer.
[20:29] And then they will continue to make the 2
electric vehicles,
[20:32] the Cadillac LYRIQ and Viziq.
[20:34] Thank you.
[20:35] So just speaking to the importance of that
facility for General Motors,
[20:39] it's very positive that we're seeing a
duality in the mix and it's not just
[20:43] duality in the mix and it's not just
electric
[20:44] and not just gas. I think that's going to
help us keep long-term employment out
[20:48] there over the years. And then a couple of
updates on the next slide.
[20:52] So Trimo North America Recticel Group
announced very early this year—
[20:56] the photo that you see there, they
announced, I believe it was January of
[21:00] announced, I believe it was January of
this year,
[21:01] This photo is actually dated.
[21:02] They have been constructing at a
phenomenal pace out in Cherry Glen
[21:06] phenomenal pace out in Cherry Glen
Industrial Park.
[21:07] Would welcome you the next opportunity you
have to go by and see that facility.
[21:12] It's very, very beautiful.
[21:13] And then finally, Excentria, which
announced last year in Cherry Glen as
[21:17] announced last year in Cherry Glen as
well.
[21:18] They are in the process of beginning to
install equipment and begin hiring.
[21:22] So I would anticipate some news from them
as they continue to ramp up and get closer
[21:27] to their actual opening.
[21:28] And those are the exciting days,
[21:30] years after we make the announcement when
you get to see the project come to life.
[21:34] At this point, I'll pause and take any
questions anybody might have.
[21:38] Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Commissioner
Howard, you're first up.
[21:41] Thank you.
[21:43] Excuse me. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[21:46] Thank you for— thank you for what you do
and thank you for the presentation.
[21:50] Also, I read something about General
Motors and the military contract that I
[21:55] Motors and the military contract that I
think
[21:56] they're also looking at and hoping to win.
[21:59] And the rumor mill is that it would be
done here in Spring Hill.
[22:03] I don't know if you've heard the same
thing.
[22:06] I've not heard anything reliable regarding
that.
[22:08] Well, the question that I had is, and I've
asked this a couple of times,
[22:14] and I'll be honest, I don't remember the
answer.
[22:18] The cost of living, when I look at that, I
mean,
[22:21] it is concerning to see I guess based on
that scale that like Murray County,
[22:27] and I assume the higher the number, the
higher the cost of living is.
[22:33] I mean, anybody that's been to Charleston
knows that Charleston is a mecca for
[22:39] everything is expensive.
[22:41] And so to see that our cost of living in
Murray County is higher than Charleston,
[22:47] South Carolina, what's driving that?
[22:50] Is the demand that Murray County is the
place to be driving that?
[22:55] I mean, what— From y'all's data and intel
in economic development,
[23:00] what is driving that?
[23:02] I can't speak 100% confidently to what is
driving it.
[23:05] And now they are within a couple of points
of each other.
[23:09] And when you see communities that close,
[23:11] they'll kind of ebb and flow and go back
and forth. But this survey looks—
[23:16] I mean, we're higher than Atlanta.
[23:17] Yeah.
[23:17] Yeah.
[23:18] This survey looks at a myriad of different
Things,
[23:21] and one of those is housing costs and
rental prices.
[23:24] And we know, you know, from 2020 to now,
[23:26] Murray County has seen a much steeper
curve than a lot of those who were already
[23:31] higher. So I think that has driven it up,
[23:33] but we've actually seen those numbers kind
of start to level and decline a little
[23:38] bit. So I'm interested to see what happens
with the second quarter of data.
[23:42] Okay, what is that metrics? I mean, what
is that number? What is 96.2?
[23:48] So the way to think about cost of living
is 100 is essentially the national
[23:53] is 100 is essentially the national
average.
[23:53] You think about it as a dollar for— so in
the U.S., on average,
[23:57] if it costs you a dollar to buy a product,
[24:00] in Murray County it would cost you 96.2
cents.
[24:03] So you are cheaper than the national
average.
[24:06] If you were in New York, it would cost you
$1.67 to buy that same good.
[24:11] So you're 67 cents cheaper.
[24:13] Okay.
[24:15] So you want to, you know, it's based on a
national average.
[24:17] Okay, that's interesting.
[24:19] Just the last comment, Will, is, you know,
departing, this being the last meeting,
[24:24] definitely won't be the last year for me,
but one of the things that, you know,
[24:29] I've been very concerned about is the
diversification,
[24:33] and I think over the last several years
we've talked about that a lot.
[24:37] When you look at the unemployment rate
growing so exponentially,
[24:42] Based on our fact that we're so auto
industry heavy,
[24:45] I think that that means that we need to
kind of run away from a little bit of the
[24:50] auto aspect of it, even though that's a
temporary number.
[24:54] I don't think that we want Murray County
in the news with the highest unemployment
[24:59] rate because a retool or, you know,
whatever is going on at the plant.
[25:04] One of the things that I would highly
encourage is,
[25:07] as we're looking at these different
industries, We're continuing to diversify,
[25:12] and I mean, we really need high tech in
Murray County.
[25:16] I think that that's also going to be a
major driving force in your wages
[25:20] major driving force in your wages
increase.
[25:21] And anyway, appreciate you, and thank you
for all that you do. Thank you, Mr.
[25:26] Chairman.
[25:27] That will remain to be a top priority for
our organization as well.
[25:29] Thank you, sir. Mr. Bridenbaugh.
[25:31] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[25:33] Well, good news on the The new jobs coming
in from folks out of town,
[25:37] that's really good. Just a quick question
going to the unemployment rate.
[25:41] Do you have the numbers for the labor
participation rate?
[25:45] We do. It's at the bottom of the
dashboard. The numbers are from June.
[25:49] Murray County is at 66.1%, which is above
the state and U.S. average.
[25:53] Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[25:55] Mr. Previti.
[25:57] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for this
report, Will. Thanks for being here.
[26:01] A couple of questions I've got.
[26:03] Of course, I saw this at the board meeting
the other day,
[26:06] but adding up all these projects,
[26:07] we're just under 500 jobs here according
to all that.
[26:10] Are those jobs going to be new jobs that
Murray Countians could potentially get,
[26:14] or are these going to be transplants that
these companies are bringing with them?
[26:19] The vast majority are going to be new
opportunities for citizens of Murray
[26:24] opportunities for citizens of Murray
County
[26:24] and our labor shed area.
[26:26] Okay. So that, that, okay.
[26:28] And, you know, when you do have companies
that are, you know,
[26:31] kind of bringing in or, you know, setting
up a new shop,
[26:34] you will oftentimes see some senior
leadership come in,
[26:37] whether that be temporary or permanent.
[26:39] But then there's really outside of that,
you know,
[26:41] kind of their key people to help with the
transition. It's all new opportunities.
[26:45] So there's about just under 500 jobs here.
[26:48] When do persons get to start reaching out
saying, hey, I'm interested?
[26:52] It's going to depend.
[26:54] For Medacta, of course,
[26:55] they're going to put a shovel in the
ground hopefully in September.
[26:59] So it's going to be a couple of years.
[27:01] But for those 2 that are expanding,
DocuMotion and High Grade Components, you
[27:05] DocuMotion and High Grade Components, you
know,
[27:05] likely more immediate.
[27:07] And we're always happy to field those
calls if anybody is interested.
[27:10] We can connect them with our points of
contact at these various companies.
[27:14] And we don't know what the salary level of
these jobs are, though?
[27:17] We have the data.
[27:19] I don't—
[27:19] I can't speak to it confidently tonight.
[27:20] I mean, because I would just like— you
know, I'd like to see, you know,
[27:24] Murray Countians get these opportunities.
[27:26] And hopefully that they're enough to bring
them out of whatever situation that they
[27:29] want to leave to come do this. Thank you
for being here tonight. Thank you, Mr.
[27:33] Chairman.
[27:34] Thank you, sir. Mr. Kuzawinski.
[27:36] Thank you, Chairman.
[27:37] Well, I just wanted to touch base on the
email I sent you all last month down there
[27:42] with the request on the average wage that
Murray Countians are paying.
[27:46] And thank you for that. You all sent the
information back.
[27:49] You know, you gave me the KPI for 2024,
whatever.
[27:52] But I just want to make note on there
that,
[27:54] that you mentioned that '25 actually came
in 8% higher for wage,
[27:58] which I think that's pretty big for one
year.
[28:01] It shows that the Marine Alliance is doing
its job,
[28:03] and I think we're going in the right
direction.
[28:06] So I want to thank you for your work on
that and appreciate it.
[28:10] Appreciate that.
[28:12] All right, hearing no other, Mr. Evans,
thank you, sir. Appreciate you.
[28:17] Thank you, Mr. Evans.
[28:19] Have a good evening.
[28:20] Thank you all.
[28:22] All right, 8.2606, receiving and filing
department head annual reports.
[28:27] That's a notification. That's been done.
[28:30] Number 8.2607 is appointment of one member
to the library board to fill the
[28:36] unexpired term of Connie Green. Ms. Tonya
Burgett has been recommended.
[28:42] Are there any nominations from— I have a
motion from Mr. Previti.
[28:47] A motion from her.
[28:49] All right.
[28:49] And I have a motion and a second. All
right. So I have a motion for her from Mr.
[28:53] Previti. Are there any nominations from
the floor?
[28:56] No.
[28:56] I will entertain a motion to close
nominations and elect
[29:02] by acclamation Mr. Previti and Ms. Grodi.
Any discussion?
[29:08] Grodi.
[29:08] Grodi.
[29:09] I'm sorry.
[29:12] All right. Whenever she's ready, we'll
vote. On Ms. Tonya Burgett.
[29:16] Please
[29:22] vote.
[29:27] 18 yes,
[29:35] 2
[29:36] abstain.
[29:44] All right, we have 18 yes and 2 abstain.
So Miss Burgett is the replacement.
[29:50] Uh, the next are just announcements.
[29:53] Uh, 8-26-08 is announcement that the full
commission chairman and vice chairman
[29:59] terms will be expiring,
[30:00] and there will be a special call full
commission meeting on September 1st at
[30:06] commission meeting on September 1st at
4:30 to
[30:07] elect a new chairman and vice chairman.
[30:10] 8:26:09, an announcement that the
Financial Management Board Budget,
[30:15] Health and Environment, Education,
Building Safety,
[30:19] and Admin Committee terms will be
expiring,
[30:22] and there will be a special call full
commission meeting on September 1st at
[30:28] commission meeting on September 1st at
4:30 to
[30:28] appoint new members to these committees.
[30:31] 8:26:10, announcement that 3 members'
terms expiring on the Audit Committee,
[30:37] 8/26/11, announcement of one member's term
will be expiring on the Civil Service
[30:43] Board. 8/26/12, announcement that 2
members' terms will be expiring on the
[30:49] members' terms will be expiring on the
Ethics
[30:49] Board. And finally, 8/26/13,
[30:51] announcement that 2 members' terms will be
expiring on the Regional Planning
[30:57] Commission. All right. Now the next item—
Mr.
[31:01] Chair, I apologize. Oh, okay.
[31:03] Mr. Moore, yes.
[31:03] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a request.
[31:06] When we have announcement of a board
member— board member's term expiring,
[31:11] would it be possible to put the name of
the board member whose term is expiring?
[31:17] I mean, we obviously know who it is
because they know one's expiring.
[31:21] Just for information and transparency
purposes.
[31:25] Yes, sir. That would be for the next
chairman or vice chairman,
[31:28] but I don't see why I couldn't.
[31:30] Okay.
[31:30] Public knowledge, but that would be for
whomever takes—
[31:34] Okay, we'll bring, we'll bring it up
after.
[31:36] Yeah.
[31:37] All right, appreciate it. Thanks, sir. All
right, uh, next item is consent agenda.
[31:42] I have a motion from Ms. Grodi, a second
from Mr. Sumners. Is there any discussion?
[31:47] None.
[32:01] Please vote. I'm talking to myself.
[32:04] 20
[32:08] yes.
[32:16] Motion carries with 20 yes. All right.
[32:20] Uh-oh.
[32:21] We're good.
[32:22] Yeah, 20th.
[32:27] These—
[32:27] no.
[32:28] Oh, all right.
[32:32] 8/26/20. Uh, all right, Mr. Doby.
[32:40] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[32:41] 06/26/20 is a resolution approving an MOU
between Murray County Health Department
[32:45] and Murray County Regional Medical Center
For Women's, Infant,
[32:48] and Children's Services.
[32:49] And Mr. Stovall. I have a motion by Ms.
Grodi, a second by Mr. Stovall.
[32:53] Is there any discussion?
[32:55] No.
[32:57] All right, please— I'm talking to myself.
[33:00] Please vote.
[33:07] All right, I have 20 ayes.
[33:09] Voting results are— all right, 8/26/21,
[33:13] we have a resolution approving the Parks
Department GMP for Murray County Parks
[33:21] Phase 1. Mr. Previti, I have a motion from
Mr. Previti, a second by Mr. Markham.
[33:28] Is there any discussion?
[33:31] Yeah.
[33:31] Hearing none.
[33:46] Okay, sorry, I got you.
[33:50] Sorry. Oh, Mr. Howard.
[33:55] Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Howard.
[33:57] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[33:59] Um, I'm going to be a no vote on this and
You know, I just want to,
[34:03] on the record for Al and the board,
[34:05] has nothing to do with their mission and
what it is that they're trying to do.
[34:11] It's because Hula Spencer is the one
that's quoted this project.
[34:15] If there's anything that we've learned
through this entire process, if you
[34:20] through this entire process, if you
remember,
[34:20] we got a quote for the senior center for
what I think we did for about $90,000,
[34:25] and I think their quote was $300,000 or
$400,000.
[34:29] Every building that Hewlett Spencer puts
their name on, the taxpayers are paying.
[34:34] They're paying that, and we're double
paying for some of these projects,
[34:39] and it's ridiculous. I'm gonna be a no
vote. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[34:43] Thank you, sir. Mr. Kuzawinski.
[34:45] Thank you, Chairman.
[34:46] Um, I just wanted to, uh, speak up on this
one, and,
[34:49] and I've told my constituents that I was
going to fight for this.
[34:52] Obviously, I'm for this,
[34:53] but I just wanted to make sure that we are
going to make this Aesthetically nice
[34:58] from Casey Lane. I've spoken with Mr.
[35:00] Lindsey about that and also just
confirming that we're not going to be
[35:03] confirming that we're not going to be
allowing
[35:04] deliveries and stuff in here. I just want
to go on record for that. So thank you.
[35:08] Great.
[35:09] Thank you, sir.
[35:12] All right.
[35:13] Please vote. Oh, we already voted.
[35:15] I'm sorry.
[35:16] What was that?
[35:17] What was it?
[35:18] She was counting. 18 affirmative, 2 nos.
[35:22] Records show it passes. Item number 82622,
Mr.
[35:26] Doby.
[35:29] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[35:31] Um, 08-26-22 is a resolution for the
animal shelter, uh, to have a vet—
[35:35] to change a vet from part-time to
full-time.
[35:37] Um, Ms. Grodi and Mr. Stovall.
[35:41] Grodi and Stovall. All right,
[35:44] any discussion?
[35:46] No.
[35:47] No discussion. Whenever you're ready,
please vote.
[35:53] Dang it.
[35:55] There we go.
[35:59] 16 yes, 4 no.
[36:03] 16 yes, 4 nos.
[36:08] And the—
[36:08] all right, item number 82623. Mr. Doby.
[36:12] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[36:14] 082623 is a resolution approving a bid for
the Sheriff's Department evidence
[36:19] building.
[36:22] Uh, Mr. Stovall, Mr. Howard, any
discussion?
[36:26] No.
[36:27] Please vote whenever she says so.
[36:29] Please vote.
[36:34] Thank you.
[36:35] 20
[36:38] yes.
[36:44] All right, let the record show there are
20 in the affirmative. Uh, 08-2624. Mr.
[36:51] Doby.
[36:51] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[36:52] Um, 08-2624 is a resolution to accept 3
roads in the Sharp Manor subdivision as
[36:57] county roads.
[36:58] Mr. Markham and, uh, Mr., um,
[37:04] Sumners, any discussion?
[37:08] Please vote whenever she says so.
[37:14] Talking 20 in the affirmative.
[37:20] 08-26-25, Mr. Doby.
[37:24] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[37:25] 08-26-25 is a resolution to change the
speed limit, uh,
[37:28] to 45 miles per hour on Scott Hollow Road.
[37:31] And Mr. Markham.
[37:34] All right, have a motion by Mr.
[37:39] Bridenbaugh, second by Mr. Markham.
[37:44] Any discussion? It's just like being at
home,
[37:51] having my wife tell me what to do.
[37:56] Yeah, they heard you.
[37:58] 19 yes, 1 abstained. All right, 08-26-26,
Mr. Doby.
[38:09] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[38:11] Uh, 08-2626 is a resolution to name a
section of Old Zion Road in honor of Dr.
[38:15] section of Old Zion Road in honor of Dr.
C.D.
[38:15] George. I have a motion by Mr.
[38:19] Markham and a second by Mr. Moore.
[38:23] Any discussion?
[38:25] No.
[38:26] All those in favor, please vote. She tells
you to.
[38:30] Just like being at home. Have my wife tell
me what to do.
[38:35] I should be good at this.
[38:37] You should.
[38:41] Mr. Bridenbaugh, yours
[38:47] didn't register for some
[38:53] reason.
[38:58] Oh, he did it. Oh, he did?
[38:59] Okay.
[38:59] 20 yes.
[39:00] 20 in the affirmative. All right.
08-26-27, Mr. Doby.
[39:07] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[39:08] Uh, 08-26-27 is a resolution authorizing
the Murray County Highway Department to
[39:14] perform work and to aid in oil and
chipping roads for the City of Mount
[39:19] chipping roads for the City of Mount
Pleasant.
[39:28] All right, I have a motion by Ms. Hestla,
a second by Mr.
[39:34] Burkhalter. Any discussion?
[39:36] All those in favor may vote when she tells
you to.
[39:42] Please vote.
[39:44] There you go.
[39:56] 20 yes. All right, 08-26-28. Mr. Dolby.
[39:59] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[40:01] 08-26-28 is a resolution approving the
Santa Fe land purchase
[40:05] for the Murray County— Murray Rural Fire.
[40:08] All right, and okay, I have a motion by
Ms. Grodi and a second by Mr.
[40:13] Previti, now before we go, I would like
for Mr.
[40:17] Bridenbaugh to— this is where you need to
speak, right?
[40:22] I'm going to let him speak first.
[40:25] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[40:26] Our office has been retained to conduct
the closing on this property.
[40:30] Therefore, since we will have a direct
interest or a direct involvement in the
[40:35] transaction, I would respectfully recuse
myself from any discussion and will be
[40:40] voting abstain.
[40:41] Thank you, sir. All right, Mr. Previti.
[40:43] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[40:44] So I'm glad that I get to be part of this
motion and,
[40:48] and support Murray County Fire.
[40:50] Uh, been their largest supporter for a
number of years, and, and I hope that, uh,
[40:55] this next commission will continue to
support. This station is needed out there.
[41:00] Uh, it's all about protecting the citizens
of Murray County, and I'm glad that, uh,
[41:05] that we were able to do this for them
tonight. Thank you, Chair.
[41:09] Thank you, sir. Ms. Grodi.
[41:10] I would like it to put on the minutes here
that the existing—
[41:14] once the new fire hall is built, it's
going to be a while,
[41:18] but that the land that the fire hall is
sitting on will revert back to the owner.
[41:23] It will not be Murray County's land.
[41:26] Right.
[41:26] That is, if I'm not mistaken, that is in
the legal documentation. Am I correct?
[41:30] Make sure that's in the minutes.
[41:31] We got it in the minutes. Thank you,
ma'am. Thank you. Any other discussion?
[41:35] None.
[41:35] Hearing none.
[41:36] Please vote. Uh-oh.
[41:51] Not me this time.
[41:52] Okay, we're good now. So 18 yes, 1 no, and
1 abstention.
[41:58] I got 18 yes, 1 no, and 1 abstention.
[42:02] All right.
[42:03] Congratulations, guys. Looking forward—
y'all do a heck of a job. All right.
[42:09] 08-26-29. Mr. Doby.
[42:11] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[42:13] 08-26-29 is a resolution approving the MOU
for the Mount Pleasant Library.
[42:18] And Mr. Brothers. I have a motion by Mr.
[42:23] Wooliver, second by Mr. Brothers. Is there
any discussion?
[42:30] Hearing none, Vote when she tells you to.
Please vote.
[42:37] This has been a long time coming.
[42:41] 20 yes.
[42:48] And we got 20 yes. Thank y'all very much.
Unanimous. 8/26/30, Mr. Doby.
[42:57] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[42:58] 08-26-30 is a resolution approving the
Murray County and City of Mount Pleasant
[43:01] quick claim deed.
[43:02] Ms. Grodi, and second by Mr. Brothers.
[43:08] Is there any discussion?
[43:12] Hearing no discussion,
[43:15] we'll vote when she tells us to.
[43:20] All right, please vote. We have 20 ayes.
[43:26] 08-2631, Mr. Doby.
[43:29] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[43:31] Uh, uh, 08-2631 is a resolution approving
the
[43:35] Title VI policy updates.
[43:38] I need a motion from, uh, Ms. Patty and
Mr. Previti.
[43:43] Is there any discussion?
[43:46] Hearing none, please vote when she tells
us to.
[43:51] Please vote.
[43:55] Thank you, ma'am.
[43:56] Gotcha. Awesome. It's different on this
side than it is that side.
[44:06] 20 in the affirmative. Uh, 82632, Mr.
Doby.
[44:12] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[44:13] 08-2632 is a resolution to reclassify the
park supervisor to assistant park
[44:17] director.
[44:18] I have a motion by Mr. Wooliver, second by
Mr. Strahan. Is there any discussion?
[44:23] No.
[44:23] No discussion. Please vote when she tells
us to.
[44:28] Please vote.
[44:31] Just don't tell my wife I can't do
[44:37] what I'm told, please.
[44:40] Oh, dang, I forgot. Mr.
[44:44] Miller, yours didn't go through.
[44:49] 19 yes, 1 no.
[44:56] 19 yes, 1 no. Item 82634, Mr. Doby.
[45:04] 33.
[45:05] 33, I'm sorry, 33, I'm sorry.
[45:07] No worries.
[45:07] 08-26-33 is a resolution to increase the
hours of the building maintenance
[45:12] hours of the building maintenance
employee.
[45:12] Mr. Previti and Mr. Stovall.
[45:18] I have a motion by Mr.
[45:22] Previti, a second by Mr. Stovall.
[45:29] Any discussion? Hearing none.
[45:35] 18 yes, 2 no. Motion carries.
[45:41] Now, 82634, please, Mr. Doby.
[45:47] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[45:48] 82634 is a resolution to approve senior
accountant for the trustee's office.
[45:54] I got Mr. Bridenbaugh with a motion and a
second by Mr. Stovall. Any discussion?
[46:01] Hearing none.
[46:04] Please vote.
[46:19] 17 yes, 3 no.
[46:21] I have 17 yes, 3 no. Motion carries.
82636, Mr. Doby.
[46:28] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[46:30] 82636 is a resolution to set up a
historical court/advisory board.
[46:35] All right, I have a motion by Mr. Previti,
a second by Ms.
[46:40] Hollinsworth. Is there any discussion? Oh,
yeah. Mr.
[46:45] Stovall.
[46:46] Yes, Mr. Chairman, I, um, I've been
thinking about this right here.
[46:51] For the committee, I think we need to
maybe let the new commissioner decide on a
[46:57] committee situation for this situation.
[47:00] Um, I think it'll be better,
[47:02] better well represented than just for us
to appoint a committee to move forward
[47:08] with this. Thank you, Chairman.
[47:11] So what you would be recommending is we
just appoint the committee—
[47:14] we set up the committee, but the new
chair—
[47:16] the new committee appoints the individual?
[47:17] Yes. Okay.
[47:19] Is there any other debate? Mr. Previti.
[47:21] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[47:22] Uh, the commission's not appointing the
committee, the mayor is.
[47:25] She has the power to do that, so it'll be
her appointments to do that.
[47:29] That's the way the motion stands.
[47:30] Okay. And the, and the good thing about it
is she's not here to tell us that,
[47:35] but that's okay. But we'll tell her. Thank
you, sir.
[47:38] All right.
[47:38] Any other debate, discussion? Hearing
none.
[47:41] 19
[47:44] yes,
[47:51] 1 no.
[47:59] 19 yes, 1 no. Motion carries. 82647. Mr.
Doby.
[48:06] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[48:08] 08-2647 is a resolution to approve a
memorial building kitchen upgrades.
[48:13] All right, I have a motion by Ms.
[48:17] Grody, second by Ms. Huffman. Any
discussion?
[48:23] Hearing none. I have 20 in the
affirmative.
[48:29] Another project that's been needing doing.
[48:35] Glad to see us accomplishing a few things
right
[48:41] here at the end. 82648, Mr. Doby.
[48:45] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[48:47] 082648 is a resolution, uh,
[48:48] for purchases of equipment for the Murray
County Archives.
[48:52] Mr. Sumners has a motion. I need a second.
[48:58] Uh, Miss Hestla.
[49:01] All right, is there any discussion?
[49:03] No.
[49:05] Please— oh, hearing none, vote when she
tells us to.
[49:09] Please vote.
[49:11] It hadn't come up.
[49:17] I gotta reload.
[49:24] 20 in the affirmative. Another project
completed.
[49:28] Awesome, we're getting there. 82640— uh,
see, 4849.
[49:33] I'm sorry.
[49:34] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[49:35] 082649 is a resolution of the Murray
County Board of Commissioners to amend the
[49:41] official zoning map, rezoning tax map 045,
parcels 20.01, a portion of 21.05,
[49:46] and 21.06 to include these parcels as part
of an existing residential planned unit
[49:52] development overlay commonly known as
Firefly containing an additional 30.84
[49:57] Firefly containing an additional 30.84
acres.
[49:57] I have a motion by Mr. Burkhalter, a
second by Ms. Grodi. Is there any
[50:03] second by Ms. Grodi. Is there any
discussion?
[50:04] Hearing none.
[50:13] This is the same thing you read earlier.
You can read it again, whichever.
[50:18] 18 yes to no. Motion carries. Okay.
[50:21] All right, that winds up our resolutions.
[50:26] That brings us to the public comment
period.
[50:30] Anyone wishing to speak will have 3
minutes on a non-agenda item.
[50:37] I don't have anybody signed up.
[50:41] All right, new business, old business,
anything needs to be brought up?
[50:48] No.
[50:49] Announcements. There'll be a Murray County
Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees
[50:55] meeting August the 27th.
[50:56] The meeting will begin at 6:30 in the
auxiliary conference room.
[51:01] Announcement that full commission chairman
and vice chairman will be expiring
[51:07] Special call meeting September 1st at 4:30
to elect new chairman and vice chairman,
[51:12] and then finally, announcement that
Financial Management Board, Budget,
[51:18] Financial Management Board, Budget,
Health,
[51:18] Environment, Education, Building Safety,
[51:21] and Admin will be expiring and be a
special call meeting September 1st at 4:30
[51:27] special call meeting September 1st at 4:30
to
[51:27] appoint new members.
[51:28] Joey's got an announcement.
[51:33] All right, Mr. Allen.
[51:34] I wasn't going to announce this tonight,
but we've got such a good crowd,
[51:41] I think I'll go ahead and do it.
[51:44] Wednesday or Thursday, we'll have a new
kiosk in Walmart. Yeah, hopefully.
[51:51] That's what they've told us. But don't go
running off to Walmart.
[51:57] We need a It takes several days for them
to get linked up to the county
[52:03] and some tweaking up,
[52:05] so hopefully by mid-next week I'll say
we'll be up and running and we'll
[52:12] have us a good place for—
[52:14] What kind of kiosks?
[52:17] Yeah, just to renew your car tags.
[52:19] We got one in Spring Hill, we got one in
Mount Pleasant at the libraries,
[52:24] and now we're going to have one at So, all
right, Mr.
[52:28] Previti, you got another announcement?
[52:29] Chairman, the Comprehensive Plan Use
Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday
[52:34] Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday
the
[52:34] 25th at 5:30 PM in the Tom Prim
Commission— I'm sorry,
[52:37] the Barner Prim Commission Room.
[52:39] Uh, public notice is being put out, but
that room, that will be here,
[52:43] and that's again going to be on Tuesday
the 25th at 5:30. Thank you, Chair.
[52:48] Thanks, sir. One thing that we've— this,
that's all of our announcements.
[52:52] However, There are 11 people that are—
this is our last evening, our last night,
[52:58] our last meeting. Um, some of y'all want
to leave, this may take a minute,
[53:02] but I'd like to give each and every one of
you that won't be coming back, um,
[53:07] an opportunity now if you'd like to speak.
[53:10] Um, and we'll just— if not, we'll go home.
But we'll take them as they light up.
[53:15] If you want to speak, just press your
light.
[53:18] If not, It's been a pleasure working with
you. Mr. Previti, you want to—
[53:22] I'll do it.
[53:23] Yeah, thank you.
[53:24] All right, thank you, Mr. Chairman. So,
you know, 3 terms.
[53:28] I believe in term limits, so, so I'm
looking forward to the retirement, as it
[53:33] looking forward to the retirement, as it
were.
[53:34] Um, it's been an honor to serve on this
body.
[53:37] It's been an honor to have been chair for
2 terms.
[53:40] Um, and I've noticed over the People, I've
seen them come and go,
[53:45] and I've noticed that a lot of them, after
they left, you never see them again.
[53:50] You know, and so, and so, you know, people
talk about, well,
[53:54] they get forgotten and they did this, or,
you know,
[53:58] we have to have history lessons on what
happened.
[54:01] It reminds me of a poem, and it's called
The Indispensable Man,
[54:05] and it's by Saxon White Kissinger.
[54:08] And it says, sometimes you're feeling
important, sometimes when your ego's in
[54:13] important, sometimes when your ego's in
bloom,
[54:13] Sometimes when you take it for granted,
you're the best qualified in the room.
[54:19] Sometimes when you feel your going would
leave an unfillable hole,
[54:23] just follow these simple instructions and
see how they humble your soul.
[54:28] Take a bucket of water. Put your hand in
it up to the wrist.
[54:32] Pull it out, and the hole that's remaining
is the measure of how much you'll be
[54:38] missed. You can splash all you want when
you enter.
[54:41] You may stir the water galore,
[54:43] but stop and you'll find that in no time
it looks quite the same as before.
[54:48] So the moral of this quaint example is to
just do the best that you can.
[54:53] Be proud of yourself, but remember, there
is no indispensable man. So with that, Mr.
[54:59] Chairman, I'll make a motion to adjourn.
[55:02] I've got one light that's come on. I'm
sorry. Ms.
[55:05] Grodi, I may have another one or two.
[55:07] I've really enjoyed getting to know
everyone on the commission and a lot of
[55:12] everyone on the commission and a lot of
people
[55:13] in this community, and I just want to tell
you that it's a good experience if you're
[55:18] new to it.
[55:19] I would—
[55:19] I advised Rebecca to please run for it.
[55:22] I think it's a great way to know how
things work, how the sausage is made,
[55:27] and it was my privilege to serve with the
other people.
[55:31] Thank you.
[55:31] Ms. Huffman.
[55:33] Thank you, Chair. I just want to thank the
people that put me here to start with for
[55:39] giving me the opportunity to be here and
do some of the county's work.
[55:45] Hopefully I've made a name, a good name
for myself while I was here,
[55:50] and I've enjoyed it. And see you later.
[55:53] All right. And, uh, I'd like to take this
opportunity to say I've finished 4
[55:59] terms, 16 years. Been a lot of things come
and go.
[56:03] And my final word is going to be grinder.
With that, Mr.
[56:07] Previti, I have a motion to adjourn. Is
there a second?
[56:11] I was kind of hoping—
[56:13] Mr. Wolver, I was expecting a call for the
question.