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[0:00] ʱ ʱ ʱ ʱ ʱ ʱ ʱ ʱ
[0:30] වහසිහසිහ්
[0:37] වසුඃිහි඀් වහියිවක් මරාචිල්
[0:39] වහයසිම නොන් ඥැසදමතුව
[0:40] වයියික් නමායික්, රුවළකු,
[0:43] වනිහිහේ් ඒේ් වවැඳහම්තුසු
[0:44] will ask you to remain standing for the pledge of allegiance.
[0:52] Let's pray.
[0:53] Heavenly Father, we're so grateful for your blessing on this great nation
[0:57] and on our wonderful community of Bartlett.
[0:59] Lord, we pray that you will lead, guide and direct these Alderman and Mayor McDonald.
[1:04] Father, I pray that you'll bless them with great wisdom and sincere compassion.
[1:08] We're so grateful for the selfless sacrifice of our police officers
[1:13] and firefighters, those first responders here in our community
[1:16] that work so hard to protect us and serve us
[1:19] and we pray that you'll protect and bless them.
[1:21] Again, Father, thank you for your hand of blessing over our great city of Bartlett
[1:25] and pray that you will lead, guide and direct our leaders.
[1:27] In your holy name, we pray. Amen.
[1:31] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
[1:36] and to the republic for which it stands,
[1:39] one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
[1:45] Thank you all very much. Thank you.
[1:49] Our future meetings include the Board of Education meeting on November the 15th at 7 pm.
[1:55] The Historic Preservation Commission November the 19th at 7 pm.
[2:00] Bartlett Forming Arts and Conference Center Advisory Board November the 20th at 6 pm.
[2:05] Bartlett Arts Council November the 20th at 6 pm.
[2:09] And Design Review Commission November the 20th at 6.30 pm.
[2:13] Traditionally we recognize any scouts that are with us working on any badge
[2:18] whether they be girl scouts or boy scouts.
[2:21] I didn't see any girl scouts tonight.
[2:23] I know we do have some boy scouts.
[2:25] We'll ask you if you will please to come up to this microphone
[2:28] and tell us your troop and the badge you're working on.
[2:34] And that'll be good.
[2:36] And your name. That's right. And your name. What is that?
[2:40] All right, come on up.
[2:46] Your name, troop and the badge you're working on.
[2:54] No, right here. Right here at this microphone. There you go.
[2:58] I'm Everett from troop 261
[3:02] and we're working on the communications merit badge.
[3:05] Great.
[3:07] I'm Grady from troop 261
[3:09] and I'm working on my communications merit badge.
[3:13] I'm Will from troop 261
[3:16] working on my communications merit badge.
[3:20] I'm Aiden from troop 261
[3:23] working on my communications merit badge.
[3:27] I'm Ryan from troop 261
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[3:59] 料 DANIEL LEA
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[4:27] Thank you all. Thanks for coming.
[4:29] And now I'll ask the healthier Bartlett Marathon folks,
[4:34] Marathon in a month, folks if they will, to join me down at the podium.
[4:57] You all know Sharon, Sharon likes to tell me what to do.
[5:04] You do, that's right.
[5:08] So they're going to tell you in just a minute about what they undertook,
[5:13] what we, several of us undertook as a community.
[5:16] But we don't want this to be just a one-time event and they'll tell you about that as well.
[5:22] We really, one of the goals for this administration in the next four years is a healthier community.
[5:31] And so these good folks are helping us undertake that.
[5:35] And with that, I'll turn it over to Sharon Fryman.
[5:38] We represent the Healthier Bartlett Wellness Council.
[5:41] And we just finished an initiative called Marathon in a Month,
[5:44] which was an international competition trying to log miles over the month of October.
[5:51] And we are very, very proud to say that Bartlett came in third in the whole nation in the top city
[5:58] by logging 20,589 miles.
[6:02] So we have this plaque to present to the mayor and to the alderman
[6:06] to be so proud of Bartlett's efforts.
[6:09] Some interesting kind of things that Bartlett averaged 664 miles a day for the month of October.
[6:16] And we had some outstanding groups.
[6:19] Bartlett's soulmates gave 40% of the miles and Bartlett Recreation Center members gave 37% of the miles.
[6:26] We beat San Antonio, Chicago, Houston, Albuquerque, Dallas, Round Rock, Texas.
[6:32] We had over 260 people register and 212 people achieve their goal or exceeded it.
[6:39] So that was fabulous to have so much participation.
[6:42] We look forward to even more fun in the future.
[6:45] The other mayors of other cities have been very excited about this.
[6:49] And so the mayor of Austin is very supportive of this effort.
[6:53] So he tipped his hat to you for doing such a great job, Mayor McDonald,
[6:58] and gives you a t-shirt, whoops, sorry, for our next effort,
[7:03] which is Million Mile Month coming in April.
[7:05] And Austin says we are out to get you.
[7:08] So we want to get right back to get Austin because we actually, as a city,
[7:13] walked to Austin every day.
[7:16] So we can definitely stomp all over them next year.
[7:19] So Austin says, come get us.
[7:21] Thank you, congratulations.
[7:23] Thank you for putting this down here.
[7:30] Go ahead, you're going to...
[7:33] Yeah, if we can get...
[7:35] Let me get the taller ones in the back and we can...
[7:38] You know who you are.
[7:40] And the rest of us kind of get on each side here
[7:44] and we'll balance this side a little bit.
[7:47] Is that good for you?
[7:51] Well, I think...
[7:55] Are you not getting a picture, baby?
[7:58] He's going to take it.
[8:00] Great. Thank you all. Thank you all so much.
[8:13] So I have one thing to say before I go back up there.
[8:20] This t-shirt is a large.
[8:22] It is.
[8:23] And so I'm hoping by April a miracle will happen
[8:27] and I'll be able to wear this t-shirt.
[8:29] So we'll be working on that.
[8:32] Thank you so much.
[9:00] Now for the official business of the day.
[9:03] First item being approved in minutes for October 23rd.
[9:07] Have a motion.
[9:09] Second.
[9:10] And a second.
[9:11] Is there any discussion?
[9:13] If not, will you go to your device and cast your vote please?
[9:30] The minutes are approved unanimously.
[9:33] Our next item is a public hearing.
[9:36] Any individual may speak for a maximum of three minutes,
[9:40] either for or against the item,
[9:43] with a total of 20 minutes for each side.
[9:46] Before we go to the public,
[9:48] Mr. Jim Brown is here to give us a reminder
[9:52] of what all is involved in this
[9:54] and it's lots of pages so we're not going to read it.
[9:57] There's probably 13 different code books that we go by.
[10:01] This adoption will bring us up to the requirements
[10:05] for the state of Tennessee as well as ISO.
[10:09] Memphis and Shelby County are both moving forward together
[10:13] to adopt this very same code.
[10:16] Great.
[10:17] Thank you very much.
[10:19] Now we will go to the public.
[10:22] Anyone wishing to speak in favor of ordinance 1806
[10:26] should come forward at this time.
[10:31] Seeing no one coming, anyone wishing to speak in opposition?
[10:36] Seeing no one coming, this public hearing is adjourned
[10:40] and we'll move to unfinished business.
[10:42] Madam Clerk.
[10:45] Third reading of ordinance 1806
[10:47] and ordinance adopting the 2015 editions
[10:50] of the international codes as amended.
[10:53] And move we approve.
[10:55] Second.
[10:56] We have a motion and a second.
[10:58] Any discussion?
[11:00] If not, will you go to your device and cast your vote please?
[11:07] The ordinance 1806 passes unanimously
[11:12] and thank you for your support on that.
[11:15] The ISO has been really honest to get that done
[11:18] and thank you, Jim, for your hard work
[11:20] to get that done in a timely fashion
[11:23] so that we would meet their requirement.
[11:26] Tonight we have 13 items on the consent agenda.
[11:29] Anyone on this board can remove any item
[11:32] for separate discussion.
[11:34] Is there any item anyone wishes to remove
[11:36] for separate discussion?
[11:39] If not, Madam Clerk,
[11:41] will you read them into the record please?
[11:43] Item one, special event permit
[11:45] for Trail of Tears commemorative walk.
[11:47] Item two, bid for one 2019 Ford F-350
[11:51] with utility crane bed.
[11:53] Item three, bid for one 2019 Ford F-350
[11:56] with eight foot bed.
[11:58] Item four, bid for one asphalt roller
[12:00] with tandem axle trailer.
[12:02] Item five, bid for two day cab tractors.
[12:05] Item six, bid for one roll off refuse truck
[12:08] with hoist.
[12:10] Item seven, bid for trailer mounted leaf collector.
[12:13] Item eight, bid for construction
[12:15] of assault storage dome.
[12:17] Item nine, contract for left turn signal
[12:19] improvement design services at Brother Boulevard
[12:21] and Highway 64 intersection.
[12:23] Item 10, acquisition of an easement
[12:25] through imminent domain
[12:27] for Elmore Park drainage improvements.
[12:29] Item 11, renaissance bank
[12:31] treasury management services.
[12:33] Item 12, planning commission report
[12:35] for October 2018.
[12:37] Item 13, planning commission report
[12:39] for November 2018.
[12:41] You've heard the consent agenda.
[12:44] What's the will of the body?
[12:47] Have a motion and a second.
[12:50] Will you go to your device
[12:52] and cast your vote then please?
[13:00] Consent agenda passes unanimously.
[13:03] I do want to say that I hope
[13:05] item eight, the bid for construction
[13:07] of assault storage dome
[13:09] is not something that we need anytime soon
[13:11] with the weather forecast we have.
[13:14] I know the young people out there
[13:16] don't necessarily agree with that.
[13:18] They'd like to have some snow days, I'm sure.
[13:21] Under new business, Madame Clark.
[13:24] One item under new business.
[13:26] First reading of ordinance 1808
[13:28] an ordinance to amend title eight
[13:30] chapters one, two and three.
[13:32] Sections eight, 101, 1A and B.
[13:34] 8202, 8212, 8216, 8219,
[13:39] 8306 and 8310 of the codified ordinances.
[13:43] Mr. Ed McKinney, city attorney.
[13:45] Thank you, Mayor.
[13:47] This is the first of what may be
[13:49] two amendments to the beer ordinance
[13:51] and is to bring it in line with state law.
[13:53] Changing the definition of a beer
[13:55] to 8% or less
[13:57] and then there's a high alcohol content beer
[13:59] which is defined in here too.
[14:01] It changes the hours for the sale
[14:03] of a beer to 8% or less
[14:05] and then there's a high alcohol content beer
[14:07] which is defined in here too.
[14:09] It changes the hours for the sale
[14:11] of a beer to 8% or less
[14:13] and it changes the hours
[14:15] for the sale of beer to coincide
[14:17] with people who have a state
[14:19] license to sell liquor under the ABC.
[14:21] It changes the hours
[14:23] on Sunday from noon until
[14:25] 10 to be consistent
[14:27] with state law also
[14:29] and it
[14:31] there's also a limitation
[14:33] in our beer ordinance
[14:35] about only one establishment
[14:37] can be operated by a retailer.
[14:39] That won't work under the new laws
[14:41] with the sale of wine
[14:43] because of retail stores like Krober
[14:45] so we had to come up with some language
[14:47] to change that
[14:49] and that's in section 3
[14:51] of the proposed ordinance
[14:53] and then
[15:00] The Sunday sale of wine will be effective as of January 1st, 2019. And I think those are
[15:07] the only changes now. There may be some others that will come later. Any questions?
[15:14] We have to get a motion on the floor first. Motion.
[15:18] And does that include setting the public hearing on December 11th? Yes, it does.
[15:21] Thank you. And a second? Have a motion and a second? Now, is there any discussion
[15:27] or questions for Mr. McKinnon? All right. Seeing no one seeking to be recognized, we will go
[15:34] to the vote. Madam Clerk, if we will go to your device and cast your vote.
[15:41] I would just say I wasn't the seconder. That was Paul, I believe.
[15:45] Okay. Thank you.
[15:49] This motion carries on first reading unanimously with the public hearing to be set for December
[15:56] 11th, 2018. That concludes our regular business, and it is our tradition to allow anyone to
[16:03] speak to this board on any matter before we go to the public for that. Is there anyone
[16:09] on the board that would like to make any announcements or have anything they'd like to say?
[16:16] Alderman Pleasant.
[16:19] Yeah, I was just kind of wanting to wish everybody a happy ending. Our races for Alderman and Mayor,
[16:33] it was between decent people, and there was no problems. People run for position because
[16:40] they have their right to, and it's free countries that we're blessed to live in.
[16:46] And Emily and I was just talking a while ago about, you know, running against people that make
[16:55] enemies out of them. In most instances, it makes friendships. And I know that's been in
[17:02] my life, and that's my case. And then, like you're kind of, I mean, unless something horrible
[17:11] was to happen, you're planned on leaving in four years. If we're both alive, we'll be,
[17:17] I'll probably be leaving with you. But anyway, so I just, I've been, you know,
[17:25] joined working with y'all these years. And sometimes it worries me when things
[17:32] comes up, like different things that's come before the board, people that are bothered about things
[17:37] in the neighborhoods. But I know you, and I know you're concerned about it. And when you tell
[17:45] people that, you know, sometimes you have to go through pain, but there's silver lining at
[17:51] the end of it. But that's really not a lot of comfort to them. But I do know you're also trying
[17:56] your best, you and your administration and trying to work out different things that people are not
[18:02] aware of, trying to make it better for the people living in the community and have been
[18:09] bothered with the parking problem. So I just, I wish you well on it. I'm glad it's you,
[18:16] and particularly not me anyway. So thank you. Keep up good work, baby. Thank you all, my pleasant.
[18:23] Who else, anyone else? Well, I would like to say thank you to the voters of this community
[18:30] for the support that I received in my reelection bid and thank you for the opportunity to serve.
[18:39] And we do have a plan that we're ready to roll out first of the year for the next four years
[18:48] that is an aggressive plan. It's not a plan where we just sit back and wait four years to pass.
[18:55] It's going to be something that's going to take a lot of our time and energy to get things done
[19:01] that we want to see done, or at least get it so that someone else can pick that up and take
[19:08] it and make it even better. We want to make sure our finances are left in great shape,
[19:13] including our pensions. So there's a lot of work for all of us. You take, it's not one person,
[19:19] it's all of us. We have to get four votes to pass anything. So it's a group effort and then
[19:27] the great men and women that we have working for us in our departments and the people that
[19:32] work for them. My gratitude to all of you for the success that we've known for 16 years and the
[19:39] success I know we will continue to have for the next four years. So thank you very much.
[19:46] Anyone else? All right, I would go to our appointees. Any of you have anything you need to share?
[19:57] Michael's not here because he's got a play going on. It'll be going on this weekend,
[20:05] homegrown play. I encourage you if you have a chance to go out and see that at Bartlett
[20:10] Forming Arts Center, but otherwise he would be coming to announce that. So I'm kind of announcing
[20:16] that for him, but don't tell him that. Anyone else? If not, any of the public that has
[20:23] anything they'd like to share at this time. Seeing no one coming for this being the conclusion
[20:29] of our regular agenda. This meeting stands adjourned.
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