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All right, let's come to order.

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Already seems pretty orderly, but I'll hit
the gavel here anyway.

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This is the special, special called
meeting of the Board of Commissioners for—

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of the City of Oak Hill for August 19th,
2026. And we will begin with

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2026. And we will begin with
introductions.

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We have all the commissioners here, so
we've got quorum.

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Let's begin with introductions.

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I'm Marshall Albritton, the city attorney.

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Joy O'Dell, Commissioner.

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David DeMarco, Commissioner.

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Dale Grimes, Mayor.

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Winston Evans, Commissioner.

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Scott Price, Commissioner.

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Steve Collie, City Manager.

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Desiree Lohr, City Recorder. Okay, that's
it.

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All right, all right,

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please join me in the Pledge of
Allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of

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America, And to the Republic for which it
stands,

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one nation under God, indivisible,

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with liberty and justice for all.

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All right, thank you.

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Um, all right, Steve,

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you have a next item is a presentation to

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commissioners.

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We have some presentations we want to do,
and the first one is, um, uh,

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a joint House Joint Resolution, and I'm
going to read this,

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and I would like for the commissioners to
stand because this is for the

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commissioners of the City of Oak Hill. So
if you'll stand, I will read this.

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So bear with me. There are some 14-letter
words in here, so I'm going to do my best.

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So if you all will stand, please. Yes, all
of you stand, please.

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I don't want to.

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Okay.

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All right. State of Tennessee House of
Representatives House Joint Resolution

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Representatives House Joint Resolution
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1229 by Representative Hemmer and Senator
Campbell.

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A resolution to honor the City of Oak
Hill's 4th of July celebration during

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America's semi-quincentennial.

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Whereas July 4th, 2026 marks the 250th
anniversary or semi-quincentennial of the

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adoption of the Declaration of
Independence by the Second Continental

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Independence by the Second Continental
Congress in

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Philadelphia in 1776, signifying the
founding of the United States of America,

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and whereas throughout 2 and a half
centuries the American people have

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centuries the American people have
continued

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striving to form a more perfect union,

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advancing the promise of liberty through
sacrifice, service, civic participation,

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and commitment to constitutional
principles.

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And whereas the state of Tennessee and its
citizens have contributed immeasurably to

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the strength, character, defense,

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prosperity of the United States through
their leadership, innovation,

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military service, and dedication to
community and country.

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And whereas the celebration will include a
parade, a picnic,

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and various family fun and games for the
entire community.

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Whereas the semi-quincentennial offers a
historic opportunity for the reflection,

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gratitude, education,

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and renewed commitment of the ideas upon
which this nation was founded,

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be it resolved by those—

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by the House of Representatives of the
114th General Assembly of the State of

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Tennessee, the Senate concurring,

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That we honor the City of Oak Hill's 4th
of July celebration during America's

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semi-quincentennial, extending our best
wishes to host Robert Deal,

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the commissioners, and the good people of
the City of Oak Hill for a festive

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memorial event. Adopted April 6th, 2026.

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Signed by Speaker of the House Cameron
Sexton, Speaker of the Senate Randy

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Sexton, Speaker of the Senate Randy
McNally,

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and the Honorable Governor Lee.

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And so I will present this to the
commissioners if you all will gather for a

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photograph.

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Where are we going to gather?

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You guys gathered by the flag?

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Okay, yeah, so if you guys can kind of
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form a semicircle there.

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Yeah, here we go.

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Let me, uh, yeah, I'll slide right in
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All right, all right, so you guys get a
hold of that.

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Everybody in?

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Everybody looks good.

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All right, congratulations.

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We will place this in an honorable
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here in the hall.

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All right, very good. Thank you.

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We should also thank the people who—
Robert Deal, I'm glad he was mentioned,

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and others who have organized that this
year and in years past,

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and the neighbors who live around
Stonewall Drive and Clendenin, et cetera.

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Mr. Mayor?

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Yes, sir.

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In the spirit of reciprocity,

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maybe we should do a resolution
congratulating the General

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Assembly on the $1.2 billion Wow,

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that's pretty impressive. Is that billion
with a B?

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With a B.

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All right. Now—

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And you have 2 presentations there.

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Okay.

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And now I have 2 presentations to make
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And this is to our 2 outgoing
commissioners.

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We did have an election and we have 2 new
commissioners who are going to

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be joining us at our— later this month at
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whatever the day is, 25th meeting,

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which is when these 2 commissioners' terms
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And I think I'll I'll start with Ms.

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O'Dell, Commissioner O'Dell,

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who has served on the Commission for 6
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having agreed to be drafted and appointed
to the Commission in 2020 to

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fill an unexpired term,

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and then in agreeing to run again or run
in 2022 to serve a complete

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term. I want to personally thank Joy for
being our timekeeper, not by—

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not so much by saying anything,

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but by her expressions and her looks and
her glancing up at the clock.

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And we will miss that. Oh, I'm sure.

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I will.

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Yeah, right. But you,

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you have been a trooper and you've been a
vital part of the Commission for these 6

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years. So I want to thank you very much.

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And, and with that, I'd like to present to
you this certificate which says to— wait,

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that's the wrong one. This is to— A
certificate of appreciation. Appreciation.

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Joy O'Dell, Commissioner, August 25, 2020
to August 25, 2026. Ironically.

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In recognition of your selfless service to
the Board of Commissioners and the City

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of Oak Hill, your dedication,
professionalism, high standards,

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and spirits reflect greatly upon you.

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Your hard work is essential to providing
first-class safety and service to the

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residents of Oak Hill.

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The City of Oak Hill is proud and honored
for your years of service and commitment.

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Signed by the City Manager and by me.

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Thank you.

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And we also have a parting gift, and it's
almost simulated Irish crystal.

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And it says, to Joy O'Dell, Commissioner,

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in grateful recognition of your service on
the Board of Commissioners, August 25th,

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2020. to August 25th, 2026.

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Your leadership, integrity,

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steadfast dedication have made a lasting
impact on our community.

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And here's a— here's an oak tree for you.

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That's gorgeous. Thank you.

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All right, and the second certificate here
is for Commissioner Scott Price.

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Commissioner Price also was drafted to
run, and he agreed to run,

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and he ran well and won 4 years ago and
has been a source of a great deal of

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wisdom over the course of these last 4
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I don't know if anyone else is going to
have quotes from James Madison or from

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Cotton Mather or the Bible or whoever else
you bring forward to sprinkle

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throughout our proceedings.

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But we'll miss that as well,

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and we'll miss you as we'll miss
Commissioner O'Dell.

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So I want to thank you very much for your
service,

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and so I do have this certificate as well.

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Mr. Mayor, I think we're forgetting
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I think we should remember the The prior
service by Commissioner Price at the

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Planning Commission for many years in
previous years,

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and I forget how many years it is.

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You remember?

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16. That's 22 years— 20 years of service,
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Thank you.

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It's an honor.

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Okay.

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And we have a parting gift also. This is
for Scott Price, Commissioner.

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In grateful recognition of your service on
the Board of Commissioners from August

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23rd, 2022, August 25th, 2026, your
leadership, integrity,

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and steadfast dedication have made a
lasting impact on our community.

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And, and thank you for all your Madison
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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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And he finished my Madison Quadrant, if
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All right, very good. So the next item on
the agenda will be public comments.

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And so if anyone wishes to come forward
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the podium is there.

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And I ask you to come forward and state
your name and your Your address.

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And as you know, we do have the, the
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the fence ordinance is up for second
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reading and final passage today, or
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I guess. And, um, so if you have comments
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even though we had a public hearing at the
last meeting, um, this,

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this gives you another time to say any
last words that you want to before this—

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the commissioners consider this on final
passage. So anyone have any comments?

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I do, but I'm signing the roll.

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I'm Flynn Doyle. My address is 3545
Pleasant Valley Road.

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First, I want to start off by thanking Joy
and Scott for their service.

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I have served on I've been on commissions
before, and I know how much time it takes.

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But it also goes without saying, thank you
to the rest of y'all who are still on,

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because I know that's still dedication and
what all that means.

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Speaking in opposition to anything makes
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This isn't contentious,

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because I know everybody that serves on
the commission has the heart of Oak Hill—

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that's why they're here serving— and the
protection of Oak Hill in mind.

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Thank you.

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With that being said,

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and I do appreciate I have expressed some
concerns via email and have been unable to

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attend other meetings, and I apologize for
coming late to the table, you might say.

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But the responses that I have given were
appreciated.

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But I still have one issue that remains,

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because I do think some things were taken
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changes made.

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Yes.

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And may have been during a public hearing
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but not having participated in those, I
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of prohibiting fences in the front yards
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but not all districts.

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And living in a district that a front yard
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those yards are smaller,

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could drive a need for a family to need a
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with their kids or their animals,

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protecting them from the street and those
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And so it seems to me that a consideration
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those zones who might have those issues.

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I know it seems that part of the issues
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fence that created a safety hazard in a
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That was clearly Taken care of in here.

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But it seems to me fences that are being
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allowed in other parts of the city
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create those kind of problems because
y'all have done such a good job of

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y'all have done such a good job of
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this legislation. So I don't know.

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I guess I would challenge y'all to
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And this is coming from a homeowner who
has a fence, who has—

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didn't fence his front yard, but strongly
considered that.

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Thank you.

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For the need of grandchildren and dogs
that might allow me to better fully

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that might allow me to better fully
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my yard. And with a nonconforming lot that
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makes me basically have an English garden
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which was a big part of my consideration.

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I think we also need to always consider
when we're passing laws that it creates an

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undue burden to try to get variances from
homeowners to try to justify why they need

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what they need. When they've been longtime
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And it also creates an undue burden, I
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on these boards and on the city itself to
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So I think in passing any legislation,

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we should always be trying to figure out
ways to not have to encourage people to go

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get variances to accomplish and live a
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full life here in the city of Oak Hill
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their families in different stages of
their life. So I just appreciate that.

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I want that to be taken into
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I know I'm late to the game and I
apologize.

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Okay.

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Thank you for your comments.

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Anyone else like to make a public comment
on the fence or anything else?

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Good afternoon. My name is Tanisha
Hartlove and I reside at 5215 Franklin

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Hartlove and I reside at 5215 Franklin
Pike.

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And I am very, very new to the
neighborhood.

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I'm sorry, I didn't realize the protocol
when I spoke out. Just a second ago.

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I have not completely read through the
ordinance, so if I speak,

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I may need some points of clarification.

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But I will tell you, the thing that drew
me to Oak Hill, of course,

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was the beauty of the trees and of the
lots and of being close to the city.

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What I didn't know and what I never wanted
was to live in a subdivision,

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and so I didn't want to move to an area of
town in Davidson County that would be

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treated like a subdivision. Of course, I
know there has to be rules and

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know there has to be rules and
regulations.

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I'm an attorney of 24-plus years, and
there has to be rules and regulations.

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We don't want 20-foot fences.

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But I do think that there is some beauty
in having some individuality amongst the

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landscapes that everyone has.

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My husband and I are in the process right
now And we have been permitted,

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thank goodness, but we have not finished
our fix. And it staggers and stair-steps.

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And in some areas, we've been told that
we're going to have to remove some of

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we're going to have to remove some of
those

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areas so that it comes into compliance
with being at least under 6 feet.

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I wish that we had known sooner about this
ordinance.

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I think we will be okay since we're
grandfathered in,

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since we do have the permit as of today.

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Thank you.

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But there are some newcomers to the area,
and they're not coming like me.

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I'm not coming to make trouble, but I did
not move to a suburb.

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I didn't move to a place that has a
homeowners association because I did want

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homeowners association because I did want
a

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little bit of autonomy to create the type
of home that I want to live in.

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And so I would hope that that would be
considered.

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I don't know if this has already been
asked and answered or debated ad nauseam,

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but that is an issue that—

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Thank you.

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is important to me. Also, hearing the last
presenter's— what he had to say,

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I think it is important that, yes, trees
and our canopy is important, but for me,

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people are also important.

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And our pets are an extension of our
family, and they are important.

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And so if we are going to treat certain
homes a certain way,

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we should treat all homes that same way.

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I think that there is I think that there
is a need for the fronts of yards to be

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fenced in if you have children, especially
small children, or if you have animals.

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And so I would hope that that also would
be taken into consideration today,

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that that be allowed for everyone
regardless of where you reside to be able

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regardless of where you reside to be able
to have

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a front fence. For me, consistency across
the board is key.

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Thank you.

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Because we never want to be in the
position again to treat some people

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position again to treat some people
certain ways

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and other people another way. Thank you.

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Thank you for your comments.

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Other commenters? Anyone wish to come

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forward?

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All right.

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Mayor Coles.

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Ron Coles, live at 1045 Gateway Lane,

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and like to say thanks again to
Commissioner O'Dell,

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Commissioner Price for their service, and
to all y'all really.

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And I know you've been working on, you
know, the fence ordinance for months,

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and there's been a lot of public input,

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and appreciate you listening to all these
different concerns and then doing what's

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in the best interest of the city as a
whole.

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And my good friend Flynn there, I mean,

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we live in a society today where sometimes
people can't disagree without, you know,

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really feeling opposed.

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So if I disagree, I respect y'all's
opinions,

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but have a different opinion on the
fences.

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The zones A, B, and C are the smaller
lots, and D, E, and F are larger,

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and generally along Franklin Road and some
on Times.

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Yes.

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So anyway, I agree with the— what you have
drafted, what passed on first reading.

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I think you've done a wonderful job trying
to get community consensus,

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which doesn't mean unanimity, it means
consensus.

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So thank you, and I hope you'll pass what
you've got drafted.

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And if people do have exceptions,

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you can go to the Board of Zoning Appeals
for those special exceptions.

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Thank you.

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with the hardship. But hope you'll pass
what you've got on second reading,

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and thanks again very much for, for what
you've done. Thanks.

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Thank you for those comments.

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All right, not to be redundant, but to be
redundant, I'm Trevor Howell,

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reside at 4721 Suwannee Road.

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Oak Hill, Tennessee, and I am not on the
fence with respect to this issue.

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I thought a little humor may be called
for.

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Can we quote you on that?

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Yes, please do, in the Greenhills
newspaper.

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But I am speaking here right now at this
podium in affirmation for what you have

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done as a Commission.

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To reiterate what Ron said just a few
minutes ago, You've done an expert job.

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You've done way beyond what's called of
you in study and in research to hopefully

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answer not everybody's desires, but
generally the community.

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And we've seen a lot of people come out
here, uh,

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in favor of this adoption of this second
reading of the first reading,

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and I too concur with the motion to adopt
this second reading of this ordinance as

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a law in the City of Oak Hill.

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And thank you so much for all of your
earnest and hard work.

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Thank you for those comments. Anyone else
wish to comment?

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All right.

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I see no one else coming forward, so
there's your chance.

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Uh, all right, so we'll, we'll close the
public comments.

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Um, and the next item of business is to
consider for adoption on second reading

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Ordinance 2026-05, an ordinance of the
City of Oak Hill, Tennessee,

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amending the Municipal Code, Chapter 14,
Zoning and Land Use Control,

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Section 14-123, Walls, Gatehouses, Entry
Monuments, and Gates.

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So that is the next item. Is there a
motion to approve that on second reading?

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So moved.

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All right. Is there a second?

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Second by Evans.

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Okay.

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All right, let's have any discussion.
Anybody wish to discuss?

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I, I would like to— this is O'Dell,

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and I would like to say that this is not a
perfect document,

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but we have been working on it for a year
and a half,

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and we've had such great communications
with the neighbors who have come and

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expressed their concerns.

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And while this is not perfect, this is I
think that's a good compromise.

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And if it needs to be tweaked later on,

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there's a new Commission coming in and I
hope they will do so.

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Okay. Thank you for that. Anyone else?

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Commissioner DeMarco.

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Yeah, I will say the original draft
allowed fences in the front yard and we

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had an overwhelming response against that,
against fences in the front yard.

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And we had hundreds of responses.

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I think there was a petition with over—
was it 100 or 200 signatures on it?

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And then just a ton of people stated they
were against them.

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And most of those people, when asked,

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said they were okay with the ones along
Franklin Road that were open and on

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the larger lots. So we made those changes.
All right. Anything else? No.

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Okay. All right. Commissioner DeMarco and
Commissioner

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Price, do you have anything to say?
Commissioner Evans?

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I think Commissioner DeMarco and
Commissioner O'Dell have already said what

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Commissioner O'Dell have already said what
needs to

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I think there's one thing that has to be
said, which is it's a good compromise.

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And we have different opinions on many
things,

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but I think it's a reasonable compromise.

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We can't make— unfortunately, we can't
make everybody happy.

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And so we have to do something to preserve
the character of this community.

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And I think it's for the better of the
overall common good that we arrive and All

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right.

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Thank you. Anybody, anything else? Well,
this is Grimes.

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I will— first of all, I want to say I
agree with my fellow Commissioners here,

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and believe me, this is a compromise.

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This has been through so many iterations
and so many different versions.

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And we've had so many meetings at which,
you know,

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I think this has probably stirred—

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this has probably been one of the most
commented on pieces of legislation that

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commented on pieces of legislation that
we've

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had in the last 6 years. And, you know,
and I understand that.

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And at the same time, I hear what Mr.
Doyle said.

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Yes.

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And I can understand that point of view as
well.

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And, you know, of course,

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you do have recourse if you need to build
a fence in the front yard immediately.

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Our first house in Oak Hill had what
probably would not be allowed anymore.

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It was a split rail fence that during our
13 years of living—

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that just went along the very front along
the street.

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Yes.

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Over that period of time, it mostly fell
down.

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And I think that's probably from my sons
playing on it.

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It didn't keep them in very well, I'll say
that.

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But I think that, you know,

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maybe it would be worth some future
meeting to consider whether smaller lots,

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you know, A, B and C are very different.

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A is a quarter acre, B is a half acre, and
C is 1 acre.

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And most of the lots in Oak Hill are 1
acre.

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So that— and it was mainly perhaps the
people in the 1 acres, but not entirely.

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I think there were people from other
smaller lots who were also saying that

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smaller lots who were also saying that
they did

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not want to have fences in the front yard.
So we have done the best we could.

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I need to thank Commissioner Evans for
starting us out on this process.

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this and, and having the pen to make
revisions throughout.

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And I'm in favor of this, of this
ordinance, and we'll be voting in favor.

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So anybody else have anything else? All
right, shall we move the question?

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We're ready to vote? Anybody? Okay.

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All right.

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All in favor of passing or adopting on
second reading Ordinance 2026-05,

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an ordinance of the City of Oak Hill,
Tennessee, amending the Municipal Code,

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Chapter 14, Zoning and Land Use Control,
Section 14-123, Walls, Gatehouses,

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Entry Monuments and Gates?

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Mr. Mayor?

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Yes, sir.

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And we need to do a roll call vote so we
can get names and votes.

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Oh, okay.

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Oh, that's right.

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Yeah, okay. Yeah, um, okay. Yeah, um, all
right, so we'll begin.

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Commissioner O'Dell, aye.

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DeMarco, aye.

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Grimes, aye.

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Evans, aye.

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Price, nay.

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All right, so we have 4 to 1 and the
ordinance is adopted.

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And will become part of our Code of
Ordinances.

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And I thank everybody who came today,
everybody who came at past meetings.

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All of the input has been very helpful.

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And, you know, we've— as a lawyer,

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I've been told for years that if you come
to a settlement that neither party is

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happy with, then you've probably got a
good settlement.

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I don't know if that really holds true,
but Uh, that's kind of where we are,

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and I hope that there's enough in here
that people like, uh, that everybody

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that people like, uh, that everybody
likes,

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that, uh, that they'll be satisfied with
this for a while. So thank you.

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Um, and the next item on the agenda, uh,

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is the annual evaluation and performance
review of the city manager.

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00:29:20,885 --> 00:29:27,210
Um, so now this is This is one of those
tricky things here that we have to do in

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public, which is, to my mind, completely
absurd. But that's the law in Tennessee.

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It's not the law in other states, just so
you know,

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that have their own Sunshine Laws.

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But maybe that's the piece of legislation
I ought to write.

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00:29:45,001 --> 00:29:49,244
That's right. TML is looking for
suggestions.

445
00:29:49,244 --> 00:29:50,430
Yeah, yeah, let's amend that.

446
00:29:50,430 --> 00:29:52,048
I'll help you write that one.

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Okay.

448
00:29:53,202 --> 00:29:53,442
Yeah.

449
00:29:54,468 --> 00:29:59,131
Um, so, um, Steve, did you get your
review?

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I did. I had— I got it.

451
00:30:00,252 --> 00:30:06,177
Okay, good. I want to make sure, and, and
all the commissioners, you guys—

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the process here was that, um, the, um,
someone from the, um,

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MTAS organization over at UT provided us
with a form with questions to answer in

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just checkmark form, whether somebody is—
needs improvement,

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whether they're performing to
expectations,

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or whether they're exceeding expectations,

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which I know we've all seen that kind of
form.

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And then there were also narrative
questions to be answered as a—

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in Yes.

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So all the Commissioners filled those out.

461
00:30:43,416 --> 00:30:50,321
We sent them individually back to the
person at MTAS who compiled those for us

462
00:30:50,321 --> 00:30:50,586
person at MTAS who compiled those for us
and

463
00:30:50,586 --> 00:30:55,986
then sent them back to me to put them in
final form, I guess.

464
00:30:55,986 --> 00:31:01,829
And I can't say that I'm totally satisfied
with the final product.

465
00:31:01,829 --> 00:31:06,875
I'm not familiar with the form or the
particular process,

466
00:31:06,875 --> 00:31:11,921
but I am satisfied that it's come out with
a good result.

467
00:31:11,921 --> 00:31:16,789
And you've seen it, all the Commissioners
have seen it.

468
00:31:16,789 --> 00:31:24,048
No one has made any comments to me about
what ultimately came from the tabulation.

469
00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:29,183
And so I think that in my, in my view,
it's a good review.

470
00:31:29,183 --> 00:31:34,937
I will say for the record, there was
absolutely nothing that was,

471
00:31:34,937 --> 00:31:39,628
that needed improvement. So no, no needs
improvement.

472
00:31:39,628 --> 00:31:46,710
There was a— there were some people who
gave exceeds expectations on things that

473
00:31:46,710 --> 00:31:49,454
others said meets expectations.

474
00:31:49,454 --> 00:31:56,448
And, you know, that's just like any kind
of evaluation in the employment place.

475
00:31:56,448 --> 00:32:02,910
I've done that for years with associates
in law firms and in my law firm,

476
00:32:02,910 --> 00:32:08,753
and I know that there are hard graders and
there are easy graders.

477
00:32:08,753 --> 00:32:15,569
And so, you know, since we don't have
anything to go by except our own— well,

478
00:32:15,569 --> 00:32:21,765
that's what we think, that's what I think—
and we can't talk about it,

479
00:32:21,765 --> 00:32:23,713
and Except right here.

480
00:32:25,180 --> 00:32:26,232
So highly subjective.

481
00:32:26,232 --> 00:32:29,532
It's very subjective. It's very
subjective.

482
00:32:29,532 --> 00:32:33,446
So I think that, you know, what I would
say, Steve,

483
00:32:33,446 --> 00:32:36,669
is that regardless of all those questions,

484
00:32:36,669 --> 00:32:41,351
and none of them really specifically asked
about, to my mind,

485
00:32:41,351 --> 00:32:46,339
the things that you exceeded doubly and
triply on this last year,

486
00:32:46,339 --> 00:32:52,479
and that would be primarily Dealing with
the ice storm and the aftermath and the

487
00:32:52,479 --> 00:32:58,618
cleanup and all of that, Steve was an
integral part of everything that was done,

488
00:32:58,618 --> 00:33:02,532
directing everything that was going on in
Oak Hill,

489
00:33:02,532 --> 00:33:05,525
except what NES was doing or not doing.

490
00:33:05,525 --> 00:33:11,895
But anyway, Steve, it's, it's been a, it's
been a tough year. It's been a big year.

491
00:33:11,895 --> 00:33:14,428
We We had good financial results,

492
00:33:14,428 --> 00:33:20,644
but we also had to borrow a lot of money
from our savings account to pay for that

493
00:33:20,644 --> 00:33:23,561
cleanup, but that's just what it cost.

494
00:33:23,561 --> 00:33:29,240
And I just want to tell you that I
appreciate what you have done this year

495
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:29,700
appreciate what you have done this year
and in

496
00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:32,770
years past, and you do an excellent job.

497
00:33:32,770 --> 00:33:40,669
I will continue to strive in my process of
mediocrity in order to find success.

498
00:33:42,055 --> 00:33:46,605
I don't think that applies at all.

499
00:33:46,605 --> 00:33:49,385
I've been working on that a little bit.

500
00:33:49,385 --> 00:33:53,738
Does anyone else wish to say anything?

501
00:33:53,738 --> 00:33:58,778
I think I speak for the Commission in what
I

502
00:33:58,778 --> 00:33:59,923
just said.

503
00:33:59,923 --> 00:34:00,359
You do.

504
00:34:00,359 --> 00:34:05,678
Yes, I don't think that any city manager
in the No one in the history of Oak Hill

505
00:34:05,678 --> 00:34:09,093
has had to deal with the magnitude of
issues he has.

506
00:34:09,093 --> 00:34:13,953
The pandemic funds that we used for
stormwater improvement was $2 million.

507
00:34:13,953 --> 00:34:16,842
We have a normal budget of about $3
million,

508
00:34:16,842 --> 00:34:21,702
and then we had $2 million of stormwater
improvements from pandemic money.

509
00:34:21,702 --> 00:34:26,956
Much of that was wrapped— well, I guess
all of it was wrapped up this past year,

510
00:34:26,956 --> 00:34:29,714
but most of it was done in this past year.

511
00:34:29,714 --> 00:34:29,922
Yeah.

512
00:34:29,922 --> 00:34:33,235
It was numerous projects. It took a lot of
management.

513
00:34:33,235 --> 00:34:36,732
And then the $3 million— what's the final
number on that?

514
00:34:36,732 --> 00:34:38,038
$3.5 million.

515
00:34:38,038 --> 00:34:45,213
$3.5 million. So, you know, that's more
than double the budget, those 2 items.

516
00:34:45,213 --> 00:34:50,273
And it's just while managing everything
else very well.

517
00:34:50,273 --> 00:34:56,620
Citizens' comments, complaints, and, you
know, all the zoning issues,

518
00:34:56,620 --> 00:35:03,704
All the permits, highest rate of permits
ever, I think, certainly in dollars.

519
00:35:03,704 --> 00:35:09,039
You know, so he's just— and he's managed
it all very well.

520
00:35:09,039 --> 00:35:14,016
All right. Anybody else have anything?

521
00:35:15,516 --> 00:35:15,984
Thank you.

522
00:35:18,984 --> 00:35:25,069
Okay. So it remains for us now to provide
a percentage for the bonus.

523
00:35:25,069 --> 00:35:31,242
And let's see, actually, I did not bring
any extra paper here with me.

524
00:35:31,242 --> 00:35:33,888
I guess I can tear a page out.

525
00:35:33,888 --> 00:35:40,943
But if everybody can just write on their—
on a piece of paper and hand it to me,

526
00:35:40,943 --> 00:35:42,266
the percentage.

527
00:35:42,330 --> 00:35:42,574
And that—

528
00:35:42,574 --> 00:35:46,027
oh, good. Desiree, always on top of
things.

529
00:35:46,027 --> 00:35:47,470
Always, always here.

530
00:35:48,634 --> 00:35:49,662
Thank you, Mr. President.

531
00:35:49,662 --> 00:35:52,126
What's the range of—

532
00:35:52,126 --> 00:35:54,062
The range is 10% to 18%.

533
00:35:54,062 --> 00:36:01,042
Yeah, those sheets of paper will not
accept anything but an 18.

534
00:36:01,042 --> 00:36:08,021
That's why we had these— that's why we
handed those out to you.

535
00:36:08,021 --> 00:36:14,508
But they don't— it's not written on there
yet. And, and Oh, okay, thank you.

536
00:36:14,508 --> 00:36:17,325
Um, and, um, we, uh, also, Steve,

537
00:36:17,325 --> 00:36:23,897
none of this is going to affect the budget
because the budget has the maximum

538
00:36:23,897 --> 00:36:30,128
already built into it. So if we do less
than the maximum, then that just—

539
00:36:30,128 --> 00:36:30,644
that's just—

540
00:36:30,918 --> 00:36:35,281
it just comes out of the fund balance.
Yeah, yeah. So, so, okay.

541
00:36:35,281 --> 00:36:39,469
Is that F-U-N or F-U-N?

542
00:36:40,353 --> 00:36:44,616
Thank you. All right.

543
00:36:44,616 --> 00:36:51,722
Now, who is— well, that looks good.

544
00:36:51,722 --> 00:36:56,391
Okay. All right. David,

545
00:36:56,391 --> 00:37:03,700
these are only double-digit numbers,

546
00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:10,603
so you'd think I could do it in my

547
00:37:10,603 --> 00:37:15,475
head, but I'm afraid to.

548
00:37:15,475 --> 00:37:16,764
Why don't you have David do it?

549
00:37:16,764 --> 00:37:18,666
David can put it in a spreadsheet over
there.

550
00:37:18,666 --> 00:37:23,906
Yeah, we don't need a spreadsheet.

551
00:37:23,906 --> 00:37:27,759
We don't need that. Here,

552
00:37:27,759 --> 00:37:32,691
we'll just do this real quickly.

553
00:37:32,691 --> 00:37:37,315
So You know, like in Conclave,

554
00:37:37,315 --> 00:37:44,250
we could have had y'all each come up one
at a

555
00:37:44,250 --> 00:37:51,031
time and put it in a gold basin or
something

556
00:37:51,031 --> 00:37:51,802
here.

557
00:37:51,802 --> 00:37:55,419
Got it smoking upstairs.

558
00:37:58,419 --> 00:38:20,825
No way. I mean, I can't even do this.
Let's just spread these out.

559
00:38:27,660 --> 00:38:27,950
Okay.

560
00:38:30,044 --> 00:38:32,365
All right. It comes out to 17%.

561
00:38:32,365 --> 00:38:33,364
Okay.

562
00:38:35,357 --> 00:38:39,125
So I think someone should move to make
that the number and second,

563
00:38:39,125 --> 00:38:42,950
and then everybody vote, because that
would be the public decision.

564
00:38:42,950 --> 00:38:44,852
Very good.

565
00:38:45,081 --> 00:38:45,506
Very good.

566
00:38:46,226 --> 00:38:50,833
Is there a motion to To approve the
consensus here of 17%.

567
00:38:50,833 --> 00:38:56,773
DeMarco— oh, Price moved first. I'll move
to second.

568
00:38:56,773 --> 00:38:57,115
All right.

569
00:38:57,213 --> 00:39:00,593
Price moved and DeMarco seconds.

570
00:39:00,593 --> 00:39:03,657
All in favor, please say aye.

571
00:39:03,657 --> 00:39:06,509
And we'll begin down there.

572
00:39:06,509 --> 00:39:07,190
Aye.

573
00:39:07,190 --> 00:39:07,968
Aye.

574
00:39:07,968 --> 00:39:08,146
Aye.

575
00:39:08,146 --> 00:39:09,216
Aye.

576
00:39:09,216 --> 00:39:10,796
Grimes.

577
00:39:13,796 --> 00:39:13,828
Aye.

578
00:39:13,828 --> 00:39:14,424
Aye. Evans.

579
00:39:14,424 --> 00:39:15,182
Aye.

580
00:39:15,327 --> 00:39:15,504
Price.

581
00:39:15,504 --> 00:39:21,388
All right, thank you very much and
congratulations on a great year.

582
00:39:21,388 --> 00:39:23,646
Thank you. Appreciate all the support.

583
00:39:23,646 --> 00:39:26,893
It was an unusual year.

584
00:39:26,893 --> 00:39:30,903
It would have been unusual if we didn't
have the reserves to fall back on.

585
00:39:30,903 --> 00:39:33,233
We would have been still picking up
debris.

586
00:39:33,233 --> 00:39:34,559
Worse than unusual.

587
00:39:34,995 --> 00:39:36,790
We would have been out there picking it
up.

588
00:39:36,790 --> 00:39:40,397
That's right. We wouldn't, we wouldn't be
having a special meeting.

589
00:39:40,397 --> 00:39:42,228
We'd be having a volunteer pickup.

590
00:39:42,228 --> 00:39:45,028
Those reserves, they are critical.

591
00:39:45,028 --> 00:39:48,816
Reserves are critical to the City of Oak
Hill,

592
00:39:48,816 --> 00:39:52,439
and we've got to replenish what we took
out.

593
00:39:52,439 --> 00:39:57,709
So, all right, that concludes the business
that's on the agenda.

594
00:39:57,709 --> 00:40:02,814
Does anybody have anything else for the
good of the body here?

595
00:40:02,814 --> 00:40:09,155
And seeing none, we are adjourned. Wait a
minute. What? What am I forgetting?

596
00:40:09,155 --> 00:40:14,508
That we have several items for discussion.

597
00:40:14,508 --> 00:40:16,184
That's the workshop.

598
00:40:16,184 --> 00:40:19,502
That's the workshop. Oh, okay. Right,
right, right.

599
00:40:19,502 --> 00:40:24,588
This is a special called board meeting
that is now adjourned. You're right.

600
00:40:24,976 --> 00:40:25,283
All right.

601
00:40:25,396 --> 00:40:35,656
Thank you, everybody, for coming.

602
00:40:38,656 --> 00:40:41,046
Hope you enjoy living in Oak Hill.

603
00:40:41,046 --> 00:40:42,206
Welcome.

604
00:40:42,206 --> 00:40:47,171
All right, let's see, um,

605
00:40:47,171 --> 00:40:52,532
we can go straight into the

606
00:40:52,532 --> 00:40:54,121
meeting.

607
00:40:54,121 --> 00:40:55,949
You'll take a— you'll take a 5 minutes?

608
00:40:55,949 --> 00:40:56,709
We can take 5