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announce Ros County Commission
August 17th

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in order.
Excuse me, y'all. It's been

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I've been to uh I think I figure
gosh

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350 meetings
since I became county commissioner.

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I'm not going to get emotional cuz
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I'm happy for Keith new mayor.
I tell you what, if you're a new elected

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official,
would you please stand?

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» Okay, Commissioner, call to order if you
will. Let's do roll call.

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I got 24 present. Nobody acted. We do
have a pumm. And I think that's worth

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another clap right there.

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» I didn't get to shake your hand before I
got up here. I was lazy. Okay. Uh if you

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will stand for invocation.
Got a ball cap, please remove it. be

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followed by the pledge to the flag.
[clears throat]

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Lord, thank you so much for this
blessing that we can meet together and

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do the business of Robson County and do
it in a Christian way. Lord, we thank

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you for these people here have took time
to be part of the Robson County

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government. Thank you for these
commissioners that are leaving.

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Lord, uh I don't know what we do without
them. They may have one vote up here,

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but they represent hundreds of votes of
hardworking taxpayers in the paper Robs

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County. Bless these new commissioners
coming in. Give them strength, Lord, to

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make the right decision and give them
strength to meet the public and show

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them they're proud to be a county
commissioner for Robinson County. Lord,

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we ask you to be with our country. Ask
you be all over the world. ask you to be

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with our first responders, these at home
and abroad, and these here local. Lord,

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we ask you to be with them. Ask you,
Lord, to be with that voice that cries

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in the dark.
>> Be with that child or whatever.

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» And help us, Lord, as a county that we
take care of the little ones, whether

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they're going to school or whether in
school or whatever. Lord, we ask you to

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be with us every day. And God bless
Robson County.

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» Amen.
>> State of Tennessee and the United

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States. and thank you for the blessing
of your son who died for my sins and

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your sins on the cross. Jesus name we
pray. Amen.

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» Amen.
>> Pledge algiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to
[clears throat] the republic for which

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it stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.
>> I'd like to recognize I got a wife and

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son on the front row.
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» They didn't think I was quitting.
I guess they had to come see for

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theirelves.

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» Okay, commissioners, in your packages
and minutes from the previous meeting.

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Motion. [clears throat] Got a motion by
Roberts.

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Second by Commissioner Hart.
All in favor of passing a minute say I.

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Anybody opposed the minute? Want to add
to it? Hearing none, the minutes are

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I guess you say we got them in the book.
I got several communications.

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Um Bobby Hogan, you want to go first?
>> Well, we got a lot behind you, Bobby, so

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you need to be quick. [laughter]

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» [laughter]
>> There's a few meetings that we need to

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go to as commissioners. Those of you
who've been elected, the new ones, and

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those of you that have been here a
while, now we have an orientation

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meeting coming up coming up on the 24th
and 25th

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this month. It' be at the Embassy Suites
and that's in Murphy'sboro. If you were

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elected in the year 2018 or afterwards
that you need to go to that orientation

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meeting if you haven't been. If you
missed the time if you served and then

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missed a term and then came back and was
re reelected, you have to do it again.

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Okay. Now, on the n on the 3 of
September, we've got another meeting. We

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have a regional meeting every year and
it's held here in Springfield. I've been

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trying to get Charcoal to move it
somewhere else, but we've been meeting

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in the past several years after the
Catfish House closed. We've been meeting

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at my church at Springfield Baptist, and
that has changed. My preacher said no. I

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don't know why, but that's okay.
[laughter] But the bottom line, we're

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going to meet at the Robson County
Senior Citizens Place. Now, those of you

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that have been around a while, that's
the old Pain Brothers place up on Locust

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between 6 and 7. We're going to have the
same situation. We're going to meet

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starting at 5:30 registration. 6:00 will
be a meal and then we'll go to about

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8:00. But there is a little catch to
this one. We as commissioners, we need

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to be certified. It takes about eight
points. This meeting on the 3rd of

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September will give us two points with
one hour of CASS instructions.

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So, it's worth the while to be there.
get a free bill, get to hear about

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what's going on in the state, and you
get to hobnob with some good folks.

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There is another meeting coming up in
October the 21st through the 23rd. Now,

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these letters may be a little confusing,
but the TCCA, Tennessee County

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Commissioner Association, and the TCSA,
Tennessee County Services Association,

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they're having their statewide meeting.
That's the one I go to to get the no

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finding certificates in Gatlinburg. We
have this also at the embassy suite in

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Murphy'sboro. So, but that one will cost
you. The meeting this upcoming week is

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free for orientation unless you need to
go back and renew. It's going to cost

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you a couple hundred bucks, but the
meeting in October is $450.

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And so, you [clears throat] need to be
aware of that as well. We're not staying

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at the hotel. If you did, you're going
to be on your own. It's not far enough

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away for the state to reimburse this
county because we staying and I think

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some of the folks Josh you're staying
there it's you on your own now if it's

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far enough away that you have to stay I
think we as a county can do that now

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reason I made those announcement is
really to get up here and make the

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announcement okay
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[laughter]

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but anyway Like this man back here is a
fantastic

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» individual as far as I'm concerned.
>> Two weeks ago, this day I woke up and

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this is going to sound crazy, but I was
thinking about this man. I

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[clears throat] was thinking, was it
anybody in our group?

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Get him to a point of retirement.
Celebrate his legacy here. I looked

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around, couldn't find anybody. I called
his main assistant.

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» Yeah.
And so I said, "Has anybody doing

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anything?" And she said, "No."
Then she said, "He doesn't want

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anything.
>> Don't want nothing. Y

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» I said, I don't want a cake. I do not
want

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» I don't want nobody to show up either."
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» And then
I tell you,

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» and then and then I said he and then you
said he doesn't want and I said, "Go

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watch. [clears throat] You don't want
any of those, right?"

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» What? But I didn't hear that
conversation. that was between you two.

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And I told Leanne there, I said,
"Leanne, I'm going to see what I can

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do." So I called one of my good friends,
Charles Curtis, who's the director,

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executive director of a TCCA, the
organization that I belong to. I said,

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Charles, I need some help. He said,
"What do you need?" I said, "I want to

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honor my mayor that's put 20 years of
county commissioner work and eight years

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» Yeah.
>> of county mayor work."

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» I got appointed in 97, so that adds up.
>> That's a long time. [laughter]

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But anyway, I need some help. I know I
want to honor him somehow. He doesn't

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want a cake. He doesn't want a party.
What can I do? I said, "What about a

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resolution?" He said, "Okay." I said,
"Where do I go?" He says, "See your

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representatives."
I got two of them. Y'all do, too. One of

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them is Dr. Kumar and the other one is
my good friend Carrie Roberts. And he's

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here. Okay. So, I called Carrie. I said,
"Carrie, I need some help. We got two

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weeks. I want to do it this night. Can
you help? He said, I believe I can. I

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said, I'd like to have a resolution of
something of the House or the Senate.

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Get somebody to sign something because
this man right here, how many times have

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you given resolutions away? Have you
ever received one?

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» I've been to more ribbon cutings.
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» But he I want to give something back
that he's been given for the last long

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time.
>> Okay. So, uh, but when I was talking

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with Carrie, Carrie said, "I think I can
help you with that." Little did I know

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that Carrie started this process about
seven, eight weeks ago, right, Carrie?

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And he said, "I think I can finish this
thing." I said, "Can we get it from the

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house?" And he said, "I'm going to make
a joint resolution."

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Okay. I said, "Can you get some people
to sign it?" And he's going to go over

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who signed it and [clears throat] talk
about this. Okay? So, and I called all

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of you that I know of. I think I I made
this call and everybody said it thought

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it was a great idea. So, with that
authority,

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I want us and I know I'm out of
character here a little bit and I know I

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shouldn't be doing this, but I want to
move that we allow Carrie, my senator

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Roberts, to come forward and present the
resolution. I'd like to make him a

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member of this legislative body.
We got a second with Eric, a whole bunch

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of them over here. All those in favor
say I.

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» I.
>> Carrie, come forward. Now, while

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Carrie's coming forward,
mayor, I want you, if you can, come down

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here.
>> I can.

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» Sandy, I want you to come up here, too.
Now, while they're getting seated on

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coming up here to be a part of this, I
need to tell this a little story about

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my friend. [laughter]
>> Okay,

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» let me.
>> Now, my friend here

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» [clears throat]
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» I did not. He's made it all up.
>> He's already done it.

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» Well, [laughter] what I want to say
about this man right here, we had an

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opportunity to meet the governor. I know
he's met him several times. I've met him

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once or twice, but not as often. He
wasn't feeling too good. And the

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governor was coming to town. And on the
next day, he needed to be there. He

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said, "Bobby, that's what you called me,
Bobby." [clears throat]

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» He said, "Bobby, I need some help." I
said, "What do you need?" He said, "I

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need you to go meet the governor. We got
the people coming in. He wants to walk

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the streets of Springfield and he would
like to see what's going on in small

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businesses in Robson County and
Springfield." I said, "Mayor, I can do

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that." He did.
The governor came in, we talked, we

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walked down the street and we got well,
we started at the Homewood Hardware or

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the extension center and we started
walking. Well, when we got to Seventh

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Avenue, there's a mural there on the on
that wall and the governor was looking

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at it and I see Billy come across the
street or the mayor here come comes

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across the street and I noticed the
governor saw the same thing. And so the

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governor stopped doing what he was
doing. He came over to see this man

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and they started talking. And the first
thing he asked him, he said, "Mayor, how

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are you doing?"
>> Yeah.

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» And you replied by saying, "I've had
better days." Okay.

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Now, he
>> It's always a good day when the governor

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comes rob.
>> That's right. But then he asked, he

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said, "Billy, [clears throat]
doing okay."

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He said, "Well, yeah, I'm doing fine."
He said, "Me and my wife, we've been

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thinking about you."
And then he said, "Billy,

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I'm going to be praying for you. We've
been praying for you for a long time

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now, and I'm going to continue that." Me
and uh Maria. And so that came out. Now,

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I tell this story for three things.
Number one is the governor of Tennessee

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called my friend here,
his position, mayor. That's pretty cool.

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He know they know one another. Amen.
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» The second thing is that he called him
by name. He had a personality there. He

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knew who you were. He called you by
name. And the last thing he said, he

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called him by friend. He's my friend.
Friend, I'm going to be praying for him.

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So, I don't know about you, but I
haven't been told by the governor that I

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was his friend by my name.
Let me tell you how that kind of I was

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making a speech in White House and we're
doing a ribbon cut and the governor was

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there and at the end of it I got his
book. I've read his book if you hadn't

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read it. I read it. I walked up to it.
They putting him in the sharp Tahoe he

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drives. [laughter]
I said, "Gun, will you sign this book

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for me?" He took it and signed it. I
walked off and I looked at it. He'd

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spelled my name wrong. [laughter]

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It wasn't it wasn't two weeks later I
got a note from his office apologizing

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[laughter]
and sent me another book with the name

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spelled right [laughter]
that's ever since then I've been Billy

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V.
But he how he found out he's a good

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Christian man
his wife's been through it and um you

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know um he's just a good fellow. We was
having a all the mayors was meeting and

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them mayors was firing on him pretty
hard a lot of hard questions about T dot

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and everything. Somebody else said you
got a question for the mayor. I raised

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my hand up and he looked at me over
there grinned. I said mayor I said

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you've had a rough two weeks.
This was I forget what was going

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through. I guess it might have been
vouchers or co or something. And I said,

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I had a rough couple weeks myself. This
is a three-day weekend. I said, 'What

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are you going to do? He said, 'I'm going
home tomorrow morning and get on the

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porch with my mama and I'm going to rock
a chair and I ain't leaving her. That's

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what he said.
>> And he looked at me and grinned and

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said, "I appreciate that softball."
Cuz that was an easy question, but uh

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his mama passed away not long after
that.

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» Yeah.
Senator Roberts, would you do the

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honors?
>> Well, [clears throat] Billy, I know how

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you feel about this, but we did it
anyway. [laughter]

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» He want no cake, no ice cream. I Hey, I
just done my job with the help of these

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people right here.
>> You know what? You can say you just did

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your job and and it's true. You've had a
lot of people that uh are phenomenal

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that you've been able to work with and
have helped you, but it's the way you've

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done your job that stands out to me. And
um as I was sitting back thinking, I I

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thought, you know, um I don't know why
it is that we've gotten into this thing

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where where people that work in public
office uh you know, don't want to share

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their beliefs. They don't want to talk
about Jesus. They don't want to talk

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about God. But I appreciate the fact
that since I very first met you, that

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that has been central to your life. And
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» I found out when a group of men get
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Jesus Christ, how they how they all a
sudden everybody just sort of,

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» you know what I mean? When I was a kid,
a lot of men didn't talk to each other

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about stuff.
>> Yeah. [clears throat]

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» How just how cool it is to do it.
>> Yeah. Well, I remember the first time I

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went to the fisherman's club and I went
home and I I just told my wife, "You're

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not going to believe, you know, what's
taking place in Adams, Tennessee about

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Billy will get up there and he'll he'll
talk about, you know, miss so and so and

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Mr. So and so and, you know, he lost his
wife and he's not doing very well. We

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need to go by and see him and, you know,
just all these different things." And I

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I just I just thought that is exactly
what it's about. And um I just have so

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appreciated [clears throat]
um it's the way you've done it that just

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means
>> that's another thing. You don't do it by

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yourself. It takes a group of men to
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» Well,
>> it's not Hey, nothing in this county is

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a oneman job.
>> That's right. And and I just appreciate

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everything about you. Okay. I've got for
those of you in the audience, I've got a

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sheet of paper, but I've got to explain
it. It's it's more than just a sheet of

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paper. This is a a Senate joint
resolution and is Bob uh or Bobby. I've

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never I've never called him Bobby
before.

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» It's Bobby, but
>> I could tell stories on Bobby, too.

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[laughter]
>> I guarantee you that if you told stories

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about Bobby, he would tell more on you
and he'd probably talk a little bit

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longer. [laughter]

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» I'm going to be brief. Um,
[clears throat] this is a Senate joint

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resolution and and you know, we can do a
a proclamation, a sheet of paper,

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whatever. But what makes this
significant is this started several

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weeks ago. We were still in session. You
can see the date on this is April 20th,

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2026. This is actually something that we
voted on. And um, so it's a resolution

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to honor you uh, for your service, not
only as as county mayor, but the many

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years that you spent before on the
county commission. Also, we recognize uh

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the fact that you and and Cindy have
been married for 50 years. So, it's just

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a great um a great snapshot of of your
life here. And we voted on this. And the

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significance of voting on it is this
makes you part of Tennessee's recorded

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history. You you've you've literally
become part of the history books of the

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state of Tennessee. It's Senate Joint
Resolution 1102. was v voted on uh you

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know in the Senate voted on in the
house. You can see that speaker of the

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senate signed it, speaker of the house
signed it. Uh your friend Governor Lee

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signed it and um and then of course we
signed it too. And um so this is this is

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one copy, but then we um we put it in a
frame for you. And I'd like to uh

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present you and and Cindy this tonight
and just say we just appreciate so much

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uh everything you've done for this
county, for all your friends, for all

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the people that have been blessed to
know you over the years, and thank you

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for all your service. Thank you.

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Keep doing it.
Oh, thank you too, Bob. [laughter]

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» Let me just say I told the governor one
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I said, "Governor, I ain't got one
county. You got 95." I said, "How do you

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do it?" He said, 'I don't do it by
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He said, 'Trust me, it is a headache.
And I I can imagine have 95 counties and

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to show that I was told the other day
out of 95 counties, I think 24 of them

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is going to have a new county mayor this
year.

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» Yeah, that's pretty good. That's pretty
big turnover. Thank you for the job you

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do, what you're probably going through
right now. [snorts]

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» Thank you for what you do. Amen.

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You know that's an emotional moment for
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While we was talking reach in my pocket
I wore this coat all my time.

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This may crack me up.
I found the uh bulletin for Steve Haley.

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in my pocket and I just want everybody
to know that we lost an important part

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of this county commission and
[clears throat]

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» in my turn just remember Steve and I
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I really do.
>> Okay, Angie, I told Angie, Madam Clerk,

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I told you [laughter]

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a minute. Where's that time at?
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I should holler point of order to Mr.
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to do and I got on the agenda.
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» All right. You lied about
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» Um so I did lie and um I don't want to
say that because I'm afraid one day I'm

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going to want to run for mayor and
somebody's going to use this video

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against me. [laughter]
Um but I'm just kidding, Keith. Just

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kidding. It'll be the register of deeds
that I'm going to get. But um cuz I'd be

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crazy to go for the mayor, wouldn't I?
Um anyway, people do ask me every day

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about will tax and how you get into the
convenience centers with the wrong

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county on the back of your car. And
there is a story behind that and I'll be

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happy to come to a budget committee
meeting and talk about that if whoever

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the chair is uh wants to me to come.
I'll be more than happy. But I lied and

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said I was going to get up here and talk
about will tax because I knew if I told

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him I was going to talk about him, he
would say absolutely not. Um, and so

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last week when the agenda come out, he
actually called me and he said, "I'm

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looking over the agenda and I see you're
on it. What's that about?" And I said,

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"Oh, you know, I have calls about will
tax." And so anyway, he fell for it

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[laughter] and he said, "Well, I just
wanted to be sure you weren't going to

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sit there and do something stupid on
Monday.

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So, here I am.
>> But, um,

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we all knew that with all y'all here, he
wouldn't tell me to sit down. So, I

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think I'm safe. Um, tonight is very
bittersweet because it's his last

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meeting with us. And as we've all said,
20 years of a commissioner and eight

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years of our mayor, of over 350
meetings. Um, but we we know it was more

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than that, but that was just a good
number. Um, most people think that our

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friendship started when he became the
the mayor and I became the clerk, but

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that's far from the truth. Um, he loves
to get me out in hooptie-doo crowds and

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say, "I've known Madame Clerk since she
was pooping green in her diaper." He

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loves he loved to tell the governor the
night

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» the night that we met the governor. Um,
he loved to explain that to him. So that

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that was uh that's the way he loves to
do it. Um when we started this journey

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eight years ago, neither one of us knew
what we were doing. Um we figured it

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out, worked together and we learned
together and most importantly we become

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a team. And early on I threatened him
that I was going to get him a shot

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caller because every time he got out of
line I was just going to hit the button

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on him. And I'm not sure if I've just
gotten older or I've gotten tired. And

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I'm he's he's just I'm not I'm not
getting on to him as much because he's

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really gotten so much better in eight
years. He's come a long long way.

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[laughter]
>> Couple weeks ago, I said, "I'm finally

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going to get you training and then you
retire on me." So, um Billy's always led

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us all by example. Um he'd never asked
us to do something that he wouldn't do.

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Um if you're in the trenches, Billy
Bogle's in the trenches with you. He's a

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team player most of the time. Um he's
called my office before and I've not

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answered. And when I finally do in his
my my v vocal boy voice, he'll say,

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"What are y'all doing down there?" And I
say, "I've been lined out to the

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elevator and not the drive-thru. Why
don't you get down here and help me?"

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And he's Oh, no. You got it. You got it.
You know exactly what you're doing. So,

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he's never come to help me in the county
clerk's office, but I do think he's been

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in solid waste and animal control. I
think he's helped those. So, he's a team

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player, just not at the the county
clerk's office.

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» Um,
Billy's the kind of mayor that we can

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send to the state capital and he's going
to represent us well and we can send him

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out on an undercover sting operation
with the sheriff's department and he's

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going to get those bad guys talking in a
few days. And he's also going to bring a

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few of them to Jesus as he's with them
because he's going to tell them where

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he's come from and what what he's done.
So, Sheriff, I think that's going to be

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a fabulous job for him once he retires
uh to go undercover for you because a

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lot of people
[laughter]

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» a lot of people don't know him. A couple
months ago, we were at the National Day

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of Prayer up on the courthouse square
and he got up and he spoke and this lady

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was standing behind me and she said, "Is
that Howard Bradley?"

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I just stopped and I
know there's just no reason to say no.

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So, I turned to her and I said, "Well,
yes, ma'am. That is [laughter]

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undercover. There's no doubt." Um,
>> he may be a little rough around the

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edges, but he's got a heart of gold. He
would give you the shirt right off of

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his back. He has served Robertson County
with everything he has. Now, Bill is far

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from perfect because he's made people
mad in the last eight years. And if you

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don't believe me, get on the Facebook
and

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and Smokey Barn when they're doing
something about Robertson County. he he

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doesn't become the perfect person we
think he is. Um last July, Billy had a

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serious health issue come upon him and
in eight years I've never missed a

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county commission meeting and he's
missed one and that was because he was

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in the hospital and I called him and I
said you need to get your priorities

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straight. He should have been here
[laughter] but um then in December we

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really thought that that was probably
going to be our last meeting with him.

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um his health had progressively declined
and uh I had people call me and tell me

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it was time for him to step down. Um it
wasn't him and that uh he needed to go

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home. And my friendship with Billy is um
kind of like a mother and a son

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relationship. I can talk about him all I
want, but you're not going to talk about

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it. And so when those people called me,
I told them he might step back, but he

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was not going to step down. take my
hand. [clears throat]

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» And then about a week later, he called
me and he said, "I'm resigning Monday."

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And I went in full mama mode. And I
said, "You are absolutely not

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resigning." I said, "You're going to go
home and you're going to go and check on

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your health and we're going to continue
running this county. You're going to be

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just fine." He hollered at me and I
hollered at him and he hung up on me. No

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big deal. No big deal. I'm used to it.
Um, Billy doesn't like to start

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something that he can't finish. And I
truly believe the Lord isn't finished

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with Billy Bogle.
>> Amen.

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» My motto is if God wakes you up, he's
not done with you. So, let him use you.

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» And that is exactly what Billy is doing.
He is going to finish his term. He's

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[clears throat] got two more weeks and
he'll tell you how many hours if you

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want to [laughter] know. Um, I told the
people that had called me about him

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stepping down that if these roles were
reversed

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that Billy would not give up on us and
we're not going to give up on him.

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I can count on my fingers and toes the
numbers of days that Billy has taken off

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in the last eight years. And most of
those were doctor's appointments in the

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last year. They were not vacation days.
That tells you something about the kind

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of man that he is. He is dedicated and
he does not quit. On behalf of the

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county commissioners, our department
heads, and the citizens of Robertson

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County, I want to say thank you, Billy.
Thank you for the countless hours. Thank

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you for the long nights. Thank you for
answering the phone. Thank you for

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showing up. Thank you for getting in the
trenches with us. And most of all, thank

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you for giving so much of yourself to
this great county. You have served

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Robertson County with your whole heart.
And a couple months ago, we honored our

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county attorney, Clyde Richard, on his
retirement. And we have this beautiful

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crystal trophy up here. And I held it
before the meeting like I had won a CNA

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award. It was gorgeous. And as I planned
this tonight, I thought, you know,

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that's so not Billy Folk style. So I got
Billy

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[clears throat]
a goat [laughter]

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and a roll of haw and tobacco
because after all we are known for the

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world's finest dark fire tobacco right
>> and the goats

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» and the most high price.
>> It's high knows him too. He knows him.

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» Um but the goats I think is because I
think Billy is the greatest of all time.

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» There you go.
A few weeks ago, we were at a dinner at

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the center and may Mayor Buzzy Pool
walked up to me and he said, "Thank you

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for always taking care of our mayor and
I told him it has not been easy,

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[clears throat]
but I'd do it all over again."

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Billy, I'm proud to call you my friend.
We've laughed together. We've argued

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together,
busted each other, and somehow managed

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to get through eight years of county
government. And through all of it, I've

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always known one thing. You love
Robertson County.

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» So tonight, I want you to know that
Robertson County loves you, too.

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00:30:57,679 --> 00:31:04,399
» Thank you for your service. Thank you
for your friendship. And thank you for

400
00:31:01,679 --> 00:31:09,120
being Billy Vogle. We love you. And
we're going to continue to pray for you.

401
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:12,720
And we going to give you two months to
rest. And you better answer your

402
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:16,240
telephone cuz we're going to be calling
because we have some committees that we

403
00:31:14,399 --> 00:31:20,480
won't put you on.
So, I want you to go home, check your

404
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:27,320
cows, roll your hay, and do whatever
Billy Boba wants to do.

405
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,320
» All right.

406
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:50,360
You going to talk about

407
00:31:53,120 --> 00:32:00,000
I will people in that convenience
center.

408
00:31:58,159 --> 00:32:02,559
You ain't got a Rob County tag. They
ain't going to let you put your trash in

409
00:32:01,519 --> 00:32:05,760
there.
>> I mean that's just you got to have a

410
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:10,240
Ross County tag if you're gonna get free
trash from Rock County. Ain't a good

411
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:14,399
That's a good thing to have. I
appreciate that. And I'll never forget

412
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:19,600
the day they told me I had cancer
was coming back and I had quit dipping.

413
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:22,399
I pulled in their mors and got me a can
of dip and I walked out the car and I

414
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:25,427
said, "You think it's going to kill me
now. [laughter]

415
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:30,519
I've been dipping ever since

416
00:32:31,279 --> 00:32:38,472
time comes I got to spit it out and
>> talk to them and then as soon as they

417
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:41,600
leave I'll try to put it back in."
[laughter] All right, let me see where

418
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:45,360
we're at. We kind of got off got out of
bounds here. Way out of bounds. All

419
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,720
right.
>> I know some ladies from the library

420
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:53,519
here. There's somebody I was supposed to
let speak. Was it y'all? [laughter]

421
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,960
» You're back there somewhere. There you
are.

422
00:32:53,919 --> 00:33:00,720
» She said no.
>> Evidently didn't want to talk. Okay,

423
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:06,960
that'll work. Um, I got Bobby got the
library clinic. The clinic we are and

424
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:12,399
you will be voting tonight on the clinic
contract. This contract has been a long

425
00:33:10,159 --> 00:33:17,039
time making.
We wasn't

426
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:20,480
I'm just going to tell like it is always
maybe not real happy with things was

427
00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:24,720
going down there. Now, [clears throat]
was a clinic saving the county money?

428
00:33:22,559 --> 00:33:30,640
Yeah. Anytime you don't pull out that
insurance card, it was saving us money,

429
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:34,159
but it was hard to get in there.
So, we told him before we signed another

430
00:33:32,399 --> 00:33:39,440
contract, we need them to hire another
person down there, which our dues went

431
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:44,000
up because of it, hiring a new person.
But I feel like a new person in there,

432
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:49,679
more people's going to get in and the
county signed ours, the city has signed

433
00:33:47,519 --> 00:33:54,080
their contract, and the schools have
signed theirs. So, that will be on your

434
00:33:52,159 --> 00:33:58,080
resolutions tonight. But, there's a long
time coming to get contract, worked out

435
00:33:56,159 --> 00:34:01,679
a new contract. [clears throat]
I guess uh Bobby's going to explain

436
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:09,200
this.
>> Also, I want to take just a minute in my

437
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:14,240
in my minutes. Been a lot of rumors
going around

438
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:19,919
and I'm going to tell you a bunch of it
ain't true.

439
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:23,520
If so, if you read something or somebody
tells you something that this is where

440
00:34:21,839 --> 00:34:28,480
it's going to be about a building put in
Robson County,

441
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:33,359
ask them who where their source is. Find
out where the source is. They come to

442
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:38,000
you. So and so said, "Hey, don't pay no
attention to that. I've been on the

443
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:43,040
phone all weekend.
The mayor's dark in the dark. He's not

444
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:48,320
doing nothing." Well, that's not true.
I've chased this thing down and I can't

445
00:34:45,839 --> 00:34:52,720
get a source either, but I've talked to
enough to know that nobody else knows

446
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:58,160
either. The people that do knows in
Washington DC, they're keeping it quiet.

447
00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:02,880
Gary may know a little bit, but they
ain't told him much either. Feel n if

448
00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:07,119
he's still back there.
He's done left.

449
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:13,359
Well, anyway,
I've talked to all the mayors I know,

450
00:35:09,119 --> 00:35:20,160
talked to. Nobody's learned a thing. But
I don't think anybody on state level

451
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:26,240
does this to strictly come above them.
And to be honest with you,

452
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:30,880
what news I got today
was about as close as you could get it,

453
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:36,160
but still ain't the source that Ron's
County is not being looked at. And you

454
00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:39,920
can quote me on that.
But I will not find out the truth. I

455
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:44,880
will put out a statement on it. But
until somebody calls me, tells me

456
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:49,359
something and got a source that I can
put my money on that I can call or put

457
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:54,000
money on, that's when I really will say
something. But anything other than that,

458
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:58,800
it's just hearsay and throwing stuff up
in there and see where it lands. Nobody

459
00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:02,000
knows right now where to be. There's
going to be one. [clears throat] I

460
00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:06,560
already know how much it's going to cost
and all that. I've been told that. And

461
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:10,240
they're taking contracts for land. But
hadn't anybody in Ross County put out a

462
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:14,160
contract for no land or anything? And I
just want to get that kind of get that

463
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:19,680
behind us. Okay. I've learned being
mayor. If somebody tells me one side, I

464
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:22,160
need to go hear the other side, too.
Then we'll get the truth somewhere in

465
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:27,119
the middle.
>> That's where it's at. So, I just want to

466
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:31,040
say that and let's uh let's wait till
the phone call comes. Personally, I

467
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:35,680
don't think it's coming.
All right. Um

468
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:41,119
got any public comments?
Not in the public.

469
00:36:37,839 --> 00:36:43,119
Okay. I think we like one more in our
Adele.

470
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:47,040
» I'm here.
>> Come on up.

471
00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:50,160
» These commissioners need to hear what
you got to say.

472
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:53,359
» A lot going on tonight. Thank you for
remembering.

473
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,119
» Everyone,
>> put your name down.

474
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:59,760
» What?
>> Come on up here. Dale's our chamber.

475
00:36:57,839 --> 00:37:01,680
» Oh my gosh. [laughter]
>> Yeah.

476
00:37:00,079 --> 00:37:05,119
» I wasn't planning on this.
>> There's a lot of stuff happen. I wasn't

477
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:08,079
planning on
I don't have anything to give.

478
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:12,160
» Sorry.
>> Thank you. [laughter]

479
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:16,240
» My name is Adele Watts. I am the
president of the Robertson County

480
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:23,839
Chamber of Commerce and I am here to
speak to most of you guys, maybe a

481
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:29,200
handful of you. Uh because in October,
our elected official leadership program

482
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:37,119
will start. It's October the 6th to the
8th. It's a 3-day intensive look at

483
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:43,760
Robertson County. We will go visit uh
the schools, education, industry, uh

484
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:50,079
healthc care, and everything in between.
Um we want to get you to know the

485
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:54,800
community, the county that you are
serving on a more intimate level. You

486
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:59,440
may know all your districts very very
closely, but we really want to have a

487
00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:04,320
bird's eyee view and let you have
pivotal conversations with people so

488
00:38:02,079 --> 00:38:08,000
that when things come up that you need
to vote on, you can say, "Yeah, I

489
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:13,359
remember that. I remember going into
that school. I remember going into that

490
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:17,760
that that factory." And so, uh, it's all
paid for. It's free. You don't even have

491
00:38:15,839 --> 00:38:23,280
to drive. We're going to feed you really
really good food. and it has been

492
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:29,119
sponsored by CMC and Cumberland Connect.
Um, I'm going to pass these out somehow

493
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:33,680
or leave them and it has information on
it detailed and how you can uh fill out

494
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:38,240
an application. So, we want you to come
join you and now here's your time to say

495
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:42,800
how important this is.
>> Hey, it's very important. I you new

496
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:45,680
members, I'm going to tell you it's
going to take you four years just to

497
00:38:44,079 --> 00:38:51,119
learn to budget and you ain't going to
pick it all up. It's not something you

498
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:55,839
pick up overnight. Um, and the more you
come to the meetings, the more you

499
00:38:53,040 --> 00:39:00,160
learn. And if a you got a citizen that
comes to you and complains about what it

500
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:04,560
cost a ton to haul trash out of Robinson
County, you need to know the answer to

501
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:10,400
that.
Right now, it's $360,000

502
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:15,920
to move trash out of Robson County a
month. That's what it cost. And we're

503
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:20,400
doing free trash for a lot of people.
You need to know stuff like that.

504
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:24,800
You know, if an ambulance is forgot
somewhere, Rick can tell you why. He's

505
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:28,560
got nine ambulances out there and they
all stay busy.

506
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:34,400
Lord knows the sheriff department. He's
living 3,000 warrants for the court

507
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:41,760
system a month, not plus running a jail.
So, everybody's staying busy. I catch

508
00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:47,119
more slack about income property tax
inside the city limits.

509
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:51,760
80% of your property tax that you've
paid

510
00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:57,440
goes toward school construction.
Only 20% of it go toward fun.

511
00:39:55,599 --> 00:40:00,640
So everybody's part of building schools
whether you're in the city or in the

512
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:04,240
county. That's just a little tidbit that
these new commissioners going to learn.

513
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:07,599
This bunch knows it. They hear it all
the time.

514
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:13,680
Okay, I think that's it in the
communications. We'll get to um

515
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:17,280
reports
commissioners in your package is

516
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:22,680
reports.
We'll start with the highway report. Any

517
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,680
questions or comments?

518
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:29,599
Trustees report. Any questions or
comments?

519
00:40:27,839 --> 00:40:34,560
Land and zoning. Any questions or
comments?

520
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:40,000
» Channel control. Any question or
comments?

521
00:40:36,079 --> 00:40:47,920
EMS. Any questions or comments?
Solid waste. Any questions or comments?

522
00:40:43,599 --> 00:40:56,240
EMA, any questions or comments?
Fire, any questions or comments?

523
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:59,680
Veteran services, questions or comments?
Last is finance. Any questions or

524
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:05,440
comments?
Hearing none. I'll take a motion to

525
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:13,640
approve the reports.
Got a motion by Bobby Catz.

526
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:13,640
Got a second by Commissioner Roberts.

527
00:41:13,839 --> 00:41:19,599
The call question. I'm going to ask for
a voice vote.

528
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:25,119
» Voice been called. All in favor to file
the reports say I.

529
00:41:21,839 --> 00:41:31,119
» I. Anybody oppose?
So, so move.

530
00:41:28,079 --> 00:41:37,280
We have no election or appointments this
month, but next month we will. All the

531
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:42,880
September committees will be up and the
new mayor will be picking

532
00:41:39,839 --> 00:41:47,440
his committees and if you get a minute,
tell him what you kind of like to be on.

533
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:55,359
You want to find out what committees is
up, call the office and le

534
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:59,440
with how many new commissioners we got?
Seven. There'll be some shaking up to do

535
00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:04,000
then.
All right. Um,

536
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:10,240
this time we'll go to our public
hearing.

537
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:16,800
Pam, will you Hunter please come up?
At this time, the public becomes part of

538
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:22,160
the county commission. When she reads
the zoning resolution that comes up, I

539
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:26,240
will ask if there's anybody here to
speak on that.

540
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:29,760
Madam clerks already put up your threem
minute clock right here. Get your

541
00:42:28,634 --> 00:42:32,960
[clears throat] name and address and
take off.

542
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:36,920
Okay. Hor.
>> Resolution number 0817266070.

543
00:42:38,319 --> 00:42:47,920
Susan Khead request to reszone 1.91
surveyed acres of the 7.5 surveyed acres

544
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:55,520
of property from AG2 to RP80 located at
4668 Highway 76 West. Tax map 052 part

545
00:42:52,880 --> 00:43:00,400
of parcel 021.01
7th voting district planning commission

546
00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:05,240
recommended by a vote of six to zero.
Does anybody here speak on this zoning

547
00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:05,240
resolution?

548
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:16,400
My
>> name is James Davis. Uh 2901 Privet Lane

549
00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:20,800
is my address. Um what's your address
again? 2901 Privet Lane, Clarksville.

550
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:28,400
Okay.
Um, yes. So, the situation here, the the

551
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:34,319
lot size going to RP80
works well with the soils, works well

552
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:40,800
with the lay of the land. Um, just
doesn't make much sense having a bigger

553
00:43:36,079 --> 00:43:46,560
lot for this particular location. Um,
yeah, just it's a better fit.

554
00:43:45,119 --> 00:43:50,880
Questions?
>> Any questions? This gentleman, can you

555
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:54,079
tell us what your job was? Cuz you
>> I'm a land surveyor.

556
00:43:52,240 --> 00:43:55,440
» Okay. Land surveyor. You talk like you
done this, you know.

557
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:57,440
» Yes, sir.
>> Yeah. Okay.

558
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,920
» Close to home.
>> Help.

559
00:43:58,079 --> 00:44:04,160
» Close Close to Home.
>> And these lots

560
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:09,920
» that surround them, are they the same?
>> Uh across the street there's an RP80. Uh

561
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:13,480
anything adjacent to it is a steel.
>> It's a steel.

562
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:22,599
» Anybody else?
Thank you sir.

563
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:22,599
Okay Hunter

564
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:27,319
» resolution number 0817266071

565
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:37,839
Sarah McDow request to reszone 30.87
surveyed acres of the 82.20 acres of

566
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:45,200
property from AG2 to RP80 located on
Owens Chapel Road tax map 070 part of

567
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:48,400
parcel 132.00 00 8th voting district
planning commission recommended by voter

568
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:50,960
six to zero.
>> Anybody here speak on this zoning

569
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,520
resolution?
>> Yes.

570
00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:59,200
» Neighbor.
>> Judy Todd.

571
00:44:56,240 --> 00:45:03,599
» Come up. Miss Judy
again. You got three minutes. And when

572
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:10,160
you hear a bell ring, that's pretty
close. State your name and address.

573
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:13,920
» My name is Judy Todd, 1016 Marshall
Street, Hendersonville. and I am here

574
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:19,359
tonight with my sister Betty Rachel
requesting your approval for the reszing

575
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:23,839
of 30 acres of our property on Owens
Chapel Road. The 82 acres of farmland

576
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:27,839
owned by Sarah McDall and three
additional heirs of Paul D Rainwater has

577
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:31,839
a long history as Doug Rainwaters's
property. He and our mother Anne Wils

578
00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:36,640
Rainwater were married and had four
children in Springfield. Dad was the son

579
00:45:34,319 --> 00:45:40,720
of a poor farmer, one of three sons born
during the depression, raising tobaca,

580
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:45,599
selling bottles, attending church, and
playing sports, which sent him to

581
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:48,640
college on a basketball scholarship. He
farmed all his life while managing the

582
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:54,480
Nashville Oil Mill on Fourth and
Chestnut, retiring to finally build and

583
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:58,400
farm full-time on Owens Chapel Road.
This was one of two properties he farmed

584
00:45:56,240 --> 00:46:02,400
in Springfield. Our mother was the
daughter of WC Pete Wils and Laurel Fry

585
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:07,200
Wils, both from large farming families
in Springfield. Mom cared for us growing

586
00:46:05,119 --> 00:46:12,079
up, as well as sewed our clothes and
canned and froze vegetables from dad's

587
00:46:09,599 --> 00:46:16,000
gardens. My sisters and I were not
raised on dad's farms, but visited

588
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:20,400
grandparents and parents regularly. Our
brother farmed alongside dad more just

589
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:24,640
because he needed him to than a love for
farming. Our families are scattered from

590
00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:29,920
Nebraska and Ohio to Knoxville and
Florida. Doug remarried and upon passing

591
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:34,000
left the house and our memories of home
to our stepmother's family who

592
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:39,359
immediately sold it. The remaining 82
acres we are not able to farm purchase

593
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:43,280
from each other or maintain. Dad hated
leasing his land didn't like using

594
00:46:41,119 --> 00:46:47,200
chemicals excessively.
Mr. Brian Cook, a prospective buyer is a

595
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:51,760
neighbor who bought Mr. Harper's land
adjacent to ours upon his passing.

596
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:55,760
Houses have popped up along Brown Road
up to the edge of our farm. He has

597
00:46:53,920 --> 00:47:00,240
installed nice wood fencing around the
land on Owens Chapel Road and built

598
00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:04,480
barns and ponds. His land is mowed and
well-kept. If aesthetics are important,

599
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:08,880
especially for property values, he has
done a great job and will want to do the

600
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:13,359
same for our land he wants to purchase.
His proposal to build 15 custom houses

601
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:18,240
on 30 acres along Brown, Green, and
Owens Chapel Road and farm the remaining

602
00:47:15,839 --> 00:47:22,560
50 acres will enhance the area, not
deter from its value. Mr. cook like our

603
00:47:21,119 --> 00:47:27,359
father will continue to be a good
steward of the land which is which what

604
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:32,000
our father would want. As you can see in
the application for reszoning, the soil

605
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:37,599
test water utility report traffic
feasibility study map proposal had been

606
00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:41,440
successfully completed. Please vote to
approve the reszoning of Sarah Mcdow

607
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:45,400
property on Owens Chapel Road, the
executive of the Rainwater.

608
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:53,000
» Okay, thank you. Anybody else? Satie Gr.

609
00:47:59,359 --> 00:48:07,680
Good evening. My name is um Satie Gomes.
I live at 5889 Brown Road, which is like

610
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:11,319
right across where she wants to build.
Um I am

611
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:19,920
these houses being built [clears throat]
as long as the roads are fixed. Um, I do

612
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:28,160
have photos that I would like to share.
It's my first meeting. I don't know how.

613
00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:34,640
So, this first photo is what Brown wrote
and that is at my mailbox at the five8

614
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:41,280
Brown Road.
And then we also went out and

615
00:48:38,079 --> 00:48:45,760
I have I have a few.
We went out and measured the road. So,

616
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:52,160
this photo that I'm passing out is just
showing like the tape measure where it's

617
00:48:47,599 --> 00:48:58,240
at. Um, we started the tape measure
in a um grassy area to try and give a

618
00:48:55,760 --> 00:49:04,480
little bit more
leeway for the road. Um, so the next

619
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:08,720
photo I'm handing out is where it stops.
And where I have it, it stops in the

620
00:49:06,559 --> 00:49:12,880
grass, like I said, to give a little bit
more leeway because the road is not very

621
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:18,839
big.
And then the last this next photo I have

622
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:18,839
is where it ends.

623
00:49:19,599 --> 00:49:31,160
And if you can um the measurement says
it's a little bit under 15 and 1/2 ft.

624
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:31,160
Um, I also have some measurements,

625
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:38,920
fabric measurements of cars, vehicles
that would go on the road.

626
00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:50,800
And if you take a look at the very last
page, um, it has your average bus and

627
00:49:48,559 --> 00:49:59,040
RVs. So, your average school bus is
about 8 ft to 10 ft. And that road is 5

628
00:49:55,200 --> 00:50:05,680
15 1/2. Um I currently drive a Subaru
Forester which is about 17 in which is

629
00:50:01,839 --> 00:50:10,960
roughly 5 to 6 ft. So if I'm going
against a bus, I would have to be on the

630
00:50:08,240 --> 00:50:15,680
side of the road. Um I also have
pictures of a school bus coming down a

631
00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:19,559
road.
Really making it work too much.

632
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:27,119
As you can see, the first photo that's
being [clears throat] passed around, the

633
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:30,480
bus is right at my mailbox and it is in
the middle of the road. The second photo

634
00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:35,000
that would be passed around is it's at
the stop sign at Brown and Green.

635
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:42,559
Um, some other measurements I have is my
husband and my mom. They both drive a

636
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:47,040
Honda Pilot, which is about five,
roughly 5 feet, six feet. And then I

637
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:51,920
used to drive a smaller car which was a
Ford Fusion and it's still roughly about

638
00:50:49,119 --> 00:50:57,040
6 to 5 ft. So there's not a lot of
leeway on this road.

639
00:50:54,720 --> 00:51:04,559
It's it's 15. It's not even six. It's
not even a whole tape measure. Like it's

640
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:09,119
not even 16th. Um so if there is two on
this road, two cars on this road that's

641
00:51:07,119 --> 00:51:12,079
» let's just say six feet.
>> And your time is

642
00:51:11,330 --> 00:51:16,880
[laughter]
>> Sorry, I can tell. I was going to give

643
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:19,359
you a warning, but thought she was
wrapping up.

644
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:24,800
» That's I mean that's all I really had to
say was it's not even 16 ft. And I know

645
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:29,280
the traffic study said there it does not
need to be fixed, but I truly think with

646
00:51:27,839 --> 00:51:33,960
the conditions the road are it does need
to be fixed.

647
00:51:30,240 --> 00:51:33,960
» Okay. Thank you, ma'am.

648
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:42,720
» Y'all got all the pictures?
>> Sorry, I didn't know there was this

649
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:44,960
many. I just
>> Anybody else?

650
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:48,359
» Janet Cox.
>> Janet Cox.

651
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:07,599
» Mayor Bogle, Commissioners, appreciate
your time tonight. My name is Janet Cox

652
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:14,000
and I own property at 9377
and 9379 Owens Chapel Road which joins

653
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:17,839
the parcel but not the tracks up for
discussion. [clears throat] The prior

654
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:22,400
owner of this parcel utilized it as a
working farm for years. Cattle, hay,

655
00:52:20,079 --> 00:52:28,240
tobacco, and row crops. And since his
death in 2022, it's been utilized for

656
00:52:24,559 --> 00:52:32,880
hay. My main concern is flooding. We
have row crops in the north portion of

657
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:38,160
our property along Owens Chapel Road.
The northwest corner is a flood is in

658
00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:42,800
the is in the flood plane. It sometimes
floods damaging or destroying our crops.

659
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:48,240
The reason for the flooding is often
times not from Beaver Dam Creek which

660
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:53,599
runs parallel to Owens Chapel Road but
from water runoff all along the stretch

661
00:52:50,880 --> 00:53:00,319
of Owens Chapel Road past Nikki Drive.
The slopes south of Owens Chapel Road

662
00:52:56,160 --> 00:53:05,920
are 30 feet plus above the property
along the road frontage. Part of our

663
00:53:02,720 --> 00:53:11,119
field, part of our neighboring field and
part of the property referred to as the

664
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:16,960
north tract are in the flood plane. FEMA
flood maps done in 2008 draw lines on a

665
00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:20,800
map as a reference point. They do not
stop the water.

666
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:26,960
These properties are already being
flooded like the recent storms July the

667
00:53:23,599 --> 00:53:33,680
21st and this month on August the 8th
which dumped almost 3 in of water on at

668
00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:38,880
our house in less than an hour. Adding
imperous surfaces will increase water

669
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:44,400
runoff and add more concentrated water
volume at a faster flow rate with no

670
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:49,119
place to go. It will rise. It will
overflow the road. It will back up the

671
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:53,280
ditches even as far back as to our
property. Robertson County Sheriff's

672
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:57,599
Department at times has blocked
motorists from traveling through this

673
00:53:54,720 --> 00:54:03,520
area because of flash flooding. Those
days I reroute east to Roy Cole Road

674
00:54:01,119 --> 00:54:06,520
over to Highway 25 just to go to work in
Springfield.

675
00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:15,599
Flash flooding happens in a flash.
Civilians and first responders in route

676
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:20,880
two and on scene at rescues are then in
peril. In speaking with EMS director

677
00:54:18,240 --> 00:54:25,680
Brent Dyer, he advised our county is
equipped for swiftwater rescue

678
00:54:23,359 --> 00:54:31,760
responses. They are trained and have
personnel. However, they are limited to

679
00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:36,400
a response of minimal numbers at a time,
possibly only one at a time.

680
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:40,640
It [clears throat] would be nice to make
them better equipped for when there are

681
00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:46,079
more there there are more than one event
occurs at a time.

682
00:54:43,599 --> 00:54:51,280
My second issue is with the failing
water manes water mane lines out there

683
00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:55,760
on Green Road. White House utility
district advised that there were 44

684
00:54:53,680 --> 00:55:01,680
repair calls in the past 20 years on
Green Road. 20 of those have been in the

685
00:54:58,720 --> 00:55:07,200
last five years. Those lines were put in
in 1979 and prior to

686
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:10,559
they are aware that these lines are
failing. We have low water pressure all

687
00:55:09,599 --> 00:55:13,119
the time.
>> Ma'am,

688
00:55:11,839 --> 00:55:15,760
» sorry. Huh?
>> Yes, ma'am.

689
00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:19,839
» All right. Question though.
>> Yes, ma'am. Are there houses already

690
00:55:17,119 --> 00:55:24,720
built in that flood lane?
>> There are not that I'm aware of. No,

691
00:55:22,319 --> 00:55:28,800
ma'am.
>> Thank you.

692
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:33,240
» Yes, sir. Thank you.
>> Okay. Holler. We got one more

693
00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:43,240
» talk.

694
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:51,960
» How you doing, Brian?
>> Good.

695
00:55:53,200 --> 00:56:03,680
» My name is Brian Cook. I live at 4635
Roy Cole Road. I have a farm at 6682

696
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:10,640
Level Cook Road. I've lived in Orange
Chapel all my life, soon be 60 years. Uh

697
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:16,319
we have a cattle operation on two farms,
at least one farm for cattle operation.

698
00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:21,760
I'm looking to uh purchase this farm
here. And to my knowledge, we've met

699
00:56:19,119 --> 00:56:26,240
everything that the county requires far
as a flood zone, uh soils, the water

700
00:56:24,720 --> 00:56:30,960
from White House utility district,
improved letters from all of them. Uh

701
00:56:28,799 --> 00:56:34,400
we've got the traffic survey that's been
approved. So there's nothing that needs

702
00:56:32,559 --> 00:56:40,480
to be done.
My long range plan with this farm is,

703
00:56:38,799 --> 00:56:45,359
and bad as I hate to say it, in Roxton
County, the land is getting so high now,

704
00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:51,599
there's no way that you can buy it and
farm it. You got to keep got to sell a

705
00:56:49,119 --> 00:56:55,359
little of it to compensate and get some
of your money back. And my long range

706
00:56:53,359 --> 00:57:01,119
plant, the farm is, and like a lot of
people have said, they're going to do 15

707
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:06,799
lots. My builder is an exclusive custom
builder. The houses will be 600 to

708
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:12,960
$650,000 homes. There are no shotgun
shacks and we're going to keep over 50

709
00:57:09,359 --> 00:57:17,520
acres of farm that generally 112 acres I
already got. So you're going to have 160

710
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:22,000
something acres that's a farm. It's
going to be a farm as long as I live. My

711
00:57:19,599 --> 00:57:26,960
family helps me with the cattle going to
be passed down to my children and it's

712
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:30,880
going to stay a farm. And I'd like to
the woman said earlier, I bought the

713
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:35,680
Harper farm a few years ago, done the
same thing, had to sell a few tracks

714
00:57:32,559 --> 00:57:40,240
off, kept the rest of it. It's fenced
nice, it's clean, we keep it bush hog,

715
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:43,599
and it's a cattle operation. And this
farm that joins it, we're going to put

716
00:57:41,839 --> 00:57:48,400
it with it and keeping a cattle
operation. In my eyes, that's better

717
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:53,200
than somebody coming in and buying it up
and doing 5 acre tracks and chopping it

718
00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:57,200
up in flag lots and the whole farm would
be gone. I mean, I'm a farmer. I was

719
00:57:55,520 --> 00:58:01,119
grown a farmer. Yes, I have a
construction business, but my heart's

720
00:57:58,559 --> 00:58:04,079
still in farming and cattle.
>> That's why I'm doing this. I mean,

721
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:08,240
nobody else is taking the chance I'm
taking, but I just wanted to join my

722
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:13,040
farm and keep the rest of it that's not
homes that will be a farm. And I

723
00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:15,520
appreciate y'all support if I could.
Thanks,

724
00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:18,559
» Mr. Thank you, Mr. Cook.
>> Planning [clears throat] on doing any

725
00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:22,160
kind of road improvement at all?
>> No, ma'am. We done a traffic survey

726
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:26,240
company out of Nashville and said there
was no improvements needed

727
00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:30,160
and that's what the county requested and
we got a company out of Nashville that

728
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:34,319
done it and we've got the paperwork or
somebody does somewhere that said there

729
00:58:31,599 --> 00:58:38,240
was no improvements needed.
>> All right. Thank you.

730
00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:42,630
» Madam clerk, you came by us?
>> No, sir.

731
00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:47,599
» Okay. Okay. Hunter.
[clears throat]

732
00:58:44,319 --> 00:58:54,400
Resolution number 081726
072 Shelby Keith and Greg Spain request

733
00:58:50,880 --> 00:59:01,599
to reszone 1.84 surveyed acres of the 24
acres of property from AG2 to RP80

734
00:58:57,680 --> 00:59:06,240
located at 2612 meter road tax map 114
park 194.00

735
00:59:04,799 --> 00:59:10,799
fifth voting district the planning
commission recommended by a vote of six

736
00:59:07,839 --> 00:59:15,160
to zero.
You have anybody here to speak on that?

737
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:26,640
» My name is James Abs at 2901 Private
Lane. Um

738
00:59:24,240 --> 00:59:33,119
to there's an existing farmhouse. This
is to honor the father's wishes and his

739
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:39,119
will to cut the house away from the
farm, keep the farm with the family.

740
00:59:35,920 --> 00:59:43,599
Existing house works with soils. Um it's
just to keep more

741
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:46,319
in the farm. That's the whole reason for
this

742
00:59:45,599 --> 00:59:52,160
» buddy
>> questions. Any questions?

743
00:59:49,839 --> 00:59:57,119
» Okay. Thank you.
Anyone else? Madam Cler, that

744
00:59:54,681 --> 01:00:01,160
[clears throat] it okay Hunter.
>> Resolution number 081726073

745
01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:12,400
Leland Spain request to reszone 3.08 08
surveyed acres of the 5.16 acres of

746
01:00:07,359 --> 01:00:19,760
property from R40 to AG2 located at 2606
ME road tax map 114 part of parcel 19500

747
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:24,160
fifth voting district zoning commission
recommended by voter 6 to zero.

748
01:00:22,319 --> 01:00:28,640
» Does anybody here speak on this zoning
resolution?

749
01:00:25,359 --> 01:00:35,040
» Figured I'd get my steps in. [laughter]
>> You got all the business in the county.

750
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:43,599
Um
again um this here is to keep um more

751
01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:50,357
land a essentially u we're going to
consolidate this portion with the farm

752
01:00:46,400 --> 01:00:56,520
that I just mentioned. Um
[clears throat and cough] simple as

753
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:56,520
that. So any questions?

754
01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:01,240
Any questions?

755
01:01:01,359 --> 01:01:05,839
Good job.
>> Okay, Hunter,

756
01:01:05,040 --> 01:01:10,000
» I'm done.
>> You done? All right. At this time, I'll

757
01:01:08,319 --> 01:01:14,640
ask the public hearing to be closed.
We'll bring it back to the county

758
01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:21,760
commission. Uh we'll start with number
one there, Miss Head, going from egg two

759
01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:27,280
to RP80 in the seventh district. I need
a motion.

760
01:01:24,319 --> 01:01:31,920
» I got a motion by Roberts.
Second. Second by

761
01:01:29,839 --> 01:01:36,000
Commissioner Bill Radar is any questions
for Hunter

762
01:01:33,119 --> 01:01:43,160
» question
being asked your fate resolution vote

763
01:01:38,240 --> 01:01:43,160
yes if you're against it vote no

764
01:01:46,079 --> 01:01:49,960
» got 234

765
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:58,319
» says one absent that mean
>> no commissioner Brinkley

766
01:01:56,160 --> 01:02:04,400
» Commissioner Brinkley okay thank well
Okay. I Hey,

767
01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:07,760
that resolution passes.
>> Yeah.

768
01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:14,799
» Okay. Um, we'll go to Sarah McDonald
voting district 8 [clears throat] going

769
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:20,960
from egg 2 to RP80. I need a motion.
Got a motion by

770
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:25,520
Mr. Woodard back there.
Got a second by Commissioner Michael

771
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:29,680
Dar.
Any questions for Hunter? Question.

772
01:02:28,079 --> 01:02:35,079
Question call. If you're for this
resolution, vote yes. You against it,

773
01:02:31,839 --> 01:02:35,079
vote no.

774
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:45,200
That's 234 zero against.
That resolution passes.

775
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:50,160
The third one is Shelby Keith and Greg
Spain voting district five. And they're

776
01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:55,280
going from magnitude to RP80. I need a
motion. Motion. Got a motion by

777
01:02:52,319 --> 01:03:01,280
Commissioner White.
Need a second.

778
01:02:58,240 --> 01:03:04,079
Second by Commissioner Martin.
Any questions for Hunter?

779
01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:08,319
» Question.
>> Question be call. If you're support this

780
01:03:05,680 --> 01:03:11,319
resolution, vote yes. Against it, vote
no.

781
01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:18,480
Again, we got 2340 against that
resolution passes.

782
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:23,680
Moving now to B
low density residential district 40,

783
01:03:21,039 --> 01:03:31,359
Leland, Spain, and vote district 5.
Going RP R40 back to A two.

784
01:03:29,039 --> 01:03:39,039
I need a motion.
>> Got a motion by Commissioner Head.

785
01:03:35,599 --> 01:03:43,599
Got a second by Commissioner Roberts.
Any questions for Hunter.

786
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:49,200
Question been called. If you're for his
resolution, vote yes. If you're against

787
01:03:45,839 --> 01:03:55,599
it, vote no.
Got 2340 against that resolution passes.

788
01:03:52,880 --> 01:04:00,599
Thank you, Pam and Hunter. And it's been
an honor to work with y'all for the last

789
01:03:57,280 --> 01:04:00,599
four years.

790
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:04,760
Might be longer than that.

791
01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:14,480
Okay, we'll move to tonight's
resolutions. Chair recognizes

792
01:04:11,599 --> 01:04:18,520
Commissioner Bobby Couch,
chairman of the budget committee.

793
01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:22,839
Mayor, Madam Clerk,

794
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:32,280
Fellow commissioners, honored guests,
I would like to present to you

795
01:04:28,480 --> 01:04:32,280
resolution 081726074.

796
01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:38,400
This is a resolution making
appropriation for various funds

797
01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:41,760
departments, offices, and agencies of
Robertson County, Tennessee for the

798
01:04:39,839 --> 01:04:46,119
fiscal year
ending June 30th, 2027.

799
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:53,200
All right, I got the motion by couch, of
course, and second by Commissioner Doc

800
01:04:51,039 --> 01:04:59,314
Martin.
Want to explain it? Bob?

801
01:04:55,839 --> 01:04:59,314
» No, sir. [laughter]

802
01:04:59,359 --> 01:05:04,359
» Well, does anybody got a question for
Bob Couch?

803
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:12,640
» If not, I'll hear call for question.
>> I would like to say this. Uh,

804
01:05:10,559 --> 01:05:16,240
the committee that I work with was
outstanding. Couldn't have done it

805
01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:19,119
without them. I I I think that we work
well together. We tried to be

806
01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:23,039
transparent, open, and let anyone who
wanted to talk talk if if you were a

807
01:05:21,119 --> 01:05:26,160
commissioner. And and I think we tried
to listen to the public. Uh we couldn't

808
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:30,640
have done it without the commission.
They showed up regularly. A lot of them

809
01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:34,559
did watch this and department heads I
thought did a great job and Jody did

810
01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:39,920
what she always does. It's been an honor
to do this and I appreciate it. Thank

811
01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:44,839
» Okay, question.
>> Question being called for this

812
01:05:41,839 --> 01:05:44,839
resolution.

813
01:05:45,280 --> 01:05:52,960
which it's um adopting the county
budget.

814
01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:59,680
Wow.
234 zero against the budget is passed.

815
01:05:57,920 --> 01:06:04,400
Okay. Commissioner CS.
>> Yes sir. This is resolution

816
01:06:02,160 --> 01:06:11,310
081726
075. This is a resolution establishing

817
01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:14,720
the property levy tax. Uh
[clears throat]

818
01:06:12,079 --> 01:06:19,839
general fund will get 97 cents. Waste
will get 2 cents. School will get 59

819
01:06:17,440 --> 01:06:24,839
cents. Debt service will get 22 cents
for a total of a darn 8 cent tax.

820
01:06:26,079 --> 01:06:35,680
» Got a motion by C and second by
commissioner Doc Martin setting the tax

821
01:06:31,359 --> 01:06:40,880
rates for Austin County have 80.
Any questions for chairman?

822
01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:45,559
» Question. What's been called for this
motion? Vote yes. If you're against it,

823
01:06:42,319 --> 01:06:45,559
vote no.

824
01:06:47,760 --> 01:06:56,720
Got 2340 against that resolution does
pass.

825
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:59,720
Chair now recognizes Commissioner Eric
Couch

826
01:06:59,781 --> 01:07:06,559
[laughter]
>> and Eric Roberts.

827
01:07:04,799 --> 01:07:09,006
» Y'all favorite so much I can't keep you
apart. [laughter]

828
01:07:12,226 --> 01:07:14,246
» [laughter]

829
01:07:14,720 --> 01:07:21,480
» of Robertson County. Tonight I have a
resolution

830
01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:21,480
08172607C.

831
01:07:22,799 --> 01:07:29,680
Remember a few months ago we came and
decided we wanted to try to resell the

832
01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:34,240
43 acres we had down here.
First time we tried to sell it probably

833
01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:40,280
three years ago, maybe [laughter]
$220,000.

834
01:07:36,319 --> 01:07:40,280
We've had one bid on it.

835
01:07:41,760 --> 01:07:49,839
We've had one bid on it this time and it
came in for $350,000.

836
01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:56,079
Um what we're bringing to you tonight is
uh to accept this

837
01:07:52,240 --> 01:08:02,319
what we have this
um it's got of this 43 acres only 28

838
01:07:59,680 --> 01:08:07,359
acres of it that's really good for much.
We tried to give this land to TCAT. TCAT

839
01:08:05,920 --> 01:08:13,599
didn't want it. It was going to cost
over $2 million just to develop that.

840
01:08:11,039 --> 01:08:19,120
So, we've had one person come off for
bids on it. Prime Trucking.

841
01:08:16,159 --> 01:08:23,679
So, we can get a get this back on the
tax records. I think it would be good

842
01:08:20,560 --> 01:08:28,480
for the county.
>> I got a motion by Roberts

843
01:08:26,799 --> 01:08:32,792
by [clears throat] Commissioner Crowd. I
just want to say this is an excellent

844
01:08:29,839 --> 01:08:35,199
piece of property.
>> [laughter]

845
01:08:33,359 --> 01:08:40,960
» just
I thank the ones that on it and I hope

846
01:08:38,880 --> 01:08:46,319
they get I hope they do well with it
because we tried to put a TCAP school

847
01:08:43,440 --> 01:08:50,719
there and that didn't pay and really
this property like Eric says needs be

848
01:08:48,719 --> 01:08:56,880
back on the tax b
>> the rest of it is in a flood plane. So

849
01:08:53,679 --> 01:09:00,319
» I was going to say all that but anyway
>> it's got easiness across it and

850
01:08:58,560 --> 01:09:04,719
everything. Well, you said we want to be
transparent. We're transparent.

851
01:09:01,759 --> 01:09:08,880
» That's right. Anyway, any questions for
>> question

852
01:09:07,679 --> 01:09:13,799
be called? If you're for this
resolution, vote yes. If begin to vote

853
01:09:10,799 --> 01:09:13,799
no.

854
01:09:20,960 --> 01:09:29,839
» I got 340. G. That resolution passes.
Jordan.

855
01:09:27,839 --> 01:09:35,199
children. [laughter]
>> Okay. Chair now recognizes Commissioner

856
01:09:32,480 --> 01:09:39,560
Couch from the budget committee.
>> This is resolution 081726077

857
01:09:40,319 --> 01:09:45,679
and this is a renewal of the service
agreement for the employee health and

858
01:09:44,239 --> 01:09:51,799
wellness clinic. The mayor talked about
that earlier.

859
01:09:46,719 --> 01:09:51,799
» Okay. Let me explain one thing, Bobby.

860
01:09:51,920 --> 01:09:58,000
This clinic is open for county
commissioners

861
01:09:55,679 --> 01:10:01,679
and their wives.
This thing is open for any kind of

862
01:10:00,320 --> 01:10:07,120
employee whether you got health
insurance or not. And your families up

863
01:10:04,480 --> 01:10:12,080
to 26 years old. Now, to get these
people in this clinic, it's your job to

864
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:15,360
go see Bonnie head and turn your family
in on the list because if they go up

865
01:10:14,239 --> 01:10:20,000
there and they're not on that list,
they're not going to get in. So, it's

866
01:10:17,199 --> 01:10:25,760
your job to go see Bonnie head. Okay?
you know, that's probably hadn't been

867
01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:31,040
announced before, but u you know, we're
paying a fee for all the names that's

868
01:10:28,159 --> 01:10:34,000
going in there. So, um you want your
family in there, that's what it's all

869
01:10:32,239 --> 01:10:39,520
about.
Anybody got any questions?

870
01:10:36,480 --> 01:10:44,239
» If you're already on the list, you
>> got to do it again. New contract.

871
01:10:41,440 --> 01:10:49,520
» New contract. Yeah. This contract is
only for a year because of the problem

872
01:10:46,880 --> 01:10:53,280
we had. We told them we'd give them a
year to kind of let's get this thing

873
01:10:50,960 --> 01:10:59,159
back on the rails a little bit. So they
will be coming back next year. Hope the

874
01:10:55,440 --> 01:10:59,159
rules stay the same.

875
01:10:59,520 --> 01:11:07,600
Anybody got a question for the chairman?
Question been called. If you're this

876
01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:10,840
motion resolution, vote yes. Against it,
vote no.

877
01:11:12,159 --> 01:11:21,199
Got 2340 against that resolution passes.
Thank you, Commissioner Couch.

878
01:11:19,199 --> 01:11:24,520
any new business to become before the
county commission.

879
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:32,679
» I would just like to say I got any old
business.

880
01:11:34,239 --> 01:11:41,520
I'd just like to say that it's been a
pleasure eight years working with the

881
01:11:38,719 --> 01:11:44,800
county commissioners.
I used to be one. I know what you're

882
01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:50,000
going through.
Trust me, I know what you're going

883
01:11:46,080 --> 01:11:55,040
through. And but you know, we don't
really do it for the

884
01:11:52,480 --> 01:11:58,880
you do it for the county.
You know, everybody looks up to you.

885
01:11:56,560 --> 01:12:02,960
Will you believe it or not?
They really do. Once you get that county

886
01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:07,120
commissioner,
your name,

887
01:12:05,679 --> 01:12:12,875
even your friends may quit talking to
you while they'll come back. [laughter]

888
01:12:09,679 --> 01:12:16,159
They'll realize you was in right.
[clears throat] Did what's best for the

889
01:12:14,400 --> 01:12:20,080
whole county. That's what we're here
for. But I just want to tell y'all, I

890
01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:25,520
couldn't have done my job without y'all.
And I appreciate every debut young one

891
01:12:21,920 --> 01:12:30,960
of you. And you new ones coming in. I
tell you, I respect every one of you. Do

892
01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:35,040
what? Do what's in your gut. Be fair to
everybody.

893
01:12:33,199 --> 01:12:41,120
You'll always be right. You'll always be
right. Do what's in your gut. Madam

894
01:12:38,159 --> 01:12:45,680
clerk, I've enjoyed working with you.
No, I put her on my bad side. [laughter]

895
01:12:47,920 --> 01:12:55,280
But I can still hear about something.
>> I can still hear it. Chad, you've done a

896
01:12:53,600 --> 01:13:00,239
great job for us.
>> All department heads that help make this

897
01:12:57,520 --> 01:13:04,800
budget possible. Everybody brought money
back to the table. That means a lot to

898
01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:08,640
the taxpayers.
Keep having clear audits. I'm going to

899
01:13:06,719 --> 01:13:11,760
tell you, I don't The highway
department, we got the best highway

900
01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:18,080
department in the state. I don't care
where nobody says. done a good job on

901
01:13:14,000 --> 01:13:22,400
our roads and you know when EMS is I I
just I just can't bra on everybody this

902
01:13:19,920 --> 01:13:26,719
past four years how how good everything
really went.

903
01:13:24,640 --> 01:13:28,320
Okay, at that Bobby Hogan I'm going to
recognize you

904
01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:31,040
» mayor.
>> Yes.

905
01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:35,040
» Um I just wanted to remind anybody that
needs to be sworn in, you can come to my

906
01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:37,360
office and I can swear you in if you
want me to before

907
01:13:36,159 --> 01:13:42,880
» Yeah, I was going to say something about
that. I know the sheriff's got a day

908
01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:48,000
plan. I think I always went to the old
courthouse cuz sheriff, you plan on

909
01:13:45,600 --> 01:13:52,800
being court courthouse again.
>> August 31st 3 p.m.

910
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:54,800
» 3 p.m. Bill Goodman will be there
swearing people in.

911
01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:59,120
» Yes, sir.
>> Okay. August 31st. You need

912
01:13:56,960 --> 01:14:02,239
» That's a Friday, isn't it?
>> Was it Monday?

913
01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:04,560
» You need to bring your oath with you. He
will not have a copy.

914
01:14:03,440 --> 01:14:07,199
» He won't have oath.
>> I have oaths. I just

915
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:08,239
» Le's got oats.
>> Okay.

916
01:14:07,600 --> 01:14:12,400
» Okay.
>> All kind of oats.

917
01:14:10,640 --> 01:14:17,600
all kind of
>> Thank you, Sheriff. Thank you for that.

918
01:14:14,960 --> 01:14:24,800
Like I said, madame clerk can swear you
in. Um, hey, I can do it if you come by

919
01:14:22,080 --> 01:14:30,199
the office right in that time period.
Whatever. I can do what I can for you.

920
01:14:30,960 --> 01:14:37,360
If you come tonight, the county
commissioner, you haven't been swear in.

921
01:14:35,280 --> 01:14:41,280
Mayor Hoover can swear you in. He'd
rather something. Y'all go ahead and get

922
01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:44,480
that. I'm gonna wait. Who are you back
there?

923
01:14:42,880 --> 01:14:49,800
Stand up one more time, buddy. I want
everybody to see you. You run and

924
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:49,800
center.

925
01:14:50,076 --> 01:14:52,096
[clears throat]

926
01:14:57,840 --> 01:15:05,360
» Okay. Bobby Hogan.
>> Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor, I have reviewed and

927
01:15:03,840 --> 01:15:10,320
signed the application of those wishing
to become a notary. I recommend that we

928
01:15:08,080 --> 01:15:17,560
elect all those that have applied to be
a notary for the county of Robertson and

929
01:15:13,199 --> 01:15:17,560
the great state of Tennessee.

930
01:15:17,840 --> 01:15:27,199
All in favor say I.
>> Before I announce the last one,

931
01:15:24,239 --> 01:15:32,000
Leanne, I didn't recognize you
for eight years. She's been my right

932
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:36,719
hand. I appreciate you, honey. I do. I
appreciate you. Appreciate my family

933
01:15:34,080 --> 01:15:40,640
backing me up on this county fishing
job.

934
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:47,760
What do you say? Uh, Commissioner Doris,
one more time. Motion to sir. [laughter]

935
01:15:44,719 --> 01:15:47,760
I do it.