[0:08] announce Ros County Commission
August 17th
[0:15] in order.
Excuse me, y'all. It's been
[0:20] I've been to uh I think I figure
gosh
[0:25] 350 meetings
since I became county commissioner.
[0:35] I'm not going to get emotional cuz
really
[0:38] I'm happy for Keith new mayor.
I tell you what, if you're a new elected
[0:44] official,
would you please stand?
[1:01] » Okay, Commissioner, call to order if you
will. Let's do roll call.
[1:14] I got 24 present. Nobody acted. We do
have a pumm. And I think that's worth
[1:19] another clap right there.
[1:27] » I didn't get to shake your hand before I
got up here. I was lazy. Okay. Uh if you
[1:32] will stand for invocation.
Got a ball cap, please remove it. be
[1:38] followed by the pledge to the flag.
[clears throat]
[1:43] Lord, thank you so much for this
blessing that we can meet together and
[1:47] do the business of Robson County and do
it in a Christian way. Lord, we thank
[1:52] you for these people here have took time
to be part of the Robson County
[1:57] government. Thank you for these
commissioners that are leaving.
[2:02] Lord, uh I don't know what we do without
them. They may have one vote up here,
[2:06] but they represent hundreds of votes of
hardworking taxpayers in the paper Robs
[2:11] County. Bless these new commissioners
coming in. Give them strength, Lord, to
[2:16] make the right decision and give them
strength to meet the public and show
[2:21] them they're proud to be a county
commissioner for Robinson County. Lord,
[2:24] we ask you to be with our country. Ask
you be all over the world. ask you to be
[2:30] with our first responders, these at home
and abroad, and these here local. Lord,
[2:36] we ask you to be with them. Ask you,
Lord, to be with that voice that cries
[2:40] in the dark.
>> Be with that child or whatever.
[2:43] » And help us, Lord, as a county that we
take care of the little ones, whether
[2:47] they're going to school or whether in
school or whatever. Lord, we ask you to
[2:51] be with us every day. And God bless
Robson County.
[2:54] » Amen.
>> State of Tennessee and the United
[2:57] States. and thank you for the blessing
of your son who died for my sins and
[3:01] your sins on the cross. Jesus name we
pray. Amen.
[3:04] » Amen.
>> Pledge algiance to the flag of the
[3:10] United States of America and to
[clears throat] the republic for which
[3:14] it stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[3:20] for all.
>> I'd like to recognize I got a wife and
[3:25] son on the front row.
>> [laughter]
[3:28] » They didn't think I was quitting.
I guess they had to come see for
[3:32] theirelves.
[3:37] » Okay, commissioners, in your packages
and minutes from the previous meeting.
[3:42] Motion. [clears throat] Got a motion by
Roberts.
[3:45] Second by Commissioner Hart.
All in favor of passing a minute say I.
[3:53] Anybody opposed the minute? Want to add
to it? Hearing none, the minutes are
[4:00] I guess you say we got them in the book.
I got several communications.
[4:06] Um Bobby Hogan, you want to go first?
>> Well, we got a lot behind you, Bobby, so
[4:12] you need to be quick. [laughter]
[4:18] » [laughter]
>> There's a few meetings that we need to
[4:21] go to as commissioners. Those of you
who've been elected, the new ones, and
[4:25] those of you that have been here a
while, now we have an orientation
[4:29] meeting coming up coming up on the 24th
and 25th
[4:34] this month. It' be at the Embassy Suites
and that's in Murphy'sboro. If you were
[4:40] elected in the year 2018 or afterwards
that you need to go to that orientation
[4:46] meeting if you haven't been. If you
missed the time if you served and then
[4:51] missed a term and then came back and was
re reelected, you have to do it again.
[4:57] Okay. Now, on the n on the 3 of
September, we've got another meeting. We
[5:03] have a regional meeting every year and
it's held here in Springfield. I've been
[5:07] trying to get Charcoal to move it
somewhere else, but we've been meeting
[5:10] in the past several years after the
Catfish House closed. We've been meeting
[5:15] at my church at Springfield Baptist, and
that has changed. My preacher said no. I
[5:20] don't know why, but that's okay.
[laughter] But the bottom line, we're
[5:23] going to meet at the Robson County
Senior Citizens Place. Now, those of you
[5:28] that have been around a while, that's
the old Pain Brothers place up on Locust
[5:32] between 6 and 7. We're going to have the
same situation. We're going to meet
[5:36] starting at 5:30 registration. 6:00 will
be a meal and then we'll go to about
[5:41] 8:00. But there is a little catch to
this one. We as commissioners, we need
[5:46] to be certified. It takes about eight
points. This meeting on the 3rd of
[5:51] September will give us two points with
one hour of CASS instructions.
[5:58] So, it's worth the while to be there.
get a free bill, get to hear about
[6:01] what's going on in the state, and you
get to hobnob with some good folks.
[6:05] There is another meeting coming up in
October the 21st through the 23rd. Now,
[6:11] these letters may be a little confusing,
but the TCCA, Tennessee County
[6:15] Commissioner Association, and the TCSA,
Tennessee County Services Association,
[6:20] they're having their statewide meeting.
That's the one I go to to get the no
[6:25] finding certificates in Gatlinburg. We
have this also at the embassy suite in
[6:31] Murphy'sboro. So, but that one will cost
you. The meeting this upcoming week is
[6:37] free for orientation unless you need to
go back and renew. It's going to cost
[6:42] you a couple hundred bucks, but the
meeting in October is $450.
[6:48] And so, you [clears throat] need to be
aware of that as well. We're not staying
[6:51] at the hotel. If you did, you're going
to be on your own. It's not far enough
[6:55] away for the state to reimburse this
county because we staying and I think
[7:00] some of the folks Josh you're staying
there it's you on your own now if it's
[7:05] far enough away that you have to stay I
think we as a county can do that now
[7:10] reason I made those announcement is
really to get up here and make the
[7:14] announcement okay
[clears throat]
[7:18] [laughter]
[7:23] but anyway Like this man back here is a
fantastic
[7:27] » individual as far as I'm concerned.
>> Two weeks ago, this day I woke up and
[7:32] this is going to sound crazy, but I was
thinking about this man. I
[7:36] [clears throat] was thinking, was it
anybody in our group?
[7:40] Get him to a point of retirement.
Celebrate his legacy here. I looked
[7:45] around, couldn't find anybody. I called
his main assistant.
[7:51] » Yeah.
And so I said, "Has anybody doing
[7:54] anything?" And she said, "No."
Then she said, "He doesn't want
[7:58] anything.
>> Don't want nothing. Y
[8:00] » I said, I don't want a cake. I do not
want
[8:04] » I don't want nobody to show up either."
[laughter]
[8:06] » And then
I tell you,
[8:08] » and then and then I said he and then you
said he doesn't want and I said, "Go
[8:15] watch. [clears throat] You don't want
any of those, right?"
[8:18] » What? But I didn't hear that
conversation. that was between you two.
[8:21] And I told Leanne there, I said,
"Leanne, I'm going to see what I can
[8:24] do." So I called one of my good friends,
Charles Curtis, who's the director,
[8:29] executive director of a TCCA, the
organization that I belong to. I said,
[8:33] Charles, I need some help. He said,
"What do you need?" I said, "I want to
[8:37] honor my mayor that's put 20 years of
county commissioner work and eight years
[8:43] » Yeah.
>> of county mayor work."
[8:44] » I got appointed in 97, so that adds up.
>> That's a long time. [laughter]
[8:49] But anyway, I need some help. I know I
want to honor him somehow. He doesn't
[8:53] want a cake. He doesn't want a party.
What can I do? I said, "What about a
[8:56] resolution?" He said, "Okay." I said,
"Where do I go?" He says, "See your
[9:01] representatives."
I got two of them. Y'all do, too. One of
[9:06] them is Dr. Kumar and the other one is
my good friend Carrie Roberts. And he's
[9:11] here. Okay. So, I called Carrie. I said,
"Carrie, I need some help. We got two
[9:16] weeks. I want to do it this night. Can
you help? He said, I believe I can. I
[9:21] said, I'd like to have a resolution of
something of the House or the Senate.
[9:26] Get somebody to sign something because
this man right here, how many times have
[9:30] you given resolutions away? Have you
ever received one?
[9:33] » I've been to more ribbon cutings.
>> Yeah.
[9:37] » But he I want to give something back
that he's been given for the last long
[9:41] time.
>> Okay. So, uh, but when I was talking
[9:45] with Carrie, Carrie said, "I think I can
help you with that." Little did I know
[9:50] that Carrie started this process about
seven, eight weeks ago, right, Carrie?
[9:56] And he said, "I think I can finish this
thing." I said, "Can we get it from the
[10:01] house?" And he said, "I'm going to make
a joint resolution."
[10:04] Okay. I said, "Can you get some people
to sign it?" And he's going to go over
[10:07] who signed it and [clears throat] talk
about this. Okay? So, and I called all
[10:12] of you that I know of. I think I I made
this call and everybody said it thought
[10:17] it was a great idea. So, with that
authority,
[10:21] I want us and I know I'm out of
character here a little bit and I know I
[10:24] shouldn't be doing this, but I want to
move that we allow Carrie, my senator
[10:29] Roberts, to come forward and present the
resolution. I'd like to make him a
[10:34] member of this legislative body.
We got a second with Eric, a whole bunch
[10:40] of them over here. All those in favor
say I.
[10:42] » I.
>> Carrie, come forward. Now, while
[10:45] Carrie's coming forward,
mayor, I want you, if you can, come down
[10:49] here.
>> I can.
[10:51] » Sandy, I want you to come up here, too.
Now, while they're getting seated on
[10:55] coming up here to be a part of this, I
need to tell this a little story about
[10:59] my friend. [laughter]
>> Okay,
[11:02] » let me.
>> Now, my friend here
[11:06] » [clears throat]
[laughter]
[11:08] » I did not. He's made it all up.
>> He's already done it.
[11:13] » Well, [laughter] what I want to say
about this man right here, we had an
[11:17] opportunity to meet the governor. I know
he's met him several times. I've met him
[11:21] once or twice, but not as often. He
wasn't feeling too good. And the
[11:26] governor was coming to town. And on the
next day, he needed to be there. He
[11:30] said, "Bobby, that's what you called me,
Bobby." [clears throat]
[11:33] » He said, "Bobby, I need some help." I
said, "What do you need?" He said, "I
[11:36] need you to go meet the governor. We got
the people coming in. He wants to walk
[11:40] the streets of Springfield and he would
like to see what's going on in small
[11:44] businesses in Robson County and
Springfield." I said, "Mayor, I can do
[11:48] that." He did.
The governor came in, we talked, we
[11:52] walked down the street and we got well,
we started at the Homewood Hardware or
[11:59] the extension center and we started
walking. Well, when we got to Seventh
[12:04] Avenue, there's a mural there on the on
that wall and the governor was looking
[12:09] at it and I see Billy come across the
street or the mayor here come comes
[12:15] across the street and I noticed the
governor saw the same thing. And so the
[12:22] governor stopped doing what he was
doing. He came over to see this man
[12:29] and they started talking. And the first
thing he asked him, he said, "Mayor, how
[12:34] are you doing?"
>> Yeah.
[12:35] » And you replied by saying, "I've had
better days." Okay.
[12:41] Now, he
>> It's always a good day when the governor
[12:44] comes rob.
>> That's right. But then he asked, he
[12:47] said, "Billy, [clears throat]
doing okay."
[12:52] He said, "Well, yeah, I'm doing fine."
He said, "Me and my wife, we've been
[12:57] thinking about you."
And then he said, "Billy,
[13:03] I'm going to be praying for you. We've
been praying for you for a long time
[13:06] now, and I'm going to continue that." Me
and uh Maria. And so that came out. Now,
[13:12] I tell this story for three things.
Number one is the governor of Tennessee
[13:17] called my friend here,
his position, mayor. That's pretty cool.
[13:22] He know they know one another. Amen.
[clears throat]
[13:26] » The second thing is that he called him
by name. He had a personality there. He
[13:33] knew who you were. He called you by
name. And the last thing he said, he
[13:38] called him by friend. He's my friend.
Friend, I'm going to be praying for him.
[13:42] So, I don't know about you, but I
haven't been told by the governor that I
[13:45] was his friend by my name.
Let me tell you how that kind of I was
[13:51] making a speech in White House and we're
doing a ribbon cut and the governor was
[13:54] there and at the end of it I got his
book. I've read his book if you hadn't
[13:58] read it. I read it. I walked up to it.
They putting him in the sharp Tahoe he
[14:04] drives. [laughter]
I said, "Gun, will you sign this book
[14:08] for me?" He took it and signed it. I
walked off and I looked at it. He'd
[14:13] spelled my name wrong. [laughter]
[14:18] It wasn't it wasn't two weeks later I
got a note from his office apologizing
[14:22] [laughter]
and sent me another book with the name
[14:26] spelled right [laughter]
that's ever since then I've been Billy
[14:29] V.
But he how he found out he's a good
[14:34] Christian man
his wife's been through it and um you
[14:39] know um he's just a good fellow. We was
having a all the mayors was meeting and
[14:45] them mayors was firing on him pretty
hard a lot of hard questions about T dot
[14:49] and everything. Somebody else said you
got a question for the mayor. I raised
[14:54] my hand up and he looked at me over
there grinned. I said mayor I said
[15:00] you've had a rough two weeks.
This was I forget what was going
[15:05] through. I guess it might have been
vouchers or co or something. And I said,
[15:09] I had a rough couple weeks myself. This
is a three-day weekend. I said, 'What
[15:14] are you going to do? He said, 'I'm going
home tomorrow morning and get on the
[15:18] porch with my mama and I'm going to rock
a chair and I ain't leaving her. That's
[15:23] what he said.
>> And he looked at me and grinned and
[15:26] said, "I appreciate that softball."
Cuz that was an easy question, but uh
[15:30] his mama passed away not long after
that.
[15:33] » Yeah.
Senator Roberts, would you do the
[15:38] honors?
>> Well, [clears throat] Billy, I know how
[15:42] you feel about this, but we did it
anyway. [laughter]
[15:45] » He want no cake, no ice cream. I Hey, I
just done my job with the help of these
[15:51] people right here.
>> You know what? You can say you just did
[15:54] your job and and it's true. You've had a
lot of people that uh are phenomenal
[15:58] that you've been able to work with and
have helped you, but it's the way you've
[16:02] done your job that stands out to me. And
um as I was sitting back thinking, I I
[16:07] thought, you know, um I don't know why
it is that we've gotten into this thing
[16:12] where where people that work in public
office uh you know, don't want to share
[16:17] their beliefs. They don't want to talk
about Jesus. They don't want to talk
[16:19] about God. But I appreciate the fact
that since I very first met you, that
[16:25] that has been central to your life. And
uh
[16:28] » I found out when a group of men get
together and you start talking about
[16:31] Jesus Christ, how they how they all a
sudden everybody just sort of,
[16:35] » you know what I mean? When I was a kid,
a lot of men didn't talk to each other
[16:38] about stuff.
>> Yeah. [clears throat]
[16:40] » How just how cool it is to do it.
>> Yeah. Well, I remember the first time I
[16:44] went to the fisherman's club and I went
home and I I just told my wife, "You're
[16:50] not going to believe, you know, what's
taking place in Adams, Tennessee about
[16:55] Billy will get up there and he'll he'll
talk about, you know, miss so and so and
[16:58] Mr. So and so and, you know, he lost his
wife and he's not doing very well. We
[17:03] need to go by and see him and, you know,
just all these different things." And I
[17:06] I just I just thought that is exactly
what it's about. And um I just have so
[17:13] appreciated [clears throat]
um it's the way you've done it that just
[17:17] means
>> that's another thing. You don't do it by
[17:20] yourself. It takes a group of men to
show up meet and
[17:24] » Well,
>> it's not Hey, nothing in this county is
[17:26] a oneman job.
>> That's right. And and I just appreciate
[17:31] everything about you. Okay. I've got for
those of you in the audience, I've got a
[17:34] sheet of paper, but I've got to explain
it. It's it's more than just a sheet of
[17:37] paper. This is a a Senate joint
resolution and is Bob uh or Bobby. I've
[17:42] never I've never called him Bobby
before.
[17:45] » It's Bobby, but
>> I could tell stories on Bobby, too.
[17:48] [laughter]
>> I guarantee you that if you told stories
[17:52] about Bobby, he would tell more on you
and he'd probably talk a little bit
[17:55] longer. [laughter]
[17:59] » I'm going to be brief. Um,
[clears throat] this is a Senate joint
[18:02] resolution and and you know, we can do a
a proclamation, a sheet of paper,
[18:06] whatever. But what makes this
significant is this started several
[18:10] weeks ago. We were still in session. You
can see the date on this is April 20th,
[18:14] 2026. This is actually something that we
voted on. And um, so it's a resolution
[18:19] to honor you uh, for your service, not
only as as county mayor, but the many
[18:25] years that you spent before on the
county commission. Also, we recognize uh
[18:29] the fact that you and and Cindy have
been married for 50 years. So, it's just
[18:33] a great um a great snapshot of of your
life here. And we voted on this. And the
[18:40] significance of voting on it is this
makes you part of Tennessee's recorded
[18:46] history. You you've you've literally
become part of the history books of the
[18:50] state of Tennessee. It's Senate Joint
Resolution 1102. was v voted on uh you
[18:56] know in the Senate voted on in the
house. You can see that speaker of the
[18:59] senate signed it, speaker of the house
signed it. Uh your friend Governor Lee
[19:04] signed it and um and then of course we
signed it too. And um so this is this is
[19:09] one copy, but then we um we put it in a
frame for you. And I'd like to uh
[19:15] present you and and Cindy this tonight
and just say we just appreciate so much
[19:21] uh everything you've done for this
county, for all your friends, for all
[19:25] the people that have been blessed to
know you over the years, and thank you
[19:27] for all your service. Thank you.
[19:47] Keep doing it.
Oh, thank you too, Bob. [laughter]
[19:53] » Let me just say I told the governor one
day,
[19:57] I said, "Governor, I ain't got one
county. You got 95." I said, "How do you
[20:00] do it?" He said, 'I don't do it by
myself.'
[20:05] He said, 'Trust me, it is a headache.
And I I can imagine have 95 counties and
[20:10] to show that I was told the other day
out of 95 counties, I think 24 of them
[20:15] is going to have a new county mayor this
year.
[20:18] » Yeah, that's pretty good. That's pretty
big turnover. Thank you for the job you
[20:21] do, what you're probably going through
right now. [snorts]
[20:27] » Thank you for what you do. Amen.
[20:33] You know that's an emotional moment for
me.
[20:38] While we was talking reach in my pocket
I wore this coat all my time.
[20:52] This may crack me up.
I found the uh bulletin for Steve Haley.
[21:01] in my pocket and I just want everybody
to know that we lost an important part
[21:06] of this county commission and
[clears throat]
[21:09] » in my turn just remember Steve and I
believe that he's here with us tonight.
[21:14] I really do.
>> Okay, Angie, I told Angie, Madam Clerk,
[21:20] I told you [laughter]
[21:24] a minute. Where's that time at?
[laughter]
[21:28] I should holler point of order to Mr.
Hogan because I did what I was supposed
[21:34] to do and I got on the agenda.
[laughter]
[21:38] » All right. You lied about
Okay.
[21:42] » Um so I did lie and um I don't want to
say that because I'm afraid one day I'm
[21:50] going to want to run for mayor and
somebody's going to use this video
[21:53] against me. [laughter]
Um but I'm just kidding, Keith. Just
[21:56] kidding. It'll be the register of deeds
that I'm going to get. But um cuz I'd be
[22:03] crazy to go for the mayor, wouldn't I?
Um anyway, people do ask me every day
[22:07] about will tax and how you get into the
convenience centers with the wrong
[22:11] county on the back of your car. And
there is a story behind that and I'll be
[22:16] happy to come to a budget committee
meeting and talk about that if whoever
[22:20] the chair is uh wants to me to come.
I'll be more than happy. But I lied and
[22:25] said I was going to get up here and talk
about will tax because I knew if I told
[22:28] him I was going to talk about him, he
would say absolutely not. Um, and so
[22:34] last week when the agenda come out, he
actually called me and he said, "I'm
[22:38] looking over the agenda and I see you're
on it. What's that about?" And I said,
[22:43] "Oh, you know, I have calls about will
tax." And so anyway, he fell for it
[22:47] [laughter] and he said, "Well, I just
wanted to be sure you weren't going to
[22:50] sit there and do something stupid on
Monday.
[22:54] So, here I am.
>> But, um,
[22:59] we all knew that with all y'all here, he
wouldn't tell me to sit down. So, I
[23:04] think I'm safe. Um, tonight is very
bittersweet because it's his last
[23:09] meeting with us. And as we've all said,
20 years of a commissioner and eight
[23:13] years of our mayor, of over 350
meetings. Um, but we we know it was more
[23:18] than that, but that was just a good
number. Um, most people think that our
[23:22] friendship started when he became the
the mayor and I became the clerk, but
[23:27] that's far from the truth. Um, he loves
to get me out in hooptie-doo crowds and
[23:33] say, "I've known Madame Clerk since she
was pooping green in her diaper." He
[23:38] loves he loved to tell the governor the
night
[23:42] » the night that we met the governor. Um,
he loved to explain that to him. So that
[23:47] that was uh that's the way he loves to
do it. Um when we started this journey
[23:52] eight years ago, neither one of us knew
what we were doing. Um we figured it
[23:57] out, worked together and we learned
together and most importantly we become
[24:02] a team. And early on I threatened him
that I was going to get him a shot
[24:06] caller because every time he got out of
line I was just going to hit the button
[24:09] on him. And I'm not sure if I've just
gotten older or I've gotten tired. And
[24:15] I'm he's he's just I'm not I'm not
getting on to him as much because he's
[24:19] really gotten so much better in eight
years. He's come a long long way.
[24:24] [laughter]
>> Couple weeks ago, I said, "I'm finally
[24:27] going to get you training and then you
retire on me." So, um Billy's always led
[24:34] us all by example. Um he'd never asked
us to do something that he wouldn't do.
[24:39] Um if you're in the trenches, Billy
Bogle's in the trenches with you. He's a
[24:44] team player most of the time. Um he's
called my office before and I've not
[24:49] answered. And when I finally do in his
my my v vocal boy voice, he'll say,
[24:56] "What are y'all doing down there?" And I
say, "I've been lined out to the
[24:59] elevator and not the drive-thru. Why
don't you get down here and help me?"
[25:02] And he's Oh, no. You got it. You got it.
You know exactly what you're doing. So,
[25:06] he's never come to help me in the county
clerk's office, but I do think he's been
[25:10] in solid waste and animal control. I
think he's helped those. So, he's a team
[25:14] player, just not at the the county
clerk's office.
[25:19] » Um,
Billy's the kind of mayor that we can
[25:22] send to the state capital and he's going
to represent us well and we can send him
[25:28] out on an undercover sting operation
with the sheriff's department and he's
[25:33] going to get those bad guys talking in a
few days. And he's also going to bring a
[25:37] few of them to Jesus as he's with them
because he's going to tell them where
[25:41] he's come from and what what he's done.
So, Sheriff, I think that's going to be
[25:46] a fabulous job for him once he retires
uh to go undercover for you because a
[25:52] lot of people
[laughter]
[25:56] » a lot of people don't know him. A couple
months ago, we were at the National Day
[26:01] of Prayer up on the courthouse square
and he got up and he spoke and this lady
[26:06] was standing behind me and she said, "Is
that Howard Bradley?"
[26:13] I just stopped and I
know there's just no reason to say no.
[26:19] So, I turned to her and I said, "Well,
yes, ma'am. That is [laughter]
[26:24] undercover. There's no doubt." Um,
>> he may be a little rough around the
[26:29] edges, but he's got a heart of gold. He
would give you the shirt right off of
[26:33] his back. He has served Robertson County
with everything he has. Now, Bill is far
[26:39] from perfect because he's made people
mad in the last eight years. And if you
[26:45] don't believe me, get on the Facebook
and
[26:49] and Smokey Barn when they're doing
something about Robertson County. he he
[26:53] doesn't become the perfect person we
think he is. Um last July, Billy had a
[26:58] serious health issue come upon him and
in eight years I've never missed a
[27:03] county commission meeting and he's
missed one and that was because he was
[27:06] in the hospital and I called him and I
said you need to get your priorities
[27:11] straight. He should have been here
[laughter] but um then in December we
[27:16] really thought that that was probably
going to be our last meeting with him.
[27:19] um his health had progressively declined
and uh I had people call me and tell me
[27:24] it was time for him to step down. Um it
wasn't him and that uh he needed to go
[27:30] home. And my friendship with Billy is um
kind of like a mother and a son
[27:35] relationship. I can talk about him all I
want, but you're not going to talk about
[27:39] it. And so when those people called me,
I told them he might step back, but he
[27:45] was not going to step down. take my
hand. [clears throat]
[27:47] » And then about a week later, he called
me and he said, "I'm resigning Monday."
[27:53] And I went in full mama mode. And I
said, "You are absolutely not
[27:58] resigning." I said, "You're going to go
home and you're going to go and check on
[28:02] your health and we're going to continue
running this county. You're going to be
[28:05] just fine." He hollered at me and I
hollered at him and he hung up on me. No
[28:11] big deal. No big deal. I'm used to it.
Um, Billy doesn't like to start
[28:15] something that he can't finish. And I
truly believe the Lord isn't finished
[28:20] with Billy Bogle.
>> Amen.
[28:22] » My motto is if God wakes you up, he's
not done with you. So, let him use you.
[28:28] » And that is exactly what Billy is doing.
He is going to finish his term. He's
[28:32] [clears throat] got two more weeks and
he'll tell you how many hours if you
[28:35] want to [laughter] know. Um, I told the
people that had called me about him
[28:40] stepping down that if these roles were
reversed
[28:44] that Billy would not give up on us and
we're not going to give up on him.
[28:50] I can count on my fingers and toes the
numbers of days that Billy has taken off
[28:53] in the last eight years. And most of
those were doctor's appointments in the
[28:57] last year. They were not vacation days.
That tells you something about the kind
[29:03] of man that he is. He is dedicated and
he does not quit. On behalf of the
[29:09] county commissioners, our department
heads, and the citizens of Robertson
[29:12] County, I want to say thank you, Billy.
Thank you for the countless hours. Thank
[29:17] you for the long nights. Thank you for
answering the phone. Thank you for
[29:21] showing up. Thank you for getting in the
trenches with us. And most of all, thank
[29:26] you for giving so much of yourself to
this great county. You have served
[29:31] Robertson County with your whole heart.
And a couple months ago, we honored our
[29:36] county attorney, Clyde Richard, on his
retirement. And we have this beautiful
[29:40] crystal trophy up here. And I held it
before the meeting like I had won a CNA
[29:44] award. It was gorgeous. And as I planned
this tonight, I thought, you know,
[29:49] that's so not Billy Folk style. So I got
Billy
[29:54] [clears throat]
a goat [laughter]
[29:58] and a roll of haw and tobacco
because after all we are known for the
[30:03] world's finest dark fire tobacco right
>> and the goats
[30:07] » and the most high price.
>> It's high knows him too. He knows him.
[30:13] » Um but the goats I think is because I
think Billy is the greatest of all time.
[30:19] » There you go.
A few weeks ago, we were at a dinner at
[30:22] the center and may Mayor Buzzy Pool
walked up to me and he said, "Thank you
[30:26] for always taking care of our mayor and
I told him it has not been easy,
[30:31] [clears throat]
but I'd do it all over again."
[30:34] Billy, I'm proud to call you my friend.
We've laughed together. We've argued
[30:40] together,
busted each other, and somehow managed
[30:45] to get through eight years of county
government. And through all of it, I've
[30:48] always known one thing. You love
Robertson County.
[30:53] » So tonight, I want you to know that
Robertson County loves you, too.
[30:57] » Thank you for your service. Thank you
for your friendship. And thank you for
[31:01] being Billy Vogle. We love you. And
we're going to continue to pray for you.
[31:07] And we going to give you two months to
rest. And you better answer your
[31:11] telephone cuz we're going to be calling
because we have some committees that we
[31:14] won't put you on.
So, I want you to go home, check your
[31:18] cows, roll your hay, and do whatever
Billy Boba wants to do.
[31:24] » All right.
[31:46] You going to talk about
[31:53] I will people in that convenience
center.
[31:58] You ain't got a Rob County tag. They
ain't going to let you put your trash in
[32:01] there.
>> I mean that's just you got to have a
[32:04] Ross County tag if you're gonna get free
trash from Rock County. Ain't a good
[32:08] That's a good thing to have. I
appreciate that. And I'll never forget
[32:11] the day they told me I had cancer
was coming back and I had quit dipping.
[32:17] I pulled in their mors and got me a can
of dip and I walked out the car and I
[32:21] said, "You think it's going to kill me
now. [laughter]
[32:26] I've been dipping ever since
[32:31] time comes I got to spit it out and
>> talk to them and then as soon as they
[32:36] leave I'll try to put it back in."
[laughter] All right, let me see where
[32:39] we're at. We kind of got off got out of
bounds here. Way out of bounds. All
[32:44] right.
>> I know some ladies from the library
[32:46] here. There's somebody I was supposed to
let speak. Was it y'all? [laughter]
[32:52] » You're back there somewhere. There you
are.
[32:53] » She said no.
>> Evidently didn't want to talk. Okay,
[32:57] that'll work. Um, I got Bobby got the
library clinic. The clinic we are and
[33:04] you will be voting tonight on the clinic
contract. This contract has been a long
[33:10] time making.
We wasn't
[33:14] I'm just going to tell like it is always
maybe not real happy with things was
[33:19] going down there. Now, [clears throat]
was a clinic saving the county money?
[33:22] Yeah. Anytime you don't pull out that
insurance card, it was saving us money,
[33:28] but it was hard to get in there.
So, we told him before we signed another
[33:32] contract, we need them to hire another
person down there, which our dues went
[33:36] up because of it, hiring a new person.
But I feel like a new person in there,
[33:41] more people's going to get in and the
county signed ours, the city has signed
[33:47] their contract, and the schools have
signed theirs. So, that will be on your
[33:52] resolutions tonight. But, there's a long
time coming to get contract, worked out
[33:56] a new contract. [clears throat]
I guess uh Bobby's going to explain
[33:59] this.
>> Also, I want to take just a minute in my
[34:06] in my minutes. Been a lot of rumors
going around
[34:12] and I'm going to tell you a bunch of it
ain't true.
[34:17] If so, if you read something or somebody
tells you something that this is where
[34:21] it's going to be about a building put in
Robson County,
[34:25] ask them who where their source is. Find
out where the source is. They come to
[34:31] you. So and so said, "Hey, don't pay no
attention to that. I've been on the
[34:35] phone all weekend.
The mayor's dark in the dark. He's not
[34:40] doing nothing." Well, that's not true.
I've chased this thing down and I can't
[34:45] get a source either, but I've talked to
enough to know that nobody else knows
[34:50] either. The people that do knows in
Washington DC, they're keeping it quiet.
[34:56] Gary may know a little bit, but they
ain't told him much either. Feel n if
[35:00] he's still back there.
He's done left.
[35:05] Well, anyway,
I've talked to all the mayors I know,
[35:09] talked to. Nobody's learned a thing. But
I don't think anybody on state level
[35:15] does this to strictly come above them.
And to be honest with you,
[35:23] what news I got today
was about as close as you could get it,
[35:28] but still ain't the source that Ron's
County is not being looked at. And you
[35:33] can quote me on that.
But I will not find out the truth. I
[35:38] will put out a statement on it. But
until somebody calls me, tells me
[35:42] something and got a source that I can
put my money on that I can call or put
[35:47] money on, that's when I really will say
something. But anything other than that,
[35:51] it's just hearsay and throwing stuff up
in there and see where it lands. Nobody
[35:56] knows right now where to be. There's
going to be one. [clears throat] I
[36:00] already know how much it's going to cost
and all that. I've been told that. And
[36:03] they're taking contracts for land. But
hadn't anybody in Ross County put out a
[36:08] contract for no land or anything? And I
just want to get that kind of get that
[36:12] behind us. Okay. I've learned being
mayor. If somebody tells me one side, I
[36:17] need to go hear the other side, too.
Then we'll get the truth somewhere in
[36:21] the middle.
>> That's where it's at. So, I just want to
[36:24] say that and let's uh let's wait till
the phone call comes. Personally, I
[36:28] don't think it's coming.
All right. Um
[36:33] got any public comments?
Not in the public.
[36:37] Okay. I think we like one more in our
Adele.
[36:42] » I'm here.
>> Come on up.
[36:45] » These commissioners need to hear what
you got to say.
[36:48] » A lot going on tonight. Thank you for
remembering.
[36:52] » Everyone,
>> put your name down.
[36:54] » What?
>> Come on up here. Dale's our chamber.
[36:57] » Oh my gosh. [laughter]
>> Yeah.
[37:00] » I wasn't planning on this.
>> There's a lot of stuff happen. I wasn't
[37:03] planning on
I don't have anything to give.
[37:07] » Sorry.
>> Thank you. [laughter]
[37:10] » My name is Adele Watts. I am the
president of the Robertson County
[37:13] Chamber of Commerce and I am here to
speak to most of you guys, maybe a
[37:19] handful of you. Uh because in October,
our elected official leadership program
[37:26] will start. It's October the 6th to the
8th. It's a 3-day intensive look at
[37:33] Robertson County. We will go visit uh
the schools, education, industry, uh
[37:40] healthc care, and everything in between.
Um we want to get you to know the
[37:48] community, the county that you are
serving on a more intimate level. You
[37:52] may know all your districts very very
closely, but we really want to have a
[37:57] bird's eyee view and let you have
pivotal conversations with people so
[38:02] that when things come up that you need
to vote on, you can say, "Yeah, I
[38:06] remember that. I remember going into
that school. I remember going into that
[38:09] that that factory." And so, uh, it's all
paid for. It's free. You don't even have
[38:15] to drive. We're going to feed you really
really good food. and it has been
[38:20] sponsored by CMC and Cumberland Connect.
Um, I'm going to pass these out somehow
[38:26] or leave them and it has information on
it detailed and how you can uh fill out
[38:31] an application. So, we want you to come
join you and now here's your time to say
[38:36] how important this is.
>> Hey, it's very important. I you new
[38:41] members, I'm going to tell you it's
going to take you four years just to
[38:44] learn to budget and you ain't going to
pick it all up. It's not something you
[38:47] pick up overnight. Um, and the more you
come to the meetings, the more you
[38:53] learn. And if a you got a citizen that
comes to you and complains about what it
[38:57] cost a ton to haul trash out of Robinson
County, you need to know the answer to
[39:02] that.
Right now, it's $360,000
[39:07] to move trash out of Robson County a
month. That's what it cost. And we're
[39:13] doing free trash for a lot of people.
You need to know stuff like that.
[39:18] You know, if an ambulance is forgot
somewhere, Rick can tell you why. He's
[39:22] got nine ambulances out there and they
all stay busy.
[39:27] Lord knows the sheriff department. He's
living 3,000 warrants for the court
[39:30] system a month, not plus running a jail.
So, everybody's staying busy. I catch
[39:38] more slack about income property tax
inside the city limits.
[39:44] 80% of your property tax that you've
paid
[39:48] goes toward school construction.
Only 20% of it go toward fun.
[39:55] So everybody's part of building schools
whether you're in the city or in the
[39:58] county. That's just a little tidbit that
these new commissioners going to learn.
[40:02] This bunch knows it. They hear it all
the time.
[40:06] Okay, I think that's it in the
communications. We'll get to um
[40:11] reports
commissioners in your package is
[40:15] reports.
We'll start with the highway report. Any
[40:19] questions or comments?
[40:23] Trustees report. Any questions or
comments?
[40:27] Land and zoning. Any questions or
comments?
[40:32] » Channel control. Any question or
comments?
[40:36] EMS. Any questions or comments?
Solid waste. Any questions or comments?
[40:43] EMA, any questions or comments?
Fire, any questions or comments?
[40:51] Veteran services, questions or comments?
Last is finance. Any questions or
[40:58] comments?
Hearing none. I'll take a motion to
[41:02] approve the reports.
Got a motion by Bobby Catz.
[41:08] Got a second by Commissioner Roberts.
[41:13] The call question. I'm going to ask for
a voice vote.
[41:17] » Voice been called. All in favor to file
the reports say I.
[41:21] » I. Anybody oppose?
So, so move.
[41:28] We have no election or appointments this
month, but next month we will. All the
[41:34] September committees will be up and the
new mayor will be picking
[41:39] his committees and if you get a minute,
tell him what you kind of like to be on.
[41:45] You want to find out what committees is
up, call the office and le
[41:51] with how many new commissioners we got?
Seven. There'll be some shaking up to do
[41:57] then.
All right. Um,
[42:02] this time we'll go to our public
hearing.
[42:05] Pam, will you Hunter please come up?
At this time, the public becomes part of
[42:12] the county commission. When she reads
the zoning resolution that comes up, I
[42:20] will ask if there's anybody here to
speak on that.
[42:24] Madam clerks already put up your threem
minute clock right here. Get your
[42:28] [clears throat] name and address and
take off.
[42:31] Okay. Hor.
>> Resolution number 0817266070.
[42:38] Susan Khead request to reszone 1.91
surveyed acres of the 7.5 surveyed acres
[42:44] of property from AG2 to RP80 located at
4668 Highway 76 West. Tax map 052 part
[42:52] of parcel 021.01
7th voting district planning commission
[42:57] recommended by a vote of six to zero.
Does anybody here speak on this zoning
[43:02] resolution?
[43:10] My
>> name is James Davis. Uh 2901 Privet Lane
[43:14] is my address. Um what's your address
again? 2901 Privet Lane, Clarksville.
[43:19] Okay.
Um, yes. So, the situation here, the the
[43:24] lot size going to RP80
works well with the soils, works well
[43:30] with the lay of the land. Um, just
doesn't make much sense having a bigger
[43:36] lot for this particular location. Um,
yeah, just it's a better fit.
[43:45] Questions?
>> Any questions? This gentleman, can you
[43:49] tell us what your job was? Cuz you
>> I'm a land surveyor.
[43:52] » Okay. Land surveyor. You talk like you
done this, you know.
[43:54] » Yes, sir.
>> Yeah. Okay.
[43:56] » Close to home.
>> Help.
[43:58] » Close Close to Home.
>> And these lots
[44:01] » that surround them, are they the same?
>> Uh across the street there's an RP80. Uh
[44:07] anything adjacent to it is a steel.
>> It's a steel.
[44:14] » Anybody else?
Thank you sir.
[44:19] Okay Hunter
[44:23] » resolution number 0817266071
[44:27] Sarah McDow request to reszone 30.87
surveyed acres of the 82.20 acres of
[44:34] property from AG2 to RP80 located on
Owens Chapel Road tax map 070 part of
[44:41] parcel 132.00 00 8th voting district
planning commission recommended by voter
[44:47] six to zero.
>> Anybody here speak on this zoning
[44:50] resolution?
>> Yes.
[44:52] » Neighbor.
>> Judy Todd.
[44:56] » Come up. Miss Judy
again. You got three minutes. And when
[45:02] you hear a bell ring, that's pretty
close. State your name and address.
[45:07] » My name is Judy Todd, 1016 Marshall
Street, Hendersonville. and I am here
[45:12] tonight with my sister Betty Rachel
requesting your approval for the reszing
[45:17] of 30 acres of our property on Owens
Chapel Road. The 82 acres of farmland
[45:22] owned by Sarah McDall and three
additional heirs of Paul D Rainwater has
[45:26] a long history as Doug Rainwaters's
property. He and our mother Anne Wils
[45:30] Rainwater were married and had four
children in Springfield. Dad was the son
[45:34] of a poor farmer, one of three sons born
during the depression, raising tobaca,
[45:38] selling bottles, attending church, and
playing sports, which sent him to
[45:42] college on a basketball scholarship. He
farmed all his life while managing the
[45:47] Nashville Oil Mill on Fourth and
Chestnut, retiring to finally build and
[45:51] farm full-time on Owens Chapel Road.
This was one of two properties he farmed
[45:56] in Springfield. Our mother was the
daughter of WC Pete Wils and Laurel Fry
[46:00] Wils, both from large farming families
in Springfield. Mom cared for us growing
[46:05] up, as well as sewed our clothes and
canned and froze vegetables from dad's
[46:09] gardens. My sisters and I were not
raised on dad's farms, but visited
[46:13] grandparents and parents regularly. Our
brother farmed alongside dad more just
[46:18] because he needed him to than a love for
farming. Our families are scattered from
[46:22] Nebraska and Ohio to Knoxville and
Florida. Doug remarried and upon passing
[46:27] left the house and our memories of home
to our stepmother's family who
[46:31] immediately sold it. The remaining 82
acres we are not able to farm purchase
[46:36] from each other or maintain. Dad hated
leasing his land didn't like using
[46:41] chemicals excessively.
Mr. Brian Cook, a prospective buyer is a
[46:45] neighbor who bought Mr. Harper's land
adjacent to ours upon his passing.
[46:49] Houses have popped up along Brown Road
up to the edge of our farm. He has
[46:53] installed nice wood fencing around the
land on Owens Chapel Road and built
[46:57] barns and ponds. His land is mowed and
well-kept. If aesthetics are important,
[47:02] especially for property values, he has
done a great job and will want to do the
[47:06] same for our land he wants to purchase.
His proposal to build 15 custom houses
[47:11] on 30 acres along Brown, Green, and
Owens Chapel Road and farm the remaining
[47:15] 50 acres will enhance the area, not
deter from its value. Mr. cook like our
[47:21] father will continue to be a good
steward of the land which is which what
[47:24] our father would want. As you can see in
the application for reszoning, the soil
[47:29] test water utility report traffic
feasibility study map proposal had been
[47:34] successfully completed. Please vote to
approve the reszoning of Sarah Mcdow
[47:39] property on Owens Chapel Road, the
executive of the Rainwater.
[47:47] » Okay, thank you. Anybody else? Satie Gr.
[47:59] Good evening. My name is um Satie Gomes.
I live at 5889 Brown Road, which is like
[48:05] right across where she wants to build.
Um I am
[48:11] these houses being built [clears throat]
as long as the roads are fixed. Um, I do
[48:16] have photos that I would like to share.
It's my first meeting. I don't know how.
[48:24] So, this first photo is what Brown wrote
and that is at my mailbox at the five8
[48:31] Brown Road.
And then we also went out and
[48:38] I have I have a few.
We went out and measured the road. So,
[48:43] this photo that I'm passing out is just
showing like the tape measure where it's
[48:47] at. Um, we started the tape measure
in a um grassy area to try and give a
[48:55] little bit more
leeway for the road. Um, so the next
[49:02] photo I'm handing out is where it stops.
And where I have it, it stops in the
[49:06] grass, like I said, to give a little bit
more leeway because the road is not very
[49:11] big.
And then the last this next photo I have
[49:15] is where it ends.
[49:19] And if you can um the measurement says
it's a little bit under 15 and 1/2 ft.
[49:26] Um, I also have some measurements,
[49:32] fabric measurements of cars, vehicles
that would go on the road.
[49:42] And if you take a look at the very last
page, um, it has your average bus and
[49:48] RVs. So, your average school bus is
about 8 ft to 10 ft. And that road is 5
[49:55] 15 1/2. Um I currently drive a Subaru
Forester which is about 17 in which is
[50:01] roughly 5 to 6 ft. So if I'm going
against a bus, I would have to be on the
[50:08] side of the road. Um I also have
pictures of a school bus coming down a
[50:12] road.
Really making it work too much.
[50:19] As you can see, the first photo that's
being [clears throat] passed around, the
[50:23] bus is right at my mailbox and it is in
the middle of the road. The second photo
[50:28] that would be passed around is it's at
the stop sign at Brown and Green.
[50:35] Um, some other measurements I have is my
husband and my mom. They both drive a
[50:39] Honda Pilot, which is about five,
roughly 5 feet, six feet. And then I
[50:45] used to drive a smaller car which was a
Ford Fusion and it's still roughly about
[50:49] 6 to 5 ft. So there's not a lot of
leeway on this road.
[50:54] It's it's 15. It's not even six. It's
not even a whole tape measure. Like it's
[50:59] not even 16th. Um so if there is two on
this road, two cars on this road that's
[51:07] » let's just say six feet.
>> And your time is
[51:11] [laughter]
>> Sorry, I can tell. I was going to give
[51:14] you a warning, but thought she was
wrapping up.
[51:17] » That's I mean that's all I really had to
say was it's not even 16 ft. And I know
[51:22] the traffic study said there it does not
need to be fixed, but I truly think with
[51:27] the conditions the road are it does need
to be fixed.
[51:30] » Okay. Thank you, ma'am.
[51:35] » Y'all got all the pictures?
>> Sorry, I didn't know there was this
[51:39] many. I just
>> Anybody else?
[51:43] » Janet Cox.
>> Janet Cox.
[51:58] » Mayor Bogle, Commissioners, appreciate
your time tonight. My name is Janet Cox
[52:04] and I own property at 9377
and 9379 Owens Chapel Road which joins
[52:11] the parcel but not the tracks up for
discussion. [clears throat] The prior
[52:15] owner of this parcel utilized it as a
working farm for years. Cattle, hay,
[52:20] tobacco, and row crops. And since his
death in 2022, it's been utilized for
[52:24] hay. My main concern is flooding. We
have row crops in the north portion of
[52:30] our property along Owens Chapel Road.
The northwest corner is a flood is in
[52:34] the is in the flood plane. It sometimes
floods damaging or destroying our crops.
[52:41] The reason for the flooding is often
times not from Beaver Dam Creek which
[52:45] runs parallel to Owens Chapel Road but
from water runoff all along the stretch
[52:50] of Owens Chapel Road past Nikki Drive.
The slopes south of Owens Chapel Road
[52:56] are 30 feet plus above the property
along the road frontage. Part of our
[53:02] field, part of our neighboring field and
part of the property referred to as the
[53:08] north tract are in the flood plane. FEMA
flood maps done in 2008 draw lines on a
[53:14] map as a reference point. They do not
stop the water.
[53:18] These properties are already being
flooded like the recent storms July the
[53:23] 21st and this month on August the 8th
which dumped almost 3 in of water on at
[53:30] our house in less than an hour. Adding
imperous surfaces will increase water
[53:36] runoff and add more concentrated water
volume at a faster flow rate with no
[53:41] place to go. It will rise. It will
overflow the road. It will back up the
[53:46] ditches even as far back as to our
property. Robertson County Sheriff's
[53:51] Department at times has blocked
motorists from traveling through this
[53:54] area because of flash flooding. Those
days I reroute east to Roy Cole Road
[54:01] over to Highway 25 just to go to work in
Springfield.
[54:07] Flash flooding happens in a flash.
Civilians and first responders in route
[54:13] two and on scene at rescues are then in
peril. In speaking with EMS director
[54:18] Brent Dyer, he advised our county is
equipped for swiftwater rescue
[54:23] responses. They are trained and have
personnel. However, they are limited to
[54:28] a response of minimal numbers at a time,
possibly only one at a time.
[54:34] It [clears throat] would be nice to make
them better equipped for when there are
[54:38] more there there are more than one event
occurs at a time.
[54:43] My second issue is with the failing
water manes water mane lines out there
[54:48] on Green Road. White House utility
district advised that there were 44
[54:53] repair calls in the past 20 years on
Green Road. 20 of those have been in the
[54:58] last five years. Those lines were put in
in 1979 and prior to
[55:05] they are aware that these lines are
failing. We have low water pressure all
[55:09] the time.
>> Ma'am,
[55:11] » sorry. Huh?
>> Yes, ma'am.
[55:13] » All right. Question though.
>> Yes, ma'am. Are there houses already
[55:17] built in that flood lane?
>> There are not that I'm aware of. No,
[55:22] ma'am.
>> Thank you.
[55:25] » Yes, sir. Thank you.
>> Okay. Holler. We got one more
[55:40] » talk.
[55:47] » How you doing, Brian?
>> Good.
[55:53] » My name is Brian Cook. I live at 4635
Roy Cole Road. I have a farm at 6682
[56:00] Level Cook Road. I've lived in Orange
Chapel all my life, soon be 60 years. Uh
[56:07] we have a cattle operation on two farms,
at least one farm for cattle operation.
[56:13] I'm looking to uh purchase this farm
here. And to my knowledge, we've met
[56:19] everything that the county requires far
as a flood zone, uh soils, the water
[56:24] from White House utility district,
improved letters from all of them. Uh
[56:28] we've got the traffic survey that's been
approved. So there's nothing that needs
[56:32] to be done.
My long range plan with this farm is,
[56:38] and bad as I hate to say it, in Roxton
County, the land is getting so high now,
[56:43] there's no way that you can buy it and
farm it. You got to keep got to sell a
[56:49] little of it to compensate and get some
of your money back. And my long range
[56:53] plant, the farm is, and like a lot of
people have said, they're going to do 15
[56:57] lots. My builder is an exclusive custom
builder. The houses will be 600 to
[57:03] $650,000 homes. There are no shotgun
shacks and we're going to keep over 50
[57:09] acres of farm that generally 112 acres I
already got. So you're going to have 160
[57:15] something acres that's a farm. It's
going to be a farm as long as I live. My
[57:19] family helps me with the cattle going to
be passed down to my children and it's
[57:24] going to stay a farm. And I'd like to
the woman said earlier, I bought the
[57:28] Harper farm a few years ago, done the
same thing, had to sell a few tracks
[57:32] off, kept the rest of it. It's fenced
nice, it's clean, we keep it bush hog,
[57:38] and it's a cattle operation. And this
farm that joins it, we're going to put
[57:41] it with it and keeping a cattle
operation. In my eyes, that's better
[57:46] than somebody coming in and buying it up
and doing 5 acre tracks and chopping it
[57:51] up in flag lots and the whole farm would
be gone. I mean, I'm a farmer. I was
[57:55] grown a farmer. Yes, I have a
construction business, but my heart's
[57:58] still in farming and cattle.
>> That's why I'm doing this. I mean,
[58:02] nobody else is taking the chance I'm
taking, but I just wanted to join my
[58:06] farm and keep the rest of it that's not
homes that will be a farm. And I
[58:11] appreciate y'all support if I could.
Thanks,
[58:13] » Mr. Thank you, Mr. Cook.
>> Planning [clears throat] on doing any
[58:16] kind of road improvement at all?
>> No, ma'am. We done a traffic survey
[58:20] company out of Nashville and said there
was no improvements needed
[58:24] and that's what the county requested and
we got a company out of Nashville that
[58:27] done it and we've got the paperwork or
somebody does somewhere that said there
[58:31] was no improvements needed.
>> All right. Thank you.
[58:36] » Madam clerk, you came by us?
>> No, sir.
[58:38] » Okay. Okay. Hunter.
[clears throat]
[58:44] Resolution number 081726
072 Shelby Keith and Greg Spain request
[58:50] to reszone 1.84 surveyed acres of the 24
acres of property from AG2 to RP80
[58:57] located at 2612 meter road tax map 114
park 194.00
[59:04] fifth voting district the planning
commission recommended by a vote of six
[59:07] to zero.
You have anybody here to speak on that?
[59:19] » My name is James Abs at 2901 Private
Lane. Um
[59:24] to there's an existing farmhouse. This
is to honor the father's wishes and his
[59:30] will to cut the house away from the
farm, keep the farm with the family.
[59:35] Existing house works with soils. Um it's
just to keep more
[59:41] in the farm. That's the whole reason for
this
[59:45] » buddy
>> questions. Any questions?
[59:49] » Okay. Thank you.
Anyone else? Madam Cler, that
[59:54] [clears throat] it okay Hunter.
>> Resolution number 081726073
[1:00:01] Leland Spain request to reszone 3.08 08
surveyed acres of the 5.16 acres of
[1:00:07] property from R40 to AG2 located at 2606
ME road tax map 114 part of parcel 19500
[1:00:17] fifth voting district zoning commission
recommended by voter 6 to zero.
[1:00:22] » Does anybody here speak on this zoning
resolution?
[1:00:25] » Figured I'd get my steps in. [laughter]
>> You got all the business in the county.
[1:00:32] Um
again um this here is to keep um more
[1:00:41] land a essentially u we're going to
consolidate this portion with the farm
[1:00:46] that I just mentioned. Um
[clears throat and cough] simple as
[1:00:51] that. So any questions?
[1:00:57] Any questions?
[1:01:01] Good job.
>> Okay, Hunter,
[1:01:05] » I'm done.
>> You done? All right. At this time, I'll
[1:01:08] ask the public hearing to be closed.
We'll bring it back to the county
[1:01:11] commission. Uh we'll start with number
one there, Miss Head, going from egg two
[1:01:17] to RP80 in the seventh district. I need
a motion.
[1:01:24] » I got a motion by Roberts.
Second. Second by
[1:01:29] Commissioner Bill Radar is any questions
for Hunter
[1:01:33] » question
being asked your fate resolution vote
[1:01:38] yes if you're against it vote no
[1:01:46] » got 234
[1:01:51] » says one absent that mean
>> no commissioner Brinkley
[1:01:56] » Commissioner Brinkley okay thank well
Okay. I Hey,
[1:02:02] that resolution passes.
>> Yeah.
[1:02:05] » Okay. Um, we'll go to Sarah McDonald
voting district 8 [clears throat] going
[1:02:10] from egg 2 to RP80. I need a motion.
Got a motion by
[1:02:18] Mr. Woodard back there.
Got a second by Commissioner Michael
[1:02:23] Dar.
Any questions for Hunter? Question.
[1:02:28] Question call. If you're for this
resolution, vote yes. You against it,
[1:02:31] vote no.
[1:02:36] That's 234 zero against.
That resolution passes.
[1:02:43] The third one is Shelby Keith and Greg
Spain voting district five. And they're
[1:02:48] going from magnitude to RP80. I need a
motion. Motion. Got a motion by
[1:02:52] Commissioner White.
Need a second.
[1:02:58] Second by Commissioner Martin.
Any questions for Hunter?
[1:03:03] » Question.
>> Question be call. If you're support this
[1:03:05] resolution, vote yes. Against it, vote
no.
[1:03:11] Again, we got 2340 against that
resolution passes.
[1:03:16] Moving now to B
low density residential district 40,
[1:03:21] Leland, Spain, and vote district 5.
Going RP R40 back to A two.
[1:03:29] I need a motion.
>> Got a motion by Commissioner Head.
[1:03:35] Got a second by Commissioner Roberts.
Any questions for Hunter.
[1:03:41] Question been called. If you're for his
resolution, vote yes. If you're against
[1:03:45] it, vote no.
Got 2340 against that resolution passes.
[1:03:52] Thank you, Pam and Hunter. And it's been
an honor to work with y'all for the last
[1:03:57] four years.
[1:04:00] Might be longer than that.
[1:04:06] Okay, we'll move to tonight's
resolutions. Chair recognizes
[1:04:11] Commissioner Bobby Couch,
chairman of the budget committee.
[1:04:18] Mayor, Madam Clerk,
[1:04:22] Fellow commissioners, honored guests,
I would like to present to you
[1:04:28] resolution 081726074.
[1:04:32] This is a resolution making
appropriation for various funds
[1:04:36] departments, offices, and agencies of
Robertson County, Tennessee for the
[1:04:39] fiscal year
ending June 30th, 2027.
[1:04:47] All right, I got the motion by couch, of
course, and second by Commissioner Doc
[1:04:51] Martin.
Want to explain it? Bob?
[1:04:55] » No, sir. [laughter]
[1:04:59] » Well, does anybody got a question for
Bob Couch?
[1:05:04] » If not, I'll hear call for question.
>> I would like to say this. Uh,
[1:05:10] the committee that I work with was
outstanding. Couldn't have done it
[1:05:14] without them. I I I think that we work
well together. We tried to be
[1:05:17] transparent, open, and let anyone who
wanted to talk talk if if you were a
[1:05:21] commissioner. And and I think we tried
to listen to the public. Uh we couldn't
[1:05:24] have done it without the commission.
They showed up regularly. A lot of them
[1:05:27] did watch this and department heads I
thought did a great job and Jody did
[1:05:32] what she always does. It's been an honor
to do this and I appreciate it. Thank
[1:05:37] » Okay, question.
>> Question being called for this
[1:05:41] resolution.
[1:05:45] which it's um adopting the county
budget.
[1:05:50] Wow.
234 zero against the budget is passed.
[1:05:57] Okay. Commissioner CS.
>> Yes sir. This is resolution
[1:06:02] 081726
075. This is a resolution establishing
[1:06:07] the property levy tax. Uh
[clears throat]
[1:06:12] general fund will get 97 cents. Waste
will get 2 cents. School will get 59
[1:06:17] cents. Debt service will get 22 cents
for a total of a darn 8 cent tax.
[1:06:26] » Got a motion by C and second by
commissioner Doc Martin setting the tax
[1:06:31] rates for Austin County have 80.
Any questions for chairman?
[1:06:38] » Question. What's been called for this
motion? Vote yes. If you're against it,
[1:06:42] vote no.
[1:06:47] Got 2340 against that resolution does
pass.
[1:06:53] Chair now recognizes Commissioner Eric
Couch
[1:06:59] [laughter]
>> and Eric Roberts.
[1:07:04] » Y'all favorite so much I can't keep you
apart. [laughter]
[1:07:12] » [laughter]
[1:07:14] » of Robertson County. Tonight I have a
resolution
[1:07:18] 08172607C.
[1:07:22] Remember a few months ago we came and
decided we wanted to try to resell the
[1:07:26] 43 acres we had down here.
First time we tried to sell it probably
[1:07:31] three years ago, maybe [laughter]
$220,000.
[1:07:36] We've had one bid on it.
[1:07:41] We've had one bid on it this time and it
came in for $350,000.
[1:07:47] Um what we're bringing to you tonight is
uh to accept this
[1:07:52] what we have this
um it's got of this 43 acres only 28
[1:07:59] acres of it that's really good for much.
We tried to give this land to TCAT. TCAT
[1:08:05] didn't want it. It was going to cost
over $2 million just to develop that.
[1:08:11] So, we've had one person come off for
bids on it. Prime Trucking.
[1:08:16] So, we can get a get this back on the
tax records. I think it would be good
[1:08:20] for the county.
>> I got a motion by Roberts
[1:08:26] by [clears throat] Commissioner Crowd. I
just want to say this is an excellent
[1:08:29] piece of property.
>> [laughter]
[1:08:33] » just
I thank the ones that on it and I hope
[1:08:38] they get I hope they do well with it
because we tried to put a TCAP school
[1:08:43] there and that didn't pay and really
this property like Eric says needs be
[1:08:48] back on the tax b
>> the rest of it is in a flood plane. So
[1:08:53] » I was going to say all that but anyway
>> it's got easiness across it and
[1:08:58] everything. Well, you said we want to be
transparent. We're transparent.
[1:09:01] » That's right. Anyway, any questions for
>> question
[1:09:07] be called? If you're for this
resolution, vote yes. If begin to vote
[1:09:10] no.
[1:09:20] » I got 340. G. That resolution passes.
Jordan.
[1:09:27] children. [laughter]
>> Okay. Chair now recognizes Commissioner
[1:09:32] Couch from the budget committee.
>> This is resolution 081726077
[1:09:40] and this is a renewal of the service
agreement for the employee health and
[1:09:44] wellness clinic. The mayor talked about
that earlier.
[1:09:46] » Okay. Let me explain one thing, Bobby.
[1:09:51] This clinic is open for county
commissioners
[1:09:55] and their wives.
This thing is open for any kind of
[1:10:00] employee whether you got health
insurance or not. And your families up
[1:10:04] to 26 years old. Now, to get these
people in this clinic, it's your job to
[1:10:09] go see Bonnie head and turn your family
in on the list because if they go up
[1:10:14] there and they're not on that list,
they're not going to get in. So, it's
[1:10:17] your job to go see Bonnie head. Okay?
you know, that's probably hadn't been
[1:10:21] announced before, but u you know, we're
paying a fee for all the names that's
[1:10:28] going in there. So, um you want your
family in there, that's what it's all
[1:10:32] about.
Anybody got any questions?
[1:10:36] » If you're already on the list, you
>> got to do it again. New contract.
[1:10:41] » New contract. Yeah. This contract is
only for a year because of the problem
[1:10:46] we had. We told them we'd give them a
year to kind of let's get this thing
[1:10:50] back on the rails a little bit. So they
will be coming back next year. Hope the
[1:10:55] rules stay the same.
[1:10:59] Anybody got a question for the chairman?
Question been called. If you're this
[1:11:04] motion resolution, vote yes. Against it,
vote no.
[1:11:12] Got 2340 against that resolution passes.
Thank you, Commissioner Couch.
[1:11:19] any new business to become before the
county commission.
[1:11:26] » I would just like to say I got any old
business.
[1:11:34] I'd just like to say that it's been a
pleasure eight years working with the
[1:11:38] county commissioners.
I used to be one. I know what you're
[1:11:43] going through.
Trust me, I know what you're going
[1:11:46] through. And but you know, we don't
really do it for the
[1:11:52] you do it for the county.
You know, everybody looks up to you.
[1:11:56] Will you believe it or not?
They really do. Once you get that county
[1:12:01] commissioner,
your name,
[1:12:05] even your friends may quit talking to
you while they'll come back. [laughter]
[1:12:09] They'll realize you was in right.
[clears throat] Did what's best for the
[1:12:14] whole county. That's what we're here
for. But I just want to tell y'all, I
[1:12:17] couldn't have done my job without y'all.
And I appreciate every debut young one
[1:12:21] of you. And you new ones coming in. I
tell you, I respect every one of you. Do
[1:12:28] what? Do what's in your gut. Be fair to
everybody.
[1:12:33] You'll always be right. You'll always be
right. Do what's in your gut. Madam
[1:12:38] clerk, I've enjoyed working with you.
No, I put her on my bad side. [laughter]
[1:12:47] But I can still hear about something.
>> I can still hear it. Chad, you've done a
[1:12:53] great job for us.
>> All department heads that help make this
[1:12:57] budget possible. Everybody brought money
back to the table. That means a lot to
[1:13:02] the taxpayers.
Keep having clear audits. I'm going to
[1:13:06] tell you, I don't The highway
department, we got the best highway
[1:13:10] department in the state. I don't care
where nobody says. done a good job on
[1:13:14] our roads and you know when EMS is I I
just I just can't bra on everybody this
[1:13:19] past four years how how good everything
really went.
[1:13:24] Okay, at that Bobby Hogan I'm going to
recognize you
[1:13:27] » mayor.
>> Yes.
[1:13:28] » Um I just wanted to remind anybody that
needs to be sworn in, you can come to my
[1:13:32] office and I can swear you in if you
want me to before
[1:13:36] » Yeah, I was going to say something about
that. I know the sheriff's got a day
[1:13:39] plan. I think I always went to the old
courthouse cuz sheriff, you plan on
[1:13:45] being court courthouse again.
>> August 31st 3 p.m.
[1:13:50] » 3 p.m. Bill Goodman will be there
swearing people in.
[1:13:53] » Yes, sir.
>> Okay. August 31st. You need
[1:13:56] » That's a Friday, isn't it?
>> Was it Monday?
[1:14:00] » You need to bring your oath with you. He
will not have a copy.
[1:14:03] » He won't have oath.
>> I have oaths. I just
[1:14:05] » Le's got oats.
>> Okay.
[1:14:07] » Okay.
>> All kind of oats.
[1:14:10] all kind of
>> Thank you, Sheriff. Thank you for that.
[1:14:14] Like I said, madame clerk can swear you
in. Um, hey, I can do it if you come by
[1:14:22] the office right in that time period.
Whatever. I can do what I can for you.
[1:14:30] If you come tonight, the county
commissioner, you haven't been swear in.
[1:14:35] Mayor Hoover can swear you in. He'd
rather something. Y'all go ahead and get
[1:14:38] that. I'm gonna wait. Who are you back
there?
[1:14:42] Stand up one more time, buddy. I want
everybody to see you. You run and
[1:14:46] center.
[1:14:50] [clears throat]
[1:14:57] » Okay. Bobby Hogan.
>> Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor, I have reviewed and
[1:15:03] signed the application of those wishing
to become a notary. I recommend that we
[1:15:08] elect all those that have applied to be
a notary for the county of Robertson and
[1:15:13] the great state of Tennessee.
[1:15:17] All in favor say I.
>> Before I announce the last one,
[1:15:24] Leanne, I didn't recognize you
for eight years. She's been my right
[1:15:28] hand. I appreciate you, honey. I do. I
appreciate you. Appreciate my family
[1:15:34] backing me up on this county fishing
job.
[1:15:38] What do you say? Uh, Commissioner Doris,
one more time. Motion to sir. [laughter]
[1:15:44] I do it.