[0:07] Thanks for joining us. I'm going to call the order of the January 23, 2023 special call meeting for the town council. We've been trying a lot of ways to get packed houses here. And we know now, right across the country in the mountain by being here. So this might be a regular thing. So this is our special call meeting after this. We'll have our work session. So right now we'll start with complaints of allegiance.

[0:36] I

[0:40] pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic of

[0:45] America for which it stands one nation under God, individual, with the liberty and justice

[0:52] for all.

[0:55] That was beautiful.

[0:59] Next slide.

[1:00] I wonder if there is a moment of silence.

[1:03] All right.

[1:26] We'll call police.

[1:28] Councilmember Clay Cromblis.

[1:30] Here.

[1:31] Councilmember Vicki Anderson.

[1:32] Here.

[1:33] Councilmember Clay Cromblis.

[1:33] Member Andrew Gardner, Vice Mayor Elizabeth Baker, here, Mayor Charles Poss.

[1:39] All right, we have just a couple of things so we get to the team from

[1:45] Supermountain. First is approval of the minutes. So by that chance to look over the

[1:50] minutes from January 9th, 2023.

[1:54] I have no issue to approve. Second.

[1:56] All right, any discussion? All right, all in favor?

[2:02] Okay. Now we have citizens opportunity to address council. Does anybody want to say

[2:08] anything to the council before we get to our next item?

[2:17] Well I'm really excited to

[2:20] do this. Recognize two well technically three teams from the high school who

[2:27] of achieved state championships.

[2:30] I recognize a few of you students

[2:32] from Locktrial, excited to have you here

[2:34] as well, everybody that I recognize in familiar faces.

[2:39] So what I'm gonna do is we're gonna read the resolutions

[2:43] for the teams and then take them on that to get some pictures

[2:48] of the kids and the town council.

[2:50] Anybody would like to do that.

[2:52] So I'll read them both out and then we'll take turns

[2:58] So the first is for the Sigma Mountain Little High School bike team.

[3:03] This is a resolution to recognize and commend the team members of the Sigma Mountain Middle High School mountain biking team and their coaches for their outstanding championship winning accomplishments during the 2022 competition season.

[3:29] All right, the next resolution is a resolution to recognize and commend the team members

[3:37] of the Sigma Mountain Middle High School across country, boys and girls team and their

[3:42] coaches for their outstanding championship winning accomplishments during the 2022 competition

[3:47] season.

[3:49] Do you have a motion to approve?

[3:52] Second.

[3:53] Okay.

[3:54] Any discussion?

[3:55] All in favor?

[3:57] All right.

[3:58] Anyone else?

[3:59] All right.

[4:00] We have resolutions to commend you guys, and they both passed.

[4:04] Right?

[4:16] So why don't we take a minute, and we'll take some pictures, and then y'all can stay for

[4:23] the rest of the meeting if you want, or you can go home and have a good rest.

[4:26] your choice. So let's do that now. Let's start with the mountain biking team.

[5:38] Yeah.

[7:35] The coach, coach, coach for the team, the mayor has something to present to you.

[8:17] All right.

[8:17] Thanks for coming out.

[8:18] No, no, no.

[8:19] Thank you.

[8:20] Absolutely.

[8:20] Thanks for having us.

[8:21] Absolutely.

[8:22] We love you.

[8:23] All right.

[8:24] Come on.

[8:24] We're going to go.

[8:25] Let's go.

[8:25] We're going to go.

[8:27] We want to go.

[8:28] Let's go.

[8:31] All right.

[8:32] Let's go.

[8:32] All right.

[8:35] All right.

[8:36] Back it up.

[8:37] Back it up.

[8:38] Back it up.

[8:39] Back it up.

[8:40] But every time I see them, I'm just usually the right.

[8:47] Yeah.

[8:55] But we got to get there too.

[8:59] Hold on, isn't it?

[11:49] You gotta have a special mindset

[12:38] All right.

[12:43] So

[12:49] we're ready to go forward. Our next thing.

[12:59] Okay. Our next

[13:01] resolution is resolution authorizing the purchase of police cruisers. You all

[13:10] You hear me, okay?

[13:11] No.

[13:11] All right.

[13:12] I'll wait a minute.

[13:14] I'll wait till that door is closed out there.

[13:18] Yeah.

[13:18] It should be on.

[13:25] Is it closed?

[13:27] Okay.

[13:28] All right.

[13:32] So this is a resolution authorizing the town manager to purchase for 2023 Ford Police Interceptor

[13:39] for Tennessee State Contract Number 5, 6, 4, 4, 6, from Ford of Murphysboro in Murphysboro, Tennessee.

[13:47] For a total amount not to exceed $152,344 to be used by the police department for the town of Sligal Mountain.

[14:00] All right, we have a motion to have a second.

[14:03] Second.

[14:04] All right, any discussion?

[14:10] All right.

[14:11] I'm just catching up on this one, somehow I missed this one in my review this weekend.

[14:18] So I didn't send you any questions beforehand, but my memory's a little bad, so just correct

[14:30] me on this.

[14:32] These were budgeted.

[14:34] Yes.

[14:35] Okay.

[14:35] Yes.

[14:35] They're coming out of the vehicle replacement fund.

[14:37] Okay.

[14:37] And so over the life expectancy of the vehicle, we're at that eight-year mark for these cruisers.

[14:46] So over the course of the eight years, we've been donating a contribution to the vehicle replacement fund in preparation to buy the cruisers.

[14:54] And then at the budget meeting earlier this year, it was a

[15:00] We've approved to purchase for this year, and then for next year, so we weren't purchasing all eight at once. That's right. And then how does this cost compared to what we had in the replacement fund and what we had thought budget wise. So the cost for the emergency equipment has gone up. So it's a different vendor. So we're going to have to do a catch up for the four cruisers because the difference in total between the

[15:29] And the cost for the, that we've contributed to the vehicle replacement fund into what is going to cost now with the emergency equipment is a total difference of $272,280.

[15:39] Per cruise?

[15:40] No, that's for the four cruisers, that's for all total, four total cruisers.

[15:44] So over the course of two years, we can play catch up with that in the contribution from the police fund, the police budget.

[15:54] And what happens to the cruisers that they are replacing?

[16:00] They'll go up to gov sales and we'll retain one for our pool car, because it's an aging

[16:08] car that we have, so we'll replace it with the newest one and the best one of these four

[16:12] cruisers.

[16:17] Just a mental note going forward as we move towards that, being able to do like a five-year

[16:23] plan, especially with what we've seen recently, we probably need to start figuring out

[16:29] a way in the vehicle replacement fund to not just budget, whatever the prior purchase price was,

[16:36] but reflect inflation and start contributing more each year to make sure we don't constantly

[16:42] end up with this, we come up time in the replacement fund and obviously we don't have enough because the price has gone up.

[16:48] Right.

[16:49] So adding that into the contribution for the vehicle replacement, an increase every year, because that cost is going to increase.

[16:57] and so it had not been done so that's something moving forward it will be done.

[17:03] Okay, thank you. You're welcome.

[17:07] Thank you.

[17:09] The next resolution is a resolution authorizing it.

[17:14] We have to vote.

[17:16] Oh, I'm sorry.

[17:17] There's the most on the table mayor.

[17:19] You just felt the positive energy.

[17:23] Okay, so any further discussion on that?

[17:27] All right, so we have a motion and a second.

[17:31] All in favor, anyone opposed?

[17:34] All right.

[17:35] Good deal.

[17:37] So next resolution is a resolution authorizing the town

[17:41] manager to purchase law enforcement equipment

[17:43] for 4, 2023, Ford Police Interceptors, Tennessee State

[17:49] contract number 6, 5, 6, 4, 4, from Truckers Lighthouse,

[17:53] Saudi daisy Tennessee for a total amount not to exceed $39,725 and 56 cents to be used by the police department for the town of single mountain.

[18:05] Do we have a lotion?

[18:10] Second.

[18:13] Any discussion?

[18:16] When you said that we're kind of have a shortfall about 27,000, does that include equipment?

[18:23] Yes, that's correct.

[18:26] So the equipment and the cruisers, that's all out of vehicle replacement because the

[18:32] equipment is part of the vehicle, but is a separate install.

[18:40] All right, so we have a motion and a second, right?

[18:42] Maybe a similar question to my question.

[18:45] All that equipment have resale value, or is it all just get sold as a package in an existing

[18:49] group?

[18:53] By the end of the eight years, it's obsolete and we're not in the case anything out of it.

[18:58] Unless we can leave the equipment on the cars and amortize them as police cars,

[19:04] which are basically really too people.

[19:07] We sell it at higher price, and we take the stuff off.

[19:12] Most of the things that can be used for non-emergency,

[19:15] that uses what have the equipment on it.

[19:17] So it's worth less with the equipment on it.

[19:21] Yes.

[19:23] We'll take the graphics off.

[19:26] We'll use that on the side here.

[19:29] Thanks.

[19:31] Okay, so any other discussion?

[19:34] All right.

[19:35] We have a motion and a second.

[19:36] All in favor?

[19:37] All right.

[19:38] Anyone opposed?

[19:40] Okay.

[19:43] The next resolution is a resolution.

[19:48] The next resolution is a resolution authorizing the fire chief to submit an application for an assistance to firefighter's grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

[20:10] All

[20:15] right, so no discussion, we have a motion in a second.

[20:21] All in favor?

[20:23] Anyone opposed?

[20:28] Okay.

[20:28] All right.

[20:29] So all in favor.

[20:31] All right.

[20:33] Thank you.

[20:37] The resolution is a resolution authorizing the fire chief to submit an application for an equipment grant through the Firehouse Sub's Public Safety Foundation.

[20:47] Do you have a motion to approve?

[20:50] Motion to approve.

[20:53] Second.

[20:55] Second.

[20:56] All right.

[20:58] Any discussion?

[21:02] All right. All in favor?

[21:03] All right.

[21:04] Anyone opposed?

[21:04] So the

[21:08] next resolution is we're now we're down to the appointments of the personnel committee and planning commission tree board recreation

[21:27] board.

[21:28] So there are two openings on the personnel committee, correct?

[21:36] Correct.

[21:39] That's correct.

[21:39] There's two members that were up for reappointment and then there were two openings.

[21:45] Okay.

[21:45] So four openings.

[21:47] Four openings.

[21:48] And we have three candidates.

[21:53] Yes.

[21:54] All right.

[21:56] Does anybody?

[21:58] Well, you all want me to read

[22:05] the resolutions.

[22:06] We need to vote on them.

[22:09] I know Miss Karen's had expressed interest in the personal committee and the planning

[22:16] commission.

[22:19] I spoke to her and she felt like she would be pretty useful in the personal committee

[22:24] and I agree.

[22:26] I would like to see her on the personal committee as well as she read once on the committee.

[22:32] Okay.

[22:33] All right. Well, I'll just read the three personnel committee, I'll read them one by one. I guess we can put it on each individually.

[22:43] So the first one is a resolution reappointing Angela Bandy to the Town of Sigmund Mountains personnel committee.

[22:51] Second.

[22:53] All right. Any discussion? All in favor?

[22:57] All right. Any more opposed?

[23:00] All right. Next resolution is a resolution reappointing Joseph Durick to the Town of Sigmund Mountains personnel committee.

[23:08] second.

[23:12] Any discussion? All in favor? Any one opposed?

[23:19] Third resolution is a resolution

[23:21] appointing Virginia Cairns to the Town of Sugar Mountains personnel committee.

[23:30] All right, all in favor?

[23:33] All right.

[23:36] Anyone opposed?

[23:38] Okay.

[23:39] So now we get to the planning commission that has one opening and multiple candidates.

[23:46] No, sorry.

[23:47] We have two three openings, I guess.

[23:49] and two, two, three, I

[23:56] have six candidates including Ms. Karen, who's just appointed to the

[23:59] press now committee.

[24:03] So I

[24:11] don't know if we should have somebody recommend three people

[24:19] out of the six, or go individually.

[24:24] Well, I think that if an attorney's going to talk, I'm going to be good anyways.

[24:36] Well, I'm just going to say you have resolutions for individuals, so you probably have to read

[24:44] the age resolution and see if there's a motion to approve.

[24:50] Okay.

[24:54] All right.

[24:57] Okay, so I'll just go in order then. So, the first is a resolution.

[25:04] Well, unless anybody, I guess we could also narrate a read of an order. A resolution

[25:11] re-appointing Ethan Nelson to the Town of Sigma Mountains Planning Commission.

[25:16] second.

[25:20] All right so does anybody have any discussion about appointing Ethan? All

[25:24] in favor? Aye. Anyone opposed? Okay next resolution is a resolution

[25:31] reappointing Aaron Woodrow to the town of Sigma Mountain's Planning Commission.

[25:40] All right. Any discussion? All in favor?

[25:44] Aye.

[25:45] Anyone opposed?

[25:48] Okay.

[25:49] Next is a resolution appointing Derek Green

[25:51] to the Town of Sugar Mountains Planning Commission.

[25:56] Do we have a motion?

[26:00] Okay.

[26:02] A resolution appointing Steve Greenfield

[26:06] to the Town of Sugar Mountains Municipal Planning Commission.

[26:10] I'll read the next two as resolution appointing Jacob Levy to the town of

[26:15] Suga Mountains Municipal Planning Commission and the last one is a resolution

[26:19] appointing Virginia Cairns to the town of Suga Mountains planning

[26:22] commission. Does anyone want to make a motion to approve one of those resolutions?

[26:37] I'll make a motion to approve Steve Greenfield, Greenfell.

[26:44] Okay,

[26:49] so you want to make a resolution or make a motion to approve any of the others.

[26:56] All right, well, they all don't pass then, so I guess we re-publicize the opening.

[27:08] All right, well, on to the tree board appointments.

[27:13] Resolution re-appointing Barbara Womach to the town of Silicon Mountains tree board.

[27:23] All right. Any discussion? All in favor? All right. Any more opposed?

[27:31] All right. Next is a resolution of reappointing Joe Horton to the town of City of Mountains tree board.

[27:43] All right. Any discussion? All in favor? All right. Anyone opposed? Did you vote?

[27:52] No, I'm sorry. I'll stop reading. What's going on?

[27:55] Do you want to vote? I do. Maybe you're abstaining. No, I'm not. Yes.

[28:02] Okay. Well, I'll give you a second to read what's next.

[28:06] All right.

[28:09] This is next is a resolution appointing Jennifer Boyd, and now we have one more

[28:14] opening, all right?

[28:17] So Jennifer Boyd would be a reappointment. Okay, and then we have one

[28:21] and then we have one other opening. So I'll read a resolution reappointing Jennifer Boyd

[28:26] to the town of City of Mountains tree board.

[28:30] Do we have a motion?

[28:32] Motion to approve.

[28:34] And do we have a second?

[28:36] Second.

[28:38] OK.

[28:38] Any discussion?

[28:40] All in favor?

[28:42] Aye.

[28:43] Anyone opposed?

[28:46] OK.

[28:48] Then we have now two more candidates

[28:50] in one opening, a resolution appointing Bob Plets

[28:54] to the town of Stigham Mountains tree board and I'll read the next one a

[28:59] resolution pointing page Taylor to the town of Stigham Mountains tree board.

[29:02] I'd like to make a motion to approve page Taylor.

[29:05] Second.

[29:06] Okay, we have a motion of second. Any discussion?

[29:12] All right. All in favor?

[29:15] Aye.

[29:15] Anyone opposed?

[29:17] Okay.

[29:18] Okay.

[29:20] So the next resolution is a resolution appointing page tailored to the Town of

[29:26] Sigma Mountains Recreation Board.

[29:31] Do we have one opening on that board?

[29:34] Yeah, currently have two.

[29:36] All right. Do we have a motion to approve this one?

[29:40] Motion to approve.

[29:43] Do we have a second?

[29:45] Well, I'll make a second.

[29:46] I guess, have we checked, is she willing to serve on it?

[29:49] Yeah, I was going to ask that, too.

[29:52] She did make note that she would alternatively want

[29:57] to be on the record board.

[29:59] But I know.

[30:00] Not sure if that is something that she would do concurrently with another board. I can maybe because we have another opening. Maybe if we just appoint her, maybe she'll come. I was thinking we have time to ask her if she would like to serve on two points. And also to climb. Yeah, she can. Well, I did second the motion, I think, but we can withdraw it. Or.

[30:31] I mean, I'm all for pointing her to try to get her show.

[30:39] Okay, well, we have a motion in a second.

[30:43] And as Mr. Cash said, if she wants to decline, she can always decline.

[30:48] If she doesn't feel comfortable doing two boards.

[30:53] So, if she didn't want to be on the tree board, she could decline that one.

[30:56] She could do if she's voted to this one so all right so we have a motion as

[31:01] like any discussion needed. All right all in favor?

[31:08] All right so that is all the resolutions that we have no

[31:26] ordinances, no discussion and we are adjourned.

[31:35] So now we are...

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