[0:44] One tree up. One day we wanted to put it down. I can't put it back. That's when I

[1:52] All right, I've got six o'clock. We'll call them. August meeting to order for the town of Thompson station.

[2:00] Board of Mayor and Alderman first action is the pleasable agents if you'll please rise to begin

[2:22] Thank you

[2:27] I move to announcements

[2:31] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. It's just a couple announcements this evening

[2:34] Wanted to share some exciting news about

[2:36] out the wind that we have for our park system.

[2:41] We won the local parks and recreation fund grant

[2:46] as from T-deck.

[2:48] So that means the town will receive $600,000.

[2:53] We've got a focus on improving the playground

[2:56] in Sarabetson Park.

[2:58] So obviously, there'll be a lot more information

[3:00] to come on this one.

[3:01] But for now, we're celebrating the win.

[3:03] Big thanks to Michael Sullivan for shepherding this grant through the approval process, and

[3:09] I think this will be a really exciting way to unlock a lot of potential in serabents and

[3:16] so happy about that.

[3:19] And then just wanted to remind y'all it's on your consent agenda to change the September

[3:25] number of BOMA work session to Tuesday, September 3rd at 5 p.m.

[3:31] All right, thank you.

[3:33] Thank you.

[3:36] Anyone else with announcements?

[3:39] All right, but that will move on.

[3:42] So we'll move on to public comment.

[3:43] Just a reminder public comment must be germane to items on the agenda.

[3:47] Each participant is allowed up to three minutes.

[3:49] Each with a combined time limit of no more than 30 minutes.

[3:53] We have one person, Jody Tomman.

[3:57] Sure.

[4:00] I'm Jody Tomman.

[4:01] My address is 2788 Thompson Station Road East.

[4:05] In a little less than three years, there's been three significant single vehicle accidents in a short stretch of road right across from my house.

[4:13] The first was an ambulance that went off the road down the embankment and rolled over.

[4:17] The second was an SUV that did the exact same thing.

[4:21] And the third was about two and a half weeks ago.

[4:23] So that's not only agenda, so it's road condition is where I'm going that's I believe the road repaving project on which one G

[4:36] So that's said very well. Yes, okay, this is a significant public safety issue. I understand we can discuss it afterwards

[4:43] But I can't allow it during public comments. It's just not germane to anything. So in the agenda. Okay, I'll be glad to speak with you afterwards

[4:50] Okay, give me just as soon as we're get done. All right, the emails.

[4:58] All right, we'll close public comments. We will move on to consent agenda.

[5:05] I just have a can I ask a question about the paving schedule?

[5:10] What's the anticipated schedule?

[5:12] So the contractor that's the lowest bid is currently doing the work that's out there.

[5:20] So we would anticipate that as soon as it honestly as soon as possible.

[5:24] I mean, we'll get the contract pulled together, it'll obviously come back before BOMO for approval,

[5:29] but we're hoping that it's kind of a seamless transition from the work that they have been doing

[5:34] on the north part to the south part. But this year, for sure. Yes. All right. Great. Thank you.

[5:42] Anyone else? Well, we're approving the contract tonight. Why would it come back in front of us?

[5:46] This is just to approve the bid. So we would have to flesh out the contract. We would include

[5:53] the schedule and all the the pertinent details. So this is just selecting part of the purchasing

[5:58] process that that we've set up through the town code but but yeah so this allows us to enter

[6:04] an negotiations with the approved contractor. What do you expect that next month will be

[6:11] looking at the contract? Yeah hopefully.

[6:15] I moved that we approve the consent agenda.

[6:18] So second, all right, proper person, second, Regina.

[6:22] Aye.

[6:25] Aye.

[6:26] Aye.

[6:28] Aye.

[6:29] Aye.

[6:31] passes five.

[6:31] Nothing.

[6:32] Thank you.

[6:32] Move to the new business.

[6:34] Consideration of first reading of ordinance, 2024 to 006.

[6:39] To amend title five, chapter four of the town code.

[6:41] To increase the town of administrators, authorize purchasing to $25,000.

[6:46] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

[6:47] this change to the town code will allow for a more streamlined purchasing process and

[6:52] hope is that it will reduce some increased costs that are often borne by the town due

[6:57] to delays in getting quotes through the authorization process if it's more than $10,000. Obviously

[7:04] in the past couple of years, $10,000 doesn't buy as much as it used to, so pretty much everything

[7:10] that we have is always right around that number, seems like it's always $11,000 or $13,000

[7:16] just over and so sometimes we bring that quote to you know we get that quote we get it on an

[7:22] agenda by the time we're going back to them they've increased they've increased that cost. So

[7:28] this increased amount is in line with state law and best practices from our peer communities.

[7:33] As we talked about at the work session we'll just include on future work session agendas they'll

[7:41] will just be a box on there that includes all the purchases that have been made on an administrative basis for transparency purposes.

[7:51] So you can always, obviously, question those or we can go into more details in a public forum based on that.

[7:59] Andrew helped pull this together. So Andrew, do you have anything else to add?

[8:02] No, we streamline the overall process as well, creating those brackets of how many quotes

[8:08] you have to get.

[8:09] And obviously, anything over 25,000 has to come back before this board.

[8:13] So it's really regulating what happens under $25,000.

[8:16] How the bid process works is also in here.

[8:19] But again, this is in line with state law and what we've done in peer communities and it's

[8:24] ready for your consideration on first reading, so you'll have second reading next month.

[8:28] All right.

[8:30] So staff recommends approval.

[8:31] thank you. Board open this up for discussion or I'll take a motion. A move we pass on

[8:39] first reading ordinance 2024-006 to amend title five chapter four to up the

[8:47] authorized purchasing the 25,000. Second all right I have a proper first and a

[8:52] Second.

[8:54] Virginia?

[8:55] Aye.

[8:58] Dr. Whitner?

[8:58] Aye.

[8:59] Aye.

[8:59] Dr. Whitner?

[9:00] Aye.

[9:00] Passes five, nothing.

[9:01] Thank you.

[9:03] New business number two.

[9:04] Consideration of first reading of ordinance 20-24-007 to adopt various building fire and property

[9:11] maintenance code codes by reference.

[9:14] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

[9:15] So this update to the town's building fire and property maintenance codes is necessary

[9:19] under state law.

[9:20] All of these are to be effective with one exception on January 1st of this year.

[9:28] The one exception is the energy code.

[9:33] Energy code.

[9:35] And that's the state ask us to have that effective a little bit sooner.

[9:40] So that's included in the ordinance.

[9:43] I'll turn it over to our building officials around Matthews and let him describe to you a

[9:48] little bit more in detail of all these updates.

[9:49] Its local

[10:01] adoption of building codes is vital to the success of any growing town without standard building practices.

[10:07] You can jeopardize the health, life safety, and the general well-being of the residents.

[10:12] Having standard practices such as baseline expectations for every building,

[10:16] and the firefighter sees a house on fire that was built in the past 20 years,

[10:20] and when the next fall it will enforce building codes,

[10:22] he can approach the situation with confidence.

[10:25] The windows will allow him to enter in full gear to rescue the occupants and fight fire.

[10:29] This relatively small thing can mean the difference between life and death.

[10:34] We all understand the proper heating and ventilation as well as clean water and proper

[10:38] sewage disposal to help build and codes go even further.

[10:42] Small things like proper flashing and cost-based ventilation can prevent the growth of mold

[10:46] as well as seal and plumbing pictures and prevent unseen leaks and limiting penetration

[10:50] signs in the exterior to prevent insects and rodent-infestation.

[10:54] The building code requires rate-on venting and all homes.

[10:58] Williamson County is listed as a potential high rate on area by the EPA.

[11:02] The rate on gas is silent and visible tasteless and odorless gas.

[11:06] The American Loan Association and the American Medical Association identified

[11:10] great on his leading cause for lung cancer.

[11:13] Approximately 14,000 lung cancer deaths that occur each year in the United States

[11:18] are due to rate on exposure.

[11:21] The building code doesn't just ensure that the houses structure sound

[11:24] We want exposed residents to molding cancerous gas, even further make sure that the home is suitable for all residents.

[11:31] Minimum glazing ensures that residents have enough natural light and minimum ceiling heights allow for residents to feel comfortable.

[11:38] Operable windows don't just allow emergency egress for the residents, they also ensure the availability of fresh air.

[11:45] These are all taken into consideration while developing the new codes.

[11:48] All of these things are taken into account for the mental and physical health of the occupant.

[11:55] Andrew, do you hope to review these, anything you need to add to?

[11:59] No, it's pretty comprehensive, you know, we're going to 2021 on nearly every international

[12:03] code standard.

[12:05] Like Micah mentioned, we're having to use the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code

[12:11] per state law.

[12:12] We have some local amendments that the town's adopting with each of these.

[12:16] You can see them in the ordinance, but otherwise, it is the international codes as put forth by

[12:22] the International Council.

[12:23] This is an ordinance. So this is just first reading. You'll have second reading next month. Staff does

[12:30] Recommend approval

[12:33] It is is 2018 the most current energy conservation code or no

[12:40] But we are intent to say it's a statute that we had

[12:44] Jurisdictions have to follow the 2018 energy conservation code as well as some

[12:50] 2009 tables and

[12:52] That's a statutory requirement by our general assembly the general assembly

[12:57] Yeah, that's a preemption

[12:59] issue as so yeah decided that

[13:02] We should have only as much energy conservation as they allow fit our walls. Yes

[13:11] Thank you.

[13:22] I move that we approve first reading of ordinance 2024 dashers or seven or dubberius fire building and property maintenance codes by reference

[13:32] First.

[13:33] Proper first.

[13:33] On second.

[13:34] Proper second.

[13:36] Regina.

[13:37] Chris.

[13:40] Hi.

[13:41] Hi.

[13:42] Hi.

[13:43] Hi.

[13:47] That's the last stop of the evening with that.

[13:51] I'll take an adjournment board.

[13:52] Can I get five minutes after we adjourn?

[13:54] I move to the adjourn.

[13:56] Second.

[13:57] I mean, he's adjourned.

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