Health, Welfare & Recreation Committee - Regular Meeting
The Health, Welfare & Recreation Committee discussed updates from the fire department, including drone operations and a state grant, alongside challenges in animal control, the new facility, and volunteer programs. Water infrastructure projects and the impact of local sales tax on the county's economy were also key topics.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Health, Welfare & Recreation Committee
- Meeting Type
- Health, Welfare & Recreation Committee
- Location
- Coffee County, TN
- Meeting Date
- August 27, 2026
Transcript
174 sections
Welcome. This is our community.
Let's start. We have an absent.
So, would you like to put a motion to examine the day? I'll do a motion to approve it. This motion.
I will.
Let's go back to our old questions. Let's go on, we have to move Tim because he's late. Let's go on, let's do our report on fires. I know that Nils Simons is here tonight for the school discussion. He has later commitments. I appreciate that you invited me.
We finally have the construction work. Let's go back. We never stopped making phone calls and we are still doing it since the building burned. Because you all came to see the equipment and materials. And when will it be? We haven't fixed a date yet. Probably the first end of the week in December. I'm not sure. I'll let you know when I find out. I'll send a letter to you. Where are we going for Christmas?
Everyone's starting to do their homework.
Let's try to do some long collections. We'll try to do it towards the end of November and long December somewhere around that time.
Because we'll do it in December, it'll be almost three years.
un giorno più o meno tre anni di costruzione. Stiamo facendo volare molto i droni in questo momento, un sacco di strutture. Abbiamo firmato con Tom. We moved a place from the other side of the city, compared to where I live, but I didn't have it. I was busy, other guys went and I took care of them. We are very lucky, we have a lot of good guys and girls. Today I'm tired. You sent me a message yesterday, I was trying to put together some material on the calls we made so far this year. If we don't do it anymore, the money you give us will cost you 92 dollars per call. We did it like this.
I think they are drones in real life. We flew.
We flew in the direction of Franklin. So that drone program has been launched, it's going big. As if they brought you back to life. They can basically take a fireman.
It's a good thing that you go.
And I also appreciate what you do on the lakes. I know that most of the time when you are called it is a bad thing, but I appreciate that you are present out there.
What do you want to do in the future? What do you want? I like to build in...
Two different places. I like to build on the side of that building. At this moment the house of someone is burning.
It is difficult for us to enter.
Just to be able to support the communication.
At this moment we are rather careful.
Think about it. Let's go again.
They supported us in all this. Any other questions for Neil?
No, as I said, we should have come to see what we offer, what we have.
We made the communication center arrive a few weeks ago.
I'm always amazed when you are on the newspapers and things like that, when people fall to Alston Ford or fall to the lake and you are there to pull them out and support them and things like that, and it makes me proud that the people of the Coffey County are willing to give up everything. And you give up everything? Our body of vigilantes of the Voluntary Fire gives up everything and comes to help us. And this shows how much our community is a community.
I want to say, if we receive a call for help, if they go, they go to do what they have to do. I want to say, they take care of it. We are lucky. I go to North Coffee at night and I pass them and they have a night of work. The parking lot is full of people. It is incredible that I move the type of response of people. We appreciate you more than you can imagine. Knowing that we have a good support, you know, every time something happens you have your normal firefighters, the first helpers and all the rest, but you guys are always there.
So we appreciate you.
We just received a big subvention from the state a couple of months ago. Thank you. So we have the complete hydraulics. I want to say, as I said, we are not here to take away anything from anyone, but we have some great companies.
You have different people who have been destroyed.
About 10.
We have the E3 hydraulic.
If for some strange reason we have a car in water, you can immerse yourself in water with it and cut the cars underwater. All this also with a saw.
And the highway is more and more trafficked every day. You can go out at night and find only traffic and accidents all the time.
And probably there will be more because I think we are building a third Murphy's Ball track in the middle of the mountain. So I'll be working on it.
It won't be long before I do Halloween.
It's already on Facebook. We'll go to the Halloween party. Come and find us at the Halloween party. We'll give you hot dogs, chips, tea, candies, and we'll scare you to death. We'll decorate the building.
We won't do it in a too scary way. We have a lot of children at hand. It's as if you didn't come out. You've practically gone to the automated things.
You're almost all three.
Ok, we appreciate everything that- We appreciate your brief warning to be out tonight. No problem if you want to talk- I know there's a meeting.
At 17.30.
I appreciate you. I'm only 5 minutes late. It's the official meeting. Thank you. Thank you sir.
Thank you sir. The next on our list is Cray-
How is your palace? Do you like it? It's nice. They were just talking about what Benton did for your facade.
He made a turn where the people are destroying him. Running on the...
For the logo, the one you voted for the last time is basically the same, but it was just a complete circle, but they are around the circle. Then we got into this design after the fact. We liked it a bit.
To use this instead of the circle.
Maybe you'll see it on the screen.
And at the bottom you can see that there is a small shape of the Tennessee. That will not be there. It only happened at the bottom. Yes, it's not. Yes, that was just a. That shouldn't be.
Okay.
This will be removed.
Yes, it will be removed. We just sent a before and after because they had to be formatted in a certain way to be able to print it.
Without that I would have had.
You have it, you have it!
I don't have a picture of the one for which I took it.
I took it this evening. I didn't bring it because I knew it was inside the circle.
The dog, the dog, the tennis suit, everything was basically the same. Only the whole thing was a circle instead of moving down there. So I think so. But he said that the next day we got into this one and we liked the other one.
I'll try to change it with this one, because they like it, because it will be their time to wear it, and they will be proud of it.
Marissa proposed to switch from the option.
First to the option. Second. I like them all.
Let's try again.
I don't remember the adoptions. I am at the local level and they are all adoptions.
the assumption, the public adopted, what are local adoptions.
I'm sure you would know better than anyone else, but in your assessment we have a problem with cats or with... Problems with cats, animals or dogs.
We have a serious one. It's getting worse and worse. I thought so.
And there's a way to deal with it and improve it.
The only way to get out of the problem we're in. Sterilize Castro. Make sure people do the problem. Hey, there's that one.
I like that one a little. I like the new one because it's there.
Well, Craig, what are the differences between the new place and the old one? For us it is more demanding but it is more beautiful.
I mean, we are in the air conditioning and we have space to put a sheet of paper.
We can all work in the same way. Before we were also shoulder to shoulder and to lay a sheet of paper we had to literally move. I think the level of stress for the kids is very high. It is the level of stress for them that makes them feel more at ease in there. They have the air conditioning and everything else. But the traffic is probably going to increase. I mean, we're right there on the main road and I think it will increase a lot if we ever have the will.
Your other place was a bit hard to find.
Oh, we had citizens who were here since 20-25 years. I didn't know the place was here for the first time. I think if we start volunteering, we'll really see a peak.
You can continue posting on Facebook. So anyone looking for an animal can go to the Facebook page.
Let's try to keep up with the day. And we do it, it's called Petinder Online. Most of our dogs... You have to go there and there's an element... ...that probably we need.
But all this started when... ...the recorder...
He had started it and started it a bit, then we got into a lot of trouble. We didn't do much.
And then the...
And I say that we had a meeting today, we will have more tomorrow for the position of administrative assistant. And I think this will be another great point. Probably our biggest complaint is that there is no one to answer the phone.
Which we can't do right now.
But... That person will fill this gap. And he will be able to do it if we receive calls. We shouldn't close everything.
There will be someone. This is also important.
We will be reachable during the working hours.
Do you usually receive calls during the day?
No. I don't even know where to start to keep track. It depends on the day. A busy day. I don't know, we could have ten, but we have days in which we can run as much as possible and we won't be able to do everything.
So this person will answer many of these calls, or will it be on the internet?
or he will do it only through real phone calls.
Well, he will probably answer the emails and the phone as a minimum. The messenger is helping us right now because we have to turn everything off and get on the road and we can still check those things when we are in the city. I hope that with this new position we can actually start our little program in which we record our canals. then actually record the calls and then an agent will answer the call and he will be able to say that he is responding to that call. So we can actually start recording our calls. At this moment it is only the way in which we are organized. It would be too expensive in terms of time. But with someone dedicated to the phone you can always keep track.
How many officials are there now?
There are three more at this moment.
We talked a little before the meeting about the situation of the volunteers, about the possibility of having volunteers.
It is already happening, or it is preparing to happen, or it has been approved, or it has not been found.
Heather told me, I found a generic module that uses the count, and we talked to the mayor today. He wants the lawyer to examine it and see if he likes the formulation.
Yes, I know. We tried to get the approval to do
Approvare i volontari per potervi aiutare aiutarvi per molto tempo.
E sarebbe una buona cosa.
Abbiamo un... so quante persone. Vogliono. Fantastico.
Sì, fantastico. Un sacco di amanti degli animi.
Qualcuno altro per te.
Grazie per quello che fai.
Stiamo facendo un attimo. Congratulazioni. Potrebbe essere un attimo incontro.
For us, a rule on our last financial balance. Some time ago, Tim Brown took the risk of contacting
Kenneth McMahon, who is going all the way to Jay Sardine Road to see if Kenneth would have contributed with the $15,000. And he will talk to the mayor of Manchester to make sure that Mr. McMahon gets the number of taps he wants to use there. And then maybe we'll double those $15,000 to take care of that Hydric project. Then the fire department of Summitville. I talked to Eastville and I'll have to call them tomorrow. They sent a person to check the fire hydrant at the Summitville station, but they didn't repair the drainage well. The drainage well? The drainage well loses water. And the water comes out of the ground. And it must be repaired. It must only be removed and repaired. It's for the fire guards there. And when the water drips, first of all, it's not good. Can it flow back from there? It can't flow again. But when it loses water out there, wasting it, you know, and their water, they're spending money. The gentleman I talked to was wonderful. He sent someone, but he still hasn't finished doing what he said. So I'll talk to him later. But he was very willing. The guy from Svita... That little pole should let the water out...
But the valve makes the water go up in the barrel.
And this... When you were talking about that match of 15,000, what kind of match? It would add 15, I don't know if there are votes, but it would add 15,000 dollars to what we have already agreed to do, and that's what Mr. Brown said. So it should be presented to the entire commission.
Our number we talked about before was about 70.
It wasn't the first one. Not for the content.
Some parts in the 60s to make the second water pipes work. You know, we started with 4, now we are at 6. And as the lady said, I don't know if we have the votes or not to do it. We had the votes to do 4. And it was agreed in advance. But Tim is willing to go and try to do it too.
New business on arrival?
It's a kind of new business that... I know you won't be here both, but you've been very, very good with me. What do you think of keeping the Tribunal? We should continue like this. All of them came from that...
The funds were for tourism.
We had to check. I had to raise this argument. 3,500 dollars to give.
To the court. We never paid.
So we have to take care of ourselves.
We never paid.
And the money? From tourism. To the court.
To the court.
And not for Christmas decorations.
All right. I just think it will be my personal opinion because the court... We should take a step forward.
And let someone else complete it.
Now, when it comes to the court, how far is it from the center of the street? The center of all four squares? The property of the community. The property of the community. And the reason why I asked for D and I went to Shady. And they developed it up there. I don't know. It's just a Tribunal of the County. It's close to me. Ours is a treasure. Because it's so old. And if you look at it, it has seven or eight chimneys. Or chimneys. So they heated that thing with a stove. That's how precious that Tribunal is. So, until the central line... And this is only for... I'm talking there. I haven't contacted them yet. Jack Daniel's Kitchen. I don't know if it's here. Why couldn't you organize Cooking on the Square with George?
We talked earlier. Here, it's a great idea. Someone just left it. We talked earlier.
Down there and all those things. We need something to show. You know, the Manchester City has that artificial tree that is not bad. We could do it, put it aside. I think I remember that a long time ago the Tribunal was historical and at the time you couldn't even decorate it.
I don't know how all this has changed because when I was here before I wanted the old lights of timing because now they have a council. The council for the patrimony that supervises it.
They can approve it. Come on, the lights we got to illuminate there at Capitolo L.A. We have done a lot of things to help them improve it.
And the historical society of the Contea has a great presence there. So they have great things that they are building. Now also some things that I have to bring them. They are part of our history.
Where have you been lately to see in time?
I don't. It looked beautiful. It's coming back as it appeared.
There were the counter-soffits like...
So it's back to being as it was before. Here, old stuff. And look, the flagpole was damaged up there during the storms, but the building was not damaged immediately. Eh, but it damaged... Did you spend the night?
These are the lights that we have to try that will shine up there. They are changing color. Now the headlight.
I don't remember what the other one is, but you can't just go out and spend money.
So this would attract tourism and economic development.
The Count of Coffey is there.
Originally, the original arrangement of the square was made by the commissioners of the county in 1866.
The commissioners went there, they were spread out with chains.
They didn't have the tools. They spread it out, pulled it away with chains. They divided it into lots.
And that was the court, obviously, in the center. And then they sold the rest of the lots to the citizens or to the...
So you could have had a relative in that period.
The younger brother of your uncle's father, the son of your nephew, the wife of your uncle's brother. It could have been the one who was the... ...commissar at the time.
You'd better check your chronology there. Commissar... Well...
I guess you should establish...
The date of the next meeting will be in the hands of anyone. Anyone will be the next.
So I tried to be very balanced on this.
I worked in other committees to share the same people. So anyone can receive it, T.M.G.
Get in touch with them. Right?
Well, you'll be the only two in this meeting, I think. It's just the two of us, isn't it?
You'll have three, you'll have three left, two will go.
Well, I can't help but say again, be careful with this thing about water. Worse than shit.
And it's not fair to constantly give it to the Manchester Water when you never do anything for anyone else who is in the same county. Well, you should also stay in touch.
You have to come back. Come in. It didn't do me any good when I was here.
The most important thing about the water situation, I see... Come in. I see that we have a lot of money left over for rural infrastructures and how to... As I said before, a lot of that money for rural infrastructures is dedicated to the residents of the county. I am a municipal commissioner, but I still think that a lot of that money should go to the residents of the county.
They could still be rural, but they have a public service agency in every area of the entire county.
That's it. And they are not really willing to...
Well, I know this is the problem and it's really a problem for me when you talk about Manchester and they want to force us to pay more for a bigger system and then give it to them and not get anything in return, you know?
If we were helping and they were recovering some tickets
I agree with you on everything. Would you be more favorable? If only a fat city would turn its into a council of public services.
It would help them a lot and would not have the control over the citizens. Well, it's usually like that.
That's why it usually works better. You don't have a city that manages it. Because the city has many other things to worry about besides the users.
Well, the nice thing about tonight is that it will be for the next meeting that will resume and you will be able to discuss everything you think in that way.
Well, I might still have to come to some meetings.
Let's hope. You can say much more. This is what I said. I can say just as much. I simply do not have the right to vote. The key is that I have to keep ten votes. But the points you raised are, you know, a valid point and it is the one we need. Well, I think they are valid. I just need everyone to feel bad for the fact that we have to help these people. Well, we need to hear the story from a different perspective. So we need your point of view. So introduce yourself and that's it.
No. Introduce yourself and come see us. My little speech about the government is that I don't think you expect the government to accumulate large amounts of money. No, if you want to accumulate that money, you have to cut taxes. I started saying, or invest them.
It was my feeling from the first day. If we are accumulating too much money, we have to start reducing those cents. Exactly. It's not to do more than what we shouldn't do. That's what I want to say.
My next final greeting.
Well, here's what everyone has to think about. We talked a little about time. The quantity of coffee will not be seriously damaged next year due to the fact that the good Naron does not show up because we do not receive so much anyway. We are out. Manchester City is stuck. Our school systems will be the ones that will suffer because they will receive 1,175 cents of tax on sales, that is 88. So, regardless of where that money was generated in the count of coffees during the Bonnaroo period, if you bought drinks for male adults at Walmart here, the city still received its share for its school system. So we, the people of the coffee count, have to think about buying here, eating here, doing the shopping here more than ever, to compensate the shortage that follows.
Well, this must be an advantage, it must be a promotion.
And I will also do something on Facebook, like my junk stuff. I saw my junk stuff. But people have to understand, and Mariano said it a while ago, that if you order it online, it arrives here. If you order it online at Memphis, the sales tax comes here, not at Memphis.
Well, you have to make sure that all 18 police officers and all the others start sharing that stuff.
This can increase the sales tax for everyone, not only for the rural county of Coffey, but also for the city schools, the schools of the city of Manchester, for... If we could make it come enough to compensate Bonnarò, it would be great. And then, if we continue to do it every year, we are earning land. We are helping ourselves. So go.
I just want to say that it was a privilege for me to be here doing this for... ...a long time.
Yes, sir. Jack.
Jacky, you and all of you, all I can say is that I haven't left yet. I want to tell you too, don't raise my taxes, otherwise I'll be in the front line protesting every time I'll be there. I'll bring people with me.
I think we all did well to try to keep this level low in the eight years I've been there. This is one of my commitments.
Exactly. I just hope that our next commission will do the same thing. If they do, it will be great. I would like to take into consideration a motion for the German. I will.
Mr. Miller has presented a motion for the German. Mr. Duncan supports it. All those in favor of the German say that I am Yoxelan. Good night.
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