Highway Commission - Regular Meeting

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

The Coffee County Highway Commission approved its modified agenda, re-elected its President and Secretary, and approved previous meeting minutes. The highway department reported ongoing challenges with grass cutting, equipment breakdowns, and staff injuries, compounded by difficult weather and increased traffic from local construction.

About this meeting

Government Body
Highway Commission
Meeting Type
Highway Commission
Location
Coffee County, TN
Meeting Date
September 2, 2026

Transcript

45 sections

0:09Speaker 3

I declare the meeting of September of the Coffee County Highway Commission open.

0:16Speaker 4

We have taken note of the presences.

0:17 – 0:34Speaker 3

They are all present except Mrs. Carolyn. No guests. Moving on to the next point, we must approve the order of the day, but I would like to add point 4a for the election of officials, so someone can propose it.

0:37Speaker 1

I make a proposal.

0:39Speaker 3

We have a motion to change the order of the day and insert the elections supported by Arles.

0:46 – 1:22Speaker 4

Other discussions? I do not see any. Who is in favor of the approval of the day's order so modified? Say yes. Contrary? The order of the day is approved. We have no comments from the public. We are now at the election of our officials. Again, we have a president and a secretary. So I open the discussion for the names. We can do them separately or together. I propose that everything remains unchanged. Come on, Mr. President.

1:23 – 1:43Speaker 3

Mrs. Carolin as secretary. I mean, Arles has taken the verbal some times. Mr. Kerwin for his first meeting.

1:43 – 1:55Speaker 4

So you know... Let's go back. I make a proposal. Let's put Arles here. Yes, I think.

1:56 – 2:47Speaker 3

It's better to be... Secretary, it's better for me to stay president. So, Jeff, your proposal is that I stay president and Arles secretary. we got the second one nothing to discuss everyone in favor of me as president and harless as secretary say yes otherwise I will be president for the next year and harless secretary and we will fix everything now we have to Approve the verbals of last month. You should all have a copy. I propose to approve.

2:47 – 3:37Speaker 4

We have a proposal of approval and a second. To approve the verbals, who is in favor of Cassi? Contrary. The verbals are approved. I give you time to stop. All right, we have nothing to do on hold. Let's move on to the new questions. What did you do last month?

3:41 – 6:51Speaker 2

always the usual things it seems that this month has arrived in a hurry we are still cutting the grass we stayed a little behind in places like summit oil I was trying to give a clean up for the buses and we stayed a little behind but we had some problems with the tractors and we lost about a week on one or two of them so we could not fail and it is so every year it is a bad period of the year to have problems Berba Johnson is growing too much and we can't keep up with her. We had some problems with our staff. Our operator stuck a leg in a cochlea and we are not yet sure if he will be able to keep that leg. He was a good advocate of cheating and we really miss him so much. I was driving in the Hillsborough area and that tractor there has a problem with a sensor that indicates that the rear wheels are straight so now we can go at 3 km per hour it goes on like this for about a month or a couple of weeks Tomorrow there will be a technician to connect the computer to the machine and see if we can solve the problem. We did some flooring work, but that team also had health problems. We mentioned Ronnie Blackburn last time at the previous meeting and he is not 100% yet. He went to the hospital today. And we have not yet known what his current conditions are, but from what we have understood, he is not very well. But let's hope he heals and comes back soon. Well, we still have a lot to fake. We put the guys on the extra tractors and... Jojo is not here today because he is out to fake. And we put Matthew back to fake. and we are starting to recover a little yes these guys are struggling I imagine that even time is not helping them much we had a lot of heat people can't move with this heat as they do in other periods we finished a couple of roads we went to another Floyd Road outside 280 Let's hope we can finish that road next week. We just finished Shelton Town. Before Shelton Town we were... Let's see, we were at Helicopter Street. We finished that one. And we have Shelton Town. And then Floyd Road will be the next one to reach the end of the Canon County. I appreciate it.

6:51Speaker 1

I appreciate it.

6:56 – 7:37Speaker 2

What did you do on the road? Well, that road was destroyed a while ago and there were a lot of construction work done on that side. So, they are running a little more than they should probably to build those houses there. The worst traffic for our roads are probably the concrete workers and the coal trucks. As far as damages are concerned, So we are getting back. Carried with the grass cut and we have to do some paving. We only need another month or two of good weather to get back. In pari for sure. This is all I have for this.

7:37Speaker 3

Yes, it was not an ideal summer to do a lot.

7:41 – 8:17Speaker 2

The rain was. A little hot. The rain was hard. In addition, many years of storms. Yes, we had to clean up many years of storms. Here guys are. doing a good job. But in this period of the year, when we sweep and pave, we don't have enough staff. So it's another thing. We put someone on one side, as for the flooring. We couldn't remove anyone from the pavement to go and do it. So it's hard in this period of the year. But it's like that every year.

8:17Speaker 4

As Larry said, a small storm arrives, and you have to drink it.

8:24Speaker 2

A while ago I had to pull away a tree from the road. It fell by accident.

8:28Speaker 4

In the middle of the road it took an electric line and... Zack River arrived there.

8:34 – 9:36Speaker 2

I was taken off the line, it was spread all along the road. I had to cut a piece of it and drag it into the pit so people could pass. We have a team that is going there. They are probably there right now picking up the rest. I don't know if there was wind today or if it just fell. The bridge they are building Well, that's what I said when someone mentioned Little Mountain Road and the story

9:59 – 10:25Speaker 4

that pass from there and I said that I would have referred I want to say we keep our trucks away from that road but you know they are the only ones I can check and that's what I told him I would have referred and seen you know and then naturally as you know Ashbery and all the bosses see him and feel him again and as you said the situation will get worse when the work begins

10:27 – 10:41Speaker 2

If I have the opportunity, and I should have it, I will mention it and see if we can convince them to stay out of it as much as possible. I suspect that there will be... ...a bit of traffic anyway.

10:41Speaker 4

They should open that other road near the... ...to start working.

10:50Speaker 2

Didn't you hear them talking? I hope so.

10:53Speaker 3

I hope that once the interleave will start, they will open that lock and I hope that this will help to solve part of the problem.

11:03Speaker 4

The airport was closed. Just like that, so far.

11:06 – 11:19Speaker 2

It is indicated as a city road. If you try to look for the indications for that case, that little stretch on Google, at least it says that it is a city road.

11:24Speaker 2

No, we haven't met yet with those of roads and bridges.

11:34 – 12:02Speaker 3

But I know there are people living there. But if you look, I've looked at several maps. If you look at a map of that road, you can go from the highway, cross the 41. Pass in front of the warehouse, go out completely. But if you look at a map, I've seen the maps, but do you really think you can pass? It's been a while since the last time I've been on GoalMaps and I tried to look for the directions for the warehouse and it sends you straight for Asbury Road, right along that road to Ferrara.

12:02 – 12:27Speaker 2

But it's not that one. But this will only increase traffic. I think that road is still private property. I could be wrong, I'm not sure.

12:27Speaker 4

It belongs to the farmer Assad.

12:28 – 12:39Speaker 2

He says that the municipality owns everything. The municipality owns everything up to Clifton Scott, which is about half. They have the car.

12:39Speaker 4

I don't know if they have.

12:46Speaker 2

They have Sbry Road. You don't have to. No, I don't think so.

12:56Speaker 3

No. The end should be the first road to the corner.

13:01 – 13:12Speaker 4

They're about to start the asphalt. My friend just started working there. He said they're getting ready to asphalt that parking lot. That's why some of them are coming back.

13:14Speaker 2

We're on the road. And it's a huge place, isn't it?

13:18Speaker 1

You know, that guy... I'm sorry.

13:26Speaker 4

There are 8 hectares under that roof down there. And they are planning to build another 3.

13:31 – 13:43Speaker 3

As you told me, once they start, you know, there will be a lot of cameras. You know, they will be added to the cameras. Yes. In that area.

13:45Speaker 4

Many gentlemen can do it. So let's see if we can open that road. This is all I have. This is all I have. Once again, I'm sorry.

13:55Speaker 2

I don't know.

13:58 – 15:02Speaker 4

Well, I mean, we send what we have there every day. We could send more. All right. We have to set a date for our meeting on October 7th. So our next meeting will be on October 7th here at the administrative center at 3 p.m. Is there any other question? I propose to update the seat. A motion to update... A motion to update the seat.

15:02Speaker 3

Who is in favor of casinos? The opposite sign. Well, we are updated in October.

15:08 – 15:19Speaker 4

Thank you. Well... I didn't take it so... Would you like to? Or... Where to remember?

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