Council - Regular Meeting

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All right. Well, good evening everyone. I have 5:30. So, we will go through our public hearings prior to entering into our regular meeting. Welcome uh to all those who are here. Public hearing number one. Public hearing on ordinance number 4581. An ordinance to amend the fiscical year 2526 budget ordinance number 4544 as amended providing for revisions to the general state street aid capital projects grants and wastewater funds. Anyone here in the audience this evening wish to be heard on public hearing number one? Seeing none, anyone on council wish to be heard on public hearing number one? Hearing none, entertain a motion to close public hearing number one. Second. Motion's been made. Properly second. Any discussion hearing? None. Madame clerk, call the role, please.

Mr. McCullum, Mr. Huffman, Miss Secret, Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. McKelie. Hi. Vice Mayor McGaroon. Hi, Mayor Moulder. I public hearing number one is closed. Next item two, public hearing on ordinance number 4583, an ordinance to amend ordinance number 4,400. The same being the zoning ordinance of the city of Clemington, Tennessee by approving the preliminary planned unit development master plan for lot 8A of the Beachcraft Plaza PUD off Car Lane and Nashville Highway at tax map 42, parcel 14.05. Anyone in the audience this evening wish to be heard on public hearing number two? Hearing none. Anyone on council wish to be heard on public hearing number two? Seeing none, entertain a motion to close public hearing number two.

Motion second. Motion's been made. Properly second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Miss Madame Clerk. Mr. McCullum. Hi. Mr. Huffman. Miss Secrets. Hi. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelie. Hi. Vice Mayor McBroom. Hi. Mayor Moulder.

I. Public hearing number two is closed. All right. Now, I'd like to welcome everyone to the regular meeting of the Columbia City Council for the month of March 2026. Welcome to all of you who are here this evening and to all of those who may be joining on our YouTube either live or later uh throughout the week. We're glad you joined us. Looking forward to tonight's meeting. We will now um have a roll call led tonight and all uh roll calls led by Kim Dale and we'll call our madame clerk for the evening. If you'll take the role, please. Mr. McCullum here. Mr. Huffman. Miss Secret here. Mr. Marshall here. Mr. McKelie here. Vice Mayor McBroom here.

Mayor Moulder here. Let the record reflect those members of council who are present. Uh next uh item will be our invocation this evening. Council member McKel is going to lead us in our invocation and we thank him for that. And we will call on Liz Bermudez to lead us in the prayer this evening. So, if you please will stand as you're able for um or did I say the prayer? I did not mean the prayer. I meant the pledge. Stand for the pledge. I do apologize. Repeat. We we we appreciate council member McKelie for the invocation and Liz Bermudez for the pledge.

Let us pray. Our father, we thank you for this day and for you many blessings of those injured in those soldiers overseas at home. Thank you for loving us in Jesus one. Algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Please be seated. Thank you, Council Member McKelie and Miss Bermudez for those items. We'll move now to the approval of agenda section four. Motion's been made, properly seconded. Any discussion? Hearing none. Madame clerk, Miss Secrets, hi. Mr. Marshall, hi. Mr. McKelie, hi. Vice Mayor McBroom. Hi, Mayor Moulder. I the agenda is approved. There being no presentations this evening, we will move straight into I pass over minutes.

6.1 minutes. It's all right. You said the prayer, you get a pass. Uh item 6.1 approve the minutes of the February 12, 2026 city council meeting. Motion to approve. Second move that been moved and properly second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Madam clerk, Mr. McCullum, Miss Secrets, Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. McKelie. Hi, Vice Mayor McBrroom. Hi, Mayor Muller.

I That item is approved. Next item 6.2 approve the appointment of Andrew Pearson. Pearson Pearson Pearson Pearson. Pearson. I should know that Andrew, but we know him as Andrew. To the city of Columbia Arts Council for a three-year term beginning on March 12, 2026 and expiring on March 12, 2029. Second. Motion's been made and properly seconded. I'd just like to say uh thank you uh for your willingness to serve and we appreciate uh what you will bring to that council. Any further discussion? I look forward to learning more than bringing. All right, madam clerk, call the vote. Mr. McCullum, Miss Secrets, Mr. Marshall, hi. Mr. McKelie, hi. Vice Mayor McBrroom.

Hi. Mayor Moulder,

I. That item is approved. Now we'll go to the consent agenda. These items deemed non-controversial, not requiring any additional debate or attention. I will read them collectively and then we'll vote on them in a block. 7.1 approved dispersements for the month of January 2026 in the amount of $10,967,212.19. Item 7.2 approve and authorize the disposal of surplus equipment. Item 7.3 approve and authorize the city of Columbia to revise the current fee structure with Mutual of Omaha to include comprehensive services for employee assistance program services with an estimated cost of $4,64460 per year. Item 7.4 Four, approve and authorize the mayor to sign the agreement and all related documents with the mayor flex for section 125 flex spinning accounts for unreimbured medical independent care for eligible employees. Item 7.5, approve and authorize the mayor to sign a contract in the city of Columbia and Lamar advertising in the amount of $4,000 for digital billboard advertising in the Nashville Middle Tennessee area. Item 7.6 approve and authorize the mayor to sign the agreement with the city of Columbia and Caitlyn Lucia content creator in the amount of $4,000 for a spring social media collab. Item 77, approve and authorize the mayor to sign a contract between the city of Columbia and general communications in the amount of $6,595 for advertising in the 2627 Murray County Livability Magazine. Item 7.8, approve and authorize the mayor to sign a contract between the city of Columbia and style blueprint for a summer travel digital marketing campaign in the amount of $1,995. Item 7.9, approve and authorize the mayor to sign the amendment to the healthy built environment grant contract moving funds from fiscal year 25 to fiscal year 26 in the amount of $50,000. Item 710, approve and authorize the mayor to execute agreement with Alfred Benesh and company for professional consultant engineering to provide services related to the city of Columbia's pavement management and preservation program in the amount not to exceed $145,680 and authorize the mayor to enter into a

software agreement with City Logix in an amount not to exceed $18,900. 7-Eleven approve the purchase of three license plate readers with fiveyear subscriptions for each reader from Motorola Solutions in the amount of $8,54165 for year 1 with $4,310.93 due annually for years 2 through 5. Item 712 approve and authorize the mayor to sign the amendment to the Tennessee Highway Safety Office grant contract which reduces the grant contract amount from 28,442.32 to $22,753.86 86. And item 713, approve purchase of crowd protection barriers utilizing the violent crimes intervention funds grant in the amount of $261,520 from GSA contract number 47QSWA19D001F. That is the consent agenda this evening evening. Item 7.1 through 713.

Entertain a motion to approve. It's been properly seconded. I know there's some discussion on some of these items that uh at study session um which I wasn't here for, but I did just want to point out that that some of these grants and some of the things that we're getting here are things that we've been talking about and it's part of strategic plan and I do appreciate staff's continued attention towards that very cohesive strategic plan that I think includes really good input from council and staff alike. So, thank you to all for that. Any further discussion on the consent agenda? Hearing none. Madame clerk, Mr. McCullum. Hi, Miss Secrets. Hi, Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. McKelie. Hi, Vice Mayor McBrroom. Hi, Mayor Mhler. I The consent agenda is approved.

There being no items under section 8 administration. We'll go to section 9, resolutions 9.1, resolution 2612, a resolution requesting the Murray County Election Commission to conduct a city election for the offices of mayor and vice mayor on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026. I will make the motion to approve that properly seconded by the vice mayor. Any discussion on this resolution 9.1 hearing? None. Madam clerk. Mr. McCullum. Hi. Miss cigris. Hi. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelie. Hi. Vice Mayor McRe. Hi. Mayor Muller. I. That item is approved. Next item 9.2 resolution number 2613 tax corrections.

Been moved and properly seconded. Any discussion on that hearing? None. Madam clerk, Mr. McCullum, Miss Cris, Mr. Marshall, hi, Mr. McKelie. Hi, Vice Mayor McBra. Mayor Mhler. I that item is approved. Next item 9.3, resolution 2614, a resolution to accept accept the ownership and maintenance of sewer improvement serving Woodward Estates. Motion's been made and properly seconded. Any discussion on item 9.3? Hearing none. Madame clerk, Mr. McCullum, Miss Cris, Mr. Marshall, hi. Mr. McKelie, Vice Mayor McBroom, Mayor Muller,

I. That item is approved. Um, next item, section 9.4. Um, resolution 2615, a resolution ratifying the acceptance of sponsorship donations for the 2026 Midstate Classic Softball Games to be held at Ridley Sports Complex on March 10, 2026 in the amount of $19,000. This is Ward 4. Motion's been made, properly seconded. Um perhaps this is an opportunity to just uh provide a compliment um to everyone involved in the 2026 Midstate Classic. Mr. City Manager, um you know, each year it just seems like the event gets better and better. It seems like because our departments involved learn something every year that they improve or something that works well, they make it even better. Um, and it was just a really cool event this year. Uh, I heard a lot of positive feedback. One of the things that that occurs to me is, you know, sort of like mu day. Everybody's happy on mule day. Everybody's walking around town with a smile on their face. Uh, when you go out to the Midstate Classic for that softball game, it feels a lot like that. Everybody's just happy. Um, we don't really even know what we're happy about, but we're happy. Um, I I'm happy about all the orange that I see. That makes me real happy. But more importantly, I'm happy that a town of our size can have a game of that nature uh with a team um that is currently ranked number one in the country, which has never happened before or never happened for them to be in Colombia while they were ranked number one in the country, which was pretty cool for a town like ours. So, um just want to say thank you to everyone involved in that. Um our our community shined um this year for the Midstate Classic as it has in all years, but thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Mr. McCullum. Hi, Miss Secrets. Hi, Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. McKelie. Hi, Vice Mayor McBroom. Hi, Mayor Mhoulder. I That item is approved. Next item 9.5, resolution number 2616, a resolution ratifying the city of Columbia's application for the GM on Main Street grant, accepting the grant award for $60,000 and authorizing the mayor to execute documents related to accepting and administering the grant project. Second been moved and properly seconded. Any discussion on that item? Hearing none. Madame clerk. Mr. McCullum. Hi. Miss Cris. Hi. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelie. Hi. Vice Mayor McBrame. Hi. Mayor Muller.

I. That item is approved. Next item, resolution number 2617, a resolution establishing a cash management policy for the city of Columbia. It's been moved and properly seconded. Any discussion on that item hearing? None. Mr. Adam clerk. Mr. McCullum. Hi. Miss Secrets. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi. Vice Mayor McBroom. Hi. Mayor Mer.

I. That item is approved. Next item 9.7, resolution 2618, a resolution establishing a capital asset management policy for the city of Columbia. Moved and properly seconded. Any discussion on that item 9.7? Hearing none. Madame clerk. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Miss Cris. Hi. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelie. Hi. Vice Mayor McBurn. Hi. Mayor Mer. I. That item is approved. Next item 9.8 resolution number 2619, a resolution establishing a budget monitoring policy for the city of Columbia. It's been moved and properly seconded. Any discussion? Hearing none. Madame Clerk, Mr. McCullum, hi. Miss Cris, hi. Mr. Marshall,

hi. Mr. McKelie, hi. Vice Mayor McBr Mayor Motor I. That item is approved. Next item. 9.9 resolution number 2622, a resolution adopting Columbia 2026 is the annual strategic plan for the city of Columbia.

Been moved and properly seconded. And and let me just again say that this is something that I think is the most important thing that we can do as a community. Um this would have been my last year as a part of the strategic plan conversation. Um but please know that uh I'm going to make sure I have a copy of this wherever I may be. I'm at a little notebook somewhere and make sure that this thing continues to be followed. Um, but on a serious note, um, I do appreciate and value these conversations and the ability to have a plan that really, uh, allows us to to understand each other from a council and a staff level and and really move forward a very good policy for this community. Madame Clerk, Mr. McCullum, Miss Cris,

hi. Mr. Marshall, hi. Mr. McKelie, hi. Vice Mayor McBrroom. Hi, Mayor Muller. I That is approved. Final section ordinances 10 10.1 second consideration of ordinance number 4578 an ordinance to amend ordinance 4400 the same day being the zoning ordinance of the city of Clinton Tennessee by amending the commercial downtown historic district overlay to include property at 810 Woodland Street being tax map 99A group K partial 11 ward 3 and I am going to recuse on this matter Mr. Vice Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. You have a motion. Motion approved. Second motion. Second roll call. Mr. McCullum. Hi,

Miss Secrets. Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. McKelie. Hi. Vice Mayor Rick Burn. Motion passes. Thank you. So, the record just could reflect that uh abstained or recused. Thank you. Uh item 10.2 second consideration of ordinance number 4587 as amended. An ordinance to amend the fiscical year 2526 budget ordinance number 4544 as amended providing for revisions to the general capital projects and grants funds. It's been moved properly second. Any discussion on item 10.2 hearing? None. Madam clerk. Mr. McCullum. Hi. Miss Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelie. Hi.

Vice Mayor McBr. That item is approved. Next item 10.3, second consideration of ordinance number 4582, an ordinance to amend ordinance 4400. The same being the zoning ordinance of the city of Columbia, Tennessee, by approving the morning point preliminary planned unit development master plan formerly part of the Rutherford Lane Westville Park mixeduse put off of Rutherford Lane and Westville Drive being a portion of tax map 112 partial 3.07 or one 10.3 been moved properly seconded. Any discussion? Madam clerk, Mr. Mr. McCullum, Miss Sers, Mr. Marshall, hi Mr. McKelie. Hi,

Vice Mayor McBr. That item is approved. Next item 10.4, first consideration of ordinance number 4583, an ordinance to men ordinance 4,400. Same being the zoning ordinance of the city of Columbia, Tennessee by approving the preliminary planned unit developed and master plan for lot A of the beachcraft plaza pud off kane and Nashville highway at tax map 42 partial 14.05. been moved, properly seconded. Any discussion? This right here is another example for our new Thank you. Any other discussion? Madam Clerk, Mr. McCullum, Miss Secrets, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McKelie,

Vice Mayor McBroom, Mayor Muller, and that item is approved. Item 10.5, first consideration of ordinance number 4584, an ordinance to terminate an electric power easement located on tax map 51, partial 58.07 at Honey Farm Way in US 31 Nashville Highway and authorize the mayor to execute any related documents. It's been moved, properly seconded. Any discussion on that item hearing? None. Madam clerk, Mr. McCullum, hi. Miss Mr. Marshall, hi. Mr. McKelie, hi. Vice Mayor McBrin. Hi. Mayor Mhler.

I That item is approved. Um, that takes us to other business. Any member of council have anything wish to be heard? All right. Well, um, good meeting. Let the record reflect the time of the meeting. Um, and, uh, it may be one on the history books over my two terms. And, uh, that's not a bad place to make a little history. Um, finishing, uh, with an efficient meeting. So, I want to say thanks everyone for your attention to these matters this evening and thanks to everyone who joined us and um have a good rest of the week and we'll see you next month. We'll entertain a motion to adjurnn.

Motion's been made, properly seconded. Any further discussion on that? Hearing none, we'd like to say thank you to our uh assistant clerk this evening, Kim Dale, and ask Madame Clerk Dale to call the vote to adjurnn. Mr. Mr. McCullum. Hi, Miss Sris. Hi, Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. McKelie. Hi, Vice Mayor McBrroom. Hi, Mayor Motor.