Council - Regular Meeting

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Can you set your own? I put you back And we put on All right. First, we're on the on the agenda or public hearings. This is a time where the public another chance for the time for the public to get to speak uh their concerns and their issues with a project. So first public hearing is public hearing on resolution number 2570 a resolution to annex and approve a plan of services for property tax map 73

parcel 17.02 located off road and to the city of Columbia Tennessee board five. Anybody not audience would like to speak on this issue? Anybody on this council would like to speak? I see none. Do I have a motion to close? Have a motion. A second. Roll call, please. Mr. McCullen. Mr. Huffman. Miss Secret. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi.

Vice Mayor McBroom. I motion passes. Public hearings are closed. Thank you' all for being here tonight. We'll go ahead and have roll call. Mr. McCullen, Mr. Huffin here. Miss Secret here. Mr. Marshall here. Mr. McKelby here. Mayor McBroom here. We have a quorum. Next on the agenda is our invocation by Lauren Lauren Lane of Grace Church of the Nazarene. And then if you rise, we'll have the prayer and then we'll continue to stand for the pledge of allegiance led by Brian McKel.

Bow your heads and pray with me. Father God, we give our attention to you tonight. You are the one who's worthy of all glory and honor and praise. God, we lift your name in this room. God, I pray on behalf of the city of Colombia and all of her leaders and public servants, God, that your wisdom and majesty would take first um and best priority, God, that your logic of love would flow through everything that we do, God. That justice would roll like a mighty river, God. That we would be firm and rooted in your constant compassion and faithfulness. God, I pray for everyone that is gathered here. Um that that our uh attention would continue to flow in and out of your rhythms of grace, God. That you would bless them and keep them. That our city would be filled with uh your goodness, God, in every single way. um from the youngest to the oldest and um from the least to the best, God. Whatever that looks like, God, that you would be so close in our city, God, that this meeting um would would do your will in Colombia, that it would honor you as our hearts honor you, God. We thank you for who you are, for all that you're doing in our city, for the ways that you are breaking strongholds, for the ways that you are u making your name known and and lifting heads. God, we thank you for who you are. Amen. To the flag of the United States of America to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible liberty and justice for all.

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All right. Next on the agenda is approve of the agenda. Motion to approve. Have a motion. Have a second. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Mr. Huffman. I miss. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi. Vice Mayor Mc Broom. Hi.

Approval passes. Next we'll have presentations. I'd like to everybody join us in the whale for our three presentations and uh chief fire chief will lead us on the first one. Thank you. I'll let the chief get started on this. I know he's proud. [laughter]

So, go ahead, sir. I'd like to just take this opportunity thanking council for this opportunity to recognize this young man right here. uh as a former uh member of the Tennessee National Guard. It's a kind of a pleasure to recognize him and his service. Uh Owen Sum just recently returned from a year's deployment overseas. Uh you know, let alone working in the fire service and time away from family, also the time away serving in the great state of Tennessee. I definitely wanted to recognize him because it is a big sacrifice on him and a big sacrifice on his family. So, at this time, I'd like to recognize him. Thank you.

And could I please get a group photo really quick of everyone? While we're together, you want to say anything? Sure. [laughter] I just appreciate everybody's support while being gone. It means the world to me. Thank you. right here. One more.

Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you, brother. Appreciate you.

All right. The next proclamation we're going to have is no trash November. We got anybody? Here we go. I wonder where you were. Hey, before we get started, I read this. Um, these people are a blessing to me. I bother them. I bother them all the time. I go down the road. I see stuff. I call them. And they've always been gracious. And thank you. Well, I've got you here. Thank y'all for that. All right. We'll start on the proclamation. Whereas the state of Tennessee is renown for its scenic beauty from the Application Mountains to the mighty Mississippi River which attracts residents and visitors alike and serves as a point of pride. And whereas litter on the roadways, waterways in the public spaces is more than aesthetic issue, it poses a significant threat to our environment, wildlife, economy, and public and safety. Whereas Tennessee Department of Transportation is nobody's trash is Tennessee. good campaign which consistently demonstrated a commitment to reducing preventing litter across the state through education cleanup initiatives and volunteer programs. And whereas the annual no trash November campaign has historically mobilized thousands of volunteers and coordinated cleanup event yields tens of thousands of pounds of collected litter and fostering a spirit of environmental stewardship. And whereas this dedicated month encourages all citizens, community group and local organization to personally responsible for the cleanness of this community and collectively participate in unification of our great state. And whereas the no trash November serves as crucial initiative to prepare our state for increased travel festives of the holiday season ensuring our public space are welcoming and clean for all. Now therefore, I, Randy McBroom,

vice mayor of the city of Columbia, do hereby proclaim November 2025 as no trash November.

Oh my god. Right here, y'all. Ready? Thank you. Why would you like to say anything? Uh, [laughter] you didn't tell me I'd be doing this. No, I would just like to say thank you very much. No trash November is very close to my heart. This is the fifth fifth year we've done it actually. And uh y'all can find me in Spring Hill coming up down there on Sunday. Join us on the 22nd. 22nd in Columbia. That's right. 22. Y'all come out and join us. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. [applause]

All right. Next is the City of Columbia Park cleanup and beautifification day. This is the second people I borrow that bother a lot [laughter] as Mac knows.

And I do appreciate y'all too. You always been gracious to me also. All right. Here we go. Whereas the city of Columbia parks and green spaces are the heart of our community, providing places for families to gather, [clears throat] children to play, and neighbors to connect. Whereas the public spaces reflect the pride and care of our citizens, and keeping them clean and inviting is a shared responsibility. Whereas litter and debris take away from the beauty and safety of our park, but with a little time and teamwork, we can make a big difference. Whereas the city of Columbia Parks Cleanup and Beautifification Day offers a opportunity for resident civic group, schools, and businesses to roll up their sleeves, pick up trash, plant flowers, and lend a hand in making our parks shine. Whereas these cleanup efforts not only help the environment, but also strengthen community, spirit, reminds us of how much we value our parks and the natural areas that make Columbia special. Whereas this year is the start of what will be an annual event held on the 3rd Saturday of November, ensuring that Columbia continue to invest in the care and the beauty of our park system year in year out. Now therefore, I Randy McBrroom, Vice Mayor, Columbia, Tennessee, do hereby proclaim Saturday, November 15, 2025 at the city of Columbia Parks and Cleanup Unification Day. Thank you'all. group.

One more. One more. Perfect. Thank you. Go ahead.

My name is Savannah Dunn. I am a senior at Columbia Central High School and this event is a part of my capstone project. I am so incred incredibly grateful to be presenting this event to you all tonight and I wouldn't have been able to do any of this without the wonderful people at Columbia Parks and Rec. Um um this event is open to anyone and everyone. So please tell your friends, tell your family, and I hope everyone started. Thank you. [applause] Good job. Good job. Thank you. First time I've ever gotten pictures taken my glasses on. First time ever with my glasses on. All right. Next on the agenda is 5.4 quarterly presentation by Will Evans, president of the Murray County Chamber and Economic Alliance. Will Evans Day proclamation. [laughter]

I don't know how to take the fact that everybody went back to their seats. Yeah.

Um, no. Uh um it's my pleasure to be with you guys uh this evening, mayor uh member of c members of council. Uh you all did receive a copy of the presentation I do believe is attached uh to your agenda. So I'll go through that as brief as possible and then take any questions you guys uh may have. Uh the first slide past the title is our November economic development dashboard. I just wanted to present that with you guys to give a snapshot uh of the activity we are seeing and some of the metrics that we track uh across uh the economy here for the county. You'll see at the top our active project pipeline continues to remain uh on par. I think last time it may have been 22 projects that we have. We're tracking 20 currently. Uh just under 400 potential jobs and 373 million in potential capital investment. Uh the breakdown as we've talked uh multiple times throughout the year uh we are still seeing more we are now seeing a few more relocations than we are existing industry expansions. um that has uh gone up a little bit, but it's still way above the trend that we've seen over the last few years where we've seen 80% of our pipeline being new businesses as opposed to existing industries looking to expand. Um so we are continuing to see our existing industries remain successful. You've got the cost of living there. Those are new numbers. Uh the Q3 quarter 3 2025 was just released. We actually saw our cost of living uh at the county go down a few points [snorts] um there. So that trend just kind of does eb and flow with the national average there. We still are remaining um well under the national average of 100 and under our peers in Nashville and some other areas that we measure across the country. Unemployment rate um we still just have August numbers um due to the recent shutdown. The November or excuse me the September numbers have not been released to date. We do anticipate those within the next month or so. um still hovering kind of around that 3 to 4% where we've been uh over the last few years. Um and we will continue to monitor that trend closely with some of

the news that that we've heard uh in Spring Hill over the last few weeks. Uh the others you've got our uh housing permits broken down by city uh housing home values and rental prices are continuing to kind of stay uh where they've been. And then the labor force participation rate again that is uh data from August as opposed to September. Uh moving on to the next uh slide there you see some snapshots really just a uh photos of our investor event uh that we celebrated back in September of this year but did want to talk to you guys about that. Um but moving on to the next two pages. Uh this is a handout that um we presented to our investors of which the city of Columbia is a generous investor in the work we do uh for economic development in the community. The first page is just showing a snapshot of our funding goal uh where we landed versus our goal. Um we have uh just over $1.1 million in annual commitment to fund our work over the next five years. Um we did exceed our goal of$1 million annually. Um we have a couple more that may come on uh here uh towards the very end, but what this equates is about a 22% increase in our funding uh and our budget to be able to do some of the work that we're really setting out to do. Uh won't spend too much more time on that, but we'll go on to the next page. Um while we were also wrapping up our fundraising this year for the 5-year cycle, we were also implementing the first year of that plan. Um so these are some of the milestones uh that we did accomplish uh throughout that first year. Um when it comes to our line Murray, we have launched our advanced manufacturing industry council. Uh this is a group that is meeting quarterly of the advanced manufacturers here in the county um to really dive into issues that are specific to manufacturing so we can better identify opportunities uh to create better alignment and programming to to help the workforce. Uh we are also um next week actually having the inaugural meeting of our healthcare council. Uh so our goal was to set up two of those and understanding if you

look at the business sectors in Murray County, manufacturing and healthcare are two of the largest sectors. So, those are two of the first groups that we wanted to stand up under our line Murray program. Um, we did receive two grants awarded to help site improvements uh across the community. Uh, one of those is related to the um Columbia Tennessee rail site and the the power line relocation there as well to kind of help with some of the offset there. uh we have um gone out and met to date we're now actually over 60 different visits with our align Murray uh partners so employers as well as our existing industries uh across the county to understand um the pain points that they're having and opportunities for us to work with them uh to to help improvements. Uh the next priority you see there on on the um middle this is our cohesive community vision and we've talked a little bit about this. Um so now uh that we have uh completed our fundraising piece uh this will be what we are setting out to really begin next year and again what this is is we are there's a lot of growth going on in in the county which is great but we understand that there's a lot of uh different concerns and issues that are result of that. So, our organization, we see ourselves as kind of that neutral catalyst that really brings the the community together to get everybody uh on the same page and to really try to develop a true vision of what we want to move forward as a community as a whole. And that's better going to drive our work to make sure that the work we're doing to grow the economy is in line with the community. So, that would be a big focus of us, our organization, uh in 2026. Uh the next slide uh kind of talking a little bit more about our line workforce development. We did h uh have our annual manufacturing day on October 3rd of this year. You have a full press release following this slide uh giving you all the details of that. Um but this year we were able to work with Murray County Public Schools, Columbia State, and

other various employers uh to arrange three tours. We focused on Spring Hill uh this year and we're going to kind of rotate around throughout the years. It gets a little cumbersome logistically to move these students from one side of the county to the others uh to uh tour various uh facilities. So, we wanted to focus in there, but they were able to tour Prenova, which was formerly Integrity Neutrauticals. They make like neutrautical powders, protein powders in Spring Hill, Comprehensive Logistics, and Groove Life, uh that make the silicon rings and belts that are very popular these days. Uh, one of the things we added this year, um, was a job fair. Uh, so we hosted the students at Spring Hill High School, fed them lunch, and then brought in other employers from, uh, across the county. We had Landmark Ceramics, JC Ford, Ultium Cells was there and gave the students just an opportunity to kind of tour around and visit with those employers to understand what they're looking for in employees, what kind of jobs they have and really kind of mesh with uh what they were learning about on those various tours throughout the day. So, another successful event. I believe that's about the fourth year uh we've been doing this and we're looking to continue to that that program and that coincides with National Manufacturing Day uh in early October. Uh the next few slides are just some uh information for you. I did want to make sure you all uh received an official invite to our annual state of the education lunch which is scheduled for next Wednesday. Uh it will be at the memorial building at 11:30. Uh we would encourage you if you haven't signed up to attend, please visit our website. Tomorrow will be the final day uh so we can get the catering orders in. But would welcome you to uh join that. We will have uh Superintendent Ventura and some of her senior staff to talk about some of the recent trends and and scores as well as uh the CTE programs, the working with the employers. Uh really have some curated discussion around the state of public education in Murray County. Uh the next slide, it is holiday season. So, a few things here. We have our

annual open house, holiday open house, which is a one of our bigger social events of the year. So, wanted to make sure you guys had that on your calendar. uh for December 5th. It will be open from 3 to 6 PM. So, please uh stop by and say hello. And then sticking with the holiday trends, I did bring everybody um a holiday gift guide uh this um evening. We just released these uh this week. So, this is the second year we've uh put these together. And these feature our local first gift card participants. Um, so if you aren't familiar with that program, those are gift cards that uh anybody can come to our office and buy that are good at over 70 different locations uh and businesses across the county. And so we are uh doing our best to keep dollars local here when somebody wants to give a gift card. Um we have uh through the duration of that program um sold I believe now just over $300,000 worth of those over the years. Uh last year I believe we had over 60,000 sold within the year. So, um, this guide is highlighting those businesses as well, uh, as, uh, you know, their their holiday hours featured items. The staff got to pick some favorites. So, it's just a it was something we introduced last year and and, uh, everybody really enjoyed. So, we were happy to release the the second rendition of that. And on the gift cards, we do have a sale for those next week uh, going on our annual sale. If for every $50 you buy, you get an extra $10. So, it' be a good time to do some holiday shopping or shopping for the year ahead. So, with that, I will stop and take any questions the council may have.

It sounds good. It sounds like we're steady. We just aren't as wide open as we were, but it sounds like we're steady. That's a good time in this environment. Yes. Um probably for the city and for this council. I I appreciate you. Sure. appreciate everything y'all do. Glad to do it and we truly appreciate the support of this body as well and allowing us to do the work that we do and appreciate the partnership. Y'all are doing a good job and you're always listen to what we say or ask. Yeah. Even though we borderline probably harassment sometimes never. But well, I appreciate y'all and if I don't see you again, but I will see you at the open house. Absolutely. Thank y'all and thank Mary Mur.

Sure. Thank you. All right. Next, we'll have the uh organizational business 6.1. Approve the minutes of the October 9th, 2025 city council meeting. Second. Have a motion to second. Discussion. See none. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Huffman. Hi. Miss. Hi. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelie. Hi. Vice Mayor Mc Broom. Hi.

Motion passes. 6.2. two, reelection of Sarah Harris Barry for a six-year term on the city of Columbia Civil Service Board for a term that began on April 13, 2025 and expires on April 13, 2020 2031. Have a motion and second discussion roll call. Mr. M. Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, heard somebody say something. Go ahead, Mr. McCullen. Mr. Huppen. Hi, Miss Cris. Hi, Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. McKelby. Hi, Vice Mayor Mc Broom. I

passes 6.3. Re-election of Walter C. Mitchell for a six-year term on the city of Columbia Civil Service Board for a term beginning on December 14th, 2025 and expiring on December 14th, 2031. Have a motion to second discussion. Call Mr. McCullen. Mr. Mr. Huffman. Hi, Miss Secret. Hi, Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. McKelby. Hi, Vice Mayor McBroom. I motion passes. 6.4. Election of Lorie Fischer to fill unexpired term on the city of Columbia Civil Service Board for a term beginning on November 13th, 2025 and expiring on February 18th, 2030. Have a motion. Second.

Second. Have a motion to second. Now, I just had quick discussion. I know Lori Fiser, then there's no finer person out there uh to be on this board and she'll always have the city of Columbia at heart. Any more discussion? Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi, Mr. Hen. Hi, Miss Secrets. Hi, Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. McKelby. I vice chairman approve.

I motion passes. Now, we're on the consent agenda. What I'll do is I'll read everything off and after I get done if anybody like to take one of them out, we'll take them out. Then I'll vote on the other uh on the consent agenda and then we'll discuss that one that we held out. First is 7.1 approved dispersements for the month of September 2025 in the amount of 10,818,33.19. 7.2 approved and authorized disposal of surplus equipment. 7.3 approved and authorized the mayor to sign the medical service agreement with Murray Regional Hospital. 7.4 Approved and authorized the mayor to sign a work order between the city of Colombia and Grenicas in the amount of $3,274.79 for a blog module to be added to the Visit Columbia website. 7.5 approved and authorized the mayor to sign an agreement between the city of Columbia and content creator Alanina PZ in the amount of $4,000 for all day social media marketing campaign 7.6 Six, approve and authorize the mayor to sign an agreement between the city of Columbia and Mosa Group fitness at 150 a month for free programming for offering the group power program at the Columbia Aquatics and Recreation Center. 7.4 Four, I mean, I'm sorry, 7.7. Approve bid award and authorize the mayor to sign a contract between the city of Columbia and DWR Aquatics in the amount of 524,497 dollars to complete the pool renovations at the Columbia Aquatics and Recreation Center. 7.8 Approved and authorized the mayor to sign an amendment to the contract with the city green service in the amount of $100 per occurrence. 7.9 approve and authorize the mayor to

execute change order number two for the fiscal year 2024 2025 street resurfacing contract between the city of Columbia and volunteer paving for milling striping and resurfacing at Columbia Aquatics and Recreation Center the Ark in the amount of $142,325.33 710 appro approve bid award and authorize the mayor to sign a contract with United Disposal Partners LLC at the cost of $54.73 per ton for the transfer station and landfill services. Does any of those we Anybody would like to hold out? Got a motion to approve. Have a second.

Second. Have a motion. Second. Any more discussion? Any consent? Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Huffin. Hi. Miss Cris. Hi. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi. Vice Mayor McBroom. I all consent items pass. No administration under resolutions resolution 9.1 resolution number 2577 a resolution authorizing termination of the August 1994 memorandum of understanding between the city of Colombia and Saturn Corporation now as GM. Move to approve. Have a motion.

Motion a second. Only discussion I would have is uh chief or Mr. Mass, have we heard anything back after since we uh no sir, there's been a letter sent to GM and I understand Mayor Moulder reached out and tried to have a telephone conversation with the GM representative, but it did not return the phone call. Okay. Well, we we tried. Yes, sir. We're trying to work with it and and we'll continue to try to work on a solution if they want to deal with us. Any more discussion? See none. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Huffin. Hi. Miss Cris. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi. Vice Mayor McBroom.

I motion passes 9.2. Resolution number 2577. Tax correction. Have a motion to second. Discussion. See none. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Huffman. Hi. Miss Secret. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi. Vice Mayor Mcroom.

Hi. Motion passes 9.3 resolution number 2579 a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of water system revenue anticipation notes of the city of Columbia making provisions for the issuance sale and payment of said notes establishing the terms thereof and disposition of proceeds there from providing for the collection disposition of revenues from the water system city of Columbia Tennessee and making provisions for the operation of said system. I don't want to read that again. Y'all better do [laughter] it right. Move to approve. Second. I have a motion to second. Discussion. None. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi, Mr. Huffman. Hi, Miss Secrets. Hi, Mr. Marshall. Hi,

Mr. McKelby. Hi, Vice Mayor McRuit. I resolution passes 9.4 Four, resolution number 2580, a resolution authorizing the extensions maturity of and the adjustment of interest rate on the water system revenue participation note series 2023 of the city of Columbia, Tennessee. Move to approve. Have a motion to second discussion. None. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Huffman. Hi. Miss Secrets. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi. Vice Mayor Mc Broom.

I resolution passes. Next 9.5, resolution number 2581, a resolution to ratify the city of Columbia application for the city of Tennessee violent crime intervention fund grant in amount not to exceed 1,300,000 and authorize the mayor to execute documents related to accepting and administrating the grant. Motion second. Second. Mayor Vice Mayor like to comment. All right, we have a second by uh Councilman McCullum. Now discussion matters. Um, Chief Awood, if you want to come forward and give us the good news tonight about this grant.

We received some notification today. [cough] Yes, sir. Vice Mayor and members of council. What originally was a million dollar grant uh for out of the violent crime intervention fund, uh, not all agencies applied for that grant with the state. So they've altered that grant and are awarding city of Columbia $1.3 million now instead of a million. So I thought that number was higher. Thank you. Bless Chief. It we got some pretty strong indication that we are going to get the grant. Yes, sir. We're going to get awarded the grant. Yes, sir. Perfect.

Uh just have that form I spoke to you about that'll need to be signed tonight and we'll be able to send it forward. Thank you. Good news. Thank you, Chief. [clears throat] All right, we have a motion and we have a second. Any more discussion? I see none. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Mr. Huffman. Hi. Miss Secrets. Hi. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. I. Vice Mayor Mc.

I. Resolution passes. Next on the ordinances 10.1 second consideration for an ordinance number 4562 an ordinance preventing flow of traffic on South Garden Street to oneway travel from West 11th Street to depot second motion to second discussion see none roll call Mr. McCullen I Mr. Huffman I miss Mr. Marshall I Mr. Mckelby. Hi, Vice Mayor Mcroom.

Uh, 10 point motion passes 10.2. Second consideration of ordinance number 4564, an ordinance to amend ordinance number 4,400. The same being the zoning ordinance of the city of Columbia, Tennessee by zoning property being annexed by resolution number 2570 located off of sale road being tax map 73, parcel 17.02, L2 to CD3 neighborhood character uh district ward five. We have a motion to approve. We have a second. All right. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? I mean, this is one of them that we've passed last time. It meets all the It checks all the boxes for what they needed to do. 30 lot. No more discussion. Roll call.

Mr. McCullen. No. Mr. Huffman. No. Miss Cris. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. No. Vice Mayor Broom.

I. Three to three. Motion fails at 3 to three. Is that right? All right. Motion 10.2 fails. 10.3. Second consideration ordinance number 4566. An ordinance to amend the Columbia Municipal Code by repealing and deleting title 12 chapter 1 sections 12.101 12 102 12103 pertaining to the building code and adopting new sections 12.101, 12.102, and 12.103 citywide. I have a motion. Second. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Huffman.

Hi. M secret. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi. Vice Mayor Mc Broom. Hi.

Motion passes. 10.4. First consideration of ordinance 4568, an ordinance repealing title 7, chapter 2 of the city, Columbia municipal code entitled fire prevention code in its entirety and replacing it with new chapter 2 adopting the 2024 international fire code, including appendix B and C with certain amendments providing limited exemptions for public safety infrastructure project and requiring business portal restoration established the date of 201 uh excuse me establishing the date of December 11, 2025 as the date of public hearing. Have a motion to approve. We have second

have a motion to second discussion. Mr. ML. Okay. Chief Cummies, if you could come forward, please.

Yes, sir. Council Councilman, any questions you have for chief?

Okay. Uh, so what this is is just a uh an update to our code. uh we have to do this to stay in compliance. We always do it right behind developmental services just like last time and to uh following [clears throat] within the state guidelines and where we have to have state overview from the state fire marshall's office that our code is in compliance with at least theirs or goes above theirs. So this is an update to the code with a few uh adoptions in it that we really have looked at over the last six, seven months and punched some holes into and uh trying to as I use last as a study session trying to put some common sense back into it that we can look at individual projects and go okay how do we need to look at this project or look at this home and go what's the best case scenario here for this um you know one of the develop ments we talked about is the core drive thing. Uh it's been on the books three or four years now. Working sitting having to sit down and working and looking at avenues where we can offer them safety things that we can work with people on. Uh, one of the things I used in the uh, study session was on that project, if they would use uh, two-hour firewalls in between each unit and use a full commercial sprinkler system, then we could allow that project to move forward. Uh, so it's things like that, trying to put some common sense back in this where it's not so restrictive the way we have it right now.

Yes, sir. I was commenting.

Yes, sir. That's that's what we're here for. I came by there personally myself. So, will will it uh when if we get the downstream intake finished and uh also uh get those projects those $80 million worth of projects done, will we go back to what we had? Yes, sir.

That's the intent. Uh and and this is kind of the fire fire marshall 101 uh that's we are adding in here. It's kind of a um sliding tail type deal. As the system increases, as those improvements happen, our number, our 600 gallons per minute that we're offering with the tanker operations will start coming down as areas improve. And you know, hopefully by the next time code is adopted, we can just adopt the code directly across the board with no amendments to it. And by that time, by what I've seen in the documents and all, we should be in pretty good shape by then. Good. Good.

This is a stop gap measure for the time being. Chief, with the information you shared with us last week. Yes, sir. You you mentioned that this this is what the state's going to and we are that's what state is now. I mean, state is now and we're going to be above what state requires.

Yeah, we we are just above right now. We are way above what the state requires, but we're going to meet just a little bit above what the state's got. Another I shared with uh Councilman Kelly, he has reached out to me. Mount Pleasant's doing the same thing. Um they've already kind of doing the GPM requirements and stuff now. So, we're kind of mirroring our partner to the south of us. Uh he he had asked me if any other cities had adopted this particular thing. I have not reached out to other cities. We've done a lot of research on our own and stuff and all my department got together, our staff and really looked at this and punched a lot of holes in it cuz this will mean a lot more work on our staff uh especially in our fire marshals division because they will have to look at stuff a lot more closer.

Thank you, Chief. I I've got a question. Yes. I know you mentioned at the study session the house on Robinson Drive. I think that's Robson. Yes. Now, you said it couldn't be built back if they But if they sprinkled that house, they could build it back. Is that true? If they sprinkled it. Yeah, they could they could have built it back. They could build it back right now.

That's all I need. Um, with what Mr. I mean what was just said they could have built it back but extreme amount of cost to them that you know they might

and and the the problem I have with it and I I expressed this in the study session is that person built that house that lady did I'd say what late 60s is that era of homes out there maybe early 70s uh that person has paid taxes for years and then when their home burn that home burns down even though it wasn't occup that's that's what I really have the problem with the current code we have because it is so restrictive and with the water flow that we have now that's available in that area um

and also that one would be able to be built back without sprinkler in about two to three years once the $82 million worth of infrastructure that we've improved gets built. Two to three years down the road when that line gets laid down Trotwood, it will be able to build back then by the old standard, you know, as soon as the GPM comes back up. So, we're we're getting the problem solved. We're just trying to help some of these people through this little short term. Yes, sir. Thank you. Any more discussion? Thank you. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Huffman. Hi. Miss Cris. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi.

Vice Mayor McBroom. I. Motion passes. All right. 10.5. First consideration ordinance 4569, an ordinance providing for the collection of 2024 delinquent property tax. Have a motion. Second by Mr. McClullen. Discussion. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Huffman. Hi. Miss Secrets. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi. Vice Mayor Mcroom. I. Motion passes. 10.6. First consideration of ordinance number 4570. Ordinance providing for the collection of 2024 delinquent special assessment.

A motion. We have second discussion. Roll call, please. Mr. McCullen. Hi, Mr. Huffman. Hi, Miss Secrets. Hi, Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. Kelby. Hi, Vice Mayor McBroom.

I motion passes 10.7. First consideration ordinance number 4571, an ordinance to amend the fiscal year 20 2526 budget ordinance number 4544 as amended providing for the revisions to the general capital project grant funds and establishment the date of [clears throat] December 11, 2025 as the date of public hearing. Have a motion. We have a second discussion. See none. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Huffman. Hi. Miss Secrets. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi. Vice Mayor McMroom. Hi.

Motion passes. 20 I mean 10.8 first consideration ordinance 4572 an ordinance amending ordinance number 3761 as previously amended by the ordinance number 3815 38.884 and 3917. as it pertains to post 64 supplement healthc care insurance benefits for employees hired after June 30th 2012 second a motion second discussion none roll call Mr. McCullen I Mr. Huffman I miss Mr. Marshall I Mr. McKelby, Vice Mayor Mc Broom.

I motion passes. Now under other business, we still vote on this since the other one got Yes, sir. on 11.1.

So, the one you voted on earlier was an ordinance to approve the change to zoning request in the event this was annexed. So, the resolution would actually be the annexation. You technically still could annex it. it would just become the default zoning, which would be CD3L. I don't think that if you're not giving them the zoning that they're requesting, I don't know that it makes any sense to annex it, but it could still be voted on. I presume the vote would fall along the same lines, but it's you could still annex it.

Okay. I don't think it I don't think it I don't know that it would make sense to to annex it though in a different zone than what the applicant has requested. But if it was to be annexed let's say for some and this is just for future use because this is a learning experience for all of us every day it would it default would be CDL CD3L be 3L I think is the default. Is that right Mr. Governor? 3L would be the default. Okay. They had requested CD3, I think. [clears throat]

I don't remember how many M. All of you come forward, please.

This piece of property, how many acres was it? Around 12 acres. So they could do they've got 30 now. So if we do the CD3L, they could actually put in 24 lot. That's correct. Yes, sir. If it would they could make 24 work. Yes, sir. They might lose a couple in there, but Okay. I did confirm with the applicant in the audience that they wish to not annex the property if they did not receive the zoning that they requested. Just just for you to to know. Okay. Next time they need to sign up to speak. Yes, sir.

I don't I don't like that. I'll tell you in the audience we we're up here at the bat. Maybe I'm out of line, but you don't sign up to speak. It's not good. Go ahead. I'm sorry. Just go. No, sir. So, the big difference is the density per acre. So, it's it's a four unit per acre on a CD3 that was request. The CD3L is a two per acre. Um, and the and the lots get a little bit wider. Um so that's what gets your reduction there. So they would be in that 20 range probably. Thank you. Yes sir. Well and if applicant if the applicant does not wish to be annex then I would just suggest you make a motion to deny the resolution and vote on it and that I make the motion to deny.

Second motion second. I doubt if anybody wants to discuss it. Miss secrets. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Hen. Hi. Miss Secretress. Hi, Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. McKelby. Hi, Vice Mayor Mc Broom.

I motion passes. Next on the agenda, uh, under other business 11.2, request by council members, Mlullam Secrets to have the W's edge at Taylor Land of Development reconsidered [clears throat] at uh, the December or January city council meeting. Uh, we do have two people to speak. Uh, but I need to clarify something. I mean, I do own a piece of property that is in the area. So, to make sure we have no conflict of interest, I'm going to abstain from this vote, but I still will lead this um request discussion.

So, I or discussion. So, we will um should we do this uh motion and second, have discussion [clears throat] and then we'll let

Yeah, I think I think that's right. Let me just clarify. Oh, I'm sorry. I just just so that everybody's clear on on on what this is. This is a this is a request to have this matter placed back on the December or January agenda for consideration. This is not to discuss and vote on the ordinance itself or the u reconsideration of it at this point. This is just a request by council members to place it on another agenda for discussion. So, and if depending if the motion or if somebody makes a motion and it passes tonight to put it back on the agenda, then the notice goes back out the publication, the signs go up for the residents and everybody will have an opportunity at that time again to speak and council will have an opportunity to go through uh and consider it at that point. So, this is not just to be clear a vote on the W's edge or the ordinance. This is a vote whether to place it back on an agenda to have a a vote and discussion on it.

Okay. Thank you. Um by thinking about it, I'm going to go ahead and let the uh people who sign up to speak go ahead and speak. So Mr. Moore address in three minutes. You know you know what to do.

Thank you Joshua Moore 360 Coleman Court. I'd like to thank my fellow uh homeowners from Taylor Landing who joined me tonight on such short notice. Um so there's some confusion here, but this looked like it was an emotion to um reconsider. So my comments are kind of based on that, but this item was just placed on the agenda yesterday at 3:54 p.m. only about 24 hours ago. It didn't have come up for discussion last week's city council study session. And before that uh study session, I notified Councilwoman Serest that Taylor Landing Homeowners intended to present a petition uh if the ordinance was returned and um I didn't receive a response despite multiple attempts. Uh prior to the study session, we uh did organize a petition. We've got um 166 signatures so far. Um and uh we did this in about 48 hours, Pat and I back there. Um it doesn't take much because this is very very unpopular um at at Taylor Landing. And so we we'll continue this agenda or this petition if we have to if you put this back on the agenda and we'll we'll do another petition drive or or continue this one and collect more signatures. Uh but we paused this uh petition uh because we uh were informed by the city in writing that the ordinance had failed and the first consideration would receive no further considerations. So homeowners reasonably relied on that clear statement and did not attend last week's study session not expecting any additional actions. And uh residents have um we have process and transparent conceit concerns. The city city charter explicitly adopts Robert's rules of order and MTAS's published guidance explains that under Robert's rules, a motion to reconsider must be made at the same meeting where the vote occurred by

someone on the prevailing side, not a next meeting or meetings months away. And that did not occur last month. But because the charter explicitly adopts Robert rules, Robert's rules, we are simply asking for clarity on what authority allows reconsideration at a meeting one to three months later after a failed vote at a prior meeting. Additionally, the Tennessee Open Meetings Act, any deliberation toward a decision by two or more members must occur in a publicly noticed public meeting. And because tonight's agenda item reflects a joint request by two council members, homeowners are understandably concerned about when and how this action was coordinated. So to be clear, I'm not accusing anyone of wrongdoing. Residents are acting for are asking for transparency, consist consistency, and lawful procedure. Before the council proceeds with um reconsideration of whatever they're doing here, I respectfully request what is the precedence for this? When and how was this re reconsideration request initiated? Did any discussions about reconsidering this ordinance occur outside a publicly noticed meeting? And under what legal or parliamentary authority is reconsideration permitted after last month's field vote? And so we appreciate your time and look forward to further clarifications. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Moore. Next on the uh to speak is uh Kristen Doss. I'm sorry, Christy Doss.

Good evening. My name is Christy Dos. I'm the homeowner at 710 Taylor Bend Road. Um Joshua is pretty thorough in his explanation, but I just want to follow up as well. um did some research on this and it seems to appear that uh y'all are in violation of the Tennessee Open Meetings Act, which requires um adequate notification to the public of this. And as we stated, we saw that there was a modification on the agenda at 3:40 3:54 p.m. yesterday, which is just a hair over 24 hours, which requires at least a minimum of 48. Um so that's that. In addition to what he said about Paul Kelner's email that was dated on November 5th, the ordinance uh 54563 did fail on first consideration. I'm going to read to you what we were told. So it says to approve an ordinance, the city council would need to affirm it with a positive vote twice. If an ordinance receives a negative vote, then no subsequent considerations follow, regardless of whether it's the first hearing or the second. Now, one would believe this leads um people to believe that there's some nefarious and self-s serving intentions here. So, as you can see, the residents of Taylor Landing are very concerned. We're very organized. As he said, Joshua said, this is a very unpopular project for multiple reasons. As we've stated in the planning commission um multiple meetings that we've attended. So, um, we just as we requested, we just want clarification and to be aware that, um, we want to make sure that there's again no self-s serving um, intentions or nefarious things going on here. So, thank you.

Okay. Thank you. Well, what I understand is we just we can't talk about the project, but we can just talk about the reason we vote. Now, I'd like the city attorney to address some of the things that Mr. more said and make sure we affirm to us that we are doing it correctly.

Uh and I'll try to remember those things if it's my understanding that this uh was placed on the agenda Monday afternoon well in advance of the 48 hours under the Tennessee Open Meeting Acts. I'm not sure where it's coming from that it was just placed on there yesterday. Uh my understanding it was placed on there Monday. Uh number one, uh the zoning ordinance uh provides that if a motion or an ordinance is defeated that it can't be brought back for a year unless initiated by council. So this council has a right to uh to bring that back to look at again. Uh it'd be considered a motion to renew when it's back later if you want to get into the Robert's rules of order. A motion to reconsider is done at the same meeting. You can renew a motion though at a later meeting. So, there's nothing preventing u this council from making a motion tonight to put uh this back on a December or January agenda. Um at that point in time, like I said earlier, all notices required under zoning ordinances would go out whether it's in December or January. Uh it would be published 21 days in advance. Um be placed on the agenda. Everybody that wants to come and speak will have an opportunity to speak about it at that time. Um my suggestion is because we're not here to vote on the ordinance itself is that we don't have to or need to get into a detailed discussion about the ordinance. Uh the discussion I don't know that it has to be limited to putting it back on the agenda, but I think that's what's be what the council members have requested that we consider tonight is whether to put it back on the agenda. uh if some of that necessitates some discussion about it, but I'd rather not get into a lot of discussion other than should we put this back on the agenda to look at again at the request of two council members.

Thank you. I know we this uh city council has done this before as as to bring something back. I know it has been done before.

So, any more discussion? Let me add, you know, there's from what I'm aware of, there's been nothing nefarious or anybody trying to to hide anything. Uh that's why it was it was put up on put on this agenda. Um the answer to the question from the director of development services was correct. When a motion's defeated, you don't hear it on consideration. So um I don't think anybody's trying to hide anything there. This is not a second consideration. December, January, if you choose to put it back on, will not be a second consideration. and it will be coming back up at the request of council member for first consideration and then it would still require two votes to pass. So if it failed again on first consideration, it would be over. If it passed on first consideration, then it would go to second consideration.

Do I have a motion? Motion to approve. Well, I would ask that you just state secret Well, and anybody's free to make the motion. I would just ask that you state what the motion is. Is your is the motion um to have this ordinance on W's Edge placed back on the agenda at the December or January meeting and and just state that I make a motion that I make a motion that we uh place the W's Edge development back on the agenda for December or January meeting uh to be reconsidered. Second. We have a motion and second.

Councilman Mcclullen seconds it. Any more discussion? I see none. All right. Roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi. Mr. Huppen. No. Miss Secrets. Mr. Marshall. Hi. Mr. McKelby. Hi. Vice Mayor Mc Broom. Abstain. Uh. The request passes. It will it will be duly advertised e for either the December or January city council meeting to come back. Thank y'all. Um next we have um well first I'll do this uh this will be our last meeting before Thanksgiving. Correct.

And I personally want to thank since Thanksgiving thank all the department heads are in the room still that because I think in the last two weeks I've talked to every one of y'all and I appreciate everything you do. you always listen to me. We always come up to uh great ideas and thank all the department heads and everybody underneath there what y'all done for me personally. Thank you. Anybody else like to say anything? U all right. Don't forget the annual employee Christmas lunchon Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 at main at the fireh hall, renovated fireh hall. It's going to be awesome. Uh thank y'all and u have a motion to adjurnn. motion. Oh, sorry. I got one more thing.

It's Miss Cris.

Um, I uh had a a chance to attend the Citizens Fire Academy and uh it was really really very informative and I learned a lot about what goes on and the equipment that they use and the different, you know, things that go on there. I would challenge the rest of council and anybody out there in that audience and anybody looking on well it's off now but anybody that was on the stream to attend that um that fire academy because then you would know when they bring stuff up what they're actually talking about and you would know how to vote on it. Thank you.

Thank you. Anybody else have a motion to adjurnn? a motion is we got the second good roll call. Mr. McCullen. Hi, Mr. Huffman. Hi, Miss Secret. Hi, Mr. Marshall. Hi, Mr. McCelby. Hi, Vice Mayor Mc Broom. Uh, we are journ Happy. Thank you.