City Commission - Regular Meeting

The doors open back there for some of the cold air escape.

Good morning everyone. It is time to call the city of Franklin see the commissioned order. This is a regular meeting. Good to see everyone and we welcome you. And at this point in time, we'll. Ask Commissioner Powell to lead us in a word of prayer to open our meeting up.

Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you for another day of life. Thank you, Lord, for all the blessings of life, even when we don't deserve them. Lord, we just ask you to bless each and every one under the sound of my voice and the ones that are here, the ones that are listening. We pray, Lord, for everything that's going on around the world. We pray for the ones that are sick, the ones that are shut in, the ones that lost loved ones. Now, Lord, we ask you to come into this meeting, guide our hearts and our minds as we make decisions that are pleasing in your sight and right for the citizens of Franklin. In Jesus' name, I pray.

Thank you, Commissioner Powell. Uh, we will move on to hear the public and I believe we have Mr Donnie Briggs here to register to speak today. So, Donnie, you would like to come on up to the podium.

Address a couple of things to get out of your way pretty quick. My address is, I owned a lot on 500, right across from 500 Walker Street and I went to get a water availability on it. and sewer availability and they tell me that they want me to put a fire hydrant in. I mean, and I just took a picture from the lot with a cheap camera and the fire hydrant sits right up here. It ain't 100, it's 220 feet from this corner. And if you look from the other end of the street where they just put a duplex in, the corner of my lot's less than 150 feet. Now, why would I put it in fire hydrant then? It was that close. And I went all over town to check to see how the cold is on the fire hydrant. Some of them are half a mile away. So I don't know how you justify me putting in a water meter. Who did you talk to? The water department. They gave me a paper on it. The city gave me a paper on it. And I went down and talked to the drain guy because I couldn't understand what some of it meant. And he, you know, he's going to tell the guy to give me a call and never got a call back from him or anything.

Okay, let's paint a picture of the distance between what you're talking about. You're talking about North High, one of the hydros from North High and the other one is where? Bell? Bell Street. Bell Street, okay. From Bell Street to North High, I don't even think that's a tenth of a mile.

No, and you see the Hydro Center, the Hydro Center right on, the Hydro Center right on Bell Street, right by the daycares. That's the main, it's got to be a main, there's a Hydro there. High Street's got a main. I mean, I can understand if I had to pay for the line going up to my lot, I can go along with that. And then they tell me I got to get an engineer inspected. Get an engineer to draw it up for me to put it in.

So, I guess we, I guess the question is.

Our policies are awesome. That's the state policy.

Okay.

So our extension is not a water service line. Water line extensions. Okay. More sewer line extensions has to be engineered for everybody.

What's the request? Hold on, hold on. Wait a minute. So you're telling me, okay, here's the fire hydrant right here. They had to go straight across the street to feed this house here. So, to feed the house here. So, how'd you do that?

I don't understand.

Okay, the fire hydrant's right here. Okay, the house right here is fed off that hydrant. How'd you do that? At that house? Yeah.

That's when I first started. The Habitat for Humanity, they had to tap the 6-inch PVC because there wasn't no water, no rust available. So they had to go upstream, tap the 6-inch PVC main right there by that hydrant and run it at 45 degree angle to get it over to the Habitat.

I ain't got no water. Why can't that happen to the main go down to go down? I know and that's another problem. I went to him before he bought the lot and asked him about the water. They come and mark a big blue line down through there and now they tell me there ain't no water on that side of the street.

Anybody in the water department, they come out there and mark it.

A big blue line. And Tracy Gregory, the plumber, and his people was out there too when they come in and mark it. Then they decided they didn't have a line.

Hey, Mr. Cox. I know you didn't talk to me and you did not talk to Jeremy about this water line.

Like I said, like I said again, Like I said again, Trace, they came out there and marked it blue. And then they dug around and asked the neighbors, then they decided they didn't have a line. They even marked it. Was that before or after you bought the property? It was in the process of buying. That's why I had them do it. And once I knew I had it, I went and signed a contract on it. And I paid $70,000 for a lot in Harris Town, but I can't do nothing with it. I paid for all this. So it's a lot across from Brevard and Mays?

So, there's what is say, I know you, um, and you added the duplexes that are on board across the street. I know we ran a small line up. During the time to feed 1, 2 of those duplexes. Because we didn't have nothing on Walker at that time. That was a year or 2 ago that you started about a year and a half. You tell me, Jeremy, that from your other duplex on that same property, we've had to come up from High Street To get you are exact. You should have done that.

Okay. Okay. Well, let me tell you this part since you're telling me, and you can ask Mr Stewart, we decided that we were going to take your mother to sort of coming off a made lane and coming off a high that we're just going to put set them right there. At the end of our street, when we talked about it, that's what we said was going to do. And then I went up to get availability. Did it all change? And then I had to get a damn wider way through my property at high street.

So there's water lines running down Brevard and Mays, but there's nothing on Mays Lane? Nothing on Mays Lane.

And Brevard, it stops.

Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. Gotcha. So it's on North High, it's on Brevard, but there's nothing on Walker Street? What does the map say? What's the ask?

What's your ask? Where do you? How am I going to afford to put a damn hydrant in there? It's bad enough I had to go get an easement done for a property that y'all already told me that we could set to two meters up here on Brevard. They changed it right in the middle of the game and didn't tell me until I got ready to do it.

How long ago did Tracy come out? Tracey's out there all the time. I know, but I mean, do you remember, like, was it a month ago, six months ago? Like last year. Okay.

Yeah, ask him. I want you to ask him. And it's out of the dig for him.

Whenever we get ready to do water availability like that, what's the process of water availability? Is there a process? Do we just go, I mean, is it they just come and ask and somebody just go out there and what do we do? How do we do that?

It usually comes with planning. So, there's paperwork to validate this process. Do we have it for this property? I filled one out a week ago 2 weeks ago.

and the difference in these guys and chris law is when chris law comes out there and tell you something you can take him as a word you don't need no paperwork if chris law comes to tell you something chris law don't forget chris law tells you something you can believe it everybody else forgets forgets i don't remember i don't remember coming out and some of you some of them and one of them was in here out there digging when they came out So, if we were, if we were to take.

So, where are we trying to come from Walker or. Are we trying to come from bail or North high street? Yeah. So, okay. So, then what you're saying is Kentucky state law, because you're coming off of mind, we're going to have an engineer. Blah, blah, blah and then. What's the deal with the hider?

Okay, so it's state law?

If that's the case, why ain't there one at the end of Bavard?

Ain't no way to flush air.

pre-existing. And then go over to Bryant Street. Y'all been telling me on Bryant Street, I've got six, six, eight duplexes over there, and y'all been putting me lining over it for five years. We're going off a three-quarter line, water line. It ain't a 500, you can, hell, you can't, in a mile over there, close to 500, that's a school. North High's a six.

North High's an eight-inch cast, and I'm a six-inch PVC.

So that would be the better option?

North High, yes.

North Highwood?

So we just have to take it I don't think there's anything we're gonna be able to do today but

If it's a state law, we can't deviate from state law.

I mean, that's what there's not because I talked to the fire mark. There's not a state law, but you have to set a fire there. You can run the line. You do not have to set a fire hydrant there. If that was the case, half of Franklin would be out of your addiction because there ain't no fire hydrants in that area.

But, Donnie, I just heard that people— I don't care what he said.

Call the state inspector. You don't have to—you do not have to have a fire hydrant. You can have a line. So— You know, y'all wonder why I get so upset. It's because you think y'all act like I'm stupid. You think I'll just come in here and I'll just blow it all out for no reason if I ain't got it checked out? You don't think I'm just going to be doing this my whole life. You don't think I got enough sense to call the fire marshal and the state to figure out what you got to do before I come in here? You don't have to. You don't have to have a fire hydrant there.

I'll straight up question. Does there have to be a fire hydrant there? Because he does have a point. There's many spots in Franklin that there's no hydrant within 200 feet.

I mean, this is a lot of extension.

Oh, you put a blowout.

But most typically it's a fire hydrant where you can use for fire protection.

So we're asking...

I mean, it's going to be a fire hydrant or a ball, I think the one with a hood. I mean, most people put the fire hydrant, like I said, for fire protection for whatever they're developing in that area.

The fire hydrant would make more sense. Because if you're going to put it in. So what are we talking ballpark engineering?

That would be engineering sent to the state for approval, yes.

Are you talking from going to cost me 25,000 dollars to put that in? Is that right?

That's what they need development. Yeah, they need development. I'm saying that there's got to be engineers in the state.

Okay, so it doesn't even make sense. So, so you're not protected under the house zone down on Bavar Street. Ain't unprotected. And I don't and I just built last year there so you wouldn't really back to what protects it.

There wasn't any fire harder there now protected, but we weren't adding off of a main right for last year. It was different.

He just said he had to add on add on for me to do the other two. I mean y'all job.

Yeah, because it was so yeah.

So what's the difference in the service in a main service?

I don't just work over one inch.

So it has to be a main to go down through there? If we can't do a service line off of... Fair, yeah. And what are you putting, two duplexes? Well, I don't know.

Before I even started doing anything, it's come up. How many acres? I'm going to put a one-point corridor. I was going to get it rezoned and do mini-storages. I didn't need no water at all before this come up. But I was afraid to do that because then they tell me I need a hydrant outside for mini-storages.

The usual process is if the developer is going to develop something, they come into a development meeting and explain what they're going to do. That way we can properly assess what is needed and what we have available for water and sewer.

I had broken.

Asking him to do.

I had broken lots up into two and put two two-plexes on each lot and I hadn't been here yet and talked about it. I'm not developing. Y'all act like I'm going in and putting in 40 units there.

We're asking you to follow the rules.

The rules need to go for everybody. They do. No, they don't because I'm just telling you, I just broke up 25 blocks here in the last six months. Have I been in front of y'all? No, not one time. Not one time. So something's wrong. I mean, it's a waste of time. It's just a waste of time. It's a waste of time. I got my last word before I can get out of here. How do y'all come up with this, Kelly? I'm going to show you. All right. One time it's $1,400. It's $1,400 for the water meter. Then here it's $1,600. Then here it says I paid $1,800 for one meter. How do you justify that? There are three different charges.

So two meetings ago, three meetings ago? Somebody over here, I'm not sure we changed it. We changed it.

It's more meetings ago than that. It was a year ago. Probably. We changed it. It is time.

Blindness. Yes. All right. The new place has to be 34 to give that. 32. So, it's 1800 dollars in a year later, or 6 months later, whenever he came back, I want another major for that. We actually got into discount only charging 1400 dollars, which we should have.

You didn't give me nothing because it's still equaled out to 32. I can count. You didn't give me nothing. But I'm going to tell you, I'm gone. You know what? I'm going to tell you something. I'm going to get out of here. Y'all are full of it. Y'all are full of it. Y'all are full of it. The best thing about this thing is, is that after this election, some of y'all won't have to see no more.

Okay, we will move on and we'll have approval of the minutes of the June 8, 2026 regular meeting. And I'm sure everyone's had an opportunity to look over those. Make a motion to approve. We have a motion by Jamie Powell to approve those. I second. Second, Mayor. Second by Commissioner Stewart. Are there any questions or comments? If not, we'll have a roll call vote. Megan?

Mayor Gibson?

Yes, yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you.

And we will move on to recognitions and under recognitions will be a Tyler Heckman class of a water treatment plant operator certification and Johnny Skipworth is here to present that and recognize Tyler. Thank you, Johnny.

So, I'm going to introduce Tyler Heckman again. He is our newest class for drinking water treatment operator. He started with the city a year ago, and he was able to. just really shoot through all the red tape with his bachelor of science degree in biology. So that makes them eligible after a year's experience working with a class four water plant to sit through and take the exam, which he passed with flying colors in May. And so we're very proud of him, very happy to congratulate him On his success, and I look forward to working with him in the future. He is already taken the reins and has operated the plant on his own. And that's what the class 4 certification enables you to do. So, with our drinking water treatment plant, it does need supervision whenever it is in service. So that's. you know every day of the year that we work and on average 10 to 12 hours a day and so we need to operate our plant and make our great tasting and high quality drinking water so thank you Tyler very much for your dedication for your hard work for your determination and I appreciate you so very much for being on my team. Shy, I think, kind of quiet, but I want you to know that he warms up quickly and he is a fantastic member of the team. They all get along really well. I'm so blessed and I thank you guys so much for letting me grow this team. It means a lot to me.

Thank you. Thank you, Johnny. What's your degree in?

Biology. We'll probably keep you and Trent away from each other.

I mean, it'd be, you know. Right, because of the biological treatment plant.

I'm just saying that the conversation would probably be more for most of us to comprehend, I would say. Trent nerds out on that stuff. I think it's great, but whatever.

It makes for a very lively conversation. Thank you so much.

Congratulations, Connor. Congratulations, Connor, and thank you for the effort that you put in. Thank you. We'll move on to community services, and I think you have anything under that today. From there, we'll move on to general government, and under general government, we'll have discussion or possible action regarding the July 4th fireworks days and hours, and Carol's going to speak to that for us.

Yep, the ordinance, just as a reminder for the Commission and the community, fireworks are allowed For Friday, July, the 3rd and Saturday, July 4th from 10 a.m. to 1030 PM. In 2018 that. To take it from midnight to 1030 PM. So, no action needed just want to make sure everybody understands 10 a.m. to 1030 PM. Okay, thank you.

Okay, moving on under general government will be discussion or possible action regarding the Kentucky Downs fireworks permit and Carol's going to speak to that one also for us.

As in the past several years, Kentucky Downs has approached us and Submitted a permit for public fireworks display. They're using the same company they've used in the past in your packet. There's the application that was approved by the fire chief. And this will require the commission to approve it and authorize the mayor signature. Air fireworks display is planned for July 2nd, which is Thursday beginning at 830 PM. So, if you're in agreement with this, the, we need a motion to approve Kentucky downs permit for application for supervised public display of fireworks by fireworks for Thursday, July 2nd, 2026, and authorize the mayor to sign the permit application.

If we have a motion by commissioner Bush 2nd by commission for query and I might add that this permit is is what we've asked in years past. So. We have a motion and a second. Any further? I'll call for a vote and all in favor aye. Aye. Any opposition? And that motion carries. And we'll move on to a discussion and a possible action regarding resolution number E-2026-small purchases policy and Carol has that one also.

So, as this happened the last couple of years, because of inflation, the state has increased the amount that where we are required to go out for bid. This current fiscal year 26, that limit was 40,000. Now they have put in new legislation to take that up to 50,000 starting in July. 1st. So we would need to pass an ordinance to allow us to do that same thing. They also added to this ordinance, a resolution, sorry, that starting in 2030, it will automatically increase by 10,000 every five years. So we're not having to do new legislation every year. So if you are in agreement with that, we would need to adopt resolution E2026 to reflect the legislative updates from the state and authorize the mayor to sign any and all documentation related to the matter. Do you have any questions?

Did we look at other providers on the work comp?

We're not there yet.

Okay, sorry.

Talking about small purchases on page 33.

So it takes it from 15 to 50 to 15 to 60?

It's taken it from forty to fifty this year. And it will take it from fifty to six.

Oh, I got you.

It should increase. So we don't have to keep coming back each year thereafter unless the legislature changes their mind. And then we'll do that too.

So, so we'll still, but we still have to get the three quotes between that amount between fifteen and fifty.

We still get three under. That hasn't changed.

So let's be clear anything on fifteen thousand dollars. We don't have to get a quote.

we usually get one quote to be honest we do get one but but it's not it's not mandatory that we do that it's it's in case if there's something that ever comes up if it's over 50 maybe it's good maybe we do it sometimes we don't know what it's going to cost so we reach out for a budgetary bid or estimate and then we're like oh it's way more than we thought it's 20 so then we know we got to get three quotes Um, but if they come back and it's 10,000 dollars, it's under our threshold for getting 3 quotes. You've got 1 estimate. So you're good to go. And then when it hits that 50,000 mark now, going forward, we know we have to bid it out, advertise, do that whole process, bring it to the commission to award the bid. Any questions. Okay.

Do I have a motion to that action? I make a motion. We have a motion by Commissioner Stewart. Second. Second by Commissioner Powell. Any further questions or comments? If not, we'll have a roll call vote. Megan, please.

Commissioner Stewart? Yes. Commissioner McCurry?

Yes.

Commissioner Bush?

Yes.

Commissioner Powell?

Yes.

Mayor Dixon?

Yes.

Thank you.

Okay, moving on. We will have. Carol, do you speak at all to?

Yeah, I do want to speak a little bit to that.

Amanda, would you all like to speak to that?

Yes, I'll chime in. Okay.

Well, discussion of possible action regarding proposed ordinance approving interlocal agreement for solid waste franchise and Carol and Amanda both have some comments.

So we've been working on this since April Early May with the solid waste contract, we bid that out. We had the bid award. It was awarded to Scott waste several weeks ago in that time. We have been working back and forth between Scott waste fiscal court and the city since it's a joint agreement to iron out those contract terms. And we sent it back with the revised some revised information on. Thursday, and I think the other 2 bodies both had Friday as a holiday. So we haven't heard back from them.

So I'm waiting to get hopefully those final terms tomorrow or Wednesday.

What that means is this contract expires June 30th. So to get this in place, we're going to need to have a special called meeting hopefully next Monday if that's agreeable to your your schedules and we will do an emergency reading at that time to put this new interlocal green agreement into place.

What's what's changed between this this one in the last 1. A lot a little.

Well, you've not even seen the contract terms yet. This is, yeah, we haven't, we've been just working on that. It didn't even start till after the last time we talked about this. The pricing, none of that is changing. It's just the terms, like how we handle, we do the billing, how we pay Scott waste, how much insurance is required, what, how many carts people are allowed, all of those details. Instead of starting with the prior agreement, which was seven years old, I think Scott, we started with a new clean plate template and there's just been more things to tweak to get to what we had expected for terms. So it's just taken longer.

So, in the span of time, between the last contract and this contract was how much.

7 years we renewed it, but the original contract was that was 2013 2014. yeah. So it's fairly old.

So just working through those changes.

So we don't need to take any action today. Other than if we could agree to a special called meeting next Monday. And do you want to do it at noon or do you want to recommend another time? I don't anticipate it will take very long. This should be the only agenda item.

It'd be better for you all if we did it 1st thing in the morning or late in the afternoon. What's better.

Does it matter? It doesn't matter.

Yeah, I tell you 8 or 830 morning. Yeah.

Okay. 8 o'clock 830 830 830 830 on Monday.

All right. Um, yes. Someone make a motion to that.

I would move that. We have a special call meeting to finalize the Scott waste contract on. Monday, June twenty ninth at eight thirty held here at the police department.

Second, we have a second by commissioner Powell. All in favor aye. Any opposition? And we will meet at eight thirty next Monday morning here at the police station. Okay, moving on under general government discussion regarding workers' compensation coverage annual premium. And Carol will speak to that one too. You're getting a workout today, Carol.

So, our workers compass through Kimmy, which is complete Kentucky employers, mutual insurance and our agent of record for that is Franklin insurance. The policy has increased from about 40,000 to just over 60,000 from last year. We've had several workers comp claims this year, which is that's it's all been driven by those. the actual claims paying out for us. So- Stop getting hurt. What's that?

I said stop getting hurt.

We sure that easy, but no action is needed. They've they've sent us this renewal and Dale to your question earlier. Um, this just comes to us. I need to understand what the term is. It's I think this is the 3rd year. So we probably would need to look at that for next year. But I'm going to reach out to Franklin insurance.

And I understand that they still send an agent to do to evaluate if you have index writing fiscal year.

Um, they, I just got the notice in the mail. I think Friday they do an annual audit. It's all online. We just upload a lot of information and verify our wages and they have all the claims information and then they send us new. New, you know, if we owe more for last year, they'll send us an adjustment. If we've overpaid, they'll send that back.

Sometimes if you meet with them and have an audit, if they look at your frequency rating and what type of accident, do you put together some kind of corrective plan or even more safety precautions for X event, if that'll drop your index rating the next year?

Yeah, the last two years we've not even seen them. They just email us and that's the end of it. They've changed their whole, they can see a lot more when we upload documents rather than just give them the paper copies.

Can I ask him about that?

We will.

We will. And my bad. It's not y'all. It's y'all. Yeah.

Thank you, Carol.

He's not going to say anything.

Any further questions or comments regarding? Thank you, Carol. We'll move on to public safety and I don't think we have anything under public safety today. Utilities and discussion of possible action regarding award of bid for the water treatment plant switchboard replacement and Johnny's going to speak to us on that.

Yes, so on Thursday, May 28th, we had a bid for our The installation for our new water treatment plant substation, the MC cabinet and upgrade for the new main switch, the main breaker to the facility. We had two bidders show up that day, Industrial Power Solutions and Lowenbro. Industrial Power Solutions did $123,120 and Lowenbro LLC bid $136,377. We've had barge design solutions, review the middles, and they check the references for us and they recommend the lowest better industrial power solutions. And so my post action is that you would approve and we move forward and recommend that the water treatment plant station rehabilitation project and the amount of. to industrial institutions and authorize the mayor to sign any and all documentation.

I'll make that motion. Okay, we have a motion by Commissioner Bush. Second. Second by Commissioner Powell. Is there any further comment or questions? If not, all in favor, aye. Aye. Any opposition? And that motion carries. Thank you, Johnny. Thank you. Okay, we will move from there on to ordinances and, uh, we will have, uh, Megan will take those for us.

Actually, I'm going to take those mayor. Both of them are budget stuff. So I'll just go through those. So, we will have 2nd, summary reading for ordinance 2026 that that's 011 ordinance amending the annual budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 2025 and ending June 30th, 2026 by estimating revenues and appropriations. Um, this amendment is changing the fund balance for general fund. Negative 18,000, 865 to negative 152, 524. Utility front is going from negative 2,000,002, 08, 470. To 2,000,004, 38 to 10. cemetery fund from $21,957 to negative 16,993 and perpetual care from negative 202,202,000 to negative 127,050. And we will take a roll call vote. Oh, first I need a motion, sorry. I used to do it. We have a motion by Commissioner Stewart.

Second by Commissioner Powell, and we'll have a roll call vote. Megan please.

Commissioner Stewart.

Yes.

For a vote, I want to explain our budget don't include putting another person on the fire department. I'm still for that. I think the fiscal court discussed last week that. I want to put words in their mouth, but they didn't quite. To vote on doing so, I think they put it pushed off a little bit to next year. It just didn't work out for us. According to Carol, we don't have the funds after this year's budget is up. But nonetheless, I'm gonna vote. Yes. On the budget approval.

Uh, no.

Yes.

Yes.

And we will have second summary reading for ordinance 2026-012. An ordinance adopting the annual budget for the fiscal year, beginning July 1st, 2026, and ending June 30th, 2027 by estimating revenues and appropriations. I will read the changes in fund balances, which are exactly what we discussed in the last meeting general fund. What goes to end the year? 107,158 stormwater fund change of negative 444770. Utility fund. A change of minus 1,752,549. Sanitation 1,798 dollars. Municipal fund negative 6,968 dollars change. Cemetery fund minus 36,022 dollars. And perpetual care positive 23,000. We have a function I'll make that motion motion by commissioner Powell.

2nd, 2nd, by commissioner Stewart, and we'll have a roll call vote.

Yes. Yes. No.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes. Thank you, Megan.

Thank you, Carol. And from here, we will move on to executive session and under executive session. We have personnel and that'll be discussions or hearings, which might lead to the appointment discipline or dismissal of an individual employer member. And that's under K. R. S. 6, 1.8101 F, and I will need a motion to go into some language.

We need to, I forgot to read this at the end of the ordinances.

Thank you. That concludes first and or second summary reading of these ordinances. Ordinances become effective upon passage and publication and will be posted on the City's website. A full copy of the ordinances are available on request by contacting the City Clerk at City Hall during normal business hours. Sorry, Mayor.

Now, we also have a motion and a second and I will all in favor, aye. Aye. Any opposition? And we now move into Executive Session.

Do we get a motion and a second? I asked me that earlier.

I will need a motion to come out of executive session. We have a motion by Commissioner Bush. Second by Commissioner McQuarrie. All in favor aye. Aye. And we now move back into regular session. And at this point, we have no action to bring before the body. And from here, we will start with the.

Carol, so you have a. This is just looking ahead to the next meeting 1. it's nice to actually be at a meeting apologies for my absence back earlier this month. I think this time, 2 weeks ago, I was either on a train or contemplating getting on a train or trying not to visit train something. But moving, but happy to be here, but moving forward to July, we'll have a couple of things coming from planning and zoning. They just met this past week about that pilot program, planned residential development. So that will be coming back before the commission in July for consideration. And then there's been a legislative change with regards to modular homes and what zones they do or do not fit into now. And so the planning and zoning will be meeting to review a proposed tax amendment on that. And I anticipate that getting in front of this commission sometime in July. So, just to let, you know, and essentially what they're doing is bringing our current regulations into conformity with that change in the law that the general assembly did back in February.

Thank you Amanda from here. We will move on to city manager reports and.

I'm just a reminder special called meeting next Monday at 830 AM. We'll get those notices out as soon as I have the, the wording the language for the contract finalized. I will get it out to you guys.

Okay, thank you. Carol moving on to commission reports. Commissioner Stewart. I don't have any. Mr. McQuarrie? I would just like to remind everyone that the 4th of July we are going to have a big parade in Franklin and it is our 250th anniversary and I hope we'll have a really really good turnout and it'll be a good time to honor our veterans and we do appreciate them and And we appreciate the freedoms that we enjoy today because of them. And so 4th of July, come out and celebrate and enjoy Franklin and our country.

Commissioner Bush. I have a question. So with the fire department, so they've increased their number of runs. They've doubled their number of runs. So last year they think five or 600. I think this year they're already at six or 700. So the issue will be, and I don't know, I just asked them how many runs they were going out on how things were going. And they said, well, we're at 700 runs. And I asked them how many last year, they said 600. So, and I haven't talked to them, but how do we do the fuel? How do we do the maintenance? So if a truck breaks down or if our fuel bill last year was $20,000, but this year our fuel bill is $40,000, We're on the hook for that half that 40, right? Or half the, no?

The way it works, and we need to have you guys talk to Nicole or get some more information, but there's a standard amount from the original interlocal agreement from almost 18 years ago, I believe. And that increases each year by inflation. Um, and that's just a set amount. Then we pay 50% of on call labor and 50% of the additional. Full time head count that we have agreed to.

Okay, but not the operational cost of the not it.

There's some operational in that base number, but I don't have any of those details. We would need the county to explain all that to us.

Okay. Okay. Cool. Thanks.

We have a motion by Commissioner Powell to adjourn. Second by Commissioner Bush. All in favor, aye. Aye. Any opposition? And we now stand adjourned.