City Council - Regular Meeting

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Good evening everyone. It is 6 o'clock on February 17th, 2026 and time to call to order this meeting of the Gallatton City Council. We begin each of our meetings with the invocation and the pledge of allegiance. This evening, Councilman Alexander will offer our prayer and lead us in the pledge. And I would invite you all to stand with me this evening.

Let's pray. Father, we thank you for the day that you have given us. It's truly been a gift. We ask Lord that with that same thankful heart we gather together tonight Lord thankful that that we can invite you into this room Father and be with us that you would guide us and lead us through discussion and decisions alike. May they all be pleasing to you. Father we pray for our city and each resident, Father, that that may be going through a tough time right now. We just lift them up, Father, and pray that you would would help and provide as they are needed. And we give you thanks for all these things in Jesus name.

Amen. Amen. [snorts] I pledge allegiance 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. I ask that Miss Kitrol call the role for us, please. Vice Mayor Hayes. Councilman Alexander, present. Councilman Carter, present. Councilman Fan is absent, Councilman Fenel here, Councilman Jones here. And Councilman Juvants, present. Mayor, we have a quorum.

Thank you. Thank you all for being here this evening. You have two sets of minutes for your consideration for approval. The first is from January 20th of 2026. The second is from February 20, I'm sorry, February 3rd of 2026. Motion to approve vote. Okay. Have a motion by Vice Mayor Hayes. I heard second from a second by Councilman Jones. Any corrections, additions, subtractions? Seeing none, all in favor of approving the minutes from both January 20th and February 3rd of 2026, please say I. I. All in favor, please say I. I.

Thank you. I heard this side of the room. That was awesome. All right. We're going to move now to public recognition on agenda related items. There are some public hearings this evening. So, if you're here for one of those items, you may wish to wait and speak under the public hearing. The public hearing is for one [snorts] reasonzoning of a 1.93 acre parcel um from CS Commercial to CC Core Commercial District. the Baptist Church on 225 East Main Street. The second public hearing is reszoning six lots of the Clear View Heights subdivision from R10, which is medium density residential to R six, which is high density residential. And then there are two public hearings on um the annexation. One is the adopting plan of service, the other's the annexation for a 3.56 acre parcel um north of East Broadway, east of Dobbins Pike. So again, if you wish to speak to those, it may be that you desire to do that under the public hearing. If not, if you'd like to speak to an item that's on the agenda this evening, you may speak now. I should also mention that at the end of the meeting, there is a time to speak to items that aren't on the agenda. If you'd like to speak, you'll have five minutes. We ask for your name and your address for the record, please.

Good evening. Renee Saunders, 2092 Rottman Boulevard. I had a question about number 12 and I only have a question because I can't find the information in the agenda online uh the the items the documents online and so my question I know you can't speak to it right now but whoever is going to speak to this when it's time uh is this a personal residence and I didn't realize that if we had a disagreement with the utility company that we could actually bring it to the city council for a leakage adjustment because I actually had a problem. They told me it wasn't covered and I didn't know that I had another recourse. Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak? Okay, seeing no one, public recognition on agenda related items is closed. And um Miss Saunders, I'll I'll just mention um this was a personal um residence that did have an issue with a leak in their yard and the utility department is always willing to do one leak adjustment over some period of time. And in this case, this person was not um happy with what the department had offered. And so that person came to the council and this body has moved to this meeting a cons a reconsideration of his final bill. Um as to um not realizing that there is a different approach, I would contend that there are probably many many people each month that would want to come up here and and contest basically what the utility department made a determination on. But I think in our city, we're actually very very generous with making adjustments because we have that ability as a publicly, you know, as a municipally owned utility. But there's only so much the utility department can

do to be fair and to be right when it is um um a water loss issue. Beyond that, it's not I mean, I don't know what your issue was, but I hope that's helpful. And you'll okay, you'll hear more as we talk about it. All right. So, um, moving from public recognition on agenda related items to mayor's comments, really the only thing that I want to, um, discuss under mayor's comments this evening beyond some events is the loss of former councilwoman Julie Brackenberry. Many of us had the privilege of serving with her. Um, I actually knew her before I was in office and she was always very bubbly and enthusiastic and happy and creative and she contributed to a lot of boards and committees and organizations in our community and I think many of us are shocked by her passing. Um, her services will be on the 28th and the visitation is at 9:00. The funeral is 11 um at Alexander Funeral Home. She leaves behind a husband, a son, his wa his his her son's wife, her daughter-in-law, and her parents. And and it just breaks my heart to think about what that family is going through to be losing someone so young and and so vigorous in their life. So, I know that the family will feel your prayers for them and um I hope that you all remember her well and remember her contributions to our city. Um with that, just a few events upcoming that I want to make sure that you're aware of. The first is on this Saturday there is another winter's farmers market at the station. That's from 9 until 1. There's u not in Gallatton but still very cool is a Highway 52 cruise in happening at the old Milican store up on Highway 52 in West Morland. Um also this weekend is the prehistoric American artifact show at the Gallatton Civic Center. That is um Saturday and Sunday there's American Red Cross blood drive. I may have that date those days wrong. It's on the 22nd.

It's on the 22nd. Okay. American Red Cross blood drive on the 23rd. That's from 12 until 4 in the meeting rooms there. On the 27th, it's the Good Morning Gallatin um um first meeting of the year after the kickoff, but the kickoff had to get delayed because of weather. So, this is the state legislative kickoff. They'll be at the station from 7:30 till 9 on the 27th. On the 28th is the Nashville Stamp and Postcard Show that runs both the 28th and the 1st. Um the Gallatton Shalom's own sneaker ball is on the 28th. The TML legislative conference and council or department heads if you want to go please let us know tomorrow because we need to finalize that is at the Double Tree Hotel in Nashville and that happens on that Monday and Tuesday the 2nd and 3rd. um the kickoff that I mentioned for the legislative series with Jeff Seaglers at Northfield Church at 11:00 a.m. on the 4th of March. And then on the 5th of March, another Red Cross blood drive CPR certification opportunity from 3 until 8:00 p.m. And CASA is having their reverse raffle. And then on the 7th of March is the 2026 Sun County Irish Festival. That went away for a little bit, but it's back again. And they do a great job of putting that on. I believe Sun County Tourism hosts that. So, I'd encourage you to check it out if that's something of interest to you. With that, um, I conclude my comments and move on to the regular agenda. And the first item on the evening's agenda is public hearing on ordinance 02601-2. And to introduce that is Councilman Steven Carter.

Thank you, Mayor. This is an ordinance of the city of Gall and Sar County, Tennessee, reszoning a 1.93 plus or minus acre parcel from the CS commercial services district to the CC core commercial district located at 225 East Main Street, authorizing the revision to be indicated on the official zoning atlas, repealing conflicting ordinances, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date. And I now declare this public hearing open.

The public hearing is open. If you'd like to speak, you may come forward at this time. Seeing no one indicating they wish to speak, public hearing on ordinance 02601-2 is closed. Item number two is public hearing on ordinance 02601-3. Again, Councilman Carter.

Thank you. This is an ordinance of the city of Gallatton, Sar County, Tennessee, reszoning six lots 35 through 40 of the Clear View Heights subdivision number five totaling 0.57 plus or minus acres from the R10 medium density residential district to the R six highdensity residential district located south of Hatton Track Road and west of Anthony Street. Authorizing the revision to be indicated on the official zoning atlas, repealing conflicting ordinances, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date. I now I now declare this public hearing open.

Public hearing is open. If you'd like to speak, you may come forward at this time. Seeing no one, public hearing on ordinance 02601-3 is closed. Moving along to public hearing on resolution R2601-5. Councilman Jones. Thank you, mayor. Resolution of the city of Gallatton, Sar County, Tennessee, adopting a plan of services for the annexation of 3.56 plus or minus acre parcel located north of East Broadway and east of Dobbins Pike and providing for an effective date. Public hearing is open.

Public hearing is open. If you'd like to speak, please come forward now. And there is no one. So, [clears throat] public hearing on resolution R2601-5 is closed. Public hearing on resolution R2601-6. Um, Councilman Jones.

Thank you, Mayor. Resolution of the city of Gallatin, Sar County, Tennessee, annexing a 3.56 acre parcel located north of East Broadway and east of Dobins Pike into the city of Gallatin. Authorizing the annex property to be indicated on the official zoning atlas, assigning the annexed area to a council district, repealing conflicting ordinances, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date. Public hearing is open.

Public hearing is open, and no one rushes forward. Public hearing on resolution R2601-6 is closed. Moving to item five, which is second reading on ordinance 02510-54. Councilman Jones. Thank you, mayor. An ordinance amending Gallatin Municipal Code Chapter 9, Fire Protection and Prevention, Article 3 Standards. Motion to move. Second. Motion to approve by Councilman Jones, a second by Councilman Finel, opening the floor for questions, discussion. Councilman Givants.

Thank you, Mayor. Um, I like the idea, but again, when I look at it, I don't like the option one and the option four. I think we should not go um that way because we always have issue of parking subdivisions and basically if we give the option to go to 20 ft, that's what they're going to take. That's what the developers going to take. So now we go back on a situation we had before where people can't park. Uh they don't understand why and someone's going to park and now we don't have enough clearance for our engines to go in case of fire and we have seen uh the last two days that that happened unfortunately. Um, I think we should take care of our citizen and our first responder by going to the high side instead of the low side. Um, so I'm going to make a motion to amend 968A uh to remove one and four. Um so we keep all subdivision with at least one side where people can park uh and that's going to make things a lot clear and a lot easier to understand to the citizen. a motion to uh amend 968A and to remove one and four and to keep only two 28 feet with designated parking on one side of the road or 34 ft with designated parking on both side of the road. I think it's important take care of the safety of our people.

Councilman Jiovants made a motion second. Second by Councilman Alexander. Questions discussion? Okay. The um amendment is to remove one and four um from 968 which is the access to buildings by fire apparatus. Um under a all in favor say I. I. Oppose say no. No. No. Okay. I have Councilman Finel and Hayes saying no. Councilman Jones.

I. Okay. So it passes four to two. So we're back to the original motion as amended. taking out those two elements and um any other questions, any other discussion? All right, it is uh second reading on ordinance 02510-5 4 as amended. Huh? We just did that. No, that was just the amendment. What? Never mind. That was amendment. We need to vote on a motion. Um, so second reading on ordinance 02510-54 as amended. All in favor say I. I.

Post say no. [clears throat and cough] Item six is first reading on ordinance 02601-8. Vice Mayor Hayes. This is an ordinance appropriating 460,000 from the general fund unassigned fund balance for paving. Motion to approve. Second. Motion by Vice Mayor Hayes. Second by Councilman Carter. Are there questions? Any discussion? Okay, this is first reading on ordinance 02601-8. All in favor say I. Post say no. Does pass first reading unanimously. Item seven is first reading on ordinance 02602-10. Councilman Fenel.

Thank you, mayor. This is an ordinance appropriating $45,000 for the storm water unassigned fund balance for the purchase of a hydro seating machine. Motion to approve. Say again. Motion by Councilman Fenel, second by Councilman Juvants. Discussion or questions? This is first reading on ordinance 02602-10. All in favor say I. I. Post say no. Pass this first reading unanimously. Item A is resolution R2601-10. Uh, Councilman Alexander. Thank you, mayor. This is a resolution authorizes city of Gallatin to apply for a build grant. So move Second

motion by Councilman Alexander, second by Councilman Carter. Any questions? Any discussion? Okay, it's resolution R2601-10. All in favor, please say I. I. Post say no. Does pass unanimously. Item nine is resolution R2602-11. Councilman Jons. Thank you, mayor. It's a resolution granting exemption to personal rule 1724, emergency conditions for essential emergency workers. And that's so move. Motion by Councilman Jons. Second. Second by Councilman Alexander, questions, discussion. Councilman Gvance.

Thank you, Mayor. Um, I appreciate that got brought up. Um, I think it's needed and it's a good start, but I think that rule need to be looked at because uh there's some tweaking to do so we don't have to come back every time if something like that happen. But I appreciate it's brought forward. Okay, this is resolution R2602-11. All in favor say I. Oppose say no. Passes unanimously. Item 10 is resolution R2602-12. Councilman Carter. Thank you, mayor. This is a resolution naming the Clear View Park Community Center. Um, and I make a motion to discuss.

Second. Motion. Second. Opening the floor for discussion. Councilman Carter, you're recognized. Yes, ma'am. So, we have received some information from Miss Bates with the Gallton EDA. Um, Miss Bates, if you don't mind, would you like to give us an update? Thank you. Second. All in favor?

I u Hello everybody. I put on your desk um some information about and pictures of the sign that's already on the building. Um, if you want to add on to that sign, um, that's a possibility. It would be very challenging to take out the word community and replace it with legacy. Those letters are not in they're in there in a way so that somebody just can't come by and pull them off. It would damage the brick. Um, so I'm happy to look into whatever you choose to do. But I also made an alternative suggestion that you're if you want to consider it uh doing it something on the inside and adding some more history lesson to the inside. But I I the the outside part is uh I don't have a cost yet and you would have to appropriate funding for additional signage on the outside. There are other walls on the outside, the other facade pieces that you could put an extra sign on, but there is one already there. So,

I think you could do like a monument sign at some point that said like I liked this your suggestion about that park, you know, like a Clear View community legacy park and then you have opportunities for all kinds of Oh, yeah. You could put that at commemorative installations. You could put something like that. Uh much like they have at U uh GPU and the police uh precinct on South Water. Just a basic brick with u metal standout land lettering and you could put that at the entrance to the parking area that's closest to where the shalom zone is where most people are coming from.

Yeah. for people who want you would like to see honored say on the track, you know, that have to do with the outside, you could do like the pedestal installations like we have on the walking art gallery. Yes, you have somebody relevant to something that's gone in the building perhaps you do like the gallery wall that we spoke of. Um I mean it really does have deep history. So Councilman J. Thank you, ma'am. What What do you think the cost will be? I do not know. I I didn't have time to look up the pages and pages of invoices to see what item line that sign was in, but that's I've got information. I've got a call in. So,

I I think it's a great idea. We should we should still have a sign outside. Um I like the idea to have it at the entry of the park. It's kind of what we have on other parks too. Um, could you look at uh a cost and get back to us on that? Because uh so just to clarify, you want me to get information on a cost of a sign, a monument sign that would be at another entrance to the park and then do you still want me to look at cost to put another sign on the building somewhere outside? No, not not on the building. Just a monument sign. I'm I'm happy to do that if that's

I think the Ministry of Priest may actually have some really good information related to that from what we've explored in the past for a sign out here, but I don't think it'd be that. We also have one at the gun range similar. So, I find that cost I think I think we should move to it if it's you know we with I will do whatever you direct me to do. I think it's needed. I think [snorts] [clears throat] that cost us. Yes, sir. Bring that back to us. Okay. Thank you, ma'am. You're welcome. Sorry. Yeah, I think I like that idea. Get the cost and bring it back to us. Okay. And you want that one to say Clear View Legacy Park. What What was the name? Uh, no. Clear View Legacy Center.

Was it one of Clear View Community? Community Legacy. No, it wasn't community. It was just community or Clear View Legacy Center. So, Clear View Legacy Park or I don't know center like community. I'm not going to word the center is already on the building. So park might be I like Clear View Legacy Park. I mean that feels bigger and more comprehensive because that encompasses the whole and like I said gives you an gives you a portal through which I'll do whatever you ask me to do. Yeah. And I I I remember Bishop Clark who who used the word community and I think I think that's important. Uh I I kind of agree agree with that word. I think it's that need to be a community park. Uh

yeah, I think he reminded us it's a community city park, but but definitely I agree. Community's own building, right? Yes. Community center, Clear View Park, Community Center is on the building. So this other sign consistent with that name. It' be really nice to have a Okay, so Clear Legacy Park. I will investigate pricing and if you want to I don't know if that means you can still go ahead and pass what you're doing and just amend it but um I'll get you cost. Well, it's a resolution so I don't think I think I feel like we even need it now since we're not looking at actually changing the name on the building.

I feel like a motion to defer would be appropriate because at some point building right two weeks two weeks is good. Yes. Motion to defer renamed the park. You know, you're you're change you're essentially renaming the park. So, I still feel like you need a resolution of some sort. Motion to defer for the next work session. So, we have time to get numbers and Okay. You want to come back to a work session or to a meeting? Two weeks would be a meeting. At two weeks will be a meeting. Yeah. Motion. Yeah. Back to meeting. Meeting. Yes, ma'am. I need a second. refer y'all. Second second by Councilman Alexander.

So that date would be March 3rd. All in favor say I. I. Oppos say no. That will be deferred to March 3rd. Item number 11 is resolution R2602-13. Vice Mayor Hayes to introduce. Yes. It's a resolution approving payment to Sar County construction of crosswalk and issuance of certificate of occupancy. Motion to approve. Second.

Okay. Motion by Vice Mayor Haye, second by Councilman Fenel. Um, as we were preparing the the resolution and talking it through with Mr. Tuttle and stuff, it really and so this is a little bit different than what we talked about last week, but I think it makes sense. We're going to pay him the money. We're going to construct the crosswalk. we're going to give them the um [clears throat] certificate of occupancy and then it we don't even know. So until we know what the crosswalk even costs to build, why is it even an issue and why do we want to try and articulate in there that and so um does that make sense? I mean, just as we were thinking about it, because this whole discussion is moot if it winds up being over $150,000

and the cert the certificate of occupancy will already have been Yeah, we're going to do that immediately as soon as this is um approved. We're going to issue the certificate. So, you you you're changing the language just that the city will build a crosswalk. Well, the it the resolution is accurate. The resolution that was is before you is accurate. Um, it just says that we're going to construct and pay for the crosswalk, period, without putting the cost in there. Did anybody approach the county to see?

I spoke with the um law director, the county attorney, and advised him that's what we were going to do and we discussed and I've discussed with Mr. Tuttle that we we all believe it's going to be cost at least $150,000. Yeah. Thank you, ma'am. So, it's as written is what's in your packet tonight if everyone is okay with that. I don't think Yeah. Yeah. I think cleaner and we should just move forward rather than trying to have the issue is going to be the county had a resolution. We were going to have a resolution and we were going to I mean create an issue we may not even have. So,

that we should be having competing resolutions. This way. It I think it basically says what the county wants it to say except for the cost aspect and we can take that up later if we need to. And so Vice Mayor Hayes, are you still okay with your motion with that understanding?

It's the resolution that's in the packet. Councilman Finell, you're still okay with that understanding. Okay. So this is um any questions, discussion further on it? Okay. It's resolution R2602-13. All in favor say I. Oppose say no. Does unanimously pass. And then item number 12 is resolution R2602-14. Resolution authorizing water leak adjustment for Kro Road. Councilman Fan is not here. Vice Mayor Hayes, I'm going to ask you to resolution. Resolution authorizing water leak adjustment for 1610 Kro. Motion to approve. Second.

Have a motion and a second to approve. Um, I do think that there was one thing that was decided last week. I think you guys wanted to do half of what was owed, but there were two different numbers that were put out there and you guys took the number that was calculated improperly. I want you to have that information. And then secondly, um, I really do want to reiterate because I went and did this myself and I get alerts every other day where there is Thank you. Did you understand what I said? Just explaining just so that everybody.

So what you based your number on was on an uh wrongly calculated bill and the correctly calculated bill would have made that half be slightly more. And then another thing I wanted to say was actually went on last week. I found when you enter your information, you adjust how you make notifications or how you get notifications. And I would encourage everyone to do that. Um to me, there is some responsibility on the customer. And um just as we um had demonstrated under the public comment and uh and I myself have experienced, I think we could have people up here every single week not liking how their water's adjusted. And so I want to caution you on that because it could become, [snorts] you know, tremendous liability. So

yes, Councilman, just as a point of clarification for the citizens, this one was unusual in that because of Christmas and New Year's Day, uh there was a very delayed um response. No. Yeah. Not notification from us. Normally that's not the situation. We get them at the church if if a a toilet runs. I get notification that our water, you know, right? [clears throat] I appreciate it. But this this situation was very rare in that,

but it also could happen in an instance where their leak started on a Friday and they didn't get notification until the following Friday. Because that's what I'm saying is so important to recognize is that that is just a courtesy notification when they it shows up in their records that somebody has a continuous usage. If you sign up through the portal, it's going to notify you daily if your usage is more than the day before or however you want to set it up or if your monthly usage is more than the month before. It is a really excellent tool and it is for that um very purpose because you can't depend on the continue you know if it'd been that distance between a Thursday and the following Friday it would have been you know probably even more versus the days but Councilman Jines

thank you mayor I'm I'm on white house so I'm supposedly have a smart meter and I'm sign up for what you're talking about with Garatan so I don't know how I work with Garatin but even sign up with that uh I went on the same case um that the gentleman where that took them three weeks to let me know uh with 170,000 gallons uh just at the meter and uh we were lucky to to see it because I would still be running you know until the next bill. So, I I understand where he's coming from. Um, and I know it's, you know, I

I don't remember the particulars of the exact length of time between when they think the leak started and when he was notified, but again, and I'm saying this for the benefit of everyone that has Gallton Public Utilities, you can get notifications every single day on what your water usage is and get an alert. And what you what I would recommend doing is setting it at a slightly higher level than what your normal usage is and probably would have to adjust it in the summer if you're watering your lawn or something. But that's going to that's going to keep you I mean because even with an adjustment sometimes you're paying a lot more money than you would normally pay with a water bill. But you know there's a cost to service associated with the water that we have to treat and provide to our users. And

are you recommending that we don't do this? No, I'm not right. It is absolutely um your decision as to what you do. I did want you to have clarity on that number because I can't remember the numbers. One was an 800 and something dollar number and the other was a thousand and something dollar. Do we have the exact number please? Go ahead. Motion motion suspend the rule. Second. All in favor? I.

Mr. Kellogg. So, the my understanding of the motion and what was voted on was to reduce the bill to $400. That's why I wrote the resolution this way. The difference was $95110. After we did all of the leak adjustments, that's what the leak portion of their bill was was 95110. So, that is what the correct amount should have been. Correct. Okay. Okay. So, I'd like to make a motion to do 50% of what the correct amount was now that we have the clarity for that. 50%. Yes. I second that. So, that will be 4 425. No. Five. Five.

No. 9. 475. 475. Actually, I'm not sure about that either. You okay with that? 475. Yes, sir. Which is still cheaper than what? Um I think it's sheet still lower than what the customer had asked requested. That's not right. Still 47555. Thank you. 47555. Get that odd dollar. Okay with that number, Councilman Jonas. I'm okay with that. 47555. That's an amendment. That's an amendment. Okay. Motion to amend. All in favor say I.

Oppose say no. Okay. It is amended. Um back to the original motion now as amended. Questions, discussion, comments. All in favor of the motion. The the the resolution is amended. Um resolution RT 602-14. Please say I. I. Oppos say no. Does pass unanimously. That concludes the regular agenda. It brings us now to other business. And if there's Councilman Carter, just really quickly, it has nothing to do with council, but it's important to me. I just wanted um everybody, if you see my mother, tell her happy 50th birthday. Happy birthday, mother. I love you. It's also um our fearless chamber director's birthday. So, happy birthday to Kim Baker.

Yeah. Not take anything away from your mom. Anyone else? Councilman Jon, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mayor. Um I got asked um and I got I got the answer from director of parks why the civic center was not open on Sunday and director of park told me that because uh I think that got changed five years ago because there was not that many people coming on Sunday. Uh, but I think we're growing and we're growing really fast and maybe we should revisit that because some people uh maybe would like to use the civic center on Sunday. So, would there be a way to uh to do a survey um send maybe in the next uh the next bill, you know, utility bill? Well, I don't know if we could do it in the utility bill, but we could certainly set up an online survey and one that they can promote through parks and recreation. Yeah, when the decision was made to um close on Sundays, it was um not a decision by this council, and I've gotten a lot of people frustrated with it over the years, and I think it could easily be open with some staffing shift. Um and I think there is a desire for that, but I think a survey is a good way to do that, and I think we can work on that, and we'll get with Mr. Brown to see if he's cool with how it's read and we can put it out.

That would be great. So, we can have an idea and maybe reopen. Yeah, I would definitely like to see a survey because I used to work for Mr. Brown at Parks and Rex and I work a few Sundays and Sundays are really slow days at the civic center.

Yeah. And there may still be there may not be a demand for it to be open, but it could be. And especially like on days when we're closed on the Saturday, you know, for the events and stuff. Um, okay. Anyone else with other business? Okay, seeing no one, we will move to public recognition on nonaggenda related items. Welcome you forwarders 2092 Robman Boulevard. And I thought I wasn't going to have to talk on this, but uh the intersection is Browns Lane and Nashville Pike uh right across from the new gigantic apartment development. I want my right hand turn light back. Uh so coming uh into coming down Brown's lane into Nashville Pike, we have three lanes. We have a lefthand turn lane. We used to have two left-hand turn lanes. Now we have one left-hand turn, one that goes straight and one that turns right. And before they took down the lights and we did them, we had a right-hand turn light. so that when the Nashville Pike traffic went straight and had their left turn, our light turned green so that we could turn right and we wouldn't have to be stopping and looking to see if the other traffic had a green light coming on. So, I want our right hand turn lane back.

We're working on this. By the way, engineer has heard your comments. Yeah. And by the way, I did notify engineering today about the gravel in that area that is on the road. Oh, I mean, yeah, it's kind of moved over out of the travel lane, so that's nicer. But I could see how when it first got spilled, it could kick up into somebody's keep the road clean, though. And then you know that second Oh, I'm not supposed to be talking. No, that middle lane, could it not be left and straight if that's at all possible? Thank you for listening. Thank you. That is a good observation, too, because I thought Oh, sorry. [laughter] Sergeant-at-Arms over here.

Sorry. [clears throat] Name and address for the record, please.

Uh Brett Thaylor, 110 Cavalere Drive, Hendersonville. [clears throat] Good evening. Uh members of the city council and Mayor Brown. My name is Brett Thaylor and I am one of the assistant baseball coaches at Gallatin High School. I have coached there since 2017 along the alongside the great and powerful Mark Wilson. I am [clears throat] also the newly appointed commissioner of the Volunteer State Baseball League. The Volunteer State Baseball League is a summer college baseball league that will be starting its inaugural season this year in the state of Tennessee starting June 1st of 2026. We have selected five various cities around the Midstate and one of the se one of the cities that we have selected is the historic city of Gallatin.

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We are looking to bring summer college baseball to the city of Gallatin. The site that we have selected is Gallatton Municipal Field, field five, David Alexander Field. There we we will create an alliance with the American Legion Post 17 as well as the Gallatin High School baseball program. Next week, we'll be presenting our economic impact report, showing how this summer college baseball team will bring in an economic surplus of over $900,000 to the city of Gallatin. More importantly, this team will give local college baseball players from Gallatin and Sar County the opportunity to stay home and play summer college baseball with family able to watch rather than travel hundreds of miles and spend thousands of dollars to play summer college baseball in a different state. We will be proposing a 10-year lease on David Alexander Field to bring the vision of family excitement, entertainment, and city pride through the great game of baseball. We believe this vision will attract people not only from the entire state of Tennessee, but from all over the country. Thank you for your time. Mark Wilson, 770 East Main Street, Gallatton, Tennessee. Uh, Mayor Brown and council members, thank you for allowing us to be here. I want to uh congratulate you in how you handle business. This is the first council meeting that I've attended. Uh, I've been a resident at Gallatton since 1988 and, uh, proud educator at Gallatin High School. And as the head baseball coach, I want to echo what Coach Thaylor had to say. Uh I feel that there is not only a

need but an opportunity for this community to work together to cooperate in bringing a successful program to the municipal David Alexander baseball field. Uh I would be remiss if I did not say uh I have great appreciation for Mr. Brown and his employees at the parks department because since the inception of baseball at Gallatton High School, uh, we have not had a Sumar County Board of Education field on campus and we have been graciously uh allowed to play at the municipal field at David Alexander Field and uh it's a very special place. uh Councilman Jones played there along with countless others and we are [clears throat] always looking to improve and we are very appreciative to not only the parks department but other entities of Gallatin's government that has helped us tremendously over my tenure since 2015 as head baseball coach. So, uh, Coach Thaylor, speaking for him, he talks funny, but, uh, he's he's the best baseball coach I've ever worked with.

Oh, wow. And I can tell you that uh if he is uh for this league and he has uh he spent a lot of time researching uh the inception of this North Carolina league branching out into Tennessee and [clears throat] I'm excited for that opportunity and I will uh look forward to working with him and the Gallatin Osprey uh as their general manager. in the coming years. So, thank you for your time and uh I appreciate your hard work. I know the feeling I talk funny, too.

Anyone else wishing to speak? All right, public recognition on non-aggenda related items is closed. Coach Wilson, I don't think anybody's ever complimented us on how we do business, so you must have been here on a really good night. So, thank you. Um, with that, ladies and gentle or gentlemen, [clears throat and laughter] motion by Councilman Dell, second by Councilman Carter. All in favor say I. Oppose say no. I hope you all have a lovely night. Remember to stay weather aare later this week. Be safe and be kind to one another. Good night.