City Council - Regular Meeting

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Arthur Gallagher. They were buying up small agencies. We were the biggest in the county. One of the two biggest in the county, but small agencies for somebody like that, and they were trying to get into the individual.

Okay, it's 6 o'clock, time for tonight's regular call city council meeting, and I will call the meeting to order. I ask Lee Clark to lead invocation.

Let us pray. Our dear, most gracious Heavenly Father, we just thank you for this day. Just thank you for the sunshine that we've had today. Just thank you for all the many blessings that you give us each and every day. Dear Lord, I ask you to be with this council as we conduct business of the city tonight. That it would be pleasing to your sight. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. To the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Roll call, please.

Mack.

Here.

Jerry Ashley.

Here.

Burden. Here. Chris Crow.

Here.

Chick Bryan. Here. Phil Moorhead.

Here.

Everybody have a quorum.

Thank you. We have three sets of minutes. The first in June 1st work session. Councilor Moorhead, second with Councilor Carmack, discussion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Now for the June 2nd City Council meeting.

Motion to approve. Second.

Motion with Councilor Carmack, second with Councilor Crowell, discussion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. And for the June 8th special call City Council meeting. Motion to approve. Second. Councilor Carmack, second with Councilor Moorhead, discussion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Okay, that's all right. Be sure and put that in the record there, Kristen. Camille, abstain from the third vote there.

That's probably good.

Now it's time for communication from citizens, so if anyone would like to speak to us tonight, now is the opportunity to do that. Please step to the podium, state your name and address, and you'll have three minutes to speak. There's a light system up there to help you keep up with your time. Also, we ask that you treat every speaker with respect, no applause, no booing, things like that. And please not line up at the podium either. When someone sits down, just go ahead and step up there. So if anyone would like to speak to us tonight, now is your time.

Derek Dodson, 106 Chapman Drive. Just listening to the harmonica-based reggae sounds of Tick Brian at the beach in the Cayman Islands while reading tonight's council packet of 639 pages when I stumbled upon this one-page document whereby I immediately hopped on my personal drone and got back to Lebanon for this meeting. A preface about this one page document the final chapter of tomorrow morning's wilson county planning meeting will be the proposed update of the land use plan i would expect to see all of y'all at that 10 a.m meeting however Y'all have been double crossed by the IDB, which has scheduled their meeting at 11 o'clock in the morning. How am I supposed to be at two places at the same time at 11 in the morning? Same with you folks. I believe you could do it there. I'm going to try. and I may be the keynote speaker at both events. So the next topic is, while I'm thankful for the grand efforts of all those who put together the city budget, I know you're asking yourselves, why did I vote against it? Well, I will disclose the reason in the future. My last topic tonight is such an electrifying bombshell that I put it in writing, and I have a copy for each of you and the city attorney.

Thank you. Thank you. Would anyone else like to speak?

Philip Donnell, Maple Hill Road. Good to see you all again. And I feel like I've got kind of a captive audience. So what Derek just shared with you, I became aware of today as well. And so I spoke with neighbors that back up to the 150 acres that was approved on January 20th to be annexed in for development. What I'm pitching to you is that we put a sewer plant there. And when I talked to the neighbors today, they said they would much rather have 50 or 60 employees coming and going on maple hill road than the potential 311. If you put 311 houses, there are two people, three people possibly driving in and out of maple hill road every day. I think it would be a really good fit. Some folks had come to me and said that there's been no traction whatsoever from Summit Development. Money has not exchanged hands, that the contract is still ongoing on my aunt and uncle's property for 6.5 million, but only 48 acres on the Tatum property is under contract, not the whole 96. So I don't know what that means to y'all, but it's been five months. My aunt and uncle are in their late 80s. Five months is a long time to be waiting on your money. So this property joins us on the north side. The affluent line is on our property that goes out to the Cumberland. I think we can make a deal. Thank you.

Thank you. Anyone else like to speak? Okay, seeing none, I'll move on to my comments. A couple things tonight. First, this is our last meeting before America's 250th anniversary, and so we have some events coming up that I'd like to announce. The first is July 3rd. We're having a America 250th Parade, that's on Friday night at 7 o'clock, and it'll begin here near the city hall, and it'll end at the courthouse where there'll be a ceremony there. The Chamber of Commerce, they handled the Christmas parade, so Andrea, Wilkie, they're working on this one as well. And so I just want to announce that. I hope people come out and watch the parade. It's a one-time thing for this 250th, and so I appreciate everybody working on that, everybody who's taking part in the process. And if anyone wants to enter the parade, you can contact the Leavenworth County Chamber of Commerce, or you can call up here to my office, and we'll get you hooked up with that as well. So it's gonna be a great night and just celebrate the 250th. At the end of July the 4th, we will have our annual fireworks celebration at the fairgrounds. The gates open at 5 o'clock. The event will be from 6 to 9. There'll be food trucks, music, activities for kids. There'll be fireworks, as always. This year we have something special. We have some skydivers coming in for the 250th. And I will need to say this. Because of construction at the fairgrounds, the location of the event is actually being moved to the green space off of Peyton Road. So it'll be back there on the back side of the fairgrounds. The two ways into the fairgrounds is Gate 4, which is the old Daniels Market location, and then Gate 6, which is off Peyton Road. So we hope everyone comes out for that celebration against the 250th, and we've added some things to it, but it has been moved, and so I hope everyone comes out, and it has a great Fourth of July celebrating America's 250th. I also have one other thing I can talk about. It's actually something that happened last night. Last night, the county commission voted on a resolution to oppose some potential sewer plant locations. And historically, we've had a good work relationship with the county government. I've heard Mayor Hutto speak a lot of times, and the two things that he has always mentioned is that there's two things he has to do as a county mayor, as a county government. One, he has to educate, and the other one, he has to incarcerate. Well, he cannot do that without our sewer. So here's a list of county schools that are on our sewer in our city limits. Lebanon High School, Wilson Central High School, Southside, the Adult Learning Center, the Adult High School, the Barry Tatum Academy, and that does not count the central office that runs the county school system. Those are on the city limits. There are also two schools outside the city limits that are on our sewer system. That's Glaval Elementary and Glaval Middle. In addition to that, some of you may remember that earlier this year, the New Legardo Elementary School was unbind because they built a building and their step system had not been approved by TDEC. So we came in, the city council approved an agreement to help them out so they could open their school and they could pump and haul to our sewer plant until they could get that situation resolved. And they cannot open that school without us. In addition to that, they started building the Central Pike Elementary School without an approved step system. It turns out that the Wilson County Water Authority cannot serve that. So you guys just a few weeks ago approved an agreement that their Central Pike Elementary School would be on our sewer system, and it's not in the city limits. Also, the ever-expanding Wilson County Jail is in our service system, and we call it a county jail, but I think a lot of people actually consider it a prison complex because it's gotten so big up there. They are currently building a huge new courtroom building. There's a courthouse. all the buildings at the fairgrounds. There's county offices throughout the city that own our sewer system. In addition to that, 20-something years ago, the city of Lebanon agreed to build a sewer line all the way to the Russell Canyon line for the National Super Speedway. So all those buildings, you see at 840, those warehouses, those gas stations, all that economic growth out there, the property taxes, the sales taxes all go to the county. It's on our sewer system. and they ask for more every day out that corridor. All the time they're asking for more. So a huge chunk of county economic growth is because of our sewer system. Now there's other ways we've worked with the county as well. The Expo Center, About ten years ago, the C11 agreed to build $300,000 worth of water and sewer lines for the Expo Center and to pay $100,000 a year every year for 20 years. We have 10 years left on that. We pay more to that building every year than Farm Bureau does have their name on it. Also, historically, We have put in front of the city council to weigh fees for buildings that the county are building inside the city limits. So I feel like we have worked well with the county government. And we serve the county government. Our sewer serves the county government. Lebanon is the economic engine that drives this county. We have a bigger economy than Mount Juliet. And I can go through the stats on that, but I've said them a lot. Sewer runs this engine. So tonight, I want to say to the county leaders, the county mayor and the county commissioners, the success of Wilson County depends on the success of Lebanon. And to the citizens of Lebanon, I want to say this. You live in Wilson County too. You also pay county property taxes, which right now that tax rate is $1.16. Our tax rate is 40 cents. And inside the city limits, we provide a lot more services than the county does. So I'm saying tonight, Lebanon does more for Wilson County than Wilson County does for Lebanon. And I've sat up here, and the counselors have too, And we have heard people talk about Lebanon like it is a pariah sucking the life out of the county. And that is far from the case. In fact, it is the opposite. So I'm saying tonight, this sewer plant will be built. The committee is going to pick a site. And we're going to buy it. And some county commission resolution is not going to stop us. Councilor Carmack.

Thank you for saying that, Mayor. With that being said, I know we have the Expo Center out there, and I want people to be aware of how much money we actually make off that.

You know, Lindsey and Sarah can work on a report. I don't know what we make off of it. I do know this. I do know this. Most of those events out there are one-day events. and people get off interstate, go to the expo center, and get back on the interstate. You know, one of the things I will say about the fairgrounds is this. We spend a lot of overtime hours with our LPD working events out there.

Not only LPD, but you have the street department out there, too, and the sanitation department. You have the fire department. You've got a truck out there, and we get nothing for it. I'd say Mike comes. Do you break even?

I think we had to amend the budget by $200,000 or $300,000 for that overtime, did we not?

Overtime?

We did not break even.

Do not?

No, we had to do a budget amendment, a pretty hefty budget amendment to correct overtime. A lot to do with the fair.

Just want that to be known. That's all I got. Thank you. Councillor Ashley.

I appreciate those comments, Mayor, but I don't have anything else to say.

Thank you. Councillor Burdine.

I appreciate those comments too. You know, I think a lot of education needs to be had and I hope that the wastewater treatment plant committee can help educate and I appreciate those comments. Now, I do have a question and maybe this is to our attorney. Can we rescind any of these ordinance we've just passed?

Absolutely. Unless it's something that has bonded us into an agreement. But if it's just a resolution to support or you pass something to approve something, you can always rescind it, yes.

Can we rescind the one we passed two weeks ago?

You got to be more specific than that.

Given the, what is it, Central Pike School? Yes. Can we rescind that? Sure. What's the ordinance number?

That's an agreement, right?

Well, it hasn't been executed. I would have to look at several things to be able to properly answer that question. It has been executed.

It has what? It's been signed.

The mayor and the city attorney?

Yes. Yes. And school. And the school. Yep. So the agreement's been executed.

So are they rescindable or not?

Not if it binds us to an agreement, no.

Is there not a...

There's some kind of provision in it that gives us... Is there a provision that gives us a walkout time?

I'D HAVE TO READ IT AGAIN TO SEE IF THERE IS.

I know this has been brought up before, too. The $100,000 to the Expo Center, is that an agreement? I know you've told us before we can rescind that and stop paying it.

That one could go. Yeah, that wasn't an agreement. That was just an ordinance or a resolution of the city council just committing to doing it.

Do you know the number? No.

I've got a good memory. I think, Council Member, I've been thinking about that one today. And Lindsay pulled it up for me, and we're working on it. So I would expect to see that coming up in the near future.

I'm jumping out of turn here, but I had one other question. Is that okay?

Yeah, it's okay. Go ahead. Go ahead. It's good.

You're talking about the Expo Center. Are you talking about proceeds from the fair? What about proceeds from the fair? That's a separate issue, right?

So I think I can talk about this halfway educated. So the fair is run by Wilson County Promotions, which is a nonprofit organization. So the $100,000 we paid to the Expo Center goes to the Wilson County government to run the Expo Center. The proceeds from the fair... go to the non-profit and then they take part of that money save it for next year's fair and then what and then they put part of the money into the grounds so that's a separate entity that has an agreement with the county government and we don't have anything to do with that agreement all right thank you that's okay um i want to say uh

thank you to historic Lebanon we've had some great rock the blocks even though I couldn't attend I did set up for or I did attend the last one but I did help set up for couples and I think it went real well and it's always exciting to be downtown and meet new people and and I appreciate all our help from um lpd and um historical evidence time that they do put into doing great events for us and that's all i have thank you and before i go to council crow andy did you have an answer for that

Yeah, it's a very brief agreement. Basically, we can terminate upon a default. So if the school fails to live up to any of its provisions here, we have four things we can do, which include suspend acceptance of wastewater, disconnect service, pursue damages or enforcement remedies, or seek any other relief available at law or equity. Those are our four avenues. And then we can always terminate by mutual agreement.

So that's the answer for that agreement.

So that's a no to not, right?

It would currently seem to be a no based on what I've heard, yeah.

Okay. Thank you. Councillor Crowell.

Mayor, thank you. Just to kind of, I guess, piggyback a little bit on Councilor Burdine there, the Rock the Block series, four concerts on the square. We can't control the weather. We got rained out a couple of times. They moved it to the Capitol Theater and to the mill. And actually, if you attended and went inside the Capitol Theater, the acoustics are fantastic and it was air conditioned. So... uh it actually was a really good concert and then the one at the mill i think helped uh the folks who were over there uh the folks who have businesses there so i think everything everything worked out the last one featured um tall paul uh which has been around long enough to uh uh to remember some days some good days at ut mayor uh there were some people that uh in murfreesboro yeah he's been around a while and does a great job so A lot of fun and so much fellowship there to see folks come in and shop around the square and enjoy that as well. So also just briefly wanted to... I recognize Ms. Baugh in the audience tonight. This is the second and final reading on a couple of items related to the Baugh Aviation Youth Education Center, and that'll be fantastic for the kids in our community, for people of all ages. We're going to have activities hopefully starting there later this year, and she's got lots of great connections throughout the state and the region, and it'd be a real benefit to our community, so I appreciate

uh what she's doing there and all the others that will be involved thank you mayor thank you uh before i go to counselor brian um i was friday night i saw council burr down there and council crowd i know you were there but um somebody asked me how old was paul paul and i said well he was at mtsu 35 years ago when i was there so i'm not sure where that puts him but he's he's been around a long time so uh council brian not that long ago just relax

He's a lot older than me, I know that. I'm 68, so he's probably 78. I don't know how old he is. But how many, I'm going to do a little historical thing here. How many were in Lebanon, living here in Lebanon, in 1969 and remember the sesquicentennial? How many remember that? Derek? Miss Conrad? Anybody? Anybody else? Were you even alive then? You were?

I was living here, but I was one year old.

You were one year old? Well, I was here for that, and I think I was 12 years old at that time. And then in 1976 was our 200th anniversary of our country. That was the year I graduated high school, 1976. And I just wanted you all to know that.

Thank you, Council Bryan. Council Moorhead.

Well, it's tough to beat there. I do want to thank the mayor for all the comments about what the city actually does for the county. But at the same time, Council Burdine and Carmack, we were at that meeting yesterday. A few of you people that I see out here were at our meeting yesterday that went for a couple hours. I just want you to know, I can't speak for everybody, but I do not have an intention of forcibly taking away somebody's property that does not want to sell their property. I'm hoping out of all of those sites that we will have some willing sellers and we will be able to negotiate a deal and we will put a brand new wastewater system in that will service all of Lebanon and obviously some of these other places that are not in the city limits. But just I want to throw that out there. Another thing I want to mention more for the benefit of all the city employees. I don't know if any of you are aware of this. I sit on the Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund board and we do a lot with the Tennessee Municipal League. And I was at a meeting yesterday downtown and I don't know if anybody was aware of this, but Wilson County Motors on Hartman Drive and on West Main, anybody who works for the city of Lebanon If you buy a new or used car, regardless of whatever the best price is you've negotiated, you will get an extra $500 discount because you are an employee of the City of Lebanon. Because the city is a member of the Tennessee Municipal League. So any city that belongs to the Tennessee Municipal League right now, an employee could get a $500 discount on a new or used car at Wilson County Motors. and i just thought that something that people ought to be aware of because i'm sure people have bought cars there and left 500 on the table that they don't need to for a couple years and i talked to uh the bones and said not one single person has taken advantage of that yet so i'm trying to let people know and hopefully somebody will take advantage of that and save 500 I wouldn't mind a 10% finder's fee if you decide to use that. There is a big parade on the third, and I hope everybody can come to that. If you can't make the third, Five Oaks is having our annual golf cart parade at 6 p.m. that will circle the neighborhood with golf carts that are festively decorated, and we will have a judging for there. So if you miss the city parade, please come to the golf cart parade. It'll be quite enjoyable. and then i do also want to do a shout out to the fire department in the police department today there was a bad accident at five oaks golf course and i had never seen squad cars drive down cart paths before but i did today it was pretty impressive and having the fire department out there taking a lady driving across 10 and 11 fairways to get her out of there get her to the hospital uh you guys all of your team did a fantastic job and i want to make sure that they're aware i i went outside talked to a few of them let them know that i appreciate the work they did and uh please pass that along that's all i have mayor

Thank you. We have old business. The first one is order number 26, 7413. Second reading to amend the future land use plan in the city of Lebanon, Tennessee by changing 690 Franken Road from FLH2, residential two units per acre, to RPI, residential public institution in Ward 4, request by Deborah Ball.

Motion to approve.

second that's my counselor kraus second my counselor morehead discussion on favor say aye aye any opposed thank you what's for 26 74 14 second reading to amend the official zone atlas of the sea of lebanon tennessee by changing 690 franklin road from rd9 duplex residential 9000 to ball aviation youth education center tech specific plan award for

Second. Councilor Crowell.

Second. Councilor Moorhead. Discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Verse 267410. Second reading. Adopting and acting on the new codification of municipal ordinance for the city of Lebanon, Tennessee, providing a penalty for the violation thereof, providing for the manner of amending such code, and providing when such code and this ordinance shall become effective. Vandy Wright, city attorney.

Motion to approve. Second.

Councilor Carmack. Second. Councilor Crowell. Discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Now on new business. Council approve a certificate of compliance for retail food store wine sales for Sam's 600 Wilderhagen Drive by Lindsay Wolfenbarger, Finance Director.

Motion to approve. Second.

Second by Councillor Crowell. Second by Councillor Cormack. Discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Version 26-74-34. First reading to authorize the budget amendment for the wastewater treatment plant by Jeremiah Exum, wastewater treatment plant manager. Motion to approve. Second. Second by Councillor Morehead. Second by Councillor Crowell. Discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Verse number 267435, first reading to approve grant contract with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation for lead service line replacement plan to hire a consulting firm and to approve the related budget amendment by Regina Santana, Utilities Director.

Motion to approve.

Motion by Councillor Carmack. Second by Councillor Crowell. Discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Order number 267436. First reading to approve grant contract with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation for asset management plan to hire a consulting firm and to approve the related budget amendment by Regina Santana, Utilities Director.

Motion to approve.

Motion by Councillor Carmack. Second by Councillor Crowell. Discussion?

All in favor say aye.

Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Question number 267437. First reading to approve a collectible work agreement with Lebanon National Property Owner and to approve the related budget amendment for the gas department by Regina Santana, utilities director.

Motion to approve.

Second.

Councilor Moorhead, secondly, Councilor Crowell, discussion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. The next one, I did receive a letter today that after the motion I will read. into the into the minutes. Or some are 2674 38 first reading to men title to the Lebanon this book coach at chapter nine design review commission to create a board to assist in the review of development plans for the city of Lebanon. I can build my nine counselor and just stately senior planner motion to approve. Motion by Councilor Burdine, second by Councilor Crowell. Before we start discussion, let me read the letter that was sent to me, then we'll have discussion. This was sent to Councilor Burdine and myself from Wayne Oakley. It says, Mayor Beall, reviewing the agenda of June 16, 2026, city council meeting, I read there is a proposed ordinance 267438 that will create a design review board. i would have attended the council meeting to voice my support for this ordinance however 11 youth baseball softball association is hosting the eight under softball district tournament and i'm required to be at barrett park as i am the tournament director i'm asking that you please read this email stating my support for the creation of a design review committee As I have discussed with you in the past, I feel a design review committee would be a great asset for the City of Lebanon. While our planning staff and commission is doing a great job, a design review committee made up of design professionals will be able to provide professional input into submitted developments. Architects and engineers are required to keep with the advancement of construction materials, which are continually changing, and design styles. A design review committee will assist the planning staff and commission by viewing submitted developments from a professional standpoint and help alleviate the appearance of personal preferences. In addition, a design review committee has prescribed in the ordinance will allow for more thoughtful design standards and design freedom by, as an example, not limiting design professionals to dictated percentages to all designs, such as percentage of openness on buildings. As a licensed architect, I've never been taught or instructed that great design is achieved by trying to meet prescribed percentages. Rather, great design is that which fits into the surrounding environment while functioning for the building's intended use. This, along with our required continuing educational requirements, help to ensure that we are protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public. We'll also keep up with the latest developments in design and construction standards and materials. I hope the City Council will advance this ordinance with a positive vote at tonight's council meeting. Thank you for taking the time to read and present my positive support by the Design Review Committee for the City of Lebanon. This is Wayne Oakley. So with that, I will open for discussion.

I just got a question. This is just for the Hartman overlay, as I understand, not citywide. And then this is only pertaining to if they're asking for a variance from city code as is. So I just want to have a better understanding before I vote yes or no for this of exactly what I'm voting on.

Josh, do you want to step up? Council Bird, do you want to?

Well, yes, Josh can explain it better. But our goal in when we did the comprehensive plan was to put together a architecture design review committee. It got voted down because it was within that packet of zoning changes. We are hoping. And then we are growing to be a bigger city that uses a design review committee. And so we're hoping to start with the Hartman area and move forward to, you know, further. But I'll let Josh.

So to just address your questions, this ordinance is written to establish the commission for the entire citywide. That way you don't have to come back and do it again if you do want to expand their authority. But how it's written, their authority comes from Title 14, which is the zoning code, which has many different things in it that... give planning commission responsibilities border zoning appeals city staff but the one place in there that's different is the south hartman overlay that actually calls out for a design review commission of course we don't have one currently so the planning commission fills that role until we do so we are putting this forward the immediate effect of it would be that they would only look at plans within the south apartment overlay If we want to expand that, they would have to go through the Planning Commission and City Council to amend Title 14 to expand their authority elsewhere in the city. How that process works for site plans within the Hartman Overlay, it's a staff review only plans right now that don't go to Planning Commission typically unless there is a request for a modification. And in this case, those requests would just go to this new commission instead of Planning Commission. Everything else would stay the same.

Okay.

Mayor, I would just add to that from the Planning Commission standpoint, I think starting with the Hartman overlay, let's see how it goes. I mean, this could be a good thing, you know, but if it gets off track, then we can readdress it. But to start with the overlay that's already in place, it's probably a good place to start.

Yeah, no, your opinion means a lot to me as well because you do sit on Planning Commission. I know when I first got on council, three and a half years ago, planning commission was, seemed a lot more wayward than they are today. They seem to be running a lot tighter ship. Things are a lot better than they were. That's why I wasn't sure if there was a, if you felt there was a need for this or not. And I like at least then you're saying if they're asking for a modification to go to this committee, not the planning, then planning commission to ask for, they would go to this committee. So we're not adding multiple steps, I guess, to the process, because I would hate to encompass things any more than they already are trying to get through our process.

Just from my standpoint, I don't think I would be ready for it citywide at this point. But the overlay is a good place to start. The overlay already has a lot of restrictions on it anyway. And, you know, hopefully we get some experts on there. I know the mayor's got appointments and got some ideas on who to appoint. So, you know, in theory, if we have experts, it could add value. But if it doesn't, you know, we'll look at it later.

Any further discussion?

All in favor say aye.

Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Voters for 26-74-40. First reading to approve the assignment. Transfer of Row D Hangar 2 at Lebanon Misspah Airport from Aeronautique, LLC to Lebanon East Hangar, LLC by R.T. Baldwin, Assistant Public Works Director.

Motion to approve. Motion by Councilor Moorhead.

Second by Councilor Carmack. Discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Resolution number 262857 to approve a professional services agreement with Clark Engineering and Utility Solutions for gas rehab projects on Castle Heights and Cherokee Drive by Regina Santana, Utilities Director. Motion to approve. Motion by Councilor Carmack. Second by Councilor Crowell. Discussion?

Yes, I would like to say that I think Regina has reached her limit. I don't expect to see any next meeting.

Yeah, it's a lot this time. Any further discussion? Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Resolution number 26, 2861, to approve the sole source vendor in agreement with Doppler for after-hours utility call management and outage notification services for the water, sewer, and gas departments by Regina Santana, Utilities Director. Motion to approve.

Motion by Council Member Carmack.

Second by Council Member Crowell. Discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Resolution number 26, 2862, to approve an agreement. The agreement would cease fire business for aluminum cybersecurity by Mike Cosworth, MIS director. Motion to approve.

Second.

Motion by Councilor Moorhead. Second by Councilor Crowell. Discussion?

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed? Thank you. Resolution number 26, 2863, to approve a collectible work agreement with the Q's for the gas department by Regina Santana, utilities director. Motion by Councillor Carmack, second by Councillor Byrd to have discussion.

I thought that said in agreement with the Cubs and I was all in favor, but now that it's cubes, I'm not so sure.

I think it'll be all right.

I think it'll be all right.

All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Motion number 26, 2864, to authorize bidding the 2026 Sidewalk Improvements Project by Jake Pruitt, Capital Projects Manager, and Kristen Rice, Executive Director of Engineering and Planning.

Motion to approve. Second.

Motion by Council Burdine. Second by Councilor Ashley. Discussion?

I just want to thank Kristen and Jake, working so hard on that. And also, I know we're going to have a little girl in Ward 3 that's going to be very happy about that. And I appreciate all the work you've done.

All right. Thank you. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Resolution 262865, to approve agreements with C Spire Business for Microsoft License and to manage servers by Mike Cosworth, MIS Director.

Motion to approve.

Second. Motion by Councillor Crowell. Second by Councillor Moorhead. Discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Procedure number 262866, authorizing the execution of the contract for legal services related to the AFFF product liability litigation by Regina Santanza, Utilities Director. Second. Motion by Councillor Carmack. Second by Councillor Crowell. Discussion?

some questions about this. Is this one of those mass torts that we end up getting a nickel on at the end of the day or something? I just was curious about how we got involved with the Poe lawyer that is somewhere out in the middle of nowhere.

Andy can probably explain that much better than I could.

um late last year earlier this year a law firm down in louisiana in new orleans named stag louisa and that's who we're hiring here filed a lawsuit against the chemical companies dupont and 3m and they ended up having the lawsuit sanctioned as a class action suit yeah and so really the the class became utility in the nation. And they approved settlements in tiers. And so the tier one settlement where people like Nashville and the bigger utilities like that, now it's time for the tier two utilities. And they do it based on customer size. to file a claim if indeed we want to file a claim. And so I've met with the attorneys. They've explained it to me. There's a Tennessee, a local Tennessee attorney that will actually be part of the litigation team because they needed somebody here in Tennessee. And if we pass this and agree to it, the law firm will represent us in the class. We will get a settlement, and they've got a matrix about your flow rate, number of customers, and that sort of thing to determine what your settlement would be. Any fee, any testing, any costs would all come out of that settlement agreement. We don't have to pay them anything for up front. And so what they're doing is just those chemical companies are responsible for some of the bad things that are in our water now.

Right. It's just typically these turn out to be nickels, and the lawyers keep all the money. But I'll be curious to hear what we get.

Well, I can tell you, preliminarily, based on the matrix, we're looking between one and two million.

Really? Shocking. Okay. Well, we'll take that. All right.

Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. That is the end of tonight's agenda.

Thank you, everyone, for being here. We are adjourned.