County Commissioners · Meeting · Jun 23, 2025
Mon, Jun 23, 2025
The elected legislative body for Hickman County. Sets county policy, adopts the budget, and represents residents across the county’s districts.
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The commission handled several consequential items despite the mayor’s absence: it added and approved a late budget amendment tied to the county’s beer-law lawsuit settlement, approved a new zoning-process rule requiring two public comment periods before county commission votes on zoning-text changes, and rejected a proposal to raise Election Commission member pay to $100 per meeting. Commissioners also approved $20,000 in compensation to auctioneer David Hudgins from property-sale closing proceeds after discussion of his role in a sale that brought in more than $1 million.
A lengthy planning and zoning report focused on the draft land-use plan, public confusion over whether the draft would itself change zoning, and the schedule for upcoming public review. Other notable threads included the retirement of Planning and Zoning Director Robert Asman, hiring of Austin Brown to replace him, East Convenience Center construction progress, multiple year-end and grant budget amendments, a pending $75,000 ThreeStar grant application, and the opioid board’s next grant cycle with about $120,000 expected for distribution.
Call to Order
- 1:45 Roll call showed 12 present and 2 absent, establishing a quorum.
- Brief opening announcements noted Commissioner Danny Clark was absent after an allergic reaction and County Mayor Jim Bates remained out for medical reasons but hoped to return to the office the following week.
- 5:22 Update on the recent county property auction: the Highway 7 tract required a revised plat to carve out the 911 tower site; the high bidders had accepted the revision, and closing was expected once final attorney approval was completed, reportedly targeting Friday.
Approval of Agenda and Minutes
- 6:29 Commissioners were told a late budget amendment related to settlement of the county’s beer-lawsuit matter needed to be added under new business.
- 7:31 Motion to set aside the rules and add budget amendment 25-83 under new business; seconded and approved by voice vote.
- 8:01 Agenda approved as amended by voice vote.
- 8:14 No one signed up for public comment.
- 8:20 Prior meeting minutes from May 27 approved by voice vote.
Elections, Appointments, and Confirmations
Notary public 9:00
- 9:00 One notary application was presented for Riley Reid.
- 9:09 Motion and second to approve; passed by roll-call vote 12–0 with 2 absent.
Department / Official Reports
Planning Commission / Planning and Zoning 10:08
- 10:29 Planning and Zoning Director Robert Asman was recognized as retiring at the end of the month; commissioners credited him with guiding the county through substantial growth and increasing office workload.
- 10:57 Announcement that Mayor Bates had hired Austin Brown as the new Planning and Zoning Director, starting July 1; Brown comes from the Jackson-Madison planning office.
Draft land-use plan process and public confusion
- 12:01 The first draft of the new county land-use plan was received in the last week of May and circulated to the Planning Commission; formal discussion would begin at the next Planning Commission meeting on July 1 at 6:30 p.m.
- 12:36 Consultant Gresham Smith was expected to attend the July 1 meeting and present the draft.
- 13:11–17:51 A detailed explanation distinguished the land-use plan from the zoning resolution:
- The zoning resolution is the county’s controlling law for uses, setbacks, subdivision requirements, and district rules.
- The land-use plan is a policy guide and does not by itself change zoning.
- Any actual zoning-text change must still come from the Planning Commission to the County Commission for approval.
- 16:20 Proposed zoning-process change explained: instead of one public comment opportunity immediately before a commission vote on zoning-text amendments, the new rule would require two public comment periods with roughly a 30-day interval, giving commissioners and the public more time to review and respond.
How the draft was developed
- 19:04 The county is required by the state to update its land-use plan every 20 years.
- 19:36 The county hired outside consultant Gresham Smith because staff lacked the time to produce the plan internally and because outside facilitation was expected to improve public candor during engagement.
- 20:39–22:14 The consultant’s process was summarized:
- collected infrastructure and growth data on roads, utilities, density, and housing;
- held four public engagement meetings in East Hickman, Pinewood, Shady Grove, and Centerville;
- conducted stakeholder meetings with utilities, Meriwether Lewis, the school system, and the sheriff;
- held a second round of scenario-based public meetings before producing the draft future land-use map and recommendations.
What the draft would and would not do
- 23:05 The current online draft was described as preliminary and likely to change after Planning Commission review.
- 24:22 Even after eventual adoption, the land-use plan would not itself amend zoning rules; separate votes would still be required to change the zoning resolution.
- 25:13 One especially visible recommendation is a larger growth area on the future land-use map; commissioners emphasized that this would matter only if the county later voted to amend zoning rules tied to that area.
- 28:58 The most common concern heard so far was the recommendation involving agricultural zoning and 5-acre lots; commissioners said concern eased once they explained that any such change would require later separate action.
- 30:34 Positive feedback centered on the document’s organization and on the map generally matching observed growth patterns, especially in East Hickman.
Public access and meeting logistics
- 27:38 A commissioner requested that Planning Commission meetings be livestreamed because of public interest in the land-use plan.
- 28:01 County Clerk Casey Dorton agreed to arrange livestreaming.
- 31:50 Commissioners repeatedly emphasized that the Planning Commission meets the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m., and that the land-use plan would remain on the agenda while under review.
- 32:56 Clarification was made that the version currently posted online is not necessarily the version that would advance; errors had already been found and later versions would be posted before commission action.
Solid Waste Committee / East Convenience Center update 34:06
- 34:24 A commissioner asked for an update on the East Convenience Center project.
- 34:30–35:14 Staff reported the traffic pattern had been shifted so work could proceed on the second half of the site.
- 34:58 Excavation had begun on the southern half, with concrete pouring expected in a couple of weeks.
- 35:05 The project was still on track for completion by the end of July, with no immediate concern that weather had pushed it off schedule.
Health, Safety, and Properties Committee 35:25
- 35:48 Committee minutes were in the packet; no new major property-sale action was needed beyond the earlier closing update.
Compensation for auctioneer on county property sale
- 36:08 A commissioner raised the recent sale of the county’s 23 acres and the Highway 7 property, saying the combined sale exceeded $1 million and calling it a record-setting result.
- 36:52 It was stated that auctioneer David Hudgins had previously declined compensation in county matters and that a standard 10% buyer’s premium on these sales would have exceeded $100,000.
- 37:17–37:46 Motion made to provide $20,000 to Hudgins and his company from the closing proceeds as partial compensation, with the argument that he was still effectively donating more than $80,000 in foregone fees.
- 38:40 Clarification was obtained that handling the payment through closing proceeds would avoid the need for a separate budget amendment or county check.
- 38:56 Roll-call vote approved the motion 11–1, with 2 absent; Wally McNair voted no.
Ag pavilion management contract
- 39:33 A commissioner asked for direction on management of the ag pavilion, saying the operating contract had apparently expired in March and that uncertainty was delaying decisions and spending ahead of upcoming events such as the Banana Pudding Festival in October.
- 41:16 Current operators said they had kept things going and were paying utilities from the county’s annual $3,000 contribution, which was depleting their limited funds.
- 42:10 It was explained that the current board had invited another interested party to join and learn operations for a transition year, but that arrangement did not come together.
- 42:59 The chair suggested the matter return to the Health, Safety, and Properties Committee the next month so competing proposals could be considered and a recommendation brought forward; no formal vote was taken here.
Finance Committee 43:46
- 44:03 Motion to approve the May financial summary.
- 44:17 Approved by roll-call vote 12–0 with 2 absent.
Budget, Finance, and Human Resources Committee 45:00
- 45:07 The committee brought forward 11 budget amendments, grouped as ten together and one separately.
Grouped budget amendments approved
- 45:15 Budget amendment 25-71: $23,712 for year-end cleanup in fund 101.
- 45:21 Budget amendment 25-72: $6,728 for a grant and year-end cleanup in fund 101.
- 45:31 Budget amendments 25-73 and 25-74: $11,740.86 sports-gambling allocation adjustment, including transfer to fund 131 for the Highway Department.
- 46:03 Budget amendment 25-75: $7,500 for Highway Department payroll cleanup.
- 46:10 Budget amendment 25-76: $1,000 for Adequate Facilities Tax Commission needs in fund 125.
- 46:25 Budget amendment 25-77: $400 debt-service year-end cleanup in fund 151.
- 46:32 Budget amendment 25-78: $3,000 in capital projects reserved use for a Health Department renovation project in fund 171.
- 46:40 Budget amendment 25-79: $11,596 for Solid Waste year-end cleanup.
- 46:49 Budget amendment 25-82: $10,000 for Solid Waste truck repair.
- 46:55 Motion to approve the ten grouped amendments; approved by roll-call vote 12–0 with 2 absent.
School budget amendment approved
- 47:43 Budget amendment 25-80: $75,074.70 in TCAT revenue for the school budget, fund 141; commissioners noted it had already been approved by the school board.
- 47:58 Motion and second; approved by roll-call vote 12–0 with 2 absent.
EMS station amendment not advanced
- 48:40 Budget amendment 25-81 was not approved by committee.
- 48:47 Explanation: it would have provided additional funds for the EMS station, but after review by committee leadership and staff, they did not believe an appropriation was necessary at this time. Commissioners left open the possibility that a request could return next month if conditions changed.
Economic and Community Development 50:02
- 50:11 Reported submission of the county’s first ThreeStar grant application, in partnership with Centerville Main Street and the Chamber of Commerce.
- 50:18 The application seeks $75,000 to launch an entrepreneurship program previously discussed at a town hall.
- 50:35 Report also highlighted visits with local industry, state partners, and the Assessor’s Office.
- 50:44 The director said local industry is seeing “explosive growth,” but did not yet provide specifics; future announcements were promised as projects materialize.
- 51:12 The director planned to attend a regional economic development stakeholders meeting that Friday through the South Central Tennessee Development District.
Board of Zoning Appeals 51:37
- 51:43 BZA materials were included in the packet; no additional discussion or action was taken from the floor.
Industrial Board 51:51
- 51:51 Reported that the Industrial Board did not meet.
Opioid Settlement Board 51:59
- 52:07 The board met on May 13 to set the next application cycle.
- 52:07 Applications will be accepted from July 1 through August 31.
- 52:07 The county expects about $120,000 available in this round.
Library Board 52:24
- 52:24 Library report was in the packet; the speaker noted many activities were underway at the library but gave no detailed floor presentation.
Audit Committee 52:35
- 52:35 Audit Committee minutes were included in the packet; no expanded verbal report was given.
Committee Reports Approval and Calendar
- 52:57 Motion to approve board and committee reports as presented in the packet; approved by voice vote.
- 53:09 Next month’s meeting calendar was presented, with staff to revise and resend if needed.
New Business / Agenda Items
Resolution 25-18: Election Commission compensation 53:35
- 53:46 Resolution 25-18 proposed increasing pay for Hickman County Election Commission members.
- 54:00 Supporters said Election Commission members currently receive $80 per meeting and had asked for $100 per meeting.
- 54:21 The case for approval stressed the board’s heavy responsibilities and compared its stagnant pay with constitutional officer salary growth:
- statutory minimum cited as $55 per meeting;
- local pay reportedly raised to $80 in 2006–2007;
- the county clerk minimum was cited as $61,751 in 2011–2012 and $98,019 in 2025–2026, illustrating broader growth in county compensation.
- 55:59 Roll-call vote failed 6–6, with 2 absent; because the resolution did not receive a majority, it was not approved.
Resolution 25-12 / 25-22: zoning-resolution amendment on public hearings 56:32
- 56:40 Resolution to amend the county zoning resolution relative to section 7.090 was presented.
- 56:55 Sponsors said the intent was to require a longer review period and two public hearings / public comment opportunities before County Commission votes on zoning-text changes coming from the Planning Commission.
- 57:18 Roll-call vote approved the measure 11–1, with 2 absent.
- 57:46 The chair announced the resolution as adopted.
Budget amendment 25-83: beer-lawsuit settlement 57:52
- 57:52 Late-added budget amendment 25-83 was taken up under new business.
- 58:07 Commissioners were told the packet included both the amendment and a breakdown showing what portion of the judgment would be paid by the county and what portion by insurance.
- 58:23 Motion and second to approve.
- 58:35 Roll-call vote approved the amendment 12–0, with 2 absent.
- The transcript does not clearly state the dollar amount of this settlement amendment on the floor.
Announcements
- 59:11 A commissioner asked that the body remember Mayor Jim Bates after the death of his brother.
Adjournment
- 59:27 Motion and second to adjourn; approved by voice vote.
Key figures and statistics
| Figure | Type | Context / topic | Timestamp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 present | Attendance | Roll call attendance | 2:02 |
| 2 absent | Attendance | Roll call absences | 2:02 |
| 911 tower | Facility / site carve-out | Revised plat needed on Highway 7 property sale | 5:32 |
| 25-83 | Budget amendment number | Late-added amendment related to beer-lawsuit settlement | 6:38 |
| 12–0 | Vote | Notary approval for Riley Reid | 9:18 |
| July 1 | Start date | Austin Brown begins as Planning and Zoning Director | 11:05 |
| July 1, 6:30 p.m. | Meeting time | First Planning Commission discussion of draft land-use plan | 12:30 |
| 2 | Public comment periods | New zoning-process rule proposed for commission review | 16:45 |
| 30 days | Time period | Approximate gap between first and second public comment periods under new zoning rule | 17:10 |
| 20 years | Planning cycle | State-required land-use plan update interval | 19:04 |
| 4 | Meeting count | Public engagement meetings held for land-use plan | 21:03 |
| 11 | Membership count | Planning Commission membership | 22:51 |
| 5 acres | Lot size / policy concern | Public concern over ag-zoning recommendation in draft plan | 28:58 |
| First Tuesday of every month, 6:30 p.m. | Meeting schedule | Planning Commission regular meeting time | 31:50 |
| End of July | Project deadline | Target completion for East Convenience Center | 35:05 |
| 23 acres | Property size | One tract in the recent county property sale | 36:25 |
| More than $1 million | Sale proceeds | Combined county property sale described as record-setting | 36:25 |
| 10% | Fee rate | Standard buyer’s premium referenced for auction sale | 36:52 |
| More than $100,000 | Forgone fee | Buyer’s premium auctioneer was said to have given up | 36:52 |
| $20,000 | Compensation | Approved payment to David Hudgins from closing proceeds | 37:17 |
| More than $80,000 | Remaining forgone value | Amount supporters said Hudgins would still be donating | 37:25 |
| 11–1 | Vote | Approval of $20,000 compensation to Hudgins | 38:56 |
| March | Contract timing | Reported expiration of ag pavilion contract | 39:42 |
| October | Event timing | Banana Pudding Festival cited as reason to resolve ag pavilion oversight | 40:06 |
| $3,000 | Annual county support | Ag pavilion group’s annual county allocation, reportedly used for utilities | 41:25 |
| 12–0 | Vote | Approval of May financial summary | 44:25 |
| 11 | Budget amendment count | Number reviewed by Budget, Finance, and Human Resources | 45:07 |
| $23,712 | Budget amendment | 25-71 year-end cleanup, fund 101 | 45:15 |
| $6,728 | Budget amendment | 25-72 grant and year-end cleanup, fund 101 | 45:21 |
| $11,740.86 | Budget amendment | 25-73 / 25-74 sports-gambling adjustment | 45:31 |
| 131 | Fund | Highway Department fund receiving sports-gambling adjustment | 45:46 |
| $7,500 | Budget amendment | 25-75 Highway Department payroll cleanup | 46:03 |
| $1,000 | Budget amendment | 25-76 Adequate Facilities Commission additional funds | 46:10 |
| 125 | Fund | Adequate Facilities fund | 46:10 |
| $400 | Budget amendment | 25-77 debt service year-end cleanup | 46:25 |
| 151 | Fund | Debt service fund | 46:25 |
| $3,000 | Budget amendment | 25-78 capital project reserved use for Health Department renovation | 46:32 |
| 171 | Fund | Capital project fund | 46:32 |
| $11,596 | Budget amendment | 25-79 Solid Waste year-end cleanup | 46:40 |
| $10,000 | Budget amendment | 25-82 Solid Waste truck repair | 46:49 |
| 12–0 | Vote | Approval of grouped budget amendments | 47:10 |
| $75,074.70 | Budget amendment | 25-80 TCAT revenue for school budget | 47:43 |
| 141 | Fund | School budget fund for TCAT revenue | 47:43 |
| 12–0 | Vote | Approval of budget amendment 25-80 | 48:05 |
| 25-81 | Budget amendment number | EMS station additional-funds amendment not approved by committee | 48:40 |
| $75,000 | Grant request | ThreeStar grant for entrepreneurship program | 50:18 |
| May 13 | Meeting date | Opioid settlement board meeting date | 51:59 |
| July 1–August 31 | Application window | Opioid settlement grant application period | 52:07 |
| About $120,000 | Funding estimate | Expected opioid-settlement funds available this round | 52:07 |
| $80 per meeting | Compensation | Existing Election Commission member pay | 54:14 |
| $100 per meeting | Compensation proposal | Requested Election Commission member pay | 55:37 |
| $55 per meeting | Statutory minimum | Minimum cited for Election Commission member compensation | 54:36 |
| 2006–2007 | Historical date | When local Election Commission pay was reportedly raised to $80 | 54:36 |
| $61,751 | Salary benchmark | County clerk minimum cited for 2011–2012 | 54:47 |
| 2011–2012 | Fiscal year | Clerk salary comparison year | 54:47 |
| $98,019 | Salary benchmark | County clerk minimum cited for 2025–2026 | 55:02 |
| 2025–2026 | Fiscal year | Clerk salary comparison year | 55:02 |
| 6–6 | Vote | Election Commission pay increase failed on tie vote | 55:59 |
| 7.090 | Code section | Zoning resolution section amended for expanded hearing process | 56:40 |
| 11–1 | Vote | Approval of zoning-resolution amendment | 57:18 |
| 12–0 | Vote | Approval of budget amendment 25-83 tied to beer-lawsuit settlement | 58:35 |
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1:331 minute, 33 secondsIf anybody wants to sign up to speak at the public hearings, there's a signup sheet right here.
1:451 minute, 45 secondsWe're going to go ahead and call the June 23rd meeting of the H County Legislative Body to order. If the clerk would call the role. Clay Chester here.
1:541 minute, 54 secondsDanny Clark. Todd Collins. Wayne Thomasson here. Steve Janaka here. Dusty Jordan here. Ron Mayberry here. Wally
2:022 minutes, 2 secondsMcNair here. Ron Pucket here. Ricky Murray here. Nash here. Deon Picker here. Barnhill here. Bob Calott here. 12 present, two absent.
2:132 minutes, 13 seconds12 present, two absent. We have a quorum. Uh if you'll all stand.
2:172 minutes, 17 secondsCommissioner Jordan is going to lead us in opening prayer. And Commissioner Gillianus in the pledge.
2:252 minutes, 25 secondsLet's pray. Lord, I thank you for this day that you've given us, Lord, and I just ask you to be with each and every one of us commissioners and make us to
2:332 minutes, 33 secondsrealize and remember we're doing the business of this county and citizens that live here, Lord. Lord, I ask you to bless our military, bless our leaders,
2:422 minutes, 42 secondsLord. Bless those people who are ran in Israel, Lord, that have suffered and keep that ceasefire in in place, Lord.
2:522 minutes, 52 secondsAsk you to be with our government, be with us, Lord. So pray in Christ's name. Amen. Amen.
2:572 minutes, 57 secondsI pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under
3:073 minutes, 7 secondsGod, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
3:173 minutes, 17 secondsA couple of announcements before we begin. Uh, Commissioner Clark is not here. He was active all day. uh he went
3:243 minutes, 24 secondshome and mowed some grass and he is not sure what happened but he had to be rushed to emergency room with an allergic reaction. They're not sure if
3:323 minutes, 32 secondsit was weeds, grass, mold or something, but uh they they got him on a lot of
3:403 minutes, 40 secondsantihistamines which I think makes you jittery. I know that you think that would be you could not notice that with it was actually noticeable.
3:493 minutes, 49 secondsBut so everybody keep him in our thought. He he said he's going to try to be on YouTube and watch us tonight. So,
3:563 minutes, 56 secondsuh we'll we'll see how that goes. Um I spoke with the mayor before uh just when I came in the parking lot. We I talked
4:044 minutes, 4 secondsto him several times earlier today. He is, as you're aware, had a medical issue this week or last week. Uh he has a
4:124 minutes, 12 secondsdoctor's appointment on Thursday where they'll give him the update as far as what he can and can't do. So he'll have
4:194 minutes, 19 secondsa better picture of what his life's going to look like after that. Uh I think he looks forward to being back in the office at least on a temporary basis
4:264 minutes, 26 secondsoff the known next week. And so I know that uh we need to continue to keep the mayor in our prayers. In his absence, we
4:344 minutes, 34 secondshad several things that came up uh and we were very fortunate that we had some committee chairman who took over and the
4:414 minutes, 41 secondsEMS station. Commissioner Clark's not here, but he stepped in and with along with Matt and uh Eric made sure that we
4:504 minutes, 50 secondsuh are still pursuing that like we should. The East Convenience Center, Wally was
4:574 minutes, 57 secondshelpful in taking care of that. And then we had this some staffing changes in the planning and zoning and Commissioner Calakott stepped up to take care of
5:055 minutes, 5 secondsthat. So, appreciate all those chairman doing that and I'm sure the mayor wanted me to say thank you to those guys and he
5:135 minutes, 13 secondslooks forward to being back in next week. Um, the last uh announcement before we get going, we had a property
5:225 minutes, 22 secondssale, the auction uh a couple weeks ago, u all of that is moving along towards a closing.
5:325 minutes, 32 secondsOne of the issues that we had was that um there was a carve out for the 911
5:395 minutes, 39 secondstower on the Highway 7 property. That means that plat had to be revised and um
5:455 minutes, 45 secondsthat plat has been revised. The new high biders uh have seen that new plat everybody they're happy with that. And
5:535 minutes, 53 secondsso that last little bit of that uh has gone into place. Um if if there's not an
6:026 minutes, 2 secondsobjection, David, is there anything to kind of close that business out that you're aware of? Close Friday. Okay. I'll both as soon as the attorney, Mr.
6:116 minutes, 11 secondsBanner, approves both these, they'll be ready to close. Very good. Very good. I believe that's kind of wraps up that.
6:206 minutes, 20 secondsUm, you've got in your packet an agenda
6:276 minutes, 27 seconds[Applause]
6:296 minutes, 29 secondsthere. There is one change that we're going to need to make. Um, you see that there's a budget amendment on the table in front of you. That budget amendment
6:386 minutes, 38 secondsis in relation regards to the settlement of the the beer uh lawsuit and we need
6:456 minutes, 45 secondsto take that up. In order to do that, we will need to have a vote in the uh uh
6:526 minutes, 52 secondsthat we approve this agenda to set aside the rules and to place that budget amendment under new business.
7:007 minutesSo, if the chair want to get ready to do that that we love to have a motion to do exactly that so we can add it for tonight. So, that that motion would be
7:087 minutes, 8 secondsto set aside the rules and uh place that on the agenda under new business. So with that being said, we have an agenda
7:167 minutes, 16 secondson the that has been presented. Chair can entertain a motion to approve.
7:207 minutes, 20 secondsMotion by Commissioner Thomasson, second by Commissioner Calakott. Uh any discussion?
7:297 minutes, 29 secondsThank you.
7:317 minutes, 31 secondsLike to make amend the motion, amend the agenda by placing this. to make commissioner maker is uh making a motion
7:407 minutes, 40 secondsto set aside the rules and add the budget amendment under that motion amendment is 25-8
7:467 minutes, 46 secondsthree under do business is there a second by commissioner any discussion on the
7:547 minutes, 54 secondsmotion to amend all those in favor say I all opposed you
8:018 minutes, 1 secondhave an agenda before you as amended any other discussion All those in favor say I. I. All opposed.
8:118 minutes, 11 secondsWe have an agenda.
8:148 minutes, 14 secondsPublic comment period. No one signed up to speak at the public comment period.
8:208 minutes, 20 secondsAdoption of the minutes of the 27th our last meeting. The next item up.
8:268 minutes, 26 secondsMotion to approve. Motion to approve by Commissioner Gillian. Second by Commissioner Mayberry. Any discussion?
8:378 minutes, 37 secondsAll those in favor say I. All oppose.
8:418 minutes, 41 secondsThe chair is unaware of any special recognition, memorials, commendations. Anybody got anything?
8:548 minutes, 54 secondsElections, appointments, and confirmations. Uh I don't believe there's any elections that are due tonight.
9:009 minutesUnder notaries, we have one uh and that is for Mr. Riley Reid. Riley Reid to be a notary here in the county.
9:099 minutes, 9 secondsDo have a motion to approve that. Motion by Commissioner Gianaka, second by Commissioner Barnhill. Any discussion?
9:189 minutes, 18 secondsSeeing none, roll call vote. Chester, yes. Wayne Thomasson, yes. Steve Janak, yes. Dusty Jordan, yes. Ron Mayberry, yes. Wally McNair, yes. Ron Pucket, yes.
9:289 minutes, 28 secondsRicky Murray, yes. Keith Nash, yes.
9:309 minutes, 30 secondsEver, yes. Andrew Barnhill, yes. Paul Calott, yes. 12 yes, two abs. 12 yes, two absent. Does any commission wish to change his vote?
9:409 minutes, 40 seconds12. Yes. Two. Not approved. Are there any other appointments?
9:459 minutes, 45 secondsI don't think there any bonds to approve. We have no quarterly reports tonight.
9:549 minutes, 54 secondsThere's no communication from the mayor other than he wishes to thank everybody for keeping them him
10:0110 minutes, 1 secondand in your prayers and he said he looks forward to seeing everybody
10:0810 minutes, 8 secondsmonthly reports planning commission planning commission.
10:1410 minutes, 14 secondsAll right, I'm going to come up here can hear me on all the things.
10:1910 minutes, 19 secondsWe might take a little while. Uh first off
10:2910 minutes, 29 secondsthink he's come in but and we've announced this before Robert Ason's retiring end of this month. Uh appreciate the work that he did for the
10:3710 minutes, 37 secondscounty, transitioned our county. Uh our county has grown quite a bit. The uh his
10:4410 minutes, 44 secondsoffice duties grew quite a bit. He handled them well and I hope he enjoys his retirement.
10:5110 minutes, 51 secondsI'm sure that he will. Uh the next thing is and the mayor u would be the one to
10:5710 minutes, 57 secondsdo this. Uh but um u the mayor has hired u Austin Brown as the new planning and
11:0511 minutes, 5 secondszoning director. Uh Austin will start July the 1st. Um y'all will get to know him. I'll let him kind of tell his own
11:1211 minutes, 12 secondsstory, but he's been working in the uh Jackson Madison office the last couple years they're planning office. So he
11:1911 minutes, 19 secondscomes to us uh from there u and uh look forward to him starting July one. Uh
11:2611 minutes, 26 secondsthere we had a couple of things on the uh in the June meeting uh that was not the land use plan and
11:3511 minutes, 35 secondsthat all those are in your packet. If you've got any questions before I start in on the land use plan I'll take any questions on anything that was
11:4411 minutes, 44 secondswent on at that meeting from the minutes.
11:4811 minutes, 48 secondsOkay. All right. Now, for the land use plan, and I I made a few notes here. I want to try to stay on uh task and in line.
12:0112 minutes, 1 secondUh the planning commission received the first draft of the land use plan the
12:0712 minutes, 7 secondslast week of May, and that's when they told us they would get it to us. Uh there's a few other things that were not
12:1512 minutes, 15 secondsincluded in that. Uh but that'll be coming a little bit later. Um the planning commission, they came into Robert's office. Robert sent it to me.
12:2212 minutes, 22 secondsWe sent it out to the planning commission so they could be looking at it. Uh the discussion will start uh on
12:3012 minutes, 30 secondsthat uh uh next Tuesday, July the 1st, that our planning commission meets the
12:3612 minutes, 36 secondsfirst uh Tuesday of every month at 6:30 right here. Uh we have Chris Smith coming on the July 1 meeting. Uh and so
12:4612 minutes, 46 secondsthat they will be here and will be presenting the draft. Uh the draft is on the county website. I think it's other
12:5512 minutes, 55 secondsplaces. U there are some mistakes. It's a draft. Um there's a few little things here and there and we're going to start talking about that at the July one
13:0413 minutes, 4 secondsmeeting. Uh but I do feel like that it's important to kind of talk about what the land use
13:1113 minutes, 11 secondsplan is. And I understand there's some of you in the room that are looking at me like we've heard this from you for the last year and a half. Uh but I'm
13:2013 minutes, 20 secondsgoing to go through a lot of the same things again. Um the the first thing that I think everybody needs to
13:2713 minutes, 27 secondsunderstand is there's a difference between our zoning provisions and the land use plan. U the land use plan is a
13:3813 minutes, 38 secondsguide for the provisions. It's supposed to help with those the the zoning provisions. Uh that is the law. Now
13:4713 minutes, 47 secondsmine I put mine in a green notebook, but it says the zoning resolution of Hickman County. I don't know how many pages of
13:5513 minutes, 55 secondsit. It's pretty long. Whenever I get asked a question, I don't know everything that's in this book. I have to go through find a section, find all
14:0214 minutes, 2 secondsthat it's in there. And that's what governs what the director of planning and zoning, how he enforces those
14:1014 minutes, 10 secondsprovisions. Uh it governs uh what the planning commission does um like approving subdivision plats and things
14:1914 minutes, 19 secondslike that. It's all everything that is allowed, things that are not allowed, restrictions, setbacks, all those things. It's in the zoning resolution
14:2814 minutes, 28 secondsheading county. This was passed by the It is passed by you, the legislative body. Uh, and it's and it changes. It changes when things need to be changed.
14:3814 minutes, 38 secondsThe planning commission sends it up to us, the legislative body, and we vote on it. Okay? But this is this is the law.
14:4514 minutes, 45 secondsThis is the policy document. This is what everything goes goes from. Um and the there
14:5314 minutes, 53 secondseverything is in this book from zone division requirements
14:5914 minutes, 59 secondsum uh to the zoning what is allowed what is restricted in R1 R2 A1 commercial
15:0815 minutes, 8 secondszoning all those things it's in this book right here who when Robert's been doing the job this is this is the book
15:1515 minutes, 15 secondsthat Robert goes by okay this is the law these are the positions this This is the policy. Okay. Now, if there is a change
15:2415 minutes, 24 secondsthat is made to this, the the only way that change is made is
15:3115 minutes, 31 secondsthat it comes out of the planning commission after it's discussed.
15:3515 minutes, 35 secondsRecommen recommendation comes out of the planning commission and comes to the county legislative body. There's a
15:4115 minutes, 41 secondspublic hearing at the u a public comment period at the planning commission.
15:4715 minutes, 47 secondsThere's a public comment period at the county commission. But in order to change this book, in order to change the rules, the county
15:5515 minutes, 55 secondsthe legislative body, we have to approve it. Now, there is a change to this book that's coming tonight. That's the resolution. I can't remember which
16:0316 minutes, 3 secondsnumber it is, but uh any anytime this book changes, it has to come up here to the legis it has to come to the legislative body for approval. The
16:1216 minutes, 12 secondschange that the resolution denied the change is is that if there is a change to this book done in the past there was
16:2016 minutes, 20 secondsonly one public comment period that was done and then there was a vote. Planning commission felt like that that was unfair. It was unfair to the
16:2816 minutes, 28 secondscommissioners because you would hear it for the first well hear it in a public meeting for the first time and then you have to turn around and vote. doesn't
16:3716 minutes, 37 secondsgive you any time to do your own research u after you've heard the public comments any of that. So, the change that is proposed out of the planning
16:4516 minutes, 45 secondscommission is that there will be two public comments, two public comment periods. And if it passes, and I hope it does tonight,
16:5316 minutes, 53 secondswhen something comes from the planning commission to change this book that's going to come up to us, legislative body at the end of that month, the planning
17:0217 minutes, 2 secondscommission meets on the first Tuesday of every month. When it comes to us on the fourth Monday, there's going to be a public comment period.
17:1017 minutes, 10 secondsthe comment can weigh in if they like don't like what they all those things then there's going to be a full 30 days
17:1917 minutes, 19 secondsor a full month then there'll be another public comment period and then we will vote what that does is that gives more
17:2717 minutes, 27 secondstime for the word to get out and I and I and I'll back up anytime that there is a change that's proposed out of the planning commission it it the public
17:3517 minutes, 35 secondsnotice it's done in the paper um I mean it's there's a there's a time period that everything has to be. There's nothing that is a surprise that comes
17:4317 minutes, 43 secondsout of that. But now, if this passes, there will be two public comment periods before there is a vote. And that's we're going to be voting on that tonight later
17:5117 minutes, 51 secondson. Uh but this this book right here is this is the law. These are the these are the rules. The land use plan is different.
18:0518 minutes, 5 secondsNow, I don't have a color copy, but this is my copy of the land use plan. It's a little bit tattered. Okay. I've been going through it a little bit u a little
18:1318 minutes, 13 secondsbit over the last month now. Um and I understand
18:1918 minutes, 19 secondsum why there could be some confusion if you don't do planning and zoning every day. This is a lot. This is a lot. It's
18:2718 minutes, 27 secondshard. It's a lot to keep up with. I didn't know what a land use plan was two years ago. Uh Robert started bringing it
18:3418 minutes, 34 secondsup. Hey, we need to we got to update the land use plan. It's been 20 years and and I didn't even know where to start.
18:4018 minutes, 40 secondsAnd so I can understand how that people they really don't know what we were working on until they saw a copy of it.
18:4818 minutes, 48 secondsWhen we got when we started working on it, um I was able to get a hold of a couple different counties, saw how they did it. Each county does it different.
18:5618 minutes, 56 secondsUm but I had a little bit better idea about what we were after and what we were working to. The state
19:0419 minutes, 4 secondsrequires each county to update the land use plan every 20 years. They advise that we look
19:1119 minutes, 11 secondsat it, modify it sooner than that. That doesn't always happen, but we've got to update one every 20 years. I wish Danny
19:1819 minutes, 18 secondswas here. He's been doing this a whole lot longer than I am, and Danny's really good about pointing out when I say something wrong, I wish he was here. Um, but so it we came up on our 20-y year
19:2719 minutes, 27 secondsanniversary, and it was our time to update the land use plan. And so we started looking into what all was going to take. We did not have the manh hours.
19:3619 minutes, 36 secondsEverybody was busy. We got a recommendation and I cannot remember who it was from. We got some advice to go
19:4319 minutes, 43 secondsoutside the county and bring a group in to help us with it. It was a that that was one of the best decisions that we
19:5019 minutes, 50 secondsmake. The hours that that it takes to put all this together, nobody had time to do it. And also the recommendation was is that when the public engagement
19:5919 minutes, 59 secondshappens, if you have somebody that is outside that they don't know, they might open up more, might be a little bit more honest
20:0820 minutes, 8 secondsabout things that they're concerned about, that they're worried about, and so the dialogue is better. So, so we put
20:1420 minutes, 14 secondsout requests and I can't remember Robert's come in. I can't remember how many that we got back, but it was clear
20:2320 minutes, 23 secondsthat Gresian Smith was really the only one that kind of fit because they're semi-local. They they're out of Nashville. Uh they were going to be more
20:3120 minutes, 31 secondshands-on and that's decision that we went with. And I remember telling Robert, I hope they're good. And they were they did a good job. But their first step was to start gathering
20:3920 minutes, 39 secondsgathering all the statistics and because a lot of what the land use plan comes from is the infrastructure.
20:4620 minutes, 46 secondsSo they were looking at our roads, electric, water, sewer, density where houses are, density where where the
20:5420 minutes, 54 secondswhere there's not much density of houses, where the growth is, all those different things. They were pulling all the statistics looking at housing rates and stuff. And they did all that work.
21:0321 minutes, 3 secondsThey put that together. Then the next step was the public engagement. And we had four public engagement meetings.
21:1221 minutes, 12 secondsEast, Pinewood, Shady Grove, and here in Center. The first round of public engagements, and this was Gisham Smith's
21:2021 minutes, 20 secondsplan. Their first round was just to gather what the public and it was kind of like if you could make a wish and
21:2821 minutes, 28 secondsHickman County would look like this, what would it be? And so they gathered that, they pulled and they they they were talking to people. They had some
21:3621 minutes, 36 secondsboards up, some activities. Then they went back, they started putting all that together and they met with stakeholders.
21:4221 minutes, 42 secondsThat was utility districts, Mayweather Lewis, school system. I think the sheriff was in on that and started
21:5021 minutes, 50 secondstalking about the data that they collected, infrastructure, all those types of issues.
21:5521 minutes, 55 secondsAnd then we had a second round of public engagement periods. Same spots. U they're two hours long and it they had scenarios. What do you like about this?
22:0622 minutes, 6 secondsWhat do you not like about what you what would you like to see? Then they took all that data, put it together, and that's where they came up with
22:1422 minutes, 14 secondsthis future land use, the draft. Okay, that's where they got all this and and that that was that was the process how they came up with the land use plan.
22:2622 minutes, 26 secondsI'll stop right now. Commissioner, you any questions for me? Okay.
22:3422 minutes, 34 secondsUm, now the we have the draft in front of us
22:4222 minutes, 42 secondsnow and this will be Grist Smith's going to come and we're going to discuss it at the planning commission meeting next Tuesday. They're going to be they're
22:5122 minutes, 51 secondsgoing to present it and I'm sure there'll be a lot of questions. You got 11 members on the planning commission.
22:5622 minutes, 56 secondsFeel like we've got a really good planning commission. They're really good about showing up and very thoughtful.
23:0223 minutes, 2 secondsUm, and I look forward to the discussion.
23:0523 minutes, 5 secondsAt some point in time, the planning commission will approve a version of this document. I'm sure it
23:1423 minutes, 14 secondswill I assume it will change uh from what it is right now after the discussion. Um, now there could be a
23:2323 minutes, 23 secondsvote on July the 1st to approve whatever is there and it will come to us.
23:3223 minutes, 32 secondsI don't think that will happen because I think there's just a lot for us to get through on one meeting. Uh, I might be wrong. uh but that we are going to start
23:4123 minutes, 41 secondsdiscussing it on July the 1st and at some point in time it will come out of the planning commission and it will come
23:4923 minutes, 49 secondshere and then we will have another round of public comment period and we have there's going to be a public comment
23:5723 minutes, 57 secondsperiod every planning commission meeting the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30
24:0524 minutes, 5 secondseverybody will have a chance because it's going to be on the agenda. It's been on the agenda and and everybody the public will have a
24:1324 minutes, 13 secondschance to voice their concerns. Uh but we it when it comes here there will be a public comment and if that resolution passes there'll be two public comments.
24:2224 minutes, 22 secondsThere'll be two hearings before we will vote to approve this. Whenever this is approved
24:3024 minutes, 30 secondsmonths down the line by this body, it does not change this book.
24:3924 minutes, 39 secondsAny change to this book will have to come out of the planning commission and be voted on then. Now, Gisha Smith made some recommendations.
24:4924 minutes, 49 secondsOkay. They made some recommendations for the county from what they gathered to where the county is going because it's
24:5724 minutes, 57 secondscalled the future land use plan. They made recommendations. The planning commission might take up those recommendations. They may not.
25:0625 minutes, 6 secondsBut no, this book will not change when this is approved. When this is approved.
25:1325 minutes, 13 secondsNow, there are some things that are quite a bit different. one being the future the the growth area and I'm sure
25:2025 minutes, 20 secondseverybody's seen the map that that area is bigger. Okay. Now, how that affects is if the way things are
25:2825 minutes, 28 secondswritten in the book right here is that if you want to go to R1 zoning, you have to be in that area. That area is going to be larger. Okay. Now, if we choose to
25:3725 minutes, 37 secondschange that growth area, it's going to have to be a vote done by the legislative body. It'll come up to us.
25:4425 minutes, 44 secondsWe'll discuss it. all the things and then we'll vote whether or not to change it or not. But even when this is approved, it does not change any zoning.
25:5425 minutes, 54 secondsIt does not uh it doesn't change any of this book. We we have to vote separately to change this book.
26:0426 minutes, 4 secondsSo, I hope that kind of clears up some things. I had a few phone calls, uh, some emails and, um, I think a and after
26:1326 minutes, 13 secondsI kind of went through the differences, uh, everybody understood it a little bit better. I know there's been quite a
26:2026 minutes, 20 secondsbuzz. Um, and again, this is on the website. Um, and it is a draft. It is a
26:2826 minutes, 28 secondsdraft. Uh, but it is on the website. I encourage everybody if you haven't read it to read it. Uh, I
26:3626 minutes, 36 secondsunderstand that we live in the information age. I and and I'm just as bad as anybody else. I I don't My attention span it's worse now than it
26:4526 minutes, 45 secondswas 20 years ago. I I would love to have a little bit of blurb or whatever, but you just cannot get the full effect of
26:5326 minutes, 53 secondsthis plan until you read it front to back. And there's going to be a lot of discussion. It's going to take some time to to go through this. And I I I mean
27:0227 minutes, 2 secondsthere's a lot of things that the state does that I think are a waste of time.
27:0627 minutes, 6 secondsThis is not one of them. I I think this is really good for counties to take the snapshot and see where we are, see where
27:1427 minutes, 14 secondswe want to go and all of that. And and and I appreciate the way Grist Smith the handled everything, gathering the data, the public engagement, all those things.
27:2227 minutes, 22 secondsI appreciate how they did. Uh but it if you haven't read it cover to cover, read it. Um and because there's going to be a lot of discussion.
27:3527 minutes, 35 secondsAny questions from planning and zoning?
27:3827 minutes, 38 secondsCommissioner couple things. Uh so because of the interest in this, I know they're not normally live streamed, but will they
27:4727 minutes, 47 secondssince Casey doesn't do anything anyway, could could we have those live streamed?
27:5227 minutes, 52 secondsIs that possible? I I mean I think that's great. I mean, we we've live streamed a few of the planning commission meetings. Um I mean, I don't
28:0128 minutes, 1 secondIt's just a suggestion. I mean, I don't know if he's going to be on vacation or he's he's checking his calendar. Yeah, I'll do Mr. Picker. So, question number
28:1028 minutes, 10 secondstwo, and they're one in the same just real quick, and it may be the elephant room. So, what what's been the number one positive response that you have
28:1828 minutes, 18 secondsgotten or you've heard from other commissioners about the land use? And and what's the negative? And is it it may be the same thing? I don't know from
28:2628 minutes, 26 secondscommissioners period. Oh, just from anybody. Um I really have not uh I haven't
28:3528 minutes, 35 secondsthere hasn't been too many people that have contacted me and I has surprised me. Um I got um I've
28:4528 minutes, 45 secondsreceived three phone calls and one email.
28:5028 minutes, 50 secondsAnd so, um, uh, but, uh, it's been mixed. Um, the
28:5828 minutes, 58 secondsthe negative that I've heard is, um, the recommendation on the agriculture zoning
29:0529 minutes, 5 secondsgoing to 5 acres. Um and after I explained, you know, how that would come into and
29:1529 minutes, 15 secondsand the discussion that needs to happen that that was that was no longer a concern. Um there was there was and and
29:2329 minutes, 23 secondsI'll say this, it's is is the um I feel like that through this process
29:3029 minutes, 30 secondsthere there there will be some differences of opinions. Uh there'll be some differences on how to do things,
29:3729 minutes, 37 secondsbut I feel like that most of us want what's best for Hickman County. I mean, I'll say that it's um and I think
29:4429 minutes, 44 secondseverybody needs to remember that. Um I mean, I I I hope that we have some really good discussion. Um I have I have
29:5329 minutes, 53 secondswell over the last couple years, I've got some friends in other counties. I got there's two that are involved in one
30:0130 minutes, 1 secondof the planning commission. One of them works in one planning commission's office. And and I and I because it's I mean I feel like that there's a reason
30:0930 minutes, 9 secondswhy there's 14 of us. There's a reason why there's 11 on the planning commission. I don't think one person has all the answers. And so I I've tried to look at what other counties are doing,
30:1830 minutes, 18 secondswhy they did it, how they did it, what worked, and what didn't work. Uh I mean, if counties have made a mistake, then learn from that. If counties got something that's, you know, it's fixed this problem, then I think that's great.
30:2830 minutes, 28 secondsUm the the positive that I have
30:3430 minutes, 34 secondsthat I've heard is um just the the the way the document was compiled.
30:4330 minutes, 43 secondsI mean when you when you read it, it it makes sense. I mean they they agreed with kind of the where the county is,
30:5230 minutes, 52 secondsyou know, the areas of concern. Um, and then the map made sense to them where you know where you know I mean because
30:5930 minutes, 59 secondsthere's a lot of our county that's up and down timber you know and there's I mean and the when you look at the public
31:0631 minutes, 6 secondsengagement when it came out of east there they wanting growth I mean and so it and so that was the um uh that was
31:1531 minutes, 15 secondsthe that was the positive that I got back from the plan from the plan and and I feel like that the the other discussion um uh because it was um I ran
31:2531 minutes, 25 secondsinto a couple people and I brought it up. They didn't bring it up to me. I brought it up to them and and after the procedure
31:3431 minutes, 34 secondswas was explained, uh a lot of things made sense. So,
31:4431 minutes, 44 secondsanything from else for Commissioner Kell
31:5031 minutes, 50 secondsone more time. One more time. The first Tuesday of every month at 6:30. Unless
31:5831 minutes, 58 secondsthere's a holiday. If there's a holiday, then we're going to move it. Hey, first Tuesday of every month at 6:30. There's
32:0632 minutes, 6 secondsno better place to be on a Tuesday night than right here in this room talking
32:1232 minutes, 12 secondsabout planning and zoning. And it's y'all it's and so I encourage everyone
32:1832 minutes, 18 secondsto come and it will be on the agenda until it leaves the planning commission
32:2532 minutes, 25 secondsand and so uh and now and it's and I and and I understand that people want to watch it online and there's you know I
32:3232 minutes, 32 secondsmean and we can't we can't be everywhere at once and and I'm and I'm glad that that our our clerk is stepping up to the plate
32:4132 minutes, 41 secondsand going to get that you know live streamed. I appreciate that. But um but it's if you can be in person that that
32:4932 minutes, 49 secondswould be that would be best. But the first Tuesday Yes sir. I want to clarify what you when you say but the land use
32:5632 minutes, 56 secondsplan the drafts are old enough. Uh whatever version of that passes is there's people that misunderstood that.
33:0433 minutes, 4 secondsOkay. Okay. And that's not the version that's going to pass. They don't think.
33:0833 minutes, 8 secondsNo. No. It's No. So whatever version of that passes. Right. Right. Yeah. It's it's it's going to change and it's I think it's already changed because it
33:1633 minutes, 16 secondswas I mean I sent them some they like it was they had it at 21 commissioners.
33:2133 minutes, 21 secondsI've sent them that um I mean it was the the one of the graphs had the year 200 instead of 2000. I mean so it's no it's
33:2933 minutes, 29 secondsnot the version that's online. Um and uh I mean and it's we'll make sure that whenever whatever draft whatever version that
33:3833 minutes, 38 secondscomes out of the planning commission whenever it's coming here we'll make sure that that gets on the website um so that everybody can so everybody can see
33:4633 minutes, 46 secondsit. I mean they'll they'll have plenty of there'll be plenty of time but um but it's uh we'll make sure that it's put out there.
33:5733 minutes, 57 secondsOkay.
33:5833 minutes, 58 secondsAll right. It's all about that. All right.
34:0634 minutes, 6 secondsWally, are you going to stand up here and do a solid waste that long? That's going to be a hard one to follow. And this one should be much easier. Thank
34:1234 minutes, 12 secondsyou very solid waste committee did me hearing it. Anybody have any questions?
34:1934 minutes, 19 secondsI can answer them. Other than that, that's all I got.
34:2434 minutes, 24 secondsCould you give us an update on the east man? Right. So, as uh Jordan's here now.
34:3034 minutes, 30 secondsYeah. Yes. Uh this is as of like two days ago, but we're on track. I know that they changed the traffic pattern
34:3834 minutes, 38 secondslast Friday to move everything over so they can uh pour the the second half. If you don't mind, I'll ask Jordan. Jordan, exactly where we are at today on that?
34:4734 minutes, 47 secondsUh we're about a little over halfway.
34:5034 minutes, 50 secondsNo, I mean as far as pouring the second half, where are we at? begun excavation on the southern half of the site and
34:5834 minutes, 58 secondslooking at maybe pouring up the concrete in a couple weeks. So I
35:0535 minutes, 5 secondsknow the project was scheduled for end of July and we're on track and talking to Jordan talking to everybody. I mean don't see any issues even with the
35:1435 minutes, 14 secondsweather still seem like things are in be completed on time. Any questions for solid waste?
35:2535 minutes, 25 secondsHealth Safety Properties Committee. I I don't know who the vice chairman is that Matthew. No, it's me. Oh, there we go.
35:3235 minutes, 32 secondsLet me stand. Go, go, come here. Start over. Well, I can't do it on this one because I was out of town when this one met and so somebody else might have to
35:4135 minutes, 41 secondshandle it. I mean, I've read through all what happened, but
35:4835 minutes, 48 secondsthe minutes are in your packet. Uh, I'm trying to think if there was really anything that came out of health and
35:5535 minutes, 55 secondssafety and properties that we needed to discuss. I mean, again, the property stuff, we've already talked about the sale that was part of the discussion.
36:0436 minutes, 4 secondsThe safety stuff, I don't remember anything.
36:0836 minutes, 8 secondsCommissioner Picker, I've got a couple questions. I think this is where they'll fall. So, bear with me. So, at I think
36:1536 minutes, 15 secondsat our last health safety properties committee meeting, I expressed the desire to show Mr. Hudgens, who was our
36:2536 minutes, 25 secondsthe guy who facilitated this record setting deal of over a million dollars between the two properties, the 20 23 acres and the one on Highway 7.
36:3636 minutes, 36 secondsMr. Hudgins has represented Hitman County many different deals and opportunities for himself that he chose
36:4436 minutes, 44 secondsto decline any payment or maybe do it for a dollar, whatever. Um, the buyer's premium on that particular those two
36:5236 minutes, 52 secondsparticular sales together, which would be monies that would go to his company would have been in excess of $100,000, 10% of that sale.
37:0337 minutes, 3 secondsIt would be my opinion that because of the magnitude of the sale that was probably beyond anybody's
37:1037 minutes, 10 secondsdreams in a good way that out of the um
37:1737 minutes, 17 secondsout of the closing proceedings that we I don't know how it would be worded gift back give back Mr. Hudgens and his
37:2537 minutes, 25 secondscompany uh $20,000 of the over 100 that he would would be getting. So, in that regard, he's still donating over $80,000 to the county.
37:3737 minutes, 37 secondsSo, in lie of that, I would like to make a motion to um out of the closing proceedings to give
37:4637 minutes, 46 secondsMr. Hudgins and his company uh $20,000 buyers premium.
37:5437 minutes, 54 secondsSo, um, I have a motion by Commissioner Picker to u,
38:0238 minutes, 2 secondslet me think of the word I want to use right now. I'm not sure the right word.
38:0538 minutes, 5 secondsUm, that have a motion by Commissioner Picker to compensate uh, Hudgens, David Hudgens, and his company uh, $20,000
38:1438 minutes, 14 secondsfor the work that was done in regards to the two public auctions. And I think paperwork-wise if it was out of the closing proceedings then the county
38:2238 minutes, 22 secondswouldn't have to it would be no extra writing a check or anything as I understand.
38:2838 minutes, 28 secondsSecond by Commissioner Geonoxis.
38:3238 minutes, 32 secondsAny discussion on the motion that's on the table and I'm going to get a clarification just to make sure because I think I know
38:4038 minutes, 40 secondsexactly what you're saying but I want to ask Chris if we do it in this particular fashion. A budget amendment was not going to be necessary. is just going to be set aside at the closing. Okay.
38:5238 minutes, 52 secondsAny other discussion on the motion?
38:5638 minutes, 56 secondsSeeing none, roll call vote. Pay Chester, yes. Wayne Thomasson, yes. Steve Janaka, yes. Dusty Jordan, yes.
39:0339 minutes, 3 secondsRon Mayberry, yes. Wley McNair, no. Ron Pucket, yes. Ricky Murray, yes.
39:1139 minutes, 11 secondsKeith Nash, yes. Devin Picker, yes.
39:1339 minutes, 13 secondsMatthew Barnhill, yes. Paul Kellott, yes. Have 11 yes, one no and two absent.
39:1939 minutes, 19 seconds11 yes, one no, two absent. Does any commissioner wish to change his his vote?
39:2539 minutes, 25 seconds11 yes, one no, two absent. The motion is approved. Anything else?
39:3339 minutes, 33 secondsLast thing I promise. So, so the most recent board at the A pavilion has expressed um an interest in where are we
39:4239 minutes, 42 secondsmoving forward on that? Apparently the contract with them expired maybe in March so it's been in a bit of a limbo
39:4939 minutes, 49 secondsand so there some monies are sort of having to be held up. It's my understanding. I can't speak completely intelligently about it, but apparently
39:5839 minutes, 58 secondswe need to make some decision as to who is going to oversee that property
40:0640 minutes, 6 secondsfor the next year because there are other events coming up and it was mentioned that, you know, the banana pudding festival is October and there
40:1340 minutes, 13 secondsare several things that need to be happening before that and they're just not sure who needs to be doing it because technically they're not under contract in that position.
40:2340 minutes, 23 secondsSo that's just that's just a question.
40:2640 minutes, 26 secondsUm I know that this has been heard in in in the committee. Uh I think the last time
40:3540 minutes, 35 secondsthat the committee met, did they not choose to defer this down? I mean, I'm trying to remember what help me out. I I
40:4340 minutes, 43 secondsdon't know the answer to that, but if if it the contract did if if it did go out in March, I mean, we're we're at almost
40:5040 minutes, 50 secondsa July announce and and you know, budget.
40:5440 minutes, 54 secondsCommissioner Jordan, I believe the when you're talking about deferring it, I believe two parties had
41:0141 minutes, 1 seconddiscussed joining forces and I haven't heard anything about that as or anything.
41:0941 minutes, 9 secondsWe offered and had a meeting with Devon, but we haven't seen him since. Of
41:1641 minutes, 16 secondscourse, we haven't really met because we don't know whether to we've just kept some things going on. We're paying
41:2541 minutes, 25 secondsutilities, which is supposed to be from the $3,000 we get each year from the
41:3241 minutes, 32 secondscounty. So, our little pool of money is going down fast and uh
41:4041 minutes, 40 secondswe're just sort of in a standill, but I'm not sure Devin can give his point of
41:4741 minutes, 47 secondsview, but we sort of didn't jail that day. And I don't I don't think he's here. We had
41:5541 minutes, 55 secondsdifferent looks, but we tried to extend to come on and he didn't feel that he
42:0242 minutes, 2 secondscould really join that that is an accurate statement. U we did meet and um
42:1042 minutes, 10 secondswe we asked Joe if he'd be willing to come on board. The the the current board said, "Hey, we'd love to have you join us." Because to their you know, they
42:1942 minutes, 19 secondssaid, "Hey, we're kind of on the back end of this. We're getting we're going to at some point not do it." And it made sense to me for Joe because he has shown
42:2742 minutes, 27 secondsa great deal of interest. He's been in a lot of our meetings to to join them, let them kind of show him sort of how they've done it. Not that he has to keep
42:3442 minutes, 34 secondsdoing it that way, but he um and I don't if he was in here, I would say that he just didn't seem really interested in
42:4142 minutes, 41 secondsjoining that their particular group to at least for this year. So, I'm again, I'm not sure where we're at on that, but they need some direction.
42:5642 minutes, 56 secondsCommission store.
42:5942 minutes, 59 secondsuh if we have in the last one I think when it left committee there was two proposals the recommendations to see if those could get together. It sounds like
43:0843 minutes, 8 secondsthat's not happening. So I I mean I would suggest that we next month in the committee that we take up those we you
43:1643 minutes, 16 secondsknow we we look at those two groups and see if coming out of committee that we have recommendation for the legislative
43:2343 minutes, 23 secondsbody. So it needs to be slated for the properties committee next month to and I understand the time frame on it. We need to get we need to get it hashed out.
43:3843 minutes, 38 secondsYou get okay anything else for health safety properties
43:4643 minutes, 46 secondsfinance committee. I'm not going to be able to go as long as either one of these cuz only have 10 minutes of finance anyway. The meeting we did meet
43:5643 minutes, 56 secondsuh minutes are in the packet. We had four of them so we were able to meet and I would like to put forth uh for
44:0344 minutes, 3 secondsapproval the financial summary for May like that.
44:0844 minutes, 8 secondsHave a motion to approve the the May financial summary. Second by Commissioner uh Pucket.
44:1744 minutes, 17 secondsAny discussion? Roll call vote.
44:2544 minutes, 25 secondsChester, yes. Wayne Thomasson, yes. Steve Yanakus, yes. Dusty Jordan, yes.
44:3044 minutes, 30 secondsRon Mayberry, yes. McNair, yes. Ron Pucket, yes. Ricky Murray, yes. Keith Nash, yes. Devin Picker, yes. Matthew
44:3744 minutes, 37 secondsBarnhill, yes. Paul Kat, yes. 12 yes, two absent. 12 yes, two absent. Does any commissioner wish to change his or her vote?
44:4744 minutes, 47 secondsWell, yes.
44:4944 minutes, 49 secondsFinancial summary is approved. Anything else? Commissioner Jordan. Any questions? Finance committee.
44:5744 minutes, 57 secondsBudget, finance, and human resources.
45:0045 minutesThank you, Mr. Chairman. We met. The minutes are uh from the meeting are in your packet. We have 11 budget amendments to review tonight, and I'll
45:0745 minutes, 7 secondsgo over those now. I'm going to group 10 of the budget amendments together uh and then we'll do one by itself. So,
45:1545 minutes, 15 secondsHere we go. 2571 in the amount of $23,712.
45:2145 minutes, 21 secondsThis is a year-end cleanup for 101. 2572 in the amount of $6,728.
45:2845 minutes, 28 secondsThis is a grant and a year-end cleanup.
45:3145 minutes, 31 secondsAnd for 101, 2573 in the amount of $11,740.86.
45:3945 minutes, 39 secondsUm, and 2374 is also in relation to the same amount. Um 73 is in relation to
45:4645 minutes, 46 secondsaccount 101. This is the sports gambling adjustment. And then uh 74 is the 131 um goes to the 131 highway department for
45:5545 minutes, 55 secondsthe sports gambling adjustment. That's where uh that money has been uh going allocated to
46:0346 minutes, 3 secondsuh 2575 in the amount of 7,500. This is uh 131 highway department. This is a
46:1046 minutes, 10 secondspayroll cleanup. 2576 in the amount of $1,000. It's for 125 adequate facilities. This is some additional
46:1846 minutes, 18 secondsfunds needed for the commission. 2577 in the amount of $400. This is uh regards
46:2546 minutes, 25 secondsto debt service 151. This is a year in cleanup. 2578 in the amount of $3,000.
46:3246 minutes, 32 secondsThis is for 171 capital project. This is reserved use for a renovation project for the um health department.
46:4046 minutes, 40 seconds2579 in the amount of $11,596.
46:4546 minutes, 45 secondsThis is uh solid waste. This is a year-end cleanup.
46:4946 minutes, 49 secondsAnd 25.82 in the amount of 10,000. This is solid waste for some truck repair.
46:5546 minutes, 55 secondsAnd I submit these budget amendments for approval. I'll make a motion. Have a motion to approve those 10 budget budget amendments by the chair of committee.
47:0247 minutes, 2 secondsSecond by Commissioner Chester. Any discussion?
47:1047 minutes, 10 secondsRoll call. Clay Chester, yes. Wayne Thompson, yes. Steven, yes. Dustin Jordan, yes. Ron Mayberry, yes. McNair, yes. Ron Pucket, yes. Ricky Murray, yes.
47:2147 minutes, 21 secondsKeith Nash, yes. Deon Picker, yes. Matthew Barnhill, yes. Bob Calott, yes. Yes. Two. Yes. Two. Absent disease.
47:3047 minutes, 30 secondsCommissioner wish changes over two. Those attendance are approved. push be 2580 in the amount of $75,74.70.
47:4347 minutes, 43 secondsThis is some TCAT revenue for the school budget 141. This was approved by their
47:5047 minutes, 50 secondsuh board and I submit this budget amendment for uh make a motion for the budget meeting for approval. Have a vote. Motion to approve by Commissioner
47:5847 minutes, 58 secondsGianakis, second by Commissioner Chester. Any discussion?
48:0548 minutes, 5 secondsRoll call vote. Clay Chester. Yes. Wayne Thompson. Yes. Steve Danak. Yes. Dusty Jordan. Yes. Ron Mayberry. I work for
48:1248 minutes, 12 secondsthat bunch, but in the end market, yes. Ron Pucket. Yes. Murray. Yes. Keith
48:2248 minutes, 22 secondsNash. Yes. Devin Pickers. Yes. Matthew Barnhill. Yes. Paul Calott. Yes. 12. Yes. Two.
48:3148 minutes, 31 seconds12. Yes. Two abs. Does any commission change his vote?
48:3548 minutes, 35 secondsWell, he has two budget approved.
48:4048 minutes, 40 seconds2581 was not approved. It's in your uh packet. And that's all that I have.
48:4748 minutes, 47 secondsUh an update on 2581. 2581 was a budget amendment that was put forth additional
48:5448 minutes, 54 secondsfunds required for EMS station. Um Matt uh and Commissioner Clark and Mr.
49:0249 minutes, 2 secondsBlaststead all got together and at this time there's no reason that they felt like a budget need to be approved. U you
49:1149 minutes, 11 secondsknow may make may something come up next month but but right now it's they're they're not willing to ask for anything.
49:1849 minutes, 18 secondsSo if you remember that discussion it was all about additional funds for the EMS station.
49:2649 minutes, 26 secondsUh, anything else? Okay, that's it.
49:3449 minutes, 34 secondsHealth Foundation, A Extension Committee,
49:4749 minutes, 47 secondsPublic Records Committee, Economic and Community Development.
50:0250 minutes, 2 secondsThank you, Mr. Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, uh my monthly status report is in the packet and I have just a few highlights this evening. So we have
50:1150 minutes, 11 secondsapplied for our first three star grant uh last week in partnership with town of Centerville Main Street and the Chamber
50:1850 minutes, 18 secondsof Commerce. We went after $75,000 to launch our entrepreneurship program that we talked about in our town hall.
50:2750 minutes, 27 secondsSo, we'll hear um perhaps in the coming weeks on whether or not we're approved for that.
50:3550 minutes, 35 secondsGreat news. I've had several visits this month with many of our local industry uh with our state our state partner with
50:4450 minutes, 44 secondsRandy and our um assessor's office and we our local industry is experiencing
50:5150 minutes, 51 secondsexplosive growth. Uh I don't have any details to share with you tonight, but as things materialize, I think you all
50:5750 minutes, 57 secondswill be excited about what's up ahead uh for the growth of business, the expansion of businesses here and
51:0451 minutes, 4 secondsworkforce um opportunities for us. And finally, just learned today that I am to attend our very first economic, well, my
51:1251 minutes, 12 secondsfirst economic development stakeholders shareholders meeting um this Friday in
51:1951 minutes, 19 secondsSouth Central Tennessee Development District. So looking forward to meeting and connecting with other peer group uh directors there. Any questions from the
51:2951 minutes, 29 secondsreport this month? Nothing. Mr. D.
51:3751 minutes, 37 secondsThank you. That's it, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Board of Zoning Appeals.
51:4351 minutes, 43 secondsAmendments should be in a package that we get out of the meeting. Any questions for BZA?
51:5151 minutes, 51 secondsIndustrial board did not meet. Opioid settlement board
51:5951 minutes, 59 secondsCrystal. Um the open board met on May 13th to set the next year's application period. We're accepting applications
52:0752 minutes, 7 secondsbetween July 1st and August 31st. And we've got an estimated about $120,000 first.
52:1852 minutes, 18 secondsAnimal shelter advisory board.
52:2452 minutes, 24 secondsLibrary board in the packet. We had lots of things going on at the library. Anybody come down and see us?
52:3552 minutes, 35 secondsI know the audit committee met. There was some minutes in there from audit committee.
52:4152 minutes, 41 secondsWho Who's the chair of the audit committee? Robert. Command email to report out that Miss Crystal.
52:4852 minutes, 48 secondsThey just repeat that.
52:5252 minutes, 52 secondsAre there any other board or committee reports?
52:5752 minutes, 57 secondsThe chair would entertain a motion be approved. Motion approved by Commissioner Gianak, second by Commissioner Jordan. All those in favor say I. I. All opposed.
53:0953 minutes, 9 secondsThere is a uh the meeting calendar for next month.
53:2053 minutes, 20 secondsAre there any changes that need to be made?
53:2553 minutes, 25 secondsWe'll be revising this if necessary, send it out tomorrow. Okay.
53:3553 minutes, 35 secondsIs there any unfinished business? Under new business, resolution 2518.
53:4653 minutes, 46 secondsThis is regarding an increase to the compensation of members of the county election commission of Hickman County, Tennessee. The sponsors are Commissioner
53:5453 minutes, 54 secondsJordan and Commissioner Guianis. Do either of you wish to speak to this matter? Yes. Uh we brought this up at
54:0054 minutesthe budget committee meeting and the current pay for the electric
54:0754 minutes, 7 secondscommissioners. I explained what the uh responsibilities those five people uh
54:1454 minutes, 14 secondsare charged with and they uh had asked for $80 a meeting.
54:2154 minutes, 21 secondsDanny, Commissioner Clark uh brought up a good point that we pay all other all
54:3054 minutes, 30 secondsall constitutional officers the minimum the minimum for the election
54:3654 minutes, 36 secondscommissioner is $55 for me. However, in 2006 2007 that was raised to $80.
54:4754 minutes, 47 secondsAnd if we base it on the minimum, the clerk's for instance, the clerk's minimum uh in 2011 2012 was $61,751.
55:0255 minutes, 2 seconds2526, you look at your budget books, uh clerk's minimum is $98,19.
55:1055 minutes, 10 secondsSo they've had a 36 plus 36,000 plus increase. And as I said last meeting, uh
55:1855 minutes, 18 secondsI do feel these commissioners, election commissioners have tremendous responsibility and we have Tennessee has
55:2555 minutes, 25 secondssome of the most honest elections in the country.
55:3055 minutes, 30 secondsHiggma County is one of the best in the state. So I would like to
55:3755 minutes, 37 secondsask you all to approve this uh resolution to give them their $100 per meeting.
55:4655 minutes, 46 secondsCommission, I echo what Commissioner.
55:5055 minutes, 50 secondsAnybody else got a any comments on resolution 2518?
55:5955 minutes, 59 secondsSeeing none, roll call vote. Clay Chester, yes. Wayne Thompson, no. Steve Janakus, yes. Dusty Jordan, yes. Ron
56:0756 minutes, 7 secondsMayberry, no. Wy McNair, no. Ron Pucket, yes.
56:1256 minutes, 12 secondsRicky Murray, yes. Keith Nash, no. Devin Picker, yes. Matthew Barnham, no. Paul Calott, no.
56:2256 minutes, 22 secondsSix. Yes. Six. No, two absent. Six yes.
56:2656 minutes, 26 secondsSix. No. Two absent. Does any commissioner wish to change his or her vote? Excuse me. His vote.
56:3256 minutes, 32 secondsSix. Yes. 6 no. Two absent. Resolution 2518 does is not approved. Resolution 2512 in regards to amending the Hitman
56:4056 minutes, 40 secondsCounty zoning resolution relative to section 7.090.
56:4756 minutes, 47 secondsThis is sponsored by Commissioner Calott. It was sponsored by Commissioner Clark. Uh but in his I sign this um this
56:5556 minutes, 55 secondsis precisely what Commissioner Cellott was talking about earlier. Commission.
57:0257 minutes, 2 secondsNo, I don't think I need to say anymore.
57:0457 minutes, 4 secondsI said it earlier. The main thing is just gets us a little bit longer period and two public hearings.
57:1257 minutes, 12 secondsAny other comments or questions on resolution 2512? Let's be 2522.
57:1857 minutes, 18 secondsSeeing none, no call vote. Clay Chester, yes. Wayne Thomasson, yes. Steve, yes. Dusty Jordan, yes. Ron Mayberry, yes.
57:2657 minutes, 26 secondsWally McNair, yes. Robin, yes. Ricky Burn, yes. Nash, yes. Deon Picker, yes. Matthew Barnham.
57:3557 minutes, 35 secondsPaul Calott. Yes. 11 yes, one no, two absent. 11 yes, one no, two absent. Does any commissioner wish to vote?
57:4657 minutes, 46 seconds11 yes, one no, two ab 2522 is adopted.
57:5257 minutes, 52 secondsThe next item of new business is a budget amendment 25-83. This is the one that showed up tonight.
57:5857 minutes, 58 secondsUm, so I don't think this was a surprise for anyone. Maybe with the exception that what the amount was. Um
58:0758 minutes, 7 secondsso you have the the the first page which is the budget limit itself. The second page is some uh the breakdown in the
58:1558 minutes, 15 secondsjudgment between what the county is paying and what the insurance span. Um the chair entertain a motion for to for
58:2358 minutes, 23 secondsthat to be approved. Motion by commissioner not second by commissioner kcott. Any discussion on 2583?
58:3558 minutes, 35 secondsSeeing none, roll call vote. Clay Chester, yes. Wayne Thomas, yes. Steve Janaka, yes. Dusty Jordan, yes. Ron
58:4258 minutes, 42 secondsMayberry, yes. Wally, yes. Ron Tucker, yes. Rick Murray, yes. Keith Nash, yes.
58:4858 minutes, 48 secondsDevin Picker, yes. Matthew Barnhill, yes. Paulite, yes. 12 yes, two. 12 yes,
58:5558 minutes, 55 secondstwo. Does any commission wish to change it up?
58:5958 minutes, 59 secondsSo yes, budget amendment 2583 is approved. Is there any other business?
59:0759 minutes, 7 secondsAre there any announcements or statements?
59:1159 minutes, 11 secondsChair entertain a motion to adjourn. Oh, sorry. Commission Thompson. I would like to point out the fact that Jim Bates's
59:1759 minutes, 17 secondsbrother passed away and hold him in our regards.
59:2459 minutes, 24 secondsThank you.
59:2759 minutes, 27 secondsUh any other announcements? Then the chair entertain a motion to adjourn. Motion by Commissioner Murray, second by
59:3559 minutes, 35 secondsCommissioner Guianis. All those in favor say I. I
59:4859 minutes, 48 seconds[Music]
59:5459 minutes, 54 secondsknow. I had to say it a couple times.