Board of Mayor & Commissioners

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE PIPERTON BOARD OF MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS March 15, 2022, 6:00 P.M. The Piperton Board of Mayor and Commissioners met in regular session on March 15, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall, with Board members: Mayor Henry Coats, Commissioner Preston Trotter, and Commissioner Hugh Davis. Commissioner David Crislip arrived late. Vice-Mayor Mike Binkley and City Engineer Harvey Matheny were absent. City Manager Steve Steinbach, Police Chief Phil Hendricks, Fire Chief Reed Bullock, Finance Director Maria George, Public Works Director Richard Mills, Building Official Tommie Johnson, Building Inspector Elizabeth Reed, City Planner Brett Morgan and City Recorder Beverly Holloway were present. Vicki Hancock, William Meacham, Liz McCommon, Letha Granberry, Carson Hardwick, Carolyn Rhea (Fayette Falcon), Corey Brady, Wesley Woolridge, Fasil Kabede, James Patrick, Sherry Patrick, Bernard Rogers, Kay Long, Beth Gallagher, Hunt Treadwell, Alice Cone, Paul Tingley, Val Tingley, Jack Murphy and et al were present in the audience. Agenda item 1. Call to order, establish quorum Action taken: Mayor Henry Coats called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m., and established that a quorum was present. Agenda item 2. Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag Action taken: Ms. Liz McCommon led in the opening Prayer and Commissioner Hugh Davis led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag. Agenda item 3. Any changes to Agenda; Motion to adopt Agenda Action taken: There were no changes to the Agenda, Commissioner Preston Trotter moved to adopt the agenda, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 4. Any changes to the Minutes of the Regular Session of February 15, 2022: Motion to adopt the Minutes of the Regular Session of February 15, 2022 Action taken: There were no changes to the Minutes of the Regular Session of February 15, 2022, Commissioner Davis moved to approve the Minutes of the Regular Session of February 15, 2022, seconded by Commissioner Trotter. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 5. Review/approval of Financial Reports, Building Inspector’s Report, Public Works Report, Fireman’s Report and Police Report City Manager Steve Steinbach stated rounding eight months into the fiscal year finances continue to be resilient in these difficult times, revenues are tracking above budgeted items, balance sheets across the funds are strong and adjustments to individual line items that have been exceeded will be addressed in the forth-coming budget amendment. Building Official Tommie Johnson stated during the month of February, we still have 67 new single family dwellings under construction, issued 38 total building permits, 6 permits for new single dwellings, conducted 169 inspections, and handled 7 code compliance issues. Mayor Coats stated Mr. Johnson will be retiring at the end of the month and Elizabeth Reed will be the interim director of the department, we have appreciated all your work and efforts with all the growth that we have had and thank you very much. Public Works Director Richard Mills stated there is an error in the report under the wastewater treatment plant, it states preliminary engineering report and should state final engineering report and that is under review. McCarty/Grandberry did a Shaws Creek drainage 1 study to look at correcting some areas to mitigate some of the flooding related issues, I received the report and the total cost to do all 7 locations is $180,290.00 so I propose we do the worst ones first and phase this out over the next few years and I will have a recommendation next month for that. Public Works, Team Waste and with a special thanks to the Town of Collierville, we removed approximately 500 cubic yards of storm debris over the last several weeks. Mayor Coats stated your department did a good job with the help of the Police and Fire Department, thank you very much. Mr. Mills stated the sewer flow going to Rossville over the last 30 days was an average of 47,336.1 gallons a day and a total of 1,420,083 gallons for the month and that is 51.44% of the allotted 80,000 gallons going to Rossville, we did 90 work orders for the month of February with 1 still outstanding. On Piper properties, we had a meeting with Spirit Architect along with the structural engineer on March 10th regarding leveling floors, the HVAC and we hope to have a recommendation for that cost in the next month or so. On March 7th there was a 12 inch water main break on Hwy 57 that was repaired. Fire Chief Reed Bullock stated for the month of February, there were 5 residential permits issued, 40 total calls (37 in the City), there were three instances where we had multiple calls on top of each other related to the ice storm (trees down) and on the 11th there were multiple grass fires and so the call volume is up and last Friday on Hwy 57 at I-269 there was an overturned dump truck, there was hazmat on this along with great help from Public Works, TDOT, THP and Fayette County EMA who were also on the scene. Police Chief Phil Hendricks stated in the month of February, there were 47 dispatched calls, 2 incident reports, 0 arrest and 4 motor vehicle crashes, and Officer Spurlock graduated from the Academy on March 3rd. Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to approve all reports, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 6: Water Bill Adjustment Request; William Plunk – 4800 Hwy 196 Mr. Mills stated from all the information I can gather the leak was at the meter and the request is a total adjustment of $182.09. Commissioner Trotter inquired if Mr. Mills had any other background, was this related to a freeze. Mr. Mills stated he does not. Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to approve the adjustment request of $182.09, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 7. Water Bill Adjustment Request; Bethel Tabernacle Holiness Church – 350 Patrick Drive Mr. Mills stated this leak may have started sometime in December and went through February, their meter is located right beside the ditch and leaking close to the meter, I spoken with Mr. Higgins and they had it repaired as soon as they were aware of a problem, their adjustment request is for $875.32. Commissioner Trotter stated it was over two months and normally with it going on that long we would be reluctant to grant the request. Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to approve the adjustment request of $875.32, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 8. Resolution No. 22-246, adjusting the Letter of Credit posted as security for required improvements to Commercial filter maintenance on behalf of Stage Investments, LLC Mr. Steinbach stated the owner has requested the adjustment and Mr. Matheny has reviewed the project and I was assured by staff that the project is for the most part is complete, 2 the recommendation was to reduce the alternative letter of credit and maintaining security in the amount of $15,000.00 and staff would recommend approval of that resolution. Action taken: Commissioner Davis moved to reduce the letter of credit to $15,000.00 as recommended, seconded by Commissioner Trotter. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 9. Recess – hold Public Hearing concerning Ordinance No. 352-22, amending the official zoning map of the City of Piperton by rezoning 3.20 acres of property (Parcel 164 070.00) from R-1 (Low Density Residential) zoning and 2.81 acres of property (Parcel 164 069.00) from B-2 (Minor Planned Commercial/Planned Development Overlay) zoning being a total of 6.01 acres of property known as the Bank of Fayette County PD-O Note: The applicant has withdrawn their request. Mr. Steinbach stated this was an advertised public hearing and if there is a member of the audience that desires to speak they should be heard for the record if not then the Board would recognize the withdrawal request. Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to recess the meeting to hold the Public Hearing, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. There were no comments from the audience. Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to reconvene the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Mr. Steinbach stated the application has been withdrawn and is longer in effect. Agenda item 10. Recess – hold Public Hearing concerning Ordinance No. 350-22, amending the Master Development Plan of the Lakes of Greenbrier CD-O, previously established by Ordinance No. 94-06 Action taken: Commissioner Davis moved to recess the meeting to hold the Public Hearing, seconded by Commissioner Trotter. The Motion received all affirmative votes. City Planner Brett Morgan stated Mr. Fasil Kabede with Baruk Properties is making application to amend the Master Development Plan for the Lakes of Greenbrier, the request to amend the overall CD-O for phases 3 and 4, the existing approved CD-O allows for 71 lots for the remaining acreage and with the amendment to the CD-O it allows for increased density if there is a connection to centralized sewer, the applicant is proposing to provide the connection of centralized sewer that is part of the master sewer plan and will connect to the existing sewer and with that the applicant is requesting an increase of 31 lots over the 71 lots previously approved and that it is still under the density allowed for in a CD-O that is serviced by centralized sewer, the Planning Commission took this matter up and there were several things under consideration and primarily there was the concern for construction traffic coming through the property and so the applicant met with the neighborhood multiple times and came up with one agreement to remove a second connection which will allow for one access to the north to the phase 3 & 4 properties to the south but there was still the matter of the construction road and where that road would go and after several attempts they are currently looking at purchasing two adjacent properties and they are currently in their due diligence process right now, that property extends to Hwy 196, and if they purchase the properties they may develop them in the future as another CD-O but that would allow them to build a construction road for phases 3 and 4 and therefore not run the construction traffic through the existing phases of the development and they have agreed to do that but that hasn’t been finalized yet as far as the sale and it is a condition of approval and so therefore would be required for any future phase to be approved and in the conditions, the drive (connectivity), the sewer installation to connect to where it comes under Keough now and the removal of the second bridge along with some more minor conditions that would be a part of any approval process, and they do meet the density requirements and the Planning Commission did recommend this to this Board for approval. 3  Commissioner Davis inquire on the entrance off of Hwy 196. Mayor Coats stated the northern half of the intersection is Critton then it will swing out away from Critton and goes down to connect to the proposed cul-de-sac in the subdivision. Mayor Coats inquired to Corey Brady how close are you to landing the contract. Corey Brady stated we are currently surveying the property now and we are going through the motions. Mayor Coats stated we really appreciate the effort that was made to bring in a construction road that doesn’t affect any neighborhoods and will actually give you more development property to which Mr. Brady said thank you for working with us. Mr. Morgan stated when phase 4 comes in they will be required to deal with Shelby Drive in as far as dedication, payment in lieu of and following along with the City’s Major Road Plan and as far as the lots are concerned they are not too much different than the existing lots but are a little bit smaller and a little bit more dense but the do meet the new CD-O requirements with 1 unit to the acre. Mayor Coats stated the covenants of phase 1 and 2 will be adopted by phase 3 and 4 with the same minimum square footage. Mr. Morgan stated that is also a condition of approval. Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to reconvene the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 11. Second Reading Ordinance No. 350-22, amending the Master Development Plan of the Lakes of Greenbrier CD-O, previously established by Ordinance No. 94.06 Action taken: Commissioner Davis moved to adopt Ordinance No. 350-22 on second reading with recommended conditions, seconded by Commissioner Trotter. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 12. Recess – hold Public Hearing concerning Ordinance No. 351-22, amending the official zoning map of the City of Piperton by rezoning a total of 20.77 acres of property being a portion of Piperton Business Center Phase 1 subdivision (Lots 2-7) from B-2 (Minor Planned Commercial) to B-2, O/PD-O (Minor Planned Commercial, Office/Planned Development Overlay) zoning and known as the Piperton Business Center Phase 1 PD-O Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to recess the meeting to hold the Public Hearing, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Mr. Morgan stated PBC Investments is submitting this application, the Planning Commission took this up in January and decided a PD-O over the 7 lots on the west side of Mann Drive would be appropriate as long as conditioned accordingly, this effects lots 2 through 7 but the PD-O would allow for manufacturing type uses and more contractor type services but it still has the commercial use as a part of it, one of the things that was a part of the discussion when the subdivision occurred was the fact that two lots and a portion of another lot would now be considered double frontage lots with frontage both to Hwy 72 and to Mann Cove and so they addressed that in the text of the PD-O that they are requesting and if these lots get built to where the front is facing Hwy 72 then both side will be built as fronts of buildings and if they decide these lots will face Mann Cove then they will put the appropriate type of screening on the backside of the lots for this Hwy 72 frontage and this is part of the conditions of the development and in the text as well, the Planning Commission did review, approved and recommended it to this Board for approval. Action taken: Commissioner Davis moved to reconvene the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Trotter. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 13. Second Reading, Ordinance No. 351-22, amending the official Zoning Map of the City of Piperton by rezoning a total of 20.77 acres of property being a portion of Piperton 4 Business Center Phase 1 subdivision (Lots 2-7) from B-2 (Minor Planned Commercial) to B-2, O/PD-O (Minor Planned Commercial, Office/Planned Development Overlay) zoning and Know as the Piperton Business Center Phase 1 PD-O Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to approve acceptance of Ordinance No. 351-22 on second reading, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 14. Recess – hold Public Hearing concerning Ordinance No. 353-22, amending the Budget for FY 2021-22 (Second Amendment) for the City of Piperton Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to recess the meeting to hold the Public Hearing, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Mr. Steinbach stated this budget amendment is the second budget amendment for FY 2022, it covers 5 funds; General Fund, the Enterprises Funds consisting of Water and Sewer Funds, Special Revenue Funds consisting of Street Aid and Sanitation, beginning with the General Fund Budget (Exhibit A) items are broken out by department and for the most part address line item adjustments due to increased cost, the color coating (green) indicates an item that was not included on the approved budget and the salmon color indicates a change to the expenditure amount from the first reading and so beginning with the administrative department- the Christmas bonuses were adjusted as a result of the pandemic and those are reflected across each department, FICA related to those Christmas bonuses are additionally adjusted, hospitalization insurance addresses increases in deductibles, utilities/gas prices have increased, IT Services-the City is currently reviewing proposals to retain an IT firm, the master plan for the Pinckney (Piper) property had been budgeted for $50,000.00 and the Board approved an agreement with Spirit Architecture to complete construction drawings and the adjustment will cover that along with other related master plan expenditures, maintenance line has a code identification number correction under the correct code-398 becomes 399, workman’s comp & liability insurance related to normal business operations when audit mid- year, a new item-the City received direct appropriation covid grants and we have identified several expenditures for that (projector for the Board room, a monitor for Public Works conference room), Building department reflects many of the items I just described for administration and same with the Police department and I have asked for adjustment to our fuel and oil with the gas prices increasing, same thing for Municipal Court, Fire department increases in medical supplies due to the characteristics of their call volume, Public Works again same with FICA and hospitalization, the new item Community Drainage Repairs is an expenditure that is related to the Shaws Creek issue that the City is going to have to address and it will be my proposal going forward that the City fund a community drainage repair item every year as a fund appropriation and it is likely that we are going to see increasing drainage situations and it is also additionally likely that I will propose a change to our development fees structure that will fund a per lot drainage fee that will be utilized to fund this line item, fuel and oil-we just addressed, gate for the fuel pump and automation of gate for the Public Works complex again related to the direct appropriations grant, Water Fund (Exhibit B)-Salaries are paid out of enterprise water and sewer fund so the Christmas bonus, FICA, hospitalization that was previously discussed are identified here, the other items are business items that were under budgeted or had to address increased expenditures that were deemed appropriate, we do have an increase in water meters from the first reading, water purchased for resale increased that will be reflected in the revenue stream as well, new fund appropriation for the SCADA system which is a preventative alarm system that is something we have needed for some time which will give early detections for any leaks or malfunctions with our pumping stations, we are proposing to break this up into a couple of funds but the bulk of it will be in sewer but the $30,000.00 reflected in the water fund addresses an early detection alarm system for the water tower, Sewer Fund (Exhibit C) part of the business operations-the enterprise fund of the City, 5 again salaries are paid from this fund so all of the previously mentioned items dealing with personnel are addressed, increase for Chickasaw Trials payment-the City engages in an arrangement with Marshall Utility District to send effluent to the south out of our industrial area again this is money in-money out and same with the Town of Rossville as we send our sewer east to their treatment facilities, Enterprise Rate Study-it was necessary to fund a utility rate study which has been completed and the additional expense is for a more specific review of the actual expenses applicable to the various service provisions in hope to be more efficient with the fee structure moving forward once we bring that before the Board, and again the SCADA system we just addressed and Mr. Mills was able to work out an arrangement with the vendor to pay half of the projected $300,000.00 this fiscal year and the remaining balance the next fiscal year, Special Revenue Fund/Street Aid (Exhibit D)-is funded by contributions from the State- increase utility costs related to new light poles and expenses related to new light poles installations, increase in materials/supplies/maintenance related to our light poles and Special Revenue Fund/Sanitation (Exhibit E)-our vendor (Waste Connections), the current budget needed to be addressed due to an increase in customers/residents, yard waste stickers-the City provides stickers for residents for bagging leafs and that is a cost incurred by the City on the front end and subsequent sale of those stickers so this reflects the increased demand for that, Recycling cost (Waste Connections) again more customers means additional cost associated with service, storm debris pickup-we expended some of the considerable savings the City has been able to fund and this particular item will be addressed through some of those fund savings for the recent ice storm and we are not finished with nasty weather yet so we wanted to replenish that again from the sanitation surplus fund, this concludes an overview of the proposed second budget amendment for FY 2022. Letha Granberry inquired about Shaws Creek community drainage repairs, what does that detail, are you focusing on how it is draining in the community and last week I gave the Mayor some pictures of flooding in my area and we don’t have drainage down there, we live under a hill and when we have heavy rain when it rolls down on us and the creek floods so we have two things that makes us have a drainage problem so how do you inventory those communities that need help. Mr. Steinbach stated that is a very good question, when the City is reviewing drainage improvements based on its capital budget, they are based on two areas of the City-one would be your neighborhood and some of the other neighborhoods that had been constructed years ago that historically have been here and dealt with perhaps chronic drainage problems, the other area are newer subdivisions that were approved under specific design requirements that either the City did not catch a mistake that was made by the design engineer and if we catch it early enough we are able to address it with the design engineer such as Ridgewood Grove was a newer subdivision that experienced some drainage issues and review was conducted and it was determined that was an issue with the design and the developer and their design engineer contributed to the cost, Shaws Creek unfortunately was approved and sat for many years before it had substantial build outs so it was sometime before the faulty design matters came to our attention and manifested themselves in drainage issues so the City has culpability with regard to address some of these drainage oversites and so we are looking at issues that are based on mistakes in designs that occurred and we are also looking at older neighborhoods that had experienced chronic drainage issues and staff is happy to take a look and see what the issues maybe and then address it accordingly. Mr. Mills stated the Mayor did pass along those pictures to me and I would like to speak to you after the meeting because I will be paying a visit before the end of the week down to your house. Commissioner Davis stated we have had discussions citywide whether it is a new or older subdivision because there is a big ditch behind me that fills in over a period of time over the years and I thought we had a mild discussion that we were going to look at the whole city 6 regarding stormwater drainage, it is good that you are bringing it up as the city is going around looking because Public Works doesn’t know where everything is that floods and it is good that residents tell us and keep telling us when things aren’t right. Mr. Crislip stated there is still an issue under the railroad tracks on Ballard. Mr. Steinbach stated that is why I want to fund a community drainage on an annual basis. Paul Tingley stated some of those number increased by 40%, the lowest I saw was 10 or 15% and this is the second iteration of the budget and I am just wondering if that is historically normal or if there is something unusual about those number increasing some much in the span of four or five months. Mr. Steinbach stated I think in a lot of instances we’re generally very accurate with our numbers, we as any small town that is growing-we are adding personnel, adding new capital expenditures with regards to vehicles, addressing insurance regarding personnel and our revenue is sufficiently addressing those and I assure you when we are looking at our line items on a monthly basis we are making sure department heads are bringing to myself and the finance director those items that have been exceeded or approaching being exceeded and provide a justification in doing so, we engage in a hybrid zero based budgeting methodology as opposed to budget creep as I refer to it but we have incurred a lot of expenses related to a variety of items (increased in cost and demands) the population growth here in a percentage basis is pretty dramatic and when that happens the service demands increase and along with those the biggest part of the budget is related to personnel and those costs are going to increase on a percentage basis as you have observed more dramatically than they otherwise would have been. James Patrick stated every time it rains it comes off that hill bringing sticks and it floods upon the road most of the time because the pipe coming under the highway is stopped up. Mayor Coats stated Mr. Mills can check on it but unfortunately that is TDOT, is that who you called? Mr. Patrick stated he called Public Works. Mayor Coats stated right before they repaved that road they had sleeved off the culverts making them smaller and we had request that they go ahead dig those up and put them back to the original size before they paved but they didn’t listen to us. Mr. Patrick stated the pipe is too small and the water comes across the highway. Mayor Coats stated for Mr. Patrick to get with Mr. Mills and let them get specifics he can probably point that out to TDOT. Action taken: Commissioner Davis moved to reconvene the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Trotter. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 15. Second Reading Ordinance No. 353-22, amending the Budget for FY 2021- 22, (Second Amendment) for the City of Piperton Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to approve Ordinance No. 353-22 on second reading, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 16. First Reading, Ordinance No. 354-22, amending Ordinance No. 235-14, establishing service and setting fees for residential and small commercial garbage and yard waste collection service and Resolution No. 13-148, establishing and setting fees for voluntary recycling service and increasing such fees Mr. Steinbach stated our sanitation vendor (Waste Connections of TN, Inc.) recently sent notification of increases in the sanitation rates due to rising fuel cost and adjustments, the increase was 5% for sanitation and 7.75% for recycling and would ask the Board to adjust the City’s rates and the rate adjustments however in some instances we are proposing a decrease and we are constantly looking at the margins of the cost of providing the service relative to the 7 additional responsibility the City’s incurs and we just discussed whether it is storm debris pickup related to either ice storms or spring storms, the City had developed a healthy surplus and is proposing a 2 ½% increase which would change the curb-side residential service from $17.00 currently to $17.40, additional cart is $4.00, bagged yard waste stickers would decrease from 60 cents a bag to 55 cents a bag, bulk item pickup up to 2 cubic yards will increase by 5%, curb- side recycling services will decrease from $8.00 a month to $7.40 per month per home, commercial solid waste weekly increases from $14.00 to $14.30, additional cart is $4.00, small commercial bi-weekly service increases to $31.75, additional cart $4.00, staff recommends approval on first read. Action taken: Commissioner David Crislip moved to approve Ordinance No. 354-22 on first reading, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 17. First Reading, Ordinance No. 355-22, repealing Ordinance No. 348-21, in its entirety, and revising/adopting various fees for the City of Piperton Mr. Steinbach stated the City uses a comprehensive fee schedule to be more transparent with regard to how the fees schedules across the various service provisions provided, this ordinance is simply addressing the proposed increase in sanitation rates on one page of many pages and so it is an associated item with the previous Ordinance and would simply reflect those proposed increases/decreases should the Board approve the previous ordinance on second reading. Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to approve Ordinance No. 355-22 on first reading, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 18. Resolution 22-247, a resolution to oppose the proposed Adequate Facilities Tax increase by Fayette County Government Mayor Coats stated this tax is levied when a new house or new business is built, it is a certain amount per square footage, and it is currently 25 cents per square foot on commercial and 60 cents on residential, this tax was levied as a way to get back funds to cities that actually collect those taxes for infrastructure but for the last five years Piperton has sent more of this tax to the County than any other city in the County including Oakland and we have not received one penny of it, the County is using it for other things and that is why we are proposing to send a resolution to the County against any changes to the adequate facilities tax. Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to approve Resolution No. 22-247, seconded by Commissioner Davis. The Motion received all affirmative votes. Agenda item 19. Resolution 22-248, a resolution to support restoring the historic revenue sharing relationship between the State of Tennessee and its local governments Mr. Steinbach stated this was a request from the Tennessee Municipal League, they are courting cities across the state to encourage the legislative bodies in those communities to adopt this resolution and remit it to that city’s state legislative delegation and as you know Tennessee is one of a handful of states that has no income tax in the purest sense with the removal of the Hall Income Tax on dividends and the bulk of the state’s revenue comes from sales tax and in 2002 the state increased its sales tax from 6% to 7% but did not change the percentage that was redistributed back to the municipalities throughout the state, the resolution would support pending legislation and should this legislation pass Piperton would receive all most $36,000.00 a year, staff recommends approval. Action taken: Commissioner Trotter moved to approve Resolution No. 22-248, seconded by Commissioner Crislip. The Motion received all affirmative votes. 8 Agenda item 20. Any other old/new business, questions or matters from the audience Kay Long inquired about cell towers for this area because we have so much interruption in calls. Mayor Coats stated we have been trying for years to get a company to bring a cell tower out here and at this time they say it is not economically feasible for them to do so and about every six months I reach out to the providers and to the people who install the towers but they are just not doing anything at this time. Agenda item 21. Adjournment Action taken: Commissioner Davis made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Trotter. The Motion received all affirmative votes and the meeting was adjourned at 7:14 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Beverly Holloway, City Recorder Approved: _________________________________date:______________________ 9