Mt. Juliet, Tennessee

2425 North Mt. Juliet Rd

Mt. Juliet, TN 37122

Commission Chambers

Monday, January 22, 2024 6:30 PM

Board of Commissioners

Meeting Minutes - Final

Public Hearing 6:15 PM

Citzens Comments limited to three (3) minutes per person - Ordinance 2023-15

Mayor Maness called the Public Hearing to order at 6:19 PM.

Amend FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 BUDGET ORDINANCE 2023-24 TO

ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE S.

GREENHILL RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT

PROJECT

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Board of Commissioners, City Manager Kenny Martin

Sponsors:

Attachments:

Call to Order & Declare a Quorum Present

Mayor Maness called the Regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners to order at 6:31 PM

and declared a quorum present.

Bill Trivett, James Maness, Jennifer Milele, Ray Justice, and Scott

Hefner

Present:

Set Agenda

Under New Business: Remove 12 A & B from Consent

3. Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance

Communication Director Justin Beasley held the invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

PIO Sami Kincaid was introduced.

Approval of Minutes

This was accepted.

ACCEPTED

Jennifer Milele

Ray Justice

RESULT:

MOVER:

SECONDER:

Approval of January 8, 2024 Minutes

4.A.

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Attachments:

Citizens Comments

Citizens Comment Limited to three (3) minutes per person - Ordinance 2008-24

Chris Sorey stated he filed several complaints against the City. Feels the Ethics Complaints

were handled wrong.

Frank DeRiggi spoke on a complaint he had filed. Mayor Maness stated this has been

addressed internally.

Commissioner Reports & Comments

Commissioner Justice: Thanked PW, Fire and Police for the hard work this past week with

the ice, snow and extreme cold. What PW had to endure was brutal. They all had to answer

calls in the extreme low temperatures. This starts at the top with City Manager Kenny Martin.

Please show city staff your appreciation.

Vice Mayor Trivett: Thanked everyone for attending tonight. Mirrored Commissioner Justice's

comments. We had great communication to the public from the PIO's. We had lots of

communication externally and internally. Appreciates getting the info out to the public. Parks

will have more opportunities for extra Father/Daughter Dances. We need more to reach out

to Parks to let them know there is interest in additional events.

Commissioner Hefner: Brian Callahan hired by theTitans. Welcomed Sami Kincaid, she has

done a great job. PW, Fire and Police deserve a big thanks. Special thanks to Station 1,

Shift A they had an accident with a busted head and they should up and did a phenomenal

job. Thanks for attending an watching.

Commissioner Milele: Welcomed Sami Kincaid. Thanks to all of the First Responders. Do

we really have freedom of speech. Social Media has been blocking her. Would love the

admin of Hip MJ to reach out to her. Thanked MJ Homepage for not censoring her. Will vent

about recent Ethics process, not the outcome. She cannot find any laws on this. The letter

from Special Counsel Farmer was not on a letterhead. This is been frustrating to try to get

answers, she is referencing Mr. Farmer. Feels the first meeting should be nullified and

voided. Feels this should be redone, but does not feel a new outcome will happen.

Mayor Maness: The effort that PW put in trying to keep the roads clear and covering areas

that weren't the city's responsibility was great. We just can't cover every road. Resources are

limited. Appreciate everything that was done. Ethics Commission, it is a broken process,

doesn't feel anyone would deny this. The original ordinance was passed in 2006. The

ordinance adopted was a boiler plate recommended by MTAS, what I didn't realize this was

changed. What was a boiler plate became unique to Mt. Juiet. Feels those changes created

the problem. It is not fair to anyone. Feels we need to look at this. We want to be as

transparent as possible. We have some cleaning up to do.

City Manager's Report

In his 34 years feels we had the least amount of car crashes during the snow and ice. We

have a total of 3 plow trucks in the City. Offices might shut down but work is being completed.

There was lots of communicaiton internally. Commended PW, Fire and Police who have to

be out there. Please patronize our local businesses. They need us and we need them.

Unfinished Business Consent Agenda Items:

Unfinished Business

9.A. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 BUDGET

ORDINANCE 2023-24 TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE GRANT

FUNDS FOR THE S. GREENHILL RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNAL

IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

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City Manager Kenny Martin

Sponsors:

2024-01-08- Amend S. Greenhill RR Xing Capital Proj budget

for grant awards

Attachments:

2024-01-08- Amend S. Greenhill RR Xing Capital Proj budget

Exec Summary

A motion was made by Trivett, seconded by Milele, that this Ordinance be adopted.

The motion carried by the following vote:

ADOPTED

RESULT:

Bill Trivett

MOVER:

Jennifer Milele

SECONDER:

Trivett, Maness, Milele, Justice, and Hefner

Enactment No: 2024-05

Aye:

11.

New Business

11.A. AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 BUDGET TO PURCHASE A

F-150 SERVICE TRUCK FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

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City Manager Kenny Martin

Sponsors:

2024- Amend 23-24 budget to purchase truck for PW

Fiscal Note Amend 23-24 budget to purchase PW truck

Attachments:

Discussion was held on a F250 and snow plow equipment to be added at 2nd Reading.

A motion was made by Trivett, seconded by Milele, that this Ordinance be accepted.

The motion carried by the following vote:

RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL

RESULT:

Bill Trivett

MOVER:

Jennifer Milele

SECONDER:

Trivett, Maness, Milele, Justice, and Hefner

Aye:

New Business Consent Agenda Items:

Resolutions

RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE

CITY OF MT. JULIET, TENNESSEE, AND BARGE DESING

SOLUTIONS, INC. FOR DESIGN SERVICES ON THE PLEASANT

GROVE ROAD WIDENING PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE

MAYOR TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT

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Kenneth Martin

Sponsors:

2024-01-22, PGR Widening Consultant Resolution

Attachments:

2024-01-22, PGR Widening Consultant Resolution - Exec

Summary

Barge Contract (draft)

Discussion was held with Public Works Director Matt White concerning the change

at Barge and work to be completed.

A motion was made by Hefner, seconded by Trivett, that this Resolution be

adopted. The motion carried by the following vote:

ADOPTED

Scott Hefner

Bill Trivett

RESULT:

MOVER:

SECONDER:

Trivett, Maness, Milele, Justice, and Hefner

Enactment No: 06-2024

Aye:

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OFFICIAL INTENT THAT

CERTAIN EXPENDITURES TO BE INCURRED IN CONNECTION

WITH CERTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS AND RELATED

EXPENDITURES BE REIMBURSED FROM PROCEEDS OF

NOTES, BONDS, OR OTHER INDEBTEDNESS TO BE ISSUED BY

THE CITY OF MT. JULIET, TENNESSEE

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City Manager Kenny Martin

Sponsors:

2024- Resolution re reimburse GF HQ pmts with borrowing

Attachments:

This Resolution was adopted.

ADOPTED

RESULT:

Scott Hefner

MOVER:

Bill Trivett

SECONDER:

Enactment No: 07-2024

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE

CITY OF MT. JULIET, TENNESSEE, AND THE TENNESSEE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (TDOT) FOR THE

CENTRAL PIKE WIDENING, PHASE 1 PROJECT AND

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT

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Kenneth Martin

Sponsors:

2024-01-22, TDOT Contract Resolution - Central Pike

Widening

Attachments:

2024-01-22, TDOT Contract Resolution - Central Pike

Widening Exec Summary

PIN 124887.02, TDOT Contract

Discussion was held.

A motion was made by Hefner, seconded by Trivett, that this Resolution be

adopted. The motion carried by the following vote:

ADOPTED

Scott Hefner

Bill Trivett

RESULT:

MOVER:

SECONDER:

Trivett, Maness, Milele, Justice, and Hefner

Enactment No: 08-2024

Aye:

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A RESOLUTION DECLARING CITY OF MT. JULIET

FIRE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY AS SURPLUS TO BE

DISPOSED OF AT GOVDEALS AUCTION

Board of Commissioners, City Manager Kenny Martin

Sponsors:

2024- Res FDMJ surplus property Crown Vic

2024 Executive Sum-FDMJ surplus Crown Vic

Attachments:

Discussion was held.

A motion was made by Trivett, seconded by Milele, that this Resolution be adopted.

The motion carried by the following vote:

ADOPTED

RESULT:

Bill Trivett

MOVER:

Jennifer Milele

SECONDER:

Trivett, Maness, Milele, Justice, and Hefner

Enactment No: 09-2024

Aye: