RESULTS for September 12 Williamson County Commission Meeting 2022

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All results for this meeting are in red.

The September 2022 Williamson County Commission meeting will be at the Williamson County Administrative Complex auditorium @ 7:00 PM on Monday, September 12th.

This meeting will be also publicly broadcast on the local public TV stations as well as WC-TV accessible on the county website, as well as on YouTube afterward. Go to WC-TV to live stream. The meeting will be broadcast on Comcast Channel 3, Charter Channel 192, AT&T Channel 99, and United Communications Channel 207.

There are 33 resolutions under consideration in this month’s meeting. Here are some of the more notable ones. To review all resolutions for the month and to access the entire County Commissioner packet, go to my website at www.votesturgeon.com and click on the downloads link at the top of the page. It will take you to the current packet as well as a few previous ones.

You can always go HERE to view the Williamson County Calendar.

If you wish to review the Williamson County Budget book with the Proposed budget it is also in the download section of my website.

FYI: You can go HERE to view the new redistricted voting district map to verify which district you live in, which will determine which candidates you can vote for in this year’s county election on May 3.

You can go HERE to explore what county district or congressional district you are living in as well.

You can go HERE to register to vote in Tennessee.

New Commissioners were installed:
Lisa Lennox District 1
Jeff Graves District 3
Pete Stresser District 4
Mary Smith District 5
Greg Sanford District 5
Drew Torres District 8
Brian Clifford District 12
District 7 has one vacant seat previously held by Bert Chalfant
9-22-1 Resolution amending the General Purpose School Budget $282,000 for additional construction costs related to the addition at Summit High School.
20 Yes 3 Abstain by Commissioners Mary Smith, Sanford & Lennox
9-22-2 resolution amending the 2022-23 General Purpose School Budget by $4,000,000 for new construction of a new elementary school on Cox Rd. The budget and education committees have both approved this resolution after amending it by $2,150,000 which is the amount representing road improvements requested by the Planning Commission for added turn lanes at Horton Highway lseveral miles from the new school. This resolution was amended to remove $1.85 Million which was for road improvements on Horton Hwy associated with the new school on Cox Rd.
20 Yes 3 Abstain by Commissioners Mary Smith, Sanford & Lennox both for the amendment and as amended
9-22-3 resolution for the approval of an intent to fund $26,500,000 for the Phase 4 replacement of Page High School to be complete 2023-34. 20 Yes 3 Abstain by Commissioners Mary Smith, Sanford & Lennox
9-22-4 resolution amending the 2022-23 General Purpose School budget of $264,562 for additional human resources and payroll positions. This was unforeseen and is the result of the current job market, school growth, and an unfunded mandate from this federal administration for more Title 9 investigations. 21 Yes 2 Abstain by Commissioners Torres & Stresser
9-22-5  resolution authorizing the contracts for Professional Services for an assessment study of regulations governing on-site sewage disposal systems and related office operations for Williamson County and appropriating and amending the 2022-23 County Mayor’s budget $150,000; revenues to come from Unappropriated County General Funds. I am hopeful that this will result in a streamlined application process with shortened wait times for construction projects requiring septic tanks. 22 Yes 1 Abstain by Commissioners Mary Smith
9-22-19 resolution amending the 2022-23 Election Commission budget $214,600 for unanticipated cost overages for the recent Aug 4th, 2022 General Election & State Primary Election for manpower, maintenance of office and voting, advertising plus other expenses. 23 Yes 0 No
9-22-26 resolution to approve an intent to fund $22,827,694 for certain county general projects in a 2022-23 bond or note issue. Projects are:
Emergency Services Station construction – Burwood $6,628,944
ESS Burwood furnishings, Equip., & Technology $1,018,750
Emergency Services Station Construction – FFUMC $2,680,000
Bethesda Recreation Complex Phase III $12,500,000
23 Yes 0 No
9-22-27 resolution appropriating and amending the 2022-23 Capital Projects budget by $1,281,824.63 for a pedestrian cross walk on Hillsboro Rd (SR 106) at Grassland Elementary and Middle schools (State project #94LPLM-3S-135) with revenues to come from grant funds, Highway Privilege tax funds and Williamson County Schools.
23 Yes 0 No
9-22-28 resolution authorizing the Williamson County Mayor to execute a local agency agreement with the Stae of Tennessee TDOT (state project #94LPLM-3S-135) for a pedestrian crosswalk across Hillsboro Rd for Grassland Elementary & Middle Schools.
23 Yes 0 No
9-22-31 resolution declaring certain election commission property surplus property and authorizing the sale of the property at auction. 23 Yes 0 No
9-22-32 resolution declaring certain Williamson County-owned property surplus property and authorizing the sale of the property.
23 Yes 0 No

Elections & Appointments

County Mayor appointed

Budget Committee

Judy Herbert, Chairman
Meghan Guffee
Erin Nations
Matt Williams

Rogers Anderson, County Mayor

Purchasing & Insurance Committee

Brian Clifford
David Landrum
Tom Tunnicliffe
Paul Webb

Rogers Anderson, County Mayor

Planning Commission

(4yr. term, expiring 8/26)

Beth Lothers expiring nomination: Brian Clifford

All nominations by the Mayor were approved unanimously.

County Commission Chairman Vacancy

(1yr term, expiring 9/23)

Brian Beathard 16 votes (Jones,Herbert, Hester,Mason, Sanford,

Webb, Nations, Tunnicliffe, Morton, Williams, Guffee, Landrum, Beathard, Aiello, Steve Smith, Clifford)

Barb Sturgeon 7 Votes (Lenox, Graves, Lawrence, Stresser, Mary Smith, Torres, Sturgeon)

County Commission Chairman Pro Tempore Vacancy

(1 yr. term expiring 9/23)

Matt Williams 16 Votes (Jones,Herbert, Hester,Mason, Graves, Webb, Nations, Tunnicliffe, Morton, Williams, Guffee, Landrum, Beathard, Aiello, Steve Smith, Clifford)

Barb Sturgeon 7 Votes (Lenox, Sanford, Lawrence, Stresser, Mary Smith, Torres, Sturgeon)

Stormwater Appeals Board

(4yr term, length of elected office)
renomination of:
Betsy Hester

Unanimously Approved

Commissioners will take a brief recess to allow paired districts to prepare nominations for the rotating committees which are Rules, Steering, Human Resources & Parks & Recreation.

County Commission meetings are normally held at the Administrative complex at 1320 West Main St., Franklin in the auditorium (East end of bldg) @ 7 PM and generally on the 2nd Mon. of the month. Meeting agendas are available HERE. There is no meeting in December, April, or August. July’s meeting is when the tax rate and budget for the upcoming year are approved.

 

Anyone interested in getting a better understanding of our county resolutions can come to the Budget Committee meetings held on 1st Mondays @ 4:30 pm in the Conference Room across from the County Mayors’ office. In this committee, any resolution with a fiscal consequence is discussed one week prior to being voted on by the Commission as a whole. All Committee meetings are open to the public.

 

All your feedback is welcome.

 

Best Regards,

Barb Sturgeon

Williamson County Commissioner

District 8