WEBVTT 1 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:02:45.820 --> 00:03:05.930 Good morning, everyone. We will go ahead and get started. I hope everyone is having a good week so far. Nice to see everyone today. This is the executive committee meeting of the Tennessee Underground Utility Damage enforcement board. This is April twelve. 2 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:03:05.930 --> 00:03:28.389 21 and we will start with with roll call. Mr. Tubberville? Mr. Raper? Mr. Henderson? Mr. Hood, and mr. Pitts. 3 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:03:34.940 --> 00:03:53.370 Alright, and just you all see the screen is on, and I think there was already a an announcement that the meeting is being recorded, so these meetings will be recorded from here on out in accordance with the. 4 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:03:53.370 --> 00:04:13.370 Open meetings act. So, just wanted to let everyone know that and all of the votes that we take will be, they'll now be roll call also, so that will be, that will be a change as well. 5 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:04:13.370 --> 00:04:20.359 Did you all get a chance to review the minutes of the previous meeting? 6 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:04:20.359 --> 00:04:25.079 Proof. 7 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:34.339 Okay, so roll call. Mr. Pitts. 8 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:04:34.339 --> 00:04:36.059 Yeah. 9 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:04:36.059 --> 00:04:44.049 Mr. Raper? Yes. Mr. Henderson? Yes. Mr. Hood. 10 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:04:44.049 --> 00:04:45.829 Yes, share my. 11 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:04:45.829 --> 00:04:55.859 And Chairman Hoverville? Yes. 12 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:04:55.859 --> 00:05:13.079 All right, and before we move on to the complaint investigations, I wanted to introduce Houston Massey. She has joined the consumer services division, and she will be helping with the enforcement board also. 13 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:29.339 That's who you received your email from this time for the meeting information. So Houston, she's doing a great job and she's, she's been a, been a great help to us, so. 14 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:05:29.339 --> 00:05:48.269 Welcome Houston, and Houston worked here before. She was in the fiscal department, fiscal division. So she's back with, with us now. Alright, moving on to. 15 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:05:48.269 --> 00:06:08.269 Section one of your packets. Section one is recommendations for NO violations. You can hear these individually pull some out. 16 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:06:08.269 --> 00:06:14.829 Or make a motion for all of them at once it's it's up to you. 17 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:06:14.829 --> 00:06:15.829 Stacey was. 18 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:06:16.829 --> 00:06:18.329 Six-00. 19 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:06:18.329 --> 00:06:18.829 The three. 20 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:06:18.829 --> 00:06:19.829 One moved. 21 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:06:19.829 --> 00:06:20.329 Yes. 22 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:06:20.329 --> 00:06:21.720 Section three. 23 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:53.980 Thank you, mr. chairman. So in this section EB 25 oh 238 is moved to section three. EB two six oh oh three one is moved to section three and EB two six oh oh three seven is moved to section two. 24 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:06:53.980 --> 00:06:58.339 And you can blame me. 25 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:06:58.339 --> 00:06:59.089 So after the. 26 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:06:59.089 --> 00:07:01.089 That make a motion to consolidate. 27 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:07:01.089 --> 00:07:06.559 Get these in here or boat on them together, the remainders. 28 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:07:06.559 --> 00:07:09.459 Second. 29 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:07:09.459 --> 00:07:11.200 Okay. 30 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:07:11.200 --> 00:07:26.659 I got it, ok. The motion on section one is to find, each of the three items remaining and I'll list those EB 25-0047 EB 25-00, excuse me 011. 31 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:07:26.659 --> 00:07:51.519 One three and EB 25-0405 for NO violation. We do have a second. We'll do a roll call vote on that chairman Tuberville? Yes. Mr. Henderson? Yes. Mr. Hood. Yeah. Mr. Raper? Yes mr. Pitts. Yeah. That motion carries five zero. 32 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:07:51.519 --> 00:08:08.940 Alright, and now we have section two and the only one in section two is two six EB two six oh oh three seven. 33 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:08:08.940 --> 00:08:18.380 Section two consists of items that were to issued to homeowners, so they are warning letters. 34 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:08:18.380 --> 00:08:22.200 Make a motion to follow the staff's recommendation of a warning letter. 35 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:08:22.200 --> 00:08:57.450 Alright, we have a motion in a second on section two and that motion is to issue a warning letter to EB 20 five-0396 and EB 26-0037. We have a second we will do a roll call vote Chairman Tubberville? Yes mr. Henderson? Yes. Mr. Hood. Yeah. Mr. Pitts. Yeah mr. Riper. Yes, the motion carries five zero. Stand by. 36 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:09:07.239 --> 00:09:09.280 Let's just got to there. 37 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:09:09.280 --> 00:09:13.530 Okay. But did I say the only one was? 38 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:09:15.030 --> 00:09:25.769 All of them. Okay ok sorry. 39 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:09:25.769 --> 00:09:44.489 All right, section three. These are recommendations for $811. And in this section, we're removing EB two five oh 395. 40 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:09:44.489 --> 00:10:11.880 And EB two six oh oh four zero Both of those we received consent agreements for, where they've agreed to it. So those will be included in the next packet for approval of the consent agreements. And we're adding EB two five oh 238 and EB two six oh oh three one. 41 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:10:11.880 --> 00:10:21.450 Hey Stacy Milton Henderson. EV 25 040-004-0104. 42 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:10:21.450 --> 00:10:21.950 Or. 43 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:10:21.950 --> 00:10:28.450 Oh three and O four oh four. I want to recuse myself from those. 44 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:10:28.450 --> 00:10:31.200 Okay, thank you. 45 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:38.639 Alright let me make sure I have those Mr.. That's. 46 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:58.639 400 401-40-3404? That's correct. All right. 400 we've removed as a consent agreement, so I will remove those other three and we'll do a separate vote on those three. Secondly, EB two five. 47 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:02.530 Oh 377. If we can. 48 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:11:02.530 --> 00:11:03.530 Review that what. 49 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:11:03.530 --> 00:11:22.030 Separately from the other that are in this bundle. We can. Do you have questions on that one? Slave and Stacey can probably field those. It's probably more of a clarification of the information in the report. 50 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:11:22.030 --> 00:11:24.559 More so around. 51 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:53.269 The date, so the dates impact the outcome, specifically around when the notice of lead violation was set. 52 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:11:53.269 --> 00:12:12.700 I think it could be a typo. Yes, that appears to be a typo. Should be January 72026. 53 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:16.409 I'm still putting down. 54 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:12:17.409 --> 00:12:21.330 About July. 55 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:12:22.330 --> 00:12:25.929 Imagine. 56 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:12:25.929 --> 00:12:30.090 Not when you're looking at complaints regarding any. 57 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:12:30.090 --> 00:12:41.339 Is that the only question? We'll, we'll update that report and we won't need to vote on that one separately. 58 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:12:57.599 --> 00:13:21.219 Alright then let's let's begin with EB 2504 010403 0404. Those are the three that are in the list that mr. Henderson is recusing if there's a motion on those three. 59 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:13:21.219 --> 00:13:22.969 Make a motion to follow the staff's record. 60 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:13:22.969 --> 00:13:23.969 Recommendation of. 61 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:13:23.969 --> 00:13:26.760 Penalty of $811. 62 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:13:28.239 --> 00:13:33.779 All right, we have a motion in second and that is to find EB 250401. 63 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:13:33.779 --> 00:13:49.619 Eb 250403 EB 250404 in violation and assess a civil penalty in the amount of $811. We have a second on the motion, we'll do a roll call vote mr. Coverview? Yes. Mr. Henderson has recused. 64 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:13:49.619 --> 00:14:09.619 Mr. Hood? Yes. Mr. Pitts. Yes. Mr. Raper. Yes. That motion passes four zero with one recusal, and then we will entertain a motion on the remainder of the list and that again that remainder of that list. 65 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:14:09.619 --> 00:14:27.299 This also includes EB 25-0238 and EB 26-0031 which were moved from section one. 66 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:47.299 Alright, and bear with me, I'm gonna recap this since we've moved things in and out. We have a motion to find the following items in violation and assess the civil penalty in the amount of $811. EB 25-0267 EB 25-0331. 67 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:14:47.299 --> 00:15:07.299 EB 25-0347 EB 25-0354 EB 25-0363. EB 25-0364 EB 25-0371 EB 25-0375 EB 25-zero. 68 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:15:07.299 --> 00:15:36.199 377 EB 25-30385. EB 25-0389. EB 26-0001 EB 26-0002. EB 26-0010 EB 26-0014. EB 26-0018 EB 26-0040. Eb two six dash. 69 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:15:36.199 --> 00:15:59.890 00426-00436-0048 Eb 26-0049 EB 26-0051 EB 26-0052 EB 25-0238 and EB 26-0031. We have a motion and a second. 70 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:15:59.890 --> 00:16:10.260 I think I heard you call EV 260040, and that is when we have a consent agreement for. 71 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:16:10.260 --> 00:16:15.679 I thought you said that was 403 91. 72 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:21.479 3905, we have a consent agreement 40, we have a consent agreement. 73 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:16:21.479 --> 00:16:37.409 Alright, I'm gonna back out 400 from that list EB 25-0400. I've marked the wrong one, and also we'll back out EB 260040. That's confusing. 74 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:16:37.409 --> 00:16:53.639 Is everyone, is everyone clear on what we're voting on? And I've pulled out that 400 because mr. Henderston, you are accused on that, so we'll have to backtrack and take that one up by itself. But if everyone is clear on the motion, are we ready to vote? 75 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:16:53.639 --> 00:17:11.039 Yes yes. All right. Chairman Tuberville? Yes. Mr. Henderson? Yes. Mr. Hood? Yeah. Mr. Pitts. Yeah. Mr. Raper. Yes. All right, that motion passes five zero, and then we'll go back to EB 25-0400. 76 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:26.369 And that is, the 4th citation or investigation matter that mr. Henderson recused from, so we're gonna change a motion on that. 77 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:17:26.869 --> 00:17:27.869 Let. 78 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:17:27.869 --> 00:17:28.869 Second. 79 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:17:28.869 --> 00:17:45.299 All right, we have a motion in a second on EB 25-0400 to be found in violation and assessive civil penalty of $811 mr. Tubberbill. Yes. Mr. Henderson has recused mr. Hood? Yes. 80 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:17:45.299 --> 00:18:00.780 Mr. Pitts and mr. Riper. Yes. Right, that motion carries four zero with one recusal. Thank you for bearing with me there. 81 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:18:00.780 --> 00:18:23.119 Alright, we are ready for section four and these are recommendations for our civil penalty of $2500, and in this one EB 250388, we have received a consent agreement. So that one will come off. You won't have to vote for that. 82 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:24.369 Which point is that? 83 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:18:24.369 --> 00:18:39.339 EB250388. 84 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:42.719 Recommendations. 85 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:18:42.719 --> 00:19:02.719 All right. All right, we have a motion in section four to find the following items in violation and assess the civil penalty in the amount of $2500. Those items are EB 25-0153 EB 25-0332. 86 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:19:02.719 --> 00:19:29.079 EB 26-0024 EB 26-0025 EB 26-0026 and EB 26-0027. We will proceed with our roll call vote mr. chairman Tuberville. Yes. Mr. Henderson? Yes, mr. Hood. Mr. Pitts and mr. Aper. Yes. All right, that motion carries five zero. 87 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:45.939 Okay, section five, this is recommendations for civil penalty of $5000. 88 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:19:52.030 --> 00:19:53.030 I don't know. 89 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:19:53.030 --> 00:20:11.179 Second. All right, we have a motion in 2nd on section five and that is to find EB 25-0391 in violation and assess a civil penalty amount of $5000. We have a second, let's proceed to roll call vote. Mr. chairman Tuberville. 90 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:31.260 Yes mr. Henderson? Yes. Mr. Hood. Mr. Pitts mr. Raper. Yeah. Carrie's five zero. 91 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:20:31.260 --> 00:20:41.219 Alright, that concludes the investigations. Do you have anything for our next meeting, discussion for future topics? 92 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:20:41.219 --> 00:20:45.380 Yeah. 93 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:51.109 August 11811 day. 94 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:20:57.579 --> 00:21:00.780 August the 11th. 95 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:21:06.540 --> 00:21:25.329 You and I may have the same calendar then. And then the one after that is October, 27. 96 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:30.890 Well ok. 97 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:21:34.859 --> 00:22:03.160 We will make note of that. I guess that would make it hard to participate alright anything else? Any public comment? 98 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:22:08.780 --> 00:22:33.889 Alright, we'll reconvene at 1030 for the board meeting. 99 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:34:21.649 --> 00:34:22.649 Yes. 100 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:34:29.149 --> 00:34:33.649 Good morning, everyone. We will go ahead and get started. 101 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:34:45.959 --> 00:34:54.599 This is the meeting of the Tennessee underground Utility Damage enforcement board. This is April 2120 26. 102 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:34:54.599 --> 00:35:14.599 Welcome everyone, and we will get started with a roll call, oh, also same recording announcement as in the 1st meeting this these meetings are being recorded, and they will be posted to our website within a couple of. 103 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:32.549 Days. Four mics on at a time. So if you hit the green button, if you hit the button and it doesn't turn green, then someone needs to turn their mic off. Roll call, mr. Gilmer, mr. Boland? 104 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:35:32.549 --> 00:35:39.848 Mr. Boland, mr. Key. 105 "6152****07" (6530304) 00:35:39.848 --> 00:35:45.780 Present over phone in Philadelphia. Welcome. 106 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:47.957 Mr. Settles? 107 "9313****63" (3764626688) 00:35:47.957 --> 00:35:53.120 Present on phone. 108 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:57.320 Welcome mr. Settles. Mr. Hood. 109 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.540 Yeah. 110 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:35:58.540 --> 00:35:59.790 Mr. Brackett? 111 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:35:59.790 --> 00:36:01.080 Where's it? 112 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:36:01.080 --> 00:36:21.290 Mr. Sledge, mr. Sledge, mr. Charles, mr. Charles, mr. Neehouse? Mr. Pitts? Mr. Raper. 113 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:36:21.290 --> 00:36:21.790 Here. 114 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:36:21.790 --> 00:36:34.589 Mr. Henderson. Yeah, we have a quorum. 115 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:36:34.589 --> 00:36:45.560 Alright mr. Chairman, do you wanna. 116 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:36:45.560 --> 00:36:49.810 Has everybody had a chance to review and look at the board meetings? 117 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:36:49.810 --> 00:36:57.010 Minutes from the last meeting. 118 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:36:57.010 --> 00:37:30.832 Thank you. Sorry about that. I did not have my mic on. Let's start the role again. Mr. Gilmer? Yeah. Mr. Boland, mr. Key. 119 "6152****07" (6530304) 00:37:30.832 --> 00:37:33.260 Present. 120 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:42.731 Mr. Key, this is a vote for adopting the minutes of the previous meeting. I apologize. My microphone was off. 121 "6152****07" (6530304) 00:37:42.731 --> 00:37:47.199 Oh, NO problem. Approved. I have read. 122 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:48.770 Mr. Settles? 123 "9313****63" (3764626688) 00:37:48.770 --> 00:37:50.800 Approved. 124 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:37:50.800 --> 00:38:02.850 Mr. Hood. Mr. Brackett? Yes. Mr. Sledge, mr. Charles, mr. Neehouse. 125 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:38:02.850 --> 00:38:03.350 Yes. 126 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:38:03.350 --> 00:38:24.360 Mr. Pitts? Mr. Raper? Yes. Mr. Henderson? Yes. Mr. Tubberville? Yes. And mr. Ingram. Yeah, Alright, the motion to approve the minutes passes. 127 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:52.410 Next we have the program update. You received some information in your packet, and Samantha is here for any questions about the financial update. 128 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:38:52.410 --> 00:39:11.760 If you have any questions for her, there's a also a program update in your packet if you have any questions about that. 129 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:32.659 The quarterly report is also included, in the back of your packet. 130 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:42.909 So Stacey, just for clarifications Jerry bracket. I asked the question about our balance, our fund balance, and how that reflects in relation to our costs. 131 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:39:43.409 --> 00:40:07.679 Associated with, you know, what, what administrative costs are related to, to this committee as well or this board rather. So what, how, how does that relate to that? Does that have anything to do with that or is that all paid out of state funding? It has nothing to do with, with the administrative cost or administrative cost does come out of this? 132 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:20.310 Just yeah so. 133 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:40:20.310 --> 00:40:21.810 And clarify. 134 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:40:21.810 --> 00:40:22.310 I don't. 135 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:40:22.310 --> 00:40:23.810 Answer your question. 136 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:40:24.810 --> 00:40:27.810 Unbalanced is strictly revenue. There's NO expenditures bounced. 137 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:40:27.810 --> 00:40:28.810 Again against that. 138 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:40:28.810 --> 00:40:29.810 We can't. 139 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:40:29.810 --> 00:40:31.810 Spend against that until you guys approve it. 140 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:40:31.810 --> 00:40:32.310 So. 141 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:40:32.310 --> 00:40:35.810 In October when you guys tell us that you want to use this for whatever, that's. 142 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 00:40:35.810 --> 00:40:36.310 That's what. 143 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 00:40:36.810 --> 00:40:38.810 Grants. 144 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:40:38.810 --> 00:40:55.000 That that's what I understood, and I just wanted to clarify cause I know we've talked about that in the past, so thank you. 145 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:40:55.000 --> 00:41:16.479 Any other questions for Samantha? Tim Schworce, are you in here? You wanna come up? 146 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:41:25.560 --> 00:41:45.620 Tim Schwartz with the public cube utility commission. Legislature is winding down. They passed the budget last week. You've probably already heard that. There's taking up bills behind the budget at this point that they've approved for funding, working through conference committees. 147 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:41:45.620 --> 00:41:51.409 There was the build of interest to us all, in talking with. 148 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:41:51.909 --> 00:41:59.409 The stakeholders and represent Marsh, the house sponsor wanted to cause there was still some differences on. 149 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:41:59.409 --> 00:41:59.909 A particular. 150 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:41:59.909 --> 00:42:00.409 Only one. 151 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:42:00.409 --> 00:42:00.909 Provision. 152 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:42:00.909 --> 00:42:06.409 They wanted, the sponsor wanted to just deal with it next year, so. 153 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:42:06.909 --> 00:42:40.469 So that's kind of the posture we're at as far as the legislation goes. We have, as far as appointments go, we have two commissioners that are up for reappointment in June by the speaker of the house, and we also on this board have a number of appointments that the house speaker has. So i'm hopeful in talking to the chief of staff, they want to deal with our commissioner appointments in this off session. So I'm gonna try to see if we can handle the board positions as well that he has this off session. 154 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:42:40.469 --> 00:42:40.969 And so. 155 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:42:40.969 --> 00:42:55.399 Hopefully by the next board meeting I'll have an update on that too. And that's all I have. Happy to answer any questions. 156 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:42:55.399 --> 00:43:03.360 All right. Anybody have any questions for Tim? If not, Aaron is making his way to the front of the room. 157 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:19.740 Wow, the seat is low. 158 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:43:19.740 --> 00:43:39.000 Aaron Concomin, I'm a council to the investigative and enforcement staff. I sent out an email earlier this morning. If you don't have the spreadsheet that I spent sent out, then I have copies here in hand but I was asked to just kind of give an update on. 159 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:56.340 Enforcement efforts, you may recall back in, I think it was August of last year. I asked for authorization for pursuing show cost proceedings against companies that have multiple citations. 160 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:43:56.340 --> 00:44:16.340 That ended up being a list of twelve. You'll, you'll see actually one of the reasons I wasn't able to send this out till this morning is I was having conversations as ladies yesterday with one of these folks, alion cable construction, which we have learned is actually called Alion cable construction. 161 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:44:16.340 --> 00:44:36.950 Has been someone we've had trouble getting in in touch with, had contacts that went away and we actually got a new contact, and they agreed yesterday to after we had a hearing at the beginning of April, at which they did not show. 162 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:44:36.950 --> 00:45:06.740 They did agree to finally pay up, but they wanted to do that in four installment payments, so we arranged for that, and so they will be submitting some payments over the next four months. Harica's construction was another one that once, once we filed that, they've been around for a while, was able to work with the, with the attorney on that one, and, get that one collected. 163 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:45:06.740 --> 00:45:30.330 It ended up being a recalculation of the amounts rather than twelve five. We did some interesting things when those citations went out. There was a big jump, and so when I went back and counted this was this number citation, this was this number of citation. They had, they opted to just pay one. 164 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:45:30.330 --> 00:45:50.330 And they had one where the person was just supposed to go to training and they said, can we just pay a penalty, and I said sure so they paid two eight elevens and a, 2500 so we collected 4122 from them. And then I think at the last meeting I reported about volunteer utility services that that company. 165 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:45:50.330 --> 00:46:12.000 Does not exist anymore, actually spoke with the owners and it it is it was a family business and the family fell apart and the business fell apart and there's NO assets to the company, so as I reported last time, that's gonna be uncollectible, and we have done what we need to do in house to do that, but I wanted to keep that on the list so that you. 166 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:30.360 Saw that today. And then the next one Hernandez plumbing is a constant issue, just just finding them they are not responsive, and so finding them and getting some responses has been a challenge. 167 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:47.550 Getting service is a challenge. Southeast excavation I've had a exchanged emails with the company owner. These things take time so you see some of them are just queued up and ready to go as we, as I move down the list. So they just. 168 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:46:47.550 --> 00:47:05.810 Take time and move slow. Questions? Aaron Milton Henderson. Yes, sir. So the list that you provided has a wide range of we'll call it outstanding penalties. Yes. Kinda what is our requirement? 169 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:47:05.810 --> 00:47:06.310 Tomorrow. 170 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:47:06.310 --> 00:47:08.310 So I guess what is our premise as to. 171 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:47:08.310 --> 00:47:08.810 Would. 172 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:47:08.810 --> 00:47:10.310 More as we are pursuing for. 173 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:47:10.810 --> 00:47:27.570 Collections. When I, when we talked about this in August I presented if presented the the concept that if a company has multiple citations at that time. 174 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:47:27.570 --> 00:47:57.439 I saw it approval for going forward because there are there are costs associated with, you know, with collecting these. So that was, this, this list are those companies that had multiple citations that had civil penalties outstanding as of that date. Once we, if we have more that come onto that list, we'll come back and ask for authorization to go forward. Thank you. 175 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:47:57.439 --> 00:48:02.189 Follow up question on iraque's construction. For that one, for which. 176 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:48:02.189 --> 00:48:03.189 Which one? 177 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:48:04.189 --> 00:48:04.689 Right. 178 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:48:04.689 --> 00:48:20.270 They've got four 12500 is what was listed. For that one you said that we didn't follow the structure, the penalty structure that was in place. Right, and just to be clear, that wasn't the board or the executive committee rather exercising the. 179 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:48:20.270 --> 00:48:25.500 Its discretion to elevate the penalties for specific reasons. 180 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:48:25.500 --> 00:48:46.320 Right, it was not. It was, the as I went back and looked, there was a, there was a recommendation on the very last one to jump it to 10000 and I think it was just a miscount of the previous citations. So once we recounted those, it, it came out different. 181 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:48:46.320 --> 00:48:51.070 But just to be clear on the executive committee front, they don't have to follow the structure that's not. 182 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:48:51.070 --> 00:48:59.570 Who knows? No, there, there are reasons they can up or or down or deviate however they want. And we've had those situations in the past, definitely. 183 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:48:59.570 --> 00:49:00.570 Thanks Aaron. 184 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:49:00.570 --> 00:49:08.310 Other questions? Alright, thank you guys. 185 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:49:08.310 --> 00:49:23.959 Thank you. Thank you, Aaron. 186 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:49:23.959 --> 00:49:25.709 Alright, moving forward the. 187 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:49:25.709 --> 00:49:40.659 The Grant discussion is up, there's a few in the packet that were sent out to be considered. 188 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:49:40.659 --> 00:49:45.439 Tim Drown is making his way upfront. 189 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:49:45.439 --> 00:49:48.189 I usually do up there, but it seems like everybody's going down. 190 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:49:48.189 --> 00:49:48.689 Yeah. 191 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:49:48.689 --> 00:49:55.290 See if you're showing now. 192 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:49:55.290 --> 00:50:08.550 My name is Tim Drown. I'm counsel for the, the board and everybody on the board has been provided recommendations. We received five grant applications, so y'all have recommendations on each one of those. 193 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:50:08.550 --> 00:50:33.120 You'll have to do a roll call on each one, deciding what you wanna do with those grants and decide how much money or NO money you want to give to those grants. A couple of them did not meet the statutory requirements based on our recommendation that you'll see. So, if you have any questions I'm here. 194 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:50:33.120 --> 00:50:36.370 All right, I guess we'll go in order then the the 1st. 195 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:50:36.370 --> 00:50:37.870 One was the. 196 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:50:37.870 --> 00:51:04.560 City of Parsons. Mr. chair, can we discuss all of them and then come back and vote on them then? Is that a possibility instead of doing a formal vote right out the gate? I think it might be worth their while to hear what everybody's got. Cause I understand somebody didn't even get to back it maybe, so might be helpful. Yeah, thank you. So what do you need to do? 197 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:04.560 --> 00:51:06.810 His request. 198 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:06.810 --> 00:51:07.310 Was to. 199 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:07.310 --> 00:51:09.310 Kind of go through all of them and then. 200 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:09.310 --> 00:51:10.810 And wait till after we go through our. 201 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:10.810 --> 00:51:11.310 All of them to. 202 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:11.310 --> 00:51:11.810 Vote on. 203 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:11.810 --> 00:51:16.310 Instead of kind of one up one down, that would. 204 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:16.310 --> 00:51:16.810 Would help with. 205 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:16.810 --> 00:51:17.310 Continue by it. 206 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:17.310 --> 00:51:19.810 Doesn't have the packet to hear what the. 207 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:19.810 --> 00:51:24.969 What the one items were. The 1st one was the, at 1st. 208 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:24.969 --> 00:51:25.469 1st application. 209 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:25.469 --> 00:51:27.969 With City of Parsons. 210 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:27.969 --> 00:51:28.969 They request. 211 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:28.969 --> 00:51:32.469 Listed, $40000. 212 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:32.969 --> 00:51:36.969 Through option A, and that was for a purchase. 213 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:36.969 --> 00:51:38.469 Sort of an excavator. 214 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:38.469 --> 00:51:44.199 To assist in locating utilities, which I find. 215 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:44.199 --> 00:51:45.949 Comical. 216 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:45.949 --> 00:51:49.449 I do say that the bucket of an excavator is the best locator. 217 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:49.449 --> 00:51:49.949 Yeah. 218 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:49.949 --> 00:51:50.949 So. 219 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:51.449 --> 00:51:52.949 I thought that was interesting, they applied. 220 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:52.949 --> 00:51:53.949 Five for grant to the. 221 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:53.949 --> 00:51:54.449 Yeah. 222 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:51:54.949 --> 00:51:57.449 To the exact statute that says you're not supposed to use. 223 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:51:57.449 --> 00:52:00.449 Excavator to find a utility, but anyway. 224 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:52:00.949 --> 00:52:03.949 If staff not recommended that not being. 225 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:52:03.949 --> 00:52:05.949 That is the recommendation Yes. 226 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:52:13.100 --> 00:52:24.659 As mr. Pitt said, this the recommendation from the staff was not to, that it does not meet the requirements of the code, either section. 227 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:52:24.659 --> 00:52:33.600 2nd applicant. 228 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 00:52:33.600 --> 00:52:41.699 We're gonna, we're gonna discuss them all and then come back for a vote. 229 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:52:41.699 --> 00:52:44.449 2nd one was the, application. 230 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:52:44.449 --> 00:52:46.449 Change applicant was several power. 231 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:52:46.449 --> 00:52:55.949 Water and sewage systems and they requested a grant of $22333 through option B. 232 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:52:59.159 --> 00:53:00.409 Shouldn't let you do this. 233 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:53:00.409 --> 00:53:01.409 Okay. 234 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:53:02.409 --> 00:53:12.030 They they Through option B they had they want to develop a mascot, they want to have some marketing materials, some merchandise. 235 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:53:12.030 --> 00:53:32.030 In order to manage community outreach, I think they want to go to some schools, they they're requesting a total of $22333. Staff recommends that they treat this as a, as a coupon because we don't stereotypically the board does not recommend reoccurring expenses operating expenses. The board can. 236 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:53:32.030 --> 00:53:49.560 Can if they want to, but in the past, in, in this particular situation, the board can, for option B, they can't for option A, but they're requesting under option B So, but in the past you've not done reoccurring expenses, so we would recommend that you treat this as a coupon if that's something you would wanna do. 237 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:53:49.560 --> 00:54:12.840 Oh Move on the next one. No questions? All right, the next one is USIC locating services. This is under option B they're wanting $29650 to reimburse the cost for an education initiative. It's going to include designing flyers, producing a video. 238 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:54:12.840 --> 00:54:32.840 Printing and distributing flyers and a five month geofenced social media campaign to talk about, undergroing on just general edu education. That's the campaign that focuses on the importance of white markings. Yes white marking, That's. 239 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:54:32.840 --> 00:54:54.590 Open for that. Correct. Thank you. And then we'll move on for the next one, which is the Knoxville utility board. They want to get some signs to advertise 811. They wanna collaborate with neighboring utilities in the North city. 240 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:54:54.590 --> 00:55:13.500 And severe county, they're requesting 2620 $5600 for the cost of leasing the two bill boards for six months, this meets criteria for option B if the board elects to fund this. And it's 26000 or $25600. 241 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:55:13.500 --> 00:55:33.500 For the two billboards for six months. And then the last one is Western C public utility district. They're requesting $8800 through option B They're wanting to do a luncheon. Now there's some concerns with the luncheon because they mentioned they're gonna have public officials there and they're. 242 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:55:33.500 --> 00:55:53.500 The Concerns about lobbying and it would be hard to get the grand application through the central procurement office because they sort of avoid lobbying. If the staff did decide to, we don't recommend funding this at this time. It does appear to meet the criteria, but staff doesn't recommend it at this time because of the concern about lobbying. 243 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:55:53.500 --> 00:55:59.860 There, so that's that's the recommendation at this time on that one. 244 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:55:59.860 --> 00:56:05.110 Milton Henderson. So the concern around lobby and I want to speak to that a little bit. 245 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:56:05.110 --> 00:56:06.610 So. 246 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:56:06.610 --> 00:56:22.110 Part of the public awareness requirement addresses public officials. So I think, you know, for a gas operator, part of that regulation of 616 involves RP 1160. 247 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:56:22.610 --> 00:56:27.110 Each one of those stakeholders is public official. So I think from a. 248 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:56:27.110 --> 00:56:27.610 Regulatory. 249 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:56:27.610 --> 00:56:36.179 Requirement that stakeholder that is a stakeholder that you're required to pursue. 250 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:56:36.179 --> 00:56:57.840 I understand, but it's also there's gonna be some conflicts with our state laws on live being and then we got to get this through the central procurement office on these grants and they're gonna push back on that. So the chances of getting it through is gonna be a lot more difficult. There could be ways to do it where we exclude the public officials and we have to have a, a, where the board would need to have them. 251 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:56:57.840 --> 00:57:17.840 List the people that are attending the lunches so they could still fund the luncheons, but they would have to not fund the lunches for the public officials, they couldn't be public officials, so we could exclude the public officials, but it probably would not get through CPO. Would it be satisfactory to have a more detailed agenda or curriculum or whatever you. 252 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:57:17.840 --> 00:57:47.940 Want to break it down as that explains the material of the meeting. Having attended a luncheont along these lines in the past, they do a great job of keeping it high level public information. This is about safety. I think the fact that the public officials will be there will make it difficult to get it through the cpo's office because they're gonna see that this money is going to public officials in their meeting there and we can say all day we're talking about this, but they're gonna see it as a meeting to be able to also discuss other things. 253 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:57:47.940 --> 00:57:54.409 The public officials that wording is what's going to raise their. 254 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:57:54.909 --> 00:58:18.770 Antana to say, hey, we've got concerns about this. It's my understanding that in the past this has come up before, which is gonna make it harder to get it through. The, the grant application process is gonna cost more money because we're gonna spend more time to get it through as well I mean, you could exclude exclude the public officials and then do it for everyone else. 255 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:58:18.770 --> 00:58:20.270 How could you. 256 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:58:20.270 --> 00:58:46.280 You would have to have them some sort of mechanism where they would report to us who attended and what their titles are, and if they are public officials and you know, we'd have to tell them the public officials have to be excluded. That's gonna require more staff time to review that and to manage that, but there's a way to do it. 257 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:58:46.280 --> 00:59:14.520 Is it fair to say that if they send invites out, they may get, let's say members of the general public that were not invited but were brought along as a guest. So let's say that they don't invite public officials, but a public official becomes aware and chooses to attend. 258 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 00:59:14.520 --> 00:59:45.870 How does that mesh with attendance requirements and what you're talking about? I'd have to think through that. The concern with that is it's starting to look like we're trying to work our way around the lobbying issue and if we're getting to that point, then we've got other concerns. The challenge that comes to mind is that some of your local elected officials own a construction company and are excavators. So how do we invite them, and I'm speaking on behalf of the proposal submitter, how do we invite them to attend as an excavator but exclude their role as a public official? 259 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 00:59:45.870 --> 01:00:05.990 Alright, maybe I can, I can help on this a little bit. The public prof official prohibition comes from the constitution of the state's Tennessee that prohibits a purchasing food and drink for public officials. So the I think it's a $25 threshold essentially. 260 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:00:05.990 --> 01:00:25.200 So, public officials can, can attend, just can't pay for them. That, that's, that's really the bottom line on the mechanism of how that works. And it's not that we would have a hard time getting it through CPO if we were saying that public officials were coming and we were gonna pay for. 261 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:00:25.200 --> 01:00:41.970 You know fund fund this organization to pay for their plates. We would not get it through because it's not constitutional. So we have to work within that prohibition. So even if someone owns an excavation company, we can invite them. 262 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:00:41.970 --> 01:01:01.540 And, and you know we we just can't as, as an organization that is funded through a state grant, we can't pay the money I know it's gymnastics, but. 263 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:01:01.540 --> 01:01:07.790 Can I So every but every the other cost in that grant is allowable. 264 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:01:07.790 --> 01:01:21.630 Yes, as long as they are not a public official, every cost that is, that is in there is an allowable cost under the, under the grant parameters. 265 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:01:21.630 --> 01:01:45.260 Is it fair to say this Jared? Is it fair to say that if you told them if you're public official and you're not supposed to, take a meal or take a donation, you all know who you are, you know, we're gonna do food now, you know, you all know what you need to do. Is that not good enough? That, that. 266 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:01:45.260 --> 01:02:14.010 I'll, we'll probably I'll have to draft the grant contract that will go through the CPO and we'll probably have to have some language in there addressing the public official language and so then they're gonna have a requirement to make sure that none of the money goes to the public officials. Now how that works, we might have to figure that out in the grant contract of like alright, you need to report back to us who attended, what their title was to make it and certify that they're not a public officials attending or something to that effect in the grant contract. 267 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:02:14.010 --> 01:02:18.510 Or not necessarily public officials attending but public officials. 268 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:02:18.510 --> 01:02:19.510 Being paid. 269 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:02:20.010 --> 01:02:21.010 Right. 270 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:02:21.010 --> 01:02:26.010 Right, you can do a training roster, just don't do a roster for food, right? 271 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:02:26.010 --> 01:02:27.979 Right, thank you. 272 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:02:27.979 --> 01:02:48.110 Now CPO may tell us what we need, we need to, you know, back out funding for any of those public officials. So if it's $25 a plate, then we're backing $25 out for every public official on what they get reimbursed. So, you know, that's the mechanics of the reimbursement, but yeah. 273 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:02:48.110 --> 01:03:06.610 Since they're asking for 8800, we don't know how much of that 8800 would cover public officials. So CPO could ask us to say, hey, you can only fund 7500 because the rest of it was for public official funding. So nothing would preclude them from inviting public officials as long as that was not part of what they asked for reimbursement on through the grant. 274 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:03:06.610 --> 01:03:08.110 You've nailed it, that's correct. 275 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:03:08.110 --> 01:03:08.880 Correct. 276 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:03:08.880 --> 01:03:28.149 Thank you, Aaron, that was the last of the grants that were submitted, so there's five in total. 277 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:03:28.149 --> 01:03:29.149 I didn't. 278 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:03:29.149 --> 01:03:31.149 Make a list of all the total doc. 279 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:03:31.149 --> 01:03:31.649 Dollars. 280 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:03:31.649 --> 01:03:32.649 But. 281 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:03:32.649 --> 01:03:33.149 From. 282 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:03:33.149 --> 01:03:41.649 Are there any other questions on the other ones? I think we've kind of talked through the 5th one. Is there any other questions on the. 283 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:03:41.649 --> 01:03:44.149 The other four that we need to address. 284 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:03:44.149 --> 01:03:48.129 To talk through. I think we're all on the same page on the 1st one. 285 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:03:48.629 --> 01:03:53.020 Just kind of a NO. 286 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:03:53.020 --> 01:04:20.320 Well, I have a question that is whether we're gonna support recommendations that staff is recommended against doing. So to get things rolling, I'll make a motion we don't take any of the grant applications that staff is recommended against. Let's see where that goes. That's in the form of a motion, not second it. 287 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:04:20.320 --> 01:04:24.540 Let's let's vote on each of them. 288 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:04:24.540 --> 01:04:27.290 Are you can say number one, number two, ok. 289 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:04:27.290 --> 01:04:36.899 There were a few where staff recommended potentially funding it but at a lower amount, so i'd wanna make sure that that doesn't get lost in what we're talking about here. 290 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:04:36.899 --> 01:05:02.379 Well your plan was fire. I'll tell you right now, they are being very kind to you in what they're telling you. It's gonna be a real pain in the butt if you get any of those political folks at that meeting. I know a little bit about that. You want me to watch around my motion? Is that where you are? 291 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:05:02.379 --> 01:05:03.629 Yes Yes. 292 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:05:07.649 --> 01:05:27.060 Alright, so, so we'll start with grant application number one, which is City of Parsons. 293 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:05:27.060 --> 01:05:40.719 I make a motion that we not fund it because the staff says it doesn't meet the criteria. So that's all mood. 294 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:05:40.719 --> 01:06:01.227 Okay, we have a motion to not find grant application one from the city of Parsons, and we have a second. Roll call vote mr. Gilmer? Mr. Boland, mr. Key. 295 "6152****07" (6530304) 01:06:01.227 --> 01:06:05.871 No, I. 296 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:06:05.871 --> 01:06:09.089 Mr. Key, was that a NO? 297 "6152****07" (6530304) 01:06:09.089 --> 01:06:12.107 Correct, that was enough. Thank you sir. 298 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:06:12.107 --> 01:06:14.306 Mr. Settles? 299 "9313****63" (3764626688) 01:06:14.306 --> 01:06:17.000 They're not. 300 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:06:17.000 --> 01:06:21.409 Thank you sir. Mr. Hood? No. Mr. Bracket. 301 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:06:21.409 --> 01:06:22.409 No. 302 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:06:22.409 --> 01:06:28.729 Mr. Sledge, mr. Charles, mr. Neehouse? 303 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:06:28.729 --> 01:06:32.159 No. 304 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:06:32.159 --> 01:06:34.620 Mr. Pitts. 305 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:06:34.620 --> 01:06:40.080 I'm trying to be sure I understand. A NO vote is a vote for my position, right? 306 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:06:40.080 --> 01:06:40.830 Correct. 307 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:06:40.830 --> 01:06:48.110 Yeah. No. You got me so confused. I don't even know what we're. No. 308 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:06:48.110 --> 01:06:50.110 Mr. Riffer? 309 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:06:50.110 --> 01:06:51.739 No. 310 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:06:51.739 --> 01:07:10.040 Mr. Henderson? No. Mr. Trevorville? No. Mr. Ingram. No, ok? Thank you. 311 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:07:12.659 --> 01:07:31.070 The motion to not fund grant application one, alright? 312 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:07:31.070 --> 01:07:56.800 The next application is, number two, shelbybuld power, water, and sewer. 313 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:07:56.800 --> 01:08:03.300 This is the one where they're requesting money, $20333 for. 314 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:08:03.300 --> 01:08:20.580 Community outreach, which includes the development of a mascot. If they want to have a table and they want some, you know, nicknacks to give out and they want to develop a mascot that they're gonna use, I think in schools, some of these included reoccurring expenses. 315 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:08:20.580 --> 01:08:40.580 Which the board in the past has not approved reoccurring, however, they have allowed for a one time to get the ball rolling. So, it meets the criteria and the board could elect to fund the full amount or fund less than the full amount of $22303. I think Craig said that we recommended less on some of these. We did not recommend either. 316 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:08:40.580 --> 01:09:00.020 That did not recommend or approved up to the full amount. So we noted, this is one in particular that some of the expenses were reoccurring expenses and you may, you know, you can fund them reoccurringly, but you have not in the past, and I don't think that's something the board wants to do. 317 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:09:00.020 --> 01:09:12.740 Miss Jerry Bracket I'll make a motion that we approve $19125 and it'll be a ground hall will be the mascot. 318 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:09:12.740 --> 01:09:22.319 I also want to remind everybody this comes out of of the fund, and I think we discussed the fund earlier, the board's fund, and so you all know the amount and all that as well. 319 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:09:22.319 --> 01:09:23.569 Say that again. 320 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:09:23.569 --> 01:09:31.569 All these come out of the fund that weren't these grants that were were mentioned earlier that Jared mentioned. 321 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:09:31.569 --> 01:09:45.680 The fund balance of that's in your packet a hundred $75091.67. 322 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:09:45.680 --> 01:10:16.779 Could I ask the maker of the motion why it came with the figure of 19000? I excluded the amount for that they had called for for the wages portion of the grant, which was something that was concerning in the motion and concern. Actually, it's concerning and that it's against what we've previously been able to approve and what the statute currently calls for the guidelines called. 323 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:10:16.779 --> 01:10:25.410 They're, they're, well, you can fund it, but they're asking for $3208 to fund an employee to do work on this, which would be hard to. 324 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:10:25.410 --> 01:10:51.339 Manage and to make sure that they're spending those funds only on that employee and only for that work. So they're basically got an employee and they're like, it costs us this much per hour for him or her to do the work and, you know, we probably want them to provide us with an hourly and what they worked on and all that similar to what we provide the board and so it would be easier if that amount was excluded. 325 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:10:51.339 --> 01:11:03.520 Oops there a second. Is there a second? 326 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:11:03.520 --> 01:11:21.540 Okay, we have a motion and a second to approve grant application number two, Shelbyville power, water, and sewage systems for $19125 to fund the Groundhog Mascot. 327 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:11:21.540 --> 01:11:26.500 Mr. Gilmer. 328 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:11:26.500 --> 01:11:31.160 Actually know to the ground home here. 329 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:11:31.160 --> 01:11:36.806 Mr. Bolan, mr. Key. 330 "6152****07" (6530304) 01:11:36.806 --> 01:11:40.060 Yes. 331 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:11:40.060 --> 01:11:41.605 Mr. Settles? 332 "9313****63" (3764626688) 01:11:41.605 --> 01:11:46.640 Yes. Yes. 333 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:11:46.640 --> 01:11:48.620 Mr. Bracket. 334 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:11:48.620 --> 01:11:49.979 Yes. 335 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:11:49.979 --> 01:11:57.390 Mr. Sledge, mr. Charles, mr. Neehouse? 336 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:11:57.390 --> 01:11:58.390 Yes. 337 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:11:58.390 --> 01:11:59.890 Mr. Pitts. 338 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:11:59.890 --> 01:12:00.890 Yes. 339 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:12:00.890 --> 01:12:02.890 Mr. Raper? 340 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:12:02.890 --> 01:12:04.220 Yes. 341 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:12:04.220 --> 01:12:18.600 Mr. Henderson? Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay, the motion passes to fund them. 342 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:12:18.600 --> 01:12:29.069 Oh my lovely. I'd like that, I'd like to see if possible, so if you can put that in the letter request, I think it'd be neat. 343 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:12:30.399 --> 01:12:34.240 Jared's gonna be wearing that outfit here too. 344 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:12:34.240 --> 01:12:35.990 It'd have to be a big one. 345 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:12:35.990 --> 01:12:38.180 U. 346 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:12:38.180 --> 01:12:38.930 Okay. 347 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:12:39.430 --> 01:13:10.180 So the the 3rd grant was the USIC, they were gonna prod, they're asking for $29650 for the cost of an education initiative that includes flyers, producing a video. The video is going to educate excavators on the legal requirements for white lining, proper field execution and the safety and operational benefits of excavators. They're also gonna distribute flyers, gonna pay for that and a five month geofence social media campaign. And again, that's 29600. 348 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:13:10.180 --> 01:13:20.700 And $50 the board it meets the criteria so the board can fund up to whatever amount they want or not. 349 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:13:20.700 --> 01:13:34.080 Milton Henderson, I make a motion that we accept the staff's recommendation of funding up to $29650. 350 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:13:34.080 --> 01:13:36.979 Sure. 351 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:13:36.979 --> 01:13:51.009 Okay, we have a motion and a second to fund usic's request. This is grant number three for $29650 Mr. Gilmer? 352 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:13:51.009 --> 01:14:00.810 Can I ask for clarification? His motion was up too. That is not a specific amount. 353 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:14:00.810 --> 01:14:03.379 Thank you. 354 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:14:03.379 --> 01:14:15.930 You either need to make it a specific amount, but a motion of funding up to based on what criteria. My motion was of 29 06:50. 355 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:14:15.930 --> 01:14:16.930 So. 356 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:14:16.930 --> 01:14:25.430 Milton Henderson make a motion that we accept usic's grant. 357 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:14:25.430 --> 01:14:25.930 Or. 358 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:14:25.930 --> 01:14:29.430 And the staff's recommendation of funding of. 359 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:14:29.930 --> 01:14:41.819 $29650. Thank you. Appreciate it. 360 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:14:41.819 --> 01:14:43.569 Okay and. 361 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:14:43.569 --> 01:14:47.819 Second. 362 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:14:47.819 --> 01:15:04.649 Okay, so grant application number three USIC, the motion is to fund $29650 Mr. Gilmer. Mr. Key? 363 "6152****07" (6530304) 01:15:04.649 --> 01:15:06.786 Yeah. 364 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:15:06.786 --> 01:15:08.229 Mr. Settles? 365 "9313****63" (3764626688) 01:15:08.229 --> 01:15:11.969 Yes. Yes. 366 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:15:11.969 --> 01:15:13.719 Mr. Bracket? 367 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:15:13.719 --> 01:15:14.719 Yes. 368 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:15:14.719 --> 01:15:21.609 Mr. Sledge, mr. Charles, mr. Neehouse? Yes. 369 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:15:22.109 --> 01:15:23.609 Mr. Pitts? 370 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:15:23.609 --> 01:15:24.109 Yes. 371 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:15:24.109 --> 01:15:25.609 Mr. Riper. 372 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:15:25.609 --> 01:15:26.609 Yes. 373 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:15:26.609 --> 01:15:30.109 Mr. Henderson? Yes. 374 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:15:30.109 --> 01:15:31.299 Yes. 375 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:15:31.299 --> 01:15:45.720 Yes. Okay. Motion passes to fund $29650 to USIC. 376 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:15:45.720 --> 01:16:04.880 All right, I think that puts us at you know approved $51983 for the grants so far. The next grant, which is for the Knoxville utility board, they're asking for $25600 to redo reimburse KUB for the cost. 377 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:16:04.880 --> 01:16:38.879 Releasing two billboards for six months. They're gonna, they intend to collaborate with the North City and, and the severe County utility board. I think that it's is to promote 811 and they're going to put their logos on their intention is to put their logos on the billboard as well. They want to increase awareness to contact 811 before digging. And the project primarily aims to reduce damage to hazardous energ energy sources such as electric and gas. 378 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:16:38.879 --> 01:17:02.430 I'm getting a little bit ahead of the program today but I'd like to make an observation. Yes. 379 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:17:02.430 --> 01:17:18.960 I'm on the vote against this motion and I'm on a vote against it because it's two bellboards in one community for the state. It's like a drop in a water bucket. It's not gonna make any major significant impact. 380 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:17:18.960 --> 01:17:49.899 And at least like the previous project on waiting, it had statewide application. But two bill boards are not gonna solve any problem in the world of all the bill boards in the state of Tennessee. Just want everybody to know where I'm coming from. 381 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:17:49.899 --> 01:17:52.120 Alright then. 382 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:17:52.120 --> 01:17:55.160 Said it's been moved and second. 383 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:17:55.160 --> 01:18:11.790 The motion is, to fund 25600 and $600 to Knoxville utility board for grant application number four mr. Gilmer. Mr. Boland. 384 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:18:11.790 --> 01:18:15.169 Mr. Key? 385 "6152****07" (6530304) 01:18:15.169 --> 01:18:17.339 Yes. 386 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:18:17.339 --> 01:18:18.669 Mr. Settles. 387 "9313****63" (3764626688) 01:18:18.669 --> 01:18:24.319 Yeah. Nope. 388 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:18:24.319 --> 01:18:25.569 Mr. Bracket? 389 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:18:25.569 --> 01:18:27.339 Yes. 390 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:18:27.339 --> 01:18:35.589 Mr. Sledge, mr. Charles, mr. Neehouse? 391 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:18:35.589 --> 01:18:37.040 Yes. 392 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:18:37.040 --> 01:18:38.290 Mr. Pitts? 393 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:18:38.290 --> 01:18:38.790 No. 394 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:18:38.790 --> 01:18:40.899 Mr. Riper? 395 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:18:40.899 --> 01:18:42.149 Yes. 396 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:18:42.149 --> 01:18:45.649 Mr. Henderson? Yes. Mr. Tubberville? 397 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:18:45.649 --> 01:18:47.359 No. 398 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:18:47.359 --> 01:19:02.520 Yes. All right. Seven yes and oh. 399 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:19:02.520 --> 01:19:24.899 Alright, the motion passes for KUB, $25600. 400 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:19:24.899 --> 01:19:31.980 I guess I'll go into the last one. I think that puts us at a total grant funds of 77583 that's been approved. 401 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:19:31.980 --> 01:19:47.620 For funding. This last one is for Western C public Utility District, this is the luncheon that we thoroughly discussed earlier, so I don't think I need to really repeat it, but if you have a question I can. 402 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:19:47.620 --> 01:19:52.870 This is Chris Gilmore. Just a statement about that. I I understand about the public official. 403 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:19:52.870 --> 01:19:53.370 Source enough. 404 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:19:53.370 --> 01:20:11.979 All that and the the lunche seems like a good idea, but there is some issues with it. What if during the, I guess invite communication, whatever, just a public official will I mean you'll know, they'll know whose who public officials are. 405 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:20:11.979 --> 01:20:13.229 Planned E. 406 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:20:13.229 --> 01:20:18.229 You can contribute this much. I don't know if that's allowed either really, but you know if they're gonna. 407 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:20:18.229 --> 01:20:18.729 The. 408 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:20:18.729 --> 01:20:21.729 I hate to see people eating the most down. 409 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:20:21.729 --> 01:20:22.229 Over kn. 410 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:20:22.229 --> 01:20:22.729 Not but. 411 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:20:22.729 --> 01:20:24.229 You know, that would get the state. 412 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:20:24.229 --> 01:20:25.229 Keeps good. 413 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:20:25.229 --> 01:20:27.229 Just wondering if that would be something to be possible. 414 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:20:27.229 --> 01:20:27.729 Building. 415 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:20:27.729 --> 01:20:28.729 To to make it. 416 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:20:28.729 --> 01:20:29.229 Branch. 417 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:20:29.229 --> 01:20:32.700 Over there and stay on the legal side of it. 418 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:20:32.700 --> 01:20:44.750 I think the grant application as long as the contract's written in a way that it's not funded, used for funding to pay for their food, then it will be acceptable. But it'll have to be clear, we'll have to make that clear in the grant, in the grant contract. 419 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:20:44.750 --> 01:20:57.510 Yes, You're the attorney also make that move forward. 420 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:20:57.510 --> 01:21:13.319 Second. Okay. 421 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:21:13.319 --> 01:21:23.660 Okay, so the motion is for $8800 for the lunch. 422 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:21:23.660 --> 01:21:44.410 There's also another recommendation that the grant contract includes something to the fact of, and we, we may have to work on this after the fact, but something to require them to list who's attending so that the and that CPO will probably require us to do that anyways to make sure that they're not a public official. So they report to us that these were the attendees and these who, who received the lunching. 423 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:21:44.410 --> 01:22:11.250 Yeah, please clarify though it's a working lunch training session because I think that's cleaner and clearer. It's, I mean it's not just about food, it's also about the opportunity, the facility, I mean it's part of the cost that's associated as well as the opportunity for folks to come and and speak. I know that they've already asked 811 I'm assuming my friend Craig's already got that lined up on his agenda, but. 424 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:22:11.250 --> 01:22:27.029 At the same time it's something that is much more than just food. I mean it there is more to this, you know what I'm saying? I mean, I I don't want the record just to show we're buying a bunch of meals. I don't think that's where we need to be. And also for clarity. 425 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:22:27.029 --> 01:22:28.029 It's a. 426 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:22:28.029 --> 01:22:29.029 Three launches. 427 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:22:29.029 --> 01:22:34.240 Three locations, three lunches. 428 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:22:34.240 --> 01:23:04.890 Mr. Chairman, just for the record, I'm going to vote against this one too. We're beginning to act like Washington just cause we've got some money we don't have to figure out a way to give it to somebody. It ought to be done with a purpose, which y'all do what you want to. It's been moved in second. I have a question. You know, I have. 429 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:23:04.890 --> 01:23:23.740 The ladians, you're gonna have, you're gonna have public officials there, and when they go, you know, they may send a list back saying there won't be, but you gonna still have public officials there. That's just the bottom line. I don't care how you word it, that don't make any difference, so I would be going to know too. 430 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:23:23.740 --> 01:23:44.700 And I I think there was some mention about the concern but that I believe the cost of of the plate luncheons are $25 a plate, which is gonna mount about $7500 of the $8800. 431 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:23:44.700 --> 01:23:51.759 You're just opening up a real can of worms folks. It's been moved and seconded. 432 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:23:51.759 --> 01:24:09.560 So the So there's been a motion in a second for $8800 for three working lunch training sessions for grant number five, West Tennessee public utility district. Mr. Gilmer. 433 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:24:09.560 --> 01:24:17.129 I get clarification before voting. Are we gonna have any issue with the language of some way to cover. 434 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:24:17.129 --> 01:24:18.129 We don't want to go next. 435 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:24:18.129 --> 01:24:19.129 Notification. 436 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:24:19.629 --> 01:24:24.129 It is an educational opportunity with the goal is like a set of work. 437 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:24:24.129 --> 01:24:25.129 Can launch not. 438 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:24:25.129 --> 01:24:31.629 Just eating. We all like eat, but that's not the purpose of it. So I just, will we get the clarification. 439 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:24:31.629 --> 01:24:33.839 In the naided to keep us. 440 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:24:33.839 --> 01:24:35.589 Not. 441 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:24:35.589 --> 01:24:58.800 We're gonna have to work with the cpo's office on that language and they're going to maybe approve it, maybe it may not get through the cpo's office, they could have concerns with it so we can go forward that the CPO could say, hey, this, this doesn't meet that or or they, we're not gonna approve this agreement. So we're still gonna have difficulty there, so we'll have to put language in there that makes them feel comfortable to approve it. 442 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:24:58.800 --> 01:25:15.680 And then we're gonna have to, whatever language we put in there, if we require them to send us a list, we're gonna then have to review that list, make sure it meets it, so all that's gonna take staff time as well and cost some funds, so there's gonna be some additional costs just to manage, manage this as well. 443 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:25:15.680 --> 01:25:24.430 I have another question. How can we go on something if we're gonna put all this new wording in there if they approve it? I mean, how can we go ahead and vote on it. 444 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:25:24.930 --> 01:25:42.229 I, I think you're voting on it to prove the funding and with the knowledge that it's gonna have to have some Aaron's gonna come up here, so he he he will let some experience seeing more of these grand applications provide some advice. 445 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:25:42.229 --> 01:26:11.860 We've we've, this is not a new process. CPO has to approve a contract for every one of these and we've, we've had to deal with issues before where they have required reporting and some things like that to be included in the contract. Frankly, those are things that we work with. Staff works with CPO office and we keep the the funded grantee informed on, alright, are you ok if they're making us put this in? Are you ok if we do that? You know. 446 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:26:11.860 --> 01:26:44.160 So if you don't want to go forward, we can talk about that. And then just basically if there's NO contract, then it's not, it's not funded, but those are, that's a process we just work through. We keep everyone involved and and informed along the way, but should be able to we should be able to come up with language that controls that process and has reporting requirements that satisfies CPO that it's not going where it's not supposed to go. 447 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:26:44.160 --> 01:27:11.240 Okay. I was gonna say even make sure it met CPO approval, but anyway, go ahead. That's, that's just kind of part of the process is is that there has to be a contract for every one of these. So, so just saying that it meets contract requirements, it's not gonna, it's not gonna mean anything one way or the other because it will anyway. Thanks. Thanks for all for that. 448 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:27:11.240 --> 01:27:39.010 Alright, we have a motion for $8800 to fund grant application number five West Tennessee public Utility District $8800 for their lunch. Miss three lunches for their three lunches. Mr. Gilmer? Yeah. Mr. Boland, mr. Key. 449 "6152****07" (6530304) 01:27:39.010 --> 01:27:41.160 Yeah. 450 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:27:41.160 --> 01:27:42.409 Mr. Saddles? 451 "9313****63" (3764626688) 01:27:42.409 --> 01:27:45.319 No. 452 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:27:45.319 --> 01:27:49.250 Mr. Hood. Mr. Brackett. 453 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:27:49.250 --> 01:27:51.720 Yes. 454 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:27:51.720 --> 01:28:01.640 Mr. Sledge, mr. Charles, mr. Neehouse? 455 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:28:01.640 --> 01:28:03.220 No. 456 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:28:03.220 --> 01:28:06.919 Mr. Pitts? Mr. Raper. 457 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:28:06.919 --> 01:28:07.669 No. 458 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:28:07.669 --> 01:28:23.850 No. Mr. Henderson? Yes. Mr. Chaperville? No. Mr. Ingram. Yeah. All right, what we got here. Obvious. 459 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:28:23.850 --> 01:28:40.800 123456 NO? Six, so we have five yes and six NO. So the motion fails for funding grant application number five. 460 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:28:56.700 --> 01:29:01.439 Thank you, everyone. 461 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:29:01.439 --> 01:29:07.600 Next. 462 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:29:07.600 --> 01:29:09.350 Alright, next on the agenda is the. 463 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:29:09.350 --> 01:29:10.850 Yeah oh. 464 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:29:10.850 --> 01:29:26.430 Before I move on, thank you for all the open discussion and kind of working through all of the specifics of those grants. Even though sometimes it's time consuming I do think it's necessary. Next on the agenda is the update for 811. 465 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:29:26.430 --> 01:29:30.100 Right. 466 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:29:30.100 --> 01:29:51.170 Good morning. Got the standard training stat update for you guys, total of 1056 individuals trained in the life of the program. 26 of those were so far this year for 2026. Seems like we're continuing a little bit of a trend and of an uptick in in person training, which I personally. 467 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:29:51.170 --> 01:30:02.000 They like to see. But you've got the rest of that report to review. Any questions on that one before we move to the one that's more historical? 468 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:30:02.000 --> 01:30:07.669 Any word on the training? 469 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:30:07.669 --> 01:30:23.340 No ma'am. Continuing to be in process and rest assured that as soon as we have forward progress on that, we'll bring it to this group. 470 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:30:23.340 --> 01:30:43.340 Just a note since the, the question was raised, the on demand training was in part to meet what we expected to be in forecasted to be an increased demand for a need in training. So that was why we were going down that road, with the change in penalty structure and. 471 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:30:43.340 --> 01:31:03.340 The adoption of 1st step being monetary penalties, instead of the traditional approach of 1st step being training, we instead saw the opposite of that and a decrease in demand. So we did not see the ramp up that did not apply the same pressure on our staff or meeting kind of the availability of scheduling these. 472 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:31:03.340 --> 01:31:25.520 Needs to to take care of the violators without it being an undo burden on them and that is why it has not been the highest priority for our staff to, to move forward with that. From a historical front mr. Bracket asked for just kind of a bigger picture overview. So I broke this one down. 473 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:31:25.520 --> 01:31:51.960 You guys are used to seeing in the traditional training set up dates, but it's broken down more from a calendar year standpoint. I broke this down in a fiscal year quarter so that you can see how it aligns with, you know, the T pop reporting over time. You can see the individuals trained down there in the bottom left with the stacked bar. We've got the 1819 fiscal year and 2122 fiscal year that. 474 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:31:51.960 --> 01:32:11.960 Led the charge in terms of highest volume of training requests and then kind of going back to what I said about not seeing that increased demand for training more recently. If you look at that 2425, calendar or excuse me fiscal year trend, we went down from 23 to 24. 475 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:32:11.960 --> 01:32:32.259 From 2324 is fiscal year to 2420 five's fiscal year, and then we at the moment are seeing a continued trend down for 2526, and we'll see how the remaining, the rest of the quarter plays out. 476 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:32:32.259 --> 01:32:37.879 Thank you, Craig. Does anybody have any questions for Craig? 477 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:32:37.879 --> 01:32:39.629 Hey Craig. Milton henderson. 478 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:32:40.129 --> 01:32:42.629 Craig, just looking at the chart that you shared. 479 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:32:42.629 --> 01:32:44.629 For Q. 480 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:32:44.629 --> 01:32:57.910 One, it seems like 2526, and I know we're still in 2526, but I mean steep drop off compared to what we traditionally see, even in 2425 with the new structure. 481 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:32:58.410 --> 01:33:00.950 Pretty big drop. 482 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:33:00.950 --> 01:33:01.950 So far. 483 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:33:01.950 --> 01:33:06.899 Any feedback related to what you're saying? 484 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:33:06.899 --> 01:33:38.199 The, before I state this, I want to be clear that it's not critical, it's just the facts. I think that public utility commission staff was dealing with a lot of paperwork to be processed and investigation to be done. Houston was not yet on board for that quarter and I think that we didn't have the training requirements coming into the system at scale. I don't know and I'd love for you to provide feedback Stacey if I'm mischaracterizing anything because that's not the intent, but I don't know. 485 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:33:38.199 --> 01:33:49.939 If there was the same level of confirmed consent agreements and, and those kind of things, but it just translated to fewer requests coming to us. 486 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:33:49.939 --> 01:34:05.879 So there, there was, there is an option for violators to consent to the violation and they can agree to a civil penalty or they can agree to attend training. 487 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:34:05.879 --> 01:34:22.229 We are finding that the majority of them are agreeing to when they consent, it is for the penalty more often than training. 488 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:34:22.229 --> 01:34:41.009 Also, when they don't respond at all, it remains a civil penalty. And it doesn't roll into training. And that, that is another contributing factor. 489 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:34:41.009 --> 01:34:58.259 The, the penalty used to be that training was the 1st violation and that was changed to a civil penalty now can be the 1st violation. 490 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:34:58.259 --> 01:35:27.839 We thought that violators would volunteer that they would rather attend training than to pay a civil penalty and that has not, that has not been the case. So there, there are, there are several contributing factors there. One of them is that they don't respond at all, and that remains a civil penalty. 491 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:35:27.839 --> 01:35:48.459 Yep, so I should be clear that I don't mean to say that staff was not doing their job, but it could very well be that they just didn't get the same response rate in the Q1 as reflected here, but regardless of the specifics of the, the why and the root cause behind it, we just didn't get the same level of interest, if you will, for setting up a training class. 492 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:35:48.459 --> 01:36:27.479 Also, the executive committee is now meeting quarterly instead of monthly, so these, these things don't may not roll, to Craig monthly. Although the consent agreements are being approved by the chairman monthly. So when they do consent to training, that, those requests are, are sent on to 811. 493 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:36:27.479 --> 01:36:42.450 Thank you Greg. Next on the agenda is discussion of future topics for the next meeting, which is 11 August. 494 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:36:42.450 --> 01:37:10.859 Which is 11 August and yeah our next meetings are 11 August and the October meeting is the 27th. So 11 August and 27 October are our next meeting. 495 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:37:10.859 --> 01:37:22.189 Anyway have anything at this time they'd like to put on the agenda for the next, next meeting? We'd like to see mr. Brackett and a Groundhog Mascott outfit? 496 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:37:22.189 --> 01:37:23.689 I don't know. 497 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:37:23.689 --> 01:37:25.060 Right. 498 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:37:25.060 --> 01:37:32.560 It would have to be a big one. 499 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:37:32.560 --> 01:37:34.810 We have other comment. 500 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:37:34.810 --> 01:37:35.810 I. 501 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:37:35.810 --> 01:37:36.810 We're. 502 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:37:36.810 --> 01:37:50.319 We're now at the point for the public comment and I know we have at least one person that's interested in speaking if you want to come on up. 503 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:38:02.140 --> 01:38:22.189 It feels hard to speak to a group like this sitting down. My apologies for that. I feel like I ought to be standing. My name is Cliff Swope. I am the executive director for the Tennesseea Gas Association. I was gonna start with simply one 803 5111. That was gonna be for mr. Pitt's benefit. 504 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:38:22.189 --> 01:38:49.519 I feel like you ought to know who you're dealing with. You ought to know a little bit about somebody. The gas industry has been around long enough that that 800 number was 811 for us. And it was stencilled on the inside of the caps stitched on the 811 caps that they gave away. And the reason for that was that when you got mad because you hit a line and you threw that hat down on the. 505 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:38:49.519 --> 01:38:52.290 Ground, the number was staring back in. 506 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:38:52.290 --> 01:38:53.290 Gotcha. 507 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:38:53.290 --> 01:39:10.789 And that's what we told the contractors when we gave them to. That number's right there, ok? And you're gonna see it. And unfortunately this they saw it a lot. So a little bit about me and and I apologize, I know y'all are I'm between y'all in lunch, but. 508 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:39:10.789 --> 01:39:28.139 Basically, I started out as low as you can get in the gas company. I was what they glorified as property maintenance, which meant I picked up the trash and I, I painted the meters and I unloaded boxes. Worked that into. 509 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:39:28.139 --> 01:39:47.849 Service technician, customer service rep, safety and training, and then into HR and communications job at the start of a pandemic. I really don't recommend that even if it is a director level position, ok? 510 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:39:47.849 --> 01:40:06.599 Those last four years at MTNG were tough. Middle Tennessee.your Gas Utility District provided me with a 34 year career. No one goes to school to be a gas guy. Gas man, I'll show my age. No one goes to school to be a gas man or a gas woman or a gas person. 511 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:40:06.599 --> 01:40:26.599 They just find their way to it. And that's what I did. And jobs came along over the years, but I stayed because the gas industry has a unique heart, it has the heart of wanting things to be safe, wanting communities to be good, wanting to do what's right. 512 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:40:26.599 --> 01:40:48.839 And I found that to be rare in this world. I've seen it in this room. Y'all do what you think is right, and that's great. That's what the gas industry has done my whole career, and I think that's fantastic. Okay, I was raised in army Brett. My family's the most important thing to me because it was all it was constant, all my life was my family. 513 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:40:48.839 --> 01:41:04.499 So I took the approach during that safety and training, which was the majority of my career. I took the approach that I needed to do my job such that my girls could go to any of their friends house and spend the night. 514 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:41:04.499 --> 01:41:24.499 And be safe. And that's what I did. And for 27 years I preached and I tried to practice what I, what I, what I preached. The gas industry was the 1st and for the longest, the only utility required. 515 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:41:24.499 --> 01:41:44.309 There to be a member of 811 or Tennessee one call services, ok? And as such, we kind of, because of that and a combination of the regulations that we face enforced through Fimza and through the Tennessee public utility Commission here in the state. 516 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:41:44.309 --> 01:42:01.139 We've had a unique relationship with that and when folks would ask me as a trainer, what is your service technicians? What is your company's number one risk? My answer was simple. Number one risk to my company is. 517 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:42:01.139 --> 01:42:19.229 Excavation damage. It's the biggest risk we face. It's the single biggest threat to the employees themselves because they're dealing with the hazardous chemical, it's automatically findable the minute it starts coming out of the pipe and mixing with the air. Till then we can control it. Once it's let loose, we can't. 518 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:42:19.229 --> 01:42:39.229 Okay, and it takes effort to get it back under control. Okay, it's the single biggest risk to the public. I once asked the large transmission companies that are members of TGA as well. We planned a lot of meetings about emergency response, and I asked him, I said, how come you guys kind of drift over. 519 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:42:39.229 --> 01:42:59.969 Here to the side when you do that, when we do those type meetings. They said well it's kind of sad, he said, but we don't have emergency response. When someone hits one of our lines, we have body recovery was what they said. And when you're dealing with those kind of pressures, that's the, that's just the sad truth. 520 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:42:59.969 --> 01:43:19.969 And so we have a incredibly vested interest, just like each and every one of you in making sure that into our facilities. We've been in discussion, we don't stack up as well in the. 521 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:43:19.969 --> 01:43:49.789 As side of things as the rest of the nation. We're on that, we're on that downhills, uphills, whichever way you want to look at it side of the average. And so we're doing everything we possibly can. And yeah, two billboards may not make a whole lot of difference in the grand scheme of things, but we're putting 811 on everything we can put it on. It's on our trucks, it's on our jackets, our uniforms. It's, I mean, if something sits still if if it. 522 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:43:49.789 --> 01:44:21.409 If somebody sits still long enough, we will put an 811 sticker on them and we want to get that message out there. And so that is a long way around to let you know who you're dealing with. I want you to know. I want you to know I've been the guy that hands that contractor, that hat so that when he throws it on the ground, that 800 number staring back up at him. I want you to know that I worked for 27 years as the safety guy telling folks to call in and then as communications sharing that message of eight one. 523 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:44:21.409 --> 01:44:50.329 11I was tickled to death at this this past March 811 set a record number of calls Cause to me that means what we're doing is working. It's starting to have an impact. Folks are calling, and that's great. That's the 1st step. There's other steps that need to be taken. The gas industry has made mistakes over the years. Like I said, we were, we kind of felt like we were at this party 1st and sometimes that's made us a bull in a China shop. And for that, we're sorry. 524 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:44:50.329 --> 01:45:10.789 We want to make it right and we want to work with the system like it is right now. We wanna make sure that we are making a positive impact on damages in the state of Tennessee. We started some discussions this year with Bryce and his staff about where our numbers were and how we were dealing with it. 525 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:45:10.789 --> 01:45:26.579 And what we were doing and what we could do different. Tipak was gracious enough to expand that and continue meetings so that we could communicate and work on a program that fit for everybody. And so this is all a nice long way around to tell you that what I am. 526 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:45:26.579 --> 01:45:46.579 Go ahead mr. Petz. No worries. I understand. Work happens. So, the, it's a long way around to tell you this. 811 had some legislation that they brought before potential legislation, proposed legislation that they brought before. 527 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:45:46.579 --> 01:46:12.739 Both their board and this committee this past year or this board this past year and then they took it to public comment from their stakeholders, other stakeholders. And we had a few issues as an industry with with one of the provisions in particular, one of the same ones that this board discussed at length during that meeting. They were gracious enough to say, ok, let's back up and let's look at this. So they held off putting theirs. 528 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:46:12.739 --> 01:46:37.609 Had some interest in possible legislation. They've been willing to sit down and discuss with us that and what that looks like. So all of that is to say, we are committed. We had a meeting back this last week, that was just last week. It's just last week where we brought together the folks that have been meeting with the Tennessee public utility Commission and the the. 529 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:46:37.609 --> 01:47:04.159 Task force that we put together to help address the damages in the state of Tennessee from the gas industry side, and we formulated a plan that basically involves y'all. We want to work with you all and put together some legislation that truly moves the needle on this, that fixes some things that that that folks say needs fixing. Now I know when you get a whole lot of people together, everybody's got their own. 530 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:47:04.159 --> 01:47:24.159 Everybody's got their own needs and their own folks to answer to. But we're gonna do our best to address those concerns, and we're gonna do our best to put together the legislation that really truly honestly has an impact on the bottom line. And the reason for that is I want my girls and your kids and everyone. 531 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:47:24.159 --> 01:47:49.669 One of us to be able to lay down and sleep at night and not worry about a thing. Especially the natural gas in those pipelines because I've spent my career trying to make sure every one of those guys and ladies goes home safe at night. And I will continue to spend the rest of my career doing that same thing and I wanna thank you for doing the same. So over the next bit you're gonna be hearing from us the rest of this year. 532 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:47:49.669 --> 01:48:08.819 Come talk to us and just because of the title, I've become the face that stands in front of you for part of this, but any one of those folks sitting in the backpack there, they're, they're gas industry folks. If you got a concern, if you got an issue, if you got something with 811 you wanna see. 533 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:48:08.819 --> 01:48:37.580 Work together on, let us know, because what we're after is moving the needle and y'all have got the experience on that. We've also got experience on that and we want to work together and put something together that we can all be proud of, and this board is a wonderful 1st step in that direction and I appreciate the job that you all do. And I'll be glad to answer any questions if you got them, but I've talked way too long. 534 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:48:37.580 --> 01:48:48.719 On behalf of Tennessee Electric co ops, I'd like to say thank you to the industry that you provide and it is all of us together. It's a partnership, frankly right now with what's happening with TBA. 535 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:48:48.719 --> 01:49:04.709 And the need for us to bridge the gap for new generation. Gas is the quickest form of generation that we can get online that would make a difference in trying to keep the lights on. So thank you for all y'all are doing and keeping us safe out there. And at the same time. 536 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:49:04.709 --> 01:49:22.330 I'm sure the legislation needs to keep that in mind. Future growth and specifically that transmission side of it because we we have a shortage of natural gas in the Tennessee Valley in particular, in some areas, not all areas, but some areas. So thank you for what you're doing. 537 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:49:22.330 --> 01:49:44.830 Thank you sir. And thank you all for what you're doing. As I told the, the, the manager of the electric company when I moved to the town that I worked service for several years, and he fused at me because I parked my natural gas vehicle out in front of his electric company. He said, they'll think I've got electricity. I said, No sir, you're looking at it wrong, even the gas man needs electricity. So, thank you all. 538 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:49:44.830 --> 01:50:08.330 I'll go one step further. To balance the growth, you all help us tremendously in the fact that you all are an alternate to help the extreme cold times. So I'll just say that we're a winner peaker in our system, but we don't have a lot of natural gas. So that's the reason why I mentioned the transmission part. I think it's critical that we try to figure that out and bridge that gap, but that's gonna take all of us being safe as we do it, so. 539 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:50:08.330 --> 01:50:11.640 It does. 540 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:50:11.640 --> 01:50:25.740 On behalf of Tennessee 811, thank you Cliff, personally for your commitment to damaged prevention and helping us promote the message over the years and thank you to the Gas association for the continued effort around legislation and moving the needle, like you said. 541 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:50:25.740 --> 01:50:47.129 Thank you sir, and I hope that didn't come across as all about me. We've obviously all got constraints about that, but we want to make sure we're, we're making the the good and positive impact. 542 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_4" (12397568_4) 01:50:47.129 --> 01:50:53.229 Alright, thank you so much for your time. 543 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:50:53.229 --> 01:50:53.729 Thank you. 544 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:50:53.729 --> 01:50:54.229 Certified. 545 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:50:54.229 --> 01:50:59.319 Do appreciate your words and coming to the. 546 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:50:59.319 --> 01:51:10.740 Is there anybody else from the public that would like my comment? Anyone online? 547 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:51:11.490 --> 01:51:12.490 Mr. pitt's usu. 548 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:51:12.490 --> 01:51:17.040 Makes this one. 549 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_3" (12397568_3) 01:51:17.040 --> 01:51:18.290 There's a second. 550 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_1" (12397568_1) 01:51:18.290 --> 01:51:19.759 Right. 551 "DGS-Nashville-2.201-AJB Hearing Room/speaker_2" (12397568_2) 01:51:19.759 --> 01:51:21.509 Thanks everyone. Thank you.