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SO, SO SHE SHALL BE COMING OUT.
ALRIGHT, EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
TO ORDER LIVE.WEBCAST OF THE MEETING WILL BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY'S WEBSITE INFORMS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM A NUMBER OF WAYS, EITHER, UH, IN PERSON BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE SALMON COLORED SPEAKER SLIPS OR EMAILING NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
WITH THAT, COULD WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? GOOD EVENING.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA PRESENT.
CAN WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE, UH, PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE AND I WOULD ASK IF, UH, VICE MAYOR BUSH, IF YOU WOULD VIEW THE PLEASE.
BEGIN MY LEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT ]
UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THIS AGENDA.AND I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, UH, JEREMY DAY AND THEN EDWARD NETTO.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF, AND CITY RESIDENTS.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CITY FIREFIGHTERS AND I RISE TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, OUR PROPOSAL, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN CLOSED SESSION.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS.
UH, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE CLOSE TO AN AGREEABLE POINT.
UM, BASED ON OUR PROPOSAL, WE, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL WHICH INDICATED A DIRECTION THE CITY WAS GONNA GO IN WITH A PROPOSAL.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THIS MEETING, SO WE DIDN'T WAIT FOR THAT PROPOSAL.
WE RESPONDED TO THAT EMAIL WITH A PROPOSAL.
'CAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
UM, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THAT PROPOSAL IS WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL WITH LOOKING AT THE SURVEYS AND ENSURING THERE WAS AN EQUITABLE INCREASE ACROSS THE RANKS.
WE ACTUALLY REDUCED THE 4.5 THAT WAS FOR BATTALION CHIEF DOWN TO FOUR, BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT FAIR FOR ALL RANKS.
UM, BUT WE WERE FIRM ON WHAT WE WANT THE STEP TO BE.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO CHANGES YOU'LL SEE.
WE HOPE THAT'S AGREEABLE TO YOU.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD STAND IN FRONT OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND TELL THEM WE DIDN'T GET TO THE AVERAGE.
I, THEY JUST, THAT'S NOT THEIR VALUE.
THAT'S NOT HOW WE REPRESENT THE CITY.
AND I HOPE YOU SEE THAT AND WE'RE ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT TONIGHT THAT WILL GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THERE.
IT WILL STILL TAKE THEM TIME TO GET THERE.
IT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE FOR ALL.
UM, AND BY HAVING THIS STEP IN THERE, IT ALLOWS THE CITY THEN TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE AVERAGE, BUT IT IS MERIT-BASED AND TIME-BASED IN POSITION.
SO IT'S A WAY TO HAVE SOME GIVE AND TAKE, BUT STILL SHOW THAT YOU VALUE YOUR EMPLOYEES.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, THANK YOU FOR THE MOVEMENT YOU'VE MADE, AND, UH, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GO HAVE A HOTDOG AFTER THIS
LIKE, IT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING.
NUMBERS THROWN TOGETHER THAT DON'T HAVE ANY MEANING.
I KEEP TELLING YOU, THERE'S A $4.8 MILLION UNASSIGNED RESERVE.
THAT'S THE ONLY MONIES YOU HAVE TO PLAY TO PAY FOR THE, AND PLAY TO PAY FOR ALL THESE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW HE, HE PAID FOR HIS OWN TURKEY GIVEAWAY, HIS OWN OUTSIDE, UH, UH, CAMPAIGN FINANCING.
SO DON'T FOLLOW THIS GUY, BUT HE'S PANDERING TO THE LABOR UNIONS WITH A FEEL GOOD PROMISE THAT THEY'RE MEANT TO WIN VOTES NOT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. THE UNIONS HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS POSTED ON THE FACEBOOK.
GUYS LIKE ME, CITIZENS WHO LOOK AT THEM, THEY LOOK, THAT'S AN AGREEMENT.
AND YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT, A LABOR AGREEMENT WHEN YOU HAVE ONLY HAVE $4.8 MILLION IN THERE.
TELL ME, HOW'S THAT LEGALLY POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO PAY FOR SOMETHING WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE MONEY IN THE RESERVE?
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WE'RE NOT IDIOTS IN THE CITY.HOW ARE YOU GONNA COME UP WITH THESE THINGS? ARE YOU GONNA RAISE TAXES, CUT SERVICES, AND, YOU KNOW, PLAY AROUND WITH RESERVES? YOU HAVEN'T DESCRIBED THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, I'M NOT SAYING THAT LABOR UNIONS SHOULD NOT GET RAISES.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU'RE DOING AN EXTREMELY POOR JOB IN EXPLAINING HOW YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
AND YOU KNOW, I CAN'T HELP BUT KEEP SAYING RODRIGUEZ AND YAMANI ARE AT THE HEART OF THIS MISINFORMATION AGAIN.
SO THIS KIND OF DECEPTION JUST HURTS TAXPAYER.
IT HURTS WORKERS BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA GET LAID OFF AND THEY'RE GONNA WONDER, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, CI, THE SENIOR CITIZENS ARE GONNA GET THEIR CI, THEIR SERVICES CUT AND THEY'RE SAYING, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WELL, IT'S PLAIN.
YOU GUYS HAVEN'T PLANNED THIS.
HEY, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE.
[5. CLOSED SESSION]
UH, CLOSED SESSION.WE HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION THIS AFTERNOON AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO INTRODUCE 'EM.
THE TWO ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION 5.1 IS A WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM.
IT'S CLAIM NUMBER 24 1 8 0 1 9 6.
THE CLAIMANT DEREK JONES VERSUS THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AGENDA 5.2 IS CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS AND THAT INVOLVES, UH, MEA, FIREFIGHTERS POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND THE UNREPRESENTED GROUPS.
WITH THAT, WE ARE IN THE CLOSED SESSION.
WE'LL BE REPORTING OUT AFTERWARDS.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
THIS IS FROM THE, UH, CLOSED SESSION AND, UH, WE WILL BE REPORTING OUT AT THE END OF THE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
WITH THAT, THE, UH, CLOSED SESSION IS ADJOURNED.