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Work session roundup: event permits, naming-rights, procurement items and interlocal agreements
Summary
The board reviewed multiple routine items including event permits, public-art and plaza naming resolutions, an interlocal solid-waste mutual aid agreement, developer sewer reimbursement and an employee-assistance contract extension.
During the Aug. 26 work session the Board of Mayor and Aldermen reviewed several routine agenda items and procurement resolutions. Highlights from the packet and staff presentations included:
- Events and public art: Staff presented an event permit for Porchfest in West Haven and a City Farmhouse pop-up fair at Bicentennial Park. Lauren McPeek, chief development officer with the Battle of Franklin Trust, presented a proposal for a public-art sculpture (“May Me the Mule”) at Carter Hill Park; the artist is Janelle Meyer and staff said the sculpture would be about 9 feet long by 5 1/2 feet tall and was timed to align with the visitor center opening. Staff also presented a resolution to name a plaza in Jim Warren Park the "Franklin Noon Rotary Plaza" to reflect a partnership and naming-rights support.
- Contracts and procurement: The board reviewed a cooperative mutual-aid agreement (City contract 2025‑0210) to provide assistance to Williamson County’s Solid Waste Department during adverse conditions, such as extreme weather or transfer-station outages. Staff also presented a developer reimbursement agreement (City contract 2025‑0225) with Erickson Living Properties LLC for upsizing and installing a sanitary sewer interceptor; the reimbursement amount shown was $65,851.00. An amendment (Amendment 1) to an employee-assistance program contract with The Alliance, Inc. was also on the agenda as a one‑year extension to a three‑year contract.
- Financial/administration items: Staff presented a resolution authorizing the city administrator to execute a client‑notice agreement with Truist Bank (City contract 2025‑0326) to provide retainage‑portfolio access related to the City Hall block redevelopment; staff described the agreement as a systems-access step customary on larger construction projects. The board was also asked to approve participation in a state settlement (related to Purdue litigation) via an amendment to the state subdivision abatement agreement.
Staff presented these items as consent and administrative items; the transcript excerpted the presentations and some clarifying questions but did not record the final votes or roll-call outcomes on these items.
