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Dickson County Commission authorizes settlement with Titan Partners LLC after contested votes
Summary
On Jan. 19, 2021, the Dickson County Commission voted to accept a settlement with Titan Partners LLC concerning the Fuel Depot; the minutes record the suspension of rules to discuss the matter and a recorded dissent from at least two commissioners.
The Dickson County Commission on Jan. 19, 2021, voted to accept a settlement involving Titan Partners LLC and authorized the County Mayor to enter into an agreement to settle lawsuits related to the Fuel Depot.
According to the minutes, Commissioner Randy Simpkins moved to suspend the rules to discuss the Fuel Depot settlement with Titan; the suspension passed, the minutes record, by a 10-aye voice vote with Commissioner Linda Hayes voicing a no vote and Commissioner David Shepard absent. The commission then moved to accept the Titan settlement agreement. The minutes record that the acceptance passed by a 9-aye voice vote and list Commissioners Linda Hayes and Johnnie Reed as voting no on the acceptance; in a later line the minutes record for the authorization resolution that Johnnie Reed voted no and that Linda Hayes "pass" while David Shepard was absent. The minutes do not provide roll-call votes for individual commissioners beyond those notations.
The record as written in the minutes contains inconsistent tallies and a differing notation for Commissioner Linda Hayes’ action on the authorization resolution; the minutes do not specify the settlement terms in detail. The commission directed that the County Mayor be authorized to execute settlement documents under Resolution 01-2021-10, which the minutes say passed following the vote sequence described above.
No public comment opposing or supporting the settlement is recorded in the minutes. The minutes show two commissioners registering dissent in at least one recorded vote; other motions and resolutions in the meeting were recorded as passing by unanimous voice vote. The commission returned to regular session and continued with remaining agenda items.
The minutes do not include the settlement agreement text or its financial terms; for details on the settlement itself, the county’s official settlement documents or the County Attorney’s office statement would be required.
