Good evening, everyone.

Today is June the second, 2026, and I want to open up our announcement period by acknowledging that this meeting is being held on the unceded stolen land of the Cherokee Shiny and UC people, and to remind you all that no one is illegal on stolen land built by stolen labor.

We have two proclamations today.

Our first proclamation is from Councilmember Jeff Eastlick, a proclamation recognizing Elbert Tucker for on the occasion of his retirement from a distinguished 42-year-long career in television news.

Councilmember Eastlick, you are recognized.

Thank you very much.

Whereas Mr.

Elbert Tucker has established a distinguished 42-year career in television news leading up to his forthcoming retirement this Friday.

Having uh leaving behind a legacy of leadership, dedication, and trusted local journalism.

Whereas serving as news director at WISH TV in Indianapolis, where the station was recognized as Indiana's outstanding news operation in 2016, and received Emmy Award for its heroine at home series.

Mr.

Tucker moved to Nashville in June of 2016 to serve as the news director at WKRN TV.

And whereas during his decade at WKRN, Mr.

Tucker led Strategic Newsroom and Digital Growth Initiatives, expanded local programming and guided coverage of major events impacting Nashville, including the 2016 Antioch Waffle House shooting and the 2020 Christmas Day shooting or bombing in downtown Nashville.

Whereas Mr.

Tucker has also demonstrated a strong commitment to civic and professional service through his participation on the ABC affiliate news directors advisory board, the director of Nashville Crime Stoppers, and as a graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy.

And Mr.

Tucker is also grateful for the support for of his colleagues, his friend, especially his wife Janice, to whom he cites as the pillar of his uh support for decades, along with his daughter Faith and his son Reed, as he looks forward to this well-earned retirement.

Now, therefore, I, Jeff Eastlick, district council member for District 11 of the Metro National Government of Davidson County, along with the undersigned members of the council hereby recognize Mr.

Elbert Tucker upon the occasion of his retirement and extend sincere appreciation for the decades and dedication to broadcast journalism, his commitment to transparency, civic awareness, and keeping citizens informed through trusted local journalism and his lasting contributions to the people of Nashville and communities across the nation.

Thank you, sir.

There you go.

I'm overwhelmed.

I'd like to thank you for this.

I'd like to thank my colleagues.

Living in Nashville and serving this community has been a great privilege.

I'll continue to do that as long as I'm alive.

And I thank you again.

It's really humbling.

Thank you.

Next, we have resolution number RS 2026-1925.

Councilmember Jacob Coopin, a resolution recognizing the contributions of Linemen and recognizing April 18th, 2026 as National Linemen Appreciation Day in Nashville and Davidson County.

Thank you, Chair Pro Tem, and uh thank you for being here.

Uh our wonderful line worker representatives on a on an incredible day where we get to hear from the public um at our budget public hearing.

It's an honor to recognize the folks that um work to make our city run.

Um, and most recently and most importantly, in the ice storm fern, where they were out in the cold, uh, many of them without their own power, uh, helping to keep us keep us safe and get electricity back on and in dangerous conditions away from their families.

And so um, it's the least that I think that we can do as a body to recognize them with this uh this resolution.

And so I will kick it off and have my colleagues join.

Um, this is a resolution recognizing the contributions of line workers and recognizing April 18th, 2026 as National Line Worker Appreciation Day in Nashville and Davidson County.

Whereas the United States Congress was designated April 18 as National Line Walker's acquisition day in 2013, has a word to recognize lineworkers in their contributions following Oregon Sandy in the previous year.

And whereas line workers require extensive training, bravery, and technical ability to perform the everyday duties of their profession and whereas line workers are often first responders during storms and other catastrophic events, working to make the scene safe for other public safety personnel and whereas during winter storm fern, hundreds of line workers worked around the clock in freezing temperatures to respond to one of the largest power outages in the history of Nashville Electric Service.

And whereas the line work whereas the line workers' efforts did not end with a storm as they are still working across NES territory to permanently repair uh the temporary fixes and strengthen the electrical grid and whereas line workers play a vital role in the economy by maintaining and expanding energy infrastructure, and whereas lineworkers must often walk under dangerous conditions separated from their families to keep schools, hospitals, and businesses open, and whereas it is fitting and proper that this metropolitan council recognize the contribution of line workers to keep the city going, often under dangerous conditions.

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the council of the metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County that the Metropolitan Council does hereby recognize the contributions of line workers towards keeping power on and protecting public safety and recognizing April 18th, 2026 as National Lineman Appreciation Day.

This resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

On behalf of the linemen and NES, I wanted to say thank you for this, and I'm accepting this as the first vice president of the union at NES.

We work hard and we're proud of what we do.

So thank you for this recognition.

We also want to recognize the leadership, our president, Teresa Boyles Aplin.

Without her, we would not be as successful.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thanks to you.

And this is right here.

All right, thank you for all of the line people here today, and thank you for your service to our city.

And now we are going to go into our announcement period.

I am going to start off with uh council member Res Bradford.

Councilmember Bradford, you're recognized.

Thank you, ma'am Pro Tim.

I rise this evening to announce the start of Pride Month.

And to say that we at the Metro Council, we stand proudly with our city's LGBTQ community.