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2025-07-15 · City Council · Regular session
Move work sessions to 6 p.m.City Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Eaton proposed moving work sessions from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. The motion received no second.
Moved by Eaton.
Set proposed court costs at $100 instead of $120City Council · FAILED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council rejected the amendment to set the proposed court costs at $100 rather than $120.
- Sherlin: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Duggan: Nay
- Eaton: Nay
- Curtis: Nay
Approve the court-cost ordinance on first readingCity Council · PASSED — first reading
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council passed the original motion for Ordinance 1143 on first reading after rejecting the $100 amendment.
- Duggan: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Nay
- Pelley: Nay
Approve the amended Cook Park splash-pad referralCity Council · PASSED — as amended
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council passed the amended motion referring the splash-pad request for a Recreation Advisory Board recommendation and inclusion in long-term planning. This was not construction approval.
- Sherlin: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
Set proposed court costs at $105City Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Sherlin proposed setting the court fee at $105 rather than $120. The amendment received no second.
Moved by Sherlin.
Adjourn the July 15 meetingCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
- Sherlin: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
2025-07-07 · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve corrected June 30, 2025 work session minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve the June 30, 2025 work session minutes after correcting Eric Newberry's name and the spelling of Decatur Pike.
Unanimous; individual votes not listed
Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Frances Witt-McMahan.
Approve the May 27, 2025 work session minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve the May 27, 2025 work session minutes.
Unanimous; individual votes not listed
Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Steve Sherlin.
Approve the May 5, 2025 regular meeting minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve the May 5, 2025 regular meeting minutes.
Unanimous; individual votes not listed
Moved by John Proffitt; seconded by Eric Newberry.
Approve driveway access for Drip Kitchen and Coffee HousePlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve commercial driveway access for Drip Kitchen and Coffee House on Decatur Pike and Mission Street.
Unanimous; individual votes not listed
Moved by Steve Sherlin; seconded by Eric Newberry.
Approve the Hicks final platPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve the four-lot Betty Hicks final plat off County Roads 132 and 134.
Unanimous; individual votes not listed
Moved by Frances Witt-McMahan; seconded by Eric Newberry.
Approve the Welliver final platPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve the Justin Welliver final plat off Scenic Drive and Avalon Street.
Unanimous; individual votes not listed
Moved by John Proffitt; seconded by Steve Sherlin.
Deny the Mesana Investments final platPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Deny the Mesana Investments final plat off Shadows Lawn Drive because required bond and other items were incomplete.
Unanimous; individual votes not listed
Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Frances Witt-McMahan.
2025-06-17 · City Council · Regular session
Approve the corrected May 20, 2025 meeting minutesCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Approve the May 20, 2025 regular-session minutes as amended to correct a recorded vote.
The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
Approve the FY2024-25 budget amendment on second readingCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Approve Ordinance 1140 amending the FY2024-25 city budget on second reading.
The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
Add a Revolutionary War monument to the Veterans Park estimate requestCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Amend consent item J to include a Revolutionary War monument in the requested Veterans Park cost estimates.
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
Add splash pad at Cook ParkCity Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Add splash pad at Cook Park.
Moved by Pelley.
Called meeting about treatment of building changesCity Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Called meeting about treatment of building changes.
Moved by Pelley.
Consolidate auto allowance into travel expenseCity Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Consolidate auto allowance into travel expense.
Moved by Duggan.
Add a four-way stop at Miami Street and Matlock AvenueCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Install a four-way stop at the intersection of Miami Street and Matlock Avenue.
The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Nay
Approve the FY2025-26 budget and fee schedule on second readingCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Approve Ordinance 1141 adopting the FY2025-26 budget, property-tax rate, and included fee schedule on second reading.
The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
Approve the amended consent agendaCity Council · PASSED — consent agenda
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Approve the consent agenda collectively as amended to include a Revolutionary War monument in the Veterans Park estimate request; school budget amendment #2 was included as an agenda item, not a separate recorded vote.
The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
Approve Ordinance 1142 on first readingCity Council · PASSED — first reading
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Approve Ordinance 1142 on first reading to adopt the 2021 international fire and building codes and create an existing-building-code chapter.
The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
Adjourn the meeting at approximately 7:12 p.m.City Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Adjourn the meeting at approximately 7:12 p.m.
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
2025-06-12 · Recreation Advisory Board · Board meeting
Approve April 17, 2025 meeting minutesRecreation Advisory Board · PASSED
Meeting: · Recreation Advisory Board · Board meeting
Approve the April 17, 2025 meeting minutes without changes.
Motion carried; vote not stated
Moved by Larry Rhodes; seconded by Johnny Coffman.
Send disciplinary letter after Little League incidentRecreation Advisory Board · PASSED
Meeting: · Recreation Advisory Board · Board meeting
Send a formal disciplinary letter to the person identified as instigating the May 15 Little League incident.
Passed; count not stated
Moved by Larry Rhodes; seconded by Johnny Coffman.
- Linda Long: Abstain
2025-06-11 · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting
Approve May 14, 2025 meeting minutesSister Cities Committee · PASSED
Meeting: · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting
Approve the May 14, 2025 meeting minutes.
Motion carried; vote not stated
Moved by Ersa Henry; seconded by Victoria White.
Approve $250 JAST membershipSister Cities Committee · PASSED
Meeting: · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting
Approve a $250 membership in the Japan-America Society of Tennessee.
Motion carried; vote not stated
Moved by Betty Ruleman; seconded by Ersa Henry.
Fund Chinzei Gakuin Nashville hotel staySister Cities Committee · PASSED
Meeting: · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting
Provide $1,280 for one night of Nashville lodging for Chinzei Gakuin students and one chaperone before their return flight.
Motion carried; vote not stated
Moved by Victoria White; seconded by Becky Simpson.
Fund four members’ attendance at Tokyo conferenceSister Cities Committee · PASSED
Meeting: · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting
Fund four board members to attend the SEUS conference in Tokyo, including airfare, hotel, per diem, and incidentals at approximately $6,000 per person; invite the county mayor and economic-development director without committee funding.
Motion carried; vote not stated
Moved by Ersa Henry; seconded by Randy Dowling.
2025-06-05 · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting
Approve May 1, 2025 meeting minutesHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting
Approve the May 1 meeting minutes.
Unanimous; individual votes not listed
Moved by Laura Lenoir; seconded by Jona Garrett.
Approve siding and gutter repairs at 510 East Madison AvenueHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting
Approve replacement wood siding and gutter repairs.
Approved 4-0; Laura Lenoir abstained
Moved by Timberly Guffey; seconded by John Proffitt.
- Laura Lenoir: Abstain
Approve siding repairs at 500 East Madison AvenueHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting
Approve replacement wood siding and window-trim repairs.
Approved 4-0; Laura Lenoir abstained
Moved by Timberly Guffey; seconded by Kim Cochran-Graham.
- Laura Lenoir: Abstain
2025-05-20 · City Council · Regular session
Approve the April 15 meeting minutesCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved the minutes of the April 15 regular session.
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
Approve the FY2025–2026 budget on first readingCity Council · PASSED — first reading
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 1141 without amendments, adopting a proposed budget and setting the tax rate for FY2025–2026.
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Nay
Limit the proposed four-way stop to Crestway and MatlockCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved an amendment removing the Miami Street intersection from the proposed four-way stops. The amended main motion received a separate vote.
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Nay
Proceed with City Hall and public-service-complex feasibility designCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved moving forward with Allen & Hoshall for proposed feasibility design services for City Hall renovation and a Public Service Complex.
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
Add an IT technician to the proposed budgetCity Council · FAILED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
The proposed amendment would add one IT technician to the FY2025–2026 budget. The motion failed.
- Sherlin: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Eaton: Nay
- Curtis: Nay
Add three Fire Department employees to the proposed budgetCity Council · FAILED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
The proposed amendment would add three Fire Department employees. The minutes report that it failed, recording two yeas, one nay, and one abstention.
- Sherlin: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Nay
- Eaton: Abstain
Delay the four-way stops for another traffic studyCity Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Sherlin proposed delaying action on the four-way stops until another traffic study could be conducted. The motion received no second.
Moved by Sherlin.
Fire Station #3 design agreementCity Council · PASSED — consent agenda
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Vice Mayor Curtis moved to approve all consent agenda items as presented; Councilmember Sherlin seconded.
- Sherlin: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Abstain
Keep cemetery fees unchangedCity Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Sherlin proposed amending the budget’s cemetery fee schedule to avoid increasing the fees. The motion received no second.
Moved by Sherlin.
Limit the proposed trailer-load fee to $100City Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Sherlin proposed a Public Works fee of $100 rather than $300 per trailer load. The motion received no second.
Moved by Sherlin.
Approve a four-way stop at Crestway and MatlockCity Council · PASSED — as amended
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved the amended motion to add a four-way stop at Crestway Drive and Matlock Avenue.
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Nay
Remove the proposed Regional Park electric gate expenseCity Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Sherlin proposed removing the $35,000 electric-gate replacement expense from the Capital Improvement Fund budget. The motion received no second.
Moved by Sherlin.
Separate the health-plan change from the consent agendaCity Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Duggan proposed removing the employee health-insurance item for discussion under New Business. The motion received no second.
Moved by Duggan.
Approve the May 20 consent agendaCity Council · PASSED — consent agenda
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved the consent agenda collectively: the school budget, Fire Station 3 architectural agreement, annual financial report, employee health-plan change, auditor renewal, state-route maintenance contract, and Safe Streets grant application.
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Duggan: Abstain
Approve the liquor-store license increase on second readingCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved Ordinance 1139 on second reading, increasing the local liquor-store license limit.
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Nay
Appoint Jason Miller to the Board of Adjustment and AppealsCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council appointed Jason Miller, identified in the minutes as the current alternate, to the Board of Adjustment and Appeals.
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
Approve the FY2024–2025 budget amendment on first readingCity Council · PASSED — first reading
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 1140 to amend the FY2024–2025 budget.
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
This collection is not a complete voting record. An agenda item alone does not establish approval.