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The resolution matters because it will shift treatment for about 500 parcels now routed through Memphis toward Lakeland’s system, create a 25-year contract through 2050 with an option to renew, and requires physical work including taking one pump station offline and installing a new gravity sewer that will cross four private properties.

“Basically this is a resolution to approve the Lakeland IJA. That's the inter jurisdictional agreement between the city of Bartlett and the city of Lakeland for sewer treatments,” said John Horn, assistant director of engineering, describing the agreement and the infrastructure changes it requires. Horn said the southern portion of the drainage area — including the southern portion of Plantation Estates and the Preserve at Bartlett apartment complex — will continue to drain south through Lakeland. Horn added the upper portion of Davies could be reconfigured to gravity flow, removing dependency on the existing pump station.

The agreement requires Bartlett to install and maintain flow meters so Lakeland can bill Bartlett for treatment; Bartlett will then bill its customers. Horn said Bartlett’s share of costs will be proportional to its flow into Lakeland’s system and that residents “won't be charged more than Lakeland's residents.”

Board members raised questions about whether moving flow off Memphis would change Bartlett’s treatment allocations with Memphis and about future rates. Alderman Autumn McQueen asked, “Do you know what that's gonna be?” when asking whether Lakeland’s rates will be higher than what Memphis charged. Horn said he did not have a firm rate comparison and noted Lakeland reevaluates sewer rates frequently. He added that the area involved is not in the Fletcher Creek basin and that there is limited development potential in the affected area.

The resolution also anticipates sewer acquisition work for several parcels where new gravity sewer will run; Horn said the affected properties have been contacted but negotiations were not complete. The IJA includes provisions for metering flow and proportional billing but does not specify final customer rates in the materials reviewed at the meeting.

The board voted to adopt Resolution 12-25; the clerk announced, “Resolution twelve-twenty 5 passes.” The meeting record did not include a roll-call tally or named mover and seconder in the transcript provided.

What happens next: engineering staff will proceed with right-of-way discussions and meter installation planning; details about final customer billing rates were not available at the meeting.

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Items approved by voice or roll call per the meeting record:

- Approval of minutes from the March 11, 2025 regular meeting. The clerk announced the minutes were approved.

- Consent agenda (six items) — approved. The clerk read the six consent items into the record: 1) flashlight Easter egg hunt; 2) authorization to auction surplus property; 3) purchase picnic tables and benches; 4) purchase a 2025 Chevrolet Silverado Custom crew cab; 5) purchase two 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT crew cabs; 6) contract for St. Elmo / Old Brownsville / Ellendale / Billy Mayer resurfacing project environmental and design services. A motion to approve and a second were made and the clerk called the roll; the transcript records the items as approved but does not include a named roll-call tally in the provided excerpt.

- Emergency purchase: authorization to buy an automatic transfer switch and associated work for the Artery Road Water Plant from Lowery Electric for $69,680. The purchase was described on the record as an emergency due to corrosion at the water plant and approved by the board.

- Appointment: Steve Hogel was appointed to the City Beautiful Commission. The appointment was announced and no objection was recorded.

- Resolution 12-25 (interjurisdictional agreement with Lakeland) — passed. (See separate article for full discussion and details.)

The meeting transcript did not provide named mover and seconder or a detailed roll-call tally for each approved item in the provided excerpts. Where vote tallies or mover/second names were not included in the transcript, the article records the formal outcomes as announced in the meeting.

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The briefing matters because residents repeatedly ask when their streets will be paved; staff said they are using multiple treatment products this year to extend pavement life and have secured some state aid for larger projects.

Staff said work already under way includes recent overlays on sections near Altria and Star Valley and other streets in that area. Several corridors have been crack sealed in preparation for fog-and-chip sealing, including Memphis-Arlington between Germantown Parkway and Brunswick, Brunswick Road between Memphis-Arlington and Old Brownsville, the Old Brownsville section from Brunswick to Germantown, and a portion of Germantown Road leading down to Highway 70. John Horn, assistant director of engineering, said, “We're also gonna go over into Hunter's Walk, and we're gonna do an application over there.” He said the Hunter’s Walk work will use a sealer called HA5 intended to lock moisture and improve longevity.

Horn told the board the city applied to the Tennessee Department of Transportation for roughly $50 million to $60 million in funding but received about $20 million spread over the next five years. “We only got about I think 20,000,000 of that over the next 5 years of future projects,” Horn said. He identified a planned TDOT-funded Brunswick Road project that would extend from Lakeside to Memphis-Arlington and said Elmore and Elmore Park roads are also slated for TDOT-supported work.

Aldermen discussed methods of publishing a clearer, repeatable paving schedule. Staff said they post progress on social media “as we go” and acknowledged residents would prefer a consolidated, regularly refreshed list of planned work for the fiscal year. City staff said the FY2026 paving bid package will be advertised as usual and that the communications team can publish more frequent updates.

Board members and staff also discussed how extreme weather and freeze-thaw cycles shorten pavement life and the mayor’s ongoing planning for future paving cycles. No formal action was taken; staff committed to improving public communications about paving plans and to continue pursuing TDOT funding and planned local projects.

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Bartlett approves 25-year interjurisdictional sewer agreement with Lakeland

Board approves consent agenda, emergency water-plant purchase and one appointment

Bartlett staff outlines 2025 paving work and asks for clearer public schedule