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Votes at a glance: Key actions at Mount Juliet Board of Commissioners, Jan. 13, 2025
Summary
The board approved multiple annexations, rezones, budget amendments and agreements. This roundup lists each formal action, its outcome and key details decided at the Jan. 13 meeting.
The Mount Juliet Board of Commissioners took a series of formal actions on Jan. 13, 2025. Below is a concise summary of each item that received a final action during the meeting.
Rosemont (1826 Benders Ferry Road) — Annexation and rezoning approved - What passed: A package of four items (plan of services, annexation, codified annexation/reflection resolution, and rezoning from RS‑40 to RS‑30 PUD plus preliminary master plan) for the property known as Rosemont (approx. 19.64 acres at 1826 Benders Ferry Road). The board amended the plan to require a 10‑foot sidewalk on the Benders Ferry frontage to match nearby Tramor/Tramore improvements. - Outcome: Approved (vote announced as carried; no detailed roll call recorded in the transcript).
Silver Springs Phase 8 (9621 Lebanon Road) — Annexation, land‑use, rezoning and preliminary plan approved - What passed: Five items including plan of services, annexation into city, land‑use amendment to medium density residential, rezoning from Wilson County agricultural to RS‑20 PUD, and adoption of a preliminary master development plan for Phase 8 (phases 8–13). - Key conditions: Developer agreed to $7,500 per lot voluntary contribution to a Lebanon Road fund (collected at grading permit), a designated construction entrance from Highway 70 before construction activities, and a 10‑foot sidewalk on Benders Ferry (completed by the project’s 35th CO). Applicant agreed to trim the phase from 96 to 92 lots to avoid a two‑ingress requirement. - Outcome: Approved 4–1.
Ordinance extending sunset for temporary events/mobile vendors (UDC Article 3, temporary events/portable buildings/mobile food vendors) - What passed: Ordinance extending the sunset date for provisions that regulate temporary events and mobile food vendors in certain districts from Dec. 31, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2025. - Outcome: Approved (record: “11 a carries”).
ITS and signal improvements contract award - What passed: Resolution awarding the construction contract for ITS and signal improvements (phase 2) and authorizing the mayor to execute the agreement. - Outcome: Approved (record: “13 a carries”).
TDOT Central Pike interchange agreement and budget appropriation - What passed: Resolution approving an agreement with TDOT for the Central Pike interchange and directing city staff to ensure TDOT inserts stipulated protections into the contract prior to signature; related budget amendment to appropriate initial city funding (initial request $5,000,000) was also approved. - Outcome: Agreement approved with amendment requiring TDOT to add board stipulations to contract prior to mayoral signature; appropriation enacted.
West Elementary sewer infrastructure acquisition (budget amendment) - What passed: Ordinance appropriating funds so the city may obtain ownership of West Elementary School sewer infrastructure (staff said the city already serves the school and an ordinance existed permitting service; the action codifies and appropriates funding). - Outcome: Approved (record: “12 H carries”).
Surplus property and vehicle donations - What passed: Two resolutions — one donating a surplus fire department vehicle used by the city beautification program to the Mount Juliet Help Center, and one declaring various department property surplus and authorizing disposal via GovDeals auction. - Outcome: Approved (records: “13 c” and “13 d” carry).
Process notes - Several items were amended on the dais (sidewalk width, collection timing for developer contribution, conditioned mayoral signature pending TDOT contract language) and those amendments were adopted before final votes. - Multiple items listed on first reading (annexations and rezones for other parcels including a set of small annexations and the Christman property) will return to staff/planning commission for further review before final action.
If you need copies of the enacted ordinances, the amending language, or the staff reports for any specific item, planning and city clerk staff provided the packet at the meeting and will post finalized ordinances on the city website.
