Votes at a glance: Lebanon City Council approves multiple budget amendments, equipment purchases, leases and resolutions; signage ordinance deferred

Lebanon — At Monday’s meeting the Lebanon City Council approved multiple consent‑agenda and new‑business items on voice votes, including budget amendments, equipment purchases, a municipal airport lease, and several resolutions. One signage code amendment was withdrawn and deferred for up to one month to coordinate with a broader zoning code update.

Items adopted or advanced (as read into the record):

- Order 257281 (second reading): Budget amendment for Lebanon Municipal Airport to develop a financial plan and economic assessment (RT Baldwin) — approved on second reading (voice vote). - Order 257289 (second reading): Amend the retiree benefits guide (Stuart Lawson) — approved on second reading (voice vote). - Order 257290 (second reading): Year‑end budget amendments to close out FY2024‑25 (Stuart Lawson) — approved on second reading (voice vote). - Order 257291 (second reading): Approve purchase of replacement ladder truck and heavy rescue truck and related budget amendment (Jason Baird, fire chief) — approved on second reading (voice vote). - Order 257292 (second reading): Approve bids/contract for site preparation for hangar development at Lebanon Municipal Airport and related budget amendment (RT Baldwin) — approved on second reading (voice vote). - Order 257293 (second reading): Budget amendment for natural gas department to purchase a steel storage building (Chad Mueller / Regina Santana) — approved on second reading (voice vote). - Order 257294 (second reading): Budget amendment for Lebanon wastewater treatment plant for emergency/unforeseen capital repairs (Regina Santana) — approved on second reading (voice vote).

New business and first readings approved on voice vote (moved/seconded at the meeting):

- Order 257282 (first reading): Amend future land use plan for 685 Bartons Creek Road from FLH‑4 to DXU (Carl and Terry Lee) — moved and seconded; carried on voice vote. - Order 257283 (first reading): South Hartman Gateway overlay amendment for 685 Bartons Creek Road — carried on voice vote. - Order 257284 (first reading): Amend official zoning atlas to Barton Village SP for 685 Bartons Creek Road (SB Barton Village Tennessee Sub LLC) — carried on voice vote. - Order 257285 (first reading): Barton Village specific plan amendment for ~127.99 acres on South Hartman Drive — carried on voice vote.

Signage code amendment deferred:

- Order 257288 (first reading): Amend Chapter 14, Section 8.13 (Signage) to fix known issues (staff request). Councilors discussed overlap with the zoning rewrite and local rope‑lighting concerns. A motion to approve was withdrawn and the item was deferred to the first meeting in November to fold changes into the updated zoning/sign code work.

Other approvals and resolutions:

- Certificate(s) of compliance for retail package store changes of ownership (including additional ownership by Stuart Lawson, Commissioner of Finance & Revenue) — council approvals recorded on the consent agenda. - Order 2572953 (budget amendments for the police department, Mike Justice) — approved on voice vote. - Order (sanitation budget amendment, as read) — first reading approved on voice vote. - Order 257298 (first reading): Budget amendment for the water treatment plant (Regina Santana) — first reading approved on voice vote. - Order 251799 (first reading): Purchase and installation of replacement in‑car cameras for the Lebanon Police Department, appropriating federal grant and local funding — first reading approved on voice vote. - Order 257300 (first reading): Lebanon Municipal Airport corporate lease agreement with Volar LLC for Eastside terminal and hangar (RT Baldwin) — first reading approved on voice vote. - Order 257304 (first reading): Updated utility billing and customer‑related policies and fees (Stuart Lawson) — first reading approved on voice vote. - Order 257305 (first reading): Professional services agreement with KCI Technologies for CityWorks/PLLSupport Services (Amaya Neely / Kristen Rice) — first reading approved on voice vote. - Resolution 25‑27‑85 (usage agreement with youth football and cheer for the 11 sports complex) — approved on voice vote. - Resolution 25‑27‑86 (join state/local governments in amending Tennessee state subdivision opioid abatement agreement) — approved on voice vote; city attorney Andy Wright explained the resolution signs Lebanon up to receive a share if the state obtains settlement proceeds. - Resolution 25‑27‑87 (support TDOT transportation planning grant application) — approved on voice vote. - Resolution 25‑27‑88 (authorize and appropriate funds for an actuarial study related to hazardous‑duty supplemental benefits under Tenn. Code Ann. §8‑36‑212) — approved on voice vote.

How votes were recorded: For many items councilors adopted motions by voice vote: the clerk called for “All in favor say aye,” followed by “Aye,” and the chair asked for opposed. No roll‑call tallies were read into the public record for those items at the meeting. When a motion was withdrawn (the signage ordinance), councilors then moved to defer the item to the November meeting.

Notes: Several items were on the consent agenda and advanced together; the signage ordinance was specifically deferred so staff could incorporate changes into the city’s pending zoning code update.