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Votes at a glance: Gallatin council actions, May 20, 2025
Summary
A compact list of formal motions, ordinances and resolutions acted on May 20, 2025, at the Gallatin City Council meeting, with outcomes and key details for each item recorded on the agenda.
The Gallatin City Council took the following formal actions during its May 20, 2025 meeting. Vote tallies are included where recorded on the meeting record.
- Motion: Defer Resolution R2505-27 (acceptance of property from Eaton) — deferred by unanimous consent at the start of the meeting (no formal roll-call vote recorded).
- Motion: Approve minutes of May 6, 2025 — passed unanimously.
- Ordinance 02504-23 (third reading): Provide revenue for the city for the 2025 tax year and the 2026 fiscal year (tax rate) — motion to approve passed unanimously on third reading.
- Ordinance 02504-26 (second reading): Appropriate $500,000 for the Hale Avenue extension project — second reading passed unanimously.
- Ordinance 02504-27 (second reading): Appropriate $135,000 to repay West Eastern Street — second reading passed unanimously.
- Ordinance 02505-29 (second reading, amended): Adopt the annual budget for fiscal year 07/01/2025 through 06/30/2026 — council adopted an amendment (approximately +$73,704 to street lighting and signals) and passed the ordinance on second reading; vote recorded as unanimous.
- Ordinance 02505-28 (first reading): Appropriate $25,000 for completion of Ball State Gap Veil phase 1b multi-use path — passed on first reading unanimously.
- Ordinance 02505-30 (first reading): Rezoning and preliminary master development plan for Kirkpatrick Gallatin — advanced on first reading; recorded tally: 4 yes, 2 no, 1 abstention (motion passed first reading).
- Resolution R2505-21: Declare intent to reimburse expenditures for construction of a fire hall by issuance of tax-exempt bonds (approx. $17,500,000 discussed) — approved unanimously.
- Resolution R2505-22: Approve issuance of tax-exempt revenue bonds by the Health and Educational Facilities Board of Davidson County for the benefit of Vanderbilt University Medical Center — passed (no recorded dissents in the meeting record).
- Resolution R2505-23: Rename East Prince Street to Prince Street — approved unanimously.
- Resolution R2505-24: Clarify and rename Magnolia Street to North and South Magnolia Street — approved unanimously.
- Resolution R2505-25: Authorize application for Safer Streets for All (SS4A) grant to develop a comprehensive safety action plan — approved unanimously to enable grant application.
- Resolution R2505-26: Authorize a grant to the industrial/development board for public infrastructure upgrades for West Side Market of Greensboro Village — motion passed (no recorded dissents noted in the transcript excerpt).
Where the vote was recorded in the transcript, it is listed above. Several items passed with unanimous voice votes; a minority of items (notably Ordinance 02505-30) had roll-call counts recorded. No final vetoes or defeats of ordinance readings were recorded in the available transcript excerpt.
If further detail (full roll-call names for each vote or text of each ordinance/resolution) is required, those appear in the official packet and in the clerk’s recorded minutes for May 20, 2025.
