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Votes at a glance: McMinnville board approves venue use, accepts chemical bids, passes two ordinances and withdraws from TDOT grant
Summary
The McMinnville Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted on multiple routine items, including venue use for Main Street Live, withdrawal from a TDOT multimodal grant and adoption of ordinances governing municipal court costs and public-notice timing.
The McMinnville Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved several agenda items with short discussion and roll-call votes during its regular meeting.
Park Theater and Main Street Live: The board approved Main Street McMinnville llowing Main Street Live concerts to use the Park Theater on June 20 and July 18 (with an alternate August date) and waived venue fees. Motion: moved by Sally Brock, second by Carrie Morton. Vote: unanimous; motion passes.
TDOT multimodal grant (Locust Street intersection): The board voted to withdraw from the Tennessee Department of Transportation multimodal access grant for the Locust Street intersection project. Staff said the project, active since 2021, remains in design and that the city would be required to hold matching funds (the staff discussion referenced a match and prior expenditures for design work). The withdrawal motion was approved by roll call: Sally Brock (yes), Deidra Dunlap (aye), Steve Harvey (yes), Rachel Kirby (yes), Carrie Morton (yes), Carrie Youngblood (yes), Mary Chastain (aye). Outcome: motion passes.
Resolution 2025-21 (chemicals for water/wastewater): The board adopted Resolution 2025-21 to accept low bids for chemicals used by the water and wastewater departments (exhibit list attached to the resolution). Motion: moved by Sally Brock, second by Carrie Morton. Vote: unanimous; motion passes.
Ordinances: - Ordinance 2025-10 (annual budget and tax rate): Deferred to the June 24 meeting (see separate coverage of the public hearing and nonprofit presentations). - Ordinance 2025-11 (amendment to McMinnville Municipal Court code regarding municipal court costs): Motion to approve by Carrie Morton, second by Steve Harvey. Roll-call vote recorded as yes by assembled members; motion passes. - Ordinance 2025-12 (amendment to adopt a new public notice and agenda policy to comply with new state law): The board adopted the ordinance after staff explained that Governor Lee signed legislation (Senate Bill 212 / House Bill 885) requiring agendas for certain bodies to be posted at least 48 hours in advance. Motion by Sally Brock, second by Carrie Morton. Vote: unanimous; motion passes.
Other actions and notes: departmental reports included project updates on the water-treatment plant excavation, progress on a CDBG sewer rehabilitation (pipe bursting), a delayed fire truck (staff said delivery pushed to mid-July), summer paving in town, youth baseball tournaments, and confirmation of July 4 fireworks (9:00 p.m. fireworks and extended pool hours).
