Gallatin council approves multiple ordinances on second readings, advances budget and development items

Gallatin City Council on May 6 approved several ordinances on second reading, advanced several first-reading funding measures and took administrative votes on outside applications.

The actions collectively included appropriations for state training supplements and capital projects, a municipal revenue ordinance to cover the 2025 tax year and the 2026 fiscal year (to return for a required third reading with a final tax rate inserted), an amendment to the city’s solid-waste code and a first reading of the city’s proposed FY2025–26 budget and pay structure. Council also deferred a set of TriStar Energy applications to the council’s next meeting and issued a certificate of compliance enabling a retail liquor application to proceed to the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

The council opened the meeting with roll call and routine business, then moved through a series of ordinance readings and votes. On second reading, the council unanimously approved an ordinance appropriating $189,600 received from the state of Tennessee for training supplements (Ordinance 02504-22). The council also advanced Ordinance 02504-23, the revenue ordinance that will be finalized on third reading once the city’s certified rate is inserted; members reiterated the budget is being developed on a revenue-neutral basis.

Also on second reading the council approved an ordinance amending Gallatin Municipal Code chapter 14 (solid waste collection services and fee) after…