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Hendersonville committee reports: impact fees, partial property-tax payments, recruitments and employee awards
Summary
Committee chairs reported that multiple ordinances, including impact-fee measures, will go to BOMA and planning commission with public hearings; an ordinance to allow partial property-tax payments and a purchasing-card policy resolution are coming in January; staff recruitment rounds and employee awards were also announced.
Chairmen and aldermen summarized committee work and city operations during the meeting’s reports section.
Chairman Garza said five ordinances/resolutions were under review, with three recommended to BOMA and two (impact-fees-related) receiving neutral recommendations for additional discussion. Chairman Sassy (finance) told the board the impact-fee ordinances will go to planning commission with a public hearing and highlighted an ordinance to allow partial payments for property taxes and a purchasing-card policy resolution slated for BOMA in January.
Alderman Martin reviewed Planning Commission actions from Dec. 2, including approvals of subdivisions (Curtis Crossroads and Valley Creek) and review of Hendersonville Parks grant-concept plans. He also described a deferred item for Mansker Farms pending additional information.
Alderman Jesse Bowman provided operational and personnel updates: recruitment for public-works director (first-round interviews Dec. 18) and for fire-chief candidates (first-round interviews Dec. 15); budget metrics showing local sales tax up about 2.7% and operating expenditures up about 6% compared with last year; and recognition of employees Adrian Perry as "most impactful employee of 2025" and Drew Hayden as "most innovative" for developing an in-house fire academy. Bowman told the board applications for the leadership positions remain open until candidates are selected.
The reports were informational; no final ordinances or resolutions were adopted in the public session on these items.
