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Brownsville council approves multiple routine items, rezonings and financial housekeeping
Summary
On Feb. 10 the Brownsville council took action on several items: approved an OSHA safety-plan update, advanced a hands-free $5 administrative fee on first reading, advanced three rezonings along East Jefferson Street, approved sign-code amendments, adopted a rounding resolution for petty-cash/tax payments and approved write-offs for long-delinquent personal-property tax accounts.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Feb. 10 approved a series of administrative and financial items, including an updated OSHA safety plan, a hands-free violation administrative fee on first reading, several rezonings and financial housekeeping resolutions.
OSHA safety plan (Ordinance 1048): Staff said the seven-year update primarily changes supervisory names and otherwise meets Tennessee OSHA requirements; council approved the plan on second reading. The plan will remain in effect until the next required update (noted as 2032 in staff remarks).
Hands-free administrative fee (Ordinance 1049): Staff summarized a state change (transcript reference "TCA code is 55 8 dash 1 99") that allows courts to assess an extra $5 administrative fee for hands-free violations on top of existing fines and court costs; MTAS guidance recommended treating the fee as general court costs. Council advanced this ordinance on first reading.
Rezoning and sign-code items: The council advanced three administrative rezonings (Orders 1050–1052) to reclassify parcels along East Jefferson Street from higher-density categories (R-3 or medium/high density) to lower-density residential (R-1) aligned with an amended future land-use plan and resident input. Council also advanced sign-code amendments (Order 1053) to add monument/gateway corridor signage provisions and to tidy ordinance numbering.
Financial items and resolutions: The council approved Resolution 1104 to round transactions to the nearest nickel/dime (staff clarified rounding behavior for taxes and said the state comptroller issued supporting guidance) and approved Resolution 1105 to write off long-delinquent personal-property tax accounts for businesses no longer in existence (staff noted collection limitations tied to a 10-year statutory period). Council also moved to accept/hold a bid related to 929 Scott Street (Resolution 1106) tied to THDA grant processes and approved moving the next meeting to March 17, 2026.
Most votes were taken by voice; the transcript records that the items were advanced or approved but does not include roll-call tallies in the record provided.
