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Brentwood council reviews 2025 accomplishments, grants and new ordinances
Summary
A presenter and town staff summarized Brentwood’s 2025 achievements — including a $160,000 federal Safe Streets grant, a $75,000 façade grant, new sustainability policies and several ordinances — and council discussed how those wins shape priorities for 2026.
A town presentation on Feb. 17 recapped Brentwood’s 2025 accomplishments and outlined grant awards, new policies and enacted ordinances as council members weighed community priorities for 2026.
The presentation highlighted infrastructure and program milestones: the town moved its town hall into the old fire station, established a communications role to run social media and event documentation, installed rain gardens in Bartlett Park and set up a food pantry. The presenter said the town ‘‘received a $160,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation, safe streets and roads for all grant,’’ and noted a separate $75,000 façade-improvement award.
Shelley Dorsey Washington, the town administrator, pointed to the new communications coordinator as a major improvement. "I think our decision to bring on board a communication specialist was probably one of the best things we've done," she said, crediting the role for better outreach and event coverage.
The recap also listed several 2025 ordinances and resolutions the council approved over the year, including ordinance 2025-03 on speed-camera enforcement penalties, ordinance 2025-16 on solicitation rules, ordinance 2025-18 (trees), resolution 2025-11 setting a gross-vehicle-weight restriction, and resolution 2025-13 reinforcing traffic measures. The presenter said the council also established a policy banning single-use plastic bottles.
Council members said the grants and policy work provide momentum for budgeting and program planning in 2026. The town treasurer reported solid balances that the council can consider when weighing subsidies or program costs; the treasurer reported total cash on hand of $2,162,019.81 as of the end of January and a year-to-date surplus of $1,058,105.61.
Next steps identified at the meeting included continued implementation of the Safe Streets projects and follow-up on facade projects and stormwater redesign at Bartlett Park; the council will fold those priorities into upcoming budget sessions scheduled around the mayor’s March 3 budget announcement.
