Vice Mayor Mary Ann Gibson chaired the meeting in the absence of Mayor Palazzolo. All five aldermen were present. The meeting began at 6:00 P.M. and included a special recognition, three beer permit public hearings, approval of the consent agenda, and a rezoning ordinance on second reading.
The Board recessed as the BMA and convened as the Germantown Beer Board for three hearings. All permits were approved unanimously after public hearings with no opposition.
Good evening. Welcome to the Board of Mayor and Alderman meeting for Monday, August 25th, 2025. We welcome all of those here in the chambers with us tonight as well as those watching and streaming from home. Mayor Palazzolo is away doing the city's business tonight, and so I, as Vice Mayor, will be chairing the meeting. For the record, all five aldermen are present. Just a few highlights for this evening. We're going to be presenting the August Beautification Business Award. We also have in attendance our lead program class members, they are here. Just wave of hands if you're part of the lead program. Welcome. We're glad that you're here. We'll also be uh having a special proclamation that's close to my heart and several others this evening regarding suicide prevention awareness month. Before we begin, I'd like to bring to your attention item number six on our agenda, citizens to be heard. If you'd like to speak to your neighbors and to the board, you'll need to complete the sheet on People Street just outside the chamber doors and give it to one of our officers, and we'll recognize you during the agenda item number six. Again, citizens to be heard. We also will have a public hearing for uh we actually have four public hearings, three for a beer board, and then one for a rezoning issue. If it's actually for a rezoning comp for that particular rezoning uh agenda item, then you'll just reserve your comments during that public hearing. This evening, our invocation Parks Director Natalie Ruffin. Our Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Alderman Scott Sanders. Please rise. Let us pray. Dear Lord, we standing before you today deeply grateful for the opportunity to come together and serve the vibrant community of Germantown. We recognize the significant responsibility entrusted to our mayor and the esteemed board of aldermen as they deliberate on critical issues that shape the lives of our residents. We humbly seek your divine guidance for each member of this governing body. Grant them profound wisdom to discern the best path forward, clear thinking to analyze complex challenges, and a unifying spirit to foster collaboration and consensus. May their collective decisions be a testament to your infinite wisdom, bringing forth abundant blessings upon every individual who proudly calls Germantown home. We'll pray for the continued prosperity and well-being of this cherished community and its people now and in the years to come. Amen. Thank you, Director Ruffin, for your thoughtful invocation and Alderman Sanders for leading leading us in the pledge this evening. That brings us to agenda item number four on the agenda. Setting and adopting the agenda. The agenda is sent to the community and to the board general generally around noon on Wednesday each week prior to the regularly scheduled board meeting. Are there any changes or modifications that any board member would like to bring forward at this time? Seeing no modifications, is there a motion to approve the August 25th, 2025 agenda? Move to approve. Alderman Sanders moves. Second. Second by Alderman Ulicky. Any discussion? Please call the roll. Alderman Sanders. Yes. Vice Mayor Gibson. Yes. Alderman Hicks. Yes. Alderman Ulicky? Yes. Alderman Salvaggio. Yes.