The Board of Mayor and Aldermen met on Monday, October 27, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers. Vice Mayor Marion Gibson was absent. The meeting included special recognitions, approval of the consent agenda, and action on three ordinances. Public hearings were held for two ordinances, with no public comment. The board also recognized October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
All consent items were approved unanimously.
No citizens spoke during the Citizens to be Heard segment or during the public hearings for Ordinance 2025-7 and Ordinance 2025-8.
Good evening, folks. Welcome to the Board of Merit Alderman meeting, the regularly scheduled meeting for Monday, October 27th. We welcome those that are in attendance with us this evening. We thank you for being here tonight. We welcome those that are tuning in and watching uh live or streaming through the net. Don't adjust your dials or anything. This is breast cancer awareness month. So you'll see a lot of pink here on the DS, and I appreciate uh the fellow board members that um put some pink on today and let's make sure that we keep all cancer survivors and those that have cancer in our thoughts and be supportive. So tonight um a few things about our meeting. It's just some quick highlights. We have five items on special recognition tonight. We'll have some education recognition and beautification as well. Uh this evening we have two public hearings for ordinance changes. Those will be on our regular agenda. And we have something on at each and every meeting known as citizens to be heard. So if you'd like to speak to your neighbors and to the community and to the board, you can fill out a sheet out in People Street on the other side of the double doors. Bring that to one of the two officers. The officers will bring that to the clerk, and we'll recognize you at item number six on the agenda, citizens to be heard. This evening, our invocks and recreation director Natalie Ruffin. Our Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Alderman Brian Ulicky. Please rise. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we humbly seek your presence this evening as we gather to serve this great city of Germantown. Grant us wisdom and patience in our discussions and unity in our decisions. May our actions be guided by a spirit of service and selflessness, always mindful of the trust placed in us by our fellow citizens. Help us to work together with respect, fairness, and compassion so that German town may thrive in peace and prosperity. With grateful hearts, we ask for strength and insight as we fulfill our duties. Amen. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. Thank you, Alderman Ulicky for leading us in the pledge. And before I move to the next item of the agenda, I'd just like to say thank you to our parks and recreation department for another outstanding fall festival at the Bobby Lanier Farm Park. The weather was perfect. People were very, very excited and lots of family members taking pictures. And thank you for having a pumpkin patch for kids that were all the way from eight to eighty, because my mom got to take a pumpkin home. So thank you for that. Um and thank you for all the folks that put that together, sponsors, volunteers, and the uh parks and recreation commission. Also like to just state for the record that Vice Mayor Marion Gibson is under the weather and um is not in attendance this evening, but we do have a quorum. As such, let's move to item four on the agenda, setting the agenda. The agenda is sent to the community and to the board of Merit Alderman generally around noon each Wednesday prior to a Monday board meeting. There are no adjustments that are proposed by administration or any modifications or changes that need to be made to the agenda from the board. Is there a motion to approve the October 27th, 2025 agenda as presented to the community? Is there a motion? Move to approve. So motion by alderman Ullicky. Is there a second? Second. Second by Alderman Sanders. Any discussion on the item? Clerk, please call the roll.