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The Germantown Board of Mayor and Aldermen held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, October 26, 2026, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers. The meeting featured several special recognitions, a beer board hearing, approval of the consent agenda, the Goodwin Farms PUD Phase 2 final plan, and a second reading of temporary sign ordinance amendments, which were amended and passed. All votes were unanimous.
The Board convened as the Germantown Beer Board to consider an on-premise beer permit for La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant (7730 Wolf River Blvd). Clerk Betty confirmed the application from Mex Peck Incorporated and a clean background check. With no public testimony, Alderman Sanders questioned the applicant, owner Timor Sarwar, about his existing ABC license and employee training procedures for verifying IDs. The permit was unanimously approved.
The Mayor reviewed all 19 consent items, totaling roughly $2.15 million in value. An amendment was accepted for Item 9C (Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging Senior Center Grant) to formally approve the $50,000 grant and the corresponding budget adjustment 27-34. Alderman Hicks highlighted the $450,000 School Resource Officers Grant, noting it offsets costs previously borne entirely by residents. She also recognized community donations, including $2,852 to the Education Foundation via water bill donations, $6,000 for the Neighborhood Preservation Commission summit, $12,077 for the Library, and $4,500 for Parks and Recreation. The consent agenda was unanimously approved.
Good evening, folks. Welcome to the Board of Mayor and Alderman meeting, the regularly scheduled meeting for this evening, Monday, October 26, 2026. We welcome all those that are in attendance this evening. Thank you for being here and uh taking part in governing this evening. Also welcome those that are watching via GMTV and/or streaming as well on their computers at home. Uh just a few highlights about our meeting this evening. We always have a portion of the meeting known as citizens to be heard. It traditionally comes as item number six on the agenda, and you will have an opportunity if you would like to speak to the community and to the elected folks here. Um if you would like to do that, you would just pick up a sheet out in People Street, uh, just past the double doors, fill that out and sign it, bring it to one of the officers and the officers will bring it to the city clerk, and we'll acknowledge you at citizens to be heard so you have time to do that. Also, this evening we've got several items, um a lot of things to celebrate this evening on special recognition. A lot of you are here this evening for that, and thank you for being here. So at that point, uh, we will recognize uh each of those items, have a couple of proclamations, a couple of education awards, and the beautification award. This evening we will take a very short uh recess as the board of Mayor and Alderman, and we will convene as Germantown's Beer Board. That's item number eight on the agenda for the purpose of hearing an on-premise application for a beer permit for La Hacienda restaurant located on Wolf River Boulevard. At that time, there'll also be a public hearing available for anyone who'd like to speak on that particular item. Uh, this evening our consent agenda has uh many items on it, and I'll go through that at the appropriate time. That's item nine on the agenda. And this evening on our regular agenda, we have two items: a planned unit development at Goodwin Farms, a final plan phase two, and item 11 is an ordinance amendment to our temporary sign codes and ordinances. There will be a set this is second reading. There will be a public hearing as well. Not to confuse you, but if you'd like to speak during citizens to be heard, you fill out a sheet and you can speak on anything that is on your mind. If you would like to speak on the beer board application, I'll make that announcement at that time, and you can speak specifically on that, and then also during the public hearing on temporary signs, uh, I will make that announcement and you can speak specifically to that item. This evening, our invocation will be led by assistant parks director Caleb Markham. Our Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Alderman Sherry Hicks. Please rise. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we humbly gather before you with hearts full of gratitude for the salvation you have given us through your boundless love and grace. As we convene this meeting, we seek your divine guidance for the decisions that lie ahead, which will shape Germantown both now and the futures to come. Grant our leaders discernment and direction rooted in your wisdom and your word. Father, bless this meeting, and may we honor you in all we say and do. In your name we pray. Amen. Please be seated. Thank you, Director Markham, for the invocation this evening. Thank you, Alderman Hicks, for leading us in the pledge this evening. That takes us to agenda item number five on the agenda. That is setting and adopting the agenda for this evening. The agenda is sent to the community and to the board generally around noon on Wednesday of the preceding week of the Board of Mayor and Alderman meeting. At this time, I would like to just bring forth. Well, I think I'll do what did I do? I skip one. We're setting the agenda. Yes, correct. Item four, correct.