BY MARK MCGEE
The future of the City of Shelbyville and the Shelbyville-Bedford County Partnership will have to wait another month to be decided.
Building on the success of the Christmas event, which included the City of Shelbyville, Bedford County, the Partnership and the Chamber of Commerce, which is under the Partnership, there have been talks about the City of Shelbyville once again being a part of the group.
A vote was scheduled at this month’s regular council meeting, but Council member Henry Feldhaus made a motion to defer any action for another month in order to allow new Council members Josh Blevins and Betsy Noel the opportunity to study the Partnership in more detail. It will also allow for discussions between the Partnership members and Council members concerning some of the items outlined in a letter from the Partnership to the Council concerning the $100,000 funding and payment of a portion of the Hotel/Motel tax.
Mayor Randy Carroll agreed he would like to know more about the personnel situation with the Partnership since the resignation of CEO Shane Hooper as well as studying what projects are planned.
The motion to defer passed by a 5-1 vote with Bobby Turnbow casting the lone no vote.
- In a 6-0 vote Council members voted to approve Mayor Carroll to sign the First Amendment to the Lease Agreement between the City of Shelbyville and Middle Tennessee State University to add 4.8 additional acres to the Flight School Project and adjusting the rent scheduled to reflect the change.
- Council members also unanimously approved a Local Tourism Grant for $5,000 for the Community Clinic of Shelbyville & Bedford County (CCSBC) for the GALA honoring the contributions of the Meharry School of Dentistry scheduled for April 12, 2025 at The Humble Baron at Nearest Green Distillery. The GALA is a fundraiser for both the CCSBC and Meharry with proceeds to be split equally between two organizations.
- Three ordinances dealing with properties owned by the Shelbyville Housing Authority (SHA) were passed on second and final reading by 5-0 votes. Feldhaus did not vote due to his involvement with the SHA.
In the first ordinance, 1.54 acres on Elm Street were rezoned from Residential 3 (R-3, Medium Density) to Commercial-2 (C-2, General Business).
In ordinance two 1.17 acres on Elm Street were rezoned from R-3, Medium Density to R-4 High Density Residential.
The third ordinance is 0.64 acres known as the “Tate Center”. It is rezoned from R-3, Medium Density Residential to C-2, General Business.
