Nolensville News

Friday, May 16, 2025
Town Manager
The Town of Nolensville launched a new website, complemented by a user-friendly app! Designed with our residents in mind, the updated site and app make it easier than ever to access essential information about local services, community events, and important announcements. Whether you're looking for resources on public safety, upcoming meetings, or ways to get involved, both the website and app serve as central hubs for all things Nolensville. We invite you to explore these new tools and discover features that will help you stay connected and engaged with our vibrant community! Check out this video for more information!

Fire Department
Nolensville Fire is pleased to introduce a new platform called Community Connect. This platform will allow residents and business owners to provide information to Nolensville Fire that they feel is important in case of an emergency. It also has the capacity to help with obtaining burn permits, requesting inspections, and having your smoke detectors serviced.  

Building Department
Are you interested in obtaining your plot plan? All available plot plans have been downloaded on the Town’s GIS. Here is a link to the webpage and directions on how to obtain your plot plan. First, click here: Map | Nolensville, TN

Second, follow these directions to obtain your address specific documents: 

  1. Select “I have read and agree to the terms below.” Then click “Go to Map”

  2. On the right-hand side, you will see a magnifying glass icon, select it

  3. Select “Quick Search”

  4. Under “Address Search” enter your address numbers and select “Go”

  5. The program will populate all results with those numbers. Select your address

  6. Next, click on your parcel

  7. At the top of the resulting page, toggle “Documents” at the top. All associated documents (usually including the plot plan) will appear. Select the desired document.

View construction inspection results here: https://www.nolensvilletn.gov//o/ton/page/inspection-information

Planning Department 
Development Updates: Did you know that you can see all the current residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments right on our webpage? Click here to utilize the interactive map and see more information about each development. If you have questions on any new development, please email the Town's Planning Department at planning@nolensvilletn.gov

Communications Department
We want to connect with you! Make sure you are following us on social media (Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn) for information on events, public safety, and emergencies.

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Join us on Sunday, May 18, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for a Mill Creek Cleanup at 1686 Sunset Road, Nolensville, TN 37135. Led by the Town of Nolensville’s Trails, Arts, Parks, and Streetscapes (TAPS) Advisory Committee, this community event is a great opportunity to help care for our local environment.

  • Cleanup supplies will be provided

  • Closed-toe shoes are required

  • All ages welcome (minors must be accompanied by an adult)

  • All participants must sign a Volunteer Waiver at the link below.

https://www.nolensvilletn.gov/.../taps-advisory-committee

Let’s come together to keep Nolensville beautiful—we hope to see you there!

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The Town of Nolensville’s Economic Development Advisory Committee is hosting their monthly meeting followed by a Business Networking Mixer on Thursday, May 22 at Happenchance Social. This event is a great opportunity for local business owners and professionals to connect, collaborate, and engage with the community.

🕓 4:00 p.m. – Committee Meeting

🕔 5:00 p.m. – Networking Mixer

📍 7180 Nolensville Rd, Suite 1G, Nolensville, TN 37135

Mark your calendars—we look forward to seeing you there.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETINGS 
Town Commission Meetings
Notice is hereby given that all meetings will be held at Town Hall located at 7218 Nolensville Road, Nolensville, TN 37135 unless otherwise specified. 

  1. Town Commission Work Session, Monday, May 19, 2025, 5:00 p.m. 

Please visit the Town’s website, www.nolensvilletn.gov, to view all published meeting agendas. All meetings are open and public sessions in accordance with law. All interested persons are urged to attend. For accommodations due to disabilities or other special arrangements, please contact the Town Recorder at mluster@nolensvilletn.gov or 615-776-6691. This request, if possible, should be made three (3) working days prior to the meeting. 

PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETINGS 
Town Advisory Committee Meetings 
Notice is hereby given that all meetings will be held at Town Hall located at 7218 Nolensville Road, Nolensville, TN 37135 unless otherwise specified. 

  1. Economic Development Advisory Committee Meeting, Thursday, May 22, 2025, 4:00 p.m.

All meetings are open and public sessions in accordance with law. All interested persons are urged to attend. For accommodations due to disabilities or other special arrangements, please contact the Town Recorder at mluster@nolensvilletn.gov or 615-776-6691. This request, if possible, should be made three (3) working days prior to the meeting

PUBLIC NOTICE 
Town of Nolensville Historic Zoning Commission
Planning Department
Notice is hereby given that an Historic Zoning Commission Regular Meeting will be held Thursday, May 29, 2025, in the Auditorium of Town Hall located at 7218 Nolensville Road, Nolensville, TN 37135 at 3:00 p.m., unless otherwise specified.  The Town of Nolensville Historic Zoning Commission Regular Meeting information and agenda items are as follows:

The purpose of the meeting is to review the April 24, 2025 Regular Meeting Minutes and to consider the following agenda items: 

  1. Certificate of Appropriateness for 7301 Nolensville Road. Nolensville, TN 37135: Expansion of an Existing Outdoor Side Patio to Serve the Wabash Southern Kitchen restaurant.

  2. Adoption of Updated Nolensville Historic Zoning Commission Bylaws.

For more information on the May 29, 2025 Historic Zoning Commission Regular Meeting agenda, please contact Brad Baumgartner, Planning Director, via email at bbaumgartner@nolensvilletn.gov, or call (615) 776-6693, or visit the Town’s website at www.nolensvilletn.gov.

All published meeting agendas are found on the Town's website. All meetings are open and public sessions in accordance with the law. All interested persons are urged to attend. For accommodations due to disabilities or other special arrangements, please contact the Town Recorder at mluster@nolensvilletn.gov or 615-776-6691. This request, if possible, should be made three (3) working days prior to the meeting. All citizens are welcome to attend both meetings to participate in public hearing and citizens' comments and may speak up to three (3) minutes per individual, and groups can defer time to a single representative up to a maximum of 12 minutes.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF ORDINANCE No. 25-21
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF NOLENSVILLE TENNESSEE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026
The Town of Nolensville, Tennessee hereby provides certain financial information for the 2024-2025 fiscal year budget in accordance with provisions of Chapter 484, Public Acts of 1991, as amended.

Notice is hereby given that the Nolensville Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the 2025–2026 Fiscal Year Budget on Monday, May 19, 2025 and Thursday, June 5, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Hall Auditorium, 7218 Nolensville Road. The final reading of Budget Ordinance #25-21 will be Thursday, June 5, 2025, at the same time and place. Copies of the ordinance and exhibits are available for review at the Town Recorder’s Office during business hours. For more information, contact Montique Luster at mluster@nolensvilletn.gov or visit www.nolensvilletn.gov.

Citizens are invited to attend and comment. Individuals may speak for up to three minutes; groups may appoint a representative for up to 12 minutes. Please sign up for public comment on the provided sheet before the meeting begins. For disability accommodations, call 615-776-6691 or email mluster@nolensvilletn.gov at least three business days before the meeting.

WHEREAS, Tenn, Code Ann. § 9-1-116 requires that all funds of the State of Tennessee and all its political subdivisions shall first be appropriated before being expended and that only funds that are available shall be appropriated; and

WHEREAS, the Municipal Budget Law of 1982 requires that the governing body of each municipality adopt and operate under an annual budget ordinance presenting a financial plan with at least the information required by that state statute, that no municipality may expend any moneys regardless of the source except in accordance with a budget ordinance and that the governing body shall not make any appropriation in excess of estimated available funds; and 

WHEREAS, the Governing Body has published the annual operating budget and budgetary comparisons of the proposed budget with the prior year (actual) and the current year (estimated) in a newspaper of general circulation not less than ten (10) days prior to the meeting where the Board will consider final passage of the budget.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY the GOVERNING BODY of THE TOWN OF NOLENSVILLE, TENNESSEE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1: That the governing body projects anticipated revenues from all sources and appropriates planned expenditures for each department, board, office or other agency of the municipality, herein presented together with the actual annual receipts and expenditures of the last preceding fiscal year and the estimated annual expenditures for the current fiscal year, and from those revenues and unexpended and unencumbered funds as follows for fiscal year 2026, and including the projected ending balances for the budget year, the actual ending balances for the most recent ended fiscal year and the estimated ending balances for the current fiscal years: 

Ord 25-21 Municipal Budget Ordinance June 30 2025 to July 1 2026 - Public Hearing

Ord 25-21 Municipal Budget Ordinance June 30 2025 to July 1 2026 - Public Hearing

Ord 25-21 Municipal Budget Ordinance June 30 2025 to July 1 2026 - Public Hearing

Ord 25-21 Municipal Budget Ordinance June 30 2025 to July 1 2026 - Public Hearing

Ord 25-21 Municipal Budget Ordinance June 30 2025 to July 1 2026 - Public Hearing

Ord 25-21 Municipal Budget Ordinance June 30 2025 to July 1 2026 - Public Hearing

Ord 25-21 Municipal Budget Ordinance June 30 2025 to July 1 2026 - Public Hearing

SECTION 2: At the end of the fiscal year 2025, the governing body estimates fund balances or deficits as follows:

Ord 25-21 Municipal Budget Ordinance June 30 2025 to July 1 2026 - Public Hearing

SECTION 3:  That the governing body herein certifies that the condition of its sinking funds, if applicable, are compliant pursuant to its bond covenants, and recognizes that the municipality has outstanding bonded and other indebtedness as follows: 

Ord 25-21 Municipal Budget Ordinance June 30 2025 to July 1 2026 - Public Hearing

SECTION 4:  During the coming fiscal year (2026) the governing body has pending and planned capital projects with proposed funding as follows:

Ord 25-21 Municipal Budget Ordinance June 30 2025 to July 1 2026 - Public Hearing

SECTION 5: No appropriation listed above may be exceeded without an amendment of the budget ordinance as required by the Municipal Budget Law of 1982 (Tenn. Code Ann. § 6-56-208).  In addition, no appropriation may be made in excess of available funds except to provide for an actual emergency threatening the health, property or lives of the inhabitants of the municipality and declared by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of at least a quorum of the governing body in accord with Tenn. Code Ann. § 6-56-205.

SECTION 6: Money may be transferred from one appropriation to another in the same fund in an amount of up to $10,000.00 by the Mayor, subject to such limitations and procedures as set by the Governing Body pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 6-56-209.  Any resulting transfers shall be reported to the governing body at its next regular meeting and entered into the minutes.

SECTION 7:  A detailed financial plan will be attached to this budget and become part of this budget ordinance. 

SECTION 8:  There is hereby levied a property tax of $___ per $100 of assessed value on all real and personal property. The Board of Commissioners hereby gives notice of its intent to adopt a property tax rate that exceeds the certified tax rate as calculated by the County Assessor’s Office when it becomes available. This intent is made pursuant to applicable state laws requiring public disclosure and hearings prior to the adoption of a higher tax rate. The estimated property tax revenue included in this budget is based on the most recent available taxable value projections. This estimate assumes a tax rate of $0.55 which may exceed the certified rate once finalized. The estimated revenue was calculated using preliminary values and assumes a collection rate of 98%.

SECTION 9:  This annual operating and capital budget ordinance and supporting documents shall be submitted to the Comptroller of the Treasury or Comptroller’s Designee for approval pursuant to Title 9, Chapter 21 of the Tennessee Code Annotated within fifteen (15) days of its adoption.  If the Comptroller of the Treasury or Comptroller’s Designee determines that the budget does not comply with the Statutes, the Governing Body shall adjust its estimates or make additional tax levies sufficient to comply with the Statutes or as directed by the Comptroller of the Treasury or Comptroller’s Designee. 

SECTION 10: All unencumbered balances of appropriations remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse and revert to the respective fund balances.

SECTION 11: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with any provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

SECTION 12: This ordinance shall take effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.