# City Council - October 15, 2026 (AUDIO ONLY)


**Body:** City of Murfreesboro, TN - Murfreesboro CityTV
**Date:** October 14, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Transportation, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


The Murfreesboro City Council meeting on October 15, 2026, approved several procurement and funding items. Council approved a contract with TDOT for FY2027 transit operating assistance totaling $1,149,300; the department’s operating costs are funded 50% federally, 40% by the state, and 10% locally. It also approved the purchase of Glock Gen 6 handguns with Aimpoint optics from GT Distributors, though no purchase amount was stated, and approved lease of a terminal office to Mike Jones Aircraft Sales, with no lease terms provided in the transcript. The council also approved FY2027 life-insurance and retiree-benefit agreements; the combined cost was reported as a little over $498,000, funded through the insurance fund and retiree contributions.

For infrastructure, council approved on first reading an ordinance establishing the Butler Drive special sanitary sewer assessment district. The sewer extension’s force main and gravity sewer costs were estimated at $470,000, financed over 15 years at approximately 3.5%; the proposed assessment is $4,100 per acre. Council also approved a final roofing change order for Patterson Park’s adult and youth gyms, reducing the original $304,370 contract by $35,202 for unused damaged-decking allowance. A community development budget amendment aligning appropriations with the current grant award and prior-year carryover was approved. The transcript does not state dollar amounts for that amendment or the handgun purchase.

**Source:** City of Murfreesboro, TN - Murfreesboro CityTV