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Historic Commission

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Purpose

The Historic Commission provides for the development and preservation of historic documents, structures, areas, oral history, pictorial history and other materials deemed essential to the historic significance of the City of Germantown.

Meetings

Third Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. Location varies. The commission does not meet in December.

Members

The commission consists of 12 members appointed by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and includes Chairman Kyle Eaton, Vice Chairman Marissa Rogers, George Browder, Edna Guntert, Dale Hicks, Sandra Wilson, John Paul Miles, Lucie Calvin, Angela Griffith, Sara Barton, John Vaden and Brian White - DRC Liaison. Non-Voting members include Parks and Recreation Assistant Director Caleb Marcum, Alderman Sherrie Hicks, City Historian Andrew Pouncey and Staff Support Teresa Martin. 

Contact

For more information, contact Natalie Ruffin at NRuffin@Germantown-TN.gov or (901) 757-7205 or Alderman Sherrie Hicks at SHicks@Germantown-TN.gov.

Town Hall Meeting on School Consolidation

Germantown’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen will conduct a town hall meeting February 7 to discuss the possible consolidation of county and city school systems. The meeting, at 7 p.m. at the Germantown Performing Arts Centre, will include information about prospects for a Germantown municipal school district.

“At the town hall meeting, city officials will share all the information we’ve developed about the consolidation process, the transition if the districts are merged, the eventual impact on students and what our options are,” said Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy. “Even as we’ve worked to understand the implications of a consolidated system, we’ve made every effort to explore alternatives for our community, including a district for Germantown.”

“This whole situation has generated innumerable questions and few definitive answers,” she continued. “We probably won’t have all the answers by February 7 but we want to help everyone understand as many aspects of a municipal district as we’re able to confirm by then.”
The mayor noted that the situation “seems to change almost daily. This has so many dimensions—the March 8 referendum, potential legislative action to block it and substitute a year-long study, possible legislation to repeal prohibitions on municipal districts, and more—that multiple strategies are necessary.”

Those attending the town hall meeting will have a chance to ask questions and share their comments following the presentation by city officials. The meeting will be available for online viewing at Germantown-tn.gov early morning of the following day. Anyone wishing to receive materials from the meeting, request more information or make a comment, may contact Stacey Ewell at sewell@germantown-tn.gov or (901)751-7559.
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