Sally Pollett Zaring
KY · Shelbyville City Council Member
Sally Pollett Zaring is a Shelbyville City Council member and a longtime Shelby County Public Schools elementary teacher who served on the district's budget committee. Her stated priority is managing growth while keeping Shelbyville's small-town feel.
Where Sally Pollett Zaring stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Moved to approve a new pay structure for Shelbyville police officers. It passed 5-0.
June 18, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Moved to adopt the city's annual budget for July 2025 through June 2026. It passed 6-0.
June 5, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Moved to approve a new pay structure for Shelbyville police officers. It passed 5-0.
June 18, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Moved to approve a $238,050 purchase of breathing gear for firefighters, paid for by a $291,000 grant. It passed unanimously.
November 7, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Moved to approve using federal pandemic relief (ARP) money to replace the police department's 15-year-old radio repeater system. It passed unanimously.
November 2, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Moved to approve an agreement with Shelby County Public Schools for city police to provide school resource officers in the 2023-24 school year. It passed unanimously.
August 17, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Track record — General
General · 19 records
During council talks on data center rules, raised classing data centers by electric demand and allowing none above 20 megawatts.
September 3, 2026
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Moved final approval of a temporary moratorium on new data center applications in Shelbyville. It passed 6-0.
August 20, 2026
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Led work on signs for the downtown entertainment district; the mayor thanked her for it at the June 4, 2026 council meeting.
June 4, 2026
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Moved final approval of zoning rules for food trucks, food truck parks, micro-breweries and micro-distilleries. It passed 6-0.
February 19, 2026
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Seconded and voted for an ordinance capping gas stations and EV charging sites at 24 fuel pumps or chargers, despite a landowner's lawyer warning of a lawsuit. It passed 6-0.
February 5, 2026
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Served on the council's food truck park committee, which wrote new zoning rules for food trucks.
September 11, 2025
Source: pmg-ky1.com
Spoke against a 499-unit housing and business development on Harrington Mill Road, saying its size and location did not fit the city's comprehensive plan. The council then upheld the planning commission's denial.
June 5, 2025
Source: pmg-ky1.com
Moved final approval of the city's short-term rental (Airbnb) rules on March 20, 2025, after the council dropped a 500-foot spacing rule between rentals. The rules cover fire safety, insurance, parking and taxes.
March 20, 2025
Source: pmg-ky1.com
Recused herself from the council vote to reappoint Alan Zaring to the city's Board of Ethics.
December 19, 2024
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Moved to approve a five-year extension of the city's trash collection contract with Republic Services. It passed unanimously.
December 5, 2024
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Served with Tom Hardesty on a council committee that drafted the city's proposed short-term rental (Airbnb) rules.
October 17, 2024
Source: pmg-ky1.com
Voted against a temporary halt on new business licenses for short-term rentals. The measure failed 2-4.
October 3, 2024
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Moved to put the question of allowing medical cannabis businesses in Shelbyville on the November 2024 ballot for voters to decide. It passed unanimously.
August 5, 2024
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Cast the only vote against annexing farmland owned by Big Four Star Properties, Langley Land Company and others into the city. The annexation passed 5-1.
June 20, 2024
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Moved the council's findings that partly overruled the planning commission and zoned part of a requested annexation light industrial and commercial instead of all agricultural. It passed 5-0.
March 21, 2024
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Voted to uphold the planning commission's denial of a rezoning of farmland along Hwy 55 south of I-64 Exit 32, and against overruling it. Both votes tied 3-3.
February 15, 2024
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Was named a 2024 Kentucky Teacher of the Year and won a Teacher Achievement Award as a kindergarten teacher at Painted Stone Elementary.
July 12, 2023
Source: pmg-ky1.com
Moved to approve an alcohol ordinance change letting restaurants serve alcohol on Sundays from 10 a.m. to midnight. It passed 5-0.
April 20, 2023
Source: shelbyvillekentucky.com
Won a seat on the Shelbyville City Council in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. She drew 2,385 votes, the most of any council candidate.
November 8, 2022
Source: pmg-ky1.com
Past race Sally Pollett Zaring ran in:
- Shelbyville City Council · November 3, 2026 · Shelbyville city, Kentucky · incumbent