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ATHENS CITY COUNCIL  
WORK SESSION  
 
Monday, November 10, 2025, 5:00pm 
 
 
I. INVOCATION 
 
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 
 
III. COMMUNICATIONS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 
 
A. Recognition of Dr. Dick Pelley’s 23 years in Public Service.  
 
B. Recognition of the City of Athens Finance Department for receiving the Government Finance 
Officers Associations (GFOA) Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting 
for 33 consecutive years.  
 
IV. DISCUSSION 
 
A. Second Reading and Public Hearing of Ordinance 1147, An Ordinance to Amend Title 3 “Municipal 
Court”, Chapter I, Section 3, of the Athens City Code, by Removing the Requirement that the City Judge 
be a Resident of the County. 
 
B. Second Reading and Public Hearing of Ordinance 1148, An Ordinance Amending the City of Athens, 
Tennessee Municipal Zoning Ordinance Regulating Development within the Corporate Limits of 
Athens, Tennessee, to Minimize Danger to Life and Property Due to Flooding, and to Maintain 
Eligibility for Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.   
 
C. Annexation and Zoning of Approximately 2.35 Acres Located off Lee Drive 
 
D. City Council Personal Code of Professionalism 
 
E. Citizen Comment Rules  
 
F. Complaint Form and Procedure 
 
G. Bid Award of RFP 25-16 Fireworks & Drone Light Show for July 4, 2026 
 
H. Replace Existing Court Lighting Fixtures and Add New Pedestrian Lighting at Ingleside Park and Replace 
Existing Court Lighting Fixtures at Heritage Park