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NPUENS CHES COUNCIL
VEESETES OF REGUL AK SESSION

Puesdiay, April 15, 2025

OLD BUSINESS

A. Discussion of City Hall

Vice Mayor Curtis moved to authorize the City Manager to engage architects Allen &
Hoshall to design plans and refined cost estimates for an Annex and Renovation to the

current City Hall as described by the City Manager; Mayor Eaton seconded.

Discussion:

Councilmember Pelley expressed a desire to continue the discussion at future meetings
and supported moving the Parks and Recreation Department to Athens Regional Park.
Vice Mayor Curtis stated that the matter has been under discussion for years, costs are
increasing, and utilizing the existing site is the most practical approach.
Councilmember Sherlin agreed that the issue has been discussed extensively but
requested more specific project details before engaging architects for preliminary design
and cost estimation.

Councilmember Duggan requested that firm dates be set for further discussions, should
they be necessary.

Mayor Eaton noted that hiring an architect is the logical next step to enable productive
future discussion.

Councilmember Duggan moved to amend the original motion to include scheduling two
called planning sessions within the next four weeks. He later withdrew the motion.

Councilmember Sherlin moved to postpone the discussion until the May Work Session and
to schedule additional planning sessions before proceeding with contracting an architect.
Councilmember Pelley seconded the motion.

Motion to postpone was approved.
Roll call vote:

YEAS: Pelley, Sherlin
NAYS: Curtis, Eaton
ABSTAIN: Duggan

Vice Mayor Curtis called the question on the original motion; Mayor Eaton seconded.

Vote on Motion to Call the Question:
The motion failed to receive the required two-thirds vote, and discussion resumed.

Roll call vote:

YEAS: Duggan, Curtis, Eaton
NAYS: Pelley, Sherlin

Original motion approved.
Roll call vote:

YEAS: Duggan, Curtis, Eaton
NAYS: Pelley, Sherlin