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Fire Protection 
Fire protection for the residents of the City of Athens is  provided by the Athens Fire Department.  The 
City of Athens enjoys an ISO rating class of 02/02X and is served by two (2) stations.  The area classified 
as a 02X basically receives the rates of a class 8 because there are no hydrants within 1000 feet of the 
developable areas and city’s fleet does not have a water tanker.  These ISO rating allows those 
residents of Athen s to receive discounted fire insurance pre miums.  Station number one (1) is  
stationed at the Athens Municipal Building, 815 N. Jackson Stree t, and  station number two (2) is 
stationed at 804 South Congress Parkway.  The Athens Fire Department is currently staffed by twenty-
one (21) full-time fire fighters, and sixteen (16) volunteer fire fighters.      
 
Public Works Department Streets  
Public Works Depart ment, the City’s largest service department, inclu des the following divisions: 
sanitation, streets, fleet  maintenance, animal Shelter, and administration.  The st reets division is 
divided into four (4) sections: Street Const ruction, Street Maintenance, Street Cleaning, and Traffic 
Control.  The streets division is  responsible for the r epair and maintenance of approximately 86 miles 
of thoroughfares w ithin the co rporate limits of Ath ens, of the 86 miles approximately 22 miles are 
State and/or Federal Highways that are maintained by the State of Tennessee.  
 
Solid Waste Collection 
The City of Ath ens provides solid waste collection to residential, indust rial, and commercial properties 
within the corporate limits of Athen s.  The City of Athens currently charges $9.50 per  month for 
residential customer solid waste collec tion.  The rate for solid waste collection of commercial property 
is determined by box s ize and the number of times per w eek the container is dumped.  Solid  waste 
collection of Commercial property is dumped  once (1) per week with the rate based on box size  as 
follows: 4 cubic yards-$44, 6 cubic yards -$66, and 8 cubic yards -$88.  If businesses share a dumpster, 
the cost is fr om $9.50 to $28.50 a month.  Solid waste collection of Industrial property is dumped once 
(1) per week with the rate based on box size a s follows: 4 cubic yards-$54, 6 cubic yards -$88, and 8 
cubic yards-$108.   
 
Street Lighting 
The City of Athens curre ntly provides street lighting along city maintained/local str eets within the 
corporate limits, as well as, for residential, commercial, and industrial establishments.  Th e city pays 
Athens Utilities Board (AUB) a fee based on th e size and type of streetlight and rolls these charges into 
an investment charge for street lighting facilities that meet TDOT standards.  
 
Security Lighting 
AUB offers security lighting for private property of customers both inside and outside the city li mits.   
There is no difference in security light charges with reference to inside/outside city limits.  Therefore, 
security lighting is not an applicable cost within th e framework o f an annexation c ost-of-service 
study. 
 
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