2023 01 23 Minutes Called Meeting

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ATHENS CITY COUNCIL 
MINUTES OF MEETING 
January 23, 2023 
 
 
The Athens City Council met in called session on January 23, 2023 , at 5:00 p.m. with Mayor 
Sherlin presiding.  The invocation was given by Vice Mayor Eaton and upon roll call the 
following members were present: 
 
 Curtis, Pelley, Witt-McMahan, Eaton, Sherlin 
 
The following decision was made and ordered made a part of the records of the Athens City 
Council.  
 
The purpose of the meeting, as issued in the “Notic e of Called Meeting” dated  January 18, 
2023, was read and made a part of these minutes: 
 
NOTICE OF SPECIAL CALLED MEETING 
 
There will be a called meeting of the Athens City Council at the Athens Municipal Building 
Conference Room located at 815 N. Jackson Street, Athens, Tennessee, commencing at 5:00 
p.m. on Monday, January 23, 2023. 
 
The purpose of this meeting is to: 
1. Interview candidates for the position of City Attorney. 
2. Select a candidate for the position of City Attorney and approve any 
agreement, if necessary for the position.  
 
Any interested citizen is invited to be present.  
 
 
/s/ _______________________________ 
 Steven S. Sherlin, Mayor 
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NEW BUSINESS 
 
INTERVIEW CANDIDATES AND MAKE A SELECTION FOR THE POSITION OF CITY ATTORNEY  
 
Mayor Sherlin opened the meeting by stating there were three candidates being interviewed 
for the position of City Attorney.  He stated that each council member would be given the 
opportunity to ask questions of the candidates and that they would begin  with Council 
Member Witt-McMahan to his far right and continue to the next council member until each 
one had asked all desired questions.  The first candidate interviewed was Rita Roberts-Turner 
with the firm of Klein Solomon Mills, PLLC in Nashville.  The next candidate interviewed was 
Andrew Bateman of Rogers Sauceman, PLLC located in Athens followed by Stephen Hatchett,