2025 3 18 Regular Session Agenda website 1

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OF GRANT APPLICATION THROUGH 
THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY SAFETY OFFICE (THSO) 
 
F. Approve Resolution 2025-06  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF ATHENS, TENNESSEE  
TO APPLY FOR THE 2025 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FOR TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN 
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON N. JACKSON ST., N. WHITE ST. AND IMPROVEMENTS TO KNIGHT PARK  
 
G. Approve Resolution 2025-07  
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF ATHENS  
SAFETY ACTION PLAN AND ITS SAFETY TARGETS 
 
H. Approve Resolution 2025-08  
A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING APRIL AS 
FAIR HOUSING MONTH IN THE CITY OF ATHENS 
 
I. Approve Resolution 2025-09 
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF ATHENS TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FROM THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT 
OF TRANSPORATION  
TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM (TSMP) 
 
J. Approve Contribution of $650,000 from reserve funds to the Pension Trust Fund 
 
IX. ORDINANCES 
A. Second Reading, Public Hearing, and Adoption of Ordinance 1137 
Recodification of Athens City Code 
                    ORDINANCE NO. 1137: 
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF ATHENS, TENNESSEE; PROVIDING FOR 
THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION 
THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND 
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. 
 
B. Second Reading, Public Hearing, and Adoption of Ordinance 1138  
Updating the City’s MS4 Stormwater Ordinance for Compliance 
                    ORDINANCE NO. 1138: 
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 14 ENTITLED ‘ZONING AND LAND USE CONTROL’ BY AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF 
THE ATHENS MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.                          
 
X. OLD BUSINESS 
 
A. Discussion of City Hall  
 
XI. NEW BUSINESS 
 
A. Bid Award for RFB 25-03 of Mowing and Maintenance of City Parks and Other Properties 
Including Alternate #1 (Adding Regional Park)  
Huggins Lawn Care - $2,950 per cut for 29 properties 
 
 
B. Cost Sharing with the Athens City Board of Education to Acquire and Install a New Playground 
Approximate city share - $35,000 
 
C. Discussion of Contributing $1,000,000 to the Athens City Board of Education for Westside 
School Improvements and cancelling the 1984 Funding Agreement