2025 8 19 Work Session Packet website

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ATHENS CITY COUNCIL  
MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION 
The Athens City Council met in regular  session on Tuesday , July 15, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the 
Athens City Hall Council Chambers with Mayor Eaton presiding. Councilmember Duggan led the 
invocation. Councilmember Pelley led the Pledge of Allegiance. 
Roll call: 
PRESENT: Duggan, Pelley, Sherlin, Curtis, Eaton 
ABSENT: None 
The following decisions were made and ordered to be part of the records of the Athens City Council. 
AP
PROVAL OF MINUTES 
V
ice Mayor Curtis moved to approve the minutes of Tuesday, June 17, 2025  – Regular 
Session; Councilmember Duggan seconded.  
APPROVED 
Roll call vote: 
YEAS: Duggan, Pelley, Sherlin, Curtis, Eaton 
NAYS:  
CO
MMUNICATIONS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 
A. The VIVID Award honoring the late Randy Sliger was postponed until August 19, 2025.
C
ITIZEN’S COMMENTS GERMANE TO THE AGENDA 
• J
oseph Latner – Commented on his support for installing turf fields  at Athens Regional Park
on behalf of the parents of the children participating in the little league program.
• Ronnie Starr – Commented on his support for the ar tificial turf at Athens Regional Park and
noted that the splash pad at Cook Park has not been on the Recreation Advisory Board agenda.
• Glenn Whiting - Commented on veteran banners at Veterans Park.
CO
NSENT AGENDA 
A. Approve Purchase of Needed Property for the ARP Funded Stormwater Project and
Resolution No. 2025-17.
B. Approve Proposal from Gresham Smith Engineers to Design and Prepare Construction
Drawings to Connect View Street.
C. Approve Proposal to Purchase IT Equipment and Services to Update/Refresh the City’s
Information Technology Infrastructure.
D. Approve Proposal from Kimley Horn to Build Upon the Previously Prepared Downtown
Master Plan by Preparing Schematic Designs, Developing a Pattern Book, and Refining
Priorities/Phases.
E. Approve Proposal to Add Three Additional Monuments at Veterans Park.
F. Approve School Resource Officer (SRO) Program Grant Application and Resolution 2025-
18.
G. Approve Acquisition of Five New Vehicles for the Police Department from the Fleet
Management Fund, Surplus of Assets #4068 and #4325 and Resolution 2025-19.
H. Approve Acquisition of Two Replacement Vehicles for the Public Works Department from
the Fleet Management Fund, Surplus of Assets #4307 and #4471 and Resolution 2025-19.
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