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June 21, 2022
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Vice Mayor Lockmiller moved, Council Member Pelley seconded, to remove the Communications
Coordinator position from the budget. Vice Mayor Lockmiller stated he did not feel now was the right
time to be paying that extra salary and he did not feel it was a major need at this time. Council Member
Witt-McMahan felt that based on tonight’s discussion she agreed that they could wait on funding this
position. Council Member Curtis stated that the majority of the funding for this position is coming from
people traveling through our community, staying at our hotels, and leaving a few dollars behind. This is
the most prudent use of funds that we know are going to be recurring and that are designated for a
specific purpose, the people. Funding a person through the use of lodging tax revenue to promote our
City and grow our brand was a valuable investment. Council Member Witt-McMahan did not realize that
these funds could not be used to provide more support for the current employees. If those funds could
not be used to support current employees, then she would consider supporting the Communications
Coordinator position but would like to discuss other uses of the lodging tax funds. Upon conclusion of the
discussion, the amendment failed by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Pelley, Lockmiller
NAYS: Curtis, Witt-McMahan, Perkinson

Council Member Pelley moved to table the second reading of the budget. City Manager Sumner advised
that a motion to table was not appropriate as the discussion must be picked up later in that meeting and
could not be used if you were tabling the motion for another meeting. Council Member Pelley moved to
lay on the table the second reading of the budget ordinance. The motion died for lack of a second.
Council Member Witt-McMahan moved, Council Member Pelley seconded, to remove the $375,000
funding for pickleball courts from the capital budget. Council Member Witt-McMahan stated she was
not against pickleball but felt there were better uses of the money at this time. Mayor Perkinson noted
the Recreation Advisory Committee recommended approval of the pickleball courts as part of the City’s
recreation program. Roll call vote:

AYES: Pelley, Witt-McMahan
NAYS: Curtis, Lockmiller, Perkinson

After the discussion, the motion to approve Ordinance No. 1109 as amended was approved by the
following roll call vote:

AYES: Curtis, Witt-McMahan, Lockmiller Perkinson
NAYS: Pelley

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ADOPTION OF MCMINN COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN

RESOLUTION NO. 2022-15
A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE MCMINN COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

The recording clerk read the caption of Resolution No. 2022-15. Council Member Pelley moved, Council
Member Witt-McMahan seconded, to approve Resolution No. 2022-15. Roll call vote:

AYES: Curtis, Pelley, Witt-McMahan, Lockmiller, Perkinson
NAYS: None

ADOPTION OF STRATEGIC PLAN

Council Member Curtis moved, Council Member Witt-McMahan seconded, to adopt the Strategic Plan
as submitted. City Manager Sumner commented that the City has engaged with over 500 citizens, staff,
and committee members across our community over the past year to help build this document and to
help give us guardrails for the future, where our priorities need to be. It sets the path for the next 20