2025 3 10 Work Session Packet 1

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ATHENS CITY COUNCIL 
WORK SESSION AGENDA 
 
Monday, March 10, 2025, 5:00pm 
 
Athens Municipal Building  
Burkett L. Witt Council Chambers 
 
 
 I. INVOCATION  
  
 II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 
  
 III. DISCUSSION 
  
(1 - 4) A. Purchase of Replacement Leaf Vacuum Machine for the Public Works Dept. 
  
(5 - 9) B. Approval of I-75 Exit 49 Decatur Pike Corridor Traffic Signal Retiming Plan Proposal  
  
(6 - 32) C. Award of RFQ 24-08 for Preliminary Design, Environmental Clearances, and Data 
Collection for Historic Downtown Street Improvements at Five Intersections on 
Green Street 
Kimley Horn & Associates - $127,800 
  
(33 - 39) D. Approval of 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  
  
(40 - 41) E. Approval of Cost Sharing with the Athens City Board of Education to Acquire and 
Install a New Playground  
  
(42 - 48) F. Discussion of Amending the Contract Between the City of Athens and Athens City 
Board of Education Regarding Debt Payments for the New City School Project 
  
(49 - 54) G. Approval of a Memorandum of Agreement Between City of Athens and       
McMinn Regional Humane Society 
  
(55 - 56) H. Approval of Resolution 2025 -05 Authorizing Submission of a Grant Application to 
the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s Tennessee Highway Safety Office 
Resolution 2025-05  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION 
OF GRANT APPLICATION THROUGH 
THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY SAFETY OFFICE (THSO) 
  
(57 - 60) I. Approval of Resolution 2025-06 to Apply for a 2025 Community Development 
Block Grant for Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Improvements on N. Jackson St., N. 
White St., and Improvements to Knight Park 
Resolution 2025-06  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF ATHENS, TENNESSEE  
TO APPLY FOR THE 2025 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)