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No. 
 
Program/Cost/Funding Source 
Responsible 
Party 
 
Status 
Parks & Recreation Department (continued)  
27 Acquire trailer, bushhog, air compressor, paint 
machine, chalk machine, bases, new tables for Cook 
Park, pitching screens, and park signage per the 
city’s sign design standards.  
Parks & Rec. 
Director 
All items have been delivered except 
for park signage.  
28 Acquire a replacement slide for Ingleside Pool, 
$6,000. 
Parks & Rec. 
Director 
 
29 Acquire a replacement pick -up truck using Fleet 
Management Funds, $40,000. 
Parks & Rec. 
Director 
 
30 Perform general repairs and cleaning to the SE TN 
Trade & Conference Center, $125,000. 
Parks & Rec. 
Director 
 
31 Acquire floor cleaning machine and replacement 
tables for the SE TN Trade & Conference Center, 
$12,500.  
Parks & Rec. 
Director 
 
32 Obtain cost estimates/wording /location for 
Revolutionary War, WWI, and WWII memorials for 
Veterans Park.  
Parks & Rec. 
Director 
On July 7, 2025 work session for 
consideration and approved on July 
15, 2025 regular session. Memorials 
installed during Oct. 2025.  
Completed.  
33 Install new park benches on Cook Drive (3), 
Veterans Park (7), and Ingleside Park (3), $15,000. 
Parks & Rec. 
Director 
On July 7, 2025 work session for 
consideration and approved on July 
15, 2025 regular session. All concrete 
poured and 13 benches have been 
installed.  Completed.  
Police Department 
34 Acquire five new police vehicles using Fleet 
Management Funds, $400,000. 
Police Chief On July 7, 2025 work session for 
consideration and approved on July 
15, 2025  regular session.  3 vehicles 
delivered and in service, waiting for 
delivery of the other 2.  
35 Acquire the equipment needed for the five new 
police cars ($80,000) and acquire new in -vehicle 
printers ($24,000).  
Police Chief See #34 above.  
36 Acquire 360-degree crime scene scanner using Drug 
Funds, $18,000. 
Police Chief Completed.  
37 Determine feasibility of constructing a firing range 
or having a contract with the local gun club’s range. 
Police Chief Under consideration.  
Public Works Department 
38 Prepare design and construction drawings to connect 
and pave View Street using Capital Improvement 
Funds, $305,000. 
 
 
 
 
 
Public Works 
Director / Project 
Manager 
Proposal from Gresham Smith 
Engineers to design/prepare 
construction drawings on July 7, 2025 
work session for consideration and 
approved on July 15, 2025 regular 
session. NTP issued on July 18, 2025. 
Will bid with N. Jackson Street paving 
in late 2025 and completion during 
Spring 2026.  
 
 
 
 
 
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