2025 10 21 Regular Session Packet

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ATHENS CITY COUNCIL  
MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION  
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 
 
 
 
 
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D. Mid-East Tennessee Community Chorus (METCC) Funding Request. 
 
Councilmember Pelley moved to approve $5,000 funding request from METCC to be paid 
from the General Fund; seconded by Vice Mayor Curtis. 
 
PASSED 
Roll call vote:  
YEAS: Duggan, Pelley, Sherlin, Curtis, Eaton 
NAYS: None 
ABSTAIN: Sherlin 
 
E. RFB 25-13: Bid Award for ARP Stormwater Grant Construction Project. 
 
Vice Mayor Curtis moved to award the bid to the lowest bidder Wilson Construction 
Group, LLC; seconded by Councilmember Pelley.  
 
PASSED 
Roll call vote:  
YEAS: Duggan, Pelley, Sherlin, Curtis, Eaton 
NAYS: None 
 
F. Consent Item H moved to New Business:  
Appoint Abby Burke Carroll to the Council Advisory Board as Councilmember Pelley’s 
appointee.  
 
Councilmember Pelley moved to approve appointment of Abby Burke Carroll to the 
Council Advisory Committee; seconded by Vice Mayor Curtis.  
 
FAILED 
Roll call vote:  
YEAS: Pelley, Curtis 
NAYS: Duggan, Sherlin, Eaton 
 
G. Consent Item I moved to New Business:  
Reappoint Frances Witt-McMahan to the Athens Municipal Regional Planning Commission. 
 
Vice Mayor Curtis moved to approve reappointment of Frances Witt-McMahan to the 
AMRPC; seconded by Councilmember Sherlin. 
 
PASSED 
Roll call vote:  
YEAS: Duggan, Sherlin, Curtis, Eaton 
NAYS: Pelley 
 
H. Councilmember Pelley moved to authorize additional arbitration to address a settlement 
between the City of Athens and Glenn Whiting. Councilmember Sherlin seconded the 
motion. 
 
FAILED 
Roll call vote:  
YEAS: Pelley 
NAYS: Duggan, Curtis, Eaton 
ABSTAIN: Sherlin 
 
I. Councilmember Pelley moved to discuss  the ruling by t he Chancellor that found that the 
City's failure to produce the requested documents in a timely fashion was willful  regarding 
Glenn Whiting v. City of Athens, Tennessee McMinn County Chancery Court No. 2024-cv-
334. The motion failed for lack of a second. 
 
 
 
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