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2023-03-06 · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Deny Glenda Faye Wilson's length-to-width variance requestPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Deny Glenda Faye Wilson's length-to-width variance request.

Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.

Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by John Proffitt.

Minutes PDF · page 2 · Minutes PDF · page 3

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Deny the Glenda Faye Wilson final platPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Deny the Glenda Faye Wilson final plat.

Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.

Moved by Jordan Curtis; seconded by John Proffitt.

Minutes PDF · page 3

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2023-02-21 · City Council · Regular session

Approve the January 17 and January 23 meeting minutesCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved the January 17 regular-meeting and January 23 called-meeting minutes.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Approve revised study-session guidelinesCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved changes to the study-session guidelines.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 4

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Authorize settlement of Eaton v. City of AthensCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council authorized the interim city manager to resolve Eaton v. City of Athens while accounting for insurance proceeds.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Abstain
  • Pelley: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 4 · Minutes PDF · page 5

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Fund the purchasing assistant positionCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council funded the purchasing assistant position and removed funding for the assistant to the city manager for the rest of FY2023.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Approve the February 21 consent agendaCity Council · PASSED — consent agenda

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved five consent-agenda items covering surplus dumpsters, a fee schedule amendment, and board appointments.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 1 · Minutes PDF · page 2

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Purchase Cook Park playground equipmentCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved purchasing Cook Park playground equipment for $28,217.83.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Council replaces contractor award with Wilson ConstructionCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council rejected the Robert Roberts award and approved Wilson Construction for $2,459,000 covering the base bid and Alternate 1. The supporting memo identifies $2,254,000 as Wilson's base bid and $205,000 as the Humane Society-funded clinic alternate. This supersedes the earlier award; it should not be added to it. AYES: Curtis, Witt-McMahan, Eaton, Sherlin. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Pelley.

  • Curtis: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Pelley: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 3 · Minutes PDF · page 16

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Appoint Burkett Witt as an honorary advisory committee memberCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council appointed Dr. Burkett Witt as a lifetime honorary voting member of the Council Advisory Committee.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Award the animal shelter contract to Wilson ConstructionCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council rejected Robert Roberts LLC's animal-shelter bid and accepted Wilson Construction's $2,459,000 base bid and Alternate 1.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 2 · Minutes PDF · page 3

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Align advisory committee terms with appointing councilmembersCity Council · FAILED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Make Council Advisory Committee terms coincide with the terms of the councilmembers who appointed them, effective immediately.

Inferred from the recorded yes/no votes using a simple-majority assumption; ties fail. The minutes do not state the outcome. Any special voting threshold has not been verified.

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  • Eaton: Yea
  • Sherlin: Abstain
  • Curtis: Nay
  • Witt-McMahan: Nay
  • Pelley: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 3 · Minutes PDF · page 4

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2023-02-15 · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting

Approve November 28, 2022 meeting minutesSister Cities Committee · PASSED

Meeting: · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting

Approve the November 28, 2022 meeting minutes.

Motion carried; vote details not listed

Moved by Dick Pelley; seconded by Becky Simpson.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Fund two Chinzei Gakuin excursion mealsSister Cities Committee · PASSED

Meeting: · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting

Provide $1,200 for two meals during outside excursions for the 2023 Chinzei Gakuin visit.

Motion carried; vote details not listed

Moved by Lindsey Ferguson; seconded by Becky Simpson.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Request additional student-exchange fundingSister Cities Committee · PASSED

Meeting: · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting

Request that the Athens Parks Foundation ask McMinn County for a donation to Sister Cities.

Motion carried; vote details not listed

Moved by Mike Keith; seconded by Lindsey Ferguson.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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2023-02-06 · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Approve January 3, 2023 regular meeting minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Approve January 3, 2023 regular meeting minutes.

Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.

Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Sam Stephens.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Approve January 30, 2023 work session minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Approve January 30, 2023 work session minutes.

Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.

Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Sam Stephens.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Approve November 28, 2022 work session minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Approve November 28, 2022 work session minutes.

Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.

Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Sam Stephens.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Approve the Athens MHP LLC final platPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Approve the Athens MHP LLC final plat.

Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.

Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Jordan Curtis.

Minutes PDF · page 2

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Approve the Bell Chase Phase II final platPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Approve the Bell Chase Phase II final plat.

Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.

Moved by Sam Stephens; seconded by Janice Hardaway.

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Approve the L. Mark Workman DVM final platPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Approve the L. Mark Workman DVM final plat.

Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.

Moved by Jordan Curtis; seconded by Eric Newberry.

Minutes PDF · page 2

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Deny the Shoppes on Decatur Pike final platPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Deny the Shoppes on Decatur Pike final plat.

Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.

Moved by Janice Hardaway; seconded by Jordan Curtis.

Minutes PDF · page 3

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2023-02-02 · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting

Approve January 5, 2023 meeting minutesHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting

Approve the January 5 meeting minutes.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Laura Lenoir; seconded by Jona Garrett.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Ratify replacement gutters at 410 Ingleside AvenueHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting

Ratify replacement of deteriorated white metal gutters.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Jona Garrett; seconded by Laura Lenoir.

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Ratify replacement porch at 410 Ingleside AvenueHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting

Ratify replacement of the back porch.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Jordan Curtis; seconded by Laura Lenoir.

Minutes PDF · page 2

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2023-01-23 · City Council · Called session

Negotiate Stephen Hatchett's payment agreementCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council authorized the mayor and interim city manager to discuss a payment agreement with incoming City Attorney Stephen Hatchett based on his proposal.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 2

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Appoint Stephen Hatchett as city attorneyCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council appointed Stephen Hatchett as city attorney.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 1 · Minutes PDF · page 2

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2023-01-17 · City Council · Regular session

Approve the December 20 meeting minutesCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved the December 20, 2022 regular-meeting minutes.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Postpone the Retail Strategies renewal decisionCity Council · FAILED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council rejected postponing the Retail Strategies contract-renewal decision.

  • Curtis: Yea
  • Sherlin: Nay
  • Eaton: Nay
  • Pelley: Nay
  • Witt-McMahan: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 2 · Minutes PDF · page 3

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Approve the January 17 consent agendaCity Council · PASSED — consent agenda

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved five consent-agenda items covering grants, Flood Awareness Week, a quitclaim deed, cemetery trustee services, and the financial audit.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Curtis: Abstain
  • Witt-McMahan: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 1 · Minutes PDF · page 2

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Decline to renew the Retail Strategies contractCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council voted not to renew the professional retail-development consulting agreement with Retail Strategies LLC.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Curtis: Nay
  • Witt-McMahan: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Amend the order of business for council meetingsCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved Ordinance 1115 on second and final reading, changing the order of business for regular council meetings.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 2

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Join the MTAS retail recruitment programCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved joining MTAS retail recruitment for $5,000 per year in nonbinding dues.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Replace the city government logoCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved replacing the displayed city government logo with the redesigned official city logo.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Eaton: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Curtis: Nay
  • Witt-McMahan: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 3

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2023-01-05 · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting

Approve November 3, 2022 minutesHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting

Approve the November 3, 2022 regular-meeting minutes.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Laura Lenoir; seconded by Timberly Guffey.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Elect Laura Lenoir as vice chairHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting

Elect Laura Lenoir as vice chairperson.

All in favor; individual votes not listed

Moved by Jona Garrett.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Elect Timberly Guffey as secretaryHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting

Elect Timberly Guffey as secretary.

All in favor; individual votes not listed

Moved by Laura Lenoir.

Minutes PDF · page 2

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Elect Will Houston as chairHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting

Elect Will Houston as chairperson.

All in favor; individual votes not listed

Moved by Laura Lenoir; seconded by Jona Garrett.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Ratify roof replacement at 500 East Madison AvenueHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting

Ratify the certificate of appropriateness for replacing the rear flat roof at 500 East Madison Avenue with white rubber roofing that is not visible from the road.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Jona Garrett; seconded by Timberly Guffey.

Minutes PDF · page 2

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2023-01-03 · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

Approve the December 27, 2022 work-session minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

The commission approved the December 27, 2022 work-session.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Janice Hardaway.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Approve the December 5, 2022 regular-meeting minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

The commission approved the December 5, 2022 regular-meeting.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Janice Hardaway.

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Approve the Heritage Park Development PlanPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

The commission approved the Heritage Park Development Plan as presented.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Jordan Curtis; seconded by John Proffitt.

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Approve the Pryor final platPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

The commission approved the Pryor three-lot final plat on County Roads 132 and 138.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Sam Stephens.

Minutes PDF · page 2

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Deny the Athens MHP final platPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

The commission denied the Athens MHP LLC plat because required signatures were incomplete.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by John Proffitt.

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Elect Janice Hardaway as secretaryPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

The commission elected Janice Hardaway as secretary.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by John Proffitt; seconded by Jordan Curtis.

Minutes PDF · page 2

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Elect Jona Garrett as chairpersonPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

The commission reelected Jona Garrett as chairperson.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Janice Hardaway.

Minutes PDF · page 1 · Minutes PDF · page 2

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Elect Sam Stephens as vice-chairpersonPlanning Commission · PASSED

Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting

The commission elected Sam Stephens as vice-chairperson.

Unanimous; individual votes not listed

Moved by Janice Hardaway; seconded by Frances Witt-McMahan.

Minutes PDF · page 2

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2022-12-20 · City Council · Regular session

Approve the November 14, November 15, and December 6 minutesCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved the November 14 called-meeting, November 15 regular-meeting, and December 6 called-meeting minutes.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Eaton: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Council approves initial Robert Roberts bidCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council

Council approved Robert Roberts LLC's $2,106,003 base bid and $154,716 Alternate 1 for the shelter and adoption center. The minutes state that McMinn Regional Humane Society would fund Alternate 1. The combined $2,260,719 award is contract authority, not expenditure or final cost. AYES: Curtis, Pelley, Witt-McMahan, Sherlin. NAYS: None. ABSENT: Eaton.

  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Eaton: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 5

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Move the Retail Strategies discussion to the January study sessionCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council moved discussion of the Retail Strategies contract to the January 9, 2023 study session.

  • Sherlin: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 2

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This collection is not a complete voting record. An agenda item alone does not establish approval.