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2022-12-20 · City Council · Regular session

Appoint Moises Contreras as a city manager search alternateCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council appointed Moises Contreras as an alternate to the City Manager Search Committee.

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

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Appoint Shane Sewell as a city manager search alternateCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council appointed Shane Sewell as an alternate to the City Manager Search Committee.

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

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Change the order of business for council meetingsCity Council · PASSED — first reading

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved Ordinance 1115 on first reading, moving citizen requests to follow communications and special presentations.

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

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Approve the animal shelter base bid and Alternate 1City Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved Robert Roberts LLC's $2,106,003 base bid and $154,716 Alternate 1 for the Larry Dean Wallace Sr. Animal Shelter and Adoption Center.

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

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Postpone the city seal redesignCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council postponed the city seal redesign discussion to the January 9, 2023 study session.

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

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Add a third city manager search alternateCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council expanded the City Manager Search Committee alternate roster from two members to three.

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

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Appoint Robert Long as a city manager search alternateCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council appointed Robert Long as an alternate to the City Manager Search Committee.

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

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Approve the amended December 20 consent agendaCity Council · PASSED — consent agenda

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved six consent items after correcting Resolution 2022-35 and its statutory citation.

The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.

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

Minutes PDF · page 1 · Minutes PDF · page 2

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Rescind the City Council Code of ProfessionalismCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved Resolution 2022-38 rescinding the Athens City Council Code of Professionalism.

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

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2022-12-06 · City Council · Called session

Create the City Manager Search CommitteeCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council created a five-member City Manager Search Committee with two alternates and specified its appointment and recommendation process.

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

Minutes PDF · page 1 · Minutes PDF · page 2

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2022-11-15 · City Council · Regular session

Approve the October 18 meeting minutesCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved the October 18, 2022 regular-meeting minutes.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Approve the November 15 consent agendaCity Council · PASSED — consent agenda

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved eleven consent-agenda items covering contracts, purchases, grants, property, infrastructure, ARPA funding, and a school budget amendment.

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

Minutes PDF · page 2 · Minutes PDF · page 3

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End the City Attorney’s contract at the close of the meetingCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

End the City Attorney’s contract at the close of the meeting.

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

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Council names animal shelter building for Larry Dean WallaceCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved Resolution 2022-33 naming the Animal Shelter Building for Larry Dean Wallace. This is a nonfinancial milestone and does not prove construction completion.

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

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Elect Larry Eaton as vice mayorCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council elected Larry Eaton as vice mayor.

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

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Rezone Dupitt Street property for high-density residential useCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved Ordinance 1113 on second and final reading, rezoning Dupitt Street property from Intensive Business to High Density Residential.

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

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Rezone Denso Drive property for high-density residential useCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved Ordinance 1114 on second and final reading, rezoning Denso Drive property from Heavy Industrial to High Density Residential.

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

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Elect Steven Sherlin as mayorCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council elected Steven Sherlin as mayor.

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

Minutes PDF · page 1 · Minutes PDF · page 2

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Postpone the Retail Strategies renewal discussionCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council postponed discussion of the Retail Strategies contract renewal to the December 12 work session.

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

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Postpone the proposed three-percent pay increasesCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council postponed discussion of the proposed three-percent pay and pay-range increases to the December 12 work session.

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

Minutes PDF · page 3 · Minutes PDF · page 4

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Route council information requests through the city managerCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council required council personnel to route information requests through the city manager.

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

Minutes PDF · page 4

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Appoint Bill Buckley as interim city attorneyCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council appointed Bill Buckley as interim city attorney for up to three months.

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

Minutes PDF · page 4

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Livestream council meetings and study sessionsCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved livestreaming all City Council meetings and study sessions on Facebook.

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

Minutes PDF · page 4

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Name the animal shelter for Larry Dean WallaceCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved Resolution 2022-33 naming the animal shelter building for Larry Dean Wallace.

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

Minutes PDF · page 3

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2022-11-14 · City Council · Called session

Approve the City Manager separation agreementCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Approve the City Manager separation agreement.

The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.

  • Curtis: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Pelley: Nay

Minutes PDF · page 1

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End debate on City Manager Sumner's separation agreementCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Call the question on accepting City Manager Sumner's proposed separation agreement with the city attorney's changes and a November 15 lump-sum payment.

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.

The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.

  • Curtis: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Pelley: Nay

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Appoint Mike Keith as interim city managerCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

After a tabling motion died for lack of a second, the recorded roll call approved appointing Mike Keith as interim city manager at the current city manager's pay rate.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 1 · Minutes PDF · page 2

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2022-10-18 · City Council · Regular session

Approve the September 22 meeting minutesCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved the September 22, 2022 meeting minutes.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Suspend the rules to hear Councilmember Pelley’s motionCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Suspend the rules to hear Councilmember Pelley’s motion.

The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.

  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Curtis: Nay

Minutes PDF · page 4

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Postpone opening Athens Regional Park on July 4, 2023City Council · FAILED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council rejected postponing the motion to open Athens Regional Park to the entire public on July 4, 2023.

  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Nay
  • Lockmiller: Nay
  • Pelley: Nay

Minutes PDF · page 4

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Keep the planning commission appointment on the consent agendaCity Council · FAILED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council rejected removing the planning commission appointment from the consent agenda for a separate vote.

  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Nay
  • Perkinson: Nay
  • Curtis: Nay

Minutes PDF · page 1 · Minutes PDF · page 2

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Approve the October 18 consent agendaCity Council · PASSED — consent agenda

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved six consent-agenda items covering an appointment, surplus equipment, service extension, and environmental and transportation grant applications.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Abstain

Minutes PDF · page 2

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Postpone the arts-center capital contributionCity Council · FAILED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council rejected postponing Resolution 2022-29, a $100,000 capital contribution to the Athens Area Council for the Arts.

  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Nay
  • Perkinson: Nay
  • Curtis: Nay

Minutes PDF · page 2 · Minutes PDF · page 3

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Rezone Denso Drive property for intensive business useCity Council · PASSED — first reading

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved Ordinance 1114 on first reading, rezoning Denso Drive property from Heavy Industrial to Intensive Business.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 3 · Minutes PDF · page 4

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Rezone Dupitt Street property for high-density residential useCity Council · PASSED — first reading

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved Ordinance 1113 on first reading, rezoning Dupitt Street property from Intensive Business to High Density Residential.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Change the arts-center contribution funding sourceCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council amended Resolution 2022-29 to fund the contribution from the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund capital-projects line item.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Approve the arts-center capital contribution as amendedCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved Resolution 2022-29 as amended, authorizing a $100,000 capital contribution to the Athens Area Council for the Arts.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Abstain

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Open Athens Regional Park to the public on July 4, 2023City Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved opening Athens Regional Park to the entire public on July 4, 2023.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Curtis: Abstain

Minutes PDF · page 4

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2022-09-22 · City Council · Called session

Approve the August 16 meeting minutesCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council approved the August 16, 2022 regular-meeting minutes.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 1

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Add $40,000 contingency to the fire-tower contractCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council amended the Wilson Construction fire-tower installation contract to include $40,000 in contingency funding.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 4

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Remove the eight-foot sidewalk from the CTI planCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council amended the Campus Transportation Improvements plan to remove the eight-foot sidewalk from Athens City Middle School to Ivy Lane.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Nay

Minutes PDF · page 4

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Appoint Patti Greek to the Athens Utilities BoardCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council appointed Patti Greek to fill Lisa Dotson's Athens Utilities Board vacancy through June 30, 2023.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 4 · Minutes PDF · page 5

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Approve the September 22 consent agendaCity Council · PASSED — consent agenda

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council approved four consent items covering mowing, police vehicles, a school budget amendment, and Heritage Park contingency funding.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 1 · Minutes PDF · page 2

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Appoint Shirley Woodcock to the Athens Utilities BoardCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Appoint Shirley Woodcock to fill Robert Sevigny's Athens Utilities Board vacancy for a term ending June 30, 2026.

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.

The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.

  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Witt-McMahan: Nay

Minutes PDF · page 4

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Proceed to bid for the Public Safety Training FacilityCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council approved proceeding to the bid phase for the Public Safety Training Facility.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 3 · Minutes PDF · page 4

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Take a ten-minute recessCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Take a ten-minute recess.

The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.

  • Curtis: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Pelley: Nay
  • Witt-McMahan: Absent

Minutes PDF · page 3

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Approve the amended Campus Transportation Improvements designCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council approved the Campus Transportation Improvements design and notice to proceed to bid after removing the proposed eight-foot sidewalk.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 4

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Zone County Road 129 property for medium-density residential useCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council approved Ordinance 1111 on second and final reading, zoning annexed County Road 129 property for Medium Density Residential use.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 2 · Minutes PDF · page 3

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Zone Velma Road property for high-density residential useCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Called session

Council approved Ordinance 1112 on second and final reading, zoning annexed Velma Road property for High Density Residential use.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 3

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2022-08-16 · City Council · Regular session

Approve the July 19 meeting minutesCity Council · PASSED

Meeting: · City Council · Regular session

Council approved the July 19, 2022 regular-meeting minutes.

  • Witt-McMahan: Yea
  • Lockmiller: Yea
  • Perkinson: Yea
  • Curtis: Yea
  • Pelley: Yea

Minutes PDF · page 1

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