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2025-10-21 · City Council · Regular session
Approve Decatur Pike rezoning on second readingCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved Ordinance 1144 on second reading, rezoning the specified portion of 2201 Decatur Pike from B-3 to R-2.
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
Approve stormwater code amendments on second readingCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved Ordinance 1145 on second reading, amending Stormwater Management sections 14-128 and 14-130.
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
Remove the city judge’s county-residency requirementCity Council · PASSED — first reading
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved Ordinance 1147 on first reading to remove the requirement that the city judge reside in the county.
- Curtis: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Duggan: Nay
- Eaton: Nay
Approve consent items A, B, C, and ECity Council · PASSED — consent agenda
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council collectively approved Tellico Avenue property disposal, a driver matching grant resolution, recreation fee revisions, and surplus equipment. The electronic gate contract moved to New Business for a separate vote.
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
Update flood-related zoning rules on first readingCity Council · PASSED — first reading
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved Ordinance 1148 on first reading, addressing flood risks and eligibility for the National Flood Insurance Program.
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
Award Athens Wine & Liquor a certificate of complianceCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council awarded the retail-package-store certificate of compliance to the sole applicant, Athens Wine & Liquor, following a public hearing.
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Nay
Award HVAC replacement at Fire Station 2 and City HallCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council awarded RFB 2025-15 to Webb Plumbing, Heating, and Electrical.
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
Authorize mediation with Glenn WhitingCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council authorized the City Manager and City Attorney to participate in mediation with Glenn Whiting and his counsel, with a mutually agreed location and mediator. The earlier motion was withdrawn before this replacement motion.
- Curtis: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Duggan: Abstain
Award the $35,330 Regional Park electronic gate contractCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council awarded the electronic gate bid to Tim’s Fencing for $35,330.
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Pelley: Nay
- Sherlin: Nay
Require inspection certification for relevant city staffCity Council · FAILED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council rejected the first reading of Ordinance 1146, which would require residential and commercial inspection certification for staff acting under the dilapidated-structures chapter.
- Pelley: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Duggan: Nay
- Curtis: Nay
- Eaton: Nay
Adjourn the October 21 meetingCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
The minutes record adjournment at approximately 7:30 p.m., with Pelley, Sherlin, Curtis, and Eaton voting yea. No vote for Duggan is listed in this roll call.
- Curtis: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
2025-10-07 · City Council · Called session
Authorize up to $20,000 to resolve the Whiting caseCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Called session
Council authorized resolution of McMinn Chancery case 2024-cv-334 for no more than $20,000 and execution of the necessary documents.
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
2025-10-06 · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve September 2, 2025 regular meeting minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve September 2, 2025 regular meeting minutes.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by Sam Stephens; seconded by Eric Newberry.
Approve September 29, 2025 work session minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve September 29, 2025 work session minutes.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by John Proffitt.
Approve the Chester Leroy and Regina Brown final platPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve the Chester Leroy and Regina Brown final plat.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Sam Stephens.
Approve the Mesana Investments final platPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve the Mesana Investments final plat.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by John Proffitt; seconded by Frances Witt-McMahan.
Approve the Riverstone Construction preliminary platPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve the Riverstone Construction preliminary plat.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Steve Sherlin.
Recommend the Lee Drive annexation plan of services and R-3 zoningPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Recommend the Lee Drive annexation plan of services and R-3 zoning.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by Frances Witt-McMahan; seconded by Eric Newberry.
2025-10-02 · City Council · Called session
Authorize the city manager’s Japan travelCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Called session
Council approved the City Manager’s October 26–November 1 travel for the SEUS Conference and Isahaya sister-city visit. The recorded roll call is explicitly for the main motion; the separate challenge to the chair has no individual votes in this passage.
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Sherlin: Nay
- Pelley: Nay
2025-09-25 · City Council · Called session
Remove the city-judge residency requirement from the City CodeCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Called session
Establish an ordinance removing the city-judge residency requirement from the City Code to align it with the City Charter.
The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Eaton: Abstain
- Duggan: Abstain
Add a county-residency requirement for the city judge to the CharterCity Council · FAILED
Meeting: · City Council · Called session
Amend the City Charter to require the city judge to reside in McMinn County.
The source mentions a correction. Check the minutes for the corrected record.
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Sherlin: Nay
- Pelley: Nay
- Curtis: Abstain
Continue Derek Green's appointment as city judgeCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Called session
Allow Derek Green to continue his appointment as city judge.
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
Adjourn the meetingCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Called session
Adjourn the special called meeting.
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
2025-09-16 · City Council · Regular session
Approve the August 19 minutesCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved the August 19 regular-session minutes.
- Pelley: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
Amend City Code sections 14-128 and 14-130 on first readingCity Council · PASSED — first reading
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved the first reading of amendments to Title 14, Chapter V, sections 14-128 and 14-130. The minutes do not describe the substantive changes in this passage.
- Pelley: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
Proceed with Fire Station 3 Phase II and bid alternativesCity Council · PASSED — as amended
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved proceeding with Phase II with Wold Architects and Engineers, specifying alternatives during bidding. This roll call belongs to the amended project motion; the preceding motion to end discussion is reported separately without individual votes.
- Pelley: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Nay
Approve consent items A through GCity Council · PASSED — consent agenda
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved the school budget amendment, recreation-office design phase, industrial-park improvements, compensation charter resolution, field-renovation grant application, surplus disposal, and $257,409.15 traffic-signal retiming purchase. The two appointments were moved to New Business for separate votes.
- Pelley: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
Discuss department-head accountabilityCity Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Pelley proposed discussing accountability standards for department heads. The motion received no second.
Moved by Pelley.
Discuss the ruling on delayed public recordsCity Council · FAILED — lack of second
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Pelley proposed discussing the ruling described in the minutes concerning delayed document production in Glenn Whiting v. City of Athens, case 2024-cv-334. The motion received no second.
Moved by Pelley.
Award the ARP stormwater construction contractCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council awarded RFB 25-13 to Wilson Construction Group, LLC, identified as the lowest bidder.
- Pelley: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
Appoint Abby Burke Carroll to the advisory committeeCity Council · FAILED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council rejected Pelley’s proposed appointment of Abby Burke Carroll to the Council Advisory Committee.
- Pelley: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Duggan: Nay
- Sherlin: Nay
- Eaton: Nay
Fire Station #3 Phase II with bid alternativesCity Council · PASSED — as amended
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Vice Mayor Curtis then moved to approve proceeding with Phase II, specifying that various alternatives be offered during the bid process; seconded by Councilmember Pelley.
- Duggan: Yea
- Pelley: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Nay
Reappoint Frances Witt-McMahan to the Planning CommissionCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved Frances Witt-McMahan’s reappointment to the Athens Municipal Regional Planning Commission.
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Pelley: Nay
Authorize additional arbitration with Glenn WhitingCity Council · FAILED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council rejected a motion authorizing additional arbitration to address a settlement between the city and Glenn Whiting.
- Pelley: Yea
- Duggan: Nay
- Curtis: Nay
- Eaton: Nay
- Sherlin: Abstain
Discuss council conduct and ethical standardsCity Council · FAILED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council rejected the motion to discuss the code of conduct and ethical standards for councilmembers.
- Pelley: Yea
- Duggan: Nay
- Curtis: Nay
- Eaton: Nay
- Sherlin: Abstain
Rezone 2201 Decatur Pike on first readingCity Council · PASSED — first reading
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved the first reading to rezone part of parcel 056 009.00 at 2201 Decatur Pike from B-3 to R-2.
- Pelley: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
Provide $5,000 for the community chorusCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council approved $5,000 from the General Fund for the Mid-East Tennessee Community Chorus.
- Pelley: Yea
- Duggan: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
- Sherlin: Abstain
Adjourn the September 16 meetingCity Council · PASSED
Meeting: · City Council · Regular session
Council voted to adjourn. Four members are listed as voting yea; the minutes state that Duggan had left the room during citizens’ comments.
- Pelley: Yea
- Curtis: Yea
- Sherlin: Yea
- Eaton: Yea
2025-09-10 · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting
Approve August 13, 2025 meeting minutesSister Cities Committee · PASSED
Meeting: · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting
Approve the August 13, 2025 meeting minutes.
Motion carried; vote details not listed
Moved by Joe Barnett; seconded by Randy Dowling.
Approve board-term amendmentsSister Cities Committee · PASSED
Meeting: · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting
Approve the proposed amendments to the board-of-directors terms.
Motion carried; vote details not listed
Moved by Sandra Kinney; seconded by Randy Dowling.
Purchase departing-member gift cardsSister Cities Committee · PASSED
Meeting: · Sister Cities Committee · Committee meeting
Purchase a $100 gift card for Ersa Henry and a $300 gift card for Victoria White in recognition of their service.
Motion carried; vote details not listed
Moved by Larry Eaton; seconded by Randy Dowling.
2025-09-04 · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting
Approve corrected August 7, 2025 meeting minutesHistoric Preservation Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Historic Preservation Commission · Regular meeting
Approve the August 7 minutes after removing two incorrectly listed attendees.
Unanimous; individual votes not listed
Moved by Laura Lenoir; seconded by Jona Garrett.
2025-09-02 · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve August 25, 2025 work session minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve August 25, 2025 work session minutes.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Jordan Curtis.
Approve July 28, 2025 work session minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve July 28, 2025 work session minutes.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by Sam Stephens; seconded by John Proffitt.
Approve July 7, 2025 regular meeting minutesPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve July 7, 2025 regular meeting minutes.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by Sam Stephens; seconded by John Proffitt.
Approve the Christian and Cayla Medders final plat reconfiguring four lots into twoPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Approve the Christian and Cayla Medders final plat reconfiguring four lots into two.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by John Proffitt; seconded by Sam Stephens.
Deny the Mesana Investments final platPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Deny the Mesana Investments final plat.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Jordan Curtis.
Recommend rezoning 2201 Decatur Pike from B-3 to R-2Planning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Recommend rezoning 2201 Decatur Pike from B-3 to R-2.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by Sam Stephens; seconded by Eric Newberry.
Release the Lee Drive annexation plan of services for public reviewPlanning Commission · PASSED
Meeting: · Planning Commission · Planning Commission meeting
Release the Lee Drive annexation plan of services for public review.
Unanimous; individual votes are not listed.
Moved by Eric Newberry; seconded by Jordan Curtis.
2025-08-27 · Board of Zoning Appeals · Board meeting
Preliminarily approve the Lee Drive residential developmentBoard of Zoning Appeals · PASSED
Meeting: · Board of Zoning Appeals · Board meeting
The board unanimously granted preliminary use-on-review approval for a residential planned unit development on the 19.85-acre city portion of Tax Map 047K Group A Parcel 022.00 on Lee Drive.
Unanimous; individual votes not listed
This collection is not a complete voting record. An agenda item alone does not establish approval.