September 12, 2022

September 12, 2022 - New Departments, Job Postings, and More

GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS

• The mayor has appointed Carmen Davis as Director of the city’s new Division of Culture, Arts, and Creative Economy (under the Parks and Outdoors Department).
• The mayor has appointed Esai Navarro as the first Director of the city’s new Office of New Americans.
• The city has 23 job openings that can be found here.

SEPTEMBER 6 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The meeting recording can be found here.
The meeting minutes can be found here.

• On September 6 the city council:
  • voted to amend the ordinance controlling to the Downtown Central Business Improvement District to exempt St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Second Presbyterian Church from CBID assessments (first reading).
  • voted to confirm the appointment of Lea Anne Wiles, Sandra Norwood, Sharon Watts, Whitney Brazell to the Head Start Governing Board.
  • voted to confirm the appointment of Edward Greene, Jr. to the Board of Sign Appeals.
  • voted to authorize a one time exception to the PTO buy-back policy at 100% for certain employees who were overpaid during the 2021 pay plan implementation.
  • voted to jointly apply with the regional Transportation Planning Organization for a Safe Streets For All grant to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
  • voted to approve five routine purchases.
• The mayor’s office informed the council of two emergency purchases: ~$45k for emergency sewer repairs and $110k for emergency finance staffing.
• Several citizens addressed the council. You can view the public comments here.

SEPTEMBER 13 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The meeting agenda can be found here.

• On September 13 the city council will:
  • vote on a number of rezoning cases (first reading).
  • vote to allow the Department of Community Development to apply for a Department of Housing and Urban Development grant to provide transitional housing, rapid rehousing, and other services to homeless persons.
  • vote to confirm the appointment of Malcom Harris and Chris Crimmins to the Carter Street Corporation Board.
  • vote to waive park rental fees for the Three Sister Bluegrass festival and the Tennessee Valley Pride festival.
  • vote on a ~$337k contract with Volkert, Inc. to complete preliminary engineering for the resurfacing of Amnicola Highway and Riverfront Parkway.

SEPTEMBER 20 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The meeting agenda can be found here.

• On September 20 the city council will:
  • hold a public hearing on a FY2023 budget amendment.
  • vote on a number of rezoning cases (final reading).
  • vote to confirm the appointment of Rosalyn Ruffin to the Head Start Governing Board.
  • vote to authorize the Chattanooga Police Department to apply with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department for a joint grant from the Department of Justice.