July 24, 2023

State of the City, ARP Funds, and More.

GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS

• On August 3 Mayor Kelly will give his State of the City Address. You can find more information and RSVP here.
• On July 25 the city council will vote on the allocation of American Rescue Plan funding.

JULY 18 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The Agenda Session recording can be found here.
- The council heard a presentation on the Police and Fire Pension Fund.

The Business Session recording can be found here.

• The council voted on a number of rezoning requests (final reading).
• The council approved a request to rezone 2155 and 2136 West Shepherd Road to R-T/Z (first reading).
• The council approved a number of Economic Development, Equity and Community Engagement, Public Works, and Wastewater related agreements (see minutes for full details).
• The council approved 2 routine purchases, including a $150k purchase of janitorial cleaning supplies from American Paper and Twine. The council withdrew 2 purchases.
• The council was informed of one sole source purchase, a ~$24k purchase of community safety and gun violence prevention advertisements from Brewer Media Group LLC.
• Two citizens addressed the council. You can watch the full comments here.

The meeting minutes can be found here.

JULY 25 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The Proposed Meeting Agenda can be found here.

• The council will vote on a request to rezone 2155 and 2136 West Shepherd Road to R-T/Z (final reading).
• The council will vote on an amendment to the city ordinance governing the Fire and Police Pension Fund board of trustees (first reading).
• The council will vote on two rezoning requests (first reading).
• The council will vote on the allocation of American Rescue Plan funding:
  • $20k to Prison Prevention Ministries for youth early intervention programs.
  • $6k to DeSti Foundation for educational programming.
  • $5k to United Community Action Alliance for seniors' health, wellness, and information.
  • $3k to Woodmore Elementary School Family Resource Center.
  • $15k to Second Missionary Services, Inc. for educational outreach programs.
• The council will vote on the appointment of Blake Wright to the Animal Control Board.
• The council will vote on the expansion of an agreement with Purpose Point Learning Academy for early learning access expansion, increasing the budget by $150k, for a total of $900k.
• The council will vote on an agreement between the Federal Highway Administration USDOT and TDOT for end-to-end support for Integrated Smart Electric Grid and Transportation System Management.
• The council will vote on the appointments of Matthew Stovall, Tim Goldsmith, Valerie Smith, Jonathan Dean, Nandini Makrandi, Dixon Settler, and Courtney Cochran to the Public Art Commission.

AUGUST 1 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The Proposed Meeting Agenda can be found here.

• The council will vote on an amendment to the city ordinance governing the Fire and Police Pension Fund board of trustees (final reading).
• The council will vote on two rezoning requests (final reading).
• The council will vote on a number of rezoning cases (first reading, see agenda for full details).
• The council will vote on a moratorium on certain sections of the Police Advisory Review Committee ordinance in order to comply with state law )first reading).
• The council will vote on an initial resolution authorizing the issuance of up to $46M in general obligation bonds.
• The council will vote on the appointment of Brenda Nunn, Dan Mayfield, and Christie Morris to the Beer and Wrecker Board.
• The council will vote on three contracts, 1 for Public Works, the other for Wastewater. See Agenda for details.