2025-12-02 - City Council
Summary
Built from the official minutes only (no agenda or video found). The minutes record all seven members present, with Stokes leaving and returning; the meeting adjourned at 12:34 p.m. to the December 15 zoning meeting.
- Rental registration ordinance rewritten after a court ruling: new cost-based fees and an appeal process, 7-0.
- Drug-activity ethics ordinance adopted as amended; Clay abstained.
- District at Eastover TIF bonds raised to up to $4.8 million, 7-0.
- Waste Management landfill contract extended to October 31, 2030 with a stepped tipping fee, 6-0.
- Emergency street resurfacing for the National Folk Festival ratified, 6-0.
- Two Homeland Security grants ($75,000 police, $80,600 fire) ratified, 7-0.
- Internal auditor hiring resolution passed 7-0 as amended.
- Sealed bids for the City's depository are due January 6, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.
- Part-time Deputy Clerk of Council Eric Brown appointed at $15.69 an hour, up to 20 hours a week, 6-0.
- A 2026 meeting schedule resolution set alternating 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday meetings with Monday 4 p.m. planning sessions, 6-0.
- Consent Agenda was amended to add Agenda Nos. 20 and 21; the vote lists all seven as yeas and also shows a nay for Foote, so the record is inconsistent.
- Minutes of November 17 and 18 approved, 7-0 each; nine pest-control agreements, copier rentals, Square 9 and LiteCloud (a $8,225 ratification and addendum to March 1, 2026, capped at $49,350 after a City Attorney amendment) approved.
- Resolution honoring a high school football team adopted; no recorded vote.
- Public comment: five residents spoke on a water bill shutoff, parking violations and development along Highway 80.
- Personnel and litigation matters went to executive session with no action reported.
Menace Property Cleanup Program
Two cost-and-lien resolutions (Stokes/Brown-Thomas) and three $300 lot-cleaning contracts, all 7-0.
Rental Registration Program
Adopted 7-0; fees $50 registration and $50 per unit inspection for single-family, $50 per property and $25 per unit for multi-family; appeals to the director then Council.
Drug Activity Ethics Ordinance
Three amendment motions; the final vote had five yeas and one abstention (Clay).
District at Eastover Bonds
Series 2026 bonds up to $4.8 million; 7-0.
Internal Audit Division
Resolution to hire internal auditors, as amended, 7-0.
Waste Management Landfill Contract
Tipping fee $45.00 a ton from December 1, 2025, $46.50 from November 1, 2026 and $48.00 from November 1, 2027; 6-0.
National Folk Festival Street Resurfacing
Emergency contract with AJ Construction up to $1,000,000; 6-0.
Homeland Security Grants
Police and Fire grants ratified; 7-0 each.
Municipal Depository Bid
Bid notice approved; bids due January 6, 2026.
Lakeland Drive Pedestrian Bridge
Easements for the state pedestrian bridge and a no-cost crepe myrtle planting; 6-0.
Monument Street Bridge Replacement
$71,825.00 design payment ratified; 6-0.
Utica Street Trail Design
Stantec contract extended to June 30, 2026; 5-0.
Council Agenda Management System
CivicPlus Statement of Work approved (quote $24,067.50 against $24,099.92); 6-0.
Police Surveillance Cameras
Discussion of the store-camera software transition and requests for cameras on Cooper Road and at W.C. Gordon Park.