The following is a concise list of formal votes recorded at the Oak Ridge City Council meeting in October. All votes below reflect the council’s recorded outcomes during the meeting.

1) Proclamations and recognitions
- Proclamation recognizing the 10th anniversary of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park: adopted (voice vote). Presenter: Amy Fitzgerald, Government Affairs Director.
- Proclamation recognizing Emery Valley Center on its 70th anniversary: adopted (voice vote).
- Proclamation designating Oct. 25, 2025, as NAMI Walks Day: adopted (voice vote).
- Proclamation designating October 2025 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month: adopted (voice vote).
- Proclamation designating October 2025 as Fire Prevention Month: adopted (voice vote).
- Proclamation recognizing Council member Chuck Hope for election as chair of the Energy Communities Alliance: adopted (voice vote).

2) Consent-agenda resolutions
- Resolution authorizing application for and acceptance of a Tennessee Department of Transportation transportation planning grant to study Central Avenue and part of East Tennessee Avenue (adjacent to Jackson Square): approved (6–0).
- Resolution authorizing on-call architectural services agreement with Clark Nexon, Inc. for Civic Center recreation building office/lobby design, not to exceed $37,000: approved (6–0).

3) Budget and ordinance items (public notice / readings)
- Ordinance amending annual budget ordinance 16-2025 to permit quarterly budget amendments (correcting drug fund figure): amendment and first reading adopted (6–0); second reading scheduled for November.
- Ordinance to amend the comprehensive plan land-use map for Parcel 038 (106 Pratt Lane) from residential to general business: first reading adopted (6–0) (see separate article for PUD/R ezoning details).
- Ordinance rezoning 106 Pratt Lane and amending the Lafayette–South Illinois PUD: first reading adopted (6–0).
- Zoning-text amendment to permit saleable townhomes in R‑3: first reading adopted (6–0).
- Zoning-text amendment to allow 0‑lot-line setbacks in IND‑1/2/3 industrial districts: first reading adopted (6–0).
- Zoning-text amendment clarifying portable storage container definitions and rules: adopted on second and final reading (6–0).
- Ordinance rezoning 624 West Outer Drive from R‑2 to B‑1 (Manhattan District overlay): adopted on second and final reading (6–0).
- Ordinance amending stormwater management code to require temporary stabilization of steep slopes when work ceases: adopted (second reading noted; 6–0).
- Ordinance changing department name from Information Services to Information Technology in city code: adopted on second and final reading (6–0).

4) Contracts, grants and resolutions
- Retroactive emergency contract with File Savers Data Recovery for police video recovery, $100,150: approved (6–0).
- Resolution approving up to $80,000 funding assistance to Oak Ridge Schools for Woodland Elementary portable classroom replacement: approved (6–0).
- Resolution designating Reagan Lukes as honorary youth poet laureate (one-year term) and amending youth poet policy to align with school calendar: approved (voice vote).
- Resolution accepting $2,500,000 direct appropriation from State of Tennessee for body-worn cameras and authorizing staff to request a legislative expansion of allowable uses to include hardware/software and a digital evidence system: approved (6–0).

5) Elections and appointments
- Confirmation of mayoral appointments to Budget & Finance Committee (Chair Ellen Smith; members Sean Gleason, Derek Hammond; alternate Charlie Hensley): approved (voice vote).

Notes: Unless stated otherwise above, actions carried by unanimous council votes (6–0) and items requiring subsequent readings were noted on the public agenda. Several items were noncontroversial consent items; items that generated discussion or public comment (for example, the PUD amendment that adds 106 Pratt Lane) are covered in separate articles.