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Votes at a glance: Auburn Council approves routine renewals, conditional uses, appointments and other items
Summary
At its April 15 meeting the Auburn City Council approved a series of consent and ordinance items including tax renewals, conditional-use approvals, appointments to boards and other routine business; the council also debated several land-use items and a rezoning public hearing.
The Auburn City Council on April 15 approved a number of items by motion or unanimous consent during its regular meeting. Key outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript include:
- Board and commission appointments: Brad Chenoweth was appointed to the Auburn Board of Education (one recorded nay was noted during the voice vote); Gordon Byrd and Mabin Beard were reappointed to the Historic Preservation Commission. Council members thanked outgoing Board of Education member Melanie Chambliss for her service.
- Consent agenda and procurement: The council approved the Consent Agenda after removing and discussing item 8B2. Item 8B2 authorized the purchase of 1,248 48-gallon rollout garbage carts from Toter LLC for $73,776; staff told council carts typically last 17 to 20 years, warranty covers plastic components, lids, wheels and axles, and most of the replacement units ordered address damaged carts and supply for new housing.
- Annual tax renewals: The council introduced and moved forward with ordinances to renew existing ad valorem property tax levies (including the city's 5-mill general fund and 5-mill capital projects/debt repayment levies and school tax mills, which staff emphasized are renewals of existing levies, not new taxes). Council members sought unanimous consent to allow immediate consideration of those ordinances.
- Conditional-use approvals and development items: The council approved conditional uses for Boulevard Phase 8 (eight units at the terminus of Giddens Street) and for Grand Junction (28 units at 1027 East Glen Avenue); the Planning Commission had recommended approval for both items. BC Stone Homes representatives said the East building will house BC Stone's offices with tenant space below and a restaurant operator was identified for the west building at the Grand Junction site.
- Economic development and real-property actions: The council authorized a tax abatement for AUSA Inc., for a $2.72 million equipment investment that the company said will create approximately four new positions. The council also approved the vacation of a sewer and public-drain utility easement at 212 West Magnolia Avenue and authorized staff to execute a quitclaim deed to GAAL Owner LLC.
- Comp Plan update: The council approved the five-year update to the city's comprehensive plan (Comp Plan 02/1930) as amended; that vote concluded the council's consideration of an item that had been postponed and amended at prior meetings.
Not all items were decided tonight: the transcript records a public hearing and extended public comment on a rezoning request for 615 South College Street (the Planning Commission had failed to recommend the rezoning 3-5), and the excerpt does not include a final council vote on that rezoning request.
This summary lists actions taken that were recorded in the meeting transcript; some approvals were by voice vote or unanimous consent and detailed roll-call tallies were not recorded in the excerpt.
