Red Bank commissioners approve mural funding, music‑therapy affiliation and budget adjustments

Red Bank commissioners on March 2025 moved to accept outside funding for public art, authorize installation of a mural at the Kids Corner playground restroom, and approve a university affiliation to add music therapy to the city's active older adults program. Commissioners also authorized a $20,000 appropriation to cover a prior contract buyout and advanced two ordinance changes on first reading, including an amendment to the city's beer ordinance.

The actions matter because the $21,000 donation will pay for public-art projects recommended by the city's Public Art Advisory Board, the mural project will use up to $7,000 of that money to install artwork on all four sides of the new restroom building at City Park, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga affiliation opens an educational placement pathway for students while bringing structured music programming to Red Bank seniors.

Commissioners adopted ordinance 25-1272 (second and final reading), which accepts a $21,000 gift to the city and "accepts conditions of the grant award," and they passed resolution 25-1772 to authorize up to $7,000 for mural installation at the Kids Corner restroom. Director Johnson said the public-art process began with an RFP that generated about 10 artist inquiries; the Public Art Advisory Board evaluated submissions and selected a single artist for this project. "When the RFP was first released, they had 10 original artists to submit inquiries through their procurement process and evaluation," Johnson said. City…