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Votes at a glance: Montgomery County approves zoning application, consent agenda items and donated property acceptance
Summary
The commission approved a zoning change (CZ 092024), a multi-item consent agenda and a resolution accepting donated property after suspending rules. Vote tallies and resolution numbers were recorded by the clerk.
Montgomery County commissioners recorded votes on several agenda items during their Jan. 13 meeting, including a zoning map amendment, a multi-item consent agenda and a resolution accepting donated property.
The commission approved CZ 092024, an application by Anisia Harper to rezone property from AG to E-1, on a motion by Commissioner Biodes and a second from Commissioner Gannon. The clerk announced the tally as 18 yes, 2 no, 0 abstentions.
The consent agenda passed on a single motion. The items listed on the consent agenda included: - Resolution 2511: Authorize cooperative purchasing agreements for Montgomery County departments; - Resolution 2513: Amend the county budget to reclassify two positions in the accounts and budgets department; - Resolution 2514: Amend the county budget to add a grants analyst position in the accounts and budgets department to coordinate and manage opioid settlement funds; - Resolution 2515: Appropriate funds for the Highway Department to purchase furniture and other supplies for the new highway building; - Resolution 2516: Request the Tennessee General Assembly to allow delegation of authority to establish speed zones on county roads to the county highway department; - Commission minutes, county clerk report and nominations listed in the agenda.
The clerk announced the consent agenda vote as 20 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions.
Separately, the commission voted to suspend the rules to consider Resolution 2517, which would amend Resolution 241210 to accept donated property described as mapping parcel 124 (38.02 acres) on Gholston Road and map parcel 125 (2.04 acres) on North Lotby Road. A motion to suspend the rules, moved by Commissioner Shelton and seconded by Commissioner Gannon, passed 20-0; the subsequent vote on Resolution 2517 also was recorded as 20-0.
Clerk tallies and motion sponsors were read into the record for each vote; no further debate was recorded on most consent items.
