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Kingsport BMA approves tax-relief match, budget adjustments and multiple development and infrastructure contracts
Summary
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted 6-0 on Oct. 7 to set a $40 local match for the 2025 property tax relief program, approve budget adjustments including a $762,691 contribution to a state industrial access project, and adopt multiple resolutions for parks, utilities, transportation planning and equipment purchases.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Kingsport met Oct. 7 and approved a package of ordinances and resolutions addressing tax relief, budget adjustments, public works projects and development incentives.
The board unanimously approved an ordinance to establish a local jurisdiction property tax relief program for tax roll year 2025 and set the city’s local match at $40 in addition to the existing $96 sanitation fee waiver. The board also approved a budget adjustment ordinance that includes a $762,691 appropriation from general fund balance to support the state industrial access project in the Meadowview area, a multi-million-dollar state road project that will open about 150 acres for industrial use.
Other final-adoption votes included amendments to the fiscal 2026 school general purpose fund and various other fund budgets, the rezoning and annexation ordinance for property along Bancroft Chapel Road, and routine consent items. The board approved a series of resolutions to move planned capital and operational work forward: contracting with Cane Rash West Architects for phase 2 of the Bays Mountain Nature Center renovation (work primarily funded by a roughly $2.9 million Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation parks grant); renewing mowing and trimming contracts; purchasing Lift Station 301 replacement equipment to be installed by city crews; renewing rental agreements for roadway milling and sweeping equipment; and leasing a Caterpillar cold planer and LayMor sweeper to support in-house paving operations.
The board also approved a purchase order to replace a fire pumper using a Sourcewell cooperative contract to shorten lead time and capture price savings, and authorized an agreement with AECOM for development of the Kingsport Area long-range transportation plan (total contract $247,000, primarily federal and state funding). The board adopted the Sullivan County multi-hazard mitigation plan and authorized the Industrial Development Board to enter a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) arrangement with Maple Oak Apartments related to a planned $33 million renovation. The board approved a donation of $37,007.50 to Cape Place Sports Council, Inc., to relocate a water line needed for the Riverwalk Park Healthy Places project funded by BlueCross BlueShield Tennessee.
Votes were recorded as roll calls where shown in the record; where a roll call was taken the result was 6-0 in favor. For items voted by voice, the board also recorded unanimous approval in the meeting transcript.
The measures approved are primarily authorizations to proceed with design, procurement or contracting; none of the approvals in this meeting adopted new taxes or changed legally required tax rates.
Ending: The board closed the meeting after communications and announcements; several items will come back for follow-up and implementation steps, including bond issuance packaging for the industrial access contribution and permitting steps for Maple Oak’s renovation and the Nature Center contract.
