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Athens City Council approves consent calendar, sales‑tax holiday exemption, tax vendor renewal and grants
Summary
The Athens City Council on Sept. 8 approved the consent calendar and a group of resolutions and ordinances, including equipment purchases, a fiber contract, renewal of a tax‑revenue vendor, a sales‑tax holiday exemption and grant applications for streets and sewer work.
The Athens City Council on Sept. 8 approved its consent calendar and several separate items including equipment purchases for the electric department, a fiber contract, renewal of a tax revenue enhancement agreement, a sales‑tax holiday ordinance, and grant applications for road and sewer work.
On the consent calendar the council approved: travel expenses for electric department personnel totaling $183.08; purchase of a Canon image scanner/plotter from LIOCE Group (Huntsville) for $14,301.59 funded from the electric department FY26 capital expense budget; purchase of an Altec AT41M 4x4 with Ford F600 cab and chassis from Global Railroad/Altec vendor for $198,466 (transcript figures vary on formatting); and purchase of a 14‑foot low profile dump trailer from Big Tex Trailer World for $10,337.50 funded from the electric department FY26 capital expense budget. The consent calendar passed on roll call 5‑0.
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