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Oak Ridge council fills board vacancies and approves contracts, budget amendments and capital project agreements
Summary
Council elected members to multiple advisory boards, confirmed mayoral reappointments, and approved a slate of routine and capital resolutions including architects for a new fire station and animal shelter, utility-project engineering contracts, and budget transfers.
Oak Ridge City Council took a series of routine and capital actions, voting to fill vacancies on local advisory boards, confirm mayoral appointments, and approve a range of contracts and budget resolutions during the regular meeting.
Board and commission results
- Beer Permit Board: Janelle Bonite was elected unanimously to the single vacancy on the Beer Permit Board. - Disability Advisory Board: Sean Taylor was elected after multiple rounds of voting to fill one vacancy. - Environmental Quality Advisory Board: Jessica Butler and David Brady were elected to fill two vacancies; Butler was elected in the first round and Brady in a subsequent round. - Recreation and Parks Advisory Board: Carla Magnuson was elected to fill one vacancy after multiple voting rounds. - Mayoral appointments: Council confirmed Terry Daughtry and Richard Chin Sr. to the Anderson County Development Corporation board of directors and reappointed Mike McGill to the Oak Ridge Heritage Railroad Authority; those reappointments were approved by voice vote.
Contracts, budget items and capital projects
Council approved several resolutions and contracts including:
- Consent amendment: Resolution amending a lawn-care contract (FY2023‑084 with Lawson Lawn Care Service) to increase the scope and raise the not-to-exceed base amount to $367,464.29. - Budget and tax items: A FY2026 budget amendment to increase projected Water Works Fund expenditures to $25,908,404 and a resolution concurring with the state’s equalized property tax rate for tax year 2025. - School lighting: A payment to Oak Ridge Schools for lighting improvements at Kevin Cayley Field in the amount of $245,500. - Architectural services: Professional services agreements with Barbara McMurray Architects for Fire Station No. 2 (not to exceed $335,000) and for a new animal shelter (not to exceed $315,000) were approved. - Engineering and utility projects: A two-year professional-services agreement with Patterson & Dwor Engineers for electric grid modernization consulting (not to exceed $1,675,000) and an amendment increasing Jacobs Engineering construction-administration services for the new water treatment plant by $1,654,500 (new total $4,388,400) were approved. - Other contracts: Approved backflow preventer testing services with Backflow Specialty Co. ($77,875), an economic-development services agreement with Ray Evans ($55,080), and the annual contract with the Oak Ridge Convention & Visitors Bureau / Explore Oak Ridge ($592,275). - Grants and property actions: The council approved the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program-year 2025 action plan and allocations (estimated $211,245), and authorized transfer of 204 Waltham Place to the Oak Ridge Land Bank Corporation for disposition under the land-bank resolution.
Most council actions passed by roll call or voice vote with no recorded opposition noted in the transcript for those items; a small number of contested land-use items earlier in the meeting drew split votes.
The council also approved continuing project oversight contracts and asked staff to proceed to the next steps on procurement, site plans, or implementation as identified in individual motions.
