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Newport council approves budget amendments, zoning changes and multiple contracts
Summary
The Newport, Tenn., City Council approved a slate of budget amendments, zoning updates, a city street resolution, several procurement contracts and event permits during the meeting, with roll-call votes recorded for each action.
The City Council of Newport, Tennessee, on a series of motions approved multiple budget amendments, zoning ordinance changes, a resolution adopting Hampton Way as a city street, several procurement contracts and permits for community events.
Council members unanimously approved second reading of Ordinance 2025-O-04 (a budget amendment for fiscal year 2024–25) and carried forward or took first-reading action on several other budget ordinances, including Ordinance 2025-O-07, 2025-O-08 (Newport Grammar School) and the 2025–26 proposed budget (Ordinance 2025-209) for consideration. The council also approved rezoning on West Highway 2570 (Ordinance 2025-O-05) from A-1 agricultural to C-2 commercial and amended the zoning ordinance to add overlay districts (Ordinance 2025-O-06).
Other approved items included resolution 2025-R-09 to adopt Hampton Way as a city street to enable property-line redrawing on the Cosby Highway frontage, approval of the Chamber of Commerce’s annual Downtown Newport events (Rhythm on the River, Harvest Street Festival and the Christmas parade), and renewal of…
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