City Council approves multiple routine ordinances, acceptances and contract awards

Oak Ridge City Council on March 10 approved a series of routine ordinances, infrastructure acceptances and contract awards that will be implemented as described in city records.

Major items that passed or were received for the record included: proclamations designating Arbor Day and National Library Week; acceptance of several small infrastructure sections at the Preserve at Clinch River (Deerberry Lane, Boysenberry Drive, and Broadberry townhouse utilities); abandonment of a short portion of Boulevard at the request of the Industrial Development Board to improve the marketability of Development Area Lot 5 in Horizon Center Industrial Park; rezoning of 113 Lafayette Drive (removing a PUD office-only overlay to allow residential townhouses); amendments to the personnel code on nepotism and retirement-language cleanup; an amendment to residency rules limiting residency requirements to six named positions; a city-code amendment allowing transfers to the Oak Ridge Corridor Development Corporation; and two CDBG-funded contract awards for Scarborough Community Center HVAC replacement and Woodland neighborhood sidewalk/ADA ramp work.

Council received the FY2026'2031 capital improvements program (CIP) transmittal from the Planning Commission for the record and received the FY2024 audit report and auditors'…