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Votes at a glance: Oct. 28 Chattanooga City Council actions
Summary
At its Oct. 28 meeting the council approved an ordinance on billing and charges (final reading), multiple economic development and administrative resolutions, pay‑policy revisions, a grant acceptance, the traffic‑engineer contract, a landfill payment amendment, and a package of purchases including an emergency road repair.
The Chattanooga City Council took the following formal actions on Oct. 28 (voice votes unless otherwise noted):
- Ordinance (final reading): Amend Chattanooga City Code Part 2, Chapter 35, Section 35.160 (billing and charges for district records) — motion carried.
- Resolution 9A: Authorize administrator for the Department of Economic Development to enter into an agreement to exercise an option to renew a lease with Brian M. Cotter for the Brown Acres Rental House (324 Bass Road) for an additional three‑year term through Jan. 31, 2029 — approved.
- Resolution 9B: Approve second amendment to the economic impact plan for the development of North River Commerce Center Industrial Park and redevelopment of North Access Road — approved.
- Resolution 9C: Amend Employee Information Guide policy 9 (compensation) to double on‑call pay retroactive to July 1, 2025, pursuant to a budget amendment passed Sept. 9, 2025 — approved.
- Resolution 9D: Authorize Parks & Outdoors to apply for and accept (if awarded) a Make A Splash grant for donation/installation of 2,000 sq. ft. of Life Floor tiles at Warner Park (value: $65,000) — approved.
- Resolution 9E: Approve Insight Global LLC statement of work and contract with Patrick Bethea for traffic signals systems engineering services for Oct. 31, 2025–Oct. 30, 2026 — approved (see separate article).
- Resolution 9F: Amend prior resolution to allow payments to specified landfills for disposal of solid sludge and special waste through Nov. 11, 2026, not to exceed $400,000 — approved.
- Purchases: Council approved several purchases and two sole‑source items read by the purchasing division, including a four‑year banking/lockbox/merchant card services contract (estimated annual spend $350,000), Providence Park playground equipment ($131,990.94), a guardrail services blanket (est. $80,000 annually), firefighter protective gear blanket (est. $500,000 annually), library advertising sole source ($25,000), Lucid Software sole source ($27,007.56), and the emergency Heritage Landing Drive repair with Wright Brothers (~$1,331,000). All purchases were approved by voice vote.
Where the record includes detailed amounts or contract periods, those figures are noted. The meeting minutes record approvals by voice vote; no roll‑call tallies were provided in the transcript for these items.
