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Baberton council adopts insurance renewals, street dedications and property‑sale authority; multiple suspensions of rules
Summary
On Nov. 10 the Baberton City Council suspended rules under the city charter and adopted a package of ordinances including renewal of group life and vision insurance contracts, street dedications for New Haven East/West phases, and authority for the planning director to sell city‑owned lots; several items were adopted by unanimous roll call.
The Baberton City Council used the emergency suspension provision of the Baberton City Charter to fast‑track and adopt several ordinances on Nov. 10, 2025. By roll call, members voted to adopt:
• Ordinance 158‑2025: Authorize the mayor to approve a renewal contract with Med Mutual Life for group life insurance, effective Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2026, declaring an emergency (moved by Missus Thompson; motion carried). (Transcript: SEG 822–829, SEG 830–846.)
• Ordinance 159‑2025: Authorize the mayor to approve a renewal contract with MetLife for employee vision coverage, effective Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2027, declaring an emergency (moved and seconded; roll call carried). (Transcript: SEG 876–884, SEG 885–916.)
• Ordinance 160‑2025: Street dedication for New Haven East and New Haven West, Phases 1–4; motion to adopt carried on roll call. (Transcript: SEG 950–959, SEG 990–1003.)
• Ordinance 161‑2025 and Ordinance 162‑2025: Authorization for the planning director to sell city‑owned residential buildable and non‑buildable lots, respectively, and declare emergencies; both motions carried on roll call. (Transcript: SEG 1023–1030, SEG 1060–1072, SEG 1096–1103, SEG 1138–1146.)
Council recorded roll‑call affirmative votes for each adoption; where the roll call was read, each listed council member replied “yes.” No recorded dissenting votes were noted in the transcript. (Transcript: multiple roll‑call entries between SEG 720 and SEG 1167.)
Committee action and other business: The City Utilities Committee earlier referred a request for a $786,992 contract to purchase three 2025 snow/ice trucks from Kenworth (Richfield) to the finance committee for funding/financing review; the council did not adopt that contract ordinance during the Nov. 10 meeting and instead referred it to finance. (Transcript: SEG 382–391, SEG 458–461.)
Provenance: ordinance titles, motions to suspend rules, and roll‑call votes are recorded in the transcript across segments SEG 722–SEG 1167.
