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Council approves packages: street renaming, Head Start leases, IT contracts, park grants, major public-works contracts
Summary
Council approved a range of package resolutions on Nov. 4, including a street renaming, Head Start lease renewals at $1 per year, IT contract renewals, parks grants, a skatepark change order, and a wastewater pump station award for $11.58 million.
The Chattanooga City Council on Nov. 4 approved a series of resolutions and contract actions by voice vote, taking several items as packages and passing each on the record.
Key approvals included:
- Street commemorative sign: Council approved renaming Canon Avenue in honor of the late Lehman Pierce. The motion passed by voice vote.
- Head Start lease renewals: The council approved three one‑year renewals (Avondale, Cedar Hill, and Daisy Head Start sites) with the Hamilton County Board of Education for a stated rent of $1 each through Dec. 31, 2026.
- Economic development conveyances: The council authorized execution of quick-claim deeds for conveyance of certain parcels sold through delinquent tax sales to approved bidders.
- Information technology contracts: Council approved a three‑year sole‑source contract with Thomson Reuters West for law-enforcement/public-records tools (not to exceed $75,000 per year; $225,000 total) and a renewal of Vector Solutions (formerly Target Solutions) for training products with an annual cap noted in the staff report.
- Mayor’s appointment: The council confirmed Robin Derryberry to the Carter Street Corporation board for a term beginning Nov. 5, 2025, through Nov. 4, 2029.
- De‑annexation public hearing: Council authorized advertising a public hearing for Dec. 9, 2025, on a de‑annexation request affecting property at 8883 Ooltewah‑Georgetown (Chick‑fil‑A) [tax map number referenced in staff paperwork].
- Parks and outdoors: Council authorized applying for two grants: a $200,000 Healthy and Sustainable Communities grant to expand Every Kid Outdoors and a Musco/NRPA youth-sports lighting donation valued at $100,000 with a $20,000 activation allocation. Council also approved a fee waiver and $1,000 refundable deposit for the Zach Mercivy Foundation 'Not My Child' 5K scheduled for Nov. 15, 2025.
- Public works and procurement: The council approved a package of public‑works memoranda of agreement related to closure and replacement of several at‑grade railroad crossings, multiple special police appointments for code and demolition staff, and a large change order for Chattanooga Skatepark (change order value $1,272,642.82 increasing the contract to $2,272,477.80 with a new contingency; revised total $2,379,477.80).
- Wastewater contract award: The council awarded contract W2002020120 for Third Street pump station improvements to Dugan and Myers Industrial LLC for $11,584,000 plus a contingency of $1,158,400 for a total of $12,742,400.
All packages and items were approved by voice vote after motions received proper seconds; the minutes and roll calls recorded "Aye" with no recorded formal roll-call tallies in the meeting transcript.
