Farragut board approves CIP/ARPA budget amendment, code update, appointments and multiple contracts

The Town of Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a series of fiscal and administrative items at its Nov. 13 meeting, including a first-reading amendment to the capital investment program (CIP) and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) fund budgets and the first-reading of a comprehensive update to driveway and access provisions in the municipal code.

Staff told the board Ordinance 25-19 will transfer $6,089,416.29 from the CIP available fund balance into FY2026 CIP expenditures, and move $132,589.25 from ARPA reserves into ARPA expenditures, plus an additional $25,000 from ARPA reserve to cover change order No. 2. The board approved the ordinance on first reading by roll call, 5–0. Mark Shipley, planning staff, told the board the code update in Ordinance 25-15 restores purpose-and-intent language, adds severability and conflict clauses and streamlines approvals for straightforward driveway variances; the board approved that first reading…