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Votes at a glance: Bristol City Council actions, Dec. 2, 2025
Summary
Council approved multiple ordinances and resolutions including ordinances 25-27 (first reading), 25-28 (rezoning, first reading), 25-24 (abandonment, second reading), 25-26 (animals, second reading) and resolutions 25-188 through 25-192; consent agenda items were approved.
The Bristol City Council recorded the following formal actions at its Dec. 2, 2025 meeting. Votes were taken by roll call as follows:
- Ordinance 25-27 (zoning text amendment: increase M2 buffer to 50 feet; move certain heavy uses to M3): advanced on first reading — approved on roll call.
- Ordinance 25-28 (rezoning 1241 Virginia Ave. from R2 to B3, approx. 0.34 acres): approved on first reading — roll-call approval recorded.
- Ordinance 25-24 (abandonment of unopened portions of Drive and Buena Vista Drive): approved on second reading — roll-call approval recorded.
- Ordinance 25-26 (amend Chapter 10 to limit roosters to one per parcel, prohibit peafowl and guinea fowl): approved on second reading — roll-call approval recorded.
- Resolution 25-188 (amend bereavement leave policy): approved on roll call.
- Resolution 25-189 (accept donation of ~2.5-acre parcel on Phillipswood Drive, assessed $13,100): approved on roll call.
- Resolution 25-190 (accept TDEC Brownfields grant, $99,600): approved on roll call.
- Resolution 25-191 (engage consultants for L.C. King Phase 2 environmental study — staff stated an upper bound in presentation): approved on roll call.
- Resolution 25-192 (declare intent to reimburse certain waterworks expenditures from future bonds up to $10,000,000): approved on roll call, with one recorded "No" vote (Slagle).
- Consent agenda: included procurement and contract approvals (snow plows, salt spreaders, bulk fuel contract renewal, demolition bids), health plan PBM approval (VeracityRx), website support (CivicPlus LLC), legal services contract, transit code revisions, cybersecurity grant participation, and acceptance of a Tennessee AmeriCorps community support grant (retroactive). Consent agenda approved on roll call.
These outcomes reflect votes recorded in the meeting minutes; any ordinances that passed on first reading will return for a subsequent vote.
