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Kingsport board approves rezoning, budget shifts and multiple resolutions; creates MediView task force
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting, the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a final rezoning on Easton Drive, passed budget and school-fund amendments, approved several resolutions (including a schools phone-provider contract and a TDOT amendment), authorized steps to transfer Academic Village properties to Northeast State/TBR, and established a MediView task force to review subsidy options.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Kingsport met Dec. 16 and approved a package of routine and policy items, including the final adoption of a rezoning on Easton Drive, a set of budget adjustments and several resolutions intended to save money or clarify city processes.
The most consequential vote was the final adoption of an ordinance rezoning a portion of Parcel 112.20 along Easton Drive from A-1 Agricultural to B-3 Highway-Oriented Business. Alderman George moved the measure and Vice Mayor Duncan seconded; a roll-call vote recorded unanimous approval. “The ordinance is approved,” Mayor Montgomery said after the vote.
Why it matters: the rezoning clears the way for highway-oriented business uses on property along Easton Drive, changing development possibilities and permitting for that parcel.
Board members also approved a first-reading budget adjustment ordinance to move funds among community development, police, paving and utilities so the city can provide matching dollars for MPO paving projects. Alderman George moved the budget ordinance and Alderman Phillips seconded; the board approved the reading and moved the item forward.
The board passed an ordinance amending the general purpose school fund and project budgets to fund architectural services for a new elementary school and to replace a fire alarm system at Robinson Elementary. Vice Mayor Duncan moved the measure and Alderman Baker seconded.
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