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Council approves routine contracts, appointments and project contracts in consent and regular business
Summary
Council approved consent agenda adjustments, multiple appointments (zoning and advisory boards) and several contracts including VOIP, roofing, traffic signal maintenance and event-permitting software; council approved a financial advisor retainer and other routine items by voice vote.
At its Jan. 6 meeting, the Knoxville City Council moved through a series of routine consent and regular-agenda items, approving minutes, confirming appointments and authorizing a set of contracts and amendments.
Key approvals and votes at the meeting included:
- Approval of the Dec. 9 and Dec. 20 minutes (voice votes). - Postponement of agenda items 13u and 13v to the Jan. 20 meeting (motion carried). - Removal of items 12r and 13w from the consent agenda at Councilmember Parker’s request; the adjusted consent agenda was approved. - Reappointment of Louie Urea to the Board of Zoning Appeals (resolution approved by voice vote). - Appointment of Jackie Robinson to the Police Advisory and Review Committee (approved; Robinson spoke briefly and was thanked by Councilmember Grant). - Appointment of Lisa Sorensen to the Design Review Board (approved). - Authorization to execute an agreement with Link Live Incorporated for VOIP services for the city’s 311/Center for Service Innovation at an initial cost of $31,000 and an annual cost of $24,000. - Amendment to Progression Electric LLC’s traffic-signal maintenance agreement increasing the annual amount by $25,000 to $150,000. - Contract award to Henley Roofing Company Inc. not to exceed $779,200 for the L.T. Ross building reroof project. - Authorization of a contract with PFM Financial Advisors LLC for financial advisory services not to exceed $375,000 over a three-year term; staff clarified the amount is a not-to-exceed total combining transaction and planning work and that council authorizes debt issuances when appropriate. - A three-year agreement with Event Approvals Incorporated to provide e-permitting for special-event permits with an annual cost not to exceed $50,000.
Most items were briefed by staff or introduced on the council floor and approved by voice vote with little extended discussion.
