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Athens City Council approves equipment purchases, employee pay increase and new water and sewer rates
Summary
The Athens City Council unanimously approved multiple consent purchases and resolutions—including sanitation and vehicle procurements, a three-year parking lease, a 3% cost-of-living increase for full-time employees, roadway and safety-project funding—and adopted an ordinance phasing in water and sewer rate increases over four years.
The Athens City Council met in regular session and approved an array of budgeted purchases and policy actions, including equipment for sanitation and parks, a low bid for electrical substation equipment, a three-year lease for downtown parking, and a four-year schedule of water and sewer rate increases.
The council approved the consent calendar that bundled smaller resolutions for purchases (a John Deere ZTrack mower, two Kenworth grapple trucks, Heil automated and front-loader garbage trucks) and a payment of about $49,978 for resurfacing courts at Big Spring Park. Those purchases were funded from department capital accounts and previously authorized warrant funds, the council said.
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