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Soddy-Daisy board adopts FY2023-24 budget and approves multiple ordinances and resolutions
Summary
At its May 18 meeting the Soddy-Daisy Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the city's FY2023-24 budget and approved rezoning requests, a pay plan, the appointment of an administrative hearing officer and several contract and grant actions. Several items passed with unanimous votes and several measures advanced on first reading.
The Soddy-Daisy Board of Commissioners on May 18 adopted the city's fiscal 2023-24 budget and tax rate and approved a bundle of ordinances and resolutions by unanimous vote.
The board took second and final reading and approved Ordinance No. 17, the city's annual budget and tax rate covering July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Vice-Mayor Coleman moved the measure and Commissioner Keith seconded; the vote was recorded as unanimous.
Other formal actions approved by the board included: - First-reading approvals for two rezoning requests: tracts at 11912 and 11916 Dayton Pike (R-1 to C-2) and tracts at 9612 and 9616 Church Street (M-1 to R-2). Greg Middleton spoke on behalf of owner William Hedgecoth for the Dayton Pike request; no opposition was recorded. - Adoption of a classification and pay plan for fiscal year 2023-24 tied to the approved budget; the plan includes adjustments to part-time positions for the Senior Center, City Hall and the Fire Department. - Approval to appoint James F. Exum III as the city's Administrative Hearing Officer and authorization to execute a memorandum of understanding; City Manager Johnson said the officer's fee is $250 per hour and described potential fines and the appeal route to Circuit Court. - Consent approvals including the sale of a city-owned dental building (following a Planning Commission recommendation), authorization to sign an ARPA infrastructure grant with TDEC and transfer previously approved ARPA funds ($1.7 million) to the Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority for eligible sewer projects, and a $14,850 purchase of fireworks from Pyro Shows for the Independence Day celebration. - Approval to proceed with a five-year license-plate reader camera contract after acceptance of a Homeland Security grant to cover roughly $43,000 of first-year costs; ongoing costs were described as approximately $27,000 per year for the remaining four years.
Where votes were recorded as "Ayes - Unanimous," the meeting minutes register approval on the motions presented; the minutes do not list a roll-call tally by individual commissioner. The board adjourned at 7:43 p.m.
The meeting packet and the Planning Commission recommendation were referenced for several items but were not read into the minutes; where amounts or counts were not specified in discussion the record states the figure as "not specified."
