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Newport council approves streetscape engineering, grant applications and municipal purchases
Summary
The city approved Resolution 2024-11 to hire engineering services for the Woodlawn Streetscape, authorized the Newport Police Department to apply for a $75,000 school resource officer grant, and approved budgeted purchases including a $53,601 service truck and an annual rock salt contract at $114.27 per ton.
Newport
The Newport City Council on Monday approved a package of routine but consequential municipal actions, including hiring engineering services for the Woodlawn Streetscape Project, authorizing a police grant application and approving several budgeted equipment purchases.
Resolution 2024-11 passed by voice vote, authorizing the city to hire engineering services for the Woodlawn Streetscape Project. Mayor Mathis said the resolution had been delayed earlier in the year but was now before the council for approval.
The council unanimously authorized the Newport Police Department to apply for a state school resource officer grant in the amount of $75,000. "This letter has been formally submitted by the Newport Police Department to apply for a $75,000 no match school resource officer grant with the state of Tennessee," a department representative stated in the meeting record; council approved the authorization.
On fleet and operational purchases, the council approved a state-contract purchase of a service truck for the street department at $53,601, an item the city said had been included in the current budget. The council also approved the annual rock salt contract for fiscal year 2024-25 at $114.27 per ton, a price staff said is about $10 per ton lower than last year.
Council approved bids to buy two swift-water rescue boats and a double trailer for the fire department through a CDBG grant; staff said one bidder was disqualified following review and that the city would provide roughly a 7–8% local match. Staff explained there had been a bid-comparison error that made one vendor's apparent low bid look $9,000 lower than it actually was, leading to a disqualification during the grant-required review.
City officials said these votes were consistent with the city's budget priorities and grant opportunities; council approved each item after staff presentations and brief discussion.
The council then moved to additional agenda items.
