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Cabot council waives readings and unanimously adopts rezoning, tax-lien ordinance and four agreements
Summary
The Cabot City Council unanimously approved Ordinance No. 30 (rezoning), Ordinance No. 31 (certifying tax liens) and Resolutions 53–56, authorizing leases, a property sale and a reimbursement to the Parks & Recreation Commission; most measures were expedited by waiving remaining readings to meet year-end processing.
Cabot Mayor moved and the council approved a series of measures Tuesday night, unanimously passing two ordinances and four resolutions the council said were time-sensitive.
The council voted 8–0 to adopt Ordinance No. 30 of 2024, described in the record as rezoning “Res Zone 208 North fth Street” from R1 (single-family) to C2 (general commercial) and amending the city’s land-use plan. The mayor first moved to waive the third reading so the buyer could begin work before winter; the waiver and final adoption were approved on roll call (vote recorded as eight yes, zero no).
The council also approved Ordinance No. 31 of 2024, which the body described as creating, certifying and confirming tax liens against properties in Cabot for costs the city expended to correct code violations and declaring an emergency so county processing could occur before year-end. The council waived the remaining readings and adopted the ordinance on a unanimous roll call.
In a single consent-like sequence, the council approved four resolutions:
• Resolution No. 53 of 2024 authorizes the mayor and city clerk/treasurer to enter an agreement with “11 Arrows” concerning a lease of real property; the motion (recorded in the transcript as moved by Steven and seconded by Ed) passed on roll call.
• Resolution No. 54 of 2024 authorizes the mayor and city clerk/treasurer to enter an agreement with “Lion College” concerning a sublease or related conveyance of real property; the council approved the resolution unanimously. The council record indicates college representatives were present and that final documents are complete and ready for signing.
• Resolution No. 55 of 2024 authorizes the sale of certain real property; the transcript records a motion moved by Corey with a second from Steven and a unanimous roll-call approval.
• Resolution No. 56 of 2024 authorizes the mayor and city clerk/treasurer to enter an agreement to reimburse the Cabot Parks and Recreation Commission for land purchase costs and to amend the 2024 general fund operating budget; that resolution passed on an 8–0 roll call.
All recorded roll-call tallies in the meeting transcript show the same alphabet of council names voting “yes” consistently (record lists Tammy Hillenburg, Cope, Reed, Weber, Waymac Long, Spangler, Red and others) and the transcript records the outcomes as passing unanimously.
The council advanced the items by waiving additional readings where noted to meet county and year-end processing timelines. Several motions and seconds are recorded in the meeting transcript, though a few mover/second attributions are garbled in the transcript and are described here as recorded in the meeting record rather than paraphrased beyond the text.
The council did not take separate public comment on the rezoning or the tax-lien ordinance during the recorded agenda action. The meeting adjourned following routine announcements and community input.
Next steps: the ordinances and adopted resolutions will be handled per the city clerk’s standard filing and county processing; the record indicates at least one of the measures was expedited to be transmitted before the end of the year.
