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Athens council approves two manufactured-home permits, appoints animal-shelter representatives and authorizes cooperative purchasing access
Summary
The council approved final readings allowing manufactured homes at 519 and 521 Chase Street, appointed two members to the Animal Shelter Advisory Committee, and authorized an interlocal agreement to access the Civic Marketplace cooperative purchasing program; several zoning items received first readings only.
The Athens City Council on June 8 approved final readings for two Specific Use Permits allowing manufactured homes at 519 Chase Street and 521 Chase Street and carried several administrative actions, including two appointments to the Animal Shelter Advisory Committee and authorization to join a cooperative purchasing network.
Noemi Lopez, city planner, confirmed there had been no changes since the first readings. On the final readings for the two manufactured-home permits, Mayor Aaron Smith said a supermajority of four of five votes was required; both ordinances passed on roll call votes of 5-0 (Mayor Aaron Smith and councilmembers Katha Lawyer, Bill Priestley, Debra Wilson and Tres Winn all voted yes).
Chad Allen, chief of police, described the Animal Shelter Advisory Committee's required composition — including a licensed veterinarian, a municipal official, a county official, a person involved in daily shelter operations and a representative from an animal welfare organization — and said two vacancies existed. The council appointed Councilmember Tres Winn to serve as the municipal official representative and approved Monika Allen as the animal welfare organization representative; both appointments were approved unanimously.
Assistant City Manager Mandie Quigg explained and recommended approval of an Interlocal Agreement to participate in the Civic Marketplace Cooperative Purchasing Program through the Alliance for Innovation and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (TXShare). Quigg told the council that cooperative purchasing is compliant with the Local Government Code and the city's purchasing policy and that "there are no fees for the city to join the membership." The council approved the resolution authorizing the city manager to execute the agreement unanimously.
The council also held public hearings and took first readings on several land-use requests — a zoning change request for 508 N. Prairieville St. (applicant Donald Greenlee), an SUP for a manufactured home at 808 W. Scott St. (applicant Dominique Wilson), and a zoning change with SUP at 1203 N. Hamlett St. (applicant Rebecca Bush). Staff noted neighborhood notification and said they would work with applicants on safe access and site conditions; council took no final votes on those items.
The council convened an executive session on economic development negotiations and real-property deliberations and returned to open session with no action taken. The meeting adjourned at 8:16 p.m.
