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Herriman council approves CDBG award with engineering amendment, temporarily raises towing fee and signs interlocal agreements
Summary
The Herriman City Council on July 7 approved a $553,304.89 CDBG award (including a $135,000 amendment for engineering work), temporarily raised the city-paid towing fee to $160 while the police committee reviews contracts, extended a lease for Mideast Community Action Agency, and approved an interlocal building-inspections agreement with Rome County.
Herriman, Tenn. — The Herriman City Council on July 7 approved a slate of measures affecting city grants, towing contracts and intergovernmental services.
The council voted to accept a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) award of $553,304.89 and approved Amendment 002, which adds $135,000 to the city's engineering agreement with Kimberly Horn and Associates to cover additional engineering work. Mayor (presiding) put the amendment to a roll-call vote first; the amendment passed and the council then approved the overall CDBG award.
The award will fund projects discussed in the grant application packet; the council did not specify additional project-level changes during the meeting. The city attorney will finalize contract language for the engineering amendment and the CDBG agreement before execution.
The council also approved a temporary increase in the city-paid towing/record-service charge from $100 to $160. The increase is effective while the police committee reviews and updates the towing-rotation agreement and any written contract the council must approve. Tow operator Roy Smith (who identified himself as Bud and said his company handled 73 calls so far this year) spoke in favor of ensuring a fair compensation structure; he also asked that outside firms on a rotation be held to the same performance standards as incumbent providers.
In other actions, the council voted to extend the lease with Mideast Community Action Agency for an additional five years and authorized the city attorney to update the lease terms. The council also approved an interlocal cooperation agreement with Rome County to continue county-conducted building inspections while the city's codes employee completes required certifications; the agreement includes a 60-day termination provision discussed during the meeting.
What happens next: city staff will finalize contract edits (engineering amendment and lease language) with the city attorney and the police committee will review the towing-rotation agreement and report back to council.
At the close of business, the council scheduled a workshop to follow the meeting.
