What Oak Ridge City Council did March 10: audit, CIP, personnel changes, infrastructure and recreation requests

Mar 10, 2025

A concise roundup of key council actions March 10: FY2024 audit received (clean opinion; Kayenta findings); CIP transmittal; residency and nepotism personnel code changes; infrastructure acceptances and right‑of‑way abandonment; CDBG contracts authorized; DeRay Smith named city historian; and public calls for pickleball courts.

The full story

At a glance: council received the FY2024 audit (clean opinion with internal‑control findings tied to the Kayenta conversion), accepted the Planning Commission's transmittal of the FY2026–2031 CIP, adopted personnel ordinance amendments including a position‑specific residency requirement and a nepotism change that prohibits direct line supervision of family, accepted small infrastructure in the Preserve at Clinch River, abandoned a short portion of Renovar Boulevard at the IDB's request, authorized CDBG contracts for Scarborough HVAC and Woodland sidewalks contingent on HUD approvals, designated DeRay Smith as city historian, and heard extensive public comment urging dedicated pickleball courts and consideration of a tennis bubble at Jackson Square.

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