4:45 → 5:15(30s)
Meeting called to order; clerk (Annette) called roll: four members present, one absent. Chair/Moderator established meeting will be relatively short and outlined process for public remarks.
Athens City Council met in regular session. Council unanimously approved multiple consent items and resolutions including equipment purchases, a three-year parking lease, a 3% cost-of-living increase for full-time employees, roadway and safety project funding, and adopted an ordinance raising water and sewer rates. A guest, Catherine Lawson of the Partnership for a Drug Free Community, requested local funding and office space to expand substance-use assessment, case management and recovery supports for Athens/Limestone County.
