Here is the upcoming City Council agenda for Tuesday:
I. Call to Order by Chairwoman Hill.
II. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilman Davis).
III. Special Presentations.
PUBLIC HEARING - FY26 BUDGET AMENDMENT
Mayor’s Proposal re: Intent to Exceed Certified Tax Rate
IV. Minute Approval.
V. Discussion of Agenda.
? Next Week’s Proposed Agenda Items
? Purchasing Questions
? Future Considerations (3 Week Look Ahead)
VI.
Committee or Department Reports:
? None
RECESS
Order of Business for City Council
VII. Ordinances – Final Reading:
PLANNING
a. 2025-0109 Riverton LLC (RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone to C-C Commercial
Corridor Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38,
Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located in the 1000 block of Lupton
Drive, from RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone to C-C Commercial Corridor
Zone, subject to certain conditions. (District 2) (Recommended for approval by
Planning Commission and Staff)
b. 2025-0112 John Felkner and Louise Wilkins c/o Wilkins Partners, LP (C-NT
Neighborhood Transition Commercial Zone and RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood
Zone to RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga
City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone properties located
at 1721, 1723, 1725, and 1735 Joiner Road, from C-NT Neighborhood Transition
Commercial Zone and RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3 Residential
Neighborhood Zone, subject to certain conditions. (District 4) (Recommended for
approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
c. 2025-0089 Eric Hudson c/o Semnoz Properties, LLC (RN-1-6 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to C-NT Neighborhood Transition Commercial Zone). An
ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance,
so as to rezone property located at 7117 Bonny Oaks Drive, from RN-1-6 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to C-NT Neighborhood Transition Commercial Zone, subject to
certain conditions. (District 6) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and denial by Staff)
d. 2025-0111 Ben Berry c/o Berry Engineers (Lift Condition). An ordinance to amend
Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to lift Condition
No. 1 from Ordinance No. 13935 of previous Case No. 2022-0233 on properties
located at 4905 and 4907 Pattentown Road, and to add a new condition. (District 6)
(Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
e. 2025-0105 N & R Properties (C-MU1 Commercial Mixed-Use Zone to C-R Regional
Commercial Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 3524 Broad Street, from
C-MU1 Commercial Mixed-Use Zone to C-R Regional Commercial Zone, subject to
certain conditions. (District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and denial by Staff)
f. An ordinance to approve corrections to the Official Zoning Map as referenced below.
VIII. Ordinances - First Reading:
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Wastewater
a. MR-2025-0083 City of Chattanooga Wastewater c/o Mark Heinzer, P.E.
(Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning multiple sanitary sewer
easements in the 1500 block of Mercer Street and the 1100 block of Luptonville
Crossing, including: (1) a sewer easement beginning at MH #S118N001 thence
northeastwardly 3,770 feet to MH #S118L001; (2) a sewer easement beginning at MH
#S118E053 thence southwest 1,171 feet to MH #S118E306; and (3) portions of thirty
(30”) inch force main and forty-eight (48”) inch gravity sewer easements as described
in the attached documentation, Tax Map Nos. 118E-E-006, 118K-E-004, 007 thru
020, 118K-E-027, 028, 038, as shown on the attached maps, subject to certain
conditions. (District 2) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission
and Wastewater)
b. MR-2025-0038 Joseph Parks c/o March Adams & Associates, Inc. (Abandonment).
An ordinance closing and abandoning a sanitary sewer and easement in the 400 block
of Palmetto Street, beginning twenty (20) feet NW from MH #S146A019 thence 287
feet to MH #S146A020, for a total of 287 linear feet, Tax Map No. 146A-F-008, as
shown on the attached map, subject to certain conditions. (District 8)
(Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Wastewater)
IX. Resolutions:
COUNCIL OFFICE
a. A resolution confirming the appointment of Ronika Bryant to the Sports Authority
Board for District 5, for a term beginning on August 20, 2025, and ending on August
19, 2031. (District 5)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
b. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Economic
Development to enter into an Indemnity, Hold Harmless, and Contribution Agreement
with Dew James, LLC, in substantially the form attached, and to authorize the
payment of $269,000.00 for reimbursement to Dew James, LLC for the placement of
lightweight flowable fill into the City’s rights-of-ways at Broad and Eighth Streets as
necessary to maintain the structural integrity of the City sidewalks and
rights-of-ways. (District 7)
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Parks & Outdoors
c. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for Parks & Outdoors to apply for, and if
awarded, accept a Tennessee Tourism Enhancement Grant for the Coolidge Park Live
and Electric Project, in the amount of $100,000.00, with a funding match not to
exceed $100,000.00 from local private foundation support.
Public Works
d. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
approve Change Order No. 2 with J. Brennon Construction, Inc., of Dalton, GA,
relative to Contract No. E-23-017-201, City Hall Annex Improvements, for window
trim remediation, rooftop doorway weatherproofing, and ADA bathroom additions,
for an increase of $128,973.27, with a contingency in the amount of $50,000.00, for a
revised amount not to exceed $2,140,130.75. (District 8)
X. Purchases.
XI. Committee Reports.
XII. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
XIII. Adjournment.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2025
CITY COUNCIL PROPOSED AGENDA
3:30 PM
1. Call to Order by Chairwoman Hill.
2. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilman Harvey).
3. Special Presentations.
PUBLIC HEARING - FY26 BUDGET AMENDMENT
Councilman Henderson’s Alternate Proposal
Re: First Responder Pay
4. Minute Approval.
5. Discussion of Agenda.
? Next Week’s Proposed Agenda Items
? Purchasing Questions
? Future Considerations (3 Week Look Ahead)
6. Committee or Department Reports:
? None
RECESS
Order of Business for City Council
7. Ordinances - Final Reading:
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Wastewater
a. MR-2025-0083 City of Chattanooga Wastewater c/o Mark Heinzer, P.E.
(Abandonment). An ordinance closing and abandoning multiple sanitary sewer
easements in the 1500 block of Mercer Street and the 1100 block of Luptonville
Crossing, including: (1) a sewer easement beginning at MH #S118N001 thence
northeastwardly 3,770 feet to MH #S118L001; (2) a sewer easement beginning at MH
#S118E053 thence southwest 1,171 feet to MH #S118E306; and (3) portions of thirty
(30”) inch force main and forty-eight (48”) inch gravity sewer easements as described
in the attached documentation, Tax Map Nos. 118E-E-006, 118K-E-004, 007 thru
020, 118K-E-027, 028, 038, as shown on the attached maps, subject to certain
conditions. (District 2) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission
and Wastewater)
b. MR-2025-0038 Joseph Parks c/o March Adams & Associates, Inc. (Abandonment).
An ordinance closing and abandoning a sanitary sewer and easement in the 400 block
of Palmetto Street, beginning twenty (20) feet NW from MH #S146A019 thence 287
feet to MH #S146A020, for a total of 287 linear feet, Tax Map No. 146A-F-008, as
shown on the attached map, subject to certain conditions. (District 8)
(Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Wastewater)
8. Ordinances - First Reading:
FINANCE
a. An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 14239, also known as “the Fiscal Year
2025-2026 Operations Budget,” for the City of Chattanooga, fixing the rate of
taxation on all taxable properties in the City; amend estimated General Fund revenue;
amend Sections 5 and 5(A) so as to appropriate the same from General Fund; amend
Section 7(A) to revise provision for sworn employees; amend Section 7(E) to adjust
authorized positions; and to amend Fire and Police pay plans. (Mayor’s Proposal)
An ordinance to strike certain portions of Ordinance No. 14239, also known as “the
Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operations Budget,” for the City of Chattanooga and to
substitute the following provisions fixing the rate of taxation on all taxable properties
in the City; amending estimated General Fund revenues; amend Sections 5 and 5(A)
so as to appropriate the same from General Fund; amend Section 7(A) to revise
provision for sworn employees; amend Section 7(E) to adjust authorized positions;
and to amend Fire and Police pay plans. (Alternate Proposal) (Sponsored by
Councilmen Henderson and Davis)
b. An ordinance to amend the Capital Budget Ordinance No. 14240, known as “the
Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Capital Budget,” appropriating, authorizing, or allocating
funds to the Capital Improvements Budget for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 to increase
the Capital Budget by $13,350,000.00 from General Fund Operations.
9. Resolutions:
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
a. A resolution authorizing the Department of Community Development to apply for,
and if awarded, accept the Older American Act Senior Center Services Grant by the
Southeast Tennessee Development District/Southeast Tennessee Area Agency on
Aging and Disability for senior community-based services and activities for a grant
period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, in the amount of $20,000.00.
COUNCIL OFFICE
b. A resolution confirming the appointment of Jonathan Mason to the Health,
Educational, and Housing Facility Board for District 4, with a term beginning on
August 27, 2025, and ending on August 26, 2031. (District 4)
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Parks & Outdoors
c. A resolution authorizing the Department of Parks & Outdoors to apply for, and if
awarded, accept a BC Healthy Places Grant for the Chattanooga Skate Park, in the
amount of $___________________. (Added with permission of Chairwoman Hill)
Public Works
d. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
award Contract No. Y-25-007-201, Carver Community Center Gym Floor
Replacement, to Wilder Contracting, LLC, of Chattanooga, TN, in the amount of
$128,968.00, with a contingency in the amount of $3,207.00, for a total amount of
$132,175.00. (District 8)
e. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
award Contract No. E-21-022-201, Watkins Building ACM Abatement and Mold
Remediation, to E. Luke Greene Company, Inc., of New Market, TN, in the amount
of $94,542.55, with a contingency in the amount of $9,450.00, for a total amount of
$104,042.55. (District 9)
POLICE
f. A resolution authorizing the Chief of Police to apply for, and if awarded, accept a
grant from the Hamilton County District 3 Homeland Security Council, the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, Office for Domestic Preparedness State Homeland
Security Grant Program 2024 awarded Hamilton County, in the amount of
$182,406.46, which will be administered to the Chattanooga Police Department and
other municipalities, wherein the Chattanooga Police Department will receive
$33,261.50 to purchase equipment, for a grant period ending January 31, 2027.
10. Purchases.
11. Committee Reports.
12. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
13. Adjournment