A G E N D A ATHENS CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008, 6:00 P.M. * a.) Presentation of VIVID Award Women United in Community Service

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1 A G E N D A ATHENS CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008, 6:00 P.M. I. CALL TO ORDER Mayo John Poffitt II. III. IV. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE INVOCATION Vice Mayo Pekinson ROLL CALL V. * MINUTES May 20, 2008 VI. COMMUNICATIONS * a.) Pesentation of VIVID Awad Women United in Community Sevice * b.) Amateu Radio Week Poclamation c.) Miscellaneous Coespondence VII. PETITIONS AND REQUESTS a.) Requests fom Audience - (thee-minute time limit pe speake) VIII. REPORTS * a.) Finance Depatment Repot * b.) Police Depatment Repot * c.) Fie Depatment Repot IX. CONSENT AGENDA * a.) Appove Athens Utilities Boad budget fo Fiscal Yea 2008/09; * b.) Appove Athens City Boad of Education Budget Amendment No. 2 fo Fiscal Yea 2007/08; * c.) Appove Athens City Boad of Education Budget fo Fiscal Yea 2008/09; * d.) Accept low bid (Bid No dated May 16, 2008) meeting specifications fom Play-Rite Spots Sufaces fo esufacing of basketball cout and eplacing goals at Heitage Pak at total cost of $11,920 (lowest bid submitted by Louisville Paving was withdawn);

2 * e.) Accept low bid (Bid No dated May 30, 2008) meeting specifications fom Highway Makings, Inc. fo guadail eplacement at a total cost of $41,400; * f.) Accept esignation by Ralph Baldwin fom the Libay Committee, tem expies June 20, 2009, and fom the Receation Advisoy Boad, tem expies June 30, 2011; * g.) Reappoint Chales Robinson fo a five-yea tem on the Boad of Zoning Appeals, tem expies June 30, 2013; * h.) Reappoint Shelley Giffith fo a thee-yea tem on the Libay Committee, tem expies June 30, 2011; * i.) Reappoint Fed Buke fo a fou-yea tem on the Receation Advisoy Boad, tem expies June 30, 2012; * j.) Reappoint Billy Gaines fo a fou-yea tem on the Receation Advisoy Boad, tem expies, June 30, 2012; * k.) Appoint Chales Senn to fill the unexpied tem of Ralph Baldwin on the Libay Committee, tem expies June 20, 2009; X. ORDINANCES * a.) ORDINANCE NO. 970 SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT A BUDGET AND SET THE TAX RATE IN THE AMOUNT OF $ ON EACH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ASSESSED VALUE OF TAXABLE PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ATHENS, TENNESSEE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2008, THROUGH JUNE 30, XI. XII. OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS * a.) Request fo donation McMinn Socce Complex * b.) Appointment to Athens Utilities Boad fo peiod July 2, 2008 though June 30, 2012 d.) e.) Council Event June 27 th at Athens popety downtown Manage s Repot

3 AUB Items of Inteest June 2008 Powe Division. The engineeing study fo a fibe loop connecting ou substations is complete. A make-eady plan is supplied fo each pole elative to which fibe will be attached. A bid fo pocuement of specified mateials and installation is being pepaed fo letting. (Ongoing). JL Malone & Associates ae woking at Noth Athens substation. The 161 beake has been deliveed. Ou substation house is to be tested June 5s. The station tansfome now is scheduled fo June 30th delivey. All steel is on site now and is being eected. The station is scheduled to be in sevice in late July.. Othe substation enovations ae unde way and will continue though the summe. These ae essentially maintenance items that ou infaed suvey identified.. Pimaies and stuctues in the Ingleside aea nea downtown ae being ebuilt and conveted to a highe pimay voltage and will be fed out of Noth Athens substation. This is pat of ou ongoing 4KV to l3kv convesion fo downtown aeas.. We have submitted infomation elative to the Hwy. 30 widening. This poject has been defeed by the state indefinitely and no wod on when it will commence can be ascetained. TDOT is now tying to bid this in two pats but the split is unknown at this time. (no change) Wate/Wastewate. The Wate and Wastewate divisions in ecent weeks has hosted tous fo moe than. 700 kids though AI-IE 's teatment facilities. Majo topics included wate teatment and consevation, lessons in the science of wate/wastewate opeations, and envionmental esponsibility.. Both divisions continue to assist in a Cost of Sevices study fo wate/wastewate. The study is designed to detemine the eal cost fo seving vaious billing classes of customes (esidental, commecial, in-city, out-of-city, etc.) so that we may ensue ou ates ae popely set and equitably classified.. Collection System Rehabilitation - Wok continues on the poject to collect wastewate fom the Riceville School and pump it to ou Oostanaula teatment plant. Also this peiod, the collection system cew eplaced 600 feet of sewe line, one manhole, and enovated seveal sevices on Velma Road. Soon, the cew will begin anothepoject to eplace 2,000 feet ofsewe line, enovate 30-plus sevices, and install seveal new manholes on Long Mill Road and Lockmille Road.. AthenaGo, ou biosolids fetilize poduct, continues to be sold and deliveed to fames in bulk. We also have odeed geen 5-gallon buckets and labels so that the poduct can be packaged and sold to individuals fo home use.. The Wate Division installed 6 new sevices and epaied 8 leaks. Natual Gas. PGA fo June will be $ fo fim gas and $ fo intemptible gas based on an aveage gas cost of $ This PGA is pecent above the PGA fo June 2007, when the aveage cost of gas was $8.62.

4 Gas is tading at ove $12.00 pe decathem. Typically at this time of yea, when esidential heating load is at the auual low point, gas pices have fallen damatically with basic economic foces of supply/demand. But this yea NG continues to be sympathetic to cude. Theefoe, AUB continues to buy month to month off the spot maket and is not putting any gas in stoage at this point. It would be unwise to stoe gas fo the winte at these pices. Ou constuction and sevice goups emain busy in day{o-day activities. Installed seven gas sevices at the new Gattis Pizza complex on Congess Pakway. Refubished the Athens City Gate Station - mete un was incoect and flanges had deteioated aound the valves.

5 06/06/ : 39 FAX I,tcilINN EC BEV Hclhinn Gounty Economic Deuelopment Authofi MEMORANDUM COTFIDEilT TO: FROM: RE: DATE: ATHENS CITY COUNCIL MCMINN COUI{TY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MQNTIILY ECONOII{IC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT JIJNE 6,2008 I{EW AND POTENTIAL INDUSTRIES. Pospect inquies have oontinued to be good duing the past few weeks, but visits have declined damatically. Seveal pospective companies have equested infomation fo Geenfield sites inside ad outside the city limits of Athens. Smalle available buildings in the aea have been visited by potentialenants, and the Ritchie Building has been leased to SunsOil Cop, a biodiesel manufactue. EXISTING INDUSTRIDS Dynasty Spas auounced an expansion late last month that will ueate at least 40 newjobs. Johnson Contols is planning a celebation fo its 30ft annivesay in Athens on.iune 7,2008, and will likely announce an expansion of its facility on that occasion-aowd 14,000 sq. ft. addition to the buitding which has alcady begun. Two existing small companies in McMinn County (who still wish to cmain confidential) continue to wok on possible expansion plans. OTHER I The McMin County unemployment ate deceased fomt.lyo in Mach to 6.7% in Apil. Invitations wee nailed last week fo the 2008 Indusy Appeciation Day on June 3d,, If you haa questions o comments about any item in this epot, please let us know. Thank you fo you continued inteest and suppot. P.o. Bo 767.Athens, ennessee 3.tfl;iflffi3"'.f.3ti 'Fax (a23) 745'1507