STATE OF TENNESSEE
COUNTY OF HAMBLEN
CORPORATION OF MORRISTOWN
NOVEMBER 16, 2004
(No Council Mtg. 11/2/04.)

The City Council for the City of Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, met in regular session at the regular meeting place of the Council in the Morristown City Center at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 16, 2004 with Honorable Mayor Gary R. Johnson presiding and the following named Councilmembers present: Claude Jinks, Frank McGuffin, William Rooney, Kay Senter, William Thompson and Rick Trent.

Councilmember Jinks made a motion to approve the October 19, 2004 minutes as circulated; Councilmember McGuffin seconded the motion and all voted 'aye'.

A public hearing was held on the following captioned Ordinance No. 3199. Councilmember Jinks made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 3199 on second and final reading; Councilmember Thompson seconded the motion and upon roll call, all voted 'aye'.

Ordinance No. 3199 Entitled an Ordinance to close and vacate certain rights-of-way within the City of Morristown. {Closing a portion of an alley-way that runs alongside Leslie Bivens’ property at 218 East 3rd South Street.}

Councilmember Thompson made a motion to approve Change Order #1, Trent Excavating, for Koch Foods site improvements in the amount of $74,085.89. Councilmember Senter seconded the motion and upon roll call, all voted 'aye'.

Councilmember Rooney made a motion to award the construction contract for the sanitary sewer line relocation on Martin Luther King Parkway (SR 66 – Jarnigan Avenue to SR34) to Vaughn & Melton in an amount not to exceed $45,072. Councilmember Thompson seconded the motion and upon roll call, all voted “aye”.

Councilmember Thompson made a motion to award the construction contract for utility improvements for Koch Foods to Merritt Construction in the amount of $166,182. Councilmember Jinks seconded the motion and upon roll call, ally voted 'aye'.

City Council had no objection to adding a change order for Fire Station #5 to the agenda.

Councilmember Thompson made a motion to approve Change Order #2 to Wild Building Contractors for Fire Station #5 in the amount of $11,404.65. Councilmember Senter seconded the motion and upon roll call, all voted 'aye'.

Councilmember Jinks made a motion to adopt the following captioned Ordinance No. 3200 on first reading and schedule a public hearing relative to final passage of said Ordinance for December 7, 2004. Councilmember McGuffin seconded the motion and upon roll call, all voted 'aye'.

Ordinance no. 3200
Entitled an Ordinance to amend the Fiscal Year 2004 Budget by providing for appropriations from revenue and expenditure accounts on an individual fund and line item basis.

Councilmember Jinks made a motion to give City employees December 23rd off as an additional Christmas holiday. Councilmember Senter seconded the motion and all voted 'aye'.

Councilmember Jinks made a motion to accept Chief Honeycutt’s recommendation and promote James Stewart to Captain. Councilmember Rooney seconded the motion and upon roll call, Councilmembers Jinks, McGuffin, Rooney, Senter, Thompson and Mayor Johnson voted 'aye'; Councilmember Trent voted “no”.

Councilmember Jinks made a motion to accept Chief Honeycutt’s recommendation and promote Randall Kyle to Lieutenant. Councilmember Rooney seconded the motion and upon roll call, Councilmembers Jinks, McGuffin, Rooney, Senter, Thompson and Mayor Johnson voted 'aye'; Councilmember Trent voted “no”.

Councilmember Jinks made a motion to accept Chief Honeycutt’s recommendation and promote Scott Kimbrough to Driver/Engineer. Councilmember Rooney seconded the motion and upon roll call, Councilmembers Jinks, McGuffin, Rooney, Senter, Thompson and Mayor Johnson voted 'aye'; Councilmember Trent voted 'no'.

Councilmember Jinks made a motion to accept Chief Overholt’s recommendation and promote Gary Bean to Detective. Councilmember McGuffin seconded the motion and upon roll call, all voted 'aye'.

Councilmember Thompson made a motion to award the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for an ETPC Industrial Site to S&ME in an amount not to exceed $5,800. Councilmember McGuffin seconded the motion and upon roll call, all voted 'aye'.

Councilmember Jinks made a motion to approve the following actions relative to “Project Newton” (Kawasaki expansion); Councilmember Trent seconded the motion and upon roll call all voted 'aye'.

Authorize the Mayor to execute documents relative to:

1) The sale of Lot #26, East Tennessee Progress Center.
2) First Right of Refusal for the purchase of up to 28 acres contiguous with Lot #26.
3) Application for a Tennessee Industrial Infrastructure Program (TIIP) Grant in the amount of $720,870 with the prospective client paying the 31% matching funds.
4) Application for a State Industrial Access (SIA) grant with the amount to be determined later.

Mayor Johnson adjourned the November 16, 2004 City Council meeting.

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Mayor

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City Administrator