City Council
Regular MeetingBristol, TN · March 4, 2025
Minutes
MINUTES OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL, TENNESSEE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
March 4,2025
CALL TO ORDER:
The City of Bristol, Tennessee City Council meeting was called to order by Mayor Mark Hutton on
Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. in the Slater Center Auditorium.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Mayor Mark Hutton, Vice Mayor Vince Turner, Councilwoman Rae Akard, Councilwoman
Margaret Feierabend, and Councilwoman Lea Powers.
Others Present: City Manager Kelli Bourgeois, City Attorney Danielle Smith, City Recorder Mary Lee
Williams, Director of Community Development and Planning Cherith Young, Director of Finance Hollie
Verran, Fire Chief Mike Carrier, Director of Community Relations Jon Luttrell, Director of Parks and
Recreation Mike Mains, IT Network Technician Nick Fugate, and other members of City staff.
INVGCATIGN AND PLEDGE GF ALLEGIANCE:
Mayor Hutton gave the invocation and Councilwoman Rae Akard led the pledge of allegiance.
AGENDA ADDITIGNS AND / GR CHANGES: None
PRGCLAMATIGNS AND RECGGNITIGNS:
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - Councilwoman Margaret Feierabend presented a proclamation
designating March 2025 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Ms. Christina Moody-Lawson, cancer
survivor and local organizer of the Get Your Rear in Gear 5K in association with the Colon Cancer
Coalition, was in attendance to accept the proclamation. Ms. Lawson thanked Council for helping to
bring awareness of this disease which is prevalent throughout our country and has a very high diagnosis
ranking in our community. She also shared information about the upcoming Get Your Rear in Gear 5K
on March 22"^. Councilwoman Feierabend mentioned that when she was around the age of Ms. Lawson,
the age for colon cancer was around age 55 years and older and it was frequently a death sentence.
Now, if it is caught in time it is very treatable, however, it is also affecting people at an earlier age.
PRESENTATIGNS: None
BGARD GF EDUCATIGN LIAISGN REPGRT:
Charlie Taylor, a member of the Board of Education, presented the report. He introduced himself and
explained the Board of Education as a whole decided to ask Dr. Annette Tudor, Director of Schools, to
attend the City Council work sessions and that the board members would start presenting to Council.
They thought it may help to further the relationship and communication. They do a lot of work and have
Agenda
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
March 4, 2025
7:00 PM
Wyatt Auditorium - Slater Center
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
4. Agenda Additions
5. Proclamations and Recognitions
■ Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
6. Presentations
None
7. Board of Education Liaison Report
8. Public Hearings
■ Ordinance 25-2 An Ordinance to Amend the Appropriation of Funds and
Budget for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 through June 30,
2025
9. Appearance of Citizens
10. Appointments
None
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11. Ordinances and Resolutions
A. First Reading of New Ordinances
■ Ordinance 25-4 An Ordinance to Update the City’s Sign Regulations and to
Create a New Chapter 13 of the Zoning Ordinance for the
Sign Regulations
■ Ordinance 25-5 An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 5 (Industrial Districts) of
the Zoning Ordinance to Allow Automotive Repair and
Maintenance as a Permitted Use
B. Adoption of Ordinances (Second Reading)
■ Ordinance 25-2 An Ordinance to Amend the Appropriation of Funds and
Budget for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 through June 30,
2025
■ Ordinance 25-3 An Ordinance to Abandon an Unopened Street Near
Vance Drive as Public Right-of-Way
C. Resolutions
■ Resolution 25-25 A Resolution Changing the Time of City Council Meetings
and Work Sessions to 6:00 P.M.
14. Consent Agenda
■ Minutes February 4, 2025 City Council Meeting
■ Minutes February 25, 2025 City Council Work Session
■ Resolution 25-26 A Resolution Authorizing Purchase of Two Mowers for
Parks and Recreation under Sourcewell Contract
■ Resolution 25-27 A Resolution Authorizing Purchase of Athletic Field Infield
Groomer for Parks and Recreation under Sourcewell
Contract
■ Resolution 25-28 A Resolution Authorizing Entry into a Commercial Lease
for Office Space with City Centre, LLC
■ Resolution 25-29 A Resolution Authorizing Purchase of Snowplow for Public
Works under Sourcewell Contract
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■ Resolution 25-30 A Resolution Authorizing Updates of Fire Station Exhaust
Removal System from MagneGrip as Sole Source
■ Resolution 25-31 A Resolution Authorizing the City to Make Application for
Local Parks and Recreation Fund Grant Dollars for a
Proposed Aquatic Center and a Parks and Recreation
Master Plan
■ Resolution 25-32 A Resolution Awarding Bid for Downtown Curb Ramp
Improvements
13. City Manager’s Report
14. City Council Comments
15. Adjournment
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