BMA HighlightsPlease find below highlights from the Board of Mayor and Alderman meeting on Tuesday,

June 21, 2016.

Keep Kingsport Beautiful Awards for June

Residential winners: Shane and Kristi Hutchins, Blackheath Road; Stan and Kim

Pace, Rivermont Circle; Fred and Dorothy Wallin, Belmeade Drive; Nevada and

Elena Darnell, Hermitage Drive; Skip Norrell and John Stewart, Hammond Avenue;

Cathy Jennings, Essex Drive; Jeff and Suzi McKee, Spearhead Court.

 

Business winner: McDonalds, Ft. Henry Drive.

 

Church winner: Waverly Road Presbyterian Church.      

 

Redevelopment Award: Main Street Pizza, Main Street.

L to R: Caleb Gore, Tanner Shivley, Austin Catron, Britney Rochette, Sydney Chambers

 

2016 Scholarship Winners

The KHRA and Kingsport Municipal Employee Dependent Scholarship Program

award scholarships to dependent children of a current KHRA or City of Kingsport

employee. The applicants must have a grade point average of 2.0 or higher, have a

good citizenship record in the community, and must be attending an accredited

college or other post secondary institution.

Caleb Gore = $1,000 scholarship (includes the $500 Sarah Edline Campbell

Scholarship)

Emily Montgomery = $1,000 scholarship (includes the $500 Tilden Fleming

Memorial Scholarship)

Hope Johnson = $1,000 scholarship (includes the $500 Larry Fleming Memorial

Scholarship)

Emily Rhoton = $1,000 scholarship (includes the $500 Louise McCartt Memorial

Scholarship)

Tanner Shivley = $1,000 scholarship (includes the $500 Prentiss McReynolds

Memorial Scholarship)

Austin Catron = $1,000 Dennis Phillips Scholarship

Britney Rochette = $750 scholarship

Makenzie “Katie” Bledsoe = $500 scholarship

Sydney Chambers = $500  scholarship

Kayla McCracken = $500 scholarship

Congrats to the 2015-2016 scholarship winners.

L to R: Jeff Fleming, Noah Rutherford, Charlotte Reasor, Mayor Clark

 

Above & Beyond - Aquatic Center Lifeguards

On June 9 at the Kingsport Aquatic Center, Noah Rutherford noticed an

unresponsive young boy in the lazy river. He jumped in and pulled the boy from the

river and immediately started performing CPR with fellow lifeguard Charlotte Reasor.

When Kingsport Fire Department and EMS arrived, the boy was conscious and was

taken to the hospital. It was later discovered that the young boy had a seizure and

that was the reason for his unresponsiveness.

Thanks to the quick actions of the Kingsport Aquatic Center lifeguards. Noah and

Charlotte, the boy's life was saved!  While they were doing there job, we are thankful

for their heroic efforts.

 

L to R: Claudia Moody, Alderman Olterman

 

Northeast Tennessee Tourism CEO Claudia Moody Retires

On June 30, Claudia Moody retires after 27 years as CEO of Northeast Tennessee

Tourism Association. She started at NETTA in 1989 and has been instrumental in the

region’s growth and expansion. NETTA markets such tourist charms Bays Mountain,

Exchange Place, and Netherland Inn.

During her time as CEO, she increased membership, produced award winning

publications and projects and helped to develop the Pinnacle Awards program to

showcase tourism's peak performers.

Along with being CEO, she's also active in local, regional and state organizations

surrounding tourism efforts. Moody served as Chairman of the Tennessee Tourism

Roundtable and served as the Tennessee representative to the Appalachian

Regional Commission Tourism Council. She currently serves on board of directors

for Tennessee Hospitality & Tourism Association and is the treasurer of the Kingsport

Convention & Visitors Bureau.

She is a recipient of the “Knights of the Roundtable” for outstanding contributions of

leadership, service and professionalism in the Tourism Industry. Moody also received

the first “Associate Award of Excellence” presented by the Tennessee Hotel &

Lodging Association.

Congrats on a successful career Claudia and best wishes for retirement!

 

To review the City Manager 2017 Budget Summary,

please click here.

PUBLIC HEARINGS 

None

B. BUSINESS MATTERS REQUIRING FIRST READING 

$450,000 grant for Borden Park improvements APPROVED 7-0

Amend Chapter 86 Solid Waste in Code of Ordinances APPROVED 4-3

Budget Cleanup & Consolidation Ordinance APPROVED 7-0

o $38,250 to purchase buses for Transit, $115,547 to new Transit Center,

close project

o $102,785 from Water Pump Station Generator to SCADA project, close

project

o $228,768 from Sewer Motor Control Replacement to WWTP

Improvements, close project

o $25,000 from concessions to Parks & Rec Athletics to purchase

concession supplies

 

C. BUSINESS MATTERS REQUIRING FINAL ADOPTION

Ordinance to Adopt the FY16-17 Budget ($166,589,523)  APPROVED 4-3

o Includes Mayor’s compromise proposal

o $8 sanitation fee, maintain current property tax rate

o Includes CIP (capital improvement plan)

o Includes ONEKingsport funding at a lower rate than initially discussed

Ordinance to Adopt the FY16-17 Water Fund Budget ($11,128,200) APPROVED 7-

0

Ordinance to Adopt the FY16-17 Sewer Fund Budget ($11,009,200) APPROVED

7-0

Materials Agreement for Edinburgh Phase 9 Development  APPROVED 7-0

Amend FY17 School Health Insurance Budgets for Active/Retired

Employees APPROVED 7-0

Amend the FY17 General Purpose School Fund Budget APPROVED 7-0

Amend the FY17 Schools Federal Projects Fund Budget APPROVED 7-0

Amend the FY17 School Special Projects Fund Budget APPROVED 7-0

Adopt the FY17 Urban Mass Transit Budget APPROVED 7-0

Adopt the FY17 Metropolitan Planning Project Grant Budget APPROVED 7-0

Adopt the FY17 School Public Law 93-380 Grant Project Fund Budget APPROVED

7-0

Adopt the FY17 Special Schools Projects Grant Fund Budget APPROVED 7-0

Ordinance for the FY17 Community Development Block Grant Budget APPROVED

7-0

Ordinance for the FY17 Emergency Solutions Grant Budget APPROVED 7-0

Prohibit Smoking Anywhere on the Property of the Kingsport Aquatic

Center APPROVED 7-0

Prohibit the Use of Electronic Smoking Devices in Any City-Controlled

Building APPROVED 7-0

 

D. OTHER BUSINESS

Reconcile and adjust $41,732 in uncollectable property tax for Tax Year 2005

(represents 0.145% of the total levy, 99.855% collected) APPROVED 7-0

Chromebooks for all 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students in Kingsport City

Schools APPROVED 7-0

Execute agreements with various organizations for services in Fiscal Year

2017 APPROVED 7-0

o Kingsport ARTS (Arts Council of Greater Kingsport)

o Children's Advocacy Center of Sullivan County

o Downtown Kingsport Association

o First Tennessee Development District

o First Tennessee Human Resource Agency

o Holston Business Development Center

o Kingsport Chamber Foundation for Keep Kingsport Beautiful Program

o Kingsport Art Guild

o Kingsport Ballet

o Kingsport Housing & Redevelopment Authority for Redevelopment

Program

o Kingsport Lifesaving Crew

o Kingsport Theatre Guild

o Sullivan County-Kingsport-Bluff City Animal Control Center

o Symphony Of The Mountains

o Greater Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce for the Move to Kingsport

Program

o Kingsport Office of Small Business & Entrepreneurship (KOSBE)

o Healthy Kingsport

Amend the Fee Resolution for FY 2017 provided for in the City Code APPROVED

6-1

o Bays Mountain Park

o Aquatic Center

o Senior Center

o Library

o Parks & Recreation

o Cultural Arts

o Sanitation

Award the sale of three city-owned parcels which have been declared

surplus APPROVED 7-0

Two replacement school vans from Auto World of Big Stone Gap APPROVED 7-0

Transfer use of unfinished space in Press Building to Schools (not EXCEL

space) APPROVED 7-0

 

E. APPOINTMENTS -- APPROVED 6-0 (Alderman George abstained)

Reappointment to the Planning Commission

o John Moody

 

CONSENT AGENDA -- APPROVED 7-0

Apply for Best Buy Foundation community grant for Library

Certificates of Compliance for Retail Food Stores to Sell Wine

o Food City #605, 1205 North Eastman Road

o Food City #657, 300 Clinchfield Street

o Food City #664, 1911 Moreland Drive

Contractual agreement with TDOT for reimbursement of KATS operating expenses

Contractual agreement with TDOT for reimbursement of KATS capital expenses

What's Happening:June 23- Kingsport Mets Season Opener

(And City of Kingsport Employee Night - $1 Hot Dogs, $1 Sodas!)

NEXT BMA WORK SESSION -- Tuesday, July 5, 2016, 4:00pm, City Hall- Greenbelt Update

- Sales Tax, Wellness Clinic, Safety, Projects Status

NEXT BMA MEETING -- Tuesday, July 5, 2016, 7:00pm, City Hall(Watch Live on Charter Channel 192)

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