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Hi all, I’ve been told by some community members that there may be the opinion among Council members that the city does not have the authority to lead on this issue because we do not have a health department. Actually, alternative response teams have been adopted into a city’s E-911 services in a my...

Good afternoon fellow members of Council, I am emailing to share my thoughts on the Alternative Response resolutions on the agenda, provide clarity as to why multiple agenda items addressing alternative response are on our agenda, and ask for your support of my resolution. Following our meeting 4 we...

Hi all, To follow up on the charter-mandated funding for parks, greenways, and historic preservation that I mentioned at last night’s city council meeting, please find below the relevant section in our charter. It appears this obligation expires next year in FY 25. https://library.municode.com/tn/kn...

Hey Janet, Thanks for posting this information. I just happened upon this post today while looking for a different post. Otherwise I would not have known that you posted. We really need automatic notifications set up so we all know when a message is posted in this forum. I will look over these mater...

Dear colleagues. Please see my questions and concerns regarding the proposal for Stadium financing included at this link. The document was too large to upload directly to the forum. http://ameliaparkerforcitycouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Stadium-Agreements_Parker-Concerns-v4.pdf Sincerely, ...

Good morning and Happy Father’s Day to the fathers on council, Quick update: To change the final day to approve the budget to June 30 and the final date for city council to receive the budget to May 1st, Rob found three additional sections of the charter that will need to be amended: Sections 801(c)...

Afternoon Colleagues, Recently I inquired about the process to form a charter review committee to discuss potential revisions to the city budgeting process and other potential charter amendments. City Council attorney Rob Frost has followed up with that information and it involves forming an ad hoc ...

Dear Colleagues, Following the unanimous adoption of the resolution recognizing gun violence as a public health issue and calling on our state to take action, I have added information about the pending bills to my website so that community members may share the information with their contacts throug...

I sent the following memo via email to all members of City Council as well as Mayor Kincannon and members of the Administration. I am posting here for the public record. Email text: Good morning Mayor, Council, and staff, I am emailing to share a memo outlining my proposed amendment to the FY 21-22 ...

Attached is a study conducted by the Federal Reserve that seeks to answer the question of whether more housing supply can solve the affordability crisis. The study was published in 2018 and finds that "marginal reductions in supply constraints alone are unlikely to meaningfully reduce rent burdens,"...