Chattanooga Pulse

Here is one of the more interesting agenda items set to be discussed at the November 10 meeting of the Chattanooga City Council.

5. Ordinances – Final Reading:

a) An ordinance adopting a Plan of Services and extending the corporate limits of the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, to annex certain territory contiguous to the present corporate limits of the City of Chattanooga known as Area 9B, being certain parcels adjacent to Old Lee Highway and Apison Pike within the Urban Growth Boundary of the City of Chattanooga, in Hamilton County, Tennessee, as shown by the attached map. (Public Hearing.)

After months of debate and political posturing (and a recent lawsuit, with more legal action promised to come), the above ordinance looks to be the final annexation move by the city, at least for the time being (one can never really predict what this current council will do next).

To date, all of the annexation ordinances have passed with Councilman Russell Gilbert being the only member to vote against each one of the ordinances.

On the prevailing side, council members Jack Benson, Manny Rico and Sally Robinson have voted in favor of each ordinance.

The remaining council members have split their votes on the various areas in question, but never enough to send down (in the end) any of the annexations.

The Chattanooga City Council meets each Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the City Council Building at 1000 Lindsay St. For more information on the agendas, visit www.Chattanooga.gov/City_Council/110_Agenda.asp