Lee Roy Cunningham (Submitted file photo) [Click to enlarge]

Lee Roy Cunningham said that the city should stop spending money on items he feels Shelbyville does not need. He had questioned if the city really needed mobile staging that was purchased by the Parks and Recreation Department at a cost of $6,755.

Cunningham noted that the county was experiencing a revenue shortfall and that the city should tighten its belt as well. City manager Ed Craig stated that Shelbyville was "on budget" for this fiscal year.

Two ordinances before the council make revisions to the wording of the city code concerning the city's park board and its director. Under state law, a city can have two types of park boards -- an advisory board or a board that actually runs a park.

Shelbyville's board operates as an advisory board, but the current wording of the ordinance has it as the type of organization that runs the park. The changes to the two ordinances, which were both passed on first reading, will reflect the board's role as being an advisory capacity.

Another two ordinances passed on first reading deal with next year's budget and the current one. One would establish a budget for 2008-2009 and the other ordinance would approve final budget amendments to this year's budget.

Two items were added to the agenda as the meeting began: The council approved the mayor signing an annual maintenance contract with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT).

Also approved was the donation of a pole clock for the public square by Heritage Jewelry owner Wayne Hix.

The council passed a motion to approve the placement of signs at the city limits honoring the Central High School Golden Eaglettes and listing their championships. The six signs would be paid for by Breakfast Rotary, the Kiwanis Club and the Lions Club.

A motion was approved for expenditures to pay for a phone line for Crimestoppers as well as the expenditure of funds for attendance at next week's Tennessee Municipal League Legislative Conference.

The Mayor was authorized to execute a contract with the Tennessee Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division for the relocation of the Shelbyville airport's Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS).

Another motion passed authorized the city's fire department to apply for a grant a vehicle exhaust system for two stations and a breathing air compressor in the amount of $106,990. The federal share would be $101,641 and just $5,349 would be Shelbyville's share.

Also approved was a motion to authorize accepting application for two Power, Water and Sewer Board appointments, since the terms of Clara Nelson and Clarence Lamb are expiring.

Mayor Wallace Cartwright also appointed David Hopkins to the Shelbyville Municipal Airport Authority to complete the unexpired term of the late Rodney Altman.

* A rezoning request made by Jeffrey Bush was approved on third and final reading for 0.22 acres at 912 Sevier St. from C-2 (highway service district) to I-1 (light industrial). The facility will be a small operation making replacement joints for patients.

* Another rezoning request, made by Kathy and Milford Prater, was also approved on third and final reading for 800 Union St.,, 802 Union St., and 103 Dover St., consisting of .85 acres from R-3 (medium density residential) to C-2 (highway service district).

* Passed on second reading were two rezoning requests. Donnie Pogue asked the council to rezone 3.81 acres at 700 West Lane St., the old Empire building, from I-1 (light industrial) to PUD (planned unit development). Activities at the site would include auto repair, climate-controlled self storage, and a separate building to be used as a wood pallet facility. The other rezoning request granted was to Buchanan Beauty College at 925 Sevier St., with the 0.38 acres to be rezoned from R-3 (medium density residential) to C-2 (highway service district).

* Approved on first reading was a rezoning request from Bobby Sanders for a 0.134 acre parcel on Davis Lane from I-1 (light industrial) to C-2 (highway service district).

* Another rezoning request was approved on first reading to Rod Parsons for 635 North Main St. for a nine-unit professional services office complex adjoining Delray Street and North Main, also known as the old Senior Citizens Center. The property was requested to be rezoned from C-2 (highway service district) to PCD (planned commercial development).

* Passed on first reading was an amendment to the Planed Unit Development (PUD) for Parker Brothers LLC to finalize the design for Union Station and layout changes for Section K and the front commercial entryway out parcels.