Article Category: City Council Update

The Mayor and Council started April business with a special called meeting on April 11 for the purposes of executive session that resulted in no action taken. This was then followed by the regular scheduled meeting. Council was presented with two staff reports. The first report was on the initial draft of the Fiscal Year…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council met twice during the month of March. The first meeting, held on March 14, saw further discussion on a proposal to relocate the Tucker Station Chick-fil-A restaurant. Representatives for Chick-fil-A asked for a deferral on the project, as they seek to work different transportation options to alleviate concerns of neighbors…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council met on February 15, casting a vote on the highly anticipated special land use permit (SLUP) for Chick-fil-A. The restaurant chain, which is seeking to move its Tucker Station location to the site of the old The Greater Good BBQ on Hugh Howell Road, asked for a deferral of their…

Tucker’s Mayor and new City Council met twice during the month of January. The first meeting, which took place on January 11, was historic as Mayor Frank Auman and three new councilmembers took the oath of office. Councilmembers Roger Orlando (District 1), Cara Schroeder (District 2), and Alexis Weaver (District 3) all were sworn in,…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council held one meeting during the month of December, finishing out their business for 2021. At that December 13 meeting, Council cast several votes including granting a deferral on a special land use permit (SLUP) application to re-locate the Tucker Station Chick-fil-A to the site of the old Greater Good BBQ…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council met twice during the month of November, dealing with a laundry list of agenda items, while also welcoming a new member to the Council. That new member, Virginia Rece, won a special election on November 2 to replace Councilman Bill Rosenfeld, who passed away in January. Rece was sworn in…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council met twice during the month of October, discussing and deciding on several important issues. At their meeting on October 12, they held seven public hearings on what was a very busy night for the body. The first of the public hearings surrounded an ordinance to amend the City Code to…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council met twice during the month of September, holding several public hearings and casting votes on several important issues. The biggest of those votes, which happened at the meeting on September 13, was to begin distributing money from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Council decided unanimously to approve a $1.2…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council met twice during the month of August, discussing and deciding on some important issues. The first meeting happened on August 9. On a 6-0 vote, the Council adopted an ordinance to amend the City Code to make proactive life safety changes to issues like vehicle storage in the City. They…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council met on July 12, holding their lone scheduled meeting for the month. In a meeting that saw several issues voted on, perhaps the most consequential agenda item was a presentation on sidewalk priorities in the City. As part of Tucker’s Transportation Master Plan, the City’s engineering team went to work…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council met three times during the month of June, focusing primarily on issues of budget and taxation. At the meeting on June 14, they approved an approximately $16 million budget for Fiscal Year 2022. The budget was approved on a unanimous vote following a public hearing on the subject.  They also…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council met twice during the month of May, discussing and dealing with a number of issues of importance in the City. At the meeting on May 10, Council voted 6-0 to award a nearly $48,000 contract for assessing the condition of the City’s streets to Stantec. Three years ago, Stantec performed…