The East Ridge City Council took up a wide range of issues at its Thursday October 15 meeting. An off premises billboard, beer permit variance, a million dollar over budget Camp Jordan Parkway, and a packed agenda featuring 15 other separate items the City Council worked to stay focused and on task to deal with each […]
Camp Jordan Parkway Approved
During a council meeting that featured an agenda busting at the seams, the East Ridge City Council took up discussion regarding the bids for improvements to Camp Jordan Parkway. Exit One LLC successfully petitioned the council a few months ago with a request to upgrade the parkway by widening the road from two lanes to […]
City Council Hears from Both Sides of SCL Issue
During Thursday night’s East Ridge City Council meeting at City Hall, councilman heard from two people with divergent views on how the city should act in terms of the condemned Superior Creek Lodge. One man wanted city officials to never allow it to reopen as an extended stay motel, saying it trapped the poor. One […]
Jablonski to Columbia
East Ridge City Treasurer Thad Jablonski is leaving the city to take a job as Assistant City Manager in Columbia, Tenn., a city official said Thursday afternoon. Jablonski, a native of upper East Tennessee, came to East Ridge from Lakeland, Tenn. where he was Executive Coordinator for the City Manager. Jablonski could not be reached […]
Rental Inspection Ordinance Sorely Needed
Unless you have been living under a rock, you are probably well aware and have very strong feelings about what took place on Wednesday evening at Superior Creek Lodge. Just in case your unaware or one of those few who get there “facts” from social media I will give you a short recap. On Tuesday […]
Citizen Input Dominates Council Meeting
Citizen input dominated Thursday’s East Ridge City Council meeting at City Hall. From garden club members rolling out an elaborate long-term plan for planting trees and shrubs at Camp Jordan, to church members talking barbecue, to outrage over the timing in the city’s condemning an extended stay motel, citizens had their say. Maggie Burns, President […]
Council Grapples with ‘Leave Buy Back’ Issue
The East Ridge City Council met Thursday in a Called Meeting and wrestled with the issue of employee compensation. Much of the meeting was dominated by discussions of the City’s “Leave Buy Back” program for employees. The Council adopted Ordinance 918 in 2012 which essentially did away with the program for employees hired after June […]
Council Welcomes New Officers, Beer at Walmart
The East Ridge City Council welcomed three new police officers to the city’s force Thursday night during its regular meeting at City Hall. Mayor Brent Lambert administered the Oath of Honor to new officers Paul Carrano, John Perry and William Johnson, as Chief J.R. Reed looked on. The Council also embraced the sale of […]
Williams to Remain Interim CM Indefinitely
On Thursday during its regular meeting at City Hall, the East Ridge City Council decided not to take any action in the immediate future to find a permanent city manager. Vice Mayor Marc Gravitt had placed an item on the agenda to discuss the position of City Manager. When Andrew Hyatt resigned on June 30, […]
Neptune Beach Approves Contract for Hyatt
On Monday evening, the Neptune Beach City Council in a special session approved a city manager contract for Andrew Hyatt. The contract is tentatively slated to begin August 1, though there was discussion according to the Neptune Beach City Attorney Patrick Krechowski about having him start on July 27th. Krechowski told Neptune Beach councilors that […]
Hyatt Offered CM Job in Neptune Beach
East Ridge City Manager Andrew Hyatt was offered the position of City Manager in Neptune Beach, Fla., Thursday night, according to our friends at The Island Times. Hyatt, who has been City Manger here since October 2013, was one of four finalists for the job. Those candidates _ Michael W. Doss, City Administrator, City of […]
Council Clips Jablonski; Installs Williams as Deputy CM
The East Ridge City Council met Wednesday morning in a special called session/ budget workshop. Little was accomplished in terms of the budget, however the council moved to strip City Treasurer Thad Jablonski of his title of Deputy City Manager. Councilman Larry Sewell read from a sheet of paper as he made a motion to […]
City Takes Steps to Write $1 Million Check
On Sunday, in anticipation of writing Exit 1 LLC developers a check for $1 million, the City Council passed a resolution lowering the minimum balance it must keep as unassigned money in its General Fund. Resolution 2482 lowered the effective amount of money in the general fund from three months operating capital to two months. […]
City Passes Budget on First Reading
The East Ridge City Council met Saturday morning from a recessed meeting and passed on first reading its 2015-16 fiscal year budget. The proposed $10.7 million budget is a decrease of almost half a million dollars (minus the development incentives of $4 million) from the previous year’s budget, officials said. The proposed budget anticipates an […]
Manning Says He’s Running for State Rep.
Editors Note: Matthew DeGlopper is a contributor to East Ridge News Online. With Councilman Larry Sewell absent, the East Ridge City Council met Thursday night and recessed until Saturday morning to take care of the more serious issues before them. However, Councilman Denny Manning, who will have served for 12 years when his term expires […]