At the Oct. 27 board meeting, Bartlett’s mayor and city board passed ordinances to limit where unlicensed vehicles or trailers can be parked and to give site developers a chance to vary from the usual minimum number of parking spaces.
The ordinances will have public hearings on Nov. 24.
Both ordinances amended an existing city zoning ordinance:
- Ordinance 15-05 notes that trailers not stored in an enclosed building must be stored behind the front elevation of the house.
- Ordinance 15-06 authorizes the Bartlett Planning Commission to diverge from the usual minimum number of parking spaces at the time the site plan is approved. This would require the applicant to present information that a different number is sufficient and appropriate.
Other business
In other business, the city board also approved:
- A special event permit for the One Less Orphan 5K to be 8-10 a.m. Nov. 7 at Faith Baptist Church (3755 N. German-town Parkway). The event helps to support the church’s orphan ministry and Memphis Connection Center, also an orphan ministry.
- The purchase of ammunition for the city police department. The $29,063 purchase will be made through the state’s bid contract with Gulf State Distributors.
- Approved a contract for the third year of the city’s water tank maintenance project. The contract went to Utility Service Company Inc.,for $213,200, plus a contingency amount of $20,000 for a total cost of $233,200.
- The purchase of $20,541.94 in auxiliary equipment from Sunbelt Fire, a sole-source provider. The equipment is for a new fire truck.
- The hiring of the city’s attorney, Harris Shelton, to complete property title searches for right-of-ways needed to widen Old Brownsville Road. The firm will charge $200 per property for an estimated 50 parcels at a maximum cost of $10,000.
- The purchase of two Ford pickups from the low bidder, AutoNation Ford, at a total cost of $80,040.21. The bid was for one F350 at $48,152.11 and one F250 at $31,888.10.
- The purchase of a street sweeper from low bidder Stewart-Amos Equipment at a cost of $183,970.
- The purchase of a traffic signal light at the intersection of Altruria and Memphis-Arlington roads. The bid went to low bidder Shelby Electric Co. Inc. for $255,823.10, plus a contingency amount of $10,000 for a total cost of $265,823.10.
- A routine resolution to delete $7,692.04 in uncollectible property taxes, interest, penalties and associated costs from the City of Bartlett’s tax rolls. Line items included were city or county owned properties, had reached the statute of limitations or were for enterprises that had gone out of business.
