In other business
* Vice Chairman Erskine Oglesby Jr. read a resolution honoring the U.S. Navy as part of Navy Week.* The council approved on final reading a resolution adjusting city fee* The council also delayed for a week a proposed permit for a planned unit development for property at 1100 Lupton Drive.
The Chattanooga City Council has given itself a week’s breathing room to think more about the upcoming year’s budget.
After four weeks of briefings and discussions on Mayor Andy Berke’s proposed $279 million spending plan, council members decided they couldn’t meet their initial plan for a first-reading vote June 19 and a final vote June 26. The 2019 fiscal year starts July 1.
Instead, members voted Tuesday on an interim budget so the city could keep operating.
The agenda item called for a continuing budget from July 1 to July 15. Councilman Jerry Mitchell made a motion that the interim budget extend only from July 1-5. Members Chip Henderson, Darrin Ledford, Demetrus Coonrod and Chairman Ken Smith opposed the shortening but were outvoted by Carol Berz, Anthony Byrd, Russell Gilbert, Jerry Mitchell and Vice Chairman Erskine Oglesby Jr.