The Knoxville City Council met in regular session Monday.

The council held a vote to approve the appointment of Dylan Morse to the council. During the vote, Council Member James Lane was absent from the meeting, which left the council with only three members for the vote. Council Member Rick Kingery, who was absent from the special council meeting when candidates were interviewed, voted no during Monday’s meeting, which caused the motion to fail. For the appointment of Morse to have passed, all three members in attendance would have had to vote yes. Due to Kingery’s vote and the appointment of Morse failing, Mayor Brian Hatch asked City Attorney Bob Stuyvesant what the city needs to do to fill the vacant seat. With limited time, the council will now have to decide to appoint someone again or hold a special election, which could cost taxpayers close to $6,000 and would only fill the vacancy for a short period of time before the regular city council elections are held this November.

In other matters, the council made the approval of a plat of survey for to change the dimensions of 710 and 802 South Roche for future construction. The council set a public hearing date to discuss action regarding 110 West Douglas in which a resident of Knoxville has offered to demolish a home the city currently owns. The council held a discussion regarding garbage haulers in Knoxville and later directed city staff to clean up city code regarding hauler licenses and to open the commercial portion for more haulers.