The Murfreesboro City Council chose to honor a local historical site at the Thursday, January 12th meeting, the first since before the Christmas holiday. The Vine Street Cemetery is being considered for nomination to the national as well as the Tennessee Registers of Historic Places; it was the site of the old First Presbyterian Church, which has been deemed of particular significance to both state and city history. The Water & Sewer Board will purchase new camera equipment to inspect sewer and sanitary lines, the Chief of Police received funding to create new lieutenant and sergeant positions, as well as finance the Criminal Investigation department's move to their new location at 1734 South Rutherford Boulevard, the Airport Manager was given authorization to begin repaving of the airfield and other minor improvements, and the city signed a contract with Occupational Health Centers of the Southwest to provide upcoming drug and alcohol testing for city employees. Roof repairs for Fire Station No. 8 will soon be underway, and the Stones River Greenway is about to enter its final phase of construction, which will take it from Old Fort Park to Barfield Park. MTSU's Alpha Delta Pi sought permission to advertise their "Pi-athalon" over Main Street, which runs January 27-February 6 and March 16-26, and 2 public hearings were scheduled, the first to rezone 3 acres along Alexandria Drive and Florence Road, and another to change the zoning around The Avenue to allow for more signage. Both have been scheduled for February 9th. The mayor also took a moment to comment on the recent passing of Mr. Dennis Rainier, Murfreesboro City School Board member and longtime director of Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation. Thompson Lane will soon be widened from NW Broad Street to Memorial Boulevard, and Cherry Lane extended from Sulphur Springs Road to NW Broad Street. And the city continues to pave the way for the new Amazon distribution center, ordering construction of a new four lane public street, turning lane, and traffic signals along Joe B. Jackson Parkway, for which total costs will be covered in full by state industrial grants. Finally, it will now be legal to sell wholesale liquor in Murfreesboro; the City Code originally stated that such sales would not be prohibited until the city's population exceeded 100,000, which it now does, prompting a repeal of that section of the code.