It was a bit of a bumpy road, creating the new budget for the city of Chattanooga. But one possible result: fewer bumpy roads. “We are putting five million dollars into street paving,” Maura Sullivan, the city’s Chief Operating Officer, said as she and other officials presented the proposed budget during a City Council meeting Tuesday evening. State lawmakers passed the IMPROVE Act , which increases Tennessee’s tax rate at the gas pump, giving the city new funds for road repairs. But the IMPROVE