Crossville city council meets for the
regular June meeting on Tuesday June 13 and will hold a public
hearing on the city's upcoming 2017-18 fiscal year budget as well as
consider the second reading of the three required to approve it.
The meetings get underway with the
audit committee meeting at 5:00 PM with the budget public hearing to
follow at 5:30 PM and the regular meeting starting at 6 :00 PM.
Most of the council agenda is routine
with even the budget and tax rate ordinance approvals in the consent
agenda. The third and final reading on the 2017-18 budget and tax rate is expected later in June with the new budget year starting July 1, 2016
Other consent agenda items include a budget amendment for
Garrison Park renovations, changes to the tree removal ordinance and
an amendment to the agreement between the city and Crossville Aero on
the airport operation.
The changes to the airport agreement
increase the fuel flow fee from 5 cents a gallon to 10 cents per
gallon and add the lease on the new hanger to the agreement. An
additional 20 annual bid approvals for a year of purchases are also
expected to be approved with the consent agenda.
Two bids that are not under the consent
agenda is the proposed special city census. The low bidder has
recently performed a census for the city of Farragut and is the low
bidder with an estimate of just under $21,500. The only other bid
received came in at $92,000. The city had budgeted $50,000. Catoosa
Utility district is seek to purchase 204 water meters with funds left
in their budget. The cost would be $29,360.
At the end of the agenda is an item on
the development of the industrial site for which the city has
received a state grant. In addition to approval of the grant
contract, an agreement has been worked out between the city and the
county for the joint funding of the matching funds that is on the
agenda for approval. Cumberland County has already approved and
County Mayor Ken Carey has signed the document.
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