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Sunday, September 3, 2017

Tuesday Council work session covers Holiday Lake levels, charter changes, water contracts and much more

Crossville city council faces a lengthy agenda for their monthly work session in preparation for the September regular meeting. The council will meet Tuesday August 5 at 5 PM in conference room 317 at Crossville city hall.
Crossville City Hall

Among the topics on the agenda is the level of Holiday Hills Lake. In 2008 the city rebuilt the dam weir and for a time the water level was higher then previous levels and after much discussion the city decided to maintain the lake at the original level after looking into what would be required to maintain the higher water level.
Work on Holiday Hills dam in 2008

Ron Bodary, a resident of Waterview Drive will be at the work session to discuss the lake's water levels. Even through the city has said they left the level at the original height, Mr. Bodary and others claim the lake level has remained high and the automatic relief valves are not being used by the city often causing the water to flow over the spill way that is nine inches above the level the city said it would maintain.

Mr. Bodary and several other residents are petitioning the city for restitution for the alleged damage to their property for the city's failure to maintain the water level approved by the council in 2010.

County Property Assessor David Simcox will address the council on issues with income based tax assessment/appraisals for subsidized housing properties. Council will also hear a presentation from the Tennessee Municipal League Risk Management Pool on their self insured health insurance program that they offer.

The possibility of changes to the city charter will come back before the council after being briefly discussed during the June council work session. Councilman Danny Wyatt will lead the discussion.

Council will also discuss a renewal of their water sales contract with the South Cumberland Utility District. The current ten year contract expires at the end of the year and SCUD is expected to be requesting a renewal under the same terms as the current contract.

In addition, the West Cumberland Utility District (formerly Pleasant Hill Utility district) has approached the city about their willingness to provide water to them in the future. City staff is seeking guidance from the council on how to respond to the request. Also, the Homestead Tower Association is requesting to connect to city sewer as their septic system has failed. The tower property is just outside of the Crossville city limits.

A proposal to reestablish an airport committee to consult on the airport's operation will come back before the council. The proposal, made by council member Scot Shanks does not appear to have a great deal of support from some council members and was deferred from the August council meeting.

Council will consider closing and abandoning Municipal Avenue, the road that crosses between the current police department and fire department buildings. The road closing is being requested by the Crossville Fire Department to allow the construction of an enclosed garage and for safety reasons when the department must respond to emergency calls and doing maintenance on official vehicles.
Map showing proposed Municipal Ave. closing

The cost of property in the city's industrial park could be set by council. The property where the city is working to create a building pad is already being marketed and the city manager is asking council to confirm the $60,000 per acre asking price as the pad is expected to be available next year.

Council will discuss a request from Downtown Crossville Inc. to continue their lease of the historic Snodgrass building and the future of the operation of the Crossville Depot. The CATS art group is relinquishing the lease on the building and possibilities include the city taking over the operation or the Crossville Model Train group currently in the Crossville Outlet Mall might mover to the depot.


In addition, council will discuss several upcoming street closing and contracts that will be up for consideration.

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