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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