Crossville city council work session set for Tuesday November 7 at 5:15 PM.

The Crossville city council's November work session agenda is shorter than some previous months as the year winds down toward the holidays.

The November work session at 5:15 PM will follow a special called meeting set for 5 PM on Tuesday, November 7 to handle a TOSHA complaint, employee health insurance decisions along with a few other routine items. Link to full story on the special called meeting.

The work session agenda will cover an update on the status of the city special census currently underway, discussion of a date for a January work session meeting, and timber harvesting at Interchange Park.  The meeting is open to the public and held in the conference room on the third floor of city hall.

The contractor for the city census will report on how the project is going. The census takers have just started the door to door portion of the project to visit those who have not already reported the information needed. The city needs the names of residents and the address to get an accurate count of the population inside the city limits for the state to certify the growth that will make the city eligible for additional state funds.

Because the regular January work session date is scheduled for January 2nd and city hall will be closed that day as New Year's Eve is on a Sunday making the city holidays the First and the Second. T the council must decide if they want to change the date of the work session or not have a work session before the regular January council meeting.

Mayor James Mayberry will lead a discussion on timber harvesting at the city's interchange park. Approximately 13 acres is proposed for harvesting and according to Mayberry would make the property more marketable.

A report prepared by the city's urban forester, Seth Harrison estimates the value of the wood at just under $10,000 but he added that he felt companies may not bid to remove the wood because of the low total value. While Harrison said that clearcutting was acceptable, it could cause some short-term flooding. Harrison's recommendation was to do some selective thinning and a prescribed burn to clear out the underbrush.

Council will also discuss a water and sewer line to the Meadow Park Lake treatment plant, renewal of the parks and recreation concession contract and a temporary street closing for the Christmas Fest sponsored by Cumberland Fellowship Church.