One new Crossville city council candidate has taken out nominating papers for the November city election.
Longtime local businessman Glenn McDonald picked up papers to run but has not returned them yet. McDonald is a real estate broker for First Realty in Crossville as well as an auctioneer.
Glenn McDonald
Previous candidates that have qualified for the council race include Rob Harrison and Art Gernt. In addition, incumbent Mayor James Mayberry has qualified to run for Mayor. The mayor and council positions are voted for separately.
Currently, the city election in November will include the office of Mayor and two seats on the city council. Based on discussion at the work session June 5 it looks unlikely that the council will be expanded with two additional council members this year.
The resolution to expand the council to 7 members (Mayor and 6 council members) has been approved by the Tennessee General Assembly and returned to the council for final approval. The matter would have to pass with a supermajority by a 4 to 1 vote and two council members indicated during the work session that they would only support the change if it was voted on by the public in a referendum. The initial request to have the change sent to the State Legislature only passed with a 3 to 2 vote. Council members Graham and Wyatt opposed the matter when the vote was taken to send the request to the State Legislature. During the work session, Mr. Wyatt and Mayor Mayberry said the matter should be voted on by citizens of Crossville.
The proposal was brought to the council in January this year by council member Pamala Harris who said she felt the change could give the council a different dynamic. Harris added that it could give more people a chance to be represented as well as giving more women a chance to serve on the council.
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