Crossville City Council holds their regular August meeting Tuesday, August 14 and will consider funding for an additional 911 dispatcher position, extending sponsorship of the Tennessee Women's and Tennessee Sr. Men's Open golf tournaments and Holiday Lake water level policy.
The council will meet as the audit committee starting at 5:15 PM, as the Beer Board at 5:45 and the Solicitation Committee at 5:55. The Regular council meeting starts at 6 PM in the Council Chamber at Crossville City Hall.
Council has received a proposal from the Cumberland County Finance Committee after they discussed a request from the CCC 911 operation requesting additional personnel to man the joint city/county dispatch center. The county would fund one new position and is asking the city to do the same.
According to CCC director Rod Shoap, there are overnight shifts that only have three operators on duty and there are times when 911 calls come in that the local office can't answer them so they are rerouted to neighboring dispatch offices.
Shoap explained that to meet the minimum standard, an additional 8 dispatchers would be needed. “Our operation should have 6 operators on duty 24 hours a day,” Shoap added. Shoap Said that overnight dispatchers have to take a portable radio when they go to the bathroom, eat at their desk and time off is difficult to cover. The new positions, if received would be added to the overnight shifts.
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Everett Bolin told the council that the 911 Board across the state were lobbying the state legislature to raise the fee on phone lines to increase funding. Currently, the Cumberland CO. 911 Board is not funding the operation of the dispatch center but Bolin explained they are funding the building, utilities, and equipment for the 911 system. According to Bolin, they are only required to fund the equipment.
Even though one year still remains on the city's contract for sponsorship of the Tennessee Women's Open and the Tennessee Sr. Men's Open the Tennessee Golf Association (TGA) is seeking a three-year extension on the city's agreement to sponsor each of the tournaments for $25,000 each per year. The extension would run through 2022.
The sponsorship of the prestigious tournaments has been somewhat controversial over the last few years as they are not held in Crossville but at the Stonehenge County Club in Fairfield Glade. During a discussion at the work session, councilman Scot Shanks said he would prefer to put off the decision for several months before making the commitment.
City manager Greg Wood has suggested a policy for water levels and maintenance procedures need to be updated. He suggests that the water level be lowered once every 4 years to allow property owners to do maintenance but also make sure it is not done at the same time as Lake Tansi. Wood is also seeking clear procedures for communicating with the property owners be put in the policy.
Other items on the council agenda include a possible application to the AARP Network of age-friendly communities, converting tennis courts at Centennial Park to pickleball courts, a number of road closures and purchase of a system to collect evidence from cell phones for the police department,
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