October's Crossville City Council meeting touches on some important matters including an ordinance on tethering of dogs, a wage study on city employees and approval of the contract with Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) on the downtown sidewalk project.
The council meeting on Tuesday October 9 will start at 6 PM with the audit committee set for 5:15 and the beer board at 5:45 PM.
This will be the final regular city council meeting prior to next month's city election.
The most recent updates to the proposed ordinance concerning tethering of dogs within the city limits was discussed in council work session. City manager Greg Wood told the council he had pulled a number of the provisions from the previous ordinance and said that now the council call as a policy decision.
“Most everything in it is reasonably common sense, but then comes the question of if it is enforceable” added Wood. There it turns into the area of the city attorney.
A brief discussion of hunting dogs having an exemption when they are working and it was also suggested that dogs that work cattle also be included.
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City manager Wood is proposing that the city have a full system-wide wage study done to look at salaries, job descriptions and interview employees to see what they actually do. The study is expected to cost between $15,000 and $20,000 and would be quite extensive. The study will also have implementation costs, a wage scale for current positions, and suggested changes to job descriptions if needed. It can also include suggestions for reclassifications, both up and down.
The consultant would also look at pay in neighboring and similarly sized cities to compare pay rates with responsibilities for comparison purposes. It will also resolve the issue of how to handle increasing wages for starting pay while being fair to existing employees. It has been some 20 years since there was a full study like this done for Crossville.
Also up for discussion on the agenda is the possibility of reestablishing the policy for bridged insurance for employees who take early retirement before age 65 and the city getting back into the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System.
The approval of the grant contract between the city and TDOT for the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant is expected to be approved under the consent agenda. Federal funds are authorized for $1,624,564 with the City’s 20 percent match share of $324,912 for the construction of sidewalks along Main Street from Lantana Road to Neecham Street. This project also includes ADA upgrades, retaining wall, pedestrian signalization, and pavement markings.
The full agenda is available at this link.
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