City Council to consider a land donation
to Hilltopper's, water leak insurance program and a request to the state
legislature for a tax increment financing program approval.
Crossville City Council's regular
November meeting will be held Tuesday, November 12 at 6 PM at
Crossville City Hall.
Crossville City Hall--photo by Jim Young
Several meetings and events are on the
evening's schedule including The audit committee meeting at 5:15 PM,
the Beer Board meeting at 5:45 PM and an annexation progress hearing
at 5:50 PM. All meetings are open to the public.
A lengthy list of items under the
consent agenda are expected to be handled and a few other items
needing further discussion.
One item on the agenda that is coming
back after an action earlier in the year is the possible donation of
land to Hilltoppers if they sell their current land and building
across from the Crossville Outlet Mall in support of economic
development.
The Hilltopper's property, purchased in
1986 for $350,000, is currently assessed by the state with a value of
$594,000 for property and improvements. The city is looking at a 6+
acre property off of Industrial Drive to donate to the organization
to construct a new building.
The council is looking at making
appointments to the Convention and Visitor's Bureau and the Airport
committee.
Council has previously considered a
service that would cover customer water leaks. For a small monthly
fee added to the water bill, the cost of leaks would be covered to
the customer. A company connected to Plateau Insurance Group in
Crossville, Water Leak Relief has submitted a proposal to the Council
to offer their services to the City of Crossville utility customers.
If a customer has a leak, the program
pays the difference between the customer’s average monthly water
bill and the qualifying water leak bill amount up to the service
limit amount proposed at $2,500 with a maximum benefit of two claims
per year. The monthly fee would be $1.40 per month/customer for
residential. Customers could opt out but would be responsible for
the entire water leak bill if they choose to do so. The city's
current water leak policy would be ended with the new program.
Customers could also insure their water
and sewer lines for repair for an additional cost and commercial
customers would pay a higher fee.
Council will consider a resolution
requesting a change to the state law concerning sales tax increment
financing programs that would allow Crossville to take advantage of
the program as well as other counties that are bordered by three or
more distressed counties. The TIF program currently allows for
apportioning and distributing sales and use tax revenue to commercial
development districts in economically distressed counties.
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