Council to hold Special Called Meeting Tuesday evening March 27 following a closed executive session.

Crossville City Council will hold closed executive session with city attorney Will Ridley at 5:15 PM followed by a special called meeting at 5:45 PM Tuesday evening March 27.

Crossville City Hall file photo

While the topic of the executive session is not given, an item on the called agenda will discuss the contract between the city and the J. S. Haren Company about the improvements at the city's wastewater treatment plant. The council has previously discussed some of the delays and issues in the project.

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Council will also consider an emergency purchase for the wastewater treatment plant press process.

Other items on the called agenda include a number of consent items including the third and final readings of rules of the road to update the city's traffic ordinances with changes to state law, second readings of budget amendments on buying scoreboard for Warner Complex and water meters for Catoosa utility district and hiring a new SRO for the Phoenix School.

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Council will also discuss a grant, the TNECD facade grant.

Council will consider selecting the low bidder for the site development grant work on the site grading and work for a pad to be ready for construction in the Interchange Business Park.

Souza continuing to try and undo last changes to council's standing rules to return public comment/work sessions.

The Crossville city council meets Thursday evening May 12 and once again, councilman Pete Souza will try to convince other council members to put back public comments and the monthly work session that were removed in the last change of the council's standing rules.  

That last change in the council's standing rules came in March this year and Souza has been attempting to undo those changes ever since trying to give the public more voice at the council meetings. State law does not require the council to allow the public to speak at meetings but citizens do still have the chance to speak for a limited time at the end of the meetings. 

At the April meeting Souza brought up the change and his motion to rescind the previous standing rule changes failed with only two votes in favor from Souza and Mayor James Mayberry.  Souza described the previous action as “an assault on the people's rights to express what they have to say.” 

Contact information of city council members is available on the city's website at this link:  Crossville city council information 

 Souza added that the absence of the workshops encumbers the city in performance of the duties of the elected officials and gives more opportunities for the public to see the inner workings of government as each agenda item is discussed.