House and Senate bills dealing with sales tax reform died in committee with no action being taken on them. The Tennessee General Assembly adjourned on Friday, April 21. Measure to increase sales tax for city ‘dead’Ĭlinton City Manager Roger Houck told the City Council on Monday that pending legislation that would have increased the amount of sales tax the city would receive is dead. He said he felt the chamber did nothing for the city and he was not willing to fund that organization. The motion to provide the requested funds passed on a 5-1 vote.Ĭouncilman David Queener cast the lone dissenting vote. It was noted that the city provides $15,000 annually to the chamber in its budget. He said the brickwork would be in keeping with the old buildings in downtown Clinton. Meredith said that because the Anderson County Tourism Commission will not be occupying space in the building as previously planned, the chamber had to redraw its plans. He said that 1,300 square feet of that total would be devoted to a board room that would also be a multipurpose meeting room. Rick Meredith, president of the chamber, informed the council that construction would soon start on the chamber’s new 8,700-square-foot headquaters. Her request was in response to a profane slur Dyer made against Norris resident Joe Feeman during a March 28 commission meeting.įeeman is a retired TVA forester who serves as a volunteer advisor to the Norris Municipal Watershed Board, and also is chairman of the Norris Planning Commission.Īt its meeting on Monday evening, the Clinton City Council gave $25,000 to the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce as a one-time appropriation for the chamber’s estimated $2.6 million building program. The two resignations came in the wake of Painter’s move during last Wednesday’s (April 19) commission meeting calling for Dyer to resign. Tuesday, May 2, to deal with the lack of a quorum that now exists on the Water Commission. Ledford confirmed the resignations and shared the emails with The Courier News on Tuesday morning, and said there most likely will be an emergency meeting of the City Council at 5:30 p.m. The commission oversees the city’s water and sewer utilities. That leaves just two members on the five-member commission: Margueritte Wilson and city Councilwoman Loretta Painter, who represents the council on the commission. A third member of the commission, Alex North, resigned from the board earlier this month. Resigning were Chairman Richard Dyer and Vice-Chair Sue Hill. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.Both the chairman and vice-chair of the Norris Water Commission resigned from their positions on the five-member board on Monday in separate emails to Mayor Chris Mitchell, which were later distributed to City Council members and others by City Manager Adam Ledford. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across.
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