City to discuss revenue from liquor sales

Area News

August 10, 2009

By Jim Young / jimyoungreporter@gmail.com The Crossville Chronicle Mon Aug 10, 2009, 03:13 PM CDT

The Crossville City Council meets Tuesday for their regular August meeting at Crossville City Hall and one expected discussion concerns one of the few bright spots in city revenue these days, liquor stores.

The council meets 6 p.m. in the council chambers and other items on the agenda include transferring the city's rights of the Board of Education's (BOE) sewer line from Shadberry Lane to Brown Elementary School to Tansi Waste Management, Inc. (TWMI); skate park rules and regulations; the downtown renovation project; and changes to the city's personnel rules and regulations.

The council will meet as the audit committee beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the city hall conference room.

With sales tax collections revenue continuing to be below recent years, the one bright spot has been the initial months of what is called an inspection fee assessed against the wholesale purchase of liquor by the three new Crossville liquor stores. In the first two months, May and June, just over $850,000 of wholesale liquor was purchased, and at the current 8 percent fee, the city has received some $68,000 in revenue as a result.

Councilman Jesse Kerley has requested a discussion of reducing the percent of the fee down to 5 percent at the request of the local liquor store operators who have expressed concern about competition from Baxter and Harriman. Under state law, the city previously decided to assess the maximum fee allowed at the current county population. If the 2010 census shows the county population at over 60,000 then the fee would automatically drop to 5 percent under state law. The percent could be reduced by council ordinance after three readings.

Liquor store owners are asking that the fee be reduced to 5 percent now, the same fee charged by Baxter in Putnam County that has over 60,000 people and by Harriman in Roane County that has a population closer to Cumberland County's.

As Tansi Waste Management, Inc. continues moving forward with plans for sewer service at Lake Tansi, they are seeking to take over the sewer line the BOE installed several years ago to connect Brown Elementary School onto the city sewer system. An agreement between the city of Crossville, BOE and TWMI will come before the council for action.

The agreement would transfer ownership of the line and easements to TWMI 30 days after they become fully licensed and capable of treating effluent from Brown Elementary School. TWMI could then allow additional hookups to the line that are not currently allowed.

The agenda also includes a request from Councilman Kerley to discuss options to enforce requirements that skaters and bikers wear helmets when using city facilities.

Crossville Mayor J. H. Graham III is seeking approval from the council to move forward with the next steps in the downtown renovation project. Steps two and three are the financing plan and implementation plan including grant services by EG&G; Engineers. The cost of the services for the work is $38,000.

The council will consider approval of revised personnel rules and regulations including areas of ethic and nepotism, sick leave, information technology policies, and revised grievance procedures. The city personnel board has recommended the changes be approved.

A report on marketing and public relations programs will be presented to the council and several recognitions and awards are on the agenda.

Text Only

Area News

Plane has rough landing
No one was injured when a pilot veered off a runway to avoid a deer that was in the path of his light airplane as he landed the craft.

May 25, 2012
Lemert grave site rededication set Monday
The restoration of the gravesite of 1st Sgt. Milo Lemert, Cumberland County's only WWI Medal of Honor recipient, is finally complete after months of repair and rebuilding. A special dedication will be held May 28 at the City Cemetery at Sgt. Lemert's gravesite. The dedication will immediately follow the 11 a.m. annual Memorial Day Ceremony for Cumberland County in downtown Crossville. The public is invited to both events.

May 25, 2012
County to use new district boundaries to fill vacancy
The Cumberland County Commission approved a resolution to use new district boundary lines in the August County General Election in order to fill the vacancy created by the death of 9th District Commissioner Clyde Cramer.

May 25, 2012
THP to enforce seat belt usage this Memorial Day weekend
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is planning to step up efforts to enforce seat belt usage over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. State Troopers along with other state and local law enforcement agencies are participating in the national seat belt enforcement campaign, Click it or Ticket, May 21 through June 3.

May 25, 2012
Shooting victim identified; accomplice jailed
A burglar who fled from a home invasion after his partner was shot by a resident may be held responsible for his friend's death, sources close to the investigation of Tuesday's fatal shooting have told the Chronicle.

May 25, 2012
Healthy eating, activity earn CO honors
Students at Crab Orchard Elementary have been eating better and getting more activity during the past school year. Those efforts have been recognized with prestigious awards for school health.

May 24, 2012
Defendant pleads guilty to avoid jail
A Crossville area man told a Criminal Court judge earlier this month he was entering a plea of guilty to fraud to keep from going to jail.

May 24, 2012
Man sentenced in sexual battery, statutory rape cases
A Crossville man charged with raping one woman and with having sexual relations with an underaged teen in a separate incident has pleaded guilty to related charges and was sentenced to jail.

May 24, 2012
County to build, operate Big South Fork Visitor's Center
The Big South Fork Visitor's Center may become a reality after the county commission narrowly approved building and operating the facility once the project is completed.

May 24, 2012
One dead in shooting near PH
One person is dead, a homeowner slightly injured, and at least a third person is in custody following a fatal shooting that may have been sparked by a home invasion near the Pleasant Hill community. And a fourth person might be connected with the incident.

May 23, 2012 1 Photo
More Area News Headlines

Area News

Search Results

City to discuss revenue from liquor sales

Site Map

Contact Us