The City Council for the City of Crossville, Tennessee met in special session on Thursday, July 30, 2009, at Crossville City Hall.

 

Roll Call.

Present: Councilman Carl Duer, M.D, Mayor J. H. Graham, III, Mayor Pro-Tem Earl Dean.  Absent/Excused: Councilman Boyd Wyatt, Sr., Councilman Jesse Kerley.  Others present were City Manager Ted Meadows, City Attorney Kenneth Chadwell, City Clerk Sally Oglesby, Pam Hofmann, Harvey Wipperman, Patricia Sawchuk, Edna Sawchuk, Marianne Pollard, Ron Brown, Jody Brown, Ken Andersen, Gloria Andersen, Ken Deadmon, Pat Camacci, Mike Camacci, James E. Caruth, Virgil English, Michael Ferry, Gary Reluck, Sandra Schnee, Andy Vaughn, Fred Houston, Charles Henson, David Beaty, Pauline Sherrer, Debra Kleintop, Mary Jo Stone, Thomas Wolf, Frank Thierry, Gary Nelson, Jan Robertson, Dave Sutton, Larry Robertson, Jerry Davenport, Charles Gritt, Kathy Dillon, Bernadine Abbott, Stephanie Stewart, Mary Beth Jones, and Scott Christian.

 

            Mayor J. H. Graham was present and presiding.  He called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

 

ITEM #1 – CONSENT AGENDA

 

            A motion was made by Councilman Duer, seconded by Councilman Dean, that all items on the consent agenda be approved as follows:

a)     3rd Reading of Ordinance amending the FY08-09 budget by $62,100 for Homestead School pump station change orders

b)     Approval of grant contract with the TDOT-Aeronautics Division for the maintenance at the airport during FY09-10 in the amount of $23,400

c)      Approval of CDBG grant contract for the wastewater treatment plant technology upgrade in the amount of $500,000

d)     Approval to purchase 5 X26 Tasers and 100 cartridges from Gulf States Distributors (sole source provider) in the amount of $5,987.75

e)     Approval to purchase 6 Powerheart AED devices from Cardiac Science Corp (sole source provider) in the amount of $8,094

f)        Approval of temporary closing of Braun Street from Main to Webb from 3:00-9:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 22nd for Bubbafest

g)     Approval of $25,000 payment to Tennessee Golf Association for the recent tournament

Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 3).

Yes: Councilman Carl Duer, M.D, Mayor J. H. Graham, III, Mayor Pro-Tem Earl Dean.  Absent: Councilman Boyd Wyatt, Sr., Councilman Jesse Kerley.

 

ITEM #2 – MATTERS RELATIVE TO RAW WATER SUPPLY

 

            City Attorney Kenneth Chadwell distributed petitions to the Council for the right for condemnation of Lake Tansi and read a prepared resolution.  Responding to questions from Mayor Graham, Scott Christian reported that he had been employed by the City since 2003.  During that time, he and his firm have studied and been involved in various raw water projects for the City and reviewed approximately 12 different reports covering a wealth of alternatives.  The found that the project with the least capital and operating costs and least environmental impact is provided through water harvesting from Lake Tansi.  The two next viable were water harvesting from Caney Fork and the Tennessee River through the Watts Bar reservoir.  The estimated costs of the three best alternatives are:

§         Caney Fork - $18.5M capital costs; $1.2M annual operating costs

§         Tennessee River - $61M capital costs, $1.5M annual operating costs

§         Lake Tansi - $5M capital costs plus property acquisitions estimated at $5.7M; $165K annual operating costs

 

            City Attorney Chadwell reported that he had engaged Lloyd “Chip” Murphy, MIA to provide an appraisal of Lake Tansi that is required with the filing of the eminent domain suit.  Approval was requested for the payment of $6,500 to Lloyd “Chip” Murphy for the appraisal of Lake Tansi. 

           

            A motion was made by Mayor Graham, seconded by Councilman Duer, that the resolution authorizing the petition for condemnation be adopted. 

            An amendment to the motion was made by Mayor Graham, seconded by Councilman Dean, that approval also be given for the payment of $6,500 to Lloyd “Chip” Murphy for the appraisal of Lake Tansi.

Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 3).  Yes: Councilman Carl Duer, M.D, Mayor J. H. Graham, III, Mayor Pro-Tem Earl Dean.  Absent: Councilman Boyd Wyatt, Sr., Councilman Jesse Kerley.

 

 

 

            With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:15 a.m.