Januar y 7, 2020 Milan City Hall LETTER FROM THE MAYOR Bw beasl ey Cl ick her e t o I would like to take this opportunity to wish all wedding services and will subscr ibe the citizens of Milan a Happy New Year and I bring visitors to our City. thank you from the bottom of my heart for West Tennessee Healthcare re-electing me as Mayor for another four years. will begin its $4.5 million-dollar expansion to our hospital in 2020. We have accomplished a great deal in the first As many of you know, numerous small four years of my term and I believe the next hospitals in West Tennessee have closed their four years are even more promising. Our doors in recent years. Milan?s ER expansion will Economic Development team is hard at work provide health care services for our citizens for on new projects and opportunities for the City many years to come and the updated facilities of Milan. Milan?s best and brightest days are will further enhance the beauty of our City and ahead. future growth. Milan will have two new industries that will MPU?s high speed broadband project will begin to produce products in 2020. Global Track continue to be rolled out. Milan Connect will will begin testing their processes in the first play an instrumental part in our recruitment of quarter and hope to be producing rubber new industries. Milan Public Utilities was tracks by mid-year. Loves Travel Center will be recently awarded a $525,000 grant from the in operation by the second quarter. We also State of Tennessee for Sewer Rehabilitation. have a new wood products manufacturer coming to Milan. A few of our existing Our City Park has begun planning for our manufacturers are planning expansions but no spring youth leagues. Be sure to check out timeline has been set. social media in the coming months for more information. Our campground continues to be Coming in utilized by tourist, hunters and relatives. All 2020, Milan three phases will have a of our trail FIND US ON new bank, lighting office park project are SOCIAL and complete. This restaurant has added a chain located MEDIA: much-needed at Hwy. 187 & sense of Hwy 45. Also safety to the in 2020, The back side of Caldwell Inn the trail. will be one of Milan?s newest In 2020, the treasures. It Milan Fire will begin to Department offer all of its will look to expand its public education programs. The every one of our City?s employees. Fire Department?s main priority is to provide From my home to yours, I wish you the our citizens with the highest level of care in happiest of New Year?s. May God continue to every situation we encounter. bless each and every one of us and the city we The Milan Police Department is on the cutting call home, Milan. edge of crime prevention. They continue to With appreciation, work in all parts of our community to educate the public on good safety and crime prevention habits. They continue to expand all Mayor Billy Warren Beasley aspects of their electronic surveillance program and in 2020 the Milan Police Dept. will add two Hybrid vehicles to their fleet. These vehicles will provide a cost savings to the City and signal to all communities that Milan is an energy conscious town. Milan has grown its events and now provides many entertainment options for its citizens and visitors to our City. The Annual Tree Lighting, Fall Festival and One Table events are new traditions that bring our community together with the common goal to unite us. I am very proud of these events and their message to our community. Milan?s Chamber of Commerce is an integral part of our economic development process. They are committed and dedicated to creating and promoting a thriving economy in Milan. Our Milan School System continues to be the cornerstone of our community. Our teachers and administrators are diligent in their everyday work to ensure our students are provided an exceptional education. In 2020, the Milan Special School District will begin an 18-20-million-dollar renovation project. This project will enhance the City?s efforts to recruit more industry, new retail and additional housing. Milan?s Department Heads and all City employees are to be commended for a job well done. Milan remains a safe, clean, and thriving City due to their efforts. It is truly an honor and a privilege for me to get to work with each and bags that can be picked up at Milan Public Works/Park Milan Public Works. MPW will NEW S give you 10 bags free and Leaf Season additional bags can be FROM CITY Starting in November MPW purchased for $1.15 each. dedicates more than half of During leaf season, only bags DEPARTM ENTS their staff and time to collect from MPW can be used as these leaves. We operate two leaf leaves are placed in the same trucks that operate with a leaf piles as the leaf trucks. Milan City Cour t three-man crew on each truck. These bags will compost down At the time of this newsletter, and not harm the environment. Dr ug Recover y Pr ogr am the trucks have collected If you have any interest in this Judge Collins Bonds and the approximately 230 loads of new leaf collection option Milan Recovery Court Staff leaves from the residents of please contact Milan Public would like to invite you to the Milan. We will continue to Works at 686-1611. 2020 Milan DRC Graduation. operate the trucks until Drainage Im provem ent s Please see details on the February 7th at which time we invitation below: ask that all citizens bag their MPW worked on drainage leaves and we will collect them improvements or repairs in 19 with the claw truck. The dump different locations in the last trucks that are used during leaf quarter of 2019. These locations season have other uses during consisted of Pope/Ellis, the remainder of the year and Clemmer, Maple, Collins, this is the time we remove the Meadowbrook, Telecom, leaf machines and prepare the Creswell, Dollytom, Wahl, NE trucks for other uses. Because Front, Leona, Main, Moore, we never know how many Willow Trace, Baird, Broad and leaves have been raked to the Denny Drive. These road ahead of the leaf crews it is improvements varied from the impossible to predict when we installation of new culverts, will be by your house to collect. replacing existing culverts, Because of this, we have offered building headwalls and an optional way to have your construction of drainage basins. leaves collected during leaf MPW was able to save season and we can guarantee a approximately $30,000 on three pickup time within seven days of projects that were needing when the leaves are put to the culvert replacement located at road. This option is to bag your Creswell, Dollytom and Telecom leaves with compostable leaf Drives. Working in coordination

Property Taxes can be paid by cash, check, or money order at Milan City Hall or you can mail payment to 1061 South Main Street - Milan, TN 38358. Please make TAXES checks payable to City of Milan. You can pay online at cityofmilan.tennesseetrustee.org. To avoid interest, please have your property taxes paid by February 28, 2020. with Nsite construction, we information. Contractors, were able to pour concrete hunters and relatives are bottoms in these culverts for taking full advantage of the less than $10,000. The cost of campground over the holidays. replacing these culverts and All three phases of our trail repairing streets would have lighting project are complete, Milan Public Utilities cost the city approximately this added a much-needed $43,000. sense of safety to the back side 2019 CDBG Sew er Paving of the trail, which in our recent survey was the number one Rehabilit at ion Project The city recently had Martin concern at the park. Come out Milan Public Utilities was Paving resurface Leona, to the park this winter to enjoy recently awarded a $525,000 Brookwood and LePayne these winter activities: Trout grant from the State of streets. PRI (Pavement fishing (CLICK HERE FOR Tennessee for Sewer Restoration Inc) has repaired LINK), Disc golf, walking, the pavement in numerous running, tennis, and pickleball. Rehabilitation. This is an 80% locations for us. These street State/20% local match funding locations include Bryant, opportunity. As a certified 3 Harris, Cumberland, Ellis, Star community, Milan was Second, Arnold and Craig able to get additional Drive. Winter time is discounts on our grant and our exceptionally hard on our city streets. MPW will continue to Net Match percentage is 16% stay on top of patching local match. The Total Dollar potholes during this busy Project Amount is $632,530 winter season. and because of this grant and Cit y Park our 3 Star certification, MPU will pay 16 cents on the dollar With mother nature giving us for the repairs. MPU is very such a short fall, the leaves fell quickly and the park staff is grateful to our Board and the nearly finished cleaning them State of Tennessee for this up for the winter. This will give grant opportunity to rehab Dow nt ow n our cool season grasses a some of the sewer mains in chance to get some sunlight The poles downtown have the most need of repair. and green up in time for been wrapped with lighted Christmas! The spring sports garland and new LED fields have a beautiful dark snowflakes have been added green look and it won?t be long to the downtown Christmas until the teams are out in their lighting. The Christmas Tree cold gear prepping for another Lighting and Christmas Parade season. Winter meetings have events were both successful Wint er Energy Saving Tips begun for and downtown is ready for the Hot Wat er: spring youth observance of Christmas and · Use less by installing a leagues, look New Year?s. From MPW/Parks? low-flow showerhead and fix to social We wish everyone a Merry media in the Christmas and Happy New leaking spouts. coming Year!! Thank you to all the · Try using warm or cold water months for citizens of Milan for your when washing clothes. more support!! Washing one large load instead home, set your thermostat at smiles and everyone else left of several small ones can cut 65 degrees instead of the usual with warm hearts. costs too. 72. Maintaining 65 degrees for eight hours a day may cut your Milan Fire Depar tment Fireplaces: heating bill by as much as 10 Greetings from the Milan Fire · To make sure your heat isn?t percent Department! As we are entering flowing out the chimney, firmly into 2020, the Fire Department close the damper ? an open Milan Police Depar tment has answered over 1,050 calls damper is equivalent to keeping for service in 2019. During 2019 a full-size window open during MPD Com m unit y Event s we were also re-certified as a the winter. Firewise Community for the MPD assisted the different third year in a row. We currently · Plug and seal your chimney departments of the city with have seven firefighters flue if you never use your on-site ALICE training. The throughout our ranks that are fireplace. training was completed by the attending their certification as employees of City Hall, MPU, Heat ing Equipm ent : advanced EMTs. We are looking Park and Street, Library, and forward to expanding our · Once a month, check your Senior Center. public education programs. This furnace air filter and clean it or We celebrated National Night upcoming year we are due for replace it ? dirty or clogged Out on October 1. The Milan our ISO inspection, which is filters can force furnaces to Family YMCA hosted one done by an independent work harder, costing you more. location for a night of organization which is known as basketball. The Ellington Cove the ?Insurance Service Office. · Clean your warm-air registers, Community celebrated the We are working diligently to baseboard heaters, and posting of their Neighborhood improve our score. This radiators. Make sure carpeting, Watch Sign. Shelia Dr. hosted a inspection takes place every five furniture and drapes aren?t community block party with years. Our main priority is to obstructing the heat. food, games, a dunking booth, provide our citizens with the dancing and a neighborhood highest level of care in every Insulat ion meet and greet. situation we encounter. If you would like to have a program or · Leaky doors and windows can Truck or Treat was hosted in the training conducted for your be a costly problem. Save City Park. Approx. 680 young organization please contact money by caulking and people enjoyed the evening. Chief Dillard at 686-0441. Call weather-stripping those drafty Shop Wit h a Cop us today to see what all we can areas. The Milan Police Department's offer you! · Check the insulation in various 14th Annual Shop with a Cop areas around your home to Event was a huge success! We ensure they meet the levels had over 80 businesses and suggested for your region. citizens monetarily donate to the program and Therm ost at even more to donate their time · Set your thermostat at the and resources! This year we lowest comfortable were able to shop with 70 temperature possible when children who loaded you?re home. If there is a time up carts with their Christmas during the day when no one is gifts. The children left with for planning and executing this Mildred G. Fields Libr ar y program! Grant Aw arded Bookm ark Cont est Winner On September 26th, MGF MGF Library held a Kids Holiday Library was proud to receive a Bookmark contest in November. grant in the amount of Blank Wint er Hours $3,356.00. TN Secretary of State, templates Tre Hargett, and TN State were supplied Representative, Curtis Halford, for kids to use were in attendance to present their the award. This grant provides imaginations resources necessary to keep to create their computers and other technical own. The equipment up to date. Pictured winning are: left to right, Jessica White, artwork was Tennesee Advisory Council on turned into a Libraries Chairperson, Don bookmark for Farmer, Katie Hollandsworth, distribution at the library. Debbie Whitten, Julia Burrow, Congratulations to 8-year-old Mayor BW Beasley, Mark Israel York! Milan Senior Citizens Latham, Library Director, Missy Free Not ary Service Blakely, TN Secretary of State, Center Free notary service is now being Tre Hargett, Denise Clemmer, Friday, January 10th at 10:30 we offered at your MGF Library. Jeff Lifsey, Carl Mussenden, TN have add-a-soup day and our Some tips to remember: State Representative, Curtis Martin Luther King Jr./Black Halford, and Jay Black. · Call ahead to be sure notary is History day. Then the second present. Friday of the following months · Do not sign your document we have an add-a-dish program. beforehand. Notary MUST February 24 and 25, 8:30 to witness your signature. 12:30 each day we will offer the AARP Driving Class for Senior · You MUST show notary a state Citizens to help save some on or federally issued photo ID. their car insurance. Call 731-686-0851 for more information.

Harry Pot t er Escape Room November saw MGF Library?s first Escape Room. This Harry Potter themed event was a huge hit! We very quickly opened it up for a second date. With the success of this function, we will be offering more escape rooms in 2020. Be sure to follow us on Facebook for future dates! Thanks to Youth Services Librarian, Katie Hollandsworth, Im port ant Phone Num bers

Police & Fire Em ergency: 9-1-1 Milan Police Depart m ent : (731) 686-3309 Milan Fire Depart m ent : Boar d of Mayor & Al der m en Seated: Jack Cunningham, Vice Mayor James Fountain, Mayor BW (731) 686-3996 Beasley, Lee Alexander & Jeff Lifsey. Standing: Hal Holmes, Richar d Adkisson, Jay Black & Tammy Wade. Milan Cit y Hall:

(731) 686-3301 If you see your Alder men Milan Cit y Court : around tow n, please be sur e to thank them for (731) 686-0985 ser ving our city and Board of Alderm an ensur ing our continued success. Milan Public Ut ilit ies: Jack Cunningham , Ward 1 (731) 686-1537 (731) 686-8845 Milan Public Works: Jay Black, Ward 1 (731) 686-1611 (731) 676-5909 Building & Codes: Cl ick her e t o Hal Holm es, Ward 2 (731) 686-0774 subscr ibe! (731) 686-0364 Milan Senior Cit izens Cent er: Lee Alexander, Ward 2 (731) 686-0851 (731) 225-9635 Mildred G. Fields Library: Jeff Lifsey, Ward 3 (731) 686-8268 (731) 487-5646 Milan Cham ber of Com m erce: Jam es Fount ain, Ward 3 (731) 686-7494 Vice Mayor (731) 723-5677 Tam m y Wade, Ward 4 (731) 686-9712 Richard Adkisson, Ward 4 (731) 686-3837

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Ot her dat es t o know: Januar y 1 - New Year s Day Januar y 6 - Planning Commission Meeting Januar y 14 - City Boar d Meeting Januar y 20 - MLK Jr. Day / City Hall Closed Febr uar y 3 - Planning Commission Meeting Febr uar y 11 - City Boar d Meeting If you have any suggestions on what Febr uar y 17 - Pr esidents' Day / City Hall Closed you'd like to see included in our Mar ch 2 - Planning Comission Meeting newsletter, please contact Allyson Harris Mar ch 10 - City Boar d Meeting by calling (731) 238-3064 or emailing [email protected].