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Governor signs Liquor-by-the-Drink bill On May 14, Gov. Bill Haslam signed legislation adopted in the KEY DATES May 14, 2014 – Any agreements entered into concerning the payment of final days of the 108th General As- proceeds owed from prior years before May 14, 2014, are automatically sembly that addressed the majority ratified and constitute the final understanding of the obligations between It’s countdown to Chattanooga! of the issues and questions surround- the parties and the city is not subject to additional requests or demands. ing the distribution and allocation July 1, 2014 – The new regimen concerning the distribution of liquor-by- Annual Conference June 21-24 of liquor-by-the-drink revenues the-drink proceeds, detailed in Public Chapter (No. not yet assigned) It’s count down to the TML and Servpro Disaster Recovery. It (mixed drink tax). takes effect. Pursuant to this law, the new regimen is to govern the conference in Chattanooga; but it’s will be a great opportunity to net- In general, the Act contains two distribution of such proceeds through June 30, 2015. not too late to register! work with your peers, learn about distinct sections. First, the bill de- August 1, 2014 – By Aug. 1, 2014, every city that has adopted liquor-by- TML’s 75th Annual Conference some new programs, while enjoying tails the distribution and allocation the-drink must provide written notice to each school system operating promises to be one of the best yet. refreshments. of the proceeds of the liquor-by- within the city limits. The notice must include the following: Educational workshops, featur- Other special events will include the-drink tax; effective July 1, 2014, 1. Inform the school system that the city has adopted liquor- ing experts from across the country, an evening at Finely Stadium on through June 30, 2015. Second, the by-the-drink; will focus on such topics as smart Sunday, June 22, from 7 to 9 p.m., bill sets out the options available to 2. Inform the school system that students residing within the growth development, annexation, featuring plenty of good food, drinks local governments to settle amounts city limits attend schools operated by the school system; and industrial recruiting, transportation and live music from some of Chat- owed for prior years. 3. Inform the school system that it is authorized to receive all, or a funding, workers compensation, tanooga’s own local bands. And the TML staff has prepared informa- portion, of the liquor-by-drink revenues collected within the city. risk management, energy efficiency, Monday evening party, hosted by tion to assist municipal officials in August 31, 2014 – Affected parties have until Aug. 31, 2014, to enter wine in grocery stores, and much The Pool, is a do not miss event!The interpreting and implementing the into binding agreements that address the city’s responsibility to remit more. conference will conclude on Tuesday new law. You may access these liquor-by-the-drink proceeds from collections within the city to a school Be sure to arrive early. Aside morning with the Annual Awards documents through the Hometown system. Such agreements must be submitted to and received by the from taking in all the sights that Chat- Breakfast, that recognizes the very section of our website at www. comptroller by Aug. 31, 2014. tanooga has to offer, on Saturday, best Tennessee municipalities and TML1.org. September 1, 2014 – If the affected parties have not entered into an June 21, there will be three “Meet and city leaders from across the state. If you have any questions regard- agreement, by Sept. 1, 2014, that addresses the city’s responsibility to Greet Receptions” from 6:30 to 8 p.m For more conference infor- ing the Act or the impact of this law remit liquor-by-the-drink proceeds from collections within the city to in the Chattanooga Convention Cen- mation or to register, go to TML’s on your municipality, contact your a school system, then the parties have two options available: ter, sponsored by Ameresco, Buxton, website at www.TML1.org. TML staff at 615-255-6416. 1. Binding arbitration with Comptroller TML will also conduct a workshop 2. File lawsuit in Chancery Court of Davidson County at the upcoming Annual Conference December 31, 2014 – Any claims or demands concerning liquor-by-the- in Chattanooga. The workshop is drink proceeds owed by a city to a school system must be made by one scheduled for Monday, June 23, of the means outlined above prior to Dec. 31, 2014. If such claims or from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. at the Chat- demands are not made prior to this date, then the parties are barred from tanooga Convention Center. pursuing any other means of obtaining these monies. Memphis Bootcamp spotlights effects of incremental change BY VICTORIA SOUTH TML Communications Coordinator Small’s the new large in Mem- phis, and municipal leaders are tally- ing the score. It’s all part of a study The nation transportation system is at a critical intersection. The current on future growth and investment and federal surface transportation program authorization, Moving Ahead the positive effects of incremental for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), that became law in 2012, change. The topic was discussed in funds highway, transit, and other surface transportation programs depth recently at the Memphis “Boot through the end of this year, but did not address long-term funding. Camp,” four days of workshops and discussions led by three national consultants Charles Mohran, Mike Pressure building on Congress Lydon, and Joe Minicozzi. Individ- uals from all sectors, both public/ to enact a transportation plan private, local government, busi- BY LESLIE WOLLACK federal surface transportation fund- nesses and philanthropy—turned National League of Cities ing. The Highway Account of the out to learn about the latest trends Highway Trust Fund is expected in municipal planning from tactical With the current federal trans- to encounter a shortfall before the urbanism to bootstrapping. portation legislation (MAP-21) end of FY2014, coinciding with the “We have to change how we due to expire on Sept. 30, and the expiration of the current transporta- invest to create growth, and how we revenues that support the program tion spending program. Any delay measure our impact on neighbor- estimated to expire later this summer, in solving the funding shortfall or hoods,” Mayor A. C. Wharton said in city leaders call on Congress to act authorizing a new transportation his address. Wharton, along with the now and pass a long-term surface program will be harmful to local Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team, transportation bill that adequately economies and quality of life. funded by the Bloomberg Founda- funds this intergovernmental part- The time is now for Congress tion, have been doing the math and nership. to adopt a new, long-term trans- running the numbers that show, de- The nation’s vast transportation portation plan that includes local spite decades of growth, prosperity network is essential to the health of decision making authority, invests in the city has been elusive. our local economies and job creation in long term equitable transporta- In 2005, the Community Devel- efforts. Eighty-five percent of our na- tion solutions, supports sustainable opment Council of Greater Memphis tion’s residents live in metropolitan multimodal choices, and maintains began examining how the blighted a strong federal role. areas and rely on local transporta- and disinvested neighborhoods of Above: The last line of Memphis’ original streetcar network closed on June To protect and strengthen our tion networks to travel to work and Memphis became that way. Later, 15, 1947. Opened in 1993, these heirtage streetcars made 1.34 million trips nation’s transportation network, school every day. The businesses in they launched an education and in 2011-2012. Below:The area around Broad Avenue in Memphis was Congress must pass a federal trans- those same areas depend on modern advocacy program – now known as challenged by crime and some businesses were slowly dying but in a portation bill now that: and reliable transportation options Livable Memphis –highlighting the few years since, artists who lived there and others have banded together • Provides local governments to move goods and provide services connection between urban sprawl to create a successful arts district where people now shop, eat, dance, with long-term funding: Provide lo- throughout our communities and and core-city quality of life. bike and enjoy the day with their families, friends and neighbors. across the country. cal governments with the certainty “The answer is that we have Local governments play a vital of a multi-year program so they can mistaken growth for wealth cre- manage what you can’t measure,” he ed to spur long-term neighborhood role in maintaining and constructing plan and fund transportation in their ation,” notes Charles Marohn, said. “We’ve been investing at the investment. A shining example of local transportation networks. We communities. president of Strong Towns out of edge for a long time and not been this strategy is the Memphis’ Broad own 78 percent of the nation’s road • Sends funding directly to Minnesota. “Memphis does not lack investing as much in our historic Avenue Arts District success story. miles, 50 percent of the nation’s the projects where people live growth; it lacks productive growth neighborhoods, which, in a lot of in- Today, a national model, the area was bridges, and operate the majority of and work: Increase the funding through transactions that build the stances, have been outperforming in originally the main street of Bing- the nation’s transit systems. sent directly to metropolitan areas community’s wealth over time,” terms of value and return on invest- hampton, a small railroad town char- However, we receive less than a through the Surface Transportation, he said. “When cities expand hor- ment, property tax being generated tered in 1895, annexed by Memphis quarter of the $57 billion in federal Congestion Management and Air izontally, they trade the immediate per square foot.” in 1919. The district gradually fell funds spent on transportation each Quality, and Transportation Alter- increase in revenue that comes along Utilizing two vastly different into blight and disrepair. As crime year and have little say in how the natives Programs. with expansion for the long-term li- developments in the city as an exam- settled in, businesses were slowly federal dollars are invested in our • Gives local leaders a stronger ability of maintaining and servicing ple, Minicozzi, the principal at Ashe- dying. communities. In a true partnership, role in the decision making process: the new, far-flung infrastructure. We ville’s Urban3, LLC (U3), explained Hoping to spur other citizens to all of us should have a say. Increase the roles for local officials need to return to a pattern of devel- how neighborhood design is critical invest in the rejuvenation of Broad A strong partnership among the to make decisions about project opment that creates neighborhoods to the long-term financial health of Avenue, in 2010, concerned neigh- federal, state, and local governments funding through metropolitan of value, focused on improving the communities. bors, in conjunction with Livable is key to building and maintaining planning organizations and rural lives of people and not just their “39 South Main Street, (a tiny Memphis, launched a successful kick the roads, bridges, highways, and planning organizations. automobiles.” development that sits on 0.06 acres) off; a festival-styled event called “A transit systems that make up our • Supports alternative financ- “The conversation that we’re has a stunning 12 times the potency New Face for an Old Broad.” The nation’s transportation network. ing: Fund the Transportation Infra- having in Memphis is not unique to of the Wolfchase Galleria (a 144 initial $20,000 investment resulted The nation transportation sys- structure Finance and Innovation Memphis. It’s a conversation com- acre development accessed at $81 in a private investment of $20 million tem is at a critical intersection. The Act (TIFIA) program, incentivize munities across the nation are hav- million)” he said. “The reason for to renovate 29 properties into store current federal surface transporta- local innovation, and preserve the ing,” said Innovation Delivery Team the difference is the building type fronts and the launching of 25 new tion program authorization, Moving federal tax exemption for municipal leader Tommy Pacello. “Memphis is and how that building uses the land. businesses. Ahead for Progress in the 21stCen- bonds. just an early adopter of the conversa- Those same choices are relevant be- “Too often, cities only look to tury (MAP-21), that became law in • Streamlines the planning and tions the rest of the country are going cause there is a direct effect on your big-budget projects to revitalize 2012, funds highway, transit, and approval process: Continue MAP – to be having.” community’s tax base,” he said. a neighborhood. Think small and other surface transportation pro- 21 provisions that help cities deliver One of the key foundations to Memphis’ community leaders invest minimal capital in an idea, grams through the end of this year. transportation projects quickly, community change, according to have been accomplishing great see whether or not that idea works However, the law did not address eliminate red tape, and maintain Pacello, is ‘doing the math.’ things through tactical urbanism, and why and then implement it on a long-term funding challenges facing environmental standards “We are believers that you can’t short-term, low-cost projects intend- See BOOT CAMP on Page 6 www.TML1.org 2-TENNESSEE TOWN & CITY/MAY 26, 2014

million to build the new Cumber- Franklin 3rd annual photo land River Aquatic Center, which will replace an aging facility next to the Gallatin Fossil Plant that was contest features $100 prize removed at the start of the plant’s emissions control project last year. BRENTWOOD want to keep it that way. Soon to Like the old one, the new facility Livability.com, a Franklin-based be placed around town will be five will be operated by the Tennessee website that focuses on American “gravity traps” to capture and test the Wildlife Resources Agency. Under a cities, has named the Williamson mosquito population. The program new operating agreement, TVA will County city in the national Top 10 was brought to town by project co- provide essential services, including “Best Cities for Kids.” Brentwood ordinator, Chris Hooper. Tennessee’s the supply of river water necessary comes in as No. 7 on the list. Livabil- Department of Health will be doing to nurture the various aquatic species ity arrived at the rankings by looking the testing, Hooper said, because to be housed at the facility. The new for cities with a high number of the traps have batteries and are not facility will have a more flexible school-aged children in households. immediately recognizable. The design and will include a long-term The list was narrowed down by gravity traps will be in five loca- use agreement to meet TWRA’s considering the quality of education tions throughout the entire season’s long-term goals. The new center in these areas through GreatSchools. warmer months, and anywhere there will allow TWRA to better manage org; low rates of child mortality and a is water or where reports have been endangered species to help retain great number of youngsters covered called in. The traps will be collected nature’s balance while offsetting im- by health insurance, compiled with and taken to Nashville to be tested pacts of changing river conditions. the help of the Robert Wood John- once a week. son Foundation. The percentage of GATLINBURG / PIGEON In honor of Preservation Month in May, the City of Franklin Planning and local eateries that have kids’ menus FARRAGUT FORGE Sustainability Department is partnering with local photographer David available, was measured with Food The town has received a Certificate Cities Journal listed Gatlinburg Braud and Starbucks for the third annual “My Historic Franklin” photo Genius, a company that delivers of Achievement for Excellence in the top spot with Pigeon Forge contest. Amateur and professional photographers are invited to post insight into the food industry. The in Financial Reporting from the following close behind as No. 2 their photos on the City’s Facebook page from May 15-31. The top 10 number of parks, playgrounds, Government Finance Officers As- in Tennessee’s Top 14 Small Cities photos will be displayed at Starbucks in Historic Downtown Franklin libraries and recreational venues sociation of the United States and designation. Noted for having ev- on their magnetic photo wall in June. New this year are two categories, with kids in mind also factored into Canada (GFOA) for its comprehen- erything you could want to do in landscapes and buildings! The top winner in each category will win $50 the rankings. Brentwood has 11 sive annual financial report. The a vacation spot. The article lauded gift cards. People can enter both categories if they like. There will be a parks and eight green spaces and city has received the award for 22 Gatlinburg for its relaxing hotels winner in both categories; a people’s choice who will win $50 gift card, greenways covering more than 861 consecutive years. The Certificate and mountain cabins with hot tub, chosen by number of “likes” on Facebook; and an overall winner who acres of recreational land. In 2013, of Achievement is the highest form amenities and the Great Smokies will win a $100 gift card. To enter, go to the city’s Facebook page at Livability named the Brentwood of recognition in the area of govern- with plenty of biking, hiking and www.facebook.com/cityoffranklin and post your photo. The photo with Library’s Children’s Library as one mental accounting and financial re- camping opportunities. A small town the most likes will get the people’s choice award. of the top 10 children’s libraries in porting, and its attainment represents with a huge tourist draw just five the country. a significant accomplishment by a miles from the Great Smoky Moun- government and its management. tains National park, Pigeon Forge First Soddy-Daisy Pioneers Days CHATTANOOGA The GFOA is a nonprofit association was noted as “Home to Dollywood The third largest flour milling com- serving approximately 17,500 gov- and Dollywood’s Splash Country,” celebrates history, old-time skills pany in America will be headquar- ernment finance professionals. and some of the best shopping in the tered in the city with a new corporate area. To see the complete list, visit name, following the merger of Cere- FRANKLIN http://www.citiesjournal.com/top- al Food Processors into Milner Mill- More bicyclists may one day pedal 14-small-cities-in-tennessee/14/. ing Inc. The new corporate name, to work, home or shopping around Grain Craft, brings together three downtown and Cool Springs, if a HENDERSONVILLE milling companies combined over $2.9 million grant is approved to A manufacturer of automotive the past 11 years. Milner Milling create a bike-sharing program in electronics and lighting systems is Inc., which bought half of Pendle- Franklin. The Transit Management investing more than $3 million to ton Flour Mills LLC in 2003, said it Authority (TMA), which oversees relocate and expand its operations completed its previously announced Franklin’s bus system, wants to and hire about 30 workers. Novità purchase of Cereal Food Processors. create a grant-funded, bike-sharing Technologies designs and makes The Grain Craft footprint consists of program similar to the one launched on-board lighting systems for orig- 16 mills in 11 states with a combined in Nashville in 2012. Fifteen bike inal equipment manufacturers and daily capacity of about 11 percent of stations outfitted with 150 bicycles aftermarket use. The company was U.S. flour sales. The company is the would be added on city property at formed in 2007 when Trico Elec- third biggest flour milling company. locations in historic Franklin and tronics was spun off from the Trico Photo by Angela Lewis Foster Pendleton Flour Mills was formed Cool Springs starting in 2015, if Products Group. The company is re- Poe’s Tavern, originally built in Poe’s Crossing, eventually called Soddy-Dai- by joining two prominent milling transportation officials at the Nash- locating to Old Shackle Island Road. sy, has been an important landmark in the area for almost 200 years. On May companies in the Pacific Northwest ville Area Metropolitan Planning 31, crafters will gather on the tavern lawn at 9835 Dayton Pike, adjacent to and professionally managed from Organization approve the grant. JACKSON Soddy-Daisy City Hall, for the community’s first Pioneer Days. As a free Chattanooga. Nashville has 20 bike-sharing hubs Jackson is listed as the third least celebration of the history of the tavern, the area and the time when things were around downtown and nearby neigh- expensive city to call home in the made by hand, organizer Bud Ellis says the event is not designed to be a craft CHATTANOOGA borhoods, which are funded by a nation, according to the Bureau of fair, with vendors selling their wares, but as a demonstration of how things The city unveiled a new incentive $1.2 million federal grant. Instead of Economic Analysis, which measures were once done by the area’s early pioneers. Poe’s Tavern was built in 1817 for expanding small businesses to money, city officials would be asked the regional price parity of American and was Hamilton County’s first courthouse and county seat. It also served bolster job growth. Companies that to donate the use of city property for cities. Mayor Jerry Gist credited as a way station for the Trail of Tears and as a hospital during the Civil War. add five or more employees will bike-sharing stations. TMA leaders steady growth as a contributing fac- The Tavern was reconstructed by University of Tennessee students in 2011. receive a $500 per worker credit in would pursue $2.34 million in grant tor. “We had an increase of 10,000 Pictured: A wooden rake made by Larry Ridge is an example of some of the the Grow Small Businesses credit money from the Nashville Area Met- people from the last census to this handmade tools on display at the festival. initiative. Companies must be 100 ropolitan Planning Organization and one,” he said. employees or less to qualify and the then seek corporate partners to cover sets by 15 Metro departments. The OAK RIDGE program set to begin July 1. Plans are a $580,000 commitment in matching JACKSON information includes data on public Oak Ridge was designated as a 2014 to provide a yet-unspecified amount funds needed to secure the grant. The Tiger Jones Technology Park, a Wi-Fi hot spots, historic markers, Playful City USA for the 3rd time of money into the city budget for 120.6-acre data center site, has been public art and the salaries of Metro by the KaBOOM Playful City USA the effort. Qualified workers must GALLATIN designated by the Tennessee Valley employees. Additional datasets will program in partnership with the Hu- work for a year before the company As part of the Tennessee Valley Au- Authority’s (TVA) data center site be added in the future. Open data in mana Foundation. The city’s annual receives the cash incentive. thority’s $1 billion clean-air project designation program as an Enterprise other cities has spurned the creation Play Day is scheduled for June 14 at Gallatin Fossil Plant, construction site. It is the first site to be desig- of several apps, including ones that at the Secret City Festival, where DICKSON is underway on a new hatchery and nated in TVA’s seven state region. use restaurant inspections to warn children will be rewarded for moving The city has had zero reports of West aquatic center along the Cumberland Selection criteria used in the designa- people where not to eat and others around the festival and trying out a Nile Virus in its history, and officials River. TVA is investing almost $1.5 tion process included accessibility, that show what neighborhoods have variety of activities. Also, the city’s telecommunications infrastructure, the most sidewalks. new dog park, which opened in 2013, electric power availability and reli- is encouraging local families to get ability, and other characteristics ben- NASHVILLE out and play. A partnership with Oak eficial to data center development. “Nashville” will be returning to Ridge Schools’ Coordinated Health Located in a private campus setting Nashville. The ABC drama, which Office ensures kids are getting- ad a half mile from Interstate 40, the was renewed for a third season, will equate recess time at the 14 public park offers commercial development receive a combined $8 million incen- playgrounds built around the city. nearby and presents various layout tive package from the state, Metro The KaBOOM!, program honors potential with an on-site electric Nashville, the Nashville Convention cities, towns and communities across substation dual-served by the TVA and Visitors Corp., and Ryman Hos- America that are taking bold steps 161 kV transmission system. The pitality Properties in order to keep to ensure that all children have easy park also has a variety of workforce the production filming in Middle access to balanced and active play training opportunities including, Tennessee. The deal was struck after in their communities. The city of four, four-year colleges and univer- weeks of negotiations, serious flirta- Nashville also made the list. sities and two colleges of applied tions with moving to Texas or Geor- technologies, all of which offer CIS gia and anxious waiting for news of PORTLAND programs. renewal from ABC. The incentive The city is building a $1 million fire package is lower than the Season hall through a $1.5 million loan from NASHVILLE 2 incentives, which totaled $13.25 the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nashville has become the latest city million. But the state legislature and The hall addresses the city’s ongoing to join the open data movement, Gov. Haslam passed a conservative and projected growth, especially on and people who live, work and play budget that included less money for the north side of town, where several in Music City might soon be able film incentives. Public officials and infrastructural upgrades are in the to access a treasure trove of infor- show supporters say “Nashville” has works, including a Highway 109 by- mation about the city. Mayor Karl greatly benefited the local economy pass and an interchange on Interstate Dean signed an open data executive in terms of direct spending and tour- 65. The new fire station would ben- order that increases the public access ists who visit Music City because of efit the Robertson County Industrial to government data. Currently, the the show. Park, which is within Portland’s city public can access more than 20 data- limits. Portland’s industries also are expected to widely utilize the new I-65 interchange and 109 bypass funded by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. About $150,000 also is budgeted for six full-time firefighters to staff the new facility, projected to be complete by April.

SPRING HILL Four local subdivisions have been put on the short-list to participate in Spring Hill’s first-ever public-pri- vate partnership to finance and pave incomplete sidewalk projects. City staff have ranked what they consider the top projects for the Neighbor- hood Sidewalk Program. The city set aside $50,000 for the program. 3-TENNESSEE TOWN & CITY/MAY 26, 2014 www.TML1.org Fann honored with PRIMA’s Distinguished Service Award Franklin will (IEDC). The designation denotes a program; support to the planning Michael Fann, ARM-P, has been swear in for- mastery of principal skills in eco- ommission, Environmental Design selected by the international Public mer state nomic development, professional Review Board and Board of Zoning Risk Management Association’s Inspector attainment and a commitment to Appeals. Miller is a Certifi ed Flood- (PRIMA’s) board of directors to re- General Deb professional growth. Robinson holds plain Manager (CFM) by the Associ- ceive the 2014 Distinguished Service Faulkner as 32 years of econimic development ation of State Floodplain Managers. Award for his contributions to the the police experience and has served as director public risk management industry. department’s of the Tullahoma organization since The PRIMA Distinguished Service next deputy August of last year. La Vergne Po- Award honors an individual working chief on June lice Officer within the fi eld of public risk man- John Fesmire agement who has made a signifi cant 10. Selected Faulkner Former state from more Rep. Donna has been recog- contribution to the profession and than 70 applicants, Faulkner was Rowland Bar- nized as a “Drug given sustained service to PRIMA the fi rst inspector general for the Of- rett, of Mur- Recognition Ex- as an organization. fi ce of Inspector General, a criminal freesboro, has pert” by The “Michael Fann has a passion for Fann investigative unit that focuses on been appoint- International risk management that has led him post-conference exchange in 2012 TennCare fraud. The selection fi lls ed to the State Association of Fesmire to make extensive contributions to with delegates from Australia to a vacancy in the department’s top Election Com- Rowland-Barrett Chiefs of Police. Certifi ed offi cers both the industry and PRIMA,” said those from Tennessee and Kentucky. ranks since veteran Deputy Chief mission. Barrett, principal of The are up-to-date on drug trends and Betty Coulter, PRIMA president. The exchange not only advances, Bruce Bateman retired in December. Barrett Group, a business consulting fully trained in recognizing someone “He shares his knowledge and en- promotes and contributes to the fi eld A retired Metro Nashville police fi rm, formerly served 10 years in the under the infl uence and identifying thusiasm with stakeholders within of risk management, but also tran- offi cer, Faulkner served in Metro’s House representing part of Ruth- the drug the individual is using. his home state of Tennessee and at scends international borders in the patrol division and various other as- erford County. The seven-member Fesmire will be able to testify as a meetings across the country. He truly process. This single act of bringing signments before retiring at the rank State Election Commission appoints certifi ed expert witness in court. He represents the best that risk manage- together diverse risk management of deputy chief of police. county election commissioners in all has been with the La Vergne Police ment has to offer.” philosophies, governance structures of Tennessee’s 95 counties and moni- Department since December 2012. Fann, director of loss control and practices created additional op- Jimmie Temple, tors their activities and performance. with the TML Risk Management portunities for international public former mayor of The panel also works closely with Shane Ray, Pool, is a charter member of the risk management learning and net- Sevierville and the state coordinator of elections to former Pleas- Tennessee chapter of PRIMA. As working. Previously, Fann has par- longtime Sevier ensure elections are run in a uniform ant View fire one of its founders, he has helped ticipated in international exchanges County Commis- fashion across the state. Prior to chief and may- make TnPRIMA one of the most with China and the U.K. sioner, has died. her retirement in November 2010, or, has been successful chapters in the country. In addition to serving on the He was 85. Tem- Barrett served on several legislative named ex- He spearheaded the development Tennessee chapter board, Fann has ple served on the committees, including the Fiscal ecutive vice of the chapter’s risk management served on the PRIMA board of direc- county commis- Review Committee. president of roundtables, which are quarterly tors two times—from 2000 to 2003 sion for almost the National networking luncheons for anyone and again in 2012. He has served as a half century, Temple Ashley Miller is Farragut’s new Fire Sprinkler working in public risk management PRIMA conference chair and also from 1966 until assistant director of community Association in the state. serves on the board of the Public Ray his death. He also served as mayor development. A Maryville native, (NFSA). Ray, Fann has been honored by the Entity Risk Institute (PERI). of Sevierville from 1959 until 1963. Miller most recently served as who now lives in Columbia, S.C., University of Tennessee Institute for Fann’s career spans nearly three the assistant city planner for the will begin his new position on July Public Service with the Project of the decades and his accomplishments C. Thomas Robinson, CEcD, exec- Gatlinburg’s planning department 16. Ray began his fi re service career Year award, for his contributions to are varied and far-reaching---not just utive director of the Tullahoma area since 2004. During her tenure, she in 1984 and worked through the the development of a statutory state- helping those in the state of Tennes- Economic Development Corpora- was involved in all aspects of the ranks of career and volunteer orga- wide mutual aid agreement. see, but across the United States. He tion (TAEDC), has been awarded department, including the review nizations serving from fi refi ghter to His popular presentation on has made presentations at PRIMA re-certifi cation by the International of applications, zoning requests and chief. He also served six years as incivility in the workplace has made chapters, municipal leagues, pools, Economic Development Council site plans; oversight of the city’s GIS mayor of Pleasant View. him a sought-after speaker at risk universities, and individual public management meetings across the entities in more than 20 states, from United States, as well as earning him Maine to Arizona, and from Florida Public Risk magazine’s author of the to Washington. His dedication and Winners announced for 2014 Governor’s year for an article on the subject. perseverance on behalf of public In an effort to facilitate in- sector risk management has earned Environmental Stewardship Awards ternational public risk manage- him the respect and admiration of ment networking, collaboration and his peers. It has also earned him the The 11 winners of the 2014 Gov- Sparks Walker Lifetime Achieve- Pursuit of Excellence Recogni- idea sharing, Fann coordinated a 2014 Distinguished Service Award. ernor’s Environmental Stewardship ment Award, will also be announced tion—Over the past 40 years, Chat- Awards include two municipalities: at the awards cermony in Nashville tanooga has transformed itself from the city of Kingsport, awarded for in June. one of the most polluted cities in the TN Dept of Safety launches Excellence in Clean Air, and the Excellence in Clean Air—The city nation to one of the cleanest. More Chattanooga Airport, awarded for of Kingsport began the fi rst of three than six years ago, The Chattanoo- Pursuit of Excellence Recognition. propane conversions in 2008, adding ga Metropolitan Airport Authority ‘Move Over’ campaign in The Awards program recogniz- several other propane vehicles and pledged to reduce its environmental es exceptional voluntary actions that their own private refueling infra- footprint and started small by initiat- wake of offi cer’s death improve or protect the environment structure. The program has grown ing sustainable practices both on the and natural resources with projects to more than 40 vehicles that run on airfi eld and within the commercial or initiatives not required by law propane, including police cruisers, terminal. or regulation. The program covers work trucks, and propane-powered The CMAA received the 2013 nine categories: Building Green; mowers. In addition, they have Governor’s Environmental Stew- Clean Air, Energy and Renewable several hybrid vehicles, including ardship Award for Sustainable Per- Resources; Environmental Educa- one heavy-duty hybrid bucket truck, formance. Since then, signifi cant tion and Outreach; Environmental as well as three all-electric Nissan strides have been made, including Education and Outreach (school Leafs, one of which is a police car lighting improvements and pave- category); Land Use; Materials used for code enforcement. ment rejuvenation, the installation Management; Natural Heritage; and The gasoline project alone has of a 2.1 megawatt solar farm, Sustainable Performance. saved the city almost $27,000 in which generates the equivalent of The 2014 awards roster includes fuel costs. More than 36,000 gallons 85 percent of the airport’s energy one Pursuit of Excellence Award, of gasoline use has been eliminated consumption, the fi rst aviation fa- which recognizes past award win- and 44,000 gallons of cleaner-burn- cility in the world to achieve LEED ners who continue to demonstrate ing propane has been used reducing Platinum certifi cation, along with Pictured left to right: Stewart County Sheriff Deryk Wyatt, Dover Police a high regard for environmental their CO2 emissions by over 85,000 two LEED Gold certifi ed hangars, Chief Kim Wallace and Cumberland City Police Chief Jason Gillespie stewardship practices. The winner pounds (43 tons). installation of gate electrifi cation display their #MoveOver signs honoring the THP’s recent #MoveOver of one additional honor, the Robert equipment, a national water quality Campaign. demonstration project, and a termi- nal renovation. The Tennessee Highway Patrol veOver when you see emergency In addition, the airport has launched the #MoveOver campaign vehicles. TML Risk Management Pool Board to meet developed a recycling program to on Twitter after Nashville police It’s a law that several states have reduce waste and the airport pro- offi cer Michael Petrina lost his life on the books, but people still don’t Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the TML Risk Man- vides recycling bins throughout the while trying to direct traffi c around realize can save lives. agement Pool will meet in regular session on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at 8:30 terminal and in offi ce areas. Mate- an overturned pickup truck on the on- When you type #MoveOver a.m. local time in the Signal Mountain Room at the Chattanooga Marriott rials recycled at the airport include ramp from Old Hickory Boulevard. into Twitter, you’ll fi nd picture after Hotel Downtown, Two Carter Plaza, Chattanooga, TN 38402 for the purpose paper, cardboard, aluminum, plastic, Law enforcement offi cers across picture of people begging drivers to of considering and transacting all business which may properly come before light bulbs and debris from mainte- the country are raising awareness obey the Tennessee move over law the Board. Additional information concerning the meeting may be obtained about Tennessee’s move over law and prevent the needless loss of life by calling The Pool’s offi ce at 800-624-9698. nance, construction and demolition projects. using the social media campaign, of offi cers doing their jobs along the which encourages drivers to #Mo- highways.

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Finance and lections were $1.5 million above Bureau of Investigation shows the Promise at schools statewide Administration Commissioner Lar- the April estimate. For nine months number of murders reported in Ten- ry Martin reported that overall April collections are $19.1 million above nessee in 2013 decreased nearly 20 revenues were $1.5 billion or $74.7 the budgeted estimate. percent from the previous year. The million more than the state budgeted. Privilege tax collections were TBI’s "Crime in Tennessee" report It represents growth of 0.96 percent $3.3 million less than the April bud- compiles data reported from each over April 2013. geted estimate, and for nine months law enforcement agency in the state. “Total reported collections in collections are $10.4 million below According to the report, murders de- April were significantly skewed by a the budgeted estimate. The year-to- creased by 18.6 percent from 2012, change in the law which affected the date growth rate for the nine month and the number of reported DUI due date for business tax payments,” period was positive 3.28 percent. arrests dropped 10 percent. Martin said. “The tax due date is Hall income tax collections for now tied to the taxpayer’s fiscal April were $37.8 million more than Tow truck law effective July 1 year, meaning that tax payments for the budgeted estimate. For nine Tennessee law already requires tow more than 90 percent of businesses months collections are $35.1 million truck operators to notify local law subject to the tax were due on April above the budgeted estimate. enforcement before taking a vehicle 15. Previously, the taxes were paid Business tax collections were when the owner of the vehicle is not periodically throughout the year, de- over collected by $35.1 million due present. However, there is no penal- pending on business classifications. to a change in the law which went ty for failure to notify police of the As members of the Sullivan Central High School Junior Class Officers “We will end this year with a into effect Jan. 1, 2014. The new vehicle’s identification number, reg- and Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey (a Central graduate) look on, Gov. Bill Haslam balanced budget, but it will require law changed the due date of the tax istration information, license plate ceremonially signs the Tennessee Promise bill. Starting next school us to continue monitoring revenue payments to coincide with the fiscal number, and description before tow- year, every high school senior in Tennessee will have the opportunity and expenditure patterns.” year of each business subject to the ing. Starting July 1, towing violators to attend a 2-year community college completely free of charge. The On an accrual basis, April is the tax. would face as much as 12 months be- initiative is part of Haslam’s “Drive to 55” campaign to improve the ninth month in the 2013-2014 fiscal Gasoline and motor fuel collec- hind bars and/or up to $2,500 fines. state’s graduation rates from the current 32 percent to 55 percent by year. tions for April decreased by 9.20 per- Sen. Becky Massey, Knoxville, told 2025. The governor has said the measure will help improve overall The general fund was over col- cent, and were $4.5 million less than members of the Senate Transporta- job qualifications and attract employers to the state. The program will lected by $69.8 million, and the four the budgeted estimate. The growth tion and Safety Committee, the new be paid for by using excess lottery reserve funds. other funds were over collected by rate for nine months was positive law will cut down on the confusion $4.9 million. 0.03 percent, and collections are $1.3 of Education. The new evaluation may have a successful program and that may occur when owners discov- Sales tax collections were $4.8 million below the budgeted estimate gives more weight to the second of meet the critical need for proper er their vehicle missing, and report it million more than the budgeted esti- of $617.9 million. the two required principal observa- child nutrition when school is out. to police as stolen. mate for April. The April growth rate Tobacco tax collections were tion scores and requires principals Authorized and funded by Congress, was positive 4.04 percent. For nine $0.2 million under the budgeted to give specific examples of how and administered through the U.S. Friend of Smokies plates reaps months revenues are under collected estimate of $22.5 million. For nine they have worked with teachers. Department of Agriculture and each $85,000 in sales by $18.6 million. The year-to-date months revenues are under collected Giving the second observation more respective state, to implement the Sales of the Friends of the Smokies growth rate for nine months was in the amount of $7.1 million. weight allows the administrator to SFSP in Tennessee, DHS contracts specialty license plate in Tennessee positive 3.64 percent. All other taxes for April were un- correct and improve any areas cited annually with local agencies that brought in $85,285 during the first Franchise and excise taxes com- der collected by a net of $1.4 million. during the initial observation peri- sponsor the preparation, delivery and quarter, according to reports. Holly bined were $4.9 million above the Year-to-date collections for nine od. Increasing the accountability of serving of free meals and snacks to Scott, Friends marketing director, budgeted estimate of $454.2 million. months were $182.3 million less than Tennessee’s teachers and principals children at approved feeding sites in said the revenues are used to help For nine months revenues are $222 the budgeted estimate. The general has been at the forefront of education low-income areas. For those inter- fund important projects in Great million below the budgeted esti- fund was under collected by $194.0 reform discussions in the state since ested in sponsoring the SFSP contact Smoky Mountains National Park mate. The year-to-date growth rate million and the four other funds were it won the federal Race to the Top [email protected]. (GSMNP), including 26 seasonal August through April was negative over collected by $11.7 million. competition earning more than $500 internships for young people. million to overhaul education. State, Memphis negotiate Hill Revised principal evaluations Building exchange debutes this fall DHS, USDA kick off summer food The state wants to give its Donnelley TN receives $140,000 grant A revised principal evaluation model service program J. Hill State Office Building on Civic debuted this year. The evaluation, The Tennessee Department of Hu- Center Plaza Downtown to the city known as the Tennessee Educator man Services (DHS) is partnering of Memphis in exchange for 400 for mine safety training Acceleration Model, or TEAM, will with the U.S. Department of Agri- parking spaces at Peabody Place. be used in almost all of the districts culture (USDA) and local agencies The state is leaving the 12-story Hill across the state this fall. Before across the state to kick off the 2014 Building, which opened in 1968 at 2011, there was not a state-wide Summer Food Service Program the corner of Poplar and North Main, evaluation measure for principals (SFSP). For many children who re- and moving seven blocks south into in Tennessee. “The revised model ceive free and reduced-price meals newly leased space at One Com- reflects the changing work of the at school, summer can mean hunger. merce Square formerly occupied by administrators to use student data to The SFSP provides free meals and Pinnacle Airlines. The move of 596 impact decisions and support teach- snacks to children of low income, state employees, who work for nine er instruction,” said Paul Fleming, ages 18 and under, when school is different state agencies, is scheduled the executive director of leader out for the summer. To celebrate to start June 1. The 194,900-square- effectiveness and deputy assistant the beginning of the statewide 2014 foot building has a value of up to $2.2 commissioner of teacher and lead- SFSP, the kick-off event provided million and deferred maintenance ers with the Tennessee Department information on how any community costs of $18.4 million. Worker’s Comp appoints eight judges under new administrative court system The state has two mine rescue teams, made up of part-time employees The Tennessee Department of Burns Phillips. “This should result • Jim Umsted, Memphis, Attor- who train in Caryville and who respond to mine emergencies under Labor’s Division of Workers’ Com- in more predictable outcomes.” ney with the Division of Workers’ intense pressure and time constraints. They are on call 24 hours a pensation is announcing the appoint- Compensation day, seven days a week. As well as training rescue team workers, the ment of their first eight workers’ The appointees are as follows: • Thomas Wyatt, Chattanooga, Mine Safety Unit instructors conduct mine safety training required for compensation judges. • Brian Addington, Kingsport, At- partner with Summers & Wyatt all miners working in coal mines, crushed stone quarries, and sand The Tennessee Legislature torney with the Division of Workers’ • Ken Switzer will be the and gravel pits. The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health passed comprehensive Workers’ Compensation Chief Judge. He is an associate Administration (MSHA) awarded the Tennessee Mine Safety Unit a Compensation reform legislation • Joshua Baker, Nashville, Ad- grant of $140,000. The funds will be used to support health and safety last year. The reform created a new, with the Howard Tate law firm. ministrative Attorney and Legisla- The appointments were made training courses and programs designed to reduce mining accidents, administrative Workers’ Compen- tive Liaison with the Division of injuries, and illnesses, according to Tennessee’s Department of Labor sation Court within the Workers’ Workers’ Compensation by the Workers’ Compensation & Workforce Development. The last time a Tennessee mine rescue Compensation Division. The new • Lisa Knott, Knoxville, Attorney Division Administrator, Abbie Hud- team received a callout to a mine emergency was in December 2013 judges will begin work prior to July with the Division of Workers’ Com- gens, and were selected from rec- for an underground fire at the Nyrstar Immel mine near Knoxville. 1, 2014, when the new law goes into pensation ommendations from the Workers’ There were no injuries in that incident. The grant money will assist effect. • Pamela Johnson, Knoxville, Of Compensation Interview Commit- in strengthening the state’s mine safety programs, such as the 4th “Workers’ Comp reform will Counsel with the Leitner, Williams, tee, which was composed of repre- Annual Metal/Nonmetal Mine Rescue Contest held in Caryville on May 9. At those events, competing teams are judged on their response to result in a system that is fair to both Dooley and Napolitan law firm in sentatives of employees, employers, Knoxville. a mining accident scenario – such as a fire or explosion – on merits of employees and employers and will and the legal community from all speed up the settlement of injury • Allen Phillips, Jackson, partner accuracy of exploration, mapping, ventilation, and speed. Tennessee three grand divisions of the state. has approximately 270 mines across the state, mostly metal/nonmetal. claims,” said Labor Commissioner with Waldrup & Hall in Jackson.

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BY MARK PENLAND Conservation, in partnership with the 52 counties across the state currently TDEC Office of Sustainable Practices Knoxville Police Department, began participating. To date, the effort has a pilot project to develop an unwant- successfully diverted 38,777 pounds In 2000, pharmaceuticals and ed medications collection program of unwanted medications, prevent- personal care products (PPCPs) were and discovered that such a diversion ing those items from entering area named by the EPA as one of the top program could be successful. To landfills and waste water collection five “emerging” contaminants af- date, Knoxville Police Department systems. fecting human and ecological health. has diverted 8,376 pounds of un- The Greeneville Police Depart- The trend was confirmed in 2002 wanted medications from entering ment has also enjoyed success with with a report from the U.S. Geolog- the environment. Officer Craig their collection program, with more ical Survey (USGS) that received McNew of the Knoxville Police than 700 pounds of medications national media attention stating that a Department is a strong supporter of taken in. Lt. Michael Ottinger of the survey of waterways serving several the program. He says "This program Greeneville Police Department has large metropolitan water systems is only successful by the joint efforts expressed his support of the program revealed 80 percent of the water- of those committed to making a by saying “Our drug collection bin ways sampled contained common difference. Our goals were to join has become a great benefit to the medications such as acetaminophen forces through a multi-jurisdictional citizens of Greeneville and Greene (24 percent), the hormone estrodial collaborative focusing on removal of County. No longer do our citizens (16 percent), Ditiazwm – a blood potential harmful and abused drugs worry about how to destroy their To date, the effort has successfully diverted 38,777 pounds of unwanted pressure medication (13 percent), from the criminal element and to unwanted prescription and over the medications, preventing those items from entering area landfills and Codeine (11 percent), and antibiotics protect the environment. By using counter medications.” wastewater collection systems (10 percent). Of the 95 chemicals the alternative disposal and collection Other examples of successful com- 2014, DEA and 80 law enforcement USGS measured, one or more were methods, we gained support from Brownsville Police Department munity collection programs include agencies throughout Tennessee col- found in 80 percent of the streams the community and gov- agreed. “The Brownsville Police lected approximately 10,800 pounds sampled and about one-third of the ernment officials and are Department implemented the Pre- of unwanted or expired medications, streams contained 10 or more of the making a lasting impact scription Take back program in 2012. ensuring that these medicines were chemicals. in both areas." As result Since the box has been put in place, not abused or diverted for illegal Management of unwanted of the favorable response we have had overwhelming response purposes.” pharmaceuticals is a growing prob- to the pilot project in and success in Brownsville. Citizens Tennessee Department of Envi- lem in the United States. These Knoxville, a more formal bring in medications all the time. ronment and Conservation Commis- medications can result in health, program was launched in We have found that this program sioner Robert Martineau commented safety, or environmental problems Nashville which led the particularly helps families that have on the program saying, “This joint when being disposed or handled im- department to seek fund- lost loved ones to safely destroy old effort involves numerous local, state properly. Stakeholders are forming ing to take the program medications.” and federal partners supporting edu- partnerships in Tennessee to face statewide. George Bernard Shaw once said cation for Tennessee citizens on the the logistical challenges to educate In 2012, the Ten- “The question should be, is it worth appropriate disposal of pharmaceu- and protect residents with proper nessee Department of trying to do, not, can it be done?” ticals while increasing the number of disposal. National statistics suggest Environment and Conser- and the Tennessee Department of unwanted drug collection locations that nearly 90 percent of Americans vation (TDEC) Office of Environment and Conservation in for them. Working together, Ten- improperly dispose of outdated or Sustainable Practices be- partnership with the Tennessee De- nessee has become a national leader unwanted prescription and over the gan formally supporting partment of Health, the Tennessee for this coordinated strategy with counter drugs. the voluntary unwanted Department of Mental Health and more than 50 percent of our counties The problem is potentially larg- pharmaceuticals collec- Substance Abuse, the Tennessee participating in our statewide Phar- er in Tennessee. According to the tion program by provid- Bureau of Investigation, the De- maceutical Collection Program. Our Tennessee Medical Association, our ing collection kiosks to partment of Homeland Security, the department is pleased to be part of state ranks second in the nation for local law enforcement Drug Enforcement Agency and var- this effective partnership providing prescription drug abuse. A 2011 Blue agencies. Financing for ious local law enforcement agency Tennesseans with safe and viable Cross Blue Shield study showed that these bins was made pos- partners across the state are showing disposal options to keep drugs out Tennesseans had more prescriptions sible through a portion that it is worth trying to do and that of our water and off the streets." per capita (15) than any other state in of the settlement funds they are having a positive effect in Captain Barry Diebold of the the United States. Tennessee ranks received by Tennessee, their communities. eighth nationally in the number of as a result of the Ten- TDEC began providing collection kiosks to local fatal drug overdoses, doubling since nessee Valley Authority law enforcement agencies in 2012. Funding for 2009. coal ash spill, which are these bins was made possible through a portion While this problem was an to be used to fund wa- of the settlement funds received by Tennessee, emerging national concern, no viable ter quality improvement as a result of the TVA coal ash spill, which are disposal options were apparent due projects throughout the to be used to fund water quality improvement to strict requirements on the handling state. The only obligation projects throughout the state. of scheduled narcotics. In 2008, the local law enforcement Knoxville Police Department recog- agencies have is to regularly report the Cookeville Police Department’ s nized this challenge and coordinated their collection totals to the Office efforts to divert nearly 1,300 pounds with the Drug Enforcement Agen- of Sustainable Practices as a means of medication from area landfills and cy (DEA) to hold the state’s first of measuring the effectiveness of the the Johnson City Police Department unwanted medications collection program and to identify areas where and its collection of more than 7,000 event. As a result of the positive pub- additional collection bins could be pounds of unwanted and outdated lic response to the event, the Tennes- located. medications. see Department of Environment and The program quickly grew with The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation un- derstands the importance of partner- ships and is working closely with the Knoxville hosted its first drug take back event in 2010. Since the police TML Board to meet in Chattanooga Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) department has been involved in the program, the city has diverted Notice is hereby given that the Tennessee Municipal League Board of Directors across the state to provide assistance 8,376 pounds of unwanted medications from entering the environment. will meet in regular public session on Saturday, June 21, 2014, at 3 pm., local to local law enforcement agen- time, in Plaza A-B of the Chattanooga Marriott Hotel Downtown, Two Carter cies with proper management and Plaza, Chattanooga, TN 38402, for the purpose of considering and transacting disposal options for the unwanted all business that may properly come before said board. If reasonably possible, medications that they collect. DEA an agenda will be available on Monday, June 16, at the TML offices, 226 Cap- Assistant Special Agent in Charge itol Boulevard, Suite 710, in Nashville. Additional information concerning the Michael Stanfill is supportive of the above may be obtained at 615-255-6416. program, stating, “The Drug En- forcement Administration realizes Bond Fund Board to meet June 21 that prescription pill abuse and di- Notice is hereby given that the Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund Board of Di- version is the number one drug threat rectors will meet in regular public session on Saturday, June 21, 2014, at 10:30 in the state of Tennessee. DEA has a.m., local time, in the Lookout Mountain room of the Chattanooga Marriott worked diligently with our state and Hotel Downtown, Two Carter Plaza, Chattanooga, TN 38402, for the purpose local law enforcement partners, and of considering and transacting all business that may properly come before community coalitions, to aggressive- said board. Some members of the board may participate in such meeting by ly address this issue through criminal telephonic means, which will be audible to any member of the public attending and regulatory investigations along such meeting. If reasonably possible, an agenda will be available on Monday, with educating the public on the June 16, at the offices of TMBF, 226 Capitol Boulevard, Suite 502, in Nashville. abuse and diversion of pills. During Additional information may be obtained at 615-255-1561. DEA’s 8th nationally coordinated Drug Take Back event on April 26, www.TML1.org 6-TENNESSEE TOWN & CITY/MAY 26, 2014 Memphis Bootcamp spotlights citizen-led projects, measure incremental community change BOOT CAMP from Page 1 District, and the amenities located TENNESSEE larger scale,” said Lydon, a principal within Overton Park. of The Brooklyn-based Street Plans “Neighbors are using the lessons FESTIVALS Collaborative. “Small, low risk, learned at the Bootcamp in how they community-driven improvements measure the value of their neighbor- May-Oct.: Gallatin all across our city can add up to hood,” said Pacello. “Neighbor- Third Thursday on Main Street larger, long-term change,” he said. hood leaders are developing these Summer concert and dining event Today, Broad Avenue offers “a projects, whether it’s an eyesore lot every 3rd Thursday of the month sense of place” to the community, turned into a community garden, an through October. Showtimes 6:30 a place to see and be seen, with an underpass they want to hang a mural pm until 9 pm. Great food and enter- eclectic vibe punctuated by a variety on, or other things that provide the tainment. An exclusive presentation of shops, fine art, pubs and cafe’s texture of a neighborhood. They of Greater Gallatin, Inc., and spon- along with weekly performances and are developing the ideas, building sored by several local businesses. dance offerings, beckoning custom- the team with similarly interested Free parking available at city hall, ers to shop, eat, dance and even bike. neighbors.” 118 West Main St., and behind the A number of bike riders visit Pacello also notes that city lead- Gallatin Public Library, 123 East the area and use Broad Avenue’s ers are learning to be more flexible Main St. Bring your lawn chairs and bike lanes liberally, which helped and nimble regarding their respons- the entire family and support your spur support for a major connector es to these neighborhood-driven local downtown businesses. project. Supporters for the Ham- efforts. “The citizens are being pline have raised more than $75,000 provided mechanisms by which they May 30 : Fayetteville for the project, through a public can affect change in their neighbor- Neighborhood volunteers work to restore the Memphis Broad Avenue Free Music in the Park Series fundraising campaign using crowd hoods,” he said. Arts District, restriping the street, adding crosswalks and protected Features musical group 4-Way Stop resource websites, such as ioby. “There is now a codified pro- bike lanes . at the Stonebridge Park. For more “If a handful of people will go cess, (with the adoption of Memphis’ information, call 931-433-1234. out and do these projects, a lot more Unified Development Code of 2010) in the neighborhood will support it by which neighborhood associations June 6-8: Johnson City financially,” said Pacello. “ In the are brought to the discussion sooner Blue Plum Festival past few months, one project raised and the goal is...if we bring in the Showcasing downtown improve- almost $2,000 in just two days to do neighborhood sooner, they can be ments in a free outdoor festival fea- a mural under an overpass. Neigh- more instrumental in the design of turing local, regional, and national bors raised the money in $25 or $30 the project,” said Josh Whitehead, musicians, arts and crafts, children’s donations raising $100,000.” planning director for the Memphis activities, urban art competitions, As a two mile, on-road/multi- & Shelby County Office of Plan- roller derby, amazing food, and use trail designed for all levels of ning and Development in the article more. Join the The Blue Plum 5K experience in walking and biking, “What Smart Cities Can Learn From Run/Walk June 7. The Blue Plum the Hampline features two miles Memphis.” Animation Festival will be located of public art murals and sculptures, But by no means does the city in the JC Penny building beside the an amphitheater and numerous art want people to think tactical urban- Hands On! Museum. The Johnson galleries. This bicycle and walking ism is a silver bullet solution. “It is City Rugby Football Club and the track is located in the Binghampton just one of many, many tools nec- Molly Pitchers Rugby Club will host Community and links Overton Park essary to rebuild a neighborhood,” the 4th Annual Blue Plum 7′s Rugby and the Shelby Farms Greenline via Pacello added. “But it also requires Tournament in conjunction with the a state of the art, two-way protected a little reorientation of local govern- Memphis citizens, on the ioby website, collected $75,000 to help festival. Visit www.blueplum.org or cycle track. ment to be able to respond to what develop the Hampline, a two mile, on-road/multi-use trail for walking call 423-797-6449. In addition to adding vital con- neighborhoods are doing and to learn and biking, the Hampline features two miles of public art murals and nectivity to the growing bicycle net- how to measure the return on invest- sculptures, an amphitheater and numerous art galleries. Pictured is June: Somerville work across the Memphis region, the ment in infrastructure decisions, an- an artists rendering of The Hampline. Music-in-the-Park Hampline will provide residents and nexation policy, etc. Its not going to Enjoy an outdoor concert every visitors with safe access to facilities happen overnight and conversations Thursday evening in June, beginning and amenities in the Binghampton are taking place which is the purpose at 7 pm. The first three Thursday neighborhood including the five of the Boot Camp.” evening concerts will be held at I.P. neighborhood schools, Tillman “There’s a lot of discussion in Yancy Park, 13170 North Main St. MPD Precinct Station, Howze Park, developing a vision for the city in The Grand Finale and fireworks ex- Lester Community Center, Benja- a citizen led process,” Pacello said. travaganza will be the last Thursday min Hooks Public Library, spiritual “And if we’re going to do that, we evening June 26 at Fayette Ware and medical facilities, the Arts have to understand how we got into High School Campus Football Field, the situation we’re in today.” 13520 State Hwy. 59 N., beginning For more information and a at 7:30 pm. Free admission, free list of Memphis’ tactical urbanism lemonade, cookies, and $1 hotdogs, projects, visit http://ioby.org/blog/ along with door prizes. Bring lawns city-of-memphis-supports-com- chairs. No pets, alcohol or drugs. munity-led-creative-placemak- June 7: Coopertown Advertising: $9.25 per column inch. No ing-as-a-neighborhood-revitaliza- tion-tool. See a mapping tool for 2nd Annual Barrel Festival charge to TML members. Send advertising Celebrating the heritage of the coo- to: TT&C Classified Ads, Mona Lawrence, Memphis’ citizen-led projects fea- tured at http://memphis.ioby.org/ per (barrel maker). More than 200 226 Capitol Blvd. Suite 710, Nashville TN vendors will showcase their wares 37219; e-mail: [email protected]; or page/about. Memphis neighbors rallied around this blighted, crime ridden area on from 10 am - 4 pm along Old Coop- fax: 615-255 4752. To access all the op-eds and vid- eo spots of the Boot Camp lectures, Broad Avenue to develop the popular Broad Street Arts district that is ertown Road. Enjoy live music, food, PLANNING DIRECTOR visit www.memphis2014.com. today known as a national model. shopping, living history exhibits, and Springfield. The city is accepting- ap wooden barrel games, “Cooper of the plications for the position of Planning Year” contest, corn hole, kids zone, Director. Individual will plan, organize raffle giveaway trip to Branson, and direct the activities of the Commu- silent auction and barrels of fun at nity Development & Planning Depart- this town fundraiser. Kickoff with ment under a Council/Manager form of the inaugural Barrel Fest 5-Miler government. Current director is retiring at 7:30 am. Register for the race with more than 14 years of service in the at www.runsignup.com or contact position. The Community Development the race director at commissioner@ & Planning Department administers all planning functions and activities, eco- coopertowntn.org For more informa- nomic development projects, residential, tion, visit www.coopertowntn.org or commercial and industrial development on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ and codes administration. Qualifications coopertownbarrelfestival include a bachelor’s degree in planning, public administration or other related June 12: Manchester field, required master’s degree in plan- Bonaroo Music Festival ning and AICP certification preferred. A Headliners include: Elton John, minimum of five years (5) of superviso- Kanye West, Jack White, Vampire ry, administrative or consultative expe- Weekend. For tickets and informa- rience in municipal or regional planning, community development or related field tion, visit www.bonnaroo.com/tickets. required. Salary range$ 55,703-$76,066 (DOQ). Applications must be received June 13-14: Lebanon by Monday, June 30, at the following Grand National SE/Fall Dual Meet address: Human Resources Depart- Held Fri. from 8 am-5 pm, and Sat. ment, City of Springfield, P 0 Box 788, from 8 am-5 pm at the James E. Ward Springfield, Tennessee, 37172. The City Agricultural Center, 945 E. Baddour of Springfield is an AA/EOE employer. Parkway. Both shows host more than 125 classes of competition. UTILITIES CLERK The Mid Tenn Region Automobile PIPERTON. The city has an opening Club of America, based in Lebanon, for a utilities clerk in its administrative office, with tasks to include reconciling is holding the event. Registration utility customer lists and issuing periodic open until May 13, and membership reports, resolving customer problems with the Antique Automobile Club of and explaining procedures regarding America is required to enter. Cost is a variety of city functions, including $50 to enter the grand nationals and water, sewer, garbage and other issues; $30 to enter the national show. Ad- must have ability to interact with a va- mission and parking free. For more riety of city staff, members of boards information, call 615-308-0586. and commissions, vendors and contrac- tors and have extensive knowledge of June 28: Alcoa Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel, which is required. Experience 36th annual FreedomFest with automated applications is desirable; Springbrook Pool will start the day High School diploma or G.E.D., plus a off with pool contests and activities minimum of two years related experi- throughout the day. FreedomFest ence is required, along with effective 2014 events will begin at 6 p.m.at communication (oral and written) and in- the Duck Pond with live musical terpersonal skills. Valid driver’s license entertainment. The annual musical- from state of residence and attention to ly choreographed fireworks display detail are also required. Email resume will begin at approximately 9:45 to [email protected]. Pay is ne- p.m. followed by additional live en- gotiable, depending on experience and tertainment ending at 11 p.m. Bring training. Piperton is an EOE employer and does not discriminate on the basis your lawn chairs and blankets for of race, color, religion, age, sex, national a fun filled night. Visit www.cityo- origin, gender or disability. falcoa-tn.gov/freedomfest for more information. 7-TENNESSEE TOWN & CITY/MAY 26, 2014 www.TML1.org

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PRESIDENT Dale Kelley Mayor, Huntingdon Children as young as seven are with nicotine poisoning often called of apartments and condominiums. VICE PRESIDENTS working long hours in fields Green Tobacco Sickness, which oc- The rate of building single-family June 28: Annual Duck River David May harvesting nicotine- and pesti- curs when workers absorb nicotine homes rose just 0.8 percent. Appli- Clean-up Councilmember, Cleveland cide-laced tobacco leaves, under through their skin while handling cations for building permits, a gauge Curtis Hayes A huge annual event at Riverbottom sometimes hazardous and swel- tobacco plants.The children also said of future activity, rose 8 percent to an Mayor, Livingston Greenway Park behind Shelbyville David Gordon tering conditions, according to they worked long hours — often in annual rate of 1.08 million. a report released by an interna- extreme heat — without overtime Power, Water and Sewerage System, Mayor, Covington with registration and job assign- tional rights group. The Human pay or sufficient breaks and wore Manufacturers across the United DIRECTORS ments beginning at 7 am and clean- Rights Watch report details findings no, or inadequate, protective gear. States are targeting schools and Bryan Atchley up at 7:30. Ends at midday, when Mayor, Sevierville from interviews with more than 140 According to the report, U.S. agri- colleges to let young people know river workers finish working their Alonzo Beard children working on farms in North culture labor laws allow children to there is more to manufacturing designated points collecting trash Alderman, Ripley (District 8) Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and work longer hours at younger ages than pulling levers on an assembly from the waterway. A picnic lunch Andy Burke Virginia, where a majority of the and in more hazardous conditions line. The goal is to get people to see will be served between 11:30 am and Mayor, Chattanooga country's tobacco is grown. The than children in any other industry. manufacturing jobs as the high-tech, Wallace Cartwright noon. The event is co-sponsored by group acknowledges that most of high-skilled and high-paying careers Mayor, Shelbyville the Shelbyville & Bedford County what it documented is legal under U.S home construction surged they can be in the second decade of Vance Coleman Chamber of Commerce’s Beauti- U.S. law but aims to highlight the in April to its highest pace in six the 21st century. Today’s manu- Mayor, Medina (District 7) fication Committee, Shelbyville practice and urge both governments months. But almost all that increase facturers are looking for engineers, Betsy Crossley Rotary Club and the Duck River and tobacco companies to take fur- came from the volatile apartment designers, machinists and computer Mayor, Brentwood Agency. Event builds awareness for Ann Davis ther steps to protect children from sector, a sign that Americans are programmers, moving from manual the importance of the river’s water Vice Mayor, Athens the hazardous harvesting of the cash still struggling financially to buy sin- mills and lathes to computerized quality and its scenic appeal. For Karl Dean crop that has built businesses, fund- gle-family homes. The Commerce numerical control equipment and more information, contact the Shel- Mayor, Metro Nashville ed cities and influenced cultures. Department says builders started 3-D printers. Hand-held welders byville Bedford County Chamber of Jerry Gist Children interviewed by the group work on 1.07 million homes at a are being replaced with robotic Commerce at 931-684-3482. Mayor, Jackson in 2012 and 2013 reported vomiting, seasonally adjusted annual rate in welders. Industrial maintenance Kevin Helms nausea and headaches while work- April, up 13.2 percent from 947,000 City Manager, Oak Hill (District 5) mechanics have to be able to operate John Hickman ing on tobacco farms. The symp- in March. The gains were driven by a a “programmable logic control,” or a June 24-25: Tennessee Marketing City Manager, Waynesboro (District 6) toms they reported are consistent 42.9 percent jump in the construction digital computer. and Attraction Course Jill Holland One of a series of economic devel- Mayor, McKenzie opment courses, provided by the Hoyte Jones UT MTAS Pre-conference EOA Classes University of Tennessee Center for Alderman, Sparta (District 4) Industrial Services. Held at the Hotel Dot LaMarche Indigo, 301 Union Street, in Down- Vice Mayor, Farragut (District 2) The annual TML conference is requires for those beginning the pro- in Chattanooga this year June 21 gram and how to report CPE credits. town Nashville. Class begins at 9 am Chris McCartt June 24 and ends at 12:30 pm June Asst. City Manager, Kingsport (District 1) – 24 at the Marriott -Chattanooga Bo Perkinson Conference Center. As a pre-con- Sat. June 21—Al Major, Finance 25. Businesses interested in locat- Councilmember, Athens (District 3) ference event, MTAS will be offering and Accounting consultant: Water ing or expanding in Tennessee need Madeline Rogero the Elected Officials Academy Level Quality Reporting —AWWA For- accurate, up-to-date, and credible Mayor, Knoxville II program on Fri. and Sat. June mat from 1:15-2:15 pm. Session and “Internal Controls for Cash,” information; and communities need Charles “Bones” Seivers 20 – 21. MTAS consultants will be will include a demonstration of how from 3:30-4:30 pm. rock-solid marketing techniques. President-CEO, TN Municipal Bond Fund presenting four sessions that are to use the spreadsheet required for The first session will discuss Course participants learn how to James Talley eligible for CPEs. Several of the reporting published by the AWWA. how to best communicate financial craft their community's message Mayor, Ducktown by reviewing online marketing Ron Washington workshop sessions at TML are also Attendees will learn what possible information to elected officials, eligible for CPE credits for CMFOs. financial impacts could be seen by providing tips for communicating fundamentals, GIS technologies, Councilmember, Murfreesboro website design, and current trends A.C. Wharton trying to gain that extra point in a financial results to boards, councils, Mayor, Memphis Sat., June 21— Kay Stegall, MTAS validity rating. committees and other non-financial in site selection. Participants also PAST PRESIDENTS Finance consultant, and Dr. P.J. Sno- stakeholders. Examples are provided will explore various mediums of Ken Wilber (2013) Mayor, Portland dgrass, MTAS training specialist, Sat. June 21 —Kay Stegall’s ses- in communicating complex informa- communication, including social Kay Senter (2012) will present 2 two-hour sessions sion on ethics for CMFOs, from tion in an easy-to-understand way. media and Web 2.0 technologies. To Councilmember, Morristown from 9-11 am and again from 1-3 pm 3:45-5:15 pm, addresses ethical The second session, will focus view an agenda, visit https://cis.ten- Sam Tharpe, (2011) Mayor, Paris on “Navigating the CMFO program standards, an excellent framework on basic cash controls that must be nessee.edu/train/programtraining/ Tom Beehan, (2008) Mayor, Oak Ridge and CPE Requirements.” in place to protect public dollars. TNEDPT/Documents/2014%20 Tommy Green (2007) Mayor, Alamo for CMFOs to adopt in their every The sessions discuss the ins day job duties. All CMFO workshops are open TN%20Marketing%20and%20At- Bob Kirk (2004) Alderman, Dyersburg traction%20Agenda.pdf. Tom Rowland (2002) Mayor, Cleveland and outs of the CMFO program and to all conference attendees.Registra- CPE requirements that are eligible Mon. June 23— Brad Harris, Fi- tion deadline is June 16. To register To register for the class, visit AFFILIATE DIRECTORS UT’s Solution Point: http://www. Keith McDonald, Mayor, Bartlett (NLC) for CPEs. Stegall and Snodgrass nance and Accounting consultant, for the EOA or the Saturday CMFO Bill Hammon, Alcoa (TCMA) will answer questions about how to presents two sessions: “How to sessions, visit the MTAS Solution solutionpoint.tennessee.edu/TP- get started in the CMFO program, Communicate Financial Information Point training registration system or Online/TPOnline.dll/Public%20 TML AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS what the State Comptroller’s office to Elected Officials” from 9-10 am, call Doug Brown at 865-974-9140. 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BY LINDA BRYANT of them in 1963. We’ve tried to use data driven deployment of our state troopers to make sure they’re in the right places at the Bill Gibbons has his hands full as Commissioner of the right times. We think we can have a maximum impact on our Tennessee Dept. of Safety and Homeland Security, but he’s got traffic fatality rate through DUI enforcement and seatbelt en- his sleeves rolled up and says he’s up for the demands of the forcement. The figures are pretty dramatic. We use 2010 as our job. In fact, he’s used to facing hard challenges. base year of comparison, since it’s the year immediately prior to Gibbons overcame a hardscrabble childhood and went on this administration taking office. When you compare numbers to become the District Attorney General of the 30th Judicial through April of this year with the 2010 numbers, we’ve had District in Memphis and Shelby County for 14 years. He was a 172 percent increase in the number of DUI arrests by state a Republican candidate in the 2010 Tennessee gubernatorial troopers. We’ve had more than 3,000 DUI arrests so far this election. year. That’s a 46 percent increase over last year. Gibbon’s current job is challenging because TDOS encom- With regard to seat belts, we’ve had a 256 percent increase passes quite a “big tent” of state services — law enforcement, in seatbelt citations by state troopers and compared to 2010, a safety education and crime reduction, driver services, disaster 62 percent increase since last year. So far this year we’ve issued preparedness and prevention programs. He also chairs Gov. more than 40,000 seat belt citations. It’s having an impact. Year- Bill Haslam’s Public Safety Subcabinet, a group that includes to-date we’ve had the lowest amount of traffic fatalities in the commissioners and representatives from 11 state agencies and last five years. We are down 14.4 percent compared to 2010 and departments that impact public safety. down 5.4 percent compared to this year. We think our emphasis The Subcabinet is in the process of implementing compre- on DUI arrests is really having an impact. In 2010, 28 percent hensive, multi-year Public Safety Action Plan that addresses of traffic fatalities involved individuals driving impaired. This three priorities: significantly reducing drug abuse and drug year we are down to 18 percent. We are still concerned about trafficking; curbing violent crime; and cutting the rate of repeat the number of traffic fatalities involving individuals not wear- offenders. ing seat belts. The latest figure shows that 57 percent of those “The role on the Public Safety Subcabinet was very appeal- who’ve lost their lives on our highways were not wearing seat ing to me and, it’s one reason why I decided to take the job,” belts. We’re working to bring that down. Gibbons said. “It really gave me the opportunity to have a broader portfolio and to continue focusing on a lot of the issues TT&C: Your department is partnering with TDOT to build I’d been focusing on as DA— issues such as gang violence, the a traffic training facility that’s the first of its kind in the importance of drug treatment, and so on. The Subcabinet has country. Can you explain its importance? proven to be a great model for how state government can do Commissioner Bill Gibbons BG: First of all, I have to commend Col. Tracy Trott, the head business.” TT&C: Can you explain these goals? of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, for having the vision to Gibbons is married to Julia Smith Gibbons, who currently BG: Goal No. 1 is tackling the problem of drug trafficking and really see the need for the training facility. I also commend is a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Cir- drug addiction. No. 2 is the problem of violent crime and No. 3 John Schroer, Commissioner of the Dept. of Transportation, cuit. His daughter Carey is working on a PhD in Art History is the problem of repeat offenders. These three goals interrelate for coming up with the funding to construct this facility. The and lives in London. His son Will Jr. is an attorney at the Wyatt to each other, you can’t separate them. At the same time, they facility will provide training on how to handle traffic incidents. Tarrant & Combs firm in Memphis. Although Gibbons drives deserve some distinct attention. For example, drug trafficking It will help us address three issues: the safety of the troopers and back home to Memphis on weekends, Nashville has become his relates to gang activity and violence, which in turn relates to our other first responders, the needs of those who are involved in a second home. During the week he lives in a downtown apartment high recidivism rate. When you look at the governor's public traffic incident, and the convenience of all the other motorists. near his offices in William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower and safety action plan, about half of the action steps deal with drug Of course, we are very concerned about our troopers. In the enjoys walking to work. addiction and drug trafficking —ranging from prescription last five years we’ve had four state troopers lose their lives as drug abuse to our problem of meth production in the state. The a result of traffic related incidents. We also want to make sure TT&C: Your childhood wasn’t easy by any means. You were problems overlap. With regard to repeat offenders, we have a those citizens who are injured in accidents are getting help as raised in poverty by a single mom, and at one point you recidivism rate in Tennessee of about 45 percent – they go back quickly as possible. We want to save lives. There’s also a third had a reputation for skipping school a lot. How did your into the corrections system within three years of being released. group to serve that’s composed of all the other motorists who’re background affect you as a public servant? If we can reduce our repeat offenders, we could have a dramatic inconvenienced as a result of a traffic incident. Obviously, some- BG: My upbringing gave me an understanding of challenges effect on our crime rate. times there are inconveniences, like when we have to close lanes that a lot of Tennesseans face on a regular basis. Having said of a highway or an entire highway. Still, we want to make sure that, I don’t wish for anyone to grow up in poverty. It’s not much TT&C: What are some of the most significant achievements we handle these scenarios in a way so we can get traffic moving fun. I learned some very important things. I did begin skipping that have come out of the Public Safety Subcabinet? as quickly as possible. Part of this training is making sure we school at an early age. Frankly, I saw no real future for myself. I BG: We have completed almost 50 percent of our 41 action know how to handle a traffic scene as efficiently as possible. felt locked into poverty with no place to go. I really didn’t have steps. We hope to increase that percentage considerably by the Construction will get underway soon, with a target date to finish much incentive. Luckily for me I had a number of adults who end of this year and we’ll have a very sizeable percentage of the by September of this year. became mentors to me. That made a tremendous difference. My actions steps completed by the end of the governor’s first term. mother did the best she could. I’m the youngest of six, and my With regard to specifics, we now have a mandatory database that TT&C: Your department also oversees driver services. father abandoned us when I was four. people with prescriptions and pharmacists must use. Prior to the What changes have you made? When I was District Attorney of Shelby County, I knew Public Safety Action Plan it had been voluntary. When doctors BG: For decades we’ve had problems with our driver’s services we faced a very serious problem of kids skipping school. We prescribe either painkillers or tranquilizers they now must check division. It’s not a new problem. But we are trying to do two have the authority to prosecute parents for the truancy of their the database to determine whether that particular patient has things. No. 1 is to make sure we have an efficient operation. No. 2 children under state law, but what I really wanted to do was try received similar prescriptions from other doctors. It’s making is to make sure we have a customer service operation. Those are to make sure that the students who were skipping school could a big difference to our ability to cut down on doctor shopping. two separate things. You can be efficient and not really customer begin to move in the right direction. We did something unique There’s a lot of talk about meth production in our state, friendly or customer friendly and not very efficient. We are and set up a mentoring program within the District Attorney’s and we have a number of steps in the Governor’s Public Safety trying to do both. We’ve created more alternative channels for office. We got the parents and their children before the court Action Plan that address it. The part that has received the most customers to get a license renewed or replaced. Currently under by beginning the prosecution of the parents. It really wasn’t for attention is the need to restrict access to pseudo-ephedrine prod- state law, we can partner with county clerks across the state to the purpose of sending the parents to jail; it was to get them ucts. Pseudo-ephedrine is a key ingredient in the manufacturing handle the renewal and replacement of driver’s licenses. Those into court. I wanted to give these parents and their children the of meth, and there’s been recognition that we're going to need county clerks are allowed to charge a $4 fee, which basically opportunity to be in the mentoring program. It began to have to address access to those products if we’re going to cut down covers their administrative costs. We furnish the equipment, very good results. The current District Attorney, Amy Weirich, on meth production. but they furnish the personnel. We have some areas of the state has continued it and expanded the program. In terms of measuring our progress, the bottom line is the where, for one reason or another, county clerks have decided crime rate, and we are making progress there. When you look they really don’t want to get into the business of license renewal. TT&C: You worked with the Lamar Alexander administra- at our overall crime rate in 2013 we were down 5.4 percent So we expanded state law to give us the ability to enter into tion as a special policy assistant. What was it like to work compared to 2012 and down 8 percent compared to 2010. In agreements with other state entities. It may be a city mayor’s under Gov. Alexander? terms of major violent crimes, defined as murders, forcible office, a county mayor’s office or any number of entities. We BG: Lamar Alexander and I go back almost 48 years to 1966. rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults, we were down about 8 are not trying to replace our county clerk partners in any way. He was working in Howard Baker’s campaign for the U.S. percent in 2013 compared to 2012, and down about 2.7 percent We are also promoting online renewals as much as possible, Senate. I walked into Howard Baker’s office to volunteer and compared to 2010. We are not yet where we need to be. We are and we now have standalone kiosks across the state. Through Lamar asked me to head Baker’s youth campaign in Memphis. still above the national average but the trends are very, very these alternate channels, customers can go to other places to I think it may have been an act of desperation, but I said yes encouraging. conduct their transactions. As a result, we are down to about and we struck up a great relationship. I worked with him in 30 percent of our customers who actually go to driver service Winfield Dunn’s campaign and proceeded to work with him TT&C: How bad is the meth problem? centers to get their licenses renewed or replaced. About a year in all of his own campaigns— his campaign for governor in BG: We have a very serious problem. In 2013, we were second ago it was about 35 percent. A bank is a good analogy. If you ‘74, his successful campaign in ‘78 and then, thereafter. Lamar in the nation in the number of meth labs seized. We made some have a complicated transaction, you go into a bank and interact Alexander has been my mentor more than any other individual. headway in 2011 when we created the statewide database. This with an employee. On the other hand, if it’s a simple transaction He has taught me about the dos and don’t s of being a public year the governor proposed additional limits on access to pseu- you're more apt to use an ATM. We are providing that kind of official. One of many lessons I’ve learned from him, is about do-ephedrine products without a prescription. Under his propos- alternative for Tennesseans. Through the end of April last year, the importance of being focused and setting priorities. In order al there would have been a limit of 4.8 grams per 30 days and an our average wait time in our driver’s services center was 31 to have an impact, a public official must set clear priorities and annual limit of 14 grams. The governor felt that it was the right minutes. Through the end of April this year we were down to goals and stick with them. balance between still making these products available to citi- about 23 minutes. We are very encouraged by the 8 minute drop. zens, but also breaking up the so-called smurfing model where TT&C: What is it like being in Haslam’s administration? you see individuals going in and buying pseudo-ephedrine prod- TT&C: Explain the Homeland Security part of your job? BG: Gov. Haslam is a great person to work for. He is great at ucts for the purposes of manufacturing meth. Unfortunately, the BG: Our responsibility is twofold. No. 1 is to do what we can setting clear priorities and goals, and then expecting his cabinet General Assembly did not pass the governor’s proposal. They to prevent any man-made disaster in Tennessee. No. 2 is to be members to go out and do their jobs and stay focused on them. passed an amended version that an annual limit of 5.76 grams the lead state agency in handling the actual crime scene and He gives us a lot of freedom to do that in our own way. He and an annual limit of 28 grams. The good news is that Tennessee investigation should such an event occur. It’s part of our respon- really sets the direction and the roadmap so to speak. has taken more steps than most states. Forty-eight states allow sibility to provide funding to local communities for Homeland the purchase of some amount of pseudo-ephedrine products. Security needs. We channel federal funds to local communities TT&C: You were the District Attorney of Shelby County Tennessee will have the lowest 30-day limit in the nation. We through 11 Homeland Security districts. Right after 9-11 there for 14 years. Can you share some lessons from that time? will have the second lowest annual limit. Having said that, it was substantial federal money available. Initially, the state was BG: DAs have to work with the local police department and does not go as far as we’d hoped. Only time will tell if these getting about $48 million. We are now down to about $4 million. the sheriff's office as a team effort. We had that kind of team in limits end up being effective. I think the governor’s original We’ve looked at our Homeland Security efforts and redirected Memphis. When I was DA, we focused on violent crime and proposal would have really had a dramatic impact. what we were doing, especially in light of the fact that the fed- gang activity. Domestic violence was also a big problem. We eral funding was drying up. We needed to look at other ways set up special prosecution units to really tackle those specific TT&C: What about other signs of progress are you seeing? to effectively address the problem. areas and created the Drug Treatment Court. I’m a big believer BG: With regards to domestic violence, last year the General We have become involved in training local law enforcement in trying to address the underlying problem of drug addiction. Assembly enacted legislation imposing mandatory sentences officials on homeland security issues. We train them on issues We are one of the first drug treatment courts in Tennessee and for repeat domestic violence offenders to deter domestic vio- involving international terrorism, domestic terrorism, how to it’s a model that’s proven to be very successful. lence activities. We’ve also tackled the problem of gang activity. use our (FBI) Fusion Center, which is where we analyze in- First, we proposed legislation providing for enhanced sentences formation. Last year we trained more than 15,000 people. We TT&C: Have you continued many of the same priorities for certain types of serious crimes committed by three or more. also work closely with the Department of Education on school into your job as Commissioner of the Department of Safety In particular, these include the crimes of aggravated assault, safety plans for every public school system in the state. We have and Homeland Security? aggravated burglary and robbery. We have made it easier to pros- become more active in working with other agencies on assessing BG: Yes, in many respects I have. As chair of the Public Safety ecute gang activities. This year we passed legislation to amend our infrastructure in our state. That’s important in Tennessee Subcabinet it really gives me the opportunity to have a broader the state’s nuisance law to clarify that judges can issue orders when you look at our unique infrastructures such as TVA. portfolio and to continue focusing on a lot of the issues I’d been creating safety zones in certain geographic areas. It means that Finally, we felt that identity crimes were a void that local focusing on as DA—such as gang violence, the importance of known members of specific gangs can’t associate with one an- law enforcement was having trouble meeting. In my experience drug treatment, and so on. At first glance they don’t seem to other in public spaces such as parks, schools and so on. We’ve as DA in Memphis, I found that the police department was great have a lot to do with the Department of Homeland Security on made a lot of progress in addressing this specific problem. at investigating homicides and aggravated robberies, but when a day-to-day basis, but they do have a lot to do with the overall it came to identity crimes it was very difficult for them. They problem of public safety in our state. The Subcabinet has proven TT&C: One of your priorities is to reduce traffic fatalities. didn’t have the background or the expertise to do it. We decided to be a great model for how state government can do business. How are we doing? to fill that void. It is an outgrowth of our Homeland Security Gov. Haslam recognized he needed to take a broad view of the BG: We are determined to make sure the Highway Patrol is a Office, but it also overlaps into driver licenses because in many departments and agencies that affect public safety. It includes proactive law enforcement agency, not just a reactive agency. cases identity theft involves driver licenses. Interestingly, under a total of 11 state departments and agencies. The governor We have very specific goals in mind. One is to reduce the state law the Highway Patrol has specific jurisdiction to inves- charged us with creating a multi-year public safety action plan number of traffic fatalities in our state with the ultimate goal of tigate identity theft. It was a great opportunity for us to create for his first term in office. We were able to develop a plan with being below the national average. We aren’t there yet; however, a special identity crimes unit composed of Homeland Security 41 specific action steps that fall under three broad goals and we are making progress. In the last three years we’ve had the officials, state troopers and driver license officials to help law interrelate to each other. lowest number of traffic fatalities since we began keeping track enforcement investigate these types of crimes.