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A8 Herald-CitizenTHURSDAY,Herald-Citizen JULY 11, 2019 | COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE 117TH YEAR | NO. 146 75 CENTS Commissioners discuss alternate revenue sources BY JIM HERRIN additional revenue sources, either by referendum, by a motor vehicle tax on the I don’t want to see (a tax HERALD-CITIZEN whatever that may be,” said private act passed in the state ballot didn’t receive enough increase), but I also recognize District 12 Commissioner legislature or by a two-thirds votes by the county commis- that the vision we’ve pro- As Putnam County com- Mike Atwood. “Whether it’s vote of the county com- sion to move forward. posed is going to take fund- missioners consider whether in the form of a wheel tax or mission at two consecutive “For the 12 years I’ve ing.” they should approve a 22-cent in the form of an impact fee, I meetings. served on this commission, “Maybe we’ve set our property tax increase pro- don’t care.” Historically, when put to a we’ve encouraged fi ve-year vision too high,” said District posed by the county’s Budget According to the County referendum, Putnam County plans to be able to create 2 Commissioner Jim Martin. Committee, discussion has Technical Assistance Service voters have rejected the tax. vision. To be able to look “Maybe what we need to do turned once again to alterna- (CTAS), a total of 59 counties A proposal in 2008 was voted beyond where we are today is go back and reduce our tive sources of revenue. in Tennessee have wheel down with more than 78 and recognize where we need plan to something we can live “I’ve encouraged, from taxes with rates ranging from percent of the voters casting to go,” Atwood said. “At what with. We have some plans. We the beginning, and I contin- $10 to $110. The law allows a negative ballot. In 2012, a point does this commission ue to encourage us to seek such a tax to be implemented motion to place a countywide start funding the vision? SEE BUDGET, PAGE A2 Convicted murderer $700,000 to use again Costs come in higher to paint, repair Algood water tower sues parole BY BEN WHEELER HERALD-CITIZEN board The cost to save the out-of-service Algood water tower is higher than BY JIM HERRIN expected. HERALD-CITIZEN Engineer Matthew Tucker told council members at Monday’s work A Putnam County man, who session that the cost to save the water pleaded guilty to murdering an tower is estimated at roughly $263,000. elderly Buff alo Valley woman in “As we expected, a tank that has not 2003, is now suing the state Board been in service for roughly 30 years of Probation and Parole. or more is not in very good shape,” Christopher Adams alleges Tucker said. “To get it back up to a in the suit that the board “acted shape for it standing there for another arbitrarily, illegally and outside 20 years without falling, $263,000. The of their jurisdiction” when they bulk of that is just getting it ready to denied his application for the paint.” commutation of his 35-year pris- Council member Luke Hill asked on sentence. what the timeline looked like on the Adams claims that the parole life of the tank. Tucker said he would board does not have the author- want something done within the next ity to deny his request without 24 months, and there is no immediate forwarding it to the governor, danger, according to the report. arguing that the Tennessee Tucker said officials are waiting for Constitution gives “the duty to the final lab analysis to come back, make clemency determinations but they believe that the paint on the to the Governor, and this power tank has a lead primer on it. Due to cannot be delegated or conferred possible lead contaminants, the tank to anyone else.” would have to be covered in a tent and Attorneys for the state have cleaned to remove any lead paint. fi led a motion to dismiss the Another issue with the tank is a case, which was originally fi led food grade wax lined on the inside of in May 2018 in Davidson County the tank to prolong the use instead of Chancery Court. According to paint. Tucker said the inside of the that court’s website, the motion is tank is in poor condition, and the wax under advisement. would need to be removed before it is Although no ruling has been painted. issued in the suit, the case is sim- A heated pressure wash would be ilar to one decided this week by required to remove the wax. the Tennessee Court of Criminal “Before you do anything is about Appeals. $100,000, just getting it ready,” Tucker In that case, Rex Ferguson, a said. “It’s rusting from the inside out.” convicted Knox County rapist, Costs to tear down the tower would contended that the Board’s deci- be roughly $55,000. It would cost sion to deny parole based solely about $700,000 to put the tank back in on the seriousness of the off ense service. was arbitrary and capricious, JIM HERRIN | HERALD-CITIZEN FILE Council members plan on having a The cost to save the out-of-service Algood water tower is roughly second public meeting on the future of SEE ADAMS, PAGE A2 $263,000. the tank later in the summer. UCRA manager says hangars should house only airplanes BY JIM HERRIN is leased to a tenant, they change the fi rst paragraph HERALD-CITIZEN have to have an aircraft in on all the leases to tie an it,” said Selby. aircraft to that lease,” he The hangars at the Upper He said most hangar ten- said. “To make sure that Cumberland Regional ants comply with the rule, we don’t have these people Airport should be used for but some don’t. that are sitting on hangars housing airplanes, not as “We’ve got one or two that have nothing in them, storage facilities. that are technically in vio- or have cars in them.” That’s what airport man- lation, but we give them so He said the updated ager Dean Selby said this much leeway that it’s kind language would require the week as he proposed some of hard, with the current lease of not just the hangar, changes in the language of lease, to enforce,” he said. but a specifi c aircraft con- the hangar leases. Selby said he has talked tained in the hangar. “This is an ongoing to other airport managers “If you sell the aircraft, thing where we’re trying around the state to see how you have 90 days to get JIM HERRIN | HERALD-CITIZEN FILE to comply with the (FAA) they deal with the issue. A plane sits on the tarmac at Upper Cumberland Regional advisory that if a T-hangar “I would propose that we SEE HANGAR, PAGE A2 Airport. herald-citizen.com INDEX 2 sections | 16 pages OBITUARIES Page A7 DEAR ABBY A8 COMICS A9 OPINION A4 JC Fox, Bloomington Springs Charles Dunn Sr., Athens, Alabama CALENDAR A3 CROSSWORD A9 SPORTS B1 Patricia Wilson, Cookeville Linda Moore, Cookeville CLASSIFIED B4 LIVING A8 SUDOKU A9 Larry Myrick Jr., Muncie, Indiana MAKE THE SMART STOP FREEMAN TIRE CO. INC. 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