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6,250 subscribers www.TML1.org Volume 59, Number 9 May 15, 2008 Tennessee cities also Bredesen outlines plan to slash face budget shortfalls $468 million from 2008-09 budget The state is not the only How do cities plan to address BY CAROLE GRAVES take the easy path. We can’t tax our agency feeling TML Communications Director way out of this shortfall. We’ll need the affects of a their budget shortfall to make the changes necessary to slowed 100 % Before a joint session of the live within our means.” economy. City 80 % Tennessee General Assembly, Gov. Bredesen proposed base reduc- tions in three areas: state personnel governments 60 % Phil Bredesen outlined his plan to across Tennes- cut $468 million out of his proposed reductions; higher education; and 40 % budget for 2008-09, as well as bridge TennCare spending. see are also fac- 20% ing a tight bud- a $315 million budget gap to close Proposed personnel reductions get year. 0 the books on this year. include a 5% permanent reduction in According The cuts will come from four the workforce, or about 2,000 em- Freeze Freeze areas: base reductions totaling some ployees, through a voluntary buyout to a recent poll- Enact or or reduce or reduce Eliminate Postpone increase $233.2 million; $229 million in re- program estimated to save the state employees employees or reduce capital ing of munici- benefits services or eliminate fees/taxes projects version spending from state depart- some $64.4 million. Details of the pal officials, ments; reductions in planned im- plan are still being worked out. But more than 50 Of those cities experiencing a budget shortfall, 80% provements ($283.3 million); and over the next three weeks, depart- percent of Ten- say they will postpone capital projects; 44 % say reductions in capital outlay spend- ment heads are being asked to iden- nessee cities they will have to raise fees or taxes to make up the ing ($111.3 million). tify positions that could be elimi- are experienc- deficit. “First, we will make honest cuts. nated from their department perma- ing a budget We will use recurring funds to match nently that will have a minimal im- Gov. Bredesen calls for “honest shortfall. A reduction in local option sales tax collections, an increase in recurring expenses, and not fall into pact on the public. cuts” and to protect reserves. the cost of fuel, and rising health care costs for employees are cited as the the trap of using one-time dollars,” Bredesen said he hopes to be main reasons for the shortfall. In addition, more than 50 percent responded said Bredesen. “Second, we will able to offer the buyouts around June buyouts have achieved the neces- that their city has experienced a downsizing or closure of local businesses protect our major reserves – 6, and employees will have 45 days sary reduction,” said Bredesen. or industries. TennCare and the rainy day fund. As to accept or reject them. If not Higher education has been cut To make up for the budget deficits, cities reported they would take large and tempting as these funds enough employees take the buyout 4.1 percent, or about $56 million, several steps to balance the books, including postponing or eliminating may seem, we’ll need them if the offer, however, Bredesen said there and will be determined by the Ten- capital improvement projects, implementing a hiring freeze or layoffing national economic situation wors- will have to be layoffs this summer. nessee Higher Education Commis- employees, or increasing fees or raising taxes. ens. Finally, we will resist calls to “We will know by July if our See BUDGET on Page 6 Cities should include fuel cost New watershed signs promote public clauses for solid waste bids awareness about the route to clean water BY VICTORIA SOUTH BY JOHN CHLARSON During 2005, the average retail TML Communications Coordinator MTAS Public Works Consultant price of diesel fuel skyrocketed from $1.93 per gallon in January to $3.15 Have you hugged your water- Approximately 18 months ago, per gallon in late October. This 63 shed lately? The Tennessee Depart- the Municipal Technical Advisory percent increase sent a shock wave ment of Environment and Conserva- Service (MTAS) received a call throughout the solid waste industry. tion and the Tennessee Department from a city with a solid waste collec- The National Solid Wastes Manage- of Transportation hopes that you tion problem.This city had con- ment Association (NSWMA) esti- will in the future. tracted with a well known company mates that more than $2 billion was Targeted to promote good stew- for solid waste collection and dis- spent on diesel fuel during 2005 to ardship and to increase public posal. collect trash and recyclables in the awareness about the importance wa- Approximately two years of the United States. tersheds play in protecting and original five-year contract term re- Because of long-term contracts maintaining Tennessee’s water re- mained. Since the date that the con- and other restrictions, the 2005 die- sources, 187 green watershed signs tract had been executed, the price of sel cost increases were not always have been placed along interstate fuel had increased far beyond what easy to pass on to customers. While and state highway routes since the anyone had foreseen. the price of diesel has declined from program’s inception on Earth Day in The contractor asked the city to its post-Hurricane Katrina peak, it 2007, with two to 10 signs installed pay a fuel surcharge to help with the remains much higher than it was in per area based on the geographic financial losses they claimed to be the 2000-2004 time period. Experts location and number of major high- experiencing as a result of the un- project prices will remain high for ways entering the watershed. foreseen fuel cost increases. The city the foreseeable future. A watershed is the entire land To help promote public awareness, 187 watershed signs have been pointed out that their contract had no In addition to the major pinch area that drains into a lake, river, placed across Interstate and state highways across the state. provision for a fuel surcharge, and felt at fuel pumps, waste manage- stream or other water body. They accordingly, they had no obligation, ment companies have experienced can be larger areas that drain into TDEC Commissioner Jim Fyke. boundaries will lead Tennesseeans or for that matter, authority, to pay a other commodity related price in- major rivers, or small, such as an “It requires the participation of to be more active in their protection surcharge. The contractor re- creases such as higher vehicle and area that drains into a neighborhood all citizens, and I hope creating of our water resources.” sponded by stating that, based on container costs due to steel and resin creek. greater awareness of our watershed See WATERSHED on Page 5 their losses, if the city would not price increases, higher vendor fees “It’s wonderful to see these two help them, the contractor would be for delivering supplies and services, agencies partnering on something forced to default on the remainder of more expensive tires and other ve- like this to help raise awareness that Dynamic workshops focus the contract. hicle parts, and increased utility everyone in Tennessee lives in a After consultation, the city costs. watershed and has an interest in pro- on top municipal concerns pointed out that if the contractor In addition, the U.S. Environ- tecting it,” said Margo Farnsworth, City officials attending the Ten- were to default, the contractor would mental Protection Agency’s (EPA) senior fellow for the Cumberland nessee Municipal League’s Annual have to buy out the remainder of the to allow for the kind of price in- River Compact.The two depart- Conference in June will have a wide contract. The contractor responded creases that we have seen in the past ments spilt the $280,000 cost of the variety of workshop sessions to that this option would lose them less few years. To get the best bid pos- signs. choose from. money than operating under existing sible on the front end, MTAS recom- “Protecting our natural envi- Slated for June 22-24 in Mem- conditions for the remainder of the mends including a fuel cost adjust- ronment is a bigger job than any phis, the conference will feature 16 contract period. It was a very ugly ment provision in municipal solid government agency or private orga- concurrent workshop sessions, two situation all the way around. See FUEL on Page 6 nization can do alone,” added member-participation workshops, as well as four vendor presentations. On Monday afternoon, City At- Time stands still at Boiling Spring Academy torney John Hessel will provide a riveting account of the events lead- ing up to and the attack inside the City Council Chambers in Kirk- John Hessel wood, Mo. In February, a gunman killed two police officers, two coun- cil members and the public works director, and seriously injured the mayor. The gunman aimed two pis- tols at Hessel from four feet away. He managed to escape after hurling chairs and throwing the gunman off- balance. Mr. Hessel will discuss how Kirkwood’s City Council handled logistics and safety precau- tions in the aftermath of this tragic story, in an effort to help Tennessee municipalities prevent such events in the future. Jonathan Walters, a senior Jonathan Walters correspondent for Governing Maga- agement and administration. He zine, will participate in two confer- lives in Ghent, N.Y., where he serves ence workshops. On Monday, he as chair of the Ghent Planning Board will serve as a panelist on transpor- and is an active member of the Ghent tation funding, providing his insight Volunteer Fire Company. into the tug of war on how to pay for Other workshops topics in- the desperately needed improve- clude: labor relations, growth man- ments to the nation’s infrastructure. agement, leadership training, revi- Later that afternoon, he will present talization through public-private a workshop on media relations and partnerships, disaster training, an Photo by Victoria South how to get the media, public and update on the opens records law and Third grade students from Mr. Bakke’s class at Sunset Elementary listen attentively to the school marm, legislators to focus on performance. the Ombudsman office, perfor- played by retired teacher Barbara Depp at Boiling Spring Academy, a restored schoolhouse built in 1832 in Walters has covered state and mance measurement, and how to Brentwood. Children dress in period clothing and relive a typical 1845 school day. The site is also home to local public policy for more than two overcome community opposition on ancient Indian burial mounds. Story on page 3 decades, with an emphasis on man- See CONFERENCE on Page 6 www.TML1.org 2-TENNESSEE TOWN & CITY/MAY 15, 2008

BY TML STAFF REPORTS State House Ma- jority Leader Gary ECD Commis- Odom, 56, is get- BY TML STAFF REPORTS FRANKLIN and click on “Cities in 3D Program” sioner Matt ting married on the One of the nation’s largest insurance then click on “Success Stories” on Kisber received a May 17 to Rachel companies is pondering a move to the left side of the page. nod in the latest Zamata, a 2006 ATHENS Middle Tennessee that could bring Southern Busi- graduate of the An Athens pre-kindergarten pro- 450-500 jobs. Mayor John Schroer MEMPHIS ness & Develop- University of Ten- gram was recognized as exemplary said he has met with Michigan- A delegation of approximately 50 ment Magazine. Kisber nessee. Odom for educating children with disabili- based Jackson National Life Insur- doctors, administrators and medical The magazine called Commissioner ties in regular classrooms, according ance Co.officials about relocating a experts from China will visit Ten- Kisber “One of the Top 10 People Court of Criminal Appeals Judge to the Tennessee Department of division to either Cool Springs or nessee this month for the first-ever who Made a Difference,” alongside David G. Hayes, 64, of Camden is Education. Four Star Academy was downtown Nashville. The company Tennessee-China Health Care Ex- actor Brad Pitt and retired Bank of retiring June 30 to become a senior one of 13 public schools honored for has $82 billion in assets and sells change. The delegates will be di- America Chairman Hugh McColl. judge. outstanding services to students insurance products in 49 states. vided into groups and spend several with special needs. The academy is a weeks at the University of Memphis, Chief Justice Will- John Jagger centrally located pre-K that serves JOHNSON CITY Vanderbilt University and East Ten- iam M. “Mickey” will serve as about 130 pupils. Pre-K is under the Beginning in July, East Tennessee nessee State University. They will Barker of Chatta- Maryville new early childhood learning depart- State University will partner with study health care financing, rural nooga, a member Development ment. North Side Elementary School health care delivery, health care of the state Su- Services Direc- through a $3 million grant awarded management and epidemiology preme Court for 10 tor. Jagger’s re- CHATTANOOGA/ by the National Science Foundation among other topics. The delegation years, announced sponsibilities CLARKSVILLE Division of Graduate Education will reconvene in Nashville at the he’ll retire Sept. 1. Barker will include Automotive analysts and experts GK-12 program. The program, end of May for a symposium on Barker, 66, was a planning and Jagger expect Volkswagen to consider sites known as Science First!, will help health care issues before returning to circuit judge for 12 implementing economic develop- in Chattanooga and the Clarksville bring hands on projects in science, China. With Tennessee’s vast years and member ment programs and services, assist- area for a possible new U.S. assem- technology, engineering and math- knowledge base in health care and of the Court of ing existing and potential businesses bly plant. The sites have been certi- ematics lessons to the elementary China’s projected six percent annual Criminal Appeals and industries, and management of fied as automotive manufacturing school, said Richard Church, princi- growth rate in private health care for three before the Planning & Codes area of the megasites by the Tennessee Valley pal at North Side. The grant, which spending, there is a strong potential Gov. Don City. Jagger comes to Maryville Authority’s site-selection consult- lasts five years, will provide for nine benefit to Tennessee’s economy. Sundquist named from the City of Pigeon Forge where ing firm, McCallum Sweeney of ETSU graduate students studying him to the high Holder he served as Community Develop- Greenville, S.C. science, technology, engineering SAVANNAH court in 1998. Justice Janice Holder ment Director for 13 years. Jagger and mathematics to teach along with Savannah, located in Hardin of Memphis, will succeed Chief Jus- has more than 30 years of planning, COOKEVILLE the elementary school teachers at County, has joined the list of certi- tice William Barker as chief justice. zoning, and development experi- Cookeville officials are already North Side. fied communities in the Tennessee Holder, 58, was named to the court in ence. looking at a significant property tax Main Street Program, bringing the 1996. She is the third of four women increase to fund the next year’s bud- KNOXVILLE total to 22 Tennessee communities to have served on the court and will Richard Goode will assume the du- get, mainly due to declining sales tax The development of a sustainable certified through the program. The be the first female chief justice. ties of city manager for Mt. Pleasant. increases, salary increases and a new biofuels industry in Tennessee has Main Street program provides com- Goode is from Castle Rock, Colo., fund for post-employment benefits. taken another leap forward. The munities with technical assistance State Sen. Randy and grew up in Paducah, Ky. Goode Cookeville City Finance Director U.S. Department of Energy has an- and guidance in developing long- McNally, was hon- has vast experience in real estate and Mike Davidson told council mem- nounced that Mascoma Corp., along term strategies that promote eco- ored at Oak Ridge multi-million dollar shopping mall bers that a 10-cent property tax in- with the University of Tennessee, is nomic growth and development. Public Library in developments, and was senior vice crease is being proposed on top of among the recipients of a $26 mil- The program provides information recognition and ap- president for LaSalle Partners Inc. the city’s current property tax rate of lion grant for the development of and assistance in forging public net- preciation of his 79 cents per $100 of assessed value. biomass conversion technology. working and training opportunities continuing support McNally Court of Appeals Judge Frank Davidson said the increase would The grant is for demonstrating the for downtown commercial districts. of libraries. Sen. McNally helped Crawford, 81, died of lung cancer mean an extra $50 in city property production of cellulosic ethanol at secure state funding for the Tennes- April 17 at his home in Memphis. In taxes on a $200,000 home. City offi- approximately one-tenth commer- SURGOINSVILLE see Electronic Library during the 1996 he wrote the court’s decision cials are projecting only a 2.75-per- cial scale operations.The facility is ECD Commissioner Matt Kisber past legislative session, according to that a state law making homosexual cent increase in sales tax collections to be constructed at the Niles Ferry and Agriculture Commissioner Ken a library news release. The TEL da- acts a crime was unconstitutional. In for the next fiscal year, which is the Industrial Park in Monroe County as Givens joined officials from Nu- tabases include articles from news- 1992, he played a judge in the movie lowest increase projected for the city part of the Tennessee Biofuels Ini- Energie, LLC to celebrate the papers and magazines, and a variety The Firm, the one who swears in in several years. tiative. company’s grand opening in of reference sources, with informa- Tom Cruise’s character. Surgoinsville. The new plant is the tion on health, business, authors, lit- DAYTON LEBANON first bio-diesel manufacturing facil- erature, and general reference, as Louis J. “Jody” Employment offices in the region Summit Medical Center is opening ity in Northeast Tennessee and will well as Spanish language materials. Baltz III, will close this summer, victims of a an imaging center and an immediate create 15 new jobs representing a $4 Tullahoma City federal funding cut, state officials care center in Wilson County at the million capital investment. The State Sen. Tim Administrator, was said. A job service office in Jasper new Physician’s Plaza of Lebanon project is supported by a FastTrack Burchett of named 2008 Alum- will close June 30, and a similar building. The total cost for the Infrastructure Development Grant Knoxville and nus of the Year by office in Dayton will close July 1. buildout of 18,700 square feet of from ECD to install railroad spurs in Allison Beaver of the Tennessee The government cut $12 million leased office space and the medical the Phipps Bend Industrial Park, Maryville are en- State University Baltz from the next fiscal year’s budget equipment is more than $7 million. where the plant is located. Nu- gaged to be mar- College of Public Service and Urban that it had been giving to the state to The first center, Summit Imaging at Energie is already developing a part- ried in Knoxville Affairs Institute of Government. pay for job services at employment Lebanon, opened May 12. It will be nership with Oak Ridge National on Sept. 6. It is the Baltz is a 1995 graduate of the MPA offices. No employees will lose their a diagnostic outpatient facility. The Laboratory, and they have secured first marriage for Burchett program and is serving in his tenth jobs. The Tennessee Career Center other center, Summit Convenient Eastman Chemical as their first cus- both Burchett, 43, and Beaver, 26. year as city administrator. at the Dayton campus of Chatta- Care at Lebanon, will open in mid- tomer. nooga State Technical Community August and is staffed by RNs and Former state Former longtimeTennessee Town & College will remain open. Nurse Practitioners. The center will WESTMORELAND House majority City editor Beverly Bruninga offer medical services including Five years after two major employ- leader Kim passed away May 11. A former li- DYERSBURG physicals for schools and employ- ers closed factories and laid off McMillan, who brarian, Bruninga’s 21-year career Grand Opening Celebrations were ees, immunizations, pediatric as- workers, Westmoreland is still formed an with the Tennessee Municipal held recently in Dyersburg to cel- sessment and treatment of illnesses. struggling to recover from a lost eco- exploratory League spanned from 1974 until her ebrate the opening of NSK Steering nomic base. Now, town leaders and committee for retirement in 1995. Systems America; Inc. NSK Steer- MCMINNVILLE officials say the north Sumner town the 2010 Demo- East Tennessee State University ing Systems America is a division of Google released a case study on its of 2,100 is poised for a comeback. cratic guberna- McMillan President Paul E. Stanton Jr. an- the global steering systems business Cities in 3D Web site featuring The town’s Industrial Development torial primary, has been elected nounced plans to retire next year of NSK Limited, headquartered in McMinnville. The case study dem- Board, has spearheaded efforts to chairman of the board of after more than a decade at the helm Tokyo, Japan. NSK is a world leader onstrates how small towns can use increase Westmoreland’s visibility Cumberland Bank & Trust in of the school. Stanton said he will in the design and manufacture of Google’s SketchUp software to cre- and market the town’s attributes to Clarksville. The likely Democratic retire next March. He became the automotive steering systems, com- ate three-dimensional city models potential businesses. The board has gubernatorial hopeful says she does school’s eighth president in 1997 ponents, bearings, and other motion for use in Google Earth. “Since we been working with the state’s De- not believe Tennessee needs a state and led the university through the control products. They will supply started building the model of our partment of Economic and Commu- income tax after previously voting creation of a new pharmacy school. steering systems and components to downtown I’ve had phone calls and nity Development and the Tennes- for it. McMillan said she supported Stanton told the ETSU Foundation companies such as Toyota, Honda, emails from everyone from local see Valley Authority’s Consumer the income tax because she was fol- that he will maintain strong ties to Mercedes, Nissan and other automo- contractors to tourist companies,” Connection, program to attract in- lowing the will of her constituents, the university after his retirement tive companies from the Dyersburg said Chris Wilson, director of Main dustries that suit Westmoreland’s who live on the border with Ken- and hopes to serve in an emeritus facility. Over a period of 3-4 years, Street McMinnville. To view the demographics. The city also distrib- tucky, which has no sales tax on status. the plant is expected to employ some McMinnville case study, visit uted a citizen survey addressing lo- food. 150 people. sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse cal quality of life issues.

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Jim Malone Office: (931) 433-6907 President FAX: (931) 433-9714 Toll Free (888) 752-7126 Email: [email protected] 3-TENNESSEE TOWN & CITY/MAY 15, 2008 www.TML1.org Learning is timeless at historic Brentwood school house BY VICTORIA SOUTH While the schoolhouse alone Depp notes that some TML Communications Coordinator represents a vital piece of early Ten- of the more reticent stu- nessee history, the intrinsic value of dents raise their hands of- On a bright spring day in the land is magnified two-fold by the ten and are eager to be Brentwood the sounds of children at large raised mound alongside the called upon at the Acad- play beside an old brick school building, the remnant of a prehis- emy, at times demonstrat- house bears truth that history repeats toric village dating from A.D. 900 to ing they have more subject itself in ingenious ways. Third grad- 1450. knowledge then they had ers from Sunset Elementary are en- The property was once home to previously displayed on thralled as they recapture a tradi- a population of early Native Ameri- regular class days. tional school day in 1845 at Boiling cans known as the Mound Builders. “We’ve had teachers Spring Academy, a restored 2-story Several ceremonial mounds were e-mail us saying “Send us schoolhouse built in 1832 at the in- once visible there dating from 1200 back those students,” tersection of Wilson Pike/Moore’s to 1500 A.D. Now, this is the last agreed Crigger. Lane. one. “This is a wonderful Dressed in period clothing, the The large mound once hosted learning opportunity for students enjoy their lunches out- the abodes of a linage of chiefs who students, as well as doors on quilts, sip water from tin traditionally built their homes on adults,” Crigger added. cups and play a rollicking game of top, according to archeologists. The “One boy told me it “Drop the Hanky” much like their mound areas are called the Fewkes was the best field trip he predecessors did on a break from Group Archeological Site and is had ever been on. Another their benches and slates. also listed on the National Register girl said it was the second A retired school teacher, Bar- of Historic Places. best behind Cumberland bara Depp, relishes her role as “The earliest settlers knew that Caverns. I guess we can- The two-story brick schoolhouse, Boiling Spring Academy, was built in 1832 and school marm, teaching classes in Brentwood was a good place to live not ask for more than is protected as part of the Brentwood City Parks system at Primm Park. 1840s reading, penmanship and even then,” Crigger said. “There ‘s that.”

The students experience life without modern conveniences such as hand pumped water served in tin cups by Carol Crigger.

The 2008 class of Boiling Spring Academy pose in front of the old schoolhouse.

Arithmetic, or “ciphering” as it was once called, is practiced with slate boards and chalk . With girls seated on one side of the room and boys on the other, the students experience school work of the 1800s in reading, penmanship, and an old fashioned spelling bee. Without modern playground equipment, the children play games such as “Drop the Hanky.” arithmetic. Each student completes fertile land for crops, wild game, and an informative activity booklet plentiful water resources.” Crigger about the time period and historical attributes the name of the area, Boil- May is National Preservation Month features prior to the field trip. ing Spring, to the natural spring A project developed by the spontaneously bubbling from the Throughout May, the Na- Facts about Boiling Spring Academy Brentwood Historic Commission, ground along the property. tional Trust for Historic Preser- third-grade students throughout the In 2003, the Primms donated the vation will commemorate the Boiling Spring Acad- city spend a day each year at the school building along with the two fourth annual National Preserva- emy opened its doors Academy learning history through acres of land comprising the archeo- tion Month themed “This Place January 1833 under the the process of immersion. logical site to the city. The city then Matters” by focusing on many direction of School “The children become incred- funded the school restoration aspects of the preservation move- Master J.M. Tilford, a ibly attentive,” said Depp, who also project through a $225,000 bond. A ment including historic travel, graduate of Cumberland discusses proper 1800s classroom donation of an additional 29 acres of heritage education, historic University. decorum with her charges; raising adjacent property, enabled the city homeownership, and community hands to speak, stand when speak- to develop the area as a municipal revitalization and has grown into The first students of ing, feet and hands crossed, and recreation area, Primm Park, thus an annual celebration observed Boiling Spring Acad- one-room schoolhouse punishments protecting the site from future devel- by small towns and big cities. emy were seventeen- Depp’s never had to deploy. opment. The National Trust website year-old boys. “They become different chil- As an excellent example of his- is featuring heritage photo sub- dren altogether,” agreed Carole toric preservation on the local level, missions about the historic Students from outside Crigger, Brentwood planning com- the city utilized a knowledgeable places that matter in communi- the community requir- missioner and Boiling Spring Acad- local contractor that specialized in ties across the country. For com- ing board were housed emy program coordinator for the historic rehabilitation, Leather- plete details, visit by families in the vicin- Historic Commission, who has wit- wood, Inc., saving much of the in- www.preservationnation.org/ ity. nessed the phenomenon several tegrity of the structure. The original thisplacematters. times now. chalkboard is still intact along the The Congressional Historic The Academy offered “They’re so quiet and well be- upstairs wall, as well as much of the Preservation Caucus, established three levels of classes with William Myer conducted a haved. It’s a totally different envi- original wood flooring, and hand- in 2003, brings together mem- each term lasting five and a formal excavation and testing ronment for them, no clutter, noth- written messages scrawled on the bers of Congress who understand half months. of the mounds. ing hanging on the walls. They ap- walls throughout the ages, one the value of America’s historic pear to be in awe.” clearly legible from 1904. places. The first level cost $8 per term In 1980, the integrity of the Originally a school for the sons During the process, workers Members of the Congres- offering reading, writing, and site was formally recognized, of wealthy landowners until the alerted the city when they discov- sional Historic Preservation arithmetic. The second level, at and the Fewkes Group Ar- Civil War era, the building became ered archeological fragments under- Caucus support and encourage $10 per term, incorporated the cheological Site and Boiling a public school and community neath the building’s floorboards the preservation and thoughtful study of grammar and geogra- Spring Academy were placed church around 1887, then eventually which were later excavated by economic development of his- phy, and an advanced level of on the National Register of fell silent for most of the 20th cen- Middle Tennessee State toric places in their districts, study featured Latin and Greek Historic Places. tury, utilized by the property owners, University’s Archeology Depart- states, Indian reservations and as languages and the sciences at the Primm family, as a shed to store ment. A portion of those remains are a matter of national policy. $14 per term. For more information about feed and tobacco. Their 200-year- encased for viewing at the front of To learn more about Na- Boiling Spring Academy, old farm house with slave cabins still the classroom and include small ani- tional Heritage month, visit The surrounding archeologi- contact Linda Lynch, City of exists across the way and is listed on mal skeletons, pottery shards, slate www.preservationnation.org. cal site was used as a pasture Brentwood at 615-371-0060. the National Register of Historic tablet fragments, clothing rivets, until 1920, when archeologist Places. and one glass marble. Photos by Victoria South www.TML1.org BY TML STAFF REPORTS 4-TENNESSEE TOWN & CITY/MAY 15, 2008

BY TML STAFF REPORTS $521,800 in assistance, according to Bredesen. The grants awarded come Tennessee officials say they’re from federal funds allocated by the taking steps to improve the release Department of Interior under the of information about fatal and provisions of the National Historic life-threatening child abuse cases Preservation Act. despite a report from two advocacy groups that give the state a failing A Tennessee Department of Agri- grade. The report, which gave 10 culture survey has concluded that states low marks for their disclosure approximately 8,215 acres of for- practices, urges Congress and state estland were damaged by the Feb- legislators to adopt stronger policies ruary tornados. The damage had an and laws regarding deadly child estimated timber value of $10.3 mil- abuse cases. Currently, only a hand- lion, according to a release from the ful of states fully comply with the Division of Forestry. In addition to legislative intent of federal law man- the potential timber losses to land- dating public disclosure of the owners, future forest damage could deaths and near deaths of abused or occur as a result of secondary insect neglected children, the report said. and disease problems, which could likewise result in an increase in fuel The Legislature approved bills to loading that will ultimately make increase the penalty for those who fire suppression more difficult over illegally park vehicles in places the next few years. designed for the handicapped and A ribbon cutting was held recently for the new $3.7 million Bartlett Public Library. At 21,000 sq. feet, the new to make more handicapped spaces The Tennessee Department of facility has $250,000 in new reading materials. Pictured front row, left to right are Alderman W.C. (Bubba) available in the future. Both bills Transportation and Department Pleasant, CAO Jay Rainey, Mayor Keith McDonald, Library Manager/Gay Cain, Alderman Bobby Simmons passed overwhelmingly in both the of Environment and Conserva- & Alderman Jack Young. Back row: library staff. House and Senate. SB2706, will in- tion will provide a $1 million grant crease the fine for improperly park- to retrofit diesel engines in older The University of Tennessee has Tennessee communities ing in a space designated for the school buses in Hamilton County closed the funding gap by raising disabled from $150 to $200, which and 15 other school systems because ticket revenues for its 2009 bud- would be the established penalty in the areas have high enough levels of get. The financial forecast for the cited in national magazine UT’s Athletic Department next fis- all cases. In addition, the bill autho- harmful pollutants in the air. The ECD Commissioner Matt mention on Fox News as one of the cal year had at one time called for a rizes a judge to require that the of- add-on equipment can reduce emis- Kisber and several Tennessee com- best places in the U.S. to retire. $3 million shortfall, the result of fender perform five hours of com- sions from the engine or the tailpipe munities received nods in the latest Knoxville/Oak Ridge and more money for debt payments, munity service, including “monitor- and can cost anywhere from $1,500 Southern Business & Development Memphis rank in fourth and fifth, higher salaries mandated by the ing handicapped parking spaces” or to $5,000 per bus. For a school dis- Magazine. respectively, among the “Top 10 state, and higher costs for travel and providing assistance to the disabled trict to get the grant, it must agree to SB&D celebrated their 15 year Markets in the South for Advanced operation of its facilities. Now, or to disabled veterans. The second put in place an idling reduction anniversary in 2007, and to mark Manufacturing.” The magazine there’s a new $90 charge to students bill, SB2571, establishes a new for- policy for its buses. Grant recipients the occasion, they recognized the mentioned Oak Ridge National for season football tickets, or $15 per mula for the number of designated also would be encouraged to use Top Ten contenders in a wide swath Laboratory, the University of Ten- game if purchased on a game-by- handicapped spaces required in biodiesel, a cleaner-burning fuel of categories for their Winter 2008 nessee and the Y-12 National Secu- game basis. Previously, students open-to-the-public businesses with made partially with soybean oil. issue. . rity Complex in Knoxville/Oak could obtain tickets for free with a parking areas that are built or ex- The magazine called Commis- Ridge, and Smith & Nephew, valid student ID. The hunt for new panded after Jan. 1, 2009. It basi- A new State Board of Education sioner Kisber “One of the Top 10 Medtronic and Wright Medical in revenue also included a $19 jump in cally brings state law into conform- rule will require athletes entering People who Made a Difference,” Memphis as indicators of success in non-student season-ticket prices and ance with the federal Americans the seventh and ninth grade for alongside actor Brad Pitt and re- the two regions. a 30 percent reduction in tickets dis- with Disabilities Act. Under the bill, the 2008-09 school year to have a tired Bank of America Chairman CentrePoint Distribution Park counts for faculty and staff. UT offi- a business with one to 25 parking complete health maintenance Hugh McColl. in LaVergne and Elam Farms in cials presented a balanced $87 mil- spaces would be required to have exam also known as a “well-child “ECD has done more with less Murfreesboro both made the list of lion Athletic Department budget as a one specially marked handicapped check” or Early Periodic Screening, than any other state economic de- “Top 10 Incredibly Large, result. parking space. More general spaces Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) velopment agency in the South,” Nicely Positioned Distribution Sites would mean more required handi- exam prior to sports participation. the article reads. “Kisber and the in the South You May Not Know The Great Smoky Mountains Na- capped spaces. The health maintenance exam in- department are light years ahead of About.” tional Park can be the engine to cludes a thorough history, a physical where they were when they started Finally, Clarksville, outside propel new eco-friendly tourism A $2.5 million grant to the Tennes- exam, screening for hearing and vi- back in 2002. From our point of Nashville, and Cleveland/Bradley for gateway communities in Ten- see Hospital Association’s patient sion, laboratory tests, immuniza- view, ECD is as consistent of a County, outside Chattanooga, were nessee and North Carolina, accord- safety center will help more hospi- tions and age-appropriate education. performer as there is.” both named among the “Top 10 ing to participants at a regional con- tals participate in a national pro- The Memphis and Nashville- Great Edge Markets You Might Not ference on “sustainable tourism.” gram shown to cut down on post- Tennessee’s First Lady Andrea Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin Know About.” Clarksville is home That’s both an opportunity and a surgical infections and other ad- Conte gave a standing ovation to 150 areas also claimed high honors, to Middle Tennessee’s only TVA- challenge for such communities as verse outcomes. The funds will help walkers who joined her and raised ranking third and fifth, respec- Certified Megasite, Commerce Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and defray the cost for Tennessee hospi- almost $20,000 to help abused tively, among the Top 10 Major Park, as well as Austin Peay State Cherokee, N.C., and for the tals to join the American College of children through the Child Advo- Markets in the South from 1993 to University and Fort Campbell Army country’s most-visited national park Surgeons’ National Surgical Qual- cacy Center. Andrea Walks chair 2007. Memphis drew on its suc- Post. The area has recently received itself. A National Geographic Trav- ity Improvement Program, which Lisa Bobo Wells said the Cannon cessful partnership with FedEx to investments from American Stan- eler survey of “sustainable destina- compiles a database of surgery out- County Andrea Walks event raised earn its award, and the magazine dard Trane, Quebecor World, Rob- tions” ranked the Smokies second to comes adjusted to account for the an additional $18,000 for the center. touted Nashville’s burgeoning au- ert Bosch, LLC and others. Bradley last among 55 national parks in the health and risk factors of a hospital’s The Child Advocacy Center is a non- tomotive industry, including the County boast 147 manufacturers, as U.S. and Canada in 2005, citing “ter- patient population. Participation in profit agency that serves children facilities of Saturn and Nissan, as a well as the Cleveland/Bradley rible traffic, vista-choking haze, in- the program can cost a hospital about who have been victims of child reason for its award. County and the Hiwassee River In- vasive species and crowded trails.” $100,000 a year, including an annual abuse, child sexual abuse and drug SB&D called Dyersburg num- dustrial Parks just off Interstate 75. Some 9.2 million visitors come to fee of $35,000 paid to the American endangered children along with ber four on the list of “Top 10 Small The Tennessee Department of the Smokies annually. U.S. Interior College of Surgeons for running the their non-offending parents and Towns in the South That Deserve a Economic and Community Devel- Secretary Dirk Kempthorne told a program. family members. Second Look.” Dyersburg is home opment works routinely with new news conference before addressing to corporate facilities for Jimmy and existing businesses to establish the meeting that record new federal The Tennessee Valley Authority, Every available member of the Dean Foods, Caterpillar and Dr. and expand their presence in the spending has been authorized for the which is developing plans to ex- Tennessee Highway Patrol was Pepper/Pepsi Bottling, as well as a state. national parks, including the pand its nuclear fleet from six to out in full force recently as part of $2.6 million conference facility. For more information, visit Smokies, that will help with routine nine reactors by 2020, also will a statewide effort called “Take The article also cited Dyersburg’s www.tnecd.gov. work on a way to reprocess the Back Our Highways.” Motorists operations and special projects. waste from its nuclear plants. can expect to see more patrolmen all TVA officials announced that it has summer long, as part of an on-going signed an agreement with the U.S. effort to reduce traffic fatalities. In Department of Energy to research Tennessee, traffic fatalities declined new ways to reclaim much of the by 9 percent in 2007 and preliminary spent nuclear fuel from commercial figures for 2008 indicate the trend is BY TML STAFF REPORTS horse breeders. And it includes a other nation, according to data main- reactors without creating plutonium continuing with the exception of Congressional negotiators said new $3.8 billion disaster relief pro- tained by the International Center that could be used to make nuclear some rural areas where crashes are that they had reached a tentative gram for farmers, scaled back from for Prison Studies at King’s College weapons. The signed memorandum up compared to the same time period agreement on a five-year farm bill the $5 billion proposed by the Sen- London. of understanding doesn’t commit last year. that would increase spending on ate. the DOE or TVA to build any facili- food stamps and other nutrition The Supreme Court upheld an ties or hire more staff. But, the four- Gov. Bredesen has signed into law programs while mostly maintaining The United States has less than 5 Indiana law that requires citizens page agreement mentions the poten- a bill to require stricter water existing farm subsidies at a time of percent of the world’s popula- to present a driver’s license, pass- tial of eventually developing a flex- quality monitoring on the Pigeon record profits for farmers. The bill, tion. But it has almost a quarter port or other approved identifica- ible reactor facility along with a River. For more than 100 years a which would cost more than $300 of the world’s prisoners. The U.S. tion before they vote, a ruling that nuclear fuel reprocessing center and paper mill in Canton, N.C., has billion, includes an increase of $1 leads the world in producing pris- could inflame a heated debate before research facility. TVA and DOE of- dumped discharges from a bleach- billion a year for food stamps and oners. Americans are locked up for November’s elections and encour- ficials hope the partnership will ing process into the river before it other nutrition aid, and it would crimes, from writing bad checks to age other states to enact similar bring closer the new fuel reprocess- flows into Tennessee. The bill that make a modest cut, of about $40 using drugs, that would rarely pro- rules. There could be some impact ing envisioned under the Global passed both chambers unanimously million a year, to a much-criticized duce prison sentences in other on the many new voters drawn to the Nuclear Energy Partnership an- calls on the Department of Environ- farm subsidy that is paid based on countries. And in particular they political process, as well as recent nounced by Pres. George Bush in his ment and Conservation to test the acreage even if it is no longer are kept incarcerated far longer immigrants and low-income citizens State of the Union address two years water from the center of the river farmed. The deal also contains tax than prisoners in other nations. The thought to be more likely to lack the ago. within a quarter-mile of the North cuts of up to $1.8 billion, including United States has 2.3 million crimi- required credentials. Carolina border. depreciation incentives for race- nals behind bars, more than any Drug experts say people are steal- ing tanks from places that fill them with propane and filling them with anhydrous ammonia to make Meth. “It is a tremendous impact all the way around making it a number one drug threat,” said the Tennessee Meth Task Force Director.

Gov. Bredesen and the Tennessee Historical Commission have an- nounced grants to 22 community organizations for programs and activities that support the preser- vation of historic and archeologi- cal sites, districts and structures. The program helps fund the work of local governments, non-profit groups and others to preserve his- toric places representing a total of 5-TENNESSEE TOWN & CITY/MAY 15, 2008 www.TML1.org Tennessee Municipal League 2007-2008 Officers and Directors U.S. House passes housing stabilization measure PRESIDENT Tommy Green BY MIKE WALLACE the ability to approve funds for the gram, lenders would have to accept a Mayor, Alamo demolition of houses too damaged payment of no more than 85 percent VICE PRESIDENTS Nation Cities Weekly Tom Beehan for rehabilitation, but bars funds for of the currently appraised value of Mayor, Oak Ridge The U.S. House earlier this the demolition of public housing. the property as payment in full on the Royce Davenport In the original bill, funding was loan. Homeowners would be eli- Mayor, McMinnville month passed a substantial housing Dale Kelley assistance package that would help directed to state governments for re- gible only if they could reasonably TENNESSEE Mayor, Huntingdon struggling homeowners avoid fore- distribution to local governments be expected to repay the refinanced DIRECTORS closure and ease the growing burden and other housing and community loan and would have to share any Alan Barker FESTIVALS Mayor, Humboldt of vacant housing on cities and development entities. Waters, how- profit from future home appreciation Linda Bennett states. ever, offered an amendment sup- with the government. May 17-18: 34th Annual Festival of Councilmember, Chattanooga (District 3) The housing legislation was ported by NLC that made cities and The Congressional Budget Of- British & Appalachian Culture Ed Craig urban counties with high rates of fice estimates that about 2.8 million City Manager, Shelbyville (District 6) passed in two bills, H.R. 5818, The Historic Rugby. Continuous British Jean Davis Neighborhood Stabilization Act, foreclosure, along with the states, borrowers will have foreclosure pro- Isles and Appalachian music and Vice Mayor, Cookeville and H.R. 3221, The American Hous- eligible for the funding directly. ceedings initiated against them in dancing, traditional arts & crafts Karl Dean According to the National Fore- the next four years, and that most of Mayor, Metro Nashville ing Rescue and Foreclosure Preven- demonstrations, storytelling, his- Johnny Dodd, tion Act. Both are top legislative pri- closure Prevention and Neighbor- these would be eligible for an FHA- toric building tours, children’s ac- Councilman , Jackson orities for NLC, whose recent polling hood Stabilization Task Force, the guaranteed refinanced loan, pro- tivities and food. Contact Historic Eddy Ford, $15 billion investment will generate vided their lenders agree to partici- Mayor, Farragut of local elected officials indicates Rugby at 888-214-3400 or David Gordon, that 62 percent of cities are experi- at least $38 billion in direct and pate in the program. www.historicrugby.org. Mayor, Covington encing significant increases in home “ripple effect” economic activity na- The bill also includes Federal Bill Haslam tionwide, employ 120,000 people Housing Administration and Gov- th Mayor, Knoxville mortgage foreclosure, and 33 per- May 21-24: 20 Annual Buford W.W. Herenton cent reporting increases in vacant and restore nearly $225 million per ernment Sponsored Enterprise Pusser Festival Mayor, Memphis properties and declines in local rev- year in local government real estate (GSE) reform bills passed by the Adamsville City Park. Held in the Ron Littlefield enues as a result. tax collections. House last year. FHA reform would hometown of the legendary sheriff Mayor, Chattanooga The American Housing Rescue allow FHA to provide home loans in Keith McDonald (District 8) Although the bills passed with Buford Pusser of “Walking Tall” Mayor, Bartlett strong bipartisan support, with and Foreclosure Prevention Act higher-cost housing markets and to fame. Good music, food, and family Mitch Moore nearly 40 Republicans joining The American Housing Rescue individuals with less-than-perfect fun. Contact City Hall at 731-632- City Manager, Athens (TCMA) and Foreclosure Prevention Act, credit. The GSEs, composed of Jane Myron, Democrats on the two bills, the mea- 1401 or visit the event website Vice Mayor, Johnson City (District 1) sures did not gain veto-proof majori- which passed the House in the form mortgage finance giants Fannie www.sheriffbuffordpusser.com. Tommy Pedigo ties. As a result, the Senate may of three large housing and tax Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Mayor, Sparta (District 4) amendments that completely re- Home Loan Banks, would be given Johnny Piper choose to scale the bill down to levels May 24: Appalachian Dumplin’ Mayor, Clarksville more in line with President Bush, wrote a foreclosure rescue bill the similar latitude to finance a wider Festival John Proffitt who threatened to veto the House- Senate passed in April, is actually range of mortgage loans. Winfield. Games, crafts, live blue- Mayor, Athens several bills packaged together un- Another provision in the bill Charles Rahm passed legislation. grass music, food and the largest Councilmember, Jackson (District 7) Neighborhood Stabilization Act der the leadership of House Finan- would establish a federal Affordable variety of dumplins’ in the region. Charles “Bones” Seivers The Neighborhood Stabilization cial Services Chairman Frank. Housing Fund paid for by Fannie Contact the Town of Winfield at President-CEO, Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund Act authorizes a one-year $7.5 mil- The bill would stimulate fore- Mae and Freddie Mac, which would Kay Senter 423-569-6139. Vice Mayor, Morristown (District 2) lion grant program and a $7.5 billion closure prevention efforts under- contribute funding equal to 1.2 per- Ron Washington federal loan program to help sustain taken by private lenders and mort- cent of their total outstanding mort- May 31: National MooFest Councilmember, Murfreesboro neighborhoods and communities ex- gage servicers, provide increased li- gages. Only very-low and extremely Downtown Athens. Features unique Ken Wilber quidity in the mortgage markets, and low-income families would be eli- Mayor, Portland ( District 5) periencing the highest rates of home activities that demonstrate Athen’s foreclosure. Funding could be used strengthen federal regulation and gible for assistance from the fund, role in the dairy industry during the PAST PRESIDENTS to purchase qualified houses made oversight of the lending industry. and the assistance could be used for town’s past, present and future. Tommy Bragg (2006) Mayor, Murfreesboro vacant by foreclosure, to rehabilitate The centerpiece of the bill is the rental housing, homeownership, and Duke Franklin (2005) Councilman, Chattanooga Crafts, food, homemade ice cream, houses to restore compliance with FHA Housing Stabilization and Ho- public infrastructure activities in entertainment and more. Contact Bob Kirk (2004) Alderman, Dyersburg meowner Retention Act. Under the conjunction with housing. Tom Rowland (2002) Mayor, Cleveland local codes and general habitability, Richard Newman at 423-746-9041 Sam Tharpe (2001) Vice Mayor, Paris including energy-efficiency im- bill, the Federal Housing Adminis- Finally, the bill would provide a or visit www.nationalmoofest.com. Dan Speer (1997) Mayor, Pulaski provements, and to re-sell or rent the tration (FHA) would set up a new legal safe harbor for mortgage loan program to encourage lenders to vol- servicers making certain loan modi- TML AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS houses to income-targeted families. June 6-14: Riverbend 08 (Ex-Officio Directors) In addition, recipients could use untarily forgive a portion of out- fications. The provision responds to Chattanooga . Nine-day music festi- Tennessee Municipal Attorneys Assn. up to 8 percent of their grant to cover standing debt on troubled mort- concerns that mortgage loan val in Downtown on the 21st Cen- Barbara Lapides, Millington gages. In exchange for forgiving the servicers are being discouraged Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference operating and holding costs, such as tury Waterfront. Six stages of world Ewing Sellers, Murfreesboro management fees, taxes and insur- debt, those mortgages would be refi- from modifying loan terms to pre- class entertainment from classic Tennessee Chapter, American Public Works ance, and other administrative over- nanced into conventional, lower-in- vent foreclosures by the fear of po- rock to country and bluegrass. Also Richard Whaley, Maryville terest mortgages guaranteed by the tential lawsuits from investors that Tennessee Government Finance Officers head associated with the property. features a children’s village, 5/10K John Troyer, Knoxville The bill gives the Department of FHA. stand to lose some profit on the loan runs, Starfighter jet flyovers and a Tenn. Assn. of Housing & Redevel. Auth. Housing and Urban Development To qualify for the voluntary pro- modification. fireworks finale. Food, drinks and Marilyn Medley, Morristown Tennessee Building Officials Assn. fun for the whole family. For more Jim Brown, Bartlett New watershed signs promote clean water information, visit the event website Tennessee Fire Chiefs Assn. www.riverbendfestival.com. Richard Martin, Lenoir City WATERSHED from Page 1 website. In 1998, the EPA and the USDA Tennessee Assn. of Air Carrier Airports Larry Cox, Memphis According to TDEC, Tenn- Informing citizens about their jointly released the Clean Water Ac- Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police essee’s waters are best assessed and local watersheds facilitates better tion Plan to meet the promise of Kim Wallace, Dover water quality addressed at the water- understanding of how activities in clean, safe water for all Americans. Tennessee Water Quality Management Assn. Jack Graham, Maryville shed level. How the land is treated individual watersheds affect the wa- A key element in the plan called Tennessee Recreation and Parks Assn. and managed has a direct impact on ter quality in the community and for a new cooperative approach to Dennis Suiter, Martin the ability of water to support a num- adjoining watersheds. watershed protection, the Unified Tennessee Chapter, American Planning Assn. Watershed Assessment and Restora- Steven Neilson, Brentwood ber of important public uses such as The watershed names on the Tennesseee Personnel Management Assn. swimming, fishing, a habitat for signs reflect those used by the Envi- tion plan, in which state, tribal, fed- June 5-7: The Tennessee Preserva- Vicki Burton, Jackson aquatic species and drinking water ronment and Conservation water- eral, and local governments and the tion Trust Statewide Preservation Tenn. Assn. of Municipal Clerks & Recorders shed management system, consis- public identify the watersheds with Conference and Main Street Summit Connie Kittrell, Gallatin supply. Tennessee Assn. of Public Purchasing “We all live downstream from tent with the naming system utilized the most critical water quality prob- in Maury County. For more informa- Susan White, Jackson someone, and what happens in a by the U.S. Environment Protection lems and direct resources and en- tion, visit the Tennessee Preserva- TN Section, Institute of Transportation watershed does not just stay in that Agency. force strategies to solve them. tion Trust website at Engineers Greg Judy, Nashville watershed,” according to the state www.tennesseepreservationtrust.org. 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Currently, many municipalities include an escalation clause, under which an annual adjustment of rates will be made to reflect the general increase in the cost of operations. The unit rates for collection and dis- posal are increased by the same per- cent increase (if any) as accrued for the previous 12 months in the all- items Consumer Price Index (CPI). The fuel cost adjustment is for in- creases in fuel costs beyond the an- nual all-items CPI. The National Solid Wastes Management Association has a The city of LaFollette closed a $10 million loan with the Tennessee good model clause. Municipal Bond Fund to be used for utility improvements. Pictured Model Fuel Cost Clause from left to right are: Joe Muscatello, TMBF representative; Debbie Annual compensation shall be Pierce, city recorder; Cliff Jennings, mayor; and Kenny Baird, utilities made to the Contractor to cover fuel director. cost increases beyond the control of the Contractor which exceed the CPI automatic annual cost escalation. Budget cut by $468 million At the end of each year the BUDGET from Page 1 Revised FY 2008-09 year’s weighted average fuel price sion as how the spending cuts will be Budget At A Glance will be calculated as the year’s total allocated. Base Reductions: $233.2 million expense for fuel divided by the total In TennCare, Bredesen pro- (Recurring Funds) number of gallons. poses scaling back a planned expan- • $80m -TennCare medically needy If the weighted average fuel sion in the medically needy program • $62.9m - 5% personnel cuts price for the second and each suc- created to help near poverty level • $55.8m - Higher Education ceeding year of this contract exceeds patients with medial expenses due to Reversion Increases: $284 million the product of that for the previous a catastrophic injury or illness. No (Non-Recurring Funds) year and the current (most recent) enrollees will lose benefits, but by • $221m - Statutory/Reserve funds CPI, the difference will be the Fuel deferring a portion of the growth, • $35m - Rainy Day improvements Adjustment Factor. This Fuel Ad- the state will save $80 million. • $24.7m - BEP growth savings justment Factor multiplied by the In the area of improvement re- • $3.1m - savings from agencies total number of gallons purchased in ductions, Bredesen plans to cut FY08-09 Improvement Cuts: $226.5 the latest year will equal the addi- $86.5 million to continue reforms of (Recurring Funds) tional compensation due the Con- A source such as this could provide the fuel cost documentation, then the state’s Basic Education Program • $86.5m - BEP 2.0 improvements tractor. the city and the contractor would have to negotiate the method for and $22 million from pre-K expan- • $71.8m- 2% salary increases If the weighted average fuel documenting the contractor’s fuel consumption connected with the sion. An additional $27.8 million in • $27.8m - BEP improvements price for the most recent year does collection and disposal of the city’s solid waste. savings will come from fully fund- • $22m - Pre-K expansion not exceed the product of that for the ing BEP without any improvements. FY08-09 Improvement Cuts: $56.8 previous year and the most recent tion Administration website: http:// increase > percent CPI) Some $59 million for the inflation- (Non-Recurring Funds) annual CPI, no adjustments will be tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu/ Step 2: Calculate the % of fuel ary costs of both pre-K and the tradi- • $13.75m environ./conservation made in compensation due the Con- gasdiesel.asp cost adjustment.Weighted average tional K-12 system are still included • $10m ECD jobs package tractor. A source such as this could pro- percent fuel cost increase - percent in Bredesen’s budget. • $11m Dept. of Health (grants) All interpretations of the fuel vide the fuel cost documentation, CPI = percent fuel cost adjustment Some $71.8 million in reduc- • $4.8m Dept. of Ag. (grants) cost adjustment calculation method then the city and the contractor Step 3: Calculate the fuel cost tions will come from no salary in- • $5m Education grants shall be made by the city. Documen- would have to negotiate the method adjustment payment. (%fuel cost creases and health insurance adjust- Capitol Outlay Reductions: $111.3 tation to the satisfaction of the city for documenting the contractor’s adjustment/gallon) x (Previous year ments for state employees. (Non-Recurring Funds) must be provided before any fuel fuel consumption connected with agreed fuel cost baseline/gallon) x Funding for capitol mainte- • $23m Board of Regents cost compensation will be made. the collection and disposal of the (number of gallons consumption for nance programs at the state’s col- • $14.6m Univ. of Tennessee Acceptable documentation on fuel city’s solid waste. contract/previous 12 months)= fuel leges and universities will also be • $53 m Dept. of Corrections prices would include the Depart- Once the documentation for cost adjustment payment. reduced by $37.6 million. • $17m statewide maintenance ment of Energy’s Energy Informa- both cost and consumption is agreed To ensure that your city gets the upon, calculating any fuel cost ad- best possible bids from the most con- Additional workshops planned for Memphis justment payment is pretty straight tractors on the front end and avoids CONFERENCE from Page 1 water quality, new technology phis’ Botanic Gardens; the host city forward as shown in the following putting the contractor in a possible public projects. emerging in the water metering in- reception scheduled for the FedEx process: default situation, MTAS recom- In addition, TML has added two dustry, and occupational dog bite forum; the annual TML Risk Man- Step 1: Determine if a fuel cost mends considering using a fuel cost new member-participation sessions safety. agement Pool Party; door prizes; adjustment is warranted.Take the adjustment clause when seeking on Sunday afternoon to focus on Other conference highlights in- awards; plus much more. weighted average percent of fuel bids for solid waste collection and specific needs for different-sized cit- clude: a 5K walk / run scheduled for For more information and to reg- cost increase and subtract the per- disposal. ies. TML will provide more informa- Sunday morning; a special spouse’s ister online, go to TML’s web site at cent of the CPI, if the remainder is Editor’s Note: Article reprinted tion about the two discussion program that includes a guest www. TML1.org. Deadline for ad- positive, then a fuel cost adjustment with permission from Tennessee groups, planned prior to the opening speaker, lunch and a trip to Mem- vanced registration is May 30. is warranted. 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BY GAEL B. STAHL

Sen. Randy McNally, elected to the Tennessee House in 1978, came to the Senate in 1986, but claims his political style and savvy ripened later, in 1992. When Leonard Dunvant retired, Senate Speaker John Wilder named McNally Finance Committee vice chair. It made all the difference. Chairman Doug Henry took him under his wing. Henry’s tutelage turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to McNally who had long relished his combative style. Henry helped him redirect that energy. McNally, descended from feisty, Boston-area, Irish Catholics, had a grandfather who was a ward heeler in the rough and tumble politics of legendary Boston Mayor James Curley. McNally says he brought the Irish in him to the legislature, that he arrived at the House “a little raw about the edges” and at the Senate Photos by Gael Stahl That first Senate race against Gene Caldwell He takes that bond rating, holds it up for all to It’s not all doom and gloom, though. We’ve got “ready for a brawl.” Working with may have been the cleanest race in Tennessee see, tears it down the middle, and says, “That’s good things going for us. What we need to do is Henry taught him to see the bigger history. But that race made me work harder than what we’re doing and have done to our bond balance the budget and cut expenditures. picture, to mature mellow, to engage any other race I ran in my 30-year career. rating.” He was exactly right. in battles without getting personal, to fight to win – or lose – and not hold political types such as Mayor/Judge running for governor. There were Democratic Caucus who had things going for us. What we need to a grudge. Henry Loeb and his brother Bill strong Republican candidates from elected another colleague. Ben and do is balance the budget and cut More recent observers, TML Loeb, Congressman Dan Middle and East Tennessee – Maxey Carl said that they had 10 members expenditures. That’s not going to be lobbyists, for example, find the Kuykendall (Harold Ford Sr.’s Jarman, William Jenkins, and House that would support him. Those 10 pretty; but we’ll have to do it and earlier image hard to believe. They predecessor), Judge Taylor, and Speaker Claude Robertson. I told him votes were crucial to Wilder’s re- make sure we don’t spend one-time have known the McNally who is even Congressman John Duncan I wanted to help him when I got back election. money for continuing expenditures “delightful to work with, patient yet once. McNally’s political to Oak Ridge because he wasn’t well I had served on House Finance and not use one-time rainy day dogged, determined, and effective involvements also started in college. known in East Tennessee. He told me and requested serving on the Senate revenue for recurring expenses, behind the scenes” after Wilder put He and his wife Jan married in that Jim Kile, a veterinarian I’d Finance Committee. Minority even in education. And, of course, McNally with Henry. 1968 while he was in pharmacy worked for as a boy on a farm, was Leader Sen. Atchley told me that we can’t be overly optimistic about Wilder returns the compliments school. They moved to Oak Ridge in head of the Dunn campaign in was a pretty tall request for a revenue collections. McNally favors him with. He says he 1970, and had two daughters. His Anderson County. freshman senator, but he’d see what If you look at Tennessee’s owed his political life after 1986 to wife had a distinguished career in Working the primary and the he could do. Soon after, he was able bonded indebtedness, we’re 50th of freshman McNally. The Senate nursing and hospital administration general election campaigns was my to get me appointed to Finance. 50 states in having the lowest Democratic Caucus had chosen and McNally was in retail and first big campaign. Dunn won, When Wilder was re-elected bonded indebtedness. We probably another Democrat for speaker in hospital pharmacy. He got involved became governor, and I was smitten. speaker, I served on Finance until I have one of the highest Rainy Day 1987-88. When Republicans helped in several prominent campaigns, became chairman of Education Funds or Revenue Fluctuation Wilder win re-election, Wilder ran a won an open House seat in 1978 at TT&C: Smitten in what ways? Committee in 2001. In 2005, I Funds based on percent of general more bipartisan Senate for the next age 34, and eight years later an open RM: I was involved in organizations returned to Finance as vice chair and fund revenue. We have ample 20 years. He appointed Republicans Senate seat. He’s been a member trying to locate a nursing home in later that year was elected majority reserves in TennCare. to chair some committees and and vice chair of the powerful Oak Ridge. Mayor Al Bissell caucus chairman, and last year I was As far as our financial stability McNally to a seat on the coveted Finance Committee, chair of the appointed me to serve on that named Finance chair. goes, we need only weather this Finance Committee in 1987, vice Education Committee and, now, committee. I was treasurer of the economic storm. Forbes, and the chair in 1993, Education chair in chair of Senate Finance. local Republican Party. I worked TT&C: Has your relationship to Tax Foundation both have rated 2001, and vice chair of Finance Jane Hardaway’s campaign; it was Sen. Henry changed since you Tennessee in the top 20 states. As far again in 2005. Last year, after TT&C: Why did you choose to go unsuccessful. I was chairman at Oak swapped roles? as our business climate, Site another historic election, into the medical field? Ridge for Bill Brock’s campaign; it RM: When Doug was chair and I Selection magazine rates us in the Republican Sen. Ron Ramsey, RM: I wanted to be able to help was unsuccessful: and Alexander’s was vice chair, he was always top 10. That’s why I think that after whose coalition of Republicans and people; I also had an interesting first campaign, in 1974 was helpful, taught me everything I we get through this national a Democrat had elected him biological science teacher. I majored unsuccessful. know about committees and state situation, we’ll be in better shape speaker/lieutenant governor, in pre-med but then had such a good In 1978 (the year Alexander won finance. He was my mentor and he than most states. appointed McNally Finance chair time at Memphis State that I ended the governorship), I chose to run my took me under his wing even when I and Henry vice chair. Their working up in Pharmacy School. An advisor own campaign and see how that was a freshman and first came on TT&C: With regard to our heavy relationship has changed little. and bio chemistry professor, Dr. worked out. That was different; you Finance. He is certainly one of the reliance on sales tax revenue, James Rand “Randy” McNally Holmes, called me in toward the end can always go home and sleep real most knowledgeable people down what can the next governor and III’s personal story began in of my junior year, and said, “We good if you’re successful in a here and a fine gentleman. General Assemblies look forward Massachusetts. His father, James might be able to get you in the very campaign. I ran because some of the When things changed and I to in 2010? Rand McNally Jr., who ran the low bottom of the Med School class, but people I had been working with, and became chair, he took pains to help RM: It’s hard to say where we’re and high hurdles, had put himself you ought to look at pharmacy.” I the local Republican party, wanted me in my new role so that the going to be. I think the sentiment of through college on scholarships and knew a pharmacist in Oak Ridge at me to run for an open House seat committee went well and people the public to run government lean is graduated from Boston College and whose pharmacy my paper route Democrat Keith Bissell had given up work together. It’s great to know I fairly strong. Whereas in the past, from MIT as a physicist and became ended. I always enjoyed talking with to run for the Public Service can always rely on Sen. Henry for we raised taxes every time new an instructor at MIT. He met him, so I chose to go into pharmacy. Commission. I won my first political support and advice. programs came along, we need to Margaret Ann McKenna McNally, race and served on the House look at what we’re doing to provide also of Dedham, a suburb southwest TT&C: What did you do after you Finance, House Environment, and TT&C: Doug Henry is easily the for the safety, education, and of Boston, who was working in a got that degree? chaired the Environment most outspoken guardian and economic development of the public county registry office, having RM: I worked at a Walgreen phar- Subcommittee. protector of the state’s bond and limit ourselves to doing those graduated from business school . macy in 1969 for one year. We loved rating. He was so proud when the types of things. Both were Irish with ancestors Memphis. My wife and I had been TT&C: Interesting that you won state finally earned the highest To the extent that we can named Turley, McKenna, Finnegan, married in 1968 by Father Kearney when all those prominent people ratings after years of working for provide essential services and limit though one great-grandfather at Immaculate Conception Parish, you helped earlier didn’t. it. He was the most outraged when the frills, I think it benefits industry McKenna married a MacKenna – a later the Memphis Cathedral Parish. RM: I was fortunate to get a wake up we blew it a couple years later. coming in and benefits the Scots name. The families Jan,who graduated from Mississippi call in the primary. There were three RM: I remember his speech on the development and expansion of immigrated to the states around the College for Women with honors, Democrats in the primary and two floor of the Senate after we passed industry we already have. Education time of the potato famine in the late was a teacher. Her first assignment Republicans. The lead Democrat got those questionable budget measures and economic development are key. 1840s. The men on his mother’s side was at Hume Junior High School, 5,000 votes; the second, a local in 2001. He wrote out the state’s became seafaring Gloucester Elvis’s alma mater when it was a football hero who dropped out of the perfect bond rating on a good-sized TT&C: What do you specifically fishermen and died at sea. high school. In 1968, after Martin race, got 2,500 votes, and the third piece of paper. Then he takes that see Finance doing with regard to In 1948, McNally’s father, a Luther King Jr. was killed, I escorted 1,800. I got around 2,200 and the bond rating, holds it up for all to see, the budget crisis this year? spectroscopy specialist teaching at Jan to school. It was surrounded by other Republican less than a tears it down the middle, and says, RM: Among the tough issues this MIT, was recruited by Chris Keim the National Guard. thousand. “That’s what we’re doing and have year is the bill that deals with the (later, director of Oak Ridge In 1970, we decided we wanted I was definitely an underdog. done to our bond rating.” shortfall. Already, $180 million of National Lab) to work in the to raise a family in my hometown so Luckily, some friends that He was exactly right. That was the state’s deficit has been addressed thermonuclear division of Union we moved. Jan raised Melissa and encouraged me to run sat me down the result of using one-time money through cutbacks, leaving a $320 Carbide that ran ORNL. McNally Maggie at home until they were both and said, “We know you like to do all for continuing expenses and playing million shortfall that still has to be was four and saw for the first time in school. She then studied nursing that campaign organizing but we games with estimates of expected resolved. (Editor’s note: Since this rolling verdant hills during the drive and graduated from the UT School don’t want you to do any of that revenues and other games we played interview, the shortfall has grown to to the Knoxville airport to Secret of Nursing. She went to work at anymore. Just get out there and knock – a lot of games. $468 million.) City, as Oak Ridge was called in Methodist Hospital, moved up to on doors.” That’s what I did. My There are a number of lottery 1948. Till then, he’d known only assistant manager and then manager friends were very helpful and we TT&C: In 2002, with no budget in bills that can be divided into two pots densely populated Dedham, of ICU, nursing supervisor, director ended up winning something like effect, state services were of money. One is the lottery reserve Cambridge and Boston. of nursing, vice president, and 8,500 to 5,500 due strictly to the suspended in early July. The that builds up over the years, which James and Margaret Ann raised finally president of Methodist. She effort by a great group of people. My legislature relieved that crunch is a little less than $400 million. Gov. seven children, all of whom left there for awhile to become an campaign treasurer for the race, local by raising the sales tax 1 percent Bredesen would like to take about bypassed physics and other executive with Covenant Health, the banker Ralph Aurin Jr., has been my giving us $1 billion in recurring $200 million of that to expand theoretical sciences at college. One company that owns the hospital, and treasurer ever since. revenues to carry us through scholarships for students based on became a pharmacist, two are has probably had a more another seven years or so until their family income and nurses, one a certified lab distinguished career than I have. TT&C: In 1986, you won Buzz sales taxes again fail to keep up scholarships for needy students. technician, two are computer engi- I worked in retail pharmacy Elkins’ open Senate seat, which with growth in the economy and That leaves some additional money neers, and one a businessperson. All until 1978 and at a hospital made all the difference to John the cost of services. As chair of that we can use to address some attended Oak Ridge’s prestigious pharmacy ever since. It’s more Wilder? Finance, do you see any hope of problems, including, I hope, giving municipal schools and all worked. challenging work and gives me the RM: That first Senate race against avoiding the next budget crunch some of that back to the local school McNally delivered newspapers flexibility to be able to work Friday, Gene Caldwell may have been the or staving it off for awhile? systems for construction costs and starting in grade school, then Saturday, and Sunday during cleanest race in Tennessee history. RM: There are two parts to that capital outlay, which we’re able do. worked in a men’s clothing store. He sessions and be in Nashville We were friends and would be problem. The first is about what we spent one summer driving a truck on Monday night to Thursday noon. friends afterwards. But that race do to get out of the ditch we’re in TT&C: What revenues for a farm. People at each job would made me work harder than any other now. To a large extent, the current education are most sacred? play a role in his future. TT&C: What led to your civic and race I ran in my 30-year career. shortage is caused by events not RM: We’ve got two things I want to McNally graduated from high political involvements? Had my Democratic opponent under our control but national type protect most. First, the inflationary school in 1962, from Memphis State RM: I’d gotten active in a fraternity won, Gov. Wilder felt, he would not events – the subprime mortgage money for K-12 education, about University (now, University of at Memphis State and in some of have gotten the last vote he needed to crisis has really hurt us as far as $85 million, and then, another $86.4 Memphis) in 1967, and from UT their activities doing things for St. survive as speaker. housing starts, the expense of a war, million that the governor has in his College of Pharmacy in 1969. His Peter’s Orphanage. I was also active In 1986, there were just 10 and extremely high gas prices. budget right now for the second college job was as maitre d’ of in campus politics and before Republicans in the Senate. Ben We’re not alone. Only energy phase of BEP 2.0. It was part of the prestigious Ember’s Restaurant on leaving Memphis in 1970, I called a Atchley and Carl Koella met with producing states like Texas, Alaska, $100 million that we had placed in Park and Getwell. It was fun work, Memphis dentist, Winfield Dunn, Gov. Wilder who told them he was and Louisiana aren’t as badly the rain day fund. That’s my priority he ate well, the pay was good, and who was head of the Republican not going to be lieutenant governor affected as we are. It’s not all doom for K-12 education. his customers included Memphis Party in West Tennessee and anymore. He was getting beat by the and gloom, though. We’ve got good