The City
Council for
Roll Call.
Present: Councilman Carl Duer, M.D, Councilman Earl Dean, Councilman Jesse Kerley, Mayor J. H. Graham, III, Mayor Pro-Tem Boyd Wyatt, Sr. Others present were City Manager Dr. Jack Miller, City Attorney Kenneth Chadwell, City Clerk Sally Oglesby, Christy Lewis, Fred Houston, David Beaty, Jim Young, Shelia Knight, Tim Begley, Mike Turner, Jerry Garrison, Keith Garrison, Kevin Dean, Jerry Kerley, John Dawkins, Norm Westerbuhr, Steve Lane, John Ludwig, and Charles Gazley.
Mayor
Graham called the meeting to order at
ITEM #2 – MATTERS RELATIVE TO PHASE I DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN
City Manager Dr. Jack Miller recommended that he be allowed to initiate a Category I drought alert. The plan developed by Emergency Management is more extensive and covers all areas in Phase I and part of Phase II included in the Crossville Municipal Code plan. (A copy of the Emergency Management drought alert is attached and made a part of these minutes.) Mayor Graham asked if the drought plan in §18-127 of the Crossville Municipal Code covers all customers that the City serves, even though they are not residents of Crossville. Dr. Miller responded that he felt that they are covered under the contracts with the utility districts as well as all the regular customers. The City Attorney agreed that he thought the utility district contracts did cover the matter, but he would need to check further. The following clarifications to the proposed alert were made:
· water used in construction, other than for dust control, would not be restricted;
· watering of golf courses would not be affected if they use water from their own sources; and
· commercial car washes for automobiles can be continued.
It was also determined that this would be only a warning and not a mandate at this time. However, if no significant rain is received in the new two weeks, the full plan may be invoked and enforced as outlined in the Crossville Municipal Code. Water Resources Superintendent Jerry Kerley reported that Meadow Park Lake is down four feet. Consequently; they have cut back already at that plant are are pulling more from Holiday Lake. This warning is needed to get people’s attention to the problem. He anticipated 10-15% savings in water usage if the drought plan is made mandatory. It was also pointed out that September and October are historically very dry months.
A motion was made by Councilman Duer, seconded by Councilman Kerley, that the Emergency Management Drought Alert Category 1 Compliance be put into effect. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 5). Yes: Councilman Carl Duer, M.D, Councilman Earl Dean, Councilman Jesse Kerley, Mayor J. H. Graham, III, Mayor Pro-Tem Boyd Wyatt, Sr.
ITEM #1 – MATTERS RELATIVE TO AIRPORT
Dr. Miller reported that an interim FBO has been secured with Chris Bennett and Mark Burris. He considers them highly qualified and able to take over until a permanent FBO is secured. The contract that he signed is for six months with an option to renew for two additional six month periods. City Attorney Chadwell recommended that the Council ratify the contract that was signed.
Councilman Wyatt commented that the former FBO, John Keigans let him and the Council down and was a poor manager who was under-financed from the beginning. Further, he believes that there is little money to be made at the airport, but the business needs to be built back up. Mayor Graham concurred that Mr. Burris and Mr. Bennett should be able to build the business up if anyone can.
A motion was
made by Councilman Wyatt, seconded by Councilman Duer, that the contract with
Mark Burris and Chris Bennett dba Crossville Aero, LLC to provide interim FBO
services at
Since both Mr. Burris and Mr. Bennett are members of the Airport Committee, it was discussed that they should step down from the Airport Committee. Mayor Graham brought up the need for the continuation of an Airport Committee since there are competent people running the fixed base operations and an Airport Manager. The matter will be on the September 11, agenda.
With no
further business, the meeting was adjourned at