Monday, March 17, 2014
Agenda Set For County Commission’s March 25 Meeting
Members of the Lawrence County Board of Commissioners meeting in regular session next week have a lengthy list of business items to consider.
Members will be asked to confirm reappointments to the Solid Waste Regional Planning Board and elect members to The Economic Development Corporation of Lawrence County.
Members will consider passage of resolutions to:
*Encourage the Tennessee General Assembly to fully fund the State Tax Relief Program for the disabled and elderly property owners of our state.
*Urge State Senator Joey Hensley and State Representative Barry Doss to oppose privatizing of operations of state parks and services at various state parks. (See statement by Commissioner Chris Jackson below.)
*Approve inclusion in the 2014-15 Lawrence County Budget a line item in the sum of $240,000 for funds for half of the cost for phase one planning for the school building program recommended by the Lawrence County Board of Education.
*Enter into a contract with an engineer for improvements to be made at the Solid Waste Transfer Station building and the Lawrence County Health Department building.
*Authorize the county executive to enter into a contract with an architect for improvements to be made at the Lawrence County Ambulance Service building.
*Declare certain property owned by Lawrence County to be surplus property
The commission will meet for its regularly scheduled bi-monthly business meeting on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. at the Lawrence County Courthouse.
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At this month's regular session meeting of the county commission, commissioners Chris D. Jackson and Scott Franks are sponsoring a resolution that urges state officials to oppose the proposed privatization of Davy Crockett State Park.
The local park is one of the 11 state parks and marinas under consideration to be privatized by the Haslam Administration.
Jackson and Franks said they are concerned that if the park does get privatized, locals could suffer due to the loss of accessibility, higher fees for the use of park facilities and a loss of programs that are currently offered by the park.
They said they support the notion that Davy Crockett Park should be remain inherently government and focus on providing social value to our community, not making higher profits at the expense of the people of Lawrence County.
The Tennessee State Employees Association also opposes the proposed privatization plan noting that state parks already operate in the black and that privatization could lead to job loss for local employees who could be replaced by the private entity taking over.
