Tag Archives: City Administrator Brad Hennessee

The city of Sparta is expecting its three-year development plan to be completed early next year. Over the past year, Sparta has undertaken major water and sewer line projects and a new eight year paving plan. City Administrator Brad Hennessee said the three-year plan will continue these infrastructure upgrades for the highest priority areas. “Once we develop and start implementation ... Read More »

Sparta residents will start seeing information on their trash cans about taking the 2020 census. Sparta City Administrator Brad Hennessee said the city will be follwing garbage trucks and sticking fliers on cans once they are emptied. Hennessee said showing a population over 5,000 people changes funding for the city. “That’s a bench mark in the up-sizing for the funding ... Read More »

The city of Sparta’s paving project is close to being complete. Public Works Director Dillard Quick said only about $100,000 of the nearly $500,000 paving project remains. “We have either paved all or part of Oakwood, Churchill, Turntable, West Turntable, Hale, Ben Lowmand, and east and west Charlene,” Quick said. “That is about $371,000 total that we have spent on ... Read More »

The City of Sparta will not receive a $500,000 TVA Grant for industrial park improvements. City Administrator Brad Hennessee said he’s disappointed, but understands this is a competitive grant. “We were told essentially that it wasn’t necessarily anything that we had included or not included in our grant [application],” Hennessee said. “They didn’t tell us who had been awarded, but ... Read More »

The City of Sparta YMCA will soon get relief from the heat. Board of Alderman approved a $12,700 bid for a new 5-ton HVAC unit. City Administrator Brad Hennessee said the old HVAC unit hasn’t been replaced for over 20 years. “What will be accomplished by adding this unit, we can direct the additional air flow to the weight room ... Read More »