Tag Archives: Cookeville City Council

Cookeville City Council approved the rezoning of some 10.2 acres on Buffalo Valley Road to RS-5 Thursday night. Developers plan to build 41 homes on the undeveloped land just west of Holladay Road with an average lot size of just under 9,000 square feet. The unanimous first reading vote would change the zoning from RS-10. Planning Director Jon Ward said ... Read More »

The Cookeville City Council will keep Cookeville Regional’s payment in lieu of taxes firm for the next seven years in exchange for an aggressive retirement repayment schedule. Council approved the plan Thursday night with only Charles Womack voting against. The CRMC Board of Trustees must approve the plan. That board meets next week. The council will ask the CRMC Board ... Read More »

The Cookeville City Council will consider revising an ordinance to prohibit blowing grass clippings onto roadways. The revision would classify grass clippings as a form of litter. Planning Department Director Jon Ward said that are multiple issues that come with grass clippings in the roadways. “It’s a safety hazard,” Ward said. It causes a hazard for motorcyclists and cyclists, it ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council members want to think big when it comes to the next phase of the city’s parks and recreation facilities. Council Member Mark Miller said attracting visitors to the community should be the number one focus of the city’s ten-year recreation plan. Cookeville City Council members reviewed the recommendations of Nashville-based Kimley-Horn Monday afternoon. Mayor Ricky Shelton said ... Read More »

As the Cookeville City Council prepares to vote on the Cookeville Regional Medical Center Budget this week, Council Member Laurin Wheaton said she is ready to move forward. Wheaton serves on the hospital board and said that perspective helped with understanding the budget and operations. “I got a lot more insight into it and saw what an amazing operation it ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council will donate the L&N Caboose to the Friends Of Baxter Depot. Mayor Ricky Shelton made the motion after a call from the friends this week. The Cookeville Friends of the Depot wanted to surplus the caboose because it did not historically fit with the rest of Cookeville’s Depot trains. “We declare the caboose surplus, that we donate ... Read More »

Cookeville will refinance the $6.74 million remaining on the bond that built Tennessee Avenue. City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to refinance the 2015 bond issue. Cookeville Finance Director Brenda Imel said the city will save some $312,000 on the bonds. “Cumberland Securities is the municipal advisor, their estimated fee is about $20,655, and then bond counsel their engagement letter ... Read More »

The Friends of the Cookeville Depot Museum and museum staff have asked City Council to mark the L&N caboose as surplus and sell it. Friends of the Depot President George Holmes said having two cabooses is redundant, and that they hope they could replace it with something more relevant to Cookeville. “We felt that instead of having two cabooses, perhaps ... Read More »

Council member Eric Walker said Cookeville Regional continues to grow, but the payment to the city remains the same. During a first in-depth work session on the CRMC budget Tuesday, Walker said he did not want to see the hospital go private, but he did believe there was room for the medical center to do more for Cookeville. Cookeville Regional ... Read More »

Masks are no longer required in Cookeville City facilities if an individual has been fully vaccinated. Cookeville changed its policy on masks on Monday in accordance with the new CDC guidelines issued on Thursday. The city does ask that you continue to wear masks inside if you are not fully vaccinated. The CDC defines fully vaccinated as two weeks after ... Read More »