Tag Archives: Cookeville City Council

Cookeville Public Works will replace two vehicles, a new brush truck and roll-off truck. Public Works Director Greg Brown said these vehicles will help with roadside cleanup and construction. “The brush truck is a knuckle boom truck that picks up brush from the side of the road so we’ll be replacing one of the older trucks that we have, the ... Read More »

Councilman Charles Womack said he feels rushing to criminalize panhandling in Cookeville is premature. Cookeville City Council did not vote on a panhandling ordinance on Thursday night. Womack said he hopes City Manager James Mills will negotiate a way to use social services, instead of law enforcement. “I’m hoping that Mr. Mills is able to negotiate a reasonable deal with ... Read More »

The Cookeville City Council approved a 15-year lease with Cookeville’s First Baptist Church to improve access to Walnut Park. The city will lease the back corner of the parking lot at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Spring Street. The city create a hard-surfaced path in that area to connect the parking lot to the existing park entrance. The city ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council approved additions to the city’s personnel manual prohibiting any insignia or decal on city owned-property. The unanimous vote Thursday amended chapter five of the policy. It identifies the only exceptions as city badges and logos as well as the flags of the state and nation. The change came after Council Member Mark Miller proposed a resolution last ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council approved three resolutions Thursday night to begin construction on a new police station to be completed by November, 2021. “This is a great step for Cookeville,” Council Member Eric Walker said. The council approved the $13.66 million construction costs for the facility. Council also accepted the budget for the furniture and fixtures. A water line will need ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council got its first view of the new $15.45 million police station to be built off Neal Street. That includes some $13.6 million in construction costs, well below earlier estimates. City Manager James Mills said architects called the building one of the most efficient buildings they had seen. “Very little wasted space,” Mills said. “I’m personally very pleased ... Read More »

A monument that several speakers admitted they never knew existed until this week brought impassioned pleas from local residents Thursday night. The Cookeville City Council heard from some 39 residents during more than 90 minutes of public comment. The council decided during a Monday night work session to place signage at the City Cemetery noting all headstones and monuments were ... Read More »

Council Member Mark Miller did not ask the Cookeville City Council to add a resolution concerning the Cookeville City Cemetery to the Thursday night agenda. Miller said Wednesday he would ask the council to address the agreement violation that Miller said exists with the Sons of the Confederate Veterans memorial. Miller said the monument should be removed because no one ... Read More »

Although Cookeville City Council members thought they put the issue of a Confederate monument behind them, it appears Councilman Mark Miller will raise the issue again. Miller said the Sons of Confederate Veterans are in violation of a section of its 2000 contract with the Cookeville City Cemetery. He said he plans to raise the issue at Thursday’s council meeting. ... Read More »

Just hours after telling a Cookeville City Council Work Session that he was not “for the removal of monuments at all,” Council Member Mark Miller posted to social media Monday questioning whether the confederate monument at Cookeville City Cemetery should be removed. Miller removed the post several hours later. “There is an apparent violation with one of the subsections (of ... Read More »