Tag Archives: Cookeville City Council

Cookeville City Council will consider two engineering agreements Thursday designed to move forward on the Interstate Drive sidewalks and the Willow Avenue/West Jackson Street upgrades. The city has money from the State Transportation Block Grant to move forward with both projects. However, the funds likely will not be enough to complete both projects. The Interstate Drive project would build sidewalks ... Read More »

Upper Cumberland Workforce Connection wants $100,000 from the city of Cookeville to employ two workforce re-entry specialists. Executive Director Becky Hull said the specialists would be tasked with helping people re-enter the workforce after being incarcerated. Specialists would work with individuals to get them employed. Hull said the specialists would also hold individuals accountable so they do not allow setbacks ... Read More »

The City of Cookeville is evaluating the two bids opened Thursday for phase two of the 10th Street widening project. City Manager James Mills said he was very pleased with both of the bids. Phase two carries five lanes from Old Kentucky Road to Fisk Road. Each bid packet is now being evaluated by the city’s engineers and will be ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council reappointed Dr. Charles Womack as a city appointee to the Tennessee Central Rail Trail Authority Thursday. Womack will serve a full three-year term. The council appointed Womack in 2022 to fill an empty seat on the authority. The city joined with the city of Algood and Putnam County to recently change the authority’s by-laws to allow an ... Read More »

Cookeville city employees would be able to continue visiting Cookeville Regional’s Medical Clinic if City Council approves a new agreement Thursday. The benefit ended this summer when the city moved from a self-insured system to an outside firm. At issue, federal rules that prevented employees with a Health Savings Account from using the clinic. City Manager James Mills said the ... Read More »

A compounding pharmacy will purchase some 4.67 acres in the Highlands Business Park to create some 14 jobs in phase one, doubling in the next phase. Mattson Holdings compounds medicine in batches for physicians offices and hospitals. Community Development Director Jon Ward told city council members at a Monday work session, Cookeville has been working on the project for several ... Read More »

White County Commissioners will vote Monday night on the proposed merger of the Central View and Mt. Gilead Fire Departments. The two departments asked for the move as a way to increase efficiency. Commissioners will also discuss plans to establish new speed limits on Blue Springs Road, and Duck Pond Road. The meeting begins Monday at 6pm at the County ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council began preparations for winter last night, purchasing 500 tons of road salt. Public Works Director Blake Mayo said the city is currently two-thirds full on salt. The city salted just once last winter, during the Christmas Eve weather event. Pricing did not change from a year ago. Council also voted Thursday night to ask the Planning Commission ... Read More »

It’s like putting toothpaste back in the tube. That’s how Cookeville City Attorney Dan Rader described the city’s proposed zoning code changes regarding RVs in the city’s existing mobile home parks. The Planning Department wants to clean up conflicting letters and permits that have been issued over the years that allowed the practice. But at a work session Monday, the ... Read More »

Cookeville Electric will impose its first retail rate increase since 2007, after TVA discontinued a credit the utility had been receiving. Last month, TVA passed a 4.5 percent rate increase that will be passed on to all electric customers. Electric Department Director Carl Haney said the utility also ended a pandemic credit Cookeville had received. That amounted to some $800,000 ... Read More »