Tag Archives: Putnam County

Cookeville City Council approved the final draft of its ten-year Leisure Services Master Plan Thursday evening. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the plan will help in efforts to get parks and recreation grants for Cookeville. “And this is a requirement for eligibility for grants, including the LPRF grant administered by TDEC,” Woods said. “I’m very pleased with the outcome ... Read More »

Algood opened its fire hall to the community Thursday afternoon to show off its new fire truck. The fire hall was full of kids, families and officials from across the county to celebrate the official unveiling of a 2021 Pierce Enforcer Truck. The $638,000 truck arrived last month. Fire Chief Victor Jones led the ceremony and said a day like ... Read More »

Monterey broke ground on its Water Resource Recovery Facility, the culmination of an over $13 million sewer system rehabilitation on Thursday. Engineer Nathaniel Green said it has been an eight year road to reach this point. Green said that Monterey persisted through new state processes to receive $5.985 million in funding from USDA Rural Development. “As far as this project, ... Read More »

Renee Cantrell has been announced as the new principal at Capshaw Elementary School. Cantrell brings 22 years of experience in elementary education, serving as assistant principal at Park View Elementary School for the last two years. Before Cantrell’s time as a kindergarten, first grade and third grade teacher at Park View Elementary. The principal position opened up when Dr. Diana ... Read More »

The Putnam County Road Department accepting bids to replace the Bob Lynn Road bridge over Mill Creek. Road Supervisor Randy Jones said the goal to restabilize the bridge by installing a stone foundation for new footers. “Over the years these large rains have come through and got to eating our under the footers, and it is causing the bridge to ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech is looking to personalize prospective student visits with its Trailblazers program. Campus Visits and Events Coordinator Brandi Kriebel said individual families will get a chance to tour the campus with one student. Kriebel said she tells Trailblazers they are bridging the gap between new and transfer students. “When you’re out there you talk like them, you look like ... Read More »

All bids were rejected for phase one of Algood’s future 21-acre park during Tuesday night’s city council meeting. The lowest bid came in at $1,054,900. Mayor Lisa Chapman-Fowler said rejecting the bids might be an unpopular decision but the alternative is coming up with more money towards the park. “We’re trying to be conservative with our dollars,” Chapman-Fowler said. “We ... Read More »

Algood made changes Tuesday night to city ordinances to address flooding concerns. The city passed ordinances for drainage, storm water and driveways. City Administrator Keith Morrison said too often developers have been adding to the city’s storm water problems. “The biggest change in this policy is that it moved the drainage improvements to the beginning of the project, instead of ... Read More »

The Putnam County Budget Committee recommended a 10-cent property tax increase for the coming year during its Monday meeting. Five cents would go to the county general fund, and five cents go to the schools. Budget Chair Ben Rodgers said the increase is based on the new tax rate after reassessment. “The rate is lower than it was, it was ... Read More »

Bids have come in higher than anticipated for phase one of Algood’s 21-acre park. $675,000 was allocated in the budget for the park, however three bids all came in over $1 million dollars. City Administrator Keith Morrison said the city will have to reconvene with bidders about moving forward. “Try to go over some things, possibly release a statement to ... Read More »