Tag Archives: Randy Porter

The Upper Cumberland Regional Airport Board approved a $444,650 operating budget plan for the new fiscal year. Airport Manager Dean Selby said the airport needed to consider several large expenditures during the new fiscal years as funds permit. Selby said the projects include repairs to hangars A and B. “The oldest T-hangars we’ve got here, the outside sheeting is rusting, ... Read More »

A little know and seldom used rule based on Putnam County’s charter will give the county the ability to sell the fairgrounds in a private sale. Putnam County Attorney Jeff Jones said Putnam is a Private Act County and Mayor Randy Porter is the county’s purchasing agent. That means the county can negotiate with a buyer, like a private real ... Read More »

Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter will pursue a private sale of the Putnam County Fairgrounds. County Commissioners approved the move Monday night and declared the fairgrounds as surplus property. Porter presented the pros and cons for four sale options to the commission: sealed bid, public auction, internet auction, or private sale. Porter said the first two options would not be ... Read More »

Baxter’s Reflection Park will serve as a cornerstone of the Seminary Park project, a chance to remember the five children who died in the March tornado. That’s according to Baxter Mayor John Martin. “Putnam County is strong and we have a team, anything that ever happens in our community we work together,” Martin said. “That’s what it’s all about, our ... Read More »

The community remembers the one year anniversary of the Putnam County tornado Wednesday. 19 people died in the early morning hours of March 3rd including five children. Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter said the day offers the community the chance to reflect. “Families lost loved one, lost everything they had sometimes, homes, vehicles and everything,” Porter said. “Every family has ... Read More »

Putnam County Commissioners have once again given County Mayor Randy Porter approval to negotiate an easement for a Speedway Convenience Store. The Jefferson Avenue project would include entrances and exits onto Fairgrounds Street. The county will grant an option agreement to the company valued at $3,000. Speedway has one year to exercise the easement for an additional $11,000. If the ... Read More »

More than 2,000 UCEMC customers across Putnam County were brought back online Thursday evening. That’s according to County Mayor Randy Porter. Porter said crews worked into the darkness to try to resolve power outage numbers that had crept up Thursday because of snow on power lines. Crews continued work Thursday evening in the Boma and Silver Point areas. Crews were ... Read More »

UCEMC is reporting that approxitmately 11,000 customers are without power in Putnam County. Mayor Randy Porter said it is a long list of areas affected by outages. Porter said the county was not able to get a time frame of the areas affected and said residents should be prepared for extended outages due to tree damage. “They would get one ... Read More »

With record fuel sales continuing, the time is now to buy a new fuel truck for the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport. That was the consensus of board members Tuesday night who approved the $188,300 purchase. Airport Manager Dean Selby said the current truck continues to develop problems and he worried about missing out on a fuel sale while it was ... Read More »

Putnam County will apply for a community development block grant to replace a fire truck in the Gentry Community. County Mayor Randy Porter said the grant would replace a 1980s-vintage mini pumper at the Gentry station. If approved, the residents within five miles of the fire station would see an improvement in the insurance rankings from a ten to a ... Read More »