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Road Request Returned to Committee
HUNTINGDON (February 11) – Carroll County
commissioners voted Monday to sell the
current Carroll County Highway Department
shop and fence-lined property on Owens
Street, Huntingdon to the Carroll County
Electrical Department.
The county is constructing a new
headquarters and shop for the Highway
Department on S.R. 22 South, Huntingdon at a
cost of $310,000. Carroll County Electric
will pay $175,000 for the current facility,
where the electric company will store the
inventory of electrical poles and other
electrical equipment.
Carroll County Highway Department will
remain at the Owens Street location until
the new headquarters is complete. The new
Highway Department will be mortgage-free
when complete, said county Mayor Kenny
McBride.
Two sections of roads were proposed to be
added to the county highway system. One was
unanimously approved while the second was
sent back to committee. Approximately 150
feet of Roark Lane was approved to be added
to the county road maintenance program,
however, a proposed addition of .25-mile of
Replogle Lane was sent back to the Highway
Committee for additional review following a
motion by Commissioner Ben T. Surber.
A matching state grant is being sought for a
sports shooting complex on county-owned
property on Industrial Drive in Huntingdon.
Commissioners voted unanimously to seek a
$129,124 Local Park and Recreation Fund
grant from the Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation. If the state
approves, the county will equally match the
grant proceeds with in-kind contributions.
McBride said shooting sports are attracting
lots of sportsmen. Carroll County has one of
the largest youth Scholastic Clay Target
Program (SCTP) groups in the state of
Tennessee. Several have advanced to the
national shoot held annually in Illinois.
The county will provide the land and
individuals and groups have pledged to
provide some of the necessary equipment as
part of the local match. McBride said the
county will not have to provide any cash for
the project.
Carroll County Lake Planning Commission is
now also designated as the Carroll County
Planning Commission following Monday’s
approval. The area around the proposed
1000-acre Carroll County Lake in the Leach
community is already in a planning region.
However, to obtain flood insurance at a
reasonable price for areas outside the eight
municipalities, the county must designate
the remainder of the county as part of the
Carroll County Planning Commission. McBride
said the sole intent of the resolution is to
allow rural residents to purchase federal
flood insurance at reasonable prices. The
county has no intention of establishing
county-wide zoning, said the mayor. Members
of the Lake Regional Planning Commission
will also serve on the Carroll County
Planning Commission. Those members are:
Billy J. Smith, Tommy Surber, Betty Byars,
Brad Hurley, and Billy Barksdale.
Funding for new emergency lighting and radio
equipment at a cost of $18,953.30 for the
nine new sheriff’s patrol cars was approved
unanimously. The Sheriff Department budget
was amended to reflect the additional
expense.
Approved appointments include: Geneva
Johnson and Natalie McCullough Porter to the
Carroll County Library Board to fill the
unexpired terms of Barbara Boyd and Charlene
Agee, respectively. Kenny Jackson of
Huntingdon was approved to fill the
unexpired term of the late A.J. Taylor as
judicial commissioner. Jackson was
previously associated with Huntingdon
Produce.
Notaries public approved include: Pamela
Inman, Ruth Carroll, Tina S. Davis, Barry
Dillahunty, Steven Nolen, John D. Stevens,
Penny Fuzzell, Vivian Grooms, Robert L.
Bouldin, and Lorrie Gonzalez.
In answer to a question by Commissioner
Marsha Barger, the mayor said a single-issue
motions hearing is scheduled Wednesday,
February 27, 9:00 a.m. in Circuit Court in
the case of Sheriff Bendell Bartholomew vs.
County of Carroll (Kenny McBride-fiscal
agent). The judge will rule on the
sherriff’s motion to dismiss Bob Keeton, II
from serving as the county’s legal counsel.
If Keeton is dismissed, McBride said he will
be asking the commission to appoint another
attorney as legal counsel. McBride invited
county commissioners to attend the hearing,
which will be held at the Huntingdon City
Hall. |
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