| County OKs EDA committee
Loudon County Commission established Monday a
committee to examine the 2008 interlocal agreement with the Loudon
County Economic Development Agency.
Kelly Littleton-Brewster, commissioner, motioned for
the committee to be put in place by Loudon County Mayor Rollen
“Buddy” Bradshaw with a start and end date to be determined.
Commissioner Van Shaver seconded the motion.
Commissioners approved the measure 7-1, with the lone
opposition from Commissioner Harold Duff. Commissioners Julia Hurley
and Matthew Tinker were absent.
The committee is charged with reviewing and
updating the agreement.
“I don’t have a problem with reviewing the
interlocal agreement that dates back to 2008, and now it’s 11
years later if I do the math,” Henry Cullen, commission
chairman, said. “I think it needs to be updated. I think there
needs to be some reporting back to Lenoir City, Loudon city and
Loudon County.”
Cullen said all entities need to be involved.
“The mayor and I are going to talk about it and
as of right now I think it’s going to be discussion between he
and I and then we’re going to decide,” Littleton-Brewster said
of the committee’s formation. “I personally would like to go ...
to both cities.”
Littleton-Brewster said Monday’s approval was a
step toward cleaning up what she believes is a dated agreement.
Duff, who has served on the EDA board for several
years, said the agreement in place is “pretty darn good.” “I
think if you would visit, more of you would visit the meetings
they have, you could see exactly what is going on at these
meetings,” Duff said. “Because being a member and knowing it
from the inside I can’t support this.”
In other news, Loudon County Commission:
• Approved amendments for County General Fund 101
and Highway Department Fund 131.
• Provided term updates for Tammi Bivens,
Larry Jameson and Steve Field for the Loudon County Solid
Waste Disposal Commission, Littleton-Brewster and Adam
Waller for the Surplus Property Authority and Waller and
Hurley for the Adult Oriented Business Board.
• Passed an audit agreement between Loudon
County and Randy Sanders with Situs Tax Consultants.
• Agreed to send a letter showing support for
changes to the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program
that would allow farmers to receive grants from the
Tennessee Department of Agriculture for farm machinery.
• Passed a resolution accepting a $17,211.76
monetary gift for the benefit of Loudon County Animal
Shelter and authorizing Bradshaw to execute documents needed
for its receipt.
• Approved application and acceptance of the
Pettway Grant for Loudon County libraries
with no matching funds. The
amounts include $5,500 for Loudon, $3,000 each for Lenoir
City and Greenback and $2,200 for Philadelphia.
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