Municipal Governments

Wartrace water rates, system to be reviewed (11/16/11)
Due to the recent water rate increase for Wartrace customers, a review of the town's water will be conducted by the University of Tennessee's Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS). A number of complaints have been received from customers about a rate hike which took effect in July, and the board of mayor and alderman have asked MTAS to do a rate study...

City will ask for help in airport repair (11/11/11)
Shelbyville's city council approved a request Thursday night for financial help to repair the taxiway at the city's airport. A motion was passed that would authorize Mayor Wallace Cartwright to write a letter asking for $150,000 in assistance from the State Department of Transportation for an engineering consultant to give information on how best to repair the parallel taxiway...

Airport upgrades in city's future (11/04/11)
Shelbyville's airport could be seeing a number of state transportation projects in the future to help maintain the busy facility. Two years ago, the city received notice from the state there was enough funding to resurface the taxiway at Shelbyville Municipal Airport...

Cost control emphasized to county officials (03/21/08)
Cost control and record-keeping were stressed during a meeting Thursday of the county's department heads. The quarterly luncheon meeting was held Thursday at the Bedford County Emergency Management Agency building on Railroad Avenue. It included the presentation of bonus checks to the staff of Bedford County Zoning Office for their cost-saving measures...

Vets may get lottery-funded scholarships (03/21/08)
Tennessee General Assembly's lottery subcommittee looking at proposals for disbursing excess lottery funds, chaired by Sen. Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville), has recommended several bills for passage to the full committee. According to Tracy, there is $460 million in the lottery reserve account, of which $50 million must be kept in savings under current law...

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