Tullahoma Utilities Board

Local man accused in Tullahoma theft (02/09/12)
A Shelbyville man is being held under a $50,000 bond in Coffee County after being charged with theft in Tullahoma. David Paul Zwarton, 31, of Industrial Parkway was arrested by Tullahoma investigator Jason Kennedy in connection with the theft of jewelry from a residence on Old Shelbyville Highway on Jan. 25...

Harris will add magnet program (01/20/12)
A magnet program at the middle school level will be phased in gradually, starting next year with the sixth grade and adding an additional grade each year, according to discussion at Thursday night's meeting of Bedford County Board of Education. According to School Superintendent Ray Butrum, a lot of professional development will need to take place to prepare teachers for the program...

Butrum will face tougher evaluation (09/16/11)
Bedford County Board of Education, meeting Thursday night, approved a new, more comprehensive evaluation form for School Superintendent Ray Butrum, who will be evaluated at the end of the year, after six months in office, under the terms of his contract...

Planners suggest changes in home business zoning (09/09/11)
Meeting on Tuesday, Bedford County Planning Commission voted -- but not unanimously -- to recommend an amendment to the zoning resolution covering incidental home occupations. An incidental home occupation is an in-home business, for example a hair salon, which can be allowed in an agricultural zone at the discretion of the Board of Zoning Appeals. ...

New commission districts approved (08/10/11)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners approved new county commission districts drawn as a result of 2010 Census figures. The "one person, one vote" rule, affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1960s, means that in a district-based legislative body, each district should be as close in population to the others as possible. Otherwise, citizens in underpopulated districts would have a greater say in government than those from overpopulated districts...

Butrum is board's choice for superintendent (05/06/11)
Bedford County Board of Education, in a special called meeting Thursday night, selected Dr. Ray Butrum, assistant principal of Barfield Elementary School in Rutherford County, as its "person of focus" for school superintendent, and voted to enter into contract negotiations with Butrum for the position....

Four chosen as school superintendent finalists (04/22/11)
Bedford County Board of Education, meeting Thursday night, approved a short list of four candidates to be the next school superintendent; each of the four finalists will be interviewed by the school board on a separate day next week. None of the four finalists is currently employed by the local school system, although one is a former Community High School principal...

School board backs tool purchase policy (02/18/11)
Bedford County Board of Education, meeting Thursday night, defended the practice of paying school bus mechanics to purchase their own tools, but said how that money is accounted for will have to change to bring the county in compliance with tax law...

Bell Buckle, BCUD extend water contract (01/19/11)
The water issue in Bell Buckle is still in limbo. At the Tuesday night meeting of the board of mayor and aldermen, Mayor Dennis Webb told board members he, Water Board Chair Jenny Hunt and Water Department Supervisor Ronnie Lokey had met with Bedford County Utility District...

Education spending increases proposed (01/11/11)
MOORE COUNTY -- Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor John Morgan and other officials told state legislators on Friday that the Board of Regents would like $8 million on a recurring basis to start a more aggressive scholarship program for students at community colleges, and another $8 million on a one-time basis to redesign and reconfigure the developmental and remedial programs at community colleges...

Shelbyville man accused in Tullahoma holdup (01/04/11)
A Shelbyville man is being held in Coffee County on over $100,000 bond after he allegedly robbed a Tullahoma convenience store on New Year's Day. Johnny Charles Cates, 29, of Highway 130 West has been charged with aggravated robbery and is being held under $102,500 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court on Feb. 10...

Water woes among year's top issues (12/29/10)
Water was a problem in 2010 between Wartrace and Bell Buckle -- both in the literal and figurative senses of the word "between." The towns' water woes and a verdict in a murder trial are the next two entries on the Times-Gazette's annual countdown of the biggest news stories of 2010 as selected by a vote of staff members...

Suspects get the point (12/01/10)
A Shelbyville man held two individuals at gunpoint after he allegedly caught the pair breaking into his Tullahoma business last Friday. Jim Edmond Guthrie of Highway 130 East told Tullahoma patrolman Christopher Coe that someone had entered his business, Guthrie's Machine Shop on Ledford Mill Road, over the previous week...

Liberty repairs to be complete in December (11/19/10)
Wind damage to the roof of Liberty School won't be fully repaired until next month, according to discussion Thursday night at Bedford County Board of Education's regular monthly meeting. The roof was damaged in September and parts of it are currently covered by a tarp...

School system budget cuts needed for teacher raises (10/19/10)
Bedford County Board of Education approved a new contract with local teachers Monday night, but the school system will have to trim $260,943 from other line items in order to be able to afford the raise promised to teachers. The proposed contract negotiated between the school system and Bedford County Education Association is still waiting ratification by the teachers who make up BCEA...

High grades awarded to school system (10/14/10)
A site team which inspected local schools this week will recommend that Bedford County Schools be fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The site team, officially referred to as a Quality Assurance Review team, made its exit report during a special called meeting of Bedford County Board of Education on Wednesday afternoon. ...

Senate panel discusses composition of TBR (09/28/10)
NASHVILLE (AP) - Members of the Senate Education Committee meeting to discuss the composition of the Tennessee Board of Regents and its hiring of a new chancellor say their intentions are not political or to cause embarrassment. The panel on Tuesday heard from higher education officials about the makeup of the board and its responsibility...

Enrollment slightly up in schools (09/24/10)
As of Sept. 14, Bedford County Schools had an enrollment of 7,866 students and an average daily attendance of 7,521, director of student services Terry Looper reported Thursday night to Bedford County Board of Education. The enrollment represents a slight increase over the 2009-2010 school year, said School Superintendent Ed Gray. ...

Booster club to build new SC fieldhouse (08/24/10)
Bedford County Board of Education, meeting on Thursday, granted Shelbyville Quarterback Club permission to raise funds for, and build, a fieldhouse at the Shelbyville Central High School football field. The project will be funded by the Quarterback Club, not the school system...

Tracy, Ketron dislike Regents appointment (08/13/10)
State Senators Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) and Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville) said Thursday they have asked Senate Education Chairman Dolores Gresham (R-Somerville) to schedule a meeting of the Senate Education Committee "as soon as practicable" to hear testimony regarding the appointments of members to Tennessee Board of Regents...

Neeley seeks re-election to Board of Education (07/11/10)
Diane Neeley has announced her candidacy for re-election to a fourth district seat on Bedford County Board of Education in the Aug. 5 general election. Neeley, a Bedford county native, has lived in the Wheel area for the past 27 years. She is a 1982 graduate of Shelbyville Central High School and graduated from Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville, where she obtained her dental assisting license which is currently retired. ...

Martin seeks re-election to school board seat (07/09/10)
Amy F. Martin has announced her candidacy for re-election to the third district seat on Bedford County Board of Education in the Aug. 5 general election. Martin has been employed at the Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville for 38 years; she serves as the coordinator for fiscal services and human resources and also teaches evening classes and special industrial classes in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint...

Adcock seeks re-election to Board of Education (07/07/10)
Ronald H. Adcock has announced his candidacy for re-election to a Second District seat on Bedford County Board of Education in the Aug. 5 general election. Adcock is the former director of Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville. A Bedford County native, he is a graduate of Community High School and Middle Tennessee State University, earning a bachelor's degree in industrial management and a master's in vocational / technical education...

Graham seeks school board seat (07/06/10)
Chad Graham has announced his candidacy for a seventh district seat on Bedford County Board of Education. Graham was appointed in November 2009 to succeed Jerry Naron, who died in September 2009. Graham, 43, has been director of Bedford County Emergency Medical Services for 13 years. He is a Bedford County native and has been a county employee since 1990...

Water system divides towns it once joined (07/04/10)
Wartrace and Bell Buckle are at odds over water -- who supplies it and how much it costs. This was evident Thursday night at a special called water board hearing in Wartrace where both Wartrace Mayor Don Gallagher and Bell Buckle Mayor Dennis Webb explained their recent actions and reactions...

School budget passes, but changes likely (06/29/10)
Bedford County Board of Education, at a special called meeting on Monday, approved a 2010-11 budget, although there are several amendments already expected or possible in the next few months. The school budget now goes before Bedford County Board of Commissioners for approval as part of the overall county budget. ...

Bell Buckle switches to BCUD water (06/27/10)
Bell Buckle Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted Thursday night at a special called meeting to sign a contract with Bedford County Utility District, making BCUD the town's primary water source. Wartrace had been the primary supplier, and Bell Buckle will now have to seek a contract with Wartrace as a secondary supplier...

Commission to choose school board member (06/17/10)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee, meeting Tuesday night, placed the sixth district vacancy on Bedford County Board of Education on the full commission's June agenda, even though the seat will be filled in the August general election...

Vacant school board seat added to Aug. 5 ballot (05/25/10)
The vacant Sixth District school board seat will be included on the Aug. 5 general election ballot, Administrator of Elections Summer Leverette announced on Friday. Although the qualifying period for the other races on that ballot has already ended, a qualifying period for the school board seat is now open and will end June 11 at noon. Those who qualify have until noon June 14 to withdraw...

Wartrace assures Bell Buckle water will flow (05/04/10)
Wartrace Mayor Don Gallagher told the town's water board Monday night that he had received a letter from the mayor of Bell Buckle about the water supply. "Mayor (Dennis) Webb sent me a letter expressing their concerns about our ability to supply them with all the water they need," he said...

School board backs state policy changes (04/21/10)
Bedford County Board of Education approved three policy changes recommended by Tennessee School Boards Association Tuesday night but deferred action on a fourth in order to seek some clarification. Many of the policies passed by the board are drafted by or with the help of TSBA, and TSBA advises school boards on how to keep their policies in line with the latest legislative or legal developments...

Bell Buckle faces water problems (04/14/10)
Wartrace is on trial. That's the word from the Bell Buckle board of mayor and aldermen, which has been less than pleased with the town's water situation since the changeover to the Tullahoma water source. "Our water rate from Wartrace has gone from $1.55 to $2.50 (per thousand gallons). That is substantial," said Mayor Dennis Webb at the Tuesday night meeting...

Water connection completed (03/04/10)

Bowling alley awarded 6-month beer permit (03/03/10)
After what was probably the longest beer board meeting on record, Shelbyville Lanes now has a beer permit. A six-month probationary beer permit. "Your problem is that you were too honest and it hurt you," said board chairman Ricky Overcast to owner Kim Manley at a special called meeting of the Shelbyville Beer Board Monday night...

Wait's nearly over for Wartrace water connection (02/26/10)
It's been a long and expensive April Fool's joke for the town of Wartrace, but as of Tuesday, the end is in sight. The town issued a statement Thursday morning that the long-awaited conversion to the Tullahoma Utility Board for its new water supply will take place Tuesday...

Wartrace water move scheduled next week (02/25/10)
Weather permitting, Wartrace's long-awaited conversion to the Tullahoma Utilities Board for water should take place early next week. The project, almost two years in the making, has had its final phase postponed repeatedly this winter due to freezing or wet weather...

Many power boards offer insurance (02/21/10)
Shelbyville's power, water and sewer board is the only appointed city board that receives any compensation, but according to the general manager of the utility, getting health insurance is not a unique situation for them. Councilman Thomas Landers raised the controversial issue two weeks ago when he stated that many members of the public did not realize there were no term limits for power board members, but they also did not know that the power system pays for their health insurance as well...

Preparation may pay off for schools (02/21/10)
Like many other school systems in the state of Tennessee, Bedford County Schools may be facing hard times when it comes to the budget. But unlike many of those systems, the county may be better prepared. School Superintendent Ed Gray went over the financials with the board of education Thursday night, telling it the property tax numbers were up...

Two seats on Road Board are filled (02/11/10)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners appointed Andrew Robertson on Tuesday night to a vacant Eighth District seat and Ronnie Sudberry to a vacant Ninth District seat on Bedford County Road Board, but no one has yet been found to take the vacant Sixth District seat...

Wartrace water change still delayed by weather (02/09/10)
Freezing temperatures and wet weather have again delayed Wartrace's conversion to the Tullahoma Utilities Board water supply, "We have to have a couple of days over 40 degrees and dry," said Mayor Don Gallagher at the Monday night meeting of the Wartrace Board of Mayor and Aldermen. "We're looking five days out on the forecast and it doesn't look good."...

Wartrace water to flow faster if weather permits (01/31/10)
It went from a bad April Fool's joke to an expensive nightmare, but for the town of Wartrace, it's almost over. During the week of Feb. 9, the town's water system conversion should be complete, connecting it with the Tullahoma Utilities Board. Should be....

Bowling alley owner denied city beer permit (01/15/10)
The new owner of the Shelbyville bowling alley was denied a beer permit for the second month in a row at the Wednesday night meeting of the Shelbyville Beer Board. According to board chairman Ricky Overcast, "one of the reasons" was because the owner, Kim Manley, admitted to selling beer without a license...

Change to Tullahoma water reset for February (01/13/10)
Holiday breaks and unexpected cold temperatures have postponed the final connection between the Wartrace and Tullahoma Utility Board water lines. "The weather really hurt us bad," said Brian Smith of the Wartrace Water Department at the Monday night meeting of the water board. "The contractors on the (Philippi Road) bypass project couldn't even get their equipment to work at all last week. One sewer pump froze."...

Distance learning technology demonstrated (12/18/09)
During Thursday night's meeting of Bedford County Board of Education, school system technology coordinator Joan Gray introduced a demonstration of the distance learning technology now being implemented in the school system. Mike Lay of Personal Computer Systems Inc. ...

"Race to the Top" school guidelines approved (12/18/09)
Bedford County Board of Education, meeting Thursday night, approved a memorandum of understanding with the state to comply with the guidelines of President Obama's "Race To The Top" grant program. The program will evaluate teachers and principals based on criteria such as student test scores, and make tenure more dependent on the results. "This was somewhat controversial a month ago," said School Superintendent Ed Gray...

Grieving mother had been conducting own search for son (12/03/09)
When Deborah Griggs sat in a parking lot in Tullahoma and watched police dogs search the area for her missing son, she wondered if he would ever be found safe and sound. "I had a bad feeling when I watched those dogs walk down there," she said. Her mother's intuition was right. Wednesday morning, days after the dogs searched fruitlessly, and 12 days after he was last seen, her son was found dead behind a Tullahoma car dealership on the AEDC Access Road...

Spanking guidelines modified (11/20/09)
Bedford County Board of Education revised its corporal punishment policy Thursday night due to statewide concerns that corporal punishment is not equally applied to male and female students. The change is being made by multiple school systems in response to complaints about the practice from the American Civil Liberties Union, said School Superintendent Ed Gray...

Planners address church, cycles, waste treatment (04/25/08)
A new church building, a motorcycle dealership and an improved treatment plant for Tyson were some of the items addressed by the Shelbyville Planning Commission Thursday. A public hearing was held concerning Shelbyville's new subdivision regulations before the commission meeting began. No one spoke about the new rules and the commission approved the regulations after that...

Pipeline, higher dam among water supply ideas (04/22/08)
Alternatives on how to avoid water shortages due to drought are to be explored at Henry Horton State Park on Thursday when the Duck River Agency Board of Directors convenes for its quarterly meeting. One of the ideas is to have a pipe to transfer water from Tims Ford Lake, which is fed by the Elk River, to the Duck River below the Normandy Lake dam to maintain river flow through Shelbyville as well as water reserves for the utility serving Tullahoma and Manchester, according to the river agency's executive director and chairman of the board.. ...

Half of Shelbyville without water for 12 hours (04/21/08)
So far, 2008 has been an eventful year for Bedford County's water utilities. About 4,500 customers -- a little more than half -- of Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage System were without water for 12 hours Saturday night and Sunday morning, after a water main break in a field near SPWSS headquarters...

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