Waste Management

Quake drill is critical (01/19/12)
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is encouraging schools, families and businesses to participate in an earthquake drill next month. Registration is open for the second annual Great Central U. S. ShakeOut earthquake drill, scheduled for Feb. 7 at 10:15 a.m.. Last April, more than 3 million people in 11 states, including 250,000 Tennesseans, took part...

Waste group membership moves closer (01/17/12)
Bedford County is "closer" to joining the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority (ISWA), the county mayor informed the local waste board. The county has been working towards joining the ISWA since the first of last year, after the Cedar Ridge Landfill in Marshall County was closed in January, leaving the county no place to haul its garbage...

Central recycling site proposed for county (12/11/11)
A recycling center has been proposed for a central location in Shelbyville to make it more accessible to county residents. Solid Waste Coordinator Gay Ervin reported at Thursday's Solid Waste Authority meeting she has spoken to Shelbyville Mayor Wallace Cartwright about the proposal. He expressed interest, Ervin said, but wasn't certain where such a facility could be placed...

Central recycling location proposed (11/13/11)
Bedford County's solid waste authority wants to ask the city of Shelbyville about a possible central location for recycling. Highway Superintendant Stanley Smotherman told the authority that the amount of garbage going to the Middle Point landfill in Rutherford County was lower than normal, which he attributed to more residents participating in recycling...

Darker side of bright fall leaves: Where they go (11/10/11)
Those bright colors that everyone loves to see in the trees are starting to hit the ground, meaning that it's time to break out the lawn tools. But getting rid of all of that foliage falls to the public works department, which is trying to find better and cheaper ways of getting rid of Shelbyville's leaves...

Only 1 bidder for nursing home (10/26/11)
Bedford County received only one bid for its nursing home and former hospital facility on Union Street -- from the company which is currently leasing the nursing home, Johnson City-based Care Centers Management Consultants. CCMC has bid $3,040,520, less $240,520 it claims the county owes it for improvements which had to be made to bring the building in compliance with state law, for a net cash bid of $2.8 million...

City takes closer look at safety (10/06/11)
The city of Shelbyville is intending to "step up safety" following two critical state audits that have resulted in the reactivation of its employee safety committee. In May, the city received an inspection from the Tennessee Municipal League's Risk Management Pool, followed by a state Occupational Safety and Health Administration check in August, with both groups citing several relatively minor issues...

County awaits entry into ISWA (09/13/11)
Progress is moving forward on getting Bedford County into the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority, with other counties looking to join the organization, the county's waste authority was told. Highway superintendant Stanley Smotherman and county mayor Eugene Ray recently traveled to Columbia to meet with Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation officials, as well as commissioners from several regional counties...

Johnson had close call during attacks (09/11/11)
In September 2001, Scott and Alice Johnson were living in Washington, D.C. Scott was working as an agent for the U.S. Air Force, while Alice taught at a local elementary school. Their two children were in high school in northern Virginia...

Area not immune to terror (09/11/11)
Shelbyville may seem like an unlikely place to find terrorists, but that doesn't eliminate the need for vigilance or homeland security, according to Scott Johnson, director of Bedford County Emergency Management Agency and a terrorism liaison officer for the state...

New leader joins Christian Care Center (09/02/11)
Christian Care Center welcomed new administrator Mike Rabuka this week. A registered nursing home administrator, he recently transferred to the area from Clarksville. Rabuka will be responsible for the overall operations of the building, management of staff, the center's budget and day-to-day operations...

City tax hike proposed (06/08/11)
With members calling it the simplest and smoothest budget meeting they ever had, Shelbyville city council was presented with the first draft of a budget containing a 26-cent property tax increase. But the actual amount of the hike won't be known until later this month, after a new certified tax rate is determined. The new rate will help fund a $12.4 million budget...

SWA ready to talk recycling with council (04/19/11)
The county's solid waste authority says they will be happy to discuss recycling with Shelbyville, following comments by city council members about the topic. In two recent study sessions, members of the Shelbyville city council have spoken about becoming more efficient at reducing costs by utilizing recycling...

Tire fees rise (04/17/11)
Starting May 1, a disposal fee of $2 per tire will be charged to offset rising costs at the county's tire disposal facility, the county's solid waste authority decided Thursday. Jason McGee, office manager for the facility, reported to the authority that the highway department had spent $40,866.89 in excess of the $28,400 state tire grant they received in fiscal year 2009-2010...

City agrees to 1 ISWA region seat (04/15/11)
The council passed a resolution to allow a person selected by the county mayor to jointly represent both the city and county on the newly reconfigured Municipal Solid Waste Planning Region Board. On Wednesday night, the county commission approved resolutions to enter the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority...

Area agency will oversee county waste (04/14/11)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners approved resolutions Tuesday night for the county to enter the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority. If ISWA, as expected, approves Bedford County for membership, and the state approves the change, Bedford County Solid Waste Authority will cease to exist and ISWA will have authority over the county's waste disposal and recycling programs...

Cleaner city to spring forth (04/13/11)
With the frigid weather mostly behind us, it's time to get rid of all the junk that has been piling up over the last few months. Shelbyville's public works department is getting ready to help you in that regard with its Spring Clean-up, set for next week, April 18 - 21...

Recycling urged for city trash (04/07/11)
While the subject of trash may have been put on the back burner for the city council, recycling is an idea that has stuck around. Councilman Jamie Williams said Tuesday he would like to set up a committee of private individuals to look at recycling and make recommendations to the council...

County expected to name ISWA member (04/06/11)
Shelbyville's city council was asked Tuesday to allow the county to appoint a single representative to the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority's Regional Planning Board by giving up their seat. Lynn Wampler spoke to the council about the complicated issues involved with the ISWA and said it was vital that Shelbyville allow the county to represent the city on the regional planning board...

Healthy response hoped for test (04/03/11)
Bedford and 11 other counties will participate in a drill April 14 to test state and local responses to a public health emergency. The scenario for the exercise involves the release of a nerve agent affecting a limited number of people, and how to deploy medical countermeasures for treatment...

County allowed 1 seat on waste board (03/18/11)
Bedford County will have only one seat on the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority board, even though the counties which founded ISWA have two seats apiece, according to resolutions recommended Tuesday night by Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee...

Storm causes little damage (02/25/11)
Scott Johnson of Bedford County Emergency Management Agency said the county experienced "sporadic power outages, downed trees and some temporary flash flooding" as the result of Thursday night's severe weather. "As the strong squall line moved into Marshall County from west to east about 10 p.m., it had some indications of potential tornado activity," wrote Johnson in an e-mail to the Times-Gazette. ...

Juvenile center loses $400K (02/23/11)
Figures presented Tuesday night to Bedford County Financial Management Committee by county finance director Robert Daniel document that the county's juvenile detention center, once touted as a moneymaker for the county, now costs the county more than $400,000 a year to operate and may house only one or two juveniles at any given time...

Storms spring up; be prepared (02/16/11)
In order to survive severe weather, you need to do two things: know, and act. You must know when there is a danger of severe weather. The most-recommended tool for that is a NOAA weather radio receiver, widely available at a variety of local stores...

First vote on trash cut tonight (02/10/11)
What will the council do tonight? That might be the question on many citizens' minds as Shelbyville's leaders will consider the first reading of an ordinance to do away with municipal garbage service. The meeting is set to begin at 6 p.m. in the courtroom at the city's police department...

Nursing facility attracts interest (01/20/11)
After hinting last month that it might be interested in selling the county-owned nursing home facility, the county has begun receiving inquiries, according to discussion at Tuesday night's meeting of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee...

Waste destination found (12/15/10)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners' vote Tuesday night to join the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority was prompted by a looming deadline and few options, but officials say it may turn out to be a good decision for the county. Cedar Ridge Landfill in Marshall County, where Bedford County Solid Waste Authority had been taking its trash, is closing at the end of the year, and the options for replacing it were few and expensive...

Deadline nears for trash decision (12/12/10)
With no place for the county's trash to go after the first of the year, the county's solid waste authority is recommending to the county commission that they ask to join the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority. Approval was given on Wednesday by the ISWA that both Bedford and Moore County would be allowed to join the group, which could bring a considerable savings to the county in the cost of trash disposal...

State agency says water service can't be cut over trash fee (12/02/10)
Another legal opinion from the state's Municipal Technical Advisory Service states that Shelbyville residents who refuse to pay a proposed $11 monthly trash fee would not have their water service cut off after all. And this news has caused city council members to ask for "all the facts" before presenting the topic to the public again...

City may let county use transfer station (12/02/10)
Shelbyville and Bedford County may be joining forces soon to combat the problem of where to dump rural trash. The county learned last week that Cedar Ridge Landfill in neighboring Marshall County is closing temporarily due to a delay in its appeal to the state for permission to expand, but also because space is running out for more garbage at the site...

County must find new disposal site - fast (11/28/10)
Bedford County has until the first of 2011 to find a new place to dump their trash. Cedar Ridge Landfill in Marshall County is closing temporarily due to a delay in its appeal for permission to expand, and also because space is running out for more garbage...

New council will take on old issues (11/21/10)
When the two newest members of Shelbyville's city council take their seats next month, they will be facing the same problems that has dominated their discussions over the past year -- the budget. The general election earlier this month saw council incumbents Lee Roy Cunningham and Al Stephenson defeated by James "Jamie" Williams and Sam Meek...

City trash fee delayed (11/18/10)
The controversial ordinance that would enact a monthly $11 trash fee for Shelbyville residents will have to be completely rewritten and would likely not be passed until next spring. Meanwhile, the city is trying to save money by not filling vacant job positions throughout Shelbyville's various departments...

Landfill issue may cause county trash disposal problems (11/14/10)
Members of the county's solid waste authority are wondering where the county's trash will go if the Cedar Ridge landfill is not allowed to expand. Highway Superintendent Stanley Smotherman told authority members Thursday that a hearing has been set for Dec. 7 in Nashville where Waste Management Inc., which runs the landfill in neighboring Marshall County, will appeal state Environment Commissioner Jim Fyke's refusal to permit trash to be dumped on a sinkhole on the site...

Ignore trash fee, lose city water (11/09/10)
A legal opinion from the state's Municipal Technical Advisory Service says that residents who refuse to pay a proposed $11 monthly trash fee could have their water service cut off. Shelbyville's city council put off the third and final reading of the controversial fee last week after they were told there were "too many unanswered questions" about the ordinance...

Tornado forecast creates 'a momentary scare' (10/26/10)
Bedford County Emergency Management Agency director Scott Johnson said that local officials had "a momentary scare" when the county seemed likely to fall victim to a tornado. "We did have a momentary scare this afternoon from the storms," stated Johnson in an e-mail to the Times-Gazette....

Quail Hollow to close soon (10/17/10)
The Quail Hollow landfill in southern Bedford County, inactive for years, should be officially closed by mid-December, members of the Solid Waste Authority were told Thursday. Member Bill Lewis said that the site is to be covered with clay, dirt and then sodded with grass. ...

Yard filled with junk? It's Fall Clean-Up time (10/13/10)
It's fall once again, and that means it's time to get rid of all the junk that's been piling up around your property and garage. Next week, the city's public works department will be lending a hand to help you haul away all that stuff when they hold their annual Fall Clean-up...

Appertain denies service cutback claim (09/21/10)
Appertain Corp., which is currently handing removal of livestock carcasses in Bedford and other nearby counties, said it has tried to expand its service and denied a claim by County Mayor Eugene Ray last week that the company tried to back out of its contract...

Annual anti-litter grant given to county (08/26/10)
Bedford County has received $34,221 in grant money as part of an effort to stop litter across Tennessee. The funding is part of $3,862,515 in litter grant funds that was given to all 95 counties, according to a press release from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT)...

Engineering fees gain committee's support (08/25/10)
Bedford County Financial Management Committee gave its recommendation Tuesday evening to a schedule of engineering fees which will be passed along to the developers of major subdivisions. The county is contracting with Smyrna-based Dempsey, Dilling & Associates to provide engineering services. The developer of a subdivision will still hire his or her own engineer to draw up plans, explained county commissioner and planning commission member Linda Yockey...

Trash fee leads to confusion (07/02/10)
Shelbyville officials say that the new $11 per month garbage fee approved Tuesday is required due to a federal accounting regulation. City manager Michael Dill says he has been receiving calls from citizens asking questions about the fee, which was approved 4-2 by the city council earlier this week...

Proposed waste fee on council agenda (06/25/10)
Shelbyville's city council will hold a special called meeting Tuesday evening to approve this year's budget and to look at possibly implementing a solid waste fee. A public hearing is set on the budget ordinance for the special called meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m., and there are reportedly no plans to increase the tax rate...

Suggestion of facility's reopening has concerned county officials (05/26/10)
Despite concerns about the possible reopening of the Quail Hollow Landfill, the company that owns the facility has informed the state's environmental agency of their intention to close it. Nearly two weeks ago, Bedford County's Solid Waste Committee voted to draft a letter that could be sent to state officials about concerns over the landfill near Raus being reopened if the Cedar Ridge Landfill in nearby Marshall County is closed...

SWA urged to buy garbage truck (04/14/10)
The county's solid waste authority has been told that a new garbage truck will be needed soon. Highway superintendent Stanley Smotherman said Thursday that there are currently 500,000 miles on the 1994 model and that the county has no backup truck to replace it...

Emergency communications exercise held at fire academy (03/11/10)
Emergency communications units from local, state and federal agencies operating in Middle Tennessee gathered this week at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy for an exercise designed to improve inter-agency communications in the case of a major disaster or other emergency...

Severe weather season nears (02/25/10)
This is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Tennessee, and Bedford County Emergency Management Agency director Scott Johnson says that every family, every business, and every church or non-profit organization should have a plan for coping with severe weather...

Paint recycling facility to open in spring (02/17/10)
Residents of Bedford County will be able to start recycling their latex paint later this spring, when a facility will be opened to the public. Solid Waste Coordinator Gay Ervin told the Solid Waste Authority Thursday that everything has been worked out with Shelbyville public works director Mark Clanton, who highway superintendant Stanley Smotherman said went "above and beyond to help the county."...

Scrap dealer must pay county $12.4K (01/19/10)
Bedford County's solid waste authority has been awarded judgment against a scrap metal dealer that owed money. A letter from attorney M. Wyatt Burk informed the authority that judgment was received against Southeast Recovery Group and Robert Madeo in an amount of $12,479.64, plus $150 in court costs...

City cleanup planned (10/06/09)
Have you got junk piling up around the house, garage or shop and need to get rid of it? If so, you should set aside some time and get that stuff to the street for Shelbyville's fall clean-up, scheduled for Oct. 19-22. Trucks will be coming by on your regular garbage pick-up day to haul off just about anything you'd like to dispose of, with the exception of household hazardous waste...

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