Weekly Wrap Up
Administration
- This Week
- Committee and Board of Mayor & Aldermen meetings were held on Tuesday.
- A staff meeting was held on Wednesday.
- I (Nolan Ming) participated as an interviewer for MTAS in the Signal Mountain interview panel for candidates for their next City Manager.
- I read books to a class at Bobby Ray for Read Across America Week.
- Next Week
- We will begin working on the upcoming budget.
Strategic Plan Progress
- Click HERE to see progress towards our 2023-2026 strategic plan goals.
Employment Opportunities
- Click HERE for a list of current job openings.
Finance
- You can now pay your taxes online or by phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Simply go to our website and click ‘Lookup or pay property taxes,’ go to bit.ly/mcmtaxesonline, or call us at 931-473-1200 anytime.
- Click HERE for general budget information.
- Click HERE to see Balancing Act and an interactive version of our current budget (23/24).
- Click HERE to see your estimated taxpayer receipt.
Public Works
- This Week
- Continued working on the first and second floors of City Hall
- Patched water cuts around town.
- Worked on the planters in the back parking lot on East Colville St.
- Completed a clean-up at the transfer station for the upcoming state inspection.
- Next Week
- We’ll be demoing the house at 206 Potter Lane getting ready for a stormwater project.
- We’ll be sweeping the bike lanes.
- We’ll be continuing to work on the planters in the back parking lots.
Police
- This Week
- Congratulations to Detective Sergeant Katelyn Cannon on her recent promotion. She has also spent the past week attending additional training in CVSA.
- Congratulations to Detective Sergeant Cory Knowles on his recent promotion.
- There are still a few open positions for our Teen Citizens Police Academy. Please come by the Police Department located on the 3rd Floor of City Hall for an application.
- Next Week
- Continued work with the Slow Down TN campaign and reminder yard sign efforts. This campaign is designed to remind everyone about the importance of maintaining a safe speed when traveling our local roadways.
- Department personnel continue to attend various trainings in a variety of areas.
Fire
- This Week
- Delivered Meals on Wheels
- Extrication training will be conducted on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
- All shifts completed their performance management evaluations.
- Firefighter/AEMT Robert Bess and Firefighter/AEMT Colby Pearsall passed their commission rope test on Rope Rescue.
- Next Week
- Work on applying for the AFG Grant.
- Work on the upcoming budget.
- All shifts will complete a walk-through/pre-plan at Generation Hot Tubs.
- We will help with a car seat checkpoint event on March 9th at the Milner Center.
- This Week
- McMinnville Youth Basketball League games going on this week. The tournament begins Sat. 3/2.
- Winter Tennis League matches Sat. 3/2.
- Working on dog park expansion.
- Preparing budget with staff this week.
- Finalizing spring soccer registration numbers to prepare for the spring season. 447 sign-ups.
- Next Week
- McMinnville Youth Basketball League tournament and finals.
- Winter Tennis League matches Sat. 3/9.
- Preparing budget with Park Theater staff.
- This Week
- Dailey & Vincent – Friday, March 1, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – limited tickets remain!
- Puppy Pals Live! A comedic stunt dog show (as seen on America’s Got Talent) – Sunday, March 3, 2024 @ 2:30 pm – family pack tickets are available.
- Next Week
- Puffs: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic (a play presented by Warren Arts) – March 7 & 8, 2024 – tickets on sale soon!
- Sea Chanters: The U.S. Navy Band Official Chorus – Saturday, March 9, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – Free Show!
- Upcoming
- Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder – Saturday, March 16 @ 7:00 pm – limited tickets remain!
- End of the Line - An Allman Brothers Tribute - Saturday, March 23 @ 7:00 pm.
Community Development
- This Week
- Held the Historic Zoning Board meeting: Three certificates of appropriateness were approved.
- Board of Zoning Appeals: Two special exceptions and one variance were approved.
- The second and final reading on the rezoning of property on Red Rd. from R-1 Low Density to R-6 - Smart Growth.
- The second and final reading on the zoning amendment regarding attached single-family dwellings.
- Next Week
- Prepare for the March 12th BoMA meeting.
- Minor tweaks to the permitting software.
- This Week
- Several service calls and locates.
- Cleaned up the maintenance shop.
- Prepped for loading dock and back wall repair.
- Inspected patchwork on Lagoon Drive manholes.
- Framed lean-to at the back of the shop.
- Installed ¾ water tap on Kingwood Dr.
- Checked all pump stations.
- Worked on the dock area at the shop.
- Assisted on leak location for the customer.
- Cleaned clarifiers at the Wastewater Plant.
- Fleming Training Staff toured our Wastewater plant.
- Ran double shifts at the sludge press.
- Continued to train on the new reporting for Labs on the EPA website.
- Next Week
- We will set a new E1 Station on Bradford Rd.
- If materials arrive, we will be making a 4-inch tap and setting a 4-inch meter base with box.