Rocky Top gets ‘clean’ audit report for 2024-25
Mayor Kerry Templin, second from left, conducts the Rocky Top City Council meeting on Thursday, Jan. 15, at City Hall. Others present are, from left, Councilmen Joe Tackett, Keith Daniels and Richard Duff. - G. Chambers Williams III
Rocky Top’s City Council heard Thursday night that the city has received a “clean” audit report for the 2024-25 fiscal year, ending last June 30, with no issues or concerns listed. The report was made by auditor J.R. Cates of the accounting firm Mitchell Emert & Hill of Knoxville. He termed his report as a “clean, unmodified opinion,” adding that there were “no internal-control findings.” “There were no issues throughout the audit,” Cates said, adding that it was completed on time, by Dec. 31, as required by state law. Property tax receipts climbed to $2.5 million for 2025, up from $2.3 million for 2024, he said. The city ended the year with a fund balance that increased by $228,000 from the previous year, Cates said. Expenditures increased for the year, but mostly because of capital expenditures that were covered by grants, he said.
Read MoreMagnet Mills sites sold
The historic water tank sits overlooking the two separate tracts that once housed the Magnet Mills hosiery plant next to CVS Pharmacy on Charles G. Seivers Boulevard in Clinton on Monday. Both sites reportedly have been sold to potential developers. - G. Chambers Williams III
Clinton officials say both tracts along the Clinch River that once held the Magnet Mills hosiery plant have been sold to separate buyers, but no plans for either one have been announced yet. Property records available online show that Ted Duke of Knoxville on Dec. 15 purchased the 3.38-acre site that includes a 20,000-square-foot metal building, for a reported $1.25 million. Duke operates Production Components Inc., a Knoxville industrial company, and has been renting the prefabricated building on the Magnet Mills site, reports indicated. Duke did not return phone calls from The Courier News on Monday seeking comment. No buyer’s information had shown up yet as of Monday on the state property viewer website for the second tract, 3.59 acres, next door to CVS Pharmacy on Charles G. Seivers Boulevard.
Read MoreAnderson County EMS gets a state safety grant
The Anderson County Emergency Medical Service was recently awarded a safety grant from the Tennessee Risk Management Trust. Totaling $2,151, the grant will cover the cost of a 145-pound training manikin and half of its shipping cost. The manikin will be used in the EMS team’s Injury Prevention System training program. From a previous safety grant, EMS introduced the Injury Prevention Systems course to teach employees safe lifting and movement techniques. This grant will help enhance the course training, allowing providers to practice lifting, transferring, and team-based movement in realistic scenarios. “Anderson County is appreciative of the partnership with [the state] to help us reduce injuries to our team members,” County Mayor Terry Frank said.
Read MoreState grant funds school food truck
A new food truck will soon serve children in need across Anderson County Schools during breaks. A grant from the state of Tennessee for $194,000 will help pay for the truck. The priority will be serving the areas with the highest food insecurity, but the school system plans to serve the whole district, Director of Student Services Paula Sellers said. She said these highest food insecurity areas were around the Norwood, Rocky Top and Briceville areas. Sellers plans to use it during vacation times or weather days, letting people know through social media where the truck will be. She said the contractor, JP Food Trucks would take 16 weeks to build the truck “from the ground up” but delays can occur due to parts and materials. She also was not certain when the truck could begin delivering meals but hoped it could be by the start of school next year. “The goal is to serve Anderson County Schools, but I won’t turn anyone away,” she said. The aim is to serve hot food, but the meals may vary depending on the donations the school system receives. “If they don’t have the things that they need in their lives such as food, a place to stay, clothing, sometimes that’s a barrier to getting to school and getting ready to learn,” Sellers told the Anderson County Board of Education. “Families are really struggling,” she said. “These are working families. They hold a job. They just are struggling to make ends meet.”
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