Control kit delay slows new Mariner Point signal
Clinton is still waiting for one piece of equipment needed for the new traffic signal light at the intersection of Mariner Point and Oak Ridge Highway (State Route 61).
“Most of the work is done,” City Manager Roger Houck said. “We’re just waiting on the control kit.” He told The Courier News that it should arrive March 1.
In the meantime, the city has already put up the mast arm for the future light. Houck announced this development at the City Council’s Dec. 19 meeting.
Houck said he was looking forward to the new light being ready to help with safety, specifically with people coming to and from the nearby Anderson County Senior Center at 96 Mariner Point.
Parking
The City Council approved giving Houck and the city attorney permission to update a parking agreement with Memorial United Methodist Church, working with that church’s trustees.
The new agreement will allow the both the public and the church to use additional parking at the lot between North Hicks Street and Lamar Avenue that isn’t part of the city’s 1961 agreement. Houck said this would help with special events downtown.
Mayor Scott Burton abstained, saying he did so to avoid conflict of interest because he attends that church.
It passed unanimously otherwise, although Matt Foster and Brian Hatmaker were absent.
CUB
Also at the Dec. 19 meeting, the Clinton City Council members present unanimously approved an agreement to accept $1.5 million from Clinton Utilities Board, based on the state of Tennessee’s requirements for electric utilities sharing revenue with their municipalities.