Rocky Top approves lockbox ordinance
The Rocky Top City Council normally meets at 6 p.m. the third Thursday of each month here at City Hall on North Main Street. Next month, the meeting will be a week later and two hours earlier than normal — 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 26. (photo:G. Chambers Williams III )
The council, meeting in its February regular session, approved the measure, Ordinance 617, on second and final reading on a unanimous vote (5-0).
Property owners will be responsible for buying and installing the lockboxes, and they could be fined up to $500 for failing to do so, according to the ordinance.
Also on Thursday, the council unanimously passed a “resolution of the city of Rocky Top expressing opposition to any state-imposed cap on property taxes, which limits local governments in funding services desired by their residents, and urging the city’s legislative delegation to oppose state legislation that would impose such a cap.”
Such a measure has been discussed during the current General Assembly session in Nashville.
In other business last week, the council:
n Set its next regular meeting (March) to be held beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 26.
That’s a week later than the regularly scheduled meetings, which are on the third Thursday of each month. It’s also two hours earlier, as meetings normally start at 6 p.m.
n Gave approval for Tammie Pyke and the “Sunshine Bus” to provide some summer meals to children in Rocky Top this year.
n Heard that a pre-construction meeting for $1.1 million worth of improvements at the George Templin Memorial Park ballfield would be held on Monday (Feb. 23).
This project will include new bleachers, restroom and concession stand upgrades, a new fence, and repaving of a walking track in the park, City Manager Mike Ellis said.
The city has received a grant to pay for half of the work, with a loan expected to cover the remaining $550,000.
