• Shoplifting: Clinton police responded to Food City, 607 S. Charles G. Seivers Blvd., at 11:37 a.m. June 26 after a report of shoplifting.
• Theft: Clinton police responded to a Carriage View address at 9:34 a.m. June 27 after a report of theft.
• Theft of services: Clinton police responded to Sushi & Steak House, 922 N. Charles G. Seivers Blvd., at 9:52 p.m. June 27 after a report of theft of services.
In a major upgrade to local disaster-response capabilities, the Anderson County Emergency Management Agency is installing a satellite-based communications backup system for its emergency-vehicle fleet, according to a news release.
By pairing Starlink satellite terminals and multi-carrier LTE data routing with state-of-the-art tri-band mobile radios, the county is establishing a new level of voice and data resilience for first responders for the most remote areas of the county or in times of devastation when other communications fail, the agency announced.
This hybrid data system automatically senses network status and seamlessly shifts communications to the satellites when necessary.
If a severe storm, flash flood or technical outage cripples local cellular towers, each vehicle’s onboard router instantly transfers crucial data streams to the Starlink satellite network without interrupting operations.
The Anderson County Budget Committee will meet on Thursday, July 9, at 4 p.m. in Room 312 of the county courthouse in Clinton to discuss its budget for next year.
Finance Director Robert Holbrook said if all goes well, he hopes the committee will finalize the budget and present it to the County Commission at its regular meeting on July 20. The budget by law will be due in August.
Finance director Robert Holbrook has presented a draft budget. The committee met on June 16 to discuss that draft but has yet to approve it.
At that meeting, Sheriff Russell Barker proposed a further raise than what the budget included for the Sheriff’s Office, totaling at least 15%.
But the committee tabled voting on that proposal so it could discuss ways to cut elsewhere to pay for it. The proposed budget even without that raise had a total deficit of $3,837,141.
“It’s about making sure we’re competitive in the market of law enforcement,” Barker said at the meeting.
“Maybe there’s some savings,” said Commissioner Chad McNabb at the June 9 meeting, regarding ways to pay for the raise. “Maybe there’s not.”
“When we get employee raises, it’s recurring expenses,” said Holbrook. “You can’t keep giving raises and not producing revenue.”
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Clinch River Quilts of Valor quilters (from left) Becky Massengale, Rosalyn Gardner, and Gwen Cole prepare quilts for presentation at June’s vetertans breakfast. With them is June’s breakfast sponsor, Ray Varner of Ray Varner Ford.
Traffic returns as Clinton nears completion of 17-month project
The Clinton City Council has approved a six-month moratorium on new data centers while city staff reviews how the facilities should be regulated under the city’s zoning ordinance.
The moratorium was approved unanimously during the council’s June 22 meeting.
Council member Wendy Maness made the motion, and Vice Mayor Larry Gann seconded it.
Members David Queener and Brian Hatmaker were absent.
City Manager Roger Houck said staff members have been discussing data center regulations and will continue working with the city’s Planning Commission on the issue.
Under Clinton’s current zoning ordinance, Houck said, data centers could locate only in industrial zones.
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