Anderson Commission unanimously approves budget with small tax cut
Note: This story was updated at 1:12 p.m. June 18. CLINTON—The Anderson County Commission unanimously approved a budget that cut the property tax rate by one-third of a penny on Monday. It was a small...
View ArticleRoane schools budget $1.5M out of balance
Information from WYSH Radio The Roane County school system is facing a $1.5 million budget shortfall and some are calling for a property tax increase to make up the deficit, while others are saying no...
View ArticleClinton OKs no-tax-increase budget
Information from WYSH Radio On Monday, the Clinton City Council approved the city’s budget for Fiscal Year 2013-2014. The budget is balanced with no property tax increase for city residents, leaving...
View ArticleRoane County school board makes budget cuts
Information from WYSH Radio On Thursday, the Roane County School Board voted to make several deep cuts to balance its budget for this year. The cuts became necessary earlier when the Roane County...
View ArticleGuest column: Legal battle between county mayor, sheriff must be resolved...
Note: This is a copy of an Oct. 9 e-mail that Anderson County Commissioner Myron Iwanski sent to the other commissioners and county officials. The sheriff’s salary lawsuit against the county mayor was...
View ArticleGuest column: County looks ‘dysfunctional’ on jail dispute, needs solutions
Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank’s op-ed column submitted to the media last week questioned County Commission’s decision to expand the jail. It has some incorrect statements about the history of this...
View ArticleGuest column: Let’s house federal prisoners, not raise taxes, to pay for new...
By Anderson County Commission Chairman Chuck Fritts Commissioners, A question we need to be asking ourselves: “Would our citizens rather us house low-risk federal prisoners in the Anderson County...
View ArticleSchool Board, City Council resolve high school debt dispute
Despite opposition from a few residents and municipal officials, the Oak Ridge City Council and Board of Education have resolved a dispute over Anderson County sales tax revenues and debt payments for...
View ArticleAnderson County budget process moving along
Information from WYSH Radio As WYSH reported last week, the Anderson County Commission’s Budget Committee has approved County Mayor Terry Frank’s budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins on July...
View ArticleGuest column: Anderson mayor’s budget includes no tax increase
CLINTON—Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank has presented her administration’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. Frank’s proposed general fund budget, as recently presented...
View ArticleSchools scale back tech initiative, could ask for 37-cent tax increase
School officials scaled back the rollout of a digital technology initiative that would provide every student with an electronic device before approving a budget that could require a 37-cent tax...
View ArticleLetter: Will not vote for tax increase, wants better communication with schools
Note: This is a copy of a June 2 letter from Oak Ridge City Council member Anne Garcia Garland to Parker Hardy and members of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce. Dear Chamber: The Oak Ridge City...
View ArticleBoth budgets include pay raises; one has tax increase, tech initiative, other...
Both budgets include a 2 percent pay raise for employees—one for school staff and the other for municipal workers—but one would require a 37-cent increase in the property tax rate while the other would...
View ArticleGuest column: Self-perpetuating politics
By David Allred, June 4, 2014 I got a phone call tonight that bothered me. The content of the message wasn’t so much an annoyance as the delivery system. You see, our schools sold us a bill of goods...
View ArticleCouncil considers budget, federal lobbying contract
The Oak Ridge City Council will consider the municipal budget in the first of two readings this month during a 7 p.m. meeting today. City officials have been working toward a budget that would not...
View ArticleIn first vote this month, Council rejects schools request for tax increase
Note: This story was last updated at 9:55 a.m. June 10. In the first of two votes this month, the Oak Ridge City Council on Monday rejected a request from school officials for a 37-cent tax rate...
View ArticleGuest column: Yes to one device per child, no to property tax increase
By Aditya “Doc” Savara On June 2, Dr. Bruce Borchers, the superintendent overseeing Oak Ridge Schools, presented a 2015 school budget plan to City Council, which included a request for a property tax...
View ArticleIn final vote, City Council again rejects tax increase for schools
Note: This story was last updated at 11:15 a.m. June 17. Two last-minute attempts to pass smaller-than-requested tax increases for the Oak Ridge Schools failed on Monday, and the City Council voted...
View ArticleIwanski announces re-election campaign for County Commission
Myron Iwanski is seeking re-election to Anderson County Commission in District 8, which includes the Woodland, Emory Valley, and Hendrix Creek precincts in Oak Ridge. Iwanski was appointed in 2011 to...
View Article2014 Election: Mayoral candidates ‘bicker’ over tax hikes, lawsuits
CLINTON—She’s attacked him over a 24-year-old tax hike. He’s blasted her over lawsuits and turmoil in the Anderson County Courthouse. The two candidates, Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank and her...
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