Crossville has a new village trustee and it’s first ever female Mayor Pro-Tem. The village welcomed Jim Smith as Trustee, appointed following the death of Wes Trout. Trout’s passing also opened up a spot for a new Mayor Pro-Tem, a position he held. The Mayor Pro-Tem has the power to act as mayor in the elected official’s absence. Mayor Rick Kuykendall appointed Nikki Jacobs to the post.
Also Tuesday evening, Mayor Kuykendall is looking to establish a committee specifically to look at and make recommendations surrounding property abatements. He says he’d like Trustee Bruce Morlock to head that committee and also appoint Smith and Jacobs to also work together for the community’s betterment. In the meantime, the community is already coming together to work on some clean up and the village moved to rent a 30 yard dumpster through Bulldog Systems for $660 for 5 tons and $55 per ton over that.
The village also approved multiple permits Tuesday night including for Kelly Rockett for
demolition of property at 910 South Cross Street; a building permit for Dustin Buchanan at 404 West Main to install a fence and also a building permit for a building at the same address.
There was also discussion Tuesday night on topics from commemorative benches at Tiger Park to the amount of time having to be spent on utility locates by village employees and the board also talked to and heard from a couple residents who dropped by to show their appreciation for the effort Crossville officials have been putting in over the last several months saying they’ve noticed things improving.
Trustees adjourned into executive session at 7:14pm after 44 minutes of regular meeting.
Following the closed door meeting, leaders made the decision to move forward with having PC Doctors upgrade the telephone and security system for the village. Trustees had heard a presentation from David Burrows back on July 9th
Through the agreement, Crossville will get 7 (VoIP) internet operated phones, with screens enabling city staff to view security cameras all while cutting the cost on monthly phone bills. With that, Crossville will be outfitted with vandal resistant cameras at the park and eventually new cameras on the Village Hall. The cost of the upgrades is $4,905. With the savings included, it’s expected the new investment will pay for itself in about two years.