By Louie Graves
News-Leader staff
Nashville’s search for a public works director continues.
City council members voted 11-1 Monday to table the applications and re-advertise the job. Mayor Larry Dunaway is the previous PWD director, and has continued to work in both capacities with extra pay. The vote came after a 25-minute executive session at the end of Monday’s regular meeting for April. The ‘nay’ vote was by Alderman Joe Hoen.
Among other items of business at the meeting:
Aldermen voted unanimously to pay the city’s $13,295 share of the continued one-cent tax to each Howard Memorial Hospital and Developing Howard County.
HMH Chief Executive Officer Stacy Harberson explained to the council how the hospital planned to use the funds.
The amount fluctuates monthly in relation to sales taxes recovered, and the county’s other incorporated cities also share the receipts with the hospital and the economic development agency.
Parks and Recreation Director Meghan Floyd asked for — and got — the council’s approval to seek a federal grant which would be used to prepare fields for travel ball baseball competition. If the federal grant is unsuccessful she will go to local donors to pay for preparing the playing surface to lure tournaments.
At the recommendation of the mayor, Police Chief Amy Marion, and Fire Marshal Justin Thornton, the city entered an agreement with the Municipal League to furnish voluntary consultation services for safety personnel who have encountered trauma. The vote was unanimous.
The council accepted the recommended low bid of $411,497 for interior and exterior repainting of the city’s elevated water storage tank on 7th Street.
Present for the meeting were council members Lynn Dyer, Herbert Turley, Charles Pinkston, Kay Gathright, William Turley, Kahlid Benson, Phil Jones, Brent Thompson, Donna Harwell, Joe Hoen and Freddie Horne. Also, Mayor Larry Dunaway, Police Chief Amy Marion, Parks Director Meghan Floyd, Code Enforcement Officer David Riggs, Financial Officer Kimberly Green, and City Attorney Aaron Brasel.
