News 2011

The Cannon County Budget Committee plans to put the finishing touches onthe budget cutting and trimming of the County Budget tonight when it meets
at the Courthouse. The Budget Committee has already met a record 11
times. The 12th meeting will be to look at various forms of revenue and
get the budget together to where they can make a recommendation to the
full Cannon County Commission Saturday July 16th. The meeting at the
Courthouse tonight starts at 6:00

Approval of changes to the Cannon County High School Handbook and theLions Academy Program and three other policy changes are on the agenda
tonight as the Cannon County Board Of Education will meet in regular
session. Woodbury Grammar School principal Bonnie Patterson will address
the board concerning the pre-k play area at the Woodbury Grammar School.
Also up for approval is the Pre-K grant to include all future amendments
and addenda. The Board is also scheduled to discuss the budget, The
meeting originally scheduled to be held at the Courthouse tonight will be
held at the Cannon County Education’s Central Office at 6:00

The Auburntown City Council met Tuesday, July 5, 2011 for their regularmonthly meeting. The elected officials who were present were Mayor, Roger
Turney and Councilpersons: Tina Fletcher, Rita Davis and Winfred Gaither.
The previous month’s minutes was presented by the City Recorder for
approval. The minutes were approved without dissent.
The financial report was passed out for review. Following a short
review the report was approved as presented. The balance of funds
to close out the Fiscal Year, June 30, 2011 was $47,556.82.
Dale Peterson, accompanied by his son Christopher, was recognized to
address the council. Dale passed out a “Wrap Up” sheet of Cannon
Communities 4th of July Celebration on July 1, 2011. He then spoke
of the superb fireworks display, food collected, money raised by the
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, number of people who attended,
governmental donations, business and personal donations and the food
and drinks distributed free. The Wrap Up sheet showed all monies
and like kind received with an amount of seed money for next year’s
celebration. The Council thought it was a worthwhile endeavor and
congratulated Dale for his tireless efforts in coordinating with
others to bring it to pass.
Red Apple Day Celebration was discussed at length. It seems that
all items of necessity have been or are in the progress of being
taken care of — red apples have been ordered, 22 vendors have been
schedule, trophies have been ordered for winners, a “Bouncy Bouncy”
play room for children has been decided upon and an underground
electric hookup will be added for extra vendors this years. Music
for both nights has been scheduled

The two men who escaped from the Cannon County Jail around 1 this afternoon have been identified:James Hill 31 years of age, white male 5’9″ 155 lbs brown hair and blue eyes.
Aubrey Sanders, 31 years of age, white male 5’7″ 180, strawberry blonde hair, and blue eyes.
Both men are wearing white t-shirts. One is wearing burgundy sweatpants, while the other male is wearing gray sweats.
If you have seen either of these men, please call the Cannon County Dispatch immediately at 563-4322

The Cannon County REACH program is still working hard on attaining theirtax exempt status. As a result of waiting for the program to be awarded
the tax exempt 501 c 3 status, they can not accept donation or grant
money. During a previous administration, the program’s tax exempt status
was registered under Child Protection Council. Current Director Linda
Bedwell has filed for tax exempt status under the correct Cannon County
Reach Program Name. However while waiting for the status to be restored,
Ms. Bedwell has to put the Horse Show scheduled for this Saturday at the
fairgrounds on hold. Ms. Bedwell assures that the Horse Show will still
take place however it will be rescheduled for a later date.

A head on collision in Warren County involving residents from Woodburyclaimed the lives of two people from Brush Creek.
According to reports from wjle.com, 31 year old Derrick Reeder and 24 year
old Brittnay Fitts died from injuries sustained when Reeder’s 1997 Accura
went into a slide after locking his brakes and hitting a 1995 Ford Mustang
driven by 24 year old Tammy Edwards from Woodbury head on. Edwards had
crossed over the center line causing the accident. The Tennessee Highway
patrol said the crash happened Monday on Shelbyville Road. Others injured
in the accident was 24 year old Kara Funk, 22 year old Brandon Byford both
of Smithville and a juvenile from Gordonsville who were all in the car
driven by Reeder. Three juveniles from Woodbury were in the Edwards
vehicle.
The accident was investigated by Trooper Dwaine Jennings and
Lieutenant Randy Maynard.

The Cannon County Budget Committee met Tuesday night to go over therevised budget of the Cannon County School System. The Committee
requested that the schools revise their budget to deduct the requests of a
3 percent increase in raises. The revision only saved $23,634.55. Travel
budgeted requests were also questioned again. Under the category of
Regular Instruction the travel line item is $14,000. It was noted that
this is not just for one person but for 13 people including the Supervisor
of Instruction, 7 school librarians, 3 computer personnel and educational
assistants. State does not furnish mileage for required training and
possible overnight stays.
The Cannon County Budget Committee will meet Thursday to go over possible
ways to come up with more revenue and work toward making a budget
recommendation to the full commission July 16th

Owners of buildings considered to be an eyesore around the town square inWoodbury will be getting notices to get their building compliant to city
ordinances or risk being fined due to actions granted by the town of
Woodbury Aldermen. Notices will be sent over the next couple of days to
the owner of the former City Hall Building, Terry Haynes Plumbing, and to
the bank that is in charge of the foreclosure of the building that housed
an apartment and former video store on the square. It was decided to have
Mr. Brent Rowland inspect the former City Hall building as there are two
exterior walls which are thought to be in poor shape to the point to where
they could collapse. There is a possibility that the building could be
classified as condemned.
In other actions of the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen. They approved the
adoption of ordinance number 440 which is an ordinance amending the
original budget ordinance of the Town of Woodbury for the fiscal year
2010-2011
The Aldermen gave permission for Ms. Anna Pittman to place Vinyl Panels
for safety in the space that housed JP Fine Swine BBQ before. Chain link
fences will also be placed around the building space with no trespassing
signs .
The item on the agenda concerning the possible adoption of a resolution
that would allow the town of Woodbury to move the fire hall to the old
Jennings Motors building has been tabled. Bids on two other buildings
that could possible house the fire hall were recieved in the past couple
of weeks. The Mayor would like to open the bid process for any other
possible sites for the fire hall.
Mayor Harold Patrick advised the Aldermen that he appointed Vicky Smith to
fill the unexpired term of Larry Richards on the Woodbury Housing
Authority. Mr. Richards resigned due to health reasons as his term
expired March of 2013
The Final Numbers are in from the Cannon Communities 4th of July
Celebration that took place last Friday here in Woodbury at Dillon Park
Estimated Number of Visitors at the park and around town for the event
totaled 1600 plus. 800 Hot Dogs were given out in an hour and 20 minutes,
720 bottles of water and 310 soft drinks were also given out. 270 pounds
of non perishable food items were collected for the Cannon County Food
Bank and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation raised $929.00 as they
sold snow cones at the event. The event ran from 5:00 to 9:30 in the
evening with the fireworks presentation lasting about 30 minutes.
The next meeting of the Woodbury Mayor and Board of Aldermen is scheduled
to be Tuesday August 2nd

The Town of Woodbury Mayor and Board Of Aldermen will meet tonight. Thereis a public hearing scheduled tonight concerning the adoption of ordinance
440 which is an ordinance amending the original budget ordinance of the
town of Woodbury for the fiscal year 2010-2011. The Aldermen approved the
budget for the fiscal year 2011-2012 during the June meeting. This public
hearing and ordinance is a routine matter and is done annually. The
meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen will be at City Hall starting
at 7:00

The Cannon County Budget Committee will hold a special meeting tonight atthe County Courthouse here in Woodbury. The purpose is to go over the
Cannon County Schools General Budget for a second time. Back on June 23rd
the Schools presented their budget with a three percent increase in the
school personnel salary line items. The committee then countered and
wanted to see what the figures would look like without the three percent
increase. The Committee will review the revised budget request tonight at
6:00