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City Clerk’s Office accepting applications for four city boards

Posted at 9:24 pm June 16, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge City Clerk’s office is currently accepting applications to fill vacancies on four city boards.

The Anderson County Economic Development Association (ACEDA) and the Convention and Visitors’ Bureau (CVB) have one vacancy each. The Environmental Quality Advisory Board (EQUAB) has three vacancies, one of which is for a high school representative. The Traffic Safety Advisory Board (TSAB) has one vacancy for a high school representative.

The terms of offices are as follows:

 City Board Term of Office
ACEDA Balance of an unexpired term ending on December 31, 2017
CVB Balance of an unexpired term ending on December 31, 2018
EQAB Balance of an unexpired term ending on December 31, 2016, and an unexpired term ending on December 31, 2018. The term for the high school representative is a one-year term commencing at the time of appointment
TSAB One-year term commencing at time of appointment

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Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge Tagged With: ACEDA, Anderson County Economic Development Association, Beth Hicman, city boards, CVB, Environmental Quality Advisory Board, EQAB, Oak Ridge City Clerk's Office, Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau, Traffic Safety Advisory Board, TSAB

Letter: Supports schools’ proposal for Preschool, Administration building

Posted at 11:48 pm December 14, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Letters 3 Comments

To the Editor:

Kudos to Dr. Bruce Borchers and the school staff for the creative and practical fresh look and proposal for resolving the dilemma of our 71-year-old pre-K and Administration building. I believe this solution is fiscally far more attractive and feasible than any alternatives that were suggested in the past. At this point, I am soundly behind it.

Kudos too, to Parker Hardy and the Chamber for being willing to discuss the possibility of letting their building be part of the plan. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Letters, Opinion Tagged With: Chamber of Commerce, City Council, Convention and Visitors Bureau, CVB, Parker Hardy, Pat Postma, preschool, school board

Guest column: Baughn’s budget recommendations to city manager

Posted at 9:38 am April 27, 2014
By Trina Baughn 28 Comments

Trina Baughn

Trina Baughn

The following are my 2015 budget recommendations to the city manager:

Mr. Watson,

I commend you for your willingness to reduce spending in your formulation of the Fiscal Year 2015 city budget. This approach is essential to making Oak Ridge more attractive to prospective residents and businesses.

As you know, Oak Ridge has the third highest city/county property tax rate in East Tennessee at $4.74. What you may not realize is this year, the city of Knoxville dropped below us in these rankings with a combined city/county rate of $4.71 while the majority of Knox Countians still pay less than half of our rate at $2.32.

In response to your request for council suggestions, I encourage you to set a very obtainable goal. That is, reduce our total budget by .05 percent ($90,000) and return those monies to the taxpayers in the amount of a one-cent tax rate reduction. The following are my suggestions for accomplishing this goal. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guest Columns, Opinion Tagged With: budget, Chamber of Commerce, city budget, City Council, city manager, Convention and Visitors Bureau, CVB, Fiscal Year 2015, Kroger, Kroger Marketplace, library, library funding, Mark Watson, Parker Hardy, property tax rate, revenue, senior management, spending, staff, tax cut, tax rate reduction, travel, travel expenses, Trina Baughn, UPF, uranium processing facility

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