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Landfill decision deferred
MAURY COUNTY - A proposal by two Mt. Pleasant aluminum companies to create a landfill for their byproduct has been withdrawn from the Maury County Commission’s July agenda, county officials said Monday.
J.P. Hatch, director of building and zoning, said consideration of the matter was postponed after a letter was sent to the county by attorney [...]
Board might boost tax for litigation
MAURY COUNTY - Maury County citizens might have to pay more to file lawsuits or settle criminal charges soon.
The Maury County Commission is considering increasing the litigation tax from $10 to $50 to help pay for the building of a new criminal justice center.
Read more at Columbia Daily Herald Online
School construction shelved
COLUMBIA - Central High School students will have to wait longer for a project to rebuild the aging facility on Lion Parkway.
Bob Farmer, chairman of the Maury County Commission Building Committee, said the panel would not make a motion to forward a request for $2.5 million for design and site evaluation.
Read more at Columbia Daily [...]
State nixes 4-day school plan
Tennessee law effectively bars Maury County schools from holding class only four days a week to save money on fuel, a state spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Rachel Woods with the Tennessee Department of Education said state law requires students to attend class for 180 days.
Read more at Columbia Daily Herald Online
Commissioners table spending cap measure
Maury County commissioners canned a resolution Monday night that would have put a spending cap on the county’s budget in an effort to thwart a property-tax increase.
The commission voted 13-9 to table the resolution, which would have required county officials to present budgets at the same or a smaller amount than their previous year’s spending [...]
MauryTHINKS, MauryBLOGS?
A new project by MauryTHINKS is going to be released soon. It’s system is a network of BLOGs that are owned and operated by Leaders of our county, including those helping the community and in elected positions. Currently Maury County Commissioner Ty Cobb and Spring Hill Alderman Rick Graham are the envelope pushing [...]