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Lieutenant Dantley told the council that background investigations for the Applebee's transfer found nothing to prohibit issuance and that the police department recommended the permit. \"Background investigation, found nothing to prohibit issuance of a permit, and the police department recommends a permit,\" the lieutenant said. The council then moved to approve the permit (motion by Joey Harrison; second by Veneta); no members spoke in opposition and the motion carried by voice vote.

The council also considered a one-day permit application from Juan Perez of Dogwood Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for an April tournament at the fairgrounds. The police background check again found no reason to deny the permit and staff said the group met permit requirements and had run the event previously without incident. The council approved that permit on a motion by Ricky Hammond with a second by Joy Harris; the motion carried by voice vote.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","March 17, 2025 Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The council approved a beer permit transfer for Applebee's on Lake Road following a background check and a one-day beer permit for a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament at the fairgrounds; the police department recommended both permits.","taxTitle","Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee","taxId",70988,"location","Tennessee","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6115724,"Council approves equipment repairs and audiovisual upgrade; ARPA funds cover pickleball lighting",146,301765,447965,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2737073-2bd3cdffc131ab1203fadd54b205bce8&start=301&end=447","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2737073-2bd3cdffc131ab1203fadd54b205bce8/thumbnail_301765.jpg","/articles/6115724/Tennessee/Council-approves-equipment-repairs-and-audiovisual-upgrade-ARPA-funds-cover-pickleball-lighting","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6115724-441da95153bcabb3506cb301ec4e5f8a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771199863&Signature=GGTiDG9ZdAyoIjK2j~eEfDl3MlC9sfju6YKAUuRzcAXDq1-n689QJJXNlV98tOJ5aaHfMk6Y~teE09-uZ2h2cMKsXPfvaEI-TRqHUehzgKuPwwhFLoaSH~1Dmp8dVmGIw14u1UNJNh4Jav37FXDXa~dAPRqKExLs0zkzPulQk4l5SZaWw7HhNak5Pp11GQyTMdtl-KcfTCzdnHBSQdgaEY4ayVdaJlaIdRrPH-b5~GR8Zn0VVagpLe5EGoF9IFFnJsCIIa5BjLbSI4nrkGFiNTkhNqpYTwEaLVqvkIekctep7goGbxtVKJrCXf~SCPSGAwXLEwWi-6e8pky7bVz22g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dyersburg aldermen approved a series of procurement items during Monday's meeting, awarding repair and upgrade contracts and confirming an ARPA-funded park lighting purchase.

The council voted to award a repair contract for solid-waste dozer Unit 506 to Thompson Machinery for $16,899.33; the motion was moved by Dennis Moody and seconded by Rick Crawford and carried by voice vote.

The council also awarded a replacement for a more than-30-year-old wastewater intermediate gearbox to Applied Industrial Technologies (Jackson, Tennessee) for $38,995.60 after receiving two bids; the other bid was from Guthrie Sales and Service for $59,110.00. The item was described as a budgeted repair/maintenance expense and was approved by motion (mover: Coach Cole; second: unidentified on record) and carried by voice vote.

A budgeted audiovisual upgrade at the Professional Development Center, funded entirely by an opioid grant received by Dyer County, was awarded to Professional Audio Installation of Martin, Tennessee, for $32,405.24. The council noted the project is paid in full by the county grant and will not cost the city. The motion to approve the award was moved by James Baltimore and seconded by Coach Cole; it passed by voice vote.

Council members were informed that pickleball-court lighting would be installed through ARPA funds and that the awarded vendor was the Dyersburg Electric System at $14,055.17. Because the lighting work is an approved ARPA budget item, the council did not require a motion to authorize that purchase and the expenditure was reported as completed.

All board motions on the listed bids passed by voice vote with no recorded opposing votes.","The council approved multiple purchasing actions: heavy-equipment and wastewater repairs, awarded an AV upgrade funded by a grant at no cost to the city, and confirmed an ARPA-funded lighting purchase for pickleball courts.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6115729,"Council hears potential $550,000 cost to city if state ambulance bill passes; members urged to contact legislators",456,2059280,2516065,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2737073-2bd3cdffc131ab1203fadd54b205bce8&start=2059&end=2516","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2737073-2bd3cdffc131ab1203fadd54b205bce8/thumbnail_2059280.jpg","/articles/6115729/Tennessee/Council-hears-potential-550000-cost-to-city-if-state-ambulance-bill-passes-members-urged-to-contact-legislators","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6115729-ffffbeced0aa6d2b014d83e111379391/orig.mp4?Expires=1771199863&Signature=IUteb22Yc5j4xcPagkt6DqyysPGpvCJ77uFjPAxx1ZTQyAop1DneaZI6FhaQVD~lai0BxmLPmTpb8dKsfdQn-dSmlcBJgevje8h6hXz-Fm4Rk4FxmjNt59R6zFIV9BSTFrse0~zcGEmspbsaa0LRRecVA8SmqBLF-IAahKKE7isTGgX5SBG3kNnwLQDt-MBtXCXBbcRufI9CQBv99c9L7pRYBYT5QZk0hsxk9PoLTeH4PUk~hB76rjnWyaU7pcM1GzyjIllPgg0Zo92dwEhc2EJvRFxBQ~~NsYt88L~toZhRV8hQ1w3rVcYNrggenzXzTmzXJ32ENcVfSGKEp1RQ3Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Aldermen heard a briefing on state legislation—House Bill 83 and Senate Bill 160—that, if enacted as drafted, would require municipalities to reimburse counties for ambulance service in proportion to population share.

Alderman James Baltimore outlined the bills and presented figures from a fiscal example included in the meeting packet. Using the populations cited in the briefing—Dyer County about 36,000 and the city of Dyersburg about 16,000—Baltimore said the city's share would be roughly 44 percent and that, by the packet calculation, the annual reimbursement could amount to $550,000 for Dyersburg. \"I personally don't feel that's fair because we live in the city. We pay county taxes,\" Baltimore said.

Baltimore said he included a fiscal note example in the packet that estimated the legislation could increase local expenditures statewide by significant sums if broadly applied. He told the council the bill, as drafted, would take effect July 1, 2025, if passed and warned of consequential budget impacts to municipalities that do not currently provide ambulance service.

Baltimore said the West Tennessee Mayor's Association and the Tennessee Municipal League were opposing the measure and that the city had sent a letter opposing the proposal. He asked aldermen to contact members of the House subcommittee and provided the committee's contact details that were distributed in the council packet. \"If you feel a need to call some folks and let them know how you feel about it, that you oppose it, I appreciate your help,\" he said.

Council members asked for clarification on immediate operational impacts; Baltimore said the legislation, as described in the packet, would not directly force layoffs of ambulance staff but would shift fiscal responsibility and increase municipal expenditures in many jurisdictions. He said the council would be updated after the subcommittee met later in the week.","Aldermen discussed proposed Tennessee legislation (House Bill 83 and Senate Bill 160) that would require municipalities to reimburse counties for ambulance service; a council member presented a draft fiscal calculation and urged colleagues to contact state committee members before a scheduled hearing.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6115734,"City reviews Major Roads Plan, gets GIS 'story map' to guide access management and crash mitigation",1263,497195,1760360,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2737073-2bd3cdffc131ab1203fadd54b205bce8&start=497&end=1760","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2737073-2bd3cdffc131ab1203fadd54b205bce8/thumbnail_497195.jpg","/articles/6115734/Tennessee/City-reviews-Major-Roads-Plan-gets-GIS-story-map-to-guide-access-management-and-crash-mitigation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6115734-f510579e2811e8b7edf868e4400ee54c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771199863&Signature=eneJIRYxiU5lZ64L4YP6htNUH2qha8QATXbGCs7llSBZPcUl6wk1ugGMAinvkzL3fFvTzMc0~ez6ixHCu4Fk~b56V3EOHA2y5fXsMy0aaIyfqj4ZO2b3Hq4Ofkw-eEf6rnNfmPX9aojF8Vw0jgJ0gNIqQbxbypmxmRJtRWwH2Z8qsHXGI-FrRCUMKiMYWaJAd1MVPBgmlG4g2pZnem1~mbfsXJLNQNOQ-77v-V4BGZ3CrfmiL~aMpYnril~q8KmKs9u1mW5LgLytfu9u0G4MeQxvvbDk~k0T~1dpyFEgYQa0ToJG8-HcMitVe2hYFsTnP9GiVJc9qquaMeZFQlOTaQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dyersburg aldermen on Monday reviewed a draft Major Roads Plan and a digital geographic-information \"story map\" prepared by WSP under a Tennessee Department of Transportation planning grant.

The presentation, given by Emily Ritzler with WSP, described the plan's purpose as aligning roadway functional classifications with the city's land-use patterns and providing a data-backed tool for development review and grant applications. \"We are the consulting team that's been working on on this project,\" Ritzler said during the short slide presentation.

Ritzler demonstrated an interactive story map that combines roadway classifications, crash data, future land-use layers and other reference maps. She pointed to a heat map of crashes and said the dataset helps identify conflict points where access (driveways and turning movements) likely contributes to collisions. \"All of those big yellow areas are where you have the most intensity of crashes,\" she said, describing how the map can be zoomed to get collision details for specific locations.

The plan includes draft access-management guidance for arterials, collectors and local streets: recommended limits on the number and spacing of driveways, corner clearance distances and, in some commercial corridors, consideration of frontage roads to consolidate access. Ritzler said those recommendations are based on industry standards and comparable cities and can be carried into a formal ordinance if the council chooses.

In response to council questions, Ritzler said the story map and its underlying database will be turned over to the city for internal use or public posting on the city's GIS portal. She also said the plan will help the city assemble the data needed when requesting traffic signals or other changes on state-controlled roads. \"It would give you the information and data to help provide the information to them when you're making a request,\" she said about requests to the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

Council members and attendees raised specific local concerns: the intersection at Pinto Lane near Kroger and the portion of Lake Road between the bypass and Mall Boulevard were identified as areas with both heavy traffic and high crash concentration on the map. Ritzler agreed to review those points and follow up with city staff so the council could evaluate options, including travel-demand data, alternative access patterns and traffic-calming design elements.

Ritzler summarized traffic-calming measures that can be used on narrower neighborhood streets or commercial corridors, including striping, curb bulb-outs, medians and pilotable planter-based features. She said these design changes, combined with access-management adjustments on major corridors, can reduce conflict points and slow speeds without relying solely on enforcement.

The plan is a draft; Ritzler said she will finalize recommendations after internal edits and provide the full package and GIS files to the city. Council members said the plan will be useful for upcoming development reviews and grant applications.

The council did not take a formal vote on the Major Roads Plan at the meeting; the presentation served as the council's first full review of the draft and the story map.","City officials heard a presentation from WSP on an updated Major Roads Plan funded by a Tennessee Department of Transportation planning grant; the consultant showed a GIS \"story map,\" crash-heat maps and draft access-management recommendations intended to guide future development and signal/warrant requests on state routes.","actionData","errors"]

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