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Resident urges city action on CRT recycling, Riley Creek safety and unfinished development drainage
Summary
A Tullahoma resident told the board that local CRT recycling ended, described unsafe roadside conditions near Riley Creek, and urged the city to require developers to complete promised stormwater infrastructure after clearing lots in Emerald Meadows.
At the public-comment portion of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, resident Jose Perez raised three health-and-safety concerns for city officials: the end of local CRT/electronic recycling, roadside hazards at a work site on Riley Creek, and stormwater controls left incomplete by a residential developer.
Perez said he attempted to recycle an old cathode-ray-tube television but was told the city no longer accepts CRTs and that the devices were being landfilled. “It’s against EPA and federal laws to dump CRT and electronic components in a landfill,” Perez said in public comment, attributing that statement to federal rules while describing the city’s prior practices. He also said he eventually returned the TV to a regional recycler, S3 Recycling Solutions in Tennessee (contact information given in his remarks as 888-970-S3RS), which collects electronics free of charge from schools, hospitals and governments.
Perez next described safety concerns at the Riley Creek area where recent roadway and sidewalk work had been followed by additional excavation. He said heavy equipment and open holes adjacent to sidewalks create a risk for late-night drivers and pedestrians. “There’s a 500‑gallon diesel tank,” he said, warning that a vehicle missing a turn could hit the tank, enter the pond and expose the city to potential litigation.
Finally, Perez said a planned subdivision behind his neighborhood in Emerald Meadows was cleared of trees but the developer left before building a required retention pond and drainage measures. He told the board that recent rains had washed away 4 to 6 inches of soil into the existing retention area and asked the city to require the developer to complete the stormwater work specified in the development plan.
Mayor and staff did not dispute Perez’s statements during the public comment; the city later approved multiple agenda items but did not announce an immediate follow-up on the recycling or developer enforcement issues during the meeting.
