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Commissioners press mayor for action on Cottontown debris cleanup as flooding persists
Summary
Committee members said a July resolution authorized limited county cleanup at Draper House and the old post office; they expected the county mayor to execute cleanup but reported no signature and no update. Commissioners also described recurring, severe flooding in Cottontown and said planning and state agencies have begun studies.
Committee members told the Sumner County General Operations Committee on Aug. 4 that a clean-up effort in Cottontown — covering debris at the Draper House and the old post office property — has stalled while the county mayor has not acted on a recently passed resolution. The committee said it had unanimously approved a resolution the previous week directing limited county action to mitigate hazards on the properties but that the mayor referenced a prior, different resolution in correspondence to commissioners and had not…
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