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Cookeville agrees to $15,000 contribution for Leslie Town Center lighting, asks staff to budget remaining $20,000
Summary
The City of Cookeville approved a $15,000 contribution to the Public Building Authority to help replace lighting in the Leslie Town Center’s Estes Williams room and asked staff to include an additional $20,000 in next year’s budget for the project.
The Cookeville City Council voted to provide $15,000 to the Public Building Authority (PBA) to help replace the lighting system in the Estes Williams room at the Leslie Town Center and directed staff to consider adding $20,000 to the next fiscal-year budget to cover the PBA’s remaining share.
The PBA requested the city pay half the lowest qualifying bid of $69,355 from D and D Enterprises Inc., which the PBA said was needed because the existing lighting system can no longer be repaired. The PBA representative said discontinued ballasts and the absence of a retrofit left the facility with many nonworking fixtures. City staff and councilors debated timing and budget implications before approving the contribution.
Why it matters: Leslie Town Center is operated under a lease with the city; the PBA and city share responsibility for major repairs under that…
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