From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Wednesday, April 12th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz. From WRCB and W
From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Wednesday, April 12th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz.
From WRCB and WSMV…
Police say a woman is dead after opening fire in the parking lot of a manufacturing plant in Cookeville on Tuesday morning.
The Cookeville Police Department first received the call about the shooting at the Ficosa plant just after 10:35 a.m.
Witnesses told police the shooter, 30-year-old Angelique Deplae, opened the driver’s door of a vehicle in the parking lot and began firing. Police said she then walked toward the front of the vehicle and shot and killed herself.
The victims have been identified as Tyler Stults, 20, and Rebecca Crowley, 35.
Police called this an “isolated domestic violence incident.” They said Stults and Deplae had been in a relationship.
Stults is in critical condition at a Nashville hospital. Crowley is also in critical condition at a Chattanooga hospital.
The police department said in a news release that the scene is secure and that there is no further danger to the community.
From the Cleveland Daily Banner…
Cleveland City Council members on Monday had a full day of budget considerations, and budget proposals.
Following a lengthy morning of city budget presentations by City Manager Joe Fivas and his staff, Council spent much of the start of the afternoon’s Council work session listening to budget proposals from the Cleveland City School System and Cleveland Utilities.
Director of Schools Dr. Russell Dyer brought a number of his Board of Education members and administrators with him as he discussed the school system’s proposed budget for 2018.
Cleveland Utilities CEO and President Tim Henderson was in attendance with CU’s financial officer Marshall Stinnett.
Dyer said the school system’s proposed budget for 2018 is $46,791,781. “We have yet to receive BEP capitalization from the state,” he said, adding that the proposed budget should be fairly close to state numbers.
The school system’s budget includes a 3 percent cost of living increase for all employees, and is projecting the addition of 6 1/2 positions. There are also funds in the proposed budget for a $500 to $1,000 bonus for bus drivers at the end of the year, and the budget will add two assistant principals and fund the school system’s BLADE Project.
From Cleveland Utilities, Henderson voiced words of support and appreciation to the Council, turning the budget presentation over to Stinnett. Stinnett provided the Council with a summary sheet, emphasizing the city’s utility is not projecting a rate increase for its Electric or Wastewater division, and only a 2.5 percent hike for the water division. This water increase is a pass-through from the Hiwassee Utility Commission. One of the big items in the proposed utility budget is the creation of an in-house team of four to five new employees which will begin handling all of the agency’s telephone calls of concern. Henderson and Stinnett explained that it should be possible for this new department to handle calls more efficiently and quickly than in the past with an outside management firm. They said the new employees will be trained to know the community, and specific neighborhoods, streets and intersections, which should reduce response times on calls. Stinnett also said Cleveland Utilities’ new pre-pay program has been a tremendous successs, and the utility has already collected more than $25,000 in bad debt.
Also from The Banner…
The use of electronic poll books for upcoming elections would make voting go faster and also help election workers who are often times bogged down with questions during those times.
The Bradley County Election Commission has gone on record as stating that electronic poll books are an approach it would like to see in the future. However, to do so will require funding approved by the Bradley County Commission.
One of the companies that provides electronic poll books — MicroVote — demonstrated how the process could make elections run much more efficiently.
Only two Bradley County commissioners were able to attend the demonstration, held before the group’s noon meeting on Monday, as well as County Mayor D. Gary Davis. Each had several questions as they were shown the electronic poll book demonstrated by Bill Whitehead and Pat Yaggi of MicroVote.
MicroVote electronic poll books are utilized in 10 counties in Tennessee, and in other states as well. Whitehead stressed how well it has worked in Indiana as one of the company’s most successful endeavors.
A second company — Election Systems and Software (ES&S) — presented its product to the Bradley County Election Commission on April 6. That presentation was not discussed at the Bradley County Commission meeting Monday.
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