A2 ♦ PULASKI CITIZEN ♦ January 15, 2013 www.pulaskicitizen.com PULASKI TN 38478 931-363-3544 — Steve Lake, Publisher — Cary Jane Malone, Managing Editor Tracy Ayers, News, Education; Paul Manke, Political Editor; Scott Stewart, Sports Editor, Circulation Manager; Johnny Phelps, Lifestyles, Sports; Margaret Campbell, Lifestyles Martha Horn, Advertising Manager Donna Yant, Advertising Representative; Elaine Brindley, Classified Advertising; Holly Price, Advertising Composition; Rebecca Brooks, Classified Composition Bob Dunnavant, Billing; Kathy Amodei, Receptionist YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE In Giles County, Tenn. or Ardmore, Ala. ........................$32 Senior Citizens in Giles County or Ardmore ...................$28 Martin Methodist College Students (9 Mos.) ...................$25 Lawrence, Lincoln, Marshall or Maury Co., Tenn. ..........$36 Elsewhere in Tennessee .................................................$37 Out-of-State...................................................................$43 CALL FOR MULTIPLE-YEAR RATES Publication Number: 450120 Published each Tuesday at 955 W College St Periodical Postage Paid at Pulaski TN 38478 Deadlines for advertising: Display Ads: Noon, Friday Classifieds: 9 AM, Monday NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Tennessee Press Service American Newspaper Rep. 435 Montbrook Ln. 166 Joralemon St. Knoxville, TN 37919 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Phone: 865-584-5761 Phone: 212-511-1600 pulaskicitizen.com G iles Count ’s o ldest usiness Giles Count’s oldest usiness MEMBER FDIC Making Communities Great First National Bank It’s Our 75th Anniversary. We Invite Everyone to Celebrate With Us! Friday, January 18th 1:00 p.m. ‘til 5:00 p.m. Cake and Punch - Main Office - *actual size Happy Valentine’s Day! Love, Mr. Beasley Your ad will appear in the Pulaski Citizen on Tuesday, Feb. 12th. Hurry! Ad must be placed by Noon on Thursday, February 7th. Your choice of Valentine message consisting of 25 words or less or a photo with identiÀcation will be published for only... $ 15 We’ll put the photo in a heart as shown and the honoree’s name listed below. A great keepsake... a little brag, a little fact... and it all comes from you! CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, BOYFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND, GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, PETS...EVERYONE! (NO AGE LIMIT!) Tunnel Hill Road Project Needs One More Approval by Paul Manke POLITICAL EDITOR Approval of a plan to build a road to replace a bridge on Tunnel Hill Road in northern Giles County will come before the Giles County Com- mission at its 9 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22, meet- ing. County Commission meetings usually are held on Mondays, but this meeting was moved to Tuesday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Under the plan, the Giles County Highway Department will spend approximately $89,000 to buy approximately 2.7 acres from Bobby Hol- ley and 4.9 acres from Doug Wolaver and build an approximately 4,000 foot road that would skirt the west end of the CSX Railroad right of way. Holley and Wolaver support the plan that was suggested by the High- way Department, which has been trying to reach an agreement with CSX Railroad about building another bridge. His department, Coun- ty Roads Superintendent Barry Hyatt said, has had to send bush hog- ging equipment over a longer, circuitous route to work on Tunnel Hill Road. The plan was reviewed by the County Commis- sion’s Highway Commit- tee and forwarded to the Commission’s Budget Committee, which sent the matter to the County Commission. The state Department of Transportation closed the bridge, saying it was unsafe almost three years ago, and residents have had to take long detours to travel to places that used to be a much short- er drive. “We owe it to them,” county commissioner Tommy Beech said at the Budget Committee meet- ing of the area residents and Hyatt has agreed that they have been very patient. The county’s share to build a new bridge would be approximate- ly $110,000-$120,000, said Hyatt, who en- dorsed the cheaper al- ternative of building a road. Other business also will be considered at the meeting. Clarification Sought on Employee Write Ups by Paul Manke POLITICAL EDITOR Some members of the Ardmore, Tenn., Board of Mayor and Aldermen asked for assurances that local Alabama and Ten- nessee governments are notified about employee disciplinary actions. In other business at the Jan. 10 joint meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and the Ard- more, Ala., Town Coun- cil, members also rec- ommended holding the 2013 Christmas Parade on a Tuesday night in December and went into executive session before recommending pay rais- es for two street depart- ment workers. Recom- mendations of the two boards become official when ratified separately by each local governing board. Tennessee Alderman Raymond Crabtree asked that the councils devel- op procedures to follow when an employee has received three “write ups,” from a supervisor though he did not name any employees. “I don’t think we had a policy,” he said. “I think it (the hand- book) needs to be brought up to date. A lot of times if one side has a writeup, the other side doesn’t know about it.” He suggested proce- dures for dealing with employees on the first, second and third write ups. “I think most of this is covered in the hand- book,” Ardmore, Ala., Mayor Billy Shannon said. “I talk to both mayors in advance,” Terry Bar- kley, head of the street department, said, con- cerning his disciplinary procedures. Tennessee Alderman Ken Crosson said that he wanted to know about the write ups, also. Mary Hobbs, an Ar- dmore, Ala., council- woman, said that “any elected official can look at an employee’s per- sonnel file. The files just can’t be removed from the office.” “If someone gets writ- ten up three times, I think we would want to know about it,” Ard- more, Tenn., Mayor Tim McConnell said. In other business: • Street Department workers Michael Turner and Darrell Lewter were recommended for 4 per- cent and 3 percent pay increases, respectively, following the closed door session. • Hobbs, speaking for the Parade Committee, made up of representa- tives from the two coun- cils, moved to hold the Christmas Parade at 6 p.m., on the second Tues- day night in December with Thursday of that week a rain date. Other details will be decided later. The motion passed unanimously.
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A2 ♦ PULASKI CITIZEN ♦ January 15, 2013 www.pulaskicitizen.com
PULASKI TN 38478931-363-3544
— Steve Lake, Publisher —
Cary Jane Malone, Managing EditorTracy Ayers, News, Education; Paul Manke, Political Editor;
Scott Stewart, Sports Editor, Circulation Manager;Johnny Phelps, Lifestyles, Sports; Margaret Campbell, Lifestyles
Martha Horn, Advertising ManagerDonna Yant, Advertising Representative; Elaine Brindley,
Classified Advertising; Holly Price, Advertising Composition; Rebecca Brooks, Classified Composition
Bob Dunnavant, Billing; Kathy Amodei, Receptionist
YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE In Giles County, Tenn. or Ardmore, Ala. ........................$32 Senior Citizens in Giles County or Ardmore ...................$28 Martin Methodist College Students (9 Mos.) ...................$25 Lawrence, Lincoln, Marshall or Maury Co., Tenn. ..........$36 Elsewhere in Tennessee .................................................$37 Out-of-State...................................................................$43
CALL FOR MULTIPLE-YEAR RATES
Publication Number: 450120Published each Tuesday at 955 W College StPeriodical Postage Paid at Pulaski TN 38478
Deadlines for advertising:Display Ads: Noon, FridayClassifieds: 9 AM, Monday
NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Tennessee Press Service American Newspaper Rep. 435 Montbrook Ln. 166 Joralemon St. Knoxville, TN 37919 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Phone: 865-584-5761 Phone: 212-511-1600
pulaskicitizen.com
Giles Count�’s oldest �usiness�Giles Count�’s oldest �usiness�
MEMBER FDIC
Making Communities Great
First National Bank
It’s Our 75th Anniversary.
We Invite Everyone to Celebrate With Us!
Friday, January 18th1:00 p.m. ‘til 5:00 p.m.
Cake and Punch- Main Offi ce -
*actual size
Happy Valentine’s
Day!
Love, Mr. Beasley
Your ad will appear
in the Pulaski Citizen
on Tuesday, Feb. 12th.
Hurry! Ad must be placed by Noon
on Thursday, February 7th.
Your choice of Valentine message consisting of 25 words or less or a photo with
identi cation will be published for only...
$15 We’ll put the photo in a heart as shown and the honoree’s name listed below.
A great keepsake... a little brag, a
little fact... and it all comes from you!
CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, BOYFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND,
GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, PETS...EVERYONE!
(NO AGE LIMIT!)
Tunnel Hill Road Project Needs One More Approval
by Paul MankePOLITICAL EDITOR
Approval of a plan to build a road to replace a bridge on Tunnel Hill Road in northern Giles County will come before the Giles County Com-mission at its 9 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22, meet-ing.
County Commission meetings usually are held on Mondays, but this meeting was moved to Tuesday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.
Under the plan, the Giles County Highway
Department will spend approximately $89,000 to buy approximately 2.7 acres from Bobby Hol-ley and 4.9 acres from Doug Wolaver and build an approximately 4,000 foot road that would skirt the west end of the CSX Railroad right ofway.
Holley and Wolaver support the plan that was suggested by the High-way Department, which has been trying to reach an agreement with CSX Railroad about building another bridge.
His department, Coun-ty Roads Superintendent
Barry Hyatt said, has had to send bush hog-ging equipment over a longer, circuitous route to work on Tunnel HillRoad.
The plan was reviewed by the County Commis-sion’s Highway Commit-tee and forwarded to the Commission’s Budget Committee, which sent the matter to the County Commission.
The state Department of Transportation closed the bridge, saying it was unsafe almost three years ago, and residents have had to take long detours to travel to places that
used to be a much short-er drive.
“We owe it to them,” county commissioner Tommy Beech said at the Budget Committee meet-ing of the area residents and Hyatt has agreed that they have been very patient.
The county’s share to build a new bridge would be approximate-ly $110,000-$120,000, sa id Hyatt , who en-dorsed the cheaper al-ternative of building aroad.
Other business also will be considered atthe meeting.
Clarifi cation Soughton Employee Write Ups
by Paul MankePOLITICAL EDITOR
Some members of the Ardmore, Tenn., Board of Mayor and Aldermen asked for assurances that local Alabama and Ten-nessee governments are notifi ed about employee disciplinary actions.
In other business at the Jan. 10 joint meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and the Ard-more, Ala., Town Coun-cil, members also rec-ommended holding the 2013 Christmas Parade on a Tuesday night in December and went into executive session before recommending pay rais-es for two street depart-ment workers. Recom-mendations of the two boards become official when ratifi ed separately
by each local governingboard.
Tennessee Alderman Raymond Crabtree asked that the councils devel-op procedures to follow when an employee has received three “write ups,” from a supervisor though he did not name any employees.
“I don’t think we had a policy,” he said.
“I think it (the hand-b o o k ) n e e d s t o b e brought up to date. A lot of times if one side has a writeup, the other side doesn’t know aboutit.”
He suggested proce-dures for dealing with employees on the fi rst, second and third write ups.
“I think most of this is covered in the hand-book,” Ardmore, Ala.,
Mayor Billy Shannon said.
“I talk to both mayors in advance,” Terry Bar-kley, head of the street department, said, con-cerning his disciplinary procedures.
Tennessee Alderman Ken Crosson said that he wanted to know about the write ups, also.
Mary Hobbs, an Ar-dmore, Ala., council-woman, said that “any elected offi cial can look at an employee’s per-sonnel fi le. The fi les just can’t be removed from the offi ce.”
“If someone gets writ-ten up three times, I think we would want to know about it,” Ard-more, Tenn., Mayor Tim McConnell said.
In other business:• Street Department
workers Michael Turner and Darrell Lewter were recommended for 4 per-cent and 3 percent pay increases, respectively, fol lowing the closed door session.
• Hobbs, speaking for the Parade Committee, made up of representa-tives from the two coun-cils, moved to hold the Christmas Parade at 6 p.m., on the second Tues-day night in December with Thursday of that week a rain date. Other details will be decided later. The motion passed unanimously.
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