Crossville Sending Ambulance Service To Referendum

Crossville Sending Ambulance Service To Referendum

Crossville City Council will send a proposed city ambulance service to referendum after voting to rescind its earlier approval during a special-called meeting Tuesday. Crossville Finance Director Nathan Clouse said the city would have to raise property taxes by at least 97 percent in order to fund the ambulance service. Council Member Art Gernt said the new numbers made him rethink last month’s decision. “I can’t imagine doubling somebody’s prop…

CROSSVILLE COUNCIL VOTES TO RESCIND CITY-OPERATED EMS VOTE

The Crossville City Council has voted 3-2 to rescind their September vote passing a city operated EMS system.  Councilmen Gernt and Turner said they wanted more time to digest the costs involved and if, indeed, the City property tax would need to be raised to cover the EMS costs.  City Finance director Nathan Clouse spent most of a half hour explaining several options the city could take with each raising property taxes from 52 per cent to a hun…