Cookeville Provides Update On Annexation Plans Of Services
Cookeville Officials updated residents on plans to extend municipal services into annexed areas during the city’s annual progress report. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the report covered 12 areas annexed into the city between 2000 and 2018. Ward said all required municipal services are being provided in the annexed areas. “Across all areas, the […]
Planning Approves Dodson Branch Annexation Plan Services
The Cookeville Planning Commission approved a plan of services Monday night for the proposed Dodson Branch annexation. The commission asked if some of the sewer services would be cost-shared with the developer who requested annexation. Community Development Director Jon Ward said those conversations are in the works, but have not gone very far. “Cost shares […]
Cookeville Supporting Changes To Annexation Process
Cookeville City Council approved a resolution Thursday night to encourage state representatives to reauthorize annexation laws that would allow majority property owner consent. The law would bypass referendums if the two/thirds of the property owners in the proposed area provided written consent for annexation. City Manager James Mills said the law would reduce delays and […]
Cookeville Pushing Changes To Annexation Process
Cookeville City Council asking state legislators to reauthorize a law allowing annexation with majority property owner consent. Elections are now required as part of annexation. City Manager James Mills said rules formerly specified if two/thirds of the property owners in the proposed annex area consented in writing, and those people own a majority of the […]
Dodson Branch Annexation Hearing To Be Set Thursday
Cookeville City Council will set a new date Thursday for a public hearing on the annexation of some 275 acres around Dodson Branch Road. Cookeville Community Development Director Jon Ward said the total cost to service the area would be an estimated $7.5 million. If the city moves forward with annexation, the decision would go […]
Revision Delays Dodson Branch Annexation Public Hearing
Cookeville will get public input next month on a proposed annexation in the Dodson Branch Road-Shipley Road area. Community Development Director Jon Ward said the City Council had been contacted by other interested parties in the area who wanted to be included in the annexation. Ward said the latest revision added 13 parcels along Shipley […]
Minimal Survey Results Against Dodson Branch Road Annexation
First results from residents in the Dodson Branch Road area show they are against annexation by the city of Cookeville. Cookeville Community Development Director Jon Ward shared the information with Cookeville City Council members Monday during a work session. Ward admitted only 14 surveys returned from 357 address points. Many of the nine against believed […]
Cookeville Considers Dodson Branch Annexation Study
The Cookeville City Council received a proposal Monday to annex a part of the Dodson Branch area. Cookeville Community Development Director Jon Ward said the city did an annexation study on the Dodson Branch Area which revealed two possible scenarios. One includes 131 acres. The other, 252 acres. Ward said the estimated cost to provide […]
