Livingston Approves 9¢ Property Tax Increase
Livingston Aldermen approved a nine-cent property tax increase along with the rest of the city’s 2024-25 budget in a special called meeting Friday. Mayor Curtis Hayes said the increase is necessary to provide for the city’s various departments that cannot support themselves financially. Hayes said that changes in the supply chain and labor market have […]
Supply Chain Issues Affecting Cookeville City Department Vehicle Purchase
Supply chain issues are creating difficulties for several Cookeville city departments to purchase vehicles. Cookeville Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said that his department received notice of a canceled order after the city council approved the purchase of a single-axel dump truck through Sourcewell. Woods said the discovery of a new contract available through the […]
Supply Chain Issues Expected To Continue With Labor Shortage
Supply chain issues caused by the pandemic are not expected to be resolved any time soon. That is according to MTSU Supply Chain Management Professor Dr. Kimball Bullington. Bullington said the Delta Variant is spreading and supply chain infrastructure relies on a network of interstate trucking, that is 200,000 drivers short. “There’s really not any […]
