The Clarksville Town Council held its regular meeting and subsequent work session on August 19, 2025, beginning at approximately 6:00 PM in the council chambers. The regular meeting included a consent calendar, new business items all approved unanimously, and departmental reports. The work session featured three presentations: a parks tourism grant request for artificial turf fields, a detailed financial outlook for the fire territory under Senate Enrolled Act 1, and a wastewater/stormwater rate study for a proposed $20 million bond issuance.
It's good to see you by the way. Thank you. Says this lawyer. Build a house. Except the war in Keith City. The watchman raided, but in vain. It reminds us that our polls says any measure that we have is in God's blessing. Our hope for security and protection is also in his hand. So it's good for us to begin as we call on him as to his blessing on this. And I thank you for every blessing that you give. We thank you for the truth of this very brief as a description. Our own personal lives and aspirations are our community's success and safety or blessing or anything that we do. Our hope is in you. And we know that our security is in you. And that you give your lesson, and you give your security to us and protection in any ways that we trust in you and we call upon you. You are our creator. You are our redeemer, and you are our Lord. And so we embrace you when we receive your rejection that we bow before you made our team. And we thank you for these who are gathered together here tonight to conduct the business of our town, our area, our city. And we thank them and their dedication. We pray for your wisdom to guide them and your strength we carry them. We pray for everything that you do. We thank you for each one that's here. And we pray all of it in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Congratulations to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for the United States. Claims, both current and pre-written, and then also the acceptance of minutes and placement on file of various boards and commissions that are appointed by the town council. I'd make the motion to accept. Second it. Motion from Councilman McEwen and a second from Councilman Stotts. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. Aye. That motion carries unanimously, and we'll move on to new business. First up this evening is ordinance 2025 Z04, amending the zoning code as it relates to renewable resources, solar panels. The town planning staff are proposing the addition of Article 4, Division 197 regarding renewable resources to the zoning ordinance. When the current zoning ordinance was drafted, renewable energy was not a significant consideration in the area. Since then, advancement in technologies has made renewable energy costs effective and widely accessible. This new division of the ordinance will outline guidelines pertaining to renewable resources to promote sustainability with it in the town. Okay. Second from Councilwoman Henderson. All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. That motion carries unanimously and only requires one reading. Next up, we have the approval of an extension of landscape service agreement with Raymond's Lawn Care LLC. In 2020, the town entered into a landscape service agreement with Raymonds for mowing and landscaping services. The original contract was for two years with an option to extend for an additional two. The contract expired in December of 2024.