Murfreesboro City Council
Murfreesboro City Council discusses remodeling of City Hall, administrative changes
Photo and story by Karly Cordell / MTSU Sidelines The Murfreesboro City Council discussed the heightening of City Hall security, streamlining departments and more topics during a meeting at City Hall on Thursday. The City Council hopes to improve multiple aspects in the Murfreesboro community, with the managerial and administrative sides of things being their …
Murfreesboro City Council names City Attorney Craig Tindall as new city manager
Photo courtesy of the City of Murfreesboro The Murfreesboro City Council officially named City Attorney Craig Tindall to serve as the new city manager on Tuesday, according to a press release from the council. The news comes after former City Manager Rob Lyons’ resignation with severance pay in December 2017. The city council has since actively …
City Council votes on separation agreement, severance pay for resigning city manager
Photo courtesy of the City of Murfreesboro Murfreesboro’s City Council unanimously settled on a separation agreement on Monday from resigning City Manager Rob Lyons, paying a total of $95,810 in severance pay. According to the agreement, Lyons will receive his regular pay, which includes a full bi-weekly paycheck of $6,685 and a partial bi-weekly paycheck of …
Oaklands wetlands update: Murfreesboro residents, officials continue preservation efforts after city’s purchase of wetlands
Photo by Andrew Wigdor / MTSU Sidelines On Aug. 4, 2017, the Murfreesboro City Council approved the purchase of 11.7 acres of natural wetlands that were, at one point, in danger of being disturbed by 91 town homes that were to be built on the land. The city’s purchase of the Oaklands Park wetlands, which …
Time capsule stored in MPD wall for 44 years opened by Rutherford County Historical Society
Photo and Story by Cody Uhls / Contributing Writer In 1973, times were much different in Murfreesboro. Artifacts of those times were put on display Friday morning when a time capsule, which was placed in a wall in the Murfreesboro Police Department during its construction in 1973, was retrieved, and the seal broken. Frank Caperton, …
City Council to potentially approve purchase of Oaklands Park wetlands, will continue preservation efforts
Photo by Andrew Wigdor / News Editor The Murfreesboro City Council is considering the purchase of the 11.6 acres that include the Oaklands Park wetlands after the developer, who previously was planning to build 91 townhomes on the property, decided to no longer pursue the property. The family that currently owns the property accepted the …