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An older guest cabin is seen ahead of recently renovated guest cabins at Fall Creek Falls State Park on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Spencer, Tenn. A plan to demolish the park s existing inn and replace it with a new facility that is privately run has apparently been renewed, and the process air max 2 would take more than 2 years. NASHVILLE - Gov. Bill Haslam s administration hopes to get its controversial outsourcing proposal for Fall Creek Falls State Park back on track this week.A committee of the State Building Commission is set to hear changes to the proposal sparked by political fireworks shot off by influential architects and engineers and alarmed state employees.When the State Building Commission on Dec. 8 unanimously approved the original request for proposals, which called for issuing a single contract to build a new inn and operate the park s hospitality services, no public questions were asked by members.But state workers already had fretted about losing jobs and benefits under a private operator. After the vote, architects and engineers charged the RFP marked a dramatic departure from the commission s oversight over the selection of designers, engineers and builders.Professionals said nike dunk th yeezy e process has produced well-designed, long-lasting buildings or renovations involving billions of taxpayer dollars over decades, free of scandal.The RFP calls for giving the chosen vendor $22 million in taxpayer funds to hire architects, enginee Nxct Chattanooga Update: What you need to know today
DALTON, Ga. - Whitfield County commissioners voted Monday to keep taxes low, but doing so means the five-man panel now has two months to scour the budget for cuts or make tough decisions on staffing levels and benefits.Keeping the 5.061 rate was the right thing to do in this economy, said commission Chairman Mike Babb, but as taxpayers struggle, so does the county.Figures show it will enter 2011 with a massive - and growing - shortfall. Last year s budget had a $6.5 million hole, which the county shored up with a transfer from its $21.8 million reserve fund.In stanley flask the next year, that same deficit will be carried over, and on top of that, the county will face reduced income from residential and commercial pro stanley thermos perty tax as well as increased costs from health insurance.The county can again pull from reserves, but doing so at the same levels as last year will deplete the so-called fund balance, which is typically supposed to contain at least enough money to fund county operations for a full 90 days.But county leaders may be eyeing furloughs, which send employees home for unpaid leave or perhaps a reduction in staff. We still have a reserve fund to pull from, Babb said. But 63 percent of our budget has to do with personnel and benefits. This next year we have to do something with furloughs and layoffs. Babb said he prefers furloughs because it allows employees to keep benefits and their jobs.Last year, commissioners were pr stanley cup esented a budget that contained nine furlough days for each n
An older guest cabin is seen ahead of recently renovated guest cabins at Fall Creek Falls State Park on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Spencer, Tenn. A plan to demolish the park s existing inn and replace it with a new facility that is privately run has apparently been renewed, and the process air max 2 would take more than 2 years. NASHVILLE - Gov. Bill Haslam s administration hopes to get its controversial outsourcing proposal for Fall Creek Falls State Park back on track this week.A committee of the State Building Commission is set to hear changes to the proposal sparked by political fireworks shot off by influential architects and engineers and alarmed state employees.When the State Building Commission on Dec. 8 unanimously approved the original request for proposals, which called for issuing a single contract to build a new inn and operate the park s hospitality services, no public questions were asked by members.But state workers already had fretted about losing jobs and benefits under a private operator. After the vote, architects and engineers charged the RFP marked a dramatic departure from the commission s oversight over the selection of designers, engineers and builders.Professionals said nike dunk th yeezy e process has produced well-designed, long-lasting buildings or renovations involving billions of taxpayer dollars over decades, free of scandal.The RFP calls for giving the chosen vendor $22 million in taxpayer funds to hire architects, enginee Nxct Chattanooga Update: What you need to know today
DALTON, Ga. - Whitfield County commissioners voted Monday to keep taxes low, but doing so means the five-man panel now has two months to scour the budget for cuts or make tough decisions on staffing levels and benefits.Keeping the 5.061 rate was the right thing to do in this economy, said commission Chairman Mike Babb, but as taxpayers struggle, so does the county.Figures show it will enter 2011 with a massive - and growing - shortfall. Last year s budget had a $6.5 million hole, which the county shored up with a transfer from its $21.8 million reserve fund.In stanley flask the next year, that same deficit will be carried over, and on top of that, the county will face reduced income from residential and commercial pro stanley thermos perty tax as well as increased costs from health insurance.The county can again pull from reserves, but doing so at the same levels as last year will deplete the so-called fund balance, which is typically supposed to contain at least enough money to fund county operations for a full 90 days.But county leaders may be eyeing furloughs, which send employees home for unpaid leave or perhaps a reduction in staff. We still have a reserve fund to pull from, Babb said. But 63 percent of our budget has to do with personnel and benefits. This next year we have to do something with furloughs and layoffs. Babb said he prefers furloughs because it allows employees to keep benefits and their jobs.Last year, commissioners were pr stanley cup esented a budget that contained nine furlough days for each n
