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Assessor Reminds Property Owners of Important Deadline
February 7, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County Assessor of Property Shannon Cantrell reminds you that March 1 is an important date for business owners and applicants of the Greenbelt Program.
“March 1 is the deadline for two different things coming out of the Assessor’s Office. One is the Greenbelt application. If you don’t have your form turned in by March 1 then you won’t be able to qualify for the savings for the 2019 tax year,” said Cantrell.
“If you are already enrolled in the greenbelt program you do not have to reapply. However, if you have purchased property or have added acreage to your farm within the last year and seek to enroll in the greenbelt program then you need to apply by March 1 in order to get the 2019 savings,” Cantrell said.
“Basic requirements for the Greenbelt application are that you must own a minimum of fifteen acres and are able to produce some kind of agriculture product to the gross amount of $1,500 per year. Also if you own fifteen acres and you don’t have an agriculture product and its all forestry you can get a forestry plan and qualify that way”.
“March 1 is also the deadline for personal property schedules. Anyone who owns a business needs to have those turned in by March 1. If you don’t turn one in at all or its not turned in by March 1 there are penalties after March 1. We want you to avoid those penalties if possible,” said Assessor Cantrell.
City Applies for CDBG Grant To Rehab Sewer Lines
February 7, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The City of Smithville is making application for a $525,000 Community Development Block Grant to upgrade sewer lines.
The aldermen adopted a resolution authorizing the grant application Monday night. Funding is available under the CDBG Water/Sewer category including the three-star bonus administered by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.
For years the city has had issues with excessive surface water entering the waste water treatment plant through porous sewer lines especially during heavy rains.
If approved, this grant, with a local match from the city, will help fund improvements to the existing wastewater system lines. The Upper Cumberland Development District will be the grant administrator for the city.
Two years ago work was completed on a $2.8 million upgrade at the Smithville Waste Water Treatment Plant partly funded with a CDBG grant but mostly with city reserves.
Dowelltown Man Involved in Rollover Crash at Liberty
February 6, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A Dowelltown man escaped serious injury in a rollover crash Wednesday afternoon on Highway 70 at Liberty.
According to Trooper Richard Teachout of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 27 year old Michael Highers was traveling west on Highway 70 in a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer when his vehicle hydroplaned during the rain, went out of control, and overturned coming to rest on its side.
Highers, who suffered cuts and bruises, was treated at the scene by DeKalb EMS but he refused transport to the hospital.
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and County Volunteer Fire Department were also on the scene.
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