Cleveland, Tennessee, Mayor Tom Rowland speaks in this file photo.CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Education and flooding will be the key topics of a joint meeting of Bradley County and Cleveland leaders at the end of the month.
However, litigation involving how the city and county split sales tax revenues may present challenges to those discussions.
“We need to discuss our educational needs as well as the need for a flood study that includes the whole county,” Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland said.
Both county and city school systems have requested capital funding boosts, mainly to alleviate overcrowding.
After a proposed $32 wheel tax failed in an August referendum, officials began looking for other ways to fund school needs.