CLEVELAND, Tenn. – A review of new employee retirement benefits and consideration of sharing the cost of a greenway parking area with Cleveland are on the Bradley County Commission’s calendar in January.
This week, Commissioner Milan Blake asked that the commission consider hiring an appraiser to determine the value of a private Keith Street parcel, located next to Kingsway Press, that long has served as a parking site for the Cleveland/Bradley County Greenway.
The owner has asked $200,000 for the property and the Cleveland City Council has agreed to buy the parcel contingent upon Bradley County’s willingness to put $100,000 toward the purchase over a three-year period, Blake said.
“Going forward, what we can do is find out what the property is really worth,” he said. “That’s pretty much our first step. Once we have that information, I think we will make a better decision.”
The matter came before the Bradley County Finance Committee a few weeks ago, but was voted down 4-1. Only Blake, who is chairman of the panel, voted against denying the city’s request to split the cost of the property purchase.