The Centerville Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously approved four resolutions at its February 11 meeting.
Resolution 2025-04 awarded a bid for a wayfinding and branding study for the Centerville Mainstreet district to Tommy Stokes Design Inc. of Knoxville for $9,750. The company was the lowest bidder. “This part of the (Downtown Improvement) grant moves into the wayfinding, signage so that people coming into town will know that there’s a main street, a downtown and encourage shopping,” said Centerville Main Street executive director Brenda Brock.
Resolution 2025-05 discontinues any funding for improvements at C.A. Thompson Park through the state Local Parks and Recreation grant. Mayor Gary Jacobs said that funding for new equipment at the park, on the site of the former swimming pool, would not stop altogether, it just would longer be funded through the state grant. “What this means is, after two years of paperwork and jumping through hoops . . . that we stop that process, do this on our own. “If we go through with the process the state has laid out for us, the total cost is $144,200. In our budget for the last two budget cycles, there’s been $72,100 put in there to match that grant. We’re no closer to seeing that match than we were two years ago.”
Jacobs said it would cost the town around $93,000 to build the new playground structures. “So we don’t lose another season of kids having something to play on over there, we can get this done,” Jacobs said. In addition to new structures, Jacobs said a metal bench will be installed and a new safety fence will have to be built around the perimeter.
Resolution 2025-06 authorizes the mayor to seek an organization to perform a leak detection survey on nearly 50 miles of water lines at Shady Grove. “The Shady Grove line is our most troublesome line,” Jacobs said. “We have replaced the line — it still is our problem line. We want to put a company on the ground, walking that line and helping us locate these leaks.”
Resolution 2025-07 adds Rogers Lane to the town’s street list. “It is currently Rogers Road,” Jacobs said. “There’s already a Rogers Road in the county and there has been some confusion and problems with 911 dealing with this.” The county asked the town to change the road’s name to prevent confusion with first responders.
The meeting lasted 20 minutes. All 10 aldermen were in attendance.
