Mayor Mark Maddox
Commentary on the proposed Dresden Municipal Complex
Editorial by Jeff Washburn How much is the new Dresden Municipal Complex going to cost? How much will the tax rate have to go up? Those are questions that are being asked often by citizens of Dresden as plans have been finalized for the new municipal complex, cost estimates have been made, and construction may…
Read MoreRoy Herron’s invoice to City of Dresden raises concerns
Story by Shannon Taylor, Senior Investigative Reporter At the March board meeting, the invoice that the Dresden board of mayor and alderman received from Attorney Roy Herron regarding the lawsuit that former mayor Jeff Washburn filed against the alderman, was discussed. City Recorder Jennifer Branscum read the response they received from the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office…
Read MoreCommunity Concerns with Shannon
Our next question comes from Beverly Lewis of Dresden. She asked, “Why is it taking so long to rebuild the square at Dresden? It’s been over a year, and nothing has been done.” Beverly, there have been numerous meetings over the past year to go over blueprints with A2H engineers and the final blueprints for…
Read MoreDresden Industrial Board approves expenditure to assist with National Tobacco project
Story by Shannon Taylor, Senior Investigative Reporter The Dresden Industrial Development Board met at Dresden City Hall on Monday, March 20, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. to discuss a project by National Tobacco. Members present included Chairman Junior Moore, Mayor Mark Maddox, Weakley County Economic Development Board Director Justin Crice, Tom Reavis, Brad Branscum, Colin Johnson,…
Read MoreDresden board approves exterior design for Municipal Complex
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The Dresden board of mayor and alderman met Thursday, March 9 to discuss the plans and designs for the Dresden Municipal Complex. After 40 minutes of discussion regarding the project, the board voted to move forward with the project minus a few suggestions they wanted the engineers to…
Read MoreDresden votes for floating wetlands as their CDBG project
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The Dresden board of mayor and alderman voted unanimously to go with the floating wetlands for the Community Development Block Grant Project (CDBG) and adopted Resolution 2023-07 which would authorize matching funds of 17% for the application for the CDBG for up to $400,000. During citizen input, Brandi…
Read MoreBryan Chandler is Dresden’s new Police Chief
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter New Police Chief The city of Dresden received two applications for Police Chief and after interviewing both candidates, Bryan Chandler was the pick. Chandler told the Press, “This has been a long over two-month process. Me and the other gentleman that was running for it both work for…
Read MoreDresden board accepts 6.8 million construction budget: Mayor to shop for loan
story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The board received a construction budget from A2H construction for the new municipal project that totaled 6.8 million dollars. The board voted unanimously to accept the construction only budget and to allow mayor Mark Maddox to shop for a loan for the costs. Maddox stated, “We need some…
Read MorePotential projects discussed at Dresden’s CDBG hearing
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The agenda for the public hearing was to seek public input on potential projects that would be eligible for the Community Development Block Grant. There were no Dresden residents in attendance. The 2023 application CDBG maximum amount to apply for is $630,000.00. The city of Dresden would have…
Read MoreTentative budget and date revealed for municipal project
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter Members of A2H Construction and the Dresden board of mayor and alderman met Monday, Dec. 19 to go over the budget for the municipal complex project—a close to 7-million-dollar project—with a tentative start date of April 2023. The (tentative) budget was broken down in the design-development phase with…
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