A new driveway would also be necessary. The plans submitted by the athletic department include a wrestling facility, gymnasium and dressing rooms. The department had cited lack of space, inadequate dressing rooms and seating, and no area for wrestling practice during basketball season as reasons for a new facility. The board agreed that it would have to determine if the problems of the existing gym would justify building a new one. The qualifying fee is three percent of the salary.
Several seats are also up for re-election on the city and county school boards.
Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax revenue for all six months of 1999 was up over the previous year, but the biggest jump came in June. County leaders said correcting the problem of businesses sending sales tax money to the wrong county led to the increases. But the June figures were up due to more spending in the county, according to county finance director John Hulsey. Collections were also up for the regular local option sales tax. A courthouse that is too small and in bad repair.