County Mayor Joe Carr looks at 2025 Achievements and 2026 Desires for Rutherford County, TN:
- Managing population growth
- leveling of school enrollment grow
- PlanRutherford
- Dr. Sullivan has requested two new schools
- New jail will be mandatory, 5-year time frame to build and move-in
- Old jail in flood plain and has sunk one-foot, is cracking and has other issues.
- Adult Detention Center was built for 400 inmates, but regularly has over 1,000
- Rutherford County can not build a new jail (est. $400 million) as well as 2 new schools (estimated $350-milloion) without raising taxes, and Mayor Carr vows that he will not raise taxes.
- Overview of the County purchasing the Bank of America building for offices.
- Moving offices from the old Gordstei's Building to B of A (1-year time frame)
- Architect Bart Kline creating needs for the Bank of America building (E. Main at Spring St.)
- New Year thought fro County Mayor Joe Carr
