The Crossville City Council tonight approved an ordinance establishing a truck route for tractor-trailers not making deliveries downtown on Main Street.

If it is finally approved, tractor-trailer drivers will have to use Miller Bypass to detour the downtown area.

This was the first of several readings opening the door for discussion and fine-tuning the ordinance before it is put into play and enforced.

In other action, the council approved the purchase of police rifles using a grant received.

In his report to the Crossville City Council tonight, City Manager Greg Wood said the latest monthly sales tax collection was $970,169. This is down nearly $30,000 from the previous month. For sales tax revenues year-to-date, the city has collected $2,061,709. In wholesale beer tax, the city saw $63,380 in the latest month reported. For the year-to-date, the city collected $271,296. For the hotel occupancy tax, Wood stated that $21,667 was collected in the latest month. It brings the year-to-date collections to $89,602.

The council reviewed the report for November 2023 from the Crossville Fire Department. It states firefighters responded to 15 blazes and went on 133 emergency medical service calls. The report indicated 22 false alarms or false calls.