MICHELLE WILLARD, Post Content Editor
Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:53 am

All the recent wintry weather has taken its toll on Murfreesboro’s salt supply.

So far Murfreesboro has seen about 7 inches of snow and winter isn’t over yet.

All the snow has used up more than half the city’s salt supply with most of it used during the snowstorm the weekend of Jan. 29-30.

“Approximately two years ago, after s severe winter storm, we used our entire reserve of salt and were told by all of the suppliers, that due to demand, we could not purchase additional salt,” Murfreesboro Street Department Director Rick Templeton said.

And Templeton doesn’t want to be in that position again.

So, he wants to buy 875 tons of roadway salt for almost $58,000, 66 percent of which will be reimbursed by TDOT, to make sure roads in the city stay clear through the end of winter.

Murfreesboro City Council will vote on the issue at its Thursday night meeting.

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Public hearings:
• To amend Appendix A-Zoning dealing with Postmortem Establishments.

• To rezone approximately .52 acres located along Medical Center Parkway from Planned Commercial Development (PCD) District to Commercial Fringe (CF) District; Denise O’Connell, applicant. Map

• To rezone approximately 1.29 acres located along Lascassas Pike and Wenlon Drive from Residential Multi-Family Sixteen (RM-16) District to Local Commercial (CL) District; Robert D. and Jonnie B. Jones, applicants. Map