Crossville City Council candidates’ comments were made during their two-minute opening remarks, their one-minute closing remarks or in response to one of five forum questions:
Crossville has a lot of forward momentum with visible growth and more on the horizon. If elected, how would you continue the city on a path to a brighter tomorrow?Economic and community development requires teamwork. What would you do to ensure continued cooperation between the city, the county, the Chamber, and all external and internal players?Crossville’s Main St. is the heart of our community. What would you like to see happen to keep our central business district attractive and growing?Envision Crossville in the year 2030. As a member of the City Council, describe what your focus would be during the four-year term for which you would be elected to get us further along the road to that vision.Elected officials and political processes are not perfect. What issues do you see that need to be addressed in a different way than they are now or have been in the past?
Each candidate was given two minutes to respond to each question. Microphones were silenced when candidates continued to speak past their time limit.