Nov 2020 Cleveland, NC Town Board Meeting - Lights, Locks, and Lions
Cleveland, NC town commissioners covered a lot of ground Monday 11-9-2020 at the monthly meeting. Several items on the agenda involved wrapping up items for the year and/or shifting funds around due to some incoming coronavirus grant money previously. Some items will become projects for the new year - 2021. Downtown Lights Project - Expand and Hurry The decorative lights project which was approved during the last monthly meeting will be moving forward, since the board voted to invest in lighting at the last meeting. Commissioner Gerald Osborne said that he thought the town should commit to the entire project and not just with lights down to the bridge. His reasoning was that with changes over time and with different board members coming and going, the full project could never come together. "If we're spending that much money, we need to do the whole thing," said Osborne. Mayer Pat Phifer said that he agreed with Osborne but that the project had to b...