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Rome committee backs pension credit for Tennis Center employees ahead of city takeover
Employees at the Rome Tennis Center could receive credit toward the city’s pension plan for years worked under private management as Rome prepares to take over operations of the facility in January. The city’s Pension Committee voted Tuesday to recommend an amendment to Rome’s retirement plan that would recognize employees’ previous years of service at the Tennis Center, even though they were employed by an outside management company. City Clerk Joe Smith said the change comes as Rome prepares to begin managing the facility itself on Jan. 2, 2027, following five years under Cliff Drysdale Management, a subsidiary of Troon. Under the transition, eligible Tennis Center employees will become city employees and begin participating in the city’s defined-benefit pension plan. However, recognizing their previous years of employment for retirement purposes would require an additional ordinance amendment. “The concept before you all today and the request is to give those employees credit in service for our pension plan for the time they worked at the Rome Tennis Center, but were management company employees,” Smith said to the Pension Committee. Smith said the city has previously extended similar retirement benefits to employees transferring from Floyd County government, including workers who joined the
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Dalton Public Schools to shift to two middle schools aligned with high school pathways
DALTON, Ga. — Dalton Public Schools will change how it serves middle grades beginning next school year, moving to a two-middle-school model in an effort to make students’ educational pathways clearer earlier in their school careers. Under the shift, the district’s two middle schools will each serve students...
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City of Cleveland to receive downtown improvement grant
From the Chattanoogan: The City of Cleveland in Bradley County is among the 14 Tennessee Main Street and Tennessee Downtowns communities announced as recipients of Downtown Improvement Grants (DIGs) by Governor Bill Lee and Deputy Governor and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter on Wednesday. “Our...