Mayor to discuss tire plant

McMinnville Mayor Royce Davenport is scheduled as a ?Viewpoints? guest to discuss Knoxville industrialist Ed Bales? failed attempt to win city approval to establish his tire recycling operation at the plant which is located adjacent to a residential area.

Bales told the Zoning Appeals Board earlier this month there would be no objectionable odors or unsightly materials at the location, but the panel, citing neighbors? complaints about emissions from the former WastAway business, denied his request for a zoning variance.

Other discussion topics are expected to include the future of the Main Street revitalization project, the process for naming a successor to retiring McMinnville Police Chief Joe Melton, proposed new traffic and safety controls and re-painting of the downtown water storage tank.