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The Giles County Chamber of Commerce’s annual chili cookoff will be Oct. 21 on the Pulaski Square, following action by the Pulaski Board of Mayor and Aldermen at the Aug. 24 meeting. The cookoff, one of the chamber’s annual fund-raisers, will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Another parade/activity permit was approved for the Giles County Tourism Foundation on Nov. 13 for the Bells and Benges Memorial Motorcycle Ride to commemorate the Trail of Tears. Two branches of the road pass through Pulaski. Indian tribes from the Southeastern United States traveled over the trail when they were forcibly relocated by the U.S. Government to Oklahoma.
Other permits were approved for the Temple of Praise Church for Sept. 12, for Martin Methodist College on Sept. 7 and for the Common Ground Cafe on Sept. 4. That permit will be for a wedding at Pleasant Run Park at noon.
Meeting as the Beer Board, the Pulaski City Council also approved a permit on part of the Courthouse Square for the Giles County Kiwanis Club’s Fall Festival on Sept. 25.
In other business, the council opened bids for a two door commercial triple combination pumper and equipment from Pierce Equipment, for $218,446, and from NAFEECO, for $248,179 for the Pulaski Fire Department.
Also opened were bids for a dump truck for the city street department from Neely Coble Company Inc., Nashville, for $69,453 and Sharp Motor Co., $71,168.
Both sets of bids were referred to Pulaski City Administrator Terry Harrison for recommendations.
— Staff Reports