Although they ultimately opted to spend $62,500 for new lights at the Johnson Field in Lookout Mountain, Hamilton County commissioners first spent about 30 minutes Wednesday debating whether that was a worthwhile use of taxpayer money.
Arguing that it could set a poor precedent, Hamilton County commissioners narrowly denied a request by residents of a Montlake subdivision to accept Terrace Falls Drive as a county road, with an official stating that the roadway doesn t meet existing county standards.