CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Ajax Turner Senior Center will close its doors on June 15 to prepare for a move-out, as the City of Clarksville will take over the building and resume operations on July 1.
At Thursday’s Senior Board meeting, board member Lois Greider said that Millan Enterprises will provide warehouse space for the nonprofit’s furniture and equipment. The center will close so that staff can prepare and pack. Millan will handle the move and will hold everything temporarily until a new home can be found for the nonprofit-operated senior center. When the city takes over the building two week later, it will be empty.
Also Thursday, the board, and some members of the packed audience, hotly debated whether a 2024 change in the bylaws was properly ratified. Among the bylaw changes: A requirement that the board adhere to the Tennessee Open Meetings Law.
Why that matters played out in real time with a secret meeting the board held on Friday, June 5, and it could affect the validity of a vote in an earlier closed meeting in which Executive Director Rita Allsop was fired.
Closed-door meeting with actions taken
On Friday, June 5, after receiving reports of a police presence at Ajax Turner Senior Center, along with an unscheduled board meeting coming that same day, Clarksville Now visited the senior center to learn more…