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Bedford County Highway Department resolution approved
The Courthouse & Property Committee approved a resolution authorizing the Bedford County Highway Department to perform work for city and county governmental entities when project costs are reimbursed to the county, citing Tennessee Code Annotated 54-7-202 (authority to perform work for other governmental entities). The committee moved the resolution to the full commission with a recommendation to approve.

Industrial Development Board: Payment‑in‑Lieu‑of‑Taxes (PILOT)
The Industrial Development Board request from Central Mo (payment in lieu of taxes pilot program) was forwarded to the full commission without a committee recommendation. Committee documents noted that the City had already granted a three‑year pilot schedule with phased taxable percentages (0% first year, 30% second year, 70% third year, fourth year fully taxable); the committee sent the package onward with no recommendation.

Disposition of county parcels (surplus referral)
The Courthouse & Property Committee reviewed two county‑owned parcels and voted to declare both surplus and forward them to the full commission for disposition under the county’s surplus property procedures. One parcel is adjacent to Bridge Street in the Bell Buckle area; the other is a small, landlocked parcel off Whitaker Bridal Road (access requires crossing private property). Committee members asked the mayor’s office to confirm there are no county operational needs for either parcel and to notify the Bell Buckle authorities before surplus proceedings. The committee voted to send both parcels to the full commission for final action after the required public-notice and sealed-bid process.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Standing Committee Meetings April 15, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","A quick roundup of committee decisions: authorization for the highway department to perform reimbursed work for other governmental entities was approved; an Industrial Development Board PILOT request was forwarded without recommendation; two county-owned parcels were moved to surplus and will be sent to the full commission.","taxTitle","Bedford County, Tennessee","taxId",28224,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6270246,"Motorola tells Bedford County project is nearly complete, apologizes for delays",360,5360000,5720000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3037440-22644b00bb1796f9cac6c6ca01e46548&start=5360&end=5720","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3037440-22644b00bb1796f9cac6c6ca01e46548/thumbnail_5360000.jpg","/articles/6270246/Bedford-County/Tennessee/Motorola-tells-Bedford-County-project-is-nearly-complete-apologizes-for-delays","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6270246-0a0adfd8239649bae2475d2c7d278dc4/orig.mp4?Expires=1771183472&Signature=bNwQKGRRyqR7BnR2IcwWGbr6-erQuZI39wp-DGUu2n7f2sRCg59v2tTcP8x6gJrpTlGRedxqVQuvO0OCBSanlkHr05-vTwUQBTXtYow-QHRJ1F29x8puPToSiBO9RldJ5BWeaBmpBPMSSGCB~aGAiY2J7vB50dcseSoxe-F6RkkN8lB2DtwioCGRod8TtL5QY3aDrQ~UDCrdDjyC4AF0lLbkQpDFnMpgQHNYwVgN4gsYiGdB5Lfikz9rueikRq3Z15tuUZZSH6awOIK8uXAqy8t9ycJj5WpBZZ2xE9T7cHv4NwkNSs1LkUxLdMvtLll1qzn4AunalmGiLtdTJoAwhA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Motorola Solutions representatives apologized to Bedford County officials for delays in the county’s public-safety radio project and provided a phased status update on sites that are part of the county’s build-out on the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network (TACN).

Kate Sowell, Motorola Solutions’ program director for the state build-out, told the Public Safety Committee that earlier project management and schedule problems led to the county’s protracted timeline; she said Motorola had changed personnel and put new managers in place to complete the work. Sowell said Motorola accepts responsibility for missed milestones and thanked county leadership for patience.

Sowell said the original purchase (phase 1) included six sites: Gills Chapel, Lynch Hill, Rippey Ridge, Union Site, Eagleville and Hawthorne Hills. She reported that Gills Chapel and Lynch Hill are completed; Rippey Ridge and Union Site are at or near completion with civil and technical work closed; Eagleville’s civil and technical work is complete but the county will procure a generator pad; and Hawthorne Hills equipment and antennas were installed with microwave links scheduled for testing the week of April 21. Motorola said Hawthorne Hills will receive a UPS and a Generac generator with an automatic transfer switch in a later phase (16‑week lead time for the generator). Motorola also said the state (TACN) has provided cost relief to Bedford County via a reimbursement mechanism that has been processed with county finance staff.

Motorola’s team (including area sales manager Sean Erickson and sales manager Quinn Sheridan) described next steps: finish on‑air testing at Hawthorne Hills, install and commission microwave links, deliver and install ordered generators later in the summer, and complete phase‑2 items previously requested by the county. Sowell said Motorola had pulled equipment from other states to accelerate completion while new equipment orders were processed and that the vendor had worked closely with county staff.

No formal action was taken; the committee received the update and asked Motorola and county staff to provide email notice when Hawthorne Hills is placed on air and when generator delivery schedules are firm.","Motorola Solutions provided a progress update on the county public-safety communications project, apologizing for schedule slippage and outlining site-by-site status and next steps.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":44,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":50,"_51":93,"_53":94,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":95,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":96,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6270251,"Commission committee tables resolution that would prohibit residential decentralized wastewater systems",361,1711000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3037440-22644b00bb1796f9cac6c6ca01e46548&start=1350&end=1711","/articles/6270251/Bedford-County/Tennessee/Commission-committee-tables-resolution-that-would-prohibit-residential-decentralized-wastewater-systems","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6270251-77b67fb1d531bb6f083709fa6a6af11c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771183472&Signature=KayFbFABOTcE-7bcbEfdOD21ZhHsFmQCOtuTulYJli5UmEQuosg9yYvwd2lQQ-44ZHRjmI1jkWQEdHwF-i7f~uRZjummSFL4gW0annAvLyJ70Tm2HS-HTD48k4kzI3NrCt2UKzlzZoHrvgHNMfgx2MjHk1fXeWlC2iJHbVxkLQghTbn-DNHJdcacnYCQ-tbbYXHTkMMnHhVjgBub8q2ZTY7gC9jRUKAbmPCkI3OUUO7--jJijJcXlAoGi9N94OKeCoSV6ujltAA~Hy5Pp1hNewF7bPiEO780WLImwR1eNJ4jCZKWvM7UN3Ylu5a~YhvyBJg8sbs0vr8mhDf4L6lEww__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A proposed resolution that would prohibit residential decentralized wastewater systems (often called STEP systems) in Bedford County was the subject of extended public comment and expert testimony before the Courthouse & Property Committee. After discussion, the committee voted to table the resolution and ask the county’s planning and zoning body to review technical standards, including leach-field application area and bonding/inspection requirements.

The resolution presented to committee would have prohibited residential decentralized wastewater systems countywide “until such time as the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) or other appropriate authority have developed and implemented sufficient standards and monitoring processes.” Committee members read a resolution that cited TDEC’s state review and framed the measure as a temporary prohibition intended to protect public health and property rights pending stronger standards.

Public commenters included homeowners and landowners who raised concerns that a countywide ban would reduce property values and restrict how owners may develop their land. One resident with first‑hand wastewater management experience said decentralized systems are valuable if properly overseen; others said they feared a 50 percent failure rate cited in a TDEC review and worried about who would maintain systems in subdivisions when builders left.

Speakers from the development and real estate community urged caution before restricting system types. Ashley Sugar, identified in committee as CEO of the Middle Tennessee Association of Realtors, told commissioners that developers pushing legislative reform sought higher standards, including bonding and third‑party oversight, and she urged the committee to wait for state‑level or negotiated standards before enacting a local prohibition.

Planning staff and the county attorney were asked how a commission-level resolution would interact with the county’s planning and zoning process. Committee members were told that a zoning change or a regulation with the effect of law typically should originate with or be considered by the Planning Commission; passing a commission resolution alone would not create enforceable zoning law without that administrative process. Several committee members suggested updating county zoning regulations to require larger leach-field application areas than the state minimum, require bonding or third‑party maintenance contracts, and locate STEP systems near main roads where sewer extensions are more feasible.

After hearing multiple residents, engineers and industry representatives, the committee voted to table the resolution and asked planning staff to study revised zoning language and stronger technical standards. Committee members framed the motion as giving planning staff time to draft stronger local requirements — including expanded reserve areas, bonding/maintenance language and inspection regimes — before any blanket prohibition is considered by the full commission.

The committee’s action was procedural: tabling keeps the resolution active in committee while requesting further study by planning and zoning and does not enact a countywide ban.","A standing committee heard hours of public comment and expert testimony on decentralized wastewater (STEP) systems and voted to table a proposed countywide prohibition and ask planning to examine zoning and leach-field standards.",{"_33":98,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":99,"_41":100,"_43":101,"_45":102,"_47":103,"_49":104,"_51":105,"_53":106,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":107,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":108,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6270256,"Committee forwards proposal for five-member budget committee to full commission",1029,300000,1329000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3037440-22644b00bb1796f9cac6c6ca01e46548&start=300&end=1329","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3037440-22644b00bb1796f9cac6c6ca01e46548/thumbnail_300000.jpg","/articles/6270256/Bedford-County/Tennessee/Committee-forwards-proposal-for-five-member-budget-committee-to-full-commission","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6270256-b313caa4aa43200f54de1f869bdae49a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771183472&Signature=ECZeylejZhcE7ZRvivyBz0b~o8NkLkQ~5XSHSMKcJ6ySCieTiehXMy4qqXMHalmunYsieJG2RAPDVe~bnad3WffziCE4oQWpSLMINrG8l0~fezNpEZAwiP276ufzv7qu0~wVb4ePDb-~NpQI-DMpjISl2jh1dtm-K83S-hh11bh5bXMCQIKmJMEBv-lw3CxuDDFhPDjFzN0wGQPQuR8mTxvgAUnZX-Yk7nbIOkwie6jvCIliIu4iL9pBWM5aB2B3EFv9g6x~on9sWSYCvxfMv~zfjcFocj-MeDK2y1Cf~S0QgR-AItQRju5fIcixSz4o4ymVYV7v5xC7sacydp5YPA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Rules and Legislative Committee of the Bedford County Commission voted to forward a proposal to create a five-member budget committee to the full commission for consideration.

The committee vote followed discussion of the committee’s relationship to the county’s existing Financial Management Committee and the 1981 Financial Management Act. The draft proposal would establish a five-member panel to review, prepare and recommend the county’s annual budget; the slate named in committee included Diane Neely (Fourth District), John Boutwell (Eighth District), Troy Thompson (Third District), Bill Anderson (Sixth District) and Drew (District 1). The committee also named an ex officio secretary/advisor to attend meetings.

County legal counsel and committee members debated whether adopting the new committee would conflict with state law and the county’s current bylaws. Committee members and counsel referenced Tennessee Code Annotated and the Financial Management Act — specifically TCA 5-21-105 was cited in committee discussion — and also discussed the effect of local bylaws ratified in prior years. The county attorney explained that the code permits the county legislative body to authorize the Financial Management Committee to assume duties described in the statute or, alternatively, for the county legislative body to create a committee by resolution; changing a locally adopted process that is embedded in bylaws would also require the commission’s established bylaw-change procedure.

Committee members heard opposing legal interpretations: some members said the commission could create a separate committee under authority in the statute, while others said decoupling the existing structure could require a two‑thirds vote to amend bylaws. Committee members said they had contacted outside advisors, including Charlie Curtis, to review the statutory language.

After debate the committee voted to send the proposal to the full commission for a final decision. The motion to forward passed by a vote of 3 yes, 2 no.

If approved by the full commission, the five‑member committee would be charged with oversight of the county budget review and recommendation process as described in the proposal; committee members discussed scheduling constraints given the county budget calendar and whether an incoming committee could reasonably review the current-year budget on the timeline that leads to the June county budget adoption deadline.

The committee also asked that the county attorney and outside advisors be available to the full commission when the item is considered so that members have a clear legal ruling on whether local bylaws, the Financial Management Committee and the proposed five‑member committee can operate concurrently or whether a bylaw change would be required.","A Rules & Legislative committee voted to send a proposal creating a five-member budget committee to the full Bedford County Commission after discussion about state law and local bylaws.","actionData","errors"]

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