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Board adopts FY26-27 strategic work plan as commissioners press for faster plans to close fair and flea-market shortfalls
Summary
The Board of Fair Commissioners unanimously adopted the FY26-27 strategic work plan and debated budget shortfalls at the Nashville Fairgrounds, with staff presenting March 2025 preliminary financials that showed mixed results and commissioners asking for quicker expense-allocation data and mitigation proposals.
The Board of Fair Commissioners on April 7 unanimously adopted the fiscal-year 2026–27 strategic work plan and agreed to postpone any changes to the board’s mission statement. The board also discussed preliminary March 2025 financials and signaled urgency about addressing revenue shortfalls at the flea market and the fair.
The board voted to adopt the work plan and to table further discussion of a revised mission statement. The motions were moved and seconded on the record and passed by voice vote with all members present indicating “aye.”
The finance report presented preliminary March numbers prepared 04/07/2025: revenues for March were reported at approximately $2,700,000; other financing sources about $1,000,000; and expenses around $3,100,000, producing a reported net gain of about $673,352 before…
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