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Commission votes 13-8 to block $59,350 school budget line change after debate on procedure and oversight
Summary
Lincoln County Board of Commissioners members voted 13-8, with three absent, on March 18 to concur with the budget committee’s recommendation and decline a $59,350 amendment to the 1-41 general purpose school fund that would have moved money within the school budget to pay overlapping superintendent salaries.
Lincoln County Board of Commissioners members voted 13-8, with three absent, on March 18 to concur with the budget committee’s recommendation and decline a $59,350 amendment to the 1-41 general purpose school fund that would have moved money within the school budget to pay overlapping superintendent salaries.
The vote followed extended discussion about whether denying the amendment would prevent payment, what audit findings might follow and whether the school board had violated the Tennessee Open Meetings Act (sunshine law). Finance Director Jason Nicks, speaking to the commission, said denying the amendment would not stop the payment and would likely become an audit finding: “I just want to make it clear to everyone on the commission…
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