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Budget committee recommends grant acceptances, adjustments to fund balances and a possible change to budget-adoption date
Summary
At the March 17 workshop, the budget committee recommended internal line transfers, acceptance of several grants (with matches), and fund-balance amendments that would reduce the county general and highway fund balances; the committee also signaled a preference to move the budget-adoption meeting date.
At the Loudon County Commission workshop on March 17, 2025, a budget committee representative summarized committee recommendations that would reallocate existing budget lines, accept several grants with matching requirements, and make multiple fund-balance adjustments.
"These are the items that are recommended by the budget committee," the representative said, introducing a package of items that included a $6,500 transfer from a full-time salary line to a part-time line in the property assessor's budget, acceptance of multiple grants for public safety and library services, and a competitive EFA grant that carries a match the committee recommends funding from the county general fund balance if the grant is awarded.
The representative said the committee discussed a specific match where $2,700 would be required and noted a $25,000 figure in the same segment of conversation; the transcript does not provide a final, line-by-line grant award schedule at the workshop. The committee also discussed appropriating matching funds for a TDOT (Tennessee Department of Transportation) grant related to Riley Drive, using sports-gaming-tax revenue in the county general fund for that match. The committee reported a clawback adjustment of $19,611 related to the Morgan Olsen pilot program and other revenue and line adjustments for a satellite senior center, internet services at a satellite county clerk's office, and broader highway-fund amendments.
The representative said the net effect of amendments in the county general fund would be a decrease in fund balance of $23,408; the highway fund (Fund 131) adjustments were expected to decrease that fund's balance by $73,269. The committee also signaled a consensus to move the budget-adoption meeting to June 30, though meeting participants discussed scheduling conflicts and asked staff to circulate availability prior to finalizing the date.
The committee did not take a formal adoption vote at the workshop; staff said specific appropriation ordinances and grant-acceptance resolutions will appear at future commission meetings for formal action.
Background: The items discussed are typical mid-year or grant-related budget amendments and do not add new recurring county obligations, the representative said; some grants require nonfederal local matches and the committee identified likely funding sources if awards are secured.
