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Commission deadlocks on funding for fire‑facility site work; committee process, funding sources debated
Summary
Commissioners debated whether to fund clearing and grading at a proposed fire facility on Minnis Road, with estimates ranging from $75,000 to $150,000 and disagreement over committee handling. A motion to table the building/land committee request failed 5‑7, and leaders said the matter will return to the finance committee for scheduling.
Bradley County commissioners split on whether to advance funding for clearing, leveling and surfacing at a proposed fire facility on Minnis Road, with committee members and staff offering differing cost estimates and a contentious exchange about committee procedure.
The building and land committee had asked finance to consider a request to fund clearing, sloping and paving of a strip on the fire facility property; the finance committee voted 3‑1 with one absent to recommend tabling that request. When the full commission voted on the recommendation to table, the motion received 5 votes in favor and 7 opposed, so the motion to table failed.
Commissioner Thompson urged action rather than delay, opening his remarks by criticizing the tabling process: “We got a problem with tabling things. What do you…
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