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Bedford County adopts FY2025-26 budget package, keeps tax levy at current allocations
Summary
At a special-called meeting, the Bedford County Board of Commissioners approved school and county budget amendments, accepted the audit report with no findings, adopted appropriations and the fiscal-year expenditures for 2025-26 and approved a resolution fixing the tax levy; votes were unanimous on major measures.
BEDFORD COUNTY — The Bedford County Board of Commissioners on a special-called meeting approved amendments to the fiscal-year 2024-25 school and county budgets, accepted the county audit report with no findings, adopted appropriations for fiscal 2025-26 and fixed the county tax levy for the year beginning July 1, 2025.
The commission approved the school budget amendment No. 5 and Bedford County budget amendment No. 8 together, voting 18-0 after a motion and second. The board then accepted the audit committee report as part of the record; county officials stated the audit produced no findings and the commission voted to accept it.
The commission read and adopted Resolution 26-01 "a resolution fixing the tax levy in Bedford County, Tennessee for the fiscal year beginning 07/01/2025," which allocated the levy across funds as read into the record: general fund $1.43; highway and public works 9¢; general purpose schools 62¢; general debt service 15¢; and county capital projects 0.0352 (as stated in the resolution). Commissioners moved to approve the resolution and, after waiving further reading, the roll-call vote was 18 ayes, 0 nos.
Following the levy vote, commissioners approved Resolution 26-02 making appropriations for county funds and departments for the year beginning July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The motion to approve the appropriations passed by roll call, 18-0.
Later in the meeting, the commission approved the detailed expenditure budget for fiscal 2025-26 covering the County General Fund (101), Drug Control Fund (122), Highway/Public Works (131), General Purpose Schools (141), Child Nutrition (143), School-Age Care (146), General Debt Service, Education Capital Projects and County Capital Projects; that vote was also 18-0. The adopted appropriations and expenditures take effect for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.
The commission handled multiple related resolutions during the session as part of its budget-only special call. Commissioners were polled by roll call for each major vote; the meeting record shows unanimous approval for the audit acceptance, levy resolution, appropriations resolution and the expenditure budget.
Routine process questions during debate included whether specific line-item redistributions could be made at the floor; county staff and counsel advised that internal redistribution of line items would require action by the financial management committee and return to the commission for approval rather than being accomplished directly on the floor.
The commission adjourned after completing the budget and associated items.
