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Loudon County budget proposal includes $3,000 raises, EagleView flyovers and jail medical coverage
Summary
County leaders presented a draft fiscal-year budget that would add a four‑year EagleView aerial reinspection contract, expand 24‑hour medical coverage at the jail, increase fire safety funding and give full‑time employees a $3,000 raise and regular part‑time staff an 8% raise; commissioners set a public hearing for June 16.
Loudon County officials presented a draft fiscal-year budget that would add a four-year aerial reinspection contract with EagleView, expand 24-hour medical care at the county jail, increase fire-safety funding and give most full-time county employees a $3,000 pay increase and regular part-time staff an 8% raise.
The proposed budget was introduced at a commission meeting in which Mayor Buddy Bradshaw opened the presentation and county staff reviewed highlights, including an expected roughly $200,000 increase in insurance costs and a plan to match a $125,000 increase for fire protection funding. The commission set a public hearing on the budget for June 16.
The budget includes a four-year contract for EagleView aerial imagery and data services intended to identify new structures and changes to properties between flights. Mike Campbell, identified in the presentation as the assessor who recommended the contract, described the flyovers as episodic: “The flyover is just a single point in…
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