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Budget committee recommends multiple amendments; commissioners to consider EDA letter rescind and ag employee bonuses
Summary
At the May 19 Loudon County workshop the budget committee recommended a set of year‑end budget amendments and approvals, including an agricultural one‑time bonus funded from contract savings, grant acceptances, and multiple capital adjustments; commissioners asked that a letter to the EDA be rescinded and scheduled that item for June 2.
The Loudon County budget committee presented multiple year‑end budget amendments, grant acceptances and capital adjustments at the May 19, 2025 commission workshop, recommending items the full commission will consider at its June meeting.
Aaron, speaking for the budget committee, summarized the recommendations. He said the committee recommended paying a one‑time bonus to Loudon County Agricultural Department employees using funds left over in a contract with BC and TSU because of vacancies. "The budget committee recommended that," he said, explaining that the bonus would be paid from available contracted salary funds.
The committee also recommended accepting a 2025 Homeland Security grant with no local match and presented a package of fiscal year adjustments. Aaron said the recommended general fund amendments would increase fund balance by $2,397,817 overall; items across several funds produced net changes including a reported $336,992 increase in the highway fund and a reported $5,409,570 increase in the education debt service fund following trustee commission and tax recognition adjustments. The budget committee reported the general purpose school fund amendments reflected actions by the Board of Education and showed a decrease to that fund balance of $5,050,000.
Capital projects and equipment adjustments included small courthouse owner‑alternate costs (staff cited about $3,891 for added bulletproof panels at a judge’s bench and architect fees of about $11,815 on a phase of work) and a range of equipment purchases: desktop/laptop computer purchases for senior center and veterans affairs totaling about $55,864.95, restroom renovation and painting of the county annex (roughly $25,959 and $27,588 respectively), and multiple Highway Department trade‑in vehicle purchases (examples in the packet included $27,809, $42,854 and $20,739.84 line items).
Commissioner Gary Woodfield asked that the commission rescind a previous letter to the Economic Development Administration; he said he would provide revised text and asked that the rescind request be placed on the June 2 agenda. Aaron said he would send related documentation to commissioners.
The budget committee’s recommendations were presented for the full commission’s review; commissioners did not take final votes on the amendments at the workshop. Staff said items will be placed on the June 2 agenda for formal action.
