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Votes at a glance: Public Safety Committee approves minutes, departmental reports, multiple budget amendments and contracts
Summary
The Public Safety Committee approved the meeting minutes, departmental reports and a slate of budget amendments, grant reallocations and contracts across EMS, Fire & Rescue, Sheriff's Office, PAWS, juvenile services, emergency management and other public‑safety units.
The Public Safety Committee on March 24 approved the meeting minutes and a series of departmental reports and budget amendments. The committee recorded votes by voice or roll call for each item; the clerk’s roll calls in the transcript recorded affirmative votes from commissioners present on each motion. Key outcomes included:
- Approval of the committee minutes (motion passed by voice vote).
- Approval of the EMS monthly report (motion passed by voice vote).
- Approval of the Fire & Rescue monthly report and two budget amendments: an increase of $25,000 for the fire permits/training software line and a second internal reallocation moving $10,000 from part‑time personnel to custodial supplies, $12,300 into furniture and fixtures, and $15,400 from utilities into other supplies (both amendments passed by roll call).
- Sheriff’s Office approvals and budget/grant actions (all passed by roll call): • Highway Safety grant modification: move $3,500 from overtime and payroll‑related lines into law‑enforcement supplies for an impaired‑driving program (period of performance Oct. 1, 2024–Sept. 30, 2025; described as a no‑match grant). • Reallocation for the BGA Connect and Protect behavioral‑health response program to move funds from uniforms into printing, pamphlets and outreach materials. • Acceptance of a Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission salary supplement of $196,800 to the salary‑supplement line item for certified deputies who met 2024 in‑service requirements. • Acceptance of $20,000 from other charges for services into a vehicle‑parts line item. • A reallocation moving $250,000 from other salaries and wages into food supplies ($200,000) and transport other than students ($50,000) (committee approved as presented). • A drug‑fund amendment moving $10,000 from restricted public‑safety funds into maintenance and repair of vehicles (passed by roll call).
- PAWS (animal services) approvals: monthly report approved; committee authorized PAWS to apply for the state Animal Friendly spay/neuter grant (no county match) and approved an internal budget amendment to cover overtime and current year needs (passed by roll call).
- Juvenile services: the committee approved three identical contracts (Benton, Carol and Smith) finalizing a $200 daily rate and approved a $5,000 internal reallocation from medical/dental and supplies into other contracted services to cover meals (passed by roll call).
- Emergency management: the committee approved standard annual Homeland Security grant actions (no local match) and a $171,463 allocation into a grant line item for a regional security initiative that the speaker said will be reimbursed fully after equipment purchases (passed by roll call).
- Court, probation, corrections and other departmental reports and smaller budget amendments (DUI expansion amendment $8,475 to contracts for Allard Consulting; detention and other departmental internal reallocations) were approved by motion and roll call as recorded in the minutes.
Where the transcript did not name movers or seconders, motions were recorded as made and seconded during the meeting and were approved by voice or roll call as reflected in the transcript.
