Montgomery County Commission places budget amendments and opioid-abatement allocations on consent agenda; outcomes not specified in transcript

At its informal meeting on Feb. 3, 2025, the Montgomery County Commission placed multiple resolutions on the consent agenda, including a resolution to retain a delinquent-tax attorney for tax year 2023, a fiscal-year 2025 budget amendment and an appropriation from opioid-abatement settlement funds. The meeting record does not state the final vote tallies or whether the items were formally adopted at that session.

Finance staff identified specific amendments proposed in resolution R-25-22 (fiscal year 2025 budget amendments): adding $20,000 in general-fund revenue to cover EMS training stipends (the staff presentation said the funds come from the state of Tennessee); recognizing a WIC grant award of $234,006; and recognizing $88,000 in donations. On the expenditures side, staff said the county is adding a zoning-code rewrite item (previously approved by the budget committee but not entered into the accounting system), transferring funds within the sheriff’s office budget, adding $20,000 to pay EMS training stipends, and transferring $11,720 from field-maintenance reserves for parks. The county’s risk-management fund was shown with a $45,000 increase to pay for additional security services at Veterans Plaza.

Commission staff said the county has prepared an initial list of uses for opioid-abatement settlement funds and intends to appropriate some funds now to offset dollars the county was already planning to spend; staff indicated some of the funds are restricted and some unrestricted and invited additional ideas from commissioners.

Other consent-agenda items mentioned included routine approvals and reports: commission minutes dated Jan. 13, 2025; the county clerk’s report and notary list; county mayor appointments and nominations. On appointments, the county mayor appointed Commissioner David Shelton to the Public Safety Training Complex Committee to replace Commissioner Ricky Ray, term to expire February 2027, and nominated Robert Peterson to serve an additional one-year term as a judicial commissioner, term to expire February 2026. A late resolution from Commissioner Jeremiah Walker asking the state to consider a pedestrian crosswalk bridge near the new public library was submitted for consideration at the next meeting; staff said the final document would be provided next week.

School-system and liaison reports were also filed: Commissioner Nathan Burkholder, the school-board liaison, reported that the Montgomery County School System adopted an executive-limitation governance policy clarifying policy-review timing and that the school board voted to remain neutral on a state school-choice bill. Highway, health council, sports authority and airport liaisons gave routine operational updates (paving miles, immunization outreach, arena revenue and airport infrastructure projects).

The transcript records commissioners placing the listed items on the consent agenda and filing reports, but it does not record formal motion language or vote tallies for these resolutions during the provided excerpt.