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Commission hears plan to renovate Medical Examiner building using federal and state COVID relief funds
Summary
County staff presented a proposal to spend $7,385,000 on construction work at a newly acquired medical examiner facility, funded primarily by previously awarded federal and state grants; commissioners asked about purchase price, FF&E costs and potential local contributions.
Hamilton County commissioners heard a briefing on a plan to spend $7,385,000 on construction work to renovate a building recently acquired for the Medical Examiner’s Office, with funding drawn largely from federal and state COVID‑related grants.
Tim Caron, office manager for the medical examiner’s office, described the funding source and facility needs: “This money is part of the money that was awarded from the state of Tennessee for the, I think it's state, local, physical recovery act, which is basically COVID money. We were awarded $10,000,000 originally, and then last July, the…
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