Commission approves routine budgets, surplus equipment and mayoral signature items including opioid settlement participation and a fire-services contract

At a meeting that followed a public hearing on a rezoning request, the Cheatham County Commission approved a bundle of routine budget, surplus and contract items and authorized several mayoral signature actions.

Key approvals and votes

- Opioid settlement/abatement agreement: The commission voted to allow the county mayor to sign a resolution authorizing Cheatham County to join the State of Tennessee and other local governments in amending the Tennessee state subdivision opioid abatement agreement and to approve related settlement agreements. A roll call in the provided transcript for the bundle of three mayoral signature items recorded 11 yes, 0 no, 1 absent and the motion was announced as carried.

- Nationwide TN LLC services MOU: The commission authorized the mayor to sign a memorandum of understanding with Nationwide TN LLC for court-system monitoring services as part of the same approval motion.

- Four-year fire-services contract with the Town of Kingston Springs: The mayor was authorized to sign a four-year contract for fire services with Kingston Springs; the authorization was included in the motion that carried on roll call.

- Budget and surplus items: The commission approved multiple budget allocations and surplus determinations including department-level budget items (examples listed in the packet: sheriff's department, EMS, county buildings) and approvals to surplus and dispose of vehicles and equipment. Several surplus items were approved by roll call votes recorded in the transcript as 11 yes, 0 no, 1 absent for those items.

- School Resource Officer (SRO) grant: The commission noted and approved the signing of a $975,000 SRO grant with the state of Tennessee that covers $75,000 per SRO for participating schools; the item was entered in the packet and confirmation of continuation was announced.

What the record shows: For the budget, surplus and mayoral-signature items the transcript supplies roll-call confirmations and multiple announcements of "11 yes, 0 no, 1 absent," with motions and seconds recorded. For example, the transcript lists line items and a budget vote recording "5 yes" for an itemized set of department allocations and later consolidated roll-call tallies of 11 yes for surplus approvals and mayoral signature items. Specific funding sources for each listed budget allotment were described in the meeting packet as "various." The transcript also recorded that surplus vehicles would be sold at auction or disposed of if not sold.

Procedure and next steps: The items approved authorize the mayor to execute the opioid settlement amendment, the services MOU and the Kingston Springs fire-services contract; the surplus approvals allow county departments to proceed with auctions or disposal. The commission recorded vote counts on the record as part of the meeting flow; the county clerk's certified minutes and executed contracts or settlement documents are the official records for final signatures and funding details.