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Cheatham County budget committee forwards multiple amendments and capital items to full commission 5‑0
Summary
The budget committee reviewed and forwarded several budget amendments and capital items — including year‑end PO reissuances, maintenance building funding and school safety equipment requests — to the full commission with committee approval.
At the July 14 workshop the Cheatham County budget committee reported that it reviewed and approved several budget amendments and transfers and forwarded them to the full commission with a committee vote (reported as 5‑0 at the meeting).
Key items the committee reviewed and forwarded include: a county general bookkeeping reissuance for open purchase orders totaling $640,051.54 (standard fiscal‑year closeout practice); a $45,000 transfer from an animal control donation reserve to fund rabies and animal control public‑health items; $21,213.42 in highway and public‑works PO roll‑forwards; and a $63,000 roll‑forward in drug control funds tied to street‑camera work that remained uncompleted in the prior fiscal year. The committee also forwarded $781,005 related to a previously approved maintenance building capital project, noting that the PO is being closed and reissued in the new fiscal year.
School and education items sent to the commission included requests tied to education debt service and school safety: the committee forwarded a not‑to‑exceed $160,700 request for a project at Cheatham County Central High School and a not‑to‑exceed $224,000 request for middle/high school safety equipment (front‑entry scanners and similar devices) to be funded via education debt service and interfund capital as described in the packet.
Other items mentioned: the committee noted transfers to cover data‑processing fee increases for several offices and a transfer of $3,500 related to county building expenses from a development tax reserve to cover memorial park mowing, electricity and water. Committee members discussed timing on certain capital reimbursements expected from state agencies and that some reimbursements will occur after project completion.
Outcome: the budget committee approved the listed amendments and forwarded them to the full commission for formal action at the next meeting. No single motion or full‑commission vote on the forwarded items is recorded in the workshop transcript; the committee packet will appear on the commission meeting agenda for final approval.
