Votes at a glance: Cheatham County commissioners approve several budget amendments, contracts and extensions
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Summary
At its May meeting the commission approved multiple budget amendments, a Corps of Engineers contract for sheriff patrols at Cheatham Dam, surplus equipment disposals, and a one-year freeze on volunteer fire contracts.
Cheatham County commissioners approved a series of votes Monday that together enact budget adjustments, extend service contracts and authorize routine administrative actions.
Key outcomes recorded by roll call or motion during the meeting included:
- Corps of Engineers contract for Cheatham Dam security and sheriff patrols: The commission voted 12-0 to authorize the mayor's signature on a contract covering sheriff officers' security patrols at Cheatham Dam for the summer season. Motion moved by Commissioner David Anderson and seconded by Commissioner Donna Lovell; roll call 12 yes, 0 no.
- Multiple budget amendments (county general and other funds): The commission approved a set of budget amendments described in the meeting packet. Items included adjustments for the jail, county clerk, Cheatham County Library, COVID-19 expenses, record preservation, sheriff's office lines, solid-waste convenience centers, highway administration (comp time/vacation payout), jail capital and other general administration. Reported roll-call tallies for these amendments were recorded as 12 yes, 0 no where roll calls were taken; individual amendment amounts and funding sources are listed in the meeting packet and were read into the record by county staff.
- Surplus property: The commission approved declaring six Dell computers surplus (Windows 7 or nonworking); vote recorded 12-0.
- Fire department contracts: The Emergency Services Committee recommended and the commission approved a one-year extension (freeze at current payment levels for one year) for the county's contracts with volunteer/rural fire departments. Vote recorded 12-0.
- Miscellaneous administrative items: The commission approved a resolution from the circuit court clerk to request unclaimed property from the state (amount read in packet) and accepted consent-agenda items; votes recorded as 12-0 on those items.
Several budget items were approved on voice or roll-call votes after staff read line-item amounts into the record. Funding sources for the amendments were identified in the packet as a mix of budgeted funds and other available sources.