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Commission approves budget expansions; minutes approved — votes at a glance
Summary
The Tennessee Wildlife Commission approved several budget expansions for FY2025 and FY2026 and approved the meeting minutes; motions were recorded and passed during the Buffalo Ridge session.
What the commission voted on at the Buffalo Ridge meeting
1) Approval of meeting minutes (administrative) - Motion: Approve the previously distributed meeting minutes as presented. - Outcome: Approved by voice vote during the roll call and opening business portion of the meeting. (No individual roll-call tally was recorded on the transcript.)
2) Budget expansion approvals (FY2025 and FY2026) - Motion: Approve the budget expansion proposals presented by Frank Biss, including three FY2025 items (two externally funded projects and a roof replacement funded from wetland funds) and five FY2026 items (sponsored wildcast funding and multiple federally funded habitat and biodiversity projects including a Duck River HCP effort and fish-habitat work on Kentucky Lake); proposals specify external funding and reimbursements where applicable. - Outcome: Approved by voice vote. Chairman called for a voice vote: “all those in favor …” and the motion was announced as granted. (No recorded roll‑call tally in the transcript.)
Notes - The budget expansions described included multiple externally funded efforts (Association of Conservation Information sponsorship, National Fish Habitat Partnership funding, federal endangered-species program funds) and one state-funded roof repair to be paid from wetlands acquisition funds. - Agency staff said several of the FY2026 projects will be reimbursed at 100% by outside sponsors or federal grants.
Provenance - Motion to approve minutes occurs during opening business (transcript segment beginning ~00:08:18). Budget expansion motion and vote are recorded during the finance/budget section (~02:34:00 onward).
