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Budget committee votes down converting soil conservation contract to county position
Summary
The Blount County Budget Committee voted 5-0 against Resolution 25-01-003, which would have converted a contract soil conservationist to a part-time county employee and added $36,199 to the county budget lines; committee members cited liability and timing concerns and asked for further review.
The Blount County Budget Committee voted 5-0 to defeat Resolution 25-01-003, a request to appropriate $36,199 to convert a contractual soil conservationist to a part-time Blount County employee.
The measure, introduced as a budget increase for Soil Conservation, would have moved an employee funded through grants from an independent contract relationship to a county payroll role. Eric Henry, director of the Blount County Soil and Water Conservation District, told the committee the position’s funding comes from…
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