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Commissioners accept December financial distributions, including payments to Sweetwater Utilities Board and school appropriations
Summary
County finance staff presented the December distributions and vendor payments; commissioners accepted the report, which included monthly utility payments to Sweetwater Utilities Board and an annual school appropriation.
Monroe County commissioners accepted the December distributions and vendor payments after a finance report presented by county staff. The report detailed payroll and benefit payments, vendor contracts and monthly utility charges including payments to Sweetwater Utilities Board.
Finance staff Sonya summarized the report: the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) employee and employer portion totaled $32,123.73. The Cigna payment (employee and employer portion) was $63,052.69. The county's annual subscription to Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) for mapping software was $1,099.70, and the auditing firm Mitchell, Emerton Hill was paid $16,000. Monroe County Emergency Communications received a quarterly 9‑1‑1 contract payment of $20,675.
Sonya also reported a $250,000 appropriation to the school board as part of an annual disbursement, and two separate monthly payments to the Sweetwater Utilities Board: a $9,256 monthly stormwater payment and a larger $29,662 utilities charge described as "our utilities for the entire city for the month." Precision Lawn Care received $2,351 for soccer‑field spraying, and Waste Connections was paid $25,641.80 for the monthly garbage contract.
The report noted a December gas billing of $8,973.36 (covering November purchases) that includes charges the school board reimburses. Staff said the county transferred $5,000 from the COVID fund into the general fund to pay Sampo, and that transfer represented the final disbursement of those COVID‑related funds that had to be spent by the end of December.
After the presentation, a commissioner moved to accept the report and the board approved it by voice vote.
Why it matters: The payments and appropriations reflect regular operations and multi‑agency contracts (utilities, emergency communications, mapping software, auditing services) as well as the county's annual support for public schools and one‑time COVID fund reallocations. The Sweetwater Utilities Board payments show the county's monthly utility obligations.
