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Budget committee advances multiple routine appropriations and appointments to full commission
Summary
At the workshop the budget committee recommended a slate of budget increases, grants and appointments be forwarded to the full commission; the clerk recorded unanimous or near‑unanimous committee recommendations on those items.
The Blount County budget committee read a series of resolutions at the workshop and recommended them to the full commission with favorable recommendations. The clerk recorded roll calls for each packet item as read. The resolutions moved forward included emergency management grants, Homeland Security funds, several general‑services appropriations, courthouse repairs, building automation upgrades, clerk office staffing and equipment, juvenile‑court program funding and highway and sheriff opioid funding adjustments.
Highlights (motions and recorded committee outcomes as read into the record):
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑0‑1 — Emergency Management Performance Grant, $2,758.95. Motion: Commissioner Giles; second: Commissioner Reagan. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded to full commission.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑0‑2 — Homeland Security program grant, $2,562.50. Motion: Commissioner Carver; second: Commissioner Giles. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑0‑3 — Security cameras and access control upgrade, $127,972.40 (consolidate NVR servers for county buildings). Motion: Commissioner Carver; second: Commissioner Acard. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded. Staff clarified this applies to county government buildings, not schools.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑0‑4 — Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant for three HVAC units, $79,600. Motion: Commissioner Carver; second: Commissioner French. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑0‑5 — Painting courthouse stairwells, $36,762. Motion: Commissioner Webb; second: Commissioner Carver. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded. Staff said three quotes were obtained and the work covers four enclosed stairwells.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑0‑6 — Modernize building automation system (HVAC controls), $19,324. Motion: Commissioner Carver; second: Commissioner Aikert. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑0‑7 — County clerk staffing (additional counter clerk). Motion: Commissioner French; second: Commissioner Webb. Commissioner Wells successfully moved to amend the appropriation to a prorated five‑month amount of $25,834; amendment passed and the main motion as amended recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑0‑8 — Update payment hardware (credit card machines, barcode scanners), $20,840. Motion: Commissioner Davis; second: Commissioner Giles. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑0‑9 — Create two workstations and purchase license plate cabinets, $4,830. Motion: Commissioner Acard; second: Commissioner Carver. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑1‑0 — Juvenile court opioid‑abatement reappropriation for Helen Ross McNabb services, $220,000. Motion: Commissioner Davis; second: Commissioner Reagan. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑1‑2 — Safe Baby Court grant, $100,000 to support coordinator and salary supplement. Motion: Commissioner Carver; second: Commissioner Davis. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑1‑3 — Highway asphalt hot mix appropriation, $1,500,000. Motion: Commissioner Davis; second: Commissioner Bowers. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑1‑4 — BCSO federal opioid funds appropriation, $687,141 for FY2527 eligible expenses. Motion: Commissioner Acard; second: Commissioner Carver. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑1‑5 — BCSO budget decrease reallocation using federal opioid funds, motion by Commissioner Acker, second by Commissioner Davis; committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Resolution 25‑2‑0‑1‑6 — Animal center SMAC reserve fund appropriation, $14,000. Motion: Commissioner Acard; second: Commissioner Carver. Committee recorded 18 yes votes; forwarded.
- Additional items forwarded included a grant application to the Bureau of Justice Assistance by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office for a virtual training simulator ($200,000; motion Commissioner Davis, second Commissioner Aykard; committee recorded 18 yes votes) and two two‑year agricultural extension appointments (Lisa McHenry and Steve Myers; motion Commissioner Carver, second Commissioner Davis; committee recorded 18 yes votes).
Clerks noted each resolution was recommended by the budget committee with vote tallies as recorded in the transcript. Those items will appear on the full commission agenda for final action.
