Murfreesboro — At its Nov. 6 meeting the Rutherford County Investment Committee approved a series of routine and substantive items, including minutes, investment and fund condition reports; a pair of TIF actions (Keystone and Twinning Station); multiple grant applications and budget amendments; a jail/detention contract; a dispatch study MOU; EMS and sheriff grant actions; and the appointment of a deputy finance director. Below is a concise, factual rundown of motions the committee approved or forwarded.

Votes at a glance (motions approved or forwarded):

- Approve minutes from Sept. 4 (voice vote). Outcome: approved.
- Investment report (First Bank CD award, LGIP ~4%): Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Fund condition report presented by Michael (finance staff): Outcome: approved (voice vote). Noted: commissioners requested further modeling on borrowing capacity and fund balance.
- Risk management monthly report (workers' comp, OJI, legal expenses): Outcome: approved.
- Keystone (Broad Street) TIF amended resolution: Motion to proceed. Outcome: approved by roll call (6 yes, 1 no); forwarded to full commission for final action.
- Twinning Station (La Verne) TIF: Committee forwarded a positive recommendation to the full commission contingent on county finance director review and meeting with city/developer teams; vote recorded (majority yes, two no). Outcome: forwarded with condition.
- Milton Commons lease (old Milton ball field) to Milton Ladies Society, lease request for $1/year for 10 years: Outcome: approved.
- ASPCA National Shelter Grant application (no match, up to $16,000 for kennel improvements): Outcome: approved to apply and accept if awarded.
- Recovery Court general fund budget amendment (no match grant for TCAT participant tuition and contractor services): Outcome: approved.
- Sheriff's office budget amendments and grants: VR de‑escalation rollover allocation and a COPS universal hiring grant (250,000 federal grant with county match), drug-fund data processing reallocation and position reclassification (captain position reclassified into lieutenant and legal secretary): Outcomes: approved.
- Juvenile detention bed contract with Warren County: Outcome: approved (contract includes $200 daily bed rate).
- Unified dispatch study MOU with Murfreesboro, Smyrna and La Verne: Outcome: approved (county share up to $35,000).
- EMS ambulance fund amendment to pay for paramedic and critical‑care paramedic schooling: Outcome: approved ($60,000 moved from assigned fund balance).
- Rutherford County Schools: multiple state grant budget amendments (innovative model school carryover, public-school security grant, and state special-education pre‑K allocation): Outcome: approved.
- Board of Education joint meeting scheduled for Dec. 16 to discuss growth projections: Committee agreed; materials requested in advance.
- Opioid board: additional advertising funding up to $60,000 authorized (funds to roll back if unspent): Outcome: approved.
- Parks/fair returned grant funds: $153,002.88 reallocated to community grant pool: Outcome: approved.
- Appointment: Justin Ettling approved as deputy finance director at $125,000 (start date Dec. 1): Outcome: approved.
- Register of Deeds / OIT: transfer of $95,000 from restricted EDP fund to OIT data-processing for countywide digital-preservation platform: Outcome: approved.
- Payment of invoice from Tennessee Comptroller related to assessor's review: committee approved appropriation to pay within statutory window to avoid revenue withholding.

What committee did not do: The committee did not make final decisions on TIFs; both Keystone and Twinning Station actions move to the full commission for final approval. Several items were approved conditionally (for example, Twinning Station was forwarded contingent upon finance‑director review), and staff were directed to meet requested deadlines and report back.

Provenance: The votes cited above appear throughout the transcript beginning with the meeting opening at 00:00:04 and continuing through adjournment at 01:58:55.

Speakers and presenters referenced in the roundup: Michael (finance staff), Bart Klein (Keystone presenter), Madison Haines/Graham Coates/Landeli/Corey Van Blaercom (La Verne/Twinning Station presenters), Justin Ettling (deputy finance hire), Lindsay Reed (Milton Ladies Society), Steve Spence (sheriff's deputy chief), Brian Gaither (EMS director), Kay Martin (schools deputy superintendent).