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Votes at a glance: Hamblen County committee actions on Oct. 14, 2025
Summary
A consolidated list of formal actions taken during committee meetings Oct. 14, 2025 including a construction change order approval, forwarding of a private act on the Road Commission, multiple budget amendments and personnel approvals.
This summary lists formal actions recorded in Hamblen County committee meetings on Oct. 14, 2025.
- Change Order 25 (Justice Center): Motion to approve Change Order 25 (finalizing multiple PCOs) was moved and approved by voice vote during the Justice Center Public Safety Committee meeting.
- Road Commission: The Finance Committee voted (roll call) to forward a private act request from the Hamblen County Road Commission to abolish the Road Commission effective 08/31/2028. Motion moved by Debbie Ahern and seconded by Thomas Doty; committee recorded unanimous affirmative votes in the roll call.
- Budget amendments (selected items): The Finance Committee approved multiple budget amendments including: a Hamblen County Department of Education amendment (increase of $375,724.61 related to a Niswonger grant true-up), school system grant adjustments, and county amendments that moved restricted funds for clerk equipment and cleared comp-time and salary/insurance changes in drug court. Motions on the amendments were moved and approved by voice votes.
- Personnel committee actions: The Personnel Committee approved education-pay submissions, longevity-pay submissions and voted to add Presidents Day as a Hamblen County legal holiday.
- Public Services: The Public Services Committee approved surplus declarations for multiple highway department items (seven nonrunning garbage trucks and other equipment) and discussed a pilot of two automated side-loader trash trucks.
Votes recorded in the transcript were primarily voice votes or committee roll calls as noted; full recorded roll-call yes votes appear in the Finance Committee record for the Road Commission item.
