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Carter County Commission approves routine spending and considers temporary bridge lease after TDOT order
Summary
At its Nov. 17 meeting the Carter County Commission approved multiple routine purchases and budget amendments, authorized a sheriff's van and other payments, and debated leasing a temporary bridge after a TDOT inspection ordered closure; commissioners also discussed FEMA and Hazard Mitigation grant applications and an RFQ for ARC-funded engineering work.
The Carter County Commission on Nov. 17 approved a series of routine budget amendments, purchase orders and payments and moved to address an emergency bridge closure ordered by the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
Commissioners voted to approve multiple items from the meeting packet, including payments and purchase orders for flood-related bridge work and repairs. The meeting record shows the sheriff's office was authorized to buy a $35,000 van for jail-staff transport with funds from the sheriff's commissary reserve account, and multiple check requests and invoices (including a $5,600 payment to LandWorks for a temporary bridge) were approved.
Finance staff told commissioners the county will request additional reimbursement funds this week to cover projects already spent and described several projects ready to be obligated once state processes advance. Emergency-management staff said the county's new Elizabethton–Carter County EMA mobile app is live, and hazard-mitigation applications for sirens, stationary generators and other resilience items…
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