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Shelby County commission backs budget-process changes after comptroller denial
Summary
Commissioners moved to require prior state comptroller review of draft budgets and asked finance to produce a clearer reconciliation from proposed to adopted budgets, following a year in which the comptroller did not approve the county's submission. Officials said improved templates and earlier state engagement should reduce rejections.
Shelby County commissioners on Tuesday advanced a resolution aimed at tightening how the county submits its annual budget to the Tennessee Comptroller's Office. The move follows a recent period in which the state refused to approve the county's budget, triggering public scrutiny and renewed calls for procedural reforms.
Alicia Lindsey, chief administrative officer for the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, urged commissioners to require finance to produce an itemized reconciliation showing how the commission's proposed budget…
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