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Wilson County committee approves multiple budget amendments and grants, including $170,000 homeland security entry
Summary
The budget committee approved cleanup budget amendments, a sheriff's payroll reallocation, a corrected litter grant date, a WEMA transfer, and added a $170,000 Homeland Security grant entry; school-related donations and risk‑management proceeds were also included.
Wilson County budget committee members approved a package of budget adjustments and grant entries during their meeting.
Speaker 2 presented the budget packet and said committee members had received an emailed copy; hard copies of the full budget book will be provided this year. The committee approved a set of 'cleanup' budget amendments covering roughly 40–50 departments that adjust trustee commissions and other line items to prevent overspending.
The committee also approved a reallocation within the sheriff's department that moves money out of the deputy line into other salary and wage lines to cover patrol, detective and jail overtime. A previously approved litter grant required a corrected date in the paperwork; the committee moved and approved that correction. Staff described a WEMA (emergency management) transfer that moves funds from communications into utilities to carry the program through the end of the year; that transfer was approved.
Speaker 2 told members a fiscal‑year‑2026 grant entry — shown in the packet with dates listed as 09/2024 to 04/3027 in the transcript — includes $170,000 for a Homeland Security program and has been added to the budget. The committee approved the entry; staff noted that if the committee declined the entry staff would remove the $170,000 from the budget.
Miss Lisa (identified in the transcript as Speaker 3) described school and local education items: additions for a summer learning camp grant, adjustments for Watertown Middle School purchase-related fees, a donation from Tennessee Valley Robotics and corresponding related expenditures, cleanup entries, and Tennessee Risk Management proceeds allocated to particular expense lines. Those items were moved, seconded and approved on voice votes.
All motions relating to these budget amendments and grants were made, seconded and approved by voice vote during the meeting; no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
