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Wilson County panel approves multiple budget amendments, directs mayor to refine pay-plan figures

Wilson County Budget Committee · March 6, 2025
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Summary

The Wilson County budget committee approved a package of line-item budget amendments — including purchases for animal control, design fees up to $3 million and multiple sheriff funding requests — and instructed the mayor to develop figures for a proposed pay plan that could cost about $9.1 million.

The Wilson County budget committee on the floor approved a series of budget amendments covering animal control purchases, design and engineering fees, equipment and multiple sheriff requests, and asked the mayor to return with detailed numbers on a proposed employee pay plan.

Among the actions approved were an animal-control purchase described by staff as an installment arrangement, a budget resolution for architect and engineering design fees with a not-to-exceed figure of $3,000,000, and smaller line-item moves including $4,000 for a dog-tag machine funded from the Gretchen Wilson account and a $12,000 reallocation of archival donations to supplies to print…

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