Board approves budget amendments, authorizes AED grant that requires equal local match

The Budget, Finance and Investment Committee presented two resolutions that the board adopted during the meeting.

The first resolution (L1a) amends the general fund to reallocate restricted funds from the Rutherford opioid board, reduce restricted funds by $70,000 and increase unassigned fund balance adjustments and expenditures including recovery court support; the committee moved and the board approved the action (SEG 276–286). The transcript text is the committee’s motion to amend the general fund and the board recorded the motion as passed by voice vote (SEG 287–296).

The second resolution (L1b) authorizes the county to accept a grant from the Christy Houston Foundation for automatic external defibrillators in the amount of $168,337.45 and requires a local matching appropriation of the same amount, with total law-enforcement equipment expenditures recorded as $336,676. "Therefore, be it resolved... that the county mayor and all other appropriate officials of Rutherford County, Tennessee be and are hereby authorized to execute the grant with the Christie[Christy] Houston Foundation," the presenting speaker read (SEG 298–316). The committee moved and the board approved that resolution as well; the recorded vote for committee items was '21 yes' in the transcript for at least one item (SEG 330).

The resolutions instruct the county to recognize the revenue, appropriate the county match and appropriate the expenditure in the general fund. The grant requires the county to provide matching funds; the board authorized county officials to execute the grant agreement and to make the necessary budget entries.

All budget items were presented by the committee chair and approved by the board without extended debate in the transcript.