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Board holds first reading to add $150,000 grant and $6,000 for events
Summary
At a Polk County board meeting, members held a first reading and advanced a budget amendment to appropriate $150,000 in grant funds and add $6,000 to the events line; statutory language on appropriation was read aloud during the session.
Polk County board members held a first reading on a budget amendment that would appropriate $150,000 from a grant and increase the events budget by $6,000.
Speaker 1 read statutory language to justify the procedural step, saying, “Tennessee code and the title 9 chapter 1 section 1 16 requires funds first be appropriate before being expended and that no appropriation may exceed available funds,” and citing additional TCA provisions on amending budget ordinances.
Board members discussed vendor and payment logistics earlier in the meeting before moving to the budget matter. Speaker 3 moved to open the first reading; a second was recorded and the board proceeded to a roll-call style confirmation for the first reading. When called, Mayor Collins, Commissioner Tally, and Commissioner Pitt each answered “Yes” to the first-reading motion during the roll-call responses.
The motion on first reading was recorded and advanced; the transcript does not specify a final adoption date or a scheduled second reading. The ordinance language discussed would increase appropriations tied to a grant and add funds for events; no other amendments to the ordinance text were included on the record.
Next steps: the first reading was carried forward by the board; the transcript does not specify a date for a subsequent reading or final adoption decision.
