Franklin County approves $96.4 million 2019–20 budget and fixes property‑tax levy
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Summary
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 19, 2019 approved the county's FY2019–20 appropriation resolution, adopting a combined appropriation schedule with total appropriations of approximately $96.4 million and setting the county's property‑tax levy for the year. The vote on the appropriations passed 11–3–1.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners voted Aug. 19 to adopt the county's fiscal‑year 2019–20 appropriations resolution and a companion resolution fixing the property‑tax levy for the same year.
Commissioner David Eldridge moved to pass Resolution 8b‑0819SC, the appropriations resolution for July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020; Chuck Stines seconded the motion. The measure passed by roll‑call vote 11 ayes, 3 nays and 1 pass. Eldridge also moved passage of Resolution 8c‑0819SC to fix the tax levy; that measure carried by the same tally.
The adopted appropriation schedule in the minutes lists line‑item totals across multiple funds and shows combined appropriations of $96,444,428 (documented fund totals and transfers). Major fund figures included a General Fund appropriation of $25,043,816 and a General Purpose School Fund total of $46,028,898; detailed line items for courts, public safety, roads, schools and other funds appear in the adopted schedule.
Why it matters: the appropriation resolution authorizes spending limits for county departments and school operations and sets the revenue plan the county will rely on during the fiscal year. The tax‑levy resolution establishes property‑tax rates the county will use in municipal and unincorporated areas (for example, a combined rate of $2.8786 per $100 outside cities and $2.5612 inside Winchester, Tullahoma and Sewanee as specified in the resolution).
The minutes include statutory and policy provisions that guide the budget, including references to Tennessee Code Annotated sections governing budget amendments, revenue anticipation notes and other fiscal controls; the transcript also notes a clerical matter that the full budget text appears in the May 18, 2020 minute book entry because it was omitted from the 08‑19‑2019 minutes.
Procedure and next steps: the minutes show the county clerk, Phillip Custer, certified the resolution and recorded it in Commission Minute Book 35. The resolution states it takes effect from and after passage and specifies budget‑amendment procedures and borrowing limits for revenue anticipation notes under applicable Tennessee law.
No public debate or extended floor discussion on the budget figures is recorded in the minutes beyond the motions, roll‑call results and the clerk's certification of the appropriation schedule.