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Committee hears update on fire-department merger, mayor's office reorganization and FY2023-24 budget

Sevier County Budget Committee · March 1, 2026
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Summary

Vice Mayor Bryan McCarter updated the committee on a merger with the Sevier County Volunteer Fire Department and introduced Tyler Basler as the new Director of Public Affairs and Communications; the committee also received an FY2023-24 budget update noting a March 29 presentation to department heads.

At the April 6 Sevier County Budget Committee meeting Vice Mayor Bryan McCarter briefed the committee on an ongoing merger with the Sevier County Volunteer Fire Department and related fire-code matters. The transcript records McCarter's update but does not provide substantive details of the merger terms or timeline.

During the same update, McCarter introduced Tyler Basler as the Director of Public Affairs and Communications for the Mayor's Office as part of organizational changes described by the mayor's staff.

Mayor Larry Waters then called on Vice Mayor McCarter and Assistant County Mayor Brooke Huffaker to provide an update on the Fiscal Year 2023—2024 budget. Committee members were told that a budget presentation had been given to county department heads on March 29, 2023. The transcript does not record additional budget figures, specific departmental requests, or formal committee action on the FY2023-24 proposal at that meeting.

No votes were recorded on the merger or on the FY2023-24 budget during the session; the meeting was later adjourned at 4:49 PM.