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Officials report jail, communications and school construction moving; communications link nearly complete
Summary
County finance and emergency management staff told the finance committee the communications project is nearly finished (a microwave dish needs work), the jail expansion is being phased in, and middle‑school/TCAT construction continues. The committee raised concerns about revenue assumptions underpinning the budget.
County officials briefed the Finance Committee and then the full commission about several ongoing capital projects at the June meetings.
Scott Smith, director of Emergency Management, reported the county communications project is 98% complete but that one microwave dish was not performing and would require a change order; the system is otherwise operating. Mathew BoBo, representing the jail expansion contractor, told the committee the county had already moved into the new side as of June 11 and that booking operations had been relocated; work would next shift to the kitchen and medical areas.
School construction: Director of Schools Stanley Bean and consultant Gary Clardy reported progress on two middle‑school projects and a Huntland gym project. County capital ledgers show the TCAT (Tennessee College of Applied Technology) project and middle‑school construction are largely obligated; the school capital ledger carried approximately $1.4 million listed as “still in progress” as of the May 26 status update presented to the commission.
Finance committee members also discussed fiscal risk: Commissioner David Eldridge and others noted uncertainty in projected sales tax receipts and debated delaying county raises until October if revenues met projections. Finance Director Andrea Smith said several revenue lines were tracking better than feared, but the committee agreed to monitor receipts and possibly revisit pay decisions later in the year.
What was authorized: the commission received and filed capital project fund reports and approved routine budget amendments needed to reconcile project accounting for year‑end audit purposes.
Sources: Finance Committee minutes (June 4, 2020) and Franklin County Commission minutes (June 15, 2020).
