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Cheatham County adopts 2020–21 budget, approves 2.4766 mill tax levy and related appropriations
Summary
Cheatham County Commissioners adopted the 2020–2021 budget, approved the county tax levy (combined rate 2.4766), and passed multiple budget amendments and appropriations including school and capital project allocations. The body removed a $10,000 cap on Chamber Hotel/Motel funding and transferred $8,000 from fund balance to fund the Chamber's share.
Cheatham County Commissioners approved the fiscal 2020–2021 budget and associated appropriation documents at a June 29 regular session after a public hearing in which no members of the public spoke for or against the proposal.
County Mayor Kerry McCarver opened the advertised public hearing on the proposed budget; the body later considered multiple budget amendments recommended by Director of Accounts Sandrine Batts. The Commission approved budget adjustments across funds including County General, library, sheriff, coroner, county buildings, election commission, EMA, drug control, highway/public works, and school-related funds. The motions passed by roll-call votes recorded in the minutes.
Commissioners debated allocation of the Hotel/Motel tax during the meeting. A proposal to increase a fixed cap for the Cheatham County Chamber of Commerce was withdrawn; instead the commission removed a previously stated $10,000 cap on Chamber funding and approved an $8,000 transfer from fund balance to fund the Chamber's 22.2% allocation of the Hotel/Motel tax. The body also directed the County Mayor to explore contracting with an outside firm to promote tourism.
The Commission approved the 2020–2021 Appropriations Document, the Non-Profit Document and the final Budget Document as amended. Commissioners also approved an Appropriations vote and multiple school-related funding lines, including allocations for the General Purpose School Fund and Extended School Program funds.
In the meeting’s final major fiscal action, commissioners adopted the countywide tax levy schedule for 2020–2021, with a combined mill rate totaling 2.4766 (line-item rates recorded in the minutes). The motions to adopt the budget and levy were approved by roll-call vote (12 Yes, 0 No). The minutes record that the Trustee’s May report was included and that county officials noted operational issues such as an increase in drug overdoses.
The finance-related motions carried by roll call and are recorded in the meeting minutes as Resolutions 15–31. The next procedural steps noted in the minutes: implementing the adopted budget and tracking the returned appropriations and capital project spending in subsequent meetings.
