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Loudon County commissioners approve opioid-abatement allocations and multiple budget transfers
Summary
The commission approved $241,868.76 in opioid-abatement funds (including $100,000 to Beauty for Ashes) and several budget transfers and appropriations, including $229,580 from the Fire Safety reserve for 800 MHz radios for Philadelphia Fire Department.
At its Jan. 5 meeting, the Loudon County Commission approved several budget maneuvers presented by Erin Rice, director of accounts and budgets, including an allocation of opioid-abatement funds and appropriations from the county's Fire Safety reserve.
Rice recommended appropriating a total of $241,868.76 from the county's Opioid Abatement fund: $100,000 to the organization listed in the minutes as Beauty for Ashes and $141,868.76 to the Sheriff/Jail Department. The motion, made by Commissioner Gary Whitfield and seconded by Commissioner Chase Randolph, passed on a roll-call vote of 9 in favor and 1 opposed (Commissioner William Jenkins recorded the lone Nay). The minutes record this item as an appropriation of opioid-abatement funds.
The commission also approved moving $4,100 from the Fire Safety reserve to reimburse the EMA budget for tree trimming at "Steven's Lane" repeater tower; moving $8,000 within the Codes budget to cover overlapping inspector wages; and moving $8,800 from an open clerical position to contracted services in the Property Assessor budget to allow a third-party vendor to mail assessment notices. All three motions passed on roll-call votes with unanimous recorded support (10–0).
In addition, the commission appropriated $229,580 from the Fire Safety reserve to the Philadelphia Fire Department to purchase 800 MHz radios from Burrell Enterprises; that motion passed unanimously on roll call. The commission approved line-item amendments in the County General Fund, Special Purpose Opioid Fund, Highway Fund and General Capital Projects Fund; those amendments were recorded as passed with a 9–1 vote on one item where Commissioner William Jenkins voted Nay.
Why it matters: opioid-abatement distributions and reserve appropriations direct county resources to local programs and public safety equipment. The minutes list amounts, recipients and vendor names; several motions were passed by roll-call vote and recorded in the official minutes.
The commission received and distributed committee minutes and summary financial reports and then moved to other business.
