Benton County commissioners approve broad slate of resolutions, withdraw one after failed tabling motion
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Summary
At their Jan. 22 meeting, Benton County Commissioners approved numerous budget and administrative resolutions, including a lobbying resolution about TVA allocations and appropriations for mental‑health invoices; one wage‑related resolution was withdrawn after a failed motion to table.
Benton County Commissioners met Jan. 22 and approved a series of resolutions that covered committee appointments, grant preparations, budget transfers and several appropriations.
The commission moved quickly through a long agenda, voting to approve resolutions 0122‑01 through 0122‑24 and multiple budget adjustments. Resolution 0122‑21, a measure recorded in the minutes with a roll‑call vote, passed 13 Ayes to 2 Nays. Many other items were approved by voice vote or roll call with unanimous support from those present.
The minutes show the commission combined resolutions 0122‑11 through 0122‑15 (various small budget and reimbursement items) and approved the package by voice vote. Several appropriations moved many small sums into departmental budgets, for example transfers within library and sheriff budgets and reimbursements from TDOT and other funds; the minutes list those amounts as specified in the agenda.
The meeting recorded one contentious procedural moment over RESOLUTION 0122‑25. A motion to table that resolution until May 2019 resulted in a roll‑call tally of 6 Ayes, 6 Nays, 2 Passes and 1 Abstain (the minutes note Commissioner Hill abstained with a conflict). Because the motion to table failed, Commissioner Hill then withdrew RESOLUTION 0122‑25; the clerk noted that no motion was necessary to withdraw and the resolution was removed from consideration.
Later in the agenda, RESOLUTION 0122‑26 (an appropriation to purchase two tankless water heaters for the jail) passed on roll call with 14 Ayes and 1 Nay.
Other recorded actions included approval of the county road list, confirmation of notaries for January 2019, and several technical budget transfers and appropriations for small amounts (amounts for each item are listed in the meeting packet and minutes). Where the minutes do not record a roll‑call breakdown, they report the item passed on a unanimous voice vote of those present.
The meeting adjourned after approving an energy‑savings audit engagement (see separate item on the EESI/Trane project).