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Cocke County meeting roundup: budget amendments, ambulance contract review, notaries and administrative votes
Summary
At the March 17 meeting the Cocke County Legislative Body approved budget transfers and amendments, authorized the sale of sheriff's surplus vehicles, approved notaries and sureties, accepted a register of deeds holiday policy, and directed the ambulance contract be reviewed by the County Attorney.
The Cocke County Legislative Body handled a bundle of administrative and fiscal items on March 17 while also addressing rezoning and a disaster‑recovery loan.
Budget committee recommendations were approved to accept attached transfers and amendments for the general county fund, school fund and food service, and to waive the reading of the attachments. Detailed GL entries in the meeting materials show combined adjustments matching the attachments; the minutes list totals in the attachments as $654,358.33. The sale of Sheriff's Office surplus vehicles was approved on a motion by Bill Miller, seconded by Jeff Eslinger.
The board approved two notaries and associated sureties (Kristle S. Toomalatai — new; Zachary L. Valentine — renewal). On an expedited vote, the body approved a property tax refund of $88 to Robert Austin Campbell after suspending the rules to take the item up that night.
Commissioner Rick Vassar reported multiple meetings concerning the ambulance contract; the body voted to send the existing Priority Ambulance Service agreement to the County Attorney for review and to present a recommendation at the April meeting. Other routine items accepted into the minutes included reports from Cocke County Partnership, Priority Ambulance Service, and Keep Cocke County Beautiful; the Register of Deeds Holiday Policy for 2025 was accepted into the record.
The meeting closed with a brief discussion about stronger enforcement of Planning Commission rules (described in the minutes as a "zero tolerance policy") and with a motion to adjourn.
