Get AI Briefings, Transcripts & Alerts on Local & National Government Meetings — Forever.
Votes at a glance: Benton County approves package of budget adjustments, grants and airport items
Loading...
Summary
At its Oct. 21 meeting the commission approved a slate of budget resolutions including veteran license-waiver resolution, sheriff revenue budgeting and grants, library and school allocations, small equipment purchases, airport appropriations and appointment of notaries; most measures passed unanimously or by recorded majority.
Benton County commissioners on Oct. 21 approved a package of routine but material budget adjustments, grant budgets and other administrative items.
Key outcomes included:
- Resolution 20241021-01: A county resolution urging the State of Tennessee to waive basic hunting and fishing license fees for honorably discharged veterans (approved on a 13 Aye, 0 No, 5 Absent roll-call vote).
- Resolution 20241021-02: Budgeting $11,720.95 in sheriff revenues for September; amended (Amendment #1) to modify specific expenditure lines and approved 13 Aye, 0 No, 5 Absent.
- Resolution 20241021-03: Budgeting an $11,200 recruitment and retention grant for deputies' salary supplements (approved 13 Aye, 0 No, 5 Absent).
- Resolution 20241021-04: School Resource Officer grant adjustments; amended to budget $50,000 for equipment and to reserve $5,551 as a payroll buffer (approved 13 Aye, 0 No, 5 Absent).
- Resolution 20241021-05: Library allocation of $10,700 from the City of Camden to fund part-time personnel (approved 12 Aye, 0 No, 1 Abstain (Ward), 5 Absent).
- Resolutions 20241021-06 and 20241021-07: School-related gifts and supplemental pay (TVA $17,500; CEO supplemental pay $1,141) approved 13 Aye, 0 No, 5 Absent.
- Resolution 20241021-09: $1,964.28 from court fees for Circuit Court Clerk data-processing equipment (approved 13 Aye, 0 No, 5 Absent).
- Resolution 20241021-10: Re-appropriation of $2,033.13 for Medical Examiner/Coroner supplies (approved 13 Aye, 0 No, 5 Absent). Commissioner Jerry Price left the meeting at 7:49 p.m.
- Resolution 20241021-12 and Amendment: $50,000 appropriated for Benton County Airport gasoline; amended to change the accounting line to GASOLINE (approved 12 Aye, 0 No, 6 Absent).
- Resolution 20241021-13: $13,600 for a partially reimbursable airport grant (windsock and rotating beacon), with $680 non-reimbursable, approved 12 Aye, 0 No, 6 Absent.
The commission also approved four notaries and temporarily suspended the rules to consider the Old Walmart contract extension. Resolution 20241021-08 (a Memorandum of Understanding with Spectrum for broadband deployment) was pulled by the mayor and not considered.