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Cheatham County approves roughly $2.63 million in budget amendments to carry prior-year projects forward
Summary
The county legislative body voted unanimously to move prior-year balances into this fiscal year for general fund needs, highway and bridge work, capital projects and vehicle purchases; each amendment passed by roll call (11–0, 1 absent).
Cheatham County commissioners on July 15 approved a slate of budget amendments that move roughly $2.63 million in prior-year or reserve funds into the new 2024–25 fiscal year to complete projects and cover higher-than-expected line items.
The bulk of the spending approved by the legislative body included $467,551.01 in County General Fund reassignments and $1,778,259.11 in Highway/Public Works allocations (including $1,247,875.87 for highway capital outlay and $530,383.24 for maintenance). Commissioners recorded roll call approvals on each measure, with the vote recorded as 11 yes, 0 no and 1 absent.
Sandrine Batts, director of accounts, presented the County General Fund package to the Budget Committee and the full body. The packet consolidated a range of line-item adjustments — from library media and office equipment to motor-vehicle purchases for public safety — and identified the funding sources as a mix of prior-year unused balances, designated reserves and various other sources. The Highway/Public Works amendments moved more than $1.7 million that county officials said is tied to previously started projects that will be completed in the new fiscal year.
Commissioners also approved smaller, targeted transfers: $3,700.83 to the Courthouse and Jail Maintenance Fund; $298,427.37 into the General Capital Projects Fund; $77,526.63 for the vehicle fund; and a $1,297.83 Solid Waste/Sanitation adjustment for equipment insurance. Each motion was approved by roll call vote 11–0 (one commissioner absent).
County officials said the transfers largely reflect closing-out prior fiscal-year purchase orders and re-opening them for work that was not completed before June 30. “These are mostly bookkeeping transfers to get projects completed in 2024–25,” Batts told the commission.
The county’s next procedural step is for departments to execute the projects and return with any purchase orders or bid awards that require additional commissioner approval. The body adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
