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County approves mayoral contracts, accepts opioid-abatement funds and authorizes salary-study RFP
Summary
Cheatham County approved several mayoral contracts for the Register of Deeds office, a parking agreement, a Dickson Electric System interconnection agreement, accepted $287,364.19 in opioid-abatement funds contingent on council reporting requirements, authorized a delinquent-tax attorney compensation of 10% of collections and approved an RFP for an employee salary study capped at $29,000.
Cheatham County commissioners on Feb. 26 approved a package of mayoral contracts and administrative actions, accepted a county allocation of opioid-abatement settlement funds and authorized an RFP for an employee salary study.
County Mayor Kerry McCarver sought—and the commission granted—approval for the mayor's signature on several vendor contracts and service agreements for the Register of Deeds office, including an RJ Young equipment and maintenance agreement and a BBE document-system contract; both were approved by roll-call vote 10–0 (Resolution 20A and 20B in the meeting records). The mayor also received approval for a Dickson Electric System interconnection agreement (Resolution 20C) and an amended parking agreement with Ashland City United Methodist Church to allow temporary parking related to a jail expansion project (Resolution 20D).
Separately, the Opioid Abatement Council disbursement packet included a $287,364.19 allocation for Cheatham County drawn from statewide opioid settlement proceeds. The county approved acceptance and the required letter-of-agreement language stipulating that funds be used only on Council-approved opioid-abatement and remediation activities and that counties must submit semi-annual reports on uses, people served and expenditures. The letter specifies a four-year disbursement window and potential reversion of unspent funds to the State Opioid Abatement Fund unless an extension is approved; commissioners approved the agreement by roll-call vote (Resolution 20E).
Other administrative approvals included: (a) county approval of the compensation arrangement for delinquent-tax attorney Martha Brooke Perry at 10% of the base amount collected under state law (Resolution 20F); and (b) authorization for the mayor to issue an RFP for an employee salary study with a cost cap of $29,000 (Resolution 20G). The commission also approved the mayor’s signature on a Dickson Electric System agreement and on a parking agreement with a local church to accommodate temporary construction parking during a jail expansion.
County Attorney Michael Bligh brought a separate resolution recommending the National Guard armory in Cheatham County be named for First Sergeant Charles Douglas; the commission approved that resolution unanimously (Resolution 22).
The Opioid Abatement Council materials accompanying the disbursement letter include a list of approved remediation uses such as naloxone distribution, medication- assisted treatment expansion, warm hand-off programs, and funds for pregnant or postpartum women and neonatal abstinence syndrome services. County officials said the required reporting process and the four-year obligation window will guide how the funds are programmed.