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Bradley County Commission declines $75,000 Minnis Road paving project, approves consent agenda and budget amendments
Summary
The Bradley County Commission voted to follow the Finance Committee recommendation to not fund a roughly $75,000 project to clear and pave a Minnis Road fire-facility parcel. The body also approved the consent agenda, multiple budget amendments, a $6,000 state retention grant for deputies, and reappointments on Aug. 18, 2025.
The Bradley County Commission voted Aug. 18 to accept a Finance Committee recommendation not to fund at this time a project to clear, level and gravel/pave county property at the Minnis Road fire facility, estimated at approximately $75,000.
Commissioner Milan M. Blake moved the Finance Committee recommendation and Commissioner Mike Hughes seconded. The motion carried on a roll-call vote, 12-1, with Commissioner Scott Gilbert the lone dissenting vote.
Work-session and Finance Committee records in the meeting packet show the Committee debated the request and opted to recommend against funding it now; County Mayor D. Gary Davis told the Committee the estimated cost is about $75,000 but that other projects also need priority funding.
Also on the August 18 consent agenda the commission approved…
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