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Hartsville/Trousdale County Commission passes resolutions, ordinances and budget changes including ambulance remount transfer
Summary
At its Aug. 22 meeting the commission approved a slate of resolutions (committee appointments, redistricting exemption, capital outlay note, ambulance ride‑along, sewer indebtedness), adopted an ordinance on false emergency alarms, approved several budget amendments (including a $90,000 ambulance remount transfer recorded 18–0–2), and approved notary applications before adjourning.
The Hartsville/Trousdale County Commission on Aug. 22 approved multiple resolutions, ordinances and budget amendments, according to the meeting minutes.
Key actions recorded include the adoption of Resolutions 2016-28-563 (appointment of standing committees) and 2016-29-564 (adopting Tennessee Public Chapter 954 to exempt prison population from local redistricting calculations). The commission approved a $148,000 capital outlay note to purchase a front loader truck for the Sanitation Department (Res. 2016-30-565), and approved a ride‑along program for the Ambulance Service (Res. 2016-31-566). The body also approved a resolution to subordinate to a second lien for property at 107 Cato Street (Res. 2016-32-567) and several others, including declaring certain equipment surplus (Res. 2016-33-568) and adding $1.85 million of indebtedness to extend the sewer system (Res. 2016-34-569).
On ordinances, the commission closed a public hearing and approved Ordinance #130-2016-10 to establish a service charge for false emergency alarms on second reading. The commission approved first readings for Ordinance #131-2015-11 (rezoning of a 40.77‑acre tract at Byrd Lane and Canoe Branch Road in Castalian Springs) and Ordinance #132-2016-12 (personnel policy language clarifications for sick leave and FMLA).
Budget items approved included: a $3.605 million debt-service entry for a water-department bridge loan (Fund 151); a $90,000 transfer from the Ambulance Service Fund Balance to remount an ambulance box to a new chassis (Fund 118), which was recorded by roll call as 18 YES, 0 NO, 2 ABSENT; a $2,700 Spay/Neuter grant appropriation for Animal Control (Fund 111); and four school budget transfers totaling the amounts listed in the minutes. Four notary applicants were approved and the meeting was adjourned.
Motions throughout the session were moved and seconded as recorded in the minutes; most items carried by voice vote and several had explicit movers and seconders in the record. Mayor Carroll Carman provided project updates earlier in the meeting, including that bids for the Criminal Justice Center were hoped to be let by Oct. 1 and that the Downtown Streetscape project has a projected completion of July 1, 2021.
The minutes do not include loan agreements or detailed financing terms for indebtedness actions; those details would typically appear in separate loan documents or future minutes.
