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Commission approves consent calendar, grants, contracts and multiple budget amendments
Summary
The commission approved the consent and regular calendars, renewed/counted multiple contracts and grants including a nonmatching Tennessee America 250 grant ($8,000), awarded a bid for Cherokee Park paving, approved sheriff grants and several budget amendments, and passed personnel and equipment items including a certified bomb dog.
Hamblen County commissioners approved a package of routine and finance items including the consent and regular calendars, several budget amendments, contract renewals and grant acceptances. Key recorded actions included a resolution to accept the Tennessee America 250 semi-quincentennial grant, approval to renew Canon copier contracts, award of a Cherokee Park campground paving contract to Allen Pavin Construction, and a series of budget amendments across multiple funds.
Finance chair Rodney Long presented the committee’s items and put them in motion; votes on the calendar and the list of finance items were seconded and recorded as passing. Highlights of approved items:
- Tennessee America 250 grant (nonmatching, reimbursable) for $8,000 to produce a historical video focused on the Lowland community; resolution approved. - Construction change directive from the Hamblen County Health Department for $11,989; motion passed. - Bid award for Cherokee Park Campground paving to Allen Pavin Construction (funded by a tourism grant); motion passed. - Multiple budget amendments across funds including jail, parks and fire boards, sheriff department and a highway capital project totaling $3,286,570.75 for highway capital projects; motions passed. - Hamblen County Sheriff’s Office participation in a nonmatching grant that includes a transport vehicle and overtime pay for deputies; approved. - Approval to utilize a certified bomb-detection canine for the sheriff’s office and school system; trainer Neesmith said the dog is trained for explosives only and would be available to schools and businesses on request.
Most motions were approved by voice vote with the chair announcing "Motion passes." The meeting record does not include detailed roll-call tallies for each item in the transcript. Where numeric amounts were ambiguous in the printed agenda (for example, one line printed as "$18"), commissioners clarified amounts during discussion.
