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Committee approves financial summaries and school amendments; discusses $400K radio tower as possible ARPA project
Summary
The committee approved routine financial summaries and three school budget amendments, and discussed (no action) an estimated $400,000 emergency radio tower for Gravel Hill to improve deputy radio coverage; ARPA and capital funds were listed as possible funding sources.
The Budget and Finance Committee approved routine financial summaries and three school budget amendments and discussed potential funding for an emergency radio tower intended to improve law enforcement radio coverage in the Gravel Hill area.
After reviewing trustees' cash balances and fund statements, the committee approved the February minutes and the monthly financial summaries by voice vote. Committee members noted property tax receipts were running above budget year to date and that excluding grant line items increases the percentage of recognized revenues in several funds.
The committee approved three school budget amendments: an internal transfer to cover a strategic compensation/bonus (item 14114, transcript amount appears garbled in the packet and was flagged for clarification), $40,000 (item 14115) to convert a science lab at Jim Satderfield Middle School into a classroom (noted as grant funded), and an incoming state award (item 14116) reported in the packet at about $303,571.43 from the Tennessee Department of Education tied to higher school performance. Atwood moved and Overman seconded the motion to approve all three amendments; the committee approved them by voice vote.
Members also discussed an emergency radio tower project requested by the law enforcement committee for the county’s west side (Gravel Hill). Staff cited an engineering estimate near $400,000 and said the sheriff and engineers recommend adding a tower to address intermittent radio contact in portions of the county. No action was taken; staff noted the county could consider ARPA or capital funds to pay for the work and the item will be considered next month.
The meeting adjourned after a public comment period in which a resident asked about anticipated future revenues from a recently built gas plant and a pending renegotiation of a CoreCivic contract; staff said neither source is certain or available in time to be counted for the April 1 grant application deadline. The parks resolution was forwarded to the full commission with no committee recommendation pending consultant and staff clarifications.
