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Finance committee forwards dozens of budget amendments — EMA building work and EMS payroll clean-up among largest items
Summary
The Bradley County Finance Committee on May 30 recommended approval of a broad package of budget amendments, including a consolidated Emergency Management Agency request to fund work on a new building and large payroll reclassifications for EMS. Most motions passed unanimously and were forwarded to the full commission.
The Bradley County Finance Committee recommended approval of more than 60 budget amendment requests on May 30, 2025, forwarding the package to the full County Commission for final action.
The committee recorded motions to move funds within departmental budgets to cover equipment purchases, building work, payroll adjustments and operating shortfalls. Committee members present — including Commissioner Louie Alford, Commissioner Milan Blake and Commissioner Cindy Slater — voted on each amendment; most motions passed unanimously or with recorded absences.
Why it matters: several of the packet's largest adjustments would affect capital work and payroll accounting. The Emergency Management Agency (EMA) submitted a consolidated package to reallocate a series of line items into an 'Other Charges' procurement line to support work at the agency's new building at 3069 Overlook Drive. Bradley County EMS filed an extensive set of payroll-line corrections that the packet identified as final clean-up for salaries, overtime and retirement lines; the EMS pages also documented $7,200 in service revenue from school athletic-event coverage that was moved into personnel lines.
Committee action at a glance: motions were recorded for departments including Road, County Mayor's Office, Finance (ARPA correction), Trustee, Elections, Agriculture Extension, Parks & Recreation, EMA (combined items 14–26), Courts (Juvenile and Community Service combined ranges), Medical Examiner (items 45–51), EMS (items 53–55 and detailed payroll adjustments), Fire & Rescue and Sheriff (special detail reimbursements). Most votes were recorded as 5–0–0; several items showed 4–0–1 or similar tallies reflecting one member absent.
Department details and numbers: EMA’s combined package (items 14–26 in the packet) reallocates several smaller lines (communications, contracts, maintenance, office supplies and tuition) and records $10,000 in revenue from the Bradley County Board of Education to help fund building construction work. EMS’s packet includes large payroll-line transfers (for example, overtime-line adjustments totaling six-figure amounts listed in the materials) to reconcile year-end payroll lines; the EMS forms also attach multiple invoices showing school-event service revenue previously received by EMS.
What the committee did not decide: the meeting recorded recommendations to the full commission rather than final appropriations. The full commission will consider the committee’s recommendations at a subsequent meeting.
Next steps: the Finance Committee’s recommendations will appear on the County Commission agenda for final approval; several commissioners announced related committee meetings and the full commission voting session scheduled for June.
