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Coffee County Commission approves 2026–27 budget, sets tax levy and approves multiple rezones
Summary
At its June 23 meeting the Coffee County Commission adopted the fiscal year 2026–27 appropriation and set the county tax levy, approved two rezoning requests including a contested rezone at 39 Goosepond Road, and adopted a memorial resolution honoring Joseph Michael Hodge.
The Coffee County Commission on June 23, 2026 approved a package of fiscal and land-use measures and adopted a memorial resolution at a meeting held at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza.
The commission voted unanimously as recorded (16 yes, 2 absent) to adopt Resolution 2026-14, which makes appropriations for county funds, departments, institutions, offices and agencies for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026. The appropriation resolution was moved by Hershman and seconded by Watkins.
The commission also adopted Resolution 2026-15 to set the county tax levy for the 2026–27 fiscal year. That measure was moved by Nettles and seconded by Hershman and passed by a recorded vote of 16 yes, 2 absent.
On land-use items the commission approved two rezoning measures. Resolution 2026-09 rezoned 39 Goosepond Road (Tax Map 32, Parcel 32) from A-1 (Agriculture-Forestry) to C-1 (Rural Center). The motion, moved by Hershman and seconded by Anderson, passed 14 yes, 2 no (Commissioners Brown and Reed) with 2 absent. The transcript records the two opposing votes by name.
The commission also approved Resolution 2026-16 to rezone property owned by Chad Hillis (map 022, parcel 006.04, 12541 Murfreesboro Highway) from A-1 to C-2; that motion was moved by Nettles, seconded by Watkins, and recorded as passed 16 yes, 2 absent.
Routine consent items approved at the start of the meeting included new notaries, financial summaries and statements of cash flows for May 2026, school budget amendments (Fund 141, Fund 143), and county budget amendments (Fund 118 and Fund 101). The agenda and consent package passed on a motion by Hershman with a second by Watkins; the clerk recorded the vote as 16 yes, 2 absent.
The commission approved minutes from the June 9, 2026 meeting; the vote was 15 yes, 1 abstain (Reed), 2 absent. The meeting also included Resolution 2026-13, a memorial honoring Joseph Michael Hodge, adopted by unanimous recorded vote.
No substantive public-comment content was recorded in the provided transcript. The meeting adjourned following a motion by Smith, seconded by Hershman, with the clerk recording 16 yes and 2 absent. County Clerk Teresa H. McFadden signed the minutes submitted June 23, 2026.
The commission announced its next meeting for July 14, 2026.
