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Carter County commissioners appropriate $500,000 in federal school funds after director’s appeal
Summary
After Carter County School Director Dr. Brandon Carpenter appealed for previously denied federal funds, the commission suspended rules and approved a $500,000 appropriation from ESSR to the School Federal Projects line item with a 21–3 vote.
The Carter County Board of Commissioners voted Nov. 21 to appropriate $500,000 from ESSR to the School Federal Projects land line item after school officials requested reconsideration of previously withheld federal funds.
Dr. Brandon Carpenter, Carter County School Director, attended the meeting to explain the source and intended uses of the federal grant money and emphasized that the funds “will not cost the taxpayers anything.” He asked the commission to “please reconsider the release of these funds.” Mayor Patty Woodby also said she supported the sheriff staffing effort in remarks earlier in the meeting.
Commissioner Daniel McInturff moved to suspend the rules to consider the matter; that procedural motion carried 21 yes to 3 no. A subsequent motion, moved by McInturff and seconded by Kelly Collins, appropriated $500,000 from ESSR to the school federal projects land line item. The electronic vote on that appropriation recorded twenty-one yes votes and three no votes, and the motion carried.
The minutes do not identify specific project details beyond the school director’s description or list implementation milestones; the transcript indicates officials said the funds would not require local taxpayer dollars.
