Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Commission Workshop Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/9/2024 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Blount County Courthouse, Room 430
Live stream via https://zoom.us/join Zoom Meeting ID: 860 0132 8069
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24-001 11. MinutesCommission Workshop Meeting Minutes for December 5, 2023.approvedPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-001 11. ResolutionApproval of Bonds and Oaths.   Action details Not available
24-002 12. ReportNotaries to be Elected.   Action details Not available
24-003 13. ReportReceiving of Reports (Information Only).   Action details Not available
24-014 14. ReportDecember 2023 Financial Reports (Information Only).   Action details Not available
RES 24-010 1a. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-001. Budget Increase – General Schools Fund - $293,500.00 (Appropriate funds for construction of new concessions and bathroom building at the William Blount High School softball facility). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-011 1b. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-002. Budget Increase – General Schools Fund - $187,847.88 (Accept and appropriate State Special Education Grant for Preschool students with disabilities; this is a one-time, non-recurring state grant). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-012 1c. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-003. Budget Increase – Central Services Capital - $496,496.50 (Appropriate capital funds to replace the roof on Probation and Recovery Court Building). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-013 1d. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-004. Budget Increase – Central Services Capital - $290,835.00 (Reappropriate funds from a state grant for capital projects, from prior year, to apply toward approved FY24 capital projects). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-014 1e. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-005. Budget Increase – Highway - $2,000,000.00 (Appropriate funds from Local Option Sales Tax for Asphalt to allow for State-aid Paving (State-aid Paving program offers a 98/2 split with Blount County). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-015 1f. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-006. Budget Increase – Highway Capital - $460,000.00 (Appropriate funds to repair the bridge on Wildwood Road. This is a state-aid project with the split of 98/2 by the state). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commission  Action details Not available
RES 24-016 1g. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-007. Budget Increase – Highway Capital - $250,770.50 (Appropriate funds to repair the Bethlehem Church Bridge. This is a state-aid project with the split of 98/2 by the state). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commission  Action details Not available
RES 24-017 1h. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-008. Budget Increase – Highway Capital - $49,000.00 (Appropriate funds to reimburse Fort Loudoun Electric Coop for power line relocation required for the North Springview Railroad Bridge Project). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-018 1i. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-009. Budget Increase – Animal Center - $30,089.70 (Appropriate funds from donation reserve fund balance to bridge the Veterinarian transition period, up to 90 days, to support continuity of services). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-019 1j. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-010. Budget Increase - Central Services - $325,000.00 (Appropriate funds for Juniper Advisory, LLC. Agreement to form a strategic affiliation with Blount Memorial Hospital). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-030 1k. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-012. Budget Increase - Contributions to Other Agencies- $67,500.00 (Appropriate funds from State Opioid funds to support collaborative effort with McNabb Center, State of Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and The Clayton Foundation to provide housing on Sevierville Road for women with substance use disorder). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-032 1a. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-013. A Resolution to authorize Blount County to affiliate with Juniper Advisory, LLC. for consulting services as it relates to Blount Memorial Hospital. Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
24-018 1a. AppointmentBlount Memorial Hospital Board of Directors (3-Year Term - posted on Workshop Agenda as 2-year term) Reappointment of Chris Flynn.forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
24-005 1b. AppointmentBudget Committee (1-Year Term) Confirmation of Mayoral Appointments of Ms. Sharon Hannum and Commissioners Jared Anderson, Nick Bright, and Mike Caylor.forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
24-017 1c. AppointmentIndustrial Development Board and Health & Educational Facilities Board of Blount County (6-Year Term) Appoint one (1) of the following: Justin Marcus, President of Joseph Construction Company; Rick Shepard, Retired Banker and Staff Member at Leadership Blount; or Kevin Painter, Partner of LeConte Wealth Management.forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
24-004 1d. AppointmentJail Inspection Committee (1-Year Term) Reappointments of Mr. Keith Brock, Ms. Sharon Hannum, and Dr. Bob Ramsey.forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-006 14. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-015, A Resolution Classifying the Roads of Blount County, Tennessee.forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-037 15. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-016, Resolution to Approve Permanent Right of Way Easement Relative to Public Improvements to Cold Springs Road and Cold Springs Bridge.forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-036 16. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-017, Resolution to Abandon a Portion of Cold Springs Road as a Public County Road.forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-031 17. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-014, A Resolution by the Blount County Board of Commissioners Opposing the Education Freedom Scholarship Act.postponedFail Action details Video Video
RES 24-031 17. ResolutionResolution No. 24-01-014, A Resolution by the Blount County Board of Commissioners Opposing the Education Freedom Scholarship Act.forwarded to full commissionPass Action details Video Video