Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/20/2025 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Blount County Courthouse, Room 430
Live stream via https://zoom.us/join Zoom Meeting ID: 896 0848 9165
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: Information for Commission Meeting Scheduled for February 20, 2025
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25-036 11. MinutesMinutes of Regular Commission Meeting on January 16, 2025.approved as amended  Action details Video Video
25-037 12. MinutesMinutes of Zoning Public Hearing on January 7, 2025.approved  Action details Not available
RES 25-054 13. ResolutionApproval of Bonds and Oaths.adopted  Action details Not available
25-027 14. ReportNotaries to be Elected.nominated  Action details Not available
25-028 15. ReportReceiving of Reports. (INFORMATION ONLY)received and filed  Action details Not available
25-023 16. ReportJanuary 2025 Financial Reports (INFORMATION ONLY)received and filed  Action details Not available
25-025 17. ReportConsideration for approval; Draft - Blount County Government Finance Department Policies and Procedures. Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).received and filed  Action details Not available
25-029 11. AppointmentAgriculture Extension Committee (2-Year Term) Appointments of Farm Women Rep. Lyssa McKenry and Farm Men Rep. Steve Myers.approvedPass Action details Video Video
25-024 11. ReportBCSO Grant Application - $200,000.00, (To apply for FY25 Bureau of Justice Assistant Grant to purchase a Virtual Training Simulator that provides different scenarios during training; no matching funds are required). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).approvedPass Action details Video Video
RES 25-034 12. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-001, Budget Increase – Civil Defense - $2,758.95 (Accept and appropriate additional funds for Emergency Management Performance Grant received from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 25-035 13. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-002, Budget Increase – Civil Defense - $2,562.50 (Accept and appropriate additional funds for Homeland Security Program Grant received from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adopted  Action details Not available
RES 25-036 14. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-003, Budget Increase – General Services - $127,972.40 (Appropriate funds to upgrade county security cameras and access control systems.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 25-037 15. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-004, Budget Increase – General Services - $79,600.00 (Accept and appropriate funds from the Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant [EECBG] for the purchase and installation of three HVAC units.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adopted  Action details Not available
RES 25-038 16. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-005, Budget Increase – General Services - $36,762.00 (Appropriate funds for painting the stairwells in the county courthouse.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adopted  Action details Not available
RES 25-039 17. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-006, Budget Increase – General Services - $19,324.00 (Appropriate funds for modernizing building automation system that controls the HVAC units in county buildings.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adopted  Action details Not available
RES 25-051 18. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-007, Budget Increase – County Clerk - $25,834.00* (Appropriate funds by use of fund balance for an additional counter clerk to support the increase of customer transactions.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0). *Amount amended at the Workshop meeting from twelve (12) month salary of $62,001.00 to five (5) month prorated salary.adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 25-040 19. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-008, Budget Increase - County Clerk - $20,840.00 (Appropriate funds from the Other State Revenue Vehicles Reserve to update and replace credit card machines, barcode scanners, and signature pads allowing more payment options for customers.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0). adopted  Action details Not available
RES 25-041 110. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-009, Budget Increase – County Clerk - $4,830.00 (Appropriate funds from the Electronic Insurance Verification Revenue Reserve to create two new workstations and purchase new license plate cabinets.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adopted  Action details Not available
RES 25-042 111. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-010, Budget Increase – Juvenile Court - $220,000.00 (Re-appropriate Opioid Abatement grant funds to continue services with Helen Ross McNabb in support of Journey Court for at risk children.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 25-043 112. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-012, Budget Increase – Juvenile Court - $100,000.00 (Accept and appropriate funds from Safe Baby Court yearly grant awarded to support coordinator position and the salary supplement to the juvenile court services director for oversight of program.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adopted  Action details Not available
RES 25-044 113. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-013, Budget Increase – Highway - $1,500,000.00 (Appropriate funds for asphalt hot mix to allow the Highway Department to pave additional roads for the county.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 25-060 114. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-014, Budget Appropriation – BCSO - $687,141.00 (Appropriate Federal Opioid Funds for FY25-27 for eligible expenses in the Blount County Sheriff’s Office.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 25-045 115. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-015, Budget Decrease – BCSO - $229,047.00 (Decrease funds originally budgeted during FY25 with local revenue sources that are eligible for the use of federal opioid funds.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 25-048 116. ResolutionResolution No. 25-02-016, Budget Increase – Animal Center - $14,000.00 (Appropriate SMACF reserve fund balance to help cover expected operational cost.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
25-031 117. ReportResolution No. 25-02-018, A Resolution by the Blount County Board of Commissioners Supporting the Efforts of the Blount County Highway Department to Repair and Maintain the Swinging Bridge in Townsend, Tennessee, Known as the “Dark Island Bridge”postponedFail Action details Video Video
25-031 117. ReportResolution No. 25-02-018, A Resolution by the Blount County Board of Commissioners Supporting the Efforts of the Blount County Highway Department to Repair and Maintain the Swinging Bridge in Townsend, Tennessee, Known as the “Dark Island Bridge”adoptedPass Action details Video Video