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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/20/2026 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Blount County Courthouse, Room 430
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26-249 11. MinutesMinutes of the Board of Commissioners Meeting in Regular Session on September 17, 2026.   Not available Not available
RES 26-357 12. ResolutionApproval of Bonds and Oaths.   Not available Not available
26-230 13. ReportNotaries to be Elected.   Not available Not available
26-231 14. ReportReceiving of Reports. (INFORMATION ONLY)   Not available Not available
26-247 15. AppointmentSouth Blount County Utility District Board (4-Year Term) Appointment of Lee Gowan. (INFORMATION ONLY)   Not available Not available
26-244 16. ReportSeptember 2026 Financial Reports (INFORMATION ONLY)   Not available Not available
26-241 11. ReportBCSO Grant Application – Mental Health Transport (MHT) - $20,000.00 (To apply for non-inmate Emergency Mental Health Transport Program; No matching funds are required) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).   Not available Not available
26-242 12. ReportBCSO Grant Application – Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI-TN) - $8,000.00 (To apply for Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI) Training Equipment Grant; No matching funds are required.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-383 13. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-016, BCSO - (Request approval for a multi-year contract with Acadis Training and Records Management for software used at the Training Academy.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).   Not available Not available
26-234 11. AppointmentAgriculture Extension Committee (2-Year Term) Appointment of Commissioners Chip Blankenship and Bob Ramsey.   Not available Not available
26-232 12. AppointmentEducation Committee Appointment of Joe Cooper to Fulfill Vacancy by Commissioner Akard.   Not available Not available
26-235 13. AppointmentHuman Resources Committee (1-Year Term) Mayoral Nomination of Chris Cantrell, Circuit Court Clerk.   Not available Not available
26-246 14. AppointmentLibrary Board of Trustees (3-Year Term) Mayoral Recommendation of Ashley Harper Fontenot.   Not available Not available
26-245 15. AppointmentRecords Commission (4-Year Term) Mayoral Nomination of Commissioner Bob Ramsey.   Not available Not available
26-248 16. AppointmentVeterans Affairs Committee (4-Year Term) Reappointment of Jene Thompson for Disabled American Veterans.   Not available Not available
26-233 17. AppointmentVeterans Affairs Committee (4-Year Term) Appointment of 3 Commissioners.   Not available Not available
26-240 11. ReportBCSO Grant Application - Justice Assistant Grant (JAG) - $21,792.00 (To support purchase of law enforcement equipment; No matching funds are required.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).   Not available Not available
26-243 12. ReportEMA Grant Application – State Homeland Security Grant - $46,125.00 (To apply for State Homeland Security Grant; No matching funds are required.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-379 13. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-001, Budget Increase – Highway - $1,500,000.00 (Appropriate Highway Capital fund balance to General Highway fund to fund Hot Asphalt Mix for paving roads in Blount County.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-366 14. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-002, Budget Increase - General Admin Capital - $1,395,572.15 (Appropriate General Admin Capital funds to replace the Courthouse Roof per the approved Capital Plan.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-367 15. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-003, Budget Increase – Education Capital - $1,161,230.00 (Appropriate School Capital funds to renovate the Heritage High School Auditorium per the approved Capital Plan.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-380 16. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-004, Budget Increase – Highway - $343,400.00 (Appropriate Highway Capital funds to Begin Engineering and ROW acquisition for the FLAP Grant per the approved Capital Plan; No matching funds are required.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-368 17. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-005, Budget Increase – Education - $313,170.22 (Appropriate and accept the State SPED Preschool Grant that has been awarded; No matching funds are required.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-369 18. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-006, Budget Increase – Education - $183,926.26 (Re-appropriate the ISM Grant rollover funds; No matching funds are required.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-370 19. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-007, Budget Increase – BCSO - $134,908.00 (Appropriate Sheriff Officer Training Reserve funds to repair and update the Training Academy Gun Range.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-372 110. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-008, Budget Increase – Education - $78,060.00 (Appropriate and accept the State Tutoring Grant that has been awarded to provide tutoring for students; No matching funds are required.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-373 111. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-009, Budget Increase – Education Capital - $22,630.00 (Appropriate School Capital funds to purchase awning and extend sidewalk at Mary Blount Elementary School CDC Entrance.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-371 112. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-010, Budget Increase – BCSO - $79,878.75 (Appropriate Sheriff Officer Training Reserve funds for the purchase of Acadis software.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).   Not available Not available
RES 26-384 113. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-012, A Resolution of the Blount County Board of County Commissioners Calling for a Public Hearing Concerning the Use of Fixed Automated License Plate Reader Technology in Blount County.   Not available Not available
RES 26-385 114. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-013, A Resolution Establishing a Twelve-Month Moratorium on Major Subdivisions, Apartment, and Multifamily Developments.   Not available Not available
RES 26-386 115. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-014, A Resolution to Amend the Blount County Zoning Regulations by Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on Advanced Computing and Data Center Development and Directing a Comprehensive Planning and Development Impact Study.   Not available Not available
RES 26-387 116. ResolutionResolution No. 26-10-015, A Resolution to Regulate the Provisions of Ambulance Service in Blount County.   Not available Not available