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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/16/2023 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Blount County Courthouse, Room 430
Live stream via https://zoom.us/join Zoom Meeting ID: 854 5567 7046
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: Information for Commission Meeting Scheduled for November 16, 2023
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23-309 11. ReportUpdate on the Blount County Schools Drug Education Program to be Presented During the Commission Meeting on November 16, 2023. (Information Only)   Action details Not available
23-319 12. MinutesMinutes of Regular Commission Meeting on October 19, 2023.approved  Action details Not available
RES 23-471 13. ResolutionApproval of Bonds and Oaths.adopted  Action details Not available
23-314 14. ReportNotaries to be Elected.approved  Action details Not available
23-315 15. ReportReceiving of Reports. (Information Only)received and filed  Action details Not available
23-312 16. ReportOctober 2023 Financial Reports. (Information Only)received and filed  Action details Not available
23-316 11. AppointmentBoard of Zoning Appeals (4-Year Term) Reappointment of Stanley Headrick.approvedPass Action details Video Video
23-317 12. AppointmentBlount County Planning Commission (4-Year Term) Reappointment of Bruce McClellan.approvedPass Action details Video Video
23-318 13. AppointmentBlount County Sheriff's Merit Board (Staggered Terms) Reappointments of Gary Hall (2024), Richard Julian (2024), Art King (2026), Michael Rasher (2026), and Roger Robinson (2026).approvedPass Action details Video Video
23-276 11. AppointmentVeterans Affairs Committee Appointment of Larry Grant, American Legion Post 13.approvedPass Action details Video Video
23-279 12. ReportBlount County Highway Department Employee Handbook. (Information Only)amendedFail Action details Video Video
23-279 12. ReportBlount County Highway Department Employee Handbook. (Information Only)adoptedFail Roll call Video Video
23-313 11. ReportRequest approval for Circuit Court Courtroom Security Grant Application - $10,288.32, no match (To apply for funds to install new cameras in entrance, 2nd and 3rd floor holding cells). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).approvedPass Action details Video Video
RES 23-465 12. ResolutionResolution No. 23-11-001. Budget Transfer - BCSO, Drug Task Force Building - $608,644.50 (Transfer Justice and Treasury reserve funds to the correct accounts to realign funds for the Drug Task Force building construction project). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 23-466 13. ResolutionResolution No. 23-11-002. Budget Increase - BCSO, Drug Task Force Building - $279,706.67 (Re-appropriate funds from prior year to support the ongoing Drug Task Force Building Project). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 23-467 14. ResolutionResolution No. 23-11-003. Budget Increase - BCSO, Smartphones for Deputies - $52,500.00 (Appropriate funds approved during FY24 budget process to purchase Smart Phones for BCSO deputies). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 23-468 15. ResolutionResolution No. 23-11-004. Budget Increase - General County Capital -$20,755,210.00 (Appropriate funds for the Eagleton Ball Park Renovation Project). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 23-469 16. ResolutionResolution No. 23-11-005. Purchasing requests a multi-year contract with Advizex for the IT Department to replace server and storage equipment for the County’s two data centers (at end of life) to enhance cyber protection and disaster recovery; contract will run through FY28. Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (5-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 23-477 17. ResolutionResolution No. 23-11-012, A Resolution Naming the Eastbound Bridge Toward Townsend on U.S. Highway 321 in Blount County, Tennessee, PFC Clayton E. Narveson Memorial Bridge.adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 23-476 18. ResolutionSetting a Zoning Public Hearing for Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. to Amend the Zoning Resolution of Blount County, Tennessee, by Modifying Article 13 to Revise the Definition of Daycare Center.approvedPass Action details Video Video