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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/17/2024 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Blount County Courthouse, Room 430
Live stream via https://zoom.us/join Zoom Meeting ID: 841 6471 2742
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: Information for Commission Meeting Scheduled for October 17, 2024
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RES 24-381 11. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-012, A Proclamation Honoring the Friends of the Blount County Animal Center, Formerly the Smoky Mountain Animal Care Foundation (SMACF).adopted  Action details Not available
24-250 12. MinutesMinutes of Regular Commission Meeting on September 19, 2024.approved  Action details Not available
RES 24-358 13. ResolutionApproval of Bonds and Oaths.adopted  Action details Not available
24-238 14. ReportNotaries to be Elected.nominated  Action details Not available
24-239 15. ReportReceiving of Reports. (INFORMATION ONLY)received and filed  Action details Not available
24-249 16. ReportSeptember 2024 Financial Reports. (INFORMATION ONLY)received and filed  Action details Not available
24-241 17. ReportCertified Election Results for August 1, 2024. (INFORMATION ONLY)received and filed  Action details Not available
24-240 11. AppointmentVeterans Affairs Committee Appointment of Disabled American Veterans Chapter #76 Representative Jene Thompson to Fulfill the Vacancy of Michael Ray Kennedy (Term to Expire in June 2026).confirmedPass Action details Video Video
24-245 11. ReportBCSO Grant Application - $17,567.00 (To apply for FY25 Justice Assistant Grant to support purchase of law enforcement equipment; no matching funds are required). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-246 12. ReportCentral Services Grant Application - $79,600.00 (To apply for an Energy Efficient Program Voucher to allow purchase of additional HVAC units for County Buildings; 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 24-370 13. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-001. Budget Increase – Schools - $250,000.00 (Appropriate funds from General Purpose School Fund to allow more time for reimbursement to Federal Projects Grant fund to cover cash deficits). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-371 14. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-002. Budget Increase – Recovery Court - $159,600.00 (Appropriate funds from Opioid Funds for training materials, in-person training of staff and a third Treatment Specialist to aid in recovery of opioid and substance abuse). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-372 15. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-003. Budget Decrease – Recovery Court - $35,000.00 (Decrease funds originally budgeted during FY25 to partially support an additional treatment specialist; the contract for these services will be sourced from the State Opioid Fund). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-373 16. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-004. Budget Increase – Register of Deeds - $16,844.08 (Appropriate funds from Data Processing Reserve fund balance to purchase a new printer to replace an existing model that parts are no longer available to support repairs). Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-374 17. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-005. Purchasing requests a multi-year contract for the Blount County Sheriff Department for four and a half years with Turn Key Health Inmate Medical Services to provide health care to Blount County Jail. This Contract will secure pricing over the life of the contract and is currently budgeted to support this request. Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-361 18. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-013, A Resolution of the Blount County Commission to Establish the Rules Committee as a Permanent Committee.adoptedPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-364 19. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-014, A Resolution Updating and Revising Regulations to Protect Water Quality in the Unincorporated Areas of Blount County by Prohibiting, Suppressing, and Preventing the Contamination of Storm Water by Illicit Discharge of Pollutants.adoptedFail Action details Video Video
RES 24-365 110. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-015, A Resolution Updating and Revising the Water Quality Buffer and Related Regulation of Streams, Rivers, Wetlands, Ponds and Lakes in Blount County Previously Established.denied  Action details Not available
RES 24-366 111. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-016, A Resolution Updating and Revising the Stormwater Quality Management Criteria in the Urbanized Area of Blount County.denied  Action details Not available
RES 24-367 112. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-017, A Resolution Updating and Revising Regulations to Protect Water Quality in the Urbanized Area of Blount County by Prohibiting, Suppressing, and Preventing the Contamination of Storm Water by Grading, Erosion, and Sedimentation.denied  Action details Not available
RES 24-368 113. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-018, A Resolution of the Blount County Legislative Body Requesting the Tennessee General Assembly to Consider the Enactment of Legislation that if a Teacher or Public Servant is Found Guilty, Pleads Guilty or “Nolo Contendere” (No Admission of Guilt) to any Charges Related to Misconduct of a Sexual and/or Abusive Nature Against Children will Lose their State Certification or Licensure, and Forfeiture of (Lose) their TCRS Retirement Funds.amendedPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-368 113. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-018, A Resolution of the Blount County Legislative Body Requesting the Tennessee General Assembly to Consider the Enactment of Legislation that if a Teacher or Public Servant is Found Guilty, Pleads Guilty or “Nolo Contendere” (No Admission of Guilt) to any Charges Related to Misconduct of a Sexual and/or Abusive Nature Against Children will Lose their State Certification or Licensure, and Forfeiture of (Lose) their TCRS Retirement Funds.amendedPass Action details Video Video
RES 24-368 113. ResolutionResolution No. 24-10-018, A Resolution of the Blount County Legislative Body Requesting the Tennessee General Assembly to Consider the Enactment of Legislation that if a Teacher or Public Servant is Found Guilty, Pleads Guilty or “Nolo Contendere” (No Admission of Guilt) to any Charges Related to Misconduct of a Sexual and/or Abusive Nature Against Children will Lose their State Certification or Licensure, and Forfeiture of (Lose) their TCRS Retirement Funds.adopted as amendedPass Action details Video Video