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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/18/2025 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Blount County Courthouse, Room 430
Live stream via https://zoom.us/join Zoom Meeting ID: 834 8057 7218
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Attachments: Information for Commission Meeting Scheduled for September 18, 2025
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25-234 11. MinutesMinutes of Commission in Regular Session on August 21, 2025.   Not available Not available
RES 25-349 12. ResolutionApproval of Bonds and Oaths.   Not available Not available
25-221 13. ReportNotaries to be Elected.   Not available Not available
25-222 14. ReportReceiving of Reports. (INFORMATION ONLY)   Not available Not available
25-219 15. ReportAugust 2025 Financial Reports. (INFORMATION ONLY)   Not available Not available
RES 25-353 11. ResolutionBCSO Grant Application – $15,000 – (To apply for FY26 Tennessee Corrections Institute Equipment Grant for Training Equipment; no matching funds are required.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).   Not available Not available
25-228 1a. AppointmentAnimal Center Advisory Board (1-Year Term) five (5) Commissioners: Mike Akard, Rick Carver, Jessica Hannah, Staci Martin and Linda Webb.   Not available Not available
25-232 1b. AppointmentBlount County Medical Examiner (5-Year Term) Darinka Mileusnic-Polchan, M.D., Ph.D.   Not available Not available
25-229 1c. AppointmentHuman Resources Committee (1-Year Term) one (1) Elected Official: Register of Deeds Phyllis Crisp.   Not available Not available
25-230 1d. AppointmentTechnology Committee (1-Year Term): County Clerk Gaye Hasty, Trustee Scott Graves, and Highway Rep. Jenny Montgomery.   Not available Not available
25-233 1e. AppointmentTellico Reservoir Development Agency Board of Directors (3-Year Term) Adriel DJ McCord.   Not available Not available
25-235 1a. AppointmentBlount County 250th Anniversary Celebration Coordinating Committee (“the Blount 250 Committee”) term to expire after December 31, 2026. Four (4) Commissioners: John Giles, Jessica Hannah, and .   Not available Not available
25-223 1c. AppointmentEducation Committee (1-Year Term) five (5) to nine (9) Commissioners: Mike Akard, Robbie Bennett, Brad Bowers, Misty Davis, John Giles, Jessica Hannah, Earl McMahan, Steve Mikels, and Dawn Reagan.   Not available Not available
25-236 1b. AppointmentBlount County 250th Anniversary Celebration Coordinating Committee (“the Blount 250 Committee”) term to expire after December 31, 2026. Up to three (3) additional at-large members representing community organizations, appointed by the Board of County Commissioners.   Not available Not available
25-224 1d. AppointmentHuman Resources Committee (1-Year Term) five (5) Commissioners*: Jared Anderson, Nick Bright, Rick Carver, Steve Mikels, and David Wells. (*Same five commissioners that serve on Insurance Committee.)   Not available Not available
25-225 1e. AppointmentInsurance Committee (1-Year Term) five (5) Commissioners*: Jared Anderson, Nick Bright, Rick Carver, Steve Mikels, and David Wells. (*Same five commissioners that serve on H.R. Committee.)   Not available Not available
25-227 1f. AppointmentRules Committee (1-Year Term) Appoint five (5) of the following Commissioners: Mike Akard, Jared Anderson, Rick Carver, Ron French, John Giles and Steve Mikels.   Not available Not available
25-226 1g. AppointmentTechnology Committee (1-Year Term) 3 Commissioners: Dyran Bledsoe, Rick Carver, and Jeff Jopling.   Not available Not available
25-231 1h. AppointmentSmoky Mountain Tourism Development Authority (6-Year Term) - Appoint one (1) of the following candidates to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Board of Directors: 1) Stephen Deucker, Vice President & General Manager of Cirrus Vision Center; 2) Hamilton Martinez, General Manager of Hilton Knoxville Airport; or 3) Trevis Gardner, Co-Founder & Principal of Blockhouse Services Group.   Not available Not available
RES 25-354 11. ResolutionResolution No. 25-09-001, Budget Increase – Central Services - $474,036.64 (Appropriate General County funds and enter into a multi-year contract with Knox County Regional Forensic Center for medical examiner services.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).    Not available Not available
RES 25-344 12. ResolutionResolution No. 25-09-002, Budget Increase – BCS - $377,975.00 (Appropriate education capital funds to replace outdated HVAC units at ECCA.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).   Not available Not available
RES 25-345 13. ResolutionResolution No. 25-09-003, Budget Increase – BCS - $175,000.00 (Appropriate education capital funds to set aside funds for Contingencies for multiple planned projects for FY25-26.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).   Not available Not available
RES 25-346 14. ResolutionResolution No. 25-09-004, Budget Increase – General Services -$156,271.22 (Appropriate Capital funds to purchase high density shelving for Records.) Referred to full commission with a favorable recommendation by the Budget Committee (4-0).   Not available Not available