Audit Committee - Regular Meeting

This time, I'll call the budget committee meeting to order and ask for everyone to please register their presence.

Mary, you have four present and one absent.

Thank you. I'll now ask the emergency announcement to be played. I'll now ask, is there any public input on items on the agenda? Does anyone have any input on any of the items on the agenda? Seeing none, moving on to item d, approval of the minutes.

This is the approval of the August. The minutes are in your packet and, are there for your approval. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes? Motion made by commissioner Bright, seconded by commissioner Anderson. Is there any questions or discussion on the minutes? Seeing none, I ask you to rest your vote, please.

Mayor, you have four yeses.

Thank you. Item e one, resolution number twenty five dash zero nine dash zero zero one, budget increase. Central services, $474,036.64. And this is to appropriate general county funds and enter into a multiyear contract with the Knox County Regional Forensic Center for medical examiner services. I have a motion to send this on to the commission workshop by commissioner Kahler, seconded by commissioner Bright. Is there any questions or discussion on this? Just a moment, please. Commissioner Anderson, go ahead.

Thank you, mister Mayer. Can we just get a little bit of, discussion about what led us to this point? Because this is a substantial increase, and I know that there's some things going on with this that, for the people that are present.

Yes. We can. Brian, would you speak on this, please?

Yeah. Happy to. Thank you, mayor. Commissioner, our we have a we had a current have a current contract with a with a group over at Prisma. They're they're not it's not Prisma, but it's a a subgroup over there, independent contractors. And they've been doing this for for the county for quite a long time. They have turned in their notice and and resigned from from being the ME for the county. And so there's been a lot of effort put into trying to find what are the the different solutions, whether it be Prisma itself, go directly to Prisma. We we had conversations with them. We reached out to other physicians, other try to find what other options are.

And, obviously, the Knox County Forensic Center is an entity that we're already familiar with. They do this for Anderson County and Knox County, obviously. And and so it was a a natural progression to meet with them and talk to them about how the how it looked. What they provide as far as services are all in one solution. Right now, it's the the current process is separated out amongst several different group, including the mayor's office, the pathology group, the hospital, and Knox Forensic Center. And so this puts it all in one place. So it's a better service for law enforcement, and it's a better service for the families.

Okay. And so you're satisfied that this is the best solution that we're we've got for the taxpayers given the services offered and given the available options?

Yes, sir.

Alright. Thank you.

Thank you, mister Mayor. Uh-huh. Any other questions or discussion? Seeing none, I ask you to register your vote, please.

Mayor, you have four yeses.

Thank you. Item e two, resolution number twenty five dash zero nine dash zero zero two, budget increase. BCS, $377,975. This is to appropriate education capital funds to replace outdated HVAC units at ECCA. I have a motion to send this on to the commission from commissioner Kahler, seconded by commissioner Anderson. Is there any questions or discussion on this? Seeing none, I ask you to register your vote, please.

Mary, you have four yeses.

Thank you. Item e three, resolution number 25Dash09Dash003, budget increase. Blount County Schools, a 175,000. Appropriate education capital funds to set aside funds for the contingencies for multiple plan projects for fiscal year 2526. I have a motion to send this on to the commission from commissioner Anderson, seconded by commissioner Bright. Is there any questions or discussion on this? Seeing none, I ask you to register your vote, please.

Mary, you have four yeses.

Thank you. Item e four, resolution number 25Dash09Dash004, budget increase, general services, $156,271.22 to appropriate capital funds to purchase high density shelving for records and archives. I have a motion to send this on to the commission from commissioner Anderson, seconded by commissioner Kahler. Is there any questions or discussion on this? Seeing none, I ask you to register your vote, please.

Mary, you have four yeses.

Thank you. Item f one, Blount County Sheriff's Office grant application, $15,000 to apply for a fiscal year twenty six Tennessee Corrections Institute equipment grant for training equipment. There is no matching funds required. I have a motion to send this on from commissioner Anderson, seconded by commissioner Bright. Any questions or discussion on this grant application? Seeing none, I ask you to register your vote.

Mary, you have four yeses.

Thank you. Item g, financial reports for information only. Seeing nothing else on the agenda, do I hear a motion to adjourn? Move to adjourn.