Board of Commissioners - Regular Meeting

ROLL CALL

SETTING OF AGENDA.

Minutes of the Board of Commissioners Meeting in Regular Session on September 17, 2026.

Approval of Bonds and Oaths.

Notaries to be Elected.

Receiving of Reports. (INFORMATION ONLY)

South Blount County Utility District Board (4-Year Term) Appointment of Lee Gowan. (INFORMATION ONLY)

September 2026 Financial Reports (INFORMATION ONLY)

PUBLIC INPUT ON AGENDA ITEMS.

BCSO 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).

BCSO 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).

Resolution 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).

Agriculture Extension Committee (2-Year Term) Appointment of Commissioners Chip Blankenship and Bob Ramsey.

Education Committee Appointment of Joe Cooper to Fulfill Vacancy by Commissioner Akard.

Human Resources Committee (1-Year Term) Mayoral Nomination of Chris Cantrell, Circuit Court Clerk.

Library Board of Trustees (3-Year Term) Mayoral Recommendation of Ashley Harper Fontenot.

Records Commission (4-Year Term) Mayoral Nomination of Commissioner Bob Ramsey.

Veterans Affairs Committee (4-Year Term) Reappointment of Jene Thompson for Disabled American Veterans.

Veterans Affairs Committee (4-Year Term) Appointment of 3 Commissioners.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

BCSO 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).

EMA 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).

Resolution 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).

Resolution 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).

Resolution 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).

Resolution 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).

Resolution 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).

Resolution 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).

Resolution 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