Blount County Budget Committee | 10-13-2026

The Blount County Budget Committee met on October 13, 2026, and voted to forward multiple budget resolutions with favorable recommendations. Capital funding included $1.5 million from the highway capital fund balance for hot asphalt mix and county road paving; $1,161,230 for Heritage High School auditorium renovations; $343,400 for engineering and right-of-way acquisition related to a FLAP grant, with no matching funds required; and $22,630 for an awning and sidewalk extension at Mary Blount Elementary School. The committee also advanced funding for a courthouse roof under the approved capital plan; the transcript does not state the amount. A corrected agenda caption identified a $313,170.22 appropriation to accept an awarded state special education preschool grant, also with no match required.

Other items forwarded or approved included $134,908 for repairs and updates to the Sheriff’s Office training academy gun range, a $78,060 tutoring grant, and several Sheriff’s Office and emergency-management grant applications: a $21,792 Justice Assistance Grant for law-enforcement equipment, an $8,000 Tennessee Corrections Institute training-equipment grant, and a $46,125 state homeland security grant, all stated to require no matching funds. The committee also favorably recommended a multi-year contract with Acadis for training and records-management software; no contract value was provided. The transcript records unanimous votes among those present for the reported actions, though some agenda details and amounts are missing or garbled.