August 20, 2026 County Commission

Hamblen County Commission meeting, August 20, 2026. Commissioners approved a resolution authorizing cooperative purchasing through the Purchasing Corporation of America for use by all county departments. They also approved a change order for Complete Construction Management: $72,000 for Brandy Drive paving and $17,500 for a 60-foot asphalt overlay on Robin Circle. A separately added Health Department change order, No. 4, for casework revisions in the check-in area and teaching kitchen was approved for $6,255. The commission also approved an item to surplus/replace the Cherokee Park truck; no replacement cost or vendor was stated. The consent calendar was approved, but its contents were not detailed in the transcript.

Finance amendments approved included $26,000 for Circuit Court, $3,000 for Accounting and Budgeting, $36.56 for the Sheriff’s Department, $4,050 for the Parks and Fire Board, and $4,000 for Data Processing. The Board of Education amendment was also approved, but its amount is garbled in the transcript. Other actions included approval of a beer permit and a no-cost conveyance of county right-of-way, with survey costs assigned to the adjacent owners. An ordinance request for a moratorium on high-intensity electrical-load facilities was introduced; the transcript does not clearly capture its final disposition. No competitive bid process or new vendor selection was described.