Budget Committee Meeting - November 3, 2026

Williamson County Budget Committee meeting, November 3, 2026: The committee approved several budget transfers, including $80,000 from library furniture and fixtures for other library needs while the Nolensville facility is on hold, $9,674 from Circuit Court Clerk office equipment to operating leases, and $6,000 for Sheriff’s Office employee service awards. It also approved an amended intent-to-fund resolution for an approximately $87 million middle school project, specifying education impact fees as the funding source. The underlying resolution passed 4–1 after discussion of enrollment levels, rezoning, and possible school closures; the committee was told a separate appropriation resolution would return in January. A proposed $100,000 superintendent search budget was discussed. The school board had selected Zeel from three proposals, which were not formally bid because counsel advised professional services did not require bidding; the amount included potential travel expenses, with funding to come from salary savings. The transcript does not clearly capture the vote on this item.

Other approved spending and agreements included a $1,205,000 fund-balance transfer to the self-insurance fund to raise funding from $12,000 to $13,000 per full-time employee; a 25-year lease to the school district for 300 Beesley Drive for an Alternative Learning Center; and a property purchase at 3727 New Highway 96 West, using funds already held for a future fire station. The committee also approved an ambulance-services agreement under which Murray County would pay Williamson County $750,000 for the remainder of the fiscal year and $1.5 million the following year, with a future escalator; a Springback Mattresses collection agreement increasing the rate from $20 to $25 per mattress on January 2; and a $189,000 Sheriff’s Office request from its equitable-share account for a helicopter engine rebuild. Grant and donation appropriations included $4,480 for archives, $20,330 for archives and museums, $66,220 in opioid-abatement rollover funds for DUI Recovery Court, community opioid-remediation awards, $138,955.92 in Parks and Recreation donations, and a $32,000 Homeland Security pass-through grant. Votes on the listed agreements and appropriations were generally unanimous where recorded.