# 10/29/26 Budget & Finance Committee

Coffee County, Tennessee Budget & Finance Committee meeting — October 29, 2026. The committee approved school budget amendments, including $75,000 in special-education grant funding for tutoring, grant carryovers for counseling-room furniture and supplies, and funds for CTE equipment, testing software, after-school programming, and an additional CDC classroom. It also approved county budget amendments, including transfers of $9,000 each for court staffing and EMA vehicle maintenance, and use of $15,000 in restricted County Clerk funds. The committee approved an emergency jail smoke-control panel purchase of $29,230, to be placed in the county maintenance budget and funded from the general fund or another available source. It also approved courthouse holiday lighting funded from restricted tourism/hotel-motel funds; the transcript’s stated total is unclear, though it describes a cost-sharing arrangement with the city and identifies a $3,850 quote for the courthouse building alone.

The committee discussed a previously approved $35,000 Jay Sarton Road waterline project. The county attorney said a county-funded water project may be legally permissible if it serves a public rather than solely private purpose, but whether to proceed is a decision for the full legislative body. The city reportedly requires a six-inch line; estimated engineering costs of $19,000 and a city labor contribution valued at about $13,000 were mentioned. No new waterline action was taken by the committee. Members also noted that quotes for paving the VFW driveway and bids for the library project would come before a future Capital Outlay meeting, where a library contractor was expected to be considered.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 29, 2026

### Sources
- [10/29/26 Budget & Finance Committee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgFrc8YSF6k) - Coffee County Tennessee Government