Tag Archives: Budget

The Sparta Board of Aldermen approved the city’s new fiscal year budget Thursday night. City Administrator Brad Hennessee said the city will allow up to a month period of public comment on the spending before final approval. Hennessee said a public hearing will also be scheduled. Hennessee said the budget will be voted on its final reading in June. The ... Read More »

A hotel company has expressed interest in constructing a new hotel in Baxter on Olan Maxwell Road. Cookeville Developer Donny Meadows shared plans of a two-phased residential development to the Baxter Planning Commission Thursday. The company has verbally agreed to build on the site. “I think it’s a great project,” Mayor John Martin said. “Like Donnie said, we’ve got a ... Read More »

Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris said 30 to 34 new jail employees will be required to open the new jail addition. At Monday night’s county budget committee meeting, Farris said members should also anticipate about a 25 percent increase to each line item pertaining to the jail. “I was hoping that in this budget I could ask for some of ... Read More »

Twenty new employees, double the budgeted fuel money, increased benefits’ costs and employee raises highlight Putnam County’s proposed budget shared with budget committee members Thursday night. Those items make up $2.7 million of the some $4.2 million of increases in the county’s $47 million general fund. Mayor Randy Porter said the county must be ready for increased costs. “Some difficult ... Read More »

Sparta will have its first budget meeting for the upcoming fiscal year Monday night. City Administrator Brad Hennessee said city officials will review the expected operating budget and its ARP money which has yet to be earmarked. “My recommendation will be that it is spent on facility upgrades,” Hennessee said. “Our department heads have identified what we would anticipate over ... Read More »

This week in the Upper Cumberland the Sparta Board of Aldermen will host its first budget meeting Monday. City Administrator Brad Hennessee will present department head requests and a preliminary spending plan to the board. The city will also work on a plan to spend its ARP money. The Cookeville Planning Commission will meet Monday at 5:30 p.m. Cookeville Regional ... Read More »

In an effort to fully include Van Buren County school board members with state and federal grants, Director of Schools Cheryl Cole compared this year’s numbers to next year. Wednesday’s school board meeting was spent reviewing federal COVID money, salaries and instruction grants. Cole said the district’s auditor recommended the discussion for transparency purposes. After review, the school board approved ... Read More »

Upper Cumberland Regional Airport Manager Dean Selby asked the four government entities affiliated with the airport to consider increasing their contributions. Those four entities are Putnam County, Cookeville, White County, and Sparta. The request to increase from $28,000 to $35,00 each came as part of budget approval at Tuesday’s airport board meeting. “I feel like, and based on TDOT’s (study), ... Read More »

Monterey Police Chief Bill Randolph said he requested the purchase of license plate cameras to identify stolen or wanted vehicles. Randolph said the cameras are connected to databases. They alert an officer’s phone when reported tags enter the town. “We’ve recovered several of them over the last few years without any car readers just by traffic stops are somebody calling ... Read More »

Monterey’s proposed budget includes employee raises, an additional police officer and extra money for increased water department costs. Chairman Nathan Walker said the town’s Finance Committee will send the proposed budget to the Board of Aldermen for consideration in May. “With the increase in sale taxes and property tax increases overall in revenues,” Walker said. “We are in pretty good ... Read More »