Tag Archives: Randy Porter

Call June another record-setting month for Putnam County building permits. The county set an all-time record with 54 building permits totaling almost $8 million. Of those permits 34 were for single-family residential homes. All three numbers are new records. These numbers reflect construction in the county only, not including the four municipalities. The previous high was set in April with ... Read More »

Putnam County should save some $1.8 million in interest costs by refinancing the bonds on Monterey and Upperman schools. County Commissioners gave Mayor Randy Porter the authorization to move forward with the plan Monday night. “It depends on the market the day that we do the refinancing but $120,000 to $140,000 a year in just interest costs,” Porter said. The ... Read More »

Putnam County Commissioners voted to write off some $627,000 in noncollectable debt from Putnam County EMS Monday night. The amount represents about 8 percent of the ambulance service’s revenues. County Mayor Randy Porter said the county has a debt collection service that tries to collect the money and has been successful at doing so. He said many medical providers report ... Read More »

Putnam County officials expect to submit the final report on the March 3rd tornado to FEMA next week. Mayor Randy Porter said the report includes expenses of overtime hours and law enforcement work around $3 million. The Clean-up will cost around $2 million. “We have weekly conference calls with FEMA, and they’ve been very good to help us,” Porter said. ... Read More »

The Putnam County Budget Committee voted last night to send the new fiscal year budget to the commissioners for approval. The school system budget will be sent separately after Thursday night’s school board meeting. Budget Committee Chair Ben Rogers said the committee felt comfortable with Randy Porter’s status quo budget and had no need to further breakdown the expenses. The ... Read More »

Putnam County sales tax revenue dropped some 9.3 percent in April compared to last year. “(It’s) actually better than I thought,” Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter said. “I thought sales tax would be down more. I was guessing we’d be down in the 15 to 20 percent range.” The May report covers sales tax collections for April, when the majority ... Read More »

The new fiscal year Putnam County budget will come in about $500,000 lower than last year’s budget with no property tax increase. County Mayor Randy Porter proposed $40,034,718 in general expenditures during the new fiscal year. Porter said the department heads and elected officials worked hard to create a status quo budget. “There was a team effort put forth by ... Read More »

The Putnam County Schools got positive budget news from the state Thursday night. Director of Schools Corby King said the state’s estimated BEP payment to Putnam County will increase by some $219,000. That reduces the school system’s deficit for the next fiscal year to some $887,000. The deficit will be covered by the system’s fund balance, including money saved during ... Read More »

The Putnam County Health Department tested a record 411 people Tuesday for COVID-19. County Mayor Randy Porter said testing continues to produce more positive tests across Putnam County. “Positives are coming from all kinds of different places,” Porter said. “You may have one family that might have 15 or 20 members that all test positive in the next family, only ... Read More »

Putnam County saw a 19 percent increase in COVID-19 cases Tuesday with 46 additional cases. The uptick could be a data reporting issue. Nashville’s Health Department reported Tuesday that one of the companies conducting COVID-19 tests could not report its results electronically this weekend. That caused a spike in Nashville’s numbers Tuesday. County Mayor Randy Porter said the increase could ... Read More »