County meetings set Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 5:59 pm
The Messenger, March 1, 2011
The Obion County Budget Committee will meet 9 a.m. Monday in the basement conference room at the Obion County Courthouse.
The committee will be discussing the following items:
• a report from the Finance Committee concerning the PILOT Agreement with DuPont/Pioneer Corp. (second reading);
• a report from the Finance Committee concerning Green Plains Obion LLC;
• a resolution to amend the county general fund in the amount of $35,495 to budget the cost for replacing the roof at the Obion County Health Department;
• information concerning a grant for Phase II, Proposed Improvements to the courthouse grounds;
• a presentation by Obion County University of Tennessee Extension Service office director Tim Smith;
• a resolution to amend the general purpose school fund in the amount of $306,129;
• a request for two line item transfers for the sheriff in the amount of $60 and the jail in the amount of $2,000;
• a request for a line item transfer for the county clerk in the amount of $180;
• a resolution authorizing the issuance, sale and payment of a capital outlay note not to exceed $240,000;
• a resolution to amend the Debt Service Fund in the amount of $35,495;
• discussion concerning the monthly payments for the Port Authority’s GEMC note;
• a resolution in support for the designation of state routes 22 and 43 from southeast and south of Martin to Union City as an interstate highway link to I-69;
• a resolution in opposition to the Topix website;
• approval of a surety bond for Mary Sue Chilcutt;
• consideration of notary public applications;
• other items brought before the committee.
Boards and committees to be considered include:
• Joint Economic and Community Development Board (now serving, Ned Bigelow and Larry Gray);
• Emergency Communications District (now serving, Kenneth Thurmond, Harold Jenkins and Tim Partin);
• Highway Commission (now serving, Truman Johnson and District 4 commissioners Richard Arnold, Norma Fowler and Dwayne Hensley) | 
