Commissioners Continue to Create Budget for County

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Cannon County’s Commissioners are continuing to establish a budget for the current fiscal year.  The county has been operating under a continuing resolution since July 1st.    Commissioners continued to move thru the proposed budget line by line. The effort begin August 1st and continued on Monday night to Tuesday night and will resume Thursday.

Quietly waiting for their time at the table has been the members of the Sheriff’s office.  The office has been understaffed and the jail requires work.  The department continues to be a training facility for other law enforcement offices across middle Tennessee.  The current conditions at the correction facility have resulted in a lawsuit. 

Commissioners moved to the sheriff and jail’s part of the budget last night.  After much discussion, budget talks have not moved forward.

Next meeting for commissioners will be Thursday night at 5:30 as the recessed August 1st meeting will move into its 10th hour.