** PRESS RELEASE **
Re: FY 24-25 Budget Recommendation
BLOUNT COUNTY, TN
The Budget Committee has approved a recommended balanced Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 for Blount County Government.
Blount County Mayor stated in the meeting last night, “I am very proud to say that we’ve passed a recommended balanced budget with no new debt and no tax increase. It’s important to me that we live out the “pay as you go” philosophy. We’ve accomplished a great number of large capital projects over the years without incurring any new debt to our citizens. And we’ve done that without adding taxes and undue burden on our citizens.
We’ve been able to work together and fund projects as we go. None of this is possible without continued hard work and dedication of each of our Elected Officials and Department Heads. I appreciate that we all take our rolls in this Government serious. Forget Washington, we don’t do business like that….and I hope our citizens are confident in what they get from us. It’s totally possible to provide services to our citizens and use what we have. I want to say thank you to Finance Director Brian Baldwin, Kari Barrett, and their team for all of their preparation and hard work. It’s not over, but you’ve done a great job.
I look forward to the next few weeks and look forward to working with all of our County departments and School Department to make this budget happen. We’re committed to partnering with the school board to align priorities and funding.
Our citizens hold me accountable and hold us all accountable, as they should. We have no choice but to do good here. Nothing else is acceptable.”
The FY 24-25 Budget Resolutions as Recommended will be considered by the County Commission in the June meeting, and can be found on the County’s website at: https://www.blounttn.gov/152/Budget.
Important next dates:
June 10th at 5:00 – FY 24.25 Budget Public Hearing immediately followed by the June Budget Committee meeting
June 10th at 6:30 – County Commission Agenda Workshop
June 20th at 6:30 – June County Commission Meeting
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Press Release CONTACT: Amy Cowden/(865) 273-5700