Commission Approves $250,000 Budget Correction After Clerk’s Clerical Omission Cited

The Blount County Commission voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 2609001, a $250,000 amendment to the budget that county budget staff said corrects a clerical omission from the final adopted resolution.

County budget staff explained to commissioners that the line item was included in the budget presentation and financial system but was missed when numbers were manually transferred into the final resolution. “These funds were… this was a clerical error when we put the documents together for the annual budget,” staff said.

Staff said the funds are in a capital contingency line intended to prevent project delays when time-sensitive needs arise; the money will allow short-term action and be replenished through later budget actions if needed. The clerk recorded the vote as 18 yes, and the motion carried.

Commissioners did not propose an amendment to change the contingency’s purpose; staff said the item simply aligns the resolution with prior budget committee intent.