Bradley County commissioners Milan Blake, left, and Johnny Mull, discuss concerns regarding state funding of local school districts.CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Bradley County 911 officials have agreed to a proposal from the Bradley County Commission that calls for the agency’s upcoming four-year contract to be based entirely on cost projections instead of unknown future audited expenses.
In December, the commission approved an agreement that calls for Bradley County and Cleveland to each commit $550,000 to the 911 district in 2016 and $650,000 for each of the three following years. A month earlier, the Cleveland City Council agreed to Bradley 911’s initial proposal, which was the same for the first two years of the agreement but called for local government commitments to be based on audited expenses for the last two years of the agreement.
“I’m sure that we, too, will be in agreement with the county on funding,” City Councilman David May said Friday.
The Cleveland City Council last discussed the matter in February before the more recent 911 board decision to align with the county’s counterproposal.
To have an effective contract in place, Bradley County, Cleveland, Charleston and the 911 district all must approve the same agreement. The current agreement ends June 30.