CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The chairman of the Bradley County Finance Committee says he can’t vote in favor of the 2010-11 Bradley County budget Tuesday.
Commissioner Ed Elkins passed out copies of a statement at a commission meeting Monday evening.
“I’m sure the mayor has the votes necessary to pass the budget as proposed, and if it is passed I will do everything I can to support it and make it work,” Mr. Elkins concluded in his three-page statement.
But County Mayor D. Gary Davis said Mr. Elkins is opposing his own committee’s budget proposal.
“I presented my budget proposal to the County Commission on June 6,” Mr. Davis said. “The Finance Committee then met, went over my proposal and made six minor changes. Commissioner Elkins voted to approve five of those. At that point, it became the Finance Committee’s proposal, not mine.