Bradley County Commissioner Ed Elkins, chairman of the redistricting committeeWHAT’S NEXTThe Bradley County Commission will meet in a work session at 7 p.m. Monday at the Bradley County Courthouse.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Bradley County Commission has agreed to develop comprehensive long-range financial plans for fiscal 2013-18.
Commissioners voted 10-3 last week to approve most of a fiscal guideline package presented by Commissioner Ed Elkins.
However, the modified resolution left out a major requirement of Elkins’ strategic ground rules: The six-year plan must be completed before a recently proposed $32 wheel tax can be put before voters in a referendum. The wheel tax would be assessed each time a vehicle is registered in the county.
Elkins’ resolution stated that Bradley County citizens “deserve to be adequately informed of a complete and comprehensive outlook” of the county’s financial needs before voting on a wheel tax.