Bradley County Mayor D. Gary DavisCLEVELAND, Tenn. – Increasing the general fund balance is Bradley County’s top budgeting priority, according to recommendations by the county mayor’s office.
On Friday, the county’s Finance Committee reviewed a comprehensive 10-year financial study that Bradley County Mayor D. Gary Davis described as a “ballpark plan.”
“The important thing next year – if we agree on it – is that we begin to grow the fund balance back to where it’s truly a fund balance we have to play with,” Davis said.
He recommended the second priority should be to look at raises for county employees, since three years have passed without them.
County Commission Chairman Louie Alford asked if the plan offered options for early payoff of any of the county’s debt.