By RANDALL ALLEN

Horizon Reporter

CELINA-Clay County Commissioners were all business at their final meeting of the year here last week, as they approved several resolutions during their December gathering.

Commissioner Jerry Rhoton made a motion to authorize and appropriate funds for an actuarial study of the cost associated with a hazardous duty supplemental benefit pursuant to Tennessee code annotated, section 8-36-212.

Commissioner Jennifer Ritter seconded the motion, and it passed 9-0.

Ritter made a motion requesting the 114th session of the Tennessee General Assembly to allocate on half of the real estate transfer tax to the county, where the tax was collected on a recurring basis.

Commissioner Bryan Coons seconded the motion, and it passed 9-0.

Commissioner Winton Young made a motion to approve the budget amendment for the 2024-2025 fiscal year for the Clay County highway and public works fund.

Commissioner Dorothy Forney seconded the motion, and it passed 9-0.

Ritter also made a motion approving a budget amendment for the Clay County general fund.

Forney seconded the motion, and it passed 9-0.

This budget amendment was for money returned to the budget following the sale of some Clay County Sheriff’s Office surplus vehicles.

Coons made a motion approving a budget amendment for the Clay County courthouse jail maintenance fund, which also passed unanimously.

Ritter made a motion approving Christy Slayton as a notary.  Rhoton seconded the motion, and it passed 9-0.

Commissioner Mark Poindexter was not present for the final meeting of 2024 held by the governing body.