June 10, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
The DeKalb County Budget Committee is recommending to the county commission passage of a resolution allocating funding for several non-profit and charitable organizations for the 2023-24 fiscal year.
The commission will consider adoption of the resolution with passage of the consolidated budgets for 2023-24 when it meets in regular monthly session on June 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Mike Foster Multipurpose Center.
The resolution proposes to contribute funding to the following non-profit organizations:
*Upper Cumberland Development District- $2,000
*TN Division of Forestry- $ 1,500
*DeKalb County Rescue Squad- $42,821 (increased by $2,000 from 2022-23)
*DeKalb Animal Coalition-$ 36,805
*Plateau Mental Health-$7,180
*Senior Citizens Assistance Senior Program -$ 81,948 (increased by $1,303)
*DeKalb County Soil Conservation District- $ 89,433 (increased by $4,837)
*DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce $35,000 (increased by $10,000)
*Imagination Library- $ 12,000
*Veterans Honor Guard-$1,500
*Civil War Trails-$ 400
*DeKalb County Fair- $ 5,000
*Jamboree-$ 5,000 (new contribution)
*Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency- $ 5,500
*UCHRA Assessment-Homemaker Aide, Etc. -$9,717
Total- $ 335,804