This is Freida for Truth radio News reminding you that your favoirte blount
County Preachers are LIVE Sunday Mornings over mobil tv on your smart
phone or at home on your desktop at triple w dot truhtradio dot tv at the
TV screen that will also list the archived shows. And thank you for
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May's Blount County Commission meeting was standing room only but the
only people allowed to stand against the wall were County Deputies in uniforms.
Chairman Moon ruled all the other taxpayers without seats were forced out into
the hall. Which accounted for the loudest applause of the meeting comming
after Commissioner Carter described how Blount County compares with other
"We SUCK" .
Taxpayer Keith Miller's remarks before the Commission said it best.
Washington's politics is characterized by an arrogant chief executive
who is happy to by-pass the legislature to bring hoards of illegals
over the border.
While OUR MAYOR attempts to overturn the results of the
$95 thousand dollar jail study with an absurd lawsuit, he and his finance director
fast tracked a total of $ 900 thousand dollars in capital fund expenditures through
a predominately lapdog commission... for the problematic Kronos project.
Not only that but he seconded the motion to send the commission the infamous
Evergreen compersation study which embodies all the rediculous, nature of
Obamacare in that you must vote on it before you can read it since it is
not yet finished.
The passing of the Evergreen Resolution to adopt it's pay scale
reccomendations according to page 4.7 means 507 employees are
to each get a $3444 (three thousand four hundred and forty four dollar)
pay raise.
The express need for the pay raises is the loss of qualified
personnel, and the difficulty in recuriting qualified replacements.
The Evergreen study on 3.3 reports that Blount County is above the national
average of tenure, 7 to 9 years with a tenure of 11.1 overall.
The Sherrif's Department average tenure is 10.1, jail is 8.4, juvenial detention 9.8,
sheriff school security 11.7. sheriff clerical 15.1, and sheriff C I D is 16.4.
The Evergreen salary increase will be funded by 6 cents of the 50 cent property
tax hike to be voted on in June's Commission meeting from Blount County workers
who average $28,000 a year while the minimun starting salary
and benefits for a county employee according to the Evergreen study is $ 28,000.
Voting to PASS the Evergreen TAX INCREASE were Dist. 10 Melton:
Dist.9, Allen and French:Dist 8 Caskey and Bowers, Dist 7 Stinnett,
Dist. 6 Crowe, Dist 5 Carver and Headrick; Dist. 4Moon and Farmer
Dist. 3 Caylor and Samples, Dist. 2 Lewis, Dist. 1 Carter the commissioner
who said Blount County S U C K S!!!
In Truth Radio's opinion Blount County really is JUST LIKE WASHINGTON'S
District or Criminals by the way they treat the people who pay them,
You can call the commission office at 273-5730 and ask how to contact
your commissioner and ask him if he draws a salary or any of his family ?
Don't READ ON AIR NO TIME Info ONLY
Blount Co. Students 11,000, Maryville City Students 5,000, Alcoa City Students 2,000
total 6-18 years old equals 18,000; 0-5 years estimated 1/3 of 18,000 = 6000; total 24,000 Minors
subtract from Total population 126000 result of 126,000 less
Local Govt Employees 3550( teachers in MV750 & Alcoa 300)
NET Total Population Less Minors and Govt Wkrs. 98,450
Total Personal Income 2,976,000,000
less 15% of Local Govt Revenues non Salary Exp.
State Funding for Education Blt Co 49 Mil Alcoa 9 Mil Maryville . = $140 Mil BC $ 39 Mil Alcoa $ 34 Mil MV
Total Local govt Revenue $213 Million Equals $ 2,763,000,000 / 98,450 equals
Ave. Adult Income for Blount Co. Resident of $28,065.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
JAIL Assessment for Blount County
This is Freida for Truth Radio News wanting you to know that Mobil TV of Blount
County high school sports is coming to your mobil device this Fall for the
High School Football Game of the week and you are invited to call your school's
athletic director about getting your favorite game on Mobil TV from
Truth Radio.tv.
On June 24, 2013Jim Hart, UT County Technical Assistance Service
Jail Management Consultant. Mr. Hart presented a report concerning the
Blount County Jail Expansion Evaluation
"I provided some information based on the Tennessee Department of Corrections
monthly snapshot report and you see that on page 7.
The only thing to point out there, was that it appears that there's a significant
increase in the numbers of convicted misdemeanants in custody looking at the
2013, Your inmate housing areas were sitting at about 148% of capacity.
When you see this, you see a facility that's operating in crisis management.
Were juggling inmates from moving people constantly to try to ensure the
safety of staff, ensure the safety of inmates, and as I mentioned your
unique classification system sort of goes away which then,
we start cracking open the door of potential litigation against the county
as we start talking about inmate injuries, assaults, that failure to protect issues.
Due to chronic conditions, there's insufficient showers, commodes, sinks,
floor space is taken up if you will.".
Blount County Adult Detention Facility is certified for 350 inmates. In 2011 it's
average daily count was 455. in 2012 it was 505 and in 2013 the average daily
count was 507.
The first Key Recommendation in the Action Plan for the Blount County Jail
Assessment begins stating out of the 400 plus county assessments it has
done Blount County has 57 percent of the pretrial population was being held
without bond because they had a probation violation pending. Hence, the Courts
employ probation violations to deny bonds to persons charged with a new offense
while on active probation is how the assessment reads on page 86.
According to the inmate profile analysis of the Jail's population on November
20, 2013 the jail had 524 inmates if which 150 were randomly selected for analysis.
The that sample 64 percent were Blount County residents or 335 of the 524.
The first recommendation on page 87 is to lower the jail population of "locals" to
100 via police citation of misdemeanants in lieu of custody, or speedier process,
and real classification. Taking the local inmate population down to 100 would
release 235 of those 335 locals who are being held for probation violations without bail
or the INABILITY TO pay the financial obligations owed THE COURTS. The assessment
recommends these inmates could be allowed to work off their financial obligations
to the system at a "Day Fine" rate, with the rate being close to what they would
make at their regular job, and not be charges to participate in the work program.
The study concludes that the cost of mounting such a program as something that
would reduce both jail and probation caseloads and thus postpone the need for jail
construction.
County high school sports is coming to your mobil device this Fall for the
High School Football Game of the week and you are invited to call your school's
athletic director about getting your favorite game on Mobil TV from
Truth Radio.tv.
On June 24, 2013Jim Hart, UT County Technical Assistance Service
Jail Management Consultant. Mr. Hart presented a report concerning the
Blount County Jail Expansion Evaluation
"I provided some information based on the Tennessee Department of Corrections
monthly snapshot report and you see that on page 7.
The only thing to point out there, was that it appears that there's a significant
increase in the numbers of convicted misdemeanants in custody looking at the
2013, Your inmate housing areas were sitting at about 148% of capacity.
When you see this, you see a facility that's operating in crisis management.
Were juggling inmates from moving people constantly to try to ensure the
safety of staff, ensure the safety of inmates, and as I mentioned your
unique classification system sort of goes away which then,
we start cracking open the door of potential litigation against the county
as we start talking about inmate injuries, assaults, that failure to protect issues.
Due to chronic conditions, there's insufficient showers, commodes, sinks,
floor space is taken up if you will.".
Blount County Adult Detention Facility is certified for 350 inmates. In 2011 it's
average daily count was 455. in 2012 it was 505 and in 2013 the average daily
count was 507.
The first Key Recommendation in the Action Plan for the Blount County Jail
Assessment begins stating out of the 400 plus county assessments it has
done Blount County has 57 percent of the pretrial population was being held
without bond because they had a probation violation pending. Hence, the Courts
employ probation violations to deny bonds to persons charged with a new offense
while on active probation is how the assessment reads on page 86.
According to the inmate profile analysis of the Jail's population on November
20, 2013 the jail had 524 inmates if which 150 were randomly selected for analysis.
The that sample 64 percent were Blount County residents or 335 of the 524.
The first recommendation on page 87 is to lower the jail population of "locals" to
100 via police citation of misdemeanants in lieu of custody, or speedier process,
and real classification. Taking the local inmate population down to 100 would
release 235 of those 335 locals who are being held for probation violations without bail
or the INABILITY TO pay the financial obligations owed THE COURTS. The assessment
recommends these inmates could be allowed to work off their financial obligations
to the system at a "Day Fine" rate, with the rate being close to what they would
make at their regular job, and not be charges to participate in the work program.
The study concludes that the cost of mounting such a program as something that
would reduce both jail and probation caseloads and thus postpone the need for jail
construction.
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