John Coffelt, Editor

The Coffee County Commission approved the application for equipment for the proposed new Heath Department but county officials failed to notice that with the grant there was a $98,000 match. 

Accounts and Budgets Director Marianna Edinger told the Budget and Finance Committee at the Jan. 26 meeting that grant for $120,000 included a Three Star Strategy for implementation, but according to the conversation, the specifics of the strategy were not relayed to the full commission.  

Edinger noticed the match when her office received the grant package last week. 

CDBG Public Health and Safety Grant which was approved at the March 8, 2022 meeting of the Coffee County Commission, however, the funding source for the match of $98,519 has not been determined.

The committee elected to pull the funds from the Capital Projects line which has a multiple millions of dollars. Edinger didn’t have the balance at hand during the meeting.

The approval for the amendment passed unanimously with Commissioner Dennis Hunt absent.

John has been with the Manchester Times since May 2011. John has won Tennessee Press Association awards for Best News Photo and placed in numerous other categories. John is a 1994 graduate of Tullahoma High School, a graduate of Motlow State Community College and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Middle Tennessee State University. He lives in Tullahoma, enjoys painting, dancing and exploring the outdoors.