Glenn Jacobs' Knox County proposed budget back to pre-COVID times
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs had to wait a few hours longer than anticipated to deliver his third budget address as morning storms washed out the original plans. That was fine. As far as budgets go, he’s learned to be flexible. Coming off a shrunken pandemic budget from a year ago, Jacobs proposed a $893.5 million budget Tuesday. Given the challenges and uncertainties of the past year, this budget was a reminder of normalcy: no splashy buys, no tax increases but raises for county employees across the board — including a more sizable bonus for sheriff’s office employees — and overall...
Source: knoxnews.com