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The Bradley County Commission met on Monday, approving a $21 million plan to allocate funds they received as part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act. The resolution gives essential frontline workers like EMTs and police officers up to $10,000 in a one-time bonus. That was passed by a vote of 10-2, with two commissioners abstaining.
The resolution included: One-time pay for Emergency Medical Services staff in the gross amount of $10,000 per employee; one time pay for nurses and CNAs at Bradley Healthcare and Rehabilitation in the gross amount of $10,000 per employee; one time pay for post certified patrol deputies, detectives, juvenile, and EMA staff in the gross amount of $10,000 per employee; one time pay for Bradley County Health Department employees in the gross amount of $10,000 per employee; one-time pay for Bradley County Firefighters in the gross amount of $10,000 per employee; one-time pay for Bradley County Highway Department staff in the gross amount of $6,000 per employee; one-time pay for E911 Employees in the gross amount of $3,000 per employee; and one-time pay for all other eligible county employees in the gross amount of $6,000 per employee.
All employees must be currently employed and have been since July 1st, 2021 in order to be eligible to receive this one time only compensation.
The Athens, Tennessee City Council held a special called meeting Monday night in the wake of the firing of Athens Police Chief Cliff Couch last week.
Couch told us he believes his firing was an act of retaliation for something he expressed concern about 8 months ago.
The matter was discussed at an hours-long August 10th city council meeting, where council discussed the surveillance cameras used for police investigations that went missing.
It’s those cameras that are the focus of Monday night’s meeting.
At that August 10th meeting, things got heated between Sumners and Couch.
Monday the Southeastern Conference announced that the University of Tennessee will be assessed a financial penalty and must meet requirements set forth by the Commissioner following interruption of its October 16 football game with the University of Mississippi due to fans throwing debris onto the field.
The final minute of the Ole Miss-Tennessee football game was interrupted and delayed when some fans threw objects onto the playing field, interrupting the competitive opportunity for both teams, endangering contest participants and prompting the relocation of the University of Tennessee marching band and members of the cheerleading squad.
The SEC says that under the sportsmanship, game management and alcohol availability policies established by the Southeastern Conference, the University of Tennessee will:
- Be assessed a financial penalty of $250,000, which will be deducted from the University’s share of SEC revenue distribution.
- Be required to use all available resources, including security, stadium and television video, to identify individuals who threw objects on to the playing field or at the opposing team. All individuals identified as having been involved in disrupting the game shall be prohibited from attending Tennessee Athletics events for the remainder of the 2021-22 academic and athletic year.
- Review and update its Athletics Department game management procedures and alcohol availability policies to prevent a recurrence of Saturday night’s disruption, which shall include an evaluation of agreed-upon SEC Sportsmanship, Game Management and Alcohol policies to verify full compliance with existing standards.
- Following completion of this review and prior to the University of Tennessee’s next home football game, the University shall provide a report to the Conference Office to summarize its efforts to identify and penalize offenders and its plan to enact policies to prevent future similar incidents while ensuring compliance with Conference standards.
