During the Oct. 1 meeting of the Coffee County Healthwell, Fair and Recreation Committee, members reported three funding items: a proposed allocation of $35,000 from rural funds for J E Sarton Road, a corrective payment of $41,667 to a rural fire district for a bookkeeping shortfall, and a $10,000 tourism grant to the courthouse museum.

A committee member said the county’s Budget and Finance department agreed to "make $35,000 for J E Sarton Road" and that "we've made a motion to do that out of rural money." The transcript does not specify a mover or seconder for that motion.

On rural fire funding, the committee discussed restoring funds after missing paperwork. "They missed communications, not doing paperwork ... had come up $41,667 short from a previous year, and we voted to approve that to give them their money back so they would be equal all the way around," a member said. The speaker clarified the shortfall covered one year.

Separately, the committee reported a $10,000 tourism grant awarded to the courthouse museum to help pay for display cases. "We did give $10,000 to them. It was her and, and that came out of tourism money," a member said, identifying Sandra Bennett as the museum representative. The museum is open to visitors and staff indicated the funds will support display improvements.

The committee also set a Budget and Finance meeting date for Oct. 23 at 6:00 p.m. to handle further fiscal matters.

Nut graf: Committee members reported corrective and proactive allocations intended to clear a fire district paperwork shortfall, fund a rural road project with rural funds, and support tourism-related museum displays; meeting minutes and formal motion records should be consulted for precise vote details because mover/second information was not recorded in the transcript.

These items were discussed as committee reports and status updates rather than on-the-record ordinance adoptions at this meeting. For the $35,000 and $41,667 items, speakers described motions and votes; the transcript does not provide formal vote tallies or names of movers and seconders. For the museum award, speakers stated the allocation came from tourism funds and that Sandra Bennett is the person overseeing the museum.

Ending: The committee scheduled follow-up fiscal business at the Oct. 23 Budget and Finance meeting and left formal record-keeping (minutes, motion language and vote tallies) as the authoritative record for these allocations.