Tennessee Record
Blount County
MA

Mike Akard

Commissioner District 2-A2026-09-01 – 2030-08-31

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Term ending Aug 31, 2030.

Voice

Meetings spoken in
17
Total speaking time
57:39
Avg per meeting
3:23
Segments
922

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Top issues during term (8)

Decisions during term (197)

Recorded while Akard was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.

Voting record (181)

150 yes17 no14 abstained

Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.

Voted noOct 20, 2026

that the issue be sent to a committee

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Setting the Agenda

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Approval of September 10, 2026 Workshop Minutes

Voted noOct 13, 2026

that called for the previous question.

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

General Consent Calendar Forwarding

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-012: ALPR Public Hearing Resolution

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-013: 12-Month Development Moratorium

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-014: Data Center Moratorium

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-015: Ambulance Service Regulation

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-002, Courthouse Roof — $1,395,572.15

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-003, Heritage High School Auditorium — $1,161,230.00

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-004, FLAP Grant Engineering — $343,400.00

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-005, State SPED Preschool Grant — $313,170.22

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-006, ISM Grant Rollover — $183,926.26

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-007, BCSO Firing Range — $134,908.00

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-008, State Tutoring Grant — $78,060.00

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-009, Mary Blount Elementary CDC Entrance — $22,630.00

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-010, BCSO Acadis Software — $79,878.75

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-016, BCSO Acadis Multi-Year Contract

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

BCSO Grant Application — Justice Assistance Grant (JAG), $21,792.00

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

BCSO Grant Application — Mental Health Transport (MHT), $20,000.00

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

BCSO Grant Application — Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI-TN), $8,000.00

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

EMA Grant Application — State Homeland Security Grant, $46,125.00

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

September 10, 2026 Meeting Minutes

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

Resolution No. 26-10-001, Highway — $1,500,000.00 asphalt hot mix

Voted yesOct 13, 2026

that the Minutes be approved

AbstainedSep 29, 2026

Election of Education Committee Chairperson

Voted yesSep 29, 2026

Election of Education Committee Vice Chair

AbstainedSep 29, 2026

nominations of a Education Committee Chairperson. Commissioner Satterfield nominated Keenan Sudderth.

Voted yesSep 29, 2026

Commissioner Akard nominated Jasmine Satterfield.

AbstainedSep 17, 2026

that the mayoral appointments be confirmed.

Voted noSep 17, 2026

that called for the previous question.

AbstainedSep 17, 2026

that the Resolution be adopted as amended with Will Luke's name filling the vacancy.

Voted yesSep 10, 2026

that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation.

Voted yesSep 10, 2026

that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation.

Voted yesSep 10, 2026

that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation.

AbstainedSep 10, 2026

that the Minutes be approved.

Voted yesSep 10, 2026

that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation.

Voted yesSep 10, 2026

that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation.

AbstainedSep 10, 2026

August 11, 2026 Meeting Minutes

Abstrained because he was not present at the August 11 meeting.

Voted yesSep 10, 2026

Resolution No. 26-09-001, Budget Increase - Amend the Budget Adoption Resolution

Voted yesSep 10, 2026

Resolution No. 26-09-002, Budget Increase - Animal Center

Voted yesSep 10, 2026

Resolution No. 26-09-003, Budget Transfer - Various Departments

Voted yesSep 10, 2026

Resolution No. 26-09-004, Information Technology - Fort Loudon Electric Cooperative Contract

Voted yesSep 10, 2026

Emergency Management Grant Application

Voted noSep 10, 2026

that the Resolution be amended by adding an additional person increasing the committee membership from 9 to 10, and the additional member to be credentialed with Tennessee Department of Environment an