Mike Akard
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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)
Blount County Schools reports and oversight
Contract costs will be set by the RFP bids due in late 2026.
Establishment of Ethics and Zoning Review Committees
Staff time and potential future regulatory compliance costs.
Industrial Development Board Reappointment and Transparency
Involves multimillion-dollar industrial projects, tax increment financing, and property tax generation supporting county services.
On-Premises Beer Permit Application for Secret Slice
Generates local business licensing revenue and supports commercial activity in Townsend.
election
No direct financial impact from this early voting announcement.
Board of Commissioners District 4 Seat C Vacancy
Change of Non-Conforming Use for Tattoo Studio
Minimal financial impact, limited to standard building permit and business licensing fees.
Mayoral Reorganization of Development Services
Budget-neutral administrative transfer totaling $339,358.
Decisions during term (197)
Recorded while Akard was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Franklin Overlook Subdivision Preliminary Plat
Grandview Ridge Subdivision Preliminary Plat
Steele Landing Lots 1-3 Preliminary and Final Plat
Bertha Tipton Heirs Property Preliminary and Final Plat
Church and Ramsey Property Common Driveway Request
Manor in the Foothills Phase 4, Unit 3 Final Plat
Draft Minutes - Planning Commission - September 24, 2026
Setting of Agenda
General Consent Calendar
Budget Consent Calendar
Agriculture Extension Committee Appointment
Education Committee Appointment
Human Resources Committee Nomination
Library Board of Trustees Recommendation
Records Commission Nomination
Veterans Affairs Committee Reappointment
Veterans Affairs Committee Appointments
BCSO Justice Assistance Grant
EMA State Homeland Security Grant
Resolution No. 26-10-001 - Highway Fund Asphalt Budget Increase
Voting record (181)
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that the issue be sent to a committee
Setting the Agenda
Approval of September 10, 2026 Workshop Minutes
that called for the previous question.
General Consent Calendar Forwarding
Resolution No. 26-10-012: ALPR Public Hearing Resolution
Resolution No. 26-10-013: 12-Month Development Moratorium
Resolution No. 26-10-014: Data Center Moratorium
Resolution No. 26-10-015: Ambulance Service Regulation
Resolution No. 26-10-002, Courthouse Roof — $1,395,572.15
Resolution No. 26-10-003, Heritage High School Auditorium — $1,161,230.00
Resolution No. 26-10-004, FLAP Grant Engineering — $343,400.00
Resolution No. 26-10-005, State SPED Preschool Grant — $313,170.22
Resolution No. 26-10-006, ISM Grant Rollover — $183,926.26
Resolution No. 26-10-007, BCSO Firing Range — $134,908.00
Resolution No. 26-10-008, State Tutoring Grant — $78,060.00
Resolution No. 26-10-009, Mary Blount Elementary CDC Entrance — $22,630.00
Resolution No. 26-10-010, BCSO Acadis Software — $79,878.75
Resolution No. 26-10-016, BCSO Acadis Multi-Year Contract
BCSO Grant Application — Justice Assistance Grant (JAG), $21,792.00
BCSO Grant Application — Mental Health Transport (MHT), $20,000.00
BCSO Grant Application — Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI-TN), $8,000.00
EMA Grant Application — State Homeland Security Grant, $46,125.00
that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation
that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation
that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation
that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation
September 10, 2026 Meeting Minutes
Resolution No. 26-10-001, Highway — $1,500,000.00 asphalt hot mix
that the Minutes be approved
Election of Education Committee Chairperson
Election of Education Committee Vice Chair
nominations of a Education Committee Chairperson. Commissioner Satterfield nominated Keenan Sudderth.
Commissioner Akard nominated Jasmine Satterfield.
that the mayoral appointments be confirmed.
that called for the previous question.
that the Resolution be adopted as amended with Will Luke's name filling the vacancy.
that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation.
that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation.
that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation.
that the Minutes be approved.
that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation.
that the Resolution be forwarded to full commission with a favorable recommendation.
August 11, 2026 Meeting Minutes
Abstrained because he was not present at the August 11 meeting.