Posted 5/6/24

According to County Executive Graham Stowe, the next couple of months will involve a great deal of budget deliberations.  In the background, however, a number of county projects are moving forward.

The new county website went live just over a month ago. Suffice it to say that our county website is much improved but the web address is the same - gilescountytn.gov. 

The most recent Employee of the Quarter in Giles County government - Shelby Thomas of the Finance Department.  Shelby does great work with payroll accounting and she’s spearheaded a number of administrative improvements in how we manage grant documents and capital asset management. 

The new Ambulance Headquarters, will be located at the Agri Park, and that project is now in the design phase.  That project is squarely in the county government domain, as the Ambulance Service is a county-administered operation.

The E-911 Dispatch Center, the E-911Board decided that a new building is necessary. The E911 Board reviewed options to renovate and/or expand their existing facility, but the architects and engineers strongly advised against that option. So the “build new” option prevailed with the E911 Board.The estimated cost is roughly $9.6M, which includes 15% for engineering services and an additional 15% for contingencies.