During the Polk County Board of Commissioner meeting on Monday, June 20, commissioners:

• approved the 2016-2017 fiscal year budget

• heard from Shelly Foreman with Smoky Mountain LME about mental health, substance abuse and developmental disability services

• approved new insurance maps and contracts with fire departments in Edneyville, Dana and Blue Ridge to cover far reaching areas of Polk County

• heard a property revaluation update from tax administrator Melissa Bowlin and Robert Haskins, with Wampler Eanes Appraisal Group

• scheduled a public hearing in July regarding the creation of a ordinance establishing the Polk County Government and Public Facilities Zoning District, which would create a district for the county’s new law enforcement center off Hwy. 108 near Milliken

• heard from county manager Marche Pittman who gave an update on the new law enforcement center

Pick up a copy of the Tryon Daily Bulletin this week for more details on these topics.