Hawkins County Leaders Have Discussed Several Financial Items, Including A 425-Thousand Dollar Fix For The County’s Failing Emergency Radio System. It Will Replace All Analog Equipment At Three Tower Locations On Bays Mountain, Town Knob, And Short Mountain With No Time Frame Estimated. Secondly, County Leaders Declined A Covid Hazard Pay Bonus For Non-Sheriff’S Employees. This Would Have Increased The County’S Budget Deficit By Roughly 92-Thousand Dollars. Sheriff’S Employees Received A One-Time One-Thousand Dollar Bonus.