The Limestone County Commission will finally have a chance Tuesday to vote on three resolutions aimed at generating more money for county road maintenance and construction.

The three resolutions, submitted by District 4 Commissioner Ben Harrison, have been on his radar for a while. They were set to be on the commission’s Dec. 18 agenda, but he decided to pull them off.

His funding options were again briefly discussed Wednesday at the commission’s regular work session and will appear on Tuesday’s agenda.

The first resolution would ask the Limestone County Legislative Delegation to reapportion the county’s TVA-in-lieu-of-tax funds and take a 5-percent allocation currently going to Athens-Limestone Hospital and use it for “the express purpose of funding the construction, repair, replacement, maintenance, surfacing, resurfacing and any other such improvements” to county roads and bridges. Those funds would also be used for road maintenance equipment.

The hospital currently receives about $360,000 from TVA-in-lieu-of-tax funds.

The second resolution would cap money the county receives from the Simplified Sellers Use Tax at $220,000. Any monies received after that amount from the so-called “Amazon Tax” would be put toward county roads.

Limestone County has been using those revenues to offset shortfalls in what it receives in TVA-in-lieu-of-tax funds.

The final resolution is aimed at equalizing revenues each district receives based on the district that has the highest revenue per mile, which would be District 2 (East Limestone). District 1 (Ardmore, Elkmont) has 271.1 road miles, while District 2 has 185.3. District 3 (Madison, Tanner, Huntsville) has 251.7 road miles, while Harrison’s district has 331.3 miles.

Each district receives $1.18 million in revenue. Broken down by road mile, that equates to $6,416.51 per mile in District 2. Harrison said it would take an influx of $1.9 million to bring all other districts up to that standard of $6,416.51 per road mile.

Harrison said such a windfall would be unlikely. He added it’s also unlikely his fellow commissioners would vote in favor of his resolutions.

“At least they would be out there,” he said of his proposals. “It should be embarrassing at some point. That’s partly why I wanted (the commissioners) to bring their (funding ideas) to the table.”

Elsewhere Wednesday, Commission Chairman Mark Yarbrough announced he would represent Limestone County at the Jan. 11 meeting of the Huntsville City Council. At that meeting, council members and the general public will learn more about a proposed tax increment financing district for Huntsville-annexed Limestone County. The TIF includes the 1,200-acre parcel certified by the Tennessee Valley Authority as a shovel-ready megasite.

Lastly, the commission suspended the rules of order and voted to hire Kelsey Rogers as a corrections officer effective Dec. 27, pending a drug screening.

The commission will meet 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Clinton Street annex. Limestone County offices will be closed Monday for New Year’s Day.