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County Commission approves Jake-brake ban and advances several ordinances; adopts budget amendments
Summary
At its March meeting the County Commission adopted an ordinance regulating engine braking, advanced an impact-fee increase and a high-school–adjacent rezoning on first reading, and approved multiple routine motions and budget amendments.
The County Commission adopted an ordinance restricting engine braking and approved several other measures during its March commission meeting, including budget amendments and appointments.
The commission adopted Ordinance 316-2025-O3 (Jake-brake regulations) on second reading by an electronic vote of 15-0. The measure drew no public comment during the hearing and passed unanimously on the second reading.
Commissioners also approved an increase to the county’s impact fees (adequate facilities tax) on first reading and advanced a rezoning request for property next to the high school on first reading. The impact-fee change was approved on first reading by a 13-2 electronic vote; the rezoning passed first reading 14-1. The commission took several budget amendments under a single motion; that package passed 15-0.
Other routine approvals included minutes from the Feb. 24 commission meeting, setting the agenda, appointment of Commissioner Linda Bruce to the Parks and Recreation and First Response Services committees, and three public notary applications. Those routine motions carried without recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
Votes at a glance - Ordinance 316-2025-O3 (Jake-brake regulations): Adopted (second reading), 15 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. No public speakers at the hearing. - Impact fee / Adequate Facilities Tax (first reading): Advanced, 13 yes, 2 no, 0 abstain. - Rezoning (parcel adjacent to high school; Ordinance 318-2025-O5, first reading): Advanced, 14 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain. - Budget amendments (multiple, considered under one motion): Approved, 15 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. - Appointment: Commissioner Linda Bruce to Parks & Recreation and First Response Services committees: Motion carried (recorded as approved in the meeting). - Public notary applications (Crystal Marshall; Cassandra Ferray, Mid Cumberland Community Action Center; Zach Taylor of Donald Taylor and Taylor): Approved.
The commission used electronic voting for several items and recorded the tallies shown above.
