The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners read and presented a resolution on a May 2025 recessed meeting recognizing Lowe Wilkins for “36 years of dedicated service” in the county’s environmental health program and congratulating him on his upcoming retirement.

The resolution, read into the record by a county staff member, thanked Wilkins “for the example you have presented” and for protecting public health through oversight of restaurant inspections, pool safety, rabies control and foodborne illness response. A representative speaking on behalf of the mayor’s office said Wilkins began his public‑health career after graduating from East Tennessee State University in 1977 and was appointed director of Environmental Health Services on 07/29/2020. The speaker told commissioners that Wilkins “will be returned on 06/10/2025.”

Commissioners, restaurant industry representatives and staff praised Wilkins at the meeting. A representative who said he was speaking “on behalf of the thousands of restaurants, bars, event planners” thanked Wilkins for being “in the trenches” and for his accessibility to the industry. Wilkins spoke briefly and thanked colleagues for the opportunity to serve.

The record includes the text of the congratulatory resolution and remarks by the mayor’s office representative and others; no roll‑call vote on the resolution is recorded in the transcript. The commission then moved on to other agenda items.

The item gives an official record of the county’s recognition of Wilkins and provides the retirement date cited in the meeting. The transcript attributes the resolution reading and remarks to county staff and to a mayor’s office representative; commissioners who offered personal remarks included Commissioner Baker and Commissioner Shipley.