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Public commenter objects to chamber funding; commission tables membership reallocation to budget committee
Summary
A resident criticized how a proposed chamber of commerce funding item reached the Sept. 2 agenda; commissioners debated procedure and amounts and ultimately voted to send the matter to the budget committee for further review.
A Loudon County resident, Pat Hunter, raised procedural and legal concerns during public comment about agenda item 11—a proposed county payment tied to the Loudon County Chamber of Commerce—arguing the item had not been properly vetted through budget committee and the county’s procedural rules.
Hunter told the commission that the matter had not appeared on the Aug. 18 workshop agenda and that the FY26 budget process had not included the chamber membership or…
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