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Commission moves to reestablish Public Services Committee, creates separate appeals panel under TCA 5-1-115
Summary
The county commission voted to reinstate a Public Services Committee with rulemaking and enforcement authority under Tennessee Code Annotated §5-1-115 and created a separate five-member appeals committee to avoid conflicts of interest in enforcement of “dirty lot” regulations.
The Blount County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 12 voted in workshop to move a resolution to the full commission that would reestablish the county’s Public Services Committee and provide for the hearings and enforcement procedures required by Tennessee Code Annotated §5-1-115.
Commissioner French, who introduced the item, told the meeting the committee as originally established in 2001 and reaffirmed in 2004 had authority to adopt rules and pursue enforcement of the county’s “dirty lot” code. He said a resolution adopted two years earlier had reduced…
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