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County commissioner urges Hamblen County Board to post meeting packets online
Summary
District 14 County Commissioner Edna Green asked the Hamblen County Board of Education to put agenda packets online in advance of meetings, calling it a transparency issue and noting other county bodies already publish packets.
Edna Green, identified in the meeting as a District 14 County Commissioner, used the public-comment period to urge the Hamblen County Board of Education to post its meeting agendas and packets online so any citizen can access and print them.
Green said other local bodies — including the city council and county commission — publish packets in advance and that the school board is "behind the time" on transparency. She asked board members to "put your mouth and your vote together" and make packets available online, noting the board recently began videotaping meetings but has not published packets. Green said she would like the packets posted by Friday before a Monday meeting, as county commission does, and invited staff involved with the Walter State manufacturing grant to contact her after the meeting.
Board members acknowledged her comments; no formal board action to change posting procedures occurred during the meeting.
