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Signal Mountain council debates combining tree and recycling committees, tightens expectations for planning commissioners
Summary
Council continued a multi-session review of town code for boards and commissions, discussed folding tree-board duties into a broader environmental advisory board, and set expectations for the Planning Commission to hold an officer election in August or face further action.
The Signal Mountain Town Council spent the bulk of a work session reviewing proposed changes to the town code that govern citizen boards and commissions, including whether to consolidate the tree board and the recycling committee into a single environmental advisory board and how to address chronic attendance and officer-election issues on the Planning Commission.
Council members reviewed sample language (including a Brentwood example) and said the National Arbor Day Foundation's Tree City USA requirements do not necessarily require a separately named tree board; duties can be assigned to a town department or another body. The council agreed it would consult the active tree board and return the subject to a future…
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