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Knox County Commission votes to eliminate monthly work session, move zoning meetings to third Monday
Summary
Commissioners voted May 13 to amend commission rules: eliminate the separate monthly work session, move zoning meetings to the third Monday at 5 p.m., add an optional 3 p.m. agenda review, and change the start date to June 1 to pilot the schedule for new commissioners and staff.
The Knox County Commission on May 13 voted to move forward with an amendment to commission rules that eliminates the separate monthly work session, shifts zoning meetings from the fourth Monday at 7 p.m. to the third Monday at 5 p.m., and adds an optional agenda review slot at 3 p.m.
Commissioner Durrett, who brought the proposal from the rules committee, said the change was designed to reduce redundancy between the work session and legislative meeting, reduce staff comp time and make zoning meetings more accessible to the public by…
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