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Cookeville council asks state to restore property-owner consent option for annexation
Summary
The council unanimously approved a resolution asking the Tennessee Legislature to amend TCA 6-51-104 to allow annexation when two-thirds of property owners who own a majority of the property certify consent, a change staff said would shorten annexation timelines and cut election costs.
Cookeville — The City Council voted 4–0 to request that the Tennessee General Assembly restore a process allowing annexation by certified property-owner consent, an option staff said previously existed in state law but expired under a sunset provision.
City official James Mills told the council that the resolution (R25-11-21) asks lawmakers to amend TCA 6-51-104 to permit annexation without a referendum when two-thirds of property owners owning a majority of the property in…
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