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Rutherford County commissioners confirm notaries and several board appointments, announce vacancies
Summary
The board confirmed notaries, reappointments and mayoral appointees (including Gary Farley, James Aberwater, Michael Shirley and Chanda Graves), and announced several committee vacancies and term dates.
Steering Vice Chair Pettis Reid led a series of elections and confirmations during the meeting, moving to confirm the county’s notaries and announcing multiple vacancies on boards and committees including the beer board, juvenile detention board, audit committee, public building authority and stormwater advisory board (SEG 090–127).
Reid moved to confirm Gary Farley to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a five-year reappointment (Oct. 2024–Oct. 2029); the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote (SEG 126–136). Reid also moved to confirm James Aberwater to the Code Enforcement Adjustment and Appeals Board for a three-year term, Michael Shirley to the Rutherford County Regional Planning Commission (mayor appointment) with term through Aug. 2028, and Chanda Graves as a judicial commissioner for a four-year term; each was seconded and approved (SEG 138–175, SEG 151–163, SEG 164–175).
Reid stated that several vacancies will be filled by mayoral appointment or other processes, and he recited term lengths for the vacancies announced (beer board three-year terms beginning Oct. 2024, juvenile detention one-year term through 2025, audit committee openings with staggered terms) (SEG 103–123). The board approved the slate of confirmations by voice vote with no opposition recorded in the transcript.
These confirmations were processed during the elections and confirmations portion of the agenda and are recorded as approved motions in the meeting minutes (SEG 095–103; SEG 132–150).
