Commission tables restructuring plan, reappoints budget committee with amended membership
Commissioner Shuford’s proposal to dissolve the standing budget committee and replace it with a paid workshop process involving the full commission was tabled 16-4. Separately, the commission approved Res. 2023-113 to re-appoint the budget committee and record membership changes (18-2).
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A proposal to restructure committee procedures and commissioner pay was debated and tabled at the Claiborne County Commission’s Nov. 20 meeting. Commissioner Whitt Shuford moved an amendment to maintain existing committees except dissolve the budget committee, create a pre-meeting workshop two weeks before regular meetings for the entire commission, and set pay at $175 per workshop and $175 per commission meeting intending to involve all 21 commissioners in the budget process. Commissioner Brooks seconded the amendment.
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