Sevier County budget committee forwards resolution to allow sheriff to install license-plate reader cameras

The Sevier County Budget Committee met Dec. 7 and voted unanimously to approve Resolution 2023-XX-XX, which authorizes the Sevier County Sheriff to install new and improve existing license-plate reader cameras. The committee forwarded the resolution to the full Board of Commissioners for consideration.

Commissioner Fred Atchley called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. and recognized Mayor Larry Waters to present the proposed resolution. Commissioner Ronnie Whaley moved to approve the resolution and send it to the Board of Commissioners; Commissioner Mike Chambers seconded. The motion passed unanimously; the transcript does not record a roll-call tally of individual votes. The meeting adjourned at 4:02 p.m.

The resolution's formal identifier in the transcript is listed as "Resolution 2023-XX-XX." The agenda description in the committee packet (as read into the record) states the measure would authorize the sheriff to install additional license-plate reader cameras and to improve existing cameras. The transcript contains no discussion of funding, technical specifications, deployment locations, privacy safeguards, or public comment at the committee level; those details were not specified in the record.

Next steps: the resolution will be considered by the full Sevier County Board of Commissioners at a subsequent meeting; the transcript does not specify a date for that consideration.