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Claiborne County asks state to add meat‑processing training to TCAT curriculum
Summary
By unanimous roll call, Claiborne County asked Tennessee state officials to consider adding meat‑processing training to the Tennessee College of Applied Technology curriculum, citing COVID‑19 disruptions to food processing and a statewide need for skilled meat‑processing labor.
Claiborne County commissioners on July 20 unanimously approved a resolution requesting that Tennessee state officials and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology consider adding meat‑processing training to TCAT curricula across the state.
Resolution 2020‑064, sponsored by Commissioner Juanita Honeycutt and seconded by Commissioner Charlton Vass, passed on a roll‑call vote recorded as 20 in favor, 0 opposed. The resolution cites COVID‑19 impacts on food processing plants and argues the pandemic increased demand for skilled meat‑processing labor.
The resolution includes an attachment naming state recipients for the request, including Governor Bill Lee, Senator Frank Niceley, State Representatives Jerry Sexton and Steve Southerland, and Chairs of relevant House committees, and lists Dr. Charlie Hatcher at the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and industry contacts such as Charles Hord of the Tennessee Cattlemen's Association.
The resolution asks state officials to consider recommending and funding curriculum development so that TCAT facilities across Tennessee can offer meat processing training. The resolution says it was approved and adopted by the Claiborne County legislative body to serve the public welfare.
Next steps: the county clerk will transmit the resolution and attachment to the named state officials and industry contacts listed in the attachment.
