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Hawkins County commission motion to approve ExoticRidge crypto operation fails for lack of a second
Summary
At its Feb. 23, 2026 meeting the Hawkins County Commission considered an agreement allowing ExoticRidge Crypto Company LLC to build and operate a crypto-mining facility; a motion to approve the agreement (mover: Commissioner Larry Clonce) failed for lack of a second after an earlier motion to move the resolution on the agenda passed unanimously.
The Hawkins County Commission considered but did not approve an agreement with ExoticRidge Crypto Company LLC that would have allowed construction and operation of a proposed cryptocurrency-mining operation.
Commissioner Larry Clonce made a motion to approve the agreement as Resolution 2026/02/05, but that motion failed for lack of a second and no roll-call vote on adoption was recorded. Earlier in the meeting, Commissioner Trent Charles Thacker moved and Tom Kern seconded a separate procedural motion to move Resolution 2026/02/05 to the January agenda; that motion passed by roll call (13 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain, 1 absent).
The minutes record the procedural vote to advance the resolution and the subsequent failure to secure a second on the approving motion; the record does not show debate, conditions, or expressions of support or opposition on the agreement itself. The commission took no further action on the ExoticRidge item during this session.
What happens next is not specified in the minutes. The file for public comments related to the meeting is noted as being on record in the county clerk’s office.
