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Claiborne County approves finance committee after close votes, names members
Summary
After debate and a narrow 11–9 vote, the Claiborne County Commission adopted a resolution creating a finance committee whose four elected members must be commissioners and two community financial leaders will serve as non‑voting advisors; members were appointed the same night.
The Claiborne County Commission voted 11–9 on Oct. 15 to establish a county finance committee under the County Financial Management System and to limit the four elected seats to county commissioners, with two non‑voting advisory members recommended by the County Mayor.
The change began when Commissioner Anthony Rowe moved to create the committee. Commissioner Juanita Honeycutt offered an amendment requiring that the four elected members all be county commissioners and that two outside financial leaders be non‑voting advisory members; that amendment passed on a roll call vote of 11–9. The commission then approved the amended resolution, 11–9.
County Mayor (referenced in the transcript as 'County Mayor Brooks') presented three recommendations for the two advisory slots; one recommended candidate, Ralph Carter, requested his name be withdrawn citing time commitments. Commissioners then debated two competing slates of elected members and ultimately moved to vote on individual nominees. After roll call votes and nominations, the finance committee membership recorded in the minutes included the County Mayor, the Supervisor of Highways, the Director of Schools, and elected commissioners Mike Campbell, Whitt Shuford, Mitchell Cosby and Anthony Rowe; Jo Ann Barnard and J. Adam Robertson were named as non‑voting advisory members.
Commissioners used multiple roll calls and procedural votes to settle the appointments. The transcript shows motions to vote on slates and then to nominate individuals, and records the final vote counts where provided. The resolution directs the committee to adopt policies, procedures and regulations to implement county financial management duties per T.C.A. § 5‑21‑104 and specifies that elected members should have a background in finance or comparable experience.
What happened next The newly created finance committee was seated the same night; the minutes record that follow‑up duties and reporting will follow the County Financial Management System statute. The commission adjourned after completing the appointments.
