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Votes at a glance: Roane County Commission passes routine resolutions, grants and land actions
Summary
At its March 9 meeting in Kingston the Roane County Commission approved a package of routine resolutions — road namings, land abandonment, grant filings, industrial-park land purchase reimbursement, budget amendments, and appointments — and recorded passage of a senior tax‑relief matching program and a measure to pursue indexing in the reappraisal cycle.
The Roane County Commission met March 9 in Kingston and approved a series of routine resolutions by voice vote, including road namings, land abandonment, grant applications and budget adjustments.
Key outcomes approved by the commission (motions made, seconded, and carried by voice vote unless noted):
• Resolution 032602 — Abandon a county strip of land from Sycamore Drive (parcel mapped to tax map 46, parcel 35): motion carried.
• Resolution 032603 — Name a private road (name not specified in transcript excerpt): motion carried.
• Resolution 032604 — Rename a private road from Butterfly Way to White Tail Way: motion carried.
• Resolution 032607 — Authorize submission of the 2026 community‑based grant application to fund public health and safety (matching portion noted): motion carried.
• Resolution 032608 — Appropriate $300,000 in the general capital project fund to reimburse the purchase of 15 acres in the Roane County Regional Industrial Park: motion carried.
• Resolution 032609–032610 — Budget amendments and vehicle replacement funding for building codes and school-fund adjustments: motions carried.
• Resolution 032611 — Authorize appropriation of remaining opioid-abatement settlement funds received April 2024: motion carried.
• Resolution 032612 — Joint resolution requesting TDOT and FHWA study and implement traffic-safety measures on I‑40 (including study of speed changes from 70 to 60 mph, ramp‑lane improvements and signage); commissioners amended section 2 and added Highway 27 to section 8 before passing the measure.
• Resolution 032613 — Establish Roane County senior property-tax relief matching program (county will match state reimbursement for qualifying residents after 10 consecutive years); motion carried after discussion about residency length and budget impact estimates.
• Resolution 032614 — Authorize an agreement with Keisha Jarnigan to manage Raleigh Creek Campground for the 2026 season; commissioners queried committee routing and contract timing; motion carried.
The commission also approved personnel items (appointment of Cal Adams as captain for the sheriff's department) and accepted resignations from planning and zoning boards.
The meeting record shows multiple items pulled from the packet and routine agenda housekeeping; the larger policy action on reappraisal/indexing was treated separately and approved for submission to the State Board of Equalization.
