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Council approves municipal court ordinance revisions on first reading

Board of Mayor and Aldermen, City of White House, Tennessee · September 18, 2025

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Summary

The council approved first reading of Ordinance 25-15 to update municipal court code: removing obsolete concurrent-jurisdiction language, adding qualifications for special judges, adjusting fees to reflect a state increase, and removing an embedded fee schedule; Municipal Judge Zanger addressed questions about special-judge residency and qualifications.

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to approve first reading of Ordinance 25-15, a set of municipal court code revisions intended to remove outdated language, clarify qualifications for special judges and adjust court cost language.

Finance Director Jason Barnes explained the package of edits, which remove obsolete concurrent-jurisdiction provisions, add…

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