Committee to recommend annual reappointments for judicial commissioners

May 21, 2026

The Coffee County legislative committee voted to forward a law-enforcement recommendation to the full commission proposing one-year appointment terms for judicial commissioners to enable annual evaluations and clearer supervision.

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The Coffee County legislative committee voted on May 21 to forward to the full commission a recommendation from law enforcement that judicial commissioners be appointed to one-year terms rather than the de facto four-year practice, Chairman Watkins said.

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