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Friendsville adopts municipal code update to expand enforcement and update ordinances
Summary
The Friendsville Board of Commissioners approved Ordinance No. 2026-01 updating multiple municipal code titles and authorizing the Blount County Sheriff's Department and Blount County Circuit Court to enforce and hear certain city ordinance cases.
The Friendsville Board of Commissioners approved Ordinance No. 2026-01 on second reading April 2, 2026, updating several sections of the municipal code and authorizing external enforcement and adjudication by county authorities. The ordinance revises Title 10 (Animal Control), Title 11 (Municipal Offenses), Title 13 (Property Maintenance Regulations), Title 15 (Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking) and Title 16 (Streets and Sidewalks).
Vice Mayor Jonathan Newberry moved to approve the ordinance on second reading and Commissioner Margaret Maze seconded; the motion passed. The change explicitly allows the Blount County Sheriff's Department to enforce specified city ordinances and permits cases to be heard in Blount County Circuit Court, moving some enforcement and adjudicative functions beyond the municipal court. The board did not record a roll-call vote tally in the meeting minutes; the minutes record the motion passed.
