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Commissioner Slater urges contact with Representative Dan Dan Howe over election-cycle bills
Summary
Commissioner Slater asked the commission to remove agenda item A because votes on "House Bill 13 36" and "Senate Bill 13 83" were expected this week; Slater urged colleagues to contact Representative Dan Dan Howe to preserve county control over school board election timing.
Commissioner Slater asked the chair to remove agenda item A from the commission agenda after informing members that the Tennessee legislature planned to vote this week on two measures that would affect the timing of school board elections.
"We have learned that the vote on House Bill 13 36 and Senate Bill 13 83 will take place this week before we have the opportunity to vote on it," Slater said, and urged commissioners who oppose changing county authority over the election cycle to contact Representative Dan Dan Howe.
Slater framed the request as a preemptive measure so the county would not act on local procedures before the state'level vote. The commission acknowledged the request; no formal county action on the bills was taken at the meeting.
