Board of Commissioners · August 25, 2025
O-25-8-101
Amend Merit System Board qualifications regarding prior Sheriff's Office employment.
CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMISSION OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AMENDING THE KNOX COUNTY CODE, CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE II, DIVISION 2, SECTION 42-53, "MERIT SYSTEM BOARD OF DIRECTORS", TO REVISE IN SUBSECTION (C) THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE MERIT SYSTEM BOARD TO BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE IF HE/SHE HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITHIN FIVE (5) YEARS INSTEAD OF TEN (10) YEARS PRECEDING HIS/HER APPOINTMENT AND TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON THE MERIT SYSTEM BOARD IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PERSON'S FAMILY IS OR BECOMES EMPLOYED BY THE KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. (AMENDS ORDINANCE NUMBER O-90-9-111, ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 10, 1990; ORDINANCE NUMBER O-91-8-114, ADOPTED NOVEMBER 25, 1991; ORDINANCE NUMBER O-95-4-101, ADOPTED APRIL 24, 1995; ORDINANCE NUMBER O-19-1-101, ADOPTED FEBRUARY 25, 2019; AND ORDINANCE NUMBER O-22-6-103, ADOPTED JULY 25, 2022) (FIRST READING)
See this item across every meeting →On August 25, 2025, the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners adopted “Amend Merit System Board qualifications regarding prior Sheriff's Office employment.” by a vote of 6–4.
Motion to approve Ordinance O-25-8-101 removing the requirement that a person is not eligible to serve on the Merit System Board if any member of the person's family is or becomes employed by the Knoxville Police Department.
Moved by Kim Frazier · seconded by Adam Thompson
Topics: Personnel & appointments
The vote as recorded
Aye · 6
No · 4
Abstain · 1
Public forum
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