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Board of Commissioners · November 17, 2025

Motion to amend the agenda to defer specific items to the May 2026 meeting.

On November 17, 2025, the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners deferred “Defer Resolution R-25-11-905 regarding Merit System Rules to May 2026.” to a later meeting.

Deferred Consent Deferred 11-0-0-0

Moved by Courtney Durrett · seconded by Terry Hill

Topics: Personnel & appointments

The vote as recorded

Aye · 11

Gina Oster District 3 Rhonda Lee District 7 Larsen Jay At-Large Seat 10 Kim Frazier At-Large Seat 11 Courtney Durrett District 2 Terry Hill District 6 Damon Rawls District 1 Shane Jackson District 4 Angela Russell District 5 Adam Thompson District 8 Andy Fox District 9

Items this motion disposed of

Deferred on consent (no individual discussion) — 2 items, one vote.

  1. R-25-11-905

    Defer Resolution R-25-11-905 regarding Merit System Rules to May 2026.

    Consideration of a Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving an amendment to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Employees’ Merit System Rules and Regulations, Subsection 3.1.b.6. Structure and Qualifications, to provide 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 the 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

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  2. R-25-11-905

    Defer Resolution R-25-11-905 regarding Merit System Rules to May 2026.

    Consideration of a Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving an Amendment to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Employees’ Merit System Rules and Regulations, Subsection 3.1.b.6. Structure and Qualifications, to provide 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 the 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

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Public forum

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Minutes of the 17 November 2025 meeting

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