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 Ordinance O-25-8-101 regarding Merit System Board qualifications to May 2026.” to a later meeting.
Moved by Courtney Durrett · seconded by Terry Hill
Topics: Personnel & appointments
The vote as recorded
Aye · 11
Items this motion disposed of
Deferred on consent (no individual discussion) — 2 items, one vote.
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O-25-8-101
Defer Ordinance O-25-8-101 regarding Merit System Board qualifications to May 2026.
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 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 (amends Ordinance O-90-9-111, adopted September 10, 1990; Ordinance O-91-8-114, adopted November 25, 1991; Ordinance O-95-4-101, adopted April 24, 1995; Ordinance O-19-1-101, adopted February 25, 2019; and Ordinance O-22-6-103, adopted July 25, 2022) (Second Reading)
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O-25-8-101
Defer Ordinance O-25-8-101 regarding Merit System Board qualifications to May 2026.
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 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 (amends Ordinance O-90-9-111, adopted September 10, 1990; Ordinance O-91-8-114, adopted November 25, 1991; Ordinance O-95-4-101, adopted April 24, 1995; Ordinance O-19-1-101, adopted February 25, 2019; and Ordinance O-22-6-103, adopted July 25, 2022) – O-25-8-101 – (Second Reading)
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Public forum
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