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Board of Commissioners · May 18, 2026

Amend Knox County Sheriff's Office Merit System Rules

Consideration of a Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, amending 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 - R-26-5-903

On May 18, 2026, the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners deferred “Amend Knox County Sheriff's Office Merit System Rules” to a later meeting.

Split Deferred Deferred 6-4-1-0

Motion to defer to the June 2026 meeting

Moved by Larsen Jay · seconded by Terry Hill

The vote as recorded

Aye · 6

Gina Oster District 3 Larsen Jay At-Large Seat 10 Courtney Durrett District 2 Terry Hill District 6 Damon Rawls District 1 Shane Jackson District 4

No · 4

Rhonda Lee District 7 Angela Russell District 5 Adam Thompson District 8 Andy Fox District 9

Abstain · 1

Kim Frazier At-Large Seat 11

Public forum

The clerk’s minutes note 6 speakers at the public forum for this meeting.

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Minutes of the 18 May 2026 meeting

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