Board of Commissioners · May 18, 2026
O-25-8-101
Ordinance on second reading: Merit System Board qualifications
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 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 (amending 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)
See this item across every meeting →On May 18, 2026, the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners deferred “Ordinance on second reading: Merit System Board qualifications” to a later meeting.
Motion to defer to the June 2026 meeting
Moved by Larsen Jay · seconded by Terry Hill
Topics: Personnel & appointments
The vote as recorded
Aye · 6
No · 4
Abstain · 1
Public forum
The clerk’s minutes note 6 speakers at the public forum for this meeting.
A sign-up count from the minutes — not a measure of overall public opinion.