Board of Commissioners · September 22, 2025
R-25-9-903
Defer resolution granting authority to withhold utility permit applications.
CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSION OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE, GRANTING AUTHORITY TO KNOX COUNTY ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS TO WITHHOLD FUTURE UTILITY PERMIT APPLICATIONS OF UTILITY PROVIDERS THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH COUNTY PROCEDURES OR PROMPTLY ADDRESS MATTERS SUCH AS THE REMOVAL OF SURPLUS EQUIPMENT/FACILITIES, REMEDIATION OF HAZARDOUS FACILITIES, AND THE RELOCATION OF FACILITIES IN CONFLICT WITH KNOX COUNTY ROAD PROJECTS
See this item across every meeting →On September 22, 2025, the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners deferred “Defer resolution granting authority to withhold utility permit applications.” to a later meeting.
Defer to the December 2025 meeting the Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, granting authority to Knox County Engineering and Public Works to withhold future utility permit applications of utility providers that do not comply with County procedures or promptly address matters such as the removal of surplus equipment/facilities, remediation of hazardous facilities, and the relocation of facilities in conflict with Knox County road projects.
Moved by Larsen Jay · seconded by Adam Thompson
Topics: Roads & infrastructure
The vote as recorded
Aye · 10
Absent · 1
Public forum
The clerk’s minutes record no speakers at the public forum for this meeting.
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