Board of Commissioners · September 22, 2025
R-25-9-905
Defer amendment to Sheriff's Office Merit System Rules.
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
See this item across every meeting →On September 22, 2025, the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners adopted “Defer amendment to Sheriff's Office Merit System Rules.” by a vote of 10–0.
Substitute motion to defer to the November 2025 meeting the 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.
Moved by Kim Frazier · seconded by Shane Jackson
Topics: Personnel & appointments
The vote as recorded
Aye · 10
Absent · 1
Public forum
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