Hamilton County commissioners will decide next week whether to provide an additional $100,000 in federal pandemic relief money for a youth mentorship program called the Lighthouse Collective, which would be the second of three yearly installments totaling $300,000.
Tennesseans of a certain age first may have heard about term limits during the 1994 congressional campaign, when it was a part of the "Contract With America" offered by Republicans who were anxious to and did become the majority party in the United State House of Representatives.
Prompting pushback from several commissioners, Mayor Weston Wamp has proposed reallocating $3 million in federal pandemic relief funds set aside for the Hamilton County Water & Wastewater Treatment Authority, which would instead support a series of other initiatives.
The cracks in the Hamilton County Commission that Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp said had been present from the outset of his dispute with County Attorney Rheubin Taylor became more evident Wednesday.
Hamilton County commissioners authorized an almost $96 million bid for the construction of a new Tyner middle-high School on Wednesday, a project that has come in about 20% higher than the budgeted estimate.