One year into his first term, Commissioner Jeff Eversole, R-Ooltewah, narrowly beat Commissioner Joe Graham, R-Lookout Valley, on Wednesday to serve as the next chair of the Hamilton County Commission.
With officials hoping to speed up the procurement process, Hamilton County commissioners have approved an increase in the county s purchasing threshold despite some hand-wringing over whether it would reduce their oversight of public funds.
A bill that would stop people from holding more than one local elected office at once is moving through the Tennessee General Assembly after it passed a subcommittee vote this week.
Arguing that it could set a poor precedent, Hamilton County commissioners narrowly denied a request by residents of a Montlake subdivision to accept Terrace Falls Drive as a county road, with an official stating that the roadway doesn t meet existing county standards.
Hamilton County leaders spent the last hour of their commission meeting Wednesday embroiled in a debate about ongoing legal expenses associated with Mayor Weston Wamp s attempt in October to fire County Attorney Rheubin Taylor.