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To Be or Not To Be…..This is the question!

Friday, November 21st, 2008
Continue or not?

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Commission Meeting 11/20/2008

Monday, November 17th, 2008
The Blount County Commission is schedule to meet 11/20/2008 to discuss several matters including the possible purchase of the Cerama Speed  property, several Zoning matters and other issues.  Below is the agenda as it currently stands, weigh in on a item that is of interest to you.

AGENDA

BLOUNT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008, 7:00 P.M.

A. PRAYER – Rev. Willa Estell – St. Paul AME Zion Church.

B. PLEDGE – Durward Swanson, Past President of Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.

C. ROLL CALL.

D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

1. October 16, 2008 meeting.

2. November 6, 2008 zoning public hearing.

3. November 6, 2008 work session.

E. “BEST OF BLOUNT.”

1. Paul Bales – Empty Pantry Fund.

F. RESOLUTIONS FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION, MEMORIALS, ETC.

G. PUBLIC INPUT ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

H. ELECTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND CONFIRMATIONS:

1. Approval of Deputy Sheriff and Notary Public bonds and oaths.

2. Election of Notaries.

3. Approval of results of November 4, 2008 election.

4. Election of members to boards and committees:

a. John Lamb, James Tomiczek, Bill Dunlap, and Randy Ailey – Ad Hoc Committee for Organized

Events.

b. Lamar Dunn and Clifford Walker – Planning Commission.

c. Patrick O’Hara and Leon Williams – Board of Construction Appeals.

d. Maribel Koella and Tommy Enos – Smoky Mountain Convention and Visitors Bureau.

e. James C. Fiegle – Blount Memorial Hospital Board of Directors.

5. Establishment and appointment of ad hoc committee to study jail overcrowding.

I. REPORTS - COUNTY OFFICIALS, STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES:

1. Report of Budget Committee:

a. Monthly report.

b. Budget transfers:

General County Fund - $4,743.00.

General Purpose School Fund - $144,700.00.

c. Budget increases/decreases:

General County Fund - $25,000.00.

General Purpose School Fund - $279,745.00.

General Purpose School Fund - $15,000.00.

d. Other Budget Committee items:

Resolution authorizing the purchase of county property.

Resolution of the governing body of Blount County, Tennessee, authorizing the issuance, sale,

and payment of capital outlay notes not to exceed $700,000.00.

2. Report of Education Committee.

3. Report of Animal Control Committee.

4. Report of Expo Committee.

5. Report of Ethics Committee.

6. Any other committee reports.

J. SETTING OF AGENDA.

K. UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

L. NEW BUSINESS:

1. Beer Board:

a. First reading for on premises Beer Permit application of Blackberry Farms, LLC.

2. Discussion and possible action regarding transfer of Sheriff’s Department Training Facility property to E-

911 Board.

3. Discussion and possible action regarding schedule of reasonable charges for copies of public records.

4. Zoning:

a. Resolution to amend the Zoning Map of Blount County, Tennessee, from Rural District 1 (R-1) to

Rural Arterial Commercial (RAC) for property located at 4421 Hwy 411 South, being Tax Map 89,

Parcels 112.0 and 110.03.

b. Resolution to amend the Zoning Map of Blount County, Tennessee, from Suburbanizing (S) to

Commercial (C) for property located at 2733 East Broadway, being Tax Map 37g, Group C, Parcel

37.00.

c. Resolution to amend the Zoning Map of Blount County, from Suburbanizing (S) to Commercial

(C) for the property located at the corner of East Lamar Alexander Parkway and Tuckaleechee

Pike, being Tax Map 48, Parcel 141.00.

d. Resolution to amend the Zoning Regulations of Blount County, to Section 9.1B, 9.2B, and 9.3B.

e. Resolution to amend the Zoning Regulations of Blount County, to section 9.10B.

5. Discussion and possible action regarding stormwater resolutions.

M. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND STATEMENTS.

N. PUBLIC INPUT ON ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA.

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