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Enough safeguards appear to be in place to safely allow Hamilton County to raise — in fact, double — the amount of money for which public advertisement and sealed, competitive bids for purchases will be required.
Opting to commit the remaining funding set aside for the group in late 2021, Hamilton County commissioners decided Wednesday to distribute $200,000 of federal pandemic relief funds to a local youth mentorship organization called the Lighthouse Collective.
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.
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.
The Tennessee Comptroller's Office has written a letter to Hamilton County commissioners asking them to revisit a pair of budget amendments the board passed last week that approved future legal fees associated with the dispute between Mayor Weston Wamp and County Attorney Rheubin Taylor. The letter points out that the commission did not define specific dollar amounts.