CLINTON, Tenn. — The Anderson County Commission has appointed Chad McNabb of Claxton to fill the District 1 commission seat vacated by Tyler Mayes. The appointment was made during the commission’s October 20th meeting. District 1 includes Brushy Valley, Bull Run and Claxton. McNabb will serve the remainder of the …
Read More »Anderson County recognizes grant awardees for opioid funds
CLINTON—Several organizations within Anderson County are ready to continue fighting the ongoing battle against opioid addiction and its wide-ranging effects, having been awarded more than $425,000 in the initial round of opioid settlement grant funding to support a variety of programs that are aimed at curbing the use of opioids …
Read More »Anderson County Schools Bus Routes Go to SCU Bus Lines
A contentious school bus contract is on its way to the County Commission for the meeting on May 20. The commission’s Purchasing Committee has recently sanctioned a contract with a new vendor, Knoxville-based SCU, for seven bus routes, and has resolved to maintain that contract despite a legal objection from …
Read More »Anderson County Commission moves forward with amending fireworks act
Reprinted from the Norris Bulletin – 3/18/21. Written by Josh Anderson, District 3 Commissioner joshandersondistrict3@gmail.com The County Commission took up an item on Monday and passed a resolution to amend the county’s 1947 private act regarding fireworks. The 74-year-old act was considerably more restrictive than state laws governing fireworks, and …
Read More »Josh Anderson elected as Anderson County Commission Chairman
By Jack Mitchell – Norris Bulletin Anderson County Commission unanimously elected District 3 Commissioner Josh Anderson to serve as county commission chairman. Anderson has represented the Norris/Fairview/Andersonville/Glen Alpine area as commissioner since 2018. He is the youngest commissioner to be elected to the position. The Anderson County Commission also voted …
Read More »Anderson courthouse closed to general public August 6th, November 3rd
CLINTON—For the purpose of maintaining election security, the Anderson County Board of Commissioners, at its June 15th regular meeting, voted to close the main Courthouse facility to the general public on Thursday, August 6, as well as Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Despite the building’s closure to the general public on …
Read More »Anderson County Commission votes to sell 205 Main for $300K
Meeting Monday night, the Anderson County Commission voted 10-6 to accept a bid of $300,000 from Rusty Wallace Chevrolet for the property at 205 Main Street in Clinton. The moves comes a week after a higher bid of $400,100 had been accepted and recommended for approval by the county Purchasing …
Read More »Anderson County Operations Committee votes to accept bid on 205 Main
The Anderson County Purchasing Committee met electronically on Monday, and voted 4-1 to recommend accepting Nicholas Burton’s bid of $400,100 for the property located at 205 Main Street in Clinton. Burton’s bid was the higher of the two sealed bids received by the county. The losing bidder was Rusty Wallace …
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