Tag Archives: Roane County Commission

As the Roane County budget committee met Monday afternoon at the courthouse to decide on possible salary increases for new hires for Roane County deputies, and raises for current ones, The Rockwood city council last night approved hiring three police officers who each have over 25 years of service as …

The Roane County Commission and Roane County Board of Education met in a joint workshop on Monday evening September 20th at 7 p.m. at Harriman High School. The main topic for discussion, the new schools consolidation building proposal. The school board had a discussion about the new $108 million dollar …

The Roane Board of Education met Tuesday (5/25/21) at 6pm at The Board of Education main office in Kingston First for a work session followed by a special called meeting to approve the estimated $85 million dollar budget for the next fiscal year, and then to possibly approve the $108 …

The Building and Codes Department for Roane County will get a littlemore help following last night’s County Commission meeting held at The Harriman High School Auditorium. The Commission adopted a resolution to hire one additional building inspector to help the codes department to be able to do timely inspections in …

The Roane County Commission in a special called meeting at the Harriman High School Tuesday night, passed the annual budget, but without setting the certified tax rate at this time. The $110 million dollar budget did see some cuts through one amendment that asked that raises for three Department heads, …

A screen capture of the April 13, 2020 Roane County Commission meeting that was held via Zoom and Live streamed on YouTube. The Roane County Commission met Monday night but not at thecourthouse as usual, but instead, making history, the commission used theZoom app which was then streamed live via …

The Roane County Commission will use the Zoom app to conduct thismonth’s regular meeting this coming Monday night and this will be thefirst they have ever conducted in this manner and it could be challenging. Chairman of The Commission Randy Ellis said, “We’re having to change everything just like a …

The Roane County Commission voted last night to reject a proposal from a property owner, to purchase the former Regions Bank building in Kingston for a Building and Codes office. The discussion lasting for about an hour also saw several commissioners tour the 3rd floor of the courthouse after Chairman …

Roane Commissioners after about 45 minutes of discussion over whether or not to purchase the former Regions Bank Building in Kingston for a new codes enforcement office, held off for now until the structure is inspected first, and lower the asking price from $875,000.00 to just under $800,000.00. County Executive …