The full commission will vote on the committee membership recommendations at its regular meeting on Sept. 24. Commissioners will also be asked to confirm County Mayor Joe Grandy’s committee appointments, including those who serve on the county’s Budget Committee.
Matherly, who has served as chairman for the last seven years, received 13 of the 14 votes cast for the job. Commissioner Suzy Williams got one vote from Commissioner Kent Harris, who nominated her for the position.
Greg Matherly, who has served as chairman of the County Commission for the past seven years, said Friday he was still undecided if he will seek the gavel again.
Joe Grandy, a Republican who faced opponents in both a bitterly-contested GOP primary and the Aug. 2 general election, told a crowd of onlookers at the George P. Jaynes Justice Center in Jonesborough he was “absolutely humbled” by their support.
Washington County commissioners voted Monday to spend $1.1 million on a major facelift to the county’s 105-year-old Jonesborough courthouse. The exterior refurbishments to the historic Washington County Courthouse represent the first upgrades to the building since 1986.
Commissioners will also vote on additional money to cover key capital projects for county schools, and to consider filing litigation against opioid manufacturers to recoup some of the costs addiction to painkillers has caused to Washington County’s taxpayers.
Following a swearing in ceremony on Aug. 31 at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 5 of the George P. Jaynes Justice Center, county officials will get down to business. A a special-called meeting of the Washington County Commission will be held Sept. 10 to elect a chair and vice chair of the board, as well as appoint members to the Committee on Committees.
Incumbent Suzy Williams turned back a challenge from Democratic opponent Dennis Prater and Jonesborough attorney Jim Wheeler defeated former Johnson City Mayor Ralph Van Brocklin to become winners Thursday in two of seven contested races for the Washington County Commission.
The property will be leased from Wolfe Development, which is owned by former Jonesborough Mayor Kelly Wolfe. That connection became a issue during Monday’s night’s debate on the agreement.
Republican incumbent Suzy Williams is seeking her first full term on the Washington County Commission in the 9th District. Williams was appointed last year in to fill an unexpired term on the board. She faces Democratic candidate Dennis Prater, an educator who is making his first bid for public office in the Aug. 2 general election.
Republican incumbent Larry England is being challenged in the Washington County Commission’s 7th District by P.C. Snapp, a former Johnson City mayor who is running as an independent candidate.
The race for the 14th District seat on the Washington County Commission sees Johnson City Commissioner Ralph Van Brocklin facing Republican nominee Jim Wheeler. Van Brocklin is running as an independent against Wheeler, who is a Jonesborough attorney.
Mitch Meredith resigned from his seat on the county commission, but Mayor Dan Eldridge appointed him to replace Director of Accounts and Budgets Bobbye Webb.
Disagreement over how to proceed with constructing a new Jonesborough school spilled into the Washington County Commission’s monthly meeting on Monday.
A Washington County commissioner said Thursday that he plans to resign from his elected position so he can become eligible to run for a seat on the county’s Board of Education in the Aug. 2 election.
