Term limits

Separating Knox County schools and Knox City schools

Eliminating rampant conflicts of interest

System for evaluating government on a regular basis

Consolidate city / county

Nepotism policy

Consolidate portions of city and county government

Civil service system similar to city in the county

Eliminate discretionary funds

Education requirements and criminal background checks for elected and appointed officials

Violations of Sunshine Law considered a crime rather than a civil action

Structure unified government to preserve diversity in the community

Clarify Sunshine Law

School Board have its own taxing authority

Equalizing benefits of the taxes paid

Stagger terms

Ensure that all schools are funded equally (facilities, equipment, books, etc.)

No term limits

No gerrymandering

Unified city / county government

No nepotism

Maintain term limits

All employees of county live in county

All public officials to be elected

Recourse to impeach

Law enforcement staff to be appointed

Selected professional positions to be appointed

Elected officials may not be government (city or county) employees

All expenditures over $100,000.00 to be approved by the governing body

Mayors have to access to a list of citizens willing to serve on boards (with resumes)

Staggered terms for each district

All elected officials to have high school education

No elected official have a criminal record

Open meetings

Strong, centralized internal audit - all areas

Commissioners to have $5,000.00 limit discretionary fund

Audit data to be published

Auditors be an independent body

Technology purchases be compatible

Purchases put to bid

Enforced code of ethics

Cost / benefit analysis of projects

Equity of expenditures in county - geographic

Eliminate duplication where possible among government services

Develop policy on severance pay (Golden parachute)

MPC should have fewer developers on board

Explore school board having taxing authority

Would like to see more diversification in elected officials and decision makers. More women appointed

Would like the government to ask for more citizen input and educate public

Consolidating some functions or services of city and county government

Better efficiency / run more like a business

More citizen input on who is appointed to the Metropolitan Planning Commission

Give more involvement to the people

Expand public transportation over whole county

Do a better job of explaining who does what between city and county government

Better response to citizens when they call government - both city and county

More civic education and citizen input into school system

Better coordination of land use planning and transportation planning

Better job of explaining to public where tax revenues come from (if from growth - they should explain)

Do away with nepotism and holding office when working for government

Encourage citizens to exercise their power by voting

Parental / advisory board to work with school board

More government involvement with people with disabilities

More innovations with city services such as park programs for families with young children, annual block parties, etc.

Better integration of school board with both local governments (city and county)

Responsibility of school system for financial management should be with county commission, not with school board

Move functions of county court clerks and  county clerk under county mayor

If more citizen input on appointments to MPC, put MPC in charge of rezoning for schools

Need one government - metro government for efficiencies

Need to keep our historical landmarks. Support with grants, etc.

Make process easier to use schools for more community events

All governments should use most up-to-date record keeping systems

School Board should be better stewards of money regarding hiring of superintendent and firing of superintendent. Use internal resources to hire instead of using consultants

Would like city and county to use more environmentally sound practices (fluorescent bulbs, etc.)

Better housing, school, business accessibility for people with disabilities

More neighborhood parks within walking distance

More purchasing and hiring locally before going outside

Public report on environmental enforcement

Non-partisan elections - county

Restriction or prohibition on campaign financing by government contractors

Plan leading to a combined urban-county government

Limits on discretionary funds for county commissioners

Professional attitude in conducting business rather than good ol' boy network

Plan leading to a combined urban-county government to include implementing elements in planning - storm water, permits, fire and police protection

Prohibitions on county employees serving on county commission

Civil service board

Prohibition of nepotism

Equitable tax - Farragut pays it's fair share

More aggressive pursuit of historical overlays

More money to public transportation

Reduce size of county commission to one representative per district, plus 2-3 at large

Set up minimum standards for commissioners to perform their duties

Changing the county commission rules as they apply now so that the district where the vacancy is votes on that seat

Impact fees for developers

Separate taxing ability by school board / electorate

Ethics board

User fees where appropriate for government services

Mandatory for commissioner to recuse himself when voting is a conflict of interest

Green building standards for county facilities

Stronger policy on nepotism

Focus on moving forward toward becoming the best community we can be instead of focusing on special interest

Interested in smaller government

Building trust with the citizens and government

More transparency to all operations of the government

School board to have taxing authority

Government with power more evenly distributed

Doesn't discount what is said in public forums

The public has more say in discussions that affect their lives (i.e. votes, and referendums) through formal process

Accountability; no nepotism

More participation by the people and away from the power brokers

More diversity in government. Elected and appointed throughout all constituencies

Non-partisan local elections

Transparency in government

Better relationship between school board and government

More progressive and willing to look beyond and outside the box

Enforcement of term limits

Listen to the voters

Government should follow the rules on the books

Bringing all entities together for new projects

Ethical and responsible government

Consolidated if the governing body was fifteen members or less

More community relations with each community

Relationship building across the various communities

Government to have a more accountable law enforcement. (Appointed chief that is accountable)

All public meetings conducted and broadcast at times and varied locations convenient to working people

One government - consolidation excluding Farragut

All local elections to be non-partisan

Consider impact fees on new developments outside urban growth boundary

Want term limits for elected offices

All department heads within county and city have qualifications for such a job

Public forum at county commission meetings needs to be taken seriously. Serious part of public discourse

Schedule separate public forum meetings for county commission

County commission agenda to be make public before meetings

Policy of conflict of interest and nepotism

Appointed fee offices

Ballot initiatives in ordinary language

Make MPC appointments done by better process and required to take six hours of continued education that was mandated by the state in 2002. (better process - qualification exam)

Have a recall provision for any elected office