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COUNTY - ONE QUESTION
What changes, if any, do
the citizens want to make
to the form or structure of Government in Knox County?
Final
Report of the Knox County-One Question Steering
Committee, released Sunday, September 9, 2007
The Knox
County-One Question steering committee released its
final report. It is available on the downloads
page of this website. A set of suggested
amendments is included to aid citizen efforts to
implement some of the recommendations of the report.
Click here to download the
report and suggested charter amendments.
Citizen-Driven Petition Drive Website
Click here
for information on a pending
citizen-petition drive to implement the recommendations
of Knox County-One Question. The website offers an
opportunity to volunteer to help in that effort and to
get involved in the planning and implementation of a
petition drive.
Public
Forum Set for August 14th, 7:00 p.m., West High School
The public is
invited to an open meeting on Tuesday, August 14th, 7:00
p.m. at
West High School to review and discuss the findings of
the Howard Baker Center Report released on August 1.
Baker Center
Report Released on August 1, 2007
Please
click here to download a copy of Howard Baker Center
Report commissioned by the Seven Islands Foundation on
behalf of the Knox County - One Question project.
Background
On January 12, 2007, the Supreme Court of Tennessee made
it clear that for the first time in Knox County's 215
year history, we can have whatever form or structure of
local government that Knox County's citizens approve.
The Question
A citizen driven process known as Knox County -
One Question has been organized to answer the
key question presented by this opportunity:
Public Input Sessions
(COMPLETED IN MAY 2007)
The citizens of Knox County are invited to provide their
ideas on the answer to this question at facilitated
public input sessions to be held at the following places
and times:
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