Commission passes County Powers Act, other resolutions

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The full court of White County Commissioners met briefly, on June 15, to approve several resolutions and keep business running as usual.

The board approved three resolutions to adjust speed limits on roads within the county. The first of those, Resolution No. 25-06-2020, set the speed limit at 30 mph on a stretch of Blue Springs Road, beginning at the Highway 84 intersection and continuing to the Frank Sims/Mack Floyd Road intersection. Resolution No. 26-06-2020 designated the speed limit on Power House Road, beginning where the road intersects with McMinnville Highway and continuing the entire length of the road, at 25 mph. Additionally, Resolution No. 26-06-2020 set a 25 mph speed limit along Dew Road, beginning at Bunker Hill Road and continuing to the dead end at the end of Dew Road.

The board also passed Resolution No. 28-06-2020, a resolution to adopt the County Powers Act. The County Powers Act allows White County, under the directives of T.C.A. $ 6-2-201(22) and (23):

Define, prohibit, abate, suppress, prevent and regulate all acts, practices, conduct, businesses, occupations, callings, trades, uses of property and all other things whatsoever detrimental, or liable to be detrimental, to the health, morals, comfort, safety, convenience or welfare of the inhabitants of the municipality, and exercise general police powers; and

Prescribe limits within which business occupations and practices liable to be nuisances or detrimental to the health, morals, security or general welfare of the people may lawfully be established, conducted or maintained.

The resolution recognized that the authority under this Resolution does not extend to the properties within incorporated areas established within the county, as those cities would have their own ordinances in place. Additionally, there is room for those businesses, properties and activities that are exempt from regulation. The resolution also recognized that the county must act within the limitations of the provisions of the United States Constitution when regulating any activities.

Other resolutions passed unanimously by the White County Board of Commissioners were:

Resolution No. 29-06-2020 Amend General Purpose School Fund

Resolution No. 30-06-2020 Amend FY 2020 General Fund

Resolution No. 31-06-2020 Amend Highway/Public Works Fund

Resolution No. 32-06-2020 Amend Central Cafeteria Fund

Resolution No. 33-06-2020 Amend Drug Control Fund

Resolution No. 34-06-2020 Fixing the Tax Levy

Resolution No. 35-06-2020 Budget Appropriations for Various Funds

Resolution No. 36-06-2020 Budget Appropriations to Non-Profit Organizations

Before adjourning, the board approved the applications for notary by 13 individuals and heard from Chairman Cain Rogers that Chancellor Ronald Thurman passed an amendment to allow courts to operate at 50 percent capacity within the district as they enter the next phase of reopening.

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