Commissioner Brewington calls out the absence of his fellow commissioners

During the Oct. 20, meeting of White County Board of Commissioners, only eight out of 14 members were present. That is just barely enough for the commission to do business. Near the end of the meeting, Commissioner Chris Brewington, when discussing a failed vote earlier in the meeting, called out the number of commissioners that are absent.

“You know what my suggestion is?” Brewington said. “The rest of these other commissioners that don’t come, they need to start coming.” He later continued in the conversation, “We got seven more commissioners that don’t want to come. Maybe they need to start coming.”

The agenda item that brought up Brewington’s suggestion was a resolution from Steering Committee A. The county purchased property at the Rock House, and they are going to surplus the 20 acres back to the state for the same price it was purchased. The motion failed, and Commissioner Brewington was the only one to vote no.

County Executive Denny Wayne Robinson asked the commission how they intended to move forward from there.

“I don’t know how long the state’s going to hold out,” Robinson said.  “I’ve pushed it to get it 30 more days. If I was them, I would back out.”

It was then that Brewington called out the absent members. He also cited that he felt selling it back at the same price it was purchased does nothing for the county, but he also brought up the absent commissioners at that time.

In other business, five Budget Committee resolutions were passed during the meeting, which had been discussed at the prior committee meetings. In addition, the commission approved the nominations for the Budget and Audit Committee. The members of the two committees are identical. The members approved were Robert McCormick, Chris Brewington, Dakota White, and Derrick Hutchings.

All White County Board of Commissioners’ meetings are open to the public, and are livestreamed on their YouTube page at White County TN Commission.