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AC committee to discuss review of law director’s office on May 4

Posted at 2:23 pm April 25, 2015
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The Anderson County Legal Services Advisory Committee will discuss the review of the law director’s office during a May 4 meeting.

The committee approved the third-party review in February. It was proposed by Anderson County Commissioner Myron Iwanski and modeled after the proposal to review turnover, morale, and administrative policies in the Oak Ridge Police Department.

The review of the Anderson County law director’s office could use County Technical Assistance Service, or CTAS, at the University of Tennessee. The ORPD review could use Municipal Technical Advisory Service, or MTAS. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Meetings and Events Tagged With: Anderson County Commission, Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County Legal Services Advisory Committee, County Technical Assistance Service, CTAS, law director, Law Director's Office, MTAS, Municipal Technical Advisory Service, Myron Iwanski, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, review, University of Tennessee

Anderson committee approves third-party review of law director’s office

Posted at 11:21 am February 24, 2015
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Legal Services Advisory Committee Meeting

Resident Larry Ownby, right, addresses the Legal Services Advisory Committee on Monday.

 

Note: This story was updated at 11:57 a.m.

CLINTON—An Anderson County committee on Monday agreed to conduct a third-party review of the county law director’s office. But the move didn’t appear to be enough to satisfy those who have sought to have the law director removed from office.

The review was unanimously approved by the Legal Services Advisory Committee on a voice vote after hearing from a handful of residents, including the man who has helped lead the ouster effort. Some of those who spoke continued to raise concerns about Anderson County Law Director Jay Yeager, including some charges that appeared to be new, while others said they supported Yeager and have not been persuaded by the arguments or complaints against him.

The third-party review was proposed by Anderson County Commissioner Myron Iwanski.

“I’m not accusing Jay of anything,” said Iwanski, who modeled his proposal after a recent resolution to review turnover, morale, and administrative policies in the Oak Ridge Police Department. “It’s not an investigation. We’re just getting a review of practices.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Law Director, County Technical Advisory Services, CTAS, Greg Brown, Jay Yeager, Legal Services Advisory Committee, Lynn Byrge, Myron Iwanski, Oak Ridge Police Department, ouster, ouster suit, review, Steve Mead, Terry Frank

Fritts: Ouster statute does not apply to Anderson County law director

Posted at 3:12 am August 7, 2014
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Chuck Fritts, Myron Iwanski, and Dusty Irwin

Anderson County Commission Chair Chuck Fritts, left, is pictured above with commissioners Myron Iwanski, center, and Dusty Irwin. Citing an opinion from the County Technical Assistance Service, Fritts on Wednesday said the ouster statute does not apply to the Anderson County law director, the defendant in a controversial ouster suit.

 

The ouster statute does not apply to the Anderson County law director, the defendant in a controversial ouster suit, Anderson County Commission Chair Chuck Fritts said Wednesday.

Law Director Jay Yeager is essentially a county employee rather than an official, and the ouster statute doesn’t apply to him, said Fritts, citing the opinion of a legal consultant at the University of Tennessee’s County Technical Assistance Service in Nashville.

Citing the CTAS opinion, Fritts said the petitioners who brought the ouster suit against Yeager should pay the legal costs if they lose. The county could pay Yeager’s legal fees if the ouster suit fails or is thrown out of court.

In an opinion sent to Fritts on July 29, CTAS Legal Consultant Stephen Austin said the Anderson County law director is a county employee and not a county officer.

“Accordingly, the ouster statutes are not applicable to the law director,” Austin said. Yeager made a similar argument in a July 11 motion to dismiss filed in Anderson County Chancery Court. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Chancery Court, Anderson County Commission, attorney, attorney-client privilege, Chuck Fritts, county employee, county officer, County Technical Assistance Service, CTAS, Dusty Irwin, Jay Yeager, Jim Hackworth, law director, legal fees, Legal Services Advisory Committee, motion to dimiss, Myron Iwanski, ouster statute, ouster suit, private act, special counsel, Stephen Austin, Steve Mead, subpoena, Terry Frank, University of Tennessee

Spotlight: UT designates local official as certified public administrator

Posted at 12:05 am June 5, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Steve Emert CPA

Anderson County Commissioner Steve Emert of District 3 is pictured at right above. (Submitted photo)

KNOXVILLE—The University of Tennessee has honored Anderson County Commissioner Steve Emert of District 3 as a certified public administrator at a Capstone event at Montgomery Bell State Park on April 11.

To achieve the designation, each of the officials completed 80 credit hours in the County Officials Certificate Training Program, or COCTP. The program is administered by the UT County Technical Assistance Service, or CTAS, and is available to every county employee in the state.

“No other state in the nation provides county employees with such specialized training,” said Bob Wormsley, executive director of CTAS. CTAS is an agency of the statewide UT Institute for Public Service. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Honors and Spotlight Tagged With: Anderson County Commission, Bob Wormsley, certified public administrator, Chuck Fritts, COCTP, County Officials Certificate Training Program, County Technical Assistance Service, CTAS, District 3, Mark Alderson, Rick Meredith, Steve Emert, University of Tennessee, UT, UT Institute for Public Service

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