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WYSH: Roane Commission passes tax increase

Posted at 11:46 am September 15, 2015
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Roane County Courthouse

The Roane County Courthouse in Kingston is pictured above. (File photo)

 

Information from WYSH Radio

The Roane County Commission approved a property tax rate increase at its meeting Monday night by a vote of 8-6.

Property taxes will go up by about 30 cents per $100 of assessed value. The increase was needed to support the fiscal budget.

Commissioners approved the county’s budget back in July. Twenty-two cents of the tax increase will go toward the county schools. County Executive Ron Woody said commission members knew the schools needed the money.

Approval of the property tax comes after months of waiting for the state to finish its assessments after the state comptroller’s office took over for the Roane County Assessor’s Office.

BBB-TV owner Ron Berry was elected commission chairman on Monday, and Harriman’s Randy Ellis was elected to his fifth term as vice chairman.

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Roane County Tagged With: property tax rate, property tax rate increase, property taxes, Randy Ellis, Roane County Assessor's Office, Roane County Commission, Ron Berry, Ron Woody, tax increase

Roane County Budget Committee meets Monday

Posted at 10:33 am May 8, 2015
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The Roane County Budget Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, May 11, at the Roane County Courthouse in Kingston.

The Budget Committee includes Ron Woody, Steve Kelley, Bobby Collier, Randy Ellis, and Ron Berry.

The committee will meet in in the first floor conference room at the courthouse. The meeting on Thursday, May 7, was canceled.

The Budget Committee meetings are open to the public.

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Meetings and Events, Roane County Tagged With: Bobby Collier, Randy Ellis, Roane County Budget Committee, Roane County Courthouse, Ron Berry, Ron Woody, Steve Kelley

Roane County Budget Committee meets Monday

Posted at 6:25 pm March 30, 2015
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The Roane County Budget Committee will at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 6, in the first floor conference room at the Roane County Courthouse in Kingston.

The meetings are open to the public.

The Budget Committee includes Ron Woody, Steve Kelley, Bobby Collier, Randy Ellis, and Ron Berry.

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Meetings and Events, Roane County Tagged With: Bobby Collier, Budget Committee, Randy Ellis, Roane County Budget Committee, Roane County Courthouse, Ron Berry, Ron Woody, Steve Kelley

Roane approves ‘In God We Trust’ signs

Posted at 7:52 am July 16, 2014
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Roane County Courthouse

The Roane County Courthouse in Kingston is pictured above. (Photo by Sara Wise)

WYSH Radio/Oak Ridge Today

The Roane County Commission voted 13-1 on Monday to place the words “In God We Trust” at three locations in the Roane County Courthouse in Kingston. The signs will be similar to those placed above all four entrances at the Anderson County Courthouse last year and the one placed above the entrance to the Oak Ridge General Sessions Court building.

The Roane County proposal was made earlier this year, but commissioners initially balked at approving it until it made its way through the property committee.

The black granite signs will be placed above the north and south entrances to the Courthouse. A bronze plaque inscribed with “In God We Trust,” which is the national motto, will also be placed in the Commission meeting room, which also serves as a General Sessions courtroom. As in Anderson County, the signs will be paid for by private contributions. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Faith, Government, Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Courthouse, In God We Trust, Oak Ridge General Sessions Court, plaque, Randy Ellis, Roane County, Roane County Commission, Roane County Courthouse, signs, Steve Kelley

Roane Commission sends ‘In God We Trust’ proposal to committee

Posted at 1:04 am May 13, 2014
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Roane County Courthouse

An “In God We Trust” sign could be placed above the main entrance of the Roane County Courthouse in Kingston under a proposal being considered by county officials. The signs could also be displayed in the Roane County Commission chambers. (Photos by Sara Wise)

 

KINGSTON—The Roane County Commission voted on Monday to defer a resolution to the property committee that would place signs that say “In God We Trust” on the County Courthouse in Kingston.

The vote to defer was closely split, at 8-7. Commissioners James Brummett, Ray Cantrell, Bobby Collier, Randy Ellis, Jerry Goddard, Chris Johnson, and Fred Tedder all voted not to defer the resolution.

Many commissioners who voted against deferment argued that deferral would only delay the process further. Others, however, felt that the issue should have gone through the committee before the commission had any say in the matter.

Ellis, who filed the resolution in favor of the signs, said that the resolution would reach the committee either way, and that the committee would have the final say in the design and placement of the signs.

“Roane County is deep in its faith,” he said. “Not one of my constituents…has come to me against this.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Faith, Government, Government, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Courthouse, Bobby Collier, Chris Johnson, Fred Tedder, George Nelson, In God We Trust, James Brummett, Jerry Goddard, national motto, property committee, Randy Ellis, Ray Cantrell, Roane County Commission, Roane County Courthouse, Tom McFarland

Roane Commission to consider ‘In God We Trust’ signs

Posted at 12:24 pm May 8, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 1 Comment

In God We Trust Courthouse Signs

Workers from Island Home Granite, Signs, and Monuments install the first of four granite “In God We Trust” signs over the entrances at the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton in July 2013. (File photo)

Information from WYSH Radio

Roane County leaders are considering installing signs bearing the phrase “In God We Trust” at the Roane County Courthouse in Kingston.

Roane County Commissioner Randy Ellis said his proposal would have one sign installed above the main entrance to the courthouse, and another in the commission chamber. The signs would have to be privately funded as Anderson County’s signs were when a similar proposal approved last year.

“In God We Trust” signs now hang above all four entrances to the Anderson County Courthouse as well as at the Oak Ridge General Sessions Court building. The Roane County Commission is set to discuss the proposal at 7 p.m. Monday.

Filed Under: Anderson County, Faith, Government, Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Courthouse, In God We Trust, Kingston, Randy Ellis, Roane County, Roane County Commission, Roane County Courthouse, signs

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