Votes at a glance: Lincoln County commission accepts resignation, adopts landfill restriction, approves budget amendments and schedules rezoning hearings
January 21, 2026 | Lincoln County, Tennessee
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Lincoln County’s Board of Commissioners on Jan. 20 moved through routine and policy business with unanimous votes on a series of motions.
The commission accepted Commissioner Ben Brown’s resignation from District 2 after a motion and second; the county attorney will begin the process to fill the seat until the August general election. County leaders did not announce an interim appointee at the meeting.
The commission approved a procedural change to its May meeting date after a motion noting a scheduling conflict with a legislative conference.
On land-use policy, the board adopted a measure the chair called “TCA 6 8 2 1 1 7 0 1, which is Jackson law,” describing it as a local restriction that would require a two-thirds commission vote to allow an outside person to place a landfill in Lincoln County. The chair presented the statute language and the motion to adopt passed unanimously.
The commission also approved two 101 general fund budget amendments on the floor related to ARP water grant payments: $385,199.71 to record revenues and expenditures received before the ARP water grant, and $630,178.07 for a subsequent water-grant payment. Finance director Jason Nicks said the state funds arrived after the budget was finalized and commissioners approved the amendments so vendors could be paid.
On planning matters the board authorized a public hearing to consider two rezoning applications (2026‑R1 and 2026‑R2) and set the hearing for Feb. 17 at 5:30 p.m. The planner had described 2026‑R1 as a request to rezone a portion of property on Pulaski Highway (owner: Carl Rambo) from A‑1 (agriculture) to C‑1 (general commercial) with much of the parcel in the floodplain, and 2026‑R2 as a request to rezone a single property at 7 Planville Drive (owner: Thomas Polk) from C‑1 to A‑1 to preserve residential use.
Committee business reported by the budget committee — which had recommended a trustee resolution to begin rounding property tax and interest figures effective Mar. 1, 2026, and other items — was moved and approved by the full commission during the meeting. The clerk read and the commission approved a list of notary public appointments.
Most motions at the Jan. 20 session passed unanimously; the clerk recorded 22 members present and two absent at roll call earlier in the meeting. The meeting ended after the chair displayed a commemorative gavel made from steel taken from the Harms Dam demolition and the commission adjourned.
The commission accepted Commissioner Ben Brown’s resignation from District 2 after a motion and second; the county attorney will begin the process to fill the seat until the August general election. County leaders did not announce an interim appointee at the meeting.
The commission approved a procedural change to its May meeting date after a motion noting a scheduling conflict with a legislative conference.
On land-use policy, the board adopted a measure the chair called “TCA 6 8 2 1 1 7 0 1, which is Jackson law,” describing it as a local restriction that would require a two-thirds commission vote to allow an outside person to place a landfill in Lincoln County. The chair presented the statute language and the motion to adopt passed unanimously.
The commission also approved two 101 general fund budget amendments on the floor related to ARP water grant payments: $385,199.71 to record revenues and expenditures received before the ARP water grant, and $630,178.07 for a subsequent water-grant payment. Finance director Jason Nicks said the state funds arrived after the budget was finalized and commissioners approved the amendments so vendors could be paid.
On planning matters the board authorized a public hearing to consider two rezoning applications (2026‑R1 and 2026‑R2) and set the hearing for Feb. 17 at 5:30 p.m. The planner had described 2026‑R1 as a request to rezone a portion of property on Pulaski Highway (owner: Carl Rambo) from A‑1 (agriculture) to C‑1 (general commercial) with much of the parcel in the floodplain, and 2026‑R2 as a request to rezone a single property at 7 Planville Drive (owner: Thomas Polk) from C‑1 to A‑1 to preserve residential use.
Committee business reported by the budget committee — which had recommended a trustee resolution to begin rounding property tax and interest figures effective Mar. 1, 2026, and other items — was moved and approved by the full commission during the meeting. The clerk read and the commission approved a list of notary public appointments.
Most motions at the Jan. 20 session passed unanimously; the clerk recorded 22 members present and two absent at roll call earlier in the meeting. The meeting ended after the chair displayed a commemorative gavel made from steel taken from the Harms Dam demolition and the commission adjourned.
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