Flood plain administrator resignation, other business approved by commission

By Charlotte Underwood

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- At Monday’s meeting, county commissioners accepted the resignation of the flood plain administrator position from the county property assessor and his office.

Campbell County Property Assessor Brandon Partin addressed County Commissioners at the workshop last Monday evening regarding the Flood Plain Administrator position that his office also held. Partin said that he had received legal advice that he had to relinquish the position as it conflicted with his elected position as property assessor.

His resignation as the flood plain administrator was approved on Monday. 

“We are following legal procedure on this,” Commissioner Rusty Orick said, adding that the next step would be to fill the position. Orick asked the county attorney if the position needed to be filled soon.

“I don’t know if there is a time limit really that they have set, but there are duties that this office is supposed to perform, so you need to have somebody there to perform it, and as you probably saw from the materials you received by email, there is more to this job than just a title,” County Attorney Joe Coker said, adding that the commission would need to do some planning and that “some resolutions and regulations” that would need to be made.

Orick said a meeting needed to be set up to figure some of these items out and made a motion to have a personnel committee meeting which will meet after the first of the year to discuss finding a replacement.

In other business, it was read into the record that County Mayor Jack Lynch declined Powell Clinch Utility District (PCUD) board member appointment nominees. On November 24, Mayor Lynch drafted a letter to Chairman John Stair regarding the appointment of a commissioner for PCUD and the board’s submission of certified list of nominees. In his letter, Mayor Lynch said he was “respectfully rejecting the nominees for commissioner for the Powell-Clinch Utility District Board,”

Commission Chairman Johnny Bruce confirmed with County Attorney Joe Coker that it did not need to be voted on and only needed read into the record.

Also approved was a revised East Tennessee Development District contract that has gone up in cost to $14,822.

Commissioners also approved for funds to be released to the Stoney Fork Fire Department, which now has a new fire chief and board of directors.

Cora Willis King’s reappointment to the library board for a second term was also approved. Her reappointment comes on the recommendation of the library board. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-12/16/2025-6AM)