Check these minutes of the 4-27-2020 of the Knox County Commission meeting, see page 11 of the 29 pages of minutes.
The officials that can change the TCA language that governs the Knox County Board of Health are the TN State House and TN State Senate. The State House Members are up for re-election on November 3, 2020, Early Voting October 14-29. The Knox County House candidates are
Rep. Gloria Johnson or Elaine Davis in District 13
Rep. Jason Zachary or Justin Davis in District 14
Sam McKenzie or Troy B Jones in District 15
Michele Carringer or Elizabeth Rowland in District 16
Virginia Couch or Eddie Mannis in District 18
Rep. Dave Wright in District 19
Rep. Justin Lafferty or Greg Mills in District 89
The verbiage of the minutes is below.
IN RE: CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSION OF KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE, APPOINTING JAMES SHAMIYEH, M.D. (NOMINATED BY THE MEDICAL SOCIETY SERVING THE COUNTY), COLONEL PAT O’BRIEN, M.D. (NOMINATED BY THE MEDICAL SOCIETY SERVING THE COUNTY), AND DR. MARIA HURT (NOMINATED BY THE NURSES ASSOCIATION SERVING THE COUNTY) AND REAPPOINTING DIANNA DRAKE, PHARM.D. (NOMINATED BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY SERVING THE COUNTY) AND JACK GOTCHER, JR., DMD, PHD (NOMINATED BY THE DENTAL SOCIETY SERVING THE COUNTY) TO THE KNOX COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH: R-20-4-113: Consideration of a Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, appointing James Shamiyeh, M.D. (nominated by the medical society serving the County), Colonel Pat O’Brien, M.D. (nominated by the medical society serving the County), and Dr. Maria Hurt (nominated by the nurses association serving the County) and reappointing Dianna Drake, Pharm.D. (nominated by the pharmaceutical society serving the County) and Jack Gotcher, JR., DMD, PhD (nominated by the dental society serving the County) to the Knox County Board of Health was before the Board of Commissioners. Commissioner Dailey moved to approve R-20-4-113 – Consideration of a Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, appointing James Shamiyeh, M.D. (nominated by the medical society serving the County), Colonel Pat O’Brien, M.D. (nominated by the medical society serving the County), and Dr. Maria Hurt (nominated by the nurses association serving the County) and reappointing Dianna Drake, Pharm.D. (nominated by the pharmaceutical society serving the County) and Jack Gotcher, JR., DMD, PhD (nominated by the dental society serving the County) to the Knox County Board of Health. Commissioner Carringer seconded the motion and upon roll call vote Commissioners Gill, Carringer, Smith, Nystrom, Schoonmaker, Anders, Beeler, Dailey, Busler, Jay and Biggs voted aye. The motion carried 11-0-0-0. * * * * * *
