October 2015
Tab 1 - Minutes of September 2015 Meeting
Tab 2 - Commission Staff Update
Tab 3 - Broadband Internet Deployment, Availability, and Adoption in Tennessee—Panel Discussion
- Memo to Commission
- Broadband Technologies and Examples of Applications Performing at Various Speeds
- Provider Panel
- Levoy Knowles, Executive Director, Tennessee Telecommunications Association - comments and handout
- Daniel Hayes, Public Affairs Director, AT&T, Tennessee
- John Farris, Legal Counsel, Tennessee Cable Telecommunications Association - handouts
- Ken Webb, President and CEO, Cleveland Utilities - comments
- Ben Lovings, Senior Vice President, Telecommunications Division, Jackson Energy Authority
- Mike Knotts, Director of Government Affairs, Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association - handout
- Consumer and Community Panel
- Amy New, Assistant Commissioner of Rural Development, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
- Cliff Lloyd, Chief Information Officer, Tennessee Department of Education
- Steve Mallard, Computer Information Technology Master Instructor, Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Shelbyville
- Sgt. Ehrin Ehlert, Tennessee highway Patrol, Department of Safety and Homeland Security
- Shaun Lawson, Mayor, Hickman County - comments
- Rhedona Rose, Executive Vice President, Tennessee Farm Bureau - comments
Tab 4 - Zoning Process and Consent to Rezone Private Property—Final Report for Approval
- Memo to Commission
- Final Report for Approval
- Appendix A - Senate Bill 549 and Amendments
- Appendix B - Letter from Representative Wirgau
- Appendix C - County Zoning in Other States
- Appendix D - City Zoning in Other States
Tab 5 - Homestead Exemption in Tennessee Bankruptcy (Public Chapter 326, Acts of 2015)—Draft Report for Review and Comment
- Memo to Commission
- Draft Report
- Appendix A - Public Chapter 326, Acts of 2015
- Appendix B - American Bankruptcy Institute: Bankruptcy Filings 2014
- Appendix C - Comparison of Federal and Tennessee Bankruptcy Exemptions
- Appendix D - Homestead Exemption as a Percentage of Median Housing Prices in Tennessee and the US, 1975 through 2015
- Appendix E - Homestead Exemption in Tennessee Bankruptcy (Public Chapter 326, Acts of 2015) Panel Discussion
- Appendix F - United States Department of Justice Summary of Bankruptcy Chapters
- Appendix G - Comparison of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13
Tab 6 - Hotel Motel Tax—Draft Report for Review and Comment
- Memo to Commission
- Draft Report
- Appendix A - Public Chapter 395, Acts of 2015
- Appendix B - Senate Bill 850 by Tate, House Bill 951 by White M.
- Appendix C - State and Local Combined Lodging Tax Rates and Authorized Rates in Tennessee
- Appendix D - Authorized State and Local Lodging Taxes by State
- Handouts
Tab 7 - County Employees Serving on County Commissions—Draft Report for Review and Comment
- Memo to Commission
- Draft Report
- Appendix A - Senate Bill 466 by Bell, House Bill 985 by Rogers
- Appendix B - Senate Bill 1288 by Hensley, House Bill 1278 by Butt
- Appendix C - Positions that Can and Cannot be Held at the Same Time
- Appendix D - Summary of Other States