COUNTY

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 located in the Cocke County Courthouse Annex at 360 East Main Street.

The county is divided into seven districts and each district elects two members to the County Legislative Body (CLB), which must approve all financial expenditures by the county.

The CLB meets once a month on the third Monday at 6 p.m. in the Circuit Courtroom on the second floor of the Cocke County Courthouse. The CLB has standing committees, which oversee the operations of the landfill, the sheriff’s department, the courthouse and finances. Committees meet when needed.

The County Board of Education consists of seven members, one elected from each district. It meets on the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at the School System’s Central Office, which is located at 305 Hedrick Drive in Newport. The county school system is overseen by a director of schools, Manney Moore, who is appointed by the Board of Education.

The Cocke County Re- gional Planning Commission meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at the courthouse annex.

The county highway commission, which oversees the county road system is served by a seven member board, which comes from seven districts. The current highway superintendent is Dwayne McCallister, who is serving the final year of his four-year term.