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O'Neal suggests term limits for county appointments
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Commissioner Dwight O’Neal addressed members of the county’s Policy and Personnel Committee proposing a resolution establishing a policy that sets term limits on appointments by the Warren County Commission.O’Neal is referring to the Airport Zoning Committee, four-year term; the Airport Board of Zoning Appeals, four-year term; the Board of Equalization, two-year term; Industrial Development Board, six-year term; and the Warren County Memorial Airport Commission, four-year term.He is asking the people who are appointed to these committees not be appointed to consecutive terms.O’Neal said, “There are lots of young people who do not have a chance to serve on these committees because of such long terms. All of the terms are staggered. But, they are long, some are four- and six-year terms.