The commission seating is in a semi-circle. The commission chair's section (where he sits with Roy Crawford) is in the middle and at a height head and shoulders above the rest. Presumably to allow him to see all the commissioners when they vote, although there is a handy-dandy computer system that shows when someone hits their little game-showesque button instead of raising their hand. I guess this chairman's structure obstructs a few of the commissioners to the immediate left and right of him from seeing each other. I'm sure this is inconvenient and it evidently use to encourage misbehavior from a few of the more juvenile commissioners that were on the audience's lefthand side during the last term.

However, I'm not sure it is worth it to me, Joe Q. Citizen, to pay $5,950 to cure the inconvenience caused by the original design. It was part of a courthouse redesign spearheaded by then-Chairman Steve Samples not all that long ago.

What do you think? Here's the resolution as it appears in the packet for tomorrow night:

RESOLUTION No.
Sponsored by: John Keeble and Steve Samples
RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE COURTHOUSE AND JAIL MAINTENANCE FUND BUDGET.
WHEREAS, Blount County would like to amend the Courthouse and Jail Maintenance Fund
Budget to appropriate funds for the adjusting of the Chairman’s bench in the Commission
Room; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interest of Blount County to amend the Courthouse
and Jail Maintenance Fund Budget as requested.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Blount County,
Tennessee, assembled in regular session this 15th day of November 2007, that the Courthouse
and Jail Maintenance Fund Budget shall be amended as follows:
REVENUE:
112-000000-499998-00000 Fund Balance..................................................... $5,595.00
APPROPRIATION:
112-051800-500707-00000 Data Processing Equipment .............................. $5,595.00