Tag: Lee County Board of Supervisors
- Government
Lee County: Every Vote From the Oct. 20 Supervisors Meeting, and the Ones With No Dollar Figure
Written minutes for the Lee County Board of Supervisors’ Oct. 20 meeting were not posted as of Oct. 29. The county’s minutes page lists minutes only through Sept. 15, but…
- Government
Lee County: The District Gravel Fund Is Gone, and Boones Path Road Waits Until 2032
Lee County no longer sets aside money for gravel in each supervisor’s district. The Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 on May 19 “to no longer fund the gravel…
- Government
Lee County: The Jail Bill Jumped Last Year. This Year’s Budget Expects It to Fall by Nearly $600,000
Lee County expects to spend less on the regional jail this year. The 2026-27 budget sets aside $2,830,795 for jail operations, down from $3,425,542 the year before, a drop of…
- Local News
Lee County: A $110 Trash Bill, a Higher Tire Fee and Two Convenience Centers on the Move
Jim Crabtree cleaned out a house he had bought and hauled three loads of garbage to the county’s waste site. Before he could dump a fourth, the scale house attendant…
- Health
Lee County: Health Wagon Keeps Asking for Help; County Hasn’t Given Since 2022
The Health Wagon, the free-care nonprofit based in Wise County, has asked Lee County for a donation at least three times since August. The Board of Supervisors has not acted…
- Government
Lee County: Plan to Get Social Services Money Paid Back Has Stalled
An agreement meant to make sure Lee County gets back money it advances to its Department of Social Services is, at this point, not going to happen, County Administrator Clint…
- Government
Lee County: Supervisors Start a Two-Year Clock on the Regional Library Contract
The Lee County Board of Supervisors has decided to give the Lonesome Pine Regional Library two years’ notice, the step state law requires before a county can leave a regional…
- Health
Lee County: Where the Opioid Settlement Money Is Going
Lee County has set aside most of its direct share of the national opioid settlements for one program. The money will keep the county’s Works Program running through 2039, then-County…
- Local News
Lee County: Western Lee Sewer Moves to Easements as Property Owners Get Offer Letters
The sewer line planned for western Lee County has moved from drawings to land. In August, county staff mailed “just compensation” letters for the easements the project needs, County Administrator…
- Government
Lee County: Supervisors Gathered 371 Signatures for a 1% Sales Tax. It Isn’t on the November Ballot
For most of 2025, the Lee County Board of Supervisors asked residents to sign a petition for a 1% local sales tax. By March 2026, county staff had counted 371…
