Weston Wamp
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Efficiency-focused task force reviewing Hamilton County staff positions, buildings
An internal push to increase government efficiency could reshape Hamilton County's spending — and its public faces — as local leaders plan next year's budget.
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Hamilton County audit group pushes for better communication
Better communication from the Hamilton County mayor's office could have prevented friction with county commissioners over the cost of moving a Chattanooga magnet school to a new location, the chair of the Hamilton County audit committee said Thursday.
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Hamilton County Mayor Wamp fields questions after proposing term limits
A proposal to limit the Hamilton County mayor to eight years in office set off an at-times tense debate over what the change would mean for local government.
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Hamilton County mayor suggests term limits for his office
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp is proposing setting a limit of two terms on the mayor's office, according to a news release issued Tuesday morning. The terms would last four years each, according to Wamp's director of communications, Mary Francis Hoots.
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Hamilton County audit reviews school facilities decisions
The Hamilton County auditor has completed a review of allegations he says were made in a Chattanooga Times Free Press story in October, producing a seven-page report that largely supports County Mayor Weston Wamp.
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Commissioner says Hamilton County mayor has cut him off from financial information
Wamp accuses Sharpe of partisan outburst
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Hamilton County commissioners question land donation
After being asked by court officials to fund more jail space for juveniles, a group of Hamilton County commissioners is pushing for the county to pull out of a verbal agreement to donate land for a homeless shelter expansion.
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Mayor Weston Wamp’s raise started cascade of pay hikes for elected officials
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp's salary rose 2% after the 2024 county budget passed last month — setting off a series of salary dominoes that will end up giving more than 30 elected officials a commensurate bump in pay.
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Hamilton County Commission OKs mayor’s org chart after concerns from member
After Commissioner David Sharpe, D-Red Bank, proposed a new organizational chart that would put many government offices under the Hamilton County Commission, the board chose to instead authorize a leadership structure already implemented by Mayor Weston Wamp.
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‘A very frustrating outcome’: Mayor Weston Wamp blasts Hamilton County Schools budget
County Mayor Weston Wamp is lambasting the budget passed by the Hamilton County Board of Education, saying it contains pay increases that would require the county to raise taxes.
