Bradley County Commissioner Adam LoweCLEVELAND, Tenn. – Recent litigation over the division of sales tax revenues between Cleveland and Bradley County may be coming to an end.
Earlier this week, the Bradley County Commission voted 14-0 to approve a resolution stating that the county waives its right to apply for a rehearing of a recent Tennessee Court of Appeals ruling in the case.
“An overwhelming resonation in this community is that this needs to stop,” Bradley County Commissioner Adam Lowe said. “We hear the voices of the folks in the city, we hear the voices of the folks in the county: This needs to stop.”
The Appeals Court in Knoxville upheld a prior Chancery Court ruling on the legitimacy of sales tax revenue-sharing agreements between the city and county that date back to 1967.
The ruling also addressed the division of sales tax revenues in the aftermath of sales tax increases passed separately by Cleveland and Bradley County in 2009.