Eight community members and leaders are seeking appointment to the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners, as Commissioner Chester Bankston of Ooltewah prepares to step down.
Third-term Commissioner Bankston will vacate his post at the end of the month, after his last meeting on Wednesday, and will create a vacancy on the nine-member board.
The other eight commissioners will then appoint a new member to represent District 9, which includes the Snow Hill, Collegedale and Harrison areas, for the remaining year before the 2022 election for the seat.
Application materials provided by the county show that the commission received eight applications from people seeking the seat with backgrounds ranging from police work to time on other elected bodies.
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