Here's a likely timeline of upcoming topics and activities, Knox County Commission:

Tuesday Feb. 20th, 8 a.m. Special Called Meeting: assign the newly appointed to committees, vote on proposed ethics committee, likely vote on proposed special election. This is followed at approximately 8:30 a.m. by the regular monthly Intergovernmental Committee meeting and 10 a.m. by regularly monthly Finance Committee meeting.

Monday, Feb. 26th, 2 p.m. Monthly County Commission Meeting. Likely big item: vote on funding the defined pension plan (sheriff and deputies) permitted by the recent referendum. Another likely big item: vote on stormwater ordinance. I'm still researching the details on this one. The initial reaction has been along the lines of "better than nothing, better than past plans, but not as good as the city ordinance."

Let me remind folks of two ways to express reactions to County Commission decisions. Our e-mail is commission@knoxcounty.org. Those get forwarded to all commissioners. There also is a Public Statements portion at the regular monthly meeting. Anyone can sign up and speak at the meeting. Further, if you indicate your interest the Wednesday before the meeting (215-2534), you name will appear on the agenda.

--Mark Harmon