Knox County ex rel. Kessel v. Knox County Personnel Board

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

In this action, the chancellor held the Knox County Personnel Board acted beyond its authority in reinstating Carolyn Gamble as an employee of Knox County. Gamble and the Knox County Personnel Board have appealed, insisting the board acted within its authority as the “final appeals body”, under the “Knox County Personnel Plan”, which was adopted by the Knox County Commission pursuant to Private Acts, 1980, chapter 248.

Chapter 248, Private Acts of 1980, provides in pertinent part:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Knox County legislative body…