CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Montgomery County Commission has approved establishing the creation of a fifth General Sessions and Juvenile Court judge. However, the resolution didn’t pass without debate.
After County Mayor Wes Golden introduced the resolution on Monday, Commissioner Joshua Beal quickly spoke out against it. “Those of us that were on the commission five years ago, you’ll recall a resolution that was brought to us and asked us to increase the pay for judges,” Beal said.
“At the time, they said that they wanted a pay raise because their workload was too much. They promised that if we approved their pay raise, they would not ask for another judge for 10 years. It’s on video, I asked Mayor (Jim) Durrett at the time for confirmation of that.”…