After filing the initial report in November, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp is narrowing the counterclaim he filed to focus on County Attorney Rheubin Taylor’s contract and its legitimacy.
With the action taken, Wamp states that he hopes to see a solution to the matter before March 6th, which is the next scheduled hearing.
Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that Wamp wants the court to find that only the mayor is able to appoint the county attorney and that Taylor’s contract is unenforceable.
His counterclaim states that the county attorney is an at-will employee, according to the Hamilton County Employee Handbook.
