The Rutherford County Commission censured Mayor Joe Carr Thursday for signing a contract prior to required Purchasing Committee approval.

The censure to express the commission's formal disapproval follows Carr signing a proposed contract Aug. 2 with Waste Management Inc. to load and haul trash out of Rutherford from the county's ...

Commission has been divided on what to do with contract. The 21-member commission has been divided on what to do about the contract since the mayor's signing mistake. The Purchasing Committee ...