The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) is an intergovernmental body of state and local governments in the U.S. state of Tennessee that has the purpose of providing a forum for discussion and resolution of intergovernmental problems and providing research support to improve the overall quality of government in that state. TACIR was established as a permanent nonpartisan body in 1978 by action of the Tennessee General Assembly.[1][2]
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | July 1979 |
| Jurisdiction | State of Tennessee |
| Employees | 23 |
| Agency executives |
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| Website | https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/tacir.html |
Tennessee was one of several states that formed commissions on intergovernmental relations, patterned to some extent on the United States Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, during the 1970s and 1980s.[3]
Membership
editThe commission has 25 members, including 10 members and one appointee of the state legislature, 10 officials from local governments, two officials of the executive branch of the state government, and two private citizens. The legislative members are the chairmen of the Finance, Ways and Means committees of the two houses of the General Assembly, the Comptroller of the Treasury, four additional members of the Tennessee House of Representatives and four additional members of the Tennessee State Senate appointed to four-year terms. The local government members, all of whom are appointed to four-year terms, are four elected county officials, four elected municipal officials, one member nominated by the County Officials Association of Tennessee, and one member nominated by the state's development districts.[4]
| Member | Term Expiration | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Legislative Members | ||
| Sen. Jon Lundberg | November 2022 | |
| Sen. Heidi Campbell (politician) | ||
| Sen. Ken Yager | Chairman | |
| Sen. Jeff Yarbro | ||
| Rep. John Crawford | ||
| Rep. Harold M. Love Jr. | ||
| Rep. Antonio Parkinson | ||
| Rep. Ryan Williams | ||
| Statutory Members | ||
| Sen. Bo Watson | Chair of the Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee | |
| Rep. Patsy Hazlewood | Chair of the House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee | |
| Comptroller Jason Mumpower | Comptroller of the Treasury | |
| Municipal Members | ||
| Mayor Tom Bickers | April 2023 | Mayor of Louisville |
| Mayor Kevin Brooks | November 2022 | Mayor of Cleveland, Vice Chairman |
| Mayor Jill Holland | July 2023 | Mayor of McKenzie |
| Councilman Chase Carlisle | February 2024 | Council member Memphis |
| County Members | ||
| Mayor Rogers Anderson | December 2022 | Mayor of Williamson County |
| Mayor Buddy Bradshaw | September 2022 | Mayor of Loudon County |
| County Executive Jeff Huffman | December 2022 | County Executive of Tipton County |
| Other Local Government Members | ||
| Mary Gaither | June 2023 | Tipton County Clerk, representing the County Officials Association of Tennessee |
| Mayor Terry Franks | August 2023 | Mayor of Anderson County, representing the TN Development District Association |
| Executive Branch Members | ||
| Commissioner Deniece Thomas | July 2023 | Commissioner, TN Department of Labor and Workforce Development |
| Appointment pending | ||
| Private Citizens | ||
| Calvin Clifton | March 2023 | Kingston, Tennessee |
| Jeff Peach | March 2023 | Smyrna, Tennessee |
References
edit- ^ Mission, TACIR website, accessed December 29, 2016
- ^ Rodney E. Stanley and P. Edward French (2007), Tennessee's John S. Wilder: The longest tenured state legislator in Tennessee history, University Press of America. Page 32.
- ^ Richard Cole (2010), The State of State Advisory Commissions on Intergovernmental Relations: Do They Continue to Have a Role in the U.S. Federal System?, The Book of the States 2010, pages 36-44. The Council of State Governments website, retrieved April 19, 2011.
- ^ Organization, TACIR website, accessed December 29, 2016
- ^ "Commission Members". www.tn.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-30.