Introductions

Greetings and welcome to this site. This page is part of an on-going initiative to improve and expand membership communications for the Tennessee County Commissioners Association (TCCA) and to provide information and resources about county government in Tennessee. Most likely, you arrived at this site through a link on the association's primary website: http://www.tncountycommissioners.org/. If not, I encourage you to visit that site to learn more about the Tennessee County Commissioners Association and its activities. The TCCA is a membership association representing the interests of the elected members of county legislative bodies across the state. It is an affiliate organization of the Tennessee County Services Association (TCSA) which is also comprised of the Association of County Mayors (ACM) and the Tennessee County Highway Officials Association (TCHOA). Last week, the TCSA held its 54th annual conference and trade show in Nashville. That event was attended by several hundred county officials and employees who had the opportunity to hear from a variety of speakers on numerous topics related to county government. The conference included workshops on open government, dealing with the media, education funding, jail cost management, highway and infrastructure maintenance and more.

In August and September, the TCCA held a series of grass roots membership meetings at seven locations across the state to hear about the issues and concerns affecting individual counties and commissioners. These meetings were well attended and are always an important part of developing the legislative platform and agenda for the association's activities for the next year. Whether it's through an old-fashioned bar-be-que dinner and a face-to-face meeting at a local community center or communicating and staying informed through a website like this one, I encourage all county commissioners in Tennessee to get involved and benefit from the services, information and networking possibilities available through the Tennessee County Commissioners Association. The association is here to serve you, so let us know of anything we can do to help you do your job better. Together we can work to make all our communities in Tennessee better and stronger places to live.