The Polk County Commission (a.k.a. County Legislative Body) is a body that is made up of 10 commissioners from the four voting districts of the county. The commission’s job is to exercise the powers of a legislative nature granted to it by the Tennessee General Assembly in public acts (laws of general application) or local option application, which may be found in codified form in the Tennessee Code Annotated) or in private acts that apply to a particular county (that do not conflict with the general law). The commission has a considerable array of powers, including the power to levy property taxes, the power to expend funds for any lawful purpose, zoning powers for the unincorporated areas of the county, the power to fill vacancies in county wide offices and some regulatory powers which govern the public safety, morals and welfare.
District 1 - Commissioners
Deborah Anne Davis
621 Columbus Road
Delano, TN 37325 Phone: 423-715-3698 Email Address: mickeymutt55@gmail.com Kelley Morgan
Email Address: kmorganpolkco@yahoo.com
Phone: 423-397-9599 John Pippenger
2112 Baker Bridge Road
Benton, TN 37307 Phone: 423-716-7655
Email Address: jpippenger@comcast.net
District 3 - Commissioners
Keith Barker
Copperhill, TN 37317 Phone: 706-455-6093
Email Address: district3polk@outlook.com Mush Davis
Ducktown, TN Phone:423-241-9433 or 423-496-2938 Samantha J Trantham
677 Airport Road
Copperhill, TN 37317
Phone: 706-851-6623
District 2 - Commissioners
Shane Bowman
Old Fort, TN Phone: 423-715-7256
Email Address: sb4bigorange@gmail.com Greg Brooks
2323 Davis Curbow RD
Old Fort, TN 37362 Phone: 423-715-2640
District 4 - Commissioners
Joe Akins
Benton, TN Phone: 423-716-5545
Email Address: joekns@yahoo.com Christy Hardin
Benton, TN Phone: 423-716-3528 Email Address: ChristyHardinDistrict4@gmail.com