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Contest for County Trustee
general - Partisan - County Trustee
About this office
The trustee is the county's banker — collecting county property taxes, keeping and investing county funds, and disbursing money on the county's authority. It handles large sums of public money and is a fiduciary role.
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- Financial trustworthiness: the trustee is the county's banker and custodian of tax revenue, handling the county's property-tax collections.
- Working knowledge of Tennessee property-tax law, including tax-relief programs for seniors, disabled residents, and veterans.
- Investment and cash-management competence for county funds under state-law constraints.
- Monthly settlement and reporting discipline.
- Accessible customer service for taxpayers paying bills, disputing assessments, or seeking relief, and the ability to administer a partly-online operation.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
Campaigns
Jim Shanks brings over twenty years of law enforcement background and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting to the Hawkins County Trustee role. His biography documents eight years as the incumbent trustee, during which he expanded online tax-payment options and received the 2020 Trustee of the Year award for the Eastern District. Bio does not indicate specific experience with Tennessee property-tax law or investment management strategies.
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