{"campaigns":[],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"lakeland","districtgroup":"municipality","districtgroupname":"Municipality","districtname":"Lakeland","job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":"lakeland_commissioner_at_large","office":"lakeland_commissioner_at_large","officedescription":"A county commissioner is a member of the county's legislative body. The commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, authorizes borrowing, and passes county resolutions and ordinances. Commissioners are elected from districts (or at-large seats) to represent constituents on countywide policy.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment on town-scale matters in a council-manager / commission form of government \u2014 budget, ordinances, zoning, parks \u2014 within the Lakeland charter and Tennessee municipal law.\n- Budget literacy: the commission approves the annual municipal budget and sets the property-tax rate.\n- Legislative process: drafting, amending, and voting on ordinances and resolutions.\n- Constituent relations in a small town \u2014 retail, relationship-based politics with high accessibility expectations.\n- Coordination with the city manager (who runs day-to-day operations) while keeping policy oversight.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Lakeland City Commissioner (at large)","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":2,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"Lakeland City Commissioner (at large)"}