{"county":"shelby","description":"The Bartlett mayor is a part-time position.  The mayor is elected for a term of x years and is paid $47 and is responsible for proposing a city budget and ...","district":"Bartlett","districtgroup":"municipality","id":123,"key":"bartlett_mayor","lastchangeby":null,"name":"David Parsons","next_election":"2018-11-08","notes":"133","officegroup":null,"partisan":0,"party":"","qualities":"- Executive leadership of a suburban Shelby County municipality with several thousand to several tens of thousands of residents and a small to mid-sized municipal budget.\n- Ability to prepare and defend an annual budget before a small board of aldermen or commissioners.\n- Intergovernmental capacity: coordination with Shelby County, neighboring municipalities, the State of Tennessee, and (for cities with their own school district) the suburban district's school board.\n- Working familiarity with Tennessee municipal law, the city/town charter, open-meetings, and procurement rules.\n- Public-facing communication for an engaged suburban constituency that often follows local government closely.","quantity":1,"source":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2026-11-08","term_start":"2022-11-08","term_years":4,"terms":[{"current":1,"description":"","electiondate":"2022-11-08","name":"David Parsons","person":{"biography":"David Parsons was elected to his first term as Bartlett Alderman Position #3 in 2002. He was a 1976  Bartlett High School Graduate and has been a Bartlett resident for over 43 years.  David has served as Vice-Mayor and is currently Chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals, and sits on the Advisory Board for the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center and the Contracts Committee.  He is a previous member of the Bartlett Industrial Development Board, Bartlett Station Commission, Shelby County Board of Appeals  and a Charter member of the Family Assistance Commission. In 2011, David was appointed by Governor Bill Haslam to the Delta Regional Authority, where he is currently serving as alumni.  In 2001,  he served as the President of the Memphis Area Homebuilders Association  and President of the Tennessee Homebuilders Association in 2007, where he was awarded  with numerous awards. David and his wife Becky have been married for 32 years and have six children and two grandchildren; David Allen and his wife Laura and their children Landon and Lannie; Colt and his wife Jaclyn; Joshua; Christian and his wife Jasmine; Nathaniel; and Caleb.\n\n","firstname":"David","lastname":"Parsons","token":"cVqgTamFBl"},"term_end":"2026-11-08","term_start":"2022-11-08"}],"title":"Bartlett Mayor","type":"executive","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}