{"county":"shelby","description":"","district":"collierville","districtgroup":"municipality","id":139,"key":"collierville_alderman_position_2","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Billy Patton","next_election":"2018-11-08","notes":"149","officegroup":"collierville_aldermen","partisan":0,"party":"","qualities":"- Policy judgment on town-scale matters \u2014 budget, ordinances, zoning, parks, and code enforcement \u2014 within the city/town charter and Tennessee municipal law.\n- Budget literacy: the board approves the annual municipal budget and sets the property-tax rate.\n- Legislative process: drafting, amending, and voting on ordinances and resolutions in a small body that meets often.\n- Constituent relations in a small town \u2014 retail, relationship-based politics with high accessibility expectations.\n- Coordination with the town mayor, who runs day-to-day operations, while keeping legislative independence.","quantity":1,"source":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2026-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01","term_years":4,"terms":[{"current":1,"description":"","electiondate":"2022-08-06","name":"Billy Patton","person":{"biography":"\n bpatton@colliervilletn.gov\n901-457-2200\n\n \n\n \n\nBilly Patton and his wife Dr. Amy Patton (Pharm D), moved to Collierville over 20 years ago, shortly after he was hired by FedEx to work in their new World Tech Center located in Collierville. He has been actively involved in the community and became a graduate of Leadership Collierville in 2008. Currently, in his fourth term as Alderman, Mr. Patton has served on the Collierville Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Bancorp South Community Bank Board, and several Town boards including the Collierville Beer Board, Design Review Commission (DRC), Heritage Commission, and the Town Library Board.\n\nHe completed an apprenticeship under the U.S. Navy and Ingalls Shipbuilding, afterward obtaining both a Bachelor and Master\u2019s Degree in Computer Science Engineering from The University of Mississippi. In 1998 he was the recipient of the Richard E. Grove Award for Computer Science Excellency.\n\nHired by FedEx out of Ole Miss, he was assigned to the World Tech Center in Collierville in 1999. He was named as an employee of the Month for Y2K upgrades in 2000. He founded Patton Computers in 2002 and left FedEx in 2007 to dedicate more time to his business. He also serves as Post Master of a contract postal unit (CPU) established in 2008.\n\nThe Patton family actively supports Collierville High School Athletics and many other Collierville organizations. Billy and Amy have been married for 30 years and are parents to Emily and William.","firstname":"Billy","lastname":"Patton","token":"IUgq62Q4ld"},"term_end":"2026-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"}],"title":"Collierville Alderman Position 2","type":"legislative","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}