{"county":"shelby","description":"","district":"Millington","districtgroup":"municipality","id":190,"key":"millington_mayor","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Larry Dagen","next_election":"2020-11-03","notes":"200","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":"2028-11-05","term_start":"2024-11-05","term_years":4,"terms":[{"current":0,"description":"","electiondate":"2020-08-06","name":"Terry Jones","person":{"biography":"Jones said he relies often on his military experiences in leading the city. He said he has tried to shift the city employees' promotion system away from a longevity-based system to one more dependant on performance.\n\nJones, 53, has a busy schedule. In addition to serving as Millington's full-time mayor and as an officer in the Tennessee State Guard, he is the father of six children ranging in ages 29 to 19 months and has two grandchildren.\n\n\"My wife remarked to me once that it was tough being a single parent,\" Jones said. \"I have had to allow time for the family as well.","firstname":"Terry","lastname":"Jones","token":"0eyz4QcGVN"},"term_end":"2024-09-01","term_start":"2020-09-01"},{"current":1,"description":null,"electiondate":"2024-11-05","name":"Larry Dagen","person":{},"term_end":"2028-11-05","term_start":"2024-11-05"}],"title":"Millington Mayor","type":"executive","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}