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Russell County supervisors elect David Eaton chairman, adopt rules and meeting schedule
Summary
At its Jan. 6 reorganizational meeting the Russell County Board of Supervisors elected David Eaton as chair, completed other officer appointments, adopted Robert’s Rules and the 2025 meeting schedule, and set a series of budget workshops leading to the tax-rate timeline.
David Eaton was elected chairman of the Russell County Board of Supervisors at the board’s reorganizational meeting on Jan. 6, 2025. The board completed its annual officer elections and adopted procedural rules and a regular meeting schedule for calendar-year 2025.
The board opened nominations for chair; nominations were closed and Eaton was elected “by acclamation,” the board said. The board also elected a vice chair after nominations for Tara Dye and Steve Breeding; the board conducted a show-of-hands vote and confirmed the vice-chair choice. The board appointed Lonzo Lester as clerk of the board and Rhonda (last name not specified in the packet) as deputy clerk.
The supervisors voted to adopt Robert’s Rules of Order and to keep existing county bylaws in place. They also approved a regular meeting schedule of the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. and discussed a series of budget workshops to prepare for FY2026 work and the county’s tax-rate timeline.
County administrator Lonzo Lester told the board department budget submissions are due in early February and proposed multiple budget workshops in February–April so the board can set the tax rate by the May 25 deadline for tax notices. He described reassessment activity running in parallel with the budget process and urged supervisors to review materials before workshops.
The board set committee and external appointments during the meeting, including Cumberland Plateau Economic Development and the Upper Tennessee River Roundtable, and appointed John Bieber to serve on the reassessment equalization board.
The meeting closed with routine board announcements and a motion to enter executive session later in the meeting for matters the county attorney had identified.
