Physical Address:
6239 Highway 411
Benton, TN 37307
Mailing Address:
PO Box 128
Benton, TN 37307
Phone:
(423) 338-4527
(fax) (423) 338-4558
Contact Robby M Hatcher by email:
PolkCoExec@outlook.com
A lifelong citizen of Polk County,.
The office of County Executive is a constitutional office with a variety of specific duties including:
Although the exact role varies depending upon the particular county's adoption of optional general laws, county charters or private acts, the County Executive generally has a strong role in the budgetary process and often presents the consolidated budget for each fiscal year to the county budget committee or county legislative body. He is a nonvoting ex-officio member of the county commission and all of its committees and may be elected chairman of the county legislative body, which is a post that the county executive is not required to seek or accept.