Davidson County commissioners select chair and vice chair, approve annual bonds in organizational meeting
Summary
At the annual organizational meeting, commissioners nominated and voted to appoint Karen Watford as chair and Cherry Yates as vice chair, approved required annual official bonds, adopted the agenda and took other routine actions by unanimous voice votes.
Davidson County commissioners met for their organizational session and elected new leadership, approved routine annual bonds and handled committee assignments in short-form votes and discussion.
During nominations for chair, a commissioner nominated Karen Watford to serve as chair; the motion received a second and passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition (SEG 050–083). Shortly afterward the board nominated and approved Cherry Yates as vice chair following a motion, a second and a unanimous voice vote (SEG 085–105). The meeting record shows commissioners signaled their approval by saying “aye”; no votes in opposition were recorded in the transcript.
County staff briefed the board that several bonds must be approved annually: the sheriff’s bond, the register of deeds bond, the tax administrator’s bond, the finance director’s bond and a blanket crime bond. Staff stated the bond packages were unchanged from what the board approved the prior year (SEG 156–171). A motion to approve the listed bonds was made, seconded and approved by voice vote.
The board also moved to adopt the meeting agenda by voice vote earlier in the session (SEG 146–152), and concluded business with a motion to adjourn later in the meeting (SEG 769–772).
What happened next: commissioners spent the remainder of the meeting discussing committee assignments and potential future reassignment of liaison roles, and recognized county employees (see separate article on awards). The meeting record does not show roll-call vote tallies with individual yes/no names; actions were recorded as voice approvals in the transcript.
