MAYOR W. TROY BEETS
Mayor Beets moved to Roane County in June, 1969 with his wife Carolyn and sons Jay and Doug. They have four granddaughters (two (Tayler and Sarah) live in Virginia, one (Becca) in New Jersey and Brittani McClure, a resident of Kingston and the mother of their great-grandchildren, Rowynn and Channing). Carolyn is a retired Kingston business woman. He retired as a Section Head from Lockheed Martin Energy Systems in 1998 after 32 years of service in the Information Technology Division. He worked at various plants during this service including K-25, X-10 and Y-12. In May 2005, Mayor Beets retired from the Kingston Elementary School where he was employed for six years as a Computer Lab Technical Assistant.
Personal Accomplishments:
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Elected
Mayor of Kingston in June, 2005.
Re-elected in June 2009
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Appointed
to the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations - June 2012
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Was
elected President Elect of the Tennessee County Commissioners Association
(TCCA), the statewide organization representing more than 1,640 member of all
95 county legislative bodies in Tennessee
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Selected
as a member and serves as Chairman of the Roane County/TVA Economic Foundation
Board
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Serves
as Secretary of the Board of Directors of East Tennessee Human Resource Agency
and the East Tennessee Development District
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Former
Treasurer of the Board of Directors of East Tennessee Human Resource Agency and
the East Tennessee Development District
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Member
of the Board of Directors of the Joint Economic and Community Development
Agency of Roane County
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Member
of the Roane County Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
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Member
of the Board of Directors for Roane Alliance
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Elected
to the Roane County Commission in 2002. Re-elected in 2006
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Elected
as Chairman of the Roane County Commission in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009
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Member
of the Board of Directors for Leadership Roane County
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Graduated
from the University of Tennessee’s Local Government Leadership Program in 2003
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Graduate
of the East Tennessee Regional Leadership Program
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Recipient
of the Gonia Leadership Award for Outstanding
Community Leadership in 2004
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Earned
Level I and Level II Elected Officials Certification from UT-MTAS
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Earned
Policy Maker Certificate from UT-MTAS
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Serves
as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Rural Planning
Organization
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University
of Tennessee Certified Public Administrator
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Served
on the Roane County Board of Education from 1982 to 1997.
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Served
as Chairman of the Board of Education during three terms.
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Elected
to the All Tennessee School Board in 1994
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Serves
on the Board of Directors for the Association of Tennessee Valley Governments
(ATVG)
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Serves
on the Tennessee Renewable Energy & Economic Development Council (TREEDC)
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Serves
as an At-Large Director for the Tennessee Municipal League
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Honorary
member of the Kingston Lions Club