Once called the County Court, the modern County Commission actually functions as the legislative body of county government, working primarily through the committee system. There are nine standing committees and numerous other committees boards and commissions whose vote functions as a recommendation to the full County Commission.
Whether it is payment of bills, approval of expenditures, approval of the budget, zoning changes or new legislation, committee actions do not take on the color of law until approved by a vote of the full commission.
There are 25 commissioners in Washington County, serving in ten commission districts. Each commission district comprises several of the 40 Civil Districts, each of which is a voting precinct.
To see the Commission's adopted rules of procedure, click on the file attachment at the bottom of this page.
Originally there were 18 Civil Districts, but population growth has caused urban precincts to be subdivided in order to effect proportional distribution. One vestige of the old County Court days is that County Commissioners can still perform marriages.

1st Commission District
Greg Matherly	404 Brookwood Drive Gray, TN 37615 gregm@wcso.net	(423) 677-1327
Rick Storey	3 N Wild Cherry Court Jonesborough, TN 37659 rstorey@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 914-5894
Lynn Hodge	281 Highland Church Road Johnson City, TN 37615 ndh@centurylink.net	(423) 794-0731
2nd Commission District
Dr. Sam Humphreys	708 E. Mountain View Road Johnson City, TN 37601 samhumphreys@gmail.com	(423) 282-5565
Robbie McGuire	183 Carr Cemetery Road Johnson City, TN 37601 rmcguire@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 676-9900
George E. "Skip" Oldham III	1604 Par Court Johnson City, TN 37601 commissionerskip@gmail.com	(423) 928-7477
3rd Commission District
Larry England	10 McGregor Place Johnson City, TN 37604 lengland@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 361-7806
Mitch Meredith	2012 Northwood Drive Johnson City, TN 37601 mmeredith@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 928-7326
Joe Wise	305 Hillside Road Johnson City, TN 37601 jwise@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 202-2509
4th Commission District
Dr. Katie Baker	816 W Locust Street Johnson City, TN 37604 kbaker@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 737-5023
David Tomita	605 E. Holston Avenue Johnson City, TN 37601 dtomita@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 534-7680
Lee Chase	111 W. 11th Avenue Johnson City, TN 37604 lchase@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 926-1490
5th Commission District
Gary McAllister	3635 W Walnut Street Jonesborough, TN 37659 gmcallister@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 557-7912
Robbie Tester	31 Cherokee Ridge Court Johnson City, TN 37604 rhtester@comcast.net	(423) 943-0188
6th Commission District
William "Joe" Grandy	620 Old Embreeville Road Jonesborough, TN 37659 joe.grandy@ferguson.com	(423) 791-1033
Tom Foster	406 Ridgecrest Road Jonesborough, TN 37659 tfoster@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 753-5760
Tom Krieger	304 Jim Range Road Jonesborough, TN 37659 tkrieger@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 737-0106
7th Commission District
Mike Ford	191 John Garst Road Jonesborough, TN 37659 mford0186@yahoo.com	(423) 753-0186
Mark Larkey	114 Elizabeth Avenue Gray, TN 37615 mlarkey@comcast.net	(423) 477-3024
Bryan Davenport	1120 Keeview Drive Gray, TN 37615 bkdaven@comcast.net	(423) 676-3216
8th Commission District
Matthew Morris	401 Leesburg Road Telford, TN 37690 mmorris@washingtoncountytn.org	(828) 719-1613
Steve Light	153 Thornburg Hills Road Limestone, TN 37681 steve@cambronins.com	(423) 257-4302
9th Commission District
Todd Hensley	549 Matthews Mill Road Telford, TN 37690 thensley@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 943-5758
Danny Edens	123 Pecanwood Drive Jonesborough, TN 37659 dedens@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 483-3522
10th Commission District
Forrest Boreing	634 Charlie Hicks Road Jonesborough, TN 37659 fboreing@washingtoncountytn.org	(423) 791-0956

County commissioners are elected in the regular August election for a four-year term which begins Sept. 1. County commissioners must reside within and be a qualified voter of the district represented. County employees otherwise qualified to serve may hold office as a legislative body member.
However, no person elected or appointed as county executive, sheriff, trustee, register, county clerk, assessor of property, or any other countywide office filled by popular vote or by the legislative body may be nominated for or elected to the legislative body. If a commission member accepts nomination for any of the above offices, or for the General Assembly when the office is being filled by the legislative body, that member becomes disqualified to continue in office and a vacancy in the commission will automatically exist.
The County commission sets its meeting dates and place, but must meet at least four times a year. Vacancies are filled by the remaining commission members until a successor is elected in the next general election.