Lawmakers weigh bill transferring authority from Mason’s mayor to town administrator

By: Cassandra Stephenson

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 1,013

Last Updated: 4 days, 2 hours ago

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A bill rewriting the Town of Mason’s charter to shift responsibilities from the mayor to a newly created town administrator is inching through Tennessee’s legislature.

Not all of Mason’s current elected representatives support it.

Rep. Debra Moody, a Covington Republican and the bill’s House sponsor, said the legislation was brought to her by leaders of the roughly 1,400-person town, which is anticipating growth thanks to Ford Motor Company’s BlueOval City manufacturing plant located …

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