Editing Belle Meade, Tennessee (section)

== Government ==
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The form of government for the City of Belle Meade is a city manager-commissioner structure. Policy is made and carried out by a board of commissioners, and the city manager serves as the chief administrative officer.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.citybellemeade.org/commissioners/|title=City of Belle Meade, Tennessee|website=citybellemeade.org|access-date=June 12, 2019}}</ref> Five commissioners are elected by the residents and serve four-year terms. Those commissioners then elect two members to serve as mayor and vice-mayor for shorter terms of two years.

The current mayor of Belle Meade is Rusty Moore, and the vice-mayor is Haley Dale.<ref name=":3" /> The three other commissioners include:

* Louise Bryan – term ending November 2026<ref name=":3" />
* Marty Dickens (appointed to fill vacancy) – term ending November 2024<ref name=":3" />
* Neil Clayton – term ending November 2026<ref name=":3" />

According to the annual audit report ending June 30, 2017, the City of Belle Meade had total annual revenues of $6,191,617 and total annual operating expenses of $3,918,521. The city's total net position as of June 30, 2017, was $20,412,803.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.citybellemeade.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/6-30-17-City-of-Belle-Meade-Tennessee-FS-issued.pdf|title=City of Belle Meade, Tennessee – Financial Statements, June 30, 2017|website=citybellemeade.org|access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> The city's primary sources of revenue are [[property tax]]es and state sales and income taxes.<ref name=":4" />

Belle Meade is part of State House District 56 for the [[Tennessee General Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/state-lower-legislative-district/Tennessee/District-56/Overview|title=Overview of State House District 56, Tennessee (State House District) - Statistical Atlas|website=statisticalatlas.com|language=en|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109225227/http://statisticalatlas.com/state-lower-legislative-district/Tennessee/District-56/Overview|archive-date=November 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The city is part of State Senate District 20,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/state-upper-legislative-district/Tennessee/District-20/Overview|title=Overview of State Senate District 20, Tennessee (State Senate District) - Statistical Atlas|website=statisticalatlas.com|language=en|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109234107/http://statisticalatlas.com/state-upper-legislative-district/Tennessee/District-20/Overview|archive-date=November 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> with [[Heidi Campbell (politician)]] as the current state senator for the district.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitol.tn.gov/senate/members/s20.html|title=Senators - TN General Assembly|website=www.capitol.tn.gov|language=en|access-date=July 29, 2018}}</ref> At the national level, Belle Meade is in Congressional District 5 in Tennessee, and [[Andy Ogles]] is the current representative for the district.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/TN/5|title=Tennessee's 5th Congressional District - TN-05 Representatives & District Map - GovTrack.us|website=GovTrack.us|language=en|access-date=July 29, 2018}}</ref>