My Bio

I, Tony Risner, am seeking the office of Giles County Trustee in the August 7th General Election. I am 46 years old, and a lifelong resident of Giles County, growing up in the Liberty Hill Community. I am the son of Leon and Faye Risner, and I'm an active, long standing member of Liberty Hill Baptist Church. I have one daughter, Kirsten, who is a freshman at Giles County High School. I graduated with honors from Richland High School in 1986 and completed a Business Management degree from Martin Methodist College in 1990. I was employed at Torrington/Fafnir from 1987 to 1994. I have been the owner and operator of Nu Wave Audio/Radio Shack for the past 23 years, with locations in Pulaski and Lewisburg.


I feel that my education in business, and my successful management and operation of a local business for over 20 years gives me the experience and qualifications necessary to successfully run the office of Trustee. If elected as trustee, I will continue to provide the highest level of professionalism and courtesy that Giles County residents are accustomed too. As a dedicated, hard working community leader, I will continue the tradition of bringing the Giles County Trustee's Office to the forefront of great customer service. One improvement that I will work to implement is an online payment service for the Trustee's office that would allow you to go online to pay your taxes. This online resource would be valuable for local business professionals that frequently have to search and obtain tax records from the Trustee's office.





I humbly and respectfully ask for your support.

Thank you.

The Duties of Giles County Trustee

The Duties of Giles County Trustee

The county trustee has three major functions: (1) collecting the county's property taxes; (2) accounting for and disbursing county funds (including proper apportionment and determination of fund availability); and (3) investing temporarily idle county funds. The first of these duties is collection of Property Taxes. The second and third primary responsibilities both relate to financial matters. According to T.C.A. § 8-11-104, the trustee's basic duties include the following:

1  Collect all state and county taxes on property

2.  Keep a fair and regular account of all the money received.

3.  Receive the county's bills.

4.  Keep a successive warrant book, or a book showing all bills received, ruled in columns, showing the number, payee or holder, date of the day of presentation, and amount of the bill.

5.  Pay the legal demands (just claims) immediately if there are unappropriated funds sufficient to do so; otherwise, to deliver the demand to the owner endorsed, and pay it in numerical order.

6.  Keep fair and regular accounts of such payments.

7.  Furnish the county executive with any papers and vouchers necessary for perfecting any settlement with any person who is accountable for county revenue; and

8.  On going out of office:

          (a) Deliver all books and papers of the office to the successor, especially the book showing warrants payable; and

          (b) Make settlement with the county executive and pay over the balance of funds remaining to the successor in office, making duplicate receipts (one of which is delivered to the county clerk to be recorded in the revenue docket).