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Knox County · Board of Commissioners

Charles Busler

Republican · District 7 · Sep 1, 2018 – Aug 31, 2022

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Charles Busler has cast 1,304 published votes on the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners, attending 99.9% of recorded roll calls, with 147 motions made and 2 dissents (a “no” on an adopted item).

On the issues

Attendance

1303 of 1304

recorded votes he or she was present for

present means neither absent nor recused

1

recorded votes marked absent or recused

Counted from roll calls, not a sign-in sheet — a member who was present but recorded no vote is indistinguishable here from one who was absent.

When the board disagrees

57 contested decisions · how these are counted

57

contested decisions he or she cast a yes or no on

a decision is contested when at least one member voted the other way

2

of those, voted no on something adopted anyway

147 / 133

motions moved / seconded

Recaps: First 100 days · 2022 in review · 2021 in review · 2020 in review

Patterns

How these are computed ↓

Deterministic breakdowns of Charles Busler’s published record — not a score or a rating. Raw counts are always shown; a percentage appears only once there are at least 10 votes. As of the meeting of August 31, 2026 — the newest published record.

Votes by topic

Topic Votes Aye No Abstain Body median
Zoning & land use 272 262 (96%) 7 (3%) 2 11–0 See votes →
Budget & taxes 63 63 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 10–0 See votes →
Contracts & purchasing 228 227 (100%) 0 (0%) 1 11–0 See votes →
Personnel & appointments 101 94 (93%) 6 (6%) 1 11–0 See votes →
Schools 176 176 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Public safety 72 71 (99%) 1 (1%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Roads & infrastructure 109 109 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Parks & community 32 32 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Intergovernmental & resolutions 121 118 (98%) 2 (2%) 1 11–0 See votes →
Surveillance & privacy technology 3 3 0 0 11–0 See votes →

Attendance & dissent over time

Attendance rate

Dissents (no on adopted)

Sep 2018 Dec 2022
Full term · Sep 2018–Dec 2022. Vertical lines mark election dates.
  • May 3, 2022 · County primary
  • Aug 4, 2022 · County general

Source: Knox County Election Commission.

Year Votes Present Attendance Dissents
2020 267 267 100% 0 See votes →
2021 664 663 100% 2 See votes →
2022 373 373 100% 0 See votes →

Agreement with other members

Computed over contested votes only — the 57 non-unanimous (split) votes Charles Busler cast, where the room recorded at least one Aye and at least one No. Unanimous votes are excluded because they carry no signal.

Member Voted the same Shared split votes
Kyle Ward 44 of 55 (80%) 55
Randy Smith 43 of 54 (80%) 54
Justin Biggs 38 of 50 (76%) 50
Carson Dailey 43 of 57 (75%) 57
Richie Beeler 39 of 55 (71%) 55
Larsen Jay 38 of 57 (67%) 57
John Schoonmaker 36 of 57 (63%) 57
Terry Hill 29 of 46 (63%) 46
Dasha Lundy 29 of 55 (53%) 55
Courtney Durrett 23 of 56 (41%) 56

See Charles Busler’s split votes →

Motions made & seconded, by topic

Topic Made Seconded
Zoning & land use 27 31 See votes →
Budget & taxes 5 11 See votes →
Contracts & purchasing 23 18 See votes →
Personnel & appointments 7 11 See votes →
Schools 31 19 See votes →
Public safety 2 7 See votes →
Roads & infrastructure 5 16 See votes →
Parks & community 4 3 See votes →
Intergovernmental & resolutions 15 19 See votes →
Surveillance & privacy technology 1 0 See votes →

How these breakdowns are computed

Every figure on this page is a deterministic computation over Charles Busler’s published roll-call votes on Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners — the same record set behind the vote table below. Nothing is a composite score, a grade, or a ranking. The general pipeline (sources, extraction, gates, review) is described on the methodology page.

  • Votes by topic. Each published motion is attributed to every distinct neutral topic its agenda items carry — the primary subject and any secondary tags alike, so an item counts under every topic it’s about (and a consent-calendar motion covering several items counts under each); procedural items are excluded, as in the default vote browser. Aye/No/Abstain are counts of Charles Busler’s own vote. A percentage is shown only when the topic has at least 10 votes. Body median is the median of the Aye and No tallies across the same motion set — the typical room split on that topic.
  • Attendance & dissent over time. Bucketed by the calendar year of each meeting. Attendance = votes where Charles Busler was recorded present (not absent or recused) ÷ total votes that year; the percentage is shown only when the year has at least 10 votes. Dissents = “No” votes on motions the body adopted anyway. The denominators for every year are in the table above.
  • Term timeline & election markers. The two trend strips plot the yearly attendance and dissent figures above on a single time axis spanning Charles Busler’s full term (Sep 1, 2018–Aug 31, 2022). The vertical lines mark public election-calendar dates — candidate-filing deadlines, primaries, and general elections — that fall within that span, each labeled with its date and type. Those dates are a matter of public record (source: Knox County Election Commission); the timeline itself makes no claim about them. It marks the dates and draws the line; any pattern near an election is the reader’s to notice, not ours to assert.
  • Agreement with other members. Computed over contested votes only — motions where the roll call recorded at least one Aye and at least one No. For each colleague, the record set is the split motions where both cast an Aye or No (their seated overlap); “voted the same” counts the motions they cast the identical value on. A percentage is shown only when that shared set reaches 10 votes. Unanimous votes are excluded on purpose: they would launder everyone into near-total agreement.
  • Motions made & seconded. Straight counts of published motions where Charles Busler is recorded as the mover or the seconder in the minutes, grouped by the motion’s neutral topic(s).

Disclosed interests

Reprinted from Charles Busler’s annual Statement of Interests (Form SS-8005) — a public record filed with the Tennessee Ethics Commission. Entity names and categories exactly as filed, for the official and spouse; the form states no dollar amounts, and neither do we. Each filing links to its source.

We don’t have this. No Statement of Interests on file for Charles Busler. It does not mean none was filed — only that we hold no copy.

Appointments moved

Board and committee appointments Charles Busler moved or seconded, as recorded in the minutes. Each links to the full decision, where the complete roll call is shown.

Appointee Board Term Decision
Nancy Barger Board of Directors of The Development Corporation — – Aug 31, 2027 Aug 22, 2022 →
Lara Fleming Community Health Council — – Mar 31, 2025 Mar 28, 2022 →
Kathryne Ogrod Knox County Ethics Committee not stated Oct 25, 2021 →
Commissioner Carson Dailey Knox County Fire and Technical Rescue Committee not stated Jan 25, 2021 →
Commissioner Richie Beeler Knox County Public Records Commission not stated Sep 1, 2020 →
Commissioners Standing Committees of the Knox County Commission not stated Sep 1, 2020 →

Voting record

Meeting Agenda item Vote Badges
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
Abstain
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
Aye
Unanimous
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
Aye
Split
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
Aye
Unanimous
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