The Greene County Commission on Monday will accept nominations and elect a replacement to fill the vacancy created by the death last month of Commissioner Marion "Alex" Edens.

The county commission will meet at 10 a.m. Monday in the upstairs courtroom of the county courthouse. Democratic and Republican party caucuses are set for 8:30 a.m.

Four people have indicated their willingness to serve the remainder of Edens' term. Edens represented the 3rd commission district, which includes the Tusculum North, Tusculum South, Tusculum Corp. and Greystone voting precincts.

Greene County Administrator of Elections Donna Burgner has notified Mayor Alan Broyles that four candidates meet the qualifications. They are:

* Tommy Blue Armitage, 72, of the 107 Cutoff, Afton, who votes at Greystone;

* Robert K. Bird, of Briar Patch Lane, who votes at Tusclum Corp.;

* Robert W. King, of Plainview Heights Circle, who votes at Tusculum North; and

* Robin Diane Quillen, of Fairview Road, Afton, who votes at Tusculum North.

Following is information about them:

Armitage, 72, was born in Greene County and attended city schools until joining the U.S. Marine Corps in 1954, according to a resume provided to commissioners.

After being honorably discharged, he moved to Atlanta and had a long career with International Harvester. He was president of the Forest Park, Ga., Kiwanis Club.

Since relocating here, Armitage has been a member of the Moose Lodge, VFW, American Legion, Masonic Lodge #3 F&AM, and the Jericho Shriners in Kingsport. He is an active member of Trinity United Methodist Church.

Bird is a Greene County native who grew up in Tusculum. He is a graduate of Doak High School, attended Tusculum College one year and was graduated from ETSU with a bachelor's degree in education.

Bird taught and coached at McDonald High School, served in the U.S. Army, and worked for the Austin Tobacco Co. before becoming a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he retired after 24 years of service.

Bird served as a Kentucky Police Training Academy Commissioner for three years and as Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement director for three years.

He also served as Greene County purchasing director. He has served on the Tusculum Commission and Planning Commission, including several terms as mayor. He is currently chairman of the planning commission.

Bird is also a current member of the Greeneville-Greene County Regional Solid Waste Planning Board and the Technical Committee of the First Tennessee Development District Rural Planning Organization. He is a member of Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church and is a part-time farmer.

He and his wife, Eva Maupin Bird, have two children.

King is a graduate of Troy High School, Troy, N.Y., and completed several university courses in accounting, purchasing, human relations and sales management.

He was an employee of Huyck Corp. for 47 years, including Huyck Formex (Weavexx) here. His duties included purchasing manager, human relations manager, product manager and regional sales manager.

King is an elder and choir member at First Presbyterian Church, and has been a resident of Greene County for 42 years, 25 of which were in the 3rd District.

King has been active in Greeneville-Greene County Community Ministries as a board member, treasurer of the Food Bank, and captain of holiday bell ringing.

He has been a volunteer at Laughlin Hospital for 11 years, volunteer treasurer of the Elks Lodge, and member of the Greeneville Regional Planning Commission.

Quillen, 51, is a Greene County native and lifelong resident. She is a notary public, president of Ferral Friends, an animal rescue effort, and a businesswoman, holding majority stock in Brady Jackson Management Co. and minority stock in South State Contractors, Inc.

Quillen is a graduate of Chuckey-Doak High School and took several classes at Walters State Community College, but did not complete a degree.

She was active in the Greene County Humane Society until leaving in 2005 to start Ferral Friends, and is active in Gifts for Kids.

The county commission on Monday will be asked to set a speed limit of 30 mph on Logwood Lane, on the second of two required readings.

The commission also will be asked to approve a resolution to let the sheriff receive a $25,154 Department of Justice grant and use the money for a vehicle.

Similarly, the commission will consider a resolution to let the Sheriff Steve Burns accept and spend a $103,898 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus) grant and use the money for equipment for the SWAT team and criminal investigation division.

The commission will also be asked to approve a resolution changing the budget line items needed to pay for a 40-hour week for clerks in the Circuit Court, General Sessions Court and Juvenile Court offices. The total for the changes is $32,800, with the funds coming from a special litigation tax the commission approved earlier.

The commission will also be asked to approve a resolution to move $650,000 out of the fund balance of the county's Highway Department.

Of the total, $450,000 is to be designated for asphalt, $80,000 for construction materials and $50,000 for equipment. The resolution has been recommended by the commission's Budget Committee.

The Budget Committee has also recommended a capital projects resolution needed to make improvements to the Sunnyside Volunteer Fire Department's building so that it can serve as a voting precincts. The $13,500 resolution also covers the cost of a new water heater needed at the jail workhouse.

It would leave a balance of $499,317 in the Highway Department's capital outlay budget.