Tennessee Code Title 6. Cities and Towns § 6-54-702

(a) Any municipality may, by ordinance, or by resolution, create a transfer and storage regulatory board, which shall be authorized to exercise its functions upon the appointment and qualification of the first members of such board.

(b) Upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution, whichever is applicable, creating a transfer and storage regulatory board, the governing body shall, pursuant to the ordinance or resolution, appoint five (5) persons as members of the board.

(c) The members who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years respectively, but thereafter each member shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years, except that vacancies occurring otherwise than by the expiration of the terms shall be filled for the unexpired term by the governing body in the same manner as the original appointments.