County Reports Increase in Sales Tax Revenue

September 24, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County’s share of local option sales tax collections for August 2021 outperformed the same month in 2020 by almost $52,000 according to the Tennessee Department of Revenue. For the county and the four cities therein combined collections were up by more than $83,000.

According to the report, DeKalb County brought in $197,196 in August 2021 compared to $145,266 for August 2020.

Three of the four cities within DeKalb County also hauled in more local option sales tax revenue.

The comparisons between the two months for each municipality are as follows:

Smithville: $343,060 ( August, 2021), $312,786 (August 2020)

Alexandria: $27,092 (August, 2021), $26,879 (August 2020)

Dowelltown: $2,795 (August 2021), $3,388 (August 2020)

Liberty: $10,867 (August, 2021), $9,454 (August 2020)

NET COLLECTIONS (LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX): $581,011 (August 2021), $497,775 (August 2020)

August sales tax collections reflect previous month activity.

September 23, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The public will get to take a tour of the new Smithville Police Department building soon.

The City of Smithville has scheduled an open house for Sunday, October 17 from 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m.

“We would like to invite the community out for snacks and a time to look through the new police department. This will also give the community a time to meet our city officers. We are very excited that our officers will have a new spacious building to work in,” said Mayor Josh Miller.

“We are grateful to the mayor and aldermen and the citizens of Smithville for this facility. Our entire police department staff and I are looking forward to moving into the new building once its furnished and some finishing touches are made. This is something we are all proud of and believe the community can take pride in it as well. We invite everyone to come out and see us during the open house,” said Smithville Police Chief Mark Collins.

The contractor, Boyce Ballard Construction of Murfreesboro, got the bid for construction of the police department building at $2,395,000 but the city issued up to $2.5 million in bonds for the project. Following a ground breaking ceremony on September 4, 2020, construction began on the building but weeks later the work ground to a halt after Boyce Ballard Construction encountered unsuitable soils on the site. The city and contractor eventually agreed to split the cost to remedy the problem and construction resumed. The city’s portion was up to $50,000. Since then the city has had a few other add-ons.

The facility has a total roofed area of 12,800 square feet which includes a 1,400 square foot sally port. It encompasses a front lobby, records clerk office, hallways, three holding cells, armory, conference and training rooms, offices for the chief, captain, detectives, and other officers, rooms for records, evidence, investigations, filing reports, locker room, electrical room, closets, restrooms, and break room.

September 23, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Chad Kirby is in sole possession of first place on WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters panel picking winners through the first three weeks of the college football season

Kirby owns an overall record of 29-16 and had the best record at 12-3 last week.

Four forecasters tied for second place last week at 10-5 including Grant James, Scott Brown, Jared Davis, and Scott Goodwin. Eli Gill and Ricky Atnip each went 9-6, and John Pryor was 7-8.

Overall, Jared Davis is in second place behind Kirby after three weeks at 27-18 followed by Grant James 26-19, Ricky Atnip 25-20, Scott Goodwin 24-21, Eli Gill and Scott Brown each at 23-22, and John Pryor 22-23.

Five forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Eli Gill got 7 points with East Carolina’s win over Marshall 42-38. Grant James picked up 2.5 points as Memphis upset Mississippi State 31-29. Ricky Atnip added 6 points with BYU’s 27-17 victory over Arizona State. Scott Brown got 3 points as West Virginia beat Virginia Tech 27-21 and Jared Davis picked up 16.5 points with Michigan State’s win over Miami.

Jared Davis has pulled into the lead for the most underdog points after three weeks with 19.5 followed by Ricky Atnip 12.5, Eli Gill and Scott Brown each with 7, and Grant James with 5.5 points

Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

MTSU at Charlotte, Notre Dame at Wisconsin, UCLA at Stanford, Kansas State at Oklahoma State, Iowa State at Baylor, Nebraska at Michigan State, Wake Forest at Virginia, Clemson at N.C. State, Texas A&M at Arkansas, Missouri at Boston College, Kentucky at South Carolina, LSU at Mississippi State, Georgia at Vanderbilt, Tennessee at Florida, and in the NFL the Indianapolis Colts at the Tennessee Titans.

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Davis Auto Body, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Dominos Pizza.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.

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