DTC Annual Meeting Saturday

September 11, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

Three members of the DTC Communications Board of Directors will be elected Saturday during the annual meeting held at the DeKalb County Fairgrounds in Alexandria.

Bennie “Buck” Curtis of the Alexandria Exchange, Randy Campbell of the Liberty Exchange, and Ronnie Garrison of the Smithville Exchange are unopposed for new three year terms.

The meeting will be Saturday, September 15.  Voting will be by machine and the polling place will be open for voting from noon until 3 p.m. or until the last person in line at 3 p.m. has voted.

September 11, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

The Smithville Municipal Airport recently passed a state inspection with flying colors.

During Monday night’s monthly meeting, Airport Manager Joe Johnson reported to the mayor and alderman that the airport’s operation license has been renewed through December 31, 2019.

According to Johnson, a recent airport inspection by the Tennessee Department of Transportation found no violations at the airport.

“We got an airport inspection in August and I received on September 5^th our state airport license. I am proud of what we have done at the airport. We had no violations or state required corrections. I looked back at all of our old inspections and this is the first time out of all the old records that I could find where we didn’t have something (violations) that required corrections,” said Johnson.

The inspection report did note recommendations for painting the Beacon tower and replacing the wind sock which are slightly faded. Trees are also penetrating 34:1 approaches on runways 6 and 24.

Johnson said plans are underway to apply for grants to paint the Beacon tower and to remove obstructions in the glide paths. He said the wind sock has already been replaced.

September 11, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

Smithville has a new alderman.

Donnie Crook was appointed Monday night upon the recommendation of Mayor Josh Miller. The aldermen voted to make the appointment during the regular monthly meeting. Crook will fill the remaining two years of Miller’s unexpired alderman term.

“I have lived in the city for probably 50 years. My home is on Riley Avenue.  My wife Carol and I have one son Jacob and two grandchildren. I am honored to be appointed alderman. It’s going to be a new experience for me but I’ll do the best I can,” said Crook.

Crook is also a businessman. He has owned the Stop N Buy convenience market in Liberty for 12 years.

Mayor Miller said although he had several people express an interest in taking the position, he felt Crook was the right choice.

“Over the past month I have had a lot of phone calls and a lot of text messages from people wanting this seat. Let me say that I have had some very good interest. I think a number of the people that has contacted me would do a fantastic job on this seat. But one name kept coming to my mind and I made a phone call. Let me say I contacted this person (Crook). He did not contact me. I feel like he would be a great asset to this board. I don’t feel like he would be easily swayed and I feel like he would do what is best for our city. That is what I wanted in filling my (alderman) seat. I think that is what we all want. My recommendation to this board is that we appoint Mr. Donnie Crook to this council,” said Mayor Miller.

Alderman Danny Washer made a motion to make the appointment. Alderman Gayla Hendrix offered a second to the motion. Alderman Shawn Jacobs and Brandon Cox joined Washer and Hendrix in voting for Crook.

“Mr. Mayor I am aware of a lot of the people who contacted you. Many of them have contacted me. There have been at least 10 people probably who took some interest. Many of them including Donnie are my friends and this is a very hard decision to make. We have a lot of quality people and I think just about any of them would have done a great job,” said Alderman Jacobs.

“I have had similar contacts. Making an appointment to an elected position is not a tenable position to be in. It’s the most undemocratic way to do it but it’s what we have to do according to the charter. There have been numerous people that I think are well qualified that could take this seat and I hope they do run in two years for the vacancy,” added Alderman Cox.

Mayor Miller assigned the Aldermen to oversee the various city departments and made other appointments to city boards with the approval of the aldermen including the following:

Vice Mayor: Alderman Danny Washer

Police and Fire Department Commissioner: Alderman Shawn Jacobs

Finance and Taxation Commissioner: Alderman Gayla Hendrix

Streets and Safety Commissioner: Alderman Brandon Cox

Water and Sewer Department Commissioner: Alderman Danny Washer

Sanitation Department Commissioner: Alderman Donnie Crook

Planning Commission: Dwayne Snow and Kim Luton (citizen members) and Mayor Josh Miller

Beer Board: Farron Hendrix (citizen member)

Board of Zoning Appeals: Wade Smith and Eddie Hobson (citizen members) and Alderman Gayla Hendrix

911 Board: Alderman Brandon Cox

Industrial Board: Mayor Josh Miller and Dr. Steven Cooper (citizen member)

City Judge: Hilton Conger

Smithville Electric System Board of Directors: Mayor Josh Miller and Jason Murphy (citizen member) to replace Anthony Hagan.

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