Taking the Oath (View Video Here)

August 29, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Public Officials were sworn into office Monday evening by outgoing General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judge Bratten H. Cook, II to begin their new terms effective September 1.

Those officials include County Clerk James L. (Jimmy) Poss, Road Supervisor Danny Hale, Register of Deeds Daniel Seber, Sheriff Patrick Ray, Circuit Court Clerk Susan Martin, General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judge Brandon Cox (who was actually sworn in last Friday), County Mayor Matt Adcock, and Trustee Sean Driver. All terms are 4 years except the Judge position which is an 8-year term

The DeKalb County Commissioners were also sworn into office Monday evening by Judge Cook to begin their new 4-year terms effective September 1.

Those commissioners are Tom Chandler and Daniel Cripps (1st District), Sabrina Farler and Myron Rhody (2nd District), Susannah Cripps Daughtry and Tony Luna (3rd District), Tony “Cully” Culwell and Greg Matthews (4th District), Glynn Merriman and Larry Green (5th District), Justin Douglas Adcock and Jeff Barnes (6th District), and Beth Pafford and Tim Reynolds (7th District).

Five members of the DeKalb County Board of Education were sworn into office by Judge Cook Monday evening to begin their new 4-year terms effective September 1.

Those school board members are Danny Parkerson (1st District), Alan Hayes (2nd District), Jim Beshearse (3rd District), Eric Ervin (4th District), and Shaun Tubbs (7th District). These five were elected August 4th. The other two members of the School Board (Not Pictured) Jamie Cripps (5th District) and Jason Miller (6th District) were elected in 2020 and their terms will expire in 2024.

August 28, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association and the Tennessee Association of Police Chiefs conducted a School Violence and Safety Summit in Franklin TN. Thursday.

Sheriff Patrick Ray and Alexandria Police Chief Chris Russell attended the Summit.

Keynote speakers included Ms. Michele Gay, a parent whose child was killed in the Sandy Hook School shooting and founder of Safe and Sound Schools, Mr. Mo Canady who is the Executive Director of the National Association of School Resource Officers NASRO, and Mr. Rob Chapman of the Department of Justice COPS Office.

This Summit was aimed at different ways to define school crime, safety assessments, campus, building and classroom security, anonymous child reporting systems, coordination with first responders, behavior threat assessments and management, school base law enforcement, mental health resources, school drills, and social media monitoring among other things.

The Summit also had a round table discussion for Sheriffs and Police Chiefs where security problems at schools, possible new school crime laws, extra funding for safer schools and other topics were addressed to carry to the Tennessee General Assembly for help.

There are five schools located in DeKalb County. Four are located in the city limits of Smithville and one is located in Liberty.

The Alexandria Police Department assists the Sheriff’s Department with mutual aid at DeKalb West School in Liberty for a possible quicker response time.

August 28, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The new fiscal year has started off strong in terms of local option sales tax collections in DeKalb County.

According to the Tennessee Department of Revenue, DeKalb County took in $196,757 in local option sales taxes for July 2022 which is up from $194,418 for July, 2021 and an increase from $150,968 for July, 2020.
Collections were also up in two of the four towns in July.

In Smithville, July, 2022 local option sales taxes totaled $395,674 compared to $335,950 in July 2021 and $329,016 for July 2020. Collections for Liberty increased from $6,110 in July 2020 and $8,492 in July, 2021 to $13,878 in July 2022. Dowelltown took in $2,745 in July 2022, down from $2,968 in July, 2021 but up from $1,913 in July, 2020. Alexandria saw a decrease from $28,437 in July, 2020 and $27,498 in July, 2021 to $25,218 in July 2022

Net Collections with the county and cities combined showed a jump in local option sales tax collections in July 2022 to $634,274, up from $569,329 in July 2021 and an increase from $516,447 in July, 2020.

July sales tax collections reflect previous month activity.

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