State Comptroller Commends DeKalb County for Timely Passage of 2023-24 Budget

October 20, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County has been recognized by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury for having adopted its 2023-24 budget prior to the start of the fiscal year.

During Thursday night’s committee of the whole meeting of the county commission, County Mayor Matt Adcock said the county has received a budget certificate recognizing local officials for this achievement.

“That is a big deal for this county commission. Congratulations. Good job. I have talked to some other people, and they can’t remember DeKalb County ever passing a budget before the next fiscal year. It is usually done in July. This year it was done in June,” said County Mayor Adcock.

State law requires every county, municipality, and utility district in Tennessee to adopt an annual budget.

According to the state comptroller, to be effective, a budget should be adopted prior to the beginning of the fiscal year. The budget should also be based on reliable estimates, structurally balanced, provide for cash liquidity, allow for adequate reserves, monitored throughout the year, and amended as necessary.

Local officials that adopt budgets meeting the following specific criteria are awarded an annual certificate from the Comptroller of the Treasury:

The budget was adopted on or before the fiscal year end;

The budget was filed with the state comptroller’s office within 15 days of adoption;

No issues of concern were raised during the comptroller’s review of the budget; and

The local government is not currently under the oversight of the Tennessee Board of Utility Regulation.

County Mayor Adcock read the recognition letter from the State Comptroller’s Office to the county commission.

“This letter acknowledges and commends the county commission on their timely adoption of a balanced budget for DeKalb County’s 2024 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023. The review of the county’s budget was completed by the comptroller’s division of local government finance and resulted in a standard approval indicating the county’s commitment to operate with a sound financial plan”.

“State law requires that every governmental entity in Tennessee adopt an annual budget. The county commission adopted the 2024 fiscal year budget prior to the beginning of the fiscal year. Our review of the budget reflected that the budget was passed on reliable estimates, structurally balanced, provided for cash liquidity, allowed for adequate reserves, and was monitored throughout the year and amended as necessary”.

“The budget also met specific criteria which qualified DeKalb County for an annual budget certificate. The budget was adopted on or before the beginning of the fiscal year and filed within our office (state comptroller) within 15 days of adoption. Further, there were no issues of concern raised during our review of the budget”.

“We congratulate the governing body on your outstanding work and challenge the county commission to continue its strong budgetary oversight and control. We look forward to the same level of excellence for future budget submissions”.

October 20, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County High School Tigers, coming off a bye week, will be back in action tonight at White County and the stakes couldn’t be higher with a state playoff bid on the line for both of these teams.

https://www.wjle.com/tiger-talk/

The Tigers enter the game at 4-4 overall and 2-2 in Class 4A Region 4. White County is also 4-4 with a 1-3 Region record. A win for the Tigers and they are in the playoffs in two weeks at least as the 4th place team from Region 4.

Two weeks ago DeKalb County snapped a two-game losing skid with a senior night win over visiting Cumberland County 42-10.

“I was really proud of the team against Cumberland County,” said Tiger Coach Steve Trapp. “We needed a game like that to come out and do what we were supposed to do. There was a lot of good execution and a lot of other good things, offensively, defensively and on special teams. Even so there were still some moments where it got a little sloppy and ugly. I think we backed up some bad offensive play with a bad defensive situation but that comes down to the offense putting the defense in a short field but I really liked how our guys came out after halftime and responded. They cleaned things up and got a victory for us,” said Coach Trapp.

In order for the Tigers to punch their ticket to the play-offs they will have to get by the White County Warriors tonight and their talented junior quarterback Trip Pinion.

“Pinion is super athletic,” said Coach Trapp. “He has a lot of experience as far as being a starter at White County and the offense they run is tailored around him with a lot of the option read game type stuff. Everybody for us is going to have to be very disciplined tackling the football no matter who has it but especially Pinion. That is definitely critical and I have been preaching all week while on defense to not assume that your teammate has the tackle made. We have to get a lot of hats to the football. We must have our run fits right and keep our eyeballs right. If we get loose with our eyeballs then we are going to be looking at something we shouldn’t be and he (Pinion) will pop it out the back door. He is very elusive. He can start on one side of the field and take it all the way back to the other and all the running around that he does sets up their passing game. Pinion has 1,100 more rushing yards than passing yards but we still have to make sure we are in tune with what they can potentially do there,” added Coach Trapp.

WJLE’s Pre-Game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5 p.m. featuring former UT assistant coach Doug Matthews with Tennessee Titans Radio Broadcaster Dave McGinnis and broadcaster Larry Stone talking Tennessee and SEC football.

“Coach to Coach” is followed by “Murphy’s Matchups at 6 p.m. A look at Tennessee High School Football from Murphy Fair with commentary on games and coaches’ interviews.

Following Murphy’s Matchups will be WJLE’s Tiger Talk program featuring host John Pryor interviewing Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger football players Briz Trapp, Marquez Chalfant, and Jonathan Hernandez.

The game will kick off at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage with Luke Willoughby on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and on the LIVE stream at www.wjle.com.

Here’s how the Region race is taking shape after eight weeks into the season. The top four teams at the end of the year earn a state play-off berth.

Upperman: 8-0: Overall, 4-0-Region

Stone Memorial: 6-2 Overall, 4-0 Region

Macon County: 7-1 Overall, 4-1 Region

DeKalb County: 4-4 Overall, 2-2 Region

White County: 4-4, 1-3 Region

Livingston Academy:2-6 Overall, 0-4 Region

Cumberland County: 2-6 Overall, 0-5 Region

October 19, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Dr. Robert R. Atnip and DeKalb County are joining chiropractic physicians nationwide this October during National Chiropractic Health Month to help raise awareness of non-drug approaches to pain management in the face of the U.S. opioid epidemic.

County Mayor Matt Adcock signed a proclamation Thursday accompanied by Dr. Atnip and his wife Guylene.

The proclamation is as follows:

WHEREAS, About 20 percent of adults in the United States – one in five – experience chronic pain, which is lasting more than three months.

WHEREAS New cases of chronic pain occur more frequently among adults than new cases of other common chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

WHEREAS, In the U.S., musculoskeletal conditions – a common cause of chronic pain – result in more than 130 million healthcare visits annually, making them the No. 1 reason people visit their doctors.

WHEREAS, Low back pain, which ranks among the most common forms of chronic pain, has been one of the leading reasons why people are prescribed opioids; and the number of people worldwide living with back pain is projected to increase by 36% to 843 million over the next 30 years.

WHEREAS, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in four patients who receive prescription opioids long term for non-cancer pain struggle with addiction.

WHEREAS The American College of Physicians’ low-back pain treatment guidelines promote the use of non-invasive, non-drug approaches such as spinal manipulation as a first line of defense against back pain, before the use of pain medications and surgery.

WHEREAS CDC’s 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids promotes “diverse approaches and varied pain management solutions” and specifically encourages use of non-opioid/nonpharmacological therapies as a first line of treatment against subacute and chronic pain.

WHEREAS Doctor of Chiropractic play a key role in helping patients manage pain and lessen their reliance on prescription pain medications with their evidence-based, patient-centered non-drug approach.

WHEREAS, With the theme “Chiropractic: Relieve, Restore, Resume,” National Chiropractic Health Month 2023 reminds citizens of DeKalb County that non-drug treatments for low back, neck, and joint pain, such as spinal manipulation and other chiropractic services, can help relieve pain and restore
joint function, helping people to resume their lives and the activities that matter most.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that DeKalb County officially joins with the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and Tennessee Chiropractic Association (TCA) in proclaiming the month of October 2023 as National Chiropractic Health Month

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