Results of 2022 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections

January 25, 2023
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Donny Green, County Executive Director of the DeKalb-Cannon County Farm Service Agency (FSA), says the 2022 DeKalb-Cannon FSA County Committee election results have been approved by the Tennessee FSA State Committee.

For Local Administrative Area # 3, Bart Lay was elected to serve as Committee Member. Shawn Puckett was elected to serve as the 1st Alternate for LAA # 3. Elected members began their terms on January 1, 2023.

R.V. Billings, Jr. was honored for his service to the Farm Service Agency, both as a county executive director and as a county committee member, for over 43 years of cumulative service. Mr. Billings’ contributions to DeKalb County farmers and agriculture are unparalleled, and his influences and leadership will benefit many generations to come.

The DeKalb-Cannon FSA County Committee met on January 10, 2023 to conduct its Organizational Meeting. For 2023, the Committee selected Robert “Bob” Melton as the Chairperson, and Terry Young as the Vice-Chairperson. Jimmy Womack, Bart Lay, and Grant Williams serve as members of the Committee. Mary Sanders serves as the Committee Advisor.

The Committee meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 8:30 a.m. at the DeKalb-Cannon County USDA Service Center located at 647 Bright Hill Rd.

Green says that the DeKalb-Cannon FSA County Committee and office staff wish to express their appreciation to voters in LAA # 3 who participated in the election by voting and returning their ballots. “The local County Committees are a very important part of Farm Service Agency’s program delivery and administrative processes,” added Green.

For more information about FSA’s County Committees or other program inquiries, call 597-8225 (extension 2) or come by the DeKalb-Cannon County Farm Service Agency office at 647 Bright Hill Street in Smithville. You can also visit the agency’s web site at: www.fsa.usda.gov.

January 25, 2023
By: Bill Conger

DeKalb West School announced the Students of the Month for January on Tuesday (January 24). Selected for the honor were the following students: Maddie Ellis, PreK; Maddy Lattimore, Kindergarten; Kye Carter, 1st grade; Mason Checchi, 2nd grade; Braylin Niffen, 3rd grade; Holden Leiser, 4th grade; Hailey Brown, 5th grade; Kate Pistole, 6th grade; Porter Hancock, 7th grade; Wyatt Young, 8th grade. Teachers choose students for the top honor each month based on academics, character, and other positive traits.

Principal Sabrina Farler also announced that 8th grade teacher Dwayne Blair is the Teacher of the Month. Mr. Blair joined DWS this year to teach Math and Science after working in the Wilson County School System.

January 25, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

After it came to light last fall that a former solid waste employee had used a county issued fuel card for his own benefit, officials realized a policy was needed to guard against any abuses by county employees in the future.

During Monday night’s regular monthly meeting, the county commission adopted a DeKalb County Fuel Card use policy

County Mayor Matt Adcock issued the following statement on the new policy.

“This fuel card policy is to keep the fuel cards safe from theft and hold employees accountable for their assigned fuel card”.

“In the past we had an incident with an employee who took a fuel card home and purchased fuel for his personal vehicle.”

“This policy covers areas like storing the fuel cards in safe and secure locations, that they should remain in that position and never be taken home, that every employee has their own PIN number that can’t be shared with any other employee, and each vehicle fuel card is assigned to a vehicle and cannot be used with an unassigned vehicle”.

“We also made miscellaneous fuel cards for portable gas tanks, chainsaws, or etc”

“This policy requires lots of documentation like a department vehicle fuel log with vehicle mileage, the amount and type of fuel used, and the name of the operator doing the transaction. This information documented should match what we receive back from the fuel card action report at the end of the month”.

“This is a countywide policy that will be implemented for every department that uses a county vehicle and operates off of a fuel card,” said County Mayor Adcock.

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