August 21, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Hugh Washer has been reappointed to a new four year term on the DeKalb Utility District Board of Commissioners.
County Mayor Tim Stribling will formally announce his appointment of Washer during Monday night’s county commission meeting.
Washer is one of three members on the board who serves DeKalb County. Each term is for four years.
By law, the DUD board must submit the names of three nominees to fill each position, listed in order of preference. During a recent meeting, the board voted to submit the names of Washer, Paul Blair, and Kerry Davis in that order to the DeKalb County Mayor for this year’s appointment.
The general provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated (State Law) TCA § 7-82-307 provide that the utility board members must submit three nominees, listed in order of preference, to the county mayor (where the vacancy exists). The county mayor has the authority to appoint one of the nominees to the vacant position on the board or reject all of the nominees. If the county mayor rejects all three nominees, then the board of (utility) commissioners has to submit three additional nominees to the county mayor for consideration.
The DUD Board is made up of five members, three from DeKalb County (Jimmy Womack, Joe Foutch, and Hugh Washer), one from Cannon (Roger Turney), and one from Smith County (Danny Bass). The terms are staggered.