January 22, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
Joe Foutch has resigned as member of the DeKalb Utility District Board of Commissioners.
Foutch, who was appointed to a new four year term in 2019, tendered his resignation at the December DUD board meeting. At the January board meeting, after providing public notice as required, the DUD board authorized its attorney Keith Blair to submit to County Mayor Tim Stribling a certified list of nominees in the order of preference for filling the unexpired term which ends on August 31, 2023.
The list of nominees, in the order of preference, as submitted by the DUD Board of Commissioners is Kerry Davis, C.D. Webb, and Betty Lattimore.
County Mayor Tim Stribling informed the county commission Thursday night that he intends to appoint Davis to the board.
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. All terms are for four years.