New Committee Members For County Legislative Body

Yesterday the County Legislative Body met and elected new members to Committees. It was a very smooth process clearly aided by the private meetings that were held before the official meeting, to pick the nominees for those committees. What is even more disturbing in that not one single official raised any objections to this clear violation of state open meetings law. When I approached the acting County Attorney to congratulate him on his appointment as a temporary replacement for Mr. Dunnivant and to lodge a complaint he very respectful and wrote down the complaint but when Mrs Vanzant asked him what I wanted that was the end of that.

The committee Members with a (C) are the chair and those with (VC) are the vice chair. No Secretaries were named since all meetings held in the Annex Conference Room are video recorded.

Ambulance/Rescue Squad: Woodard; Pope; Adams; Pollard (C); Brown (VC); Turner; Campbell

Audit: Caldwell; Jackson (C); Rose; Reedy (VC); Greene; Cobb; Campbell

Budget: Cary; Jackson (C); Adams; Turner; Pollard (VC); Faulkner; Campbell

Buildings: Cary; Wilburn (C); Risner; Journey; Aymett (VC); Faulkner; Goolsby

Environmental: Caldwell; Jackson (C); Rose; Turner; Amyett; Faulkner; Goolsby

Highway: Woodard; Pope (C); Risner (VC); Journey; Pollard; Cobb; Campbell

Insurance: Caldwell; Wilburn; Adams; Reedy; Greene (C); Cobb; Coleman  

Law Enforcement/Safety: Cary; Pope (C); Risner; Journey (VC); Greene; Brown; Coleman

Legislative: Caldwell; Wilburn (C); Rose; Journey (VC); Greene; Faulkner; Goolsby

Public Service: Woodard (C); Pope; Rose; Turner (VC); Aymett; Brown; Coleman

School: Woodard; Pope; Adams; Reedy; Aymett; Cobb (C); Coleman (VC)

Following Committees are appointed by the County Executive

Beer Board: Cary; Adams; Aymett; Campbell

Ethics: Adams; Pollard; Brown; Campbell, Janice Curtis

Flood Zone/Appeals: Jackson; Greene; Mike Goode; John Wright

Veterans Service Officer: Dwight Tucker

Financial Management: These are appointed by state statute Janet Vanzant County Executive; Phillip Wright School Director; Barry Hyatt Highway Director;  Appointed by rule of Commissioners Stoney Jackson Budget Committee Chairman; According to Mrs Vanzant three commissioners are appointed but this is incorrect as the statute does not require three commissioners only three people, Mrs Vanzant has convinced and bullied commissioners into believing that these appointment must be commissioners in order to prevent the nomination and appointment of private citizens.  The three appointments are Commissioners Cary, Faulkner, Reedy

There were also two Ad Hoc Committees named the committee to continue exploring development of I 65 and Hwy. 64  Commissioners Faulkner (C); Cobb; Reedy; Journey; Turner.  The other Ad Hoc Committee is the Convenience Center which consist of Barry Hyatt; Tommy Hyatt; Commissioners Cobb and Caldwell.