Commission elects officers, names committees

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September 16, 2008

By Gary Nelson / gnelson@crossville-chronicle.com The Crossville Chronicle Tue Sep 16, 2008, 07:17 PM CDT

Cumberland County commissioners elected officers and approved standing committees and statutory committees for the 2008-'09 fiscal year.

Commissioners nominated and elected Cumberland County Mayor Brock Hill to serve as chairperson of the county commission and again elected 3rd District Commissioner Lynn Tollett to serve as mayor pro-tem or vice chairman for the year.

First District Commissioner Harry Sabine was elected to continue serving as parliamentarian for the county.

The following standing committees were approved:

Emergency Services

Harry Sabine, 1st District

Nancy Hyder, 2nd District

Johnny Presley, 3rd District

David Gibson, 4th District

Jack Davis, 5th District

Terry Carter, 6th District

Kenneth Carey, 7th District

Jeff Brown, 8th District

Clyde Cramer, 9th District

Building and Grounds

Jim Inman, 1st District

Robert Safdie, 2nd District

Lynn Tollett, 3rd District

Charles Seiber, 4th District

Sharon York, 5th District

Carter

Mike Harvel, 7th District

Brown

Carmin Lynch, 9th District

Delinquent Tax

Brock Hill, county mayor

Hyder

Presley

Gibson

Cramer

Budget Committee

Inman

Hyder

Tollett

Gibson

York

Wendell Wilson, 6th District

Harvel

Greg Maxwell, 8th District

Lynch

Investment

Safdie

Wilson

Carey

Brown

Carolyn Turner, county trustee

Rules and Nomination

Sabine

Safdie

Tollett

Gibson

York

Carter

Carey

Brown

Cramer

Environmental

Sabine

Hyder

Tollett

Seiber

York

Wilson

Carey

Brown

Lynch

Schools and Education

Inman

Safdie

Presley

Seiber

Davis

Wilson

Harvel

Brown

Cramer

Statutory committees include the following members:

County Agricultural Extension

Tollett

Wilson

Maxwell

Beer Board

Sabine

Tollett

Gibson

Finance

Brock Hill

Sabine

Carey

Brown

Cramer

Aarona VanWinkle, director of schools

Wendell Houston, county road superintendent

Cumberland County Planning Commission

Kenneth Burnett, chairman

Jack Davis

Sabine

Cramer

Randy Boston, appointed

Martha Kemmer Hale, appointed

John Crowder, appointed

David Starnes, county planner

Brock Hill

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