By Gary Nelson / gnelson@crossville-chronicle.com
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
