Vote To Be Taken
At Monday Meeting
BY TOM YANCEY
STAFF WRITER
The Greene County Commission on Monday is scheduled to appoint a member of the county's Board of Education to serve until the end of August.
The Aug. 5 county primary election will choose a new school board member for a full term.
The commission also will be considering a resolution to allow payment of 2010 property taxes in three installments, beginning this October, so long as the total due is paid by Feb. 28, 2011.
The county commission meets at 6 p.m. in the upstairs courtroom of the county courthouse. Its Republican members will caucus at 4:30 p.m. in the chancery courtroom.
In regard to filling the county school board vacancy, the commission will be choosing from among four applicants who have met qualifying requirements, according to a letter from county Administrator of Elections Donna Burgner.
FOUR APPLICANTS
The applicants are:
* Jimmy R. Collins, Jr., of 25 Songbird Lane, who operates a wrecker service and auto repair shop, as well as a fire equipment business. Collins is a graduate of South Greene High School and completed Emergency Medical Technician-IV tech training at Walters State Community College, as well as several courses related to technical certifications.
* Roger D. Jones, of 62 Earlington Drive, county mayor from 2002 to 2006 and a former school principal who is now president of Junior Achievement of East Tennessee. Jones is a graduate of Lincoln Memorial University and earned a master's degree in educational supervision and administration from ETSU.;
* Karen McNew, of 4865 Shackelford Road, Mosheim, an employee of Tennessee Rehabilitation Center, and a former substitute teacher. McNew is a 1979 graduate of West Greene High School.
* Hal Pruitt, of 3300 Sinking Springs Road, Midway, a retired principal of West Greene High School and longtime educator. Pruitt is a Tusculum College graduate and earned a master's degree from ETSU.
In a letter to the county mayor, Burgner said the four meet residency requirements for the 4th School Board District, are citizens and voters, and meet the minimum educational requirement, which is graduation from high school or a GED equivalent.
After hearing from the candidates, the commission will vote. The first person to get 11 votes (a simple majority in the 21-member commission) will be chosen.
If no candidate gets 11 votes on the first vote, then the person getting the least votes will be eliminated, and another vote will be taken.
That process will continue until someone receives 11 votes.
The only other action item on the agenda is a resolution authorizing the county mayor to apply for a litter grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation, for an unspecified amount.
Under the "public hearing" portion of the meeting, Tammy Kinser and others representing the Greene County Partnership have asked to speak.
