Tag Archives: Jackson County Commission

The Martin Creek waterline project now enters the engineering phase after the Jackson County Commission approved the joint project Monday. Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter said the two groups will work together to submit the project to TDEC come April. “This amount of money has been given to each county, and they just want to approve whatever you’re going to ... Read More »

Jackson County is looking to expand the county’s cell phone coverage. The county commission approved a resolution Monday night for Mayor Randy Heady to enter an agreement with wireless infrastructure Vogue Towers. Heady said the company would find county lands suitable for cellphone towers, build them, and lease them with the county to cell service providers, such as Verizon. “I ... Read More »

Jackson County’s two senior centers will be getting food pantries in Granville and Fairview. Jackson County Mayor Randy Heady said this is through COVID money the county has already received. “One of them is getting $850, the other one is getting $725,” Heady said. “So, this is money to help them put a food pantry in to help senior citizens ... Read More »

Jackson County will receive an insurance payment to cover money stolen inside the County Clerk’s office. Mayor Randy Heady said he has been working with the insurance company to come up with an accurate amount for compensation. “We have an amount we believe is good,” Heady said. “The Clerk’s office ended up a little more than $50,000 in the hole ... Read More »

The Jackson County Audit Committee is working with county offices to improve their processes. Mayor Randy Heady said going over last year’s audit findings has been a learning experience for many county officials. “We kind of find out that you actually have somebody that is looking over you, that’s keeping an eye on you, and it kind of holds everyone ... Read More »

A revenue audit of Jackson County’s book has already found over $38,000 dollars to boost the county’s budget. Mayor Randy Heady said the county has contracted with The Barrett Group of Murfreesboro to perform the audit. He said the audit of Jackson County’s sales tax numbers discovered the missing revenue stream. “That is revenue (Donna Barrett) has found for this ... Read More »

The vandalism of Andrew Jackson’s bust on Jackson County’s square will lead to the installation of security cameras on the courthouse. Sometime late Sunday night or early Monday morning, white paint was poured over the bust of the seventh President and namesake of Jackson County. Mayor Randy Heady said he does not like having to take this step, but such ... Read More »

The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office says the Jackson County Commission does have some authority for oversight of county offices. Director of Communications John Dunn says there are built in safeguards that can be used to prevent fraud and abuse. This as officials in Jackson County express frustration with financial irregularities in the clerk’s office. Dunn said there are steps county commissions ... Read More »

Frustration. That’s the word that best describes the feelings of many Jackson County officials in the wake of the former county clerk’s guilty plea for stealing money from her office. County Commissioner Don Chinoy said a lot of that frustration comes from how much oversight elected officials can provide to each other. “The County Mayor or County Commission has no ... Read More »

The Jackson County Commission set a contribution rate of seven percent to the employee retirement fund. The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System is a retirement plan available to state, county, and city governments. County Mayor Randy Heady said that county’s contribution rate remains the same from several previous years. But he adds as the county begins to have more retirements, that ... Read More »