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THE SOUTHERN TORCH / FRIDAY, January 13, 2023 / VOL. 9, NO. 2 / $1.00
Rainsville Native Longest-Serving Named State Director Engineer in DeKalb
By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com
DEKALB, Ala.-- DeKalb County Engineer, Ben
Luther was recognized at a recent Commission meeting, as the longestserving engineer in DeKalb County history. Luther graduated from
Geraldine High School in 1996. He attended Snead State Community College, from 1996 to 1998. Luther then transferred to Auburn University in, Fall of 1998. Luther graduated from Auburn University, in the Spring of 2001 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering. After graduating from Auburn, Luther started his career in Huntsville, AL for Johnson & Associates, an engineering and surveying company. He was hired by DeKalb County as the Assistant Engineer in March 2003. Luther served as the Assistant Engineer under three different County
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By Marla Jones Managing Editor
University in 1995, majoring in public relations and communication. McCain worked as a columnist, writing about faith,culture and politics before joining the Britt team. “I prayed long and hard
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Rainsville Native Dana Hall McCain has been named as State Director for Senator Katie Britt. McCain received her degree from Auburn
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DeKalb Receives $1.2m Rainsville to Surplus in Rebuild Funds City Vehicles
By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com
FORT PAYNE, ALA.-The DeKalb County Commission held their first meeting of the new year on Tuesday, January 10. DeKalb County Engineer Ben Luther presented the Rebuild Alabama Annual Report. In 2022, DeKalb County began the 2022 fiscal year with $8,859.82 in excess. For 2023, the
County will begin with $247,529,62 this is due to contractors not completing all projects due to weather conditions. The report shows that DeKalb is now receiving the full .10 cent allocation. According to the trends in fuel taxes, the Rebuild Alabama funding should allocate DeKalb County roughly 1.2 million per year. These funds will go to the betterment of
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By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com
Rainsville, Ala.-- The Rainsville City Council held their first meeting of the year on Wednesday, January 4. The Council approved in an earlier meeting to surplus 2 tahoes from the Police Department, 2 trucks from the Fire Department, from the fleet program, and two trucks used within the City. At this meeting, The
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awing at the Rainsville Fire Department to park all emergency equipment in the dry when not in use. This amount is to be paid out of the 3 mil tax and will not out of the Rainsville Fire Department budget. The Council also gave Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt the authority to sign all necessary paperwork to obtain a 1-year note with First Southern State Bank.
Council approved the timeframe to bid on these vehicles. Vehicles will be able to be viewed from 1/10/23 until 2/1/23. This will give dealerships twenty-one days to inspect the vehicles and turn in their bid sheets. The vehicles will be sold as a whole. Bids will be open on February 1, at 12 pm, in the Council Chambers. The Council approved the bid, of $44,136, by Jimmy Traylor Construction, to build an
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