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Appling County reappoints local authority members, accepts long-serving employee's retirement and opens department head hiring

3338307 · May 15, 2025
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Summary

The board reappointed members to several authorities and boards, accepted the retirement of a longtime shop foreperson, and authorized opening the vacant department-head-level position.

Appling County commissioners approved multiple appointments to regional and county authorities, accepted a retirement, and authorized recruiting to fill a department-head-level position.

On the development authority the board reappointed Mickey Bass, James Clark and James Futch to new terms and approved Jonathan Mann to fill a vacancy left by Andy Orban. The board also reappointed Eddie Cleland to the county tax assessor board. For the Heart of Georgia regional commission area agency on aging the board approved Charlene Jones and Altamese Harris as nominees for two openings.

The board accepted the retirement letter of Tina Dowell, a county shop foreperson with more than 30 years of service; the retirement is effective June 1, 2025, and Dowell intends to begin remaining leave starting May 6. Commissioners voted to accept the retirement and to open the position as a department-head-level posting.

Each nomination and the retirement acceptance were moved and seconded during the meeting and approved by the board.