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Dale County Commission approves routine business, board appointments and liability fund renewal
Summary
At its Dec. 9, 2025 meeting the Dale County Commission unanimously approved agenda items including payroll/minutes, a personnel promotion, multiple board appointments (Ag-Plex, SE AL Regional Planning & Development, SE AL EMS Council), renewal of participation in the ACCA Liability Self-Insurance Fund for 2027–2029, and cancellation of the Dec. 23 meeting.
The Dale County Commission voted unanimously on a slate of routine but formal actions at its Dec. 9, 2025 meeting.
Commissioner Adam Enfinger moved to approve the meeting agenda, the Nov. 25, 2025 minutes, and the memorandum of warrants (Accounts Payable checks 104054–104071; Payroll checks 155060–155065; Direct Deposit numbers 434685–434834). Commissioner Frankie Wilson seconded and the motion carried.
Personnel and appointments: Commissioner Donald O. Grantham moved to promote Dan Terry to Assistant Road & Bridge Supervisor; Commissioner Adam Enfinger seconded and the promotion was approved. The commission also approved board appointments to the Dale County Ag-Plex Arena (Shelby Easterling and Michael Smith, four-year terms beginning Jan. 2026), to the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission (Charles Ward, Mayor, City of Ozark; Bryan Macario, Place 1, City of Ozark) for the term of their elected offices, and to the Southeast Alabama EMS Council (Heath Hughes). All appointments were approved by unanimous vote of members present.
Liability fund renewal and scheduling: The commission approved continuing participation in the Association of County Commissions of Alabama Liability Self-Insurance Fund for the three-year period Jan. 1, 2027–Dec. 31, 2029 (Exhibit 1). Commissioner Enfinger moved the action; Commissioner Wilson seconded and the vote was unanimous. Commissioners also approved cancelling the regularly scheduled Dec. 23, 2025 meeting.
Procedural note: Where motions and seconds are recorded in the minutes, the record states only "all voted aye" rather than individual roll-call votes. Four commissioners voted in the affirmative and one (District One Commissioner Chris Carroll) was recorded as absent.
The commission announced its next regular meeting for Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., and adjourned following a motion by Commissioner Frankie Wilson and a second by Commissioner Adam Enfinger.
