August 2010

The Henry County Budget Committee completed work on the 2010-2011 budget. This budget was passed by the Henry County Commission in its regular session, August 16, 2010. The approved budget requires a property tax rate of $2.047, which complies with the reappraisal rate set by the State of Tennessee. The property tax rate in FY 2009-2010 was $2.35.

Work continues on the Paris Landing Emergency Services Complex. Completion of the project is still set for late fall. The building will house the Paris Landing Volunteer Fire Department, Henry County Medical Center Ambulance Service, Henry County Rescue Squad, Tennessee Wildlife Resources, Henry County Sheriff’s Department, a community room and senior citizens office.

Three new constitutional officers will be sworn in on September 1, 2010. Donna Craig will serve as our County Clerk, Pam Martin will serve as our Register of Deeds and Mike Wilson is our new Circuit Court Clerk. Jerry Bomar, Ron Myers and Alice Webb, all of whom have served our county well for many years will be leaving office. We wish the best for each one in their new endeavors. In addition, three new county commissioners were selected to join the twelve returning commissioners. Jeff Hamlin, Mitchell Evans and Tim Wirgau did not seek reelection.

Henry County received notification that its Energy Efficiency Grant in the amount of $100,000 had been awarded by the State of Tennessee. These monies will be used in the $750,000 energy efficiency renovation on eight county owned buildings. The project will be overseen by Ameresco and should begin in October or November.

Henry County will begin its football season in late August. We encourage everyone to come out to Patriot Stadium and support the "Big Red."