Calhoun County Mayors Meet In Bruce PDF Print E-mail
By JOEL McNEECE
Four Calhoun County mayors gathered in Bruce last week to rekindle an old practice of regular meetings to share ideas, problems, and possible solutions.
Bruce Mayor Robert Edward Oakley, Calhoun City Mayor J.R. Denton, Vardaman Mayor James Casey, and Derma Mayor Dock Gabbert met last Friday in Bruce where they exchanged thoughts on issues such as dog ordinances, property maintenance regulations and various other economic development related issues.
“It was an exhibit in great spirit and positive countywide attitude in regards to improving our county,” Bruce Mayor Robert Edward Oakley said. “It was an opportunity for us to talk about a lot of things and see how we could work together on some issues.”
Vardaman Mayor James Casey said the mayor meeting was “extremely informative.”
“It was an extremely good meeting,” Casey said. “It was nice to sit down and discuss common problems and new ideas – possible solutions I haven’t thought of.”
“We’re going to try and get on the same page with property and dog ordinances,” Calhoun City Mayor J.R. Denton said. “We want to come together and support the county’s effort in putting together a vicious dog ordinance and see how else we can help one another.”
“We talked about everything from zoning to bulldogs,” Derma Mayor Dock Gabbert said.
The mayors shared ideas on how each is handling fuel price related issues in the next fiscal year budget, how Vardaman and Calhoun City implemented their lamp post memorial projects, and how each town can further exhibit support for the efforts of the Calhoun Economic Development Association.
“Any time any of us does anything, it helps everybody else,” Oakley said.
“We’ve all known each other a long time and get along really well,” Denton said. “We want to see what we can do together rather than apart.”