Agenda & Town Meeting ~ March 17, 2016

Board Members Present:

President Chris Wasson               

Vice President Larry Hibbs

Secretary Diane Jones

Treasurer John Porter
Sharon Carr

Board Members Absent:

Gordon Moore

Suzie Combs

Jim Ott

No current General Manager

The Town meeting opened with President Chris Wasson explaining the new arrangement of chairs for the membership.  All chairs were placed in a semi-circle around the room.  Members seemed pleased to be facing each other in a casual atmosphere.  Even the Board members sat among the membership throughout the room.

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Gift for Chief Joel Tyner

On Monday morning 3-14-16, Chief Joel Tyner and his wife Gabby were pleasantly surprised.  A handful of residents gathered at the Police Station to make a personal gift to Chief Tyner and his wife.  They received a new office chair and two lockable file cabinets.

"Considering the budget conditions we are under at the present time, and the fact that Joel desperately needed a new chair and file cabinets,  we decided to personally give he and his wife a gift to show our appreciation for his hard work" said Alan Thornton.  Thornton went on to state that because the gift was made directly to Chief Tyner it wouldn't interfere in any way with the current budget or be considered as a depreciating asset that Diamondhead has to adjust or account for.  "It really is the best of both worlds, if Joel resigns or leaves his job he gets to take it with him and Diamondhead isn't saddled with the burden of accounting for it.  It's kinda like having your own coffee cup at work" said Thornton.

The entire group stated the deep respect they have for the Police Department and look forward to having them in Diamondhead for years.

This is the chair that was replaced with a new one !