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Huntingdon Approves Budget, Bids Farewell to Councilman

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HUNTINGDON (June 22) — The Town of Huntingdon Board of Mayor and Council gave second and final reading to the 2021-22 fiscal year budget on Tuesday with no increase in the $1.2487 per $100 assessed value of property taxes. In the Water and Sewer budget, the Council authorized a 3.6 percent increase in rates consistent with the Consumer Price Index. Councilman Kelly Eubanks and Carl Byars voted against the budget.


Councilman Tim Tucker was honored with a presentation of a plaque upon his resignation from Mayor Dale Kelley. Tucker also resigned his position on the Board of Education of the Huntingdon Special School District.


According to the website, texaspharmacy.org, Tim Tucker, Pharm.D., was selected to serve as the next executive director/secretary of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, effective September 1. Tucker brings decades of experience as a pharmacist in multiple pharmacy settings and with a long history of service to the practice of pharmacy, including a six-year term on the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy as well as membership and leadership positions across multiple pharmacy-related organizations.


Tucker sold his family-owned City Drug Company in Huntingdon in 2019. After 54 years, the Tucker family sold the pharmacy to Daniel Jones, a pharmacist, who owns two pharmacies in Paducah, one in Murray, and on October 4, 2019, City Drug Company was the third owned by Jones. Tucker’s father and brother, Tony were pharmacists in the business through the years. His mother, Margie remained until the business was sold.


Mayor Dale Kelley presented the plaque for Tucker’s service under two mayors -Waldon White and Dale Kelley and his service to the town over the last 31 years, serving as vice mayor three different times.


The Council approved the purchase of two four-wheel-drive pickup trucks, one each for the Utility and Street departments at a price of $28,230 each.


The mayor was authorized to negotiate a sale price for real property located on Hillcrest Drive.


Permission was granted to the Northwest Tennessee Economic Development Council to use Edwards Park for a back-to-school event on Saturday, July 31; Eastview Baptist Church for use of Sesquicentennial Park for a fireworks celebration on July 4 and a God’s Day event on Saturday, July 17; and to First Baptist Church for the use of Veterans Park for a Back-to-School Bash on Sunday, August 1.


In other business, Mayor Kelley announced the city received a $25,000 grant from the Randy Boyd Foundation to build a dog park at Veterans Park.


Lori Dillahunty spoke on behalf of the Huntingdon City Park Inclusion Project, which is raising funds to construct or purchase playground equipment for special needs children. The group has raised $11,270 from area businesses, organizations and individuals to assure all children, of all abilities, have access to the playground equipment.


“We are a group of local citizens along with area businesses raising funds with the hope of making the current Kelley Complex Playground safe and accessible to all children and visitors,” said Dillahunty.


“We would love to partner with the town of Huntingdon to utilize our resources, funds and experience to make the dream of a Town of Huntingdon Inclusion Playground a reality.”


Mayor Dale Kelley assured Dillahunty the town is very eager to cooperate in the project.


Mayor Kelley announced the town was not successful in its application for a 2021 Multimodal Access Grant but will try again next year. He said it was disappointing for the second year in a row, said Kelley.