A Flak 88 firing during a Battle of Normandy re-enactment at the 2015 Secret City Festival in Oak Ridge. (Photo by Rob Welton)
Election notice:Â The City Clerk’s Office is accepting resumes and letters of interests from members of the public who want to serve on the inaugural board of directors for a new nonprofit organization that will be responsible for implementing the expanded Secret City Festival/Celebration.
City Council will select eight remaining members of the 14-member board. Six members of the board of directors have been designated from the former Special Events Advisory Task Force, and those representatives include Ben Arnold, Mike Brown, Judi Gray, Kate Groover, Ray Smith, and Michelle Ward.
The election for this committee is scheduled to occur at the November 16, 2015, City Council meeting.
The deadline for submitting resumes and letters of interests is by the close of business on Friday, November 6, 2015. The public may submit this material to the City Clerk’s Office or upload the documents using an online application.
Contact:
Diana Stanley
City Clerk
P.O. Box 1
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
865-425-3411 (office)
865-425-3409 (fax)
www.oakridgetn.gov/online/cityclerk/bcelections
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Tracy Stout Powers says
Does Trina Baughn have anything to do with this special events board?
Joseph Lee says
Do you mean other than being the Chair of the Special Events Advisory Task Force?
Linda Wells Mabry says
To which she was APPOINTED by the Mayor!
Joseph Lee says
And your point is what Ms. Marry?
Linda Wells Mabry says
My “point” is
The mayor wanted her on the committee because he knew she would be responsible with OUR money.
The previous parks and rec director could not give exact totals on the festival when it was requested.
Perhaps there should have been a committee to oversee the spending on the marina bathrooms.
Joseph Lee says
Ms. Mabry, Maybe there should also be a committee to oversee currant and former council members that like to micromanage city staff, play big games of small ball and constantly attempt to make mountains out of mole hills. There is a large percentage of citizens in our city that have grown tired of the small group of negatively motivated individuals that are just not themselves unless they have something to complain about. All we want is for them to stop waisting our time and tax dollars. I get the part about “Every Penny Counts” but every minute and dollar count too, don’t you know. I hope the special events board is successful. However, l have no reason to believe it will be. Have a great weekend. Thank you.
Mike Mahathy says
Well Joe, this is National Mole Day.
Mike Mahathy says
As far as Every Penny Counts, that train ran off the tracks back in February.
Joseph Lee says
Which year?
Tracy Stout Powers says
Again, an audit was done. Everything was legit.
Where can citizens get the financial reports for the last 2 Secret City Festivals?
Linda Wells Mabry says
was there an actual audit done or just a verbal report on their findings?
Tracy Stout Powers says
LOL why is she yelling?
Tracy Stout Powers says
That’s what I thought. You couldn’t pay me a million dollars to be on that board. I remember the night he “appointed” her. He, along with the majority in that room didn’t think anyone would want to work with her. LOL Unfortunately, at that time, I was one of the few that listened to her. Thank God I decided to research on my own that week and find out the truth about several things. The most important lesson was to never believe anything that comes out of Trina’s mouth. Another was to realize she has an agenda and personal vendetta against certain people and will stop at nothing to get her way.
She is despicable in every sense of the word. I question the motives and intelligence of anyone that continues to defend her.
Btw, did she ever apologize to Chief Akagi for publicly trying to ruin his reputation with her blatant lies about his non-existent legal problems?
Will Smith says
An excellent recollection of the circumstances of her appointment, those circumstances that Ms. Baughn’s fervent supporters like Ms. Mabry seem to forget. Does anyone else find it the least bit odd that the recommendations of the committee follow exactly the previous positions taken by Ms. Baughn? Were the rest of the committee brow beaten into going along with them? And now I’ve read elsewhere that Ms Baughn’s recommended candidate to be on the new non-profit’s board apparently is related to Terry Frank, has lived in Oak Ridge for less than a year, and maybe isn’t even a registered voter. I’ll leave it to the reader to reach their own conclusion.
Tracy Stout Powers says
Thanks, the following month she was hollering for the Sergeant in Arms to remove me. Lol The Mayor got on her for being rude to me. Haha