Rainsville Boards Hold Meetings

Rainsville Boards Hold Meetings

By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala. — On July 17, the Rainsville AgriBusiness Center Board held their monthly meeting. The following were present: Arlan Blevins, Buddy Boykin, Brian Thomas, Angie Stewart and Rafe Starkey.

Brian Thomas called the meeting to order and presented June financial statements to the Board. 

Several events at the Agri-Business Center were announced for the coming month.

The motion to pay the monthly bills was approved and the meeting was adjourned.

The next meeting will be held on August 21, 2019 at the conference room of the AgriBusinesss Center.

After the AgriBusiness meeting, the Public Building Authority held their regular monthly meeting. In the absence of President Eric Samples, Arlan Blevins called the meeting to order.  Samples joined the meeting via cell phone. 

Minutes were read and approved.  Blevins brought up that the new Director of the AgriBusiness Center, Rafe Starkey, had not officially been hired. The board approved the hire at $50,000 annually with no benefits.  

The Board also hired Colleen Muller for part-time help at the Barn, at a rate of $15 per hour.

The meeting was adjourned.  The next meeting  of the PBA will be, as posted on August 15 at 5pm.