by Hunter Jones

On Feb. 16, Scottsboro Mayor Jim McCamy, the Scottsboro City Council, city employees, friends and family celebrated the retirement of Finance Director Rick Wheeler. Wheeler has been the Finance Director for the past 26 years, being presented with a retirement plaque and a key to the city for his contribution throughout the years.

When Wheeler first started the job as the Finance Director in 1997, he reports that the city’s balance was $500,000. As of December 2023, that amount had grown to be around the $11 to $12 million dollar mark.

Following his retirement, Mayor McCamy named Monica Roden as the interim finance director on Feb. 2, which was ratified by the Scottsboro City Council during their Feb. 12 city council meeting.