By Joseph M. Morgan

joseph@southerntorch.com

FYFFE, Ala.—DeKalb County’s new Revenue Commissioner, Tyler Wilks, was sworn in at White Oaks Farm on Monday night and will officially take office next week.

“I look forward to taking office next week and serving the people of Dekalb County,” Wilks said. “It is a service to the people to do the work of the Revenue Commissioner. I believe the only thing we are entitled to in our country is opportunity. I believe Elected officials should work with the taxpayers’ best interest in mind, not for their own personal gain. It is a service to the people to do the work of the Revenue Commissioner. I look forward to the opportunity to help make DeKalb County more fiscally responsible and effective in bringing in new industry.”

Wilks, 33 of Fyffe, is a lifelong resident of DeKalb County. He graduated from Sylvania High School and earned a bachelors degree from Jacksonville State University in 2004. After a year as a teacher at Piedmont Middle School, Wilks transitioned to business after being offered a position with Hudson Company in Henagar, Ala. Wilks is the former April Stanford of Fyffe and together the couple has two young children.

Wilks, a Republican, defeated his primary opponent in June 2014 and went on to defeat incumbent Revenue Commissioner, Democrat, Martha Crye Ogle in November 2014.

Wilks said his philosophy is that elected officials should represent the people to the government and not the government to the people. Tyler Wilks will officially assume the duties of DeKalb County Revenue Commission next week.