Entire county commission, half school board and reduced road commission on 2014 ballot

The entire county commission, half the school board and a reduced road commission will be on the Dickson County ballot in 2014. A private act approved by the General Assembly and ratified by the county commission will reduce the 12-member road commission to just six members, using the same combined voting districts established for the school board and constables. It took two years, two appointments and two special elections to fill all 12 of the current terms on the road commission. All 12 seats on the county commission will be on the ballot next year. Seven of the commissioners elected in 2010 were not incumbents, although three of them had previously served on the legislative body. Robert Wetterau in the 2^nd District, J.B. Smith in the 4^th District and Linda Hayes in the 11^th District all won four-year terms in 2010, after having previously served. Newcomers elected in 2010 were Shane Chandler in the 3^rd, Carl Buckner in the 7^th, Kyle Sanders in the 8^th and Randy Hogin in the 12^th. Commissioners re-elected in 2010 were Randy Simpkins in the 1^st, Cotton Dawson in the 5^th, Benny Spencer in the 6^th, Tony Adams in the 9^th and Booty Reed in the 10^th. The school board seats in the 2^nd, 4^th and 6^th school districts are scheduled to be on the ballot. Rick Chandler won a special election to complete the 2^nd District term of RaAnn Hillis who resigned last year. Tim Potter won his second term in the 4^th in 2010 and Josh Lewis was elected to his first four-year term in the 6^th. There is a proposal in the Tennessee General Assembly sponsored by Sen. Jim Summerville of Dickson that could return the superintendent of schools position to the ballot if approved by the county commission and a referendum. The bill does not yet have a House sponsor.