2015 Annual Report

Northwest Alabama
Council of
Local Governments
Annual Report 2015
NACOLG Board of Directors - October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2015
Budget/Personnel
Committee
Chairman Mickey Haddock,
Mayor, City of
Florence
Vice Chairman Jerry Groce,
Franklin County
Secretary Barry Moore,
Probate Judge/Chair,
Franklin County
Commission
Mayor Kenneth Copeland,
Town of Littleville
Mayor Ed Crouch, Town of
Hodges
Mayor Connie Morrison,
Town of Bear Creek
Mayor Phil Segraves, City of
Guin
Chairman Roger Hayes,
Winston County
Commission
Board Members
Mayor Charles Baccus, Town
of Twin
Mayor Steve Bell, Town of
Phil Campbell
Mayor David Bradford, City
of Muscle Shoals
Chairman Rex Burleson,
Colbert County
Commission
Mayor Whitey Cochran, Town
of Hackleburg
Mayor Timothy Collier, Town
of Lexington
Mayor Terry Cosby, Town of
Cherokee
Chairman Mike Davis,
Marion County
Commission
Mayor D. W. Franklin, Town
of Vina
Mayor Perry Franks, Town of
Brilliant
Mayor Mel Grimes, Town
of Waterloo
Mayor David Grissom, City
of Russellville
Mayor Richard Herston, Town
of Rogersville
Mayor John Landers, Town of
Leighton
Chairman Dewey Mitchell,
Lauderdale County
Commission
Mayor Leah Newton, Town of
Anderson
Mayor Pete Parrish, Town of
Natural Bridge
Mayor Marsha Pigg, Town of
Addison
Mayor Randy Price, City of
Winfield
Mayor Elmo Robinson, Town
of Double Springs
Mayor Ian Sanford, City of
Sheffield
Mayor Bill Shoemaker, City
of Tuscumbia
Mayor Jeff Stokes, Town of
Lynn
Mayor Don Strait, Town of St.
Florian
Mayor Ken Sunseri, City of
Haleyville
Mayor David Tiffin, City of
Red Bay
Mayor Tim Tubbs, Town of
Killen
Mayor Christopher Tyree,
Town of Arley
Mayor Brandon Webster,
Town of Gu-Win
Mayor Wade Williams, City of
Hamilton
NACOLG Non-Elected
Board
Colbert County
Tyson Johnson
Margaret Lovett
Teresa Rogers
Ollie Underwood
Franklin County
Jerry Groce
Harlon Hutcheson
Rebecca Massey
Lauderdale County
John Allgood
Horace Gray
Charles P. Kasmeier
Emma Sue Watkins
Marion County
Adine Kimbrough
Ray Senn
Tony Shackelford
Winston County
Bill Hawkins
Shandy Porter
Melinda Weaver
At-Large
Tom Carter
Andy Mann
Rick Sharp
Letter from the Chairman
September 30, 2015
Dear Fellow Board Members,
It has been a privilege to serve as your chairman for the past two years. I have
enjoyed working with other board members in helping to serve the citizens of
northwest Alabama and promoting the needs of our member governments.
To the NACOLG staff, I commend you all for your commitment and dedication
in the administration of the programs that impact the welfare of the citizens of
our region. Thank you for your hard work.
I encourage all board members to get involved with your Council of Local Governments. It has been a great opportunity and learning experience to have had
the honor of serving as your chairman.
Sincerely,
Mickey Haddock
Mayor, City of Florence
Letter from the Executive Director
September 30, 2015
Dear Board of Directors,
On behalf of the staff and myself, we want to thank you for allowing us the
privilege to serve your city or county during this year.
This has been another year of retirements here at NACOLG. The following employees have retired recently: Kenneth Brooks, Toni Brooks and
Clarice Johnson. We hope these former employees fully enjoy their retirements
and we wish them all the best.
As we close our 48th year of operation and begin FY16, I want
to thank our Board and Budget and Personnel Committee for supporting
NACOLG and the programs that we provide for the citizens of northwest Alabama. Also, a special thanks to our state legislators in supporting the Medicaid
Waiver program and the ADECA Technical Assistance Fund.
Sincerely,
Keith Jones
Executive Director
Keith Jones
BS degree - 1981, UNA
MBA - 1987, UNA
Photos and Art Courtesy of:
NACOLG, City of Florence, Mel Grimes, John Landers,
Connie Morrison, Jim Byard, Jim Hannon/TimesDaily and
Merlyn.
Front cover photo: Merlyn
Back cover photo: Matt McCracken
Keith Jones is a past president of the Alabama Association of Regional Councils and the Development District
Association of Alabama.
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Northwest Alabama
Council of Local Governments
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Franklin - 32,157
Lauderdale - 94,572 Marion - 30,549
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Northwest Alabama Council of Local Governments Budget and
Personnel Committee
The budget and personnel committee is composed
of the NACOLG board of directors chairman, vice
chairman and secretary, members of the NACOLG
board and two persons appointed by the chairman one minority (non-elected private citizen) and one
female (elected or non-elected). The committee
reviews and makes recommendations on financial
and personnel matters of the agency. They also
review and recommend an annual budget for board
adoption.
Below are the committee officers and members and the counties they represent:
Kenneth Copeland, the
mayor of the Town of
Littleville, is the Colbert
County representative.
Town of Hodges mayor
Ed Crouch represents
Franklin County.
Chairman
Mickey
Haddock
Mickey Haddock is the
mayor of the City of
Florence. He represents
Lauderdale County.
Phil Segraves, the mayor
of the City of Guin, is the
Marion County representative.
Vice Chairman Jerry
Groce
Roger Hayes represents
Winston County, for
which he is the county
commission chairman.
Jerry Groce, the director
of the Franklin County
Department of Human
Resources in Russellville, serves as the nonelected, minority member
of the committee.
Connie Morrison is the
mayor of Bear Creek and
the female elected representative on the committee.
Secretary Barry Moore
Barry Moore is the probate
judge of Franklin County.
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Mayors See NACOLG Staff As Extension of Their Own
Five regional mayors review how they utilize NACOLG staff and how their cities and towns have benefited.
John Landers, Leighton
had previously lived
in the Shoals area
with her family. He
attributes much of
the town’s recent
success with getting
more of the community involved.
Alabama
Broadband and
NACOLG helped
the town secure a
cell tower and high
speed internet.
Grimes said
the community of
210 full-time residents has gotten more active as he has
presented the plan that “Waterloo has more potential.”
He sees the town as a resort destination, but it needs
funds to build facilities for that purpose. He said about
3,500 people live in a 20-mile radius of the town in
western Lauderdale County.
Like Leighton, Waterloo has little tax base.
Grimes sees the need for a marina, restaurants and
campgrounds.
A big focus is on the annual Trail of Tears ride
that ends in the town where he hopes to erect a native
American statue to mark the town’s native American
tradition. “(Motorcycle) riders are vital to this area,” he
said.
“I am optimistic about our future. Challenges
present opportunities,” he said. “Bonding with other
mayors through NACOLG helps keep our focus, pulling people together.”
John Landers, a former Colbert County
school superintendent, is in his third
year as mayor and
is trying to build
infrastructure “to get
businesses into town
to generate revenue.”
Work is
underway for a
sewer project which
Landers wants to pay
for without borrowing money and with
grants secured with
NACOLG’s help. The town of 800 has no industry and
very little commercial revenue production. The town’s
largest sales tax provider is a farm implement dealer in
the police jurisdiction.
Landers said, “We are working to get a dollar
store and trying to get a service station/convenience
store. We have some property available if businesses
will come in.”
He also points out the need for an industrial
park in the eastern end of Colbert County. Incorporated
in 1891, the town was once a thriving farm community
but many of its youth moved to nearby cities and businesses closed. “When I was growing up, we had five
grocery stores, three gins, a clothing store, hardware
store, two barber shops and two restaurants. They are
all now gone,” he said.
Leighton is on the direct route to the Retirement Systems of Alabama’s golf courses on the Tennessee River, but the town has little to attract travellers to
stop. Landers admits a RV park might be a possibility.
Yet, Landers remains optimistic that the town,
with the help of NACOLG, can make positive strides.
“We realize we have got to have help,” and he looks to
NACOLG for that. “Without their expertise, we would
not be able to do anything.”
David Grissom, Russellville
Mel Grimes, Waterloo
Memphis, Tennessee, native and venture capitalist Mel
Grimes retired to Waterloo in 1988 with wife Janie who
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Russellville native and former jeweler David Grissom was elected mayor of his hometown in 2012 after
having served a term on the city council. He brings his
business background to the table, trying to manage the
city within its financial means. While on the council he
became aware of NACOLG and what it had to offer his
city “with teamwork.”
More than 600 new jobs have been created in
the city of less than 10,000 since he has been elected
mayor. An industrial access grant helped Innovative
Hearth Products build an addition. The firm provides
250 jobs making gas
inserts. The city was
also approved for
five storm shelters.
NACOLG
staff helped with
a downtown redevelopment plan. A
TAPP grant of nearly
$300,000 will help
pay for work on
some side streets. He
hopes to secure more
grants to build new
sidewalks and add
lighting.
A flood
destroyed the Hal Kirby ball field, which had been built
in the 1960s, and Grissom was very complimentary of
NACOLG staff going to work that night coordinating
with Alabama FEMA and the governor’s office to overcome that disaster. The city has applied for a $250,000
CDBG grant to remedy that situation.
near Smith Lake, Double Springs, “a very independent
town,” has recreational activities and cultural events
that remain a strong part of the county seat. He says the
town is “kinda like Mayberry, safe town to live in.”
He has been grateful for the relationship with
NACOLG which he said “to us is like Wal-Mart to
everybody else - a one-stop shop that helps with grants
and provides help for seniors. Their knowledge in all of
this has helped us tremendously. They can come down
and assess our problem and tell us what we need to
do.”
NACOLG helped secure ARC funds for a
sewer project. The town is seeking monies for road
improvements and more recreational fields.
Randy Price, Winfield
Randy Price, now in his first term as mayor, has operated businesses in his hometown of 4,800 people since
graduating from high school.
Confident in his city’s growth and the belief
they are “on the right
track,” Price said
he has seen a halfmillion dollar growth
in sales tax in the
past three years. A
substantial retail base
and some industry
have helped fuel that.
He is hopeful
that Winfield’s connection to the new
Interstate 22 will pay
dividends. A grant
secured with the help
of NACOLG allowed
the building of an access road that has already attracted new business. Price
hopes to attract suppliers for the new Toyota plant built
in Tupelo, Mississippi, to cleared property near the I-22
exit. He points out that Winfield is midway east-andwest between Tupelo and Birmingham and north-andsouth between the Shoals area and Tuscaloosa, which
creates many development possibilities.
Winfield, not necessarily known for tourism,
attracts 500 vendors and about 25,000 visitors with its
annual Mule Day festival. A local antique dealer is trying to develop an antique trail through the region.
Price is also sold on the city school system as a
magnet for economic development purposes.
Elmo Robinson, Double Springs
Mayor Elmo Robinson, a native of Double Springs, has
had an extensive experience in town government. He
served 11 years on the town council and will have in 13
years as mayor once he finishes his current term.
The livelihood of the town of 1,081 people had
been tied for many years to the ups and downs of the
mobile home industry and the exit of its last plant. Still,
its main industry base is related to that with mobile
home supply firms. Robinson’s economic development
aims for the town
are for diversification that relieves that
dependency.
Robinson
has used his accounting degree in
budgeting to build
the town’s reserves
for matching grants
rather than having
to borrow funds for
matches.
Located
inside the Bankhead
National Forest and
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NACOLG Provides 4.5-To-One Economic Impact
The Northwest Alabama Council of Local Governments provided about $4.57 in services for each $1
spent in Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Marion and
Winston counties in the 2015 fiscal year.
The MPO initiated six phases (such as engineering, right-of-way acquisition, utility work or
construction) related to one transportation priority for
a total of $149,485 ($119,588 of which were federal
funds and $29,897 local). Two industrial access grants were awarded in FY 2015 for a total
of $1,258,432. Bear Creek obtained funding
($151,260) for the Door Components expansion
for improvements to Marion County Road 99.
Franklin County obtained funds ($1,107,172)
for the Mar-Jac facility to improve Sheffield
Avenue to County Road 22 in the Phil Campbell
industrial area. Five Transportation Alternatives
grants were approved for Phil Campbell, Red
Bay, Russellville, Muscle Shoals and Florence
in the total amount of $1,068,753 ($855,002
federal and $213,751 local).
Transportation Planning runs the MPO and the
RPO daily operations.
The Regional and Community Planning
program supports planning through the development of local and regional plans and the provision of technical assistance to member governments. It
staffs the economic development district and develops
and implements the comprehensive economic development strategy.
Program personnel coordinated the comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS), a fiveyear strategic plan for the region.
They administered the Region 1 Workforce
Development Council, which secured $1,008,238 for
local community college workforce programs.
The program provided technical assistance to
member governments for planning, zoning, community
and economic development, including assistance to
the cities of Hamilton, Haleyville and Winfield and the
town of Red Bay for planning and zoning. Personnel
guided the Alabama Communities of Excellence Phase
I assessment for Red Bay.
They administered the Shoals area economic
adjustment strategy to guide workforce development
and economic development activities. They wrote two
grant applications for recreational programs, with funds
pending for the City of Hamilton Buttahatchee Creek
boat launch project. They administered recreational
programs grants in Phil Campbell, Hodges and Sheffield and provided technical assistance for recreational
The Governmental Services programs of
planning, transportation and economic and community
development assist member governments and regional
partners with developing projects and grant applications to meet local and regional priorities for community and economic development.
During the fiscal year, NACOLG personnel
wrote 11 applications requesting about $3.2 million of
assistance with $1.2 million in local and other matching
funds committed. Eight projects were funded for a total
of $3.1 million in project activity with $2.2 million of
grant-funded assistance and local and other matching
funds of $833,000.
The NACOLG Revolving Loan Fund provides financing to small business in the region for the
creation or retention of jobs.
The RLF issued three loans for a total of
$322,875 to area businesses, which created and/or
retained 13 jobs. Program personnel are managing 18
loans with a total value of $1,388,375.
The Transportation Planning program supports planning and implementation of transportation
improvements in northwest Alabama and serves as staff
for the Shoals Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the northwest Alabama Rural Planning
Organization (RPO).
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Administrative
Guest Speakers Address Council Board
Department of Economic and
Community Affairs director, and ADSS commissioner
Neal Morrison, left, were the
guest speakers. Also addressing the meeting were John
Cooper,
of ALDOT,
right, U.
S. representative
Robert
Aderholt,
left,
and legislators Larry Stutts,
Tim Melson, Marcel Black
and Phillip Pettus.
The Northwest Alabama Council of Local Governments board of directors meets bi-monthly on
Thursday at the NACOLG offices at the Northwest
Shoals Community College (NW/SCC) in Muscle
Shoals. During the past fiscal year, various speakers addressed the meetings.
On December 19, 2014, Ronnie Davis, of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, and Ken Smith, of the Alabama League of
Municipalities, addressed issues for their agencies
to the board.
State senators Larry Stutts and Tim Melson
reported at the January 29, 2015 board meeting
on legislative matters, as did state representatives
Johnny Mack Morrow, Marcel Black, Tim Wadsworth, Lynn Greer and Phillip Pettus. Alabama
Department of Senior Services commissioner Neal
Morrison also spoke.
James Brown, the west central regional
engineer for the Alabama Department of Transportation, and Johnny Harris, the north regional
engineer for ALDOT, spoke on March 19, 2015.
Zach Lee, from Governor Robert Bentley’s
office, met with the group
on May 28, 2015.
On July 30, 2015,
Ted Clem, the director
of business development
at the Alabama Department of Commerce, and
Brooks Kracke, executive
director of North Alabama
Industrial Development
Association, spoke with the
NACOLG board.
At the August 27, 2015 annual meeting hosted by NW/
SCC president Humprey
Lee, U. S. representative Mo
Brooks, above left, gave a
report of issues being addressed in Washington, D.C.
Jim Byard, left, the Alabama
NADO Honors Aderholt
NACOLG executive director Keith Jones, below,
left to right, Winston County Commission chairman Roger Hayes and Haleyville mayor Ken
Sunseri congratulate U. S. representative Robert
Aderholt in Washington, D.C., as he is named the
legislator of the year by the National Association
of Development Organizations. He was recognized
for supporting programs that impact rural citizens.
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Department of Aging Services
The Department of Aging Services senior employ- serment program provides paid part-time on-the-job
vices
training opportunities for low income seniors at
are
minimal cost to employers.
need
NACOLG has a total of 30 host agencies.
ed
Senior Service America provided NACOLG with
and
39 federal slots. The Alabama Department of Seare
nior Services provided NACOLG with nine.
avail
Colbert County had 12 slots for both SSAI able
and ADSS. Lauderdale County had 15 for those
and to
two categories. Franklin County, Marion County
find
and Winston County had seven slots each for SSAI any
NACOLG’s Area Agency on Aging receives
and State.
beneabout $6,500 a year to provide chore assis
The senior community service employfits for tance to individuals in the five-county region.
ment program is the only federal program tarwhich These funds are used to help build ramps,
geted to provide jobs and training to low-income
the
above, for people age 60 and older. This proadults. NACOLG provides seniors staff for 30
caller gram makes it possible for people to be able to
host agencies, which are partnering non-profits or
or his/ safely enter and leave their homes.Ramps are
built to the guidelines of the Americans with
government agencies. The program provides about her
$330,550 in wages annually to 49 low income secare- Disabilities Act.
niors, providing a like-in-savings to local governtaker
ment and non-profit agencies
may be eligible. Once this information is obtained,
NACOLG, along with all other area agena referral or referrals to the appropriate programs
cies on aging in Alabama and other community
within the agency or to community services outpartners, have implemented Aging and Disability
side the agency are made on behalf of the client by
Resource Centers (ADRC) as a single point-ofthe ADRC specialist. In some cases, the callers are
entry to
only seeking information about services which the
servicspecialist can answer or provide.
es. All
The Alabama Cares family care giver supcalls
port program provides respite care, supplies and
seeking
counseling services for families giving long-term
services
care to seniors. The Alabama Cares program offers
are
help with school supplies for grandparents raising
given
their grandchildren.
to the
The program is administered by one paid
ADRC
coordinator, whose time is divided between three
specialother aging programs. There is one part-time
ist who
staffer assisting with CARES and ADRC and one
does
Muscle Shoals seniors enjoy participating in unpaid volunteer, valued at $2,320 (about 320
an inthe Masters Games of Alabama. Above, Jerri hours valued at $7.25 per hour).
depth
Care totaling 7,831 hours was provided to
O’Dell, Betty Quillin, Eukie Winborn and
inter77 families at an approximate value of $91,204
Ollie Michaels practice card games for the
State Games. The Master Games of Alabama Supplemental services provided equaled $49,500
view
provide fun and fellowship and encourage a
to see
in value for 105 individuals.
healthier lifestyle.
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Supplemental services for the grandparent
program equaled $5,000 provided to 106 grandparents and 264 grandchildren.
Caregiver education was provided to 80
individuals with a total of 249 units. Caregiver
assistance was provided to 189 individuals with
a total of 1,631 units. Caregiver information was
provided to 2,900 individuals, receiving 194 units
of service.
SMP (Senior Medicare Patrol Program) educates Medicare beneficiaries so they will not fall
victims to Medicare fraud. SMP identifies fraud
and/or errors in Medicare billing and will assist in
getting errors corrected or, in the case of fraud and
abuse, report it to the appropriate authorities. SMP
became part of a regional group in June 2014. Top
of Alabama Regional Council of Governments
(TARCOG) now serves as the north Alabama lead
agency for both NACOLG and TARCOG. However, each case originates in its respective Area
Agency on Aging region.
The Legal Services for the Elderly program
provides legal services to the elderly related to a
variety of issues such as wills, social security disability, SSI disability, veteran benefits, Medicaid,
Medicare, public housing and power of attorney,
etc. In FY15, the program provided about $37,000
of legal services to 280 elderly citizens regarding
3,170 problems.
The Congregate Meals program provides
seniors the opportunity to dine in a community
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setting at one of 25 senior centers across the fivecounty region. In FY15, 151,931 congregate meals
were served in the region.
Home-delivered meals are provided to an
eligible client at the client’s home. These are either
a hot meal delivered daily or a frozen box of seven
meals delivered weekly.
The Long-term Care Ombudsman program
protects the rights of long-term care residents and
ensures that they receive fair treatment and quality care. Aging staff responded to 486 requests for
consultation from a service area that includes 17
nursing homes (1,654 beds) and 19 assisted living
facilities (532 beds).
The SenioRx prescription drug program
provided benefits counseling to 323 clients, completing 2,150 scripts generating $1,744,723 in
prescription drug benefit savings to clients.
The Medicaid Waiver program provides
in-home care which enables seniors and disabled
persons to reside at home rather than in nursing
home environments, lowering the healthcare costs
and improving quality of life.
Five partnering agencies employ about 215
home attendants at an average wage of $8.25 per
hour. This equates to about $3 million in annual
wages. The program served almost 600 clients
with waiver services in their homes.This saved the
state of Alabama $34 million in cost of client care
in the five-county region. More than 200 individuals have been referred and are on the current
waiting list for Medicaid waiver services in Region 1. More than 150,000 meals were delivered to
the home of waiver clients through the Medicaid
waiver home delivered meals service.
Counselors for the State Health Insurance program (SHIP) help, at no cost, Medicare
beneficiaries and their caregivers understand their
current Medicare benefits. The SHIP program is
committed to assisting the public in understanding Medicare benefits, Medicare prescription drug
plan, Medigap (supplemental insurance), Medicaid
and advantage plans through counseling, public
education, public speaking, recruiting and training volunteers. SHIP is responsible for the SMP
to protect, detect and report any potential errors,
fraud and abuse. SHIP supervised one AmeriCorps
volunteer.
Aging staff and volunteers served 2,507
clients and provided 5,161 counseling hours valued at approximately $77,415 (value at $15 per
hour for volunteers).
Fiscal Department
The NACOLG financial records are audited each
year according to generally accepted accounting principles and A87 federal cost principles.
NACOLG continued to receive unqualified opinions on its financial statements through September
30, 2014.
NACOLG’s budget exceeds 11 million dollars. The chart below illustrates the allocation of
the budget:
Aging/Health Services
Senior Employment
Transportation/Transit
Planning/Development
Public Safety $ 7,271,306
484,644
1,645,476
1,579,831
122,925
$11,103,552
Total
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NACOLG has 23 employees from Colbert
County. Twelve live in Lauderdale County, seven
in Franklin and two elsewhere.
Department of Governmental Services
The Department of Governmental Services assists
member governments in the planning and implementation of a wide variety of economic and community development projects.
These include water and wastewater projects, drainage infrastructure, streets, housing
rehabilitation, demolition activities, economic development infrastructure, business loan assistance,
multi-purpose/senior centers, downtown revitalization and other projects as determined by the needs
of the member governments.
Guin Hotel Project Creates Jobs
The opening of the Interstate-22 highway, which
links Birmingham and Memphis, created many opportunities for economic growth in the region.
One example was the location of a Holiday
Inn at the I-22 exit six miles north of city of Guin.
The municipality capitalized on its proximity to
the interstate, its status as an ACE community and
other important assets to recruit the hotel and create much needed jobs.
NACOLG staff worked closely with Guin officials
to secure two successful grants: a $296,272 Community Development Block Grant economic development grant from the Alabama Department of
Economic and Community Affairs and a $100,000
grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.
CDBG and local funds were used to complete a
water system extension project to the city’s I-22
Commercial Park located at the intersection of
Alabama Highway 44 and I-22. The project included a water booster station, an eight-inch PVC
water main along Hwy 44 and a 150,000-gallon
water storage tank.
The recent opening of the 100-room Holiday Inn created 43 new jobs. The hotel uses the
water line, booster station and storage tank for
both potable water service and fire protection.
These improvements will also help Guin market its
industrial park for continued economic growth in
the future.
Phil Campbell Tornado Recovery Project
Receives Honor
The Low Income Housing Coalition of Alabama
named The Village at Oliver Place multi-family
housing complex in Phil Campbell as its 2015
Excellence in Affordable Housing honoree.
The Village complex, with 24 townhousestyle family rental units, was built as part of relief
efforts after April 27, 2011 tornados destroyed
numerous local homes.
The complex features a gazebo, a picnic
area and a community building with wireless
internet, a laundry facility, an exercise room and a
computer room.
The Village at Oliver Place is a partnership
between the town of Phil Campbell, the Community Action Partnership of North Alabama and the
ADECA. A $545,000 disaster recovery CDBG administered by NACOLG helped fund the complex.
The grant enabled the project to obtain more than
$3 million in tax credits from the Alabama Housing Finance Authority.
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2014 projects
Lauderdale County - CDBG-ED West Lauderdale Waterline
Extension
Bear Creek - CDBG small cities competitive (water
rehabilitation)
$ 284,797.85 $ 131,310.00
$ 109,399.00
$ 97,494.00
$ 55,193.00
$348,372.00
$350,000.00
$250,000.00
$ 97,494.00
$198,783.00
$350,000.00
$ 239,800.00
$450,000.00
$454,290.00
$ 159,142.00 $350,000.00
$130,000.00
$ 25,000.00
$315,000.00
$ 104,290.00
$ 50,000.00
$30,000.00
$ 100,003.00 $450,000.00
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$350,000.00
$130,000.00
$198,783.00 $ 97,494.00 $250,000.00 $350,000.00 $450,000.00 $450,000.00 $350,000.00 $ 20,000.00
$350,000.00 118
168
3,000
209
80
118
99
173
Jobs Created Individuals Served
Amount Funded Grant Requested Local Match Other Funds
$180,000.00
Project Name Total Project
2015 projects
Lexington - small cities competitive
$370,000.0
CDBG (water system
rehabilitation)
Haleyville - large cities CDBG Cripple $550,003.00
Creek neighborhood (streets,
drainage)
Cherokee - small cities competitive
$350,000.00
CDBG (sewer)
Franklin County - county competitive $509,142.00
CDBG - Oak Hills Subdivision
(drainage)
Hamilton - large cities CDBG - $689,800.00
Weston Housing (water,
sewer, streets)
Winston County - county competitive $633,169.85
CDBG (road resurfacing)
Marion County - county competitive
$481,310.00
CDBG (Highway 19 water
extension)
Russellville - community enhancement $359,399.00
CDBG (Hal Kirby Jr. Park)
Lauderdale County ARC - One Place
$194,988.00
of the Shoals Family Justice
Center (equipment)
Hamilton ARC - Key Branch Housing $283,975.00
Authority (water system
rehabilitation)
Applications submitted in FY 2015
GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES
Total Project Grant Requested Local Match Other Funds
Amount Funded Jobs Created Individuals Served
2013 projects
Tuscumbia LR-CM-PF-13-023
CDBG large cities Stuart/North
Milton neighborhood
Marion County CY-CM-PF-13-014
CDBG county competitive
Muscle Shoals LR-ED-PF-13-002
CDBG-ED drainage upgrades
North American Lighting
Muscle Shoals LR-ED-PF-13-008
CDBG-ED project CBC INGS
America
Phil Campbell DTR-13-09 streets
CDBG supplemental disaster
recovery infrastructure
Phil Campbell DTR-13-09 generators
CDBG supplemental disaster
recovery infrastructure
Phil Campbell DTR-13-09 demolition
CDBG supplemental disaster
recovery infrastructure
$268,700.00
$137,280.00
$250,000.00
$678,860.00
$232,617.00
$ 64,617.00
$328,700.00
$171,600.00
$342,050.00
$678,860.00
$232,617.00
$ 64,617.00
$ 92,050.00
$ 34,320.00
$ 60,000.00
$308,422.00
$370,700.00
$ 62,278.00
60
80
$ 64,617.00
$232,617.00 $678,860.00
$250,000.00
$137,280.00
$268,700.00
$308,422.00
1,088
883
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76 194 Colbert County - community$491,857.00
$250,000.00
$241,857.00$250,000.00 259
enhancement CDBG (senior
center)
Leighton - small cities competitive
$469,575.00 $350,000.00 $119,575.00
$350,000.00
112
CDBG (sewer rehabilitation)
Red Bay - CDBG large cities
$488,015.00 $399,015.00 $ 89,000.00
$399,015.00
160
competitive CDBG
(sewer rehabilitation)
Sheffield CDBG community$141,196.00
$113,533.00
$ 28,383.00$113,533.009,250
enhancement (demolition)
Winston County Commission ARC
$438,000.00 $200,000.00 $138,000.00 $100,000.00 $200,000.00
800
County Road 65 (infrastructure)
Red Bay ARC (sanitary sewer
$398,000.00 $200,000.00 $198,000.00
$200,000.00
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improvements)
Project Name GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES - conti. - 2
Total Project
Grant Requested
Local Match
Other Funds
Winston DTR-13-12 CDBG
$ 985,029.00 $ 985,029.00
supplemental disaster
recovery infrastructure
Hackleburg DTR-13-08 farmers
$ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00
market CDBG supplemental
disaster recovery infrastructure
Hackleburg DTR-13-08 town hall/
$ 1,470,300.00 $ 968,894.00
$ 501,406.00
police building - CDBG
supplemental disaster recovery
infrastructure
Hackleburg DTR-13-08 streets - CDBG $ 2,094,025.00 $ 2,094,025.00
supplemental disaster recovery
infrastructure
Franklin County DTR-13-13 - CDBG $ 1,568,762.00 $ 1,568,762.00
supplemental disaster recovery
infrastructure
Haleyville DTR-13-11 - CDBG
$ 565,084.73 $ 565,084.73
supplemental disaster recovery
infrastructure
Hackleburg DTR-13-08- CDBG
$ 2,360,265.00 $ 1,460,265.00
$ 900,000.00
supplemental disaster recovery
multi-family housing
Marion County DTR-13-10 water
$ 1,938,200.00 $ 1,938,200.00
$ 12,650.00
CDBG supplemental disaster
recovery infrastructure
Marion County DTR-13-10 roads
$ 1,479,706.00 $ 1,479,706.00
CDBG supplemental disaster
recovery infrastructure
Phil Campbell ARC full application
$ 142,857.00 $ 100,000.00
$ 42,857.00
sewer pump station
rehabilitation
Franklin County ARC - community
$ 257,532.00 $
12,877.00
$ 51,506.00 $193,149.00
safe room project
Project Name GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES - conti. - 3
333
55
874,000.00
$
$ 1,236,624.00
$
276
231
$ 1,700,000.00
939,166.00
100,000.00
12,877.00
$
$
$
480
1,028
60
1,524 $ 1,460,265.00
523,876.00
206
968,894.00
$
1,524
100,000.00
$
347
Jobs Created Individuals Served
985,029.00
Amount Funded $
TOTAL$22,633,624.58
$18,365,835.73$3,948,310.85
$323,149.00 $14,980,052.0015323,052
Additionally, Hackleburg DTR Loan Project has loaned $235,000 to five businesses, creating 14 jobs.
Phil Campbell DTR Loan Project loaned $50,000 to one business, creating three jobs.
The Revolving Loan program has 12 active loans, totalling $1,103,375.00, creating about 120 jobs.
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NACOLG Helps Secure Grants
The Department of Governmental Services helped
NACOLG members secure grants during the past
fiscal year.
Governor Robert Bentley, ADECA director Jim Byard, state legislators and local leaders
saluted the grand opening of the Hackleburg Community Market, below, on June 24, 2015.
as well as commercial vehicle traffic, including local logging operations.
A $350,000 CDBG grant has enabled the
town of Leighton to rehabilitate its sewer system,
below.
The city of Muscle Shoals received a
CDBG economic development grant totaling
$158,000 for water and sewer infrastructure
improvements in the Shoals Research Airpark.
The project assisted CBC INGS America, below,
in constructing a new manufacturing facility and
creating 60 new jobs.
Planning and technical assistance provided by
NACOLG staff allowed the city of Haleyville to
build a new ballfield, below.
The paving of a portion of Winston County
65, above right, was made possible by a $200,000
grant from ARC, $100,000 from ALDOT and
$138,000 in local match. The road is now deemed
safer for school children and emergency response
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Country Place Senior Living, LLC chose
Winfield for an assisted living facility. Roadway
improvements were necessary to accommodate the
higher flow of traffic to the new facility and make
the intersection safer for all motorists. NACOLG
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staff worked with the city to submit a CDBG-ED
application to ADECA in the amount of $191,240.
After the grand opening of the assisted living facility in Winfield, below, it was expected to create 20
full time jobs.
access road from its current terminus to County
Road 22. NACOLG transportation planning staff
assisted Franklin County with the application.
Alabama Department of Transportation
director John Cooper, left, is president of the Industrial Access board of directors. Alabama state
treasurer Young Boozer, right, is the vice president.
Governor Announces Grants to Northwest
Alabama
Country Place Senior Living, LLC also
located an assisted living facility in Hamilton,
above. NACOLG submitted a CDBG-ED grant
application to ADECA on behalf of the city, requesting $117,956 for the project to provide the
needed water and sewer infrastructure. The facility
resulted in the creation of 10 full time jobs.
Franklin County Is Awarded Industrial
Access Funds
The Alabama Industrial Access Road and Bridge
Corporation met June 9, 2015 and approved a
$1.1 million industrial access road application
for Franklin County. The funds helped secure the
recently announced location of the Mar-Jac facility
in the Spruce Pine community of Franklin County.
The project involves improvements and widening of Sheffield Avenue from the Mar-Jac facility
to County Road 22 and improvements of County
Road 22 from Sheffield Avenue to the Phil Campbell industrial access road. It also extends that
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Governor Robert Bentley, left, announced during a
fall visit to Haleyville several grants for the northwest Alabama region.
They included:
Haleyville $450,000 CDBG grant for
street/drainage improvements in the Cripple Creek
neighborhood;
Russellville $250,000 CDBG grant to
repair Hal Kirby Jr. Park
damages resulting from
the major flooding event in
May;
Lexington - $350,000 CDBG grant to rehabilitate the town’s water system;
Marion County - $350,000 CDBG grant
to extend public water service down Highway 19
and;
Hamilton - $450,000 CDBG grant for water, sewer and roadway improvements at Weston
Housing Complex.
Jim Byard Learns Value of Regional Planning Organizations
Jim Byard, Jr., armed with a political science degree, became a highway department right-of-way
negotiator in the Alexander City area after college
and got his first (limited) observation of a regional
planning agency. Then as a member of the Prattville city council and later as the city’s youngest
mayor, he saw his local regional planning organization in action when the city used it for some
redistricting efforts.
Governor Robert Bentley appointed Byard,
who was in his
third term as mayor,
director of the Alabama Department
of Economic and
Community Affairs
in January 2011
and then he became
more immersed in
the culture of regional planning. His
office daily oversees
economic development projects, local infrastructure development
and community enhancement projects, workforce
development services, alternative energy and
energy conservation measures, water resource
management and strengthening public safety in all
of Alabama’s 67 counties. That puts him in direct
contact with the 12 regional planning organizations, such as the Northwest Alabama Council of
Local Governments.
His immersion process got a kick in the
seat when Keith Jones, executive director of
NACOLG, invited Byard and other governor’s
cabinet members to the Shoals area in early April
2011 for a three-day session of individual meetings
with Jones and his member government leaders,
coupled with visits to the towns and cities. “That
is a good job in the relationship business. That was
a big deal and it goes a long way for helping us,
because we did not know all those people.”
That was two weeks before the April 27
tornados that devastated northwest Alabama and
was only 100 days into Bentley’s administration.
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“Keith’s organization is top-notch in the
way they represent the local officials and the way
they represent us back to those officials,” Byard
said. “Our 12 regions work well with their member
governments, but they also work well together.
They cooperate together when needed.”
Byard has seen the latter firsthand as the
members of the Alabama Association of Regional
Councils meet quarterly with him and the governor. That had not occurred before the Bentley administration, he said. “The governor goes around
the table and listens to their concerns. He can’t
meet around the table with all 446 mayors and
all 67 county commission chairs, but he can meet
with these regional planning directors. It gives him
a good hour to find out what is important in their
local areas. He gets to know them, so when there is
an issue, he knows who to go to. It’s a good fit.”
As to the “all encompassing” work of a
regional planning organization, Byard, a former
president of the Alabama League of Municipalities, recalled the night Russellville got flooded and
mayor David Grissom sought the help of Jones,
who, that night, got state and federal officials on
the telephone and began making decisions to remedy the situation.
“That is more than, oh, he just writes grants
or runs an aging program. He was reactive in a
time of distress. That is a good example of how to
handle that kind of thing.” he noted.
Tuscumbia mayor Bill Shoemaker examines Byard’s
buffalo nickel cufflink.
NACOLG Staff Directory
Executive Director
Jones, Keith
389-0555*, [email protected]
Administrative
Executive assistant - Bostick,
Corine
389-0559, [email protected]
Court Referral class coordinator Kimbrough, Sheila
389-0520, skimbrough@nacolg.
org
Maintenance - Jezek, Dennis
389-0500
Receptionists - Agee, Carol and
McBrayer, Diane
389-0500 and 389-0561
Aging Services
Director - Thompson, Jeff
389-0531, jeffthompson@nacolg.
org
SHIP program director/Aging
Services - Newkirk, Linda
389-0538, [email protected]
Nutrition program director Roberts, Cindy
389-0534, [email protected]
ADRC program director - Spears,
Kathy Jo
389-0554, [email protected]
Aging Services coordinator Brewer, Lavonda
389-0532, [email protected]
ADRC specialist - Counts,
Ashley
389-0530, [email protected]
Planning and Transportation
Director - Willingham, Nathan
389-0515, nwillingham@nacolg.
org
Transit office manager - Dickey,
Joy
389-0556, [email protected]
Coordinator II - Darling, George
389-0512, [email protected]
Coordinator I - Sassin, Jason
389-0510, [email protected]
Financial
Director - Sasser, Liese
389-0560, [email protected]
Human resources director/
accountant - McInnish, Jennifer
389-0562, [email protected]
Governmental Services
Director - Smith, Marilyn
389-0550, [email protected]
Community development
specialists King, Heath
389-0511, [email protected]
Boyd, Tiffany
389-0564, [email protected]
Turbyfill, Carole Jo
389-0553, [email protected]
Medicaid Waiver
Lead case manager - James,
Lauranne
389-0535, [email protected]
Senior case managers Green, Pam
389-0541, [email protected]
Swinney, Lynn
389-0557, [email protected]
Quality assurance specialist Dickson, Linda
389-0521, [email protected]
Compliance coordinator Richardson, Roberta
389-0558, rrichardson@nacolg.
org
Case managers Bailey, Carla
389-0516, [email protected]
Barnett, Katie
389-0543, [email protected]
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Blankenship, Amanda
389-0563, ablankenship@nacolg.
org
Clark, Brandie
389-0518, [email protected]
Crittenden, Melanie
389-0507, mcrittenden@nacolg.
org
Fletcher, Natalie
389-0523, [email protected]
Hester, Deborah
389-0519, [email protected]
Machtolff, Rachel
389-0542, [email protected]
McPhail, Daurinda
389-0506, [email protected]
Moon, Jane
389-0590, [email protected]
Ross, Jenilee
389-0522, [email protected]
Ombudsman/SHIP program
Ombudsman - Hamm, Trenelia
389-0533, [email protected]
Senior Employment
Senior aide coordinator - Isbell,
Amber
389-0537, [email protected]
SenioRx
Program coordinator - Pardue,
Paula
389-0529, [email protected]
Transportation Planning
Program director - Turner, Jesse
389-0513, [email protected]
Planner I - Holt, Joseph
389-0517, [email protected]
GIS coordinator - Cooper,
Robert “Beau”
389-0595, [email protected]
* All numbers are in area code 256 unless otherwise noted.
NACOLG Staff
Funding Source Project Description
Sponsor
Scope
Federal Cost
State Cost
Local Cost
Total Cost
Transportation Sidewalk along both sides of Alabama Phil Campbell Construction
$159,060
$ $ 39,765
$ 198,825
Alternative Highway 13 from McClung Avenue
Program (TAP) to Parrish Street
TAP
Sidewalk along 4th Street NE from 4th Red Bay
Construction
$153,712
$
$ 38,428
$ 192,140
Avenue SE to 6th Avenue NE and
sidewalk along 2nd Street NE from 6th
Avenue NE to the Red Bay Fun Park
TAP
Sidewalk along both sides of Franklin Russellville
Construction
$234,062
$
$ 58,516
$ 292,578
Street and Lawrence Street from
Washington Ave. to Coffee Ave.
in downtown Russellville TAP
Sidewalks along Sheffield Avenue, Muscle Shoals Construction
$240,571
$
$ 60,143
$ 300,714
Sixth Street and Elledge Lane TAP
Sidewalk along the west side of Florence
Construction
$67,597
$
$ 16,899
$ 84,496
Hermitage Drive from Royal Avenue
north to the existing bridge over the
railroad
Industrial
Resconstruction of nearly 650 linear feet Bear Creek
Construction
$
$ 151,260
$
$ 151,260
Access
of the existing Marion County Road 99
to benefit Door Components in Bear Creek
Industrial Improvements and widening of Sheffield Franklin County Construction
$
$1,107,172
$
$1,107,172
Access
Avenue from the Mar-Jac facility to
County Road 22 and improvements of
County Road 22 from Sheffield Avenue
to the Phil Campbell Industrial Access
Road; extending the Phil Campbell Industrial
Access Road from its current terminus to
County Road 22 $855,002$1,258,432
$213,751$2,327,185
The Department of Planning and Transportation had the projects below:
Department of Planning and Transportation
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programs through Alabama Department of Economic
and Community Affairs to various local governments.
The Geographic Information Systems program provides GIS support services to agency programs, local governments and other partners.
The office provided mapping services to the
agency for various programs.
The Public Transit division coordinates transit
programs throughout the northwest Alabama region,
including demand response shuttle service and specialized contractual services.
With a total annual budget of $1,429,313, it
placed 61 vehicles in service for about 112,002 trips.
The Dial-a-Ride demand response service delivered
about 26,880 trips. Senior center riders resulted in
12,320 trips. There were 59,416 homebound meals
delivered. The Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC)
program provided transportation to low-income workers for job searches and commutes, creating 16,880
trips. Other contract routes for service agencies provided 72,801 trips.
The State Data Center affiliate acts as a
regional repository of U.S. Census data and provides
technical assistance to member governments and regional partners.
The Area Agency on Aging administers numerous programs.
For example, Medicaid waiver services provide
in-home care that enables seniors and disabled persons
to reside at home rather than in nursing home environments, which lowers healthcare costs and improves
quality of life.
Five partnering agencies employ about 215
home attendants at an average wage of $8.25 per hour,
which approximates $3 million in annual wages.
Almost 600 clients were served with waiver
services in their homes which saved the State of Alabama more than $34 million in client care costs in the
five-county region. More than 200 individuals were
referred and are on the waiting list for Medicaid waiver
services in Region 1.
More than 150,000 meals were delivered to the
homes of waiver clients through the Medicaid waiver
home delivered meals service.
The Senior Citizen Service Employment
program provides paid part-time on-the-job training opportunities for low income seniors at a minimal cost to
employers. The program staffs 30 host agencies, which
are partnering non-profit or governmental agencies. It
provides about $330,550 in wages annually to 49 low
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income seniors, which provides a like-in-savings to local government and non-profit agencies.
The Older Americans Act nutrition program delivers nutritious meals to area seniors through programs
at senior centers and via home delivery. One hundred
fifty-one thousand, 931 congregate meals were served.
Also, 8,112 shelf-stable meals were issued. About
2,588 clients were served through senior centers. The
program delivered 136,988 homebound meals to about
871 clients. The meals value was $935,254. Donations
collected for the meals program totalled $131,388.
The Senior Center program operates 25 senior
centers with annual budgets totaling $229,800 covering
manager salaries, operating expenses and supplies.)
The State Health Insurance Program (SHIP)
assists the public in understanding Medicare benefits,
the Medicare prescription drug plan, Medigap (supplemental insurance), Medicaid and advantage plans
through counseling, public education, public speaking,
recruiting and training volunteers. SHIP is responsible
for the SMP (Senior Medicare Patrol) program to
protect and detect and report any potential errors, fraud
and abuse. SHIP supervised one AmeriCorps volunteer.
The staff and volunteers served 2,507 clients by providing 5,161 counseling hours valued at $77,415 (valued
at $15 per hour for volunteers).
The Legal Services for the Elderly program
provides legal services to the elderly related to a variety of issues such as wills, social security disability,
veteran benefits, Medicaid, Medicare, public housing
and power of attorney, etc. The program provided about
$37,000 worth of legal services to 280 elderly citizens
regarding 3,170 problems.
The Alabama Cares family care giver support
program provides respite care, supplies and counseling
services for families giving long-term care to seniors.
Alabama Cares offers help with school supplies for
grandparents raising their grandchildren. The program
was administered by one paid coordinator, whose time
was divided between three other aging programs. One
part-time staff person assisted with CARES and ADRC
and one unpaid volunteer, valued at $2,320 (for about
320 hours at $7.25 per hour). Care totaling 7,831 hours
was provided to 77 families at an approximate value
of $91,204. Supplemental services provided equaled
$49,500 for 105 individuals. Supplemental services
provided to 106 grandparents and 264 grandchildren
totalled $5,000. Caregiver education was given to 80
individuals with a total of 249 units. Caregiver assistance was provided to 189 individuals with a total of
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Region Feels Impact of Tornado Disaster
Relief
Tornados wrecked havoc across northwest Alabama
on April 27, 2011 and the area is still recovering. After local, regional, state and federal officials sprang
into action to help those displaced and injured,
NACOLG has worked closely with its member governments to administer grants aimed at keeping local
residents safer during times of severe weather.
Jim Hannon/TimesDaily
1,631 units. Caregiver information was given to 2,900
persons who received 194 units of service.
The Senior Medicare Patrol program (SMP)
works to educate Medicare beneficiaries so they will
not fall victims to Medicare fraud. SMP works to
identify fraud and/or errors in Medicare billing and will
assist in getting errors corrected or, in the case of fraud
and abuse, report it to the appropriate authorities. In
June 2014, SMP became regional with Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments (TARCOG)
Area Agency on Aging serving as lead agency for both
NACOLG and TARCOG.
Aging staff and volunteers through outreach
served 2,850 people.
The Long-term Care Ombudsman program
protects the rights of long term care residents and ensures that they receive fair treatment and quality care.
Staff responded to 486 consultation requests from a service area that includes 17 nursing homes (1,654 beds)
and 19 assisted living facilities (532 beds).
The SenioRx Prescription Drug program
provided prescription drug benefits counseling to
323 clients, completing 2,150 scripts that generated
$1,744,723 in prescription drug benefit savings to clients.
NACOLG’s total services provided $47.56
million to the region. For each dollar of state revenue,
NACOLG members derived a $9.16 return. For each
dollar spent by local governments, they got $119.68 in
return.
One remedy is still being witnessed as Federal Emergency Management Agency-funded safe
rooms (storm shelters) are erected across the fivecounty region. Since 2012, NACOLG has helped get
FEMA grants for community safe rooms, tornado
warning sirens and emergency generators. More than
$3.2 million dollars from FEMA have been plowed
into the region.
During FY 2015, a large portion of the projects was completed or is nearing completion.
The agency-wide impact from 46 full-time and 36
part-time employees yielded salaries and benefits of
$3,172,612, operating expenses of $6,702,401 and
capital of $216,653. That totalled $10,413,276, of
which $2,817,399 was federal funds, $5,194,904 from
the state, $397,444 from local sources and $2,003,529
other sources.
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Northwest Alabama Legislative Delegation
Senators
Paul Bussman Tim Melson
Greg Reed
Larry Stutts
Representatives
Marcel Black
Mike Millican
Lynn Greer
Ken Johnson
Johnny Mack Morrow
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Phillip Pettus
Tim Wadsworth
Federal, State, Economic & Chamber Contacts
U. S. Senator Richard
Shelby
Huntsville International
Airport
1000 Glenn Hearn
Boulevard
Huntsville, AL 35824
256-389-0460
202-224-5744
U. S. Senator Jeff
Sessions
AmSouth Center,
Suite 802
200 Clinton Avenue, NW
Huntsville, AL
35801-4932
256-533-0979
202-224-4124
U. S. Representative
Robert Aderholt
247 Federal Building
Jasper, AL 35501
205-221-2310
202-225-4876
U. S. Representative Mo
Brooks
102 South Court Street
Suite 310
Florence, AL 35630
256-718-5155
202-225-4801
Senator Paul Bussman,
4th District
11 South Union Street *
Montgomery, AL 36130
334-242-7862
* Same address for all
state legislators
Senator Tim Melson, 1st
District
334-242-7888
Senator Greg Reed, 5th
District
334-242-7894
Senator Larry Stutts, 6th
District
334-242-7862
Representative Marcel
Black, 3rd District
334-242-7667
Representative Lynn
Greer, 2nd District
334-242-7576
Representative Ken
Johnson, 7th District
334-242-7754
Representative Mike
Millican, 17th District
334-242-7768
USDA Rural Development
Marion & Winston
counties
3831 Palisades Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
205-553-1733
Shoals Entrepreneurial
Center
Giles McDaniel, Director
3115 Northington Court
Florence, AL 35630
256-760-9014
Alabama Department of
Economic and
Community Affairs
Jim Byard, Director
401 Adams Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36106
334-242-5100
Winston County Industrial
Development Authority
David Roberson
P.O. Box 368
Haleyville, AL 35565
205-272-1300
Alabama Department of
Senior Services
Neal Morrison,
Commissioner of Aging
770 Washington Avenue
RSA Plaza, Suite 470
Montgomery, AL 36130
334-242-5743
Representative Johnny
Mack Morrow,
18th District
334-242-7698
Representative Phillip
Pettus, 1st District
334-242-7600
Alabama Department of
Transportation
John Cooper, Director
1409 Coliseum Boulevard
Montgomery, AL 36110
334-242-6080
Representative Tim
Wadsworth, 14th District
205-712-1792
Appalachian Regional
Commission, Alabama
Office
Al Jones
Suite 592, 401 Adams
Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36106
334-353-4490
C3 of Northwest Alabama
Economic Development
Alliance
David Thornell, CEcD,
EDFP, President & CEO
4020 U. S. Highway 43
Guin, AL 35563
205-468-3213
Economic Development
Administration
Phil Paradice, Director
401 West Peach Street,
NW, Suite 1820
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-730-3020
USDA Rural Development
Colbert, Franklin &
Lauderdale counties
4890 University Square,
Suite 3G
Huntsville, AL 35816
256-544-5795
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Shoals Economic
Development Authority
Forrest Wright, Executive
Director
P.O. Box 580
Florence, AL 35630
256-764-0351
Franklin County Economic
Development Authority
Mitch Mays, Chairman
16109 Highway 43
Russellville, AL 35653
256-332-8726
Franklin County Chamber
of Commerce
103 North Jackson
Russellville, AL 35653
256-332-1760
Haleyville Area Chamber
of Commerce
P.O. Box 634
Haleyville, AL 35565
256-486-4611
Hamilton Area Chamber
of Commerce
P. O. Box 1168
Hamilton, AL 35570
205-921-7786
Shoals Chamber of
Commerce
P.O. Box 1331
Florence, AL 35630
256-764-4661
Winfield Area Chamber of
Commerce
P.O. Box 1557
Winfield, AL 35594
205-487-3002
1. Northwest Alabama Council
of Local Governments
P.O. Box 2603
Muscle Shoals, AL 35662-2603
ALABAMA ASSOCIATION
7. Southeast Alabama
OF
Regional Planning and
Development Commission
REGIONAL COUNCILS
P.O. Box 1406
Dothan, AL 36302-1406
Phone: (256) 389-0500
Fax: (256) 389-0599
Website: www.nacolg.com
5900 Carm ich ael P lace
Montgomery, AL 36117-2345
Phone: (334) 277-2221
Fax: (334) 277- 3899
Director: Keith Jones
2. West Alabama Regional
Commission
Franklin
Marion
3. Regional Planning
Commission of Greater
Birmingham
Lamar
Cullman
Winston
Phone: (251) 433-6541
Fax: (251) 433-6009
Website: www.sarpc.org
De Kalb
Marshall
Cherokee
Director: Chris Miller
Etowah
Fayette
Walker
9. Central Alabama Regional
Planning and Development
Commission
Calhoun
St. Clair
Pickens
Tuscaloosa
Bibb
Greene
Chilton
Hale
Perry
Coosa
Chambers
10.
Lee
10
Macon
9
Director: Greg Clark
Russell
Butler
Monroe
Washington
5
Barbour
Crenshaw
Coffee
Conecuh
5900 Carmichael Place
Montgomery, AL 36117-2345
Pike
Covington
Escambia
Dale
Henry
7
Geneva
Director: Suzanne Girard Burnette
11. North-Central Alabama
Regional Council
of Governments
P. O. Box C
Decatur, AL 35602
Houston
Phone: (256) 355-4515
Fax: (256) 351-1380
Website: www.narcog.org
Baldwin
8
Director: Tyson Howard
Director: Jeff Pruitt
6. Alabama-Tombigbee
Regional Commission
12.
Director: John Clyde Riggs
Top of Alabama Regional
Council of Governments
5075 Research Drive NW
Huntsville, AL 35805
107 Broad Street
Camden, AL 36726-1701
Phone: (334) 682-4234
Fax: (334) 682-4205
Website: www.alarc.org/atrc
Lee-Russell Council
of Governments
2207 Gateway Drive
Opelika, AL 36801-6834
Phone: (334) 749-5264
Fax: (334) 749-6582
Website: www.lrcog.com
Bullock
Wilcox
Clarke
Mobile
Tallapoosa
Montgomery
Lowndes
6
Phone: (334) 262-4300
Fax: (334) 262-6976
Website: www.carpdc.com
Randolph
Elmore
Dallas
Marengo
Director: James W. Curtis
Clay
Autauga
Sumter
Choctaw
4
Talladega
Shelby
2
430 South Court Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Cleburne
3
P.O. Box 2186
Anniston, AL 36202-2186
Phone: (334) 244-6903
Fax: (334) 270-0038
Website: www.scadc.state.al.us
Morgan
11
P.O. Box 1665
Mobile, AL 36633-1665
12
Jefferson
Director: Charles Ball
5. South Central Alabama
Development Commission
Jackson
Blount
Two North Twentieth
2 Twentieth Street N., Suite 1200
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: (256) 237-6741
Fax: (256) 237-6763
Website: www.earpdc.org
Lawrence
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Director: Robert B. Lake
4. East Alabama
Regional Planning and
Development Commission
Madison
Limestone
Colbert
Phone: (205) 333-2990
Fax: (205) 333-2713
Website: www.warc.info
Director: Thomas B. S
. olomon
8. South Alabama Regional
Planning Commission
Lauderdale
P.O. Box 509
Northport, AL 35476
Phone: (205) 251-8139
Fax: (205) 328-3304
Website: www.rpcgb.org
Phone: (334) 794-4093
Fax: (334) 794-3288
Website: www.searpdc.org
Visit Us on the Web at:
www.alarc.org
Phone: (256) 830-0818
Fax: (256) 830-0843
Website: www.tarcog.org
Director: Nancy Robertson
Updated 11/25/2013