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Budgeting is a year-round process for Kingsport. The city accomplished a balanced budget with no increase to taxes, user fees or utility rates.
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John Clark, mayor of Kingsport, was elected to the board of directors of the Tennessee Municipal League (TML) during the League’s annual conference recently held in Murfreesboro. Bo Perkinson, Athens councilman, was elected President.
Clark was nominated as a director at large by a five-member nominating committee composed of municipal officials statewide. He was then elected for a one-year term by a majority vote of the membership.
“I am honored to sit on the TML board and work towards progress in our state,” said Mayor Clark. “It is important that East Tennessee has a seat at that table, especially with some of the recent growth momentum in the area, and I am grateful for this opportunity to serve in this capacity.”
Founded in 1940 and based in Nashville, TML is a nonprofit organization founded by cities and towns for mutual assistance and improvement. Representing 99 percent of Tennessee’s municipal citizens, the organization advocates for needed legislative action by the General Assembly, represents municipal interests before state departments and agencies, and – working through the National League of Cities in Washington – seeks to influence federal legislation and policies affecting municipal governments.
As a member of the TML board of directors, Mayor Clark will propose and help determine legislation municipalities need passed into law and will establish policy priorities for the League.
The eight at-large directors were nominated by a five-member nominating committee composed of municipal officials statewide. They were then elected for a one-year term by a majority vote of the entire membership. Those directors are: Jimmy Alexander, Nolensville mayor; John Clark, Kingsport mayor; Vance Coleman, Medina mayor; Avery Johnson, Cleveland vice mayor; Bobby King, Henderson mayor; Christina Martin, Columbia vice mayor; Lonnie Norman, Manchester mayor; and Mary Ann Tremblay, Three Way vice mayor.
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Kingsport Police Department
200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660 ThomasMPatton • 423-229-9433 (Desk) • 423-224-2786 (FAX) |
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| NEWS RELEASE | |||
| SUBJECT: | Suspect Indicted and Arrested in 2016 Orebank Road Crash that Seriously Injured Pedestrian | ||
| DATE: | June 22, 2017 | ||
| CASE #: | 16-018910 (Crash)
17-014994 (Arrest) |
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| GENERAL NARRATIVE | |||
| A suspect has recently been indicted and arrested in a 2016 Orebank Road crash that seriously injured a pedestrian. The details of the investigation are as follows:
On September 2, 2016 at approximately 7:00 PM, Kingsport Central Dispatch was notified of a crash involving a pedestrian in the 5000 block of Orebank Road in Kingsport. Officers of the Kingsport Police Department Patrol Division responded. Due to the serious nature of the injuries to those involved, Crash Reconstructionists from the K.P.D. Traffic Unit were called to the scene, with their resultant investigation rendering the following: Shari K. Rajoo was walking along a sidewalk that runs parallel to the roadway in the 5000 block of Orebank Road. She was accompanied by several family members; however, she was walking slightly behind the rest of the group. Meanwhile, a 1995 Ford Ranger pickup, driven by James Richard Smith, was westbound in the same block of Orebank Road, negotiating a curve to the right. Mr. Smith failed to keep the truck in the proper lane, allowing it to cross the center line and the oncoming lane, and run off the left side of the roadway. He swerved back onto the road surface, but in doing so overcorrected, putting the truck into an unrecoverable spin. Now completely out of control, the truck ran off the left side of the road a second time and crossed the sidewalk, striking Ms. Rajoo. The pickup then crashed through a wooden fence and finally came to a rest in an adjacent grassy field. Both Ms. Rajoo and Mr. Smith sustained serious incapacitating injuries in the crash and were rushed to Holston Valley Medical Center by Sullivan County E.M.S. for emergency treatment. A blood sample was taken from Mr. Smith at the time of the crash and was sent to the T.B.I. Crime Lab for analysis. This crash has remained under active investigation by the K.P.D. Traffic Unit since that time with charges pending. The results of the aforementioned blood test were received on December 5, 2016, and indicated that at the time of the crash, Mr. Smith had a significant level of Diazepam (Valium) in his system. He did not have a prescription for Valium and indicated that he had unlawfully purchased the drug from a friend, because he had run out of his other regularly prescribed medications. On June 13, 2017 the facts of the case were presented to a Sullivan County Grand Jury. On June 19, 2017 a sealed indictment was returned, charging Mr. Smith with 1) Felony Reckless Aggravated Assault, 2) Felony Vehicular Assault, 3) Felony Reckless Endangerment, and 4) Driving Under the Influence. On June 22, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Mr. Smith was arrested without incident at his place of employment on Bloomingdale Road. He was transported to the Kingsport City Jail where he remains confined, pending arraignment, in lieu of a $10,000 bond as specified by the presiding judge. |
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| SUSPECT INFORMATION | |
| Name | James Richard Smith |
| Age | Date of Birth 11/13/1984
32 Years of Age |
| Gender/Race | Male/White |
| Residency | 2145 Happy Hill Road, Lot #9
Kingsport, TN |
| Charge(s) | 1) Felony Reckless Aggravated Assault
2) Felony Vehicular Assault 3) Felony Reckless Endangerment 4) Driving Under the Influence |
| COLLISION VEHICLE INFORMATION | ||
| Make | Ford | |
| Model | Ranger | |
| Year | 1995 | |
| Type | Compact Pickup | |
| Color | Red | |
| Damage | Disabling Damage | |
| Driver | Name | James Richard Smith |
| Age | 32 Years of Age | |
| Gender/Race | Male/White | |
| Residency | Kingsport, TN | |
| Injuries | Serious Incapacitating Injuries | |
| PEDESTRIAN/VICTIM INFORMATION | |
| Name | Shari K. Rajoo |
| Age | 45 Years of Age |
| Gender/Race | Female/Indian |
| Residency | Kingsport, TN |
| Injuries | Serious Incapacitating Injuries |
| RELEASING OFFICER | ||
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Thomas M. Patton, Public Information Officer
Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit |
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