CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – (CLARKSVILLENOW) At their formal meeting Monday the Montgomery County Commission recognized local employees for their service to the citizens of Montgomery County.
Montgomery County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Chief Bill Webb recognized EMS Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians (AEMT) and Paramedics with Lifesaver Awards. Each person was given an EMS Department Challenge Coin, a Lifesaver Award Certificate, along with a Montgomery County Coin presented by County Mayor Jim Durrett.
Recognition was presented to Carlos Elliott, Danny Cotterell, Brian McNeeley, Allison Miller, Amy Gann, Jonathan Wall, Jada Smith, Joseph Farley, Russell Merritt, Kevin Hoffman, Danielle Hennerfeind, Michael Collins and Candice Silver.
Chief Webb talked about the staff at EMS. “It’s an honor, it’s truly a privilege to work with these younger folks. They do an excellent job, excellent training, very professional. They treat their patients like they want to be treated and want their family to be treated, you couldn’t ask for anything better than that,” said Webb.
Mayor Durrett also honored the Montgomery County Clerk’s Office and the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library with proclamations at the meeting.
The Montgomery County Clerk’s Office was recognized for their work with the Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. The county office was awarded the 2019 Tennessee State Wide Winner of National Donate Life Month Blue and Green Day with this year’s theme “Life is a Beautiful Ride.”
Currently more than 113,000 people are waiting for organ transplants across the U.S. with 3,000 of those in Tennessee.
Montgomery County Clerk Kellie Jackson and her staff collects over $15,000 each year from the generous citizens of Montgomery County to support the lifesaving registry program.
Martha Hendrick’s, Director of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public library, was recognized for her support of the rights of all community members to use library meeting spaces, regardless of their beliefs or affiliations.
The proclamation said that because of a situation that occurred in August of last year, Hendricks upheld the library’s meeting room policy and for that she was awarded the Tennessee Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Award.
