Election Commission invites school employees to work election day

Rutherford County Schools will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 8, as residents vote to elect the next President of the United States plus other elected offices.
 
The Rutherford County Election Commission is offering an opportunity for teachers and staff members who have an interest in working on Election Day.  You will be paid $120 for your time plus receive SIX (6) in-service credit hours from the Rutherford County School Board. 
 
It’s a quick and easy ballot that will not take voters very long to cast their votes.
 
Duties of a poll worker may include but not limited to:

• Electronic poll book registrar- first person to greet voters at poll, locates the voter in the database, and prints their ballot application
• Voting Machine operator- assist the voter by pulling up the correct ballot and provides instruction on the use of the voting machine 
• Each poll worker is required by state law to attend a training session in order to learn the responsibilities and duties of these positions.  Multiple training sessions will be conducted after school for your convenience. 

 
Requirements:
Must be a registered voter in Rutherford County. If you are not currently a registered voter in Rutherford County, we have attached a voter registration form so you can register. Please return the completed voter registration form by U.S. Mail or in-person to our office.  The deadline to register to vote is October 11th for the November Presidential Election. 
 
A limited number of positions are available so please do not hesitate.  A poll worker application is attached to this email. Please complete and return to us via scanned email or fax as soon as possible.  If you would like to learn more about how you can earn cash and in-service credit please contact Denniese Liles at 615-907-3510 or [email protected]. Poll Worker Application.pdf TN Voter Registration Application 10-15.pdf 

Annual enrollment coming up, mailing address must be correct by Sept. 9

Annual Enrollment is just around the corner and the Affordable Care Act requires that EVERY BENEFIT ELIGIBLE employee take action this year.  Information packets will be mailed to employees starting on Oct. 3.  

Please contact your Human Resources department to update your mailing address if you have recently moved or have an incorrect mailing address on file. The address you have on file is where your Annual Benefits information packet will be sent. Addresses must be updated by Sept. 9. 

If you do not receive your annual benefits packet, please visit the Risk Management website after Oct. 3 to review annual benefits enrollment information.  The website address is www.rutherfordcountytn.gov\rm

School Board selects new chairman, vice chairman

The Rutherford County Board of Education selected a new chairman and vice chairman at its regular meeting on Sept. 1, 2016. Jeff Jordan was voted in as chairman and Jim Estes as vice chairman. 

The Board selects the two positions every September. Wayne Blair previously served as chairman and Terry Hodge as vice chairman.