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Anderson to Fill Vacated Commission Seat
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Mayor Matt Adcock reads the Oath of Office to Anderson during a swearing-in ceremony.

In yet another round of musical chairs for the DeKalb County Commission, Mathias Anderson was appointed to fill the seat recently vacated by Seventh District Commissioner Tim Reynolds. Reynolds stepped down from the seat last month.

In February, the Sixth District seat was appointed to Andy Pack after Justin Adcock announced he was vacating his seat in January. Both appointed seats will serve as an appointee until the August 1, 2024 DeKalb County General Election.

Anderson was nominated by the DeKalb County GOP on Saturday, March 16, to be the party’s nominee in the August election to serve out the remaining two years of former commissioner Tim Reynolds’ unexpired term.

Anderson’s appointment came during the March 25th regular monthly meeting of the County Commission. He was the only person to come forward as interested in the position, saying at the Commission’s Meeting of the Whole the previous Thursday, “My name is Mathias Anderson and I live in District 7. I was selected on Saturday, March 16 to be on the ballot in August for the (vacant) commissioner seat for District 7. I have lived here for about eight years and have been involved as I can be between kids sports and schools, etc.”

“I try to help out where I can,” Anderson continued. “I saw where there was an empty seat for my district and I thought this would be a good opportunity for me to help out and contribute. I work for Nissan. I am a senior analyst for the claims risk department so a lot of my job is budgeting dollars, figuring out where money is going and where it has to go and where to get the money for those expenditures. I think I would really enjoy helping out and hopefully be a benefit to everyone in the county as well.”

Anderson was nominated for the appointment by Commissioner Greg Matthews.  Due to no other name in nomination, Commissioner Larry Green then moved that Anderson be appointed by acclamation. Commissioner Tony (Cully) Culwell offered a second to the motion and Anderson’s appointment was approved by a voice vote of the commission.

Anderson was later sworn into office by County Mayor Matt Adcock.