The DeKalb County Commission voted on whether to make changes to the DeKalb County Beer Board last Monday during its regular monthly meeting. At issue, whether to abolish the current citizen and to give the power to the full county commission itself.

The beer board has consisted of one citizen member from each of the seven districts in the county, with current members as Jim Stagi in the 1st District, Myron Rhody in the 2nd District, Bobby Johnson in the 3rd District, Robert Rowe in the 4th District, John Hummer in the 5th District, Leonard Dickens in the 6th District, and Johnny King in the 7th District.

All seven members serve as appointees of the county commission and the two-year terms are staggered with the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th district positions being appointed in odd years. The 2nd, 4th, and 6th district seats are filled in even years.

But DeKalb County Mayor Adcock said he believed the beer board would function better if the county commission itself served as the beer board.

The motion was approved by the commission, and the board was disbanded.

Meanwhile, the county commission reorganized as it does each September renaming Mayor Adcock as Chairman and naming 6th District Commissioner Jeff Barnes as Chairman Pro Temp to serve for the ensuing 12 months.