County Commission | The Magazine October 2017 | Page 18

FROM THE COVER
‘Forever One of Us’
Art Faulkner, standing on right with 2016-17 President
Bill Stricklend, may have retired from the public sector
after nearly 30 years in emergency services, but ACCA
is not really letting him leave. ACCA named him an
honorary county commissioner and presented a plaque
that reads, in part, “You will forever be one of us.”
Executive Director Sonny Brasfield spoke of Faulkner’s
extraordinary loyalty and especially his remarkable
leadership in the aftermath of the April 2011 tornadoes,
while he was director of the Alabama Emergency
Management Agency. Faulkner also received the
Association’s highest honor, the Outstanding
Contribution to County Government Award, in 2012.
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