Vice Chairman Randle Norris welcomes new commissioner Glenda Yarbrough , who fills the resident commissioner spot that was held by the late Robert Tarry. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1.
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
An unusually cool, and occasionally chilly, August morning breeze blew across Glasgow as the seven people that comprise the Housing Authority of Glasgow Commission gathered in the modestly sized conference room at the W.D. Alexander Operations Center to discuss the authority’s financials and welcome the newest member of the commission.
Sheri Lee, executive operations officer, informed the commissioners of an upcoming public hearing on Sept 6 for the residents, and the wider public, to hear updates and review the authority’s soon-to-be-completed five-year plan.
According to Lee and Capital Fund Coordinator — and newly christened Certified Public Housing Manager — Amy Houchens said the plan was created back in 2020 with five goals. They include “investigat[ing the] conversion of public housing inventory,” developing a succession plan on certain key positions, exploring affordable housing opportunities, continuing to research “emergency housing opportunities” and improving quality of life for both residents and employees.
On all five of the goals there is not much change. Lee said, the full draft report is available for public review at the W.D. Alexander Operations Center.
“Each year of the five-year plan we provide a brief update,” Lee said. “We’re going to be here if people have questions; we’re not presenting anything [at the hearing].”
Lee explained people with suggestions need to submit it in writing.
“We have several residents come by already [and look at the draft],” Houchens said.
This was also the first appearance of the new commissioner Glenda Yarbrough, who occupies the resident commissioner’s seat after Robert Tarry died on Feb. 12 at the age of 83. Yarbrough was born in Louisville before moving to Smiths Grove in 1986 where she worked as a bank teller in Bowling Green for seven years.
In due time, Yarbrough moved, along with her husband, to the Austin community and began building a house on the lake before moving to her current residence in Glasgow — a place she’s lived for six years and said is “the best place she ever lived.”
She said she is excited to serve the Housing Authority of Glasgow and its residents and she hopes she will be able to serve on the commission for a long time.
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