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The Authority was
created and established by a private act of the State Legislature (The Act) and is a public and
governmental body acting as a agency and instrumentality of the
City of Dickson, Tennessee (the "City") and the Sam
Houston Utility of
Houston, Stewart and Dickson Counties, Tennessee (the "Utility
District"). The Authority was created for the purpose of planning,
acquiring, constructing, furnishing, equipping, financing, owing, operating and
maintaining a natural gas system, including facilities, properties, and services
related thereto; the selling, donating, conveying, or
otherwise disposing of or
utilizing natural gas and propane gas; and, undertaking any project or work
related thereto or connected therewith.
The Authority is operated under
the control of a Board of Directors composed of five members consisting of
(i)
the Mayor of the City or the designee of the Mayor; (ii) an elected member of
the City's governing body; (iii) two individuals residing within the geographic
area served by the Authority, all of whom shall be appointed by the governing
body of the City. The term of the Mayor of the City or his designee and
the elected member of the City's governing body shall be concurrent with the
term of their office. The remaining directors are appointed so that they
hold office for staggered five year terms.
The officers of the Authority
are as follows:
Donald F.
Richardson................Chairman
Robert N. Milam, Sr......Vice-Chairman
John
Duke........Sec./Treasurer
Donald L.
Weiss, Jr.......Mayor, City of Dickson
Mike
Legg...........Board Member
The Authority operates and manages the System,
headquartered in Dickson, Tennessee, the largest city in Dickson
County.
The Greater Dickson Gas
Authority was created by the Act which allowed the City of Dickson and Sam
Houston Utility District to divest their respective natural gas systems and
transfer the assets and liabilities of their systems to the Authority.
Today the Authority serves Dickson, Houston, Stewart, southern Cheatham
and south Montgomery Counties in Middle Tennessee utilizing 704 miles of main line - ranging in size from 1/2 inch to
12 inches. This distribution network of predominately 4
inch piping provides gas service over an area of approximately 131 square miles
to 15,815 service lines as of December 2007.
Gas is supplied to the Authority
for distribution from the Tennessee Gas Pipeline through four tap stations. It is then distributed and regulated through 40 regulator stations at pressures
ranging from 20 psig to 450 psig.
A 13,300 square foot
office-warehouse facility houses the Authority's administrative offices as well
as its shops. Adjacent to this structure is a 6,700 square foot
truck garage. The Authority also operates a propane bulk delivery service
to serve customers where natural gas is not available, sweeping some 8 counties
with service (Dickson, Williamson, Hickman, Cheatham, Montgomery, Houston,
Stewart, and Humphrey's Counties).
On May 1, 1995 the Authority
purchased the gas system owned by the Town of Erin, Tennessee located in Houston
County, Tennessee. The Authority previously supplied natural gas to the
Town of Erin through a master meter and Erin operated their own system.
With the purchase of the Erin system, the Authority acquired 20 miles of main
line and 416 services. One employee of the
Erin system became an employee of the Authority on the effective date of
purchase. Potential areas for growth are
the Town of Tennessee Ridge, the Towns of Cumberland City and Dover in Stewart
County and the Houston and Stewart County industrial park.
The Authority employs 69
full-time employees.
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