Mayor William R. (Ronnie) Marks
Mailing Address:
Mayor William R. Marks
PO Box 1089
Athens, AL 35612
Office Phone Number: 256-233-8730
The Mayor's Office is located at the Temporary City Hall:
1806 Wilkinson Street (click link for map)
2nd Floor
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Experience
November 3, 2010 – Current - Mayor, City of Athens. Administrative Responsibility for the day to day operations of the City of Athens. Fiscal operations budgets are approx. $100M Utilities (Electric, Gas, Water/Wastewater, Finance, Customer Service, & Warehouse). The General Fund budget is approx.$22M (Public Works, City Clerk, Personnel, Fire, Police, Cemetary, Parks & Recreation Dept.) The City of Athens currently has approx. 360 employees.
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October 2004 – November 3, 2010 - City of Athens, Council Member, District #4. Legislative Responsibility for Policy/Procedures and Budgets which include approx. $100M Utility budget and $21M General Fund budget)
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December 2005 – February 2008 - Field Operations Manager for Governor Bob Riley’s Emergency Relief Fund for Hurricane Katrina victims.
- September 2001-April 2004 – Contract employee with SCB assigned as Senior Functional Analyst with the Alabama Department of Human Resources.
Worked with the State Finance Department and the DHR Office of Contracts/Federal Claiming to analysis budgets and financial data to insure an increase in available federal funds and cost savings recommendations of state funds.
- March 1999 – September 2001 – Contract employee with SCB assigned as Project Consultant/Functional Manager with the Department of Human Resources, Office of Child Day Care.
Responsible for managing the contract activities between the Alabama Child Care Subsidy program and the contract vendor by developing and implementing an automated child day care subsidy system.
- February 1997 – March 1999 – Project Director for the Southern Alliance of States (SAS) with Lockheed Martin, IMS.
SAS was an alliance formed to support the implementation of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Services and implement a prototype electronic payment system for inter-state access to government issued benefits. Program services addressed were TANF and food stamps in eight states, including; Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Responsible for the delivery of debit cards to 1.9 million recipients/clients and actively enrolling 36,000 certified retailers in the EBT system in these 8 states.
- June 1971 – February 1997 – Alabama Department of Human Resources
Began my career with the Department of Human Resources in Limestone County. The last 8 years prior to retirement, I worked as a Regional Manager serving as the management link between the State Office and 11 county welfare departments in North Alabama.
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January 1971 – May 1971 – Teacher w/ Limestone County Schools at New Hope
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1966 – 1968 – Teacher w/ Limestone County Schools at West Limestone.
EDUCATION
- Masters Degree of Social Work (1975) – University of Tennessee, Nashville, TN
- BS Degree – University of North Alabama, Florence, AL
- High School Diploma – Tanner High School, Tanner, AL
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
- 1968 – 1970 U. S. Army
- 1969 – 1970 Platoon Sgt. – 198 Lt. Infantry Brigade in Viet Nam
- 1970 – 1978 Alabama National Guard
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
- 1982-1986 & 2004-2008 & Current – City of Athens, Planning Commission
- 2010- Current – Limestone County Foundation on Aging
- 2004- Current - Board Member, Alabama Veterans Museum & Archives
- 2004- Current - Board Member, Athens-Limestone Beautification Board
- 1986 – 1996 – Board of Directors at Athens-Limestone Hospital
- 1994 – 1996 – Board Member of Athens-Limestone Hospital Home Health Agency
- 1982 – 1986 – City of Athens, Council Member, District #4.
PERSONAL
- Married 42 years to Sandra Neal Marks
- Son: Rhodney Marks
- Grandchildren: Abby Marks (age 11) and Mollie Marks (age 9)
- Daughter: Laura Marks Johnson (& husband, Matthew)
- Sunday school teacher – Friendship Methodist Church
