{"id":213146,"date":"2012-09-17T09:44:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T14:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=213146"},"modified":"2012-09-18T10:53:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T15:53:26","slug":"county-now-accepting-applications-for-vacant-board-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=213146","title":{"rendered":"County Now Accepting Applications For Vacant Board Position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=213026\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-213026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/09\/thumb_smithcounty-seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_smithcounty-seal\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-213026\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u2014 Smith County is now accepting applications for a vacancy on the Emergency Services District #2 Board of Directors. Emergency Services Districts are political subdivisions of Texas that are entrusted with providing fire services to many unincorporated areas of the state. Applications will be accepted through September 24.<\/p>\n<p>An ESD is governed by a board of commissioners who are appointed for two year staggered terms. All members must own real property or be a registered voter in the district where they serve. The five-member Smith County ESD #2 board serves the areas of Whitehouse, Dixie, Flint-Gresham, Jackson Heights, Red Springs, Troup, Winona, Arp, Bullard, Noonday, and Chapel Hill volunteer fire departments. Emergency services districts are political subdivisions of the State of Texas, and are required to comply with all open government laws.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re asked to visit the Smith County Website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith-county.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.smith-county.com<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in submitting an application. Applications can be found by selecting the \u201cGovernment\u201d tab on the home page, selecting the \u201cCommissioners Court\u201d page, then clicking on the tab labeled \u201cBoards and Commissions.\u201d Those interested should direct any questions to the Smith County Public Relations Office at 903-590-4607.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2014 Smith County is now accepting applications for a vacancy on the Emergency Services District #2 Board of Directors. Emergency Services Districts are political subdivisions of Texas that are entrusted with providing fire services to many unincorporated areas of the state. Applications will be accepted through September 24. An ESD is governed by a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=213146\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">County Now Accepting Applications For Vacant Board Position<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 16:33:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213146"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213335,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213146\/revisions\/213335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=213146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=213146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}