Dr. Thomas Rumph
After weeks of debate over how to replace half of the Industrial Development Board, the City Council nominated four names today.
The Council nominated Ray Adkins, a former IDB member, Alan Lebovitz, senior vice president of asset management for CBL, Thomas Rumph, with Eastdale Family Dentistry, and Jimmy Rodgers, an attorney with Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers.
The Council has spent weeks arguing over how to replace Chairman Ric Ebersole, who retired, another member who quit after it was revealed he didn't live in Chattanooga and wasn't eligible to serve on the board, and two other members' whose terms expired.
Of the 19 people that applied to be on the board, 18 members met the requirements, such as living in Chattanooga city limits.