Ron Lane

Ron Lane, Mayor of Big Sandy

Mayor Lane was appointed Mayor in 2005 after the passing of Mayor Linos Waters.
He was elected in June 2005 and has been re-elected to two-year terms since that time.

Mayor Lane has been instrumental in obtaining four major grants totaling $2,150,000 for the Town since being in office. The first grant involved the replacement of the downtown water lines and drilling of a new well. The dollar amount was $642,000. The grant covered $500,000 of the project. This grant was through a Community Development Block Grant.

The second grant involved the flood disaster and straight-line winds of 2007, which allowed the town to extend the water lines to outside residents that lost water access during the disasters. This grant was $676,000.

The third grant also involves the 2008 disaster and focuses on the damage done to the sewer lagoon. This grant is for $474,000. The work on this grant is currently ongoing. The Town applied and was rewarded an ECWAG grant through USDA for $500,000. This grant will be for sewer rehab to the lines and to the lagoon. Much of the work on this grant has not begun.

Mayor Lane is a member of the Benton County Industrial Board and 3-star committee. He is a member of the First United Methodist Church in Big Sandy. Mayor Lane has worked his entire life broadcasting at WRJB/WFWL radio station in Camden and has been known as the “Voice of the Valley” for many years.