Overcash seeks second council term
“All candidates, for the most part, have the same platform. We continue to need new and improved roads and drainage infrastructure. Everyone wants enhanced quality of life with continuing excellent schools, parks and trails, recreation, and improved medical care. We all recognize the need for more retail development to generate an increased sales tax basis and we’re all for some form of structured residential growth. We all understand the benefits of an open, responsive, and cooperative government,” Overcash said. “I have been an integral part of the team and helped provide leadership that enabled this council to accomplish the progress that was made in these four areas during the last term.
“During my second term I will work diligently to lead our city’s government in continuing to move forward with aggressive plans to make Madison an even better community.”
Quality of life improvements such as the smoking ordinance, city park enhancements, development of a handicap accessible playground, city support of the new YMCA, and the slow but forward progress of a Madison Hospital are but a few of the new projects strongly supported by the current council he said.
“The city’s retail and commercial base has really begun to take off and with the new, huge, mixed use development in the works our city is poised to realize a greatly improved sales tax base to help fund the needed improvements.”
He said the city has increased residential building permit fees and implemented Tax Improvement Districts for new developments to help make future residential growth pay for itself.
Overcash believes one of the areas of greatest progress has been the council’s ability to more effectively work together to put the needs of the community first as well as an improved relationship with the city’s administration and with other local government organizations.
“My long term vision for Madison is that it will always be a thriving community where people want to work, live, and raise their families.”
Overcash was elected to the City Council in 2004 and served as Council President during 2007. He is currently on the North Alabama Gas District Board, is on the Human Resource Committee, and is the liaison to the Beautification/Tree Board, the Huntsville/Madison County Library Board, and the Tennessee Valley BRAC Committee. He has previously been the council representative to the Madison Industrial Development Board and the Madison Station Historical Society and was on the Planning and Zoning Commission prior to being elected to the council.
Overcash, 53, is a Senior Systems Engineer with SYColeman Research and works on the THAAD Missile Program for the Missile Defense Agency on Redstone Arsenal. He and his wife Debbie, a community volunteer, have lived in Madison for 24 years.
They have three sons; Cameron, a graduate of Athens State University in elementary education, Chandler who graduated from Mississippi State University in architecture, and Mason, who is completing a masters in art education from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. The Overcashes new daughter-in-law, Chandler’s wife, Sarah Aycock Overcash, is a nursing student at the University of Alabama.
The Overcashes are members of Asbury United Methodist Church and have been actively involved in many aspects of community service in Madison such as schools, sports, scouts (all four men are Eagle Scouts), and numerous civic committees, organizations, and activities. The Overcashes were the Madison Family of the Year in 2001.
“I am enthusiastic about continuing to serve Madison in this capacity and feel that my leadership, experience, and devotion to our community make me the best possible candidate to represent District 5 and our community as a whole,” Overcash said.
