Commissioners To Hurt Henry County

Hello at the Henry County Community News Blog,
I am writing today about something that is in the Henry Herald Newspaper about the commissioners and their plans to hurt Henry County.  Moving here five years ago was thought to be a good idea, but we are having second thoughts.  These people are not using common sense and letting their egos rule their thoughts.  They want to give the county manager who is not an elected official too much power, they also want to give the powers to themselves as well and it will cause problems just as it did in Wilmington, N.C.
Here are their ideas for his duties: Included in the proposed resolution to the legislative delegation is for the commissioners to have the authority to appoint, hire and fire the county manager, county clerk and county attorney, as well as delegate their duties and responsibilities. The county manager would have to power to supervise all county departments and personnel (with the exception of the county attorney, county clerk and executive assistant), administer personnel policies and ordinances adopted by the board, and have the power to hire, fire, suspend and discipline county employees (with the exception of the county attorney, county clerk and executive assistant), according to the proposal.
They would be taking key responsibilities from the chairman of the BOC and giving it to themselves in a coup.  In N.C., the people were to vote on this type of legislation before it became law and they didn’t get the chance and took it to court and won.  Thus costing the not only the taxpayers money, but those involved their jobs.  My husband and I see the same thing happening here and the people should say something before it is too late.

Ida McClure

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