Contradicting a straw vote taken at the Henderson City Council work session on February 16, 2010, members voted to accept the bid offered by Waste Industries, Inc.
Month: February 2010
HiH video: Henderson city council 2-22-10
Click “play” button to view video Editor’s Note: Due to tardiness on the part of the editor, the first half hour of short regular session was not recorded.
Rep. Wray’s Raleigh Report
Economic development in the rural parts of our state will play an important role in reviving our state’s economy.
Council to consider annexing Carey Chapel Crossing
Here is the agenda for the Henderson City Council’s monthly work session.
Wray announces $3.2 million for Vance & Warren
Raleigh – Rep. Michael H. Wray is pleased to announce that Vance and Warren Counties will receive $3.2 million for a transportation project to aid in the state’s economic recovery.
Council to consider rejecting sanitation bids
Here is the agenda for the short regular meeting of the Henderson City Council.
Gov says federal HSR money to provide 4,800 jobs
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue announced last week that the federal high-speed rail grant to North Carolina will create or maintain as many as 4,800 private sector jobs in North Carolina over the next four years, with 1,000 of those expected this year alone as ready-to-go projects get under way.
Monday’s open line
We’re curious to see what happens next in the Great Sanitation Debate. Here’s your open line.
Etheridge on Bowles’ appointment to nat’l panel
Washington, D.C. -— U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington), the only North Carolina-member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement in response to the President’s selection of North Carolina’s Erskine Bowles to lead a national panel on how to reduce the deficit:
Friday/weekend open line
There’s plenty to talk about if you know where to look. Here’s your open line.
Knock-off shoes help local kids
On Thursday January 21, 2010, Chief Keith Sidwell and Lt. Charles Pulley present Johnnie Burton of the Central Children’s Home with 22 pairs of confiscated shoes.
County commission planning retreat today
The Vance County Board of Commissioners will be holding a planning retreat today, February 18, 2010 beginning at 10:00 a.m. It will be held at the Satterwhite Point Glass House. No agenda was provided for the meeting.
Etheridge welcomes new jobs to Raleigh
Raleigh — U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington), the only North Carolina member of the House Ways and Means Committee, marked the one-year anniversary of the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in a job creation announcement with construction workers and design contractors at the Capital Area Transit Facility in Raleigh today.
Thursday’s open line
We anxiously await news of what the Vance County commissioners plan to do with the joint funding requests made by members of the Henderson City Council. Here’s your open line.
Wednesday’s open line
If you went to the Henderson City Council’s workshop session last night, we’d love to hear what happened. Here’s your open line.
HTSU seizes 26 lbs. of pot
26 lbs. of marijuana seized yesterday by the Henderson Police Department’s Highway Traffic Safety Unit On Tuesday, February 16, 2010, members of the Henderson Police Department’s Highway Traffic Safety Unit conducted a traffic stop on a 2003 Ford Windstar bearing South Carolina registration on I-85.
Wray appointed to emergency/disaster committee
Committee to study issues related to emergency preparedness and disaster management recovery Raleigh — Rep. Michael H. Wray has been appointed to the Joint Select Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management Recovery.
Elissa Yount: Money talks — Are you listening?
If you are interested in the link between money and politics on the state level, then you should be interested on the local level as well.
Council sets (some) joint funding goals
In a two-and-a-half hour work session yesterday evening at City Hall that frequently strayed from the topic at hand, the Henderson City Council reached consensus on some funding changes it would like to see in jointly funded programs with Vance County.