Vance County Board of Commissioners Meeting Monday, June 1st, 2015
Download the full agenda packet here: 20150601_vcboc_agenda_packet
Invocation Rev. Joseph Ratliff,
Shiloh Baptist Church
1. Budget Hearing 6:00 p.m. FY 2015-2016 Proposed Budget
2. Appointment 6:15 p.m. Julie Booth
Water Project Security Account Deposit
3. Appointment 6:30 p.m. Mitch Brigulio, Davenport & Company
Debt Refinancing
4. Public Comments (for those registered to speak by 5:45 p.m. – each speaker is limited to five minutes)
5. Committee Reports and Recommendations
a. Human Resources Committee
b. Public Safety Committee
c. Water Planning Committee
6. Finance Director’s Report
a. Vehicle Reimbursement Resolution
b. Animal Shelter Reimbursement Resolution
c. VGCC Capital Project Ordinance
d. Audit Contract and Engagement Letter for FY 2014-15
e. Surplus Property
f. Audit Discussion
7. County Manager’s Report
a. Fireworks Permit
b. Farmers Market Paving
8. Consent Agenda Items
a. Budget Amendments and Transfers
b. Tax Refunds and Releases
c. Ambulance Charge-Offs
d. Monthly Reports
e. Minutes
9. Miscellaneous
a. Appointments
b. Voting Delegate and Alternate – NACo Annual Conference
10. Closed Session
a. Economic Development Matter
b. Legal Matters
Monday night’s commissioners meeting concluded with an announcement following their return from closed session on a legal matter.
Commissioner Hester moved to settle the county’s law suit with Charles Reavis of Christa Reavis fame.
The Board of Commissioners then voted to settle the county’s law suit with Charles Reavis.
No explanation to the public.
With our property tax bills? Settlement WHY
Looks like good ole’ District 9 Judicial System did just as I predicted over 6 months ago and let this COUNTY CROOK off the hook with not 1 day served behind bars!!! If memory serves me correct someone on HiH placed a lil’ wager and said they would reveal his/her identity if the COUNTY CROOK didn’t get 1 day behind bars……….We are waiting for him/her to reveal their identity.
Another example of just how UNJUST the District 9 Judicial System is b/c if she had been black and stole all that $$$ they would have had her locked up until a trial date and probably given her Prison Time for being a COUNTY CROOK. I guess it pays to be white in District 9? Needless to say she got away with not as much as a slap on the wrist. Is that JUSTICE? I say H**L NO!!!! I hope I run into her in a store or business b/c I am going to give her a piece of my mind b/c she stole $$$ that one of my friends had used to pay her tax bill!! CROOK!!!!! I hope I can recognize her b/c I hear she is using so much bleach in her hair that its almost as white as mine!!! Reavis…….you are the scum of Henderson and you deserve to be hauled off to jail/prison……Thank GOD tonight that you are white!!!
If you think this new District Atty. is doing his job you have a perfect example here of just how sorry of a job he’s doing!!!! Wonder why Henderson is a dump? Look at your elected officials!!!!
Deception, nothing in my post can possibly be twisted into the lies you are telling.
Prudence, I have not heard the reason the county settled the lawsuit. The commissioners did not hint or say way when voting to settle the lawsuit.
Decept, your neurotic hatred of your neighbor is begining to take a toll on your cognitive functions. Read before you leap. Come on by Hardees tomorrow. I’ll buy you a cup of coffee. Eightish OK with you? See ya.
Mikey….what “LIES” did I tell? If the truth & facts upset you probably are part of the problem! I can’t help your COUNTY CROOK STOLE all the $$ & got a plea deal wrapped with a bow. I guess now her & her boy HH can live happily ever after on the taxpayers $$$ she STOLE!!! If you support or believe that’s Justice then need I say more? COUNTY CROOK made me look like the genius I am when I made a friendly wager with another blogger who has to reveal his/her identity b/c I said from Day 1 she would never serve anytime behind bars!!! GUESS WHAT HATERS….I WAS RIGHT AGAIN!!!!
Publius…..save your $$$ on the coffee….it can be used to pay your taxes just in case the COUNTY CROOK decides to STEAL it again!!! I mean it was rather easy the 1st time!
What a bunch of hicks w/o a clue!!!!
You’re losing it Decept. Careful.
Pube Dude…..I’m not losing it sweetie…..Vance County Tax Payers lost it!! Ohhhh…..I apologize b/c they didn’t lose it…..it was STOLEN!!!! White collar crime committed by a White Female!!! You claim to be an intelligent person….did you really think the outcome of her charges would result in any other punishment other than a slap on the wrist? Why do you think the results of the PLEA DEAL are being kept out of the public’s eye? LAUGHABLE!!!!!! Like most of the posts on this topic since it was started!!!
Am I missing something? This line seems to indicate a settlement with ONE person, not both.
“Commissioner Hester moved to settle the county’s law suit with Charles Reavis of Christa Reavis fame.”
Augi, Decrepit has lost her mind and would rather rant than understand.
What does settle mean, the husband is going to pay the county some money as surely the county wouldn’t pay him…..isn’t he the reason she was even found out?
How about some actual reporting from the local paper about the fate of the embezzler, what is going on with the case, county tax payers want to know! And the local paper gets worse every day, how about the cover for the “memorial day on kerr lake” tab that screams – come and swim with the illegals. Nothing about the real reason behind memorial day except one article at the back. That cover rivaled the spring/summer tourism cover which showed a graveyard in winter with no inviting information in it.
I try not to be negative about town and at least it looks like Commissioner Taylor is getting the job done.
Maybe Deception will ultimately be right but does the commissioners’ vote to settle with the husband affect Ms. Reavis at all? I don’t think the commissioners can vote to “settle” a criminal case, which is what this involves with her, right?
Would be very helpful for the newspaper to do some reporting on this. And if Deception is right and nothing has been in the paper, it may be time to start a new paper!!
Wonder if the commissioner who has attended less than 50% of the meetings in the past 6 months will find a way to make it to this meeting? I’m sure if it’s an issue that the others need his vote on they will find a way to get him there. He should have to return 50% of the $$ he received from the County for his lack of attendance during the meetings. Put the $$ he returns back into the County coffers or donate it to the Boys & Girls Club. I was told if you get $$$ for something you didn’t earn then it was called “STEALING”!!!! You know…..kinda falls in the same category as the COUNTY CROOK who took $$$ that wasn’t earned!!! The citizens in the other counties with whom I’ve spoken to about the COUNTY CROOK had the same opinion I have of the District 9 Judicial System……LAUGHABLE!!!!! They also had the some of the same questions I posed to HiH back when the story broke……why wasn’t the County Manager(who was her boss) unable to catch such a novice thief and why did he decide when all of it came to light that it was time for him to retire? Things that make you go hmmmmmmm!!!!!
Let’s see who is passing out the slips of papers at the polls come election time and who the Black Caucus is endorsing(or telling voters who to vote for)!!!! If you can’t vote w/o someone telling you who to vote for then you may as well not vote. You my friend are nothing less than a puppet!! No wonder things are the way they are in Vance County!!!
Also, the BofE in Vance County has been quoted as saying they had many qualified applicants….they will hire another person from within who doesn’t have anything “new” to bring to the table except the same ole’ lame policies and ideas. Watch…..the interim person they hired in the meantime will probably be the one they hire. If that’s the case……VCS will continue to have parents moving their kids to Charter Schools,Private Schools, and maybe even Home Schools!! They will at least have the peace of mind that their children are being nurtured and TAUGHT!!!! I’m not saying VCS doesn’t have good teachers but I am saying that the bad ones are growing in number simply b/c nobody wants to teach in VCS where Discipline isn’t handled properly, kids are very disrespectful to teachers, and when they are written up and sent to the office they are sent back to class in most cases in less than 30 minutes!!! What lesson did that teach? These instances were shared by over 25 different parents with whom I’ve spoken to in the past 2-3 months b/c I was trying to help my daughter find a “GOOD” school to send my grandchild. Looks like Vance Charter and Henderson Collegiate are the best ones in Vance County!! Guess the higher-ups over on Graham Ave. have too much pride to visit these schools and see how they run things b/c they are doing things right according to Test Scores and Discipline!!!
“I’m not saying VCS doesn’t have good teachers but I am saying that the bad ones are growing in number simply b/c nobody wants to teach in VCS…” and you know this how Decept? Are you spying on the schools by picking up thought waves through a tin foil hat? Or are you just giving us your unsolicited opinion? Oh I see, you talked to twenty-five parents…yeah sure Decept, anything you say.
These are FACTS Publius!! If you would get your head out of your cup of coffee @ Hardee’s & get out in public you may learn a thing or two! You seem to have plenty of time to critique posts on HiH. Why not visit one of VCS elementary schools & volunteer? Or could you not pass the background check? You seem like a grumpy old man so maybe on 2nd thought don’t entertain that idea……stick 2 Hardee’s! & HiH!!!
So it was just the husband Charles Reavis that they settled with and not Christa Harris Reavis??
She could still serve time? I know she isn’t serving it now because I along with MANY others see her out and about with her tan skin, freshly cut hair/colored and her nails done by the local nail salon. All being paid for with what money?? This is done regularly of course so that she can be seen on the town every weekend. What I honestly don’t understand is WHY some of the people of Vance County are being so supportive of her?? Is it because her parents are such nice people?
Question – I could be wrong about this so this could be totally a rumor but someone ask me the other day if her brother was the one who stole all the money from Beckmans BBQ years ago? Does anyone know if there is any truth to that?