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The items slated for discussion at this evening’s Vance County Board of Commissioners meeting include:

Vance County Commissioner Terry Garrison reported at Wednesday’s joint city-county meeting a recommendation that grew from this week’s Board of Commissioners retreat: the naming of a road or street after Martin Luther King Jr.

Some other items discussed at Monday night’s City Council meeting:

An intergovernmental meeting of the Vance County Board of Commissioners and the Henderson City Council took place Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Silo Restaurant. In attendance for the city were Mayor Clem Seifert, council members Elissa Yount, Ranger Wilkerson, John Wester, Mary Emma Evans, Lonnie Davis, Bernard Alston and Mike Rainey, and City Manager Eric Williams. County Commissioners Tim Pegram, Terry Garrison and Tommy Hester were there to represent the county, along with County Manager Jerry Ayscue.

Council members Elissa Yount, John Wester, Mary Emma Evans, Bernard Alston and Lonnie Evans joined Henderson Mayor Clem Seifert at Monday evening’s monthly Speak Up Henderson forum, a free-form period for people to address concerns to the city officials.

The most acrimonious debate during Monday night’s City Council meeting came when council member Ranger Wilkerson defined what he perceives as a problem with the role of the city clerk. The position of city clerk is held by Dianne White.

Before the public hearing on a proposed ordinance to force compliance or removal of certain auto repair facilities at last night’s Henderson City Council meeting, Planning Director Erris Dunston provided a brief overview of the ordinance for council members.

In light of the discussion here about proper notification of city meetings, we offer verbatim City Manager Eric Williams’ response to City Council member Elissa Yount, who was fuming after learning too late about a regional water meeting last week. Yount asked Williams: “Please tell me why you did not notify Council Members of the ‘tentative’ meeting.”

Five generations of the Terry family, including the leaders of Ministers Outreach Tabernacle, attend the Lehman Street Community Day on Saturday. The LeSIA (Lehman Street in Action) Community Watch and Ministers Outreach Tabernacle held their ninth annual Community Day on Saturday, when Lehman Street was closed in front of the church from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“Hydrants are nothing to play with. They shouldn’t be there if they are not going to work.” “It doesn’t matter if you have a $500,000 firetruck; it is of no use if the hydrant is dry.” Those and other comments were made at the meeting of the Henderson City Council’s Public Works Committee on Thursday at the Municipal Building.

Henderson’s contract with the Department of Transportation for the maintenance of state roads within the city limits, the procedure for the purchase of gas and diesel fuel, and the future of garbage collection came under scrutiny at the meeting of the City Council’s Public Works Committee on Thursday.

During Monday night’s Henderson City Council meeting, council members debated not only whether to continue the city’s relationship with Energy Systems Group, but also whether to sell the Municipal Building.

At Monday night’s Henderson City Council meeting, downtown businessman Doug Marshall of Woodcrafts and Coin Supplies requested permission to use a nearby city parking lot at the corner of Garnett and Orange streets for an auction Sunday, Oct. 2, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

After Henderson resident Sylvia Allyn addressed the City Council on Monday night regarding the water supply, which smells to her like “Ajax, Comet cleanser and Lysol,” the council soon heard a report on the problems with the water from the Kerr Lake Regional Water System.

The Vance County Board of Education met on Monday night at the Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue.

A potential safety issue that came to light during Monday night’s City Council meeting is the number of fire hydrants in need of repair in Henderson.

To the tune of “Y’all Ready for This?” 13 outstanding young female athletes, all dressed alike in white crop pants, blue jerseys, corsages, bracelets and flip-flops, were presented at the athletic version of debutante recognition Sunday afternoon at the Aycock Recreation Complex.

Vance County Schools Superintendent Norm Shearin is going to push for a vote on new high school parking fees Monday night at the monthly meeting of the Board of Education, according to the agenda for the meeting.

The Henderson Planning Board’s meeting Monday afternoon at 3:30 will have an immediate effect on that night’s City Council meeting.