Monday night at the Henderson City Council Meeting, three incumbent City Councilpersons were sworn in plus newly-elected City Councilman William Burnette.
Sara Coffey (Ward 1 At Large), Garry Daeke (Ward 3 Ward) and Fearldine Simmons (Ward 4 Ward) were sworn in as was Burnette. Burnette won the Ward 2 At Large seat on October 10, 2017 vacated by Mike Inscoe. Burnette was challenged only by a write-in campaign and earned over 96 percent of the 341 votes cast.
In a phone interview Monday afternoon, Burnette said, “I’m excited about it, a little anxious, a little excited, looking forward to it.” He said, “You can do one of two things. You can sit at home and complain or you can get involved and try to make a difference, so I’m trying to get involved and trying to make a difference.”
When asked what his platform is or his projects or his thoughts about where he wanted to head, he said, “There’s three things I think the whole City Council is on agreement on. That’s jobs, drugs and violence.”
He said the City needs more tax base and something needs to be done about drugs and violence and that every city council member he’s talked to is in agreement with that.
Burnette said, “We’ve got to do something.” When asked what can be done, he said, “Part of the problem is people are scared. If they see something suspicious, they don’t want to call the police to come check it out. We’ve got to get — the community has got to get involved. We’ve got to take communities back. We’ve got to get involved. If we see something, we’ve got to call somebody. We just can’t let it keep going. It’s going to take the whole community. The City Council and the County Commissioners can’t do it by themselves. It’s going to take everybody getting involved to take care of drugs and violence in Vance County.”
He said, “In my opinion lack of jobs is why we have drugs and violence. People don’t have anything to do. They’re making money selling drugs on the street because they don’t have any jobs.” Burnette said, “We need to build the tax base so people will have a job.”
He said Mako Medical was a good start, but we need industries to come to Vance County. In terms of economic development incentives, he said if Vance County doesn’t do it, other counties will.
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/by LarryDomestic Violence and Children Class Dec. 12
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Town Talk 12/12/17
/by LarryNews 12/12/17
/by LarryAlderman 2nd Ward At Large Burnette Sworn In
/by John C. RoseMonday night at the Henderson City Council Meeting, three incumbent City Councilpersons were sworn in plus newly-elected City Councilman William Burnette.
Sara Coffey (Ward 1 At Large), Garry Daeke (Ward 3 Ward) and Fearldine Simmons (Ward 4 Ward) were sworn in as was Burnette. Burnette won the Ward 2 At Large seat on October 10, 2017 vacated by Mike Inscoe. Burnette was challenged only by a write-in campaign and earned over 96 percent of the 341 votes cast.
In a phone interview Monday afternoon, Burnette said, “I’m excited about it, a little anxious, a little excited, looking forward to it.” He said, “You can do one of two things. You can sit at home and complain or you can get involved and try to make a difference, so I’m trying to get involved and trying to make a difference.”
When asked what his platform is or his projects or his thoughts about where he wanted to head, he said, “There’s three things I think the whole City Council is on agreement on. That’s jobs, drugs and violence.”
He said the City needs more tax base and something needs to be done about drugs and violence and that every city council member he’s talked to is in agreement with that.
Burnette said, “We’ve got to do something.” When asked what can be done, he said, “Part of the problem is people are scared. If they see something suspicious, they don’t want to call the police to come check it out. We’ve got to get — the community has got to get involved. We’ve got to take communities back. We’ve got to get involved. If we see something, we’ve got to call somebody. We just can’t let it keep going. It’s going to take the whole community. The City Council and the County Commissioners can’t do it by themselves. It’s going to take everybody getting involved to take care of drugs and violence in Vance County.”
He said, “In my opinion lack of jobs is why we have drugs and violence. People don’t have anything to do. They’re making money selling drugs on the street because they don’t have any jobs.” Burnette said, “We need to build the tax base so people will have a job.”
He said Mako Medical was a good start, but we need industries to come to Vance County. In terms of economic development incentives, he said if Vance County doesn’t do it, other counties will.
Vance Commissioners Move Forward on Golden LEAF Grant for Mako
/by WIZS StaffWith three swift, unanimous votes the Vance County Board of Commissioners approved Chairman Thomas S. Hester to proceed on the next steps by the County towards helping fulfill the economic development incentives package being afforded Mako Medical Laboratories.
Chairman Hester is now authorized to execute the Golden LEAF grant agreement with Mako. The County will now appropriate an amount not to exceed $522,987 for the purchase of equipment to be leased to Mako Medical Laboratories pursuant to the Golden LEAF grant. And, the chairman can now execute an equipment lease with Mako Medical Laboratories pursuant to the Golden LEAF grant.
The meaning is Golden LEAF will grant Vance County $522,987 which Vance County will use to purchase equipment. Mako will lease that equipment from the county over a five year term at two percent interest after which Mako will own the equipment and the county will have the money back.
Vance County does not have to return the funds to Golden LEAF, yet can use it again for additional economic development as well as a very short list of other items related to things like education and science.
The stipulations from Golden LEAF, according to county officials, are that Mako achieve at least 90 percent of the agreed to number of jobs, 153, and that the average income for those jobs is around $52,000 per year.
There was a special called meeting Monday afternoon at 4 P.M. in the Commissioners’ Conference Room.
For more about the Mako announcement back on November 28, click here: Teamwork and Good People Means New Jobs in Vance.
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/by Larry