According to a press release issued by Vance County, there will be a special called meeting of the Vance County Commissioners on Tuesday, January 30. It will take place at 8:45 a.m. in the Perry Memorial Library Farm Bureau Room located at 205 Breckenridge Street.
The press release continues that the purpose of the special meeting is to “approve a resolution regarding judicial redistricting.”
The importance of the resolution, if it passes, will be a demonstration on the part of Vance County that it wishes to remain in the 9th Judicial District and keep Mike Waters as District Attorney for the County.
The 9th Judicial District is comprised of Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin Counties presently.
Vance County Commission Chairman Tommy Hester called the special meeting here in Vance County.
Hester told WIZS News, “(Waters) has done a great job. We have a lot in common with those counties. We look at economic development, Boys and Girls Clubs, hospitals, there’s a lot of things involved.” He said having to go with a district attorney in a far away county “is not going to be as good as being able to have someone close by who you can work with, who’s worked with this county and done a great job for this community.”
He said he could not speak for the board because it had not voted yet but said “personally I’m against us being moved.”
It’s unclear at this time if the other counties involved will call special meetings also, not to mention local municipalities like the City of Henderson.