Club Business
Past president Katie Dukeshire brought the meeting to order.Micah Fox led prayer and the pledge of allegiance to the US flag. Lucien Roughton visited from the SW Durham Rotary Club. Katie announced that Jim Cartner has accepted a new job and will be in training for 3 months and unable to attend the meetings. Various past presidents will be filling in. We wish Jim well on his new position and we will miss him for the next few months. She also let the group know that Phil Brown is taking over as Treasurer. Kelly Carlisle will continue to be part of the club and will act as assistant Treasurer. Phil, who was present, was applauded. We are thankful that Kelly can stay with us. Next week Matt Patel has program responsibilities.
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December Birthdays and Anniversaries
Phelps, Thomas (THOMAS) | 04 January |
Porch, Debbie (DEBBIE) | 14 January |
Bright, Jeffrey Grady (JEFF) | 18 January |
Rhode, Carolyn (CAROLYN) | 20 January |
Morrison, Michael Dwayne II (MIKIE) | 23 January |
Parker, Cliff (CLIFF) | 29 January |
Patel, Amit (MATT) | Spouse: Bharna | 01/21 |
Program: Bryan Hagood, County Manager
Cliff Parker had the program. He is a graduate of Elon and has more than 30 years of law enforcement experience. He recently accepted the Chief Deputy position with the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office.
His guest was Bryan Hagood, County Manager, a position he has held for nearly 2 years. As County Manager, he oversees 1100 employees in 24 departments. Because several of the departments have external boards (i.e., the School Board), he has to work collaboratively with all the departments.
Bryan’s main responsibility, statutorily, is to create and maintain a balanced budget. The General Fund for the County totals $152 million. In the past year, Bryan has implemented a merit system, with merit raises. All departments have goals and no one is considered for merit pay unless their department has met at least 75% of its goals.
Bryan spoke at length about the Diversion Center being created for those with mental health issues who come in contact with law enforcement. This would be a dedicated facility and would be an alternative to the ER or jail for this population. The Diversion Center is funded through a generous gift of $3 million from a anonymous donor and a $1.2 million grant from Cardinal Innovations.
He also mentioned the facilities master plan being created for the many county buildings, which range in age from 100 years plus to fairly recent.
Bryan took questions about the recent bond issues that were passed, adding that the current debt of the county totals $50 million and the two bond issues recently passed total $189 million. This will lead to a rise in property taxes.
The meeting came to a close with the raffle. David Moore’s table drew the winning ticket, but alas, no joy there. There are 12 cards left and a pot of $619.
Katie adjourned the meeting with the four way test.