Jan 5 2021
Mayor Josh Shamblin
Town Council
convened their monthly meeting Jan 5th. Absent from duty were
Council persons Jerry Stover and Joyce Gibson.
All kinds of issues come up during a Council meeting. Most common are those related to finances. Like, for several years now, Council has tried to get a handle on how many street lights they pay for each month. To date, no knows for sure hoe many lights are actually working nor how many are charged to the town.
For several months now, the Log Factory (sewer plant) has been operating in the red. Mayor Shamblin apprised his Council, those losses are coming from the Log Factory salaries account. Those losses may be a result of overtime or extra hours spent.
The first reading of some kind of Log Factory ordinance was approved. A special meeting will be convened soon for the second and final reading.
For the upcoming Log Factory, lift stations, etc, Dunn Engineering is doing the early and expect to have a design ready next month.
We think there are a bunch of personnel problems facing the Mayor. Those are never discussed in public. Usually at the foundation of such problems are bogus hours turned in and excessive overtime. The only mention of change coming was, employee policy and procedure manual changes are coming.
All kinds of issues come up during a Council meeting. Most common are those related to finances. Like, for several years now, Council has tried to get a handle on how many street lights they pay for each month. To date, no knows for sure hoe many lights are actually working nor how many are charged to the town.
For several months now, the Log Factory (sewer plant) has been operating in the red. Mayor Shamblin apprised his Council, those losses are coming from the Log Factory salaries account. Those losses may be a result of overtime or extra hours spent.
The first reading of some kind of Log Factory ordinance was approved. A special meeting will be convened soon for the second and final reading.
For the upcoming Log Factory, lift stations, etc, Dunn Engineering is doing the early and expect to have a design ready next month.
We think there are a bunch of personnel problems facing the Mayor. Those are never discussed in public. Usually at the foundation of such problems are bogus hours turned in and excessive overtime. The only mention of change coming was, employee policy and procedure manual changes are coming.
Council person Denise Holcomb
To be on Town
Council, Mayor, Recorder, you have to be a resident of the
municipality. That's the law. Over the last couple decades
that issue has come up more than once. Most recently, a Town
Recorder was tossed from office when she moved over in Pisgah.
Not much before that, during Mayor Brown's term, a Councilman
had to resign from duty when he moved out of town limits. A
long time ago,when Leonard Williams was Mayor, he was removed
by a Circuit Court Judge because his bedroom was outside of
municipal limits.
Many of us are now hearing another case of a Town official living elsewhere. That person in the cross hairs is Denise Holcomb.
During this public, from the peanut gallery, Ms Holcomb was asked the question: Where is your abode, where do you hang your hat, and do you live outside city boundaries?
Her response was wishy washy.
She never gave a Yes or No answer.
Her response was coy and guarded at best.
IF Denise Holcomb is spending her time, where she hangs her hat, her abode, is some place other than the Town of Clay, she should do the right thing and resign from Town Council.
AW
Many of us are now hearing another case of a Town official living elsewhere. That person in the cross hairs is Denise Holcomb.
During this public, from the peanut gallery, Ms Holcomb was asked the question: Where is your abode, where do you hang your hat, and do you live outside city boundaries?
Her response was wishy washy.
She never gave a Yes or No answer.
Her response was coy and guarded at best.
IF Denise Holcomb is spending her time, where she hangs her hat, her abode, is some place other than the Town of Clay, she should do the right thing and resign from Town Council.
AW