As the county turns: budget committees, good-bye to David McNeill and others
Remember those committees that Melvin "Skip" Alston formed to review the county's budget and other areas?
We've got the list on some of those members, but what they'll do is still a little unclear.
"I think we have a lot of fat in county government," he said. "And we have a lot of people that aren't accountable. And I don’t think the whole story has been told through the years. And we could do a whole lot more with less."
He said that he's got an idea of what he wants the county to look like, but needs some input, but also doesn't want to divulge the entire plan at once. So what's the picture from here look like, now that David McNeill, Ben Brown and others are gone?
"I don’t know yet, I just started. And I’m asking people to be more patient and understanding. We are ten percent here. It’s in the first trimester."
So not much to say yet, it sounds like. But we will have an overall outlook on what's happened, why and what's next in tomorrow N&R. It kind of mashes all the occurences in the last week in one story, with some pieces on what could come.
But here's the composure of those committees for now, which could change. Remember, Alston and Steve Arnold are ex-officio members of each:
Budget committee: Steve Arnold, Billy Yow
Education: Bruce Davis
Human Services: Carolyn Coleman, Kirk Perkins, Steve Showfety - CEO of Koury Corp.
Manager Search Committee: Linda Shaw, Carolyn Coleman, Pat Danahy - president of the Greensboro Partnership - and Eric Wiseman - CEO of VF Corp.
Substance Abuse and Drug Treatment Committee: Kay Cashion
Alternatives to Incarceration: John Parks
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