President's Message by Tim McCormick
I assume all made it back safely to your home counties after our Commissioners Legislative meetings in Charleston. Thank you to all commissioners, administrators, and councilors that attended. I truly believe it was a very worthwhile conference. Even though we heard some "gloom and doom" discussions from some of our speakers, we also heard from the Legislative Leadership that they are willing to listen to, and work with us through this legislative session.
President's Message by Tim McCormick
Happy New Year!! I am sure you have all been offered this phrase once or twice, so I would like to be the last to offer it to you one more time. We are in to a New Year, that of 2013, one that is already filled with change. I am assuming the office of President of our Association with the departure of Ms. Cindy Pyles. I would like to offer Cindy my personal thanks and gratitude for leading our organization with class, intelligence and great direction. Thank you and the best of luck to you in all your endeavors.
We have a full plate to deal with as Commissioners, and we WILL continue moving forward with our agenda. Each and every one of you have the responsibility of representing your constituency to the best of your ability, and I hope you will do the same for your OWN organization, the County Commissioner’s Association of West Virginia! We have our Legislative Conference in late February, giving us the opportunity to discuss our legislative agenda with our representatives from across the State in a face to face setting. There is no better way to promote our ideas, other than speaking with them on a one on one basis.
Again, with the change I mentioned earlier. It is my responsibility to name a Vice President to fill that position until our Annual Meeting in August of 2013. I have appointed Nancy Cartmill, President of the Cabell County Commission, to do so. It is my hope that each of you will work with Nancy and I, and allow us to work with you, to continue moving our Association forward in a positive direction for our Counties and our constituency.
Have a great 2013, stay healthy, and let’s do what we need to do!!!!
President's Message by Cindy Pyles
First of all, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The Association is already gearing up for the next legislative session. Our top priority is getting the regional jail costs under control. We
are doing so by working with Joe DeLong, Regional Jail Director, who has many ideas to get the cost of running the jails under control.
To do this, we need your participation during the 2013 legislation. As you are aware, many bills that will affect our budgets will pop up during the session. We need to prepare ourselves to make phone calls to legislators and attending meetings at the Capitol. Good Luck! It has been a pleasure serving as your President!
President's Message by Cindy Pyles
We’ll it’s just a couple of weeks until the election, and I am still hot on the campaign trail. I am sure many of you are as well! The Association has been busy this month holding the Regional Jail Summit in Harrison County as well as planning the New Commissioner’s Training in November and scheduling the
Regional Roundtable meetings for November and December. There are many opportunities
available to all of our members to participate in and take advantage of Association endeavors and I encourage you to do so!
I know that a lot of you are busy getting ready for early voting on the 24th and the election in two weeks. I want to wish everyone good luck, and I hope everything runs smoothly for you in the Courthouse on Election Day!!!
President's Message by Cindy Pyles
I am sure you all are in election mode if your term is up! I have been making my rounds in Mineral County to visit my constituents before the election. The CCA Board and Legislative Committee had a successful meeting at the Charles Town Inn, Jefferson County, WV. It was a great facility and the hospitality from the Jefferson County Commission was appreciated. Everyone at the meeting worked hard to come up with some ideas and legislative issues for the 2013 Legislative Session. The CCA Board adopted a Legislative Platform for 2013 which addressed several issues for counties across the State of WV. The Association will be holding Regional Roundtable Meetings in November and December to let all of our members know what issues we are working on. A schedule of these meetings will be mailed soon. I would like to thank everyone who participated in the meeting. Your ideas and opinions were greatly appreciated. The Association is working hard on your behalf at the Legislature all year long.
If you have any issues or ideas, please feel free to call our office at 304-345-4639!Good luck with everyone’s campaigns!
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