Disinterest, Neglect, Inconvenience, Incompetence What Ever The Reason The Result Is Commissioner Coleman Fails The 7th District.

When you read the duties of a County Commissioner the main thing it states is that the Commissioners are responsible for the finances of the county, setting the tax rate, budget etc. Part of the way for meeting this required responsibility is to form a Budget Committee made up of seven commissioners, one from each district.

This year the representative on the Budget Committee from the 7^th District was Commissioner Vicki Coleman. Each member of the committee is elected by the commissioners from that district. Commissioner Harwell cannot vote on any financial matters so he’s essentially disqualified. Commissioner Coleman requested to be on the Budget Committee and since Commissioner Campbell had served before, she was placed on it to represent the 7^th District.

It was almost immediately that Commissioner Coleman stated that she could not attend the traditional Tuesday meetings and they were rescheduled for Thursday Mornings.  

According to the records maintained by the County Executive, since January the Budget Committee has met eight times with Commissioner Coleman actually attending four of those meetings, however of those four meetings she only attended two Budget Committee meetings from gavel to gavel.

This is the scheduled Budget Meetings since January 2014 along with Commissioner Coleman’s attendance

16 January 2014 – Commissioner Coleman was in attendance

20 February 2014 – Commissioner Coleman was in attendance

6 March 2014 – Commissioner Campbell sat in for Commissioner Coleman

24 April 2014 – Commissioner Campbell sat in for Commissioner Coleman. Commission Coleman arrived after the meeting was adjourned. She was signed in by the County Executive with a notation that both commissioners were to be paid $30.00 each.

30 April 2014 – Commissioner Harwell sat in for Commissioner Coleman.

1 May 2014 – Commissioner Harwell sat in for Commissioner Coleman

15 May 2014 – Commissioner Harwell sat in for Commissioner Coleman. Commissioner Coleman arrives for the 9:30 meeting at 9:46 and takes her seat at the committee table

21 May 2014 – Commissioner Campbell sits in for Commissioner Coleman. Commissioner Coleman arrives for the 9:30 meeting at 10:12 and takes her seat at the committee table, a recess is called at 11:20 and Commissioner Coleman leaves the room and does not return. Her seat remains empty for the remainder of the meeting.

An additional meeting to discuss ways to raise revenue for the Highway Department had been scheduled at Commissioner Coleman’s request, she failed to attend that meeting.