Board of Supervisors: Public presentations, reports from board members, administrator & attorney

The April 16th meeting of the Warren County Board of Supervisors started with comments from the public and then moved to reports from the Board, County Administrator and County Attorney.

Supervisor Tom Sayre said, “Today is a good day for those that seek the truth. That’s all. Mr. Chair.” Supervisor Archie Fox said, “The scandal at the EDA is enormous and it’s going to take a long time for the investigations, lawsuits and criminal prosecutions to finish before we know the full magnitude of the wrongs done.” Fox also provided some suggestions for oversite of the EDA. He went on to say, “Honest government requires transparency and that can’t happen if everything is confidential and not yet available for scrutiny. There are sound reasons for some closed board deliberations but that should be an exception, not the rule.”

Chairman Dan Murry expressed concerns for our community and said, “Nothing would make me happier than see somebody in handcuffs going in the RSW Jail.” He also asked for patience and prayers. County Administrator Doug Stanley issued an apology. He said, “I do want to offer my apologies to the community, this board and staff for the excerpts of a 2014 email chain that was released last week. The email included what was intended to be a funny reference to a movie line but included some very insensitive, vulgar language. I went entirely too far for what I intended to be a joke. I reached out to the persons referring to in my comments and offered my serious apologies.” He went on with his report and mentioned several new businesses looking to located in our community.

Royal Examiner’s camera was there. Watch and see the complete remarks and reports: