Technically, work sessions of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners are “meetings,” and the same rules as always apply.
However, work sessions are very different in tone and atmosphere than the more formal, regular Thursday night meetings the commissioners hold on the first and third Thursday of most months. This year, for mid-October, the board has pulled a switcheroo: It canceled a planned Thursday, Oct. 15 regular evening meeting and added a 3 p.m. work session for that afternoon.
The county hasn’t yet released the agenda for the Thursday work session, but Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Jeff Phillips said on Thursday, Oct. 8 that the board will be discussing a number of items, including the county’s employee health insurance plan and the current status of the $94 million in coronavirus relief money that the federal government gave the county earlier this year to address the pandemic.
Phillips added that the board will also vote on an incentives package which was discussed in detail at the board’s Thursday, Oct. 1 meeting and it will also deal with some “miscellaneous” items.
The work session isn’t open to the public due to the pandemic, however, a limited number of members of the media will be allowed in the meeting room, and the entire affair will be streamed live on the internet – assuming no technical glitches, that is. Those who would like to watch can do so using a computer, tablet or smartphone by going to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7267627134151834635, completing the registration form and selecting “Join Webinar.”
The meeting, which is scheduled to last about two hours, is one of only a few remaining for Phillips, who chose not to run for reelection this year to his District 5 commissioners seat. He currently chairs a board with five Republicans and four Democrats, and, depending on the outcome of the election, this could be one of the few remaining meetings for a Republican-majority board.
All right Guilford County YOU have to stand Tall and vote in The replacement for Commissioner Phillips and enough other Republicans to hold the Majority on the County Commissioner’s board.I don’t want to start paying higher taxes if Skip and his Buds take over .He will begin just like Biden “I will cut Trumps tax cuts and then raise your taxes.WHO in their right mind wants a tax increase,now or later.So get out and vote,For Prez,Gov,City,County Republicans.Thanks for reading this.
County Employee’s Beware!
If you haven’t been paying attention this board and your current cowardly county manager have been trying to ruin your healthcare program without your input or any concern whatsoever for you or your family. This isn’t new, they’ve been at it for a while. They’ll fund those special interests and stick it to you who work hard for them everyday. Take a stand, they’ll probably try to hide on a Zoom call with limited speakers or some such nonsense. Remember all these Bozo’s have email addresses and telephone numbers! Tell them how you feel or feel about what they take from you. It is also shameful to watch our mostly Republican board declare how much they have saved us all by not raising taxes, yet they’re putting on a huge “informational” campaign pushing those school bonds and a sales tax increase that will cost you money.
Sales taxes make sense because everybody pays, hence the whole concept of the Fair Tax Plan that none of our current politicians seem to embrace. My gripe isn’t with the tax, its with the two faced approach.
Shame on you Board of Commissioners. At least the democrats om the board don’t hide the facts when they’re about to mess something up. I cant find one of the nine of you that I trust.
“Trust me”? Lie #1. Trust is earned; neither given nor offered.