NEWS
RELEASE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008
The Board of
The Commissioners met in General Session and approved and signed various resolutions, contracts and documents, approved several travel requests, reviewed the calendar of events and discussed upcoming meetings.
Laura also provided a Board of Elections Update. Approximately 40 citizens took advantage of the register and vote window. The Board of Elections has currently received 1700 absentee ballot requests and 300 voters have taken advantage of early voting at the Board of Elections office. Any voter may come to the Board of Elections office for early voting to avoid long lines at the polls, October 31, 2008. The Office will also be open on Saturday, November 1, 2008 fro 8:30 am thru 12:00 non for absentee voting. This is also the last day the Board of Elections is able to accept written requests for absentee ballots.
Tina Hiler, Senior Services Director recently provided the
Commissioners with an update. Tina
informed the Commissioners that this year’s Farmer’s Market Program has been a
success and will end in October. She
also informed the Commissioners that the
Release Approved: ____________________________________________________
James E.
Harris, Jr.,