President's Message by Tim McCormick
This is our busiest time of year coming up ladies and gentlemen. We have our legislators in session as we speak. We have our own CCAWV Legislative and Business meetings in Charleston, January 26-28. We have Board of Equalization and Review. We have budget hearings and levy establishment. Have I missed anything? Oh yeah, our daily dealings with our constituents and county concerns to deal with as well a courthouse full of employees!!! Thank God we're only part time employees!!?? I hope to see as many of you as possible at our legislative and business meeting in January at the Charleston Marriott. We have some great informational workshops to attend, and thank you to Vivian for putting together a great agenda and workshop session. We will also get the chance to talk to our legislators face to face in their backyard!! Don't forget to invite them to our reception. It only gets bigger and better every year, because of YOU!!
Please remember this is a member driven organization and you are the members!! Without all of you, we could not move forward making the lives of our citizens better and giving them a better county and state to live in!!
President's Message by Tim McCormick
I trust all have had an opportunity to attend their regional roundup and/ or will be attending one.
We just finished ours last week and it went very well! Please don't miss this chance to speak face to face with your representatives and explain the CCAWV agenda. Thank you to Vivian and Megan for all their hard work and travels helping us spread the word!!!
I hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving!!
We have a great deal to be thankful for; our families, our health, and the opportunity to live in a country that allows us to be free and express our thankfulness in our own personal way!!!
Have a great holiday season and to hell with the diets!!!!!
President's Message by Tim McCormick
I hope everyone made it back home safely from our Annual meeting and Auditor's training in Stonewall. Everyone should be congratulated and thanked for their attendance and input for a great conference. Thank you to Lewis County for their wonderful hospitality as hosts for the event. Thank you to First Vice President of NACo, Commissioner Riki Hokama from Maui, Hawaii,for his attendance and participation with us, letting us know that NACo is OUR organization and that we need to be involved. Riki liked it here in Wild, Wonderful West Virginia so much, I think we have him coming back again next year when we meet in Cabell County!! Thank you to Vivian, Jennifer and Megan for all that they do for us to make our jobs easier, more efficient and more effective!! Mostly, I would like to thank all of you, my fellow Commissioners, and your Administrators for being involved with our organization, CCAWV!! You are the backbone of our association and we, like NACo, are a membership driven organization!! Without all of you, we are nothing!!
President's Message by Tim McCormick
Alice Cooper once sang, "School's out for summer"!! I hope you all are having a good early summer and just waiting for the sweltering heat, storms and all those things that make summer so enjoyable!! Just kidding of course! We have our annual meeting to look forward to in August at the Stonewall Resort. I hope you will attend both our association's meetings, as well as the Auditor's mandatory training sessions with an open mind and with your constituents at heart.
President's Message by Tim McCormick
No you haven't been drafted!!!!!Younger commissioners may need to speak to one of their "more experienced" commissioners to truly understand that!!! The legislative session is over and I think there are a bunch of people that are breathing sighs of relief. We lost on some bills, but we won on some bills too. It appears we may get some relief from the jail bills due to a couple of bills that did make it. I would personally like to thank Vivian, Jim Bowen, our legislative committee and any and all commissioners that visited the capitol, emailed, called or otherwise brow beat their representatives to further our cause!!
Vivian and Jim did an outstanding job of representing this organization and defending our views and again, I would like to thank them very, very much. We have our Board meeting coming up in Wood County at the Blennerhassett. I hope to see everyone there and be prepared for some lively discussion. We need to start mapping our legislative ideas now so we can be ready for the next session. Once again, thanks to all that helped during this past session, and stay healthy!!!!
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