YouthVoice 2015 report: Interview with Rowan County Manager Aaron Church, tour of County Administrative Building, and report on Board of Commissioners meeting

YouthVoice 2015

Sixth Annual NCACC Youth Summit

Anthony Blandino

Rowan County

Salisbury, North Carolina

Heading to Rowan County Administrative Office to meet with our County Manager, Mr. Aaron Church.

Rowan County Administrative Offices

Meeting with County Manager, Aaron Church

Mr. Church taught me about his job as County Manager as well as the responsibilities for the Board of County Commissioners.

Our meeting

Mr. Church is using a slide show to help me understand the duties of the Commissioners.

I asked about the finances for Rowan County, he gave me a graph which showed me how our money is spent. Most of our money is spent on the children in our county.

Thank you, Mr. Church.

Tour of the Administrative Building This is Carolyn Barger, Clerk to the Board. She is very kind. She gave me a tour of the building and a history lesson.

Clerk to the Board, Great job!

Administrative Secretary

Thank you, for all you do.

During our tour.

Rowan County Seal

This is where you stand when you present to the Board of Commissioners.

Commissioners Seating

The Remodel

The building use to be a jail and a court room. Now it is the Administrative office. They left some original details, like the US Marshall door. Very cool building!

Board Meeting getting ready to start.

In the middle is the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Greg Edds. Vice Chairman Mr. Jim Greene, Ms. Judy Klusman, Mr. Craig Pierce, and Mr. Mike Caskey. Rowan County Board of Commissioners.

After the Board Meeting After the meeting I met Chairman Greg Edds and Mike Caskey. They congratulated me for going to the NCACC Youth Summit.

Approval from the board to amend the leash laws.

Dr. Rebekah F. Julian, DVM and a representative from No Pet Left Behind Rowan, addressed the Board about their program. The Trap-Neuter-Return program will help cut down on the feral cat colonies in Rowan County. The problem was amending the leash law to NOT include feral cats.