Board member moves to hire economic needs and development director Jonathan Bennett at $50,000
May 02, 2024 | Lee County, Virginia
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The Lee County Board of Supervisors considered hiring Jonathan Bennett as the county's economic needs and development director and a board member moved to take a vote on the appointment.
Board member (S2) proposed naming Jonathan Bennett as the preferred hire at a starting county salary of $50,000 a year and said the motion included an option that, "if he does not accept it to go to the second ranked candidate," with the second-ranked candidate not named. The motion was seconded.
The proposal included that the second-ranked candidate would be offered the same starting salary if Bennett declined. The transcript records the motion and the second but does not include a clear roll-call or final recorded outcome for the appointment in the meeting record provided.
Why it matters: Hiring a department director sets program direction and budget expectations for county economic development work. The salary and the fallback provision for the unnamed second-ranked candidate were explicitly stated during the discussion.
No formal vote tally is recorded in the available transcript excerpt; the board's next procedural items continued with administrative reports and procurement decisions.
The board recessed later to a budget workshop scheduled for May 7; the transcript does not show follow-up documentation of this appointment in the segments provided.
Board member (S2) proposed naming Jonathan Bennett as the preferred hire at a starting county salary of $50,000 a year and said the motion included an option that, "if he does not accept it to go to the second ranked candidate," with the second-ranked candidate not named. The motion was seconded.
The proposal included that the second-ranked candidate would be offered the same starting salary if Bennett declined. The transcript records the motion and the second but does not include a clear roll-call or final recorded outcome for the appointment in the meeting record provided.
Why it matters: Hiring a department director sets program direction and budget expectations for county economic development work. The salary and the fallback provision for the unnamed second-ranked candidate were explicitly stated during the discussion.
No formal vote tally is recorded in the available transcript excerpt; the board's next procedural items continued with administrative reports and procurement decisions.
The board recessed later to a budget workshop scheduled for May 7; the transcript does not show follow-up documentation of this appointment in the segments provided.
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