Accomplishments as Presiding Commissioner of Camden County
The Camden County Commission has been hard at work over the past four years. Greg Hasty has led as Presiding Commissioner of Camden County and has made quite the positive impact on the area. Take a look below to learn about some of the positive changes Greg has made in recent years!
As promised 4 years ago, we have new FEMA flood maps for Camden County. These new maps remove thousands of homes from the flood hazard area. This saves these homeowners millions of dollars in insurance premiums every year.
As promised 4 years ago, The Camden County Commission has authorized a complete rewrite of the ULC of Camden County. We’re fixing many long standing problems, and reducing the COST OF HOUSING. If I have anything to say, which I obviously do, we’ll eliminate the 25 FOOT WATERFRONT SETBACK.
The COMMISSION authorized and accomplished the first significant raise of employee pay in 10 years, while ALSO improving the financial statue of the County.
As a result of the improved financial condition of the county, we received the LOWEST INTEREST RATE available when we refinanced the BONDS to make a 4 MILLION DOLLAR REPAIR to our justice center.
This commission authorized the hiring of the first PROFESSIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATOR, in the history of Camden County. These moves brought Camden County into compliance with state and federal law. Prior to 2015, the county’s 320 employees were served by employees with NO TRAINING.
We’ve resolved all of the ongoing litigation with P & Z, saving hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars every year.
We restored $150,000~ of funding to HORSESHOE BEND SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT.
In Camden County, we have hundreds of homes with garages and other improvements built within the right of way of county roads. Almost all of these were built prior to planning and zoning. We adopted the use of licenses for improvements within the right of way of county roads so that owners with existing improvements that encroach on the county right of way can get a loan.
The Camden County Commission requested and was granted the first comprehensive STATE AUDIT of Camden County in over 20 years. It became obvious that there were problems in the operation of county government and finances. With all of the controversy, the only solution was to dig deep into the operation of county government to find and isolate the problems. The commission will act on the findings of the audit to fix problems identified. It is essential to have a county government you can trust.
We have done a complete overhaul of the computer systems and IT of Camden County that had been neglected for years.
We’ve protected property values by stopping unwanted commercial and industrial development from encroaching into quiet residential neighborhoods, such as the proposed expansion of the rock quarry in Sunrise Beach.
We’ve bid out banking and insurance to save hundreds of thousands of tax dollars every year.
On behalf of the Camden County Commission, I am pleased to announce that Standard and Poor’s has “raised our credit rating from “AA-“to “AA” while affirming the stable outlook.” The rating letter, dated February 23, 2018, confirms the improvement in the counties financial status that was asserted a few months ago when we refinanced county bonds for major structural repairs to the Camden County Justice Center.
This is the result of a lot of hard work by the entire Camden County Commission, who sets the budget. We worked as a team, in cooperation with many other elected officials and employees to make this happen. It is worth noting that Camden County was able to achieve this improved credit rating while also giving county employees the first significant pay raise in a decade.
As promised 4 years ago, we have new FEMA flood maps for Camden County. These new maps remove thousands of homes from the flood hazard area. This saves these homeowners millions of dollars in insurance premiums every year.
As promised 4 years ago, The Camden County Commission has authorized a complete rewrite of the ULC of Camden County. We’re fixing many long standing problems, and reducing the COST OF HOUSING. If I have anything to say, which I obviously do, we’ll eliminate the 25 FOOT WATERFRONT SETBACK.
The COMMISSION authorized and accomplished the first significant raise of employee pay in 10 years, while ALSO improving the financial statue of the County.
As a result of the improved financial condition of the county, we received the LOWEST INTEREST RATE available when we refinanced the BONDS to make a 4 MILLION DOLLAR REPAIR to our justice center.
This commission authorized the hiring of the first PROFESSIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATOR, in the history of Camden County. These moves brought Camden County into compliance with state and federal law. Prior to 2015, the county’s 320 employees were served by employees with NO TRAINING.
We’ve resolved all of the ongoing litigation with P & Z, saving hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars every year.
We restored $150,000~ of funding to HORSESHOE BEND SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT.
In Camden County, we have hundreds of homes with garages and other improvements built within the right of way of county roads. Almost all of these were built prior to planning and zoning. We adopted the use of licenses for improvements within the right of way of county roads so that owners with existing improvements that encroach on the county right of way can get a loan.
The Camden County Commission requested and was granted the first comprehensive STATE AUDIT of Camden County in over 20 years. It became obvious that there were problems in the operation of county government and finances. With all of the controversy, the only solution was to dig deep into the operation of county government to find and isolate the problems. The commission will act on the findings of the audit to fix problems identified. It is essential to have a county government you can trust.
We have done a complete overhaul of the computer systems and IT of Camden County that had been neglected for years.We’ve protected property values by stopping unwanted commercial and industrial development from encroaching into quiet residential neighborhoods, such as the proposed expansion of the rock quarry in Sunrise Beach.
We’ve bid out banking and insurance to save hundreds of thousands of tax dollars every year.
On behalf of the Camden County Commission, I am pleased to announce that Standard and Poor’s has “raised our credit rating from “AA-“to “AA” while affirming the stable outlook.” The rating letter, dated February 23, 2018, confirms the improvement in the counties financial status that was asserted a few months ago when we refinanced county bonds for major structural repairs to the Camden County Justice Center.
This is the result of a lot of hard work by the entire Camden County Commission, who sets the budget. We worked as a team, in cooperation with many other elected officials and employees to make this happen. It is worth noting that Camden County was able to achieve this improved credit rating while also giving county employees the first significant pay raise in a decade.
“I am committed to working hard to serve the citizens of Camden County, with a stable, commonsense leadership strategy for our growing community.”
Greg Hasty
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