from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Aaron Sarver <[email protected]>
date: Jan 16, 2019, 4:50 PM
subject: Re: Follow up on 04/04/18 Records Request: Buncombe County Sheriff Citizen Advisory Committee
Hi Aaron,
Thank you for that information! We will add this to our site, specifically related to the request called “Buncombe County Sheriff Citizen Advisory Committee” https://www.sunshinerequest.com/records_request/buncombe-county-sheriff-citizen-advisory-committee/.
I also do not know whether such a thing as Citizen Advisory board exists, only passing along what was sent in by the requester. I would like to clarify, however, that we did send in a different request we received on April 10, 2018 called “Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office Personnel Advisory Board” https://www.sunshinerequest.com/records_request/buncombe-county-sheriffs-office-personnel-advisory-board/. This was “Completed” on Oct. 15, 2018.
Thank you for your help!
Sunshine Request
from: Aaron Sarver <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Jan 16, 2019, 1:19 PM
subject: Re: Follow up on 04/04/18 Records Request: Buncombe County Sheriff Citizen Advisory Committee
Thanks for the clarification re: the email thread.
So the question is:
“I’d like to request a copy of the minutes (and names of members) from the Citizens Advisory Committee Sheriff Van Duncan
mentioned during his on air interview on 04/04/18.”
I believe the question is about the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) Personnel Advisory Board. I’m not aware of a Citizens Advisory Committee, or at least there is not a committee under that formal name. Assuming they are indeed asking about the Personnel Advisory Board below are the names and bios of the board. I’m including the bios in the spirit of transparency, even though that was not requested.
Willie Mae Brown
Retired from Ball-Icon Glass Company after 28 ½ years. Lifelong member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Brown also serves on the community boards of Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council, Quality Forward, Community Action Opportunities, and the MLK Jr. Association.
Joan Creasman
Retired Deputy Commissioner of the Western Regional Office for the North Carolina Department of Insurance and former Assistant to Sheriff Charlie Long. Mrs. Creasman resides in the Leicester community.
Don Linn
Chairman of the Board of East/West Inc. and former President of ETL Corporation. Formerly served on the Board of Directors of Asheville Country Day School, Temple Beth HaTephila, and the North Carolina Wine Wholesalers Association. Mr. Linn is a graduate of the University of North Carolina.
William Mance Jr.
Retired Vice President for Human Resources at Mission Hospital and a former Western Region Manager for Western Carolina Industries, a human resources consulting organization. Mr. Mance is a retired Colonel of the United States Army. He serves on several boards and charitable organizations in the Asheville/Buncombe area. He is a graduate of Hampton University and George Washington University.
Tom Sobol
Mr. Sobol served on the Black Mountain Town Board and Mayor for 15 ½ years, was a Buncombe County Commissioner for 16 years and chairman for the last 4 years, was Chairman of the NC State Personnel Commission for 10 years, and served on the United Way Board for 18 years. He served as United Way Campaign Chair in 2004 and was Chairman of Crimestoppers.
The five-member Personnel Advisory Board is governed by North Carolina State Statute, which was revised and rewritten in 2007 and ratified by the North Carolina General Assembly on July 18, 2007.
You can read the full statute here: www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/PDF/2007-2008/SL2007-238.pdf
The Personnel Board is statutorily independent of the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office and therefore the BCSO is not the custodian of any records or minutes for the board.
Here is the relevant section of the statute (from the above link):
“Section 1. Creation. There is hereby created a Personnel Advisory Board for the Sheriff’s Department of Buncombe County which shall be composed of three five House Bill 1197 Session Law 2007-238 Page 5 members to be appointed by the senior regular resident Superior Court judge of the 28th Judicial District.”
As the five-member board is appointed by the Superior Court Judge, currently this is Judge Alan Thornburg, it’s important that the public understand this is an independent board that does not “report” to the Sheriff, if you will.
I believe this answers the question from the beginning of this thread in full. Please let me know if there is any follow-up.
All the best,
Aaron
Aaron Sarver
Public Information Officer
Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office
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