Employees, toilet retires from county
Photo by Britne Hammons
Van Zandt County employees, from left, Barry Bilger, Sharon Slayden and Vickie Stone were honored at the VZC commissioners meeting Dec. 22 for their respective retirements.
During the Dec. 22 county commissioners meeting. Commissioner Pct. 4 Tim West once again asked for county departments to submit their respective monthly reports.
West, who said that the reports were “slipping again” in regards to the amount of reports received, said that a monthly report by the offices and departments of the county was required by law to be submitted.
West also discussed with fellow commissioners about the need to discuss options on how to receive the reports.
“These reports are required by law to be submitted. We have got to have them. For months we have been asking for the reports to be submitted. I suggest we look into ways on how to get the reports submitted to us,” West said.
Commissioners did approve the monthly reports that were submitted.
Three longtime employees of Van Zandt County were honored with a reception for their respective retirements Dec. 22.
Retiring from the Van Zandt County Criminal District Attorney’s office is Barry Bilger. Bilger worked in the DA office from 2007 to 2015.
Sharon Iley Slayden has announced her retirement from the county’s Indigent Health Office. Slayden worked in Indigent Health from 2002 to 2015. Slayden was also the director of the Indigent Health Office.
Vickie Slone has also announced her retirement from the juvenile probation office. Slone worked in juvenile probation office from 2008 to 2015.
A reception was held to honor the retirees. Each retiree was given a plaque that commemorated their time as a county employee.
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