Politics & Government
Oconee County Chairman Davis Distancing Himself From Decision To Spend $10,000 On Design Work For Old Mars Hill Road
Davis has said the spending for the design was "authorized by others."
Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis has taken steps to distance himself from the county’s decision to spend nearly $10,000 for design work to reconnect Old Mars Hill Road to Mars Hill Road proper.
That is true even though Davis has been exonerated of any wrongdoing for his involvement in the proposal under the county’s ethics ordinance and although the email correspondence indicates Davis initiated the discussion more than a year ago and has been involved from that point forward.
Davis told the four voting commissioners in an email message on Aug. 20 that the county did not have a design in place, despite the fact that County Administrative Officer Jeff Benko told Davis he would talk to him on Aug. 4 about the design modification.
Davis restated his position that he was out of the loop on that design last week in comments published in The Oconee Enterprise, and he added a new assertion.
Davis stated categorically that he did not authorize the spending of the $9,991.60 for the design modification, saying “It was authorized by others.”
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Pictured: Davis, left, with Perry Aycock in the middle, at meeting on Sept. 22, 2015.