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Bladen County supervisor recommends and commissioners confirm Chris Bordeaux as soil and water director

5547796 · August 6, 2025
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Summary

Soil and Water Supervisor Willie Beard recommended Chris Bordeaux to fill the soil and water director vacancy; the board indicated the person had already been hired and congratulated him in the meeting.

Willie Beard, a Bladen County soil and water supervisor, recommended Chris Bordeaux to fill the county's vacant soil and water director position, and commissioners acknowledged that Bordeaux had already been hired.

Beard summarized Bordeaux's background: Bordeaux was raised on a Bladen County family farm, earned a bachelor of science in soil and water and a master of science in soil science from North Carolina State University, served 12 years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (including seven years in Bladen County), spent nearly a decade in private sector ecological project development, and most recently worked in environmental health for Bladen County. "I would like to recommend Chris Bordeaux to fill the vacancy of our soil and water director," Beard told the board.

The chair and other commissioners congratulated Bordeaux, and a county official said, "you already been hired ... Congratulations." The county indicated additional onboarding materials from NCWorks were incoming.

The recommendation and the recorded congratulations indicate the county has filled the position; no formal resolution number or hiring motion text was recorded in the public portion of the transcript.