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Granville County honors Development Services Director Scott Phillips with NCACC "Heroic Hands" award
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Granville County recognized Development Services Director Scott Phillips as its 2025 NCACC "Heroic Hands" honoree for more than 26 years of service overseeing county buildings, planning, zoning and inspections and for mentoring younger staff.
Scott Phillips, Granville County’s development services director, was recognized during the county board meeting recorded in this transcript as the county’s honoree for the 2025 North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) "Heroic Hands" award for his work overseeing county facilities and mentoring staff.
The NCACC presidential initiative "Heroic Hands," introduced by NCACC leadership as a program to highlight public-service careers and bolster local government workforce pipelines, selected Phillips as Granville County’s representative. A county official presenting the award said, "I can't think of a county employee who is more deserving of this award." (Presenter: Speaker 2)
County officials at the meeting described Phillips’s more than 26 years with Granville County, noting he manages planning, zoning and inspections and oversees county buildings. The presentation credited him with leading major projects including the county’s first major recreation park, a multimillion-dollar senior center completed under budget, two new alcoholic beverage control (ABC) stores in Butner and Oxford, a river park, and multiple building remodels and upgrades. One commissioner said Phillips was the board’s "go to guy" when meeting weekly with architects, engineers and builders.
Several board members and colleagues also highlighted Phillips’s mentorship of younger building inspectors and his community work. One commissioner recounted Phillips taking a young man "under [his] wings" to help him see another perspective in life. In his remarks accepting the recognition, Phillips said, "It's it's humbling, to say the least," and credited a team of county staff: "I didn't do it alone... it took a team." (Scott Phillips)
The presentation also referenced Phillips’s personal resilience, saying that despite "facing a profound personal loss while working for the county," he channeled his energy into community support efforts. Board members repeatedly thanked him for his service and volunteer work outside his official duties.
No formal action or vote accompanied the recognition; commissioners offered remarks and the meeting continued with the agenda after Phillips's brief comments.
The board’s recognition places Phillips among county employees highlighted by NCACC’s 2025 presidential initiative aimed at elevating public-service careers and supporting workforce development in local government.
