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Waxhaw board recognizes longtime clerk, introduces new town attorney and hears parks, paving and police updates
Summary
At its July 9 meeting the Waxhaw Board honored long‑time staffer Melody on her move to a new town-manager role, introduced new town attorney Cindy Reid, reviewed parks and paving schedules and received a police report including a recently approved K9 grant and public‑safety trainings.
The board opened its July 9 meeting by recognizing Melody for a decade of service in the clerk’s office and as assistant to the town manager; Town Manager Jeff Wells summarized her work modernizing the clerk’s office, leading grants efforts and helping create the town’s first digital agenda system. Melody told the board she has accepted a town‑manager position in Mayodan and thanked staff and the board.
Wells also introduced Cindy Reid of the Urban Law Group as the town’s new town attorney. Reid’s bio in the meeting packet described extended municipal practice in land‑use and zoning matters, prior service as Davidson’s town attorney and experience in affordable housing. Reid addressed the board, thanked staff and said she looked forward to working with the town.
Parks and recreation staff provided program updates, promoted a downtown shopping weekend July 12–14, and announced new LED lighting at Nesbit Field 3. Staff explained the town’s decision to pause municipal fireworks: public‑safety reviews and crowd management concerns from prior events (up to an estimated 20,000 attendees) left the town without an acceptable in‑limits site to conduct a safe, regionally scaled fireworks display. Assistant Town Manager Matt provided operational updates: the annual paving contract is out to bid with award expected in late July and curb/turning‑radius repairs on North Providence Street will precede August paving.
Deputy Chief Brad Cohen presented police statistics for June (citations, warnings, calls for service and a month‑over‑month rise in collisions) and said the department continues training (including active‑shooter drills) and has opened 57 investigations; he also reported the K9 grant approved by the board led to selection of a dog and the handler began training in Rocky Mount.
Procedural motions at the meeting included adoption of the evening agenda and approval of the consent agenda; both were approved by voice vote. The meeting closed after brief commissioner remarks and a motion to adjourn.
