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Cherokee County commissioners terminate Emergency Management Director effective immediately
Summary
The Board voted unanimously on Dec. 8 to terminate Emergency Management Director Matt Haviland effective immediately; his duties will be temporarily transferred to the Sheriff's Department and the sheriff is authorized to retrieve county property from Haviland.
The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Dec. 8 to terminate Emergency Management Director Matt Haviland, effective immediately. Commissioner Myra Carlisle Frazier moved the termination; Commissioner Cory Moates seconded, and the motion passed with all three commissioners recorded as voting in favor.
The minutes state Haviland's duties will be temporarily transferred to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department and that Sheriff Brian Henderson is authorized to take any county property currently held by Haviland. The action followed a series of executive sessions for non-elected personnel earlier in the meeting; the minutes list several scheduled returns from those sessions (for example, 10:20 a.m., 10:35 a.m., 10:50 a.m., 10:55 a.m., 11:00 a.m.). No additional details or reason for the termination are recorded in the minutes.
