Town of Kenansville interviewing for new public works director
The Kenansville Town Board of Commissioners held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at town hall. Town Manager Anna West gave the board several updates. She started by going over the budget-to-actual report with the board. “We still got about 80% back in the FMS from the conversion with Black Mountain [from 2025-2026 budget]. The bank recs [reconciliation] are in progress, and we still have about 30% of the utility billing to go back into FMS and 40% of the payroll,” West explained. “Hopefully that’s finished by the end of the week. I’m going to reach out to Southern Software tomorrow to get some assistance from them, and about 10% of the revenue and expenses need to go back in so it can all be up to date.” She also told the board that the town has received some interest in the public works director position. The current director, Gary Benson, is retiring, and Dec. 31 is his last day. According to West, one applicant was interested in doing contract work, but they are no longer interested. The job was posted in September, and the town is actively conducting interviews. “We have one contract proposal that is out,” she
