A house RESOLUTION

 

TO HONOR AND COMMEND David B. Vehaun, City manager for the City of Rock Hill, for his FIFTEEN YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THAT CHARMING MUNICIPALITY IN HIS PRESENT POST AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON BECOMING ROCK HILL'S LONGEST-SERVING CITY MANAGER.

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that David B. Vehaun, having served fifteen years as city manager for the City of Rock Hill, has become that city's longest-serving city manager and will be honored at a special celebration, to be held on January 29, 2026; and

 

Whereas, David, who has served as city manager since October 2010, previously served the city as assistant city manager. Before assuming the latter position, he held a variety of other posts for the City of Rock Hill, including chief financial officer, senior financial analyst, and financial analyst; and

 

Whereas, in preparation for his career, in 1986 David earned his bachelor's degree in government and public service, with an emphasis in business administration, from Winthrop University, where he graduated with honors. He received a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with an emphasis on finance and budget administration, in 1989. In 1991, David also graduated from the Advanced Government Finance Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, which he attended on one of two MBIA National Scholarships; and

 

Whereas, he has moderated, and spoken at, past Government Finance Officer Association (GFOA) national conventions on topics such as budgeting and long-range financial planning. A frequent speaker at statewide finance conferences, he is also past president of both the Government Finance Officers Association of South Carolina and the Municipal Finance Officers, Clerks and Treasurers Association of South Carolina. Further, he has served on GFOA's National Nominating Committee and as chairperson of the GFOA National Committee on Governmental Budgeting and Fiscal Policy. One of three GFOA representatives to the National Streamlined Sales Tax effort, David also has served as a member of GFOA's National Executive Board and as ex officio on GFOA's National Committee on Economic Development and Capital Planning; and

 

Whereas, in addition to his employment with the City of Rock Hill, David served in the past as an adjunct professor of political science at Winthrop University, where he taught classes in American government, state and local government, public budgeting, and public administration. Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, honor and commend David B. Vehaun, city manager for the City of Rock Hill, for his fifteen years of outstanding service to that charming municipality in his present post and congratulate him on becoming Rock Hill's longest-serving city manager.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to David B. Vehaun.

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