Aside from the county’s three turnover-tormented agencies, a number of other departments have also given pink slips to the following staff members:
- Nathan Smiley, a 28-year-old planner who joined the county’s planning department on March 20, 2023 and was dismissed on July 13 of the same year for his apparently subpar work performance;
- Trebia Enoch, a 52-year-old telecommunicator who had been at the county’s 9-1-1 center since September 6, 2022. Enoch was fired on October 2, 2023 for reasons that included a failure to “retain the required position knowledge.” Her salary at the time she departed was $45,239.16;
- Mason Miller, a landfill attendant who had been with the county since January 30, 2023. Mason was terminated from his post on October 30 of the same year after he reportedly “walked off the job as [his] supervisor was attempting to talk to him about [his] tardiness and behavior”;
- Tammy Stephens, a 59-year-old administrative assistant in the county manager’s office who had been in the county’s employ since December 16, 2019. Stephens was let go on January 12, 2024 for reasons that are hinted at in a disciplinary action form that her supervisor had filled out a few months earlier. According to this “final warning,” Stephens had trouble meeting deadlines and had evinced a “continued lack of attention to details” that included some glaring mistakes in the documents she had produced for the county’s board of commissioners.
The form goes on to offer several examples, such as the misidentification of two recommended appointees to county’s tourism development authority as “tourism representatives.” “Both of the applicants work in the hotel industry so they cannot be
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appointed as reps for ‘tourism,’” her supervisor went on to bemoan. “If I would have forwarded Tammy’s email to the board of commissioners without reading it, then I would have provided the board with incorrect information.” Stephens had a salary of $43,175.31 at the time of her dismissal;
- Doris Drayton, a 62-year-old processing assistant who had joined the county’s health department on May 22, 2023. Drayton was dismissed on February 21, 2024 due to “a demonstrated inability to perform” her duties. Her salary at the time of her termination was $34,121.
- Jerry Gray, a 26-year-old telecommunicator who had joined the county’s 9-1-1 center on February 19, 2024. Gray was still in his probationary period when he was let go on March 13 after failing a drug screen. His salary at the time was $46,112.76;
- Rasheda Tobias, a 45-year-old social worker at the health department who had been with the county since May 1, 2006. Tobias was dismissed on June 7, 2024 for a series of alleged violations that included repeated failures to show up for assigned duties and frequent discrepancies between the times she clocked in on Kronos and the actual times she showed up for work. Her salary at the time she received notice was $65,851.28;
- Charrity Pete, a 35-year-old library assistant who had been working for the county’s library system since September 12, 2016. The county shut the books on Pete’s career with a separation letter that she received on June 10, 2024. According to the letter, Pete’s lapses included “approving a costly mistake on an employee’s timecard, repeated tardiness…and not communicating [her] whereabouts to the manager on duty.” Her salary at the time of her departure was $39,761.01.
The county’s personnel office also provided The Alamance News with information on three other employees whose dismissals had previously appeared in the newspaper.
These individuals include Tracy Perry, a former office manager in the county’s maintenance department. An employee of the county since November 29, 1999, the 56-year-old Perry, was fired on July 3, 2024 after she allegedly misused county-issued credit cards to make thousands of dollars in personal purchases. Perry, who was making $53,580.02 at the time of her dismissal, currently faces a raft of criminal charges for her alleged embezzlement. Charges have also been filed against Perry’s 25-year-old daughter Kaycee and her husband William, a retired county staff member, for allegedly helping themselves to some of the illicit gains.
The newspaper has also published previous reports on the dismissals of Sharon Carter, a 52-year-old farm appraiser who had been with the county’s tax office since July 29, 2013, and Thomas Southern, a 59-year-old tax appraiser who joined the tax office on May 15 of the same year. Carter was ultimately fired on July 24, 2024 after she allegedly fudged the tax value of property she owned in order to lower her tax bill. Southern was sacked on August 8 for doing the same thing on behalf of himself and a relative. Shortly before Southern’s dismissal, the county’s tax administrator Jeremy Akins tendered his own resignations for reasons that remain unclear to this day.
According to the county’s personnel office, Carter was making $59,136.98 a year when she was dismissed while Southern’s salary was $58,541.62.
See earlier coverage of Perry’s firing: https://alamancenews.com/county-staff-member-husband-daughter-arrested-for-embezzlement-conspiracy/
See earlier coverage of Carter’s and Southern’s firings: https://alamancenews.com/county-tax-administrator-resigns-two-in-his-dept-fired-for-manipulating-their-home-values-during-revaluation/
To read about other departments, see:
Background/overview (Part 1): 37 employees were fired from various county government departments over the past 14 months:
Sheriff’s office (Part 2): 6 fired, including three who fudged their hours on county’s electronic time clock; and two jailers who helped inmates pass notes to one another: https://alamancenews.com/part-2-sheriffs-office-captain-jailers-among-those-dismissed-for-fudging-their-hours-of-work/
Social Services (Part 3): 13 fired, including: “time clock” violations, or just not coming back from lunch; one who made up college educational credentials on her application; plus two who literally “fell asleep on the job”: https://alamancenews.com/part-3-social-services-time-clock-violations-again-exaggerated-resume-and-falling-asleep-on-the-job/
EMS (Part 4): 7 fired, most because they didn’t complete required training: https://alamancenews.com/part-4-ems-personnel-fired-for-not-completing-mandatory-training/
