July 13, 2021 From her Government Center office, County Manager Dena Diorio today reported on a wide variety of recent initiatives and successes reshaping county services in Mecklenburg. Diorio prepared comments about three issues identified by the Forum: how the county is serving homeless ... Continue Reading →
Mediation ends latest County-CMS skirmish
July 8, 2021 The latest county-CMS funding dispute came to an end June 24 with a mediated settlement that was approved by County Commissioners July 8. County and CMS statements on the subject, and the text of the agreement, are below. No children learned a thing from the flap, but all staff and ... Continue Reading →
‘My daddy changed the world’
Page initiated June 6, 2020 “We are plagued with the harsh reality that it could be us. It is us. The songs that were sung and the movements that were made were all entirely too familiar. The Floyd family is just like any other black American family. In pain, grasping hope, and determined to meet ... Continue Reading →
County manager outlines budget proposal
May 21, 2019 Dena Diorio had now PowerPoint, no flip charts. Just a few dozen numbers – and, more important, several vital messages. Her proposed budget commits community dollars toward solving persistent health, education and other problems because the Mecklenburg residents who attended ... Continue Reading →
County manager update
March 21, 2017 Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio offered an update this morning on a variety of county issues. She ended with the Health Department imbroglio, mentioning that all women who had been tested for cervical cancer but not notified of test results have now been found. Her message to ... Continue Reading →
Diorio has department heads explain breadth of county’s work
May 10, 2016 County Manager Dena Diorio used today's Forum visit to showcase the work of a number of county departments, and to introduce to a wider audience the people tasked with leading those efforts. In the order in which they spoke, the speakers were Dr. Marcus Plescia, County Health ... Continue Reading →
Diorio and staff report on county activity; Terrell Ivory introduces Phillips Academy
Nov. 10, 2015 County Manager Dena Diorio introduced three of her recent hires: assistants Mark Foster (Financial Services) and Anthony Trotman (Health & Human Services), and Peter Zeiler, director of economic development. Most of the questions went to Diorio and Zeiler. Separately: Terrell ... Continue Reading →
New County Manager discusses budget process, steers clear of issues
Dena Diorio brought a prepared text with her, but apparently few positions she wanted to stake out for herself, when she addressed the Forum today on the county's current budget process. She described her budget "road show" as an investment in listening. And perhaps she got an earful, mostly ... Continue Reading →