Application window now open for District 3 Commissioner seat
BENSON – The Benson Board of Commissioners have selected fellow commissioner Dr. Max Raynor to be the successor to the late Mayor Jerry Medlin.
The Board made the unanimous decision during a special called meeting Monday night citing Dr. Raynor’s experience as commissioner and familiarity with ongoing town projects that the Board has overseen during Mayor Medlin’s tenure.
Dr. Raynor has been a Benson Commissioner since 2012. He is an optometrist and opened his first practice — Professional Eye Care — in Roseboro in 1986, followed by a second practice in Benson in 1988, and most recently another expansion in Clinton in 2003. He also served as the 2007 president of the North Carolina State Optometric Society and remains an active member.
In addition to his role as a Benson Commissioner, Dr. Raynor has served on several community and civic boards including the Board of Directors of Four Oaks Bank & Trust, North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles as a medical reviewer, Southern Council of Optometry, and the Benson Area Ministerial Association among others.
Dr. Raynor will finish Mayor Medlin’s remaining term which ends in December 2025.
Also during Monday night’s meeting, the Board voted to open the application window to fill Dr. Raynor’s now vacant District 3 commissioners seat. To qualify, applicants must be a registered voter and resident of Benson’s District 3.
A map of Benson’s District 3 can be viewed here:
https://www.townofbenson.com/DocumentCenter/View/1604/Benson-District-3-Map
The application for Commissioner District 3 can be viewed here:
https://www.townofbenson.com/DocumentCenter/View/1603/Application—District-3-Commissioner-Seat-
The application deadline is Thursday, December 5, 2024, at 5pm. Applicants will speak with the Board during the December 10, 2024 regularly scheduled Commissioners meeting.
