South Carolina H 4938: David Vehaun, Rock Hill’s longest-serving city manager

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2025-2026 Bill 4938 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 15, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4938

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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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