York County emergency management director to retire | County Report
York County Emergency Management Agency Director Arthur “Art” Cleaves announced he will retire from the position on Jan. 1. Cleaves, who took the helm of the agency in January 2015, will be much missed in the role, York County commissioners said when they accepted the decision at the Oct. 21 meeting. “I think everybody should retire at some point — but not you,” Commissioner Richard Clark said with a smile. He thanked Cleaves for his work over the past 11 years: “I appreciate what you’ve done; thank you for what you have done for the county.” Cleaves has led the agency through multiple milestones in York County: The emergency management team mobilized in 2021 to open a COVID-19 vaccination site that dispensed more than 100,000 vaccines; the agency under Cleaves’ leadership in early 2024 coped with punishing coastal storms that ripped away dunes and caused massive erosion — and found…
