YORK — Neil A. Morgan, who has served as York County’s administrator for the past eight years, announced Monday that he plans to retire at the end of the year.
Morgan announced his plan to retire in a letter to the county Board of Supervisors. His retirement will be effective Jan. 1, 2024.
Morgan told the board that between now and his retirement, “I will do everything I can to effectively manage the county and to assist the Board and our management team in implementing an efficient succession.”
With the board’s support, he said, “we have accomplished much during the past eight years,” including the implementation of a “strong and sustainable” Capital Improvements Program for the county and the school division.
Additionally, Morgan cited focuses on the board’s strategic priorities through an operating budget that added meaningful growth in staffing for law enforcement and fire and life safety as well as the quality of service enhanced in those two areas.
“As was the case when I arrived, the county continues to be blessed with a talented, loyal and hard-working staff, which has been the key to all that our elected officials, management and our residents have aspired to accomplish,” Morgan said.
Morgan also lauded the county’s achievements despite the recession in 2015-17 and the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Throughout all of the rapid changes of the past decade, York County has continued its tradition of being a reliable regional partner in the many Hampton Roads and Peninsula institutions of which we are a part,” he said.
Morgan began his career in local government in 1985 as a budget analyst for the city of Roanoke and began a 27-year career with the city of Newport News in 1986. He rose from a project coordinator in the city’s planning department to the department’s assistant director.
He was promoted to assistant city manager in 1997 and then deputy city manager. Morgan served as Newport News city manager from 2009-2013 before taking a faculty post at Virginia Tech. He became York County’s administrator in 2015.
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