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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/8/2020 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Courthouse
CANCELLED - COMBINED Work Session (Non-Voting) - 6:00 PM & Rescheduled Regular Meeting (To Immediately Follow the Work Session)
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20-545 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Worley - Finance - Commendation - Ms. Tiffany R. Murray & Finance Staff - GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Award   Not available Not available
20-559 1B.CertificatesCertificates in Appreciation for Public Service 1. Bryan Robinson and Earl Withers, III, Fire Advisory Board 2. Jeff Beasley, Casey Bishop, Tim Gunn and James Towery, Fireman’s Relief Fund Trustees 3. Jeff Hicks, SARA Local Planning Committee (LEPC) 4. Ann Stroupe, Travel & Tourism Advisory Board 5. Eddie Everett, Workforce Development Board Certificate in Memoriam 1. Shirley Wiggins, Council on Aging & Home and Community Care Block Grant Advisory Committee   Not available Not available
20-555 1A.PresentationPRESENTATION - COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND UPDATE: - Mr. Doug Carter, Public Finance Advisor, DEC Associates   Not available Not available
20-543 1A.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - BOC - To Accept the Amended CaroMont Health/Gaston Memorial Hospital Board of Directors By-Laws as Information   Not available Not available
20-547 1B.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Philbeck - BOC - To Update the Provisions of the Gaston County Investment Grant Program to Extend the Small Business Investment Grant Program Through Calendar Year 2021   Not available Not available
20-544 1C.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Management Services - To Appropriate Additional Funds for Second Year of Grant Awarded to the Gaston County Family Justice Center (FJC) ($505,472)   Not available Not available
20-556 1D.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - County Attorney - To Restructure the Gaston County Board of Equalization and Review   Not available Not available
20-565 1E.Resolution (Consent)Board of Commissioners - County Attorney - To Approve Retaining Pope Aylward Sweeney & Stephenson, LLP to Provide Legal Representation to the Gaston County Board of Commissioners in Connection With Litigating an Action for Defamation (Libel) Against Gannett Co. Arising Out of a Recent Article Published by the Gaston Gazette (Fund Balance Appropriation - $100,000)   Not available Not available
20-542 1F.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Philbeck - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as Information   Not available Not available
20-558 1G.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS (Social Services Division) - To Approve Northwoods Consulting Partners as a Sole Source Vendor of the Traverse Software for Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services Case Management System in the Amount of $170,500   Not available Not available
20-563 1H.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS (Social Services Division) - To Approve and Appropriate Additional Low Income Energy Assistance Program Funds for Program and Administration from COVID-19 CARES Grant Funds in the Amount of $395,327 (100% Federal Funds)   Not available Not available
20-553 1I.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Finance - To Approve the Award for Purchase of $2,842,597.29 for Vehicles, and the Expenditure of $239,718.34 for Equipment, Decals, Tag/Tax and Title Fees (Totaling $3,082,315.63)   Not available Not available
20-549 1J.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Finance - To Award Bid for Financing up to $2,842,597.29 for Rolling Stock and Equipment to Bank of America Public Capital Corp and to Approve the Attached Budget Change Request (to appropriate funds) and Resolution Approving Financing Terms   Not available Not available
20-545 1K.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Worley - Finance - Commendation - Ms. Tiffany R. Murray & Finance Staff - GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Award   Not available Not available
20-550 1L.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - GEMS - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Grant Funds Received from The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority d/b/a Atrium Health from NCOEMS (100% Federal Grant Funds - $3,500)   Not available Not available
20-532 1M.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Public Works - To Declare the Attached Vehicles Surplus and Approve the Sale of Said Vehicles to the Highest Bidder on GovDeals.com and Authorize Staff to Prepare the Necessary Documents in Accordance with North Carolina General Statute 160A-266 (No Additional County Funds)   Not available Not available
20-539 1N.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Public Works - To Accept an Offer to Purchase a County Owned Surplus Parcel (#155370 Located at 813 Freedom Mill Rd.) and Authorize Staff to Initiate the Upset Bid Process   Not available Not available
20-540 1O.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Philbeck - Public Works - To Approve a Lease Agreement for Property Owned by Gaston County Located at 1305 Fire Ranger Way (No Additional County Funds)   Not available Not available
20-557 1P.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Philbeck - Public Works - To Accept a Grant from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for COVID-19 Recycling Relief Funding to Assist Local Governments to Purchase Recycling Equipment in North Carolina During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Appropriate the Required Local Match Necessary to Complete the Project (State Grant - $20,000; Local Match and Associated Fees - $5,350)   Not available Not available
20-541 1Q.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Tax Collections - Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the Listed Tax Refunds be Made. (Releases and Refunds - $102,584.15; Overpayments - $48,984.46; VTS Refunds - $7,041.61; Grand Total - $158,610.22)   Not available Not available
20-560 1R.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Travel & Tourism - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Grant Funds from Visit North Carolina for the North Carolina Tourism Promotion Grant in the Amount of $10,750 as a Part of the House Bill 1023 (Coronavirus Relief Fund/Additions & Revisions) from NCTIA (NC Travel Industry Association) and the EDPNC (Economic Development Partnership of NC)   Not available Not available
20-561 1S.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Finance - Appropriation of Accumulated Investment Earnings From April 1, 2020 Through November 30, 2020 ($33,831.36)   Not available Not available
20-525 1A.Resolution (Non-Consent)Commissioner Brown - County Attorney - To Amend the Gaston County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7 - Garbage and Trash, Section 7-3 - Storage and Disposal - to Create Subsection (s) - to Prohibit Anyone From Leaving Loose Yard Waste on Public Roads or any Other Public Places of Travel (Second Reading)   Not available Not available
19-543 1A.AppointmentsAppointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positions   Not available Not available
20-554 1B.AppointmentsCommissioner Philbeck - BOC - To Designate a 2021 NCACC Legislative Goals Virtual Conference Voting Delegate and Alternate   Not available Not available