Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/28/2026 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Courthouse
Regular Meeting 6:00 P.M.
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Not available  
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26-154 1A.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: Conditional District REZ-26-01-07-00240, RTR Renovations, LLC (Applicant); Property Parcel: 173544, Located at 14556 Lucia Riverbend Hwy., Mount Holly, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District with US and CH Overlays to the (CD/C-3) General Commercial Conditional District with US and CH Overlays 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept MotionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
26-166 1B.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Bailey - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: Conditional District REZ-25-04-10-00226, Jeffery L. Smith (Applicant); Property Parcels: 190594 & 190596, Located at 1435 Union New Hope Rd., Gastonia, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District with US and CH Overlays to the CD/(C-3) General Commercial Conditional District with US and CH Overlays 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motionpostponed  Action details Video Video
26-139 1C.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Hovis - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-26-02-19-00242, Clifton Kerr Foy (Applicant); Property Parcel: 319056, Located on Camp Rotary Rd., Gastonia, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District with (US) Overlay to the (R-2) Single Family Moderate Zoning District with (US) Overlay 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept MotionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
26-136 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Cloninger - BOC - Commendation - To Commemorate the Centennial Celebration of the William Chronicle DAR Chapter Upon its 100th AnniversaryapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-137 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - Commendation - To Commend Mrs. Erin Dunaway Upon Being Crowned Mrs. North Carolina America 2026approvedPass Action details Not available
26-138 1C.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioners Bailey & Keigher - Commendations - North Carolina America 250 Initiative - 4th Grade Flag Challenge Winner Jase Joyner and Runner-up Sterling ElliottapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-159 1D.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Cooperative Extension - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received from the Farm Bureau and AG South in the Amount of $4,025approvedPass Action details Not available
26-162 1E.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Cooperative Extension - To Approve a Refund to Kintegra Health for Unspent Highland Youth Garden and Entrepreneur Incubator Program Funds ($6,682.54)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-145 1F.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - County Attorney - To Authorize Participation in the National Opioids Remnant Defendants’ SettlementapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-160 1G.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - To Appropriate Restricted Building Inspections Fund Balance to Support Ongoing Employee Training and Development for Building & Development Services Personnel ($50,000)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-171 1H.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as InformationapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-127 1I.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Appropriate State Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services - Environmental Health Section and the Food Protection and Facilities Branch (100% Grant Funds - $9,438)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-130 1J.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Appropriate Federal Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services - Local Community Support Section for Public Health Infrastructure: Local Workforce Development Funds (100% Grant Funds - $78,710)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-168 1K.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services - Women, Infant, and Community Wellness Section of the Maternal Health Branch Funds (100% Grant Funds - $22,973)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-107 1L.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of April 2026 as Child Abuse Prevention MonthapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-147 1M.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Funds from Partners Behavioral Health Management for Reimbursement of Foster Care Placement Costs in the Amount of $34,770.00 (No Additional County Funds Required)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-156 1N.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received in Third Quarter of FY26 Totaling $6,380.76approvedPass Action details Not available
26-124 1O.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Approve a Certificate of Need (CON) for Lucia-Riverbend Fire Department for the Purchase of 6.005 Acres for Development of 2nd Fire StationapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-148 1P.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Approve a Certificate of Need (CON) for Alexis Fire Department for Purchase of New Brush Truck in the Amount up to $300,000.00approvedPass Action details Not available
26-149 1Q.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Amend Resolution 2026-103 for Lowell Fire Department for Purchase of New Engine by $50,000.00approvedPass Action details Not available
26-150 1R.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Approve a Certificate of Need (CON) for All VFDs in the Unified Fire District for Reimbursement of Workers Compensation and to Appropriate Unified Fire District Fund Balance ($170,320.00)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-151 1S.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Approve a Certificate of Need (CON) for Community Fire Department for Reimbursement of a Sprinkler and Fire Alarm System and to Appropriate Unified Fire District Fund Balance ($23,065.00)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-170 1T.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept as Information the March 2026 Property Tax Refunds Less than $100. These Tax Refunds Should Be Recorded in the Board’s Minutes. (Total NCVTS Refunds - $2,616.93)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-164 1U.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (DHHS/Shelter) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional State Grant Funds from the NC Division for Women & Youth for The Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center for FY2026 ($1,138.28 with an additional match of $227.66)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-167 1V.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (Hope United Survivor Network) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional State Grant Funds from the NC Division for Women & Youth for the Hope United Survivor Network's Sexual Assault Program for FY2026 ($765.71 with an additional match of $153.15)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-158 1W.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - GEMS - To Appropriate Fund Balance for FY25 Excess Directed Payment Revenues ($373,980) and to Appropriate FY26 Excess Directed Payment Revenues ($86,817) for Payment to the State in Support of the Managed Care Directed Payment Fee Schedule.approvedPass Action details Not available
26-161 1X.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - GEMS - To Appropriate Medicaid Cost Settlement Funds Totaling $1,167,466 and Approve a Transfer of $736,361 to the Capital FundapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-152 1Y.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Human Resources - To Approve Revisions to the Gaston County Personnel Policy Manual Related to Reclassifications, Trainee Status, Holidays, Sick Leave, Bereavement Leave, and Calculating Leave for Part-Time EmployeesapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-143 1Z.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Cloninger - Museum of Art & History - Commendation - To Recognize the Gaston County Museum of Art and History Upon Receiving National ReaccreditationapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-155 1AA.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Bailey - Office of Capital Improvements - To Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute a Construction Contract with Ed Wallace Construction, Inc. for the North Belmont Park Water Supply Project in the Amount of $3,416,187.50approvedPass Action details Not available
26-163 1AB.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Bailey - Office of Capital Improvements - To Amend Gaston County ARPA Grant Project Ordinance 2021-264, to Redistribute Funding for Tryon Elementary Waterline Extension and North Belmont Park Waterline Extension ($2,393,112)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-142 1AC.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Police Department (Animal Care and Enforcement) - To Accept and Appropriate Donation Received from Virbac Enterprises in the Amount of $3,418.48approvedPass Action details Not available
26-131 1AD.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Hovis - Police Department (Animal Care and Enforcement) - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Week of April 12-18, 2026 as Animal Care and Enforcement Appreciation WeekapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-146 1AE.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Police Department - To Authorize the Transfer of $49,705.51 from the General Fund to the General Government Capital Fund, via the Community Investment Fund (CIF) for the Purchase of Crime-lite® AUTO System from Foster & Freeman; and to Accept Foster & Freeman USA, Inc. as a Sole Source Vendor for the PurchaseapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-132 1AF.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - Police Department/Sheriff’s Office - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Week of April 12-18, 2026 as Public Safety Telecommunicators WeekapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-140 1AG.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Cloninger - Public Works - To Accept and Appropriate a North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) Grant, “2026 Community Waste Reduction and Recycling” (State - $7,560; Solid Waste Enterprise Fund - $1,885)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-153 1AI.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Tax Collections - Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the Listed March 2026 Tax Refunds be Made. (Releases and Refunds - $11,307.12; Overpayments - $16,062.56; VTS Refunds - $1,752.34; Grand Total - $29,122.02)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-123 1AJ.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Cloninger - Tourism Development - To Approve the Appropriation of $250,000 from Tourism Development Fund Balance to Gaston Aquatics for Sponsorship of Gaston Aquatics ProjectapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-065 1A.Resolution (Non-Consent)Commissioner Brown - Office of Capital Improvements - To Approve a Qualifications Based Selection and Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute a Professional Services Contract with ESP Associates, Inc. for Special Inspections and Materials Testing for the Gaston County Courthouse 5th Floor Upfit ProjectapprovedPass Action details Video Video
26-141 1AH.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Public Works - To Award a Construction Contract and Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute said Contract with B2L Construction, LLC for the Building and Development Services Renovation and To Approve a Fund Balance Appropriation in the Amount of ($533,295)approvedPass Action details Video Video
26-169 1A.AppointmentsAppointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positions   Action details Not available
26-191 1 Resolution (Non-Consent)Commissioner Hovis - County Attorney - Legislative Request: To Request Legislation Modifying North Carolina General Statute 105, Article 43 To Authorize the Use of Revenue Collected for Supplemental School FundingapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-194 1 Resolution (Non-Consent)To Appropriate General Fund Fund Balance to Pay Settlement Costs ($350,000) and Authorize the County Manager to Execute a Settlement AgreementapprovedPass Action details Not available