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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/27/2026 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Courthouse
Regular Meeting 6:00 P.M.
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26-451 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - Veterans Services - Proclamation - To Proclaim November 4th through November 11th as Operation Green Light for Veterans in Gaston County, in Recognition of Veterans Day, November 11, 2026, and in Honor of All Who Have Served Our Country in the United States Armed Forces   Not available Not available
26-375 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Commendation - To Recognize the Gaston Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic Upon Surpassing the Milestone of 100,000 Pets Treated and for their Continued Service to Gaston County Citizens   Not available Not available
26-466 1C.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Gaston County   Not available Not available
26-421 1A.Public HearingPublic Hearing - RE: Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Approve a Gaston County Level One Incentive Grant Pursuant To N.C.Gen.Stat. 158-7.1 and To Authorize Gaston County to Enter Into an Economic Development Agreement (EDA) with Project Challa 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion   Not available Not available
26-429 1B.Public HearingPublic Hearing - RE: Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Approve a Gaston County Level One Incentive Grant Pursuant to N.C.Gen.Stat. 158-7.1 and To Authorize Gaston County to Enter Into an Economic Development Agreement (EDA) with Project Palmetto 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion   Not available Not available
26-375 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Commendation - To Recognize the Gaston Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic Upon Surpassing the Milestone of 100,000 Pets Treated and for their Continued Service to Gaston County Citizens   Not available Not available
26-422 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioners Keigher & Cloninger - BOC - Commendation - To Recognize the Gaston County Museum of Art and History Upon Receiving the 2026 Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) Awards   Not available Not available
26-466 1C.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Gaston County   Not available Not available
26-452 1D.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Historic Preservation Commission - To Accept and Appropriate a Historic Preservation Grant Awarded by the State Historic Preservation Office for the Gaston County Historic Preservation Local Design Standards Project (State Grant Funds - $25,000; Match from Existing Historic Preservation Land Fund - $18,000; Total Grant - $43,000)   Not available Not available
26-463 1E.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - To Establish an Internal Service Reimbursement to the General Fund from Building Inspections ($1,129,034) and Approve the Creation of One Full-time Administrative Assistant Position for the Planning and Zoning Department ($61,628 Fund Balance Appropriation)   Not available Not available
26-468 1F.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - County Attorney - To Accept Donation of Two Remnant Parcels Previously Owned by the Gastonia Industrial Realty Corporation (Property Parcels: 219173 & 104951)   Not available Not available
26-461 1G.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as Information   Not available Not available
26-436 1H.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services - State Office of Child Fatality Prevention Section (100% Grant Funds - $1,764)   Not available Not available
26-437 1I.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate State and Federal Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services - Women, Infant, and Community Wellness Section (100% Grant Funds - $6,393)   Not available Not available
26-441 1J.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/Infant and Community Health Branch (100% Grant Funds - $25,966, No County Match)   Not available Not available
26-448 1K.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Local Funds Received from Vaya Partners (100% Miscellaneous Revenue - $92,155)   Not available Not available
26-454 1L.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received in First Quarter of FY27 Totaling $759.00   Not available Not available
26-430 1M.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize an Application to the NC Department of Commerce Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant Program Application on Behalf of Project Metro   Not available Not available
26-446 1N.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize Acceptance and Appropriation of the NCDOC Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant ($272,000) for the Benefit of Textum OPCO, LLC (Project Helms Deep) and To Authorize a Fund Balance Appropriation for the Required Match of $13,600   Not available Not available
26-447 1O.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize Acceptance and Appropriation of the NCDOC Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant ($187,500) for the Benefit of Depalo Foods, Inc (Project Family 2025) and To Authorize a Fund Balance Appropriation for the Required Match of $9,375   Not available Not available
26-438 1P.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Emergency Management/Fire Services - Redraw Fire District Boundary   Not available Not available
26-420 1Q.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Budget - To Appropriate General Fund Balance for Projected Workers Compensation in Second Quarter of FY27 ($156,023)   Not available Not available
26-455 1R.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept and Appropriate Funds from the State to Pay the Local Law Enforcement Bonus Approved in the 2026 North Carolina Budget ($526,544.46 - 100% State Funds)   Not available Not available
26-456 1S.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Accumulated Investment Earnings from July 1, 2026, through September 30, 2026 ($44,079.63) in FY27   Not available Not available
26-444 1T.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - Administrative Correction To Reverse Revenue Appropriated to Asset Forfeiture Funds 2026-206 ($6,239.64)   Not available Not available
26-445 1U.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Grant Funds Out of Fund Balance in Order to Refund the State for Unspent Funds in Fiscal Year 2025/2026 ($1,375)   Not available Not available
26-457 1V.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Approve the Transfer of Grant Funds from the Capital Fund to the General Fund ($2,065.95)   Not available Not available
26-460 1W.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept as Information the September 2026 Property Tax Refunds Less than $100. These Tax Refunds Should Be Recorded in the Board’s Minutes. (Total NCVTS Refunds - $2,856.20)   Not available Not available
26-433 1X.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - Hope United Survivor Network - Proclamation - To Proclaim October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month   Not available Not available
26-462 1Y.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Hope United Survivor Network - To Appropriate Donations and Sponsorships Received from July 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026 to Threads of Hope ($26,680.00) and HUSN Donations Expense ($21,621.80). Total Appropriation $48,301.80   Not available Not available
26-453 1Z.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Natural Resources - To Approve an Updated Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Between Gaston County and the NC Sedimentation Control Commission   Not available Not available
26-450 1AA.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Public Works - To Authorize Siemens Industry, Inc. as a Sole Source Provider for the Jail Fire Alarm Control Panel Device Migration Project ($227,771.97)   Not available Not available
26-458 1AB.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Public Works - To Approve the Sale of Surplus County Vehicle #561 to the Tryonota Vol. Fire Department Inc.   Not available Not available
26-442 1AC.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 - $0.00; Overpayments - $24,285.83; VTS Refunds - $935.08; Grand Total - $25,220.91)   Not available Not available
26-451 1AD.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - Veterans Services - Proclamation - To Proclaim November 4th through November 11th as Operation Green Light for Veterans in Gaston County, in Recognition of Veterans Day, November 11, 2026, and in Honor of All Who Have Served Our Country in the United States Armed Forces   Not available Not available
26-443 1A.Resolution (Non-Consent)Commissioner Brown - Tax - Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-286, Gaston County is Required to Complete and Implement the Reappraisal for 2027, and the Gaston County Board of Commissioners is Required to Adopt the 2027 Schedule of Values to be Used in Appraising all Property within Gaston County   Not available Not available
26-363 1B.Resolution (Non-Consent)Commissioners Hovis, Shehan, & Fraley - County Attorney - To Approve Resolution Updating the Board’s Code of Ethics and Procedures, as Recommended by the Board Procedures Ad Hoc Committee   Not available Not available
26-464 1C.Resolution (Non-Consent)Commissioners Hovis, Shehan, & Fraley - County Attorney - To Approve Resolution Updating the Board’s Procedures on Working with Professional Staff   Not available Not available
26-419 1D.Resolution (Non-Consent-Capital)Commissioner Shehan - Office of Capital Improvements - To Award a Construction Contract and Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute said Contract with T.C. Strickland Construction Co., Inc. for the George Poston Park Dam Emergency Spillway Wingwall Repair in the Amount of $216,961.50   Not available Not available
26-439 1E.Resolution (Non-Consent-Capital)Commissioner Cloninger - Office of Capital Improvements - Resolution Authorizing the Submission of a Solid Waste Management Permit Application to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality   Not available Not available
26-459 1A.AppointmentsAppointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positions   Not available Not available