Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/27/2023 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Courthouse
COMBINED Rescheduled Work Session (Non-Voting) - 6:00 P.M. & Regular Meeting (To Immediately Follow the Work Session)
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23-363 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - BOC - Commendation - To Recognize the 90th Anniversary of South Gastonia Church of GodPresented  Action details Video Video
23-313 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Fraley - BOC - Commendation - To Commend Mr. Jason Day for his Acts of Bravery During the Violent Storm in Cherryville on May 16, 2023Presented  Action details Video Video
23-354 1C.CertificatesCertificates in Appreciation for Public Service 1. Jeff Booker, Economic Development Commission 2. Robert Browne, Charles Martin, Dr. Edward Smith, Health and Human Services Board 3. Judge Pennie Thrower, Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC)read into the record  Action details Video Video
23-268 1A.PresentationPRESENTATION - OPIOID SETTLEMENT PLAN UPDATE: - Dr. Greg Grier, Director of Community Support Servicesreceived and filed  Action details Video Video
23-336 1B.PresentationPRESENTATION - PROPOSED PURCHASE OF ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY TO CREATE THRIVE RECOVERY CENTER: - Pastor Dickie Spargo, City Church - Mr. Doug Lance, Executive Director, Alternative Community Penalties Program, Inc.received and filed  Action details Video Video
23-359 1A.PresentationDISCUSSION - BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS FOOD PANTRYreceived and filed  Action details Video Video
23-302 1A.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Fraley - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-23-06-05-00151, Jane E. Bost (Applicant); Property Parcel: Portion of 310149, Located off Will Kiser Road, Crouse, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single-Family Limited Zoning District to the (R-3) Single-Family General Zoning District 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-270 1B.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Fraley - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-23-06-05-00152, Gregory Farris (Applicant); Property Parcels: 303952, 303953, 301430, Located at 1929, 1941, 1947 Bess Town Rd. in Bessemer City, NC, Rezone from (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District & (R-3) Single Family General Zoning District to the (C-1) Light Commercial Zoning District 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-114 1C.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Fraley - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-23-02-16-00140, Gaston County Planning Board (Applicant); Property Parcels: 158034, 158038, 158072, 158037, and 307416 Located Near the Intersection of Hephzibah Church Rd. and Anthony Grove Rd. The Request is to Accept the Parcels from Cherryville’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) Area and to Place the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District on the Parcels 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-303 1D.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Zoning Text Amendment: TEXT-23-04-25-00009 - Gaston County Planning Board (Applicant); To Consider Proposed Text Amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO): Chapter 5 (Permit and Modification Procedures); Table 5.8-1 (Allowed Temporary Uses), and Section 5.8.4 (Specific Regulations for Certain Temporary Uses) 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-333 1E.Resolution (Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Approve a Gaston County Level Two 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 Program 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-276 1F.Resolution (Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize the Sale of Real Property for Economic Development and To Approve a Gaston County Level Two Incentive Grant Pursuant to N.C.Gen.Stat. 158-7.1 and Authorize Gaston County to Enter into an Economic Development Agreement (EDA) with Project Hemmingway 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-344 1G.Resolution (Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Approve a Gaston County Level Two 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 Lucas 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-366 11.MinutesTo Approve the Minutes of: - Regular Meeting of May 25, 2023 - Rescheduled Meeting of June 13, 2023 - Closed Session of June 13, 2023approved  Action details Not available
23-363 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - BOC - Commendation - To Recognize the 90th Anniversary of South Gastonia Church of GodapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-313 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Fraley - BOC - Commendation - To Commend Mr. Jason Day for his Acts of Bravery During the Violent Storm in Cherryville on May 16, 2023approvedPass Action details Not available
23-341 1C.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - BOC - To Set Forth the Names of the 2023 Students of the Senator James S. Forrester Commissioners’ School of Excellence in the Board of Commissioners’ MinutesapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-217 1D.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Strategy (Hope United Survivor Network) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds Designated for Domestic Violence Programs from the NC Human Trafficking Commission for The Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center; This Grant Includes a New Position with 100% of Salary/Benefits Divided Between Two Human Trafficking Grants ($86,540 - No County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-218 1E.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Strategy (Hope United Survivor Network) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds from the Human Trafficking Commission for Economic Assistance to HUSN for Sexual Assault Services ($71,930 - No County Funds); This Funding Includes a New Position Funded at 50% with the Sexual Assault Human Trafficking Grant and 50% with the Domestic Violence Human Trafficking GrantapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-305 1F.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - To Amend the By-Laws of the Planning Board to Better Represent Current Processes and Procedures for the BoardapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-320 1G.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - County Attorney/Tax Assessor - To Subordinate to the City of Gastonia the County’s Tax Lien Related to Parcel No. 217580 and the Storm Water Easement the City of Gastonia is Entering into with Winston Development CorporationapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-343 1H.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as InformationapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-322 1I.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Community Support Services - To Amend the Resolution Directing the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds (Res# 2023-160, Adopted May 25, 2023) to Reflect Strategy 3 - Community Paramedicine ProgramapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-351 1J.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Community Support Services - To Approve a Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds and Appropriate $267,363.60 for the Collaborative Strategic Planning ProgramapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-352 1K.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Community Support Services - To Approve a Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds and Appropriate $866,139.80 for the Recovery Transportation ProgramapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-324 1L.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - DHHS - Community Support Services - To Authorize Bid Award for the Gaston County ARPA Grant Project for Homeless Outreach - Mobile Shower and Laundry Trailers to Montondo Trailers, LLC ($223,100)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-296 1M.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Community Support Services (Hope United Survivor Network) - Transfer Funds from General Fund to General Government Capital Fund to Purchase an I-Record Digital Video and Audio Recording System for the Family Justice Center ($7,939)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-323 1N.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Community Support Services (Hope United Survivor Network) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional State Grant Funds from the NC Council for Women & Youth Involvement for The Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center for FY2023 ($1,673.75)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-353 1O.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Community Support Services (Hope United Survivor Network) - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received from April 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023 in the Amount of $30,104.75approvedPass Action details Not available
23-306 1P.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Health Division - To Approve the Gaston County Public Health Department Patient Fee ScheduleapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-317 1Q.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Miscellaneous Funds Received During Fiscal Year 2023 from the Upstream Organization for the Public Health Family Planning Clinic (100% Miscellaneous Funds - $5,000)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-340 1R.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds received from Health and Human Services - Health Resources and Services Administration and Passed Through the NC Division of Public Health - Women, Infant, and Community Wellness Section (100% Grant Funds - $12,000)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-326 1S.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Approve the FY2023-2024 Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) Funding Plan (No Funding Appropriated Herein)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-327 1T.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Adoption Promotion Program Funds to Enhance the Adoption Program in the Amount of $289,652 (No County Funds Required)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-328 1U.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Authorize Bid Award to Two Hawk Workforce Services for Services to be Provided for the Adult and Dislocated Workers Program through the Workforce Innovations and Opportunities Act (WIOA) ($485,427)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-329 1V.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Authorize Bid Award to Gaston College for Services to be Provided for the Youth Program through the Workforce Innovations and Opportunities Act (WIOA) ($306,856)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-330 1W.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Donated Funds Received During the Fourth Quarter of FY23 for Various Social Services Programs in the Amount of $845approvedPass Action details Not available
23-335 1X.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Authorize Bid Award to Allies4Outcomes for Training Services to be Provided for the Child Welfare Program to Include Evaluation, Technical Assistance and Consultation ($97,300)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-345 1Y.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Authorize Bid Award to Two Hawk Workforce Services for One Stop Operator Services to be Provided for the Workforce Innovations and Opportunities Act (WIOA) Program ($90,762.53)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-300 1Z.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Finance - To Amend Gaston County ARPA Grant Project Ordinance 2021-264 to Approve and Appropriate Additional Project Funding for two Projects: the Homeless Outreach - Mobile Shower and Laundry Trailers ($900); Broadband Great Grant Project ($65,500)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-314 1AA.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Finance - To Accept as Information the Attached Property Tax Refunds Less than $100. These Tax Refunds Should Be Recorded in the Board’s Minutes. (Total NCVTS Refunds - $2,262.54)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-316 1AB.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Finance - To Appropriate $80,000,000 in Proceeds and $1,144,800 in Bond Premium for the General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes for the Schools ($81,144,800)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-334 1AC.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Finance (County Manager) - To Approve the Use of Accrued Interest from the 2018 GO School Bonds ($520,124.71)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-294 1AD.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Library - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal LSTA Grant Funds ($8,000)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-355 1AE.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Natural Resources - To Approve a Revised Interlocal Agreement for Enforcement Services of the Gaston County Soil Erosion and Sedimentation OrdinanceapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-356 1AF.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Natural Resources - To Approve a Revised Interlocal Agreement for Enforcement Services of the Gaston County Stormwater OrdinanceapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-337 1AG.Resolution (Consent)Commissioners Brown & Worley - Parks and Recreation - 1) To Approve and Authorize Execution of a Lease Agreement with Duke Energy for Operation of the Southpoint Access Facility; 2) To Authorize a Cost Share Agreement for Construction of a Canoe/Kayak Launch with Associated Parking and Storage and Appropriate the Required Funds ($303,639 - Fund Balance); 3) To Approve Staffing and Fee Schedules to Offset Costs for Operational Purposes of the Facility and Appropriate the Anticipated Revenue and Expense ($195,988)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-301 1AH.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Police Department - To Request Approval to Transfer Federal Governor's Crime Commission Law Enforcement Block Grant from General Fund to Capital ($24,500)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-307 1AI.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Cloninger - Police Department - Retirement Commendation - To Award the Service Side Arm and Badge to Retired Master Police Officer Paul Edward BurgessapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-183 1AJ.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Public Works - To Declare the Vehicles on the Attached List as 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-266approvedPass Action details Not available
23-186 1AK.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Public Works - To Declare the List of Attached Equipment as Surplus and Approve the Sale of Said Equipment to the Highest Bidder on GovDeals.com and Authorize Staff to Prepare the Necessary Documents in Accordance with North Carolina General Statutes 160A-266approvedPass Action details Not available
23-299 1AL.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Public Works - To Approve the Sale of Surplus County Vehicle # 94 to the East Gaston Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.approvedPass Action details Not available
23-331 1AM.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Cloninger - Public Works - To Award a Construction Contract to Shamrock Environmental Corporation and Authorize the County Manager, or Her Designee, To Execute the Necessary Contract Documents for Unit III Cell Construction at the Gaston County Landfill ($5,880,920.00 - Bid Amount) and To Approve and Appropriate the Additional Funds Needed to Execute the Contract ($3,343,920 - Solid Waste Fund Balance)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-332 1AN.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Public Works - To Approve and Appropriate Up to $1,500,000 for the City of Cherryville to Construct a Community Gymnasium, Direct the County Attorney to Draft an Interlocal Agreement Outlining the Terms and Conditions for Funding the Project, and Authorize the County Manager or Her Designee to Execute Said AgreementapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-349 1AO.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Tax Collections - To Accept the Annual Tax Settlement Report of Taxes Billed and Collected Over the Previous Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2023, per N.C.G.S. 105-373approvedPass Action details Not available
23-342 1AP.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Authorization for Tax Collection - To Adopt and Enter into the Minutes an Order Directing the Tax Collector to Collect the Taxes Charged in the Tax Records and Receipts, and a Copy of the Order to be Delivered to the Tax Collector, Pursuant to N.C.G.S.105-321(b)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-290 1AQ.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Tax Collections - Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the Listed Tax Refunds be Made. (Overpayments - $21,934.51; VTS Refunds - $5,439.76; Grand Total - $27,374.27)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-339 1AR.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 - $3,211.79; Overpayments - $17,973.12; VTS Refunds - $16,785.60; Grand Total - $37,970.51)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-321 1A.Resolution (Non-Consent)Commissioner Brown - County Attorney - To Provide an Advisory Opinion to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Recommending Abandonment of a Portion of a Publicly Dedicated Right-of-Way Known as State Road 2004, aka Mountain View StreetapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-357 1B.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Natural Resources - To Amend Chapter 4 - Buildings, Construction and Related Activities Article III, Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Gaston County Code of Ordinances Concerning Soil Erosion and Sedimentation ControlapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-232 1A.AppointmentsAppointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positionsapproved  Action details Not available