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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 7/22/2025 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Courthouse
COMBINED Rescheduled Work Session (Non-Voting) - 6:00 P.M. & REVISED Regular Meeting (To Immediately Follow the Work Session)
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Not available  
Meeting video:  
Attachments: Notice, Printable Agenda Packet (No Links)
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25-369 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - Parks and Recreation - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of July 2025 Parks and Recreation Month in Gaston CountyPresented  Action details Video Video
25-243 1A.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: Conditional District REZ-23-08-02-00158, Paul Shriver and Thomas Springs (Applicants); Property Parcels: 180092, 181214, 181225, 199264, 202690, 210290, 225889, 312830, Located on Catawba Ave. in Mount Holly, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) and (RS-12) Residential Zoning Districts with the (US) Urban Standards Overlay to the (CD/RS-8) Conditional Zoning District with the (US) Urban Standards Overlay 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept MotioncontinuedPass Action details Video Video
25-357 1B.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Cloninger - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-25-03-20-00221, Ricky Allen Jr. (Applicant); Property Parcel: 310221, Located at 306 Colt Thornburg Rd., Dallas, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District to the (R-2) Single Family Moderate Zoning District 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept MotionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
25-383 1C.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)REVISED/ Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Zoning Text Amendment: Gaston County (Applicant); To Consider Proposed Text Amendments to the Code of Ordinances and the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Authorized in Resolution 2025-233, which the Board of Commissioners Approved on June 24, 2025 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept MotionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
25-363 1D.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Rehearing of Zoning Application REZ-25-03-17-00220: Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: Karina Guerrero (Applicant); Property Parcel: 179668, Located on Charles Raper Jonas Hwy., Mount Holly, NC, Rezone from the (RS-20) Single Family 20,000 Square Feet Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards and (CH) Corridor Highway Overlays to the (C-1) Light Commercial Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards and (CH) Corridor Highway Overlays 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion   Action details Video Video
25-358 1E.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Shehan - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-25-03-28-00224, Matthew Price (Applicant); Property Parcel: 222714, Located at 109 Crowders Creek Rd., Gastonia, NC, Rezone from the (I-2) General Industrial Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards and (CH) Corridor Highway Overlays to the (C-3) General Commercial Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards and (CH) Corridor Highway Overlays 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept MotionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
25-377 11.MinutesADDED/ To Approve the Minutes of: - Regular Meeting of May 27, 2025 - Regular Meeting of June 24, 2025 - Closed Session of June 24, 2025approved  Action details Not available
25-362 1A.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - BOC - To Set Forth the Names of the 2025 Students of the Senator James S. Forrester Commissioners’ School of Excellence in the Board of Commissioners’ MinutesapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-380 1B.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - To Amend the Current Gaston County Fee Schedule to Adjust Building and Development Services FeesapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-376 1C.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - County Attorney - Opioid Settlement - To Approve a Resolution that Accepts, Approves, and Authorizes the Execution of the Purdue Pharma L.P. & Sackler Family Opioid Settlement and the North Carolina Third Supplement Agreement for Additional Funds (SAAF-3)approvedPass Action details Not available
25-374 1D.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as InformationapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-364 1E.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Amend Resolution 2025-151 to Correct the Strategy Name and Number in the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds Authorization, Adopted 5/27/25approvedPass Action details Not available
25-367 1F.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received in June 2025 for the Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center, the Adult Day Care Program and the Adult Nutrition Program in the Amount of $1,388.93 and Approve the Carry Forward of Hope for the Holidays Donations AccountapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-386 1G.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Approve the FY2025-2026 Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) Funding Plan (No Funding Appropriated Herein)approvedPass Action details Not available
25-370 1H.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Emergency Management/Fire Services - To Accept and Appropriate a NC Tier II Noncompetitive Grant for LEPC Support in the Amount of $5,000approvedPass Action details Not available
25-365 1I.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services - Budget - To Appropriate Fund Balance to Purchase FY26 Vehicles and Equipment and Approve the Reimbursement Declaration (Maximum of $7,789,738 to be Financed)approvedPass Action details Not available
25-366 1K.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Reduce Appropriated Interest Earnings on the 2023 Bond Anticipation Notes (BANs) for Gaston County Schools to Spend on Facilities in FY2025 ($67,730.41)approvedPass Action details Not available
25-371 1L.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Fund Balance in the Community Investment Fund and Transfer the Funds Into the General Government Capital Fund for a Replacement Vehicle for ACCESS ($40,000)approvedPass Action details Not available
25-373 1M.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Accumulated Investment Earnings from April 1, 2025, through May 31, 2025 ($8,709.70)approvedPass Action details Not available
25-387 1N.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services - Grants (HUSN) - Transfer Funds from the General Government Capital Fund to the General Fund ($20,146.40)approvedPass Action details Not available
25-311 1O.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Natural Resources - To Accept and Appropriate North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Division of Soil and Water Conservation Funds for District Matching Funds and Technical Assistance ($13,600 with a County Match of $3,600)approvedPass Action details Not available
25-369 1P.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - Parks and Recreation - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of July 2025 Parks and Recreation Month in Gaston CountyapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-360 1Q.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Police Department - To Accept and Appropriate Donation Received from City Church in the Amount of $1,635.56approvedPass Action details Not available
25-361 1R.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Police Department - To Accept and Appropriate Donation Received from City Church in the Amount of $2,576.55approvedPass Action details Not available
25-379 1S.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Register of Deeds - To Appropriate Restricted Automation Preservation Fund Balance to Fund IT Equipment and Record Imaging and Preservation ($279,581)approvedPass Action details Not available
25-351 1T.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Bailey - Sheriff’s Office - Retirement Commendation - To Award the Service Side Arm and Badge to Retired Deputy Michael (Mike) AgertonapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-382 1U.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, 2025, per N.C.G.S. 105-373approvedPass Action details Not available
25-378 1V.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
25-381 1J.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services - Budget - To Approve One (1) New Full Time Position (100% Funded by Fire Tax, No Additional County Funds)   Action details Video Video
25-406 1 Resolution (Consent)To Deauthorize the Five Sheriff’s Office Positions Approved in the FY26 Budget until December 2025, at which time the Positions may be Reconsidered for Reinstatement, upon the Submission of Sufficient Justification and Supporting DocumentationapprovedPass Action details Not available
25-384 1A.AppointmentsAppointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positionsapproved  Action details Not available