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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/27/2026 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Courthouse
Regular Meeting 6:00 P.M.
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25-614 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Week of January 19-22, 2026 as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Coretta Scott King Book Awards Literature Week   Not available Not available
25-602 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of February 2026 as Black History Month in Gaston County   Not available Video Video
25-628 1C.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Fraley - Finance and Management Services - Budget - Commendation for GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award and Special Recognitions   Not available Video Video
24-642 1D.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - Hope United Survivor Network - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of January 2026 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month   Not available Video Video
25-625 1A.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Cloninger - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-25-07-11-00232, House Buyers, LLC/Jayme Infanzon (Applicant); Property Parcels: 316422, 316423, 316424, Located at Summerow Rd., Stanley, 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 Motion   Not available Video Video
25-621 1B.Public Hearing (Zoning Matters)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Bailey - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-25-09-16-00234, McLean Self Storage, LLC (Applicant); Property Parcels: 189855, 189856, & 221533, Located on Gaither Rd., Belmont, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards Overlay to the (C-3) General Commercial Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards Overlay 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion   Not available Video Video
25-600 11.MinutesTo Approve the Minutes of: - Rescheduled Regular Meeting of November 17, 2025   Not available Not available
25-614 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Week of January 19-22, 2026 as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Coretta Scott King Book Awards Literature Week   Not available Not available
25-602 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of February 2026 as Black History Month in Gaston County   Not available Not available
25-623 1C.Resolution (Consent)Commissioners Brown & Keigher - BOC - To Update the Provisions of the Gaston County Investment Grant Program to Extend the Small Business Investment Grant Program Through Calendar Year 2026   Not available Not available
26-003 1D.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - To Approve Plat Review Officer Changes   Not available Not available
26-014 1E.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - County Attorney - Decline Opportunity to Purchase the Teacher Resource Center Property (Parcels: 108841, 108845 and 108844) from the Gaston County Board of Education   Not available Not available
25-627 1F.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as Information   Not available Not available
25-598 1G.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)   Not available Not available
25-626 1H.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Local Grant Funds Received from AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina, Inc. (100% Grant Funds - $500,389)   Not available Not available
26-005 1I.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Funds Received from Partners Health Management (100% Miscellaneous Revenue - $32,467.50)   Not available Not available
26-015 1J.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Approve a Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds and Appropriate $77,425.00 (Year 1: $25,808.33, Year 2: $51,616.67, Total: $77,425.00)   Not available Not available
26-016 1K.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Approve a Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds and Appropriate $79,211.00 (Year 1: $41,185.00, Year 2: $38,026.00, Total: $79,211.00)   Not available Not available
26-017 1L.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Approve a Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds and Appropriate $320,000.00 (Year 1: $140,000.00, Year 2: $180,000.00, Total: $320,000.00)   Not available Not available
24-642 1M.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - Hope United Survivor Network - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of January 2026 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month   Not available Not available
26-008 1N.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Appropriate $35,988.46 from Fund Balance to the ACCESS Community Transportation Grant Account ($35,988.46)   Not available Not available
26-010 1O.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received in Second Quarter of FY26 Totaling $23,564.12   Not available Not available
26-002 1P.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 Family 2025   Not available Not available
26-006 1Q.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Budget - To Appropriate General Fund Balance for Risk Insurance and Workers Compensation ($2,147,263)   Not available Not available
25-628 1R.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Fraley - Finance and Management Services - Budget - Commendation for GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award and Special Recognitions   Not available Not available
26-034 1S.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services - Budget - Administrative Correction Amending Fund Number in Resolution #2025-349   Not available Not available
25-619 1T.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Approve Giving Authorization to the Procurement Services Manager to Pre-audit Gaston County Contracts   Not available Not available
26-032 1U.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept as Information the November 2025 Property Tax Refunds Less than $100. These Tax Refunds Should Be Recorded in the Board’s Minutes. (Total NCVTS Refunds - $2,088.92)   Not available Not available
25-622 1V.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept as Information the December 2025 Property Tax Refunds Less than $100. These Tax Refunds Should Be Recorded in the Board’s Minutes. (Total NCVTS Refunds - $3,065.39)   Not available Not available
26-026 1W.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Accumulated Investment Earnings From October 1, 2025, Through December 31, 2025 ($57,727.79) in FY26   Not available Not available
26-012 1X.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance (Emergency Management/Fire Services) - To Approve the Appropriation of Unified Fire Protection Service District Fund Fund Balance for Distribution to Waco Fire Department in the Amount of $18,659.90 for Reimbursement of Purchase of Flash Upgrades for 35 Radios to Meet State TDMA Requirement   Not available Not available
26-021 1Y.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (DHHS/Children’s Advocacy Center) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds from the Governor's Crime Commission for VOCA CAC Basic Services for The Lighthouse Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) for FY2026 (Year 4 - $98,724.17 with No Match)   Not available Not available
25-611 1Z.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (Hope United Survivor Services) - To Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds from the North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission for Gaston County Justice for DV Victims Grant (Year 1: $100,000.00 with a 25% Non-County Match of $33,333.33)   Not available Not available
26-024 1AA.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (Hope United Survivor Services) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds from the Governor's Crime Commission for the DV/SA Basic Services Grant for FY2026 (Year 2 - $123,346.36 with No Match)   Not available Not available
26-020 1AB.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (DHHS/Shelter) - To Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds from Gaston Community Foundation for the Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center for FY 2026 ($13,000)   Not available Not available
26-022 1AC.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (DHHS/Shelter) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds from the Governor’s Crime Commission for the VOCA - DV/SA Basic Services Grant for the Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center - A Domestic Violence Shelter for FY2026 (Year 4 - $81,952.42 with No Match)   Not available Not available
25-610 1AD.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (Sheriff’s Office) - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds to Support Domestic Violence Deputies in the Sheriff’s Office (Year 1: $99,999.78 with a 25% County Match of $33,333.26)   Not available Not available
26-001 1AE.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants (Sheriff’s Office) - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds to Support Court Advocates in the Sheriff’s Office (Year 1: $125,000 with No County Match)   Not available Not available
26-004 1AF.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - GEMS - To Amend the Current Gaston County Fee Schedule to Adjust Emergency Medical Services Fee Schedule Based on Medicare and Medicaid Allowable Rates   Not available Not available
26-013 1AG.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - GEMS - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds from the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services to Support Peer Support Specialist ($51,574 with No County Match)   Not available Not available
25-606 1AH.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Library - To Approve the Conversion of 4 Half-time Library Branch Employees to Part-time (100% Grant Funds - No Additional County Funds)   Not available Not available
26-029 1AI.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Library - To Accept and Appropriate LSTA Scholarship Grant ($1,714 - 100% Non-County Funds)   Not available Not available
26-009 1AJ.Resolution (Consent)Commissioners Brown & Hovis - 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 JLL for Owner’s Project Manager (OPM) Services for the Public Safety Campus   Not available Not available
26-023 1AK.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Office of Capital Improvements - To Amend the Old Willis Force Main Project Construction Contract to Classic City Mechanical to Total $2,114,533.90 and Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute a Contract on Behalf of Gaston County   Not available Not available
26-030 1AL.Resolution (Consent)Commissioners Brown & Bailey - Office of Capital Improvements - To Authorize the County Attorney to Draft Contract Documents for the Jail Space Needs and Conditions Assessment Study and Provide Information about the Budget Transfer Required ($127,450 - No Additional County Funds)   Not available Not available
26-031 1AM.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Cloninger - Police Department - To Approve the Donation of K-9 Salko from the Town of Dallas   Not available Not available
26-019 1AN.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Public Works - To Approve the Reallocation of $120,000 Budgeted Capital Funds to Pay for Telematics in All Gaston County Fleet Vehicles   Not available Not available
26-007 1AO.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Sheriff’s Office - To Authorize a Transfer from the General Fund to the Capital Fund for the Sole Source Purchase of Four Integrated IDEMIA LiveScan Systems ($73,507 Quote)   Not available Not available
25-613 1AP.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Tax - To Approve a Resolution Modernizing Appointments to the Board of Equalization and Review   Not available Not available
25-609 1AQ.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Tax Collections - Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the Listed November 2025 Tax Refunds be Made. (Release and Refunds - $16,504.85; Overpayments - $63,914.96; VTS Refunds - $2,073.28; Grand Total - $82,493.09)   Not available Not available
26-018 1AR.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Tax Collections - Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the Listed December 2025 Tax Refunds be Made. (Releases and Refunds - $2,460.29; Overpayments - $182,642.45; VTS Refunds - $783.13; Grand Total - $185,885.87)   Not available Not available
26-033 1AS.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Tourism Development - To Authorize the Use of the Remaining Balance of the Previously Approved Fund Balance Transfer for Fraley Field Improvements ($60,513.38)   Not available Not available
26-028 1A.Resolution (Non-Consent)Commissioner Brown - Public Works - Introduction of an Ordinance Reforming Parking Regulations on County-Owned Property - Chapter 16 of the Gaston County Code of Ordinances   Not available Not available
26-027 1A.AppointmentsAppointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positions   Not available Not available