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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/27/2024 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)
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Meeting video:  
Attachments: Notice, Printable Agenda Packet (No Links)
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24-035 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of February 2024 as American Heart MonthPresented  Action details Video Video
23-609 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Hovis - DHHS - Community Support Services (Hope United Survivor Network) - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of February 2024 as Teen Dating Violence Awareness MonthPresented  Action details Video Video
23-610 1C.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of March 2024 as National Social Work MonthPresented  Action details Video Video
23-592 1D.CertificatesCertificates in Appreciation for Public Service 1. Christopher Waldroup, Garry Williams, Child Fatality Prevention Team 2. Garry Williams, Community Child Protection Team 3. Joel Long, Economic Development Commission 4. Mitzi Burnett, Alice Kovach, Conrad Pogorzelski, Equalization and Review Board 5. J.R. (Randy) Vinson, Gaston College Board of Trustees 6. David Williams, Juvenile Crime Prevention Council 7. Vanessa Johnson, SARA Local Planning Committeeread into the record  Action details Video Video
23-606 1A.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Worley - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-23-11-22-00165, Charles Matthew Burrell (Applicant); Property Parcel: 193896, Located at 3117 Ratchford Dr., Gastonia, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards Overlay to the (R-2) Single Family Moderate Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards Overlay 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-607 1B.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Fraley - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-23-12-11-00166, Jennie Rebecca Black (Applicant); Property Parcel: 157227, Located at 5030 Jason Black Dr., Cherryville, 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 to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
23-621 1C.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Cloninger - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-23-12-15-00167, Linda Strickland (Applicant); Property Parcel: 164394, Located at 139 Oakhill St., Iron Station, NC, Rezone 0.93 Acres 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 to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
24-039 1D.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 Crescent Communities 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
24-040 1E.Resolution (Consent)Public 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 Olive Tree 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
24-051 1F.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 Miami 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
24-074 11.MinutesTo Approve the Minutes of: - Regular Meeting of January 23, 2024approved  Action details Not available
24-035 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of February 2024 as American Heart MonthapprovedPass Action details Not available
24-033 1B.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Budget & Strategy - To Transfer Budgeted Repairs and Maintenance Funds from the Capital Fund to the General Fund ($800,000 - No Additional County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-045 1C.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Strategy - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Governor’s Crime Commission (GCC) Grant Funds for the Victim Witness Assistance Program Coordinator Position (1 Year Grant - $97,297.66)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-046 1D.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Strategy - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Funds for the Sheriff’s Office for Advocacy for Underserved Victims (Year 1 - $124,999.94/ Total Grant 2 Years - $249,999.88)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-048 1E.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Strategy - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds from the Governor’s Crime Commission (GCC) for the Domestic Violence (DV) Unit in the Sheriff’s Office ($140,000.25 with a 25% match of $46,666.75)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-050 1F.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Strategy - To Approve an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Gastonia for the Disbursement of the 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Funds and to Appropriate Those Additional Federal Grant Funds ($33,543 - No County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-056 1G.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Strategy - To Accept and Appropriate Additional State Grant Funds from NCDHHS/CACNC for The Lighthouse: A Child Advocacy Center ($19,685.00 - No County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-061 1H.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Strategy - To Accept and Appropriate Federal FVPSA (Family Violence Prevention Services Act) Grant Funds for The Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center ($54,000 - 20% Match of $10,800)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-036 1I.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as InformationapprovedPass Action details Not available
24-054 1J.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Community Support Services (ACCESS) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Grant Funds for the Amended FY23 5339 Bus and Bus Facility Program NCDOT/PTD (5311) Community Transportation Program ($59,750)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-609 1K.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Hovis - DHHS - Community Support Services (Hope United Survivor Network) - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of February 2024 as Teen Dating Violence Awareness MonthapprovedPass Action details Not available
24-047 1L.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Community Support Services (Veterans Services) - To Accept and Appropriate North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Grant ($2,173.91)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-028 1M.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate State Grant Funds Received from the NC Division of Public Health - Women, Infant, and Community Wellness Section (100% Grant Funds - $130,000)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-026 1N.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds for Adult and Aging Services (Year 1: $110,770/ Total Grant: $221,540.28)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-027 1O.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Funds for the Industry Sector Partnership Grant in the Amount of $35,000 (100% Federal Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-034 1P.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Donated Funds Received During the Months of November and December for Various Social Services Programs in the Amount of $2,807.14 (100% Donations)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-610 1Q.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Social Services Division - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of March 2024 as National Social Work MonthapprovedPass Action details Not available
24-052 1R.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize an Application to the NC Department of Commerce Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant Program on Behalf of Project MiamiapprovedPass Action details Not available
24-041 1S.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize an Application to the NC Department of Commerce Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant Program on Behalf of Project ManitobaapprovedPass Action details Not available
24-057 1T.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Finance - To Appropriate Accumulated Investment Earnings from October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 ($92,973.98)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-058 1U.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Finance - To Approve the Current Year Audit Contract with Martin Starnes & Associates, CPAs, P.A. (Base Contract of $103,400 and Includes Additional $37,500 for Potential Major Programs Over 2 Included in the Base Contract) (Total Contract $140,900)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-067 1V.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Finance - To Amend Gaston County ARPA Grant Project Ordinance 2021-264 to Approve and Appropriate Additional Project Funding - Chapel Grove Waterline Extension Project ($136,500)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-071 1W.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 - $3,314.06)approvedPass Action details Not available
23-616 1X.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Cloninger - Police Department - Retirement Commendation - To Award the Service Side Arm and Badge to Retired Master Police Officer Ronald D. PropstapprovedPass Action details Not available
23-617 1Y.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Police Department - Retirement Commendation - To Award the Service Side Arm and Badge to Assistant Police Chief Angela Suzanne Mauney-SmithapprovedPass Action details Not available
24-049 1Z.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Police Department - To Accept and Appropriate Donation Received from City Church in the Amount of $2,091.00approvedPass Action details Not available
24-070 1AA.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Police Department (Animal Care and Enforcement) - To Accept and Appropriate Donation Received from the Estate of Edith Ethelene Wells in the Amount of $30,599.11approvedPass Action details Not available
24-068 1AB.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Police Department (Communications 911) - Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds from the NC 911 Board for Portable Radios for the GCPD - Communications Division in the Amount of $87,692.25approvedPass Action details Not available
23-172 1AC.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Johnson - Public Works - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Funding in a Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) Grant for the NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for Rankin Lake Greenway Extension ($913,362)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-043 1AD.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Tax Collections - Uncollected Real Estate Taxes and Lien Advertisement ($12,689,291.96)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-053 1AE.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Tax Collections - Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the January Tax Refunds be Made. (Releases and Refunds - $0.00; Overpayments - $217,966.21; VTS Refunds - $7,474.56; Grand Total - $225,440.77)approvedPass Action details Not available
24-069 1A.AppointmentsAppointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positionsapproved  Action details Not available