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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/23/2026 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
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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26-188 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC (Building & Development Services) - Commendation - To Recognize Mrs. Lucy Penegar for Her Dedicated Service to Gaston County   Not available Not available
26-241 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Commendation - Governor’s Volunteer Service Award   Not available Not available
26-244 1C.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - Police Department - Retirement Commendation - To Award the Service Side Arm and Badge to Retired Master Police Officer Chad Owens   Not available Not available
26-245 1D.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Shehan - Sheriff’s Office - Retirement Commendation - To Award the Service Side Arm and Badge to Retired Deputy Weylan Purser   Not available Not available
26-257 1E.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Cloninger - Public Works - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Week of June 15 - 21, 2026 as Waste and Recycling Workers Week in Gaston County   Not available Not available
26-166 1A.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)CONTINUED FROM 4/28/2026 REGULAR MEETING: Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Bailey - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: Conditional District REZ-25-04-10-00226, Jeffery L. Smith (Applicant); Property Parcels: 190594 & 190596, Located at 1435 Union New Hope Rd., Gastonia, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District with US and CH Overlays to the CD/(C-3) General Commercial Conditional District with US and CH Overlays 1. Accept Motion to Continue Public Hearing to 7/28/2026 BOC Regular Meeting   Not available Not available
26-198 1B.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)CONTINUED FROM 5/26/2026 REGULAR MEETING: Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Cloninger - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-26-03-26-00244, Sarah Wooten (Applicant); Property Parcel: 168347, Located on Red Yam Farm Rd., Dallas, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District with (US) Overlay to the (R-2) Single Family Moderate Zoning District with (US) Overlay 1. Accept Motion to Continue Public Hearing to 7/28/2026 BOC Regular Meeting   Not available Not available
26-242 1C.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 Metro 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion   Not available Not available
26-241 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Commendation - Governor’s Volunteer Service Award   Not available Not available
26-188 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC (Building & Development Services) - Commendation - To Recognize Mrs. Lucy Penegar for Her Dedicated Service to Gaston County   Not available Not available
26-246 1C.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - County Manager - To Approve an Interlocal Agreement Between Gaston County and the City of Cherryville for the Administration of Land Development Regulations   Not available Not available
26-273 1D.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as Information   Not available Not available
26-265 1E.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Approve the Carry Forward of Donated Funds from CaroMont Health (100% Donation Funds - $10,000.00)   Not available Not available
26-269 1F.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Approve a Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds and Appropriate $1,254,606.19 (Year 4: $612,661.34 Year 5: $641,944.85, Total: $1,254,606.19) and Return Unused Funds, from Years 1 - 3, as of 6/30/26 to Fund Balance   Not available Not available
26-270 1G.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Amend Approved Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds to Increase the Project by $237,946.84 and Appropriate the Corrected Amount for Year 2 of $389,509.68 (Year 1: 516,815.16 / Year 2: $389,509.68 / Total Project: $906,324.84)   Not available Not available
26-271 1H.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Approve a Resolution to Direct the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds and Appropriate $999,979.06 (Year 1: $749,403.92, Year 2: $250,575.14, Total: $999,979.06)   Not available Not available
26-255 1I.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received in Fourth Quarter of FY26 Totaling $32,403.18   Not available Not available
26-256 1J.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Authorize Contract Amendment with Language Line to provide Interpreting Services for $106,300.00   Not available Not available
26-261 1K.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Approve the FY2026-2027 Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) Funding Plan (No Funding Appropriated Herein)   Not available Not available
26-262 1L.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Unrestricted Funds Distributed from Meals on Wheels of America Meeting Unmet Needs Grant for the Nutrition Program in the Amount of $10,000   Not available Not available
26-260 1M.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Emergency Management and Fire Services - To Approve an Interlocal Agreement to Provide Inspection/Enforcement Services for the City of Kings Mountain   Not available Not available
26-249 1N.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services - Budget - To Approve the Carry Forward of an Estimated $3,210,457 from FY 2026 into FY 2027   Not available Not available
26-243 1O.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Fund Balance from the General Fund for the Self Insurance Fund ($11,000,000) for FY2026. To Appropriate Additional Revenue for the Social Services Beneficiary Fund ($100,000)   Not available Not available
26-248 1P.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Close Various Completed Capital Projects and Transfer Remaining Balances to the Community Investment Fund ($1,330,676.67)   Not available Not available
26-254 1Q.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate FY26 Revenues for Federal (Treasury/Justice) Drug Asset Forfeiture and Equitable Sharing Program Funds ($22,362.88) and Controlled Substance Abuse Tax Funds ($32,296.63)   Not available Not available
26-258 1R.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Approve a Certificate of Need (CON) for Ranlo Fire & Rescue for Purchase of Two New Trucks and Necessary Equipment in the Amount Up to $170,000.00   Not available Not available
26-263 1S.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Accumulated Investment Earnings from April 1, 2026 through May 31, 2026 ($32,759.97) in FY26   Not available Not available
26-264 1T.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate $8,189,280.53 for the Year-End Entries Associated with GASB 87 Lease Agreements and GASB 96 Subscription Agreements (General Fund $7,857,531.75; Tourism Fund $7,870.56; Property Revaluation Fund $81,386.55; Emergency Telephone Fund $98,746.67; Drug Forfeiture Fund $30,000.00; Debt Service Fund $113,745.00)   Not available Not available
26-266 1U.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received for Animal Care and Enforcement for FY2022-FY2025 in the Amount of $16,376.82 and for FY2026 in the Amount of $19,596.65. Total Amount is $35,973.47   Not available Not available
26-274 1V.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept as Information the May 2026 Property Tax Refunds Less than $100. These Tax Refunds Should Be Recorded in the Board’s Minutes. (Total NCVTS Refunds - $2,663.12)   Not available Not available
26-276 1W.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Transfer Hudson Health Renovation Funds from the General Fund to the General Government Capital Fund via the Community Investment Fund ($1,025,000.00)   Not available Not available
26-223 1X.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds from the NC Department of Public Instruction for the 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant Awarded in FY 2026 ($15,143)   Not available Not available
26-235 1Y.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds from Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) for OVW 2025 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program (ICJR Program) (Year 1 $168,343 / Total Grant for 3 Years $499,986)   Not available Not available
26-268 1Z.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - GEMS - To Accept and Appropriate Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Mobile Integrated Health Grant (Year 1 - $195,597 & Year 2 - $104,403 - Total Grant - $300,000)   Not available Not available
26-208 1AA.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Human Resources - To Approve Revisions to the Gaston County Pay Plan Narrative   Not available Not available
26-244 1AB.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - Police Department - Retirement Commendation - To Award the Service Side Arm and Badge to Retired Master Police Officer Chad Owens   Not available Not available
26-247 1AC.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Police Department (Animal Care and Enforcement) - To Accept and Appropriate a Donation Received from Crow Holdings Development in the Amount of $5,000   Not available Not available
26-251 1AD.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Public Works - To Approve the Sale of Surplus County Vehicle #405 to Hunter Huss High School   Not available Not available
26-257 1AE.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Cloninger - Public Works - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Week of June 15 - 21, 2026 as Waste and Recycling Workers Week in Gaston County   Not available Not available
26-245 1AF.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Shehan - Sheriff’s Office - Retirement Commendation - To Award the Service Side Arm and Badge to Retired Deputy Weylan Purser   Not available Not available
26-250 1AG.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 - $9,921.59; VTS Refunds - $781.15; Grand Total - $10,702.74)   Not available Not available
26-275 1A.AppointmentsAppointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positions   Not available Not available