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Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/23/2025 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Courthouse
Regular Meeting 6:00 P.M.
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25-490 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Cloninger - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim September 17-23, 2025 as Constitution Week   Not available Not available
25-413 1A.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)CONTINUED FROM 8/26/2025 REGULAR MEETING: Public Hearing – RE: Commissioner Cloninger – Building & Development Services – Zoning Map Change: REZ-25-03-25-00223, McKenzie Marie Maiers (Applicant); Property Parcel: 171661, Located at 220 FL Maiers Rd., 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   Not available Not available
25-434 1B.Public Hearing (Zoning Matters)Public Hearing – RE: Commissioner Bailey – Building & Development Services – Zoning Map Change: REZ-25-04-01-00225, Land Use Consulting, LLC (Applicant); Property Parcel: 225342, Located at 130 Georgia Belle Ave., Belmont, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District to the (RS-20) Single Family 20,000 Square Feet Zoning District 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion   Not available Not available
25-478 1C.Public HearingPublic Hearing - RE: Commissioner Shehan - Building & Development Services - COD-H-25-03-11-00458 - To Adopt an Ordinance Authorizing the Housing Inspector to Abate All Public Nuisances and Vacate and Demolish Dwelling and All Structures Located at 3014 Birchfield Ln., Gastonia, (Parcel ID 309450) as Unfit for Human Habitation Pursuant to 4-137 of the Gaston County Code of Ordinances 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion   Not available Not available
25-457 1D.Public HearingPublic Hearing – RE: Commissioner Keigher – EDC – To Amend Resolution No. 2022-099 To Authorize a Gaston County Level Four Incentive Grant Pursuant to N.C.Gen.Stat. 158-7.1 and To Authorize Gaston County to Amend the Economic Development Agreement (EDA) with Edgewood Industrial Phase 1 Owner LP 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion   Not available Not available
25-462 1E.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 CNC 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion   Not available Not available
25-456 1F.Public HearingPublic Hearing – RE: Commissioner Keigher – DHHS – Social Services (Access) – To Request Permission to Apply for NCDOT/PTD FY27 Community Transportation Program (5311) Grant to Provide Rural Public Transportation Services, Enter Into an Agreement with the NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT), and Provide the Necessary Assurances and Required Local Match 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion   Not available Not available
25-485 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown – BOC – Proclamation – To Commemorate the Events of September 11, 2001 and Recognize September 11, 2025 as First Responder’s Day   Not available Not available
25-490 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Cloninger - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim September 17-23, 2025 as Constitution Week   Not available Not available
25-475 1C.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown – Building & Development Services – To Amend the Current Gaston County Fee Schedule to Adjust Building and Development Services Fees   Not available Not available
25-441 1D.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher – Cooperative Extension – To Accept and Appropriate Additional State Grant Funds for FY26 Triple P Parenting Program (Grant Total: $68,561)   Not available Not available
25-484 1E.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown – County Attorney – To Approve a Resolution that Accepts, Approves, and Authorizes the Execution of the National Opioids Secondary Manufacturers Settlements and the North Carolina Third Supplemental Agreement for Additional Funds (SAAF-3)   Not available Not available
25-471 1F.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis – County Manager – To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as Information   Not available Not available
25-483 1G.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown – County Manager – To Approve a Budget Change Request to Transfer $276,795 in Budgeted Personnel Costs for the Sheriff’s Office from the General Fund to the Capital Fund for Future Public Safety Capital Expenditures   Not available Not available
25-454 1H.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher – DHHS – Health Division – To Accept and Appropriate State Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services – Epidemiology Section/Communicable Disease Branch for the Gaston County Public Health HIV Outreach Program (GHOP) (100% Grant Funds - $12,500)   Not available Not available
25-455 1I.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher – DHHS – Health Division – To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services – Epidemiology Section/Communicable Disease Branch (100% Grant Funds - $6,000)   Not available Not available
25-459 1J.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher – DHHS – Health Division – To Accept and Appropriate Additional Federal Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services – Women’s and Children’s Health Section/Nutrition Services Branch for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Public Health Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (100% Grant Funds - $16,717)   Not available Not available
25-467 1K.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher – DHHS – Social Services Division – To Accept and Appropriate Additional State Grant Funds through NC Division of Social Services (DSS) for Emergency Foster Care Placements in the Amount of $17,733   Not available Not available
25-480 1L.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher – DHHS – Social Services Division – To Accept and Appropriate Funds from Partners Behavioral Health Management for Reimbursement of Foster Care Placement Costs in the Amount of $43,605 (No Additional County Funds Required)   Not available Not available
25-396 1M.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 Arrival   Not available Not available
25-447 1N.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher – EDC – To Authorize Acceptance and Appropriation of The NCDOC Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant for the Benefit of Conner Brothers Machine Co., Inc. (Project Precise) and To Authorize a Fund Balance Appropriation for the Required Match of $11,500   Not available Not available
25-448 1O.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher – EDC – To Authorize Acceptance and Appropriation of the NCDOC Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant for the Benefit of REPI, LLC (Project Manitoba) and To Authorize a Fund Balance Appropriation for the Required Match of $12,500   Not available Not available
25-453 1P.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher – EDC – To Authorize Acceptance and Appropriation of the NCDOC ONE NC Grant Funds ($70,000) and a Fund Balance Appropriation for the Required Local Match of the ONE NC Grant of $35,000 for the Benefit of Nuport, LLC D/B/A J&L Machine and Fabrication (Project Olive Tree/Tuscany)   Not available Not available
25-442 1Q.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown – EDC – Proclamation – To Proclaim the Week of September 29th – October 3rd, 2025 as Gaston County Manufacturing Week   Not available Not available
25-460 1R.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown – Financial and Management Services – Budget – To Transfer $53,000 from the Capital Fund to the General Fund for ACCESS Grant-Funded Vans   Not available Not available
25-446 1S.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown – Financial and Management Services – Grants – To Accept and Appropriate FY26 State and Federal Grant Funds from CACNC for The Lighthouse (1 yr - $147,415)   Not available Not available
25-451 1T.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown – Financial and Management Services – Grants – To Accept and Appropriate State Grant Funds from the NC Council for Women & Youth Involvement for the Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center's Domestic Violence Program (Domestic Violence Funds - $58,756.71 with a 20% County Match of $11,751.34; Divorce Filing Fees -$19,000; Marriage License Fees - $18,500)   Not available Not available
25-452 1U.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services – Grants – To Accept and Appropriate State Grant Funds from the NC Council for Women & Youth Involvement for the Hope United Survivor Network's Sexual Assault Program ($31,832.74 with a 20% County Match of $6,366.55)   Not available Not available
25-461 1V.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan – Financial and Management Services – Grants – To Accept and Appropriate Additional State Grant Funds for the Sheriff’s Office for the Essential Personnel Software Rental (Year 1: $31,800.30; Total Grant: $31,800.30)   Not available Not available
25-472 1W.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis – Financial and Management Services – Finance – To Accept as Information the August 2025 Property Tax Refunds Less than $100. These Tax Refunds Should Be Recorded in the Board’s Minutes. (Total NCVTS Refunds - $2,227.05)   Not available Not available
25-468 1X.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Cloninger – Human Resources – To Approve Revisions to the Gaston County Personnel Policy Manual Related to Vacancy Waiting Period, Job Offers, and Status Change   Not available Not available
25-482 1Y.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher – Library – To Approve the Transfer of $6,800 from North Carolina State Aid to Library Equipment Fund to the State Aid Capital Improvements State Aid Fund for the Literacy Garden Creation (100% Grant Funds)   Not available Not available
25-474 1Z.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Office of Capital Improvements - To Award a Construction Contract to Classic City Mechanical, Inc. in the Amount of $4,144,691.10 for the Dallas-High Shoals Water Interconnect - Contract 1 (Waterlines), and To Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute said Contract on Behalf of Gaston County   Not available Not available
25-476 1AA.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Office of Capital Improvements - To Award a Construction Contract to Maguire Iron, Inc. in the Amount of $4,281,000.00 for the Dallas-High Shoals Water Interconnect-Contract 2 (Elevated Tank) and to Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute on Behalf of Gaston County   Not available Not available
25-477 1AB.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Office of Capital Improvements - To Award a Construction Contract to Gilbert Engineering Co. in the Amount of $1,519,287.00 for the Dallas-High Shoals Water Interconnect - Contract 3 (Pump Station), and to Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute said Contract on Behalf of Gaston County   Not available Not available
25-479 1AC.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Office of Capital Improvements - To Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Purchase Property at 525 Thornburg Road, Dallas, NC, (PID 169067) to Construct a Booster Pump Station for the ARPA Dallas High Shoals Interconnect Project   Not available Not available
25-486 1AD.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Office of Capital Improvements - To Amend Gaston County ARPA Grant Project Ordinance 2021-264, to Approve and Appropriate Additional Project Funding ($3,435,278) to Dallas High Shoals Water Interconnect Project. To Approve the Transfer of the Overestimated Tryon Elementary Construction Funds to the Dallas High Shoals Water Interconnect Project ($3,435,278)   Not available Not available
25-450 1AE.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Cloninger - Parks and Recreation - To Accept and Appropriate Funds from Recreation Fees for the Second Annual Gaston County Men’s High School Soccer Cup Tournament Held on August 18-23, 2025 at Poston Park ($9,273)   Not available Not available
25-473 1AF.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley – Public Works – To Approve the Sale of Surplus County Trailer #844 to the Cherryville Fire Department   Not available Not available
25-444 1AG.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown – Tax - To Accept and Appropriate $75,000 in Special Revenue Fund (Property Revaluation) Fund Balance for On-going Legal Services (Property Tax Commission Appeals for Large Commercial Properties) for the 2023 Reappraisal   Not available Not available
25-464 1AH.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley – Tax Collections – Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the Listed August 2025 Tax Refunds be Made. (Releases and Refunds - $28,722.87; Overpayments - $19,108.25; VTS Refunds - $1,424.10; Grand Total - $49,255.22)   Not available Not available
25-443 1AI.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Tourism Development - To Approve an Appropriation of $227,409 from Tourism Fund Balance to Construct a Shade Over the Bleachers at Fraley Field   Not available Not available
25-470 1A.AppointmentsAppointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positions   Not available Not available