Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/28/2026 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Courthouse
Regular Meeting 6:00 P.M.
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Not available  
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Attachments: Printable Agenda Packet (No Links)
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26-292 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Fraley - BOC - Proclamation - To Recognize and Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States of America   Action details Not available
26-287 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Hovis - BOC - Proclamation - To Recognize the Annual Observance of National Aphasia Awareness in Gaston CountyPresented  Action details Video Video
26-165 1C.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Shehan - BOC - Commendation - To Commend the Hunter Huss Alumni Association Upon Their 10th AnniversaryPresented  Action details Video Video
26-198 1A.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)CONTINUED FROM 6/23/2026 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. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motionpostponed  Action details Video Video
26-166 1B.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)CONTINUED FROM 6/23/2026 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. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept MotionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
26-240 1C.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Zoning Text Amendment: TEXT-26-05-20-00013 - Gaston County (Applicant); To Consider Proposed Text Amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO): Chapter 2 (Definitions); Section 2.7 (Terms Defined in this Ordinance); and Chapter 11 (Screening/Buffering and Landscaping); Section 11.7 (Common Open Space, General Requirements) 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept MotionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
26-287 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Hovis - BOC - Proclamation - To Recognize the Annual Observance of National Aphasia Awareness in Gaston County   Action details Not available
26-165 1C.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Shehan - BOC - Commendation - To Commend the Hunter Huss Alumni Association Upon Their 10th AnniversaryapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-293 1D.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - BOC - To Set Forth the Names of the 2026 Students of the Senator James S. Forrester Commissioners’ School of Excellence in the Board of Commissioners’ MinutesapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-316 1E.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services (Housing Rehabilitation) - To Approve and Adopt the Assistance Policy and the Procurement Policy Specific to the 2027 Urgent Repair ProgramapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-317 1F.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services (Housing Rehabilitation) - To Accept and Appropriate State Grant Funds from the NC Housing Finance Agency for Home Repairs ($165,000)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-291 1G.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - County Attorney - To Authorize Settlement of Pre-Litigation Claims Made by Lee Everette Against the Sheriff’s Office for $70,000approvedPass Action details Not available
26-318 1H.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as InformationapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-311 1K.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services - Budget - Administrative Correction to Correct Carry Forward List for Board Action 2026-203 Adopted at the 6/23/2026 BOC MeetingapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-285 1L.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Financial and Management Services (Budget and Finance) - To Amend the FY2026-2027 Gaston County Budget Ordinance to Authorize Technical, Non-Cash Accounting Entries Required for Financial Reporting (No Budget Impact or Change in Appropriations)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-320 1M.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept as Information the June 2026 Property Tax Refunds Less than $100. These Tax Refunds Should Be Recorded in the Board’s Minutes. (Total NCVTS Refunds - $2,687.52)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-312 1N.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Accumulated Investment Earnings from June 1, 2026, through June 30, 2026 ($16,187.78) in FY27approvedPass Action details Not available
26-314 1O.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Debt Service Fund Balance for Internal Revenue Service Arbitrage Rebate Payment Related to the FY2023 Vehicle Financing ($98,267.37)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-296 1P.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept and Appropriate FY27 State and Federal Grant Funds from CACNC for The Lighthouse (1 yr - $185,869)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-278 1Q.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Grants - To Accept and Appropriate Additional State Grant Funds from the NC Council for Women & Youth Involvement for The Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center for FY 2026 ($2,013.98)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-295 1R.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Library - To Accept and Appropriate State Aid Grant ($121,915 - 100% Non-County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-298 1S.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Library - To Approve the Transfer of $12,374 from the Strengthening Connection Grant in the General Fund to the Capital Fund for Strengthening Grant for Furniture Purchase (100% Grant Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-297 1T.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Shehan - Office of Capital Improvements - To Amend Gaston County ARPA Grant Project Ordinance 2021-264, to Redistribute Funding From ARPA Homelessness Initiative - ICGH ($65,215.90) and ARPA Project Coordinators ($425,000) to ARPA Tryon Elementary Waterline Extension ($17,500) and ARPA Dallas High Shoals Waterline - Water ($472,715.90)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-306 1U.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Brown - Police Department - Retirement Commendation - To Award the Service Side Arm and Badge to Retired Master Police Officer John KaiserapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-307 1V.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Police Department (Animal Care and Enforcement) - To Authorize the Transfer of $4,518 from the General Fund to the General Government Capital Fund, via the Community Investment Fund (CIF) for the Purchase of Olympic Veterinary Lift TableapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-309 1W.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Police Department (Animal Care and Enforcement) - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received in FY2026 ($1,954.29)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-277 1X.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Cloninger - Public Works - To Authorize a Surplus Vehicle and Equipment Sale for the Disposal of Surplus Vehicles and Equipment to the Highest Bidder on GovDeals.com Under North Carolina General Statute 160A-266approvedPass Action details Not available
26-301 1Y.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Cloninger - Public Works - To Approve an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Gastonia for Joint Procurement of a Feasibility Study on Development and Operation of a Transfer StationapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-294 1Z.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Register of Deeds - To Amend the Current Gaston County Fee Schedule to Adjust Register of Deeds FeesapprovedPass Action details Not available
26-299 1AA.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 - $6,219.69; VTS Refunds - $1,345.64; Grand Total - $7,565.33)approvedPass Action details Not available
26-304 1AB.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, 2026, per N.C.G.S. 105-373approvedPass Action details Not available
26-305 1AC.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
26-286 1I.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 of the Community Nutrition Services Section for Public Health Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (100% Grant Funds - $448)approvedPass Action details Video Video
26-284 1J.Resolution (Consent)REVISED/ Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services - Budget - To Appropriate Funds to Purchase FY27 Vehicles and Approve the Reimbursement Declaration ($4,282,909 Total Appropriation; Maximum of $4,129,151 to be Financed)approvedPass Action details Video Video
26-292 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Fraley - BOC - Proclamation - To Recognize and Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States of America   Action details Not available
26-319 1A.AppointmentsAppointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positions   Action details Not available