Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 1/26/2021 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Courthouse
REVISED COMBINED Work Session (Non-Voting) - 6:00 PM & Regular Meeting (To Immediately Follow the Work Session)
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20-050 1A.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of February 2021 as Black History Month in Gaston County   Action details Video Video
20-051 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Week of January 31, 2021 - February 6, 2021 as Catholic School Week in Gaston County   Action details Video Video
21-025 1C.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Worley - Finance - Commendation - Ms. Tiffany R. Murray & Finance Staff - GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Award   Action details Video Video
20-559 1D.CertificatesCertificates in Appreciation for Public Service 1. Bryan Robinson and Earl Withers, III, Fire Advisory Board 2. Jeff Beasley, Casey Bishop, Tim Gunn and James Towery, Fireman’s Relief Fund Trustees 3. Jeff Hicks, SARA Local Planning Committee (LEPC) 4. Ann Stroupe, Travel & Tourism Advisory Board 5. Eddie Everett, Workforce Development Board Certificate in Memoriam 1. Shirley Wiggins, Council on Aging & Home and Community Care Block Grant Advisory Committeeread into the record  Action details Video Video
20-567 1A.PresentationPRESENTATION - GASTON COLLEGE PPE NC INITIATIVE: - Dr. John Hauser, Gaston College President   Action details Video Video
20-567 1A.PresentationPRESENTATION - GASTON COLLEGE PPE NC INITIATIVE: - Dr. John Hauser, Gaston College President   Action details Not available
20-586 1A.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Philbeck - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: Z21-01 William J. Frye (Applicant); Property Parcel: 167400 (part of), Located at 629 Colt Thornburg Rd., Dallas, 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. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-587 1B.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Philbeck - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: Z21-02 Richard S. Honeycutt (Applicant); Property Parcel: 303021, Located at Ballard Rd., Dallas, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District to the (R-3) Single Family General Zoning District 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-588 1C.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Keigher - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: Conditional District CD21-01 DR Horton (Applicant); Property Parcels: 146377, 146376, 147285 (part of), and 147284 (part of), Located at Forbes Rd., Gastonia, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited and (I-2) General Industrial Zoning Districts with (US) Urban Standards Overlay to the (CD/RS-8) Conditional District / Single Family 8,000 sq ft Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards Overlay, in order to allow a (315) lot Residential Development 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-589 1D.Zoning Matters (Non-Consent)Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Philbeck - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: Conditional District CD21-02 Gerald L. & Sandra F. Lutz (Applicants); Property Parcel: 303483, Located at 359 Huffstetler Lake Rd., Dallas, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District to the (CD/C-1) Conditional District / Light Commercial Zoning District, in order to allow Contractor’s Office and Operations Center 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Accept Motion to Approve ResolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-583 1E.Public HearingPublic Hearing - City of Belmont - 1) Belmont Planning and Zoning Board ETJ 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Accept Motion for Appointmentheld  Action details Video Video
20-405 1F.Public HearingPublic Hearing - City of Lowell - 1) Lowell Planning & Zoning Board; 2) Lowell Zoning Board of Adjustments ETJ 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Accept Motion for Appointmentsheld  Action details Video Video
21-020 1A.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - To Revise the Gaston County Board of Commissioners’ Regular Meeting Schedule for February, 2021 to Reschedule the Work Session to February 23, 2021 - 6:00 P.M.approvedPass Action details Not available
20-050 1B.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of February 2021 as Black History Month in Gaston CountyapprovedPass Action details Not available
20-051 1C.Resolution (Proclamation/Commendation)Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Week of January 31, 2021 - February 6, 2021 as Catholic School Week in Gaston CountyapprovedPass Action details Not available
20-571 1D.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Management Services - To Accept and Appropriate a Governor’s Crime Commission Grant Award for The Lighthouse: A Child Advocacy Center in the Amount of $278,242 (No County Match)approvedPass Action details Not available
20-572 1E.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Management Services - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Governor’s Crime Commission Grant Funds for The Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center to Provide Direct Client Services ($218,856 - No County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
20-573 1F.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Management Services - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Governor’s Crime Commission Grant Funds for DHHS (Social Services Division)/Adult and Aging Services ($221,538 - No County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
20-575 1G.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Management Services - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Governor’s Crime Commission Grant Funds for the Gaston/Lincoln Sexual Assault Program Implemented by Phoenix Counseling Center ($333,344 - No County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
20-585 1H.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Management Services - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Governor’s Crime Commission Grant Funds for The Lighthouse Child Advocacy Center for Forensic Medical Exams ($58,646 - No County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-022 1I.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Management Services - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Governor’s Crime Commission Grant Funds Awarded to the Gaston County Police Department for Equipment Purchases ($24,435)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-023 1J.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Budget & Management Services - To Accept and Appropriate a Governor’s Crime Commission Grant Award for Equipment Purchases for the Gaston County Sheriff’s Office ($23,534 - No County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
20-590 1K.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Cooperative Extension - To Accept and Appropriate $1,129 in Donations for the Something Pumpkin Event and $640 in Extension Workshops Fees (100% Donations & Registration)approvedPass Action details Not available
20-525 1L.Resolution (Non-Consent)Commissioner Brown - County Attorney - To Amend the Gaston County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7 - Garbage and Trash, Section 7-3 - Storage and Disposal - to Create Subsection (s) - to Prohibit Anyone From Leaving Loose Yard Waste on Public Roads or any Other Public Places of Travel (Second Reading)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-019 1M.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Philbeck - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as InformationapprovedPass Action details Not available
20-522 1N.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - County Manager - Resolution of Support Recognizing the Mutual Advantage of the Creation of a Coordinated Effort Between Gaston County and Dominion Energy North Carolina to Develop Areas of Collaboration in Support of Shared Energy GoalsapprovedPass Action details Not available
21-004 1O.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS (Health Division) - To Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds Received from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) for the Environmental Health Private Well Program (100% Grant Funds - $20,000)approvedPass Action details Not available
20-580 1P.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS (Social Services Division) - To Accept and Appropriate the State Employees Credit Union Foundation Grant for the Adult and Aging Meals on Wheels Nutrition Program in the Amount of $10,000approvedPass Action details Not available
20-581 1Q.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS (Social Services Division) - To Accept and Appropriate Additional Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Funds for an Employer Services Grant in the Amount of $50,000 (100% Federal Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-015 1R.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS (Social Services Division) - To Accept and Appropriate Second Quarter Donations for Various Programs within Social Services in the Amount of $8,351approvedPass Action details Not available
20-582 1S.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - DHHS (Social Services Division) - To Accept as Information the Revised Workforce Development Board By-LawsapprovedPass Action details Not available
21-024 1T.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - DHHS (Social Services Division) - To Correct Budget Change Request for Board Action 2020-182 Adopted at 7/28/2020 BOC Meeting (Administrative Correction)approvedPass Action details Not available
20-577 1U.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Elections - To Accept and Appropriate a Grant from the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) for One-Stop Election Workers for the 2020 Election Cycle ($40,431)approvedPass Action details Not available
20-562 1V.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 - $5,252.38)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-021 1W.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Philbeck - Finance - To Transfer $96,590.38 in G.O. School Bond Premium Funds from Capital Improvements Fund to the Community Investment Fund ($96,590.38)approvedPass Action details Not available
20-584 1X.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Gaston Community Action - To Accept as Information the FY2021-22 Community Services Block Grant Application (No County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-013 1Y.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Brown - Human Resources - To Approve Revisions to the Gaston County Personnel Policy Manual to include a New Telework Policy and To Approve Revision to the Gaston County Pay Plan to include a New Lateral Transfer Policy for Law EnforcementapprovedPass Action details Not available
20-564 1Z.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Worley - Library - To Accept and Appropriate $228,054 from the North Carolina State Library for the Gaston County Public LibraryapprovedPass Action details Not available
20-568 1AA.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Keigher - Public Works - To Declare the Attached Vehicles Surplus, Approve the Sale of Said Vehicles to the Highest Bidder on GovDeals.com and Authorize Staff to Prepare the Necessary Documents in Accordance with North Carolina General Statute 160A-266 (No Additional County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-007 1AB.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Public Works - To Declare Vehicle #677 Surplus and Approve the Sale of Said Vehicle to the Tryonota Volunteer Fire DepartmentapprovedPass Action details Not available
21-010 1AC.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Hovis - Public Works - To Finalize and Formally Accept Offer to Purchase County Owned Surplus Parcel (PID#155370 - 813 Freedom Mill Rd., Gastonia) (No County Funds)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-011 1AD.Resolution (Non-Consent)Commissioner Worley - Sheriff’s Office - To Appropriate Funding for Inmate Off-Site Medical Expenses (Fund Balance Appropriation - $345,000 Estimate)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-008 1AE.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Tax Collections - Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the November 2020 Tax Refunds be Made. (Releases and Refunds - $2,596.65; Overpayments - $37,453.57; VTS Refunds - $6,865.07; Grand Total - $46,915.29)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-009 1AF.Resolution (Consent)Commissioner Fraley - Tax Collections - Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the December 2020 Tax Refunds be Made. (Releases and Refunds - $10,708.66; Overpayments - $56,266.87; VTS Refunds - $7,643.23; Grand Total - $74,618.76)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-030 1AG.Resolution (Consent)ADDED/ Commissioners Brown and Philbeck - DHHS (Social Services Division) - To Accept and Appropriate Emergency Rental Assistance Funds from the US Department of Treasury in the Amount of $6,772,100 (100% Federal Funds, No County Match Required)approvedPass Action details Not available
21-016 1A.Resolution (Consent)Board of Commissioners - Legislative Request: Legislative Agenda for the 2021 Session of the North Carolina General AssemblyapprovedPass Action details Video Video
20-526 1A.Resolution (Non-Consent)Commissioner Worley - To Withdraw Ordinance (Second Reading) - TITLE: To Amend the Gaston County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8 - Health and Sanitation, Article IV. - Public Assembly and Parade Permits - To Create Article Outlining County Permitting Process for Mass Gatherings Held Within County’s Jurisdiction (First Reading January 26, 2021)introduced on first readingPass Action details Video Video
21-017 1A.AppointmentsAppointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positionsapproved  Action details Not available