May 18, 2020 Rockingham County Commissioners Meeting

Published: May 19, 2020, 11:23 a.m.

(Wentworth, NC) - Audio of the May 18, 2020 meeting of the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners. The meeting was held at the Rockingham County Governmental center in Wentworth, NC.

AGENDA

1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN RICHARDSON

2. INVOCATION – LANCE METZLER, COUNTY MANAGER

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. APPROVAL OF MAY 18, 2020 AGENDA

5. CONSENT AGENDA (Consent items as follows will be adopted with a single motion, second and vote, unless a request for removal from the Consent Agenda is heard from a Commissioner)

A) Jennifer H. Woods, Clerk to the Board – Approval of Minutes – May 4, 2020 Regular Meeting Minutes

B) Patricia Galloway, Financial Services Director

1) Approval- Increase Public Health budget $93,034 for allocation of State Revenues to the County Health Department for COVID-19 Crisis Response.

2) Approval- Increase Youth Services budget $5,010 due to award of discretionary funding from the NC Department of Public Safety Juvenile Community Program for the purchase of a laminator machine, two laptops and Substance Abuse Prevention materials.

3) Approval- Increase DSS budget due to a one-time Low Income Energy Assistant Payment (LIEAP) supplement. The supplement amount will be announced May 12, 2020 and must be remitted to the recipients no later than May 29, 2020.

4) Approval - Budget amendment needed in order to close the LEO Separation Allowance Trust/Agency Fund into the General Fund. Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) no longer permits the reporting of this fund as a separate trust/agency fund without a formal trust agreement; therefore, closing this Fund into the General Fund enables smoother reporting in accordance with GASB standards. The funds being transferred, $452.434, will be held in a Reserve Fund Balance line item in the General Fund.

5) Reporting budget transfer posted on April 27, 2020 to transfer $15,000 from Contingency to Non-Departmental COVID-19 expense line item in order to continue covering costs associated with the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE) for front line staff and disinfecting supplies necessary to provide safe work sites for county employees.

6) Approval- Transfer available fund balance $318,060 in the General Fund to the Water Fund for the construction of a water line extension on NC-65 in accordance with Board action at the May 4, 2020 meeting.

7) Approval- Increase Sheriff Department budget $18,000 for execution fees that have been received over budget for the current fiscal year. These funds are remitted to third parties who are owed funds obtained through the Sheriff Department.

8) Approval- Increase Library budget $3,000 for Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grant awarded to purchase sanitizing supplies, sneeze guards, nitrile gloves and social distancing decals. No matching funds required.

C) Mark McClintock, Tax Administrator

Approval - Tax Collection & Reconciliation Report – April 2020

D) Reappointment - Airport Authority, terms to expire June 30, 2023:

H. Greg Bray
Gary Aikers
Gerald R. McKinney, Jr.

E) Reappointment – Work Force Development Board, term to expire June 30, 20222: Orlando Poteat, HR Director for Gildan Activewear

F) Lance Metzler, County Manager

Request for Road Addition – Northcrest Drive (0.05 mile) off Lemons Road (SR 1104) in the Brookfield Subdivision – Huntsville Township

6. CARRIE SPENCER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

A) Rezoning Request – Steven Kidd, Calvary Rd., Mayodan Township Residential Protected to Light Industrial-Conditional District

B) Rezoning Request – Segiuene – 3077 NC 158, Reidsville Township Office Institutional to Neighborhood Commercial-Conditional District

C) Rezoning Request – South Rockingham Corporate Park, LLC – NC 65 & US 220 New Bethel – Residential Mixed/Residential Agriculture to Light Industrial

7. PUBLIC HEARING

8. LANCE METZLER, COUNTY MANAGER

Presentation – Budget Review

9. SUSAN YOUNG, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Presentation - COVID-19 Update

10. NEW BUSINESS

11. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

12. RECESS UNTIL MAY 26, 2020 FOR RECOMMENDED BUDGET REVIEW AT 8:00 AM

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