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May 4, 2020 Rockingham County Board Of Commissioners Meeting

(Wentworth, NC) - Audio of the May 4, 2020 meeting of the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners. The meeting was held at the Rockingham County Governmental Center following COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.

AGENDA

1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN RICHARDSON

2. INVOCATION – LANCE METZLER, COUNTY MANAGER

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. APPROVAL OF MAY 4, 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 – April 20, 2020 Regular Meeting Minutes

B) Patricia Galloway, Financial Services Director

1) Approval- Appropriate fund balance in the Health Insurance Fund of $1,300,000:

 $750,000 to cover current year estimated claims expense which are running 14.2% Higher than the previous fiscal year.

 $550,000 to cover 6/30/2020 estimated Incurred But Not Reported (IBNR) liability for claims with service dates prior to 6/30/2020 that have not been filed/processed/paid as of 6/30/2020. Expense is required to be recorded in the year that the service was performed.

2) Approval- Reduce Youth Services budget $5,332 due to part time temporary staff working less hours than budgeted, unspent NC DPS grant funds for the Youth Services Fresh Start program are being released back to DPS.

3) Approval- Increase Landfill Fund budget $15,413 for funds received to replace a Landfill utility vehicle that was wrecked and totaled.

4) Approval - Appropriate fund balance of $25,000 to match Marion Stedman Covington Foundation grant awarded to the Museum and Archives of Rockingham County (MARC) for maintenance projects.

5) Approval - Transfer available fund balance in the General Fund to the Water Fund for the construction of a waterline on Gold Hill Road $331,000.

C) Mark McClintock, Tax Administrator - Approval - Tax Refunds thru April 21, 2020

D) Robin Yount, Tourism Manager

Request for Reappointment for second term to TDA Board of Directors – second term to expire June 2023: Patience Fairman-Evens, Holiday Inn Express

Request for Appointment of new TDA board members to replace outgoing members: term to expire June 2023: Lindsey Purvis, Haw River State Park Cornel Martin, Owner of BonaManzee Event Center

6. PUBLIC COMMENT

7. DR. MARK KINLAW, PRESIDENT, ROCKINGHAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Update Quarter-Cent Sales Tax and Workforce Development Center

8. ROYCE RICHARDSON, CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF ELECTIONS

Budget Revision- Reduce Board Training by $4,119 and Staff Training by $3,118 to allow for a part time temporary person through the end of fiscal year, pay Canvass workers the additional $1.00 per hour they were underpaid and have ample funds to cover utilities through the end of the fiscal year.

9. RONNIE TATE, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC UTILITIES

A) Approval - Lease of Community Kitchen building (342-F) Cherokee Camp Road to Blissful Palette Events & Catering LLC to use as a catering kitchen.

B) Consideration- Water line extension on NC 65 West to new development site for Steve Aheron. Project estimated cost $318,060.

10. NEW BUSINESS

11. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

12. ADJOURNMENT


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