April 17, 2023 Rockingham County Commissioners Meeting
AGENDA
1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN RICHARDSON
2. INVOCATION
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Aubree Herndon, 8 years old, and Avery Herndon, 6 years old, Monroeton Elementary
4. RESOLUTION – Lance Metzler, County Manager
Approval – Resolution honoring the work of Robert “Bob” Wray Carter, County Historian for his lifetime work in Rockingham County history.
5. APPROVAL OF APRIL 17, 2023 AGENDA
6. 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. Pat Galloway, Finance Director
Approval – Transfer the June 2023 outstanding principal balance of the 2020B (NTE Reidsville Energy Center) debt in the amount of $961,000 from a Water Sewer Enterprise Fund debt classification to a General Government debt classification. The project was suspended prior to construction of an enterprise system asset and is more appropriately classified as a General Government debt type as discussed during the February 2023 annual budget planning retreat.
2 Approval – Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Audit Contract and Engagement Letter with audit firm Thompson, Price, Scott, Adams & Co. PA The audit fees are $50,500 for the County audit and $2,625 for the Tourism Development Authority audit.
3. Approval – Appropriate $22,000 of Northwest Fire District restricted fund balance that is due to Northwest Fire Department.
4. Approval – Transfer funds of $2,208 to install an awning at the entrance of the Board of Elections Building. Funding will be provided by existing budget appropriations as follows:
Board of Elections Building Repair line $1,000
Public Buildings – All County Buildings Repair $1,208
5. Approval – Appropriate $12,845 of fund balance restricted for the Sheriff Department to purchase rifles and related equipment in order to assign a patrol rifle to sworn personnel who currently are not issued a county owned rifle.
B. Todd Hurst, Interim Tax Administrator
Approval- Tax collection and reconciliation reports for March including refunds for March 22 thru April 4, 2023.
C. Susan Washburn, Clerk to the Board
Approval – Recessed Board minutes for February 10, 2023 & Regular meeting minutes for April 3, 2023.
D. Ben Curtis, Rockingham County Register of Deeds
Approval – authorize the Rockingham County Register of Deeds, to temporarily transfer records to an off-site or out-of-County location for reproduction, repair or preservation.
7. PUBLIC COMMENT
8. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
A. Hiriam “Marzy” Marziano, Community Development Director
1. Case 2023-03 – Zoning Amendment: Rezoning from Residential Protected (RP) & Residential Agricultural (RA) to Residential Agricultural (RA) Applicant: Elizabeth Suzanne Knight – Tax PIN: 7903-01-48-7699 -Address: 466 Eden Church Rd. – Huntsville Township.
2. Case 2023-04 – Zoning Amendment: Rezoning from Highway Commercial Conditional District (HC-CD) to Highway Commercial (HC) – Applicant: George Daniel Carter, 111- Tax PIN: 7923-01-18-2000 -Address: 2804 US Highway 220 – Huntsville Township.
3. Case 2023-05 – Zoning Amendment: Rezoning from Residential Protected (RP) to Residential Agricultural (RA) – Applicant: Trent Prater, Clayton Homes – Tax PIN: 7061-09-25-4439 – Address: Odie Ln (Parcel # 175179) Leaksville Township.
4. Case 2023-07 – A text amendment request to the UDO Permitted Use Table and Supplemental Regulations to permit Religious Schools and Places of Worship in the Residential Protected (RP) district when located on the same parcel – Applicant: Corey Engebretson, Floyd Missionary Baptist Church UDO Amendments Permitted use Table, Article IV, Section 41.04; Supplemental Regulations Article VI, Section 62.79.
5. Case 2023-08 – A request to amend various sections of the UDO related to:
i. Manufactured Homes on Individual Lots
ii. Landscape Design Standards
iii. Major Subdivision Review
iv.. Wireless Telecommunication Towers
v. Accessory Dwelling Unit/Guesthouse
vi. Shipping Containers
Applicant: Rockingham County Community Development, UDO Amendments: Article III, Section 3401, Article IV, Section 41.04; Article V, Section 54.01; Article VI, Section 62.01, Section 62.39, Section 62.66, Section 62.79, Section 62.81, Section 62.88.
B. Lance Metzler, County Manager
Resolution requesting establishment of a “No Wake Zone” for Belews Lake at the Carolina Marina.
9. PRESENTATION: Victoria Whitt, Sandhills Center
Sandhills Center County General Budget funding request/program update.
10. PRESENTATION: Lance Metzler, County Manager
Approval – Adoption of a resolution and approve a budget amendment for NC Opioid Settlement funding to establish a Behavioral Health Urgent Care (BHUC) in County
11. NEW BUSINESS
12. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
13. CLOSED SESSION:
Pursuant to: N.C.G.S. 143-318.11 (a)(1) Approve Closed Session Minutes; and N.C.G.S. 143-31811(a)(5) Instruct Negotiating Agents
14. ADJOURN
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