February 17, 2025 Rockingham County Commissioners Meeting
AGENDA
1. Meeting Called to Order by Chairman Berger
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Approve Agenda for February 17, 2025
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. Board of Commissioners
Consider approval of the appointment for Charles Rakestraw to the Rockingham Community College Board of Trustees. His term will expire June 2029.
B. Todd Hurst, Tax Administrator
1. Request approval of Tax Collection and Reconciliation Reports for January including refunds for January 22, 025 thru February 3, 2025.
2. Request the appointment of the new Board of Equalization and Review member. This appointment will be completing the term for member Charles Rakestraw with will end March 31, 2025.
C. Mandy McGhee, Finance Director
1. Approval of letter to NC Department of State Treasurer, Local Government Commission, in response to the Financial Performance Concerns that were identified based on the information presented in the audited financial statements as of June 30, 2024.
2. Amend the budget for new software subscription that meets the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) No. 96 criteria. Funds for the software was approved in the FY 2025 adopted budget. This amendment enables full compliance with GASB 96 accounting and reporting.
3. Appropriate $50,000 of available fund balance in the Tourism Development Authority (TDA) Fund as approved by the TDA Board at their October 2, 2024 meeting. Funds are for matching grant funds from the Complete the Trails Grant Program for the purpose of the Jacobs Creek Batteau Restoration project.
4. Approval to use $35,000 of Article 46 Quarter-cent sales tax revenue to adequately support staffing needs of the career and technical programs offered at RCC’s Center for Workforce Development.
5. Consider award to H. M. Kern for the Rockingham County Livestock Marketing and Education Project design-build project.
D.Ronnie Tate, Director of Engineering and Public Utilities
Consideration of approval of the sewer agreement with the City of Eden for disposal and treatment of the County’s Wentworth Sewer System waste. This agreement is a revision to the expired 1998 agreement between Eden and the County.
E. Kelly Stultz, Planning & Community Development Director
Request approval for reappointment of Terry Shelton to the Planning Board to represent the ETJ jurisdiction. Term ending December 2027.
F.Bob Cleveland, PTRC Area Agency on Aging
Request approval for appointment of John and Joyce Parrish to the Rockingham County Planning Committee for Older Adults. Their terms will be February 17, 2025 through February 16, 2028.
G. Daniel Bare, Planning & Zoning, Town of Madison
Request approval for reappointment of three Board members to the Town of Madison Planning Board as out-of-town members.
Todd Dalton
194 Valley View Drive
Madison, NC 27025
Term expiration: 2-6-2027
Susan Laws
246 Dolly Road
Madison, NC 27025
Term expiration: 2-21-2028
Eugenia McCollum
3795 NC Hwy 704
Madison, NC 27025
Term expiration: 2-21-2028
6. Public Comment
7. Presentation
A.Lisa Ellington, RCR Facilitator
Request approval for RFA#2508. The Rockingham County Recovers Guest Evaluation Panel met on 1-29-2025 and voted too unanimously refer the RFA#2508 Proposal submitted by the Department of Public Health to implement a local NCFIT Program providing wrap around services to persons formerly incarcerated to promote sobriety, provide resources to address deficits in their Social Determinants of Health and decrease unintended death by overdose. The Department of Public Health is asking for $166,625 per year for 3 years for a total allocation of $499,875.
B. Erselle Young, Assistant Superintendent and Mitch Birgulio, Senior Vice President, Davenport & Company
Updates for the FY 2025 projects
C. Sheriff Sam Page
Update on improvements and corrections made in the jail facility and operations.
D. Clyde B. Albright, County Attorney
Consider adoption of Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office Special Revenue Fund Ordinance, which outlines the procedure for any revenue generated by telephone and technology service contracts must be deposited, budgeted, appropriated, and expended in accordance with the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. G.S. ยง159-17.1.
8.New Business
9. Commissioner Comments
10. Closed Session
Pursuant to: N.C.G.S. 143-318.11(a)(5) – Instruct Negotiating Agents.
11. Adjourn
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