September 19, 2022 Rockingham County Commissioners Meeting
AGENDA
1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN BERGER
2. INVOCATION – Reverend Ralph Clayton, Retired Senior Pastor for Covington
Wesleyan Church
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. PROCLAMATION: MORGAN MANESS, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY 4-H, COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
Adoption of Proclamation to declare Rockingham County 4-H week, October 2-8, 2022 in Rockingham County.
5. RECOGNITION: DON POWELL, COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Special Recognition Resolution for Community Service
6. APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 AGENDA
7. 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
1. Approval- Appropriate Public Health Escrow of $170,000 to cover the FY 23 Medicaid Intergovernmental Transfer of funds to the Division of Health Benefits. Due to Medicaid Transformation, the County now receives the gross amount of Medicaid revenue and must remit to the State Division of Health Benefits their portion. Prior to Medicaid Transformation, the County only received the net amount due to the County.
2 Approval – Amend the Regional WaterlWastewater Capital Project and the South Rockingham Corporate Park WaterlWastewater Capital Project for the following: 1) Transfer $69,040 of OSBM – Regional WaterlWastewater Grant for local match on Golden Leaf Water Tank Project. 2) Reimburse County General Fund $22,500 for original matching funds provided until other revenue sources were secured. 3) Appropriate additional interest earning and sales tax revenue received in the Regional Water Project Fund of $19,435. 4) Reimburse Water Operating Fund $224,676 for tank mixing systems installed at the Bethany and Huntsville Water Tanks.
B) Todd Hurst, Interim Tax Administrator
Approval- Tax Collection and Reconciliation Reports for August including refunds for August 24, 2022 thru September 7, 2022
C) Lance Metzler, County Manager
1. Approval – Revise Personnel Policy 6: Leave of Absence, Section 11: Bereavement Leave, Strikethrough section to be removed.
2. Approval – Consideration of adoption of a Resolution to concur with a Request by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Division of Highways for additions located in Collybrooke Subdivision, New Bethel Township to the State Maintained Secondary Road System
D) Ronnie Tate, Director of Engineering and Public Utilities
1. Approval- New Lease for NC Dept. of Agriculture for Lease of Space (185 sq. feet) at the EOC Building for NC Forestry Service. New lease is for 3 years at $1.00 per year.
2. Approval – The Interlocal Agreement for Water Service from the Town of Madison and Mayodan.
E) Rodney Stewart, RCEMS Operations Supervisor
Approval – Submitted financial statement of accounting reports of billing and collections activity for August 2022 and accounts uncollected that are to be written off
8. PUBLIC COMMENT
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Hiriam “Marzy” Marziano, Community Development Director
1. Case 2022-17 – Zoning Amendment: Rezoning from Residential Agricultural (RA) to Highway Commercial Conditional District – Robert Baker & Jeff Knight – Tax PINs: 7903-03-31-9666 & 7903-03-41-0693 – Address: Shelton Rd. – New Bethel Township
2. Amend the Unified Development Ordinance
TA 2022-2a: Table 41.05 -1 Dimensional Standards Table
TA 2022-2b: Sec. 62.16 Campground/RV Park Development Standards
TA 2022-2c: Sec. 53.03 Road Standards
TA 2022-2d: Table 41.04-1 Outdoor Storage of Boats & RVs
This is a package of short text amendments to the UDO aiming to clarify and simplify the dimensional standards table, ensure safe ingress/egress to campgrounds and RV parks, add outdoor storage of boats and RVs as a use in commercial districts, and better align road standards with subdivision rules and regulations.
10. CONSIDERATION: Ronnie Tate, Director of Engineering and Public Utilities
1. Approval of renovations to the third floor of the Courthouse. Improvements to create space for Adult Probation and Parole staff. Cost of project $20,350.00 from County Fund Balance.
2 Approval for a reduction in the tip fee at the landfill for solid waste disposal from the Town of Mayodan to $19.00 per ton tip fee plus $2.00 state tax fee for total $2100 per ton for debris from the old Washington Mills site
11. PRESENTATION: Matt Reece, PTRC Assistant Director
Compensation and Classification Study
12. CONSIDERATION: Sheriff Sam Page and Dr. Stephanie Ellis, Executive Director of
Behavioral Health, Crisis Intervention and Student Safety
School Security/Safety and School Resource Officers Update
13. PRESENTATION: Rodney Cates, Emergency Services Director
Presentation (for informational purposes only) of the EMT Academy (A partnership with RCEMS and RCC).
14. NEW BUSINESS
15. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
16. ADJOURN
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