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ACTION AGENDA

CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

COURTHOUSE - ROOM 118

January 21, 2025

6:45 PM


Attendance


	INVOCATION - Commissioner Pavan Patel


	CHRIS DAVIS, PWC COMMISSIONER, DELIVERED THE INVOCATION


	PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE -


	AAHANA BAHEKAR, COMMISSIONER PATEL'S NIECE, A STUDENT A TERRY SANDFORD HIGH SCHOOL AND LOCAL SCOUT LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE


	RECOGNITIONS


	Board of Elections Staff


	THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RECOGNIZED THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS STAFF FOR THEIR WORK DURING THE 2024 ELECTION SEASON


	Commissioner Glenn Adams' Appointment to North Carolina Central University Law School Commission


	THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RECOGNIZED AND CONGRATULATED COMMISSIONER GLENN ADAMS FOR HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL COMMISSION


	PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD


	1.	APPROVAL OF AGENDA


	THE MEETING WAS RESCHEDULED FROM JANUARY 21, 2025 TO JANAURY 27, 2025 DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. AGENDA DID NOT CHANGE AND WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AT THE JANUARY 27, 2025 MEETING


	2.	PRESENTATIONS


		A.	Period Poverty Awareness


	AMBER JOHNSON, A SENIOR AT GRAY'S CREEK HIGH SCHOOL AND A GIRL SCOUT, PRESENTED INFORMATION ON PERIOD POVERTY TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS


		B.	Fiscal Year-Ended June 30, 2024, Audit Results Presentation by Cherry Bekaert LLP


	THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO ACCEPT THE FISCAL YEAR-ENDED JUNE 30, 2024, AUDIT RESULTS PRESENTED BY CHERRY BEKAERT LLP


	3.	CONSENT AGENDA


Approved	A.	Approval of December 16, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes


Approved	B.	Approval of Request for Destruction of Planning & Inspections Department Records


Approved	C.	Approval of Board of Commissioners' 2025 Scheduled Committee Meetings


Approved	D.	Approval to Pay Prior Year Invoices


Approved	E.	Approval of Budget Ordinance Amendments for the January 21, 2025 Board of Commissioners' Agenda


		F.	Approval of Cumberland County Board of Commissioners Agenda Session Items


Approved	1.	Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Engineering Services for Sewer Projects


Approved	2.	Adoption of Policy Prohibiting Viewing or Saving Pornography on County Government Networks and Devices


	4.	ITEMS OF BUSINESS


		A.	Authorization to Transfer Funds to White Flag Shelter Program and Associated Budget Ordinance Amendment B250005


	THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVED TRANSFER OF $240,000 FROM THE UNALLOCATED LINE-ITEM TO THE WHITE FLAG ASSISTANCE PROJECT WITHIN ARP FREED-UP GENERAL FUND CAPACITY AND THE ASSOCIATED BUDGET ORDINANCE B250005


		B.	Sheriff Deputy and Detention Officer Recruitment and Retention Incentive Request and Associated Budget Ordinance Amendment B250487


	THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE ARP COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOCATE $150,000 FOR DETENTION OFFICER RETENTION AND $200,000 FOR SHERIFF DEPUTY RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES FROM ARP FREED-UP CAPACITY (UNALLOCATED) FOR WHICH THE SHERIFF WILL PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK AND BASIS FOR DISTRIBUTION AND ASSOCIATED BUDGET ORDINANCE AMENDMENT B250487


		C.	Boards and Commissions Process


	THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS: MOVE THE NOMINATION/APPOINTMENT PROCESS TO TWICE A YEAR - MARCH AND NOVEMBER, EFFECTIVE 1 FEBRUARY 2025 CREATE A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS PROCESS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS INSTRUCT STAFF TO CREATE LIST FOR MARCH AND NOVEMBER APPOINTMENTS CHAIRMAN WILL APPOINT COMMISSIONERS TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW APPLICANTS AND MAKE NOMINATIONS


		D.	Gray's Creek Infrastructure - Stopgap Measure for Gray's Creek and Alderman Elementary Schools


	THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVED MOVING FORWARD WITH OPTION 1, ADDING POINT-OF-USE WATER TREATMENT TO GRAY'S CREEK AND ALDERMAN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND DIRECTING STAFF TO INVESTIGATE THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS OF ADDING POINT-OF-ENTRY WATER TREATMENTS AND INSTALLING DEEP WELLS


	5.	NOMINATIONS


		A.	Cape Fear Valley Board of Trustees (3 Vacancies)


	THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MOVED TO REFER THE NOMINATIONS OF THE CAPE FEAR VALLEY BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COMMITTEE THAT WAS CREATED BY BOARD ACTION JANUARY 27, 2025.


	6.	APPOINTMENTS


		A.	Civic Center Commission (4 Vacancies)


	THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MOVED TO REFER THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE CIVIC CENTER COMMISSION TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COMMITTEE THAT WAS CREATED BY BOARD ACTION JANUARY 27, 2025.


	RECESS THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS' MEETING


	CONVENE THE GRAY'S CREEK WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD MEETING


	7.	GRAY'S CREEK WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT ITEMS OF BUSINESS


		A.	Gray's Creek Infrastructure - Stopgap Measure for Gray's Creek and Alderman Elementary Schools


	THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVED MOVING FORWARD WITH OPTION 1, ADDING POINT-OF-USE WATER TREATMENT TO GRAY'S CREEK AND ALDERMAN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND DIRECTING STAFF TO INVESTIGATE THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS OF ADDING POINT-OF-ENTRY WATER TREATMENTS AND INSTALLING DEEP WELLS


	ADJOURN THE GRAY'S CREEK WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD MEETING


	RECONVENE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING


	8.	CLOSED SESSION


		A.	Attorney Client Matter Pursuant to NCGS 143-318.11(a)(3)


		B.	Economic Development Matter Pursuant to NCGS 143.318.11(a)(4)


	ADJOURN


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THIS MEETING WILL BE STREAMED LIVE THROUGH THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE, www.cumberlandcountync.gov. LOOK FOR THE LINK AT THE TOP OF THE HOMEPAGE.

THE MEETING WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON CCNC-TV SPECTRUM CHANNEL 5