THE AGENDA WAS APPROVED WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:

1. ADDITION OF A CLOSED SESSION FOR ATTORNEY CLIENT MATTER PURSUANT TO NCGS 143.318.11(A)(3) 

2. ITEM N.1 FISCAL YEAR 2026 HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFIT PLAN CHANGES 

WAS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND MOVED TO ITEMS OF BUSINESS AS ITEM 5.C

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONER APPROVED THE SCHEDULE FOR THE FY26 BUDGET WORK SESSIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN AS FOLLOWS:

1. RENEW THE CURRENT PLAN DESIGN WITH NO CHANGES TO THE COVERAGE OG GLP-1A. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED INCREASE IN PLAN COST FOR FY2026 IS $3,245,678, IR 11.3%

2. INCREASE THE MONTHKY WELLNESS INCENTIVE FROM $30 TO $50 PER MONTH, PER EMPLOYEE AND INCREASE EMPLOYEE PPO CONTRIBUTIONS 11.3% IN LINE WITH THE OCERALL HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE. COMBINED, THESE TWO CHANGES INCREASE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS BY AN ESITMATED $415,191. THIS AMOUNT OFFSETS THE COUNTY'S PORTION OF THE OVERALL ESTIMATED PLAN INCREASE OF $3,245,678.

3. CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT BCBS PHARMACY CONTRACT WITH THE INTENTION OF RE-BIDDING FOR FY 2027 AT THE SAME TIME AS MEDICAL CONTRACT.

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE REZONING REQUEST FOR AIA AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO R30A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND FIND THAT:

1. APPROVAL IS AN AMENDMENT OT THE ADOPTED, CURRENT VISION NORTHEAST LAND USE PLAN THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SHOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUEST OR APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO SAID MAP FOR THIS REQUEST

2. DEVELOPMENT AND DENSITY ALLOWED BY THE R30A DISTRICT IS COMPATIBLE TO EXISTING LOT SIZES AND CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA 

3. THE SITE IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATION WHICH ENCOURAGES HIGHER DENSITIES

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS GRANTED THE TAXPAYERS REQUEST FOR THE REFUND AND ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION :

     WHEREAS, THIS MATTER WAS HEARD BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MARCH 17, 2025; AND

            WHEREAS, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTED THAT THE TAXPAYER ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE OF THIS HEARING; AND

            WHEREAS, THE TAXPAYER, ATTORNEY JENNIFER K. FINCHER, REQUESTED A REFUND OF THE COUNTY’S ONE-HALF OF THE EXCISE TAX PAID FOR RECORDING A DUPLICATE DEED IN ERROR; AND

            WHEREAS, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTED THAT THE DEED WAS FIRST RECORDED SEPTEMBER 18, 2024, IN BOOK 12064 AT PAGE 512, AND A DUPLICATE WAS RECORDED SEPTEMBER 19, 2024, IN BOOK 12064 AT PAGE 880 WITH THE EXCISE TAX FOR EACH RECORDING BEING $417; AND

            WHEREAS, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ADVISED THAT HE REVIEWED THE RECORDED DOCUMENTS AND CONFIRMED THAT THE RECORDING INFORMATION AND STATED EXCISE TAX WARRANTS THE REFUND OF THE COUNTY’S HALF OF THE EXCISE TAX PAID ON THE DUPLICATE RECORDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $208.50; AND

            WHEREAS, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE TAXPAYER MUST RECORD A DOCUMENT WHICH STATES THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF THE EXCISE TAX, WHICH IN THIS CASE NONE WAS DUE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A TRANSACTION; THE REGISTER OF DEEDS MUST NOTIFY THE FINANCE OFFICER AND THE SECRETARY OF REVENUE WHEN THAT DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RECORDED; AND THE REFUND BEARS INTEREST PURSUANT TO THE STATUTE.   

            BE IT RESOLVED, THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FINDS THAT THE FACTS STATED ABOVE WARRANT THE REFUND OF THE EXCISE TAX AS REQUESTED BY THE TAXPAYER.

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT UPON THE TAXPAYER RECORDING A DOCUMENT STATING THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF THE EXCISE TAX THAT COMPLIES WITH G.S. § 105-228.37(E), THE REGISTER OF DEEDS SHALL NOTIFY THE FINANCE OFFICER AND THE SECRETARY OF REVENUE OF THE BOARD’S ACTION IN THIS MATTER AND THE COUNTY FINANCE OFFICER SHALL REFUND THE TAXPAYER ONE-HALF OF THE EXCISE TAX IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $208.50 WITH INTEREST AS PROVIDED BY G.S. § 105-228.37.

                ADOPTED MARCH 17, 2025                   

                                                                        CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF

                                                                        COMMISSIONERS

 THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 AS FOLLOWS:

1. RENEW THE CURRENT PLAN DESIGN WITH NO CHANGES TO THE COVERAGE OF GLP-1S. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED INCREASE IN PLAN COST FOR FY2026 IS $3,245,678 OR 11.3%.

2. INCREASE THE MONTHLY WELLNESS INCENTIVE FROM $30 TO $50 PER MONTH, PER EMPLOYEE AND INCREASE EMPLOYEE PPO CONTRIBUTIONS 11.3% IN LINE WITH THE OVERALLHEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE. COMBINED, THESE TWO CHANGES INCREASE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS BY AN ESTIMATED $415,191. THIS AMOUNT OFFSETS THE COUNTY'S PORTION OF THE OVERALL ESTIMATED PLAN INCREASE OF $3,245,678.

3. CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT BCBS PHARMACY CONTRACT WITH THE INTENTION OF RE-BIDDING FOR FY2027 AT THE SAME TIME AS THE MEDICAL CONTRACT.