March 18, 2024 Rockingham County Commissioners Meeting


AGENDA


1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN HALL

2. INVOCATION

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. RECOGNITION - Rodney Cates, Emergency Services Director
Approval - Recognition of Fire Marshal Melissa Joyce and Assistant Fire Marshal Jeremy Shelton for the Annual Burned Children's Fund Toy Drive

5. APPROVAL OF MARCH 18, 2024 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, Director of Financial Services
1. Approval - Appropriation of $5,025 in ad revenues collected over budget in the Tourism Development fund. Additional revenue will be used to cover advertising expenses.

2. Approval - Increase County Attorney budget $40,000 to cover outside attorney costs through fiscal year end. Increase is funded with available fund balance.

3. Approval - Transfer $3,650 of the wellness credit received by the health insurance company to the general fund to cover the purchase of a treadmill for the employee fitness center.

4. Approval - Increase Public Health budget $311,784 for new State grant award: PH Infrastructure Local Workforce Development. This is a five-year grant ending October 31, 2027. From the grant agreement - "This funding is to help meet the short-term critical infrastructure needs and to make strategic investments which will have lasting effects on local public health departments. This funding will support the foundational capabilities and the local health department workforce needed to support service areas".

5. Approval - Captain Brown from the Sheriff's Office is requesting to Replace Jail Kitchen Water Heater. Funds will be coming from the Jail Canteen Reserve Fund.


B) Todd Hurst, Tax Administrator
Approval - Tax Collection and Reconciliation Reports for February including refunds for February 15, 2024 thru March 5, 2024.


C) Ronnie Tate, Director of Engineering and Public Utilities
Approval- Addition of Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG's) regulations to the County's Water and Sewer Policy. The current policy does not have regulations relating to the discharge of FOG's into the wastewater system. These new regulations would be added as Sec. 16.A. in Sec. 16. General Discharge Prohibitions in the County Sewer Policy.


D) Cathy Murray, DSS Program Manager and Felissa H Ferrell, Health and Human Services Director
Approval- Proclamation declaring April as Prevent Child Abuse Month


E) Susan O. Washburn, Clerk to the Board
Approval - Regular Meeting minutes


F) Amanda Crumpler, Purchasing Agent
Approval - Adoption of a Resolution declaring one (I) speaker stand, two (2) wingback chairs, and one (I) locking display cabinet as surplus and reallocated to the MARC, 1086 NC Hwy 65, Reidsville, NC 27320 for use in the facility.


G) Angela G. Stadler, Reidsville City Clerk
Approval - Appointment of James Motley to the Reidsville Planning Board to fill the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) position. His term will be 3/18/2024 until 3/17/2029.


H) Tara Muchini, Youth Services Director
Approval - Fees for new services and fee increases for current services. Fee increases are due to rate increases from Vaya Health and commercial insurances.


I) Hiram Marziano, Community Development Director
Approval - Revised Planning Board and Board of Adjustment Bylaws reflecting changes to the UDO regarding appointments and terms.


7. PUBLIC COMMENT


8. PUBLIC HEARINGS:


A) Leigh Cockram, Director of Rockingham County Center for Economic Development, Small Business and Tourism
Approval - The purpose of this Public Hearing is to consider approval of an appropriation from its general fund in an amount not to exceed $618,000 which will be distributed to Project DL following the project parameters. The project is located at 1900 Barnes Street, Reidsville on Tax Parcel ID 148956. This Project will also be awarded a OneNC Grant in the amount of $300,000
following the project parameters.


B) Hiram Marziano, Community Development Director


i) Approval - Case 2024-03: Zoning Map Amendment (Rezoning) – A request to rezone a parcel of land from Residential Agricultural (RA) to Highway Commercial (HC) - Conventional (Straight) Rezoning Applicant: Harvest Ridge Properties, LLC - Tax PIN: 8948-00-07-7325 US Highway 29 at Mayfield Loop - Ruffin Township.


ii) Approval- Case 2024-04: Zoning Map Amendment (Rezoning) – A request to rezone a parcel of land from Residential Agricultural (RA) to Light Industrial (LI) - Conventional (Straight) Rezoning - Applicant: Stokesdale Fire District - Tax PIN: 7922-03-20-2094 - 147 Sylvania Loop - Huntsville Township. (This property is owned by Rockingham County & occupied by the South Rockingham Corporate Park was tower.)


iii) Approval- Case 2024-05: Zoning Mapp Amendment (Rezoning) – A request to rezone a parcel of land from Residential Protected (RP) to Residential Agricultural (RA) - Conventional (Straight) Rezoning Conventional (Straight) Rezoning - Applicant: John Pierce (owner) – Tax PIN: 7975-03-01-1387 - 1060 Vernon Rd. - Simpsonville Township


9. PRESENTATION: Fire Marshal Melissa Joyce and Fire Chief Jonathan Compton
Approval - Proposed Ruffin Fire Protection Service District


10. PRESENTATION: Captain Jennifer Brown
Approval - Use Federal Forfeiture funds to pay for billboard rental for one year for recruitment/advertisement purposes. This is a permissible expenditure per the US Department of Justice Guide to Equitable Sharing for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, (Section V. B I Permissible Uses, Subsection (a) pg. 16). 


11. NEW BUSINESS


12. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS


13. ADJOURN


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