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October 27, 2026 ·6:00 PM Final ·Regular Meeting 6:00 P.M.

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Agenda — 63 items

  1. 1 CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  2. I. PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS, AWARDS, CERTIFICATES
  3. A. Commissioner Brown - Veterans Services - Proclamation - To Proclaim November 4th through November 11th as Operation Green Light for Veterans in Gaston County, in Recognition of Veterans Day, November 11, 2026, and in Honor of All Who Have Served Our Country in the United States Armed Forces 26-451
  4. B. Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Commendation - To Recognize the Gaston Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic Upon Achieving the Milestone of 100,000 Spay-Neuter Surgeries and for their Continued Service to Gaston County Citizens 26-375
  5. C. Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Gaston County 26-466
  6. II. PUBLIC HEARINGS
  7. A. Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Approve a Gaston County Level One Incentive Grant Pursuant To N.C.Gen.Stat. 158-7.1 and To Authorize Gaston County to Enter Into an Economic Development Agreement (EDA) with Project Challa 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion 26-421
  8. B. Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Approve a Gaston County Level One Incentive Grant Pursuant to N.C.Gen.Stat. 158-7.1 and To Authorize Gaston County to Enter Into an Economic Development Agreement (EDA) with Project Palmetto 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion 26-429
  9. 9 page break
  10. III. BUSINESS AGENDA
  11. A. AGENDA REVISION/APPROVAL
  12. B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  13. IV. CITIZEN RECOGNITION (Limited to One Hour; Sign up Prior to Start of Session; Comments Limited to 3 Minutes)
  14. V. CONSENT AGENDA
  15. A. Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Commendation - To Recognize the Gaston Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic Upon Achieving the Milestone of 100,000 Spay-Neuter Surgeries and for their Continued Service to Gaston County Citizens 26-375
  16. B. Commissioners Keigher & Cloninger - BOC - Commendation - To Recognize the Gaston County Museum of Art and History Upon Receiving the 2026 Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) Awards 26-422
  17. C. Commissioner Keigher - BOC - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Gaston County 26-466
  18. D. Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Historic Preservation Commission - To Accept and Appropriate a Historic Preservation Grant Awarded by the State Historic Preservation Office for the Gaston County Historic Preservation Local Design Standards Project (State Grant Funds - $25,000; Match from Existing Historic Preservation Land Fund - $18,000; Total Grant - $43,000) 26-452
  19. E. Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - To Establish an Internal Service Reimbursement to the General Fund from Building Inspections ($1,129,034) and Approve the Creation of One Full-time Administrative Assistant Position for the Planning and Zoning Department ($61,628 Fund Balance Appropriation) 26-463
  20. F. Commissioner Keigher - County Attorney - To Accept Donation of Two Remnant Parcels Previously Owned by the Gastonia Industrial Realty Corporation (Property Parcels: 219173 & 104951) 26-468
  21. G. Commissioner Hovis - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as Information 26-461
  22. H. Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services - State Office of Child Fatality Prevention Section (100% Grant Funds - $1,764) 26-436
  23. I. Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate State and Federal Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services - Women, Infant, and Community Wellness Section (100% Grant Funds - $6,393) 26-437
  24. J. Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Federal Grant Funds Received from the NC Department of Health and Human Services - Women, Infant, and Community Wellness Section/Infant and Community Health Branch (100% Grant Funds - $25,966, No County Match) 26-441
  25. K. Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Accept and Appropriate Local Funds Received from Vaya Partners (100% Miscellaneous Revenue - $92,155) 26-448
  26. L. Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received in First Quarter of FY27 Totaling $759.00 26-454
  27. M. Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize an Application to the NC Department of Commerce Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant Program Application on Behalf of Project Metro 26-430
  28. N. Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize Acceptance and Appropriation of the NCDOC Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant ($272,000) for the Benefit of Textum OPCO, LLC (Project Helms Deep) and To Authorize a Fund Balance Appropriation for the Required Match of $13,600 26-446
  29. O. Commissioner Keigher - EDC - To Authorize Acceptance and Appropriation of the NCDOC Rural Economic Development Division Building Reuse Grant ($187,500) for the Benefit of Depalo Foods, Inc (Project Family 2025) and To Authorize a Fund Balance Appropriation for the Required Match of $9,375 26-447
  30. P. Commissioner Hovis - Emergency Management/Fire Services - Redraw Fire District Boundary 26-438
  31. Q. Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Budget - To Appropriate General Fund Balance for Projected Workers Compensation in Second Quarter of FY27 ($156,023) 26-420
  32. R. Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept and Appropriate Funds from the State to Pay the Local Law Enforcement Bonus Approved in the 2026 North Carolina Budget ($526,544.46 - 100% State Funds) 26-455
  33. S. Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Accumulated Investment Earnings from July 1, 2026, through September 30, 2026 ($44,079.63) in FY27 26-456
  34. T. Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - Administrative Correction To Reverse Revenue Appropriated to Asset Forfeiture Funds 2026-206 ($6,239.64) 26-444
  35. U. Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Grant Funds Out of Fund Balance in Order to Refund the State for Unspent Funds in Fiscal Year 2025/2026 ($1,375) 26-445
  36. V. Commissioner Shehan - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Approve the Transfer of Grant Funds from the Capital Fund to the General Fund ($2,065.95) 26-457
  37. W. Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Accept as Information the September 2026 Property Tax Refunds Less than $100. These Tax Refunds Should Be Recorded in the Board’s Minutes. (Total NCVTS Refunds - $2,856.20) 26-460
  38. X. Commissioner Keigher - Hope United Survivor Network - Proclamation - To Proclaim October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month 26-433
  39. Y. Commissioner Keigher - Hope United Survivor Network - To Appropriate Donations and Sponsorships Received from July 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026 to Threads of Hope ($26,680.00) and HUSN Donations Expense ($21,621.80). Total Appropriation $48,301.80 26-462
  40. Z. Commissioner Hovis - Natural Resources - To Approve an Updated Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Between Gaston County and the NC Sedimentation Control Commission 26-453
  41. AA. Commissioner Shehan - Public Works - To Authorize Siemens Industry, Inc. as a Sole Source Provider for the Jail Fire Alarm Control Panel Device Migration Project ($227,771.97) 26-450
  42. AB. Commissioner Hovis - Public Works - To Approve the Sale of Surplus County Vehicle #561 to the Tryonota Vol. Fire Department Inc. 26-458
  43. AC. Commissioner Fraley - Tax Collections - Pursuant to G.S. 105-381, the Tax Collector Requests that the Listed Tax Refunds be Made. (Releases and Refunds - $0.00; Overpayments - $24,285.83; VTS Refunds - $935.08; Grand Total - $25,220.91) 26-442
  44. AD. Commissioner Brown - Veterans Services - Proclamation - To Proclaim November 4th through November 11th as Operation Green Light for Veterans in Gaston County, in Recognition of Veterans Day, November 11, 2026, and in Honor of All Who Have Served Our Country in the United States Armed Forces 26-451
  45. VI. NON-CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
  46. 47 General
  47. A. Commissioner Brown - Tax - Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-286, Gaston County is Required to Complete and Implement the Reappraisal for 2027, and the Gaston County Board of Commissioners is Required to Adopt the 2027 Schedule of Values to be Used in Appraising all Property within Gaston County 26-443
  48. B. Commissioners Hovis, Shehan, & Fraley - County Attorney - To Approve Resolution Updating the Board’s Code of Ethics and Procedures, as Recommended by the Board Procedures Ad Hoc Committee 26-363
  49. C. Commissioners Hovis, Shehan, & Fraley - County Attorney - To Approve Resolution Updating the Board’s Procedures on Working with Professional Staff 26-464
  50. 51 page break
  51. 52 Capital Projects
  52. D. Commissioner Shehan - Office of Capital Improvements - To Award a Construction Contract and Authorize the County Manager, or His Designee, to Execute said Contract with T.C. Strickland Construction Co., Inc. for the George Poston Park Dam Emergency Spillway Wingwall Repair in the Amount of $216,961.50 26-419
  53. E. Commissioner Cloninger - Office of Capital Improvements - Resolution Authorizing the Submission of a Solid Waste Management Permit Application to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 26-439
  54. VII. ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
  55. VIII. ITEMS ADDED BY MAJORITY VOTE FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
  56. IX. APPOINTMENTS
  57. A. Appointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positions 26-459
  58. X. REPORTS
  59. A. Commissioners Committee Reports
  60. B. County Manager’s Report
  61. C. County Attorney’s Report
  62. XI. OTHER MATTERS
  63. XII. ADJOURNMENT

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