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July 22, 2025 ·6:00 PM Final-revised ·COMBINED Rescheduled Work Session (Non-Voting) - 6:00 P.M. & REVISED Regular Meeting (To Immediately Follow the Work Session)

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Agenda — 57 items

  1. 1 CALL TO ORDER ▶ jump to 0:01
  2. I. PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS, AWARDS, CERTIFICATES
  3. A. Commissioner Brown - Parks and Recreation - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of July 2025 Parks and Recreation Month in Gaston County 25-369 Presented ▶ jump to 2:26
  4. II. OTHER MATTERS
  5. III. ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 8:57
  6. 7 page break
  7. 8 CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 9:25
  8. I. PUBLIC HEARINGS ▶ jump to 9:35
  9. A. CONTINUED FROM 7/22/2025 REGULAR MEETING: Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: Conditional District REZ-23-08-02-00158, Paul Shriver and Thomas Springs (Applicants); Property Parcels: 180092, 181214, 181225, 199264, 202690, 210290, 225889, 312830, Located on Catawba Ave. in Mount Holly, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) and (RS-12) Residential Zoning Districts with the (US) Urban Standards Overlay to the (CD/RS-8) Conditional Zoning District with the (US) Urban Standards Overlay 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion 25-243 continued Pass ▶ jump to 10:24
  10. B. Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Cloninger - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-25-03-20-00221, Ricky Allen Jr. (Applicant); Property Parcel: 310221, Located at 306 Colt Thornburg Rd., Dallas, NC, Rezone from the (R-1) Single Family Limited Zoning District to the (R-2) Single Family Moderate Zoning District 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion 25-357 approved Pass ▶ jump to 79:07
  11. C. REVISED/ Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Zoning Text Amendment: Gaston County (Applicant); To Consider Proposed Text Amendments to the Code of Ordinances and the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Authorized in Resolution 2025-233, which the Board of Commissioners Approved on June 24, 2025 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion 25-383 approved Pass ▶ jump to 86:00
  12. 13 page break
  13. D. Rehearing of Zoning Application REZ-25-03-17-00220: Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: Karina Guerrero (Applicant); Property Parcel: 179668, Located on Charles Raper Jonas Hwy., Mount Holly, NC, Rezone from the (RS-20) Single Family 20,000 Square Feet Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards and (CH) Corridor Highway Overlays to the (C-1) Light Commercial Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards and (CH) Corridor Highway Overlays 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion 25-363 ▶ jump to 87:41
  14. E. Public Hearing - RE: Commissioner Shehan - Building & Development Services - Zoning Map Change: REZ-25-03-28-00224, Matthew Price (Applicant); Property Parcel: 222714, Located at 109 Crowders Creek Rd., Gastonia, NC, Rezone from the (I-2) General Industrial Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards and (CH) Corridor Highway Overlays to the (C-3) General Commercial Zoning District with (US) Urban Standards and (CH) Corridor Highway Overlays 1. Receive Citizen Comment 2. Close Public Hearing 3. Accept Motion 25-358 approved Pass ▶ jump to 95:16
  15. II. BUSINESS AGENDA
  16. A. AGENDA REVISION/APPROVAL ▶ jump to 100:22
  17. 18 1. REVISED: Section I., Item C. 2. ADDED: Section II., Item B.
  18. B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ▶ jump to 101:10
  19. 1. ADDED/ To Approve the Minutes of: - Regular Meeting of May 27, 2025 - Regular Meeting of June 24, 2025 - Closed Session of June 24, 2025 25-377 approved
  20. III. CITIZEN RECOGNITION (Limited to One Hour; Sign up Prior to Start of Session; Comments Limited to 3 Minutes) ▶ jump to 112:38
  21. IV. CONSENT AGENDA ▶ jump to 101:56
  22. A. Commissioner Brown - BOC - To Set Forth the Names of the 2025 Students of the Senator James S. Forrester Commissioners’ School of Excellence in the Board of Commissioners’ Minutes 25-362 approved Pass
  23. 23 Approval of the Consent Agenda approved the Consent Agenda Pass
  24. B. Commissioner Brown - Building & Development Services - To Amend the Current Gaston County Fee Schedule to Adjust Building and Development Services Fees 25-380 approved Pass
  25. C. Commissioner Brown - County Attorney - Opioid Settlement - To Approve a Resolution that Accepts, Approves, and Authorizes the Execution of the Purdue Pharma L.P. & Sackler Family Opioid Settlement and the North Carolina Third Supplement Agreement for Additional Funds (SAAF-3) 25-376 approved Pass
  26. D. Commissioner Hovis - County Manager - To Accept Departmental Budget Change Requests as Information 25-374 approved Pass
  27. E. Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Health Division - To Amend Resolution 2025-151 to Correct the Strategy Name and Number in the Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds Authorization, Adopted 5/27/25 25-364 approved Pass
  28. F. Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Accept and Appropriate Donations Received in June 2025 for the Cathy Mabry Cloninger Center, the Adult Day Care Program and the Adult Nutrition Program in the Amount of $1,388.93 and Approve the Carry Forward of Hope for the Holidays Donations Account 25-367 approved Pass
  29. G. Commissioner Keigher - DHHS - Social Services Division - To Approve the FY2025-2026 Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) Funding Plan (No Funding Appropriated Herein) 25-386 approved Pass
  30. H. Commissioner Fraley - Emergency Management/Fire Services - To Accept and Appropriate a NC Tier II Noncompetitive Grant for LEPC Support in the Amount of $5,000 25-370 approved Pass
  31. I. Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services - Budget - To Appropriate Fund Balance to Purchase FY26 Vehicles and Equipment and Approve the Reimbursement Declaration (Maximum of $7,789,738 to be Financed) 25-365 approved Pass
  32. J. Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services - Budget - To Approve One (1) New Full Time Position (100% Funded by Fire Tax, No Additional County Funds) 25-381 ▶ jump to 102:12
  33. K. Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Reduce Appropriated Interest Earnings on the 2023 Bond Anticipation Notes (BANs) for Gaston County Schools to Spend on Facilities in FY2025 ($67,730.41) 25-366 approved Pass
  34. L. Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Fund Balance in the Community Investment Fund and Transfer the Funds Into the General Government Capital Fund for a Replacement Vehicle for ACCESS ($40,000) 25-371 approved Pass
  35. M. Commissioner Hovis - Financial and Management Services - Finance - To Appropriate Accumulated Investment Earnings from April 1, 2025, through May 31, 2025 ($8,709.70) 25-373 approved Pass
  36. N. Commissioner Brown - Financial and Management Services - Grants (HUSN) - Transfer Funds from the General Government Capital Fund to the General Fund ($20,146.40) 25-387 approved Pass
  37. O. Commissioner Hovis - Natural Resources - To Accept and Appropriate North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Division of Soil and Water Conservation Funds for District Matching Funds and Technical Assistance ($13,600 with a County Match of $3,600) 25-311 approved Pass
  38. P. Commissioner Brown - Parks and Recreation - Proclamation - To Proclaim the Month of July 2025 Parks and Recreation Month in Gaston County 25-369 approved Pass
  39. Q. Commissioner Keigher - Police Department - To Accept and Appropriate Donation Received from City Church in the Amount of $1,635.56 25-360 approved Pass
  40. R. Commissioner Keigher - Police Department - To Accept and Appropriate Donation Received from City Church in the Amount of $2,576.55 25-361 approved Pass
  41. S. Commissioner Brown - Register of Deeds - To Appropriate Restricted Automation Preservation Fund Balance to Fund IT Equipment and Record Imaging and Preservation ($279,581) 25-379 approved Pass
  42. T. Commissioner Bailey - Sheriff’s Office - Retirement Commendation - To Award the Service Side Arm and Badge to Retired Deputy Michael (Mike) Agerton 25-351 approved Pass
  43. U. Commissioner Brown - Tax Collections - To Accept the Annual Tax Settlement Report of Taxes Billed and Collected Over the Previous Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025, per N.C.G.S. 105-373 25-382 approved Pass
  44. V. Commissioner Fraley - Authorization for Tax Collection - To Adopt and Enter into the Minutes an Order Directing the Tax Collector to Collect the Taxes Charged in the Tax Records and Receipts, and a Copy of the Order to be Delivered to the Tax Collector, Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-321(b) 25-378 approved Pass
  45. V. ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
  46. VI. ITEMS ADDED BY MAJORITY VOTE FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
  47. VII. APPOINTMENTS ▶ jump to 118:02
  48. A. Appointment List - Current Expiring Terms/Vacant Positions 25-384 approved
  49. 48 To Deauthorize the Five Sheriff’s Office Positions Approved in the FY26 Budget until December 2025, at which time the Positions may be Reconsidered for Reinstatement, upon the Submission of Sufficient Justification and Supporting Documentation 25-406 approved Pass
  50. VIII. REPORTS
  51. A. Commissioners Committee Reports ▶ jump to 120:35
  52. B. County Manager’s Report ▶ jump to 123:13
  53. C. County Attorney’s Report ▶ jump to 124:21
  54. IX. OTHER MATTERS ▶ jump to 124:31
  55. X. ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 172:19
  56. IX. OTHER MATTERS
  57. IX. OTHER MATTERS