Alamance County
Board of Commissioners
AGENDA

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 6:30 P.m. - 7:30 P.m.

Commissioners' Meeting Room

124 West Elm Street

Graham, NC 27253

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1.

CALL TO ORDER - CHAIRMAN PAISLEY

2.

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - VICE-CHAIR CARTER

3.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

4.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

(Citizens may address the Board for no more than 3 minutes)

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5.

CONSENT AGENDA

Items listed under Consent are generally of a routine nature. The Board may take action to approve/disapprove all items in a single vote. Any item may be withheld from a general action, to be discussed and voted upon separately at the discretion of the Board.

5.a

APPOINTMENTS/ REAPPOINTMENTS

5.a.1

Alamance County Senior Services Committee- Dr. Jolene Cannady

Consideration of the appointment of Dr. Jolene Cannady to the Alamance County Senior Services Committee.

5.a.2

Local Emergency Planning Committee for Hazardous Chemicals- Byron Tucker and Kindra Bradley

Consideration of the appointments of Byron Tucker (News Media Representative) and Kindra Bradley (Public at Large Representative) to the Local Emergency Planning Committee for Hazardous Chemicals.

5.b

BUDGET AMENDMENTS

5.b.1

Budget Amendment 7

The Board will consider approving and amending the General Fund to decrease by $394,388, the Grants Project Fund to increase by $462,109, the SCIF Grants Fund to increase by $10.89, and the Schools Capital Project Fund to decrease by $5,111.

5.c

Cane Creek Mountain Recreational Trail Grant Approval

Alamance Parks seeks permission to apply for – and if awarded, to budget for – a grant from the North Carolina Division of Parks & Recreation Recreational Trails Program for Phase 3 construction at Cane Creek Mountains Natural Area.

5.d

Grant Request Parks and Recreation

Seeking approval for a grant application for afterschool athletics for the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. We are seeking a total of $47,600 over a 2 year period to initiate a pilot of the Afterschool Athletics Program. There is no county match.

5.e

NC DIT Digital Equity Champions Grant

Board will consider approval of a grant application to the North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s Digital Equity Champions Grant for up to $400,000 for the Alamance County Public Libraries (ACPL) to expand access and provide opportunities in digital literacy to Alamance County. No local match is required.

5.f

TAX REFUNDS

5.f.1

Tax Refunds, Releases, Elderly and Disabled Exemptions and Extensions

Approval of Tax Refunds, Releases and Elderly, Disabled Exemptions; Elderly Disabled Extensions.

5.g

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Regular Minutes of November 20, 2023; Regular Minutes of December 4, 2023; Regular Minutes of December 18, 2023; Special-Called Meeting Minutes of January 3, 2024; and Closed Session Minutes of Special-Called Meeting of January 3, 2024

5.h

Alamance Community College FY 23-24 Budget

The Board will review and approve the FY 23-24 budget for Alamance Community College.

6.

PRESENTATIONS/OTHER BUSINESS

6.a

Presentation–Opioid Settlement Update and Municipal Government Feedback - Ashley Barber, Coordinator of Health Services 

No action requested: Informational. 

6.b

Employee Compensation: Market Study Presentation

Alamance County contracted with BakerTilly to conduct a market pay study of employee compensation.  One third of the organization’s positions (76 pay classifications) were analyzed from Detention, Emergency Medical Services, and Department of Social Services.  The findings of the Market Study are being presented by Sarah Towne, the consultant, and the Board is asked to consider taking action to implement the recommendations.

7.

COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT

8.

COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT

8.a

Quarterly Financial Report

9.

COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS

10.

ADJOURNMENT