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Key actions approved or considered at the meeting:

- Social Work Month proclamation (2025). Veil Ham read the proclamation recognizing March as Social Work Month; the board moved and approved the proclamation.

- Women’s History Month proclamation (2025). Commissioner Bevin Foster presented the proclamation recognizing March as Women’s History Month; the board moved and approved it.

- Reappointments to the Latino Council. The appointment committee recommended reappointing Larry Pierce, Maria Santa (surname spelled variably in the record), Adi Cotto and Elizabeth Ochoa to the Latino Council. The board moved the committee recommendation and the reappointments were included in the board’s routine approvals.

- Pikeville planning board ETJ appointment (Josh Mazingo). The appointment committee recommended appointing Josh Mazingo to the Pikeville Planning Board ETJ seat, but the committee said the formal appointment would be brought to the board at the next meeting for a vote; no final appointment was recorded at the March 4 meeting.

- Joint resolution with the Wayne County Board of Education to amend allocation of a $7,000,000 state capital infrastructure grant. The board approved the joint resolution (covered in a separate article).

- Budget amendments (consent agenda). The board approved the following budget amendments as described by staff:
- Budget Amendment #251: Health Department environmental health realignment moving funds originally for two vehicles back into travel and vehicle supplies (total $5,388 as presented).
- Budget Amendment #252: Department of Social Services realignment for move preparation (total $28,250).
- Budget Amendment #253: Department of Social Services realign funds in in-home staffing services due to increased client demand (total $10,132).
- Budget Amendment #255: Health Department realignment to cover salaries and fringes for the remainder of the fiscal year (amount not specified in the transcript summary).
- Budget Amendment #259: Department of Social Services increase in foster care-related lines (total requested $450,000; staff said this includes a $225,000 increase from the state and $125,000 from the department’s fund balance).

Staff explained the foster-care amendment was requested because of an increase in children entering care, higher levels of care needed and limited availability of treatment placements. The board approved these amendments as part of the consent agenda; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the public transcript.

- Late present Use Value application. Staff said one late use-value application had been vetted and was ready for approval; it was included with routine approvals.

- Plats. The board approved the preliminary plat for Bella Point Subdivision and the final plat for Lyon Estates Phase 1 (see separate article for details).

- Stream debris removal contract award. The board approved awarding a request-for-bids contract for stream debris removal to Snatchit Clearing, identified as the low responsive bidder; staff noted one bidder was found nonresponsive. An approximate contract figure appeared in staff notes at about $90,000; staff asked for board approval to move forward with the low bidder.

- 2025 Board of Commissioners goals. The board approved the set of goals discussed at the board’s retreat.

- Employment agreement employing Andrew J. Neil as Wayne County Attorney. Following closed session, the board returned to open session and approved an employment agreement employing Andrew J. Neil as county attorney. Commissioner Dockter made the motion; the board approved the agreement and welcomed Neil as the county’s staff attorney.

Several items were handled as routine or consent-agenda business and did not have individual roll-call tallies in the public transcript. Where the transcript provided dollar amounts or other specifics, this summary records them; where staff gave approximate or uncertain figures, those are noted as presented and not independently verified.

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Angie, county staff, told the board that the original agreement split the $7,000,000 among four projects and that the primary project — Rosewood Middle School — remains funded at $5,325,000. \"The main project would be the Rosewood Middle School, which is funded at $5,325,000. That is not changing,\" Angie said.

Why it matters: the reallocation shifts money away from smaller athletic projects so the concession and restroom facility at Rosewood can be completed. Angie said funds originally set aside for two track resurfacing projects and a concession/restroom project are being redistributed to cover the amount now needed for the concession/restroom facility.

Angie described the original smaller-project allocation as roughly $1.6 million of the $7 million. She said state Representative Veil allocated about $175,000 toward the concession/restroom facility and that a separate request from Representative Bell sought roughly $491,000 for that facility; the remaining funds were to be deducted proportionally from the track projects. Under the proposed reallocation, that leaves roughly $590,000 for the two track projects combined, Angie said. The Wayne County School Board recently approved resurfacing the Southern Lane and Rosewood tracks with asphalt at about $150,000 each.

During discussion a commissioner raised a separate financing point about the overall Rosewood project, saying the county would still need to finance an outstanding balance that the speaker estimated at \"about $12.5 million.\" The speaker did not give a formal source for that number in the meeting record and the board did not adopt a financing plan on the record at this meeting.

The board moved the joint resolution and later approved it as part of its votes. The motion did not include a recorded roll-call tally in the public transcript.

Clarifying details recorded during the discussion:
- Total state capital infrastructure grant: $7,000,000 (as stated in the joint resolution language).
- Rosewood Middle School allocation: $5,325,000 (Angie, county staff).
- Smaller projects originally allocated about $1.6 million of the $7 million (Angie).
- Representative Veil allocation toward concession/restroom: about $175,000 (Angie).
- Representative Bell requested about $491,000 toward the restroom/concession (Angie referenced a written request).
- Proposed residual for two tracks after reallocation: roughly $590,000 combined (Angie).
- School Board action: approved resurfacing Southern Lane and Rosewood track with asphalt at approx. $150,000 each (as reported to the commissioners).

The board did not adopt further financing actions or detailed budget resolutions for any long-term borrowing on the record at this meeting. Additional budget or financing steps indicated during discussion — including a commissioner’s reference to an estimated financing need of about $12.5 million — were not approved or quantified in the meeting transcript.

Next steps noted by staff: remaining unobligated funds in the grant pots, if any, could be applied to the Rosewood construction. The facilities committee and the school board will continue coordinating final expenditures and surfacing decisions for the track projects.

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Barry, planning staff, described Bella Point as a preliminary plat of 101 proposed lots located off Highway 70 East near Monarch Creek and North Besson Road, approaching the county line. He told the board the planning board recommended approval.

Barry told the board that the North Carolina Department of Transportation requires the developer to provide a right turn deceleration lane on Highway 70 to remove turning traffic from the travel lane. He also said the subdivision backs up to an existing solar utility facility. Because the solar facility predates the county’s buffering requirement, Barry said a mandatory forest buffer is not required between the subdivision and the solar site; individual homeowners would be responsible for any planting they wanted on their lots. Barry said the developer is also a builder and may develop lots directly rather than selling to separate builders.

On Lyon Estates Phase 1, Barry said this was a final-plat approval: the developer completed required improvements for 43 lots on Viewhope Road near the Lenoir County line. Barry reported the average lot size is about 21,000 square feet, the project has a DOT built standards letter on file, and the planning board recommended approval of the final plat.

Commissioners had questions about the odd lot cut-out at the top of the Bella Point plat; Barry explained the jog accommodates an existing building that is part of a neighboring parcel and that the developer said he was working to resolve ownership of that piece.

The board moved to approve the preliminary plat for Bella Point and the final plat for Lyon Estates as presented. No roll-call vote was recorded in the public transcript; both motions were carried as part of the board’s routine approvals.

Clarifying details recorded in the meeting:
- Bella Point: preliminary plat with 101 proposed lots; library lot referenced at about 37,000 square feet (about 0.85 acre) as described by staff.
- DOT requirement: a right deceleration lane on Highway 70 for Bella Point access (Barry, planning staff).
- Solar facility adjacency: Bella Point borders an existing solar utility facility that predates Wayne County buffering rules; no county-imposed buffer required retroactively (Barry).
- Lyon Estates Phase 1: final plat for 43 lots on Viewhope Road; average lot size ~21,000 square feet; planning board recommended approval (Barry).

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