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Lundy Covington of Human Resources told the board staff solicited employee feedback after a first presentation on June 3 and made several clarifying edits. Changes clarified retiree‑health insurance eligibility language, corrected a prior ordinance date (01/01/1992 amended to 07/01/1992) and removed an embedded annual‑leave chart in favor of a linked schedule so future adjustments need not amend the ordinance.

On pay and classification matters, staff clarified promotion and reclassification language to specify a one‑grade differential (described as approximately 5% on the county’s salary tables) as an option for increases tied to reclassifications or promotions. HR requested an effective date of June 26 so new pay worksheets and offers align with the next pay period.

After a brief public hearing with no speakers, Commissioner Hauck moved to approve the ordinance revisions “as presented and mentioned in the presentation and in writing.” The board approved the motion by voice vote.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - Jun 17 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The board approved amendments to the county personnel ordinance covering benefits, leave and pay processes; Human Resources staff set the effective date for changes to the next pay cycle, June 26, 2025.","taxTitle","Iredell County, North Carolina","taxId",13718,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6196786,"Commissioners approve corridor-commercial rezoning for four parcels on Flowerhouse Loop",1078,3050000,4128000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3857119-a9d68eb6548bd31b0aaab4c39853b965&start=3050&end=4128","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3857119-a9d68eb6548bd31b0aaab4c39853b965/thumbnail_3050000.jpg","/articles/6196786/Iredell-County/North-Carolina/Commissioners-approve-corridor-commercial-rezoning-for-four-parcels-on-Flowerhouse-Loop","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6196786-19b744264a70279ce9c5711f04233f0a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771188320&Signature=WEI2Xot~rerbkXRDLGveswUoP6HjsSh97RGKSulSRcNdllg~psvsErFVahLgy2iRo-~nFlVHP9uRB7cpSAb~WH-BMf9MC1CpQXpo2hPRRyF8wiKTgvPYvE1cY7EfW~luPtbBEFE7--8VWkaTgz~EnW7Ct5YyixYy5s2SZPfzmkBS~3ub4qUGSjAMCFiXp-kAmWhmFlTRwXgrAfl3ctlE8Ddy0hx7axN8ZOz5gHOTcVv7itiMqzIAVynZEszrvse9Qf5qfhZP2BR-xfjSY7uzYczfbMFRYkFoH4usicB4ou6WEiue3Mg-8cUSp3OdHZAvTWS6Pk1gqyvPZeL1HkFJfA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Iredell County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve a zoning map amendment that rezoned four parcels on Flowerhouse Loop to a corridor‑commercial designation consistent with the county’s 2045 horizon plan.

Matthew Todd of Planning and Development explained the request and noted staff support because the 2045 plan calls for corridor commercial in that location; he said the property has been identified for commercial use on county plans dating back to 2001. The parcels are adjacent to existing commercial zoning and to the town of Troutville’s growth area.

Property owner Andrew Phillips told the board he and his wife acquired the parcel in the mid‑2000s and have long intended to rezone and develop it. Neighborhood resident Jesse Vicente, who lives at 568 Flowerhouse Loop, said he was “on the fence” because he had not seen a specific development plan and wanted more information on potential uses.

Planning staff said the request was a straight rezoning to a General Business (GB) district, which allows the full set of GB uses; because it is a straight map amendment the board could not add site‑specific conditions at the rezoning stage, though certain landscaping and roadway-yard buffering requirements apply by ordinance along roads such as Flowerhouse Loop.

Commissioner Howe moved to approve, making the finding that the rezoning was consistent with the 2045 horizon plan and reasonable in the public interest. The motion passed by voice vote.","After a continued public hearing and questions from neighbors, the Iredell County Board of Commissioners approved a zoning map amendment to reclassify four parcels on Flowerhouse Loop as General Business / corridor commercial consistent with the 2045 horizon plan.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6196790,"Iredell Council on Aging seeks board approval of FY26 block-grant plan as demand jumps 35%",476,1862000,2338000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3857119-a9d68eb6548bd31b0aaab4c39853b965&start=1862&end=2338","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3857119-a9d68eb6548bd31b0aaab4c39853b965/thumbnail_1862000.jpg","/articles/6196790/Iredell-County/North-Carolina/Iredell-Council-on-Aging-seeks-board-approval-of-FY26-block-grant-plan-as-demand-jumps-35","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6196790-ead764fdee8aad24f2da329d5459d1de/orig.mp4?Expires=1771188320&Signature=gA3PI79veabTNy3Fyz1-qtlDxkQk-Wc3jC-xOuXM22DkIBdAvP2cXbTEZ1IuSMWU8BkkFEMek-Z~xvn58WMrZWomgrh5g8Rka1JGi79egYRr1WgwuA72MIaUCZlOjRojs3e7GwGOCe9X8eAfqv93xnt1kUwA44T-ZV5jMKmp2HN5fHtFX~pNOGSs5HqtFkyGPWdmvHfbwxTTOjJ2ogBi3Lp42pIJkIqUmu69MBo7MRAPuzR4pgKbdZqYapyS92pW3XUNUJsI3bnVYkWpU74HtLdbD8-M2rqADG~bHFr1XcdPxGM-Lcy76KKVBOhvLsrktnDU7HciP99m~MJXZp~tGA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Iredell County Council on Aging asked the Board of Commissioners to approve the fiscal year 2025–26 Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) funding plan and the board voted to approve the proposal.

Speaking as chair of the HCCBG committee and executive director of the Council on Aging, Jennifer (last name not stated) told the board the county operates a one-stop model for HCCBG services and that demand is rising sharply. “A 35% increase in service request is not just a data point. It’s a wake up call,” she said, describing increased need for meals, transportation, in‑home support and caregiver relief.

The director outlined current-year outputs drawn from block-grant funds and limited remaining ARPA dollars: as of April 2025 the programs had delivered 30,545 meals, provided nearly 16,000 trips, funded two senior-center full-time staff serving over 4,000 older adults, delivered about 7,20 hours of adult day care and more than 10,000 hours of in‑home assistance. The committee also proposed new initiatives and backups in case final state allocations are reduced.

Staff warned the board that this year’s HCCBG planning occurs amid unusual budgetary uncertainty: the North Carolina Division of Aging had not finalized Older American Act allocations and there are no temporary federal ARPA/CARES supplements available this cycle. The presentation said unit-rate adjustments were necessary to reflect the “true cost of care.”

Commissioners thanked the presenter for the program stories included in the packet and for showing both data and client narratives. Commissioner Stroud moved to approve the plan; the board approved the HCCBG funding plan by voice vote.

Residents seeking services were directed to iredellcoa.org or to contact the Council on Aging office at (704) 873‑5171, ext. 100.","The Iredell County Council on Aging presented the FY2025–26 Home and Community Care Block Grant funding plan, citing a 35% increase in service requests, rising unit rates and uncertainty in state allocations; the board approved the plan.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6196794,"Iredell officials report declines in opioid emergency visits as county expands peer and recovery supports",331,928000,1259000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3857119-a9d68eb6548bd31b0aaab4c39853b965&start=928&end=1259","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3857119-a9d68eb6548bd31b0aaab4c39853b965/thumbnail_928000.jpg","/articles/6196794/Iredell-County/North-Carolina/Iredell-officials-report-declines-in-opioid-emergency-visits-as-county-expands-peer-and-recovery-supports","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6196794-760815d1c323d39fb74fbabb5ced10f0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771188320&Signature=cyrfNqcDBSY5X~COatujM~oy63A6LYRaSGHCT0ExXEXMgmEs5E8WnbeiXQ09HWa5yvHuXkdfQTTLYwbwvb1XEz4nljc2IGCP-doVIN8RCJSP2q5i31Xxo7~-cJjDimRwF0e7Tt5sOSghbe0KdLMuE0svYn8evDxTW7vxv~~XaWlBGmQlBuKTkpDJFW2jk-zcgCpoK87XIi1XaNsGFWK--EMfz7UtO~uLJteA1Rt52SqQeT~HcIWJAzNog-IxiMXQAoA6yYk3fcuB9vssNrk0kL3bpmbVmN-s5KQswhIiIvBOo1~J4qlRCPm0eGUF93ozqb1gPwwNrctMElU3VrObDA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Iredell County officials on Tuesday held the annual opioid-settlement meeting required by the settlement terms and described a countywide network of EMS, public-health and nonprofit partners providing outreach, peer support and recovery services.

“We like acronyms a lot in our program,” Terry Lamb Blankenship, lead peer support specialist for the county’s Community Response Support Team, said as she outlined the EMS program’s structure and results. Lamb Blankenship described a team of four community paramedics and three peer support specialists who, from July 2024 through May 2025, engaged 68 new participants, made 72 referrals to substance-use treatment and 182 additional referrals for services such as food and employment.

Lamb Blankenship said the team logged “over 600 individual interactions” with clients and helped place 27 people into stable sober living, most of whom had previously experienced homelessness. She presented a client success story — a man identified as Grant who is nine months into recovery, employed and volunteering — and read brief gratitude messages from other clients.

Jennifer Kilby, human services planner at the health department, described complementary prevention and recovery work funded or supported through the same settlement resources, including Youth Mental Health First Aid training for school resource officers and juvenile program staff, employment-related services with partners such as NCWorks and Goodwill, and recovery-support summits that drew more than 100 participants. Kilby said training efforts reached 75 participants and that plans include launching teen mental-health first-aid training in July for high-school students.

County Manager Milton and several commissioners credited local coordination and early program starts for the county’s outcomes. “We started these efforts before the opioid settlement money started coming in,” Milton said. He said existing local programs allowed the county to expand countywide once settlement funds arrived and suggested that is contributing to a decline in opioid-related emergency-department visits in 2024.

No formal board action was required; the session fulfilled the annual review requirement attached to the opioid settlement funds and offered municipalities an opportunity to receive the countywide program update. Officials invited municipalities to participate in planning and described ongoing training opportunities, including an advertised no-cost Narcan/CPR training.","Iredell County EMS and public-health staff reported expansion of a countywide opioid response using settlement funds and local partners; staff described peer support teams, referrals, Narcan trainings and metrics showing fewer opioid-related ED visits in 2024.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6196803,"Iredell County adopts $3.34 billion budget, no new county positions",1470,4684000,6154000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3857119-a9d68eb6548bd31b0aaab4c39853b965&start=4684&end=6154","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3857119-a9d68eb6548bd31b0aaab4c39853b965/thumbnail_4684000.jpg","/articles/6196803/Iredell-County/North-Carolina/Iredell-County-adopts-334-billion-budget-no-new-county-positions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6196803-abb575c1d3caf44e0ef4ce977ddaca21/orig.mp4?Expires=1771188320&Signature=o6Giqzs7LaM5nSIahrvRQbe-tw8SQ3Dr24vKQ7gbwkysPbwZwJQR8J1T~yEF~UQGlQByXH01w8FeQL8kZBnTJ-ipDL04IX0CbPaF08vwPlyvSMVVU5HVj8FHzDQI0l941yDrjfMkTIt0QzHPDxPW4DVsSOWh3bwO3qkjIg0pw5RyKEpI0khJEf-MoRz~RGn4YXcThJ9R0mXX67qi16si-qItRcageTvSLZlvoVeguC0DOMfYtfF97~MMfrZrzI4vdsOICyFHsZWoRYyhZQlmvEWUdpCWsvo5BboW-nEfmKZEkuQNmBNqShrana2lpqgS0rrzhff~jjp037MXbpcQtQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Iredell County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved the fiscal year 2025–26 budget, adopting a proposed general fund plan built on a 50-cent tax rate and no new county positions.

County Manager Milton told the board the ordinance “includes for the general fund a proposed budget of $3,343,847,360” and said the plan relies on the county’s saved cash to complete several major school and capital projects. “70 and a half million dollars is the amount of cash that we are taking out of saved dollars that we have saved for projects and putting towards schools,” Milton said.

The budget ordinance as presented by Finance staff and reviewed in public workshops includes continued funding for public schools and Mitchell Community College, school debt service and appropriations for county fire districts. Finance director Caroline Taylor reviewed adjustments made since the manager’s recommendation, including reallocations tied to final state funding notices for emergency telephone services and modest shifts among facility project lines to avoid double-counting.

Commissioners emphasized fiscal restraint in debate. Commissioner Stroud praised the county’s “pay-as-you-go” approach and the finance team’s attention to detail, noting the county’s preference to use reserves over new borrowing where possible. Vice Chair Nieder and Commissioner Hamill thanked staff for the months-long budget work and noted the pressure on departments from rapid population growth.

Manager Milton said the board had deliberately added no new permanent positions in the fiscal plan despite continued growth pressures: “We are going into year 3 of that. We do not want to increase the tax rate because when we set a tax rate in a reappraisal year, our goal is to maintain that tax rate for 4 years.”

The board voted to adopt the budget ordinance after public hearing and a motion by Commissioner Stroud. The ordinance also appropriates funds in enterprise and special-revenue accounts, updates capital-project fund appropriations and recognizes final state distributions where applicable.

What happens next: the budget takes effect July 1. County staff noted some multiyear capital projects remain on hold pending available cash and that savings give the county stronger terms should borrowing later become necessary.","The Iredell County Board of Commissioners adopted the fiscal year 2025–26 budget, keeping the tax rate at 50 cents per $100 valuation, funding schools and capital projects largely from reserves and declining to add new headcount this year.","actionData","errors"]

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