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Casey Balzer of the county budget office told commissioners the county approved funding for five additional firefighter positions for the Vienna Fire Department, and that the positions’ associated revenue — to be reimbursed from the Vienna tax district — had been overlooked in the FY26 ordinance. \"Total cost of 5 firefighters comes to $334,486 at $66,897 each,\" Balzer said.

Deputy CFO Lee Plunkett outlined amendments to county and education capital project ordinances to allocate additional net bond premium from a 2025 general obligation bond sale. Plunkett said the sale generated $2,120,000 in premium and, after issuance costs, a net premium of about $1,767,000. When allocated at the board’s previously adopted percentages (county 65%, schools 30%, Forsyth Tech 5%), Plunkett reported county share roughly $1,148,000, the schools roughly $530,000 and Forsyth Tech about $88,000. Plunkett said schools requested that roughly $530,000 be added to an \"Ashley\" budget reserve; the county would also place about $89,741.99 in a county reserve pending identification of a CIP project.

Public Health Director Joshua Swift briefed a resolution to contract with Medics Staffing Solutions LLC for temporary clinical staff (physician assistants, nurse practitioners and phlebotomists) to cover provider shortages; the contract is capped at $75,000 and the county has used similar vendors in prior years. Assistant Director Nicole Priddy described a contract with Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) to provide specimen testing the county lab cannot perform; staff solicited bids from LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics but only LabCorp responded.

Sharita Sutton, assistant public health director, asked the board to authorize county funding to sustain a community violence intervention program (the Cure Violence model) that began with ARPA dollars. Sutton said the county is currently the program’s sole funder after rollover city funding ended; the program term in the materials runs through June 30, 2026. Commissioners requested and staff said they will circulate the recently completed year‑2 evaluation to the board.

Other items previewed included: renewal of the library’s OverDrive/Libby contract for downloadable content; award of a contractor for STRAP‑funded inspections and repairs to Town Fork Creek watershed dams (STRAP grant $1,000,000; inspection/design not‑to‑exceed fee $203,989); acceptance of additional NCDOT and FAA grant funds and approval of a construction‑phase services task order with Avcon Engineers & Planners Inc. for airfield lighting and signage at Smith Reynolds Airport; a cloud hosting contract for the North Carolina Property Tax System (Farragut Systems); and a surplus property auction via Liquidity Services (GovDeals). The briefing closed after appointments, tax refund notices and routine reports were noted.

No final board decisions were made at the briefing; the items were forwarded for consideration at the Sept. 25 public meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board of Commissioners Briefing - September 22, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","County staff briefed commissioners on items headed to the Sept. 25 meeting: funding five Vienna firefighter positions, amending capital project budgets to reflect higher bond premium, several public‑health contracts, a STRAP dam inspection award, airport lighting grants and routine appointments and reports.","taxTitle","Forsyth County, North Carolina","taxId",5013,"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},6787220,"Forsyth commissioners to allocate $1.77 million net bond premium across county, schools and Forsyth Tech",185,1075615,1260630,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5808846-220bbbd61acb009a32490c011f092fca&start=1075&end=1260","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5808846-220bbbd61acb009a32490c011f092fca/thumbnail_1075615.jpg","/articles/6787220/Forsyth-County/North-Carolina/Forsyth-commissioners-to-allocate-177-million-net-bond-premium-across-county-schools-and-Forsyth-Tech","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6787220-6f3d29768a83a25415f2bc2f53c4516c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771059226&Signature=FXGKuxsHM9v1joPAdv2qkJWCc22lEkpysmi~LEYNbvWgfROWFU-5O9wDZ5h7NaJbeNvtfHAuYnPKo3wBT5ZGexaEzUwYtmnqAxBXln2Gq9TYOy-rahD2fuP0Sz-Q~i1IBC5W7V26Rd7Dp9u1CO66rrQrvWD79NXcUOfg9Z2Rkwk6sMtzH5PHzQ35Hn53vgeTxmr5-o4FCbzbo78kxdGYLZpeWLzMzV9R50yt39oAppklWo9uGSyHp-JRfzjtGlRh3f~abSmtAgXBzxqZBBlduE8NFNrSozBflvbkiV8DFGw1VfohsMl1if9fr1Pt0MFhq9ItfhH0YJh-JGhe4EM1yw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Deputy Chief Financial Officer Lee Plunkett told the Forsyth County commissioners on Sept. 22 that the county’s 2025 general obligation bond sale produced $2,120,000 in premium and, after final cost-of-issuance adjustments, left $1,767,000 available for allocation.

Plunkett said the board’s May 8 resolution prescribed a percentage split of 65% for county purposes, 30% for the public-school system and 5% for Forsyth Tech. Applying those percentages, Plunkett said, yields approximately $1,148,000 for the county, about $530,000 for schools and $88,000 for Forsyth Tech. He said the amendments before the board would “true up” the county and education capital project ordinances to reflect those final allocations.

Plunkett outlined how the shares would be recorded: the county indicated it would place $89,741.99 into a county capital reserve to be allocated to a CIP project later; Forsyth Tech requested its share be placed in its capital‑maintenance program; and school officials requested the full school share be added to a budget reserve for an account labeled “Ashley.” Plunkett said that, combined with an earlier par‑amount set aside for the same purpose, the Ashley reserve would total $19,365,000 after this allocation.

Commissioners asked whether the cost‑of‑issuance treatment or IRS rules limited how the funds could be used. Plunkett replied that premium is treated as bond proceeds under IRS rules and therefore must be used consistent with those restrictions. A commissioner asked whether schools could release the reserve back for other capital maintenance if Ashley did not need it; Plunkett said the schools would return to the board to request any such reallocation.

The amendments are on the Sept. 25 consent agenda for formal consideration by the board.","Deputy CFO told the board the 2025 GO bond sale produced $2.12 million in premium; after issuance costs the net $1.767 million will be split 65% county, 30% schools and 5% Forsyth Tech. Schools asked to add the full school share to an \"Ashley\" budget reserve.",{"_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},6787214,"Board to record funding for five Vienna firefighters in FY26 budget",52,945250,997295,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5808846-220bbbd61acb009a32490c011f092fca&start=945&end=997","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5808846-220bbbd61acb009a32490c011f092fca/thumbnail_945250.jpg","/articles/6787214/Forsyth-County/North-Carolina/Board-to-record-funding-for-five-Vienna-firefighters-in-FY26-budget","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6787214-b499893ef69b84b2b521dd5f0dfd4a1e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771059226&Signature=bnzfUC9qC-kKbPEwdCwSHNphgcKc29pticlAW9iIV~ALlCx71-YFG0k1s7~ZpwlsdtT9xQwVL5iQ6S5SdYB54E67dJmuf~DXE-ErzvZDTkKNWrkGjJN8bB-ORbHdUNF~cwWaSv2WNUr3YSiEkSA32uTe-Eqe9GDoJuvIH0RuR~yr33WJYjAMOMrgtwaJ7davS5bM75ZVe1auKBeJuEhpbj7ct1AJnscodmb6jLXx~Mi0Po4RFAp6trMMuLjhxwBmPZFTXx3btnt3tz7y69i~ixXmTtn1bXmeOppizDujtsrh9txI6MKZD16VLMZmjJALUh5-d98n3-m52yjrEtAV4A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","County budget staff briefed the Forsyth County commissioners Sept. 22 on an amendment to the FY26 budget ordinance to record revenue and expense for five Vienna Fire Department firefighter positions.

Casey Balzer of the county budget office said the board previously approved funding for five additional firefighters as county employees, and the firefighters’ tax district will reimburse the county for salaries and benefits. Balzer said the reimbursement revenue was overlooked when the FY26 ordinance was drafted, and the amendment is intended to record that revenue and match the previously approved positions.

Balzer reported the total cost for the five positions as $334,486, or $66,897 per position. Commissioners were invited to ask questions; none opposed the technical fix. The amendment will appear on the Sept. 25 meeting agenda for formal action.","County staff said five firefighter positions approved in the FY26 budget require a technical amendment because tax‑district revenue to reimburse county salaries and benefits was omitted; total cost reported $334,486 ($66,897 each).","actionData","errors"]

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