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Board adopts 2025–26 state legislative agenda and backs permanent derelict‑vessel program; consent items approved
Summary
The Currituck County Board of Commissioners on March 3 adopted its 2025–26 state legislative agenda, voted to send a letter supporting establishment of a permanent state program to remove abandoned and derelict vessels from coastal waters, and approved the consent agenda; motions were adopted by voice vote ("aye") with no recorded roll call.
The Currituck County Board of Commissioners approved three formal items during its March 3 meeting: the county's 2025–26 state legislative agenda, a letter supporting a permanent state‑level program to remove abandoned and derelict vessels from coastal waters, and the meeting's consent agenda.
Legislative agenda: County staff summarized priorities developed with the county's lobbyists (Ward and Smith). New items added for the 2025–26 cycle included seeking funding for a highway safety and shared‑use pedestrian/bicycle study along the NC 168/NC 158 corridor (Moyock/Grandy), working with stakeholders regarding recent changes to the state's downzoning law (session law 2024‑457), raising awareness about cross‑border risks to Currituck's Quarantine/Knott's Island areas, and two ballot‑referendum items (consideration of modifying the mode of election for the Board of Commissioners and to alter the local Board of Education structure to a partisan board). The board adopted the legislative agenda by voice vote after brief discussion.
Derelict and abandoned vessels: The board voted to send a letter of support for a statewide, permanent program requested by the North Carolina Coastal Federation to provide recurring funding and authority to remove derelict vessels; staff noted the Wildlife Resources Commission currently responds in emergencies but lacks a permanent funding mechanism. The motion passed by voice vote.
Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda and several routine items by voice vote. There were no roll‑call tallies recorded in the minutes; actions were adopted by unanimous voice vote as indicated by meeting audio.
Procedural notes: Earlier in the meeting a commissioner moved to remove a planned closed session from the agenda and the board approved that procedural change by voice vote. The board also approved the meeting agenda at the start of the session by voice vote. The tourism development authority then approved its budget items during the meeting's adjourned TDA session.
Vote record: No explicit roll‑call votes or individual tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript; the clerk's official minutes will record formal motions, movers and seconders where required.
