Votes at a glance: Craven County commissioners, Feb. 3 meeting

The following motions and roll-call outcomes were recorded at the Craven County Board of Commissioners meeting on Feb. 3.

1) Consent agenda (minutes of Jan. 21 regular session; tax releases and refunds) Motion: Approve consent agenda Outcome: Approved (roll call: all present voted yes)

2) Order tax administrator to advertise delinquent-tax list in the New Bern Sun Journal Motion: Order tax administrator to advertise 2024 delinquent-tax list Outcome: Approved (roll call: all present voted yes)

3) Sheriff’s Office vehicle purchase — budget amendment to complete purchase of Chevrolet Tahoe Motion: Approve budget amendment of $19,087 to complete purchase of replacement Chevrolet Tahoe (insurance proceeds cover majority) Outcome: Approved (roll call: all present voted yes)

4) START program budget amendment Motion: Approve budget amendment of $275,470 to add awarded START grant funds to FY24–25 budget Outcome: Approved (roll call: all present voted yes)

5) County-owned surplus property (tax foreclosure) — initial offers a) Parcel 8014279 (1006 Williams Street) — initial offer $3,000 Motion: Give initial approval and open upset-bid period Outcome: Approved (roll call: all present voted yes)

b) Parcel 8007203 (724 Oak Street) — initial offer $3,000 Motion: Give initial approval and open upset-bid period Outcome: Approved (roll call: all present voted yes)

6) County-owned surplus property — final approval after upset bid Parcel 8012A225 (513 First Avenue) — final offer $2,885 (upset bid occurred) Motion: Approve final sale and return property to tax rolls Outcome: Approved (roll call: all present voted yes)

7) Appointments and reappointments Multiple reappointments and appointments (Fire Tax Commissioners board, Fireman’s Relief Fund Board of Trustees, Nursing Home Advisory Committee and others) were approved largely by acclamation or unanimous voice/roll call as noted in the minutes; where roll calls were recorded the votes were unanimous.

Notes on vote records: The clerk called the roll for each recorded vote; where a roll call was recorded the following commissioners were recorded as voting yes: Commissioner Mark; Commissioner Mitchell; Commissioner Smith; Commissioner Howard; Commissioner Hunt; Vice chairman Jones; Chairman Bucher. Where mover/second names were not stated on the record, the motion record shows “mover/second not specified.”

Ending: The board closed the meeting after routine reports and a three-person petition-of-citizens public-comment session.