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Greene County approves workforce board appointment, refers recreation seating plan to recreation board
Summary
Commissioners approved Austin Bryce of S and S Metal Works for an unexpired term on the East Carolina Workforce Development Board, accepted $20,000 NC Amateur Sports Grant funding for recreation improvements and directed the recreation board to review seating designs; the board later entered closed session under state law.
Greene County commissioners voted to appoint Austin Bryce of S and S Metal Works to fill an unexpired term on the East Carolina Workforce Development Board and directed the county's recreation board to review two proposed designs for a covered seating area at the county recreation complex.
County management said the vacancy was advertised and that one applicant, Austin Bryce, applied. Commissioners approved the appointment by motion, second and a voice vote recorded by Chairman Benny Heath as "the ayes have it." The appointment will fill the unexpired term; the transcript does not specify the term end date.
On recreation improvements, the county manager told commissioners the county received a $20,000 NC Amateur Sports Grant with two proposed uses: a covered seating area at the outdoor concession area and an improved softball backstop. S and S Metal Works proposed donating and installing the covered decking system, which the manager said would stretch the grant dollars because the company intended the work as a donation. Two renderings were included in commissioners' packets: an elevated tiered decking system and a covered "umbrella"-type system.
Commissioners directed staff to put the proposal before the county recreation board for review and formal recommendation; one commissioner explicitly said the reconstituted recreation board should decide and return its recommendation to the commission. No formal contract award or funding appropriation was recorded at the meeting.
During the same session commissioners approved routine items on the consent agenda and later voted to enter closed session under North Carolina General Statute 143-318.11(a)(3) for attorney-client privilege. The motion to go into closed session was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; the transcript records the motion and the chair's announcement that "the ayes have it." The meeting resumed and commissioners then voted to adjourn.
No specific dollar amounts for county match or construction costs beyond the $20,000 grant were presented at the meeting; the transcript notes only that the metalworks company offered the installation as a donation and that renderings exist in the meeting packet.
