Board approves minutes, agenda, consent items and several budget transfers; schedules closed session

Alleghany County commissioners unanimously approved the May work-session minutes, adopted the meeting agenda and accepted the consent agenda before approving three internal budget transfers and voting to enter a closed session under North Carolina General Statute 143-318.11(a)(5).

The board approved the work-session minutes from 05/05/2025, then voted to approve the current meeting agenda. The consent agenda passed by a 5-0 vote.

On transfers, the board approved a transfer to cover county attorney fees related to the high school project, a $1,300 transfer for canine care and training for the sheriff’s department, and multiple transfers for the detention center covering liability, hospital/inmate insurance, utilities and prisoner boarding and travel. Each transfer was approved by a 5-0 vote.

Near the end of the meeting, the commissioners voted 5-0 to move into a closed session citing General Statute 143-318.11(a)(5). No substantive actions beyond the motion were taken during open session.

Votes at a glance - Approval of work-session minutes (05/05/2025): outcome approved, vote 5-0. - Approval of meeting agenda: outcome approved, vote 5-0. - Consent agenda: outcome approved, vote 5-0 (motion by Harrison noted in the record). - Transfer: county attorney fees (to cover extra legal work on high school project): outcome approved, vote 5-0. - Transfer: canine care and training, sheriff’s department, $1,300: outcome approved, vote 5-0. - Transfer: detention center operating transfers (liability, hospital/inmate insurance, utilities, travel/boarding of prisoners): outcome approved, vote 5-0 (motion to move by Garrison recorded). - Motion to enter closed session under General Statute 143-318.11(a)(5): outcome approved, vote 5-0.

The meeting record shows routine unanimous votes for these items; no dissenting votes or roll-call vote details were recorded in the transcript.