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Votes at a glance: Columbus County schedules budget hearing, approves school parking funds, contracts and settlements
Summary
At its May 19 meeting the Columbus County Board of Commissioners accepted the FY 2025–26 proposed budget for advertisement and set a public hearing, approved use of lottery funds for a middle school parking lot, signed several contracts and budget amendments, and authorized a PFAS settlement and technology contracts.
The Columbus County Board of Commissioners on May 19 accepted the proposed FY 2025–26 county budget for advertisement and set a public hearing for a date in June 2025, and approved a series of routine and substantive motions including school project funding, connectivity for the new 9-1-1 center, a PFAS settlement, and a software contract for Environmental Health.
The board voted to accept the FY 2025–26 proposed budget document and set a public hearing for June 2025 at 6:30 p.m. (the meeting record supplied “Monday, June 2025 at 06:30PM” but did not specify the calendar date). County Manager Eddie Madden presented the budget materials and confirmed the public hearing schedule.
Other items the board approved by voice vote or unanimous consent included: - Use of North Carolina lottery funds and the associated budget amendment to pay for the McConaughey Middle School parking lot (Superintendent Adam Thompson requested the item). - Authorization for the transportation director, Joyce Jacobs, to sign pre-application documents for an NCDOT grant…
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