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Votes at a glance: Morganton City Council, April 7, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the Morganton City Council at the April 7 meeting, including consent agenda approvals, annexation and rezoning votes, contract awards and budget amendments.
The Morganton City Council took the following formal actions at its April 7, 2025 meeting. All items listed passed by voice vote unless noted.
- Adopted consent agenda (minutes; renewal MOU with North Carolina School for the Deaf for a school resource officer; participation agreement with Western Piedmont COG for stormwater partnership; dark fiber lease with Compass and Foothills Broadband; budget amendment to accept $5,000 downtown grant; sidewalk maintenance agreement with NCDOT; approval of audit services contract). (Consent agenda motion and approval recorded.)
- Approved voluntary annexation petition from Madcap Adventures LLC for three adjoining parcels at 522 Enola Road, 757 Pete Britton Road, and 0 Enola Road. (Public hearing held; petition certified sufficient.)
- Approved zoning map amendment for a portion of 757 Pete Britton Road and 0 Enola Road to Medium Intensity District (MID) with corridor overlay, consistent with Imagine Morganton 2040.
- Approved rezoning of 810 West Fleming Drive (PIN 1793626900) from Medium Intensity District to High Intensity District with corridor and watershed overlays after a public hearing; Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval.
- Adopted zoning ordinance text amendments to clarify lot sizes, sidewalk placement relative to landscaping, sign height clearances, correction to height limit table, and emergency RV use rules. (PNZ recommended unanimous approval.)
- Awarded contract to Wildlands Engineering for Bethel Park assessment and construction observation ($15,000) and authorized related restoration work.
- Authorized contract with Beanstalk Builders LLC for repair of the Beanstalk Everyone’s Playground and Wagon Wheel at Catawba Meadows Park, not to exceed $160,650 (includes 5% contingency).
- Approved Change Order No. 1 for Brushy Mountain Builders for the Silver Creek Sewer Pump Station Improvements in the amount of $414,102.67 (new contract total $6,409,832.67) to raise electrical service and perform storm mitigation work.
- Approved budget amendments: transfer $200,000 from Electric Fund retained earnings to the Helene storm project fund; accept $538,465 in flood insurance reimbursements into the Helene fund; increase Silver Creek project fund by $148,933 to reflect additional state appropriation. Council also approved a CDBG budget amendment transferring $60,000 from public infrastructure to small business loans to support a local restaurant recovery loan.
- Approved purchase of six golf carts for Parks and Recreation from Carolina Golf Carts, $89,748.59 (state contract), and authorized a contract amendment with Tyler Technologies to switch cashiering modules for the city’s billing/cashiering system.
Council recorded no roll‑call tallies in the transcript; motions passed by voice vote with members saying “aye.”
