Kernersville aldermen approve capital fund for community pool, easement, cybersecurity grant and property purchase in unanimous votes

KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — The Kernersville Board of Aldermen on Jan. 29 approved several routine and major items in unanimous votes, including creating a capital project fund for a proposed community pool and moving forward with land and building purchases and repairs.

The council voted to establish a capital project ordinance fund for construction of the community pool, approve an easement agreement with Transcontinental Gas Pipeline, authorize applying for a cybersecurity grant, award a renovation contract for the Morris House, and acquire three adjacent parcels on Beeson Court next to Ivy Redmond Sports Complex. The board also removed a separate agenda item that would have declared intent to seek Local Government Commission (LGC) approval for debt issuance.

Town staff said the pool fund is a bookkeeping step to carry the $10,800,000 already included in the FY 2024–25 budget across multiple budget cycles until financing and construction occur. “This is simply establishing the capital project ordinance, for the pool,” Mr. Swisher, a town staff member, told the board. The motion to establish the fund was made by Mr. Barrow and seconded by Mr. Apple; the board voted unanimously in favor.

On the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline easement, Mr. Swisher described the project area and the town’s negotiated payment for disturbance and an expedited-signing bonus. The company will pay about $4,095 for the area of disturbance and offered a $5,000 signing bonus if the town signs within 30 days,…