Votes at a glance: Bladen County adopts hospice proclamation, lease and salary resolutions

The Bladen County Board of Commissioners adopted several items by voice vote during the meeting.

A proclamation recognizing November 2025 as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month and commending Lower Cape Fear LifeCare was read to the board and adopted. The proclamation noted that Lower Cape Fear LifeCare received five-star ratings in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services hospice survey and serves more than 8,000 patients and families annually (figures cited in the proclamation text).

The board also considered and approved a resolution authorizing a long-term lease agreement with an entity referenced in the record as “Clyde Lake France” (transcript spelling not verified) after a motion and second. The motion was made and seconded during the meeting and the board indicated the item was "taken care of." The meeting record does not provide the lease terms.

Commissioners discussed and adopted a resolution to set county salaries for a category described in the record as "nonconcern of Bladen County" (transcript language unclear). Board members asked about cost-of-living impacts and how the pay plan incorporates years of service; staff replied that starting salaries and county base pay would be used and that cost-of-living adjustments would be considered under the pay plan.

A media/technology-use plan was placed before the board, moved and seconded, and adopted by voice vote.

Where the transcript records a voice vote, the board said “All in favor say aye” and the motion was carried by voice; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript. The text of several motions, specific financial terms, and some item-identifiers were not specified in the transcript and are recorded here as "not specified."