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Chatham County commissioners adopt two proclamations and approve ARPA matches

Chatham County Board of Commissioners · August 18, 2025

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Summary

The Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted resolutions proclaiming September 2025 as Payroll Week and Healthy Aging Month and approved using ARPA-enabled funds as matches for two trail/grant projects. All votes were taken by voice and were recorded as carried; the board later recessed into closed session.

Chatham County commissioners met Aug. 18, 2025, and approved three formal measures by voice vote: proclamations recognizing National Payroll Week and Healthy Aging Month, and the allocation of ARPA-enabled funds to match two grant awards for trail and parks projects.

Presiding Commissioner (speaker 1) read the payroll proclamation, noting the role of payroll professionals and the American Payroll Association’s designation of National Payroll Week. After a motion and second, the board approved the proclamation by voice vote.

Later, the board approved a resolution designating September 2025 as Healthy Aging Month, calling attention to Chatham County Aging Services and its Pittsboro and Siler City centers and announcing a Healthy Aging Expo on Sept. 18 at the Chatham County Agricultural Conference Center. The resolution was adopted following a motion and voice vote.

In the quarter’s financial briefing, Will Kerwin (finance staff) asked the board to approve the use of ARPA-enabled funds as county matches for two recently awarded grants tied to trail work (Deep River State Trail feasibility and a related parks/trail grant). A motion to approve that use of funds was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote.

The board recorded the votes as voice approvals in each case. Later in the meeting the board moved into closed session under the cited North Carolina statute for attorney–client privilege.

What’s next: The proclamations are ceremonial and do not create new county programs. ARPA-enabled allocations approved today will be used as local matches for the specified grants and will be reflected in future project accounting and public reports.