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Commissioners approve budget amendments, animal-shelter donation and contract change orders
Summary
Edgecombe County commissioners approved three budget amendments, accepted a $19,000 donation for the new animal shelter, and authorized several contract amendments including retroactive adjustments tied to a 3% Medicaid rate cut and construction change orders.
Edgecombe County commissioners approved a package of budget and contract actions during a special meeting.
County Manager Mister Evans summarized three budget amendments that required approval: 1) appropriating funds received from the governor—s highway safety grant program for the current fiscal year, 2) appropriating funds from an insurance claim, and 3) reallocating funds from salaries to a temporary/contract labor line related to a Department of Social Services contract. Commissioners moved, seconded and approved the amendments on a voice vote; no opposition was recorded in the transcript.
Staff also presented revision number 2 to the Capital Projects Fund ordinance to add a donations line and record a $19,000 gift earmarked for construction of the new animal shelter. "These funds are in the amount of $19,000," Evans said, and staff recommended placing the donation into the project's contingency line to cover a concrete pad/play area that was not in the original scope. The board approved the revision.
On contracts, staff said two non-emergency medical-transportation vendors (Tar River Transit as primary and WW Fast Movers as secondary) must receive retroactive contract amendments to reflect a 3% rate cut issued by the State Department of Health and Human Services effective Oct. 1. Commissioners also approved Change Order #6 to A.R. Chesson to add the animal-shelter concrete slab (increasing that contract) and Change Order #7 to RL Architecture to pay roughly $1,900 for printing multiple sets of building plans needed for maintenance. Staff recommended and the board approved those change orders.
Votes at a glance: budget amendments 1–3 — approved (voice vote; individual tallies not recorded in transcript); Capital Projects Fund Revision #2 (animal-shelter donation) — approved; contract amendments and change orders — approved.
Next steps: staff will implement approved contract changes and record the donation in project contingency. The board then moved to enter closed session to discuss economic development.
